Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1929 — Page 1

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LINN GROVE BANK ROBBED AGAIN

REDUCTION in FIRE INSURANCE RATE PROBABLE Indiana Inspection Bureau Makes Recommendations For Better Protection CITY COUNCIL IN ! 1 FAVOR OF CHANGES The etty of Decatur, through the | e |tv council, will comply with every -oiiest of the Indiana Inspection Bureau- ln regard to having the gen- ■ ml fire insurance rate reduced in Decatur. These requests or twotn- ’ mendations tan be met with little expense and the council is desirous of earning the savings for the citiI ions of Decatur. Four recommendations are made by I the Indiana Inspection Bureau. Fulfillment of these requests by July 1. will bring about the reduced rates. The recommendations are: I—" That four company officers be assigned in the call (volunteer) fire department force in addition to the chief officers, namely, a captain and lieutenant for each engine company. I—" That the roofing ordinance suggested by the National Board of Fire Fnderwriters he enacted and enforced. 3—" That an additional telephone tie installed at fire department headquarters reserved for fire calls. (—"That an additional 800 feet of hose be purchased and the minimum hose supply be maintained at 3,01'0 feet of good serviceable hose.” Letter is Received A letter containing the above recommendations was received by Orval Harruff, city engineer and superintendent of the city water department, and, as the expense of making the improvements is very small, the council will proceed at once. In regard to the first recommendation. that of appointing two officers from the call department for each fire truck, the council, or committee on public safety, will designate four men from the Volunteer department to ac*. as officers and they will be given authority to give orders to the other volunteer or call members. Tile fireproof .shingle ordinance will bo passed at the next meeting of the council. New Classification becatur made all the other inrprovemen'B necessary to secure a reduced rate. The city maintains sufficient "ater supply, has two motor pumps and plenty of hydrants. Water mams have also been extended throughout the city. By securing the lower rate, Decatur will be placed in •'bureau class 3L> be City is now in “Class Four Med- ' It is estimated that the reducton will mean a saving of 15 to 25 in the general insurance Presented Matter to Bureau A few weeks ago, when Mr. Harruff ° f the " ater ,la » art - Giliig. city coun>i nvi-,.. „ v ntrtu, tw<» fOUR IMPORTANT BILLS UNSIGNED Gov - Leslie Holds Confercnees In Regard To Various Measures nteasurL aPO l iS ’ Mar ’ 14 -<U.R)—Four ed acti '' ma j° r importance a waitlie today as “fT 8 ’ nesdav . d 26 b s approved WedgeereurTLf in the ° tfico <* cf the -<t^ r Btate tO become ‘he law ' is hed nextX n ’ he P " b - SovernoX t° W llave lain 0,1 Ute were obier/ 6 ** several days and ex «cuti!i ‘h a Os k Conferences in the were the _ h mber Thursday. They fPonsored bv’TT , registrati ° n bill, "’omen Vo L e Indiana ljeague of law codifi,-.,.- S ' an<l the corporation ‘■ommEion 0,1 biU ,irafte<l by a ■egislatuie Cre&ted by 1927 T'lh t were (he in,portan t measures armory prX® . censin S bill and the ha "<i 8 of ±2 “• n ßotl ‘ Wtire in ‘be °Wen, who G ?' leral Janies M ’ Would be - d the armor y bill early today s ” ntte 'l to the governor Probablyl2 2 e ChaiU Btore bin * oul 'l not <ll. i h S afterno °n- He ‘•tttlons he k C I” 6 What rec°tnmen--18 ae is making.

