Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1929 — Page 1

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■DEVELOPMENTS I IN PROHIBITION I HOLD INTEREST — —— —“ —— ■ ■Official Washington Grows I Dizzy Watching Different Developments -A stormy debate in ‘ CONGRESS expected Washington. .lune 7. —(U.R>—Official Washington grew dizzy today trying to watch prohibition developments on half a dozen sectors. The diplomatic corps js tn a wrangle over embassy liquors, the nf >wly created law enforcement commission is under fire for executive ssesions. congress is preparing for a new si niggle on prohibition reorganization in the regular session, and dry leaders are searching for ways land means of giving aid and comfort to the beleagured enforcement commission. • Fight Looms In Congress Prohibition oratory, which has dominated every session of congress since 1921). is to have another grand season in the regular session of the Hoover congress, beginning next December. Following President Hoover’s special message recommending consolidation of the prohibition enforcement units, wets and drye on capitol hill planned their campaigns for another calling of the ayes and nays on Volsteadism. Although the vote will come chiefly upon the proposal to transfer the entire prohibition machinery’ from the treasury to the justice departments, the legislative processes necessary to produce the bill will open the flood- | gates of phohibition debate on both houses of congress. The drys, who have advocated the transfer for five years, will steer the legislation through congress. They ■ claim a safe majority in both houses, I which generally is conceded. President Hoover promised the prohibition reorganization during the campaign, but did not wish to press the matter in the special session of congress. Neither did he favor placing tile entire enforcement task in the hands of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandl, who recently resigned as assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition. —— oSouth Bend Man Slain In Road House Fight South Bend, June 7.- (U.R) —Edward Blankert, poolroom operator and recently a candidate for the Democratic city clerk nomination in Mishawaka, was shot to deatli in a road house fight early today in roadhouse operated by Ethel Boyer. Police are holding Marvin Cramer, 24, automobile salesman, and seeking three others. Mrs. Hoyer is being held as a material witness. Blankert was shot to death as he stood near a piano, his slayer escaping by plunging through a window. I, (1,0. F. INVITE!) TO OHIO CITY Members Os Decatur Lodge Invited To Memorial Service Next Sunday An invitation has been extended to ’he local I. O. O. F. lodge to participate with the Odd Fellow lodges of Van Wert county, Ohio, in a joint memorial service to be held in Ohio City. Ohio, Sunday, June 9. One of the features of the services will be the Girls Band from the Ohio i. 0. 0. F. home, at Springfield. The deputy grand master of Ohio will deliver the principal address. A large number of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from this city are expected to attend the Ohio City event. The local lodge, in conjunction with about forty-five other lodges in this section o f the state, will hold their memorial services here on June 16. — Geneva Man Faces Non-Support Charge Emil Brunner, of Geneva, was taken into custody today by Sheriff Holingsworth on a charge on non-support filed against him by his wife Mr. Brunner arranged to give SSOO bond for his release.

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Most Beautiful ■fKSu-'.. MB Sv!' n I H Ir / ■ h Jfi i 1 r— r 1 Miss Eleanore Eastwood, 6737 Paxton ave., Chicago, was voted the most beautiful co-ed on the University of Chicago campus in a contest conducted by Pheonix, campus magazine. MANY ARE JOINING INDUSTRIAL ASS'N. More Than 140 Members Secured So Far; Paid Secretary Plan Considered More than 140 members for the 1929 Industrial Association have been secured in the last few days by I. Bernstein, who has charge of soliciting the membership this year. It is predicted that the membership will reach li. r > by next week. The annual membership drive will close Friday June 14. and a complete list of membership will be published. The directors of the association will be called, following the membership drive, and plans for the summer months will lie made. Several suggestions have been made for activities and there is considerable agitation for the association to employ a permanent secretary tor several months and conduct a series of Decatui Dollar Days. Tile directors will be asked to outline a plan of activity and then a general meeting will be called for (i vote on the plans, if any radical changes are made. Any local citizen who has not yet paid the 1929 dues, may do so anv time during the next week. Dues are payable either to William Linn, secretary, or I- Bernstein. . —o Advertising Associaiton To Meet Monday Evening A meeting of the Decatur Advertising Association will be held Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Decatur Industrial Association rooms. Important business will be brought up and all members are asked to attend. Jackson County Woman Convicted Os Manslaughter Brownstown, Ind., June 7 (11) Convicted on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death of Ralph Rodapp, 41, Mrs. Nora Kreite, 40, today faced a 2 to 21 year sentence tn prison. , . Mrs. Kreite, the first woman to be convicted on murder charges in Jackson county remained at Liberty on bond pending a decision of attorneys in filing a motion for a new trial. The trouble between the pair was said to have occurred over a fence which adjoined their homes. — 0 Clerk Still Has Copies Os 1929 Acts The county clerk still has sevetal copies of the books containing the acts passed by the last General Assembly of Indiana. Persons entitled to a copy of the Acts are requested to call at the clerk’s office in the court house for the same as soon as possible.

