Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1929 — Page 1

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i # EXPLODES I NEAR HOME OF I EX-PROSECUTOR |^ f SKa? n I At Lafayette ■ rOMB IS OVRLED I I KO.M UTOMOBILE ■ ufayettf. I'" 1 - Mar ,:! A" ■ apparent threat upon the life of A M. ■ Xpaon. former prosecuting attor- ■ . fV was made here early today when ■ i large bomb, hurled from a speeding ■ Ltomobile. exploded in the former ■ prosecutor's front yard. x ■ The bomb, exploded several yards ■ tuitthe house, shattering windows, I but falling to injure anyone. Thomp ■ gen said he knew of no one that could I pa responsible for the bombing. ■ Authorities, although without clues, I immediately instituted a search for ■ lb? automobile and men. ■ Waged Campaign on Vice I Police said Thompson, while pro.seI tutor, made a v igorous campaign I against vice in the Lafayette district I and gave this as a possible cause for I the attempt on his life./ I According to police the bomb was I o' sufficient power to have wrecked I the entire house had it landed where I intended. I The explosion awakened Thompson I and his wife who at first believed I something had happened to a gas I heater in the house. A further invesI tigation revealed that the noise occurI e<! outside. I Smoke from the missile entered the I hettse, leaving a heavy covering of I soot in the front rooms. I Thompson said he believed the I bomb was constructed from exploI live powder, rather than dynamite. I Police, however, were of a different I opinion. ——— o — — Fifty’ Bills Await Action Os Governor Indianap dis, March 13 —(UP) — Fifty bills lay on Gov. Harry G. Leslie's desk today, awaiting his approval veto or the ignortnity of his ’’pocket veto" as three measures were sent to the secretary of state for incorporation into the acts of 1929. Twenty-six of the bils awaiting actkn came from the senate and 24 front the house Others were being inspected by Attorney General James M. Ogden, before going to the governor. o Explosion Kills Three, Injures Nine Persons St. Joseph. Mo., March 13—(UP)— Att elderly woman and two children were killed and nine others, mostly children, were injured today when an cxp.osion wrecked a two combined apartment grocery building. The dead are Mrs. Mary Lew, 65, Carles Nolan, 10, and Dorothy Clogs*her, 9. The blast wrecked two grocery-ap-hrrnent structures and as a crowd suthered, a second detonation wrecked a nearby residence. "il'ne'd.' 1 ° f ‘ he PXplosio " WBS nnt MASONS HOLD BANQUET HERE M °re Than 150 Attend AsRev. L. N. Rocca Gives Address ™ >Uis N ' Rocca ’ pastor of Wavna ' k p * soa P a l church at Fort fui ban Was the speaker at a delight. last b eL g ‘ Ve “ 01 the Masonic hall «d and rrf a »" d atended b >’ a h»“d’ the third 7 Masons - The event was quets h ,n ° f a SPries of monthly banS*” Ca ‘ E - Pe ' erß ° n - interesting 80 ’ and Wh ‘ C " are • e rn h, *s‘tar n Tn ir aS T* 1 l,y ,he Ra3 ’ and delicinn ' iw’ and Was elaborate David E Smither PetPrson Presented who intrni ?' fornif,rl y «f this city bar pii h * r ert ReV ’ Iloppa - The visitelling of th p r hT P H Ctß *° Judee Sm,,h---18 n 2 gh ' ega " ! in which he lawyer ami » Waynp « 8 a citlaen, dress. wa leader. His adMasonry in AT7 ln,erea tlng one on e<t He gave « h K C . h he ls well Info™n ' | ngledBhis 8 his et hl9tory and intpr ’ Incidents «n Jdress witb humor and 'owing thi. P ® a . kin ? for an hour. Fol- ‘° d ße was held ’" 81 '" 183 SPSBion ot tb *

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“The Janis” in Danger Sly b io The one and only Elsie Janis, known during the war r.s "The Sweetheart of the A. E. F.” for her wonderful entertaining of the doughboys, is ill with influenza and the infection has spread to her lungs, according to reports from Paris. Doctors admit her case is grave. COmfCLUBOFFICERS NAMED Dr. E. G. Coverdale Re-elect-ed President; Plans For Year Are Made Dr. X. ,G. CuvgjdrUrt uuupresident of the Decatur Country Club at the meeting of the board of directors held last evening. France C liter was chosen vice-president and Herman F. Ehinger, secretarytreasurer. Dr. Coverdale served as president the past year and handled the work In a most satisfactory manner. The outlook for the -coming season is excellent, improvements are being planned and a program of interest to every member will be carefully worked out. Chalmer Porter was appointed general sports chairman and will name