Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1929 — Page 1

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SPLIT DEVELOPS HMONG FRAMERS Os TARIFF BILL Republican Leaders Divided! Over How High Rates Should Be Fixed TREND REPORTED TO BE DOWNWARD! By Paul R. Mallon. I'P Staff Correspondent. Washington. July. 25. (U.R) The ! senate republican tariff framers comLposed of such arch-protectionists as ■ senators Smoot. Watson. Bingham, I Reed and Edge, have developed a ! serious split over how high rates ' should go in the pending hill, it developed today when the first news of I ttet j« transpiring in their executive i deliberations began to seep unoffici ially through the closed doors of the I i lenate finance committee room. Chairman Smoot, generally regardI «1 as the highest protectionists of ! them all, has joined many times in the voting with a group led by Senator Edge of New Jersey which is seeking to effect a material reduction in the house rates. In this group are > Sackett of Kentucky and Couzens of r Michigan. They sometimes are joinI «1 bv Deneen of Illinois and Keyes 1 of Vermont. The group /has taken the position that Presides! Hoover's I wishes must be carried out and a reduction iu the high rates of the house bill must be effected generally. Trend Is Downward So far in the voting on the chemical schedules they have won many heated arguments by 6 to 5 votes, ud according to reliable information furnished the United Press, the general trend has been downward from the house chemical rates. The split has been so warmly " fought out that the Repnbttran rfiemi bers of the committee spent three i days on the chemical schedule which could have been cleaned up in a day i if a unanimity of opinion had prevaili ed. They put over until later certain I rates in the schedule upon which they I have not been able yet to agree. Today they are proceeding with the second schedule of the bill containing i the rates on earthenware and crockI ery. Aligned against the moderatlonists are a group of five senators who have I been voting generally in favor of retaining the house rates, increasing tome of iheth or at least lowering ‘bem by a smaller per centage than the moderatiouists desire. In this , Poop are Reed of Pennsylvania, Wat- | ton of Indiana, Bingham of Con- ! necticut. Shortridge of California and i Greene of Vermont. The news of the split is surprising in view of the cooperation with which : Smoot and Edge have worked with 1 Reed, Watson and Bingham for high rates iu the past, it may widen under ntI SSJre from ,he white hOUBe as de ’ 1 ration continues on the relatively ®«re important schedules. Unless some workable peace agreement is I re ’ ched tl,p committee mav not he h «»le to conclude its work by the time e senate reconvenes August 19. MEXICAN REBELS SURRENDER Mexico City, Jnly 25 _ (UP) _ The fnm t ° f 3 gr ° Up Os 500 rebels at ata, Colima, was announced today MONROE MEN IN MIO OCCIDENT C p? C n n Forrest Andrews 1 amfully Hurt In Wreck Near Garrett and Forrest Andrews. i»ed M °" r ° e - Were P aint “Hy Inthy auton i n n B<,ay atte 'noon, when riding "" Whicb 'hey were f O'rrett t,h reCked Just 80Uth °f > hos Pital wh‘ h men Wero taken to a Messed ami' i' ( U ' e ' r ,n i uries were ,h ?[ home -‘ Mon r W o: , ' e I ? I° rd set ' an ’ fiedriven bv m h Andrews and was ! the ear st vuck' e iL AndreWS - When ro < the driver lo« Bt ° ne in the the car turned ? ntrul of U and road. ver at th e side of the shie| d h and S s „v , i 0 7 n agaiEj t the winda«on» about h ned numero «s lacer- ! llrother w aa 8 t h > ad and ‘ace- His ? 6lthw auffered '’n” l y bruised - hut 8 Sieved ny broken bones, it

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New Willys Head (Or I t wi 1 Jill i ' O s Linwood A. Miller, who has been elected to succeed John North Willys as president of the Willys-Overland Company at Toledo. Mr. Miller has been first vice president of the company for the past four years. Legion Post To Elect Delegates Monday Night Delegates to the state convention of the American legion, to be held in Richmond, August 24 to 27, will be elected at a meeting of Adams post, No. 43, to be held in Legion hall. Monday night. A large number of local legionnaires are planning to attend the convention. William Linn Named Precinct Committeeman William Linn today was appointed by Dick Heller, Adams county Demo cratic chairman, to act as precinct committeeman of the First ward in Decatur, made vacant by the resignation of Mr Heller today. DEATH CLAIMS AMOS FAIRCHILD Aged Decatur Man Dies Os Heart Trouble At Home Os Daughter Amos Fairchild, 74. died at 10.30 o’clock. Dst evening, Wednesday July 24 1929, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Baker, 120 South Tenth street. Mr. Fairchild had been poorly for some time with heart Double and on Wednesday morning, suffered a stroke which was directly responsible for his death. Amos Fairchild was born February 4, 1855. in Darke County. Ohio, a son of Enoch and Catherine Fairchild. Practically thirty five years of his life were spent on a farm southeast of the city in the Prandyberry school district. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Friends church. He first united in marriage with Sai ah Elizabeth Kirby Six children were born of this union, five of whom survive as follows: John Fairchild, of Warren, Ohio; Dora Fairchild of South Bend; W. E Fairchild of South Bend; Tom Fairchild and Mrs. Roy Baker, of this city. After the death of his first wife, he united in marriage with Mrs. ElizaIjeth Barber, who preceded him in in death four years ago. Following her death. Mr. Fairchild broke up housekeeping and has been making his home with his children. Surviving stepchildren are Ray Baiber, Mrs. Cora Mumma. and Mrs. Stella Andrews, of Warren, Ohio; Gertrude Barber, at Irene Byron Sanitarium, Fort Wayne and Mrs. Frank Brandyberry of this cityFifteen grandchildren and one great grand child also survive. Griff Fairchild. of Dorest, Ohio; Robert Fairchild, of Bryant; and Mrs. Arthur Williams, of Sturgis, Michigan, are brothers and sister of the deceased. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock (daylight saving time) at the residence, and 3 o’clock at the First Evangelical church. The Rev. M- W. Sunderman will officiate and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. cfiGWaydgPrac-iring ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Indianapolis, July 25. —(U.R) — Ray Macy, 39, president of the Peoples Coal and Cement company, shot himself near the heart in a suicide at tempt at hie home here today. “I was t'red and worn out,” Macy told police who took him to a hospital, where attendants said his condition was serious.

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OHIO TO PAVE HIGHWAY WEST FROM VAN WERT < —■ To Connect Road No. 17 With Indiana Road No. 16 At State Line STATE COMMISSIONS WILL COOPERATE L. E. Northrop, special right-of-way representative of the Indiana highway commission, states that word has been received from the Ohio highway commission that they will cooperate on the road connecting Ohio No. 17 with Indiana No. 16 and will build a concrete road from Van Wert to the line. Mr. Northrop is to meet officials from Ohio while here, and confer with them as to the best route at the state line. The work of securing the easements or making a one dollar tender so that condemnation proceedings may be brought is going forward. Several were secured yesterday and today, Leigh Bowen having been named by the committee to assist Mr. Northrop. The state is anxious to proceed w-ith the improvement and will do so immediately unless there is some obstruction. Due to a change in the original route, the proposed new route leaving the concrete road east of the Bellmont park entrance and passing across the corner near the lake, it is necessary to re-sign all the property owners on new easements. This will require several days, but with the earnest cooperation of those along the route, the road will be let soon. — o Soviet Government To Float Huge Loan Soon Moscow. July 25. —(U.R) —The floating of a $375,000,000 internal loan, the largest attempted by the Soviet government to date will take place soon, it was announced here today. o ■ Woman Motorist Faces Manslaughter Charge Indianapolis, July 25. — (U.R) —Manslaughter charges filed against Mrs. Tviaric Bohnert, Louisville, Ky„ after she lost control of her automobile and killed Clarence Hupe, 25. Indianapolis. two weeks ago, were dismissed in municipal court yesterday. NEW ADDITION IS BEING IMPROVED Plans Being Made For Lot Sale In Meibers Addition In Near Future There is an air of activity at the Meibers addition in the northwest part of the city that indicates real business. The owner. J. W Meibers, and J. G. Niblick who has taken an interest in the subdivision, are preparing the tract for a sale of lots which will be put on by Bruce and Bruce, of Indianapolis. At present, Tonnellier and Boch are building cacadarh streets on the site, extending Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets north and south and building east and west streets. The subdivision will include about 190 lots, a number of them located in a beautiful grove with large old trees. Provisions for water and other conveniences will be made and it is expected the section will be one of the popular ones in the city. Bruce and Bruce will make their announcement soon. o Vigilantes Hold Shoot At Berne This Afternoon Several Deoatur people including representatives of each of the local banks and Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, motored to Berne this afternoon to participate in a shoot of the Adams County Vigilante committee. Following the shoot, a banquet will be served at Berne and a reorganization meeting will be held. It is understood that several new vigilantes will be appointed, but the names will not be made public until the new members are sworn in. At the shoot this afternoon, both short and long distance ranges with shot-guns and revolvers will be used. Predictions were that the shoot today would be largely 'attended.

