Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1929 — Page 1

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EFFORTS TO AMEND FARM BILL FAIL

■XPLOSSONS TAKE fall LIVES; MANY ■PERSONS INJURED ■last In Fireworks’ Plant ■ \t West Hanover, Mass., ■ Causes Big Loss ■hlorine gas tank EXPLODES Hw. ,( -r. Mass.. May 10 (U.P) Mt,,, were known to have lost tMeir lives. J were believe,! dead r| s.-v. i,l fellow employees were |V ||r O! less se, iotlsly injllicd when ■ explosion demolished the powdet til,. National Fireworks Co.. ■ant het, late today. IM t st itie spark was believed to have the blast which damaged three ■the! buildings and impaired the lives ■ between 35 ami 40 men. ■ The bodies of a man named Perry ■tai another worker named Knight K>th hofibly mangled were taken Kom the debris, 45 minutes after the The other two men thought to have w< re believed to have been M'orking with them in the powder mill. Eff six injured employes were taken to Mr'. Brockton hospital in ambulances ■nd several others, were lepoited to been hurt. I Explosion At Syracuse I Syracuse N. Y. May' 10- (U.P) Resi■i>. ~-s of the suburbs of Solvay and fled their homes today when ■ tank containing sevetal thousand ■ulk feet ot cholerine gas exploded at Solvay Process Co., plant near ||| Fifteen workers were reported over■otne. one of the workmen was reportS< 1 to be in serious condition. 'Other using gas masks v’tiked to get the injured to ■ o ■Local Hospital To Hold Open House Next Sunday |i| Sunday. May 12, will mark the an■trial observance of “Hospital Day,'’ ■at the Adams County Memorial hos- ■ pital. hue to the number of patients ■ being cared for at the hospital at ■ this time, no special arrangements ■ are being made for the day, hut open ■ house will be held between the hours ■of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon, ■at which time the public will be wel- ■ corned at the hospital. £ 0 I Funeral For Mrs. Hower Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs/. Frank I Hower, 40, whose death occnr- ■ ed Wednesday afternoon, at the J. C. I Howet home on South Eleventh street I were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon I from the home, and at 2:30 o'clock I from the United Brethren church. Bur- ■ ial was made in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Hower's death resulted from I cancer, from which she had suffered | for the past fourteen months. She was I eared for during her illness, at the I o BEN HURS HONOR I DECATUR WOMAN Mrs. Mary Artman Elected Scribe Os Order At . State Convention Fort Wayne, May 10.—<U.R>—South Bend was selected as the 1930 con- ■ 'ention city at the closing session of ’he three-day convention of the Indiana order of Ben Hur. here. Herald Wells, Fort Wayne, was elected chief. Others named included- Dee Cruea, Crawfordsville, judge; •ary Aitnian, Decatur Scribe; P ' Kendallville, keeper of ti ibute ella Snodgrass, Muncie, captain: "seph Elaperman, Evansville, keeper !’ inner gate; Alta Kime, South Bend, keeper of outer gate; and Vera Parks, Huntington, musician. o Cousin Dies ♦ At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, May 10.—(U.R;—Robert n! eay ’a cousin of James Whitcomb ' ey ' and son of Benjamin F. Riley, j? e . Ol t^le founders of Van Camp ardware company, died at the home his daughter, Mrs. Timothy Glenn, le - Burial will be Monday at rown Hill cemetery.

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Vol. XXVII. No. 112.

