Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1929 — Page 1

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Vol. XXVII. No. 65.

FRANKFORT WINS WAY INTO FINALS

jiirOMOBILE AND TRAIN in CRASH! TWO MEN INJURED H Hospital Here irfIDENT OCCURS AT GENEVA CROSSING Homer Parrish. 18, lies »" :1 I lT jtical condition at the Adams fnuiitv Memorial hosmtal here. . im l Rav (.ronin. 32. is also a Sen at the hospital.suitering E nl less serious injuries, as [ result o! an automobilerain Elision al the Line stree crossing in Geneva, about •»-•<> o'clock Fridav evening. Both "rhe’automobile in wiilch the two BPn were riding era hed into the side of the locomotive of a fas’ northIwmid freight train on the G. R. 4 Itrision of the Pennsylvania railroad. ' j.,. Parrish sustained deep cuts on his chin. face, legs and arms and a probable fracture at the hase of the skull. His condition is grave. Mr. Cronin is suffering from a deen pash across his face and lacerations about his arms and legs. His conditbn was reported good today. Failed To See Train According to witnesses of the accident. Parrish and Cronin were ap proaching the crossing from ths res'. in Cronin's Chevrolet sedan, at a speed estimated at. 35 miles an hour. The tireman on the locomotive stated that the car’s speed did not slacken as it neared the crossing and that's judging frbm the expression on their faces, the two men did not see the train, until they were within a few feet of the track. The train was traveling at a rapid speed, also. The car swerved slightly before striking the locomotive at a point, about even with the front wheel, and the men were thrown from the car, sflighting close beside the tracks. The force of the impact bent a connecting rod on the locomotive and ft was necessary to make repairs before the train could proceed. Say Whistle Was Sounded The fireman and conductor said they sounded the whistle on their locomotive as they neared the crossing. Bob Lough and James Philbee were sitting in front of the Hendriqks’ soft drink parlor and saw the crash, tee Schell was approaching the tracks from the east, walking on the ddewalk. He intended to stop and "ait for the train to pass, he said, hut when he saw the automobile approaching. he realized that a crash "as inevitable and dashed on across t>e tracks to avoid being struck by the wreckage. Brougnt To Hospital Geneva physicians rendered first , ° ,he injured men and then plact'l t etn in ambulances to be brought to the hospital here. »tJn\ e men lla( * been driving u Geneva earlier in the day, and oou an hour before that ha ( nable to control theh , car when street T* Line street from High of Pe'v’n o ad craßhed into the rear teine a R - L " 8k ’ 8 car ' w hkh was Sh } Pn by Miss Ka thleen Lusk, one fekder. The ol[ p Ar , R TW<>> DAWN TO DUSK FLIGHT STARTS Captain Ira Eaker Hops Off At Brownsville, Texas, For Panama Texas? Mar. 16-(U,R)-and Dwsiht' Os high mountaina Cantatn i e <eath in a wilderness, and u > Kaker, noted endurance J war pilot, hopped off at 4:08 a>m lint™ a <lawn t 0 dußk night tdk can " 6 ~hO d, e ° f ,lis sllip “Pan-Ameri-Was n<in? a ncd by a ,em inlne hand, the sun sou,h westward to. follow e sun across nve nat)(>M Prance" film ker b 0 **’ 0 t 0 > a "d on 1,960 mile'.' ’ 1 anama ’ canal zone, The 1 68 away ' { nllowm° Ut V transverßing Mexico and Salvador S S UneB of Guatemala, R lco-is ’nv? haragua and Costa tx>ry a r a sparsely settled terrifoght. ° Wn on au endurance. “ttempt 3 wm C ° Wletion of taker's major aviatt mark U one of th e r “'tiatlon feats O s the year.

