Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1929 — Page 1

f WEATHER | Mostly cloudy to■night and Friday, E,th probably show. I* 1 ' Cooler tonight Knd in south portion ■Friday

BANKERS WIN BATTLE WITH BANDITS

ItANES REMAIN IJIOFT IN EFFORT I TO SET RECORD I Monoplane “Fort Worth"' ■ Roars Toward 100-Hour Mark Today IK —. ■three MUSKETEERS" I WELL ON ITS WAY! I Hard Part Ahead ■ foi’l Worth. Tex , May 23,-<U.R) - King the hardest part of their esKrts, Reg Robbins and Jim Kelly K> tired hut determined aviators Kuril on towards the 100-hour mark Klay in their attempt to establish a Kw refueling Record for sustained Kflit. ■ The fliers will complete their fourth Ky in Ihe air at 11:33 a. m. today, if Kir rebuilt cabin monoplane the Kort Worth” is not forced down. To Kak the record set by the Question ■ark they must remain aloft more Kan 151 hours. ■ What seemed to bother Kelly most K :l < the fact that he was asleep in Ke hammock strung within the cabK one time when his bride came up K another plane to wave encourage. Kent to him. The two were married ■:x weeks ago and Kelly was much. Kit out because he did not get ».> K r "the missus,” Robbins said in a I ■ote. Too, the nap was rudely in-1 Krrupted when Kelly tumbled out of] ■lip hammock and bruised a rib. ■ Kelly also burned his hand while] ■teasing a rocker arm. He was | ■angling under the nose of the soarIn. ship performing this dangerous ■ask when he shoved his hand against ■ exhaust pipe causing a painful Kirn. - J "Three Musketeers" Start I Roosevelt Field, L. 1., May ’23 —TU.P) ■-Cruising calmly over this field in It- effort to break the world's record ■or sustained flight, ; ‘Three Muskettr " completed its twelfth hour in Ilin air nt 7:45:47 a. m. today. I Lieutenant Henry _B. Clarke. William I'lbrich anti Martin Jensen, who ■re manning the plane, used the cat.i■nit. the refueling device, to swoop Im a substantial breakfast for themLives this morning. The catapult Las designed specially for uie "Throe fclusketeers.” — o — Reformed Sunday Schools to Hold Conference Sunday The sixth annual conference of the Sunday school association of the Fort Wayne classis of the Reformed church will be held Sunday, May 26, at the Grace Refoimed church, Webster street and Lexington avenue, Fort Wayne. M. F. Worlhman, of Decatur, will have chaige of the devotions at the opening of the conference. The Magley Quartet and the men's cho.us from Vera Cruz will furnish music during tne program. Several per.ons fionr Adams county will attend the confercnee. CORN CLUB TO BE CONTINUED Cash Prizes Totaling - SSO To Be Awarded: County Agent To Be In Charge The five-acre corn growers contest "will continue again, thir year under the supervision of County Agent Ferd K. Christen. Farmers in Adams county are out to beat the record of 94.48 bushel per acre made last year by Fred Blum, of Monroe township. Medals are awarded by the Indiana Corn Growers Association. Those w ho produce 100 bushels or more corn Per acre are awarded ge’d medals, those producing from 85 to 100 receive stiver medals, and those producing from 75 to 85 bushels per acre receive bronze medals. Last year, Cred Blum and Rufus Inniger won silver medals, while Aen Mazelin and Donald Burkhart won bronze medals. To stimulate interest in the flveQcre corn contest, cash prizes will be awarded again th s season. A total °l SSO will ■ lie awarded, $35 by the Tile company’ of Decatur. and sls bv the Gottschalk Tile works of Berne. First prize will cona. st of sls; second $10; third $7.50; fourth $7.50; fifth $5. and sixth. $5. Membership fees of fifty cents will b p taken until June 15, at either bank in Berne or at the county agent’s office.

-DECATUR I) AILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXVII. No. 123.

Bad Weather Delays Start Os Flight ft i wy nW —-jl '' ■I ■' ■ . ; x ***** 11 I ■. w I The monop’ane Green F ash, shown in the picture above, which for three days has been tuned up lor a projected 5.000-mile hop r- Rome, rema ns landbound at Old Orchard. Maine, due to unfavorable weather. Roger Q. Williams, left, and Captain Lewis A. Yancey, right, will pilot the plane in its attempt to cross the Atlantic.

