Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1929 — Page 1

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COUNCIL ADOPTS ! ORVAL HARRUFF SEWER PLANS SSdlZnS?* Feet In River RIDS WILL BE * RECEIVED AUG. 20 [ The Orval H.irruff plans and speciactions for the Rugg street sewer i Improvement were presented to the j fi , v council tit its regular meeting ,ni-ht and were adopted by the i was decided by the council to receive bids on the project August •ti at the City Hall. ! " The new construction will force t ti P sewer water into the St. Marys river at Rugg street and the entire : project will be closed, doing away with the offensive odor which ie : noticeable at the open sewer during | the warm weather. The new sewer will have a concrste lox from the end of Rugg I street to the edge of the river. A pipe will connect with the concrete box and the base and will extend 48 feet into the river and a foot under the river from the end of the street. An iron safety gate for use during hgh water also will be built on the I new sewer and will take care of any [ over-flow from the sewer. The present disposal sewer plant i it Ruga street is an open affair. The ; t sewage disposal comes through a pipe I to 'he end of the street and drops ! out on the bank at the edge of the . river. A huge hole has been forced iu’o the ground where the sewer i water tuns to the river and besides i making an offensive odor, it is thought the open sewer causes unhealthy Conditions for residents of that section during the summer months. The Harruif sewer will remove the odor and eject the sewer disposal far enough into the river so that the unhealthy condition will be removed, it is said. / As soon as the contract is let. work will start on the new project and it Is thought the new sewer will be in working condition by fall. Mr. Harrnff estimated the cost of the project at about $1,700. including the extension pipe, which will be furnished by the city. The new sewer will have a man hole along the concrete box in order ' that workmen can clean the sewer. The projection pipe into the river will be set in eight sections of six feet each so the pipe can be cleaned , when necessary. The Rugg street sewer will be the first of this type placed in operation. The Monroe street sewer is a closed sewer, but of a different and more complicated type. The appropriation for the new sewer was made last year by the council. TO START TRIP SOON Moscow. Aug. 7. — (U.R>— The airplane Land of Soviets will start at 2 a.nt., tomorrow on a flight to New lork via Siberia and Alaska, it was announced today. 1 o doran issues order Washington. Aug. 7.—(U.R;—Prohibition commissioner Doran issued an order today forbidding dry adminis- . trators from interfering with home manufacture of cider and fruit juices Provided such beverages were non-in-toxicating in fact. \ o \ EARL GARUN LIONS' GUEST ; c Nationally Known Auction- ’ eer Addresses Lions Club ' At Regular Meeting tlonnhEE arl <lartln °f Greensburg, na ' nna ' y known auctioneer and a mem tion Set? ! aculty of the Reppert Aucdres 8 a h, ’ gav ? an '"testing adLions oi * eekly meeting of the 1 Cartin Ub ’ Tuea( lay evening. Col. 1 i hcident« aV v. 1 intereßting aCcoun ts of 1 his Ch have occurre(l during « 4 with U a rer ' Os ,hiS C,ty fayore ‘« ”>e i and w KroUp ° f two Vocal 80108 «ach nnmber er °H Sly applautietl after 1 by the club ni He WaS accom P«nied 1 bold. b Planlßt - MiBB Helen Hau- r T SI" Blnm “ liS City an<l Ralph ' the last®‘st. n Were gUeBtB ° f ‘

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Tariff Critic • I Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi has opened the Democratic campaign to "smoke out" President Hoover on the Smoot sliding scale on sugar and the tariff in Declaring ‘‘it is inconceivable that the President will indorse it," Harrison called upon Mt. Hoover to express himself on the "tariff monstrosity.” DEATH SUMMONS DECATUR WOMAN Mrs. Dora Ritter Expires Tuesday Night After Long Illness Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Ritter, 45. died at 11:45 o’clock last night, Tuesday, August 5. her home at 506 Pat erson street. Death was caused by cancer with which she had been ailing tor the last three years. She had been bedfast, however, only since last Friday. Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Ritter was born September 17, 1883, in Adams county, where she spent her entire life. She was the daughter of Fred and Sarah Knodle. In 1902, she was united in marriage with David Ritter, the surviving husband. As a result of this union six children survive as follows: Earl Ritter of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Artie Merriman of Ohio City, Ohio; William Ritter of New York City, New York; Marie, Carl and Ralph Ritter residing at the parental home. Mrs. Ritter is survived by two brothers and one sister, who are Knodle of this city, Mrs Emma Schneider of Detroit, Mich., and Henry Knodle, whose addtess 1: not known. • Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist church