Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1929 — Page 1

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CONTRACTS ARE LETfBRTHREE MCADAM ROADS Commissioners Occupied With Road Matters At Today’s Session petitions for two OTHER ROADS FILED Road matters held most of I lhe attention of the Adams county commissioners today,! contracts being awarded for! Ihrce macadam roads, petitions for the improvement ol two other roads being tiled, and the contract for the right-of-way for state road No. 16 being contracts awarded were for Meyer-Oakley road in Blue Creek township, the Debolt road in Jeffer son township, and the Hoffman and Ireland road in Bine Creek township. The contracts were awarded to Pick Tonnelier on the Meyer-Oakley twi and to William Davis on the Detail road and Hoffman and Ireland road. These contractors were the low bidders. Bidding was very c’ose. The roads ; sdd today were the first ones to be ordered constructed by the commissioners this spring. The three roads total about two and one-half miles in length amt will he improved with macadam. The bonds for their construction will lie sold this month, no objections being filed against the proposed bond issues. The bids on the roads were: Meyer-Oakley Road Phil Saner, $2800; Bieberick ond Arnold. $2853; Dennis Striker, $2700; Pick Tonnelier, $2499; William Davis. $2591.90. Debolt Road Dennis Striker. $3553; Dick TonnsIter. $3643.10; John W. Karsch, $3850; William Davis. $3447.30. Hoffman and Ireland Road Phil Saner. $2400; Bieberick and Arnold, $2226: Dennis Striker. $2284; Dick Tonnelier, $2143; William Davis $2076.6,8. Combination Bids Phil Sauer on the Meyer-Oakley and Hoffman ami Ireland roads. $5092. Bieberick anil Arnold on the MeyerOakJey and Hoffman and Ireland. $4849. Sign State Road Contract The county commissioners have signed the contract with the State highway commission, agreeing to furnish a 60-foot right-of-way for state road number 16, west of Decatur. The contract is like the one which the commissioners signed for the east end of the road, running east from Decatur to the Ohio state line. The county waives jurisdiction over the proposed route, granting the state highway commission the right to improve the road and to pay prelimia•ry costs entailed therein. A number of farmers and property owners along the route have already sisned the r.ghtof-way concessions. hej’oaiMvill lie improved this year )t'n’iTi v, Rn r>v rwm — r- O seneva debate TEAM DEFEATED A <jams County High School Debaters Lose Contest At Columbia City le Geneva high school debating .’“ was defeated by the Columbia ... 5 high school debaters, in a dis■o debate at Columbia City, last urday afternoon and evening. , s a res ult of the victory in Satuia?? l,ebate ' Columbia City will meet do. eWS sc * l0 °l thin week and tin ?'” ner nf that debate will be elites* t 0 * a ’ ie P art * n state conf ' PllPva debaters were Lawrence Strvk*' ‘t°l>ert Wheeler and Helen -n’ question debated was. • hn ’° Ve(1 ’ lhat ,he United States m, a d°Pt a hands off policy in sideJ ag , Ua '" I2ach s<, hool debated both had t° ttle <luestion - Columbia City team teams while one tinn . both sides of the quesUon for Geneva. I<,ge was Professor Cmble, of had eo ' lege - He stated that he ern i seve '’al debates in northhad h lana an< ' tbat the debate he best ear, t there Saturday was the 9 had listened to this year.

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Governor Fights Impeachment 11 H I; li* '*j i < Mbksl HiF - Governor Huey Long. left, of LouYiana, is carrying on a bitter tight against sensational charges which are lieing brough' against him by the state legislature in an effort to impeach him. He has indicated that he will t use all means at IPs < mmand to defeat their efforts. Dr. Paul M. Cyr of . Jeanerette. La., from the sugar belt district of the state is considered the most like lv successor in the event the legislature impeaches Gov. Long.

