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DIVISION OVER SOCIAL COSTS , SI OWS ACTION , Failure To Agree Halts Action; House Passes Labor Bill Indianapolis, Feb. 2d. (U.RA Failure to agree on the division of social security costs between the state and counties ended a Joint conference committee session to day while administration leaders pushed their program forward in the legislature witli slight opposition from the insurgent farm bloc. The conference committee, on whose decision apparently rests the fate of all important pending measures. voted to meet again this at ernoon. While lite committee, frankly “stalled for time" on admission ol a senate member, the house of rep resentatives advanced admlnistra tion measures which would: 1. t’reate a state department of labor empowered to arbitrate labor disputes. 2. Relieve employes from contributions to the unemployment compensation fund. 3. Reduce the amount of properly now granted tax exemption by virtue of ownership by religious, fraternal, educational and benevolent organizations. The labor department bill, carryi ing an emergency clause to make it effective immediately was pass ed by the house ami now is ready for Gov. M Clifford Townsend's signature. The vote was 71 to 15. with only three Democrats Representatives Ira J. Anderson. Cannelton: Ernest G. Rophey. Indianapolis, and Edward .1. Braun. Fort Wayne vot ing with tin- Republican minority. Representatives Edward .1. Barrey. I). Indianapolis, a retired linotype operator, and Frank G. Thompson. Bluffton, majority floor leader. spoke for the bill in the only (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COUNTY DEATH TOLL IS HIGH Accidental Toll In County Ear Ahead That Os 1936 That the accidental death toll in Adams county has an unusually I large lead over former years can easily he seen by a comparison of the figures so far this year and those of 1936. In the year 1937, no accidental | deaths occurred until February 26, when Walter Hettier and Orville Tinkham, Elite Creek township farmers, died in an auto wreck on road 27 near Monroe. There were no accidental deaths in March and ' but one in April of last year Four have died accidentally already this year, occasioned by the train wreck w’hich took the lives |of three Huntington railroaders, and the head on auto collision on road 27 north of Decatur that killed Roy Dubach of Linn Grove. All died this month. Should this rate continue a total of approximately 35 persons will have lost their lives by January. 1938. Eight were killed accidentally in the county last year. In addition to the dead, eight persons were reported injured seriously enough to require medical attention already this year. Six : other reported accidents thus far i produced no injured or dead. 1 Numerous fender scrapes and mi | nor collisions ate not reported nor included In the figures. o Reppert Is Pictured During Auction Sale This morning's issue of the Indianapolis Star carried a two-column action picture of Fred Reppert. local auctioneer, while conducting a eale of 60 imported draft horsen at the state fairgrounds Monday. The total day’s sale was estimated as 135.000, with a top of $1,400 . for a two-year-old Belgian stallion. The highest price on a Percheron wan SI,OOO. paid by Purdue university for a 3-year-old stallion. -o — Lenten Services At Zion Reformed Church The third Lenten service will be . held at the Zion Reformed church Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor, will deliver a sermon on "A House of Prayer.” Special music will be rendered by the girls’ | choir.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS SWEPT BY FLOODS I i u ■ \\| | Pjr & j U/ if * a t■ ' WB HHKjM I i v/ IF j *iC- ,-A^» **■’** A » oK 1 L ■* IIM .. . .. • . ■ ••'Ur ■ . • •* - -A-.* Two rescue workers were swept to their deaths, a Milwaukee railroad train was wrecked by a washout, resulting in injuries to nine persons, and a score or more persons were reported missing as flood waters roared over the banks of half a dozen rivers, inundated towns and left thousands homeless in northern i Illinois and southern Wisconsin. The height of the overflowing Rock River, nor th of Rockford. 111., may be judged from telephone pole in center of above photo.