in this city. Burial will be made at the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. O. E. Miller will have charge of the services. Dan Gerber Purchases Craigville Cheese Plant Dan Gerber of Ossian has purchased the-Craigville cheese factory and his ■ons will take charge of the plant immediately. Mr. Myers, who has been cnerating the factory, will return to his home in Wisconsin. Mr. Gerber has sold his dairy and trucks to his brother Joseph, who will operate them. — o Prepare For Opening Os Federal Grand Jury Indianapolis,- Aug. 7. —(U.R) —Preparations for convening of the federal grand jury Sept. 10 are being made by George R. Jeffrey, U. S. district attorney. Jeffrey said there are few important cases at this time to be presented to the jury. Among the more important cases are those of Herman A Stewart, former cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Hope, charged with embezzlement, and Urban Pope, charged with heading a liquor conspiracy. o Millersburg Bank Is Closed By Commission Indianapolis, Aug. 7.—(U.R)—Closing of the Millersburg State Bank, Millersburg, Elkhart county, was announced today by Luther F. Symonds, state banking commissioner. The bank will pay all obligations, it was reported. Merger of the Provident Trust company, capital $60,000, and the Columbia State bank, Columbia City, was also announced. The new organization, with SIOO,OOO capital, will retain the name Columbia State bank. The old capitalization of the Columbia State bank was the «ane amount.

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COUNCIL ASKS FOR RETENTION OF WATCHMAN City Attorney Instructed To Inform Nickel Plate Railroad Os Action GARBAGE REMOVAL BIDS AUGUST 20 The city council, at its regular meeting Tuesday night, unanimously | passed a motion that City Attorney J. Fred Fntchte take the necessary I steps to retain the Nickel Plate ’ crossing watchman at Winchester i s’.reet. It was reported to the counit cil that the watchman had been reii moved by the railroad several days • ago. t After a brief discussion on the i matter the council passed a motion 1 that since the crossing was so close f to a public school a watchman should be retained regardless of whether the crossing had light signals. It is understood that the watchman was removed a few days ago. The council was unanimous in its I feeling that all railroad crossings near school houses should be protected by watchmen in order that children could go to and from the schools in safety at all times. City Attorney Fruchte stated last ’ night that he would notify .Nickel Plate officials at once about the matter. Other Council Actions I A motion was passed that bids for the removal of garbage from Decatur residences for the ensuing year be 5 received at the regular council meet--1 tig August 20. i The sum of $119.00 front the general fund for the purchase of additional s fire fighting equipment was approved. After allowing the regular monthly g bills the council passed into execn- , tive session. » —o ' DIVORCE RATE LOW IN COUNTY - 1 Indiana And United States . Rates Are Much Higher Than Here ■ According to statistics issued by the ’ United States Bureau of Census, Adams county’s divorce rate is considerably below the rate of the state 1 of Indiana and that of the United 1 States. The rate for Indiana is 19.7 and ’ that of the United States is 16, while Adams county's rate . is only 12.7. During the last year, there were 134 marriages and only 17 divorces in , Adams county. In Indiana, there were L 41,112 marriages and 8,077 divorces. The totals for the United States were 1 1,201.953 marriages and 192,0:17 <ll- - voices. In Allen county there were 1,464 1 marriages and 4440 divorces, the di- ’ vorce rate being 30.1 per cent. Rates ’ for other counties in j his part of the ’ state were: Blackford, 32.4. Hunting- ’ ton 19, Jay 186, Wells 18.82. o Man Charged With Assault On Invalid IndlanapoUis, Aug. 7. —(U.R) —Charg- • ed with assault and battery with in--1 tent to murder, Mathew Straw,. 40, ‘ attendant at the Methodist hospital here, was at liberty today under SI,OOO bond after an alleged attack ' on Morris Jessel, 50, a patient, be--1 cause he would not eat. Straw was arrested after an affidavit was sworn out against him hy Sam Finkelstein, son-in-law of Jessel. 1 Straw is charged with attempting • to force Jessel to eat. In a scuffle that ensued the inmate allegedly was thrown from his bed. Jessel was injured in an automobile accident and had been unable to serve himself since. Sheriff Hollingsworth Gets Confession From Smith Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth returned from Chicago lust night, having gone to that city with the sheriff of Paulding county, Ohio, to make an investigation into the alleged interstate auto theft ring uncovered a few weeks ago. Signed statements were obtained from Roy Smith, of Decatur, and William Bland, of Paulding, who are held in jail there. An effort will be made to try the Bland boy, who is only 16 years old, in juvenile court at Paulding.

