Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1929 — Page 1

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■TISH WANT JSOUTION OF SUBMARINES g Donald’s Visit nF! IEVE PARITY I BE WILL BE OUTCOME. London. .he Xr question considered as pracsettled, British naval circles "re much concerned today with the Xru ahich Prime Minister J. Ram«ay MacDonald in his visit to XißAton will he able to »ch£n a definite understanding on the abolition of submarine* As analyzed by the government in ... official statement, the proposed Mid American naval disarmament includes a specification that the I nit nd States and Great Britain agree to recard the total abolition of submarines as desirable. Discussing th s phase of the situation today, the conservative morning telegram said: “The total abolition of submarine- would be a great stroke tor humanity. After the cruiser, the submarine question present the greatest difficulty." Even though MacDonald and President Hoover real hed a tentative agreement on the submarine is me. it was believed today that while Japan. Italy and France would follow their lead on cruiser limitation, these three r«-ers and especially France and Italv. would desperately resist any disarmament settlement that would rer ive them of their submarines. France, it was declared, could even be expected to object to parity wish Italy on submarines, being disposed to insist that in time of criais it could not protect its lines of communications and its possessions exempt by maintaining a submarine force definitely superior to Italy's. May Abandon Ratio Washington. Sept. 17. —(U.R) —Abandonment of the Washington confeienre naval armaments ratios in the forthcoming attempt to limit or reduce auxiliary warship tonnage was foreseen by observers today. France, Italy and Japan, whose representatives are to be invited to participate with Great Britain and the United States in a January conference, are expected to suggest modification of the ratios now applicable to capital ships. Informal expressions of Japanese opinon have indicated Japan wou'd prefer a IMO-7 ratio in auxiliary ve=se's to the capital ship limitation of 5-5-3; compared to the 5 of Great Britain and the United States and the 3 of Japan the capital ship ratios of France and Italy are 1.75. Authoritative information here shows France and Italy already disagreed regarding the significance to be attached to the identical limitation which was placed upon their refCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MAN, KNOWN IN DECATUR, KILLED Harry Barth, Son-In-Law of •Mr. and Mrs. John Tyner Is Victim Harry Barth, 32, of LaFountain, and I wn-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Tyner of this city, died Monday evening at oclock at the LaFountain Hospital, * lere he was taken following an auto®°bile accident, in which he was fatally injured. and Mrs. Barth had recently ®< |, ed to LaFountain from Cincinnati, >O, ami Mr. Barth had begun busih '' at place as a dry cleaner. Me been passing cut cards advertising 8 b usi tiess, and was traveling about ■ s automobile, when the car sud<*enly stalled. ■'ll Barth was attempting to repair Int mac *’* ne ' when an automobile ran , 0 him ’ fracturing hjs skull and ra mg his hip. lie was rushed to the nev l> ,a '' w ' lere he died soon after, 8r regaining consciousness. u ®* ,,ec eased is survived by his wife Jno a V ! rj nel Bai th, and one brother a w or Cincinnati, Ohio. He was r " n °™ War veteran. The body was J , ,n an undertaking home this h ' ng funeral arrangements u not t)een completed. John^T Barth 18 a daughter of Mrs. city yner - Mcßarnes street, in this

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j Josephine Archhold Is Pledged Theta At Indiana Word was received here today to the effect that Miss Josephine Archbold, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Arch bold of this city hid been pledged to the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at Indiana University, where Miss Archbold entered this' fall as a Freshman. The sorority pledging was completed Sunday after a seek of rush parties. HARRY RICHARDS IS NEW TEACHER Monroeville Man Chosen to Fill Vacancy In Local High School Harry Richards, for three years an instructor in the Monroeville high school was selected by the Decatur school board at a special meeting last night to succeed Miss Mildred Kelly as English instructor in the Decatur high school. Miss Kelly resigned a week ago to accept a position in the Frankfort high school. Mr. Richards star ed his work in the local high school this morning. He will have charge of the English department of the school and also will teach Dramatics and oi:j> class in History. Mr. Richards is a graduate of Indiana University and has one year's work to his credit on a Masters Degree at Wisconsin University. For the last two years Mr. Richards also acted as basketball coach at the Monroeville high school. The selection of a successor to Miss Kelly completely fills the teaching roster of the local schcols it was announced today. o Two Are Burned In .Apartment Explosion Indianapolis, Sept. 17.— (U.R)---Leak-ing gas ignited by a match wrecked the interior of an apartment, shattered windows in adjacent buildings, and burned two persons here today. Norman Uizer, 38, janitor of the bu’lding. was burned critically on the face, arms, and body, city hospital attendants said. Mrs. Elizabeth Curran, 49, tenant in whose apartment the blast occurred, was burned on the face and arms. Lizer, painting the kitchen in Mrs. Curran's apartment, struck a match to light a cigaret. gas from a supposedly dead pipe line exploded. Cut and bruised, and with clothing aflame, Lizer rushed from the rooms to the corridor, where other tenants extinguished the fire. Mrs. Curran was not seriously burned. ——o NEW YORK PRIMARY TODAY New York, Sept. 17.