Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1929 — Page 1

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MINERS WANT PROSECUTION DROPPED

ill? ZEPPELIN Ilins TOWARD UNITED STATES I I Miles An Hour I SHIP MAY ARRIVE | SH SIXD.U NIGHT I \ IW York- Aug. 3. - (U.R)— ■ t|m- (.nil Z' PiM lin. her average I six-ed sinve she left Friednch- ■ Wen, Germaiiv lor Lake- ■ t lirs | X. cut <lown to less ■ iluii "’l* • I >'. ,lour hy hcadfl,,j n( |s. "'.is making steady but ■ Juu progress towards the ■ nxiM of the I nited States lofl The position of the Graf Zeppelin B ii 4 am. EST. was placed definitefl ; v by" advices played from the dirigB itle via the S. S Scythia. The Graf B jeppelln at b<n "' WM in la,i, "' ie B «.!0 north, longitude 37.20 west, a B position 500 miles southwest Bof Faya’. Azov. and 2.015 southeast ■ m a direct line from Lakehurst. ■ position tepoits from the dirigible B were nteagrr. as tadio communication ■ w? spasmodic. but the zeppelin was Kapeol to i»’ i” constant touch as B* neared the American coast. fl At the time ot the Scythia's refl port the Graf Zeppelin had travelled B ipprnlimately 2.7"" miles from FriedB riih-hafen. in .'-I 1 .- hours, or nn averflue .-peed (ls a li,tle be,ter ’’lan 49 B miles an hour. ■I Ufa probable that the zeppelin will fl ta the rout- v B-rmndn to Lak--B to. Which I make lite travelB tedstance imn her I am. position B toy .1. ni - Unless her speed Bfc’j--. w.nilu take 60 hours to Brit" Lakehurst, making the time arrival abmi! 1 pm Monday. B •' tlh ' zepp-lia t-utkeg north of B knnuda. how. ver. her mileage will Bi* cw 'b'wn considerabb and her |fl arrival cot..-earlier, possibiv B ■nnday morning or Sunday night. Bl On her trip in October. 1928. when B 8m! forced 1 ■ r out of her course. B * >PI»-!ii: ' ■ ■ .-• 'i approximately |K 1.31)0 miles and took 111 hours. 38 H minutes for the trip. BB The dirieibb- apparently is increasB s’s llPr s P p "d as it approaches the |B United States. B Lafest adviie> to the navy departB *■’’ M Laki'tim -t and Washington B Wicate that In big craft had struck S fworable winds and her mileage inB bleated hat he big craft was cruisB sos along at miles an hour. PreB Italy "n.. ac race had been held to B mmind 50 miles ;1!1 hour, mostly beB euw ‘ °f unfavorable winds. Hr The last <lir<-. ' dispatch to the navy B *P®ittnent was at 8 a. m„ eastern BE itandard time, vh.ii 'he craft was at ■EJihtude 36.08 north and Cl.i west. This would place the H Cra ‘ Zeppelin about 1,808 statute 9 Biles southeast of Lakehurst. HI — o -- ■ Forest l ire Raging SB Falmouth. Ma.— . Aug. 3. — u.p' B^ lha, > 1- acres of woodland in BE vicinity were laid waste last ■RAW aud today by ;l forest fire which B ® a tinie threatened the towns of B ™ olllh and Shatchville and QuisB on f'ape Cod. I COMMISSIONERS I WILL CONVENE S Receive Bids For Confl struct, °n Os Four Road B Improvements fcl± ar “ ?* """" v commissioners B*• it beine I 'Tt 1 " I<,ay morning ' August BV' S'atU KUlal " ,ol ‘ ,hly “"’e'' BE r «teiv(> ll hM tllH connn issioners will HCad ' ' he of B toad. ne Je ’ ng 11 hard surfaced B 0,1 ,he foiiowBE ®®l in ba ■!' ' ZpsPr roa 'l improve”er High Bt , a ' This road ex tends Be Action Os T’ beginning at the in- ■ south 7 rcer avenue and ex- ■ n, ">W w t e ', olUl ,he ci ‘y Htni'aB 1116 William v° bUilt of conci 'ete. H tue i? ag 7 roafl in Kirkland S ln Wtn ?' el °- Reinhart toad | A <n, s \, hiP an<l ">e Charles HE *Mam roa (i ' ‘‘ ,ys town ship will be M will bp ; ~l|>roVt‘n ’enis. These n ? ,her eondit T oVei! this y p ar it H °” (l ’ 'or t£ ' r Pern,it anti the B instruction are sold.

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Vol. XXVII. No. 184.