HOUSE LEADER DIES MONDAY Ren. Buchanan Os Texas, Committee Head. Dies Last Night Washington. Feb- 23 — (VP) — House leaders, morning the loos of Rep. .lamce P. Buchanan, veteran chairman of the appropriations committee, today dfecnsued p’ans for a possible state funeral for the lean, wiry Texan who died last night during his 13th tern: in con-! grew. It was expected the house would adjourn almost immediately after I meeting at noon. In order that col* leagues might pay their respect* to i the man who headed the committee which controlled the federal purse ■strings House leaders awaited word from Buchan's widow and his eon before t making final funeral arrangements but indicated a desire to hold a. state funeral if the family approves. 1 Long a bitter fore of excessive, federa' expenditures. Buchanan was I regarded as the bulwark of the powerful House appropriations commit-’ tee, which passes on all requests for money by federal departments : and agencien. It was estimated tliat the committee ha* approved more than $10,000.000.000 (B) per year in appropriations during the first four i years of the New Deal. R, p. Edward W. Taylor. D.. Colo at 79 the oldest member of the house, will succeed Buchana as chairman of the appropriations committee. Buchanan, staunch administration supporter, was a firm advocate of reorganization of the executive departments of government. He watt (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) j DEATH CLAIMS DECATUR LADY Mrs. Ida Christener Dies This Morning Os Complications Mrs. Ida Irena Chronister, 67. of | 935 Mercer avenue, died at the i , Adams county memorial hospital this morning at 5:45 o’clock. I Death was caused by complications. | The deceased was born at Princeton on March 13. 1869, thei daughter o. Henry and Mary Snyd er Brandeburg. She was first mar-1 ried to Charles Durr. Her second I husband. Sam Chronister, preceded her in death in 1930. She was a member of the First Christian church here. A half siter, Mrs. Lulu Ogg Durr is de-1 ceased. The on.y living relative is I the mother, who has been making her home with the deceased. She is 90 years old. Private funeral services will be' held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home on Mercer avenue and burial will be made in the Princeton cemetery. The Rev. Harry W. Thompson will officiate. The body will be taken home from the S. E. Black funeral parlors Wednesday morning at 9 1 o'clock. I

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 23, 1937.

Injured Engineer Still Improving The condition of Charles Patterson. of Huntington. who has been confined in the Adams county me-1 mortal hospital since he was seriously burned in the Erie train ■ rash Sunday. February 14. was reported by hospital attaches to be still more improved today ■lt in reported that he it, parsing the crisis and wil' probably recover No statement has been reported as vet from the interstate commerce commission, which has taken over the investigation of the crash that killed three and injured three. MINTON BACKS COURT REFORM Sen. Sherman Minton Defends Roosevelt Court Plans I Chicago, Feb. 23 — (U.R) —Five ' members of the supreme court, as , lit now operates, have "absolute | ' power over legislative policy, more • than 435 congressmen. 96 senators i and the president." Sen. Sherman Minton (Dem. Ind.) said today. j Minton defended President ' Roosevelt's judiciary reform pro- ' gram before 1,000 members of 16 • railway labor organizations. "The president and congress i have joined hands to prevent the ‘ supreme court, under guise of 1 interpreting the constitution, from dictating the legislative policy of | the government.” he said. “Let me tell you when distator-| ships flourish. It is when people I conclude that government is impotent to protect them from oppression of the more powerful. We are trying to prevent govern--1 inent failure in whose wake comes I the dictator. “The common people won the | last election and we are trying tn j I preserve the fruits of that vlc- , tory.” The president and congress are willing to go ahead. Minton said, but are unable because the su- | preme court, often by a divided ' opinion, says congress has not power to do what it believes necessary. “As to packing the court.” Sen. Minton said. “From the earliest i day to the present, presidents who i i appointed judges saw to it that | 1 those judges reflected their views. ■ . (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Thermometer Shows Temperature Rise After a decided drop during the 1 'night the temperature here steadily I i rose during the day. The reading | at 8 o’clock this morning was 18 above; at 10 o'clock, 20 and at Hi o’clock, 23 above. o Father John Bapst To Preach Tonight Father John Bapst, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic church, Fort Wayne, will deliver the Lenten sermon at St. Mary’s church this even-1 :ng. |His text will be “judgement.”. The services will begin at 7:30 o'- 1 clock, and will include the reciting i of the litany, sermon and benedic-i 1 tion. 1

SOIL MEETING IS HELD TODAY Soil Conservation Program Explained In Meeting Here Emphasis was placed on the new features of the 1937 soil conservation program, at an edu cational meeting held today in the , city hall, to explain the plan to members of the township conserva- ' tion committees. ('. M Long, district supervise, of soil conservation work In this ! area, led the discussion and drew diagrams of the new program. L. E Archbold, county agent, as well as county soil conservation committee members attended. Mr. Long explained that much ! of the 1936 program will be cartied over into 1937. Because ot the feat that high corn prices will attract too many persons to this crop, with the result that the price will be reduced by an ex- ' i esslve surplus, the program sets I maximums for corn which may be 1 grown by individual contracting farmers. Another change is the shifting of certain crops, such as soy beans for hay. from a soil depleting to a nedtral crop. The purpose of this is to provide grass or forage crops on land on which "grass' seedings were destroyed by the drought last summer. Certain changes will be made in the matter of payments. Mr. Long | explained that the amount to be | paid per acre, for land diverted j from soil depleting crops in ordinary sized farms, would depend upon the fertility and productivity of the state, county, township and individual farms and would be d “ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DR. TOWNSEND TRIAL OPENS PXision Leader On Trial For Contempt Os Lower House Washington. Feb. 23 — (U.R) Attorneys for Dr. Francis E Townsend contended before a jury of 11 men and one woman today that the personal rights of the old age pension leader were violated by the house investigating committee which charged him with contempt of the house for refusal to testify. The charge was made as Townsend went on trial in District of Columbia federal court on charges that he placed himself in contempt of the house when he stalked out of a hearing of a committee investigating old age pension systems. Elisha Hanson, Townsend s attorney. contended in his opening statement that the old age pension leader was justified in refusing to testify further before the committee. Townsend, as defiant as the day last year when he flouted the power of a committee subpoena, went to trial demanding "complete exoneration,” and declaring that he ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

