Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1929 — Page 1

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tribute paid to Ms RON T. HERRICK |Y TWO NATIONS •SMMTSU* To Dead Diplomat body arrives IN NEW YORK ABROAD CRUISER New York. Apr. 13.-(U.R>-Amer-ica anti France joined In sorrowful trl bote today to Myron T. Herrick, W hos* body was brought home with lhe most solemn honors the two nations could pay. In death, as in life. -Herrick was a hand of affection between the two republics. As his body lay in a flagdraped casket on the deck of the French cruiser Tourville, which carried it from France, diplomats and army and navy men of both nations bowed in reverence. The relations of JM years, tiegun by Lafayette. seemed closer than ever. Lindbergh Is Present An affecting tribute was paid by Col. Charles A I/indbergh, America’s flying hero. With the family and personal friends of Herrick, he boarded the Tourville when she dock- j ed and stood bareheaded by the cos-i tin. The return of Herrick, who died at his post as United States Ambassador to Paris, was accompanied by scenes that fitted perfectly with his life and accomplishments. When the Tourville, escorted by the American cruisers Marblehead and Cincinnati, arrived at quarantine, the municipal boat Wacom drew alongside and an official committee went aboard. At 12:30 the body was taken aahore. The French naval band aboard the Tourville played "The Star Spangled Banner." As the casket started down it* gangplank, the mournful strains of Chopins Funeral March sounded while the crowd stood with bared heads. At the pier the casket was placed on a caisson to be borne through the sheets to the Grand Central station. The United States army band played “The Marseillaise." The entire route was jammed with people. The roofs of buildings and windows of offices were crowded. About 50 automobiles carrying the offical party accompanied the procession. it was escorted by French sailors, United States infantry, marines and cavalry. ■ o /■ American Legion Post To Sponsor Movie Show Adams post No. 43 of the American Legion has leased the Adams theater for next Thesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and will put on the famous show, "Flying Fleet." with Ramon Navarro and Anita Page a» stars, supported by a splendid sompany. The show will be given with sound effects and those who at-t'-tHI the sure t o j ie we |j entertaina<l. Tickets can be secured fram Legion members or at the box office. W MORE KILLED IN BEER WARFARE SL T wo Bodies. Riddled With Bullets, Found In Sedan At Cicero, 111. Chicago, Apr, 13.—lU.Pj— The Chi'ago beer war returned to the former aunts of "Scarface" Al Capone to'a> wi ’h the slaying of two more men in Chicago. Tlie two bodies were found on the ,° or of a new green sedan of expenn make near the former Hawhotel, and one-time strong- ’' ’he Capone gang of beer run- !?' tugs and gunmen. out e murder Jiad been com(l' e< *” ’he usual gang fashion. A « r e . n , Steel ac ' tete< l bullets had been bodv Dt ° ea<?ll ten in the p ’ T ' tW ° * n bead, gangdom's occur a grace - The shooting had the ha- ' eas, t ten hours before a,,,,” 0 “ ies were found and police by a S< tllat fillers, when surprised victim Pollpemaa . were taking their alas f ° • t ’* e l ’ oors tep of some riv--BfN n. , avor ‘te gangster ruse to throw 80s P‘clon up on a rival.

