Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1929 — Page 1

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FREE STREET FAIR IS IN FULL SWING

JLL EXHIBITS BREAK FORMER local records ssAadar Additional Room THOUSANDS SEE r GREAT DISPLAYS Trucks were busy all last luiulinfj lives lock to Decatur for the Street Fair. Every stall, coop, table and <lis-pj-jv room was completely tilled j )V (| o'clock this morning. Mon worked all night at the horse Kirn, building additional stalls. Tbe Sddickman Feed Barn is fti'l of horses as well as a large at the rear of the barn. More than 85 head of horses are on exhibition judging began today in the Pet. stock. Poultry, Dairy Cattle, Women's an ,l power departments. Chairman Ferd Christen announced , h | c morning that there were annroximateiy 2,000 individual exhibits. There arc 700 entries in the Women’s department. "The response to the agrlcnltnra' exhibits has been far above onr expectations, and we are making every effort to take care of the entries," Chairman Christen stated The Poultry. Pet Stock and Farm Products shows are completely full. Th“ Flower Show opens this morning and indications are that the entries will lie large. About 1,000 people watched E. T. Wal’sce of Purdue University judge the Dairy Cattle and Calf Chib exhibits today. Judging of horses will beein promptly at 8 o’clock Thursday morning and continue until the light weight pulling contest which is scheduled at 9:30 o’clock. Horse Judging will he resumed after the pul’ing contest is completed. Six tor litters are on exhibit at the swine tent. They belong to D. P. Steury. Enoch Habegger. and Peter Lehman. These hogs will be sold at auction on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The judges for the various departments are as follows: Horses, Mike Myers. Jr. Elwood; Cattle, E. T. Wal'ace, Lafayette: Women's dept., Mrs. V. S. Allen, Chicago; Flowers. Richard Blossom, Fort Wayne; Swine Pi B Cooley, Lafayette; Farm products, Herman Miller, Bluffton Pcultry, M. K. Castle. Portland; Pet Stock. Harry Metcalf, Fort Wayne; Sugar Beets, Dr. J. A. Brock, Toledo. The Boys' and Girls’ Sugar Beet Club awards will be made' in the Farm Bureau tent on Madison street.

Man Killed In Stone Quarry At Bloomington Bloomington, Ind.. Sept. 11. —<U.R> — One man was killed and two others injured at the Hoadley stone quarry here when a mass ot stone toppled onto them. Alva Skinner, operator of a crushing machine, was struck about the hips ami died later In a Bloomington hospital. Nelson Hacker and Onls Ferguson were bruised about the head and body. Officials helieevd that the unloosening of a small stone started the fall. GENEVA FILLING STATION ROBBED Thieves Enter Limberlost Station And Carry Sale Away With Them The Limberlost Filling Station at ’•'neva, on the State Road 27, was robbed late last evening or early this morning, of money amtmnting to a ’out $5.00, a victrola and records snd various other small articles. The "‘ling staton is owned by Waldo Neal °f Geneva. Tlie robbers broke Into the station a nd took the small safe containing a small amount of money with them, ami a victrola with fifteen records. hey broke the tops off the gasoline ’ d »ks and took approximately ten Ballons of gasoline. The safe was found on the Milo ollnni pioperty near the barn, on e State Road 27 where it had been ■town and near the safe were found titles which had contained oil H ,„ two POP bottles. Sheriff Ilarl Collingsworth was working on the c ase today.

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•President Urges Probe Os “Rig Navy” Propaganda Washington, Sept. 11. <U.R>-Possi-bility of a whitewash senatorial Investigation of tlie Shearer-ship buildera ’ propaganda for a big navy dimmed today when it became known President Hoover had some Ideas which are expected to guide the commit,ee in going to the bottom of the affair As outlined to the United Press, the administration hopes the committee will select u hard hitting counsel from the stall of the department of jus,ice and then compose itself more as a Jury than as an inquisitorial body while the counsel goes after the facts.