DREDGE HEARING ' HOLDS INTEREST C< Sil Many Expected To Attend ?, Hearing On Wabash River Petition Thursday * hi Much interest centers in the hear- *’■ ing held Thursday, in the Adams cir- ()( cult court, hy Judge Alonzo Bules, of Winchester, on the report of the drain- ai age commissioner in the Wabash r< ! River dredge petition. ci The hearing was postponed from j; 1 March 11 to April 4 and many far p ' mers and property owners interested (j in the proposed dredging will appear p at the hearing. The viewers and engineers have fil- . ed their report in the proposed ini-1 ■ provement and remonstrances against I ( the dredging of the river have been i filed by the City of Bluffton, by Adams county, two of the townships and by several hundred interested property owners. County Attorney Henry B. Heller, who filed the remonstrance in beha ’ I ■ of the county, estimated the damage i to Adams county at SIBO,OOO. The city ■ of Bluffton places estimated damages of $250,0.00 in the matter. Hundreds of farms in the south part ■ of the county are affected by the pro- p posed dredging and the case has at f traded a gieat deal of interest. • Preliminary costs of about $5,000 I SI , have already been allowed by the s . court The case was filed in th6 Ad- p ams circuit court sometime ago and j. Judge Bales was appointed as seecial • . judge in the matter. The petition for i 0 . the dredging instituted by a number | [ of Mercer county, Ohio, property own- | fc ’ ers. s o I) Ossian Citizens V ote To Install Water System '' , ) In a special election held Saturday. f the citizens of Ossian voted 197 to t | 181 in favor of the proposed plans for t I a new water system for the town. Al c though the plan was favored in the , election, the final decision on the mat- ■ ter is up to the town council. The t I council will make ils decision in the ( near future. s __o • t Geneva Suicide V ictim To Be Buried Wednesday i | Geneva, Apr. 2. —(Special)—Funeral j 1 services for Fred Fogle, 50, who com- . rnitted suicide by hanging himself at . ‘ his home here Monday morning, will ( ' be held at the Methodist church Wed- | ' nesday afternoon. Burial will be i ’ made in the Loosburrow cemetery. o I . Funeral Held Today t For Geneva Resident I ; i s Geneva. Apr. 2. —(Special I—Funeral1 —Funeral t i services were held this afternoon for 1 Mrs. Anna Runyon, who died at her < v home here Saturday afternoon. Death | 8 was due to heart trouble and dropsy. | i- Mrs. Runyon was a lifelong resident t of Geneva. Her husband, John Runs yon. died several years ago. Survlv--3 ing are five children. Mrs. Stella Bal- - due, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Mrs c a C. E. Spitler, of Willshire, Ohio; Cliff- < ? ton of Montana, and Pearl and Leon, i of Geneva. €

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Decatur. Indiana, Tuesday, April 2, 1929.

k’opgtlin Pleads Not Guilty In U. S. Court Fort Wnvne, I. d , Apr. 2—U.R) - Not guilty" was lite plea of John ’oegtlin, former deputy 1 1 . S. marital, when he was arraigned on three ederal grand jury indictmets before udge Thomas W. Slick. Voegtlin has been accused of conpiracy to violate the national prohilition laws by accepting bribes and >y extortion of money from bootleg;ers. He asked that the latter charge >e quashed. A motio nto quash the indictments tgainst hint was tiled by Frank J. ('onoy, former federal prohibition agent, ■o-defendant with Voegtlin. Paul Harshbarger, also a co-defendant, pleaded guilty to two conspiracy inlictments when Ralph Rosenwinkel, private detective, pleaded not guilty. OPPOSE SCHOOL ADDITION PLAN Remonstrance Against $30,000 Bond Issue In Hartford Township Circulated Predictions that the proposed $30,000 school bond issue in Hartford township will have opposition were strong today as several residents assumed the initiative in opposing the proposed school repair and addition issue. It was learned today that the forces opposing the proposed issue had employed several attorneys and were' busy seeking signatures for a remonstrance which .according to law. must be filed before the end of April. The chief argument forwarded by those opposing the addition of a gymnasium and auditorium to the present high school building, located in the center of Hartford township, is that the center of the population of the township is near Linn Grove and that consequently, the gymnasium should be built near that town. Linn Grove is the only town in the township, and several years ago residents of that town made an effort to secure the township high school lot their locality. It finally was decided, however, to build the school in the center of the township. The desire of many residents of the township to have a high school gymnasium has again created a feeling among many that the gymnasium would draw its crowds mostly from the part of the township most thickly populated and. therefore, it should be at Linn Grove. Others, however, contend that tne the gymnasium should be built adjoining the high school, because the bull<ting needs to be enlarged and repaired and the gymnasium would not cost near as much with the repairs and other additions as it would if built, alone. It was stated today that the remonstrance would be signed this week and filed with the county auditor, Albert Harlow, as soon as sufficient signatures could be obtained. _— o Lone Bandit Gets $3,922.75 Columbus, 0., Apr. 2.—(U.R!—-A bandit walked into the office of the Western and Southern Life Insurance company here today, held up three women employes and escaped with $3,922.7u.

