Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1929 — Page 1

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CLOVERLEAF CREAMERIES TO EXPAND

Council Decides To Submit Fast Time Proposal To Voters

SEEK DECISION (IF CITIZEN S ON DAYLIGHT SAVING Council Decides To Submit Issue To Voters In City Primary, May 7 MUCH INTEREST IS MANIFESTED Daylight Saving! Are you for or against it? The voters ol Decatur will be given an opportunity to express their opinion on the question at the citv primary election on Tuesday, May 7. a separate .ballot being printed so r the purpose. Last night at the continued session ot the city council, carried over trim Tuesday evening, the Judiciary committee. reported favorable on the suggestion that the mat’er be referred to the voters on Tuesday, May 7, and that the action of the council thereafter conform to the wishes of the people. The committee's report al«o recommended that the city election commissioners look after and supervise the printing of the ballots and that the special election be held along the same legal lines as a general election. The wording which will go on the ballot, has not yet been decided. This detail will probably be left up to the city election commissioners and City Attorney J. Fred Fruchte. To Print Ballots Free The council accepted the offer of the Decatin Daily Democrat, to print and furnish the special daylight saving ballots, free of charge. ■ for the election. These will be printed under the supervision of the city elec ion commissioners, each precinct receiving a ceriain number, corresponding with the total vote cast in the last election. All the councilmen voted “yes" on the adop'i'on of the Judiciary committee's report. No time for adopting thp daylight saving schedule, should the voters vote favorable on the question, was mentioned in the report, but the councilmen have practically light saving time, it will be placed agteed that if the voters vote for dayinto effect in this city on Saturday, night, May 11. Much Interest Manifest Much interest has been manifested in the question. Last Monday, at a meeting of the members of the Decatur Industrial Association, the members voted in favor of the fast time, 49 to 28. The resolution of the Industrial A'-sociation, asking that the clocks be moved up one hour on April 28, was presented to the council. and. on motion, was referred to the judiciary committee. The polls on election day will be open fiom 6 a.m. until 6 p.m., so that every voter will have an opportunity to express his or her wish in the matter, IfOVTIXI ED OX PAGE FIVK» PLAN COMMUNION SERVICEMAY 12 Class To Make Holy Communion At Catholic Church Includes 90 h'i'st Communion Sunday, when a eass of about 90 boys and girls will, a e their first solemn holy communion at the St. Marys Catholic will be on Sunday, May ’ the Rev - Father J. A. Seimetz. l. or ’ announced this morning. ‘he communion mass will be held o clock. It will be solemn high an< ' impressive services wi’l n occasion - Rev. Father Seimion Wl -n of,iciate a nd holy coinmunwi b e distributed to -the com“mnicants by the pastor. re»,iv unillPr ot children who have alwin . , mat ' e their private communion, ion nV^. make thelr solen, n commundrpd u‘. ay 12* More than one hunmunion WiU ’’ eceive ho,y com ' weeks t. th services - For several ine aßler Seimetz. has been givc «lving 8 H Ct . lons t 0 the class i“ reevent i "° y co ®®tinion and the and sn| B °' le of ,he most important child emn ln ,he sptrltual life of the