AUTO PARADE TO BE THURSDAY Antiques Will Lead Late Model Automobiles Dow n Line Os March The Antique and new automobile parade will be the big feature of Thursday's program, for the Decatur Free Street Fair. All antique entries must be in the hands of Leigh Bowen by 8 o'clock tonight. The parade will start promtplv at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and headed by the hand the parade will go south on First street from Jackson to Adams street; west on Adams to Third street and north on Third street to Jackson street. The parade of new automobiles will ferm directly behind the Antiques and will follow as the second part of the parade. The new cars will be lined up from the lowest priced car first and on down the line with the highest priced car last. There will be no limit to the number of cats en ered by any one concern and indications are that there will he about 100 old and new cat's in the parade. Several other features are being planned for the parade and it is expected that several thousand people will witness the stream of old and new cars as they go down the Tine tomorrow. Awards will be made only on the old cars, the committee in charge announced. Clifford Saylors, Leo Klrsch and Leigh Bowen comprise the committee in charge of the parade. Federal Agents Make 11 Arrests At Richmond Richmond, Ind.. Sept. 11. —<U.R) — Eleven persons were arrested by federal prohibition authorities in a series of raids here. Charges of selling liquor were placed against the majority of the 11. which included two women. They were to be arraigned before a U. S. commissioner today In Indian apolis. — o Man In Cabin Cruiser Rescued In Lake Erie Cleveland, Sept. 11 —(UP) — Undaunted by his experience of being buffeted about on the wind-swept waters of I.ake Erie for nearly 2G hours in a 32-foot cabin cruiser, William Roque, 48, Fort Huron, Michigan, today was prepared to embark again for De'roit. Roque was rescued last night 10 miles northeast of Cleveland by the stone carier T. W. Robertson, A bit of canvas attached to an oar as a distress signal attracted the attention of an officer aboard the ship who notified the coast guard. o *

THURSDAY'S PROGRAM Morning 10:3fl| —Horse and mule pulling contest, Niblick Field, cast of Monroe street bridge. 11:30—Free act at corner of Second and Jackson streets. Afternoon 2 : oo— Parade of antique and new automobiles. Line of march will be on First and Third streets. 3:00 —Free act, corner of Second arid Jackson streets. 4:00 —Free act, corner Jefferson and Second streets. s:oo—Gerald’s Sensation, Liberty Way and Third street. Evening 7:3o—Band concert, Madison and Third streets. 8; 30 —Free acts start and continue until 10:30 o’clock, AH concessions and shows will be open all day.

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STOCK PARADE LARGEST EVER HELD IN COUNTY Thousands Witness (ifeat March of Stock As Parade Feature WINNERS WILL PARADE FRIDAY I If, itlt'd ltv Hu* (ioiuTid FJfcIric bund and County Commissioners Frank Bremer anil John Hoffman, lending two of the fine Belgian horses belonging to the Admits County Farm, the big livestock parade started from the corner of First and Monroe streets at promptly 1 o'clock this afternoon. The parade headed north on First street .to Jackson street, then west on Jackson to Third, south to Adams, east to First, north on First to the place of beginning. At the corner of Jackson and First streets the dairy cattle, led liy the boys and girls of the Adams County Calf club and owners in the open class departments. Jo ned the parade. William Bowers and Cal E. Peterson. acted as field marshals and rode spirited horses, following the hand. The parade was several blocks long and those who saw it were given an idea as to what kind of livestock was raised and owned in Adams county. A'l the horses and rattle entered in the parade are owned by Adams county resident*. Several of the finest head of thorough bred horses and cattle in the country were included in the parade. Hundreds of people lined the streets along the entire line of march and witnessed the parade. Winner’s Parade Friday Friday, afternoon at 1:30 o’clock a narade of the winners in the horse and dairy cattle show will be held, the same line of march being covered a* the one which the parade followed today.

CATTLE JUDGING STARTS TODAY E. T. Wallace Os Purdue In Charge Os Selecting County Winners Judging of cattle in the dairy and cattle show started this morning, E. T. Wallace of the extension department, Purdue university, assisted by County Agent Ferd Christen, being in charge. More than 100 head of the finest dairy cattle in Adams county or as fine as a person can see in the country, including a state champion heifer, are entered in the show. One tent is filled with Holstein cattle and another tent is about equal-1 ly filled with Jersey and Guernsey cattle. An authority on the value of dairy cattle placed an estimate value of between $15,000 and $20,000 on the showing. There were about 52 head of Ho’stein, Guernsey and Jersey cattle entered by members of the Adams County Calf club. The boys and girls were at the tents caring for the cattle, grooming them and looking after their stalls and seeing that the entries were fed. In most .cases the boys and girls were doing the work without the aid of father or older brother and they were taking a great delight in looking after their animals, many considing them as pets. There is no discounting the fact that the cattle were being given the finest of treatment, for the young folks saw they received it. i More then S6OO in prize money will be awarded to the winners today. In the open classes the prize money totals, $360, which is paid by the Street Fair Association. The prizes in the Adams County Calf club department are awarded by i.ie Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., of this city. These prizes total S3OO. In the Calf Club 40 Holsteins, 6 Guernseys and 6 Jerseys are entered. 11l the open classes there arc 13 Jerseys, 25 Guernseys and 15 Holsteins. Quite a number of persons visited the dairy show this morning and watched the judges award the ribbons. Six Litters Entered Only six litters were entered in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 11, 1929

