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Netherlands Nazis Taken In Custody Amsterdam. Netherlatidw, Feb 22 tl'Pl Twenty-four mem tier* of the Netherlands Nazi |mrty. arrest ,-d during the night uh they were engaging in military training. wilt Ih- proseiut'-d. auihoritie* said tee <ixy. along with the caretaker of the -hed in which they were drilling, In a Imsy part of the city police held that the drilling War a violation of the law of IMM forbidding niemla-rnhip In orcunizalions which had military tenden- < hit. The Nazi* were relegsrsl from custody thia morning. Ball l« not required in such rim In the Netherlands. BANGS BEGINS SERVING TERM FOR CONTEMPT Former Mayor Os Huntington Starts Term In Allen County Fort Wayne. Ind.. Feb. 22 tl'Pl flare W If. Bange. former mayor of Huntington. Ind . and Clayton Brown, hi* city construction foreman. today nettled down to routine job* an trusties in the Allen < utility Jail, to remain until the receiver for the defunct Huntington maair Ipal utility quit* paying their hoard, or until they successfully appeal the cane. They were committed for c Ivll contempt of court after judge Harry H. Hllgemaan found them guilty a month ago. Hr gave them until yenterday to post l.’i.msi apin-ul Ismd or go to Jail. Promptly at .1 o'clock yenterday afternoon. Bang* and Brown appeared at the jail and surrendered But before they arrived, Claude Cline, receiver tor the utility, appeared with a certified che< k for |3<> to pay board for the two men for the coming month He assured sheriff Walter Felger that a similar check will Ire sent each month m advance. Bangs and Brown told the sheriff they would expert no special privileges. Both attended evening prayer nervhea. Felger said h«- pro I*a Illy would put Bangs to worn on the jail's accounting today.

Bangs eaid bia aon and daughter would continue to operate hl* newapaper In Huntington Mr* Brown will operate her hualtand'* filling '•tation and general alore neat Huntington. The charge* a*ain*t Bang* and Brown grew out of an alleged whortage of |d.3M in the fund, of the ' utility Both denied knowledge of It* whereabout*. Another Explosion In laondon Factory Ixwtdon. Feb. 22 (VPi An egplcMion occurred at the Koyal gunpowder factory in Waltham Abltey today Flr»t report* *aid three pernon* were injured The esploalon was *aid. according to teariy report*, to have lieen caused by the iletonation of waste powder Today’* wa* the third explosion of the Waltham Abbey factory In recent month* The mo*t sertou* occurred January I* The home office ha* denied that the previou* ripl<Miion* were the work of *alue •eura. CLAIM AGAINST ESTATE HEARD Claim Suit Against Edris Estate Resumed Here This Morning The claim »ult of Mary N«*h against the estate of Ida Kdrl* was resumed In circuit court this morning. Judge J. Fruchte t* hearing the case without a jury. In her milt, the plaintiff seek* Judgment for 11.472 which she claim* I* owing her for service and lal<or performed for the benefit of Ida £dri* Itefore her death Clifford Fryhack wa* the first witne** called to the stand thia morning by the counsel a* the plaintiff resumed the presentation pf it* case. Emory H. Hay wa* the second Witness called Both are resident* of Bluffton and testified relative to the plaintiff's case. Arthur E. Voglewede. Sturgis. Stine and Sturgis are representing th* plaintiff. John Edrl* of the firm of Etc bom. Gordon A Edit* I* defendant's attorney All hut Mr Voglewede. of this city, ate Blufflion attorney*.