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Their Backs to We. 1 ! ■ t . ; a JjrL •« • ■ IwW I VWI < i aT J \ ■■■■ A V T Jk' ait >4/ General Jose Gonzalo EBco ba r . chief rebel leader, and General Francisco Uibajelo, former military commander in the State of Durango, are trying valiantly to gather their forces at Torreon where they oppose a Federal army of nearly 18.000 men. President Fortes Gil expects an early end to the uprising. REBELS CLAIM AN ADVANTAGE Declare Fall Os Federal City Os Guadalajara, Mexico, Is Imminent Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, March Lfi—(U.R)~With rebel troops planning an immediate attack on Guadala and fr :m Nayarit and Jalisco, revolutionaty headquarters here today considered its fall to be immient. Official bulletins issued by General j J G. Escobzar, commander in chief of | the Revolutionary armies, said he considered capture by his troops of the city to be “a matter of only a few' days." Federals Advance On Torreon Mexico City. March 16—<UP1—Thej advance troops of a Federal army es-1 timated at close to .30,000 men virtually were at the gates of the Rebel city of Torreon today with every indica-1 tion that the long-anticipated decisive battle at that would never take place. I’lutarco Elias Calles, personally directing the crushing federal offensive which has swept down the insurgent outer entrenchments in the last two days, informed the Presidencia that he believed the Rebels were preparing to flee n rthward from Torreon. —o Four College Students Suspended For Drinking Evansville, Ind., March 16—(UP)— Six Evansville college students have been suspended because of drinking or aiding others in obtaining intoxicating liquors. It was said at the college that the students would he suspended a week and then placed on probation for the remainder of the year. Dr. Earl E. Tarper, president, said he wanted to make it clear that Evansville College does not desire students who drink. Wounded Man Faces Charge Os Murder Logansport, Ind., March 16— llP)~ Prosecuting Attorney Glenn Miller of 1 Cass County, has tiled first degree ’ murder charges against John II * Crockett, 25, who crawled wounded ‘ from a Wabash river bank shack near 8 here where Earl Aramstrong and Jack Williams were slain two weeks ago. Crocket asserted that he merely was a witness to the shooting, and declares r that two “tall men” he did not know committed the double murder. i o — ' Near Seasonable Weather i Forecast For Next Week i Washington, Mar. 16. —(U.R) Next -week's weather outlook: s For the legion of the Great Lakes: Occasional peiiods ot precipitation j about Tuesday and again at close of • week; variable temperature and mostly near seasonal normal.

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DESOL ATIOK IS LEFT IN WAKE OF RECEDING WATERS Conditions In Flood District Os Alabama Are Growing Worse NUMBER GF DEAD IS UNDETERMINED Montgomery, Ala., Mar. 16.— i(U.R)—The first definite summary | of the extent of the Hood disaster in southern Alabama was made today as reports from the stricken districts began to trickle in over improvised wires. The general situation: Seven known dead. More than 100 unofficially reI ported dead. About 2,000 believed still marooned on house tops and ! rafts in the Hooded towns. Approximately 6,000 rescued. Approximately 3.000 to 6,000 others in some danger. Rescue Camp, six miles from Elba Ala., March 16 -(UP)— The rescue ' ; work in flood-stricken Elba at 1 P. M. Was proceeding rapidly with approximately thirty boats blying the waters The rescuers hope to get the remaining 1.000 refuges clear before night as tears have l>een expressed that ths buildings may collapse. Rescue Camp, near Elba, Ala., Mar. 16—(UP)—Waters of the Pea River began receding today, exposing the gaunt desolation of the town of Elba I to aviators, and spurring efforts of ' workers to rescue the .3,300 marooned I townspeople by night fall. The floods were reported receding I in most other parts of the state, but i conditions were crowing worse northeast of Montgomery as a result, of wiespread rainfall ,and more appeals were sent for help Believe 100 Dead An aviator who made a brief survey lof the Elba Area at dawn t, day reI turned with the information that lie ihad interpreted signals from the ground to mean that 100 persons had perished in the town, but there was no way of confirming this report. Os the 4,000 persons who were (rnv'rwvj ►.■!» ov we NEGROORPHANS TO APPEAR HERE C. Singleton Jubilee Chorus To Give Program At M. E. Church Tuesday The O. Singleton Jubilee Chorus, specializing in plantation melodies and negro eipirituals, will entertain the citizens of Decatur at the First M. E. church, next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, and a real treat that will linger long in the memory of i Decatur citizens, is promised. For three weeks, this chorus, composed of colored orphans from nine to seventeen years of age. has packed t.he churches in Fort Wayne, where they were fallowed from church to church and where the entire audiences would often remain for a half hour after the program to hear special numbers, and in every instance they have been invited to return. They have also been heard a number of tirntj, over 1 broadcasting station WOWO: “Swing Low Sweet, Chariot," “All God's Chlillun Got Shoes,” “Rolling Down in Jordan," “My Lord What a Morning," are a few of the numbers that are sung With such sweetness, tenderness, such pathos and such perfect harmony as to call for encores and great applause. Rosella Bowman, 17, the bass singer, shows wonderful talent, and little Flora Johnson, !>, the soprano, is equally gifted. Each one is an attraction and clearly demonstrates what a great loss this country has suffered n failing to provide for the homeless ..I u'ed chlli dren. They also demoi: 'trate the most excellent, work be ng accomplished by the National Home-Find-ing Society, of Irvington, Ky., which cares for homeless colored children from all over the country and so trains them that they are self supporting at twelve and thirteen years : of age and which makes a specialty of training homeless colored girls for domestic service. Admi-sion to this special concert ’ will be free. This work has been carried on largely by faith and free will offerings.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 16, 1929.