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' — -- Henry Ford Buys 1909 Motorcycle 1 ■ Richmond, Ind., Aug. 7.—-(U.R'-r— Henry Ford has purchased a motI orcycle. The millionaire automobile I | manufacturer has sent Luther Thomas, local restaurant owner, $35 for a 1909 model machine | which is to be placed in the Ford L museum at Dearborn. The motorcycle is believed to be j the oldest type in operation in i America. —= : ' GRAF ZEPPELIN LEAVES TONIGHT t Will Start Round The W orld Trip At Midnight If Weather Is Right N‘aval Air Station. N.J., 1 Aug. 7. —(U.R)—The gongs of ships’ ; clocks striking midnight will summon i l the Graf Zeppelin to her greatest ad- 1 venture tonight. During the f\rfcti few minutes of 1 the new day. the largest airship in 1 the world is scheduled to soar eastward from this naval station on a trip ; ! around the world. < In centuries to come this journey may take it place alongside the ex- ' ploratlons of the Phoenicians, the bold eortie <n: Columbus, and Mngel- 1 lan’s groping progress which opened I to mankind the sea ianes of the globe. The Graf Zeppelin’s mission is to pioneer a commercial air route from west to east. Upon the reputation for air safety which is expected to be earned on the journey. Dr. Hugo Eckener hopes to found a regular trans-Atlantic sei vice l which, in time, i would develop connecting lines until the entire world might lie threaded with air lanes. Within two years, Eckener believes. his trans-Atlantic airship service will be realized. Hs is starting his round trip jouiney here in order to attract attention of financiers in the world’s richest country. War impoverished Germany is unable to finance such projects as Eckener's. The Bremen carried 2.200 passengers and a crew of 950. The Graf carried 18 passengers and a crew of 40. It would take 53 Graf Zeppelins to carry as many people as the Bremen carried. Passengers Announced New York. Aug. 7.—(U.R.' —The identity of one of the 18 passengers who will be aboard the Graf Zeppelin when it starts its round-the- world flight remained a mystery today. The Hamburg-American line announced the names of 17 passengers, but said the 18th had asked that his name be withheld until a few hours • CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GREENFIELD IS UNDER ARREST 1 Questioned Today Concerning Shortage Amounting To About $750,000 Chicago, Aug. 7— (U.P.)— J. B. , Greenfield, head of the bond broker- , age firm of J. B. Greenfield & Co., was , in technical custody today while an- , thorities questioned him as to what ( ■became of approximately $750,000 paid to him for stock he failed to de- , liver to investors. Greenfield, a former national bank examiner in mid-western states, beturned from Detroit last night through an arrangement with Assistant State’s ’ Attorney Arthur Carlsten. His i whereabouts were kept secret, but he i was believed to hat’e spent the night j in Gary, Ind. A warrant charging him I with embezzlement had not been for- i tually served, it was said. Carlsten declared he was trying to recover as much as possible for the investors —many of them women, some widows. He said that if Greenfield had dissipated the money there might be some recovery through other officials of the firm. Carlsten said that before pressing criminal action he hoped to straighten out the tangle and see whether the New York concern fostering sale of trustee Standard Oil shares could be held responsible for the deliveries. This house has canceled its contract with Greenfield's. The Greenfield records did not disclose what Greenfield did with the money he was given to buy this stock, but stories of unsuccessful personal speculations of Greenfields were being looked into, Carlsten asserted.