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State Line Generating Company To Issue Notes Indianapolis. Apr. 20. —<U.R)~ The (State Line Generating company. Hammond, Instill owned, was granted authority by the Public Service Commission today to issue $7,000,000 5% per cent notes to finance construction of what is said to be the largest generating plant In any inland city in the United States at Hammond, Indiana. The commission also gave permission to the Northern Indiana Service Corporation to issue $1,000,000 5Vi per cent preferred stock and the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Electric company SBIO,OOO in equipment trust certificates. REWARDS FOR BANK ROBBERS TOTAL $5,000 Search For Four Bandits Who Killed Woman At Columbia City Continued WOUNDED SHERIFF IS REPORTED BETTER Erie, Pa., Apr. 20.-(U.R>— Samuel Bard, who confessed he shot to death a state highway patrolman, Russell Swanson, here Friday, and his two companions. Free! Halverson anJ Joe Invie. all of Minneapolis, were said here today, hy Sergeant Jones, captor of the trio, to be wanted in Minneapolis on a charge of robbery. Attempts were also being made to check whether the men were connected with the holdup of a bank and the killing of a woman in Columbia City, Indiana, Thursday of this week. Columbia City, Ind., Apr. 20.—(U.R) —The search for tour bandits who killed one woman, injured another, and wounded seriously Sheriff J. M. Haynes when they robbed the Stale bank here of SBOO, was continued today with rewards totaling $5,000 offered for their arrest. The town of Columbia City has offered SI,OOO for the arrest of each bandit, and there is a standing offer of SI,OOO in the county for the arrest of a bank robber. Sheriff Haynes, wounded in the head by bullets from the bandit’s portable machine gun, remained in a hospital today, his condition being reported “better” by physicians. "We expect the crisis either today or tomorrow when we attempt to dis-1 lodge the bullet from his jaw," his I attending doctor said. Thinks He Shot Davis The sheriff, while laying on his hospital cot, said he believed he shot one of the bandits, believed to be Kirby Davis, notorious Indiana tank robber. ‘‘The fellow that I believe I shot, walked like Davis and one of my men who was close to him said he believed it was him too," the sheriff said. Davis is wanted in connection with an automobile theft ring at Muncie, for questioning in connection with the murder trial at Angola of Charles Zimmerman, former Steuben county sheriff, charged with the murder of Thomas Burke, alleged bandit, and was also linked with the discovery of a large alcohol manufacturing plant raided the past week by detectives near Decatur, Indiana. Mrs. Fred Binder, 50, was killed when she watched the struggle between authorities and officers during the bank robbery and Mrs. Eva Harsbarger, a passerby, was wounded sligh’ly. —o Suspect In Chicago Massacre Held In West Los Angeles, Apr. 20. — ’.U.R) Suspected of connection with the massacre of esven members of the "Bugs" Moran gang in Chicago February 14. Charles W- Lloyd. 32, was held by police today awaiting orders from Illinois authorities. Lloyd was said to have been identified by photographs accompany a federal warant implicating him in recent gang murders. Ex-Kaiser’sJ Brother Dies Berlin, Apr. 20.—(U.R)—Prince Henry, brother of the ex-kpiser, died of pneumonia here today. He was BG.

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Officers of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc.

W - J HE - r, ** pfc *• 7 • Ar a lAM Bm oIJ E. L. Martin W. A. Klepper N. R. Holthouse The above p’etures show the officers of the (’loverloaf Creameries, Inc., of this city and Huntington, which tolay announced a program of expansion. Mr. J. L. Kraf‘, of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese company, became chairman of the board of directors today.

