Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1929 — Page 1

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I PLAN REQUEST I FOR GRAND JURY I PROBE AT GENEVA ■ Examination Shows Large Amount Os Strychnine In Beerbower’s Stomach CONFLICTING REPORTS CURRENT AT GENEVA Tlu> stomach of Arch Beerbower. which was sent Io the loit Wayne Medical LaboraI, i v for examination, following bis death Sunday at Geneva nller a drinking episode, was said to contain grain alcohol u i)d strychnine, according to a report sent to Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth today. The report was immediately turned over to Dr. J.*C. Grandstaff, county coroner, and Dr. Glandstaff stated tie would file his formal report on the death Friday. Boyd Booher, Beerb'twer's partner in the Sunday epifoilc. wa- arrested Monday for violation of the prohibition law and at present is at liberty on a SSOO bond. Conflicting Reports Heard Jinny conflicting reports are heard IniGeneva concerning the episode nnd States Attorney Nathan Nelson. Coroner Grandstaff and Sheriff Hollingsworth are continuing to probe the rose in an effort to ascertain how Beerbower got the strychnine which caused his death. According to the Fort Wayne report on the examination, there was : sufficient strychnine in Beerbower’s stomach to cause his death within a I short time. It was learned today that a petition would be filed in Adams circuit court for the court to call the grand jury for a special session to investigate the affair. It is not known whether the court will call the jury, or will wait until the next term of court for a grand jury probe. Dr. Grandstaff’s formal report will be filed tomorrow, and it is thought that if the evidence warrants it, he will ask for a grand jury probe. Rush Food, Clothing To Forest Fire Victims Winnipeg, Mann., .Tune 6 —(U.R) — Food and clothing were rushed by airplane today to hundreds made homeless in northern Manitoba by widespread forest firee. Government forestry service plants, augmented by a fleet of commercial ships, flew northward with supplies and fire rangers in an effort to al’.ev iate suffering among the settlers and quell blazes that have wiped out Cranberry Portage and Mile 83, both small settlements. So far no casualties have been reported but 1,000 residents of Cranberry Portage were forced to take to rafts in Lake Athapanuskow to escape the swift flambs. HIGHWAY BOARS MEMBER NAMED Arthur Melton, Os Gary, Appointed To Succeed George E. Hershman Indianapolis, June G.—OJ.R)~Arthur Melton, Gary, today was a member of the state highway commission following his appointment by Governor Harry G. Leslie to succeed George E. Hershman, Crown Point, whose term expired April 17. Hershman sent a letter to the. governor tendering his resignation to become effective June 15. Melton’s appointment is effective that date and will continue four years. Leslie also announced the appointment of members to other commissions. They included: Reappointment of Greenberry Lowe. as deputy to Lawrence F. Oir. chief examiner of the state board of accounts. * Charles W. Johann, Evansville, as a member of the state board of examiners for four years. Miss Louise Klinger, Brazil, to the board of trustees of the Indiana State Sanatorium for four years. The governor also signed five commissions for members of the state board of dental examiners. They included: Wallace T. Linn, Crawfordsvl|le; John M. Hale, Mt. Vernon. R- N. Core, Franklin, was reappointed on the state live stock sanitary board.

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Novel Basin for Domestic Suit I Wt „ J I WISH I k w < , I | a. i ! I wWSfgZ 1 - Violation of a unique agreement whereby Mrs. Bainbridge Colby, right, estranged wife of the Secretary of State under President Wilson, promised never to ridicule her husband, is the cause for a suit by Mr. Colby, left, to break the agreement. By its terms Mrs. Colby was to get $1,500 a month as long us she did not poke fan at her internationally-known hubby, who savs that her novel, “The Green Forest,’’ violates the agreement. His application for divorce f Rowing .lie publication of the book, was denied in a Paris court.

