Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1929 — Page 1

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hjLSH UNCOVERS ■more evidence I AGAINST MEL! ON Rearing On Secretary’s [■Right To Hold Cabinet I I Post May Be Reopened Rellon REFUSES ! TO MAKE COMMENT IB Washington. Apr. 30. (U.R)— The Hkllon case may be reopened for Kiblic hearings by the senate Judic- ■ iy committee in view of the new ■viilenee disclosed by Senator Thomas ■ Walsh, lhe Teapot Dome investi- ■ :ll T its developed today after the ■omniiitee had held a third executive II The committee reached no conclusion on the issue of whether SecreKry of Treasurer Andrew W. Mellon Kould continue in office and will again tomorrow. Says Mellon Signed Contract I Walsh laid his evidence before the K<< mmittee, showing, he said, that Klellon signed a contract in an alum■num company of America merger in ■<i2s while he was secretary; that Hfellon held a dinner where the tnerK,t between the aluminum company Knd the late James B. Duke was conKummated and that the secretary P accompanied all the interested parKes to the Canadian dam site where ■b photograph was taken. I The Montana senator said the corn Bittee had not yet reached the question of reopening the hearings to call Mellon or the other parties to the 1925 deal. He is considering whether further evidence in the case is neces»ary or essential. Mellon declined to comment regarding the evidence tiecause the matter yas before the committee. Anything te will have to say will be said to the committee. It was intimated he might ask an opportunity to appear. o— Montpelier Factory Building Is Sold Montpelier, Ind., April 30 —(UP)— The plant of the defunct National Steel Castings Company today was owned by Max Ziegler and Bor., Muncie junk dealing fit m. buying on a bid of $16,000, at a receiver’s sale. The | plant was dosed two years ago. Gasoline Station Is Broken Into Monday Night Thieves broke into the filling sta I tion at the intersection of Thirteenth street extended and U. S. road No. 27, south of the city, sometime last night. The station is owned by Abe Schnepp. The locks on the gasoline pump were btoken and about seven gallons of gasoline taken. The thieves also broke out a window glass and entered the station, but nothing was missed by the owner this morning. Officers investigating the theft, said tnday they had a good clue as to the identity of the thieves. LEGION POST GETS CHARTER Installation Os Officers Os New Post At Geneva Arranged For Thursday A charter for Limberlost Post numei 34, of the American Legion, recently organized at Geneva, was re(,ot'd today hy France Colder, comniaiider of Adams Post in this city. >e shorter will be presented at the ' s allation of the new post Thursday night. ''’“ta'intion services will be conductby the Decatur post and the offics , t * le Legion in this city and a win er ° f ot ' ler local legionnaires 1 atten d the Thursday night affair, e Geneva post is the second to ch ’ n A <lams county and the arter membership totals 15, all from ® southern part of Adams county. e organization was sponsored bv he local post. Prominent Methodist Dies w '® ry ' Ind - Aim. 30—(U.R)-Indiana hnn ‘ leaderß will honor Rev. Th* i (>ui ’ nlc ' { ' °f Indianapolis here ursday afternoon. Dr. Curnlck died e today after a year’s illness. han 8 ’ ‘ n consuls of his church he the aa ve P art in developments of for C f Urc * l ' 8 hospitals in the state ami East" 6 years had assisted in Near . re Uef campaigns. He was 65 ars ’ a native of Evansville.

