Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday, rising temperature Wed- ( nesday-

FARM BOARD IS PRACTICALLY CHOSEN

MANY ARRESTED OH INDICTMENTS AT FORT WAYNE Former Sheriff And Others Post Bond After Surrendering To Marshal MORE ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE I o . Wayne. June 25—(Special)— United States Deputy Marshal lloemjg today arrested Francis J. Schmitt ! mid Ed Miller of Decatur, on an indictment returned by the federal ir..nd jury at South Bend last week, charging them with cnspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Both Schmitt ' and Miller p'.ovided bond for their re-' lease Schmitt and Miller were indicted 1 with eight others in connection with I tlo- discovery of a huge alcohol distillery in an abandoned farm house on i the William Harting farm, noitheastl of Decatur. The names of the other| ci"lit have not been made public. South Bend, June 25. — U.R) — Ar-| rests of ninety-two in the Fort Waynej district among 176 indicted here by’ th- federal grand jury was underway, today. Os the ninety-two, twenty-nine were charged with-conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Guv Emerick, former Allen county i sheriff; his wife, Mrs. Heorgianna Enterick. and George Beimer. alleged Fori Wayne beer magnate, accused of a liquor plot, among those indicted, surrendered at Fort Wayne, tlie men being released on bond of $4,000 each and Mrs. Emerick on s2.mo bond. Rosenwinkle Re-Indicted Ralph Rosenwinkle, former private detective, - who was a government witness a few months ago yflten a ■former deputy f'nfted States marshali and fourteen others were convicted' at Fort Wayne as liquor plotters, hart j i been re-indicted on that charge. A t count of the same nature which stoo l , against Rosenwinkle while a witness has not yet been tried. That county’s 1928 election, which was the subject of considerable ; attention from the grand jury, is to lie , subjected to further inquiry was indicated as District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis, and Oliver Starr, Utke county 1 prosecutor, conferred. 1 Ex-Dry Agent Indicted South Bend, Ind., June 25.—(U.R) 1 John J. Maroney, Beech Grove, form er department of justice and prohibition agent, is under two indictments charging liquor conspiracy in federal court here it was learned today. Maroney is charged in one indictment in which several South Bend persons are involved in an alleged South Bend conspiracy while he was) a prohibition agent. In the other indictment —the one in which twenty-nine persons are charged with conspiracy at Fort Wayne, Maroney’s alleged overt acts were kept secret because they involve several other persons not arrested yet, it was said. o— DEATH CLAIMS WILLIAM FALK Former Resident Os St. Marys Township Dies At Home In Monroeville William E. FaTkTtBL formerly of St. Marys township, Adams County, dim at 11:30 o'clock Monday night. June 24, 1929, nt his home in Monroeville. Death wa' due to anemia, with whi< a he had been afflicted since last winter William E. Falk was a son of Joel and Mary Falk, and was born Januaty 25, 1862, at Mt. Cory, Ohio. The majority of his life period was spent in St. Marys township, near Bobo, wheie he was an active farmer. Two years ago, he retired and moved to Monroeville. On October 25, 1903, he united in marriage with Belle Reimsnider, who survives, together with the following children: May Guy, Helen, Harold and Ruth, all at home. John Falk and Mrs. D. N. Erwin, of this city, are surviving brothers ami sister, respectively. The deceased was fraternally identified with the Moose and I. O. O. F. lodges in this city. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock (central standard time) at Hie M. E. church In Monroeville. The Rev. E. M. Foster "ill officiate- Burial will be made in the I. o. O. F. cemetery at Monroeville.

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Scene in Soldier Field, when members of 200 Lutheran churches in Chicago and vicinity and visitors Ironi Detroit, Milwaukee, Fort Wayne, Ind., and St. Louis, gathered to observe the 400th anniversry of publication of Marthin Luther's catechism.