LEVEE BREAK I IS PREVENTED Five Hundred Men Victorious In 48-Hour Fight With Mississippi River Helena, Ark., Apr. 20— ;U.R>— Stories I of an heroic 48-hour flight with flood] waters of the Mississippi river and temporary victory for 500 rain-soak-ed men who have worked day and night to reinforce the main levee at Knowlton’s landing, were brought here today by engineers. Hundreds of homes and millions of acres of farm lands have been saved from the repetition of a disaster that befell the lower Mississippi valley just two years ago today. It was on April 20, 1927, that the levee broke at Knowlton’s landing and swept a government barge through the lireach and 27 men to their death in waters of the most destructive flood the Mississippi valley has known in modern times. Today, on the anniversary of that tragic event, hundreds of men worked with sand ags, lumber, stones and green timbers to check the ravages of the prankish river. The levee, constructed since the 1927 break, was of “green" earth and therefore subject to rapid erosion. And the fight is not yet won. At least three more days of work at building a bankhead behind the original levee will be necessary, even if the river continues to fall. INTERURBAN AND BUS IN COLLISION Six Persons Injured In Accident At Indianapolis This Morning Indianapolis, April 30—(UP) Six persons were injured in an Interurban bus crash here today. The injured were William E. Knight, 24, cut by glass; Lucian Sollyer, cut on the forehead, Pearl Fisher 22, Zionville, cut by glass: Harry Brooks, 21. Janies Mize, and William Gardner 21, Bus driver. All the hurt were riding on the bus except Miss Fisher. Knight and 4. .illyei were taken to a hospital, and the others were given first aid by neighborhood physicians. Ten Motion Picture Producers Indicted Los Angeles, April 20 —(UP) —The Federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging ten of the leading motion picture producing and distributing companies witli conspiracy to violate the Sherman anti-trust act, it was announced today. The indictment accuses the defendants of restraint of trade in creating zoning and Clearance schedules which make it impossible for independent exhibitors to get first run pictures. The companies named include Warner Brotheis, Paramount-Famous- Lasky corporation, West Coast theaters Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, First National Pictures, Universal Film Exchange, Fcx Film Corporation, United Artists, Inc., Vitagraph, Inc. and Pathe Exchange, Inc.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 20, 1929.

Thieves Prepare For Spring; Take Lawnmowers Garden Tools And Hose Marion, Ind., Apr. 20.- U.R;—Thieves at Jones'boro, near here, are getting ready for spring. Four lawnmovers, 100 feet of garden hose, several porch ; swings and many garden implements.' were stolen from five homes visited ] today. LOCAL SHERIFF . AIDS IN SEARCH Sheriff Hollingsworth Takes Part In Hunt For Columbia City Bandits Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth teturned at n on today, after an all night search conducted by federal officers and county officials ot' Adams, Whitley and Allen counties in an effort to run dwon some dues concerning the Columbia City bank robbery and the gun battle staged in that city, recently. Several “tips" had been secured concerning tlie whereabouts of the hank robbers and a posse of about 25 officers drove through northern Indiana, where they made several stops at alleged gambling dens and road-houses. No one was found in the series of ■ aids who was thought to lie connected with the recent Columbia City gun battle, but officers will continue their search throughout today and tomor. tow. Several important clues have been obtained from underworld characters of Fort Wayne and South Bend, according to officials, and it is though’ that the men who committed the robbery, killed one person anil wounded o others will be apprehended. 0 —. —. —— Wants To Buy Neighbors' Musical Instruments That Torture Him; Runs An Ad Hollywood, Apr. 20. — (U.R) - House Peters, the husky movie hero, wants to make a bonfire of his neighbors’ pianolas and has tried newspaper advertising to collect the instruments which be claims are torturing him. In today's issue of the Beverly Hills Script appears an advertisement paid for by Peters, in which he offers to purchase pianolas operating in homes surrounding his residence in the exclusive district. Peters is under SI,OOO bond in police court to keep peace. His neighbors made an official complaint that he had placed a washtub full of tin cans in his back yard and tugged at that from within his house by means of a rope. They also accused him of opening windows of his home and nimicking radio announcers boisterously. Peters, in his S3O advertisement, offers to purchase his neighbors' pianolas, or “instruments of torture” at their market price during the next week. "And I will guarantee to burn them at any place designated by our fire chief, provided the neighbors sign a pledge to purchase no other noisemaking devices while residing in Beverly Hills." — o — Four Workmen Killed New York, Apr. 20. — (U.R) — Four men were killed and 20 injured today when scaffolding collapsed on the 14th floor of the incompleted Western Union building.

