Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1929 — Page 1

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belsinvem CRUZ SURRENDER! hellion ENDS Mexican Government Prepares For Major Conflicts In Other States RESERVE OFFICERS are CALLED TO ARMS Mexico City, Mar. 11.— An official government communique, issued at noon today, said rebel troops under General Jesus M. Aguirre surrendered and were disarmed at Juanita, Vera Cruz, definitely ending the Vera Cruz rebellion. X'uevo I iredo.'Mcx.eo, Xlar. ll.— .U.R, -Th p Mexican federal government today issued a call to all reserve officers throughout the republic to repcA for active setvice. This was part of a plan to augment the federal forces in preparation for renewed offensives against the rebels. Prepare For Battles Noagles, Aris.. Mar, H.—tUX—Pr* paring for major conflicts rebel troops were moved with the greatest haste today to the west coast to north central Mexico. Gen. Francisco Manzo, in command of northern Sonora, left here with 2.MO insurgents, many of them \aqtii Indians, to join forces with General Escobar, supreme head of the revolution. now operating in the states of Durango. San Louis Potosi and Coahoila. ’ El Paso. Tex, Mar. 11.-UR 1 Advices to the United Press today from Durango said a decree annuljpg the church laws of Mexico And authorizing the return to the OMNHfIF «*f i" Catholic prelates has been issued by Gen. J. fl. Escobar, commander-in chief of the revolutionary movement. The dispatches, containing the first authentic information to reach El Paso from central Mexico since reliefs captured Juarez last Friday, quoted Escobar as granting freedom of aH rebel territory to "ministers. Catholic priests, hlshops and others ", —o Body Os Fort Wayne Man Found In River Fort Wayne, March 11 —(UP) —A pre-Ghrislmas tragedy in which foul play and robbery may have played a part was revealed Sunday with the finding of the frozen body of Edwin Martin, 35, an employe of the Winter street plant of the General Electric company, in the water along the north shore of St. Mary's river about 200 feet west of the Spy Run bridge. Martin db'apneared on December 24, according to H. A. Foushough, proprietor of a rooming house at 232 East Columbia street where Martin roomcd. Fousnough identified Martin's body at the Schone Sons' funeral parlors Sunday night. The blackened and shvollen eonJtilon of one of Martin’s eyes leads authorities to believe there may have been foul play. Dr. Erwin said that r Raymond J. Berghoff, corougr's surgeon, would examine the wound today to determine the extent of the injury to the head. THREE KILLED if WINCHESTER Four Others Injured When Dam Hits Auto; Bodies Badly Mangled .‘“Chester, Ind , Mar. 11.—(U.R)— a, I r tieS today investigated the '“'’blie-train crash here, in which ana c Perß °“ B were killed instantly our injured, two seriously. is h , dead are; Harold Holdeman, •Inion City; Richard Holdeman, tw Af S ° n and PegKy Maloon - 2, daughthine °' her occupant Hot the maCart'T, inj,,red ' vere: Mr. and Mrs. Mrs n a i°.° n ’ paren,f * of the dead girl; ‘ R nd loldeman a »<i Dale Maloon. badlv'nf, ° f the dead were mai 'gled autotnnhi? r V' e traln had dra KKed the “ ob l e for nearly a block. cate thl U l rB ? Beveral minutes to extriTho 6 from the wreckage. from T . aUtolnol)lle party was enroute occurod °" City When the accident. to kh C^ ÜBe Os whlch was atrlbutchines g '* llgktß of approaching ma-

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Miller Free on Parole k fe - Ol Ik ■ -KU'iwiaw l wiik <0 Thomas W. Miller, former alien property, custodian, convicted of conspiring to defraud the Government in the handling of confiscated German (property, is free on a parole granted by Attorney General Sargen' a fewhour.-: before the latter was succeeded in office by William D. Mitchell.