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I Noise In Auto’s Motor Proves To Be Canary Under Hood Ashland, Wis„ July 25 —iUP) The engine of u tourist's cure wus singing 1 .is lie drove up to a filling station. "There s a canary in my motor.” said the driver whose name was not lea. ned. "See if you can find it ” Jo“enh Marshall, statio nattendant. lifted tbe hood and heard twitters. Perched on the carburetor was a be grimed but very much alive canary. How it got there the moiorist'did not know. AIRMEN UP 293 HOURS;FLY ON k ; Two St. Louis Aviators Are t Half Wav Through 13th Dav Os Flight St. Louis, July 25. —(U.R) — Dale "Red" Jackson and Forrest O'Brine. . in the monoplane St. Louis Robin ’ passed their 292 consecutive hour in i the air at 12:17 p.m. today. Tlrev had - been in the air 45 hours longer than • any other human fliers and were half I way through their 13th day of flight. I Sr. Louis, Mo.. July 24.—(U.P.) — > Glory, gold, gasoline and a good - motor,—to sav nothing of good weather, —combined here today ' to keep 1 Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brine ; aloft on the longest flight in human -history. t ; Their apparently tireless monoplane t St. Louis-Robin, attained its 287th . consecutive hour at 6:17 a.m., and 5 gave no indication of relinquishing j its assault against time. 5 Their glory lay in the fact that at that hour they had added 40 hours 16 minutes and 28 seconds to the previous record of 246:43.32 established July 12 by the Angeleno at 1 Culver City. Calif. As for gold, each hour beyond the • old record has poured into their . private coffers between SIOO and S2OO, t and knowledge of that has conceiv- ? ably played an important part in the persistency of their efforts. Altogether, Jackson and O’Brine already are approximately $2,500 wealthier than they were at 3:01 p.m. ■ Tuesday, when they equalled the record of the Angeleno, o ' Rockefeller Family To Hold Reunion Sunday Newcastle, Ind., July 25 —(UP) —A reunion of the fifth district members of the Rockefeller family will be held at Memorial Paik here Sunday A family history, provided through the courtesy of John I). Rockefeller will be read. PROMINENT REPUBLICAN DIES Indianapolis, July 25. —(U.R) —Charles O. Dodson. 50, former Marion county sheriff, prominent in Republit can political circles, died at his home here after a month’s illness. Dodson came here from Altoona. 111., when he was 12 years old and engaged in business until entering the ’ political field. o PASTOR KNOWN HERE EXPIRES a ' The Rev. .1. W. Metzner, Evangelical Minister, t Dies At Elkhart i The Rev. M. W. Sunderman, of this ’ city, received word today of the 1 death of the Rev. J. W. Metzner, at r Elkhart. Rev. Metzner died Wednesday and the funeral will be in the First Evangelical church, Elkhart, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, daylight saving time. r.ev. Metzner was, for years, Pre- [ siding Elder in the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical church, and , during this time he became well 1 acquainted at Decatur. He was a very eloquent preacher and a firm believer ! in the Gospel he proclaimed. During i his service as Presiding Elder, he . was often entertained in the Sunderman home and became a close friend i of the family. He was born in Bryant, Jan. 6, 1869, and was licensed to v preach in 1891. He had 29 years of » active service in the ministry. Rev. I Metzner was frequently elected by his conference as delegate to the Board i of Mission and delegate to the Gen i eral Conference. His death comes as . a surprise to his many friends. He v wae serving actively as pastor of the Nappanee circuit this year.