CHILD HEALTH BOARD MEETS Plans Made For Holding Child Health Examinations In Adams County The Adams County Child Health] • Board met in the assembly room of] the library, Wednesday afternoon, with the president, the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, presiding. Six of the township chairmen were present. The meeting was called for ! the purpose of formulating plans for ’ the child health examinations to be held throughout 7 the county during • the first and second weeks ol .July, by Hr. Teal and Miss Gibbs of the state board of health. Dr. Teal and Miss Gibbs conducted such examinations in Adams ’ county two years ago, and gave \erj 1 valuable information and advice to mothers concerning the health and physical defects of the children. One ' of the main purposes of their work is ' to help parents to realize the importance of systematic periodic physical examinations of children by the family physician. Dr. Teal and Miss Gibbs are holding health conference for children in Fort Wayne and Allen county, during June. They will confer with Mrs. Fave Smith Knapp, secretary of tne Adams County Child Health Board, at an early date and complete the appointment of township chairmen and , schedule of dates for Adams county. This schedule will be announced at the earliest possible time. The Civic Department of the Woman’s Club will have charge of two- ] day conference which will be held tn Decatur. — o St. Paul Church To Have i Children’s Day Program -a Children’s Day program will he ■ given at the St. Paul’s Christian Union - church, four miles s<”' theaßt ° f 1 tur on the county farm road, nevt S.tn day evening, June 9. The program wni . begin at 7:15 o’clock, standaid time The Pleasant Mills orchestia wt ’ give a recital prior to the chi dren s program and will also play during thej entertainment. The public is cordial!) invited to attend. < U S. S. Luxon Reported In Danger Os Sinking • Shanghai, June 6—(’ 1 ’ ,f a . i »S. Luxon, flagship ot the V,nklS ! frol was reported in danger of sink . f t er striking rocks off the Woo- > "ng breakwater late last night - The crew of the vessel was trans o,n \weete s were standing by at- : t m em"’ting to two holes plunged in Die forward bottom of the vessel.

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Engineer Who Wins $84,750 On Race Ticket, Goes To Collect Prize Indianapolis, June 6. —(U.R)—Arthur Court, 49 year-old furnace engineer. I whose $1 ticket on Jrigo, winner of I the English derby netted him $54,750, I was to leave here today for Quebec, Canada, where he is to collect his prize. Court said he was to have received a check last night for the prize—but today he was instructed “to come I to Quebec and collect." The engineer, father of eight children, reported for work ns usual to-day-’-and then asked for a week off which was granted. A son was to accompany him. — o- ~ Five Coal Loaders Are (’rushed To Death Bluefield, W. Va.. June 6 (UP)— Five cpal loaders were crushed to death today in a slate fall at the Halcon mine neai Wise, Va. The victims were trapped as tons of slate, apparently loosened by water seepage oi blasting, hurled down upon them. SCHOOL REPORT IS INTERESTING June Report Os School Board Gives Enrollment In Various Grades Many interesting items are found in the June report of the Decatur school board, now being prepared. The enrollment figures for the various grades and high school are as follows : First grade boys, 46; First grade girl - . 39; second grade boys, 32; second grade girls, 47; third grade boys. 50; third grade girls. 34: fourth grade boys. 48; fourth grade girls, 38; fifth grade boys, 49; fifth grade girls, 46; sixth grade boys, 45; sixth grade girls, 27; seventh and eighth grade boys, 96; seventh and eighth grade girls. 84: high school boys. I 114; high school girls, 139. Total, bovs, 480; girls. 454. There were 26 more bows than girls The per cent of attendance in high school was 94.9. The attendance in grade schools was 95.3. There were 306 cases of tardiness. The numbet not tardv nor absem was 72. The number not tardy, 745. Number of visitors (not counting community meetings) 221. Number of days lost by absence, 3,736. Days in attendance 164 ”>B4 Graduates of high school, boy’s 25, girls 35. Eighth grade graduates, boys 16. girls, 21. — o— ■■— Eruption Is Abating Naples, June 6 -(UP)- Mt. Vesuvius' new eruption and the lava How which has continued for three days bad abated considerably today.

