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Representative H. H. Evans of New castle. In d. Fired First Gun for the G.

O. P. in DeKalb County YI? Er.thur'rstlo Crowd -Gathered at the cf Commerce In.Auburn to Hesr t.e Issues for the Campaign By. Name Z-zsl The first gun was fired In tie coning O. O.

P. campaign in DeKalb county at a love fea3t meeting l.i Auburn held in the Chamber of dining room Uonday even ing era over 400 people gathered to hear the address made by Repre sentattve II. II. Evans, of Newcastle, Indiana. Mr.

Evans who has been a member cf the lower house of the general assembly for the past six years spoke on Our Tr2seiy la Government, both In stat, er.1 rational He call el an ao an ace and a spade a spade. and rr.l no hesitancy la speaking tLir.i' cut ty their first names. He tared the cancellation of the air mail ccntrac.j and Bail that Roosevelt has beea put on the tobozsan. The speak cr sail that tha American people have tcca eating soup so long that they were troubled with codeltla, and the reached from Indlanapo-lij t3 and meant nothing than "Booze, bunk and boodle lis reviewed the distribution of Demo cratic ria. opposed the gross in come tax and said that it would ruin any political tarty.

He declared in favor cf the repeal of the gross In tax, tut that he was not opposed to an income tax or a sales tax, but waa crpoBed to taking 'any tax out of the pocket cf the people and putting it into the pochct of others ia the way political graft He said that no man Is "greater' than the crowd that he surro'und3 himself with, and urged that the people get tack to the- real fundamentals cf government. II. C. Epringer, Republican county chairman presided aiDcke encourerinsly of the Tast crowd that tad gathered on this oc casion. Ha introduced the candidate who have already announced their canillaclas in DeKalb coun ty.

Those Introduced were Harry ot the tiiex" and he declared that he had1 his doubt about that. He referred to the Dukes of Pluto and gave hint of the $100,000 la 'beer tax that is missing. Mr. Evans spoke on "Our' Tragedy la Government," and said in part: "What Is the matter with the American people? We have bfeen de-fled; we have had the finger of some dirty llzzard poked under our nose; we have had radio crooners tell us everytlme that we turned on the radio that the President likes children, the President Is kind to dumb ani mals', 'the President drank a glass of milk for breakfast', the President had a until I wanted to take club and brain the radio. "I heard 'Toughy Hugh Johnsoa in August, 1933 In a speech he made from St.

Louis by radio, say: 'You ara going to Join the NRA and we don' mean maybe. We are backed pby (Continued to page 5) Fires the First Gun or the O. P. Campaign IL IL EVANS State Representative-of Newcastle, addressed a. large gathering of Republicans at Auburn Monday evening.

LtMU L- iJ a A 1 I Suffers Fracture of Xoth When a Tree Fell ion Him Near Cutler- Son After. Noon Yestsrday Daniel Blucher, who has been em- ployed by the Edgerton Basket com pany as a limber" buyer, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was in the woods near Butler looking after cutting some timber. Workmen were felling a tree which struckCMr. Blucher and knocked him down, severely injuring -him.

He was brought to his home, in Waterloo In an ambulance and was to Richland Township Farmer Who Died at the Age of 84 Year V-' LjilUlX-ULJLiCU Hoosier Republican Editor Question the. President's Adoption of Many of the "Brain Trusts Schemes at kt. The Diliinger Fiasco-la the Last Straw the General Breakdown of State Enforcement Agencies Stain of Disgrace on State Special to The Press I annual meeting Saturday and Bald of Franklin Roosevelt: FARMER NAMES HIS PIG DILLINGER BECAUSE IT WONT STAY INTHE PEN" Marion Shimer, a residing near Anderson, has named one of his little pigs because he explained, the pig won't stay in the pen. 6. 6.

