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GARNER'S NAME ENTERED TODAY IN WISCONSIN Nomination Papers For Primary April 2 Are Filed Today Madlaon. Wi»., Peh. 27 <U.R> Nomination |»r|>er« for Vice prenl dent John N tinnier In Witf<on-‘ win*, presidential primary April 2. together with a .late of convention f rlelecatoa pledged to support him were filed today with the secretary of state, making Wlwonaln the j first tenting grounds of his ■treng'h against President Roose velt. President Roosevelt's name al ready has been filed in the Wls ,-onsln primary with a alate of j delegates as his successor, and anotber Roosevelt third term slate is to be filed Isler t *'i am authorised to publicly state that no matter what any can-1 didate or candidates mny do. Vice president Garner is In the ra<-< to 'the finish." John J. Nlmiim. who filed the Garner papers at the tapltal announced A similar test Is provided In the Illinois primary April •. one week later. In which the names of both the president and vice-president have been entered The vote is I binding on the delegates in theWlaconain primary The Illinois vote Is advisory Ask Statement Washington. Pub. 2? (U.K) Sen W. Worth Clark. I). Ida called on President Roosevelt today “for the sake of the Itemo < ratlc party" and In spirit of sportsmanship toward other candidates to disclose hl. fee ‘ lltlcal Intentions within a reason able time. Simultaneously. Senators Ctandr L Herring. !».. la., and Hhertnan Minton. 0. Ind. expressed belief that he should ma in Ia in silence to prevent a "bitter Inlra-party .true gle.'" Roth would support him If he runs again. These statements rame as Mr Roosevelt headed towards the ewptrat from a fhdllng enilar in the * Pacific and an inspection tour of ' the Canal Zone to fate a growing <COHTilii*Br» t>j< rAuR FitCfii —o— — ■- - DEEP SNOWFALL MONDAY NIGHT Heavy Snowfall Is Ex* perirnced Here During Night Mother Nature surprisingly threw a mantle of white over the city and community last night and this, morning io once again lend a toucn of winter. Estimates of thn snowfall varied from five to sis inches, as enow shovels were el I rivaled from cel-l Sara and hasemeui* and residents started 'digging out ’ I nprepared for the sudden snowfal*. residents were handlcapi>ed throughout the early hour- of the morning. At least one or two instances were noted this morninx before snowplows did their work where autoists were temporarily “stuck" 1 along the curbing rnd unable to move their rars without assieiance State highway work crews werur at an early hour and started cleaning the snow off the state maintained routes through the city Huslnesamen and store employe* were also at work early, cleaning (tVtNTI.XCm, ox rAGK TWO! -O'" Albion Woman Victim Os Rare Blood Dweaw i Albion. Ind. Feb W. - ftIJD - Lymphatic leukemia, a rare blood diaeaae. today had claimed the life of Mrs. Isaura C. Oretslnger Cw Rhe had been 111 about Ave years. The victim's sister-in-law last fail made an unsu<-ce*Vi,i ."empt to locate someone who could pr<e vide blood for a transfusion with Mrs. Oretslnger — the only known treatment for the disease Boy Scoi|t Banquet Here Thi* Evening The annual Adams county l>an guet will be held at the K of P home la this city this evening s' • o'clock The principal addies* will ba delivered by Rav O. T Rovselot. pastor of the First t'nlted Brethren ehnreh. who will speak on Scooting In Africa." T C Bmlth will act as toastmaster R L i VaaHorn. Anthony Wayne area scout eierutlve .will speak briefly and L. A. Cowens will make the, iUwHy preaeaatiou |

Scene Os Decatur Sectional Tournament Ptcinrerl ahove is the gymiiasium-auditoriiim of the Decatur junior-senior high school, where the nine public high schtuds of Adams county will open piny Thursday night in the battle for the sectional championship Play will be <<nmlnned Friday night. Nalurday afternoon and night