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EIGHT VIOLENT I DEATHS REPORTED IN LAST 24 HOURS; Auto Accidents, Trains, Fire And Water Take Toll In Indiana FOUR CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS Indianapolis, June 6.— (U.R>—Eight Indiana persons lost their lives by violence during the past 21 hours. At Shelbyville, Jesse Applegate. 8. was killed instantly when ran over by a truck driven by his father, after he had toppled from the machine. Nathan Jones, 23, was killed at Elwood when truck by a passenger train while walking along the tracks of the Pennsylvania line. Injuries received when struck by a truck caused the death of Clem Warner, 38. at South Bend. One-year-old Dorothy Lyle was drowned in a pool of water in a street intersection at Evansville. Katrina Conde, 8. was burned to death when fire swept the tenement house in which she Hived at Hammond. Three other persons were injured. Mrs. George Jarnicke, SG, and daughter Lora. 21. Oak Glenn. Ills., were killed at Gary when their automobile was struck by a train. The automobile was carried for almost a half mile on the locomotive’s pilot. Orville Miller, 6, was killed at I-eb-anon when a shotgun which he was removing from beneath a lied exploded. .—o —

STAR DETECTIVE JOINS IN PRONE New ( hies Sought In Investigation Os “Butterfly” Girl’s Death Valparaiso, Ind.. June 6 — (U.P.) —The detective who sent Carl Wanderer to the gallows by tracing ownership of a pistol, started a search today for the weapon with which Miss Cameola Soutar. Chicago “Butterfly” girl was killed in a swamp near the former home of Mrs. Catherine Cassler, who is charged with the murder. Lieut. John Morton, of the Chicago homicide squad who pinned the death of Mrs. Wanderer on her husband, has been lent to Porter county. Indiana authorities to round out their case against the woman charged with murdering her love rival. Morton said he believed Miss Soutar was lured to the swamp, shot through the heart and the pistol cast away in the muck. He said he would make a minute search in the vicinity of where the girl's body was found face downward in the stagnant waters of the bog and covered with a thin layer of willow twigs. Later Morton said he would search the old Cassler home a mile and a half from the swamp for dues. Mrs. Cassler, who dodged the gallows recently in Chicago after being convicted of the murder of a man for his Insurance, remained in the Porter county jail here, denying any connection with the crime. — ——o ——— Child Burns To Death In Hammond Tenement Fire ' Hammond, Ind., June 6—(UP)—One person was killed and three others critically injured in a fire which destryed a Mexican tenement house here ’ last night. Kathina Conde, 6, burned 1 to death. Her mother. Mrs. Edro Con- ' de, is believed dying and Edto Conde and Francisco Escin 23. were critically burned. All four were trapped in ' the blazing house. 1 —: o— — 3 Warren W. Moses Gets r Appointment In Montana 3 ■■ - ■—— f Warren W. Moses, of Great Falls, f Montana, a brother of Miss Annette t Moses, librarian of the Decatur pub--3 lie library, has been appointed chief , of the publicity bureau of the Montana ■ state department of agriculture. His appointment was made by A. H. Stafford, state commissioner of agricul ture. Mr. Moses is member of the editor , ial staff of the Great Falls Tribune .« He will take over his new duties Oc tober 1.

Col. Thaw Visits Here; Views Scene Os Crash Famous War Flier, Injured In Airplane Accident Near Geneva Last Fall, Calls On Friends Here \\ hile Enroute To Minnesota On Motor Trip With Wife.

Col. William Thaw 11. of Pittsburgh, Pa., famous aviator in the World war. who was seriously injured when the giant monoplane in which he and Captain John P. Morris, also of Pittsburgh, were flying in the New York to Los Angeles, non stop race last September, crashed in a forced landing at night on a farm near Geneva, spent Wednesday on friends , iraF wife. Tiny arc on a motor trip to Minnesota, where Hu y expect to spend several weeks witli Mrs. Jgy Thaw’s relative*. Th!: morning, Col. Thaw made a trip to K. where his Hg .hM < dent occ-ured at 12:30 o’clock on the mornlag of September 13, 1928. He said lie wanted to Si .’ if lie could fnd ah' new theories as to ’• what caused th disastrous crash when a brokin el line forced Captain Morris, the pilot, to Ysk y vßjp'- ! lam! the plane. Bes. re attempting the landing, I ctß Col. Thaw dropped a flare from the plane, width lighted up tile countrywide. but the flare tile lie landed and I th'* Ii" ship crashed into two fences, causing * It to turn end over end. JSH 2;. W 1 Col. Thaw sustained a dislocation £ o | Wm Thaw 11. 1 of his right hip in addition to other