Decatur Woman Clings To Hope Os Finding Lost Son —

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PLAN MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM Interesting Service Arranged By Reformed Church For Sunday Night A Mother's Day program of much interest will be given at the Zion Reformed church next Sunday night, beg’nning at 7:30 o’clock. One special , feature of the program will be a mother ami daughter episode and tableaux < portraying the life of a daughter from I the time that she is a tiny infant up to .the time that she is a bride and mother. Special musical selections and exercises by the children will be , given. The program is sponsored by the Woman's Missionary Society and Girl’s Misionary Guild. A free will offering will be lifted. A cordial invitaion is extended to the public. The following program will be rend1 ered: Prelude. ". ’ Hymn—"lt Was My Mother’’ Congregation Devotionals Mrs B. H. Elzey Vocal Solo- "Mother, My Dear’’ Mrs. B. F. Shroyer | [ Playlet—"The Secret” Five Girls | Exercise—“ Our Mother" Six Children I : Song—“ God Bless the Mothers” Mission Band Part Two t Mother and daughter episode and i Tableaux. t I—Cradle Roll daughter and her mother Mrs. Rex Andrews and infant daughter, Barbara Jean i 2 —Beginner’s daughter and her 1 mother Mrs. Albert Beineke » and daughter, Phyllis June - 3 —Primary daughter and her mother Mrs. Floyd Hunter and daughter Bet’y 4 — Junior daughter and her mother Mrs. Chas. Beineke I and daughter Eileen b—lntermediate daughter and her I mother . Mrs. Ed J. Miller and daughter Virginia 6—Two college girls Mildred Worthman, Marie Kolter 7_Senior girl and mother Mrs. J. H. Graber and Eleanor Reppert 5- bride and her mother Mrs. Byford Macy and i Mrs. E. Schlickmann - 9—A daughter, her mother, her f grandmother and several children, jr Part Three Vocal solo —“That Wonderful Moth's er of Mine” Miss Della Sellemeyer I- Offertory. ; Hymn—“ Faith of Our Mothers.” ' Benediction, e Postlude. ; 0 — 1 Demurrer In Tocsin Bank Case Sustained Blufft.cn, May 10. —(U.R)— In *' le case of Grover Esner vs. Ervin Wasson and other stockholders of the r Bank of Tocsin, Judge Lett, of Marion, special judge in the case, sustaiut ed a demurrer filed by the seven > stockholders. Those filing the de- ’, murrer are Matilda Comer, Emma ? Lechner, Amos Squier, Martha Shugg. 3 Salome Shugg and Charles Hirshey. , The defendants in the case filed ext emp'jion as stockholders because the stock had been left them in estates.

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| Mrs. E. H. Shumway Continues Search For Son Who Disappeared 4 Years Ago Although nearly four years have elapsed since Ix»on Phillip Schutnway disappeared from his home in Kenmore, New York, a suburb of Bluffalo, his mother, Mrs? E. H. Shumway, a widow who now lives nt 516 West Monroe street, Decatur, clings to the hope that her son will be found. Mr. Shumway, a realtor, disappeared from Kenmore on July 9, 1925, and no woid of him has been received by his mother since that time. Relatives fear Hint he was stricken with amnesia. If such is the case, he may he living somewhere without any knowledge of his real name or his past life. Mrs. Shumway lias spent a large sum of money in an effort to locate her son and now offers rt reward for information leading to his location and Identification. When he disappeared. Mr. Shumway was five feet, seven and one-half inches tall, weighed between 140 and 155 pounds, had ilurk brown hair, grayish blue eye sand me'dium complexion. He would. be 40 years old if still living. ______——o — Teachers’ Meeting Is Postponed Until May 20 On account of the illness of Superintendent M. F. Worthman, the teacher's meeting, which was tq have been held next Monday evening, will be postponed one week, and will be held on May 20. Mr. Worthman is suffering from a throat infection which is very painful. Police Thank Motorists For Good Cooperation Police officers said today that they < wished to thank the splendid cooperation given them Saturday evening in respects to double parking, I -turns, running the stop signs, and driving without one light. No numbers were taken and it is hoped that it will not be necessary to do so at any time. However, they said that a number of complaints have been made about motorists speeding on Winchester street south of the Clover Leaf railroad. One girl, especially, has repeatedly broken the speed limit and has endangered the lives of children and older persons crossing the streets. The I’mit in town is twenty-five miles an hour in the residential district, and fifteen miles an hour fit the up-town district. Arrests will be made unless ! this is stopped. NEW AUTO SPEED LAW EXPLAINED New Law Eliminates 40Mile Limit But Provides Other Restraints f Indianapolis, May 10 —(UP) The “no speed limit’’ law which will go into effect late this month eliminates the present 40-mile an hour limit but provides other restraints Indiana motorists should study before they put both feet on the accelerator, Frank I). Hat 1 field. Hoosier Motor Chib president, wanted today when he issued a digest of the new law which becomes effective as soon as the acts of 1029 have | been distributed. I In taking off all speed limits for an I tomobiles in the rural sections, India--1 na has followed the lead of Michigan Montana, New Jersey and Connecticut “Reasonable and prudent" are the I speed limitations on the open road as j prescribed by the new act. The only i-1 limit placed upon the driver will be the speed which his car possesses temper ed with safe and sane driving. “The new speed law is a sensible piece of progressive legislation," Hat field declared, “and the speed demor who is of the opinion that all restric tibns are now off will soon find, out I differently. “Law enforcement, on the oper > road will be on the basis of recklest - and careless driving and every drive) > should temper his speed with this wel . known maxim: “A car should be driv . en at a rate of speed no faster that ! will permit it to be brought to a stoi within the assured clear distance a t head." "Balloon tires better ears and bet ter brakes have induced manufactur ers to place more speed in their car sc that motorists may take every advan (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 10, 1929.