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Learning the Job fefi Worth 110,000,000 in his own right, F.wler McCormick, above, son of Harold F. lUcCormick of Chicago, head of the International Harvester Company, is working as a suit-sales-man in the Middle West to learn the harvester business from the ground up to be ready for the day when be may head the business. DEATH CLAIMS J. B. SIMCOKE Retired St. Louis Business Man Dies At Home Os Niece In This City Joseph 11. Simcoke. 69. retired St. Louis business man and former resident here, died at 9 o'clock last evening, March 13, 1929, at the home of his niece, Mrs. R. D. Myers, on Winchester street, in this city, after a long illness with para'ysis. At his request, he was brought here several weeks ago. Mr. Simcoke was born in tiiis county, February 27, 1860, grew to manhood here and resided during most of his life In Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo., where he was engaged in business many years. He was a son of James 8.. and Letitia Simcoke. his father having published the Adams County Democrat, one of the first papers established in this city, in 1852. Brothers and sisters of Mr. Simcoke are all deceased. The only surviving relatives Ifving here now are Mrs. R. D. Myers, Mrs. Fred V. Mills and Mrs. Catherine Kauffman, nieces, and French Quinn, a nephew. *s Funeral services will be held at the R. D. Myers residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with burial in the Decatur cemetery. ■ — o New Rails Being Laid On G. R. & L Railroad New rails are being laid on the G. R. and 1 division of the Pennsylvania railtnad, through this city. The work was started at Richmond and l"'rt Wayne and has progressed to a point about two miles north of Berne and to Winchester on the south end. The new rails are of the 100 pound per yatd type, while the old ones that, are being removed are of the 80-pound type. The old rails are said to be in fairly good condition, but heavier locomotives are now used by the Pennsylvania system and stronger tails are necessaryo— Fire Damages House Southeast Os Berne Berne, March 14 — (Special) —The Andrew J. Blowers farm residence, two and one-half miles southeast of ! Berne was damaged by fire, Tuesday ' morning, before a bucket brigade, quickly organized, could extinguish ' the blaze. The fire is believed to have • staited from a defective chimney. No insurance was carried on the building. i o ' I Alleged Bank Robber Arrested At Newport t s Newport, Ind., March 14 —(UP) 5 arrested tn connection with the robb- . ery of the Perryville, Ind., State bank I William Summers, 45, was to be ques- - ticned today. 1 Bandits who robbed the bank Moni day obtained $l,lOO- It was the second - time the institution had been ransacked since the first of the year.

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TORNADO kills NINE PERSONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Score Injured By Wind Storm Which Causes Heavy Property Damage TWISTER STRIKES NEAR LIBERTY Liberty, S. (’.. Mar. 14. (U.R) Nine persons were killed and a score injured by a tornado last night in the town of Six Mile near here. Physicians anil volunteer relief woJiCjA re) tied finding the nine bodies when they visited the town oday in response to calls for a'd. The twister, emerging without warning, from a calm night, whipped thr ugh the village at 7:30 p. nt. and cut a swath that levelled houses amt store-. It then swerved south of Six Mi'e and wrecked five farm houses. Two families were virtually oblierated by the storm which cut telephone lines into th; community and delayed reports of the damage until today. The dead: Deputy Sheriff G. N. Garrett, his wife and three children; H. Tilman Cartel, his wife and two children. A baby girl member of the Tilman Garrett family was found 300 yards from her demolished home, only s’igbt’.y brul«ed. All of the victims were trapped in tl>eir homes. D. C. Garrett, nephew of the deputy sheriff who was killed, said confusion in Six Mile immediately after the tornado was such that, hours elapsed before bodies of the dead were recovered. Timbers from several of the demolished houses were hurled hundreds of yards. The community church and the school house were damaged. Occupants of one demolished farm house escaped injury entirely. • o • HOPE TO CLEAR UPBANKROBBERY Bandits Held In Ohio. Believed To Have Robbed Linn Grove Bank With the arrest of four men at Defiance, Ohio, recently, and the pleading guilty of three in connection with the robbing of a Hickville. Ohio, bank several weeks ago,"it is believed that an Adams county bank robbery will be cleared up. Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth received a telephone call from Linn Grove yesterday, stating that several persons who saw the bandits who held up and robbed the Linn Grove bank, March 27, 1928, could identify the robbers held at Defiance as the same ones who held up and robbed the bank in this county. Pictures of the Hicksville bandits appeared in several newspapers. Sheriff Hollingsworth has arranged with Defiance authorities to visit the bandits, held in jail in that city, and make an effort to identify them . Muri Lybarger, cashier of the Bank of Linn Grove.; Floyd Yaltney, who was in the bank at the time of the robbery; and Ocia Crissman. a farmer where the bandits stopped before the robbery, will accompany Sheriff Hollingsworth to Defiance Sunday in an effort, to identify the bandits. The three who pleaded guilty at Defiance are Hubert Stevens, Barney Maynard. Melvin Halterman and the fourth man held, who has entered a plea of not guilty, is Joe Kowalski. 1 Mr. Yahney, who was in the bank at Linn Grove when the bandits entered, said that he was positive one ’ of the four held at Defiance was the man wh pushed the gun at him last ! March 27. It is believed that the others can also be identified in connection with the robbery last year. P. was learned today that in case the four held at Defiance are the rob- ; bers who held up the Linn Grove institution. nothing can be done until - the bandits are released from the ■ Ohio state prison. It is hoped that ; local authorities can get a confession - from the bandits and if this Is done or if the Linn Grove men identify - them, affidavits will be sworn out iniI mediately and the men will be taken ■ into custody when they are released by Ohio authorities.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 11, 1929.