TEACHERS ARE I ANNOUNCED FOR SCHOOL YEAR Complete Roster Announced Following Meeting Os School Board BOTH COACHES TO RETURN HERE With the employment of one new teacher last night, the city school board completed the teaching corps for the Decatur public schools for the ensuing school year. The resignation of Miss Nellie MeGath a« teacher of the fifth grade ut the Central school building, was accepted by the board last night and i Miss Bernice Masters, of Pleasant 1 Mills, was employed to fill the vacan- t cy. Miss Masters has taught «in the < Pleasant Mills schools for five years 1 and in the Berne schools for the last two years. She is a graduate of | Manchester College. Miss McGath . had taught at Central for the last five [years. The school beard also employed Delma Elzey to serve as assistant engineer at the high school building. Lewis Hammond lias been retained as engineer. The complete list of teachers for ‘ the public schools of the city was announced today as follows: North Ward * ITfzabe’h Peterson, first grade: Delia second grade; Harriet Myers, third grade; -John R. Parrish, principal and fourth grade. South Ward Eva Acker, principal and first grade; Florence Magley, second grade; Effie Patton, third grade; Hazel Curtis, fourth grade. Riley Building Ruth Vizard, first grade; Nell Winnes. principal and second grade; —■ t (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) KNIGHT HAWKS TO GIVE SHOW I t “Corporal Egan” Is Name ‘ Os Home-Talent Production Secured Here “Corporal Egan” is the title of a t Jiome talent play to be given here t early this tall under the auspices of t the Decatur Knight Hawks club. The play Is a Universal Producing Co. t production, and will include 150 local 1 people in the cast. It is a musical comedy. t The play is being presented by the same producing company which last year showed "Aunt Lucia" here and those who have seen the comedy say that it is the best show ever produced by Universal. ( The cast is being selected now and , the dates will be announced soon. ( Costumes and scenery will be ob- ( tallied from Fairfield, lowa, for the ] production. The play opens with a patiiotic pageant in which 75 children participate. The dates will be announced as j soon as they have been set, members of the local organization sponsoring 1 the pkiy stated today and tickets will ' go on sale then. The play will be 1 given at the Catholic high school an- 1 ditorium. o < “Dead” Man Comes To Life Near Fort Wayne Two men employed at the Ft. e Wayne plant of the General Electric | company reported to the Allen county ( sheriff’s office early yesterday morn- , ing that they had seen a dead man lying at the edge of the pavement on the Decatur-Ft. Wayne road, six miles south of Ft. Wayne. Ed Schlickman, special deputy sheriff, hurried to the scene’, expecting to find a murder mystery or the victim of a hit and run motorist. Nearing the scene with the officer, the men who had reported the affair, exclaimed, "Oh, there he goes, walking down the road " The deputy sheriff drove alongside .he man and stopped him. The man said his name, was John Ladig and 'hat he lived in Decatur. He said he was subject to heart attacks and that this accounted for his dead appearance when he was stricken along the road. The man refused to go to a Ft. •Vayne hospital and insisted on wanting the rest of the way to Decatur. No one by the name of John is listed in the Decatur city directory.

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World Flier S' • I u & ** ■ BUB > * Drummond Hay, who was a passenger on the Graf Zeppelin on ' it’s first trip to the United States, will be a passenger on the huge ship ' dining it’s round-the-world trip, starting this week. — ; SNOOK TAKES WITNESS STAND I Alleged Murderer And Wife Take Stand As Trial Nears A Close Courtroom, Columbus. 0., Aug. 7.-— (U.R) —After hie wife and mother had come to the witness stand to defend him today, Dr. James Howard Snook was called as his own witness to defend himself against charges of having murdered Tlieora Hix. Mrs. Snook, the wife, was a pathetic figure in white as she told how her husband had changed in the last three years and had become restless and silent. The mother, a -tall slim dignified woman of 73, told of his boyhood so aggressively the court had to stop her. She stamped him a loving and considerate son. Then Dr. Snook took up the burden himself. He stood tall and'erect with military bearing as he swore to tell the truth. On the witness stand he was calm but a little flushed. His answers were spoken In a firm voice, and were definite. Mrs. Snook listened intently. The doctor’s mother had wept on her son’s shoulder as she left the witness stand had teen escorted,from the room. Dr. Snook described his education and his work as a member of the facility of Ohio State University. His manner smacked of the class room. BULLETIN Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 7. —Victor L. Berger, 69, for years the only Socialist in congress, died today, three weeks after he was injured in a street car accident. Last night after complications had set in the Socialist suffered a relapse NEWSPAPERS MERGED Richmond. Ind., Aug. 7.- U.R)—The • Richmond Palladium and Item, evening and morning publications, respectively, have been merged, according to an announcement hy the Palladium. Although both papers will be printed in the Palladium building, each will retain its name. BOY LOSES LIFE Rockport, Ind., Aug. 7.- U.R)- Elev-en-year-old Harold Hasenneyer, Garfield. Okla., was killed at the home of a playmate here when a pitchfork, suspended by a rope, penetrated the youth's body after he had jerked the rope. The implement struck the boy’s shoulder and ranged downward. 0 Charles Kennedy Arrested For Issuing Bad Checks Chares Kennedy, 32, local automobile salesman, was arrested by night policemen Burg Womack and Burl Johnson, last night on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks. He was placed in the county jail to await a hearing in mayor’s court tonight. The affidavit filed against Kennedy was signed by Joe Lose, proprietor of the Eats restaurant, who charged that Kennedy gave him a $lO cheek without funds in the bank- It is said that Kennedy passed several other worth less checks in this city. His home is in Columbus, Ohio, and he lias been in Decatur about a month.