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looses Court Fight i fl 1 < i <i c x a «/ a ! 1 Mrs. Garnet Helene Patton Inman, above, daughter of an Indiana minis- , ter. lost a court fight and riches to- • day when a jury at Ueno. Nevada, £ decided that she had been unfaithful to her husband. Walker P. Inman, heir to the Duke tobacco millions, and j awarded a divorce to Mr. Inman. The j jury denied Mrs. Inman’s demand for < $250,000 alimony. » WALKER P. INMAN WINS A DIVORCE 1 Heir To Duke Tobacco Millions Gets Decree Against Indiana Woman Reno, Nev.. Apr. 13.—(U.R)—The In- , man divorce case reached a dramatic finale today when a jury led by a Baptist preacher decided that the bus- , band, heir to the Duke tobacco mil- | lions, had proved his charges of in- - discretions and intoxication against) , the daughter of an Indiana clergyman. With that decision. Roy H. Barret, i the minister-foreman, announced the . jury had granted Walker P. Inman, i New York millionaire, an absolute i divorce over pretty Helen Patton In- | man’s counter plea. It was decided also to deny Mrs. Inman’s demand for ( $250,000 alimony. The jury however attempted to shift to the husband part of the blame for the "wild parties” which allegedly featured the married lite of the Inman's and sought to grant Mrs. Inman monthly alimony of $1,500. The move was blocked by presiding .Judge George Bartlett who ruled that the alimony stipulation of the verdict might be filed but not. recorded, thereby offering the possibility of an appeal to the supreme court. The verdict granting Inman an absolute divorce also upheld the settlement agreement signed by Inman and Helene in New York City in 19_. whereby Mrs. Inman was to receive $15,000 annually until re marriage. The jury of men required five hours and forty minutes to reach a decis’cn on the mass of testimony which had collected during the 20 days of the trial. The verdict was returned at 12:10 a.m. Mrs. Inman had been in the courtroom all night with two sisters, laughing and chatting, and expressing complete confidence that the Jury would be directed by her charges that Walker did nothing at home, “but drink three quarts of Scotch every day and read magazines. Man Killed By Traction Car Near Winchester Winchester. Ind.. Apr. 13. (U.R) — One man was killed and six other persons injured slightly near here when an interurban car crashed into an automoile. Lee Cook. 50, driver of the automobie, was killed. The traction car after striking the machine, was derailed and barely escaped overturning. The injured were occupants of the interurban. Witnesses said the car was traveling at 40 miles per hour when it struck Cook’s automobile. , o — Jewett Withdraws As Candidate For Mayor Indianapolis, Apr. 13. — (U.R) - l’’xplaining that in case there should be a primary under the federal form it would take a united effort to defeat a “ring ticket” Charles W. Jewett, former mayor, had withdrawn as a Republican candidate for mayor. The former mayor although a foe of the city manager plan, has pledged himself to support that plan should the supreme court uphold it.

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Sailors Who Took Byrd Expedition To Antarctic Return; Tell Os Hardship

Burned By Glaring Sun At A Temperature Os 30 Degrees Below San Francisco, Apr. 13, — (U.R)- — i Twelve members of the crews of the I City of New York, and the Eleanor. Bolling, who braved death in the desolate wastes of the Antartic to] carry Commander Richard E. Byrd’s] expedition to the South Pole, began a six months' furlough today sate among the comforts of civilization. The men returned here yes'erdny I will) numerous tales of hardship and narrow escapes from death. They will return in six months to bring back Byrd's party. The men were in the charge of Lieutenant Commander Harry Adams ] The two ships, he said, were tied up ; at Dunedin, N. Z. Complain of Glaring Sun The greatest complaint the returning men offered against the ice regions was the glaring sun which, ■ shining 24 hours a day. burned them even at a temperature 30 degrees be-• low zero. “We airived at the Ice barrier <>n the day after Christmas and for ten days were held by ice," Adams said.. "All sails set and full speed ahead could not. clear a path. "Tlie nearest land was Dunedin. ’ more than 2.000 miles away. It was 20 degrees below zero and it looked | ’ike we were in for it. Great icebergs j were floating toward us. Then a half [ gale came up out of the south and a t rack appeared in the ice, through ■ which we made our way to open water. It was a miraculous escape." Barely Escape Polar Winter Adams said that on returning the men barely made their way out before I the beginning of Polar winter which would have brought almost certain death. — Commander Byrd’s party was established in strong huts to withstand the winter, the men said. They described the burying of two airplanes under the snow for the winter and the digging of tunnels in the snow for themselves and dogs. TO GIVE SHORT PLAYATCHURCH VV. W. G. Os Baptist Church To Give Missionary Play Sunday Night The W. W. G. girls of the Baptist church will present a play entitled “Missionary Arithmetic,” Sunday night, before the regular church services. The play deals with four girls who have recently inherited a legacy and are having trouble spending it. Their aunt, who has also inherited tlie same amount of money, does not have such a difficult time spending her share, as she sends part of it to Carrie, a young missionary in India. The four girls also come to the Conclusion that to get the best out of their money, they must share it. So they decide to send part of their legacy to Carrie also, so that she may buy the hospital beds she needs so much. The cast for the play is as follows: Aunt Wilda - »la Potts M av Edith Johnson Stella Gretchen Winans Gertrude Martha Moser T at Ruth Winnes Carrie Anne Winnes Miss Black MHler Ist Indian Woman Leona Bowden 2nd Indian Woman Lucille Johnson ft- ■ ' —— Mrs. Anna Bierie Phelps Dies At Nelson, Missouri Berne, Apr. 13.— (Special) —Mrs. Anna Phelps, 70. wife of the Rev. Levi Phelps and a sister of E. C Bierie. of Berne, died at her home in Nelson. Missouri, Monday, March 25, according to word just received here. Mrs. Phelps was born in French township, Adams county, and was a daughter of Christian and Anna Sutter Bierie. A year ago, she suffered a broken arm in a fall and health was permanently impared by the injury. Surviving are the husband; two sons from a former marriage with Joe Musser, Delmar Musser, of Flint, Michigan, and John Musser, of Saginaw, Michigan; three brothers. Eli C. Bierie. of Berne, Jacob Bierie; of near Linn Grove, and Emanuel, of Flint, Michigan; and one sister, Mrs. Noah Gottschalk, of near Linn Grove.