Officials Investigate Alleged “Dupe” Source Adams county und city police officials me this morning to decide what action would be taken against alleged "dope fiends" who aie in Decatur this week with the various fair c.missions Several local physicians reported Tuesday that they wer, being bothered by several eoncessloneers, begging them for "dope." Officials have not yet decided what action will he taken, our they it dilated today that if the men pets sled in bothering local physicians, they would be arre ted and placed in the Adams county Jail. Several men were questioned last night, after they were re|K>rte,l by local police to Ire suffering from some "tureoth " and an effor: is h-ing made today to ascertain the source ol their supply.

SAYS SWINDLE WAS FOR AID OF HOME TOWN C. D. Waggoner, Master Os Large Swindle Gives Complete Confession WANTED TO PAY HOME DEPOSITORS Newcastle. Wvo.. Sept. 11. —(U.R) — Assuming the role of a modern RohInhood, C. 1). Waggoner, the Tulluride, Colo., hank president, whose main street shrewdness cost Wall street's wizards $".00,000, confessed here today that he alone conceived and executed the gigantic New York hank swindle to repay depositors for the losses they had sustained through the operations of eastern financiers. Within a few hours after his arrest at Chambers Pat it. a resort north of here, last night,. Waggoner had dropped his assumed manners of the suave eastern financier for the simplicity of the small town business man. His confession was complete. It was given without urge to amazed sheriff's deputies in a dismal cell of the county jail here. “I’m glad it's over," Waggoner said. ‘‘l knew it was coming and was not surprised when officers found me.” "I suppose that I shall go to pail for the rest of my life. The way I feel now, I don't know whether 1 shall even hire a lawyer when 1 gel to Denver.” Waggoner de-Jared that he had realized nothing personally from the transactions and that his only aim was to save the bank at Telluride and prevent the depositors from losing. "There is no one to blame but myself," he explained. "The bottom had dropped out of things in Tel lurid' 1 and 1 considered that nothing bur a desperate move was necessary and the only way out ” A in an of 51 years, slight and un(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

COMMISSIONERS VISIT EXHIBITS' J. H. Steele Chaperones the Three Members As They Enjoy The Day The three Adams county commissioners, George Shoemaker, John Hoffman and President Frank Breiner were among the first Old Settlers to arrive at the fair today. Frank Breiner claimed to be the youngest, but his allegation was being questioned by the other two commisioners who asserted that they were sure Frank could remember the Civil War. The commissioners were well chaperoned, as they wandered from booth to booth and show to show. J. H. Steele, well-known politician of St. Marys township, who isn’t a schoolboy himself was leading the commissioners’ parade and at noon today was taking good care of the county bosses. ‘When the commissioners decided to come to the fair today, and enter the Old Settlers activities, a unanimous vote was taken that all three should visit the various displays and shows in a body. Two of the members .were having a hard time getting John Hoffman away from the merry-go-round, and last news from Mt. Steele was to the effect that if John didn't buy three of the horses on the merry-go-round it would he because they didn't like hay.