Speed Race Victim L BU x■ .. ’ -f WM When Lee Bible lost control of the giant “Triplex" racer at Daytona Beach, Fla., in an attempt to break .he world's speed record, Char.es Traub, news cameraman, was instantly killed by the fatal car skidding into a sand dune where Traub was taking pictures. TEN CONVICTED OF VOTE FRAUDS Election Officials And Political Workers Found Guilty In Chicago Chicago, Mar. 16.—(UJ- —Ten election judges, clerks, bailiffs and political workers allied with Homer Galpin, former chairman ot the Republican county central committee and a close friend ot Mayor William Hale Thompson, were found guilty of vote frauds today in the famous “magic barrel" case. The defendants were alleged to have stuffed 101 fraudulent ballots into a barrel which they carried into a polling place last April. Late in the afternoon of election day they said that the regular ballot boxes were too full and dumped them into the barrel. Later the barrel was emptied on a table and all of the ballots were counted, including the 401 spurious ones. Five of the Galpin henchmen were fined SSOO each. The other five were given prison terms ranging from six months to one year and fined from SSOO to SI,OOO. _o Kokomo Girl Denies She Will Marry Vincent Lopez Kokomo, Ind., Mar. 16. —(U.R)—Camille Renault, former Follies girl, and now under contract with Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer, has denied rumors that

she is to marry Vincent Lopez, famous orchestra leader. Miss Renault, visiting her parents J. here, said she was at a loss to explain ( , the source of the rumor. Furthermore, a she said, a clause in her motion pic- t ture contract forbids marriage. c o } Corn Borer Quarantine Lines Extended In State ' Indianapolis, Ind., March 16 —(UP) —lncreased corn borer quarantine . lines extending to twelve counties and * sixty' townships in northern Indiana ’ were approved by the state conserva- t tion commissioners at a meeting at the state house today. q The counties are Deleware, Fulton, . Grat/;, Huutiug'im. Jay. Kosciusko, Laporte, Marshall, Randolph, Starke, ‘ St. Joseph and Wells. 0 — , Pennsylvania Legislator t Finds Blindness No Bar t > i Harrisburg, Pa., March 16 —(UP) — Blindness is regarded as no handicap to Dr. Charles Lose, of Montoursville, < Pa., who is attending his first session < of the Pennsylvania Legislature as a i Representative from his district- < Losing his sight while he was head f of the Lock Haven State Normal t school, Dr. Lose for several years has i toured Pennsylvania as a lecturer. His first tty at pilltics was his can- s didacy for the House of Represents- ’ . tives, and be won. 1 Education, welfare, and conserva- I tion of natural resources are the sub- I jects on which Di. Lose works in and 1 out of the Legislature. His daughter, Mrs. Margaret Lose Carpenter, acts as i his secretaiy and is his constant com- , panion. helping him greatly in his i legislative work- i

