Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly unsettled, , oCJ I thundershowers orobable In north Son tonight or Saturday and south portion Saturday.

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NEW YORK MAN IS GIVEN POST ON FARM BOARD Charles S. Wilson Appointed To Be Seventh Member Os Board ONE MORE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED Washington, July 12 (UP) Appointment of Chatles S. Wilson, forS agricultural commissioner of New York State, to be a seventh member j .(the new federal farm board was an-| 'nounred today by the White House. Wilson Is a dairy farmer operating ) extensive property near Hall. N. Y.. is j aiaduate of Cornell nnivetslty and president of the New Tork horticultural society. Wilson was endorsed by more than ;0 farmers organizations including the jjlryman's league of New York, the New York fruit growers cooperative and the New York State grange. One more member of the farm board still is to be appointed but the selection will not be made before the first meeting of the board Monday, theb White House indicated todav. Grain Men Express Views Chicago. July 12 —(U.R) —The proh- I lem which will confront President | Hoover's federal farm board, when it ! gets down to studying the farm situation. will not be as serious as at first was forecast, according to views expressed today by grain men here. An almost unheard of condition—a month of unfavorable weather — i has brought relief to the farmers and | to the farm board. This one month | of weather has done more to simplify j the problem of relieving farmers ; than eight years of political <Vscusttan, according to these men. ‘ The government's crop report, based on conditions as of June 30. which estimated the domestic wheat yield , at around 70.000,000 bushels less I than in 1928, in away confirmed *he wisdom of speculators who have run wheat prices up over 25c from the levels existing when the. farm queeCon was before the special session cf congress. This indicates at the acme time that the new federal fam ' board will now have to deal with a less discouraging situation. While the heavy carrcover from the I record crop of last year still crowds . 1 the storage space of seaboard terminals. the fact that foreigners held back buying in the hope of cheaper wheat is expected to boom future export shipments. A current cable interprets the opinion among Liverpool trader;; as discounting our large supplies a.:, inst the lower crop estimates. Takings of wheat for export at gulf ports ran as high as 1,500,000 bu*hels a day recently. pop experts agree that the condition of wheat in the United States : and Canada is much worse than shown in the crop reports issued July IH. These reports were based on information gathered during the last j days of June, and it is only in the last week that most of the damage io spring wheat in the American : northwest and the prairie provinces , of Canada has appeared. Also there Imve been heavy rains over the harvwt fields of Kansas to reduce furt.h- , ,r the winter wheat yield. market observer retCOXTINUEI) ON PAGE TWO) IffIFARMERS SUFFER LOSSES Rains And Flood Waters Lause Adams County Farm- • ers To Lose Heavily haw, ' 5 la * ns and waters which ! the aile<l 111 Adams county sos , age a> W wt * eks !lave caused dam- , ■' < atns county farmers esiimat- ‘ h *ieBtei 8 t e iX a t, ?" Sa ’ ,< ’ d ° lla ’ B The ' iowian i ”‘ e farmers tn tne Fred' is aroun » Berne and Geneva, ! Wrand Tb’us harle * J ° nes and Hab ‘ i have i ‘ lkllam ’ <>f near Berne, will it is rPDn ™ b ne<i 1088 °f about $15,000. lost ?- P ted ' Habe KKer and Tlnkham w aters h','/” ° f ootato6B . the highcr °P- Thev 'v. 8 a ellt - reiy ruine ‘l the I,lo l> bushek , 01111116,1 more than tost 10 acre of , seed These same men 01 carrots tn . a . f ,. 0 ? 1011s aild 11 acres ot ot ber ti-ncv' I?’ 011 to Beveral acres lost sever-it 11111 an<l Jo nes have i,1!1 o, h«r ° f COVn ’ BUgar beetß All th lowing’crop-' , wbere wa,er 8tof "l Ps is decaying roots. ■

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Rumors Business Sold X * l ' W w\ (a Ci 'MKS&r Reports in the automobile world | say that John N. Willys is negotiating the sale of his huge interests in his Detroit manufacturing concern. This indicates that the auto magnate is preparing to accept the Ambassadorship either to France or Turkey which was reported offered to him. — TWO SENTENCED FOR MAIL HOLDUP Last Os “Limpy” Cleaver Gang Convicted; Given 25-Year Sentences Chicago, July 12.—(U.R>—The last of five "Limpy” Cleaver gang of mail robbers. Virgil Utzinger and John Flannery were found guilty today in the $133,000 Evergreen Park mail train raid by a jury in federal court. The verdict was voted last night in 1 one ballot and opened today by Judge Walter C. Lindley when his court con- 1 vened. Each was found guilty of seven 1 counts. On the first two counts each 1 was sentenced to serve twency-five ' years in the Leavenworth. Kans., penitentiary. Sentences on the five 1 other counts, totalling 57 years, were < fixed so that they would run concur- ( rently with the sentences on the first I two counts. I Motions for a new trial and stay of sentences were overruled by Judge > Lindley. Utzinger accepted the verdict in t silence but Flannery denounced it as I “unjust’’. 