PLAN MEMORIAL ! FOR EX-SOLDIERS Service Arranged For Veterans At Christian Church Sunday Morning The annual Memorial services for the Women’s Relief Corps, the Span-ish-American War Veterans, Sons of Veteran-, and the World War boys, i "will he held this year in the Christian church, next Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Hut;, a young student( at the seminary in Indianapolis, and: who has been acting as pastor of the Christian church, will deliver the sermon. The members of the above stated organizations are requested to meet at the Public Library. Sunday morn-1 ing. at 10 o'cldck, to go in a body to I the church. _ ' Q ■■ —■ •• To Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary I Plans are being made by Mr. and I Mrs. John Adam Smith, of this city, for the celebration, Sunday, May 25, of their Golden Wedding anniversary. Thdir only daughter. Mrs. F. C. Band-] tel and family, < f Fort Wayne, wjH : be in Decatur to help with the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both well-known Decatur citizens. A complete story of the celebration will appear in Saturday's Daily Democrat. ■ o Death Forecast For All Illinois “Wet" Bills Springfield, 111.. May 23— (UP) - Ultimate downfall for all "wet” bills pending before the Illinois general assembly was forecast today by the defeat in the senate of the Boehm bill to permit the manufacture and sale of two per tent beer. The bill received onny 11 affirmative votes while 28 were registered against it. o Roby, Ind., Woman Killed Whiting, Ind:. May 23—(UP)— In a collision between an automobile and a street car here last night, Mrs. Florence Grasnia of Roby, Ind., was killed and three other persons injuied. Wilspn Stevenson, motiorman, suffered serious injuries. “fldams County — Way Back When” Starting in the near future, the Daily Democrat will publish daily, ' in continued form, a new and in- ’ teresting story of the early days 1 of Adams county. This story will include accounts of the found ng of Adams county. ' the founding of Decatur, religious 1 discussions, war time stories, 1 sporting events, political meetings ! and many other happenings that have helped make up the interest--1 ing history of Adams county. The author of this story is one who has made an exhaustive study of the subject matter and who 1 writes in an interesting way. : Witch for further announcements. 1

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Nlnte, Nntlonnl Anil ln<ernn(lou*l

Important News Item Reaches Dailv Democrat Copy Desk: “Its A BOY!’’ Important news items often <;ome into a newsnaper office, but the Daily Democrat copy desk will not receive an.' more important than the following one: Dick Daniel Heller, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heller, arrived at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday night. May 22, and mother and babe are ] getting along nicely. The mother, (before her marriage was Miss Martha (Grant, of Rensselaer. The happy ! daddy is living in a new world today, i his condition being appreciated by (the man who has become a father for the first time and. although his coworkers on the Daily Democrat f.aw verv little of lent today, they learned from him that the baby weighed six ( pounds, three ounces and could yell las good as any Democrat in the I country. o Crushed Beneath Ice Wagon Wabash, Ind., May 23 — (UP) — I George Fitch. 70. employed here as an | ice wagon driver, was killed instantly ■ today when he tel' from the seat and I his team, becoming frightened, tan away, crushing him beneath the wheels. PRESBYTERIANS OPEN ASSEMBLY I Representatives of Tw o Million Churchmen Meet At St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul. May 23—(U.R)~In sharp contrast to the little handful of mon who gathered in Philadelphia in 1780 for the first’Presbyterian general assembly, nearly 3,000 commissioners, executives and delegates who represented 2,000,000 Presbyterians of the nation met here today in the one hundred and forty-first assembly. They were prepared to bear the demands of women that they be permitted to become ordained ministers ami elders. The fundamentalistmodernist factions of Princeton seminary prepared to air their administrative disputes and there were to be discussions on union with other churches. Dr. Hugh Kelso Walker, Los Angeles, retiring moderator opened the lassemb’y with a sermon asserting I that while the modern church ‘‘might be called one of the biggest and most successful business in the world still it fell somewhat short of its goal. A new moderator to succeed Dr. Walker will be elected late today. The two outstanding candidates are Dr. C'.eland B. McAfee, of the. faculty (at the Presbyterian Theological Semilnary, Chicago, and Dr. Robert Dick Wilson, professor at Princeton Sem- . inary. Dr. McAfee was said to bo the popular choice and was backed b> the Pacific coast and the middle west. The “fundamentalist” wing of the assembly felt that Dr. Wilson meritled the moderatorship in recognition (for his 50 years of service as a pro(fessor in Presbyterian education I institutions. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 23, 1929.