Bryant Man Indicated For Possessing Still I Portland. April 2. —George Adams, of Bryant, was arrested Monday on a grand jury indictment charging him with possession of a still. He was brought Into court here and later released under SSOO bond. 1 The still was found more than a month ago by an officer who raided Adams' farm, a short distance northwest of Bryant. The still was not in use when found, but barrels of mash. . charcoal and other articles used in the manufacture of intoxicating liquor ( were found. , WILLIAMS WILL ! 11 ANSWER CHARGES I To Characterize Charges Against Him As "Blunder- 1 buss Fired Into Air” Indianapolis, Ind.. Apr. 2. —(U.R) — , Ask< J to resign on charges of neglect of duty and incompetency, John D. Williams, director of the state highway commi.-sion told the United Press today his answer would characterize 'he charges as a “blunderbuss fired into the air.”

Williams said he would answer , each of the charges in detail. Referring to the SIOO,OOO which he was alleged by the commission to , have failed to collect from municipalities. counties and contractors, Williams said this would have been impossible until the present time, because they would have been forced to issue bonds and that legal barriers prevented this. Indianapolis, Apr. 2. —(U.R)— quested to resign. John D. Williams, director of the stale highway commission. today faced 20 specific charges filed by the commission. The speific allegations were filed as era motion by James Bingham. Williams’ attorney, lhat the commission make the charges more specific. The charges alleged that Williams failed to collect more than $1,000,000 due the state from municipalities, o unties and contractors. Immediately after the filing of the charges, Bingham intimated that the director would endeavor to take the case into court if Williams was not. I given "plain justice" at the commisI sion hearing, scheduled for tomorrow. The director conferred with his attorney last night but refused to make a statement. Funds alleged due the state by the commission from municipalities and counties included money that should have been refunded for paving completed with the corporation of towns, rights of way and like expenditures, it was pointed out. The largest county account which Williams allegedly failed to collect was $173,647.69 from Lake county. Other total uncollected, according to the charges, were: Knox. $110,492.40; Monroe, $17,421.05; Marion, $173.54; Cass. $11,153.12, and Wabash, $28,948.25. o Representative Os State Tax Board Visits Decatur Walter G. Bridges, special represen1 tative of the state board of tax commissioners, was in the city today con- ! ferring with Jay Cline, county asses- ' sor. Mr. Biidges stated that the asses--1 ments in this county were in keeping 1 with the assessments in tills section cf the state. In some cases, items were - low and others they were about the ‘ average. No orders have been given ’ to increase the assessments. r — o TRAINS CRASH 3 AT BLUFFTON 1 _ i Clover Leaf And Lake Erie Freights Collide At Crossing Today r. 1 " " - Blufft n. Apr. 2. —(U.R)"- A westt bound Cloverleaf freight, train cut a i- southbound Lake Erie freight train . in half at a crossing here this afteri- noon. Three Lake Erie cars were 1 overturned. The crew of the Clovert leaf train jumped and escaped injury. Confused signals are blamed for the mishap. It is reported that a signal giving the Lake Erie train right of way at the crossing was changed i- tc a stop signal shortly before the • train reached the crossing and the i- Lake Erie engineer was unable to i stop his train before reaching the . crossing.