Auto Catches Fire At Gasoline Filling Station An old model 'Ford touring ear, be- ! longing t<i Frank Hirschy, was des- | I roved by fire al about 7:30 o'clock | Wednesday night in front of the White I Service Station, coiner of Eighth and I Mmoo street. Mr Hirschy had stop- | tied to get gas when the car enveloped I into flames. There was a lantern In I the back seat of the car, but Mr. Hirschy slated that he did not know whether it was burning. His three children were in the back seat, but all id’ them escaped without injury. The fire department was called and the quick work of the firemen prevented a spread of the flames. FEDERAL TROOPS CONTINUE DRIVE Push On Toward Torreon For Major Battle Os Mexican Revolution Mexico City. March 14 — (UP)— Federal troops under General Cedillo ( killed 30 rebels and captured 80 in a j battle at, Encantada, Coahulia. the ( mid-day bulletin issued at the Presi- t denei said today. I The prisoners included several rebel | officets, the buleltin said. < Three federal columns commanded , by Generals Cedilo, Jaun Almazan, and Cardienas wete converging on Vievea. in the state in Caahuila for a general offensive the bulletin added. By United Press The main Mexican Federal army drove steadily toward Torreon for the major battle of the present insurrection while a second federal force converged on Duranco. J The Federals holding Naco, on the northern Mexican border, prepared to defend the city against a rebel attack. Three hundred additional American troops were ordered to protect the waterworks of Misbee and Naco, Aiiz. < from damage in the fight expected just ( across the border. Rebel headquarters at Juarez claimed insurrecto victories in two engage- I ments with Federals yesterday near , Saltillo and somewhere near San Luts f P, tosi, but these claims were discounted somewhat by American airmen who flew over the Terrain and saw government troops marching uninter- 1 ruptedly toward the north- < Mexican ’counsul 1. M. Vasquez at | Nogales, Ariz., invited rebel chiefs to ( a “peace meeting’’ with federal leaders ( today and supported President Portes < Gil’s ptediction that the insurrection would die out within two weeks. ( o Krick Attends Meeting Os School Association Walter J. Krick, principal of Decatur high school, went to Chicago, Wednesday, to attend a convention of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The convention will be in session Thursday. FrL day and Saturday. The association has 2,211 high schools indued in its membership of which Decatur is one. Decatur has been a member since 1908. The association considers the best ways and means of raising the standard of academic work done by the member schools - <>- Gov. Leslie Signs Two Bills Today Indianapolis, March 14 —(UP)—Governor Harry Leslie today signed Sena- ! tor Clement’s bill permitting cities of . 75,000 population or more to levy a ! one-fourth cent tax for art associations. Indianapolis, Match 14—(UP)—Governor Harry Leslie today signed Representative Harries’ bill giving proper--1 ty owners the right to file remonstrances against erection of ornamental ’ street lights. o ’ More U. S. Troops Are t Ordered To Border Town ? ’ Washington, March 14 —(UP) —Approximately 300 additional troops have 5 been ordered from Fort Huachuca, - Southern Arizona, to the Mexican bor- • der in the vicinity of Naco, Arizona, 1 the war department was informed toa day. t The second squadron of the 10th t Calavry and a small infantry detatch- » ment were sent south by the ordery One troop of Cavalry and one comi- pany of infantry were ordered to the a border early this week. The border I guard for Naco will total 400 to 500 men under the new order.

