Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. SriO w flurries probable north and east central portions. Somewhat colder east portion tonight.

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INDIANA POLICE SEARCHING FOR BANK BANDITS Pair Os Holdup Men Use Machine Gun In Robbing West Louisville, Ky., Bank PEDESTRIANS HERDED INTO BANK; ONE SHOT Evansville, Jan- 10.— Police <>l Evansville and sur.•oiiiidinU to"’» s wcrc , on * ,IC lookout today for two bandits, one believed to be a woman in mil |f s clothing, who robbed Hie Farmers Bank, ol vest Louisville. near Owensboro |<v and seriously wounded one man with a machine gun. Escaped With SI,OOO The |>andits escaped in an auto with SI,OOO in cash. They entered the bank and held up J. M. O’Brien, cashier and his son. They then herded all pedestrians in the vicinity into the building. As they drove away, they opened fire with a machine gun. Hays Bratcher, farmer, was shot in the abdomen. He was in a serious condition today. o Truck Skids At Corner And Breaks Fire Hydrant A Decatur Laundry truck, driven by Otto Wise, skidded at the corner of Monroe an dThird streets in this city, this morning, and broke off a city fire hydrant. Mr. Wise made a wide turn to avoid hitting another other automobile and the rear end of the truck skidded into the plug, snapping it off. —— o Motion Picture To Be Shown At Mt. Taber A five-reel moving picture, “Lest We Forget”, will be presented at the Mt. Tabet Methodist chut eh, this evening, at 7 o'clock. The film depicts the true story of a man now serving a li'e sentence in the penitentiary. Admission will he free and t.he public is invited. SLEET AND SNOW HIT COMMUNITY Motoring Made Hazzardous By Slippery Roads; Temperature Drops Sleet and snow followed the rain of Wednesday night and a drop in temperature caused the streets and roads of this community to become slippery and hazzardous today A strung wind ace ntpanied the drop in temperature. Government weather forecasters were not very optimistic concerning lair weather, at least for the next several hours, and snow was on the weat ter forecast menu for today and possibly t night. A cold north wind, which froze the tain and sleet almost instantaneously added to the hardship of motoring bn ’he slippery pavements and roads. The sleet froze on the windshields f automobiles. teiy few accidents were reported, an.l none of them wete of a serious nature. Indications were that t.je temperature would drop further tonight, and ’nat the let-up in the cold sped v nld tie only temporary.

Hard Work And Tobacco To Disappear., Ford Says

New York, Jan. 10.—'U.R1—Two of e words richest men today vision e coming half century as the goldn age of humanity’s history. Henry 01 <. automobile manufacturer, and 11 >ew Mellon, industrialist and <apitallst, turn to the role of author 10 express that view. Hard work will be banished because lln, ' r y will make it unnecessary, „ o ri , Says in bis new book “My Phi - di° Phy of !nt >«stry.” Tobacco will Pr PPear because smoking will be’lt' obs °lete, be birther avers. m»»I ° n ’ wrltill 8 in Cosmopolitan view t?” f ° r Februar Y- expresses the are • « a young man ’ s opportunities wirrt o lnfinitely more varie 't the remnro • greater ' an d the enjoyment in , imm ediate than was the case •'0 years ago.” whLu 1101 exchange the period in 1 have lived for any other in