—(U.R)-Faction-al fights among both Democrats amt Republicans gave promise of bitterly] contested battles as voters went to] the polls in today's eity primary elections. ~ Captain Believed To Have Stayed With Ship Grand Haven. Mich., Sept. 17.—(U.R) ,—Capt. Albert Anderson of the wrecked freighter Andaste, made no effort to leave his sinking ship, it was shown after his body, together with those of six of his crew, was recovered from Lake Michigan near here. Unlike the others, Captain Anderson had not donned a lifebelt and lake sailors considered this proof that he had stuck to his post until the end. Nine of the 25 men aboard the Andaste now have been accounted for. o — Lindbergh To Fly Air Mail Route Wednesday Roosevelt Field, L. I. Sept. 17 (UP)—Col. Charles A. Lindberg becomes an air mail man again tomorrow when he and Mrs. Lindbergh will leave here for Miami, Fla., to pilot planes in the Inauguration of a new mail service between Miami and Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. o————— Dr. J. H. Snook Is 50 Years Old Today Columbus, 0., Sept. 17 —(UP) — Awaiting his fate with an indifferent calm, Dr. James Howard Snook, condemned slayer of Theora Hix, his college gill sweetheart, today spent his 50th and what may be his last birthday in death row at the state peniten- : tlary." : The former Ohio State University i professor who was sentenced to die in the electric chair Nov. 29, after one of the most sensational murder trials i in the last few years, talked amiably with his fellow prisoners today.

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HOOSIER PLANE :i IS FORCED DOWN I, AT KNIGHTSTOWN I Endurance Attempt Stops i Early This Morning From I t Lack Os Fuel —“X ' PLAN TO MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT i Knightstown. Ind., Sept. 17. —(U.R) I —The attempt of Lta. Lawrence Gen- i aro and Walter R. Peck to shatter the word's refueling endurance flight record in the Indianmpolis Flamingo ended abruptly near here today when I they were forced to land after running out of fuel. The plane was brought to a successful landing, neither plane or p lots being hurt. The Flamingo had been in the air , 78 hours and 35 minutes when forced - to land at 6:30 a.m. It was understood the plane would be brought back to Indianapolis and the flight restarted within 24 hours. New Flight Planned Indianapolis. Sept. 17. —(U.R) —Maj Leßov Muller, flight manager, who received word of the plane's forced 1 landing from Mrs. Peck after she had heard from her husband at 6:30 a. in. estimated the fiers had been in the ’ air 78% hours and had flown 6,700 miles. Muller, before leaving for Knightstown. said the Flamingo will be returned to Indianapolis for an inspec- ' tion and after the fliers are able to get some re t, the monoplane will take off on a second endurance flight attempt. Planes carrying gasoline left for Knightstown shortly after Muller departed. At 5 a.m. the refueling ship was prepared to leave the Hoosier airport, flight station, to carry fuel to the Flamingo but the monoplane could no tbe sighted. It was not until an hour and a half later that officials (learned of the plane’s fate. A refueling contact was made before the rainstorm broke Monday evening. After that the plane flew to Columbus. O„ and returned to IndjianapoXs. The pilot# flashed a message that they had 350 gnlons of gas. An attempt to refuel was unsuccessful and it was believed the plane could continue without additional fuel until eariv this morning. Before dawn the ground fog was so heavy it would have been impossible to make the refueling contact, officials said. MARIE KOLTER GLEE CLUB HEAD -- Other Officers Chosen At Annual Organization Meeting Miss Marie Kolter was elected president of the Decatur high school Girls' Glee Club at an organization meeting held Monday. Miss Ema Lankenau was chosen as vice-president. The club members selected Miss Dorothy Christen as recording secretary: Miss Anna Winnes as treasurer and bu iness manager: Miss Esther Sunderman as corresponding secietary and Gretchen Winans and Helen DeVor as librarians. The club was organized for the school year of 1929-30. and plans were made for an active year. The Glee Club includes about 35 or 40 of the best voices in the school and several en ertalnments are given during the school year by both the girls club and the boys’ club. Miss Dessolee Chester, head of the music department of the Decatur schools is the faculty sponsor of-both organizations. It was announced Monday that the boys' club would organize in the next few days. Other High School Notes Gene Vorhees, nationally known radio entertainer, gave an interesting Chapel program at the high school Monday. Mr. Vorhees gave several readings and sang some songs, which ' greatly amused the pupils and faculty. Mr. Vorhees was travelling through 1 this part of the country and accepted an invitation to entertain the local ' school pupils at the regular chapel. BOSTON BANS PLAY i Boston, Sept. 17 -(UP)- Eugene ! O'Neill's pulitzer prize winning play, i “Strange interlude,’’ has been banned ■ in Boston by Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols.

