Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1929 — Page 1

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TROOPS RUSHED ID VERA CRUZ AS BISING SPREADS Censorship Is Established At Mexico <- >ty ' ncl Vera Cruz fHLES IS MADE secretary or war Washington, Mar. 4. -(U.R)Mtrican rebsl forces under the cmmand of General Jesus Agu.rrte have taken Vera Cruz and NoaaleS’ according to official adVices received from the Mexicar foreign office at the embassy here early today. Mexico City, Mar. 4.—<U.R) The government is sending a drong mililarv force Io \cr i (ruz, where a military revolt hroke out vesterdav simultaneously with an armed uprising in the state of Sonora and oilier western coast states, it was oflifirjlv announced todav. Gen. Gonzalo Escobar is enroute from Coahuila to Mexico City with federal reinforcements to combat the rebels under Gen. Francisco Manzo nd Ocv. Fausto Topete of Sonora. It was denied that the state of Coaktilt was in revolt. Confi.ied To Two States The government today announced the rebellion still was confined to the states of Sonora and Vera Cruz. There were no other reports emunatleg from official government sources except those already handed foreign newspaper correspondents. The newspaper Excelsior said it bad learned on good authority that a ‘itiong force" had been sent to Vera (Yu; yesterday to meet the situation there. Censorship has been established both at Mexico City and at Vera Cruz, the Western Union office announced. Intensive preparations to suppress the rebellion were made by former President Plutarco Elias Calles, who vm called from private life last night by President Emilio Portes Gil. Calles was made secretary of war. replacing Joaquin Amar. The president issued a statement, reviewing the recent political events leading up to the declaration by rebellion in Sonora and Vera Cruz and rerealing the carefully laid plans of the rebel leaders. The statement said the government «<• been informed that, the revolution was the result of the deadlock ™ch broke up the national revolutonary party convention last week, ascual Orta Rubio held a majority of votes for constitutional president, ' « the withdrawal of Gov. Aaron M ' DZ of Nuevo Leon. n °tified the government •CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MPOINTS FARM WMITTEEHEAD ■ — — Resident Os Industrial Association Announces ersonnel Os Committee •as annM ll, , t^ s ’ loral insurance man. tnr lia chal rman of the Decafarm commit? Assoeiatl °n’s special ot Om X ’ DiCk Heller ’ P resi - Mr. Suttie» assoeia tion, announced, f the ,ed W ° U ' d ea " a The n,°L h committee at once. cr ®ate ala ° S? committee is to ,ar ®*rs and Be tn DeCat, ’ r market among W indust C °° Perate wlth al > I*’ lhe farmer. " eir contaet with is to P ai -i rS ?u dlltiPS ° r the comply official ■ ‘L' 0 I<>Ca ' ® ugar comfeet acreage” in effort t 0 sec ure committee t comraun“ysn<i *ill serve tu S a p<!rma uent one ai! T capacity u TL? year of 1929 ’Nation. £ S1 m eC,ed by ,he he flr « mee in V H Btated that !°" ld hel'u IL « the com ®lttee Week. the first part of this ‘ T re^o m n e ßu b rk ß ’w e9 ’ dea Mn Sutt1 * 3 ’ j • A ' Klepper, J. w. ,ick Ferd ChrS*"''' ° e ” r * e