I Its A Lot Os Bologna But He’ll Stick To His Story Muncie, Ind., May 23 —(OP) —Christopher Furner, native of Germany has no ambition to fly the Atlantic oce.'.n but he does want to manufacture 100, ‘ 000,000 pounds of bologna and sausage. I i:rner, who came to this country many yeais ago, claims to have already made 75,000.000 pounds. He admitted that it was a lot of bologna—but “I’ll stick to my story." ROAD EASEMENTS ACCEPTED TODAY State Highway Deputy Pleased With Progress Made On Road No. 16 James Hardendorf, state highway deputy, of Fort Wayne, was here this morning and accepted the easements on state road No. 16, from the Erie railroad west of Decatur to the Wells county line, every owner but one having signed up. It was expected that the state men would call on each ov. r.er and resign them, but Mr. Harkonderf did not consider this necessary and was grateful for the fine spirit shown by the property owners and tlm committee which assisted in the work. It is expected the road will he taken over for maintenance within o few days. The road will be maintained for the present along the Franklin highway route, leaving Decatur over Nauman avenue, but it is expected that when the road is paved, that route will be changed to go west on Monroe street to the Erie and then reach the Preble road over a new highway. The state will, at the same time, probably take over rhe road front here east, maintaining for the present the Van Wert road while the new highway is being constructed. This will avoid the necessity for any detour there. The ctntiact for the pavement front here to the state line, it is said, will b.t let 'tert month. o Boy, Age Six Years, Convicted Os Murder; Gets 15-Year Sentence Paintsvil’e, Ky.. May 23 (U.R) — Six-year-old Carl Mahan, son of a taxicab chauffeur, was found guilty of murder in commonwealth court here today and was sentenced to 15 years in the state reformatory. The boy was convicted of killing Cecil Van Horse, an eight-yeatSpld playmate in a quarrel over a piece of old scrapiron. The VanHoose lad was killed Saturday while parents of both boys | were away from home. Mahon dragged his father’s shot gun from the home and with the stock of the heavy gun resting on the ground, pulled the trigger. Young VanHoo-e was killed instantly. WOMAN’S STATUS MAY BE CHANGED Reformed Church Synod Considers Proposal At Session In Indianapolis k Indianapolis. May 23. —(Special)—A , proposal to change the status ot woni- . en in the church so that they may . occupy the various church offices, and . look eventually to ordination as min- » isters, will come before the general !• synod of the Reformed church in the U. S., at its triennial sessions open- . ing today in First Reformed church, s this city. , A special committee which has t been studying this subject for the t past three years, will present its re--1 port containing the opinions of various classes of the church, and of the -. Woman’s Missionary Society of gen- ’. eral synod. The members of this e committee are Rev. Drs. Theo. F. Her y man, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry <’- Nott, i- Milwaukee, Wis.; F. C. Seitz. Grec> k burg, Pa.; Benj. S. Stern, Philadeli- phia, Pa.; and Emory L. Coblent.’. Esq., Frederick, Md. e A plan of union for the Reformed v church in the U. S., with the Church . of the United Brethren in Christ, and e the Evangelical Synod of North :- America, to form tire United Church n in America, will also come before the i- general synod. This plan, if approv i ed, would create a denomination ol more than a million members.