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“King” Is Dead Wj r EL—...... • ___ _ Gr.ngland’s guns opened firb again in Chicago, this time killing Pasquale Lolordo, retputed successor of Tony L ml at do. recently slain, as head of the Unione Siciliano. He was shot down as he drank red wine with three “friends’’ In his own home. SEVERAL PRIESTS ARE TRANSFERRED Rev. Leonard Deininger, Former Decatur Youth, Transferred To Logansport Appointments affecting 10 priests n the Fort Wayne diocese of the Catholic church, to become effective Friday, have been announced by Bishop .John F. Noll. The list includes the transfer of three wellknown pastors, promotion of a chanlain and an assistant to pastorates and the assignment of assistants. The Rev. Deininger. former Decatur resident and a son of Mrs. Magdalena DeinuMeer of this -tty, has lieen transferred as an assistant from SS. Peter and Paul church, Huntington. to St. Joseph’s church, Lcgansport. Prior to his appointment at Huntington. he served as assistant at St. Mary’s, Lafayette. Unt.l Rev. Michael P. Louen, rector at Huntington, is given a permanent assistant. Rev. Aquinas Knossos Roanoke will assist at SS. Peter and Paul church. Huntington, on Saturdays and Sundays. The Rev. Francis A. Sheridan, formerly a member of the faculty at St. Viator’s college, who served for several weeks as assistant at St. Marv’s church in Decatur last spring and who has been supplying in other parts of the Fort Wayne diocese for some time, is named as an assistant at St. Patrick’s church, Fort Wayne. He will reside at St. Vincent’s Orphan home. He succeeds the Rev. Francis Joseph McAuliffe. The latI ter succeeds Father Fallon as chaplain at St. Vincent’s orphange and will continue to reside there as chap’ain pro tern. The Rev. Edward J. Mungovan, one of the most promient priests of the diocese, has been transferred from the pastorate of St. Paul’s church, Valparaiso, to All Saints’ church, Hammond. The Rev. Edward T. Fallon, chapla ii at St. Vincent’s crphan home sinbe 1925, has been promoted to pastor of St. Mary’s church, Dunkirk, and its mission, Immaculate Conception churchy Portland. He succeeds Rev. Leo J. Dufrane, who is appointed to Holy Family church. Gas City, and chaplain at National M’Utary hospital at Marion. The Rev. V.ctor Magsam, who has ON PAGE TWO)

the world’s history," Me.ion writes. ‘‘But, if I were given the opportunity to exchange my own period of life during the past 50 years for any other time, I would choose, without hesitation, the next half-century and, needless to say, 1 would live it in America.” ' Other points made in. Mr. Ford’s book are: The "liquor generation” should be allowed to die in silence. Its agonies shou id not be the constant topic of American journals. What causes war is not patriotism, not that human beings are willing to die in defense of their dearest ones. It is the false doctrine, fostered by the few, that war spells gain. The man who cannot think is not an educated man no matter how many college degrees he may have acquited.

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ENFORCEMENT OF DRY LAW TO BE AIM OF HOOVER President-Eelect Plans To Sponsor Supreme Attempt To Enforce Law SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED (' pyright 1929 by United Press Washington, Jan. in. (U.R)— Herbert Hoover, soon after his inauguration, will sponsor a supreme attempt to enforce the prohibition law —a campaign in which new legal weapons as well as education will be used. • Hoover lias given considerable attention to the prohibition problem, during the long voyage from Rio De Janeiro to Norfolk on the battleship Utah, he devoted much time to a study of possible measures for tightening enforcement. Among the suggestions considered, it is learned, is to increase responsibility and accountability of dry administrators for major violations in their territories, such as large-scale smuggling and diversions from bonded warehouses. This suggestion embodies the idea of criminal proseeut’ons for dry officers where negligence can be proved. In addition. Hoover is expected to promote an educational campaign. (rnwixnan nn pice twoi Kirkland Township Man Seriously Hurt In Fall Jim A. Hower, assistant highway superintendent of Kirkland township, met with a painful and serious accident yesterday. He was hauling hay from his brother's farm to his own and as he drove, out pujthe highway, the wagon tilted, throwing him off. His hip was crushed and broken and he was other wise bruised. He was taken to the Bluffton hospital for treatment. GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORTS Total Os $266.62 Spent In Providing Merry Christmas For Poor Children Decatur's poor children are still cherishing memories of the trip Santa Claus made to their home on Christmas eve, when they had already consoled themselves with the bitter belief that Santa Claus’ pack would hold nothing for them this Christmas. The “Santa Claus” in these homes proved to be the "Good Fellows Club”, which is annually sponsored by the Delta Theta Tan sorority. Through public donation, the sum of $266.62 was raised for the purpose of providing a Christmas for the destitute homes of the city. The $266.62 was spent by the sorority as follows: 26 dresses $32.27 5 rompeis 3.88 15 pair bloomers. 8.84 2 night gowns. .. 2.00 Toys 15.00 5 pair shoes 11.75 Candy and nuts 9.80 _ 1 35 124 pair stockings 44.78 48 suits underwear 45.95 31 pair overalls 32 05 19 sweaters 26.95 20 sliirtb l aOt) 6 coats 12.00 1 pair pants 2.00 Total $266.72 These gifts took care of one hundred children of the city, which were representative of twenty-seven needy families. In addition to the above, one ton of coal was donated by the Carrol Coal and Coke company, which was placed where needed. The sorority is a'so grateful to the , Civic Department of the Woman's Club, who sponsored the collection of ■ used toys, all of which fitted in nicely ■ with the gift distribution program. The Waiing Glove company made a donation to the Good Fellows by , furnishing all the gloves needed in , the distribution, free of charge. To all who helped make the Christmas of 1928 one to be so well remembered by the poor children of the city, the Delta Theta Tans express their gratitude, and in turn the happi- • ness and “thank yous” of the children who were so well remembered.