three committees to work under h:s direction, namely, rules, handicap and program. President Coverdale will name a caddy committee and a greens committee and 'lie organization for the women of the club will be announced shortly. The board will meet again next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at Dr. Coverdale’s offices to further the plans and to discuss a campaign for membership. The season will open as soon as the weather permi s, probably the middle or latter part of next month, and much interest is already being manifested. o Box Social To Be Held At Pleasant Mills Friday The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasant Mills will hold a box social and program, Friday evening, March 15, in the Pleasant Mills school building. o Twenty Freight Cars Are Piled Up In Wreck Indianapolis, Mar. 13. —(U.R)—Leaping from the rails while speedfng toward fndianapolf.s today, twenty freight cars, fifteen of them loaded, piled up and were scattered for hundreds of yards along the Big Four railroad tight of way here. Members of the train crew, all of whom escaped injury, blamed the wreck on a “hot box." Traffic along the route was tied up for some time. Asa G. Candler, Wealthy Southern Man, Is Dead Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 13.—(U.R) —The south mourned today one of its wealthiest and most romantic men, Asa G. Candler, 78, who died of paralysis yesterday after more than a year’s illness. The farm boy who became a multimillionaire through canny exploitation of a syrup for soft drinka was equally weii known in the south for his enormous philanthropies. He passed away at Wesley Memorial hospital, which he founded and which overlooks Emory University, another of his gifts.

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TO SEEK DEATH FOR VENDOR OF POISON LIQUOR Seven Bootleggers To Face Charges Os Murder At Peona, Illinois TWO WOMEN AMONG THOSE INDICTED Peoria, HI., March 13—(UP)—The death penalty will be a?ked f r the wholesale bootlegger, who the state charges distributed poison liquor which resulted in 17 deaths in this vicinity. State attorney Hairy’ E. Pratt said today. Pratt’s announcement was made after a special grand jury had returned indictments charging murder against seven bootleggers, including two women. Morris Mansfield, Pratt contends, is the man who distributed the poison liquor. He is accused of causing six deathsOthers named by the indictments . were wife, Clement O. Cussfn and wife, who sold liquor at their home; Louis Selz, proprietor of the Sto< k Yard s hotel, Walter Neibert. his bartender, and Herman W. Wohlferth. The latest theory in the investigation of the deaths. Pratt indicated, was that industrial alcohol used in the commercial solvents plant here for making lacquers, etc., had t>een smuggled ut in a dinner pail to Mansfield by a workman. Mansfield was accused of trying a "new piocess” in converting the alcohol into liquor, with the resultant . death. Bulk Os Taggart Estate Distributed 16 Years Ago TiidlanapollsT. MarcTTn >^~YTT PT— The bulk of the huge personal fortune which the late Thomas Taggart built from his start in life as a waiter was distributed to his widow, sons and daughters approximately ten year* ago. it was disclosed today with the filing of his will in probate court. Taggart died here last Wednesday. In the issuance of letters of administration today it was shown that only a little over $300,000 ~f the millions Taggart is believed to have amassed from his French Lick Springs hotel venture remains to be distributed. Family representatives announced that Taggait withdrew from the French Lick properties ten years ago divided his holdings and turned the management of the family's interests in them over to Thomas D. Taggart, the only son O—i LLOYD GEORGE OUTLINES PLAN Fiery Little Welshman Has Plan For Solving Unemployment Problem London. Mar. 13. —(U.R) —David Lloyd George placed before the British public today his widely heralded plan for solving the nation's greatest economic problem—unemployment. Upon this plan, which provides chiefly for the extensive development of British economic life, the fiery little Welshman confidently pins his hopes on being returned to power in the coming general elections, when the Liberal party is preparing to make a determined fight to regain the position it lost six years ago. The plan was made public in Lloyd George's booklet “We can conquer tin