PRESS BARRED FROM THE FLOOR OF 0. S. SENATE Dispute Arises Over Newspaper’s Right To Publish Senate’s Business CENSORSHIP OF PRESS IS FEARED Washington, May 23. — U.R. A dispute between the press gallery ami. tile senate over the right of newspap-1 ers to publish executive or any other! legitimate business of the senate developed today after the attempted I disciplinary measure of the senate rules committee against the United Press Association and tile chief of its capital staff, Paul R. Mallon. While Senator Robert M. IrnFollette of Wisconsin and oilier senators were threatening to force a vote ot the senate on the action of the rules committee, correspondents were discussing the advisability of calling a mass meeting or a session of the standing committee of correspondents to protest the senate committee action, fearing it might result in senate censorship of the press. Tile committee decided to’ deprive the United Press anil Mallon of the right to the senate floor and sub'poenaed Mallon to appear before the conTmittee in executive session Monday. The committee will attempt o ascertain what senators and how many assisted him in obtaining the roll calls on confirmation of former Secretary of Interior Roy O. West and United States Customs Judge Irvine L. Lenroot. Mallon was served with a subpoena by Sergeant at Arms David S. Barry of the senate. The rules committee took this action by unanimous vote at a hur-' riedly called meeting yesterday. The membership of the committee is as follows: Republicans—Moses. N. M.. chairman; Hale. Me., Watson. Ind., Dale, Vt., Smooth, Utah, Reed, Pa.. Bingham, Conn. Democrats — Overman. N, U.. Har-i risen, Miss., Swanson, Va., McKellar, Tenn., Copland. N. Y. The attempted disciplinary meas- ■ ure against the United Press and Mallon was vigorously opposed by . La Follette and Senator Hiram John- ( son of California. La Follette nullified it by barring representatives of other press asso- ; ciations from the floor, so that now no newspapermen are permitted on (CONTINUED ON PACE TWO) I o RAIL MAGNATES ; STAGE BATTLE J Taplin Brothers Wrest Control Os One System From Van Sweringens Cleveland, May 23— (U.R) —Pressing I forward for complete victory in the most startling coup d'etal in modern lailroad history, the Taplin Brothers of Cleveland appeared in common pleas court today to defend their | claim to absolute control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie system. Control of the railroad was wrested from the Van Sweringen interests by the Taplins.’a minority group, last ' night when they elected a new board '• of directors in a “rump" session after the annual stockholders meeting. i! The old directorate, challenging '■ legality of the action, immediately ■’ sought an injunction to prevent the ‘‘ new board from functioning. Police 1 ‘ were called to guard the Wheeling '• offices and prevent the Tapi in-elected officials from getting possession of 3 files and records of the road. Declaring the restraining order ” the Taplins will demand that ’■ all records and physical property of ’ the railroad be turned over to the ’’ new executives. s To Renew Battle June 5 r_ Washington. May 23. —(U.R) —The t. battle between the Van Sweringens and C. F. Taplin for control of the 1- Wheeling and Lake Erie will be re- ■■ newed June 5 before the interstate commerce commission. On tliat date, d the commission will hear arguments h supporting and opposing petitions of d the New York, Chicago and St. Louis h railway, a Van Sweringen road, for h permission to acquire control of the e Wheeling and Lake Erie. A conflict- - ing petition has been filed by the >f Pittsburgh and West Virginia, a Taplin property.

l-'»rnl«hr<l Hr Lu Hr it I'reu

Gov. Leslie Buys First Legion Poppy r. . a ■ i ! • The above picture shows Harry G. Leslie, governor of Indiana, buying an American Legion Poppy from Miss Merilyn Greenlee. 11-year-old daughter of Department Adjutant and Mrs. Pleas 15. Greenlee, of Shelbyville. This wa< the first Legion poppy sold in Indiana this year. Next Saturday, May 25. will be observed as Poppy Day in Indiana, and the little memory .flowers, made by disabled veterans of the World War, will be offered for sale in almost every town and city in Indiana. The flowers are sold for whatever sunt the purchaser wishes to give for ■ them. The monev derived from the ] sale is used by tlie American Legion | in its relief and clnld welfare ptu- : grain for disabled and needy veterans. The poppy sale will be sponsored in Decatur Saturday by Adams Post, No. 43. of the Legion. CHURCH UNION FAVORED BY U. B. General Conference Goes On Record As Looking With Favor On Plan Lancaster. Pa., May 23. — (Special) —A resolution stating that “we look with favor” on the plan of union of the United Brethren in Christ, the Reformed church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North I America, was passed at the general , conference of the United Brethren in Christ, in session here this week. The resolution further stated that; I "it is the further belief of all your I commissioners that this genera! con-| ference should not make undue haste in an undertaking of so great importance. and we, (the commission of the ; United Brethren church), therefore.] i ask the general conference to pass an i additional resolution: l “First: That we hail and greet* our i brethren of the Reformed church in • the United States, and the Evangei- ■ leal synod of North America, as our comrades in faith and service, under - the banner of the Cross of Jesus i Christ, and beg of them closer fellow- ( ship and communion for the purpose I of better acquaintance and a fuller • understanding of our faith, history, and methods in service. r “Second: We further pledge ourr selves to seek knowledge of tire high > denom national virtues that have > made these denominations great and ; powerful, and will use our best esI forts to correlate these character- ( istics into a mighty organization for a more vital, powerful, and extended r service in the Kingdom of Jesus t f (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIN) Local Dentists Attend Annual State Meeting 3 s Dr. James G. Neptune, of this city, s and Dr. Gormon McKean, of Geneva, - returned Wednesda’ night, from t.u 3 annual convention ot tile Indiana ■, I'ci'tal Society at hidianapodis, which s has been in session since Sunday. f The registration at the annual s conference was the largest in the hisr tori’ ot the Indiana Society. *londay e and Tuesday were devoted almost • entirely to demonstrations and cline les. The meeting ended Wednesday i- night with the annual Dental society dance.