less serious injuries. Captain Morris ■ suffered a fracture of the pelvis bone I and dislocated clavicle. Both were I 1 patients at the Adams County Mentor- " ial hospital here tor a few weeks, anil '■ they made many friends here. B This morning Col. Thaw picked up 1 pieces of broken glass and wood from his wrecked plane which he found at '' the scene of the crash. "I’m going to ! 1 s send them to Jack (Captain Morris)”, said the colonel.

About six weeks ago, Col. Thaw suffered a light stroke of paralysis, he said today. “I guess 1 must have received a rap on my head that I 1 didn’t know about.’’ he said, “as that t is tin;..only thing my physician can > trace the stroke to.” He is practical- : ly recovered from the stroke now, but , ' h eis taking this vacation to rest up. I 1 “I have a wonderful doctor." said I Col. Thaw this morning. “He order-• ' ed me to take a three months’ fishing trip." After spending about six weeks in Minnesota, Col. Thaw and 1 his wife will motor on westward, vis- ' iting Glacier National park and places in Canada. Col. Thaw stated that lie had not been up in a plane since his accident here last fall. “No one has offered me any free rides and no one has offered to pay me for making a flight, so I haven’t been up," he said. He added, however, that he expected to make a few flights while on his trip this summer. Captain Morris is still flying and is conducting an aviation school at Pittsburgh. He has entirely recovered from his injuries. GOVERNOR HALTS ARMORY BUILDING — Rejects Suggestion For Erecting Ten Additional Buildings In State Indianapolis. June 6. —(U.R)— Gov. Harry G. Leslie today rejected Adju-tant-General William H. Kershner’s suggestion for building ten additional Indiana National Guard armories under the “closed corporation” plan which was abolished by the 1929 legislature. Kershner would have started erection of the armories under the 1927 budget, but Governor Leslie today de--1 dared: “It was the will of the legislature to ‘pay as you go’ on armory ' building. That’s what we will do.” The governor discovered that only $4,000 remained available under the “ 1927 budget for armory building and that the balance would have to be 1 drawn from his emergency fund. Under the “Tentnore” plan, new armories would have been built at Crawfordsville, Marion, Evansville, Terre Haute. Kokomo. Newcastle. Portland, Spencer, Angola and Michigan City. ; The 1929 appropriation specified that no money shall be used for f armory building. , 0 Hoover Makes Nomination Washington, June 6 — (U.R) -President Hoover today nominated E. S. Helburn, of Kiddlesboro, Ky.. Io be ■■ collector of customs at Louisville. He succeeds Robert H. Lucas who was •- recently sworn in here as commissioner of internal revenue. a

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BIBLE SCHOOL PLANS PARADE Plans Made For Parade By Pupils Friday; Interest Reported Good The Daily Vacation Bible School in this city is continuing with a fine interest. A total of 253 pupils responded this morning witli several children out yet because of illness. The Deansbfp of tile school has been divided among the several pastors of the city. The devotional hour for the junior and intermediate departments has been conducted by tile Rev. A. 11. Fledderjohann this week, who used as his general theme. "Growing As Jesus Grew’’ using as sub-topics, “In School” "lit The Temple" "In the Home” and “At Woik" Next week the Rev. R. E. Vance will have charge of the deanship. This morning, Miss Alliene DeChant, returned missionary from J;ipan. spoke to all the departments.