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COUNTER ATTACK BY FRANCE AND ITALY IS MADE Say Young Plan Must BV Taken As A Whole Or Not At All ROUMANIA STANDS BY GREAT BRITAIN I'lie Hague, Aug. 7.— (U.R) (treat Britain’s campaign for a complete revision of the Young plan was assailed bv ’ other creditor powers at today's secict session of the international political and reparations conference . with the French and Italian delegates leading the assault. Antonio Mosconi and Henri Cherpn finance ministers of Ita’y and Frar.le ardently defended the Young plan |s agreed to in Paris by the conference of reparations experts headed by the American Owen D. Young, and asserted that the plan must lie accepted as an indivisible whole or not at all. Chet on was chosen by the French tielegation to reply to charges made yesterday by Philip Snowden. British chancellor of the exchequer, that the Young plan was unfair to Great Britain. The French finance minister set about today to prove tiiat figures quoted by Snowden were erroneous and also that, contrary io Snowden's opinion, all the nations involved, including France and Italy, would lose by the Young plan. ('heron also was instructed by h’s delegation, headed by Premier Aristide Briand. to point out that it was the British delegation at Paris during the drawing up of the Young plan which the unconditional annuities for France to which Snowden now objects—-for the purpose of paying for reconstruction the devastated areas. Roumania. first of the smajl nations to be heard from at the conference, aligned itself with Great Britain in the latter’s stand for a revision of the reparations plan. Cheron was first speaker of the session. He was followed by Mosconi, who outlihed Italy’s position on the reparations question. Then came the director of the hank of Portugal. Joao Henrique Ulrich, who raised for the first time the topic of the proposed international bank to handle the reparations payments. Ulrich demanded that all the interested nations be represented in the administration of the super-bank. This demand was interpreted as a move to forestall the bank’s complete domination by the large powers, although the general opinion here was that the giant institution inevitably would fall under the political and financial control of the great nations. with smaller countries luwing little voice in the operation. Shortly afterward. Dr. Gustav Stresemann. German foreign minister took the floor and reiterated thur Germany would accept the ’ Young plan as a basis for settlement of ou’standing political and economic questions, but would insist upon immediate evacuation of the Rhineland and upon a preliminary understand(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BONO COAL CO. TO OPEN MINES Engineer Will Return To Post At Dana After Week’s Lay-Off Indianapolis. ’Aug. 7.— (U.R) — The Bono coal mine at Dana. Ind., which closed Friday when a hoisting engineer Iqft his job: allegedly under threats, will be reopened today with the engineer back at his post, according to advices received hy James M. Ogden, attorney general. The engineer was alleged to have left the mine after being told by four masked men that "it would lie healthier for you to work in another mine.” Ogden said he would keep the Bono mine operated on a cooperative basis, working, whatever steps m’ghf be necessary. Ogden pointed'out that he was not so much interested in the miners as individuals as in preservation of law and order in Indiana. “Masked men cannot continue to threaten men engaged in lawful pursuits and frighten them from their work in this state,” Ogden said.

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