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Congressmen To Eat Sandwiches And Soup Washington. Apr. 13.—(U.R)—A lunch was Installed in the capitol today so members of the House could eat. a sandwich, soup, coffee, or a piece of pie without losing much time from the chamber floor I during the special session. Tlie innovation was recommend- ] ed by Rep. Underhill, Republican, I I Mass., and Speaker Longs worth | gave up the private dining room a’located to him for the quick lunch counter. COLTLINDBERGir ! IS UNDER FIRE Flier Severely Criticised For Conduct At Airport In Washington Washington, April 13 —(UP)— An ' editorial criticizing the conduct of Col. : Charles A. Lindbergh during his brief ] landing here yesterday appeared in the Washington Daily News, a ScrippsHoward newspaper today under the ! caption “Colonel Lindbergh splashes i mud on himself." The editorial was in comment on news articles printed in morning papers here under headlines reading as follows: “Lindy splashes admirers with mud 1 and water —flier, evading crowd at i Bolling Field, lets propeller guard him "Lindbergh sprays mud on adinir- ! e;s”—“Dirty water is splashed on big crowd, including many women." The newspaper accounts said that a group of persons including a number of young women, rushed forward to see him after he landed at Bolling Field yesterday. He started up his plane and taxied to the far side of the field, the spectators being splattered with muddy water. “Our readers want to know whether or not we intend to tell that young smart aleck where he gets off,* the Daily News editorial said. “Well, we'd like to tell the boy where he gets off. but we doubt that it would serve any good purpose. All we could tell him is that he is hastening the day when America's emotional excess will be the reverse of that which met him on his return from his great triumph. And we don't feel the least inclined to scold. We would rather like to take him alone for a quiet half hour and relate a little of the human history that we have learned, in the hope that it might help to guide his course and prepare him for the inevitable day when his popularity will have turned to unpopularity. "We would like to preach a little (COXTIX’I'F.n <>V P»«K t’IVKI Most Interesting Men In Day’s News Stories Are Named I New' York. Apr. 13. —(U.R) —The ten i most interesting men in the world to [ newspaper readers, in the opinion of i Karl A. Bickel, president of the Unit- . ed Press, in a screen interview releasi ed today by Pathe Sound News, are: ! 1. —Herbert Hoover. 2—The King of England and the , Prince of Wales, bracketed together , because their personalities are merged right now with the variation of their news activities. 3.—Co’. Charles A. Lindbergh. 1 4, —Ex-president Calvin Coolidge. 5. Benito Mussolini. 6. Henry Ford. i 7—Thomas A. Edison. r B.—Charles Chaplin. ■ 9.—David Lloyd George. 10.—Paul Von Hindenburg. Thus the "talkies" the newest med- • him for graphic transference of ideas, r enters a discussion which is a matter ■ for every-day decision in newspaper 1 and press association offices. Mr. ' Bickel explains in the interview that ■ the list is doubtless open to argument t at many points, and that he has not r included women because there are 1 few wdmen who might qualify any--5 where among the first ten in world- . wide interest. As runners-up he nam--1 ed General Pershing, Clemenceau, s Stalin and Poincare. Herbert Hoover r heads the list because he is “the most powerful executive in the world.”