Miss DeChant spoke at the Zion Reformed church last night. She has l traveled extensively and her talks 1 were listened to with the greatest I of interest on Hie part of the pupils. Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock, the 1 entire school will match in a paiade. The line of march will begin on Adams street, going north on Second : street, turning at Campbell’s filling station up to the coiner of Jackson and Third street and going south on Third street to Jefferson street and then back to the school. All of the children are expected to march in the paiade with a special featme showing in each department. o Miss Ella Brothers Dies In Pennsylvania Dr. Elizabeth Burns, of Fort Wayne, and her sister. Mrs. George Siebold. of Hamlet., have returned to their homes from Newcastle, Pennsylvania, where they were called because of the death of their cousin, Miss Ella Brothers. Miss Brothers was well known in this city, having resided here with Dr. Burns during her residence here. Miss Brothers died on May 23, and was buried Saturday, May 25. Site had never recovered from injuries which she sustained on’February 24, when she fell and suffered a fracture of the hip and four fractures of the pelvis bone. o Show Girl Leaps From Twelfth Story Window Chicago, June 6. — (U.R) — A torn diary and a declaration of love told the story today of the 12-story death leap of Miss Barbara Cole, show girl who played in "Rose Marie” and Ziegfeld's "Blue Boy.” Miss Cole tore out the screen of a window in her north side apartment and jumped out. Tlie only note police could find was a single sentence written across the fly leaf of her diary. It read: "I love Ed Page.” Edwin Page, LaSalle street broker said he and Miss Cole had had a love affair but It was broken off yesterday afternoon after a quarrel. t

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REORGANIZATION OF ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM URGED • President Discusses Prohibition In Special Message To Congress WANTS CONGRESS TO APPOINT COMMITTEE Washington, .lime (». -<U.R> — Reorganization of federal bureaus concerned with prohibition enforcement was recommended bv President Hoover in a special message to congress today. The president recommended that a joint committee of congress be appointed at once to study this problem and make a report for consideration at the regular session beginning next December. Recommends Committee The president's message was as follows: "To the congress of the United States: “In order to secure the utmost expedition In the reorganization and concentration of responsibility in administration of the federal burMUS connected with prohibition enforcement, so greatly needed to improve their effectiveness, I recommend that' the congress appoint u joint select , committee to make an immediate study of these matters and to formulate recommendations for consideration at the next regular session. "I shall be glad to appoint a committee from the departments to cooperate with such a committee of the congress. The national commisi o'on on law observance ami enforcement will also cooperate through th<4r studies of the departmental organfra- ' tion. ' "The subject involves the transfer ’ of parts of various bureaus nnd ” agencies from certain departments to others and it includes ae well the necessity for the unification amt strengthening of our border patrols, both in connection with prohibition ’ and illegal entry of aliens. As the ’ question embraces numerous laws ■ and regulations in several bureaus. It will require extensive consideration which, if given jointly by such committees of the congress and the departments prior to the regular session. will save many months of de-

lay.” The president’s message to congress was despatched while the new law enforcement, commission was holding its first real working session. Speaker Longworth had the president's message read to the House by a clerk. He then ordered it referred to the rules committee for consideration. Child Accidentally Shot Lebanon. Ind.. June 6.—(U.R) —John O. Miller, 5. was killed instantly when a rifle belonging to his father was (Uncharged as he pulled it from beneath a lied where It had been hidden. i—o BANK BANDIT PLEADS GUILTY Stanley Canfield Admits Part In Three Indiana Bank Robberies Tipton, hid.. June 6 ((UP) —Confessing complicity in (he robberies of three Indiana hanks, Stanley Canfield, will be sentenced tomorrow. He pleaded guilty to a charge of bank banditry when arraigned here late Wednesday. Canfield was arrested in a Fort Wayne hotel Tuesday after an extensive starch had been made for him. He confessed participation in two robberies of the state bank at Hobbs, and one at Cutler. —— o National Electric Light Association Honors Edison Atlantic City. N. J . June 6—(UP) — The National Electlie Light associar tion today paid formal tribute to Tho--1 mas A. Edison, inventor of the incandescent light and originator of the method of distribution of electric current in use tlnoughout the world. Edison was not present in person but his friend. Henry Ford promised to appear before the convention adjourned. However. Edison spoke to r the meeting through the medium ot Hie Talking movies.

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