BRITISH SEIZE U. S. MAIL ON CLIPPER SHIP Marines Seized 2,600 Pounds Os U. S. Mail At Bermuda New York, Feb. 22. <U.P> British marines netted Z.c'iOo twiunds of American mall from a Pan American clipper at Bermuda, January Ik. it was learned today. Pan American has turned th* whole question of British censorship of I H. air mall at Bermida over to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, it was learned, and therefore was not In a position to discuss the Incident Pan-American offl' lals refused to • oiillim or deny the aeilure. (.'apt. t'harles A. Lorber, In charge of the clipper invaded by the British marines, protested at the time to British authorities at Bermuda, It was explained, and then the company turned the matter over to the department of state. It has hem complying with British censorship regulations since without protest. Assail fteiluee Washlngt'm. Feb 22 <U.P> Sen. Harry S Truman. D. Mo. today said British removal of I' S mall from clipper planes at Itifle Point. Bermuda, was “a hell of a note” and calls for drastic action to make the British "behave themselves." Truman's position was echoed by Sen Bennett Champ Clark. It. Mo, sponsor of a bill to prevent V S < lipper planes from landing at Bermuda Clark said dlacloaure of the manner in which the British •CONTtNUKn ON PACE THREE! — Russ Oil Enroute To Nazi Germany ConMatiza. Rumania. Felt. 22il'Pl The First Russian oil tanker to arrive at Constanza v'.me the Soviet rngime was established brought in.itoo tons nt lubricating oil for Germany today and others i were expected soon Reservoirs in which the oil is to lie plated pending shipment to Germany had Iteen < leaned under Get man superviskm The Tanker, the Bakalin, had lieen expected for Io days The reason t6r the delay was not known. URGES PROPER REGISTRATION County Clerk Finds Large Number Os I’nsigned Registration Cards Since January 1 of this year. 12 transfers and 3T new registrations have been handled ht the olWt es of County Clerk Clyde O. Troutner. it was made known today. The offit e personnel has been busy checking the county and precinct registration hooks and has found numerous Wsnster t ards attached to unsigned registration tards I'nder the registration law. the unsigned cards can not he left in the records and therefore msny persons who now believe they are properly registered are Ineligible to vote h! the May primary, unless they sign new registration cards Once registration cards are cancelled they can not be returned to the permanent flies, and new registration cards mnat be signed to make the person eligible Io vole Transfers of registration can not' he made on cancelled carda. Despite the fart that muih work 1 la involved In checking all ragiat rat ion tarda. Mr Troutner urged that every voter in the county call at his oßce and nee if be Is properly registered Making sm h a check will eliminate a great deal of confusion and disappointment to prospective voters on election day. he stated Several Tire* Are Stolen La*t Night A thief or thieves broke Into a shed In the rear of the McConnell A Hons building Tuesday nutht and stole several tires. It was learned today. - - o ■- — French Quinn Speaks To Willshire Pupils French Quinn. Decatur historian, spoke to the students of the Willshire. Ohio school Wednesday In hia address the local man related the life of Lincoln and told of hia accomplishments. He was accompanied to Willshire by F V. Mills, also of this city. ,

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 22, 1910.

Three Wives for This Man \ AaHWMMi SI Floyd Trimble and Mrs Nora Trimble Here Is Floyd Trimble, 2.1-year-<'ld Heatlie. Wash . navy yard worker, who has been hah-d Into court In connection with bigamy charges Wife No 2. Mrs. Maxine Trimble, fold the proctor that the handsome Trimble had two other wives and all lived together Trimble Insists he la no bigamist »s his first and second wive* were previously married and neither had final divorce decrees.

CHURCH PLANS VESPER SERVICE Standard Bearers Class To Conduct Methodist Vesper Service The vesper service* to lie held at the Metbodtot church at 4 .Id! o'clock Bunday afternoon will be conducted by the Standard Hearers of the church Special music ■ will lie furnished by the junior f choir of the Decatur high school. ! Mis* Edna Suck.ui of Bern*, daughter of Rev ('. II Sn< kau, pastor of the Mennonlte church, will give an Interesting talk on the habit* and custom* of the peo , pie of India She will describe the! country and tell of some of the i hazards of missionaries there She will also display somi- ttallve brass ware Miss Buckau. who was Imrti In India, lived there for 15 years. She then moved to Berne w ith her parents, where she graduated from | the Bertie high school Hhe will be dressed In costume for her talk, wearing a jacket embroidered In gold leaf which wa* presented to her by the qu of India Mis* Annis Mae Merriman, president of the Standard Bean-i*. will preside at the meeting Miss Jean Zimmerman will read the scripture Prayer will be given by Rev II W Graham and the Offertory prayer by Miss Gladys Miller ——.o. Beverages Board To Hold Hearing The Adams county alcohollr- Iwverage Imrad will conduct a hearing at 9 a. m March II In the eofflmls-1 sioner*' room In the court house on the application of Adam* po*l numtier 43. American l-egion. for a license as liquor, heer and wine retailer.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. D Grether. Magley Evangelical and Reformed t'hunhi CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT "Be not conformed to th-s world, but bo-ye transformed by Mid renewing of your mind." Rom 12:2