JOHN P. SMITH CALLED BY DEATH Prominent Resident Os Prehle Dies At Hospital Following Operation John P. Smith, 59, prominent resident of Preble, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 2:30 o’clock this morning. June 25. 1929.1 following a major operation to which | he submitted on June 17. Death was i due to a complication of diseases. John P. Smith was born September 25. 1869, in Preble township, where the major portion of his life was spent, with tbe exception of a short time when he operated a sawmill in Celina. Ohio. He was a son of Henry and Catherine Smith. April 19. 1894, he united in marriage with Roscnn Huffman, the surviving widow. As a result of this union, the following children survive: Marie and Walter, of Indianapolis; Oscar and Lawrence, of Fort Wayne: and Carl and Lucille at home. One grandchild also survives, and one sister. Mrs. August Werling, resides in Preble. For the past twenty-five years, Mr. sfrnith. had been employed at the Ind’ana Pipe Line pumping station at Preble. . Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock (standard time) at tlie residence and at 1-45 o'clock (Standard time) at tlie St Paul’s Lutheran church. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The Rev. R. G. Gaiser will officiate. Legionnaires Hold Meeting At Berne Nineteen members of Adams Post No. 43. of the American Legion, residing here, motored to Berne, last nigh , and joined with members of the post who teside in Berne, in holding a regular meeting. Fiance Conter, commander of the post, presided at the meeting . The heavy rain storm which cceured shortly before time for the meeting kept many legionnaires away. James J. Patehell, district commander was unable to be present as planned Two new members wete enrolled in the post last night, making tlie tota membership of the post 200 The pos. recently had several more than. 20 , but the Geneva members withdrew and a new post was formed there. O’ Kirkland Township Woman Files Bankruptcy Petition A petition in voluntary bankruptcy was filed in federal court at Fort Wayne today by Mrs. Elizabeth Borne, of Kirkland township, through het attorney B. F. Roller, of Decatur. Mis. Borne’lists her assets at $4,000 and her liabilities at $4,924.34. The asse s consist entirely of a 76-acre farm tn Kirkland township. INDIANA MINER KILLED qnmerville, Ind., June 25—(UP) Otm man "as killed instantly and two Others injured in the Sommeryille mine number two when a slate fall occured.

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Lutherans Celebrate

Police Disperse Church Members Seeking To Oust Pastor At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne. Ind , June 25 —(UP) — When mote than 50 members of the congregation of the Immanuel Baptist | church here met to institute ouster ptocerdings against the Rev. Edgar Mullins, pastor, he called police and I had them dispersed. Police were stationed al tlie church doors and denied all persons admittance. They then went to the home of , a member and drew up a petition re- ! questing the Pastor’s resignation, I charging he conducted a “one-man liule" at the church, had forced members to leave and failed to submit financial statements to the congregation. The pastor denied the charges. o DOCTORS PLAN VACATION Physicians in Van Wert, Ohio, have made plans to close their offices every Wednesday afternoon anil evening throughout the summer. Two physicians will he chosen each week to answer emergency calls from the hospital. Q BERNE SCHOOL J TRUSTEE NAMED Grower W. Sprunger Elected By Town Council To Succeed Dr. H. O. Jones Berne. June 25.—(Special)—Grover ' W. Sprunger. secretary of the Dunbar 1 Manufacturing company, was elected • a mem Iter of the Berne school board at a meeting of the town council last night. His term wil lhegin August 1. Mr. Sprunger will succeed Dr. H. O. , Jones, whose term expires August 1 ' Several persons had been considered , 1 for the post, it is said, and there has been much speculation among local citizens for the last several days ret garding the selection. Other members of the school board are Vilas . Schindler and E. H. Baumgartner.