, Offers Surrender , I 2 • IF II Ml oik ™ I Defeated and in flight from Vera Cruz, General Jesus M. Aguirre, prominent figure in the present Mexican revolt, asked safe conduct in return tor hrs surrender. The Mexican government, denied his request-, saying he would be court-martialed if caught. Motto: “Don't start revolts, especially in Mexico.” IWTs flying ~ AIR MAIL AGAIN Leaves Mexico City With Regular Air Mail For Brownsville, Texas Mexico City, Mar. 14. —(U.R) —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, flying the air mail from here to Brownsville, Texas, landed at Tampico, Mexico; at 1:02 p.m., E.S.T., advices from the Western Union Telegraph company offices said. Mexico City, Mar. 14. —-(U.R)—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left here today at 10:37 a.m. E.S.T.. flying the regular air mail to Brownsville, Tex., at the close of his vacation spent in company with his fiancee. Anne Sencer Morrow and her family. Trouble in getting his engine started, delayed Lindbergh’s takeoff which had originally been scheduled few 9:30 E. S. T. The famous flier said goodbye to his fiancee and the Morrow family at the American embassy residence. None of the Morrows, nor embassy attaches went to the field where the mail plane awaited Lindbergh. The colonel refused to discuss what his plans would be after reaching Brownsville. Ten passengers were in the mail plane with Lindbergh and there was a considerable quantity of mail. It. was understood anoher plane awa'ted him at Brownsville probably for a flight to New York, but by what route was not known. o Three Girls Escape From Detention Home Indianapolis, March 14 — (UP) — Three. 16-year-old girls, escaped from the detention home today. All were held for juvenile authorities. The girls were Frances Minet, Jeanette Welch, and Catherine Smith, all of indianppolis According to Mrs. Sttsana Pray. Superintendent, the three slept in the dormitory Wednesday night and were awakened at 5 A. M. o One Man Killed When Automobile Is Wrecked Laporte, Ind., Mar. 14.—(U.R)—One man, Bruno Gabrunas, 20, was killed instantly and three other persons injured, when their automobile crashed into the entrance to a park here today. Slippery roads and a heavy fog were held responsible for the accident. To Replace Old Bell Santa Clara, Cal., Mar. 14.—RJ.R>— One of the two bells destroyed when the Old Mission Santa Clara was razed by fire two years ago isrto be replaced. The bell was to be recast from the original metal, by direction of Alphonsus XIII, King of Spain.

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TWO UNMASKED BANDITS GET MORE THAN 52.000 IN CASH FROM BANK IN ADAMS COUNTV: ESCAPE IN AUTO Draw Guns On Muri Lybarger, Cashier, Who Was Only Person In Bank At Time Os Holdup; Sheriff Ami Vigilantes Give Chase; Robbery Is Third At Linn Grove Bank In Three Years BULLETIN Two men, who were at first believed to be the Linn Gove bandits, were captured near Woodburn this afternoon, but they turned out to he alleged rum runners and were taken to Fort Wayne.. Sheriff Hollingsworth wos at Woodburn at the time of the capture. It was learned later, that office:s in Paulding county, Ohio, were on the trail -f the bank bandits. Two unmasked bandits robbed the Bank ol I.hiii Grove, it> miles soldi west of Decatur, at 9:35 o’clock this morning, and esenped will) between #2,000 and $2,300 in cash. The men entered the hank and forced Muri Lybarger. cashier, the only person in the bank at the time, to hold up his hands while the two men