Joins Farm Board ' J — £ ' J ■ ~N wl / i Endoised by scores of farm orga- - nizat-ions. it was almost a foregone * conclusion that former Governor i Samuel K. McKelvie, of Nebraska, ■ would be a member of President i Hoover's htrm relief board. McKel- : vie’s acceptance of the post now’ completes the membership. FAIRCONTEST IS ANNOUNCED 1 Horse And Mule Pulling Contests Will Be Held Here Sept. 12-13 One of the big attractions at the [ I Decatur Free Street Fair will be the , Horse and Mule Pulling Contest to be , held on Thursday morning, Septembei 12 and Friday morning. September 13. A total of 1200.00 is available [ in prize money for the two classes. The classes' consist of teams weighr ing more than 3,000 pounds and teams weighing less than 3.000 pounds. Tlfe , contest fcr the under 3,000 will be held on Thursday morning of the fair and for teams over 3.000 ; pounds on Friday morning. Prizes will be; first $50.00, second $25.00, third $15.00 and fourth SIO.OO > in each class. Arrangements have been made with Purdue university to secure their dynamometer, a special j contrivance used in pulling contents . and Prof. R. B. Cooley will be her" to take charge. The horse and mule pulling contests are costing the fair association 1 $600.00 and no doubt much interest will be taken by farmers of Adams county in this department. The congests will be held on sod ground as near the business district Jas possible. Rules and regulations governing the contest may be secured a’ the county agent's office. George Krick is superintendent of the horse department and Br. G. F. Eichhorn is in charge. Particulars may be secured of them also. Entries are free in the contest and negotiations are being made to have local ■ harness dealers furnish harness for > the teams in the contest. t All teams will be given the same * chance and every team owner in the f county is urged to enter. Entries i- should be made known to some member of the horse committee, namely. Geo. Krick. Dr. G. F. Eichhorn. Henry Dehner. Dr. J. O. R. Campbell. Jack Brunton. Ro.v Johnson. Dr. G. C, Emick. and Ed. Neuhouser. Particu- , lars concerning? the horse and colt , show will be announced next week. Sea Scout Show Is Jamboree Highlight Arrows Park, Birkenhead, EngAug. 3,-<U.R>—The highlight of today’s program for the 50,000 energetic youths attending the world Boy Scouts "Jamboree" here was the sea * scout display at Hoylake Und West '■ Kirby, a famous watering place seven miles west of Birkenhead. King Neptune, mermaids, cannibals, , sea sepents and pirates were in pro--1 fusion ds the Sea Scouts performed. r . Prince George of ‘England, who is actively interested in the Sea Scout s organization and had planned to attend today’s festivities, was prevent- [. ed from doing so by reason of his re--5 cent illness, from which he is reported to be successfully convalescing. d The scouts were still thrilled today d from their gala day yesterday when s they had as honor guests U. S. Ame bassador Charles G. Dawes and the e Prince of Wales. The prince had if spent the previous night at the camp e and Dawes arrived shortly before 1- p. m.

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ADAMS COUNTY CATTLE TESTING IS COMPLETED More Than 18,000 Head Os Cattle Found In The Twelve Townships ONLY 80 REACTORS FOUND IN COUNTY Tlte testing of Adams county cattle for tuberculosis has just been completed by Dr. Jay B. Current, federal veterinarian. The final report shows’ that the test was applied to 2.273 herds totaling 17,849 cattle, and that a total of 80 reactors was found and condemned for immediate slaughter. The per cent, of infection wus .45 which assures Adams county of being placed on the accredited list under the modified accredited area plan. The. law requires that the county must have less than .5% (one-half of, ’ one per cent.) infection before the county receives the accredited area distinction. There were about ten herd owners owning over 200 cattle that were on the accredited list that passed up the test since their cattle had been tested less than 90 days prior to the time that Dr. Current called. These 200 cattle added to the total of 17,849 to which the test was applied makes more than 18,000 head I of cattle in Adams county. .The value of these cattle at S6O average a head I would be $1,080,000 'or over a million dollars. The cost of applying the test to the county was $4,849.39 or 27.2 cents per head. Monroe township had the largest total number of cattle with 2,657 head. The average sized herd in the county is slightly less than 8 cows per herd. The largest herds were found in Root township where the average was slightly more than ten cows per herd. French township had the most reactors with 19 head. Less than 4% of the total number of cattle in the county are registered purebreds there being only 667 head listed as purebred registered cattle. The total number of heards cattle and reactors by townships are as follows: Union township. 164 herds. 1.(CONTINVED ON PAGE TWO) FOUR BANDITS OBTAINSIO.OOO Kill New Jersey Paymaster And Escape In Automobile Bradley Beach, N. J., Aug. 3. —(U.R) —George Donaldson, paymaster for Steiner & Son, clothing manufacturers, was shot to death today by four 1 bandits who escaped in an automobile with the week'n pax roll, approximately SIO,OOO. Donaldson entering the factory when the four men leaped out of an automobile. According- to early reports, he was shot down without warning. Hundreds of employes were at work in the factory and many leaned out of upper windows as the shots were fired; as Donaldson slumped to the ground the employes saw one of the bandits snatch up the payroll in a canvas sack. The robbers then leaped into a sedan and drove furiously towaid Newark. C. D. Colter Improved The condition of Charles Colter, prominent Decatur business man who has been suffering from blood poisoning in one foot and one hand was reported 1 considerably improved today. Mr. Colter was taken to the Adams County 1 Memorial hopsital Thursday night. His hand was lanced yesterday and is . draining nicely His temperature is • considerably lower, also. i Bobo Epworth League Plans Ice Cream Social The Epworth League of the Mt. Ta- ■ bor Methodist church, in Bobo, is ■ sponsoring a special musical program followed by an ice cream social, Tues- ’ day evening August 6 at seven-thirty i o'clock (central standard time). The • musicale will be held at the church, ; and a most interesting program is beI ing planned, with musical talent from > various towns and cities near by, par- ! ticipating. The complete program will be published at a later date.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 3, 1929.