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I Mussolini Assumes Eighth Portfolio; Is Majority Os Cabinet | Rome, Apr. 30. — (jj.R) — Premier Benito Mussolini, born the son of an Italian blacksmith, became a majority of the Italian cabinet today when he assumed his eighth portfolio. Mussolini succeeded Giovanni Giursitati as minister of public works. The appointment was made last night by King Victor Emanuel after Gluritati was elected presiedent of the all Cascista chamber of deputies. Mussolini heads the following of 13 ministries: Foreign affairs, interior, colonies, war, marine, aviation, corporations and public works. C. 0. PORTER TO HEAD ROTARY Manufacturer To Succeed M. .1. Mvlott As President Os Local Club Chalmer O. Porter, local hoop manufacturer, was elected president of the Decatur Kotary (Tub. at the meeting of tlie newly elected directors held Peoples Loan and Trust company. The Peoples Ixian and Trus company. The other officers elected are, W. A. Lower. vice-president; Hubert P. Schmitt, secretary; Sim Burk, treasurer, and Eno I.ankenau, sergeant-at-arms. The officers comprise the board of directors. The new officers will take office at the first meeting in July. Martin J. Mylott, who retires as president, will also be a member of the board of directors. The new president has been an active Rotarian for several years and is one of .the progressive manufacturers in this city. He is the owner and manager of the Decatur Cooperage company and has been prominent in civic affairs for several years. Mr. Lower, the newly elected vicepresident. served as secretary of 'he duh the past two years. Mr. Lower is secretary of the Peoples Loan and Trust company. Mr. Schmitt is the present sergeant-at-arms of the club. He is the owner of the Schmitt meat market in this city. Mr. Burk is a new member of the hoard of directors. He is associated with his father and brother in the grain and coal business here. Mr. Lankenau, who has served on the board at previous times, is the manager of the Decatur works of the General Electric company. Gov. Leslie Throws Doors Open To Newspaper Men Indianapolis, Apr. 30. —(U.R) - Declaring his office harbors no secrets and that he wanted the people of the state to know what was going on Governor Harry G. Leslie today announced his office would be open at all times to state house newspapermen and instructed his secretaries to give them the "right of way." This was the first “open door policy of any Hoosier governor for many years, veteran state house reporters said. — o Truck Wins Encounter With Interurban Car Fairmount, Ind., April 30 (UP)— A small truck driven by Homer Dale, put the crack interurban car, the Marion Flier, out of. commission, but the gasoline vehicle chugged away little the worse for the encounter. When the truck and car came together, the bumper of the smaller madue “hit belowe the belt, severing the ait brake connection on the electric car. It was delayed an hour while repairs wete being made. Dale, who climbed from the drivers seat after the crash, surveyed the damage, climbed back and drove away. —o Three Women Take Poison In Attempts At Suicide Indianapolis, Apr. 30. —(U.R) One woman was in a serious condition and two others were recovering today from poison, taken in suicide attempts. Mrs. Myrtile Allen, 30, was in a critical condition at City hospital where she was taken when found by her companion, Mrs. Clara Biddle, prostrate on the bed in her apartment. She said she had taken poison but would assign no reason for the suicide attempt. Mrs. Clarrie La Tourrette, 35, and Mrs. Edna Van Zant, 22, Newcastle, visiting relatives here, wete recovering from poison taken Monday. Mrs. La Tourrette blamed domestic troubles. Mrs. Van Zant had been in ill health.

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INTEREST SHOWN IN CITY PRIMARY Two Democratic Contests And Daylight Saving Issue Create Talk With the city primary election only a week off. interest in the two Democratic contest and. tlie city-wide referendum on daylight saving time is increasing. There are two contests for Democratic nominations for city offices. Mrs. OStheiJne Kauffman, city clerk, is opposed for renomination hy Mrs. Alice Christen. Both women have been making an active campaign, and local political leaders say the vote will be close. Mrs. Luella Ellsworth, city treasurer, is opposed for renomination by Mrs. Ada Martin. AU other candidates for city offices are unopposed on both tickets. Interest lias been shown tlie last few days on the daylight saving question. Official and sample liallot.s for the referendum were printed by the city election commissioners Monday afternoon and die ballots were sealed and placed in the safe at the city (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LONG RACE WITH OEATH IS WON Two Women Use Steamer, Train, Plane And Auto To Reach Father’s Bedside Newton, la., Apr. 30.—(U.R)—A race witli death, which started in the Mediterranean sea and progressed across tlie Atlantic to Newton by steamship, airplane, train and motor car, ended in victory today when Mrs. Fred Jasper and Miss Stella McCord arrived and found their father, M. A. McCord still alive although weak. Mrs. Jasper and Miss McCord, camo to Newton by motor car from Des Moines, where they had arrived by train from Chicago. They had flown from New York to Lansing, 111., their plane bucking heavy head winds all the way. They were unable to continue the flight on account of weather conditions. McCord was awake when his daughters arrived but in a weakened condition. His physicians said information that his daughters were racing to his bedside sustained him. They said yesterday McCord probably would not live through today. McCord smiled happily as the daughters entered the sick room after their long race against time. Both knelt by the bedside bnt the father iwas so weak he was unable to exchange more tjxan a few words with them. The sisters were on a Mediterranean cruise when the learned of their father’s illness. They reached NewYork on the liner Baltic at 4 a.m. yesterday. Through the aid of Senator Smith W. Brookhart of lowa, the young women left the Baltic at, quarantine by special passes.