POPE PIUS XI ENDS ISOLATION ! WITHIN VATICAN Head Os Roman Catholic Church Leaves Vatican Grounds, First Since 1870 EVENT WITNESSED BY 200,000 PERSONS Vatican City. July 25. —(U.R) —Pope i Pius Xi ended today the long isolation of the heads of the Roman Catholic church within the confines of the Vatican. A great and solemn procession wound through St. Peter’s, "Mother Church of the World" and out into the square in front, with the Pope borne on a dais holding the sacred host to bless the world. First Since 1870 Not since 1870 had any Pope left the strict confines of the Vatican. Today’s procession passed through what a tew months ago was Italian soil, but is now, under the lateran treaties, a part of the sovereign papel state. The sun was setting behind St. Peter's, gilding the tops of buildings and casting a mellow glow over the spectacle in the great square, filled with more than 200.000 persons come to witness the event. Grand Jury Probe At Columbus Is Postponed Columbus, Ind., July 25. _ — (U.R) — Grand jury investigation of the death of Mrs. Arthur McKevitt, whose body was carried from a burning home here with a bruise on the forehead, has been postponed until Monday. Arthur McKevitt, her husband, remains in jail during the investigation. Theories that the woman’s body bore arid marks were abandoned yesterday when an analysis failed to reveal any trace of a chemical. George E. Coogan, deputy state fire marshal, who is aiding authorities in an investigation is working on the theory that McKevitt might have been connected with “another woman.” FALLS TO HIS DEATH Indianapolis, July 25 —(UP) —A fall from a second story window of his rooming house today was held responsible by Coroner C. H. Keever for the death of Dauiel Bowers, 60. ALFRED SMITH TURNS AUTHOR Gets Two Dollars A Word For Series Os Articles For Saturday Evening Post By Paul Fredix, UP Staff Correspondent New York, July 24. — (U.R) — Alfred E. Smith, defeated Democratic nominee for president has turned author, at $2 a word. For a series of Saturday Evening Post articles entitled “Up To Now," the first one appearing this week, he has been paid $2 a word, said to be the highest price ever paid for writings of such length. The first article, running about 9,300 words, including every “if,” “and,” "but,” “the” and “A", netted the former governor of New York state approximately $18,600. Smith has submitted and received cash for manuscripts sufficient to make five to seven more articles. If the magazine runs eight altogether, and if they are all as long as the first, Smith's income from them must he about $148,800, or within $1,200 of tlie total salary President Hoover will receive for the first half of his 4-year presidential term. Smith is believed likely to exceed the primary literary earnings of Calvin Coolidge, who contracted to write for three magazines when he left the presidency. ■— O’ 1 ■■■ * — *' ” — Two Fliers Killed In California Crash Hollywood, Cal., July 25. —(U.R) — When their plane crashed from an altitude of 2,500 feet Ralph A. Benson, army reserve pilot and M. G. Paschall, student aviator were killed instantly heer last night. It was believed that Paschall, who was making his first flight, had “frozen' ’to the controls.