1 “I'm innocent,' ’he said in a shaky < voice. 5 Both men covered their faces to avoid newspaper photographers. It is planned to take them to 1 Leavenworth tonight. 1 The verdict brought to an end the government’s relentless hunt for the I gang of nine men who early in the morning of February 25. 1928, halted a Grand Trunk mail train outside Chicago, dynamited the doors of a mail car and fled with $133,000 in loot. Five of the gang behind bars, two of them dead and the last two—Litzinger and Flannery — awaiting sen- ] tence. Charles “Limy” Cleaver, the "brains’ ’of the gang, is in the Atlanta prison; Frank Meccja, William Donovan, Lawrence O'Brien, and Charles Wharton are in the Leavenworth penitentiary; Louis Padersonlk ( was killed by policemen and Willie ( Jackson, murdered by gangsters. ( —o Ferd Peoples Reported Much Improved Today ; Ferd Peoples, local gasoline filling ( station proprietor, who was seriously ( burned Wednesday evening when 1 gasoline caught fire while he was , lilling the tank on a motorcycle at , his filling station on North Second ] street, was reported considerably im- j proved today. The swelling in his face has been reduced greatly and he ( is able to see well out of both eyes ( today. He was suffering mostly from ' the pain in his hands today. j —o— Father Os Eight Children Is Killed < ( Laporte, Ijid., Jwly 12 (UP) 1 Joseph Witak. 50, father of eight ’ children, died 1 na hospital today of t injuries received when struck by an automobile driven by E. Olson, Laporte. Olson was held by police pending an I inquest Witak was enroute home from i work when hit. 1

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DEMONSTRATION OF LIFE-SAVING COSTS 12 LIVES Exhibition of Modern Methods Os Rescue During Fire Takes Tragic Turn DEATH OF THREE MORE EXPECTED Gillingham, Kent. England. July 12 — (UP)—The boisterous comedy climax of a two-day midsummer festival was turned in suddenly into a ghastly tragedy befoie the eyes of 5.000 people lust night when plans for “the fireman's wedding" went awry and 12 persons were burned to death. Ten of the 12 were burned almost unrecognizably by the fire which swept thtough the four-stories “Dummy house" while the onlookers applauded what they took to be the victims' realI istic acting Two others died in hospitals latei and three more were not expected to live. Gillingham, Kent. England, July 12. —(U.R) —An exhibition intended to demonstrate modern methods of rescue during a fire took a tragic turn 'last night and ten youths were burned to death in the presence of hundreds of friends and relatives. Five other persons who attempted to rescue them were near death today. The dead were Boy Scouts and naval cadets. They were acting the patxof the inmates of a dummy frame house in the demonstration sponsored by the cadets as a benefit tor a Gillingham hospital. The structure was a three-story building. 40 feet high. All precautions had ben taken for a quick rescue when the fire alarm was sounded. Fire wseapes •«.-:■* provided, water hose already was connected, and the Gillingham fire brigade was waiting for the gong to effect the rescues. Other rescue parties were stationed on the ground near the building. Hundreds stood waiting for the red gleam of artificial lights in the windows, suddenly, real flames leaped through the windows and enveloped the building before the ten scouts and cadets had time to escape. Many thought the screams and gestures of the victims were part of tlie demonstration and stood interestedly silent. Officials, however, turned in fire alarms and rushed toward the building to save those trapped. Uy that time, the watchers realized something was wrong, and several women fainted. Other women, whose sons were in the building, fought frantically to reach them, hut were held back. The heat from the flames drove firemen and rescuers from the structure. Capt. Fred White of the Gillingham fire brigade explained the fire by saying that several barrels of tar were lit in some unknown manner. o UNION SERVICE AGAIN SUNDAY Rev. R. W. Stoa ke s Is Preacher For Service At Christian Church The Union Sunday evening service of the Protestant churches of the city this week will be held at the Christian church at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. R. W. Stoakes, pastor of the Methodist church, will be the preacher of the evening. Last Sunday evening, a large audience gathered at the United Brethren church and entered into the service with a deep interest and attention. The Rev. M. W. Sunderman of the Evangelical, church, brought a stirring message from the 13th chapter of First Corinthians, “Love Abides.” These services tend to bind the churches closer together in fellowship and program of service, and all the churches being well represented brings added impetus to each co-op-erating church for their own effort. The Rev. Mr. Hurt, pastor of the entertaining church, will preside next Sunday evening, and will be assisted by the other pastors. No doubt, there will be a large audience and continued Interest. o TRAIN STRIKES WOMAN Kokomo Ind July 12—(UP)—Struck by a Nickel Plate locomotive while en route to work today, Miss Effie Dunham, 70, was injured seriously.