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BANK ROBBERS ENTER PRISON Four Men Sentenced Here Begin 20-Year Terms In State Prison Today Entering the state prison at Michigan City this morning to serve sentences of 20 years each for the robbery of the Linn Grove bank. Robert W. Slnlff and Everett D. Gaither, of Fort Wayne, Elmer Wood, of Pennville. and J. Phillip Chamberlin, of Columbia City, immediately losi their identity and are now known at the prison only as numbers 13066. 1306.', 13068 and 13069. The four men, who were sentenced by Judge Jesse C. Sutton in the Adams circuit court here last Saturday, were taken to Michigan -City this morning by Sheriff Hurl Hollingsworth ami three assistants. Gaither and Chamberlin were taken to the prison by Dick Heller and Francis Schmitt, in Mr. Heller's car, while 1 the other two prisoners were taken !l by Sheriff Hollingsworth and George 1 Squier in the sheriff’s ear The party left Decatur about 6:00 - o’clock this morning and arrived at 1 the prison at 10:35 o'clock. No 1 trouble was experienced en route, ac- 1 cording to a telephone message re- 1 ceived by the Daily Democrat after ‘ the parly arrived at the prison. The four prisoners were separated ' shortly after their arrival at the prison and were assigned to different parts of the prison. They went | through the usual routine in entering the prison. _ -f> Lindy Is Flying Back To See His Fiancee Brownsville, Tex . Apr. 2. — (U.RI After a flight from El Paso via San Antonio. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed his plane at the International airport’here at 7.45 a. m. today' He refueled his ship, ate breakfast with airport attendants and took off at 8:45 o’clock for Mexico City. Lindbergh was in high spirits despite the fact that he bad been in the air almost continuously for 24 hours. The colonel said he was on bis way to Mexico City to see his fiancee, Miss Anne Spencer Morrow. AARON DE VIN NEY CALLED BY DEATH Well-Known Painter And Paper Hanger Dies Os Erysipelas Monday Aaron Benton DeVinney, 62, well known paper-hanger and painter o< 1 this city, died at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon. April L 1929, at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Mr. DeVinney was stricken a week previous with erysipelas and was removed to the hospital on Wednesday of last week. IBs condition gradually grew . worse, resulting in his death yesterday. «« The deceased was born near Monroeville, July 25. 1566. His wife. Flora Sudduth DeVinney. preceded him in death about fifteen months ago. No children were born of this . union. f Surviving is one brother, Harvey, ; of Chicago; one half-brother, Dee De- ? Vinney. of Covington. Kentucky; and t one half sister. Miss Bertha DeVinney, of Covington. Kentucky. There are no relatives living here. Since the death of his wife. Mr. DeVinney had resided alone at his residence at 318 Oak street. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city, and was identified | fraternally with the Odd Fellows lodge. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home, ' and at 10:30 o'clock at the church, the Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur -cemetery. Friends desiring to . view the remains may call at the resta dence until 10 o’clock Thursday n morning, as the casket will remain ■- closed at the church. Man With Broken Back Gradually Growing Weaker r — ;■ Joe Paolicchi, 27, of Chicago, who 1 sustained a broken back in an auto‘l mo-bile accident near Berne, Sature day, was reported this afternoon to b be gradually growing weaker at the a Adams County Memorial hospital, ? where he is a patient. His death is expected momentarily.

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Noted Flier Missing ■ ■® .1 " y ... -. .. Cap'ain Charles E. Kingsford-Smith (above), Captain Charles P. T. Ulm and two companions, who were forced down it a wild and inaccessible conntfy while attempting a Hight from Sydney. Australia, to Wyndham, tn the plane. Southern Cross, which successfully flew from California to Australia several months ago. It is feared the four, men are in grave danger from savage tribesmen or I her perils of the deep jungle in which they landed.

HARVEDANIELS : II DIES SUDDENLY: —i’. Decatur Man Stricken XV ith i Heart Trouble While Collecting Lodge Dues Harve M. Daniels, 69, of this city. , fell dead at. 10:30 o’clock this morn-1 Ing at the Sam Bailer residence, on j 1 Schirmeyer street, while collecting j ' dues for the Yeoman lodge. Death i 1 was due to heart trouble, according] to the coroner and the physician whoi was summoned. Mr. Daniels had just stepped inside • the Bader residence when he was stricken. He fell to the floor and the ' physician stated that he believed death had ocenred instantly. r 'l! Daniels had suffered from heart | troubfe for several years. Harve M. Daniels was a son of i Robert and Caroline Daniels and] 1 was born in St. Marys township, Ad-i] ams county, February 9. 1860. His I entire life was spent in Adams conn-, ty. For several years, at various times, he operated a restaurant in this city. Only a month ago. he sold his restaurant on South Second street to Lawrence Roop. He was a member of the Yeoman and Ben Hur | . lodges. Early in life, Mr. Daniels was married to Ellen Dergamo, who died sev- , eral years ago. Later, he was nwr-| , ried to Etta iftrshman. who preceded him in death, also. For the last five . years, he had been residing wit it l.is son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Curtis W. Moser, in this city. Surviving are the following children by the first marriage: Alfred, of Rivare; J j Harry, of Pleasant Mills: Otto, of , Huntington: Hugh. Mrs. Cora Tricker and Mrs. Carrie Moser, all of Deca- ' tur. One half brother, George Cramer, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Brod- ' beck amt Mrs. Nellie Walters, all of Deca’ur, also survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. o Supreme Court Overrules Motion Os Dr. Shumaker i Indianapolis, Ind.. April 2. (U.R) - I The Indiana supreme court today overs ruled the motion of E. S. Shumaker. Indiana Anti-Saloon League superin- - tendent, for a rehearing on the court’s , order committing him to the Indiana , state farm for contempt. Dr. Shumaker will be released - Thursday, having served 53 days of ) his 60-day sentence. Edward Meyer. Age 12, Dies At Fort Wayne R. J. Meyer, of Monroe, and Mrs. Orval Allspaw, of Berne, received word of the dea'th of their nephew, Edward Meyer, tweltvje-year-old son o of Mi. ami Mrs. Harvey E. Meyeft 61: ’• Huffman street, Fort Wayne, who died • Monday afternoon following an operao tion The funeral will be held at the e Reformed church at Bluffton, ThursI, day afternoon, at 2 o’clock and burial s will be made at the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne.