VARE OUSTER CASE CONSUMES SENATE’S TIME tariff Bill And Other Important Measures Are Side-Tracked CASE IS NOW THREE YEARS OLD Washington, Sept. 11. —(U.R) — The J Vare case crowded the tariff bill from the senate stage today When the same forces opposing each other in the tariff debate, lined up to decide whether Senator-elect Vare of Pennsylvania should l>e officially ousted now. or whether the senate should wait until December to do so. A survey of the situation indicates the senate is 3 to 1 against Vare being seated either now or in December, but there is a closer division on the point whether the vote should be taken at this time. Republican Floor Leader Watson claimed he had a majority for delay when the senate adjourned latP yesterday, but he was doubtful whether he could maintain his majority today. The opposition force* claim they had a majority ready for an immediate vote on the Vare case yesterday and will preserve it today. Their claims appeared to be substantiated by impartial authorities. "There is no reason why we should wait longer,” said Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, author of the resolution to deny Vare his senate seat because he spent SBOO,OOO in his primary election. "The case is more titan three years old. The facts are not controverted. The facts indicate Mr. Vare is "not ill and if he is it would not alter the necessity for disposing of his case." "I am willing," said Senator Robinson. Democrat. Arkansas, who is working alongside Norris on the Vare case as well as the tariff bill, “to delay a week or so, if the other side wants to, but it is absurd to suggest that we put the matter olf until Dec. 3, as proposed in the pending motion by the majority floor leader.” o

HORSE SHOW IS FAIR'S FEATURE Total of 88 Entries Forms Largest Horse Show Ever Held In Decatur This may he the day of automobiles. but Adams county has something to show the world in the line of horse flesh. Anyone visiting the horse show in the Schlickman Feed Barn, east Monroe street will agree with that statement. At 10 o'clock this morning 88 head of stallions, mares, colts; ponies and mules were entered In the big show. A prominent Adams county, farmer who knows something about the value .of horses estimated that the 88 betid were worth between $30,000 and $35,000. One Adams county owner refused an offer of $1,500 for a Belgian stallion exhibited at the show and those who appreciate horse flesh will agree that the animal is worth more. David Habegger, Berne, breeder of Belgian horses, has 22 head of fine animals entered In the show. V There are a number of mares with colts at the show'. In most cases the colts only are entered in the prize contest. There Is one large Perchon stallion at the show, the other horses being Belgians. There are ten Belgian studs. Eight ponies, as slick as greased lightening are entered in the show, they being divided in two classes for the prize winning event. Judging of the horses will start at eight o’clock Thursday morning. A man. recommended by Purdue university will do the judging. o— Kelly And Posey Lead In Terre Haute Primary Terre Haute, Ind., Sept 11 —(UP) — Chester Y. Kelly, regular republican organization candidate for the mayoralitv nomination, was leading his four opponents today ns returns came in from Tuesday's city primary election. Standing of other candidates in order, is William Dean, Ed Cowan, Charles T. Nehf and William Hendrich. In the democratic race, Wood Posey is leading Donn M. Roberts, former mayor, two to one.

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Nomadic Leader .loins Soviets In Controversy Fliangiii, Sept. 11 -(UP) —The living Buddha, incarnate spiritual and empotal leader of a million Nomadic Herdsmen, has entered the ChineseRussian controversy on the side of the Soviets, reports reaching Shanghai said today. Simultaneously came a report thut Gioat Hi it tin, fearing Soviet intrigue in Tibet, had sent 50,000 Indian troops in:o that buffer state between Russia and India to prevent spread of Soviet influence to the Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal monarch.

MANY ENTRIES IN FLOWER SHOW Christian Church Basement Transferred Into Flowerland Utopia ________ The Christian church basement ( assumed the aspect of a Flowerlanu Utopia today as preparations were j being made to open the Adam* Conn- , ty Flower Show at fi o'clock tonight. Hundreds of entries were brought in i today and the large basement of th» i church has been transferred into a i huge garden of all sorts of Fall flowers. J. W. Calland. superintendent of the show, Mrs. J. H. Heller, chairman and the committee composed of Mrs. George F'anders, Mr*. W. E. Smith, Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall and Mrs. Calland worked all day today arranging the displays and numbering the entries. The flowers are placed in divisions on long tables and the entries totalled so much more than was expected that it was neceesarv to bring in extra tables for the ends of the rooms. All of the various varieties of flowers are placed separately and each boquet is numbered. The display will open promptly at 6 o'clock ton'ght. following the judging at 4 o'clock. The room will be open this evening and all day during the rest of the Fair. The display is a decided argument in favor of making homes beautiful with flowers, and the fall varieties appear to be popular in Adams eountv. Entries arrived today for the show from all parts of the county and that the judge will have a hard time placing the awards was evidenced by the hundreds of vases of beauitful flowers. The public is cordially invited to attend the exhibit at any time during the fair. BULLETIN Thomas F. Rayl and James Niblick, Adams county residents divided honors in the Old Fiddlers' contest held here this afternoon. A committee composed of Barney Wertzberger, Cal E. Kunkle and J. W. Bosse decided that the two contestants were equally good. Move To Convene Geneva, Sept. 11— (UP)— A move to convene the preparatory disarmament commission in mid-November will he made at this session of the League of Nations assembly by (England, it was understood today. The session would be to consider aspects of the disarmament problem other than naval matters. Heart Attack Fatal Thorntown, Ind., Sept. 11—(UP) — O. S. Loveless, (19, father of seven children, died of a heart attack at his home near here a few minutes after being stung hv a honey bee. f 1 AWARDS ARE MADE Mrs. RoltexJ R. Stephenson, of Union township, who will he 95 | years of age in November, re- | ceived the $lO award for being ! the oldest woman present at the | Old Settlers day program. L. D. Brown, of St. Marys town- j | sh'ip, who will be 90 years of age j j in October was awarded the prize j r j for being the oldest man present j j at the celebration today. In the contest for the oldest, j i couple present, Mr. and Mrs. S. j | J. Marz. of Monroe township, who j j have been married 60 years, won | the award. Others were, Mr. and | Mrs. A. R. Wolf, Root township, | second; Mr. and Mrs. William | Tinkham, Blue Creek township. | third, and Mr. and Mrs. Isreal | Bender, St. Marys, third. ' I