Boy Forgets Clothing And Wears Bathing Suit Home

1 111 Municipal Pool Manager Relieved When Mother Gets Clothes An absent minded boy, who forgot he had worn a sflilrt ami overalls to the municipal swimming pool and went home in his bathing suit, caused considerable excitement at the pool, one evening this week. After everybody had gone home from the pool with the exception of four young boys, Max Kidd, supervisor ot the pool, was putting the dressing rooms in older prior to closing the bath house when lie found the boy's I shirt and overalls. The other hoys i were all dressed. Immediately, the thought fltished into Mr Kidd's mind that some )>oy had drowned in the pool, without calling for help and without being noticed by other bathers. Mr. Kidd and the four boys remaining at the pool all donned their bathing suits and spent several minutes diving into the pool in search for the owner of the shirt and overalls. Their search was in vain and they finally returned to the dressing rooms and were getting into their street clothes again when a knock was heard at the dßor and a woman’s voice was heard to inquire: "Did nty boy leave his shirt and overall in theie? He forgot them and came home in his bathing suit," she explainFARMERS START OATS THRASHING Wheat Harvest Almost Completed With About Average Yield With the wheat harvest practically completed. Adams county farmers have started to thrash their oats The wheat crop was about average tills year, according to Ferd Chi isten county agricultural agent, the avetage yield was approximately 18 bushels an acre, although several fields averaged as high as 30 bushels and higher. The quality was good. Oats are averaging between 30 and 40 bushels per acre, it is reported, and the quality is said to be good this year It wil require several days to complete the oats harvest. Although causing a delay in the I thrashing ot' oats and wheat, the heavy j rain which fell throughout Adams county last night will result in thousands of dollars benefit to fanners, it is estimated The cotn ciop, which is reported about average at present, was badly in need of rain. Sugar beets in Adams county and (vicinity are said to be looking exceptionally good at present, although the acreage is small this year. Indications are the yield will be good. Other crops such as soy beans and clover, are ahove the average at present The hay crop, which was the largest here in recent years, is practically all harvested. Indications are that there will be a good yield of clover seed this year. RAINFALL AIDS FARMERS' CROPS Temperature Drop Also Is Felt Following Several Hours Rain Rain lasting several hours, fell in Decatur and most of Adams county Friday afternoon and night, bringing to a close a long dry spell and greatly aiding farm crops throughout the community. The rain fall also was accompanied l>y a several degree drop in temperature and while weather forecasts predict a slow rise in temperature soon the relief from the heat will last for several hours. While most of Friday was cloudy the rain di dnot begin to fall until in the afternoon and for a while it appeared as if most of the rain would fall north and west of Decatur, The heaviest rain here, began about 7 o'clock last night and lasted until after midnight. Faimers in this community say that, the rain was badly needed and saved many crops from being burned up by the heat of the last ten days. Truck patches and gardens also were in need of rain, it was said. The rain was not accompanied hy a s.toi in and veiy little lightning was noticed It was more like a spring rain than a summer storm. Weathermen (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