DEATH CLAIMS [ JANET GILLIE Mother Os Congressman Georjre W. Gillie Dies In St. Paul Mr*. Janet Gillie. M. of Fort Wayn<*. mot he r of Itr George W Gillie fourth district congressman. Monday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mra. Joseph Pearson. In St. Paul. Minn. Mra. Oil- ' He suffered a stroke of apoplexy while rialtine her daughter She waa (torn In Scotland and had been a resident of Allen conn-1 ty and Fort Wayne for 5* years. , Her husband. the late James Gillie, died In 1»I1. j Surviving besides Pong. Gillie are the following children Ur. P. ! T GHHr of Columbus. t). Jack Gillie of New Haven. Harold Gillie of Jackson. Mich.. James Gillie of Fort W'ayne. Mrs. Pearson of St. I Paul and Mra. Arthur W lloerg-r of Fort Warn® She waa a member of the PlyrnI onth Congregational church. The , remains will be brought to Fort Wayne for services and Interment, arriving Wednesday Cong. Gillie waa in Washington i yesterday and will return to Fort ' Wayne some time Wednesday, rel- < at Ives reported Arrangements for j funeral services will be completed i after his return. i ii iai 11—— Trustees, Assessors To Meet Here Friday The trustees, assessors and their I deputies of Adam* county will meet Friday morning. March 1 at io .to o’clock In the office of coun-. Ity assessor. Frnest Worthman it wan announced today. Additional schooling on the assessing work to lie done thia spring i will lie given those In attendance. All persons engaged In the assess- j Ing work are expected to attend — — STATE TO TAKE OVER HIGHWAY State Takes Over Farm To Market Road in Adams County County auditor Victor Richer haa 1 been advised by the Indiana alate highway commission that effective I immediately, the state will take over the stretch of road from Geneva. weal through Linn Grove to the Wells county line The highway commission Improved the road and then offered to turn It back to the county Th* county commissioners petitioned the state to continue the 10 45 miles In the state highway system and to complete the improvement with a water bound surface The road la known as No. ltd and the state highway crews are already erecting signa and slop signa along the route. It hi on- of the farm to market roads built by the state and serves that territory in the south part of the county west of Geneva and Conner* with road No 111. west of Berne County surveyor Walter Gllllom was marking the road map today, the absorption of the stretch of road by the stale highj way system 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesda y, February 27, 1910.

LITTLE EGG From big to little. Several j days ago a pullet egg was dis- | played at the Daily Democrat, i for which all honors for huge- ! ness were claimed Now comes John Bright, of , this city, with a pullet egg. re- ' portedly one of the smallest ever found. The egg. If such It could be called, is alxuit the I site of a slightly overgrown I pea PLEASANT MILLS | RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Mary Ellen Case Dies This Afternoon At Celina Hospital Mrs. Mary Ellen Case. 73. of Pleasant Mills, died at the Glhhona hospital In Celina. Ohio, at 2:lb p. m. EST today Death was caused by pneumonia She wax admitted to the Celina hospital last Thursday Her husband, the late Andrew I Jasper Case, preceded her in death Surviving are six children* Jesse Case of Itecatur. Rufus Case of Pleasant Mills. Roy Case of Deca--1 tur route 6 Marion Case of Akron. i(NBp. Vaughn Case of Monroe. Mtch., and Mra. Mary Elizalieth Putman of Celina. O.; and one brother. Stewart Watkins of Andrews. Two children died In Infiuny. Funeral services will Iw* held at 3 o'clock ENT Thursday afternoon i at the Mrthodist church in PleaI sant Mills The Icody will Im taken , to the c hurch at noon Thursday and may lie viewed until time of the funeral. Louis Worthman To I ndento Operation Uiuis Worthman, father of Ernest Worthman. county aaaeaaNr. will undergo an operation at the Luthi cran hospital In Fort Wayne Wedi nesday for the removal of c ataracts i from Imth eyes The elder Worth- ' man has been ailing for some tlm* ' He was admitted to the hospital Monday.