29 JOIN TON LITTER CLUB Expert Hog Feeders Os Adams County Set Out To Beat Former Records Twenty-nine tanners joined the Indiana Livestock Breeder s Association with the intention of entering the Ton Litter Club in Adams county during 1929. This makes the ninth consecutive year that the club has been maintained in Adams county and each year the county has either led the state in number of ton litters produced or has been very near the top. Last year, 8 ton litters were produced by seven different men in the county. all of whom won 8 gold medals. In adition to this, thre men produced three litters Chat weighed between 1,800 and 2.000 pounds, each winning silver medals. The ton litter club is carried on each year to demonstrate the value of correct feeding and handling of the litter It also Inings out the advantages of full feeding for an early and high market. A litter must be made to weigh 2.000 pounds al 180 days of age to win a gold medal. Enoch P. Hubegger produced the heaviest litter in the county last year. His litter, which was also the fifth heaviest i<* the state, weighed 2,565 pounds, ami several men in the county are out to beat his record this year and gain posession of the Schmitt Trophy. Several gcod litters have already been reported this spring.

Those entering the contest are: E M. Gilliom, Dan D. Schwartz, C. I*. Steury, L. Reuben Schwartz, Edwin Neuhouser, Mrs. lopa Chase, Jacob Sommer, Osia Von Gunten, David CNussbaum, Ralph Myers, J. A. Hendricks, Preston Zehr, Benj. D. Mazelin, E. S. Christen, Henry Heimann. L F. Siprnnger, Albeit Davi&on, E. W. Busche, Gilbert Hilschy, Albert Zimmerman, Carl E. Amstutz. David P. Steury. Enoch P. Habegger, Hugo Boerger, Peter B. Lehman. C. W. R. Schwartz. Amos Kirschhofer, Otto Hoile, and Jacob J. Schwartz. —o Movie Kiss Is 33 Years Old; Growing Chillier With Age Hollywood, Mar. 11. — (U.R) —The movie kiss is 33 years old today and growing chillier with age. The first osculation was fifty film feet long and was the entire action of the feature when released. It was a sensation and broke all box office records. Nowadays, according to the Paramount research department, which unearthed the data, the screen kiss is cold in comparison, measuring only ten feet of film. Short kisses often are only three feet In length. The “box office WOW" was recorded on March 11. 1896. It was Inspired by a situation in “The Widow Jones", & Broadway farce starring May irwtn and John C. Rice. They were persuaded by the Vitascope company to enact this high moment of their play before the camera. Projection was slower In those days and the adhesive lip caress required about 30 seconds to show. The public like It.

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HOOVER TELLS ABOUT PLAN FOR DRY LAW PROBE — Intends To Make Legal Inquiry Into Technicalities Os Judicial System AGITATORS BARRED FROM COMMISSION Washington. Mar. 11.--(U.R) —President Hoover Intends to make Ids proposed prohibition investigation u great naUonal legal inquiry into the technicalities of the present judicial system, rather than an inquiry into the question of prohibition, it was learned from one of his close friends willi whom he has discussed the subject. All wet and dry agitators are to be barred from the commission, Its membership will be made up largely of attorneys of national reputation, at least one federal judge, perhaps a member of congress, a representative frem the justice department probably the attorney general, national economists anil authori ies in welfare work. To Probe Technicalities The efforts of the commission will be directed particularly to such problems as whether federal judges should pick juries and thus speed up the admln’atration of justice, whether jurists may give their opinions to juries regarding evidence and facts in a case so as to shorten the length of jury deliberations and such other technical questions of court proceedure. According to this source, the popular conception of the inquiry as an inves'igatioti of the workings of prohibition, is erroneous. There will be no attempt made to go into, the question of whether prohibition is being enforced. bow widely tije law is being violated, or any of those questions into which congressional authorit es investigating prohibition, have delved in the past. The commission may sit in public and summon district attorneys, enforcement officials and judges as witnesses to advise as to what corrective measures are deemed necessary. It probably will be divided into subcommittees for various side inquiries fn’o highly involved abuses of the present law. It will take ns it’s model the investigation of national defense by the Morrow aircraft board under President Coolidge. MOTOR SPEED LAW CHANGED