employment,” issued today by the Liberal party. It is divided into six parts which the former prime minister claims will give employment to between 586,000 to 598,000 persons a year. The first proposal is for development of roads and bridges at an estimated cost of 145,000,000 pounds (about $725,000,000) which the Liberal leader claims would give employment to 350,000 the first year. Capital would be raised by a road loan of 200,000 pounds and by the increasing income on the road fund. The second proposal calls for construction of an average ot 200,000 houses yearly in England. Approximately 52,000 persons would be employed on that project, which would be financed by a government subsidy spread over a long period, Development of the British telephone service and expediting electricacointiared on pagb

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Cashier Shoots Himself When Audit Os Bank Opens Richmond, Ind, March 13 (UP) — After hank t-xarnineis and officials bad arted a check of the affairs ot the Flist National Bank of West AlexanI dria, O, near here, Sherman Mills. | cashier fomniitted suicide by shooting himself. ■ Mills purchased a revolver, walked to a earage near the bank and t tok his ‘ life. Officials of the bank said the investigation had revealed no shortages although the check had not been completed. o IE. G. HOFFMAN TO GIVE TALK I Large Number Os Men To i Attend Banquet At Presbyterian Church Hon. E. G Hoffman, of Fort Wayne will be the chief speaker at a banquet ; and men's meeting to be held at 6:15 o'clock Friday night, at the First Prest byterian church in this city. While the • meeting is under the auspices of the men of the Presbyterian church, the F men of all other local churches also ■ are invited to attend hotli the banquet and hear the address after the banquet. The women of the Presbyterian t church will seive the banquet in the ‘ Sunday school room of the church and ’ present indications are that practlcal- ■ ly the entire membership of the local I Presbyterian church and many guests will attend the affair. i Mr. Hoffman is well-known in church circles in Fort Wayne and t not them Indiana and has held several offices in the Fort Wayne church. Tickets for the lianquet may be secured from any member of the local ( church and it is the desire of the committee in charge to have as many re swrvaliotui ahead time as mmihle. , o t Interesting Meeting Held By Lions Club ' An interesting meeting was held by ’ lhe Lions Club Tuesday evening, each member present giving a short talk • in which he told what Lionism had meant to him. Plans were made by the club to continue the model airi plane work among the boys of the city ■ again this year and a committee consisting of the Rev. Harry Thompson . and Frank Rowley, was appointed to ' take charge of* it. I Another Lenten Sermon Given At Catholic Church Continuing his series ot Lenten sermons, the Rev. Leo Seheets, of Garrett, gave another interesting discourse at the St. Marys Catholic church last evening, speaking little over an hour. Rev. Seheets dealt with the establishing of the church and the spiritual power of the Pope, explaining what meant by infallability. The infallability of the Pope has to do ony will) matters of the church, stated the speaker. Rev. Seheets will continue his series of sermons next week with the subject I of “Faith.” o— Alleged .Murderer Takes His Own Life In .Jail i Renssalaer, Ind., March 13 —(UP) — ' Awaiting trial on a charge of first dei gree murder, Chancey Wilson, 51, cotni mitted suicide in the county jail here, i Wilson took his life by strangling ■ hitnself with a wire which was fasteu- ■ ed to a ventilator on the ceiling of his cell. Wilson, accused of killing Howard Page, 30, Francesville, during a card . game, was to have gone on trial in the near future. - o— ————— Hijackers Stage Gun Battle Near Shelbyville Shelbyville, Ind.. Mar. 13 —(UP) — What was believed to have been a battle between two automobile loads of hijackers, occured near here today. According to reports, the two automobiles I raveled some distance along a highway each firing. Police were unable to obtain clues. 0 Twenty-four More Bills Are Signed By Governor Indianapolis, Mar. 13 —(UP)—Governor Harry G. Leslie placed his signature on 24 more bills yesterday. The most important of these was the Budget bill, appropriating $55,284,969.20 for the running expenses of the state for the next two years.