LENTEN MEDITATION tßev Carey It Moser. First Baptist Chnrcbt “HEAVENLY RELATIONSHIPS’* "Far whoaaavar shall do th« well of my Father which io in heaven, the same la my brother, and sister and mother " Matthew lt:2n

conclude that a peraonal saving faith In J sou a Christ aa Saviour and Lord, la Cod’s will tor man. and the only ba ala for thia Heavenly relationship and unity Thia Heavenly relationship should prove more abiding and unifying than that of earth because baaed upon a moral affinity as well Hla moral perfecliotis should lend io sepatair us fioin the social corruptive about us, uuto His holy aud dallgtiUul aoivlco.

LEGION TO HOLD : BIRTHDAY PARTY Pot Luck Dinner, Program To Mark Anniversary March 15 The 21st anniversary of the founding of the American la-gion I will be observed March 15 by Ad ! sms post number 43 nt the home at First and Madison streets. The* annual birthday party will I be held al 6 :15 o'clock Friday evei nlng. March 15. and will open with |u pot luck dinner for the* legionI naire* and their families In the I dining room of the h-gtrm home The principal address will be I delivered hy Clifton E Htrlker, superintendent of the* Adams county schcHits. Following ihe address, the dining room will be cleared and special music will be furnished hy the glrla saxapheme qufastet. composed of Alice Yosl. Pat McConnell. Anna Brandyberry. Marjorie Miller and Kathleen Frybac k i Following the program, a dance will be held, with music furnished by a local orchestra. Dee Fryhai k is c hairman for the I birthday fiarty. and will be assisted by the following committee: Leo Gllllg. Ed Nhoccf. Clyde Butler. True Miller. Otis < loti Id. and Albert Rutnschag A committee from the ladles auxiliary la also assisting The anniversary party la an annual affair held hy the American la*gion. observed throughout the nation on March 15. 16 and 17. Former Monroe Man Dies In Michigan Funeral services were held today at Cokm. Michigan for **rank P. Halberstadt. *6. former Monroe resident. who died Nunday at hla homo iin Colon The- dec eased had been I bedfast since he was injured October 27. 1939 in a fall at his home Nurvivlng are his widow. Annie Hagen-Halberstadt, four nona: J F and A. F Hallceratadt. both of Pleasant Mills: J T of Toledo. Ohm and G. G Halberstadt of Colon; one daughter. Mra. Wayn<* Baade, of Toledo Burial was made in the Colon cemetery after setvlcej at the home.

Earthly lies of bkacd and love no precious here are overshadowed by the exshed Heavenly relationship, through faith and obedience lo mir c ommon Ixwu At once we see the fallacy of the- Idea that ail men are neeeoaarily related to Him as Hla children. Relationship la baaed upon birth, therefore only those who are born from above, are His children and brothers one tn ihe other John 2:.. "Except a man tie horn again he cannot see the kingdom of find " John I 12. "As many as received Him to them gave Hr power to become the children of God even lo them who believe cm Hla name" Onr lest says, 'doing His will' la the basis of brotherhood Whai Is His will* In John ( 40 we are told that Ills will Is to give eternal lift to all who bells vs on Him Therefore we

War Activity Is Intensified Today, Extending To Western Front; Finns Repulse Attack