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I Old And New Heads Os Salvation Army 1 | z .■ ■ ‘jwMjim HTiir''’ ■W -1 f A Ji /W« &. JB I JF**® ) ■\ My**/ General Bramwell Booth (above), supreme head, who w4ll be asked by .he high council of the Salvation Army to retire, and Evangeline, his sister, who will assume control of the Army. Sunbury-on-Thames, England, Jan. 10. —(U.R) —The high council of the Salvation Army has decided to ask Gen. Bramwell Booth, supreme commander, to retire, it was announced ofElc’ally today. Booth will rela'tt! the title cf general, the announcement said. The outcome of the extraordinary meeting of the high council here was a victory for Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Army in the I United States, who was leader of the movement to remove her brother from autocratic control of the Army, because of his ill health. The official announcement said the hgh council had decided that its president, vice-presidents and five members be delegated to visit Gen. Booth at Southwold, Sussex, whete he is ill. and suggest Ills retirement. IbTfonner DIES AT CHICAGO, ILL. Former Adams County Resident Dies After Long Illness; Burial Here J . B. Former, 62, who was born and reared on the old Fonner homestead nort.'i of Decatur, died at his home in' Chicago, Wednesday Mr. Fonner had been an invalid for the last five and one-half years, due to rheumatism. Complications developed, causing his death. Mr. Fonner was bin near this city, October 7. 1866. He spent bis early life here, but move;! to Fort Wayne who t a young man. While there, assisted in organizing the ' True Blues”, an army outfit, and he served as a first lieutenattd in both the Philippine and Span-ish-American wars. While stationed in the Philippines, Mt. Fonner was in command of the most southern island of the group. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Eva Fonner; one htother, W. A. Fonner, of Fort Wayne; and one sister. Mi. s Martha Fonner, also of Fort Wayne. Otte daughter Mrs. Vashit Fonner Hoffman died six years ago. One grandson, John Bennett Hoffman, also survives. The body will be returned to Decatur for burial. Funeral services will be held at the residence in Chicago at 9 o’cl ck Friday morning anti the body is due to at rive in Decatur over the Etie .ailroad at 3:15 o’clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. _o — Pythians To Install New Officers Tonight Kegionga lodge No. 65. Knights of Pythias, will Hold a regular meeting at the Home at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The new officers will be installed and arrangements will be made for the funeral services of A. R. Bell. All members of the lodge are urged to be present.