DG8S Pioneer Resident, of DeKalb County Expired Friday Night at His Home In Waterloo Heart, and Caused Hie Sudden Death Lifelong Resident of DeKalb County Christian C. Buss, 89, a pioneer of Te find ourselves questioning his rKaih nntr. riiorf muniv m. a. it ai.

a. I L0Ufl3 GGP Trophies Awarded to Indiana Republl can Newspapers for Meritorious Pages at State Meeting lew sfoxe At Kthe Closing Night Attracted a Crowd of. More-Than 700 People from Over the K. Remmel Presided at Banquet The Waterlo Press waa awarded he has incorporated into his so-called home In Waterloo last Friday even- paper Went Michigan City New Deal. Little or no good can I ln 6t clock.

Mr. Buss had been I xsews. wiran from artiflclal aHmnknli "und 1 feeling as. well as usual and during I The best editorial page went we most assuredly do not subscribe the evening laughed and joked with the Salem Republican-Leader. to tn a nnifoT thftt win And Iti a aw I bi wife.

While he was sitting In a I best editorial furthering the vear to a worse condition thai we I cair at his home Mrs. Buss was I Republican party went to The Wash- are now experiencing." laDout reaay to renre an noucea thatimgion ueraia. Those words were Incorporated in I ne va bating difficulty with his The cup won by The Waterloo ROAD TO TRU C. RICH 3: SmK Tirst the' kingdom of God, hla 'lahteousnese; and all these -thlnr shall be added unto -you- Matthew THE WATERLOO PRESS won the. Schertemeler trophy cup for -the.

bett flrtt page of Indianafit publican weekly newspaper during the year 1831. OLDEST REPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN DEKALB COUNTY VOL. LXXVI, No. 31 WATERLOO, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNINGMARCH 15, 1934 $2.00 A YEAR 1 JUL) (puma (mi rT mi i uuu.u 3 1 mm im -mmm OPEN POSTOFFICE stssv of sen 1 i BIDS ON APRIL 3 Sealed Estimates for the Building of at Auburn Have Been Requested from Washington According to word that has been received from the' Treasury Department at Washington, sealed bids 'for mm the constrnction of Auburn'a new Post 1 And Kept Two Day. Before Notifying Office Building wil be opened on April I Anyone of the Tragedy That Had 3.

The new contract la being let! fn Place In Home Saturday Indianapolis. March- 14-Declarin the Schqrtemeler trophy cup at tiTmvh. effoPtm of thB Anhnrn that while" they respected the Presi- fnnuai meeung ot tne inaiana Kepun-1 of commerce and Congress- rrP'MT tT I pn PTr-t dent head of the greatest govern- Chronic Indigestion Affected His MIcan Editorial Association at In- maa rarleyf of Aubufn, and It la I VI.CJ ment on earth," members of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association removed kid gloves at their aianappiis Jfnaay in cne siaie comesi for the best first page of a weekly newspaper. In addition to this The Press received favorable mention for "Tf b6 Became Alarmed When P.reon. Call-" vuuoiruvMU uua cuuuuei.

The bids are to Include the furnish- Inea'of all labor and mtAHnl and the best editorial page and the best pertorming all work for the con- political editorial for the year 1933. strnctlon of the building. The con- Post-Office waa abandoned. a resolution on "Federal and State I uumeu ncross jiiweuwu uw pn fi Government" adopted, by the editors I street to aneighbor to telephone for association in 1925. bj Frederick E.Jj' jv I i I on the last day of their two-day ses-1 a doctor and on her return home I Schortemeier, secretary bf state.

I Lktaw--aUL MM i sioa here. While recognizing the found nIm dea tbe chair. Mr. I This Is the second time that The Prunidprif atmeift to ronnnor ip I Bubs had been troubled for some time I Press has been the winner of this economic deDression. although: dis-lw chronic indigestion, but was not same cup, a'ereeine with many of his methods.

I concerned as -to Its severity. Thel There were two ouUUndlng addres- the editors could find "little to in the administration of. Gov-ernor Paul in Indiana. "The ruthless and czarlstlc attitude of the Governor la a disgrace beyond the resolution said. I To Don B.