i _ . Kokomo Girl Engaged To Marry Vincent Lopez Kokomo. Ind., March 14—(UP) — The engagement of Miss Camille Renault, formerly of Kokomo, to Vincent Lopez. nated orchestra leader, has been revealed here. The date of the marriage was not learned. Miss Renault formerly appeared in “Artists ami Models” and "Ziegfield's Follies". Recently she has been connected with the famous players, in motion pictures. The bride-to-be is visiting her parents here. ! Chicago’s Population To Be 3,320,000 Next Year Chicago, March 14—(U.R)— Chicago's population will be 3,320,000 next year and 4,500.000 by 1950, the Chicago regional planning commission, whose duty is to figure where to put the newcomers, estimated today. The present population is more than 3.000,000. Gov. Leslie Makes Appointment Indianapolis, March 14 — (UP) — Rush G. Budd, Newcastle, was re-ap-pointed as a Democratic member of the Imard of trustees of the Indiana village for epileitpcs by Gov. Harry G. Leslie today. He wil Iserve four years beginning March 15. JUNIORS TO GIVE PLAY NEXT WEEN 1). H. S. Pupils To Present “The White Elephant” March 20-21 Plans are being completed by the members of the Junior class of Decatur high school for the staging ot their annual class play, in the high school auditorium, next. Wednesday and Thursday evenings. March 20 and 21. The title of the play is, “The White Elephant." a three-act comedy written by Watkins E. Wright. The case has been rehearsing every evening for several weeks and a full evening of worth while entertainment is assured. The play is a small town play ami concerns the efforts of Johnny, a ' real es'ate clerk, to popularize an inn inherited from an uncle, and which has been a “white elephant” for years. A spinster aunt, a pretty school teacher, the grocerman's son, . a musical comedy queen, who is iook- , ing for an "aristocratic birthplace," . a sentimental soap manufacturer, and a broken pickle bottle —all start things off with a ‘ bang.” In an hilarious scene, Johnny auctions off iiis aunt’s old home, earning in commisI Eion a sum he needs to win the school teacher. As several people 1 claim the house as a birthplace, I many amusing complications arise. ■ Two mysterious bearded strangers, I arriving unexpectedly, create much > excitement, but in the end Johnny marries the girl he loves, the actress : finds happiness with her soap man, ■ and Johnny's two New York pals come down to open a filling station to take care of the cars belonging to the many tourists who stop at the - inn to enjoy Aunt Jane’s marvelous i meals. The inn is transformed from • a "white elephant" to a "gold mine”, fhere is not a tiresome line in the t whole play. It is very interesting t from start to finish and is well worth the patronage of the public

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iscooped up till available cash land escaped in a Dodge sedan. The bandits drove north out of Linn Grove and, about 10 minutes later, the big blue sedan was seen going north past the Kirkland township high school building. The trail was picked up by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth and several vigilantes and the the bandits were followed by information given the vigilantes by farmers and by trailing the tread of the tires on the bandit car. Hsad Toward Lincoln Highway It is thought the bandits went north to the Adams-Allen county line road and then across through Williams to the Monroeville road. Before reaching Monroeville, the bandit car swerved around under the Pennsylvania railroad track near Monroeville and on to the Lincoln highway. The bandit car was lost at the Lincoln highway and the pursuers were nnnhle- to ascertain whether the car headed toward Fort Wayne or toward Ohio. Several residents near Monroeville stated that they had seen a car answering the description of the bandit car about an hour after the robbery this morning. No one was aide, however, to tell which direction the car turned when it reached the paved highway. Get More Than $2,000 Muri Lybarger, cashier of the irnvT»\j v’n 0 Burning Incense Causes Disastrous Fire In China — Nanking, China, Mar. 14. —(U.R) Twenty persons were killed and scores injured today when 700 homos were destroyed by a spectacular fire that started at Pagoda bridge from incense being burned as a tribute to Sun Yat Sen. The blaze spread so rapidly that it reached the nearby huts before it could be controlled. The ceremony being held at the time of the fire was in honor of the anniversary of the death of Sun Yat Sen, founder of the Chinese republic and known as "the George Washington of China." o HOOVER PICKING HIS COMMISSION President Moves Swiftly Toward Selection Os Law Enforcement Board Washington, Mar. 14.- (U.R) —President*Hoover moved swit'Uy today toward selection of his law enforcement commission. At the president’s invitation Dean Robert M. Hutchins and Professor Charles E. Clark of the Yale Lawschool, called at the White House today and discussed with Mr. Hoover his projected inquiry into judicial reform. While the conference was being held, Charles Evans Hughes, one of the nation's most brilliant lawyers, arrived to be a White House guest for a day or two. Hughes, who Lor years has maintained close contact with activities : of the American Bar Association seeki ing to expediate court proceedings, i often has been mentioned as a likely i choice tor membership on the com- . mission. > As associate chief justice of the ; supreme court he urged at various i times a number of projects for situI plifying legal administration.

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