PLAN TO REMODEL MUNICIPAL PLANT Architect Employed By City Council To Prepare Plans For Changes Walter Gilliom, architect of Berne, was here last night in conference with the city council, relative to the preparing of the plans and specifications for the remodeling of the city power house and water works building on North'Third street. Mr. Gilliom has been employed to ctraw the plans for the remodeling of the building, which includes the jutting on of a new roof, new walls and other neede dimprovements. The plans will be out within a short time and bids will be received from general contractors and rbofing contractor;- for making the improvements. The council has planned for several years to complete the remodeling of the building. The old roof, built when the building was erected, is not considered safe by state inspectors and while this change is being made, the other needed changes will be made at the same time. The council in session last night also adopted the resolution ordering the Third stieet ornamental light improvement and fixing Tuesday, May 7, as the date cn which bids will be received by the council for furnishing the posts. DPPEDHANDIS HELD DY HOOVER Appears To Have Made Move That Will Defeat Debenture Plan Washington. Apr.’2l.— (U.R; —President Hoover held the upper hand today in his first major controversy with the senate over the debenture plan of farm relief. Facing critical opinions about the plan from three Hoover cabinet members, the senate agriculture committee was meeting to incorporate it neverthless in the administration farm bill, which is to be taken up in the senate Monday. But their hearts were heavy and they admitted Mr. Hoover's maneuver probably would defeat tlie plan when it is voted upon in the senate. The adroitness with which the president worked the farm bloc into a hole without expressing himself personally on the plan drew private compliments from the senate leaders. Presidents in the past have had their troubles with congress and much interest had been aroused in speculation about how Mr. Hoover would fare. While the president maintained silence, the bloc worked the tariff bounty scheme into tlie cooperative marketing bill. They thought Mr. Hoover would hardly came out against the plan and figured they might gel the senate to pass it. While Mr. Hoover did not break his silence, three of his cabinet members with remarkable timeliness, sent to the committee separate repoi’t.s containing arguments against the plan.

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Decatur Case On Trial In Court At Bluffton Bluffton, April 20 Oliver S. Jones is plaintiff in a case on trial in circuit court here today before Judge A. W. Hamilton, which came from Adams county on change of venue. Chaimor Echafer, defendant to the action in which Jones asks judgment for sl.800 f r woik done on a house at Decatur belonging to Schafer. Foreclosure is sought on a mechanic’s lien. In an answer to the complaint Schafer alleges that the cont.act price for the work was SBOO and that plaintiff should be awarded only a balance of S3OO due under the contract. ACQUITTAL OF ZIMMERMAN BY JURY PREDICTED Former Sheriff, Charged With Murder, Expected To Know Fate Late Today ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL FINISHED Angola, Inti.. Apr. 20. —(U.R)— Charles Zimmerman, ex-sheriff of Steuben county, on trial for past two weeks for alleged, murder of Thomas Burke, bank ■ bandit, may know his fate by 5 o'clock this afternoon. Howard Mountz and A. C. Wood, attorneys for defense, closed their argument shortly before noon and special prosecutor. T. A. Redmond, liegan his final plea. Redmond, unable to complete argument before noon recess, resumed argumen's at 1:45 p.m. The case was expected to be turned over to Special Judge Janies Harmon, of Elkhart, by 2:30 p.m., and lie in the hands of the jury an hour later. It was rumored the jury would be out. but a short time and Zimmerman acquitted. Rebuttal witnesses were presented yesterday. The defense endeavoring to prove that the former sheriff was in Colon, Mich., with his pretty stenographer, Nellie Coleman, when the murder occurred, and the state, disputing that with witnesses who I testified Zimmerman was seen in the vicinity of Angola. Rex Emerick, one of three special prosecutors, named Zimmerman as a man “■presenting the same spectacle of a sheriff gone wrong,"-in his final argument. Reviewing the evidence from the opening of the trial two weeks ago Emmerick, directly accused the former sheriff of the murder. o • Fair Weather And Normal Temperature Predicted Weather outlook for the period of April 22 to 27, 1929. For the region of the Great Lakes: Rather frequent precipitation in south portion, mostly fair in north portion; temperatures near normal most of week. o Wife Slayer To Enter Hospital For Insane Rushville, Ind., Apr. 20— (U.R)-Bert Rees, GO, -slayer of his wife, today was to be committed to the hospital for the criminal insane at the Indiana state prison. He shot Mrs. Rees March 31, after he had been discharged at a hospital for the insane as cured. Tornado Hits Small Community In Texas Clebuun, Tex.. Apiil 20—(UP)—Reports reaching here today from Hand Flate community, nearby, said tornado had struck there killing a seven months old baby and injuring several persons. The twister struck late yesterday It was accompanied by heavy rain and a. high wind. At Paris, Tex., a high wind demolished one half of a large brick building occupied by the Texas and Pacific warehouse. Four Naval Aviators Are Killed In Crash San Diego, Cal., Apr 20. — U.R) — Four naval aviators were killed in the crash of two airplanes which locked wings 400 feet above the Coronado Country Club golf course late yesterday.