(COLLAPSE OF h REBELLION IN i MEXICO LOOMS I Federal Troops Pursue Fleeing Rebels; Government Is Optimistic REBEL GENERAL CROSSES U. S. SOIL Mexico City, Mar. 13.-—(U.R) —The i military rebellion in Mexico was on the verge of collapse today as federal k troops closely pursued insurgents Dleeing from the city of Saltillo to- ( wards the rebel center of Torreon in Coahuila State, the Presidencia announced. The fall of Saltillo, the desertion of , a total of 1,600 rebel troops in the I state of Sonora and the advance of ; federal columns on Torreon and Durango City were announced in rap- , id erder by tlie government in sup- , port of President Portes Gil’s declar- , ation that the rebellion had failed. , New Enlistments Unnecessary I “We are absolutely certain that we have solved the situation satisfactorily," said Hie president's statement. 1 "New enlistments are not necessary. > The people and army are identified in I support of our institutions.” Rebels evacuated the city of SalI tillo, important rebel outpost in i Coahuila State, before the advance of federal columns under ,Gen. Juan l Almazan and Gen. Eulogio Ortiz. I I Washington, Mar. 13. —(U.R)—Action of authorities at Nogales, Ariz., in . permitting rebel General Francisco I Borquez to pass over American soil . to rejoin his troops in the State of . Sonora placed a new problem before state ilepurtmeut .officials today It, appeared from press dispatches that Borquez had fled to American soil to escape capture by followers I who had mutinied against him and the rebellion, cutting Borquez off ' from the remainder ot his command, i Whether Borquez' passage over t American soil conflicted with PresiI dent Hoover’s intention of assisting • the Mexican government remains to be determined. Much might depend upon whether . Borquez was armed when he stepped ) on American soil. The. fact that he , was a rebel might make him subject to intermen'. During rebellion in 1912, American authorities interned all rebels who entered American territory. MAKING MAP OF PROPOSED LAKE t I , Portland Man Preparing Map Os Proposed Porter j Lake /Ind Park j. Portland, Mar. 13.—William Corwin, I former deputy county surveyor, is now preparing a map, drawn to scale of (he proposed lake and park in the northwestern part of Jay county and | the southwestern part of Adams county, which is to be a memorial to - Gene Stratton Porter, the noted Indiana author, who once lived at Geneva. The map is being prepared in an- : ticipation of the visit of Richard Lieber, head of the state conservation ’ department, to the scene of the proI posed lake and park. Mr. Lieber I some time ago informed French ! Quinn of Decatur, of his intention to make a tour of inspection early this spring. In view of the fact that the first proposal toward creating a memorial ! of the kind mentioned in honor of Mrs. Porter, originated with Portland rest--dense, more than three years ago, it ■ is (fit that the data collected here f should be given first consideration, before plans are completed. With ’ the map will go a brief history of the 5 origin of the lake end park idea. This is now being written by a local resi- ’ dent. Not only is the stalo conservation department interested in the tnemor- • lai planned for the Indiana authoress, hut residents of Geneva, Decatur, Bluffton. Montpelier and Hartford . City are interested. It is likely that in the near future concerted action 3 will be taken, when a meeting will . be called, likely at Geneva, and g f permanent organization formed to carry on the work.

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I Still Using Old One I I pi* ■ Kansas City high schotfl students presented Vice-President Curtis with a flock of gavels, more than any one man could ever hope to wear out. Florence Hasson, at Washington, D. C., is showing you just a few of them. The vice-president, however, prefers to use the chi one which he is used tri. BOY SCOUTS TO GO TO EUROPE Sixteen Scouts From Anthony Wayne Area Council To Attend .Jamboree ■ A troop of Boy Scouts, accompanied by qualified leaders, will leave i Fort Wayne for England on Thursday July 18. to attend the third International Boy Scout Jamboree to be held in Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, near Liverpo I, from July 31 to August 13 They will arrive back in Fort Wayne September 10. John L. Anguish, Scout executive, States that the Jamboree committee issued a bulletin to all Scout troops in Hie Anthony Wayne area, which include Decatur covering all details of the international event, giving a complete itinerary of the trip ami the total cist, setting forth the qualifications that a Scout must have in ordet to be eligible for consideration as a possible representative. The Jambofee cqmmitt.ee <of the Anthony Wayne Council is made up as follows: George B. Buist, chairman: Frank Bohn, A G. Burry, E. L. Gaines, E. G. Hoffman, R. Nelson Snider and Clem J Steigmeyer. The Jamboree tioop from the Anthony area wil contain 16 Scouts and three qualified leaders. The delegates will be chosen April 1 by the Jamboree committee from the applications re--1 ceived up to that date. There will be no elimination contests, but selections will be