Dollar Day Bargains Thursday, June 27, is Dollar Day in Decatur and local merchants have arranged thousands of bargains for the thrifty shopper. Tonight's Daily Democrat contains 14 pages telling about Dollar Day specials of the following advertisers: Appelman's Grocery. C A. Douglas Co. Central Grocery. The Kuebler Co. Fisher & Harris. Niblick & Co. Sam Hite. Economy Dept. Store. Women’s Better Apparel Shoppe. Baughman’s 5 & 10c Store. Mrs. M. Moyer Natloithl 5 & 10c store. Morris 5 & 10c Store. Adams County Auto Co. Hall Motor Co. Callow & Kohne Riverside Garage Holthouse Drug Co. Decatur Auto Laundry Zimmerman Drug Shop Elberson Service Station Holthouse. Schulte Co. Pumphrey Jewelry Store John T. Myers & Son Teeple & Peterson Yager Bros. Furniture Store Vance & Linn Lose Bros. Cigar Store Schmitt Moat Market Another list of Dollar Day bargains will be printed in Wednesday s Daily Democrat.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 25, 1929.

AIRPLSHE DIVES INTO HOUSETOPS — Pilot Os Passenger Plane Killed; Seven Passengers Are Injured St. Paul. Minn. June 25- (UP)—A gruff statement that he was pilot and could take care of his ship without suggestions from passengers was the last word of Edwin H. Middage just before his giant tri-motored airplane dived into housetops- here last night killing Middage and more or less seriously injuring seven passengers. The plane wobbled petliously at the t;V<e off and failed to gain altitude H. G. Foote one of those aboard asserted. “1 asked Middage if lie wasn’t too low,” Foote who is suffering from burns at a hospital here. said. “He replied that he was pilot and did not need any help in taking cure of the plane. “As he said this all three motors stopped and the plane went into a nose I dive. "We hung onto our seats as the | housetops came up to meet us. nobody I said anything. Middage worked franticall with the controls. The ship didnot respond. I noticed 1 felt light as a feather in my seat, then we hit something. That's all I remember." The pilot, pinned beneath 'he wreckage, was burned to death when the ga- ' soline tank exploded. The passengers were dragged ftotn the wreckage by volunteer rescue wotkers, one of whom E- J. Miller, St. Paul was badly Inn tied. The machine with a passenger list • of five men, a young woman and a three-year-old boy left the aiiport here ' for Minneapolis shortly before 7 p. nt. ’ Seven hundred feet in the air its mo--1 tors became silent, it tilted over ami ■ crashed into a housetop, only a few • hundred feet from the Mississippi i river. From there it bounced to another roof and burst into flames.

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TALKS TO LONDON FROM PLANE IN 0. S, BY PHONE United Press Correspondents Exchange News In Novel Manner COMMUNICATION REPORTED PERFECT By Julius Frandsen Vl’ Staff Correspondent Hadley Field, N. J.. June 25— (U.R) —News went back and forth between London ami an airplane hovering above Hadley field today for the first time in the history of transocean com municat ion. ’ j Riding a plane here this afternoon. I the writer talked with Webb Miller. ’ assistant European manager of the United Press, gave Miller a “feature” story on the death of "Strongheart,” movie police dog, and received in return a report on the British air ministry’s investigation of the English i channel airplane accident in which J seven persons lost their lives last week. Wolves Heard Plainly Communication was perfect. It was as though the writer were ] telephoning at his desk in the NewYork office of the United Press. “You don’t mean to tell me I’m ■ talking to London,” I observed in surprise after the communication was established between the plane phone and the London office of the Bell ( company where Miller sat. “Surely," replied Miller. “I can hear you plainly: how’s the air up there and what’s the news?" This was the start of the first public demonstration of telephone communfieation from an airplane to London. L The writer gave Miller the brief story of the death of the German police dog, Strongheart, beloved of movie fans the world over. "That’s news," Miller observed, “and here’s a little item to turn into the New York office.” Then he proceeded to send for United Press readers a news dispatch. the first ever to come by so unusuaal route. Head phones were used, and the conversation came through cleatlv and crisply. To link the plane with London required a considerable telephonic op erating feet, but the relays worked perfectly. (CONTINUED ON pAOEJUX) NEW STORE TO OPEN THURSDAY National Five And Ten Cent Store Company To Open Store In Decatur The doots of the National Five and Ten Cent Stores Company in this city, wiil be opened to the public Thursday morning at 8 o’clock, Russell D. Stev--1 ens general manager of the chain store organization, stated this morning A force of men and women have been working for two weeks, arranging the stock, placing it in the cases 1 and on counters and getting things ' ready for the opening of Decatur’s newest store. All new merchandise, coming from nearly every part of the United States, will be placed on sale Thursday, Friday ami Saturday, the three days marking the opening of the new store, located on North Second streetA demonstration of the new electric Dedogtaph machine with two dynamic speakers will be given during the opening. Favms will also be given to the women. The interior of the store is .a beautiful example of the latest type city five and ten store with variety departments. Between each counter there Is a cash register, making the exchange of sales quick and convenient for the shopper and clerk Mr. Stevens stated tills morning about 30 persons would lie employed on Thursday and the opening days to wait on the trade. Mr. Stevens is assisted in arranging the stock and in opening the place of business by T A. Marshall, district manager, of Auburn. Managers and assistant managers from several of the company's other stores ate also assisting in arranging for the opening C. J Voglewede, of this city is president of the National Five and Ten Stores Company. The Decatur store is the eleventh store in this chain of similar stores.