To lie transformed by th* renewing of th* mind means that we ria* above and b*yond thia materlsl world, sine* w* want to he cltliens of a heavenly Kingdom and h*lra of an Inheritance Incorruptible However. w* ar* still In th* world though w* n**d not h* of th* world Th* renewed mind Involves a change of heart, a yielded will a chant* of direction, and a new attitude toward Ilf* In conformity to the word and will of God "Out of th* heart are lhe laaues of , Ufa" aud "as a uiau thluheth in his heart, w> he la.”

Ratliff Infant To Be Buried Friday Funeral service* for the still Irorn liaby son of Mr. and Mr*. I Hornet L. Ratliff of North Fourth I street will lie held Friday afternoon at the Jahn funeral home In Bluffi ton. with burial in the Bluffton i cemetery. The liaby wa* bom at the Adams | county memorial hospital Wedne*jday afternoon at 3 1" o'clock ami weigherl I<l pounds mid three I ounces. Mrs. Ratliff war formerly : Mi»s laiuise Morgan. UNION ENDORSES 23 CANDIDATES Rail Organization Endorses 23 Candidates For Senate Wanblngton. Feb 22 <UF> - The railroad lalior executive* association, spokesman for approximately l.tHH'tHHt rail union-, Ists, toduy endorsed 23 senatorial candidates Only one of the 23. Gov I. Il Cochran of Nebraska. Is running against a present senator Cochran I* opposing Sen. Edward R Rnrke D Neb, who has opposed several n'W deal men*ures and has le-en a leading advocate of Wagner act rev Islon The other 22 who were endorsed! are all senators at present and they Included Democrats, Ri-publl-(OiNTINI'FfD ON PAGE TWO! n Regular Legion Meeting Monday t The regular meeting of Adam* po»t number 43 of the Amerhan legion will lie held at the legion home. Flr*l and Madison streets. Monday evening al x o'clock All memlier* are urged to lie prewent

The Christian life should be the sacrl ficlal life, and not only during the la-nten s.-ason The apostle Paul Intinduces our text by saying to Roman Christians. "I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your t*>die» a living sacrifice. holy, acceptable unto God. which Is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, hut he ye transformed by the renewing of your mffid '* Why not lie conformed to this world? Because the world passefh away and the lust* thereof, bnt he that doelh the will of God ahldeth forever." If the visible world that surround* us with Ils seductive pull is our pattern, then our Christianity will end in failure.