HEARING ON BOND : ISSUE FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IS HELD State Tax Board Representative Hears Evidence In Hartford Township Case DECISION RESTS WITH TAX BOARD Walter G. Bridges, special representa ive for the state board of tax commissioners, conducted a hearing | th s morning in Hie circuit court room of the court house, relative to th" issuing of bonds and the building of an addition to the Central school building in Hartford township. A number of taxpayers from the township attended the meeting. Mr. Bridges, together with Daniel Studler, trustee of Hartford township, and Everett Brown, of Fort Wayne, archiJ tect. made a trip to the Center school 1 early this morning and investigated conditions. Several men, including those who ' were in favor of the building and those who remonstrated against the i-suing of bonds, were questioned ns witnesses by Mr. Bridges. Remonstrance Is Filed | Following the advisory board’s and the 'ownship trustee's action to issue 130.000 worth of bonds with which to build the addition to the school house [ fnc’uding a gymnasium and' auditor- > him room, a remonstrance signed by I 114 taxpayers of Hartford township was filed with the state tax hoard , The state tax board fixed today as the time for a hearing on the matter and Mr. Bridges conducted the special session. Final action in the matter is in the hands of the state tax I board and the findings made by Mr. Bridges will be turned over to the >' members and then the decision will ’- be made. i Attorneys Henry Heller, of Decatur . and James Moran of Portland, are ; counsel for the township officials. ? while Attorneys Fruchte and Litter--1 er. of this city, and Frank Gordon, ot . Bluffton, represent the remonstraf tors. t o 1 Geneva Girl Burned By Explosion In Stove ' Geneva, May 10. — (Special > — Vir- ' ginia Callihan. 13. daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Jesse Callihan, of Geneva, i was severely burned about her face and one arm. Thursday evening, when 1 gas which had formed in a heating B stove in the Callihan home exploded. Miss Callihan had just opened the draft on the stove when the explosion occured, inflicting painful burns. Her clothing did not catch fire, however. She was taken to a local physician's (office where her burns were dressed. Lutheran Services To Be On Standard Time The Zion Lutheran church of this city will conduct its church services in accordance with Central Standard Time next Sunday, May 12. This time e is for this coming Sunday only at i” which time a definite announcement e will be made. >- 0 ————— Rotarians Hear School Athletics Discussed f ’ Dr. C. C. Rayl gave a short talk on ’ school athletics at the regular meeting of the Decatur Rotary Club last P evening. George Saunders? editor of b the Bluffton Banner, also made a few ( remarks on the subject. It was de- ( elded to hold a ladies’ night program t sometime this month the exact daft p not being decided upon last evening. ,s °~ y —- e Lindy And Anne To Be Married June 15, e According To Report t11 New York, May 10 —(UP) The New c ‘ York Daily News, in a copyrighted U article, said today that Col. Charles A Lindbergh ami Miss Anne Silencer 11 Morrow would be married at 4 p. m ,s on June 14 at the Morrow home in Englewood, N. J. A close friend of the Mortow family '■ revealed the date and the place of the 11 Wedding, the Daily News said. p The newspaper's article said that a ‘ the couple originally fixed the wedd tug for May 23, but changed the date t- when it was learned that Ambassadot ’’ Dwight W. Morrow, father of Mist 10 Morrow, could not get away from his l1 ‘ duties in Mexico City in time to at tend a wedding this month.