Satani To Start ! His Blindfold Drive At 11 A. M., Thursday Satani, the noted magician who will drive an automobile blindfolded as a free attraction here on Dollar Day, Thursday, June 27. will start his drive from in front of the Adams County Auto company's salesroom and garage, on Modis- I on street, at 11 o'clock (daylight saving time), Thursday morning. He will drive a new Mormon Roosevelt eight sedan, furnished by the Adams County Auto company. The exact route to lie followed by Satani has not been announced, but it is known that he will drive through Second street, both north and south, during his 15-mlnute drive. He will wear a leather headgear. which is light proof. < C. C. PUMPHREY’S i MOTHER EXPIRES — I Mother of Decatur Business Man Dies At Home In Delaware, Ohio Mrs, Mary Elizabeth Pumphrey. 74. mother of Carl C. Pumphrey, of this city, died at 6 o’clock Sunday evening. ’ June 23, 1929, at her home in Delaware. Ohio. Death was due to paralysis. with which she lias been afflicted for the past six years. During the past month, her condition hau gradually grown weaker. Mr. and Mrs. Pumphrey went to Delaware, Sunday morning, to spend the day, and were there when the end came. The deceased had been a resident of Delaware. Ohio, for the past forty years. Her husband. R. J. Pumphrey, preceded her in death ten years. By a strange coincidence, just a few hours before Mrs. Pumphrey s death, her sister’s husband, the Rev. D. H. Guild, (lied at his home in Fort Wayne. The two burials will occur on the same day. Rev. Guild being buried at Condlt, Ohio. Wednesday morning, and Mrs. Pumphrey at Oak Grove cemetery. Delaware, Ohio. Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Pumphrey is survived by the following children, Mrs. E. G. Chenoweth, of Chicago. Illinois; Mildred Pumphrey, at liome; Raymond, of Cincinnati; Fred, of Clearwater, Fla.; and Carl C., of this city. Mrs. William Hunter, of Washington. Pa., and How ard R. Pumphrey, of Delaware, Ohio, preceded the mother in death. Two surviving sisters and Mrs. D. H. Gull I. of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. L. S. Condlt, of Condit, Ohio.