PLAN CAMPAIGN TO STEER COORT BILL TO SENATE Claim Narrow Majority In Senate Judiciary Committee Chicago Feb- 23—(UP) —1,000 representatives of 800,000 mem bers of 16 railroad brotherhoods today passed a resolution approving President Roosevelt's judicial reform proposal. They also voted to demand a 20 cent an hour wage increase. Washington. Feb 23 (U.R> Ad ministration leaders today charted a campaign to steer Hie supreinj court reorganization bill through strong opposition in the senate judiciary committee to debate on the floor in April. They claimed a narrow majority in the committee and ptedicled President Roosevelt's program would be reported favorably to the senate after the committee had conducted about 10 days ot public hearings starting Match 9 and a week of debate. The senate, meanwhile, prepared to consider, probably this week, the Sumners bill already approved by the house providing full pay retirement at 70 tor supreme court justices The administration was expected to continue a vigorous campaign for public and congressional supi port for court reorganization. Speculation centered on whether Mr Roosevelt would take active leadership in a radio address scheduled Marell 4. ■ The president will outline th ■ objectives of the second new deal in a speech to guests at hundreds of “victory" dinners throughout the nation. There wits no indication w hether he would refer to the I judiciary controversy but Forbes Morgan, treasurer of the • Democratic national committee, said: “He needs our support now just (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS. DRAKE IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. John Drake Dies This Morning At Home In Union Township Mrs. Caroline Drake, 76, wife of i John Drake, well known Union township resident, died at het home this morning at 3:15 o clock. Death was caused by uremia, after an illness of two months. She had been bedfast since Sunday The, deceased was born in Adams county December 28, 1860. the daug'iter of Mr. and Mis. John Ridlinger. She was a member of the Zion Reformed church, being confirmed at an early age. She was married to John Drake September 17. 1880, more than 56 years ago. Surviving, besides the husband, are the following children: J. J. Drake. Newcastle; Mrs Dessie Noack. Frank Drake, Theodore Drake, Mrs. Harvey Gay. all of Decatur: Fannie and Louis, at ' home and Mrs. Clara Chilcote. also of Decatur. Two children. Findley Drake and Mrs Clara Reynolds, are deceased A brother. Fred Myers of Dayton. Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Ben i Shook, of Wren. Ohio, with 19 I grandchildren and one great grand child, also survive. Funeral services will be held | Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at the home in Union township with : the Rev. Charles M. Prugh officiating. Burial will be made in the East Salem cemetery. The body was removed to the home from the Zwick funeral parlors this afternoon and may be viewed from 7 o’clock this evening i until time for the funeral. Martin Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon County officials and employe*) of the county highway department were among those who attended funeral services at the Zion Reformed church this afternoon at 2 o’clock tor Frank Martin, former county commissioner. Services were held I at 1:30 p. m. at the home for relatives and close friends The Rev. Glen Marshall, ipastor of the Church of God. officiated, assisted by the Rev. C. M Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed chureh, and the Rev. L Young, of Van Wert. WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy; somewhat unsettled south portion tonight and Wednesday; slowly ' rising temperature Wednesday.