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DEPUTY SHERIFF DECLARES SLAIN WOMAN RAD GUN — Deposition Os Officer Who Killed Mrs. DeKing Introduced At Inquest jCONFLICTING VERSIONS (J I VEN BY WITNESSES —,— City Hull. Geneva. 111.. Apr. 2. (U.R) A deposition made tit liis bedside by Deputy Sherili Bov Smith in which the deimtv !sai<l that Mrs. Lillian De King Iliad a revolver in her hand when he killed her with a saw-ed-oIT shot gun while raiding her home lor liquor hist week was introduced today at the op- ' ening ol Coroner Herman .1. ‘ Vierke's inquest into the skiving. Smith also deposed that Mrs. Up 1 King's husband. Joseph, had threat--1 ened to kill “any one who comes through that door" and that ho ’ (Smith) had reason to believe that ‘ h.s life was in danger. Heard Woman Scream “I thought that De King and I ’ were alone in the house when 1 ent- „ ored and I thought best to strike him

down," the deputy’s deposition said. “1 turned the gun around and hit him with the stock. As he fell I heard a woman scream. I did not know up to that time that a woman was in the house. "I looked up in time to see her reach for one of her husband’s guns. When I saw she hail it. in her hand I fired, but I aimed at her hip. not at her shoulders. Thought Woman Shot Him "At the same time my gun went of I fell hackward with a pain in my leg. I thought the woman had shot me, but then I saw the boy (Gerald De King, 12-year old son of the slain woman) come out from behind b:s mother and say: “ ‘I got him mama; 1 got him’.” Smith’s depoisitjon was taken in Elgin where he is under treatment in St. Joseph’s hospital and brought here by Coroner Vierke. The deputy was removed from Aurora, where the DeKing shooting and clubbing occurred. because of intense feeling against, him in that politically wet city of 40,000 persons. The inquest was brought here for that, same reason, authorities fearing that the crowd might get out of liand if the inquiry were opened in the home town of the DeKing family. Versions Are Conflicting City Hall. Geneva. 111.. Apr. 2. —(UP) —Before a large and partisan crowd which expressed its sentiments with handclapping, booing and laughter, witnesses at the inquest into the "dry raid killing” of Mrs. Lillian De King, of Aurora, today gave conflicting versions of the evidence behind the warrant on which the De King home was searched. Eugene Boyd Fairchild, who was employed as a prohibition investigator for State’s Attorney George 1).

<r<>*riM cn r>-« iMc.r WIND CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENT Albert Welchi, Os Grand Rapids, Mich., Injured In Wreck Near Berne Berne, Apr. 2. —(Special)— The strong wind yesterday, is blamed tor several fractured ribs sustained by Albert Welchi, of Grand Raipids, Michigan, and damages to a large Hudson car belonging to the injured man. Mr. Welchi had sipent his Easter vacation at the Eli Beer home northwest of Berne. Together with Eli Beer. Melvin Beer and the hired man, he was returning to the Beer home front Berne, where they had looked after business. Mr. Welchi was driving and opened the door to locate a rattle in the car. A strong gale caught the door and simultaneously dragged him from his seat. As he was whisked from the car. his shoe was pulled off by the pedals. The driverless car swerved off the road, went through a ditch and two wire fences and several yards beyond into the Dan Moser field. The car was raid to be travelling about forty miles an hour when the accident occured. The car was greatly damaged and Mr. Welchi suffered several broken ribs.

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