Mr. Pumphrey (time home from Deiaware-, last evening, and returned again this morning, accompanied by his daughter, Eleanor, and Ills niece, Miss Mary Hunter, of Washington, Pennsylvania, who Is u guest at the Pumphrey home. i—o Lindy And Anne Start Transcontinental Flight Roosevelt Field, L. I June 25—(UP) —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh started a trans-continental flight today with his bride Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The flying couple, married Muy 27, took off from here at 2:53 p. in. in Lindbergh’s blue and gold Falcon bii plane for a final inspection of the airports of the transcontinental air transport between New York and Los , Angeles. o — - Fail To Find Trace Os Spanish Aviators Madrid June 25—(UP)—The leader of the naval squadron searching the ' waters for a trace of the missing Spanish fliers and their Dot tiler-Wall sea 5 plane arrived today at a point 100 miles northwest of the Azores where ' wreckage, had been rumored sited and ' reported by wireless to the minister ’ of Matine that they neither had sited 1 or found anything. O yLutheran Pulpits To Remain Closed To Women i J River Forest, 111. June 25—(UP)— - Lutheran pulpits will remain closed to t women. "Our church lias no prejudice ai. gainst women or their ability," profesa sor J. T Mueller of St. Louis told deles gates to the 34th triennial convention e of the Missouri Synod. "But nowhere y In the bible can it find one reference I to a woman leading a church.” r Women may serve as deaconesses s and Missionaries, however, Professor Mueller said.

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PRESIDENT IS ALMOST DECIDED ON PERSONNEL All Sections Os Country Expected To Be Represented On The Board MUST CHOOSE EIGHT FROM 400 APPLICANTS By Paul A. Mallon (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 25 —lUP) President Hoover has nearly concluded selecting eight members of the new Federal Farm Board which is to administer a $150,000.00 federal revolving fund for abricultural relief The process of choosing ftotn 400 applicants has aroused more interest in Washington than the wording of the farm legislation in congress. Prominently Mentioned While there has been no official announcement of the men selected, those prominently mentioned include Charles Robertson, Los Angeles, dose friend and business associate of Mr Hoover, who may lie made chairman, former secretary of agriculture Jardine who initiated the legislation, former governor Samuel McKelvle, of Nebraska, and President Sam Thompson of tlie American Farm Bureau Federation. A vigorous contest is afoot for the post from the wheat belt. Minnesota, South and North Dakota and Wisconsin having several active candidates. It is expected Ute President may yield to the demands of tlie wheat district leaders and select two members of thq board from that legion. One is expected to come from the south to represent cotton, one from the corn region, one to represent existing cooperative associations and another from the fruit anti vegetable areas. Recent White house callers say Mr. Hoover has conducted an extensive investigation of the personal kualifications of many candidates and that his final list may lie ready within ten days. The appointment of the board will not be contested by those senators who at first raised tlie point that such recess appolntmuents might not be legal. Chairtnain Norns of the Senate judiciary committee found that the farm act could be judicially interpreted as authorizing tlie president to the appointments at this time. Tlte names will lie submitted to tlie seaute for ratification when it reconvenes August 19. * o Dr. Snook Is Sane, Alienists Declare Columbus, Ohio, June 25 (UP) — Dr. James H. Snook, confessed slayer of Theora Hix, Ohio State University medical co-ed, is sane, three state all-

enists who examined the former professor, Informed county prosecutor John J. Chester today. The alienists were appointed to examine Snook in what was interpreted as a move by the state to counteract an insanity defense at Snook's trial. ELECTRIC MAP MADEATS.B.S. Pupils Os Intermediate Department Make Electric Map Os Palestine A large electric map of Palestine has been made by the pupils of the intermediate department of the Summer Bible School, which is sponsored by the Protestant churches of Decatur. Bryce Thomas Is teacher of the class, and he supervised the construction of the map. The names of the province. cities, lakes, rivers and mountains are giten on the left side of the map and the location of each is shown on the map by a brass headed screw There are two pointers with brass tips, connected with a light at the top of the map and when one of the pointers touches the screw in front of the name of the city and the other touches the screw which marks the correct location of the city on the map, the circuit is completed and the light shines. The Instructor points to the name on the left side of the map and asks the pupil to point to the correct locution on the map. If the pupil gets the wrong location, the light falls to shine. The map proper is about three feet by four feet in size, and is encased in a large wooden frame. The ■ map is done in colors and is attrac- ' tive in addition to being educational and Interesting.

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