TWENTY BILIS ARE APPROVED BY GOV, LESLIE “Pocket Veto” Looms As Probable Fate For Several Measures MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IS THE ZERO HOUR Indianapolis. Mar. 16. —(U.R) Gov ! Harry G. Leslie today announced the signing of 20 bills. The most, important was the Holmes-Hewitt-Davis measure amending the workmens « mpensat on law to provide a penalty for failure to pay compensation within 25 days after injury; making impairment payment in addition to permanent disability compensation; providing for 300 week payment to a widow or family in addition to permanent impairment pay ment and other minot amendments. Other Measures Approved Among other measures given execu-1 tive approval were: Senate lulls: Providing that, judges of superior courts shall have power to name judges pro-tempore and providing for their pay. (Sims) Providing for standard of requirements for United States bureau of aeronautics for use in state regulation of aeronautics. (Cooper.) Repealing act of 1917 allowing holding companies to build school buildings for 'owns having population of not less than 2.000 nor more than 3,000. and lea ing them to school offi cia’s. (Lindley-Durham). Permitting insurance companies to write life insurance polie’es and name as beneficiaries persons witli or without insurable interest. (Hartzell) House bill: Abolishing township teachers' institutes and pernutting county superintendents of education to call county institutes and fixing per diem of $5 for teachers’ attending. (Street). Indianapolis, Mar. 16. —(U.R) —Eighty bills and three resolutions must be approved or vetoed by Governor Harry G. Leslie before m'dnight tonight, or fail of enactment by "pocket veto" Impostant among the measures awai ing the governor’s action today w r ere: 1. The store licensing measure, (CONTINUED ON FAGF, TWO) o CITES WORK DE CHURCH IN LIFE E. G. Hoffman, Os Fort Wayne, Speaks At Presbyterian Men's Banquet

“There are too many business and professional men, good fellows, who Lake their part in everything but the church, who are riding on free passes and taking advantage of all the good things in civilization which have come through the church,” said E. -I. Hoffman, Fort Wayne banker and lawyer, in an address to the Men’s Club of the Presbyterian church, last evening. Mr. Huffman gave a brief history of what the church has done for civi:iza’,ion and its important part in saving the world following the dark ages. He told of the work done through the monasteries of Europe, centuries ago, and the years ever since, gave the story of early history in the United States and the part the church and churchmen took in it. Colleges, schools, hospitals, the Red Cross and numerous other organizations are by-products of the church, but, declared Mr. Huffman, “if we are to maintain them we must likewise maintain the church which is the background of it all. “In the United States at the present time, there are sixty million church supporters with 220,000 ministers, with more investment in church buildings than in any other single industry. These are all engaged in the business of “making real Christians out of raw souls. “The church means higher moral standards and a better country in to live," the speaker said. “It is our duly, gentlemen, to insist that those who are riding on passes, get tickets and climb on the train. We need them and they need the church.” Mr. Huffman was presented by Hon. C. J. Lutz, and fifty men enjoyed the evening which followed a delicious chicken dinner served by the ladies of the church.

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SLII in t’ie Family j ' ! IO x- W X- J " ■ I ; ' 0< I / /fl 3 ./ F.' f r |F.... i I sag. ■ igd -3 O' ; 1 IjsS/' r ' niiMRTi r f Seemingly bound to keep a good man in the family, Mary Meeker j, (top), society girl ot Chicago, recent-j iy married Ambrose Cramer at Washington, D. C. Cramer is the divorced husband of her sister Grace (below), who is Mrs. Francis Vernon Lloyd. GRADE "SCiTOOr - TOURNEY OPENS! Kirkland, Decatur St. Joe, Monmouth And Decatur Central Win Games Semi-Final Games Decatur St. Joe, 32; Kirkland, 6Decatur Central 39; Monmouth, 3. Kirkland. Decatur, St. Joe, Monmouth and Decatur Central were the winners of the first, round games of the Adam's county grade school basketball lourney, being played at the Catholic school gymnasium here today. All the victories wete decisive. The crowd at the early games was small. R. O. Hunt, of Geneva, did a good job of officiating The tinal game will be played tonight, starting at 7:30 o'clock. In the first contest, Kirkland defeated Monroe, 27-12. The future Kangaroos were out-weighed, but | made up for it in speed and ability to get open shots. Kirkland led at the half 13-7. Scherry was an important cog in the winners' offense, j , R. Andrews and Sprunger showed up best for Monroe. Lineups and summary: Kirkland - I Scherry (6). L. Roth (0). Z’mmerman . (6), F. Roth (0), forwards; R. Anderson (6), Straub tO). centers; Reav- [ ers (7), Ehrman (2), Girod (<)), i guards. Monroe —Bovine (1), Hahnert (1), Bahner (0). forwards; Sprunger (6). Ray (0), centers • Stucky (0). Andrews (2), Hendricks . (2), guards. ( St. Joe Defeats Berne c Berne's inability to shoot enabled) > the Decatur St. Joe team to win, 17 9. , The first half was closely contested r and at the rest period St. Joe led 8-4. , In the second half, St. Joe opened up j her big guns and left Berne by the way-ide. Klepper and Myers were I the leading scorers for St. Joe. Leh- . man led the losers. Lineups and summary: St. Joe — j Myers (4), Hines (2), forwards; Klepj per (10), Miller (1), centers; Bentz, J (0), Kohne (0), Ehinger (0), guards. Berne—Bracker (0), Ashilman (2), Brandt (2), Braun (0), forwards; u Yager (2), Prlsi (0), centers: Lehman (3), Stauffer (0), guards. n Monmouth is Winner v Geneva failed to get a basket in tte third game until late in the last half, ? when Monmouth had tallied up 20 ’ counters. The final score was 33-3 in i favor of the baby Eagles. At the half, |7 it stood 18-0. Lox and Franz headed t Monmouth's scoring column. L. t Hicks and Miller composed the offense t of the losers. Lineups and summary: Monmouth .. —Lox (18). Kunkle (0), Franz (8). t Singleton (0), forwards; Fuhrman o (4), center; French (2), Barnhouse B (0), Houston (0), guards. Geneva—s A. Hicks (0), L. Hicks (2), Heeter (CONTIF’ KD ON PAGE TWO)