Price Two Cepts

ONE BANDIT IS SHOT AS HOLDUP IS FRUSTRATED Another Bandit Believed Wounded In (Jun Battle At Indianapolis BANK PRESIDENT AND TWO TELLERS HEROES Indianapolis, May 23.—(U.R)— One bandit probably was fatally wounded and another believed to have been shot when a daring president and two employes of the Fountain Square State bank, frustrated a robbery today. The bandits were routed before they obtained any money. President William Nackenhorst, teller Vai Snyder, and teller Enger.e Strack, 24, were the heroes ot tho thrilling battle. One Badly Wounded The wounded bandit gave his name to detectives as James Jackson. Jveria La. Authorities found a large roll of bills in Jackson's pockets as he lay on the bank floor, desperately wounded. they said. Testimony of those who participated in the desperate scuffle with the bandits indicated lie was wounded bv hid own sawed off shot gun when he pulled the trigger just as a bank employee pushed the muzzle upward. The wounded man first gave his name as James Jackson, of Iberia. La. loiter, he changed this to .1. P. l«irk ins, 30, of Irevoria, la., and gasped out that his pal was Harry Watson ! and that Watson's wife "Billie” liad i stayed with them at an Indianapolis ] hotel last night. President Nackenhorst was seated at his desk behind a railing in th" front of the bank when the two bandits entered. One walked to Nackenhot'st, drew a revolver and said: "Come on. the place is held up.” Nackenhorst obeyed the summons, WTiile the other bandit stood guard in front, the first led Nackenhorst back toward a passageway where J. Walter Dunn, vice-president was seated. “Tap him on the shoulder and tell ! him the place is lield up.” the bandit directed. Nackenhorst obeyed and the bandit led both to the door of the working enclosure. Nackenhorst was ord I ered to open it. As the trio started to pass through Nackenhorst leaped at the bandit and locked his arms around the latter's neck. One Bandit Shot Bal Snyder dashed across the room and jerked the robber’s gun out of his hand. Taking care not to wound the other bank employes, he opened (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FIRE DESTROYS FARM BUILDINGS .. -■ —- — - - ’ ~ Gasoline Being Drawn From Drum On Edward Hahegger Farm Catches Fire Berne, May 23—(Special) A garage ' toolhose and granary on tile Edward i Habegger farm, four miles northeast of here, was destroyed by fire about ■ 7 o’clock last evening. Mr. Habegger ■ was in the garage, -vuere he was drawing grsoline out of a ‘d:um, to put in his tiactoi. As he noticed fire coni- . ing f: om the opening with the gusoi line, lie threw the bucket, into which , he was drawing the gasoline, aside. I and grabbed his little son, Howard, who was standing nearby, and rushed from the building. The child had been . saturated with the gasoline, but was I carried from the building before the ( fire reached him. ' The Beine fire department was called and. together with about one handled volunteers, neighbors ot the Haheggers. the firemen fought desperately r to keep the fire from spieading to the • house and barn nearby. Before the garI age was completely consum by flames Mr. and Mrs. Habeggei pushed the ’ automobile and tractoi from the building. The house, which had a single 1 roof was difficult to save and time and 1 again, the many sparks alighting there started small conflagrations, which 1 were quickly extinguished by the men on the loot with buckets of water. V Mr. Habegger suffered burns about t his right hind and arm in his attempt t- to escape, but the lad was uninjured, y The cause of tile fire is unknown. y Estimate of the loss has not been given.

10 Pages TODAY