Air Warfare Renewed, Two German Raiding Planes Are Shot Down; Sweden Protests

DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS NAMED IN INDICTMENT Prosecutor Among Those Named For Permitting Gambling Detroit. Feb. 22 (U.» -County proset tit or Duncan ('. McCrea anil his thief Investigator, Harry Colburn, were sought by police today. They, along with two police lientenants. two other Investigators from the prosecutor's office, a former police superintendent and 12 other persons, were Indicted last night on charges of conspiracy to permi’ lottery and gambling, accepting gratuities and neglect of duty Most of the defendants had been picked up or had surrendered, but McCrea, mentioned as a candidate for the I'nlted States senate, was missing The police department, some of whose officials were Involved with him in the scandal, was ordered Io arrest him The indictments were the outgrowth of an investigation of relations between officials and the underworld lu-gnn six months ago after Mrs. Janet McDonald, a lottery operator, had killed herself and said in a sulcjde note that her lover. William Mi Bride, wan a "pay off man" for gamblers buying protection. Mcßride later died hi Florida. Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson, sitting as a one-man grand jury, returned the Indictments A spet lai piosei-utor. Chester I' O'Hara. , presented the evidence and announced that the 19 Indictments were "only a starting gun. and popgun at that " McCrea, before he vanished yesterday. recommended in recorder's court tha‘ O'Hara Ite charged with attempted extortion. He charged that O'Hara had threatened to Injure John L. Lovett, general manager of the Michigan Manufacturer's AsMM'iatkm. unless laivett recommended that the Michigan Consolidated Gas company pay O'Hara 11.500 to settle a suit pending against It The suit was flh-d by two men claiming to have obtained a reduction in the gas company's personal pro|»erty assessment. laivett had not sigm-d a complaint against O'Hara and Judge John V. Brennan reserved decision on McCrea's recommendation. The charges against the officials and others concerned ’he operations of the national sports junior baseball pool, which Judge Ferguson said did a »t,tmO.nm> annual bus«X»NTINL'«D OW PAtIH CIV Ki o- . —— .ludKe Fred Fruchte Returns To Bench Judge J. Fnd Fruchte returned to his duties on the Adams circuit court bench today after fa-inn confined to hia home with an attack ot the "flu" during the major portion of the week o

MARK BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON Flagß Displayed. Some Business Suspended Here For Day ■ 'I The city today marked the birthday of the Nation's first president. George Washington The celebration was confined mainly to the displaying of the American ’’it and a partial suspension of business. * On the imslness streets. mer« hants set up their flags to denote the occasion The post office wae closed and only special delivery letters or parcels were distributed. The first State Hank and offl< es In lhe county court house, as well us the license bureau, remained closed for the day. At the Lincoln school, students of the elementary grades paid tri but* t<» th* "father of our country" in a number of patriotic presentations and songs No other celebration* her* marked the day OH ept for the usual round of parti** and meeting* that were based on the them ■ of th* occasion.

CLUB LEADERS AT CONFERENCE Three Adams County 111 II Leaders Attend Rotary Leadership Meet Three Adams county 4 H club leaders attended the Rotary leadership conference at Warsaw this week, which was attended by 10l 411 club adult leaders. The Adams county delegation was sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club and the adult Adams couniy extension committee. Those from Adams county who attended were Misses Juanita l/"hman and Alin- Relnklng. and Ralph Grote Twenty five Rotary dubs In district 154. Including counties In the north third of Indiana, participated by sending from one to six 4 H club leaders to this training school. Six counties having no Rotary clubs also sent official delegates, these being sponsored by some other community or civic organization. Total attendance at the Warsaw conference included 4tl men. I" women and the staff of eight Instructors. A program of 411 leadership training was conducted by the fob lowing staff from the I'urdue 411 club department: Harry F Ainsworth. associate stale club leader; F M Shanklin. F L Mcßeynolds. .1 <' Ralston. Mary Wilsey and A. |> Htewert. assistant state club leaders. Frank S Stafford, assistant chief of the bureau of health and physical education. Indianapolis. discussed health problems as one feature of the conference. A B. Graham, of Columbus. 0.. founder of the 4 11 club movement, delivered the keynote address at a banquet Monday evening, with lofi Warsaw Rotarians and confererne delegates In attendance. Eugene T White. Vice president of the Warsaw ilttb, presided In the absence of the chib president. Dr. A W Raabe. McNUTTFLAYS G. 0. P. ATTACK Paul V. McNutt Says Roosevelt Saved Nation From Chaos Oklahoma City Okla . F- b 22 <U.Pj Paul V McNutt, federal social sei'tirity administrator, and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination said today that at a net cost of |» mHi.mm.mm the Roosevelt administration has saved the nation from chaos and brought many times that amount In additional wealth Ills addiv-ss. before the national convention of the Oklahoma League of Young Itemocrats. was <llrected al Republican campaign criticism of new deal expenditure He presented an analysis of the iio u-ase in th-- public debt whu h he said refutes the contention of