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LAMORTE GIVES DATA ON STILL LOCATED HERE) V [Chicago Man Released On c. Bond After Giving Officers Signed Statement j, STATEMENT IS NOT MADE PUBLIC f <i Dan LaMorte, of Chicago, who was arrested northeast of Decatur last F April with Ed Miller, of Decatur, and Joe Obeito, of Chicago, when a large s alcohol still was captured, was re- e leased from the Allen county jail yesterday on a $2,006 cash bond, furnish- s ed by his father, Antonio LaMorte. Before being released. LaMorte is | 1 said to have given a signed statement concerning the operation of the still 11 discovered in an abandoned farm I house near here, to United States District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis. ? The statement was not published, but • it is understood that it will lie valuable in running down the ownership •> of the still. LaMorte’s bond was reduced from SIO,OOO to $2,000 after he [ I signed the statement. Oberto Still In Jail Oberto is still in the Allen county jail, being unable to furnish Itond in I the sum of SIO,OOO. A grand jury inquiry at South Bend, June 11, is expected, according to authentic information. J Eleven Decatur residents have been subpoenaed to testify at the hearing j at South Bend next week. While f«l-1 eral authorities have not indicated on what angles they will question the local men, it is thought that most of , them will be quizzed concerning cer- , tain merchandise purchased from their concerns and later found at the farm where the still was gfmfiscated. NO more sabjtoeMtes were served Thursday, but indications are that several more local people will be ordered to appear before the grand jury next week. It was not indicated whether LaMorte would >e asked to testify at the probe next week. TRUSTEES HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC Large Crowd Attends Annual Gathering Os Present And Former Trustees A large attendance and an enjoyable time featured the annual picnic of the present and former township trustees of Adams county, and their families, held at the Martin Moeschberger farm in French township, Thursday. Each family brought a basket dinner and at noon the food was all combined in one big dinner on a table in the yard of the Moeschberger home. A program was given during the afternoon. It consisted of: a reading by Harold Moeschberger; a piano solo l>y Marjorie Sipe; a song by Nonema Blakey; a peanut contest, conductei by Harold Rudolph Weiland; a ukelele solo by Tilma Studler; recitations by Jaunita Noll, Elouise Noil and Ida belle Worthman; a reading by Margaret Arnold, and talks by Walter Thornhill and the Rev. H. O. Scherry. Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent,, presided as chairman of the program Isaac Brown, of Decatur, a former trustee of Root township, was the oldest person present. He is 81 years old and he started his term in office in ISBB. Samuel H. Hocker, former trustee of French township, is younger than Mr. Brown, but he started his term in office in 1884 Other veterans present yesterday included Jonas Neuenschwander, of French township, and Jacob Huser, of Monroe township. French township has nine former trustees still living. This is more than any other township in the county has. They are Samuel H. Hocker, Jonas Neuenschwander, John T. Steiner, < . E Stuckey, Rudolph Schug, John Mosure. John Tonner, J. C. Augsburger and Joe Graber. The present trustee of French township is Martin Moescliberger. Clifton Striker, county superintendent. and T. R. Noll, trustee of Washington township, were re-elected chairman and secretary, respectively, of the organization yesterday. The next picnic will be held at Mr. Strikers home in Monroe township on the second Thursday in June, 1930. Those present at the picnic Thursday were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graber and daughter Florence; Mr. and Mrs. John Tonner, Mrs. Lee Wittwer, Mrs. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 7, 1929.