TAX RECEIPTS ARE PREPARED — Receipts For Spring Installment Ready At Treasurer’s Office County treasurer John W Blakey announced today that the receipts . for the spring Installment of tales were prepared and that tagpayers could obtain them at the treasurer's office. More than ll.boo receipts were prepared. Mr. Blakey stated The j receipts this year are printed on yellow paper The duplicate foldi ing receipt is used and the Novem- • tier Installment Is prepared at the same time with the May receipts Monday. May A. is the final day for paying the spring installment of tales for 1929. without a penalty being added Thosr- who wish to pay the November Installmetii may do so at I this time The receipts were typed by Mrs Orville Rhodes, who was employed by Mr. Blakey In order i to get the receipts out before the first of March The receipts Include real estate and Improvement takes, personal property, ftoll takes and In some , r ases special taxes for di'cli assessments. Separate receipts are prepared for delinquent taxes. Mr Blakey staled Lenten Service At St. Mary’s Church The regular Tuesday la-t-.ten service will lie held at St. Mary's ’ church this evening The sermon will lie deliverer) by Father Huff- ' man of Fori Wayne Following the sermon there will lie Benediction of the Blessed Saclament. The services begin at 7:80 ' o'clock. DEATH CLAIMS MARY NIBLICK Prominent Decatur l.ady Dies This Morning At Hospital Miss Mary f' NHdlik. 79 mouther of a prominent pioneer la-i.itur family, died this morning at 9 20 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to complications. following an extended Illness over » period of years. The deceased was born in this city January 12. IMI. the daughter of Jesse and Catherine Niblick For ( a number of years she served in the capacity of sales < lerk at the , Niblick store here She was never married. Surviving are a brother. Daniel , M Niblick proprietor of the Nile ! 11l k A Co., store here, nine nicies and five nephews. A sister and five brothers precelled her In death. Funeral services will Ire held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at , the St Mary's Catholic church, of which she was a memtier, with Rev Joseph J Selmetg officiating. , Burial will be in the Ht Joseph , cemetery. The body will Ire returned to the residence. 424 Marshall street, from the Gllllg « Ikran funeral homo Wednesday morning at 10 o clock and may be viewed there until time for the services _ ....... Mra. Abraham Is Reported Better The condition of Mrs. Charles Abraham, of Berne, who is seriously ill at the Adams rounty memorial hospital, was reported slightly Improved today Twenty samples of blood were taken before the correct type was found, but with the improvement In her condition. It Is not certain that a blond transfusion will lie necessary O' — Truck Driver Killed In Lafayette Crash Idtfayette. Ind.. Feb 27— (I'Ft— Russel F. Thompson. 2». Frankfort truck driver, was killed today when bis truck skidded from federal road i 2 by-pass at the east edge of Lafayette and crashed Into a tree Passersby found him dead in the car. He suffered a skull ftactun,uud broken neck.

POPE RECEIVES SPECIAL U.S. ENVOYTAYLOR Myron Taylor Presents Pope With Special letter From Roosevelt Vatican City Fell 27 <U.R) Myron C Taylor. President Roose, veil's s|>e<-lal envoy to the Vatican, presented Pope Plus XII with a personal letter front the president today during an audience of 40 minutes In the small throne room of the Vatican. Taylor went to the Vatican to present his credentials, but he t,M>k also the letter, as Sumner Welles, sent to Europe to Investigate and report on the war and prospects for peace, hud presented a secret presidential letter to Premier Benito Mussolini Pope Pius, talking privately with Taylor asked him to convey to the president and the American people his greetings Taylor was escorted to the Vatican lit a Vatican automobile, with two oilier cars accoin|>anying all flying the Vatican and I'nlted Slates flags The cars passed through the arch of bells Into the courtyard of St Damascus where Monsignor Beniamino Nardone, secretary of the ceremonial congregation, received Taylor. A «|w-< lai corps of the palatine guards presented arms Taylor, wearing evening dress, shook hands with Monsignor Nardone He and Monsignor Nardone, escorted liy two secret chamberlains of sword and cape and four special functionaries. ellml>e<l the marble stairway along which Hwlas guards wearing silver breast plates over their uniforms, presented their halberds The group passed through the trrtwTtxitND on pagio sivr»~ 12 Killed As Plane Crashes In Colombia Bogota. Columbia. Fel> 27 tfpt Twelve passengers were reported killed ttalay when a tri-motored plane crashed 12 miles from Huearamagna Details were not Immediately available Among those reported dead was Benito Hernandes Bustof. former war minister and once Colombian minister to lamdon Ernesto lacuona. Cultan minister, also was reported among the victims. .. o . . Two Boys Die As Fire Sweeps Home Sutlvan. Ind. Feb 27 tl'Pt Robert and David Marlin, in and 14 years old respectively, were burned to death today when fire swept through their home at Shelburn while they slept Their parents. Mi and Mrs. Fonr.a Martin, and a sistei were sleeping In an adjoining room but were not burned seriously. The cause of the fire was not determined Immediately Martin Is postmaster at Shelburn. ADAMS COUNTY MAN SENTENCED Calvin Frauhijcer Fined For Auto Theft, Sentence Suspended Calvin Frauhiger. of northwest of Berne, was fined !!<• and costs and sentemed to l-lo years In prison this morning by Judge J Fred Pruchte In Adams circuit court. The sentence was suspended by the court, however, subject to Frauhlger's good behavior Judge Frui hie also stipulated that the fine and costs must lie paid or stayed liefore he could Im- released from the county jail He wax plaied under probation for two years. Frauhiger was brought to the court thia morning to receive sentence by Sheriff Ed Miller. He waa arrested by the sheriff last week on a charge of vehicle taking He was charged specifically with taking an auto lielongintt to Ed Rlngger. of near Berne He alleged ly stole a gun from the Ed Baumann home at about the same time, ai-tording to authorities.