Helen Wills Shines As 500 Curtsy To Queen

U. S. Tennis Star Most Outstanding And Most Composed Os Entire Group By Henry L. Percy, UP Staff Correspondent Izmdon, May 10. — (U.R) Queen Mary of England held royal court in Buckingham palace last night, and Miss Helen Wills of California held her own unofficial court oil the Mall. Miss Wills was easily the most outstanding ami among the most composed of the 500 women of many lands who made their first curtsy Io the I queen. “I was not a hit nervous." Miss Wills said enthusiastically afterwards. "It was a most wonderful and most colorful scene which I shall remember as long as I live.” A small police guard was necessary to clear the way for the American tennis star’s limousine as it moved slowly up the Mall to the* palace. The snn was sinking into the west when the first of the automobiles stopped before the palace gates, followed by others until a long queue extended down the Mall. Miss Wills’ car was twenty-fourth. She was accompanied by Miss Harriet Walker, of Piedmont, Calif., and by a handsome young man whose name was not given. The tennis star wore a gown of licit satin, without trimming. Queen Mary alone of the women in , the throne room outshow Miss Wille Promptly at 9:30, the queen entered the room escor'ed by the Prince . of Wales. Her white and gold gown. , with an overdress of pastel shades, changed hues constantly under the i brilliant chandeliers throughout the . two hour ceremony. The queen stood alone in front of . the solitary gold throne and smiled ; her acknowledgements a’ the curtsying guests. > The Prince of Wales, Prince George. I Princes Mary, Viscount Lascelles, Princess Louise. Princess Helena Vic- • toria and Princess Marie Louise stood > slightly to her rear right. I The throne room was massed with J roses and blue and white hydrangeas. [■ Tlte kink’s Indian body guards in their . scarlet and green uniforms stood be- . side the throne and other palace guards were stationed about the room. Most of tlte debutantes' gowns were ‘ of ankle length, with flowing draperies. The debutantes carried feather ’ fans with the customary three ostrich • plumes on their heads, matching the ■ gowns in colors. 4 The second court of tlte season will ’ be held tonight with eight more Am- ’ erican women presented. . ______o — —- — SATURDAY TO BE CIRCUS DAY ‘ Gentry Brothers Circus To j Give Parade And Two Performances Here i s Just before dawn tomorrow mornt ing the first section of the long train t which carries the Gentry Bros. Circus will pull into the railroad yardszTiere. This settion transports the stake and chain wagons, the canvas wagons, i side pole and center pole wagons. • water lank wagons, the Svagons containing the commissary tnd dining department, light plant wagons, all t dressing-room paraphernalia except the trunks, 200 draft horses, Hie elev phants and camels, and the cars in which the workingmen sleep. n By the time this section is unloaded, ' p or possibly before, the second will arrive bearing the performing, ring and baggage horses, the cages of wild animals, the seats, and all the appliances for the performers and their baggage, tableau wagons and floats for the parade, and the sleeping cars carrying the performers. The circus will come here from Hunting- - ton .over the Erie railroad and will ,v unload near the station. There are animals of all kinds. 1 shapes, colors and sizes, from the ’’ saucy ponies and fleet slender chariot *• beasts to tlte big white ring and the " heavily harnessed draft horses; from the cunning monkey from the wilds y of South America to the ferocious lion e from the jungles of Africa. The Gentry Bros, circus carries close to half I a thousand wild and domestic anip' mats. ir The first tent erected on the show g grounds will be the dining departs ment as the 600 circus folk must have I. their breakfast. The "cook tent" is (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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DEATH CLAIMS WAR VETERAN Vernon Otto Grimm, 38, Former Resident Os Williams, Dies In New Mexico Word has l>een received announcing the death on Wednesday, May S, at Albuquerque. New Mexico, of Vernon Otto Grimm, 38. former resident of Williams, north of Decatur. The death was caused by tuberculosis. with which Mr. Grimm has been afflicted since the World war. His death occurred at the Methodist Sanitorium at Albuquerque, where he has been a patient since last: July 3. Vernon Otto Grimm was born July 9. 1891, in Decatur, the son of Uriah and Malinda Grimm. The father survives. but the mother passed away in 1912. Prior to his enlistment in the army during the World war. Mr. Grimm was employed as a clerk at the Anthony Hotel in Fort Wayne. He was also engaged in the real estate business in that city for some time. While in camp in this country, he suffered with influenza, which was followed by ' tuberculosis, and he never saw service abroad. Since the war, he has been located at. Cambridge. MqssachuI setts, where he fought a losing battle in hopes of regaining his health. Last July, he returned here and visited with relatives, enroute to Albuquerque to enter the Methodist Sanii toriura. The deceased was a member of the American Legion, Sons of Veterans land the D.A.B. Surviving are the father, Uriah Grimm, of Williams: two brothers. Charles and William Grimm, also of Williams; and two sisters, Mrs. Albert Numbers, of Ossian, and Mrs. Alfred Deam. of Fort Wayne. The mother, one brother and one sister, are deceased. The body is expected to arrive in this city over the Chicago and Erie ! railroad from Chicago, at 3:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. It will be accompanied by a member of the 1 Legion from Albuquerque. The remains will be transferred to the home of the brother, Charles i Grimm, at.-Williams. and funeral services will be held from his home MonJ, day afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev Ross W. Stoakes, pastor or the First Methodist church of tiiis city, officiat I ing. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. . —n .■ Minister’s Family Is i Quarantined For Measles The Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil, pastm J of the First Presbyterian church, an t nounced that there would be nt , preaching services at his church nex , Sunday, because he and other mem , hers of his family are quarantined foi , the measules. The Sunday school wil . meet as usual Sunday morning. . ' ■ '■ ' ■ ■ O— — - ■ 1 Ice War At Valparaiso Valparaiso, Ind., May 10. — (U.R) - Valparaiso is in the midst of an ic war. It was understood today that ton trucks transport from a Gary factor} * 22 miles distant, despite the fact tha Valparaiso has an ice factory.