EDISON’S GUESTS ARE ENTERTAINED Forty-Nine Boys Take Trip By Boat Around Manhattan Island West Orange, N, J., Aug. 3. —(U.R) The 49 boys who came here from all parts of the United States to compete for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship will assemble 10 years from now to compare notes on the success they have attained. Naturally, they will be most interested in the career of Wilbur B. Huston, Seattle, who won the examination. Huston will receive tuition from Edison for a course at- Massachusettes Institute of Technology. After the choice of Huston had been announced yesterday, the boys formed a club and agreed to meet in 1939. Huston won a slight margin, it being necessary for the judges to call in five boys yesterday and give them an oral examination before selecting the winner. The four who ran Huston a close race are Charles H. Brunissen, West Readding. Conn.; Ivan A. Getting, Pittsburgh; James Seth, Santa Fe, N. M.; and Bernard Sturgis. Butler, Ind. ■So pleased was Edison with the examination papers of the four boys that he decided to give them scholarships also, reserving for Huston the privilege of being his protege. Huston made 92 on the examination. It was the boy’s general knowledge as well as his scientific information that helped him to victory. Refusing to reveal the answers he gave to all the questions, he told enough ot them to show the scope of his knowledge. In answer to the question ’who was Jenny Und?” he not only wrote that she was a Swedish singer but that she toured this country under the management of P. T Barnum. Asked about the question “when is Jt permissible to lie?” Huston saiil he answered: "It is permissible to lie to save another person from trouble, pain or grief and when the lie does (CONTINUED ON PACE TWO) O RUSSIA FIRM IN HER DEMANDS ——— Resires That China Release Seized Railroad At Once Moscow’, Aug. 3. —(U.R;—Russia remained firm today in its demands that the Nanking government return the seized Chinee Eastern railway to a “status quo ante” and reiterated semi-officially that unless this is done a direct conference for the settlement of the Manchurian dispute is impossible. In other words, unless the Chinese government adheres to Russia's latest demands, which also call for an admission from China that it violated the Mukden treaty, and the immediate appointment of a Soviet manager for the line —demands which represent the absolute minimum as a basis for negotiations—the Russian government considers a conference possible. The Moscow newspapers were vehement in their attack upon the Nanking government for refusing to meet Russia's demands. Claiming what the Soviets demanded constituted a just basis for the negotiations, the nawepaper Izvestia said that the letter sent to the Russian government by General Chang Hsuem-Liang, dictator of Manchuria, exposed China’s hypocricy and the irresponsibility of the Chinese authorities.” "Despite the patience of the Soviet union, the Nanking government continues to play with fire," the newspaper concluded. The newspaper Pravda similarly argued that General Chang’s letter maintained tlte position which brought about the break in relations between the two governments. It went even stronger, saying that the Manchurian dictator's letter was a new challenge to the peace of Asia. On all sides it was urged that the government maintain its stand in the railway matter. The public gave the 1 government its full support in tlte matter, and urged the government not to undertake negotiations with China until the disputed railway was returned to its former status.

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May Get Italian Post r 1 W—l I w |fln/ fl Due to the determination of Henry i P. Fletcher to resign his ambassador- . ship to Italy. President Hoover suit-' i mitted the name of John W. Garrett, i above. a« successor. Garrett, a Baltimore. Md., banker, was formerly min- . ister to the Netherlands and the Ar- , gentine. Since his name is reported acceptable to the Italian government , his appointment seems very likely. MANY ATTEND COUNTY TOUR Calf And Beet Club Trip Proves Interesting To Those Attending , Approximately 250 people from all > parts of the county attended the Dairy > Calf Club and Sugar Beet tour held 1 Friday. The tout started promptly 3f ’ 8:30 at the home of Elpis Chtisty north of Monroe where a Holstein , calf was seen. The tour then proceeded . to Helen Mitcheil’s ant! Glenn Rupert’s] i where a calf and an acre of sugar beelz, I ' were viewed ' At the home of Dan Habegger, calves! ’ sugar beets and a field of peppermill’ I 1 held the attention of of the ctowd. The | calves belonging to Calvin Steury and] Lotine Rich were the others which were inspected before the basket dinner. At noon a delicious picnic dinner was served at a grove at the D. J. Mazelin | home Ice cream was served by the I (Jloverleat' Creameries, Watei melons by the Continental Sugar Company and Lemonade by Walter V. Kell of the Chilean Nitrate of soda Education- ! al Buieau. After dinner a short program was lield consisting of a calf fitting demonstration by club mem-1 bers, talks by E. J. Fricke of the purchasing department of the Indiana ‘ Farm Bureau, W A. Klepper of th? ’ Cloverleaf Creameries and Dr. J. A. 1 Brock of the Continental Sugar Com--1 pany of Toledo. I After dinner the tour proceeded to > tlte home of Dan Steury where calves “ were seen as well as two ton litters 1 which have already passed the ton mark The next stop w»as at the home ■ of Jacob J. Schwartz w’here calves and . sugar beets were seen. The tour then t proceeded to the Ohio-Indiana state I line to the home of Vernon Caffee . where a very fine field of sugar beet? | . was inspected. The fourth stop of the after noon was , the home ot' Kenneth and Helen Hirschy where some fine Guernsey calves and a good plot of sugar beets held the interest. The last stop of the day was at the home of Sol Mosser in t Jefferson township where an extra good herd of Jerseys was viewed as well as some fine Jersey club calves- ’ Here Mrs. Mosser served the entire 3 — (CONTINUED ON I’AGE TWO) t ’ Blames Hammond Murder r To Cigarette Smoking t Hammond, Ind., Aug. 3. —(U.R)— A • murder believed due to smoking of ; "Muggles” cigarets. rnade from the Marihuana weed, known also as v “Mexican loco weed,” reveals that iV r is being grown here, police and nart cotics experts announced. 1 Pedro Arvizo, 62, Mexican laborer, 1 died as a result of a blow’ in the stoma a'ch delievered by Philip Gomez, feli! low countryman. Laughing and hysterical, Gomez ap- ? patently did not realize at the time e of his arrest that he had taken a life. b A few’ hours later, however, when are ralgned, he was calm and denied us t lug the weed. But despite this, police t declare that Marihuana plants were s found growing tn a yard at Gomez' home.