No Definite Miles Per Hour Named In Bill Passed By Legislature Indianapolis, Mar. 11. —(U.R) —Speeding on Hoosier roads will remain indefined as to definite miles per hour if the governor signs the Cooper hill with house amendments which was given final approval in the senate Saturday. The section dealing with speed, incorporated by the house, leads as follows: "No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle or motor bicycle upon any public highway in this state \at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or prudent, having regard to the width of the highway, the density of the traffic, the conditions of the weather and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb or injure the property of any person." Violation of these provisions is termed a misdemeanor and tine of not more than SIOO for the first offense and the same with ten days to six months imprisonment possible for second offenses. After considerable debate the senate passed the house bill increasing the state levy for reforestation from 1 to 2 millions. An amendment was adopted to the house bill empowering the employment of assistant investigators in the state bureau of criminal investigation to a limit of five. —o State School Inspector To Visit Decatur Tuesday Virgil Stelnbaugh, state school inspector, will meet with the Decatur school teachers at the high school building, Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. M. F. Worthman. superintendent of schools, stated today. Mr. Stelnbaugh will give a lecture on, "Curriculum Making."

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Has Care of President J fe: \ -w. ■ jflrW nmh* * - X^xl| r The health of President Hoover is in the hands of Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone, medical officer aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower since 1922. He will serve the President as personal physician, succeeding Col. James F. Coupal. former President Coolidge’s physician, in the Wide House.

DEATH CLAIMS MRS. SCHENCK Widow Os Former United j Brethren Pastor In Decatur Dies Sunday Mrs. Amanda Wood Schenck, St. i widow- of the Rev. D. .1. Schenck, died I at 4 o’clock Sunday morning. March 10. 1929. at her home six miles southeast. of Decatur, in St. Marys township. Mrs. Schenck suffered an attack of influenza last fall and never fully recovered from the illness. This weakness, coupled with the infirmities of age, resulted in hetdeath. Mrs. Amanda Wood Schenck was the daughter of John and Mary Brown Fordyce. She was born in Gernsey comity, Ohio, August 20, 1844. When ; she was nine months of age, she came with her parents to Adams county, and settled with them on the farm adjoining the one on which the later years of her life were spent. She was probably the oldest survis■ing resident of the St. Marys township. prior to her death. In August., 1871, Amanda Wood Fordyce united in marriage with the Rev. D. P. Schenck, a United Breth ren minister. Rev. Schenck was a widower at the time, with four small children. These four children were tenderly cared for by Mrs. Schenck and the two surviving are Mrs. Ida Fishpaugh of Mendon, Ohio, and John Schenck, of Deer River, Minnesota. Two of the children who preceded the step-mother in death were, 11. Schenck and Miss Ellen Schenck. The latter a missionery in Africa, was killed by the natives there in 1898. Rev. Schenck died several years ago. Surviving as the result of the. union are the following children: Mrs. Margaret Campbell, of Bartjett, Nebraska; Charles Schenck and Miss Grace Schenck, residing at home. One eon, Roland D. J. Schenck, is deceased. Twenty-one grandchildren and ten great grandchildren also survive. The deceased was the last of a large family of children. She was a member of the United Brethren church in tills city, and had always been a good Christian woman and was active in church work until illness overtook her las* fall. Funeral services will be held at 9:15 o’clock Wednesday morning at the home and at 10 o'clock at the United Brethren church in Decatur. The Rev. W. Z. Roberts, of Ossian, a former minister of the local church, will officiate at the obsequies. Burial will be imide in the Decatur cemetery. o — Decomposed Skeleton Found Near St. Louis ~t — St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 11.— <U.R)—The decomposed skeleton of a woman found in a roadside ditch in St. Louis county yesterday was tentatively Identified by police today as that of Mrs. Ella E Splno, 57, of Indiana Harbor, Ind., who left there with her 19-year-old Mexican husband, last September 1, and was never seen again.