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Rev. Ross Stoakes Addresses Meeting The Fall campaign of the Methodist churches of the Fort Wayne District, convened nt Areola, eight miles west of Fort Wayne, this morning, when the central theme of “The Minister. Hlk L fe, His Work and His Message" was presented to the persons attending. The program was in three sessions, with interesting addresses and prog.ams taking place throughout the entire day. During tire morning session, Rev. R. W. Stoakes, minister of the Decatur charge presented a paper on “The Minister's Use of the Ritual”. Rev. A. E. Burk of the Decatur circuit was also numbered among those present, and a large number of the ministers in the Fort Wayne District attended.o ACTIVITY SLOW ON TARIFF BILL Leaders Predict, However Bill Will Be On Way To President By Christmas By Paul R. Mallon UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Sept. 17.—(U.R)—Little progress is being made in the senate on the tariff bill but administration leaders profess to have no fear that it will be unduly delayed or sidetracked indefinitely. They scoff at reports that it is scheduled sooner or later to be relegated to the legislative scrap heap and predict they wil lhave it on the way to the White House by Christmas. Chairman Reed Smoot of the senate finance committee told the United Press today he felt confident the measure would be passed by the senate before the regular session in congress opens in December. “There will undoubtedly be differences in the bills passed by the senate and the house, but there are always differences in all important bills and I feel sure there will be no trouble about getting an agreement,” said Smoot. "If the Democrats believe the legis'atipu is as iniquitous as they say, it would be to their political advantage to get the bill through as soon as possible. “If they want to hold up the bill, the responsibility is theirs’.” Instead of seeking to delay the bill, many Democrats have helped to speed its consideration. Five Democrats joined with the administration group to prevent adoption of a resolution which would have sidetracked the tariff temporarily for the Vare case. Repeatedly democratic floor leader Robinson has said the minority will content itself with an effort to change the bill. The farm bloc leaders like Senator Borah of Idaho, deny any attempt to filibuster. The bill came under fire from the Republican side yesterday when Senator Borah contended the bill gave industry tariff increases which were not needed. Te asserted the Republican party had broken its pledge to revise the tariff for the benefit of agriculture and argued the farmers’ condition would be no better under the proposed law than it is under the present tariff law. .... 0 DRY LEADER TO CONTINUE TONIC Dr. E. S. Schumaker Says He Is Not Violating State Dry Laws Indianapolis. Sept. 17. —(U.R) —With a declaration of "much ado about nothing" Dr. Edward -S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana AntiSaloon League, and C. H. Winders, chairman of the league's headquarters committee, today issued statements asserting that Dr. Shumaker would continue to use the medicinal tonic of 24 per cent alcohol which recently caused a furore. Shumaker said he had gained eight pounds in the past 10 days with aid of the tonic. “Mr Shumaker is violating no state or federal law in taking the tonic,” said Winders. “The medicine taken by Mr. Shumaker s a new remedy and consequenty was not on sale in Indianapolis drug stores. Within a short time, however, it will be on sale in drug stores in this vicinity," Winders said. Shumaker pointed out that the Indiana statutes did not forbid the use of alcohol for medicinal purposes and that the Indiana Anti-Saloon League had never objected to the use of alcohol in medicines.