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Landlord Gives Model Tenant Free Rent For Rest Os His Lifetime South Bend, Ind.. July 12. —(U.R) — Free rent for the rest of Jay Green's I life has been volunteered "without h strings” by Matthew M. THin, owner of 50 houses in South Bend, because the tenant "has endured me as a londlord for 21 years without a nitir- • men" Dinan goes further with the announcement that any of his other renters who equals Green's 21 year record will likewise be given leases on the homes for the remainder of ) t leir lives. Several have lived in Dinan houses for 10 years or longer. o :PLANE STARTS I- ; 11 TH DAY IN AIR ;t California Fliers Get More d Gasoline And Change Os Clothes Today Culver City. Calif., July 12.—(U.R) — "We are a’l right and we expect to stay up here for days and days,” - Loren Mendell and R. B. (“Pete”) II Reinhart messaged today as they " darted on their eleventh consecutive 1 day aloft in the biplane "Angeleno.” The same note asked for a change ‘ of clothing and more fuel. It was dropped to the field shortly before 7:30 a.m. (PST) when the fliers had been in the air for 240 hours. 1 "Send us 100 gallons of gasoline,” 1 the note read. “Also a complete ‘ change of clothing even though we ’ aren't planning on going out. We 1 are all r'ght and we expect to star up here for days and days.’’ Request Is Answered The request,"! were answered im- • mediately as the refueling ship pilot- ■ ed by Puul Whittier went up and made the 37th contact since the I Angeleno started on the trip which ■ has surpassed all world's records for endurance flying. I Clothing, gasoline and breakfast was transferred to the Angeleno durl ing the contact. The clothing brought forth another I optimistic note from the aviators. I ‘‘Feel 100 per cent better,” they I wrote. “We know that we will be able to stick around to give the Sun • day crowds a treat.” ■ Immediately after receiving the new load of gasoline, Mendell and Reinhart changed their course for the first time in three days. They took the Angeleno as far west as the ocean and returned to the airport and then went on a straight line (CONTINUED ON PAGE TUIiEE) o TWO GENEVA MEN ARE IN HOSPITAL Walter Farrar Is Poisoned When Bitten By SnakeFeeder Thursday Geneva, July 12—(Special)—A. RFarrar, of Geneva, and his son. Walter, are patients at a Fort Wayne hospital, the formei suffering from an infection of one foot and (he latter from an infection of one arm. The elder Farrar has been in the hospital for the last few days. Yesterday, while Walter was driving to Fort Waylm to see his father, an insect commonly known as a “snake-feeder” alighted on his arm and bit him. He killed the insect and drove on to Fort Wayne, a distance of about fifteen miles- When he arrived at the hospital, his arm was swollen greatly and he was given medical attention. Last night, Waiter was only semiconscious and did not appear to understand what relatives said to him. Q Kenneth Hofstetter Is Injured In Explosion Word was received today that Kenneth Hofstetter, of Hyatsville, Maryland, who is employed by the Potomac Electric Power Company, in Washington, D. C., was released from the Emergency Hospital, where he was rushed w*ith seventeen other employes, fo'lowing an explosion which occurred in the meter department, of tlie company, June 2G. It is believed that the explosion was caused by a match carelessly tossed into a paint spray, and might have proved fatal if the victims had inhaled enough of the gas. which contained a cellulose base. Kenneth is well known here, having been graduated from the Decatur high school with the class of 1928.