VIOLENCE TAKES TOLL OF 12 LIVES DURING WEEK-END ~ T , “"~ Automobiles And Trains Responsible For Majority Os Fatalities THREE PERSONS COMMIT SUICIDE Indianapolis, Ma ' 11. 'U.RI- Twelve persons were kilhd in Indiana hy violence over the week-end by violence. Three persons were killed aud four injured at Winchester when their automobile crashed into a train. The dead: Charles Holdeman, 31. Richard Holdeman (>, and Betty Maloon, 4. Otto Botts, Indianapolis, was killed when a train struck his truck at Ade, Indiana. Struck by a hit-and-run driver at Jeffersonville, four-year-old Marvin Krause was killed. Luther Berlin. Warsaw, died of injuries received when struck by an automobile while skating. Garrett Glavey, 4, was killed while at play when a shot gun discharged accidentally. William Morse, Indiana Harbor, was killed when struck by a bus. Howard Becker, 17. was drowned when his automobile overturned in a ditch. Apparently despondent over financial difficulties, Robert George, :>•>, salesman, committed suicide at Portland by hanging. Stephen Meszrooros, 50, hanged himself in a South Bend jail after attempting to kill a woman with an ice pick. ' J. Wallers, Hairford City, committed suicide in an Indianapolis hotel by hB/iglng — - Named Director Os Veterans’ Bureau Washington, Mar. 11.-IU.RI General Frank T. Hines. Utah, was reappointed today as director of the veterans bureau. Along with other department heads, Hines had submitted his resignation to President Hoover. It was announced at the white house today that Hines would remain at his post permanently.

CITY FIREMEN ARE KEPT BUST Answer Four Alams Over' Week-end; Damage Small In Each Instance Two small fires occured in Decatur over the week-end. Saturday evening the department was called to the O. L. Vance residence on North Second street. The roof caught fire from a spark from the chimney. The loss was estimated at SSO. This morning, the firemen were called to the George Shosenberg residence on Mercer avenue. The roof caught fire from a spark. The loss was estimated at. S2O. The fire department was also called to the Mrs. Bruce Christen residence on Winchester street Saturday night. The chimney burned out. but the roof did not catch fire. The fire department was called a second time this morning. A small grass fire was burning near the Standard Oil tanks on Oak street and the firemen were called to put it cut. -- - -o ——— Major Seagrave Tries T oßreak Speed Record Daytonia Beach, Fla., Mar. 11 —(U.R) —Major H. O. D. Segrave, British automobile driver, today made the northward run on the sandy track here at 231.51 miles an hour in his Irving-Napier car "Golden Arrow.” He then started on his southbound run, which when averaged at the north run, determines whether he broke the world's speed record of 207.55 miles an hour, set by J. M. White, of Philadelphia, in his Triplex machine. StationWGYToGet Full Time On Air Washington, March 11.— (U.R) —The district court of appeals today denied the petition of the federal radio commission for a re-hearing of the case of radio station WGY, Schenectady, owned by the General Electric company.

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Fleet Commander J ~ ... "A—- --( "V it . ! ■ d Y x •t ».N '' Admiral William V. Pratt, native of Maine, one of the naval experts who accompanied the late President Wilson to Paris, becomes Commander-In-Chief of the United States fleets in the first of several changes under the new Hqover administration. MmUKUNKLE DIES AT BLUFFTON Wife of Prominent Bluffton Man Dies After An Extended Illness Bhlllton, Mardi 11-Airs Minnie A. Kunkel, 57. wife of W illiam A. Kunkel of 328 South Oak street, this city, died at 9 o’clock Sunday morning at her home after an illness of three years. Mr. Kunkel is a prominent Bluffton business man. lie was formerly field manager of the Cudahy Oil company of Indiana, which was sold to tbe Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Mrs. Kunkel was a member f the First M K. church here. She was an active church worker. She had served as president of the Ladies’ Aid society of the church. She also was the First

secretary of the Bluffton Federation of Women's dubs. Mrs. Kunkel was born in Huntington county and was the daughter of John V. and Mary A. Morgan She was mailed in Bluffton June 24. 1891, at the tesidence where her death occurred. She resided in thisdiome since lite age ’f four years. She was graduated from the Bluffton high school in 1886. Following her graduation front high school she taught school in Huntington until her marriage. Surviving are her husband; three children, William A. Kunkel, Jr., Kenneth M. Kunkel and Mrs. Harry Brown and three grandchildren all of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday ufterno n at the residence with Rev. W. W. Martin, pastor ot' the First M E. church, officiating. Burial will be made here in the Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Kunkle was a relative of several Decatur and Adams county residents. oMany Masons To Attend Banquet Here Tuesday