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Famous Inventor Plans To Finance College Education For Some Young Man • Orange, N. J., Apr. 30. —(U.R) —Somewhere in the United States there is a young man of a scientific turn of mind who some day may carry on the work of Thomas A. Edison. Tlie inventor has started a search for him. Charles A. Edison, son of the inventor and president of the Edison interests, announced that his father would finance a college scholarship for four years for the preparatory or high school boy who submits the best answers to one of his questionnaires. “As the weight of advancing years falls on the great inventor's shouldeiis,” the statement said, “he is seeking a youth of unusual capabilities who perhaps will have the genius to carry on the great work lie lias so well started." State governors and the commissions of the District of Columbia each will select a candidate representative of American manhood and who possesses the highest ability in scientific subjects during tlie school year, 1928-1929, by July 1. These 49 winners will lie given a free trip to the Edison laboratories here in August. There each will answer a questionnaire pdraeepr beg evt wer a questionnaire prepared personally by Edison. Judgments Rendered In Local Cases At Bluffton Bluffton. Apr. 30.—The court returned judgments Monday, in two suits on notes brought by the First Nati'onal Bank of Decatur. In the first case judgment was given for the bank against the defendant, Pennington, in the sum of $253.40. Tn the second judgment was given for the bank against defendant, Platt, in the sum of $325.93. Tlie cause in both cases was dismissed as to defendant, T. J. Durkin. 0 _ Mission House College Band To Give Concert Musicians from the Mission House College will give a band concert, Friday evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock, at the Kirkland Gym. The concert will be given under the auspices of the Magley, Vera Cruz and St. Luke’s Reformed churches. All children under school age will be admitted free of charge; children under 15 years for 25 cents, and adults for 35 cents. o Seek To Break Will Os Sarah M. Powell Wabash, Ind., Apr. 30. —(U.R) — A complaint to set aside the will of tlie late Mahlon Powell, which gave SBO,OOO to Indiana University has been filed here by Sarali M. Powell, and others, relatives of the dead man, against Nathan F. Gilbert, executor, anil trustees of the school. It is claimed Powell was of unsound mind at the time the will was made. Its provisions read that Powell left liia entire fortune to the university to establish a chair in philosophy because he “hated sham in churches” and believed I. U. tvas “the only school in which religion didn't play a part.”