based upon last year’s Scenting record of the applicant A Civil Service basis will be used in the selection, which means that the committee wil not know the names of the applicants that are being passed upon. Scout masters may file the names of as many boys of their troops, who , have the minimum qualifications, required, as they desire. The Jamboree 1 committee has approved the maximum delegatkn of 16 Scouts and three leaders fr<nn the Anthony Wayne Area. Largest Park In England. Arrowe Park, which is to be the scene of the Jamboree, is the largest , park in England, and is within sight of the hills of Wales. The Jamboree . will markllie twenty-first anniversary , of Scouting in the world and the na- , tional organization states that it will ' be the greatest gathering of Boy 1 Scouts ever attempted. The United States wil Ibe represented by a group ' of 2,000 Scouts. Contests will not be 1 held, but the entire program will be made up of demonstrations of Scout- ’ ing methods in each of the various countries. Tour of Eprope Planned • Boys privileged to attend will not 1 only receive the benefits of the Jam- ' botee and the trip over seas, but will i be given an opportunity to travel extensively in Europe. A very careful study of towns of Europe has been i worked out and the points of especial interest included in the itinerary. The , Scouts, ti;r instance, will go by rail , through the heart of France and have two days free for individual sightseeing in Paris. The motor-coach sighti seeing flip in France wil include the I principal places of interest in the city i of Paris, an excursion to Versailles , and LaMalmaison, a rail and molortCONTIP' ICD ON PAGE.TWO)

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AMERICAN CAR IS WRECKED AT DAYTONA BEACH Lee Bible, Driver, And A News Photographer Meet Death In Accident ATTAINS AVERAGE OF 183 MILES AN HOUR Daytona Beach. Fla., Mar. 13. (U.R) Lee Bible, race car driver, was crushed to death and a news photogranher was when .1. M- White's Triplex, witli which Bible was seeking to bring back to America the world’s speed record, crashed on Daytona Beach today. The accident took place two miles north of the grandstand. Bible was pinioned under the car. Bible had completed the south run down the beach and had averaged 183 miles an hour. When he started back, his car swerved and overturned. The cameraman, reported to be a Pat he news photographer, was said to have heen cut in two. Rainy Weather Prevails Daytona. Fla , Mar. 13. —(U.R) —Under an overcast sky the four-ton speed ear "Triplex” waits today with its 42-year-old mechanic-driver, Lee Bible for a chance to better the speed record of 231 miles per hour set. by the Englishman Maj. H. O. D. Segrave. The J. M. White car looks and performed yesterday in great shape though Bible seemed disappointed with his trial speed test of about 180 mites per hour. Rain and a foggy beach prevented the “Triplex" from taking a real shot at Seagrave's mark. To those who watched however, the driver who has yet. to receive the approval of the A_ A. A. as a racing driver, turned in a very creditable performance, lie is given a chance to beat the new record. Maj. Segrave is still at the beach. Weather permitting he said he might try to boost his own record tomorrow •o 240 miles. Bad weather will force him to le-ave before the try for his speed boat races in Blscayne Bay. o Coolidge Continues To Receive Attractive Offers /Northampton, Mass. March 13 — (UP)—Attractive offers designed to lead him on a literary career continue to flood the office of Calvin Coolidge, but he does not plan to accept any of them, it was made clear in an interview today. It was stated the former President probably would confine his literary activities t > the few magazine articles already published or arranged. Prohibition Administrator For Indiana,Ohio Appointed Washington, March 13 — (UP) — William N. Woodruff, of Columbus, Ohio, was appointed permanent prohibition administrator for Ohio and Indiana by Prohibition Commissioner Doran today. Woodtuff lias been acting administrator, but is now uniter civil sercice. Doran said. DAWES MAY GET DIPLOMATIC POST Being Considered For Post Os Ambassador To Great Britain Washington, Mar. 13. —<U.R)—Former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, the man who condemned the wartime diplomatic representatives of the United States with such expletives as “hell and maria", is being considered for the highest diplomatic post, the ambassadorship to Great Britain, according to reports in well informed quarters here. Dawes called the American diplomatists in Paris "pink tea diplomats ’ while telling a house investigating 1 committee of his experiences as head ot the commissary department of tho I American Expeditionary Forces. 1 According to authentic report, President Hoover is contemplating appoiut- > ment of Dawes to the London post ■ and Dawes, now In Chicago, is said to ■ have indicated he would accept. 1 The report has caused interesting speculation in diplomatic quarters ' where the appointment would be interpreted as an effort to reform the whole American diplomatic corps.

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