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New Air King* # » ’ f Xi wB B'” J r. aw » A «** I . ♦ Here are the holders of the new world’s record for refueling airplane endurance flights. Forrest O’Brine, above, and Dale “Red" Jackson, below. were still flying their monoplane, St. Louis Robin, about St Louis after passing their 290th consecutive hour in the air. DECATUR WOMAN CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Margaret J. Drake, 73, Dies At Her Home Here Wednesday Evening Mrs. Margaret J. Drake, 73, died at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, July 24. 1929, at her home ( at 827 North Third street. Death was 1 due to complications, with which Mrs. Drake had been afflicted since last January. The deceased was born in Geneva. October 24. 1885, a daughter of William and Susan Taylor. She united in marriage with Jacob Drake, who preceded her in death fifteen years ago. She was a member of the First Evangelical church of this city. Surviving are one son and one daughter, Dorwin Drake, of 819 Bush street, and Miss Myrtle Drake, who resided witli her mother. One brother, William Taylor, resides in Circleville, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, at 9:30 o’clock (daylight saving time) at the residence and at 10 o’clock at the First Evangelical church. The Rev. M. W. Sunderman will officiate and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o G. E. Band To Give Another Concert Tonight The second of a series of concerts io be given this summer by the General Electric band, of this city, will b? given on Liberty Way at 8:15 o’clock this evening. Joe Danner, director, will conduct the band this evening. The program forth concert was announced today as follows: The Dictator —March—Holmes March of the ManniKens —Foftrot — Onivas Red Moon —Waltz—Fillmore Forward Pass —March —Holmes Texar Kana —Fox Trot —Holmes , Nugget Nell Overture —Southwell , Dream Train Foxtrot—Newman. Hot Trombone —One Step —Fillmore Field Day—March—Holmes o Mrs. Goodrich And Daughter Touring Europe Mrs. Dorothy Goodrich and daughter 1 Nancy, who are enjoying a tour of the British Isles, sailed on the steam ship ■ Dutchess of York, from Montreal. Can--1 ada, July 19. They will return to their ' home in September. Mrs. Goodrich and I daughter expect to visit iu England, s Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and will tour rural England by auto-

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ENTIRE FAMILY IS WIPED OUT IN CALIFORNIA Torturing Heat Os Mojav Desert Claims Man, Woman And Six Children ANOTHER VICTIM MAY BE ADDED TO LIST Elcentro. Calif., July 25. - (U.R)— I'l ie torturing heat of the Mojav desert today claimed as victims a man, a woman and six children, trapped wh e n their automobile broke down far from civilization. Authorities who reconstructed a picture of suffering typical of the old pioneering days in Death Valley, identified the dead as Enrique Armentes of Brawley, Mrs, Julia Perez, and the children of Mrs. Perez. There was a possibility that another victim may be added to the list, deputy sheriffs said. Irregular footprints leading across the sands were followed as searchers believed one of the party —stronger than the rest —continued the weary search for water after his companions had fallen. The tragedy occurred at the dry Beale wells, a barren spot near the village of Niland. Three Banks Closed In Passaic, New Jersey Passiac, N. J.. July 25. —(U.R) —The New Jersey Bankers' Securities company. which controls the three banks closed here yesterday by the state department of banking and insurance, was today placed iu receivership The banks are the\Hobart Trust company, the Merchants Bank and the Service Trust. Paulding Sugar Factory Not To Operate This Fall Unless there is a change in plans the Paulding factory of the Columbia beet Sugar Co., will slice no beets this fall. The crop will be shipped to Bay City, Michigan- This is due to the smal’ acreage. The number of acres planted is nearly one-third lower than last year’s 7,000 acres. The company owns three factories: Paulding Bay City ami Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. o Showers Are Promised For Sweltering East Washington, July 25—(UP) —Showers will bring relief to the sweltering east within 24 or 36 houts. the U. S. Weather Bureau said today. Temperatures in the northeastern and northwestern states which soared to the high nineties yesterday were somewhat lower today but will remain above normal for many hours, the Bureau added o Firing Between Chinese And Russians Reported Tokio, July 25 —(UP) —Firing between Russian and Chinese patrols at Kanchuli, on the Northwestern Manchurian Isirder, was reported today in a dispatch to the newspaper Nichi Nichi froth Manchuli. At 6 A. M. today, the dispatch said, 16 Russian airplanes appeared over Manchuli and Chinese patrols opened fire- Russian border infantrymen returned the fire. The city was terrified, the dispatch said, and Japanese residents began to flee. PEPPERMINT IS BEING HARVESTED Farmers In Vicinity Os Berne Begin Harvest; Still In Operation Borne, July 25 — (Special (—Peppermint farmers in I his community have started to harvest their crop. Several farmers have (dots of the crop this year. John Eicher, who owns a peppermint still used in extracting the oil from the peppermint, started operating his plant at his home east of Berne Wednesday. This is said to be the only peppermint still in this community. This year's crop is believed to be a good one The price of peppermint oil at present is about $2 a pound. Recent highwaters damaged the crop on . several farms.

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