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TRIAL EXPECTED TO ENO TODAY Eighteen Persons Charged With Conspiracy Expected To Know Fate Soon Fort Wayne, Apr. 30.—(U.R) —Cases of eighteen telsons charged with conspiracy to violate tlie national dry law were expected to reach a jury in federal court here late today. Ralph Rosenwinkle, former Allen county deputy sheriff and one of the accused, declared from the witness stand that nit alibi offered by the defense was based on false testimony. He icferred particularly to evidence in behalf of John Voegtlin, former (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —o Breaks Arm In Fall Down Elevator Shaft Robert Aeby, of Tocsin, an employe of the Schafer company, fell down the elevator shaft in the building on Madison street. Monday afternoon, breaking his left arm below tlie elbow. He was taken to a local physician, where the arm was set. Mr. Aeby was working on the second floor of tlie building, pulling a hand truck. He backed into the opening where the elevator is located. The gate across tlie opening was raised and Mr. Alley fell to tlie basement floor. MAY GROW CROPS ON RIGHT-OF-WAY Chief Engineer Os Highway Commission Gives Data On Road No. Hi W. A. Lower, chairman of the road committee of the Decatur Industrial Association, has received a letter from W. J. Titus, chief engineer of the Indiana Highway Commission, in reply to a letter inquiring as to the possibility of farmers along project 194, which is that part of highway No. 16, from this city east, to harvest crops from that part of their land effected by the proposed route. The letter, which is self explanatory, follows: Indianapolis, Apr. 26. 1929 Dear Sir: “in reply to your letter of April 22 and confirming our conversation when you were in tills office this morning 1 am writing to advise you that tlie amount of work in our department is such that we have not yet. been aide to do very much with the plans for the project on road 16 between Decatur and the Ohio state line. "As you are aware the survey for tins project, has only recently been completed. We will proceed with tlie plans as qufckly as at all possible, but to me it seems doubtful whether any actual construction on tills project can be started before sometime in 'he late summer. “Under these conditions, it seems probable that the owners of right of way along tlie route can with reasonable certainty expect to harvest crops of oats which they may desire to place on this right of way. There is also a possibility that on the major portion of the route these farmers (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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—.—— Policemen, Called To Quiet Whoopee Party, Only Make It Worse | Evanston. 111., Apr. 30.-3J.RX Mrs. Frank Darling wasn't sleeping so well, she complained to police. “It’s because of a whoopee party in the apartment above me," she said "Will yon please send over some officers?” | Forty minutes later, after two patrolman had been assigned to quell the whoopee irarty, Mrs. Darling telephoned headquarters again. “Will you please call those officers in?” she asked. “The party was bad enough without the policemen but now they’re knocking all the plaster off my ceiling. And will you send older policemen next time?" BOYS OF CITV VISIT FACTORIES Boys’ Day In Industry Observed Today In Connection With Boys’ Week Approximately SO boys from the eightli grade classes of the Central, St. Joseph and Lutheran schools of the city took part in the tout of Decatur factories this morning as a pait of tlie local observance of Boys’ Week. Today was boys' day in industry. The boys, accompanied by W. Guy Brown, Father Joseph llession, James Cowan, C. E. Bell and W. A. Klepper visited the General Eiectirc Cloverleaf Creameries Decatur Castings Company factories. At each plant the b ys were shown through each <leipartment and the processes followed ’n the manufacture of the products explained to them. Tomorrow will lie boys’ day in athletics. Baseball games will be p’ayed on the South Ward diamond. Tlie boys will meet at the library tonight to organize their teams. All boys in the grade schools of tlie city who have hobbies and articles to lie used as achievement projects are reque ted to bring them to the public library Wednesday afternoon or evening. These include mechanical drawings, note books, radio cabinets, cedar chests, fine art projects, cartoons, bird houses, model airplanes or any sort of a design. A commlt‘ee will take charge of the articles which will be on display to the public Thursday anil Friday afternoons and evenings. Three school teachers from Fort Wayne will be here Friday forenoon to judge the exhibits. o Confesses To Murder Os His Estranged Wife Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Apr. 30. —-(U.R) - Earl F. Peacox, well-groomed, youthful radio repair man, confessed today, according to District Attorney Frank H. Coyne, to the murder of his estranged wife, Dorothy Heinzelman Peacox, whose half-burned body was found off the highway near Greenburgh last Saturday. The confession, according to Coyne, vxas obtained after hours of questioning. o Two Bandits Get $9,000 From Bank In Illinois Thompsonville, 111., Apr. 30. —(U.R) —Two bandits held up cashier Burt M. Casteel of the State bank today and escaped in a coupe with $9,000. Word was sent to nearby towns to lie on the lookout for the bandit car. Thoma son ville is a town of 700 inhabitants with only one bank. o Christian Endeavor Societies Pick Officers At a district meeting of the Christian Endeavot societies held at the First Reformed church in Bluffton, Sunday, the following district officers were elected: Freida Lehman, of Heine, president; Dowell Hildebrand, of Huntington, vice-president; Maiie Kolter, of Decatur, secretary; Howard Witzeman. of Bluffton, treasurer; and Myne Ehrsam, of Berne, corresponding secretary. About fifty young persons attended the meeting and representatives weic present from Huntington, Decatur, Vera Cruz Berne and Bluffton. Plans were made for a county convention to lie held at Ossian June 9. Tlie state convention will be held at Muncie in July. n Coltei Is Re-elected Indianapolis, April 30 —(UP) —Stanley Coulter, Dean Emeritus of Purdue University, has been reelected chairman of the state conservation commission. He lias served I nthat capacity since 1925.