ORGANIZATION OF LEGISLATURE IS COMPLETED Sen. Harlan Named Presi- 1 dent Pro Tern; Haggerstown Man Chosen Speaker SAUNDERS, CRAVENS SELECTED BY MINORITY — I Result of Caucuses Senate President pro tern —Denver C. Harlan. Richmond Secretary—Leland K. Fishack, Indianapolis. Assistant Secretary—Wilson S. Daly, Indianapolis Postmaster—Mrs. Pearl Gaither, Shoa's. House Speaker—James M. Knapp. Hagerstown. Principal Clerk —Albert B. Snyder. Indianapolis. Assistant Clerk—lra A. Brown, New Salem. Principal Doorkeeper— Everett J. Newlin. Plainfield. | ■ Indianapolis, Jan. 10. —(U.R) —Senator Denver C. Harlan, Richmond and Tames M. Knapp. Hagerstown, today assumed the posts of president pro tern . f the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, t respectively following caucuses last night. Harlan defeated James J. Nejdl, Whiting, for the president pro tern post by a vote of 24 to 12. Knapp obtained the speakership position from a field of Lui candi(COVTINIFU <>v I’AGK NIX> DISTRICT LEGION MEETING PLANNED Bluffton Post Announces Plans For Meeting On Sunday, January 27 Bluffton, Ind.. Jan. 10—Anno'tncement was authorized today by Commander Noa.it Miller of the Gr ver Sheets post cf the American Legicn of this city that a district meeting of the American Legion will be held at the Bluffton community building on Sunday. January 27. The district composes the p sts of the eighth congressional district. Wells. Adams, Jay, Randolph. Delaware, and Madison counties. The meeting will be honored with the presence of National Commander Paul McNutt of Bloomingt n, as well as by the presence of State Commander Fred A Weicking whose home is in Bluffton There will be other state officers in attendance. There will be afternoon and night < sessions of the district meeting and there will be interesting features, including addresses by both the national and state commanders. Commander Miller stated today tint it was hoped to have the district meet ing here equal and if possible surpass district meetings that have been held at other points, some of which have had an attendance as high as SOO. Dining a recess between the astern on and evening meetings of the Legion tiie Legion Auxiliary will servo supper at the Sturgis hall. Because of lack of facilities for serving such a large gathering at tables, the eats will be placed on long tables and legionnaires wil march past and be served cafeteria fashion. o — Condition Os John Nelson Is Reported Better Today The condition of John E. Nelson, Adams county clerk, was reported as slightly better today. Mr. Nelson suffered a ielapse yesterday and his condition was reported serious. He rallie 1 during the afternoon yesterday, however, and although he spent a restless ' nig'it, he was thought to be a little mare lestful today. Bell Funeral To Be Held At M. E. Church. Friday The funeral services for the late Alexander R. Bell will be hel l at the ■ First Methodist church in this - city, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, instead of at the house, as was announced yesI terday. Friends may view the remains i this afternoon or evening or tomorrow until noon.

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Girl Vanishes -■— ■:*: ' \ I I Bsm ilp A j PkYr i Mania Sparr, w, 17, who has been missing from her home in Indianapolis, Ind., since January 2 and whose ‘ father, R. O. Sparrow, bleieves she is traveling under the name of Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Morgan somewhere in the Midwest. He blames ill health. WITCH DOCTOR - IS CONVICTED Faces Life Term In Prison For Killing York, Pa., Man; Youth Faces Trial York, Pa.. Jan. 10 —(U.R)—The witch doctor, John Blymyer sat cheerfully in his cell today awaiting pronounce- | ment of a life imprisonment sentence for kill ng the alleged “witch” Nelson Rehmeyer, as John Curry. 14-year-o’.d companion in crime, prepared to face a jury for his part in the Rehmeyer killing and burning. The Curry witch trial was schedtll-1 ed to start during the day. Later Wilbert Hess. 18, last of the trio, must stand trial. Blymyer, found guilty by a jury las-t ni’ght, characterized the jury's leeommendatiou of a life sentence as a “littel stiff" but pictured himself as happy free- from the “spell” which he claimed caused him to slay Rehmeyer. Now he could eat and sleep, he said. I’p lo the time he killed Rehmeyer in an effort to get a lock cf hair for burial* —part of the code for exercising bad spirits—Blymyer had been “hexed,” he claimed. o Bank Os Berne Holds Annual Election Tuesday Berne, Jan. 10 —(Special) —Directors and officers of the Bank of Berne were re-elected -at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the institution. Tuesday. T ie directors aie J. F. Lehman, C. A. Neuenschwander, E. W Baumgartner, L. A. Sprunger, Andrew Gottschalk, Levi Moser and A. J. Moser. The officers were J. F. Lehman, president; C. A,. Neufanschwander, vice-president; E. W. Baumgartner, cashier; Miss Frieda Lehman, teller; Miss Evangeline Rohrer, book-keeper, and Leslie B. Lehman, clerk.