EXPECT 100 TO ATTEND BANQUET More Than 75 Tickets Already Sold For Industrial Association Meet More than 75 tickets for the open] meeting of the Decatur Industrial As-1 sociation, to be held Monday evening at 6:15 o’clock at the K. of ('. hall [ already have been sold and indications are that the attendance will be well over the 100 mark, according to those In charge of the ticket sale. One of the chief features of the ban-; quet and meeting will be the referen- I dum vote on day-light saving time for Decatur. Which way the majority of those present vote the outcome in the form of a resolution, will be presented Tuesday night at tlie city] council meeting. While the outcome of the Industrial Association vote will not be official, it I has been indicated that the council will take the vote as a general sentiment, inasmuch as all local firms and factories are represented in the association.. The rest of the meeting .will be devoted to tlie report of various committees and the appointment of new committee. All members of the association are asked to buy their tickets by Monday noon in order that the committee in charge may know how many dinners to order. . ■ -o Mounds Park Ai Anderson To Be Made State Park Indianapolis, April 13 — (UP) — Mounds park, the Union Traction company property near Anderson, will become a state park under plans of the state conservation department approv ed by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Madison county is to purchase the park acreage and the slate will maintain it under the 1927 statute. Cost is to be approximately $78,000 to be paid (by Madison county citizens by special levy over a twenty year period according to plans announced by director Richard Lieber of tlie conservation department. Tlie site contains outstanding Indana mounds, Lieber said. Move for its purchase was started by the Madison County historical society. o ' ANGOLA MURDER TRIAL RECESSED —. J Recess Taken In Trial Os Charles Zimmerman Until Next Monday Angola, Ind., April 13—(UP) —The trial of Charles Zimmerman, former Steuben county sheriff, charged with the murder of Thomas Burke, alleged bandit, has been recessed until Monday. James F. Wadswoith, alias Joseph Waltham, serving a 25 years sentence in the Ohio state prison for robbery was placed on the witness stand yesterday at a state’s witness. He testified that he recognized tlie body found in a burned barn near here as that of “his buddy" Burke. He knew the body he said, because of two teeth which wer? missing. The Ohio prisoner was placed on the stand to prove that the body discovered in the bai n was Burke's. At the time it was found; it was charred baddly and there was some doubt at to its identity. Waithan named Burke, Bill Beven, Bill Lewis, and Kirby Davis, as the men that robbed the First National Bank of Angola. He also said Hoven Davis and Burke were members of a gang that emmitted a mail robbery in Toronto, Can. o Foote To Resign As Collector Os Revenue Indlanapclis, Apr. 13. —(U.R) —George L. Foote, collector of internal revenue, will resign probably May 1, it was rumored in political circles today. Miss Dorothy Cunningham, Indianapolis and Martinsville, Republican national committeewoman for Indiana, ■ was slated to succeed Foote, it was • said. Foote succeeded his father-in-law, M. Bert Thurman, present Republican national committeeman, in March 1928, when Thurman resigned to bei come campaign manager in Indiana ■ tor Senator James E. Watson in his • presidential 'primary campaign. Thurman today said Foote, who has , been in Florida and will return here ■ Sunday, has not. sent in his resignation to the department but probably will do so within a few days.