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SENATE KILLS TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS I Upper House Prepares To Pass Fann Relief Measure Today HOUSE DEBATES ON TARIFF BILL Washington, May 10. (UR) By a vote of 1 the Senate today defeated the Copeland amendment Io the farm hill proposing Io eliminate all fruits and vegetables except potatoes and grapes from the workings of the bill. The Jones amendment proposing to exclude only apples and pears was also defeated, 19-1)3. __ Washington, May 10. —(U.R) —In a chamber warmed by tense political sentiments, the Senate prepared to pass the farm bill today while the House started the second day of debate on the tariff. A telephone suggestion from the White House asked administration leaders to seek another vote on the I debenture amendment objectionable t/> President Hoover, but after canI vassing the situation the leaders decided they would not for several reasons, reopen the fight in which they were defeated Wednesday. Not A Vote Changed Their check showed not a vote had 1 been changed from the original 47 to 44 decision to retain the plan in ’ addition, they found considerable feeling over criticism by Senator Fess ( of Oltio of what he called "the pseudoRepnblicans" who voted against the president. ’ Even with the debenture, the hill , is expected to pass by a safe margin and be sent back to the House. A cold reception awaits it. Originally , House leaders intended to reject the bill, because of the debenture amendr ment, and they reasoned the deheni ture was a revenue measure which should originate in the House. , Now Senate leaders claim tiiev have persuaded the House to accept , the bill sending it to conference of a , committee representing each House, with the understanding that such action shojtld no' be considered a pre- ] cedent for the future. , The Fess letter, sent to an Ohio t constituent, criticizing all RepubliI cans who voted for the debenture, , drew immediate replies from the 5 three senators Fess specifically mentioned —Borah of Idaho. Nye of North , Dakota and Brookhart of lowa. t Borah said he had voted for the deI benture plan last year, adding. lam sure that Mr. Hoover did not assume for a moment that by my support I was changing my views upon public j questions or surrendering the right to s form them. Only a base class of intellectual slaves would entertain or t promulgate such an idea. Contending the debenture plan is j no more a bounty to the farmers than the tariff is to industralists and that i the Republican party always has been B willing to forego collection of tariff money to help an industry, Borah said. FORTY CHILDREN i DORN TO DEATH s 1- Blaze Destroys Mexican Town; Populace Caught i- Asleep In Homes Mexico City May 10.—(U.R)— Forty children were burned to death in a fire which spread through the town s of Acchilapa, state of Guanajuato, an unconfirmed dispatch to the newspaII per Prensa from Iguala said today. *’ The dispatcli said the fire, which 0 started in nearby woods, cut off the town on two sides while the populace was astieep. The fire burned until ” midday and destroyed the town, the 11 dispatch continued Municipal a ;thorities at Iguai t ordered aid sent. o Missionary Held For Ransom 5e China. May 10—(UP)—The American Legation was iufoimed today that Harry Sehwendener, of tlte American y, Christian Missionary Alliance, was at held for ransom by bandits in Kweichow province.

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