Townsend Orders National Guards Out Os Anderson

HORNER CALLS CONFERENCE IN STRIKE CRISIS Governor Os Illinois Seeks To Halt SitDown Strike Springfield. 111.. Feb. 23 BU.W Gov. Henry Horner and state labor director Martin P. Durkin struck hard today for immediate settlement of the week-old FanSteel Metallurgical corporation sitdown strike in separate conferences with the opposing forces. Horner, puffing a big black cigar, met with the corporation’s president. R. J. Altchison and two aides, in his office at 11:01 a. m , while Durkin conferred behind <!osed doors with three (' 1 <). organizers, whom Fansteel officials said they would not meet. There was no indication whether Governor Horner would be able to combine the two conferences or Whether he would try to do so since Aitchison has insisted since the strike began last Wednesday that he would not deal with outside professional agitators." Horner had invited the company 1 to send three representatives and : the union to send “three strikers to a joint peace conference today. The company complied, but the union sent Meyer Adelman. Joseph M. Jacobs and Thurlow Lewis —all representatives of John L. Lewis' committee for industrial I organization. No strikers came from the two Fansteel plants they have held since last Wednesday in defiance of a court injunction and an order for their arrest on contempt of court charges. Attempts by Lake county sheriff I L A. Doolittle and a force of 140 | deputies to evict the sit-downers I failed after a two-hour tear and knockout gas attack Friday. R. J. Aitchison. president of the ' corporation, was incensed at what he termed "an attempt to trick me.” "I won't back up a damned inch," Aitchison said, “either in Springfield ot- in North Chicago, < where the Fansteel plants are occupied by sit-downers. 1 accepted an invitation to meet with a committe of my ex-employes in good fairth and I will be in the governor's office at 11 o’clock “If there are any outsiders there. I won't stay. At least, that's my present position." Both the company and the union issued statements on the eve of the conference, reiterating their previous positions. Briefly, they were: The Fansteel company "Company property is being held in violation of the law and in defiance of two court orders. We are willing to meet with a committee of our former employes despite the fact they still hold two plants, but we will not deal with them as representatives of the C. I O. or :of local 66 of the Amalgamated I Association of Iron, Steel and Tin ! Workers of America. We will not (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) K. OF P, PLAN CALLED MEETING Knights Os Pythias To Meet Wednesday Instead Os Thursday Called meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the lodge home instead of the regular meeting Thursday . All members are asked to note the change and attend the 'Wednesday meeting as final plans will be made for the representation of the local lodge at the Ossian district meeting on Thursday night. Members of a score or more of K. of P. lodges in three counties will be represented at the Ossian meeting with several grand offic- • ers and district deputies in anceThe local order is also planning to take part in the initiatory work which will be conferred at the Ossian meet. Transportation facilities will be arranged at the Wednesday meeting for all members who do not have away to go to Ossian,

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(Governor Issues Order Lifting Martial Law In Madison County This Afternoon. PEACE PREVAILS Anderson, Ind.. Feb. 23 —(UP) — Gov M. Clifford Townsend issued a proclamation today lifting martial law from Madison county at 3 p. m. Col Albert II Whitcomb, commanding national guard troops here since Fel>. 13 after a bar-room shooting broke out in the war between union and non-union automobile workers, said the militia would be out of the terltory by mid-after-noon. Whitcomb recommended lifting tiie military rule after members of the warring factions worked peacefully side by side in the two : General Motors affiliates for more | than a week Gradual reduction of troops on I strike duty already had begun and civil authorities were assuming the'.r regular functions. Ln an address before approximately 74)0 cheering General Motors emj ployes, Homer W. Martin, Detroit, j president of the United Automobile workers of America, last night voiced a iplea for cooperation and un■derstanding between labor and ! management and asserted "our job : is to create friendship." "Union nem must be proud of belonging to the United Automobile workers of America but they should not go out of their way to provoke •I’l feeling." the U. A. W A. leader said. “On the other hand, the management must respect its employes and their rights. I think the General Motors company will live up to the terms of the agreement we signed I in Detroit " Col. Albert H. Whitcomb, enforcing martial law in Anderson and Madison county, was on the speakI ers platform with Martin. Cictor Reuther! union organizer, and other members of the union. Only a handi till of national guardsmen were pre- ; sent at the mass meeting in Union . headquarters The UAWA chieftain’s allusions ‘ io the Feb. 13 proclamation of mar- ] tial law in Madison county, which grew out o fa clash between Union nad non-union men and led to the ! arrest and indictment of 19 workers on riot charges, were infrequent. “The United Automobile workers have one of the largest and most j disciplined unions in the country — |at present we have 200,000 memj bers," Martin said as he urged that I union workers press their organization drive. "The union man has a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness and it is our job to see that we obtain them. The General Motors company misunderstands the union and thiaks we are a lot of Bolsheviks with long beards direct from Russia. 1 myself hail from the far-away state of Illinois. "The public, too is confused upon the issue. They think all Union organizers are bad and are attempting to ct Uicify then) because they do not understand the situation fully." In closing, Martin reviewed his connection with the UAWA and reiterated his plea that the Union strive for abolition of bad working conditions in many industrial plants and redouble organization efforts “The UAWA must take their organization drive in its stride but we must not attempt to jump over the moon tiie first time.' o Herbert Zuercher Reported Improved (Herbert Zurcher, of Berne, who was injured in an auto accident more than a week ago, was expected to be taken to his home from Huntington hospital late this afternoon. The young man suffered a crushed chest and other injuries in the crash a week ago Monday 0 Legion Auxiliary To Sponsor Movie The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor the movie "Under Cover of Night,” at the Madteou ttheter next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Proceeds from the movie will go toward the support of the floodstricken families of New Albany, which the organization recently adopted." Tickets may bo secured i from the members for 25 cents [each.