Winner Os Prize On Derby Ticket Refers Reporters To Manager Cleveland, 0., June 7. -<U.R)—Accompanied by a manager, two body guards and an extra shirt. Arthur Couit, Indianapolis furnace tender who paid $1 for a winning ticket on the English Derby, was on his wax ,o Quebec today to collect his $84,750. 1 Court stopped in Cleveland, surrounded by his entourage. His new blue serge suit already was baggy at the knees. He shifted his tall and angular 1 frame about restlessly as he disposed of requests for interviews. "You'll have to talk to my manager.” he said. The manager, dressed in a brown 1 suit and resembling a wrestler, rubb- ' ed his nose and responded. “We’re not saying a word. Why c shou d we talk, 1 ask you?" Court relented a bit as he signaled f for a taxicab, and started to explain. “Hush, hush," interjected the 1 manager. "We ain't saying anv- 1 thing.” ' Court was asked to pose for photographs, but again was forestalled by a the busy manager. "Why should we pose for nothing?” c he asked. o ' DANK ROBBER i GETS LIFE TERM ] Stanley Canfield Sentenced At Tipton For Robbing ; Three Indiana Banks i Tipton, Ind., June 7—(UP)— Stanley Canfield, 28. of Kokomo, who confess- , ed three Indiana bank robberies, was ] given a life term sentence today by Circuit Judge C. V. Mount. Two other men. Everett Walker and Blimey Stimmet, were sentenced to prison terms by Judge Mount for complicity in" robbery of the Hobbs bank, one of tlie three Canfield confessed robbing. ( Canfield was implicated in two roll beries of the Hobbs institution and one at Cutler. He was taken to the state reformatory at Pendleton to serve until he is 30. He will then lie transferred to the state prison at Michigan City. -- o— Sets New Altitude Record For Seaplanes Washington, June 7.-(U.R)—Lieuten-ant Apollo Soucek. U. S. N., established a new world altitude record for seaplanes June I. the National Aeronautic Association announced today. Calibration of his barograph, just completed, showed he rose to a height of 38,560. Bible School Pupils Stage A Parade Today The pupils of the Daily Vacation Bible School, chaperoned by their teachers, and headed by a little tot’s drum corps, participated in a parade through the business district of the city, this morning. The kindergartners headed the procession- and were followed by tbe other* departments of the school. The children carried various banners and slogans for the school, wore cape, and other decoration. KILLED IN LEAP FROM A TRAIN Insane Woman Jumps From Speeding Train To Death At Lewisville, Ind. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 7. —(U.R) - Jumping from a speeding passenger train of the Pennsylvania railroad at Lewisville, Ind., last night, Betty Stein'back, 23, of Pittsburgh, was killed, authorities reported here today. Miss Steinbach, in custody of Mrs. Nina E. Wavte, a nurse at the state hospital for the insane at Norwalk, Calif., was being returned to Pittsburgh. Miss Steinbach was taken into custody in Norwalk five weeks ago after she had attacked a woman in a pioving picture theater, Mrs. Wayte said. She was adjudged insane later. Because California has a law prohibiting treatment to insane persons who have lived in the state less than a year arrangements were made wit It Pittsburgh’s department of public safety to return her here for treatment.