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“MASSACRE" IS THREATENED IN STATE REPORT State’s Assistants Say Lack Os Cooperation Is Evident MORE AFFIDAVITS • HAVE BEEN FILED Indianapolis. Aug. 3. 'U.R) [Threats of “another Henin | massacre” unless the state drops the prosecution of union miners who took part in the Bono Mine company rioting at Dani were reported to Attorney General .lames M. Ogden today. Ogden was also informed that t'nited Mine -workers oil i- [ rials had made overtures Io the Dana miners which Would permit [them to operate with’union cards "if they would drop prosecution." Such were the reports brought back from Vermillion county by Merl Wall and George W. Hnfsmith, deputy attorneys general, who returned from spending several days in furthering prosecutions growing out of the rioting. They reported that no action is taken to obtain additional affidavits bv Prosecutor Homer D. Ingram when the s'ate is not on hand. Ingram, himself. warned the deputies of the I “Herrin massacre” threats. The attorney general’s office will advise the governor of the situation land urge that troops be held In | readiness if it is deemed nece-sar" Ogden said. The deputies trip resulted in 14 more affidavits to rrioting and rout being filed against alleged members of the mob. This brings the total to 58, all of whom are ihembers of the United Mine Workers of America according to Wall. The Bono mine is worker-owned I and operated on a pay scale of $4.50 a day. The union scale is $6.10. Several weeks ago. several hundred alleged union miners gathered at lite Bono mine and beat the worker-own- ! ers. They appealed to Gov. Harry G. I Leslie for protection and the gover- ! nor asked the attorney general's office to aid in the prosecutions. The mine is now running Wall and Hnfsmith reported. They also told Ogden that tlte miner-owners went to Tern Hau’e, headquarters of the 11th district cf the union, and sought to arrange for employment of union miners. They were told hy a national organizer that one of the conditions for union approval would he the dropping of prosecu'ion of the rioters, they said.Ingram told the deputies that it | had been said in Vermillion count v that “if a single' miner serves a single day’s time for this job there will be another Herrin massacre OX CAGE I-'IVI'.) Decatur People Are Caught In Snow Storm Sheriff liar! Hollingsworth receiv ed a card today from D. B Erwin o.' this city who, with Mrs. Erwin is touring the west. Mt . Erwin states that i while sight-seeing on a mountain they were caught in a snow storm. The Erwins will return about September 1. TOWNSHIP WILL VOTE ON L!W Kirkland Residents Asked To Aid Trustee In Tenure Law Tangle A meeting of school patrons of Kirkland township was held at the Peterson school building. Wednesday, at which time the teacher tenure law and its application in Kirkland township was discussed. Charles Arnold, 'township trustee, presided over the meeting. Tlte teacher tenure law, passed by the state legislature in 1927, provides that a teacher who has taught in the same township for four consecutive years, becomes a permanent teacher in that township when given a contract t'oi the fifth consecutive year. It was decided at the meeting held , in Peterson that the trustee of the township canvas the school patrons of , the township for their vote on teach- , ers coming under the teacher tenure ■ law. 'Hie voting will be done by ballot. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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