WAR CLOUDS ARE HOVERING OVER 4 ; RUSSIA, CHINA l International Situation Grows Serious Following Anti-Soviet Actions 4 rCHINESE RESENT I “RED” PROPAGANDA Manchester, England. July 12—(U.R) —Poping dispatches to the Manchester guardian stated today that General Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Nat- [ i ionalist government, Marshal Yen I I Hsl-Shan, governor of Shansi, and General Chang Huseh-Liang, ruler of Manchuria, departed hurriedly for ' t their respective capitals during the night, presumably owing to the serious international situation which is likely to follow tlie Chinese anti- - Soviet actions in Manchuria. > These high Chiense officials had ' been in conference in Peping for several days with a view to outlining ’ the future policy of the republic. ■ The expected crisis arose over the ' Chinese seizure of practically all 1 branches of the Chinese eastern railway, including telegraph and telephone lines, and vlrtaully ousting Russian participation in the management of those utilities. Upward of 200 Communists have been reported arrested in Manchuria. 36 of theni being deported to Russia Communication Cut Off Moscow’, July 12.—(U.R)—Direct communication with Harbin, Manchuria, apparently has been cut off. The foreign office here has been exerting all efforts to obtain a correct and detailed version of the occurences at. Harbin. After these are received the foreign office will determine upon a course of action. Well informed sources consider that traffic henceforth will be diverted northward to ward Vladivostok as the first retaliatory measure. Resent Communism Peping, China, July 12. —(U.R) —The Chinese action in taking control ot the Chinese Eastern railway at Harbin was the result of information gained during the recent raid on the Soviet consulate there, C. T. Wang, Nationalist government foreign minister, said in a statement today. ‘(The Chinese government is not inimical to the soviets, but it cannot tolerate the spread of Communist propaganda.” Dr. Wagn’s s'atement said. “Tlie Chinese action at Harbin followed unmistakable evidence obtained during tlie raid on the soviet consulate that the Russians used the Chinese Eastern railway to spread communis’ doctrines. Therefore, the Chiense .were constrained to act promptly." o MONROEVILLE MEN INJURED Clarence Mabis, 24, Seriously Injured In Automobile Accident Clarence Mabis, 24, of Monroeville, suffered a broken hip, broken collar bone, a deep laceration in his right side and the muscle in his right arm was mangled in a collision between two automobiles on New Haven avenue, Fort Wayne, at 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening- The accident occured near tlie junction of New Haven avenue with the Lincoln highway. Mabis was riding in the automobile driven by Wilson Keager, also of Monroeville, when it was struck by the automobile driven by B. H. Nuline of Peoria, 111., a tourist. Three other Monroeville men were in the car and two of them were hurt. Glen Guinen received a fractuied collar bone and Carl Grabill received lacerations on his head and arms. Keager had a laceration on his arm R<)y Daugherty , a fourth passenger in the automobile was unhurt. Mabis was taken to the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne, while the other injured men were treated at the office of Dr. Ben Duke, at Monroeville. The Monroeville men were eu route home from their work in Fort Wayne and were driving east of New Haven avenue and Nuhne was driving west on the same highway. His car is said to have gone off of the pavement on his right hand side, and in attempting to get the car back onio the road it went in tiont of Keager’s automobile.