Irwin, of Frankfort, who had Just completed his, first year as attack came upon him causing failure oi the Funeral services' were held from the Waterloo United Brethren church on Monday afternoon at 1:30, with Rev. ed at the Door But Received No Response from Within Fun-. eral Yesterday Afternoon The best first page -of a daily news- tract WM let toe LaSaUe Con- A tragedy took place at the home I ses made at the sessions of the edi torial association, The messages carried with them great importance as bearing on the life of a newspaper. At the Friday night session Col. Ernest Lewellen officiating.

Inter-1 Robert R. McCormick, publisher of ment was made in the mausoleum in I the Chicago Tribune, gave the his- the Woodlawn- cemetery at Auburn. I toricar aspect; of the rise and fall of chairman of 'the Republican State Mr Buss was born In Richland republics, and traced the factor of structlon Company of Sonth, Bend, 01 Mrs. Cora Norton on South. Elm more than two years ago, and the street that has no equal Is character excavation was made soon afterward.

In Waterloo. The community was. However, the South Bend company startled'. Monday afternoon-when the went Into the hands of a. receiver new was spread about town that Mrs.

since that time and work on the new I Cora Norton. 58, had hung'herself in LGSHCD DP Jack. Steele. Escaped from the Chicago State Asylum Arrived In Waterloo Tuesday Evening, Went. Wild the woodshed adJolninr her1 home.

The story of the tragedy la one of sadness and so much' out bf the ordinary that public: Interest has been aroused to a degree of all kinds of rumors and conjectures as to the" facta of the. death of Mrs. Norton." Mrs. 'Norton had planned to go to Fort Wayne on Saturday, according to Information that she had given her. friends, to be with her daughter, Mrs.

Bruce who waa expecting the arrival of a baby this week, It Is al- An Insane man was locked, up by so known that she had been worrying Night Officer Ray Imhoff at about one some of late, -partly due to physical o'clock yesterday morning, when he ailments and partly to financial mat-was found- wandering on the streets ters over the depreclatlcni some in a crazed -condition. The man I securities that she held, which had Committee, went the editors' praise township June 2, 1844 and- was 89 the newspaper as withstanding; the hls name as Jack' Steele nd he mature-d-and on which she had not for his activity. The work of Harry lyear8 montns ana aays or age atjcoiiapse oi me repuoucs. iie snowea Fenton. committee secretary.

wasline 01 nia Mr. bubs was I me importance ox tne press as a lac- tax due this year on- Intangibles GARRETT WON OVER Mr. Maxwell reports that $1,760.35 was paid at his office during the first ten days of March by purchasers of intangibles tax stamps and he estimates that the aggregate sales of such stamps In this county- will taxpaying period. LAST RITES HELD FOR J. V.

JOHNSON Cerebral Homorrhaae Proves Fatal V.1 LIU.UU Hi rirtUO the Buss farm; Mrs. Nettle Poorman, Grade Schol Tournament Held at Gar rett Ended In a Victory for the Railroad Town Player V', With but little effort, apparently, amount to $12,000 during the 1934 1 the Garrett Junior high school basket, afternoon from the Showers Corners I tourney to the tune of 18 to. 9. At United Brethren church for the late 1 7:15 Butler met West Richland, an- James W. 84, who died at I other newcomer in the meet, and the home of his son, John Johnson, a I jolted the score board' up to 38 points mile north-of Feagler's Corners in against West Richland's 3.

The Richland township on Wednesday, o'clock game between Altona and The services were cdnducted by his North K.eyser was adding pastor, Rev. Ernest Lewellen and machine contest with Altona piling children also survive. Waterloo. Continued to page five FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY In The Waterloo Press ball team defeated the Waterloo Plnchebn of Goshen Is talking junior high school team by a about leasing the Waterloo race track sided score of 25 to 9 in the final W9 coming season tor norse training game Friday of the DeKalb county purposes. grade tournament which waa play.ed Dell Locke went to Jackson, Mich- at the high school gym In Garrett Saturday to spend Sunday with hia Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

I sisters, Cora and Hattie, the latter be- In the opening tilt, which was I ing In poor health. played Wednesday at 4:30, Waterloo Private car No. 104 containing a placed an easy victory over the Gar- party of Lake Shore officials went Funeral services were held Friday lrett Catholics, a newcomer Into the! south on the Fort Wayne branch last Friday returning north on Saturday. Millie Shepherd arrived home yes terday. -lir' Fred P.