U. S. Without President Or Vice-President For Twelve Minutes Today Capitol, Washington, Match 4—(U.R) —The Nation theoretically was without a president or vice-president for I twelve minutes today but no one seem ed worried about it. The program of inaugurating vice president Charles Curtis before noon 1 fell behind schedule. The clock in the senate chamber was turned back three times in order to satisfy constitutional requirements but was not until 12:12 P. M. EST that Curtis to k oath. o “CHAIN STORE" BILL PASSED House Votes To License Chain Stores; Would Raise Large Revenue Indianapolis, Mar. 4. —(U.R)— Approximately $5,000,000 will be added to the state's Income if the seqate concurs with the Indiana house of representatives which today passed the -chain store" bill providing for licensing cf chain stores 85 to 5. At the same time the house by a viva voce vote adopted tire senate ;esolution creating a committee composed of three senators, three representatives, the governor, lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to devise ways and means of raising revenue aside from the tax on real property. The chain store bill taxes single stores su.Ud annually, provides proportionately higher taxation for larger groups of stores and maximum taxation of $l5O a store for chains operating 40 or more stores in Indiana. By Wallace G. West, UP Staff Correspondent iadianapolis. Mar. 4.— (U.R) - Prospects dimmed for a joint committee’s finding away around the threatened i 10-cent increase in the state tax levy as legislators returned today for the last week of the seventy-sixth general assembly. Five hundred and forty-four of the 794 bills introduced in the two houses remained to be acted upon before the legislature adjourns, next Monday at midnight. Os the 250 bills which have ' undergone final action, only 42 went i to Governor Harry G. Leslie’s desk. The others were killed or withdrawn. One suggestion remained for obviat- ; ing necessity of the 10-cent tax boost and it was frowned upon by house leaders in view of the fate suffered by the intangibles and tobacco tax pnCTIVI El> OX "O’.l VIVRI O . Legion To Hold Special Meeting This Evening TTiere will be a special meeting of Adams Poet, No. 43. of the American Legion, in Legion Hall, at 7:30 o’clock; thia evening. All members are urged to attend, as important business will come before the meeting. | Fire Damages Residence ' Os Former Berne People • Berne, Mar. 4.—(Special)—Word re- . ceived here today by relatives, told of a fire which damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orten Wulliman. at 3607 Bowser avenue. Fort Wayne, Bowser avenue. Fort Wayne, Sunday • morning. The Wulliman's are former ’ Berne residents, Mrs. Wulliman be--1 ing the daughter of Fred Rohrer, pub- ’ lisher of the Adams County Witness. Mr. and Mrs. Wulliman had gone to 1 church, and upon their return, found neighbors and fire departments fight- ’ ing a fire at their home. The fire ' originated from a battery charger, with which they were charging radio 1 batteries in the living room of the home. The table upon which the batteries and charger rested, was com- . pletely consumed by the flames. Damage is estimated at about SSOO, , and is fully covered by insurance, i Mr. and Mrs. Wulliman had resided , for the past three and one-half months in Berne during which time they rent- , i ed their home furnished. They had , i just returned to Fort Wayne, on Fri- , day, Mr. Wulliman having accepted , a new position there. Mr. Wulliman , is abrother of Miss Leona Wulliman, : ■ a nurse at the Adams County Mentor- i lai hospital, in Decatur.

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ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS HELD Two Muncie Men Believed Implicated In Holdup At Hicksville, Ohio Muncie, Ind.. Mar. 4. —(U.R) —Two men, Laverl Stevens, 24. and Joseph Kawalski, 28, both of Muncie, believed to have been implicated in the robbery of the Hicksville, Ohio, State | bank last Wednesday, were held here today pending the arrival of Ohio j authorities. R. E. Carr, assistant, cashier of the bank, has identfiiied Stevens as the! bandit who lined customers against • the wall while accomplices robbed the institution of $9,000. According to police, Stevens has I admitted his part of the robbery and , iniplica'ed Kowalski. In a plea to police, Stevens asked | inumrun •’■v imor two* UNION TOWNSNIP RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Catherine Miller, 69, Dies Saturday; Funeral Services Tuesday Mrs. Catherine Miller, G 9, died at 8 o’clock Saturday night. March 2, 1929, at her home in Union township, death being due to ureamlc poisoning. Mrs. Catherine Barkley Miller was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Barkley and was born in Union township, Adams county, on October 20, 1859. On October 7, 1879, she united in marriage with Joseph D. Miller, who preceded her in death five years ago. Mrs. Miller lived her entire life in Union township. She was a faithful member of the Monroeville Methodist church. Surviving are five children, Mrs. Minnie Crisenberry, Chris. Ora, and Forrest Miller, and Mrs. Ruth Shifferly, all residing in Union*township. Two grandchildren also survive. Mrs. John Hecklery of Monroeville, and John Barkley, of Sturgis, Michigan, are sister and brother of the deceased. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the family residence and at 2 o’clock at the East Liberty church.. Burial will be made in the Monroeville cemetery. ,