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May Succeed Herrick | B " Z ■ H ■ ® ■ * ig Senator Walter Edge, of New Jersey, now' seems most, likely successor to E’aiis post left vacant by the death of Myron T. Herrick, late Ambassador to France. Simultaneous with this news comes the announcement that if Edge should accept, former Governor Edward G. Stokes will probably be put forward by the Republican organization as their candidate to succeed the Senator. TO BEGIN VESPER SERVICES SUNDAY Methodists To Open Spring Vesper Services Tomorrow Evening By action of the Official Board at its last meeting, the Methodist church of this city will begin its Vesper Service this Sunday. This is not an experiment on the part of either the church or pastor as this order was followed last year with helpfulness to the church. The service is planned differently than is any other service of the church and in some respects takes on the spirit of the "Quaker meeting" of the years gone by. There is the usual beginning service of about twenty minutes of meditation and. during this period, the only sound to be heard is the low playing on the organ. This is followed by the evening hymn and then followed with an evening prayer. Special music followed by the scripture and a prayer hymn usually preceded the short devotional sermon. The benediction prayer is the closing part of the service. The service begins promptly at 5 and closes promptly as 6 o'clock P. M. The public is cordially invited to this quiet hour. Youth Is Arrested On Serious Charge Marlen Venis, HI. was brought here from Sturgis, today by Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth, and was arraigned in circuit court this afternoon on a charge of rape in the second degree. Venis asked for more time in which to enter a plea and he was placed in the county-jail, in default of SI,OOO bond. The prose-1 curing witness in the case is a young girl residing in Decatur. Venis, whose home is in Decatur, has been employed in Sturgis. < Evangelical Church Seeks Return Os Present Pastor At the fourth quarterly conference ot' the First Evangelical and Calvary EvangejlU'al cliuri|ies, held here Thursday evening, a resolution was passed unanimously by the congregations, requesting the presiding elder ot the district the Rev. J. O. Moser, of Van Wert, Ohio, to return the Rev. M. W. Sunderman to the pastorate of the local churces for another year. The Evangelical conference will be held in First Church, Foil Wayne, the first of next month. Indianapolis Police Seek Children's Assailants Indianapolis, April 13 —(UP) —Ten attempted attacks and one brutal assault upon school children here in one week, today resulted in Police Chief Claude M Worley ordering all officers to renew vigilance for suspicious looking characters. “Arrest on sight any man who acosts a woman or child, whether he is riding in an automobile or walking", the chief directed. "I have directed the cruising squads in outlying districts to he particularly watchful", the chief announced.

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PLAN TO CURTAIL PROGRAM MEETS WITH OPPOSITION Sen. Rohinson Demands Action On Flood Control And Other Matters FARM BILL READY FOR INTRODUCTION Washington, Apr. 13.—— Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic floor leader, issued a statement today serving no lice he would not abide by the plan of Republican leaders to curtail the program for the special session of congress to the subject of farm relief and tariff revision. Robinson demanded action on bills relating to flood control on tributaries of the Mississippi river, census, reappointment, and the policy of the federal reserve board toward stock exchange transactions. “These are certain to receive consideration," he said. "The constitution authorizes no limitation on subjects which may tie considered by either or both houses during an extraordinary session." Hoover Approves Farm Bill Washington, Apr 13. —(U.R) - The agricultural hill written by the house sub-committee will be introduced in its present form, it was decided today by members of the committee after a breakfast conference with President Hoover at the White House. The draft of the bill was presented to the President yesterday and its provisions were discussed freely this morning. Those who attended the White House breakfast this morning were Chairman Haugen of the house agricultural committee, and Representatives Purnell, and Williams, Republicans, and Aswell and Kincheloe, Democrats, members of the subcommittee which drafted the bill. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Walter Newton. White House secretary also were present. The President expressed gratification over the committee’s progress. The fact that the bill will be introduced in its present form, was taken to mean that the president was satisfied with its essential features. —O Everson Not Seeking Adjutant Generalship Indianajydis, ,A,pril 13 —(UP) —Definite announcement today of Brigadier General William G. Everson, Muncie, that he will not accept the Adjutant Generalship cut down the field ot’ contenders now seeking the post held by William H. Kershner. The latter is an appointee of former Governoi Ed Jackson and is holding over under the administration of Governor Harry G. Leslie until reappointed or his successor is chosen. Thus far. General Everson, pastor of one of Muncie’s leading churches and commander of the 76th infantry brigade, has been most prominently mentioned.. ROY C. TOOMBS FOUND GUILTY Ex-President Os international Life Insurance Co., Convicted Os Fraud St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 13.—(U.R)—Roy C. Toombs, former president of the International Life Insurance company, was convicted today of fraud. In the first of several court battles growing out of the $3,500,000 collapse of the company last fall, a circuit court jury convicted him of causing a false certificate of stock to be issued to supply collateral for a loan of $500,000 from the Great Southern Life Insurance company of Texas. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and fined . $3,000. Huge Stone Contract Let [ Chicago, Apr. 13.—<U.R> —The Indi- . ana Limestone Association today announced that it was obtained the i largest contract for stone ever let—- . a contract by which it will furnish ■ 1,280 carloads of stone tor the new department of commerce building to ( lie put up in Washington at a cost r of $17,000,000. The contract involves approximately $3,000,000.

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