Hasklns. reports the arrival lof a baby boy at his home. Katie" Braun visited her brother Will la Angola over Sunday. Delia Moore is on a three weeks burial took place In the Sedan ceme-lup a score of 53 points and North I visit to relatives In Toledo. tery.

I Keyset receiving 4., The final game I John Beldler was in Monday, and Mr. Johnson was born in Tusca-loi thel Wednesday session, was played! paid for The Press for, 1884. He has rawas county, Ohio, April 3, 1849, and I at 8:4 between Qarrett an, Ashley taken The Press for 25 years, -came to DeKalb county when four 1 with a wide score ot 35 to 3. the Gar-1 Charles Burkhart left yesterday for years of age. Since then he has made lrett lads claiming the victory.

Ithe asylum for the blind at Indianapo- his residence continuously in Fairfield I Tb.e 'Thursday eTenlns session Ills. He desires to express hia thanks and Richland townships. I opened with Butler meeting Water-1 to tbe people of Waterloo VhQ have He was united In marriage wlthlloo at This game was i a scrap Iso cheerfully cared for him in Ws Catherine E. Grimm of Fairfield, town-1 from start finlsb' with. Waterloo affliction, ship.

She died February 14, 1917. To leading, wjhfiily gn.e basket at tbej The Snnday school of the Christian them were born five chlidreq. lend oj the fanie and. the seore belpg I church VlU glte a cqneert at the died May 3.1, 1925. The surveyors, are 1 12 to JQ.

Garrett trimmed Altona, I church next Sunday evening. John Johnson, nortb of Feagler's eorn-128 to ,23, second bqw at Tbe nieettnga 1 at the Reformed era S.Mrs. Llbble Kirkpatriek, living I but they earned, the rictory due to I church are contlnned this week. nine miles northwest of Apburn andi excellent ball tossing, I The following members ot the ward Mrs. Ruth Pollock of Klmmell'twol GalTett.

by winning qyer Wa.teTloo I school received 100 In examination half-brothers, Enos Ritter of Detroit received the pennant The offieiais and deportment during the month end-and Ell Ritter of Toledo, seven 'were Paul Bateman and Virgil Feag- ing March 7: Roman' Hanke, Emma grandchildren and twelve great grand- jler of 3arrett and R. W. Warring of I Ahrendt, Brentls Booth, Willie Ahrendt, Mary Day, Emma Day, Lil- institutions of our "form of government. He diT not speak against any party platform so much as he did to sented the. dangers confront us.

(Continued tn page fire) Bald he lived in New York. He came I realized the Interest due. Unto Waterloo Tuesday evening ask-1 Another great source of anxiety was commended- the second child of a family of twelve tor In consUtutlonal government and ed Marshal' John Wilson to rive him the condlUon of her onlr.aon. Harry The resolution follows, in part: children. He was educated In the how the freedom of the press was place to Btay OTer He was Hamilton, who Uved wltn her.

and "We are confident that better times common schools and after completing guaranteed before -the constitution tU thft momfn honu? I who fnr tha are 'eventually coming and that they Ma course entered the saw-mill bngi- was first agreed upon: v': rear of the town halL Steele lived the life of a hermit In her own will, come through Republican pol- neBS. He operated a sawmill on the closing of the.two days ses- -eemed to ba all rieht but waa soaked I home, anendlne most of'hu Mm icies and with the restoration of con- Buss farm and for "a -period of four sion was the Saturday night meeting hrtth water. He said he' came In onjhla room npstalrs, allowing himself stltuUonal government. Aa editors pears operated a mill In Auburn on held at the cuypool Hotel In In-U tralnvfrom the west and It is pre- to become nnUdy and acting in a pe-more interested in good government 1 016 8lte where- the Jail now stands. I dlanapolia when more than 700 peo- 8Umd he was drenched with water I cullar manner at times.

suffering from his injuries. The tree than ln Partr sccess, we. pledge our- Later he and his father rebuilt, a pie attended the banquet and heard fell across his body and if is feared Iselves here and now to aid in every a't iuou uu tciviu uur v. yuiicimwiuiui jiut r. that ln addition to both legs being fractured" that he may be injured internally.