Approximately 100 tickets have been sold for the banquet to be held hy the Decatur Masons, in the Masonic hall .Tuesday evening. A splendid program including an address by the RevLouis N. Rocca, pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church of Fort Wayne, has been arranged for the banquet, which will start at 6:15 o'clock. A regular stated meeting of the lodge will he held following the banquet. Several Masons trout Willshire Ohio. Berne,, Geneva and Monroe are expected to attend I lie affair. o Auto Is Wrecked Near Berne Sunday Berne, Mat*. 11.—(Special)—A car owned and driven by Carl Hellonberg. of Clearwater, Michigan, failed to negotiate the turn one-half mile west of Berne, on state road No. 27, last night. Mr. Hellonberg was accompanied by a boy friend and was coming from the south toward Berne, on the s'ate»road. At the point west of Berne where the road turns onto the pavement, the boys tailed to see the turn and the car crashed on through a fence and into a field. They were unhurt, but the car was damaged some. A broken front wheel and a broken darfus rod were chief features of damage.

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BUDGET BILL IS STILL PENDING IN BOTH HOUSES Total Os 113 Bills Await Action As Hour For Adjournment Nears $200,000 CUT FROM APPROPRIATION BILL In<li:in;i|><>lis, Mttr. 11. rhe Indiana lenislalnre went into the closing hours of its 7Glh session this afternoon with the problem of providing funds tor operation of the slate lor Ute next two years, the major question. sjill unsolved before it. Thirly-four bills were passed this morning. 22 by the senate and 12 by the house. Hus left 113 measures still to come lip for third reading. Most of the bills were regarded as unimportant, however. Indianapolis. Mar. 11. —(U.R)~ The Senale and house conference conimjFlee today agreed to slash $200,001) from the $55,000,000 appropriation biir. From the governor's contingent fund SIOO,OOO as removed. The other SIOO,OOO came from removal of the amendment pt/oviding that amount for building new state armories. Bill For Referendum Fails Indianapolis. Mar. 11. —(U.R) — The seua'e bill providing for a referendum T r a constitutional convention in 1931 fa'led of passage in the Indiana house of representatives today. 46-41. The Republican administration measure, giving women equal voting privileges with men in party organization. was passed by the house, 75-4 and new goes t» the governor. Poli’Jcs flared up in tlie Houtut when it was called upon to vote on final passage of the senate bill, placing election of the judge of Fort Wayne's superior court No. 2. in the general election of 1930. Everett Bloom, of Fort Wayne. Republican, and George L. Saunders, of Bluffton, minority floor leader, exchanged hot words about the bill, admittedly a political measure, but. it passed 70-19 with few deviations from party lines. To Adjourn Tonight Indianapolis. Mar. 11. —(U.R)-— One hundred forty-seven 1/I'4. including the $55,000,000 appropriation measure, crowded house and senate calendars as the legislature convened today for the last day ot' the session. Unless unusual speed is shown, clocks w r ill be stopped tonight at midnight to give the lawmakers a couple (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o Anti-Daylight Saving Bill Goes To Governor Indianapolis, Mar. 11. —(U.R) — The senate today concurred in the house bill prohibiting Indianapolis banks and governmental agencies from operating on daylight saving time in the summer mouths. The senate previously had passed the measure witlt an amendment making it state-wide. The house failed to concur in the stale-wide amendment and the senate today concurred in Ihe original measure, applying only to Indianapolis. The bill now goes to the governor.

MRS. ELLSWORTH ENTERS PRIMARY City Treasurer Seeks KeElection Next Fall; Fourth Woman In Race Mrs. Luella Magley Ellsworth, cl'y treasurer, announced today that she would be a candidate for renomination and re-election to that office, subject to the decision of Democratic voters at the primary election to be held next May. Mrs. Ellsworth is completing her first term as city treasurer atid stated that .if re-elected, she would continue to conduct her office as in the past. She has served in her capacity as treasurer with ability. Mrs Ellsworth’s announcement is the second candldacty for the office of city treasurer. She is the fourth woman to announce her Intention of I being a candidate for a city office. To date, there are two candidates for treasurer. Mrs. Ellsworth and Mrs. Ada Martin, both on the Democratic ticket.

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