LATERANTREATY | RATIFIED; PAPACY BECOMES A STATE Relations Between Kingdom Os Italy And The Holy See Re-Established VATICAN CITY BECOMES REALITY Vatican City, June 7 —(U.R) — The ( papacy became a temporal state to-1 day for the first time since tile Ital-| ian army marched through Porta Pia ' on Sept. 20, 1870, to end an uninterrupted temporal reign which had lasted from the days of Charlemagne. Vatican City became a reality at 11 am. today with the exchange of ratifications of the Lateral! treaty, which once more re-establshed relations between the kingdom of Italy and the Holy See. The ceremony took place in the hall - of congregation in the Vatican pal- , ace. Cardinal Gtlsparri, papal secretary of state, acted for Pope Pius XI. Benito Mu“Bolin|)| premier of , Italy, represented King Victor Em- , manuel 111 and the Italian people. The Pontiff was not present. Pomp Accompanies Ceremony It was announced shortly before tlie exchange of ratifications that Mgr. Borgongini-Duca, hitherto papal secretary for extraordinary affairs, would go to Rome as the first papal nuncio to Italy. His place in the Vatican council will be taken by Mgr. Pizzardb, formerly substitute secretary of state under Cardinal Gaspan i. The ceremonies were accompanied by medieval pomp and a touch of military tradition. Spirit of carnival hovered over Vatican City. Regular armed forces of the Pope were in full dress uniforms. Three nt Swiss guards were stationed at tlie huge bronze gates, their red, yellow and blue shirts and their shining halberds forming a splash of color in the courtyard. The Italian delegates entered tlie papal grounds through Cortile St. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O MRS. EDITH GREEN VOGLEWEOF. DIES Former Decatur Resident Dies Os Scarlet Fever At Indianapolis Mrs. Bernard L. Voglewede, 37, mother of six children, died Thursday afternoon, June 6. 1929, at her home, 1005 S. East street, Indianapolis. Death was caused by scarlet fever, with which she has been seriously ill for the past two weeks. Her mother, Mrs. Ed Green, of Decatur, was called to her bedside a week ago Tuesday. The patient was believed I to have improved and on the way to recovery when she suddeny took a turn for the worse yesterday, and died shortly aftei wards. Edith M. Green Voglewede was born April 2, 1892. In Root township, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Green. 707 South Winchester street. She united in marriage with Bernard Voglewede, son of-Mrs. J. H. \ ogi-*-wede, 127 South, Fourth street, of this city, on November 24, 1911. Following their marriage, they resided here for several years, and about twelve years ago moved to Indianapolis, where Mr. Voglewede has been engaged in the packing business. Surviving, are tbe husband and the following children, ranging in age from eighteen years to a baby ot three months: Edward, Joseph, Lillian, Harriet, Catherine Jane and Patricia. The parents and one brother Lawrence Green, of this city, and one sister. Mrs. Paul Burgess, of Rockford, Ohio, also survive. The body will be brought by motor hearse to this city, from Indianapolis, this afternoon, and is expected to arrive sometime near 5 o’clock. The party will proceed immediately to the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, where burial will be made. Due to the contagious nature of the disease, the casket will not be opened following it’s arrival in tills city. o — Decatur Youth To rite Editorials For Paper Cedric J. Voglewede of Decatur, sophomore in the college of journalism at Marquette University has been selected editorial writer for the Tribune, student paper.

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Opposes Heflin * j® John H. Bankhead of Birmingham, Ala., announces his intention of opposing the re-election of Senator Thomas Heflin in next year's Democratic primaries. His declaration of liis candidacy he says will, give tlie people of Alabama a chance to "give expression to the type and standard of senator they want to represent them. HOUSE PASSES FARM MEASURE Bill Sent To Senate Without Record Vote;Measure Is Praised