rt'SS’S < • this "quartet of paring croakers" Thoma* E IteWey. N-n \rthur Il Vandenberg. R. Mich. S<-u Holier! <• Taft. It Ohio and Erank Gannett, .andldates for the Republican presidential nomln rlion. "The Republicans have a short memory or they would not speak of bankruptcy." McNutt said. "They forget what happened a few years ago . . . the Increase in the national debt about which thev abed so many tears would be wipe d out with the Increased income of one year with 110.000.mui.mm to spare, if the people chose to do It. The Republicans liequealhed ns IstHHt.ooo unemployed Halt of this staggering number have been put back to work and In addition iCoXTIN’t'KIi ON I'AtlK XIXi TEMPERATURE READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER g:00 a. m. 2* 10:00 a. m. 2> Noon 2:00 p. m. W 3 00 p. m. 30 WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday: considerably colder tonight: slowly rising temperature In southwest portion Friday afternoon

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German Airplane* Renew Attacks On British Coastal Shipping But Are Driven Off, SWEDEN PROTESTS lamdon. F-b. 22 (UP) German planes renewed their attacks on British coastal shipping today but ran Into a powerful counter-attack by ship* and planes that brought down two raiders and drove others back toward their home liases. The admiralty's new policy of equipping coastal vessels with gun* for fighting off airplane* was viewed in British circles as a success in ft* first test* a gain si the Nazi air fleet this week One Qawler off the Norfolk coast opened up such a blast of machnie gun fire on two Geintoi bomlH-rs that swept down on It In search of easy prey that the airplane* fled while the trawler tontinned on It* course. The trawler was one of the coastal ship* armed by order of Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, to avoid further heavy losses In aerial attack* on ship* The first victim of the royal air force fighting craft was a German reconnaissance plane off the northeast coast. I-ater. a Helnkel bomlting plane was attacked by British spitfire craft and crashed on lard near Ft. Abbs head The Heiukel was one of the few planes brought down on land in the British Isles since the war started S’ Abb* H*ad I* on the border of England and Scotland, neov Berwick-on-Tweed and smith of the big naval base at the Fir’h of Forth. The German plane* bomimd a trawler within half a mile of the Norfolk coast during the morning, but fled when the trawler fought back with a blast of inachfite gun fire The trawler proceeded on its way without suffering damage. British official* said report* of the trawler's success in fighting off the attacking plane showed jusfifl,-a-tlon for the admiralty's policy of arming all smh ships for protection of personnel against aerial attack Heavy Battle Ib-rgen Norway. Felt 22 ’li.R) - A heavy air battle lietween planes of unidentified nationalities wax reported today oft the north goast of Norway. A message from Stavanger at the same time said that fishermen had reported a squadron of submarines cruising off Joesing Fjord, where the Nazi prison ship Anmnrk wa* run aground by the British navy and 32fi prisnm-rs taken from her It was presumed that the submarines were German craft which had arrived off Joeslng Fjord to prot-u t the Altmark when the ship fi.- 1..V.U-. n. <;.-j iti.oiy The dispatches said coastal ohservers Imlleved there would be a naval clash when th- Altmark start* home Officials said that reports of the air Irattle off the north coast lacked detail* A British naval squadtCONTINt'KD ON PAGE fHIIEI'I COLD WEATHER IS PREDICTED Conbificrahly Colder Weather !• I’redieted Here Tonight The moderate tempera'ure* in the city the fuist few day* appeared doomed toduy st b-a*t temper*'ily with the forecast of colder wea’lv-r tonight. Although the temperatures early this morning were higher than during the aame hour* the past few days, a chilly wind blowing from iho northeast prophesied lower recording* later. Th.- weatherman's forecast said "fair tonight ami Friday. • onslderably colder." and the brisk wind a<<om|ianied intermittently by snow flurries throughout the day corroborated this forecast Elsctrto lights received a mora than usual workout today becau o of the darkness resulting front 4 rloudy ikies that accompanied Hid 'wind end snow flurriea. The temperature at a a tn wig 2fl By noon It had risen to H. Im| ( sllpped back to .10 shortly after,