EXTENDS PATE OF PAYMENT OF 1934 INTANGIBLE TAXES State board of tax commissioners has extended the date of paying Intangible taxes until April 'l. Hitherto, March 10 was announced huU as a candidate for Representa-Jaa the deadline date for payment of tlve; Jesse auditor; E. Pro vines 'for county E. Turner for county snerll; Cbarlos E. Ml3er for county I taxpayers Feb.

28, 19S3 assessor; Eert Eachtel for xcounty treasurer: Georse E. Mounts' for prosecutor; Frank W. McCuliough for from the north district; Harold V' Johnson for coroner, West tor recorder. During the evenlns M. F.

Long was introduced as tne oldest Republican In attendance at the meetine. Mr. Long will soon be 5 years of age and he spoke brief saying that he was "going to vote 'er stralsht." Capt. Springer introduced Mr. Evans as the speaker of the evening.

Mr. Evans said that "McNutt thinks he's the King of Indiana, but I think he is the "boob of Indiana." He told of the work of the last legislature under McNutt and of the large number of laws ln the acts that were published, all of which he said were "unconstitutional ''with', the 'exception constitutional, movement and every ll Dounaea oy isast sevetnth, I bock or ennsyivania commendable project that will result! Sixth and Union streets In I Congressman is the greatest author- In stable government and In a return I selling the mill to O. BachteJIty on, constitutional law. la the to a healthy rnd permanent prosper-1 Mr. Buss a similar business 1 United, States, his address he Itr.

isoum or Asmey. tie suosequenuy re-imaae it piain uat ue irena oi me "Little or no good can come from I turned to farming and sixteen years government is now contrary to all artificial" stimulants and we most as-1 BS moved to Waterloo. forms of the constitution, and if such anredlv do not subscribe- to a oolicy I He was married sixty-seven years I a trend la not checked it will result that will find us In a few years In a ago to Elizabeth Park of Richland worse condition than we are now. ex-twnsmp ana tney mtenaea to ceie- perienclng. While we admire Continued to page eight the I brate their sixty-eighth wedding an niversary yesterday.

To, Mr. and Mrs. Buss were born nine children of whom the following survive: John and Isaac of Auburn; Jeff, living on at the Corunna water station. -1 According to 'an Interview with During the night he was the only Hamilton, the following story was re-lodger and he became erased with bated: That he had seen" his mother haluclnatlons. He tore down the Friday, night shortly before twelve lighting fixtures and wiring, broke o'clock and talked with her.

She had shovel and broom handles and knock- prepared to retire and threw, the ed the glass windows out and then covers back on. her bed. Hamilton crawled out of a window. He- went went to his room and heard nothing up town on the street and begged for during the He heard some one In time in the destruction of the basic accordlv to m. Btory was house between 8 and 9 o'clock Satnr- He then became very ugly.

Jday morning, as the children of the A etter In his pocket was written I next door neighbor. Isaac Broom, bad bv hia brother. John Snoric of 4139 1 been In the habit of brinrinc Mrs. defend the constltuUonal fonn of bur 52d St, Westslde, L. New York Norton's niail to her door each morn-fundamental government.

He showed atJ letteri wag addressed to I Ing. After hearing several raps IOB 6nreme8 OI U8 Time! IM, pre- Of1. IIM Mn. VV ninl I Himntnn. aM ha r-ama nwn mttrm cago State HoBpltaL and in the letter to tell his mother about the rape as he stated that he was addressing him be thought she perhaps waa either aa John Steele because the authorities down in the basement or ln the wood- lie Cook and Albert Brown.

Hattie t.t. I. 1 1U VU4WO(U axaUL UUb aU(V a aaa va vuwa L. Dickinson, teacher. L.m.