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DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO FIRED SHOT IS NOT INDICTED Grand Jury Charges Fairchild. Uncover Man. With Perjury HAILED AS VICTORY FOR ENFORCEMENT Geneva, 111., Apr. 30.— : U.R)— The Kane county grand jury today found no indictment against Deputv Sheriff Roy Smith for killing Mrs. Lillian de King while raiding her home for liquor last month, although a coroner’s jury had recommended that he be held for manslaughter. After a two weeks investigation of the killing which aroused 1 nationwide controversy over the justification for tlie shooting, the grand jury indicted only one man — Eugene Boyd Fairchild, the undercover informer whose false affidavit that lie had bought liquor at (lie De King home in Aurora led to tlie fatal raid. Fairchild was charged witli perjury. Fairchild Previously Released Fairchild had been released previously on a charge of perjury when it was found that his false affidavit did not contain the words “So help me God.' which were necessary to make it a sworn statement. No announcement of tlie indictment against the informer was made lin'd Fairchild had been arrested. Ho gave bond of $1,500 and will be brought to trial in June. George D Carbary, tlie state’s attorney of Kane county whose vigorous enforcement of the prohibition laws resulted in the raid on the De King home, hailed the absolving of Deputy Smith as a great victory for law euforeement. "The vote of the jurors was almost unanimous,” Carbary told the United Press. “Tlie jurors wanted to indict Joseph de King (the father) but I recommended against it. I told them I thought Joe had suffered enough ” —o —————■ Three Youths Confess To Robbing Poe Store Hartford City, Apr. 30. —(U R) - George Bryant, 21. of Sherwood, Ohio and his two companions, Charles Green. 45. Muncie, and Glen Green, 31.; Michigan City, today confessed that last week that the trio entered a grocery store at Poe. Allen county, and stole a quantity of merchandise and money. The trio, according to Bryant, had stolen an automobile at. Fort Wayne and that same night had driven to Poe where they looted the store. After the robbery, the men drove on to Decatur where they ate at a Decatur restaurant and then proceeded toward Muncie. It is understood that, the three men will lie returned to Fort Wayne on charges of stealing an automobile and also of larceny. KOKOMO CITIZENS REQUEST INQUIRY Charge Law Violators Are Protected; Ask Attorney General To Investigate Indianapolis, Apr. 30. —(U.R) —-Signed by 42 lesidents of Kokomo, James M. Ogden, attorney general, today had before him a petition requesting an investigation into alleged protection given law violators in Howard county. The petitioners charged that various law violators had failed to have the proper action from authorities. The petition gave the history ot Charles Etchinson, fireman, who was discharged and in seeking re-instate-nient made charges against the depa rtrtient. As a result of the charges, the petition said, three persons were indicted. They were John Aspy, fire chief. George Gibbs, board of works committee member, and Lloyd Morgan, fireman. Morgan and Aspy were convicted. Aspy obtained a new trial which now is pending and Gibbs was acquitted. "Five criminal charges are ready to bo made my responsible citizens of Howard county, and which charges will be sustained 'by three to five re liable witnesses in each charge,” the petitdi read in part. Ogden did not indicate what action he would take but, said the petition would be given consideration.