1 ... Anniversary Os Roosevelt’s Death Recalls His Career

This week marks the tenth anniversaty of the death of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States, author, naturalist, explorer, and social moralist. He died Monday, January 6, 1919 at his home at Oyster Bay, Xew York. Roosevelt's death, in sharp contrast ; to his active life, came in the night . with only a valet attending. In a plain . oak casket, he was lowered to his grave on the crest of a steep hill above Long Island. His will, made known i on January 11, left his entire fortune , to Mrs. Roosevelt with the exception of the silverware and a $50,000 trust fund for the children. Ten years have stilled many of the powerful enemies which he made by his vigorous campaigns against corruption, but time will never erase Roose- ■ velt’s memory from the minds of men. : Roosevelt’s books will always remain , as a memorial to him. The world can I never fotget such terse bits of philo- ■ sophy as "Don't flinch, don’t foul, hit i tie line hard.” He often said that he ’ considered writing his life work and politics a civic duty. Howevrn’, the

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GOVERNOR GIVES FINAL ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE Retiring Governor Also Advocates Increase In Automobile License Tax REVIEWES HIS ADMINISTRATION IndiSnapolis Jan. 10 —(UP)—After ratifying election of officers, listening to Governor Ed Jackson’s farewell address and holding brief separate sessions, the two houses cf the Indiana general assembly adjourned shortly after noon today until Monday. The farewell address of Governor Ed Jackson was the high light of the day's business and was enthusiastically received. Indianapolis, Jan. 10.—'-U.R)—A plea for retention of the primary law was made by Gov. Ed Jackson here today when he addressed the joint opening session of the 76th general assembly. The governor ignored the fact that the republican platform in the last campaign contained a I pledge to repeal the law. “In my message of 1925 I said I could not bring myself to agree with | those who advocated repeal of the primary law," ackson said “In my message of 1927 I said I was I unable to suggest a substitute that would be better. Finds Nothing Better “I have given the matter careful consideration throughout these four years and I am still of the same opinion. "The people should have the largj eat ixissible voice in selecting their patiy candidates. I know of no other method that I feel would be more re<<OXTIM IT OX' I’ Vt.ll sl<» CHECK ARTIST AT WORK HERE AGAIN Several Merchants Victimized By Strange Woman Last Saturday Once more several Decatur merchants have been victimized by a clever check artist, t lis time by a woman. Last Saturday, a sti.inge woman visited several local stores and made purchases, giving checks in payment. She represented herself as Mrs. C. A. Ktueckeberg, it is said. The cheeks were always linger than the bill for purchases she hud made, and in some cases she even left the purchases at at the store, after receiving her change saying she would return lor them. At a grocery store, she purchased some potatoes saying that her family had about 100 bushels of potatoes, lint that they all froze. She left the potatoes she had purchased at the store, after receiving the change for her check, saying "we will drive around after them later." So fay, no trace of the woman has been found, but the checks have all come hack.

world choses to remember him for services in bringing about the trust reforms, pure food laws, conservation measures, military preparedness, the building of the Panama Canal and civil service reforms. President at a time when the United States began to feel het strength as a world power, Roosevelt carved his nitch on the pages of history. His career and that of President Coolidge are in many respects very similar. Each entered politices at an early age and rapidly advanced until he was the governor of a great eastern state. Both were later elected vicepresident of the United States, and came to the highest office in the land through the death of tile president. Both recognized the values of publicity in polities. But the manner of obtaining these advancements and honors ate so different that there can be no comparison in the lives of the men. As the yeats roll by t.-ie figure of "Teddy’’ Roosevelt, the propounder of the "strenous life” looms larger among the immortals and though he has been dead for ten years, his indomitable spiiit stiil goes marching on.

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