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Air Force Flitfhts And Reports Os Fijchts By Naval I’nits Point To Intensified War. REPCLSE RUSSIANS Ixtndon. Fen. 27 <U.R> Royal air ' force flights over Berlin, and the Baltic, air raid alarms in Purls, and reports of naval fights in the Arctic and North Seas marked today a sudden Intensification of war activity. The sudden intensification Attended to the western front, where ' Imth land and air forces were ret ported more active than they had ( Ih-cii since the early days of tho ! war. The air ministry announced that , royal air force planes had made . reconnaissance flights over Berlin. . the Baltic. Germany's Helgoland . naval base, the German North Hea I coast, the Friesian Islands along I the northwest German coast, and , the Interior of western Germany, and had returned in safety r It was the first mention since r the war of a British flight over the , Baltic, a flight which would Involve a minimum of I.turn miles for the round trip ( The British flights caused GerI malty's Bremen wireless station. I over which the famous “la>rd Haw Haw" delivers his "anti-Rritlsh ! propaganda speeches, ** to remain silent for several hours. Heavy anti-aircraft gunfire burst , out in the Paris area last night I and searchlights felt Into the sky t for raiding planes It waa, announced that two German platiea had flown over the Paris area and ’ had been driven off by the guns. The real air raid signal, ninth of the war. waa sounded in Paris r at 4 35 a. m today It was the firm Paris air raid M alarm since Novemln-r 23 last ( The "all cb-ar" was sounded at 6:80 a m Mystery attached to reports of naval flights In the Arctic and North nea» Reports swept through Hcandinavia that British warships had sunk two German ships off the I Vardoe area of rhe northern Norwegian coast near the Finnish Arc- , tic area of peisamo Neither the I British nor the German admiralties I confessed knowledge of any such (CONTINUED ON PAGE NIVEi APPOINTMENT : BY MARCH 1 Clerk Indicates G. 0. P. • Nomination To Be .Made By Friday I County cl9rk Clyde O. Troutner • stated today that unless he rer elv- - ed information by March 1 which - would definitely establish the fact that Ralph E Yager was not recog- - nixed as the Republican county - chairman In Adams county, he • would approve the latter's nomination of the 0 <• I* member In the - Itourd of election commissioners Mr. Yager some time ago sub- . mltted the nomination of Rotu-rt H--lm Decatur clothier The appointment by the county clerk waa withheld, however, when Cal F. "Smoke" I'eteison also of ItocaI tnr. nominated Charles F Bnrdg to the poult lor i I Following the controversy cl >k Troutner wrote to Archie N. B, b- . bitt, state G<i P chairman, and I asked for his ruling Since an answer from Bobbitt has not been forthcoming. ih<« clerk stated that he would egerclso the right given him by law and make the appointment 1 In exercising such a right. Mr. Troutner stated that due to the preponderance of evidence approving Yager as the county chair- ' man he would appoint Yager's ’ choice of nominee, unless ahaoliim j proof were shown to the contrary, I TIMPgRATURg READINGS I OCMOCRAT THIRMOMITIR > ■ii——i 8:00 a. m. M < 10:00 a. m. 86 • j Nsun a——. M « 2:00 p. m. — . 37 1 8 OS p. m.. 1 WtATHER I C>eudy and aoldsr, light snow of ■ shswers ,n satrums northeast pen- • turn tonight; Wednesday bscaming . generally fair, colder in south and I east portiana.