• Washington, June 7 —(UP) Without ( a record vote, the House today ratift f ed the conference agieeinent, on the administration’s farm bill and sent the measure to the senate. The action was taken after an hour's ! debate. Most of the time was consum- 1 ed with laudatory speeches of the nc- ' tion of the house conferees in declin- ! ing to accept the senate debenture ! of tat iff bounty provision. sfvenal representatives on 1 both sides of the chamber were call- 1 ing for iecognition to speak, Speaker i Longworth put the question and an- i nouncell tin* decision of the house before calling for "Nos." i Before the vote, Majority Floor I Leader Tillson delivered a brief speech piaising the measure as the best which has been offered to aid agriculture anywhere and predicting , its final enactment within the next ten days. ( Repiesentative- Williams, Rep., of j Illinois, told the house the bill “redeems every pledge of the Republican . party at Kansas City and every pledge of President Hoover in his St. Louis speech." "1 believe it is the finest piece of legislation ever written into the s'atties of any country in the world for relief," Williams said. o— No Developments In Poison Death Probe There were no new developments today in the investigation of the death of Arch Beerbower, of Geneva, who died last Sunday after drinking liquor containing strychnine. Dr. J. | C. Grandstaff, of Preble, county coroner, was expected to file his report in the case today, but had not done so at 3 o’clock this afternoon. o Memorial Designed By Decatur Man Is Given Recognition In Booklet A picture of an upright memorial of the ancient Greek style, designed by Adrian Wemhoff, of the Wemhoff Monumental Works, Decatur, appears in a booklet just published by the Georgia Marble company of Tate, Georgia. The memorial is a slender slab-like shaft, ornamented by a crest design at the top. The booklet says, "Its very simplicity compels admiration.” Only outstanditig designs are printed in the .booklet. On the page opposite Mr. Wemhoff's design is a picture of the statue of President Lincoln, In the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C. Mr. Wemhoff sold the design to the Georgia firm and several memorials have been made from i' Election Probe Subsides South Bend, Ind., June 7.—(U.PJ— The federal grand jury probe into charges of fraud and illegal voting in , Lake county had subsided today and th egrand jury was reported to have turned its attention to other matters, until several important election probe witnesses appear.

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GERMANY'S WAR OBLIGATIONS ARE FIXED DY PACT Experts From Germany And Six Creditor Nations Affix Signatures EXPECTED TO AFFECT ECONOMIC STABILITY By Samuel Dnsliiell, UP Staff Correspondent Paris, June 7.— 'UR> — The Owen I). Young plan, devised to settle finally and definitely Germany’s World war obligations, was formally adopted todav by the experts of German)' and her six creditor nations who have been working on the problem for four months. The Young plan was signed by the experts late today, ready for transmission to the governments Involved as a unanimous solution. Under the Young plan, proposed by the American financier who sat ns chairman of tlie conference, Germany accepts a present cash obligations of approximately 37,000,000.000 gold marks ($8,813,400,000, a gold mark being worth 23.8-2 cents.) To Pay In Installments The money will be paid in installments, however, over a period of slightly more than 58 years, with compound interest at 514 P p r cent. Germany thus will actually pay approximately 87.000,000,000 in arks ($23,105,400,000.) The heaviest portion of the annuities, averaging 2,050,000,000 marks

annually, will be paid over the first 37 years. The annuities during the final 21 years will average about half that. The final dntfu us tJ»e Yanww.pUu, as adopted today, represented the results of four months of-painstaking negotiations between Germany on the one side, and France, Britain. Belgium, Italy, Japan and the United States on the other. All the delegations were officially appointed by the governments except the American which came to Paris as unofficial helpers on the invitation of the other powers. Many sacrifices were made on all sides before the experts decided on the maximum sum Germany could or would pay. The Young plan is expected to have as important an effect on the economic stability of the world as the Versailles treaty had politically. It embraces a plan for an international bank to handle the large sums Involved in the repaartions payments, and observers predicted that the bank would have a fur reaching effect in maintaining world peace. The allies will receive a fixed annual sum from the reich which will cover their war debts and about half their reparations claims. The two and one quarter per cent priority of the United States payments was voluntarily reduced by President Hoover about $1,000,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NAME FARM SHOW SUPERINTENDENTS Heads Os Various Departments of Street Fair Argicultural Show Appointed At a meeting of the agricultural committee, in charge of the agricultural show to l>e held in connection with tlie Legion's l>ig free street fair here next fall, last night, department superintendents, in turn, will appoint chairmen for the various divisions under their department. Ferd Christen, county agent, is chairman of the general agricultural committee. He appointed following department superintendents last night: A cattle department—dairy cattle. W. A. Klepper and N. R Holthouse; beef cattle, Albert Mutschler. Swine department—H. P. Schmitt. Horse department—George Krick. Poultry department—A. D. Suttles. Pet stock department—J. R. Blair. Farm poducts department — Avon Burk. Flower show —J. W. Calland. Women's department—W. A. Lower. The general agricultural committee plans to meet every week from now until the fair, which will be held September 10 to 14, inclusive.

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