Tho ia niHfiw1 tht thnlnever answered the Antir mlVI Lee S. Goodwin'a wife died ester- kthar Waa trvlnr to ret hint to searched for hU mother and a he day (March 12) at 3 p. Lttia tn New- Vnrk. Marshal Wilson I onened the woodshed door ha saw her" called Sheriff Hoff at 6:30 yesterday I body dangling from a rope tied to a TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO I mornlnz to coma after the insane I rafter and her feet hanelns: at the man. and the sheriff arrived here from I side of a chair.

She waa scantily Simon A. Dilgard and son Jay left I Auburn about 2 o'clock yesterday I clothed ln her night gown. Hamilton for New Mexico with a car load of afternoon taking charge of him. Isaid he took a knife and cut the rope and carried the body into the living and Mrs; Wm. Ettlnger cele- SE'l'l'LKD' DAMAGE room.

expecting to carry her p- brated. their golden wedding annlver- ct tit' cr ei ntrn a1" a11 Place her on the bed. "He sary. Vr- SUIT FOR $1,050 was unable to do so aa he got a stitch Editor W. O.

Kenan of the Butler ln his back aa he lifted the body down. Herald, Is quarantined on account of Litigation Over the Death of 8mall Son He then placed the body on the floor scarlet. fever in hia family. of Clarence Baron Near Newvllle and left It there. The Waterloo Commercial League waa Settled By Ajreement it was not until Monday shortly makes plans for a tot sale to be dl-t I after noon when he telephoned to Dr.

rected -by a Chicago -1 A setlement was reached last weeklJ. E. Showalter and told him to come EmeU Brown, a clerk In Day's in the claim of Clarence Baron, who I to the house that something awful had hardware store died I brought action against Philip G. I happened. This, according to Hamil- Mrs, Alonza Lower la eovalesclnglKemp and the Auburn Auto Co, fori ton, waa about 12:30 or 1:00 from her aerlous tUneaa.

Ithe death of the former's young son, I Before the doctor came the telephone Lockhart baa been quite poor-1 Harry, by payment of the sum of I rang and Hamilton answered the call $1,050. lit waa Bruce Shugart, hia brother-ln- Mr, and Mr. A. P. Bartholomew and I The plaintiff la a resident of New-1 law, at Fort Wayne, telling him that little son of Elkhart, visited several I ville township.

His son waa killed 1 a haby boy had arrived at their home. day with Waterloo relatives and hast July 5 when be was struck by frlenda. la motor car driven by Mr. Kemn on Waterman and son Myrl of the Auburn-Newville road. Mr.

Kemp I that berahould not tell bis wife. Mr. Elkhart, Tlstted over Sunday with hia8aid that as he approached the boy Shugart will nqt be Informed of the parents, and Mrs. F. Water-1- rear tlr of hia car blew out and I tragedy until ahe la stronger.

Dr. Schurts returned Tuesday from Ada, Ohio, where he went to see his mother who haa been in poor, health. The employes of Beyer Bros. and their wives were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

R. L. Hull, on Friday evening. D. that his car swerved to the opposite side of the highway, 'striking the child.

Mr. Kemp resides In Chicago and po ration The Ladles Aid of the M. E. Shugart asked for Norton and was Informed that ahe waa gone, but Dr. Showalter arrived at the home and found the dead body on the floor, where it had been He called Coroner.

B. O. Shook, who arrived he la connected with the Cord cor- later and an investigation into the tragedy was made. "The coroner said I he waa convinced that death, was due to suicide. The body was removed to I Leas and Ab Kelley went to I church will serve a penny dinner at I the Ettlnger morgue and prepared for Bryan, Ohio to look after the Van the church basement starting at 11:00 burial and returned to the home Tues-Camp Industry reecntly established In a.

m. on next Thursday, March 15th. day afternoon. Bruce Shugart came that city with a view of Interesting The dinner is for the public and all to Waterloo after the talk with Harry them In Waterloo. tare Invited to attend.

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