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FORMER CHAMPS WIN FROM GARY IN SEMI-FINALS Washington Plays Tech Oi Indianapolis For Right To Meet Frankfort STATE BASKETBALL TITLE IS AT STAKE Technical defeated Washington 31 to 18. Today’s Schedule 8:30 a.m. —Horace Mann (Gary) 23; Bedford, 18. 9:30 a.m.—Frankfort, 28; Columbus, 21. 10:30 a.m.—Technical (Indianapolis), 23; South Side (Fort Wayne) 18. 11:30 a.m. —Washington, 26: Rushville, 22. 2:30 p.m.—Horace Mann (Gary), 17; Frankfort. 22. 3:30 o.m. —Technical vs. Washington 8 p.m.—Frankfort vs. winner at 3:30. Butler Field House, Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 16. — (U.R) — Frankfort high school, a former state champion, advanced to the final game of the annual state high school basketball tournament by defeating Horace Mann, of Gary, in a thrilling battle this afternoon. 22-17. - Frankfort piled up a lear of 11 3 in the first half, but Horace Mann's Horsemen fought galliantly in the second period and, with less than four minutes left to play, were trailing by only one point, the score being 18-17. Frankfort staged a last minute rally I to put the game on ice. Frankfort will meet the winner of I the semi-final game between WashI ington and Technical of Indianapolis, jut 8 o'clock tonight to decide the I state championship. Four Survive Morning Games Butler Field House. Indianapolis, Mar. 16. -(U.R)—Four teams, Horace Mann of Gary. Frankfort, Technical of Indianapolis, and Washington, advanced to the semi final round of the s ate basketball tournament here this morning by defeat'ng their quar-ter-final opponents. These teams, with the exception of Frankfort, were forced to extend themselves to win their quarter-final games. In the first contest of the morning. Horace Mann defeated Bedford, 23-18, in a closely fought game, after obtaining a three-point lead at the end of the half, the tcore being Horace Mann 11. Bedford 8. The Stone City quintet battled frantically in the last half in an attempt to overcome the northerners' lead. Frankfort Defeats Columbus The next game brought together Frankfort and Columbus, the former five winning 28-21, apparently without having to extend itself. The Frankfort team, long and rangy, was j expected to provide close competion for their opponents in the remaining rounds. Technical, Indianapolis' hope for a champion, continued its splendid tournament piay by defeating South Side of Fort Wayne, 23-18, in a fiercely contested game. The Tech men obtained a 13-8 lead at the end of the initial period. The game was a thriller. each team battling for each point. Ln the final game of the quarterfinal round, Washington, conqueror (CONTINI i:i> <»N IMMF. FIX E, BAPTISTS TO HOLD MEETINGS Local Church To Begin Series Os Special Services Tomorrow For several weeks the Baptist church has been making preparation for a s-’eries of special meetings be- ! ginn'ng tomorrow and closing with ■ Easter Sunday. Special cottage pray--1 er meetings have been held this week 1 witli splendid interest. > Mrs. C. E. Bell will have charge ' of the music, assisted by a chorus, and using splendid new song books e recently purchased by the church. The pastor, the Rev. O. E. Miller, will h bring the message each evening. The • church is looking forward with anticl--3 nation to two weeks of spiritual e growth. The public is cordially invited to r attend and enter into the spirit of the meetings with the church.

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