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Poison Liquor Takes Lives Os 13 In Illinois Peoria, 111., Mar. 4.—(U.R)—Liquor raid ’o have been manufactured locally by a new' process has killed 13 persons in this section of Illinois in the last 48 hours. Louis "Whitey” Fells, alleged bootlegger arrested after the poison liquor had been distributed here, in Vermont, Decatur, Marogan and Galesburg is said to have told police that he. “tried out a new formula but apparently it wasn't so good'. MRS. R, W. LOOSE CALLED BI DEATH Wife Os Former Pastor Os Decatur Evangelical Church. Dies In Kentucky Mrs. Mary Mertz Ixtose. 44, wife of I the Rev. Ralph W. Loose, former residents of Decatur. dieil at 10 o'clock I Satin day night, at iter home in Louisville, Kentucky. Mrs. Loose was ill with heait trouble only a few days. Mrs. Loose was born in Vera Cruz, Wells county, and moved to Fort Wayne with het parents in 189 G. She was married to Rev. in June. ! 1914, and since then had resided in Markel, Huntington, Fort Wayne. Decatur and Louisville. Rev. and Mrs. Loose closed a five-year period of ministry at the Fit st Evangelical Church in Decatur last May, and moved to Louisville, where Rev. Loose became pastor of the church. During her residence in Decatur. Mrs. Loose won many friends, both in and out of the church. She was a woman of rare talent. While her husband was dean of the Community Training School here, Mrs. Loose gave the school its perfect system of record. Surviving are the husband; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mertz, of Fort Wayne; and three brothers, Edward L. Mertz, of Indianapolis, and John R., and Homer Mertz, of Fort Wayne. Short funeral services were held Sunday at the Zion Evangelical church in Louisville. The body is being brought to Fort Wayne today and wil be taken to the home of her parents at 218 Butler street, where it may be viewed by friends until 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, when the body will be taken to the First Evangelical church. Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at that church at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with burial in the Lindenwood cemetery. x

— Mr. Hoover Kisses The Bible At 29th Chapter, 18th Verse Os Proverbs Washington, March 4 —(U.R)~Mr. Hoover changed his plans at the last moment and decided to kiss the Bible as he t ok the oath, at the 29th chapter, 18th verse of the book of Proverbs which reads: “Where there is no vision the people perish but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." While the oath was being read, how I ever the Bible was open at the sermon on the Mount as originally plann- I ed with Mr. Hoover’s hand resting I upon the inspiring passage. COMMISSIONERS INSPECT ROSOS Board Meets For Monthly Session; Hearings On Road Petitions Tuesday The board of county commissioners met I. day in regular session and, after checking ami allowing claims, , went to the country where they inspected bridges ami toads. An entry in the case of Peter Braun for the improvement of the 1). M. Ayres drain in Washington township , was made. Attorney Dore B Erwin presented the case to the commissioners. Ben Kiting was appointed special drainage commissioner to meet with Amos St neburner, drainage commissioner and Ralph Roop, county surveyor. they to make their report to the commissioners on April 2. Tomorrow will be road day and hearings wil lie held on two road petitions. Viewer s rwp. rts on several other roads are due, but it was stated that the viewers would ask for a.r extension of time. CARS COLLIDE EAST OF CITY Three Persons Sustain Cuts In Auto Accident Sunday Afternoon An automobile accident occurred on the cement road just east of Decatur, yesterday afternoon, in which two touring cars were damaged. A Buick au'omclriie driven by Herman Lee, of this c ty. was stnick by a Ford touring car driven by a young man from Peterson by the name of Johnson. Mr. Lee’s car, in making the curve just east of the bridge, east of this cty, slipped off the pavement and. was turned side-ways in the road. Th ecar driven by Johnson struck the side of Lee’s car. Johnson and two young lady occupants of his car were cut, but no one was injured seriously. Both automobiles were brought to mnVT’vrvn nv -'tev two. CONGRESS ENDS SESSION TODAY Legislative Business Mingles With Affectionate Leave Taking Washington. Met. 4. —<U.Rl— The seventeenth c gross closed its life with two crowd.ul hours of farewells, with legislative business minding with affection its leave taking nml chcer'ul prepi'a:ions for a new administration. The house r.c'vion was principally devoted to farewell speeches, no important business being taken up. The last major act of the house was directed at perfecting the nation al defense system, a resolution being passed directing an investigation of seacoast defense by aircraft. In the senate the proceedings were broadcast for the first time by radio, microphones being scattered wholesale ever the chamber. Senators and their guests on the floor sat crowded in hard upright, chairs Instead of their easy swivelchairs. All senators sat on the right, : or Republican side, and nine of the ten members of the new Hoover cabinet sat in a group at the extreme < right side. 1