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LARGE CHEESE COMPANY BUYS STOCK IN FIRM Decatur Concern Becomes Affiliated With KraftPhoenix Company MEANS MUCH TO DAIRY FARMERS HERE Through a program of expansion announced today hy the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., of Decatur. J. 1.. Kraft, ol the Kraft,Phenix Cheese company, largest cheese manufacturers in the United States and leaders in (lie dairv industry' and allied lines, becomes chairman of the board of directors of the local concern. The Cloverleal company owns and operates the large creamery plant in this city and one at Huntington. In tlie deal which was closed in Chicago yesterday, between Mr. Kraft and his associates. W. A. Klepper, of Decatur, viee-pres'dent and general manager, and E. L. Martin, of Huntington, president of ’he Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., the Kraft interests became interested in the local creamery organization, through the acquiring of stock in the corpora- • tion. Local Men Remain On Board In discussing the affiliation with Mr. Kraft, Mr. Klepper stated: “In a few days, Mr. C. A. Whitney, president of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese company, will announce to the press, the increased capital stock, and also the names of trie additional board members to the present lioard of directors of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., which includes, E. K Martin. W. A. Klepper, N. R. Holt house, H. E. Huinbarger, of Decatur, and G. A. Thoms, manager of the Huntington plant. Tire ofLcers will be announced later. "At the meeting yesterday, which Mr. Martin and myself attended in the general offices of the KraftPhenix Cheese company in Chicago, our future plans were discussed, and it will be our aim to increase the output of the local creamery considerably.’’ Mr. Klepper stated that a program would be put into effect at once, to put f< rth every effort to manufacture high grade butter, and that this can only be done with the cooperation of the patrons, and that in the near future, the patrons will be advised of the plans tha' the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., have in mind with reference to producing a better quality of butterfat, which in turn means more profit ta the producer. To Improve Huntington Plant “A‘ the Huntington plant, a larger condensing plant will replace the one now in operation there, and the plants expect to manufacture their own condensed milk, and mix tor ice cream manufacturing." Mr. Klepper said. Mr. Klepper further stated, “the counsel of the new board members) who are composed ot the Kraft-Phe-nix Cheese company, will aid to make the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., one of the largest institutions ot its kind, in the dairy business, in the middle west. The reputation of the KraftrrovTivi ki» ov page mxi D. U.S. PUPILS IN TYPING CONTEST Three Decatur Pupils Take Part In District Contest At Columbia City Evelyn Kelley, Miriam Parrish end Oerheart Schn’.tz represented Decatur high school in the district, typewriting contest held this morning at. Columbia City. None of the contestants from Decatur has had experience in meets before and they were entered with first year pupils. The party, under the direction of Sigurd Anderson, typewriting instructor, left this morning at 7 o’clock. The contest began at 9 o’clock. Each entrant took the machine which lie was accustomed to using. They wrote from unknown copy for a specified time, the winner to be determined upon a basis of speed and accuracy. Those from Decatur planned to stay until 4 o'cloc this afternoon, when the awards were scheduled to be made. The winners in the contest will have an opportunity to compete in the state meet.

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