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Clara Bow to Wed I l WIK n ■ 1 1 ■ 1 d I v ■ f Wk 1 * r VW ' —-1 1 Clara Bow. screen star who will ■ wed Harry Richman, New York actor ■ and night club proprietor, in about - five weeks, according to Richman’s t (.statement. i CLUB INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS C. O. Porter Assumes Duties As President Os Decatur Rotary Club Chalmer O. Porter, president of the Decatur Coopefage company, was installed as president of the Decatur Rotary Club at the regular meeting of the club last evening Other officers who assumed their duities last night were W. A. Lower, vice-pJesident; Hubeit P. Schmitt, secretary; Sim Bink, treasurer; Eno Laiikenau. sergeant -at -aims M. J. Mylott. retiring president, becomes a member of the board of directors. The oficers from the board of directors. Mr Mylott, after extending his thanks to the club members for their fine cooperation during the year, turned the gavel over to Mr. Porter, who was assured of the hearty support 1 of all the members. President Porter appoiiyed members of standing committees and'outlined a program of woik for the Rotaiy Club during the coming year. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the schools, who has served as chairman of the boy’s work committee for several years, was renamed to this place by Mr. Porter. A committee was appointed to cooperate with the Roy Scout organization. Avon Burk was named chairman I ot this committee- A letter from Janies Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avon Burk, who has been selected as one of the Boy Scouts in the Anthony Wayne area council to go to Europe this month with the Boy Scouts of America, was read and placed on file. o , Jacob Hoverman, Retired Farmer, Dies Suddenly I Willshire, Ohio, duly 12—(Special) —Jacob Hoverman, 74, retired farmer ! ot Willshire township, died suddenly Thursday morning at the Van Wert county hospital, where he had been a I patient since last Friday. Mr. Hoverman was taken to tlie hospital following an accident which occuretl while he was assisting a neighbor in making hay. He suffered a fracture of his tight hip. The body was removed fiotn the hospital to the home one and one-half ■ miles north of Glenniore. Funeral ser- ' vices will be held at the Greenbrier 'church, south of Glenmore, at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, with burial in the church cemetery. Surviving aie the widow and several sons and daughters. Abandon Plan To Hold Church Services In Grove Because of the continued rains, the First Evangelical church will not conduct its service in the Barkley Grove next Sunday morning as previously announced. Botli Sunday school and the morning worship service will be held in the church, instead The ground is too wet in the grove. The regular Sunday school and morning serviqe will convene from 9:15 until 11 o'clock as usual.

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THREE BANDITS GET PAYROLL AND ; ESCAPE IN AUTO Use Revolvers To Force Employes Against Wall; Wreck Auto In Escape FLEEING BANDITS TAKE FARMER’S CAR (las City, Ind., July 12 <U.R)— Forcing two employes against a wall with revolvers three bandits today robbed the state bank here of approximately $20,000 and escaped. The officials said* 1 the exact amount obtained by the robbers was not known pending a check. The trio poorly dressed entered the institution and forced J. W. Ball, cashier, and Miss Lucille Nesbitt, assistant, against a wall while the men obtained the currency part of a payroll intended for the Illinois Glass Co. The money had just arrived from Chicago and was lying in a cage. No Customers In Bank Although no customers were in the bank when the robbery occurred two men. Bernard Griggs and G. Hamilton entered just as the bandits were ready to leave. They were told to "get against a wall and stav there for five minutes.” The robbers apparently had planned the “job” with minute detail and full knowledge of tlie handling of the glass ■company payroll. Jacob Campbell, sheriff who was attending court organized a posse and gave chaseThe bank capitalized at $200,000 was robbed of SIO,OOO under similar circums ances a year ago. Wrecked Auto Found Eaton. Ind., July 12—(UP)—Bonds and securities said to bear stamps from the state bank at Gas City which was rolibed today by three men were found in an automobile wrecked near here by a tiio of poorly dressed men who answered the description of tlie Gas City robbers. Three faimers were robbed near here by the trio after they had wrecked an automobile which also tallied with the one used in the Gas City holdup. The bandits escaped in an automobile owned by one of the farmers. A shot gun and revolver were found in the wrecked machine oTwo Attempts At Suicide Are Successful Indianapolis, July 12 —(UP) —Two attempts by Mrs Esther R. Meckel, 28. to commit suicide Thursday resulted in her death in city hospital after she took a handful of poison tablets. Police said her husband, a dentist, informed them earlier in the day. tliat when she threatened to kill herself he substituted water for poison in a small vial in their home. She took this and whemit failed, visited his office aii(J obtained the tablets. o PAYROLL ROBBERY SOLVED Topeka, Kans.. July 12—(UP) —Tlie $14,000 payroll robbery of the security benefit association two weeks ago was solved today by the confession of Mrs. Vivian Scraper, who admitted that because she was "hard up” she donned a comic opera makeup, armed herself with an empty revolver and held up the fraternal order’s messenger. o BARBER SHOP CHANGES HANDS Maurice Pingerey Buys Herb Parrish Shop On Monroe Street A business deal was closed today whereby Maurice Pingerey, barber at the Chai les Lose barber shop for the last six years, becqjnes owner of the Herb Parrish barbershop on Monroe street. Mr Pingerey will take possession of his new shop Monday morning. Mr. Parrish, who has been a barber in Decatur for several years, stated that he was undecided as to his future. Mr. Pingerey came to Decatur six years ago from Fort Wayne, where he had barbered for several years, going to Fort Wayne from Bryant. The new shop will be conducted as a union shop, as It lias in the past, the new owner said today.

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