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NEW PRESIDENT MAKES PLEA FOR LAW OBEDIENCE Hoover, In Inaugural Address, Paints Dark Picture Os Present Conditions ADVOCATES REFORM < OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM By Thomas L. Stokes. UP Staff Correspondent ’ Washington, Mar. 4.— <U.R>— j President Herbert Hoover took up his duties in the White House ' today with the conviction that H the great need of the hour among the American people is all new spirit that will wine out growing disobedience of law. Witli sweeping and forceful strokes, ' the new president painted in his in- ' augural address a dark picture of prsent conditions, to which he said disrespect for the ISth amendment and the Volstead act has contributed. Deplores Disregard of Law Declaring that the "most malign" of the dangers facing the country today is “disregard and disobedience of ' law," and increasing crime, he advocated reform of the entire judicial system to obtain swift and exact justice. The president surprised his hearers by failing to make any predic-j' tlon about business conditions, dis-.' missing this subject with a generality j in his conclusion that the future of the country “is bright with hope." i He may deal in detail with this sub-1 ject in his message to the special , session of congress. Foreign Relations In discussing foreign relations he did the following: 1. —Predicted that the present movement to get the United States into the World court without further senate action would be successful. 2 —Offered to aid in further limits-1 tion of armaments and expressed the j hope that the Kellogg anti-war treaty ; would pave the way for further steps ! in this direction. 3. Declared the people of the Unit-, cd States had determined against the entrance into the League of Nations, j 4. Disclaimed any imperialistic . claims by tße United States, declar- ■ ing in regard to Latin American countries that “we wish only for the maintenance of their independence, the growth of their stability and pro- ■ gress.’’ Discusses Prohibition His discussion of prohibition and law enforcement attracted principal attention. Affecting the 18th amendment, in particular, he told the country in, effect that there never will be respect and obedience of this law as long as local and state officials wink at its violation and law-abiding citizens, themselves, continue drinking. “Our whole system of self-govern-ment will crumble either if officials elect what laws they will enforce or citizens elect what laws they will support.” the president said. “There would be little traffic in illegal liquor if only criminals patronized it. We must awake to the fact that this patronage from large numbers of law-abiding citizens is supplying the rewards and stimulating crime. Proposes To Enforce Law “I have been elected by you to ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) - o ■ — Fire Damages Residence At Berne This Morning Berne. Mar. 4—(Special)— Slight damage was done at 7 o’clock this morning by fire, at the Ora Townsend Home, here. The fire is believed to have originated from a small laundry stove which became over-heated A call was sent in for the fire department, but before it arrived, the blaze had been extinguished by neighbors and members of the Townsend family. One wal of the home was burned and the house, which was just recently completed, was badly smoked throughout the interior.

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QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE ASSEMBLE FOR INAUGURATION Greatest Pageant In American History Staged At Capital Today GREAT THRONG CHEERS WILDLY Washington, Mar. 1. -<U.R) I'he greatest pageant in American history passed along historic Pennsylvania Avenue todav before a quarter of a million people assembled to honor Herbert Hoover, the thirtieth president of the United States. An overcast sky and chill day, which developed a light rain, failed to materially mar the brilliant spectacle or lessen the ardor of the crowds. Parade Lasts Two Hours A glittering-democratic panoply — cross-section of American life-rolled for more than two hours along the nation’s famous parade ground in tribute to the once obscure farm boy elevai’ed to the most powerful position in the world and to an America, born amidst Indian tribesmen —only to rise to the second highest office of ffiff land. Before packed stands and sidewalks jammed with mi ling men, women 'and children, fifteen thousand sol- , diers, sailors, cowboys, Indians, political servants of the people, crippled veterans and marching clubs of cttli zenry from mauy states, beat a measured tread up the long thoroughfare until they passed in review before their new chief executive. “Hall to the chief” blared the band, 1 . Deafening cheers rolling iuto crashing crescendo swept along the lanes of humanity, while Overhead 'lie drone of scores of aircraft motors played an awesome accompaniment for the marchers two thousand feet below. After taking the oath of office President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover rode back to the White House with the same escort that had surrounded him and Mr. Coolidge. From the White House to the capital a short while earlier. Cheers thundered along the entire length of the famous way. VI As secret service men, brought especially from other cities, watched from the streets and strategic housetops, a detachment of police in automobile carefully guarded the progress of the president's car. Following the president’s automoDEATH CLAIMS C. S. NAHRWOLD Paralysis Causes Death Os Wells County Farmer Saturday Afternoon Tocsin, March 4 —(Special)—Charles 8. Nahrwold. 55, died suddenly at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, March 2, 1929, at his home two miles north of Tocsin, in Wells county. Mr. Nehrwold suffered a light stroke of paralysis Saturday morning, but apparently recovered and was up'and about the house all day. At 4 o’clock, he suffered a second stroke and died almost Instantly. Charles Nahrwold was born in Fort Wayne on June 12, 1873. He united in marriage on April 14, 1907 at Friedhelm, Adams county, with Anna Werling, the surviving widow. Surviving are the mother, the wife and seven children. Linda, William, Minnie, Helen, Kark, Clara and Paula, all residing at home. Mrs. Rudolph Wetllng is a sister of the deceased Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Bethlehem Lutheran church northeast of Tocsin. Burial tn the church cemetery. The Rev. Carl Strausburg will officiate.

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