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OLD SETTLERS HEAR ADDRESS BY JUDGE MORAN Clark J. Lutz Presides At Afternoon Program; Old Fiddlers Hold Meet BIG CROWD IS IN ATTENDANCE Old settlers of Adams county were boys again today, as tliev listened to Judge Janies J. Moran, of Portland, former Adams county resident. When Judge Moran finished his line address there were only a few dry eyes among the old timers and everyone reached the conclusion that Adams county was the finest oltice :, i the world to clsdin ns “home.” The Old Settlers program opened at 2:30 o’c’nek this afternoon, with more than 100 registered and more than 80Q people in attendance at the program. Hon. (’lark J. Lutz, of this city presided, and in a mariner all his own he introduced the speaker of the day. Judge Moran carried the aud'ence hack to the “good old days” and he'd his crowd Intently. A* his address approached tire present era of progress. eyes of Old Settlers were dampened by the thoughts of other years. Following the address by Judge Moran. John W. Tyndall, well-known "forty-niner" of Blue Greek township took the harness in his hand*, and conducted the r! 1 fiddlers' contest. A large crowd li-tenet! to the old fiddlers and cheered them on as they played away the years, and even a few of them "jigged it up a little.” The huge crowd that milled the streets since m'd-morning. increased constantly all afternoon and at 3 o’clock 1 the crowd* on the midway ’ooked the size of a Thursday or Saturday audience. Indications were that the attendance would reach more than 7,5000 by tonight. A crowd of several thousand people attended the first night of the Decatur Free Street Fair, Tuesday, and the midway was a busy place until almost midnight. Most of the concessioners were well-pleased with the first night's crowd and predicted a record-breaking attendance for the week. The free acts, which started Tuesday afternoon received their share of patronage and the various acts were well-received by large audiences. Free act platforms are located at the corner of Second and Jackson stree’s; Second, and Jefferson streets: atuf Liberty Way and Third street. The General Electric band which fut nished the music Tuesday, played at various points along the midway. The hand attracted large crowds wherever it appeared and the fine music it presented received’ a warm welcome among the thousands who heard it. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) POULTRY SHOW DRAWS CROWD .Judging Begins Early This Morning; Entry List Is Completely Filled The Poultry Exhibit, which is located in a large tent on the corner of First and Jefferson street, was closed to further entries at 9 o’clock this morning, and judging began at 11 o'clock. Several entries of chickens and ducks which had been arranged for before, were allowed to be entered, however), after the closing time. ('. K. Castle, of Portland, manager of the Tormohlen Hatchery in Portland, acted as judge for tho poultry event, and awards will lx? placed upon the bird* immediately following the judging, which will be completed sometime late this evening. The men in charge of the poultry department report that much interest was shown in the display by the farm women. Several freaks were shown in tho exhibit, among which were a pen of wi'd ducks, two months old. Tlie nest containing the eggs of the wild duck were found, and placed under a hen for hatching. The ducks are well marked. As soon as the awards are completed the prizes will be presented to the winners at the County Agent's ► office, by the general secretary.

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