EHINGER SAYS “STREET FAIR WILL PAY OUT" Indications Are That Sufficient Money Is On Hand To Pay Out PLANS CONSIDERED FOR 1930 EVENT While the official financial statement of the Decatur Free Street Fair committee was not ready for publication, it was indicated today that | the committee had obtained suffi dent money from concession rentals to make expenses and there is a probability 'that the treasury will have about SIOO left with all bills paid. Treasurer Leo Ehinger was busy today paying all bits against the committee and he stated that every bill would be paid in the next few days. It was necessary to give the Agriculture committee alxnit S7OO from the rental fund to make up the shortage in the premium fund, liecause a few local merchants refused to meet their pledged assessments. In naming the committee of legionnaires in Monday's Daily Democrat who were largely responsible for the success of the fair, the names of Ferd , O’Brien, chairman of the program i committee: France Conter, chairman of the advertising committee and Bernard Ke'ler and Frank Schumacher were omitted. These four men ' worked with the other committee I members and are largely responsible for the succe-"s of the entire event. Several concessions and shows on 1 ’he m dwav during the fair were leased bv the committee on a “split” basis and the profits from these con- ’ cerns made it possible for all finan- ’ cial obligations to he met promptly. ' Mr. Ehinger stated today that he ' was desirous of having all bills 1 against the committee turned in to tr'm at once and he added that these biMs would be paid immediatey. Suggest Permanent Plan ’ A meeting was held last night by interested in the 1929 fair and ' several plans were discussed for organizing a permanent street fair ' committee. It is the general concensus o f opin'on among local merchants ’ that since the local post of the Legion ’ was succe sful 'n the effort this year, i < continued on p»ge five) o FOREST FIRES RAGE IN WEST Oregon Fires Cause Fog of Smokp To Darken A Wide Radius r Port.'and. Ore., Sept. 17. —(U.R) —A pall of smoke-like air hung over the area within a 250-mile radius of Portland today as the Pacific nrothwest’s greatest forest fire menace continued to ravish timber and hamlets. Smudgy b’llows, laden with cinders, settled over Mie country, turning | morning into late afternoon and re- ■ during visibility to a minimum. ' River traffic along the Willamette, which winds through Port'and, hav been reduced material’y, for pilots ; could see but a few hundred yards. It shrouded the Columbia river in such a haze that motorists could not see the opposite shore line. The great fires which all but ate ) >nto the towns of Estacada, Ore., and I Yacolt, Wash 1 ., sent ashes and cind- ', ers pouring into Portland —tiny white ■ ashes, that gave automobile tops the i, appearance of having passed through -a fine-flaked snowstorm. ■ For days the aid has been fouled r with acrid smoke that irritates the 1 eves and throat to the point of minor i Inflamation. The sun, a faint disc of orange, t tried vain'y to peer through. Humid--1 ity was low and the minimum temperature ranged between 82 and 88 des grees. Loss Is Heavy i- Santa Paula, Calif.. Sept. 17.- —(U.R) -—A forest fire of major proportions i- was eating its way through Santa i, Paula Canyon today, having already < done damage estimated at $2,000,000. I. The blaze which started near Santa i- Paula Mineral Springs had blackened 8 more than 7,000 acres on a two-mile fl front. Oil wells in the Ojai region e were fired by the flames. i- Approximately 500 men were on the fire line.

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B. J. Smith Funeral ', Held This Morning ( Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock th:s morning fir Benjamin J. Smith, til. who died suddenly Siturdny noon Business houses were closed during the services, which were held at the Si. Marys Catholic church Members of tie Fourth Degree Knights of Columbu i acted as pall-liearers Mr. Smith was a Decatur druggist tor 45 years. ( DISTRICT MEET HELD MONDAY Attendance Officers Os Northeastern Indiana Hear State Head The District meet of the Northeastern section of Indiana attendance of- ’ fleers was held Monday afternoon at , the office of the County Superlnten- ] dent of Fort Wayne. Fifteen attendance districts were represented at the meeting which was the first one of the year. Mrs. Mabelle Myers, local j attendance officer, was the represen- , ta'ive of this district. The purpose of the district meetings which will be held once each month, is to exchange ideas for the regulation ( of the attendance in the public schools of the various cities represented in the districts. Miss Blanche Merry State Attendance officer was present at the meeting yesterday, and gave several new methods of making re- t ports, and told of the new.qualifications for attendance officers. Dr Ada Schwitzer. who is head of the Child Health Division of the State, gave an address on the telation.of the child's health to school attendance. Plans were also discussed for the State meeting of the attendance offi- ■ cers which will be held in October at • Indianapolis. o Frost Is Predicted For Indiana Tonight Indianapolis. Sept. 17.— (U.R) —Most sections of Indiana will witness their first frosts of the reason tonight, according to J. H. Armington. U. S. ■ meteorologist here. Armington said the frost would be fairly general over the state, although i it was not scheduled to be heavy, i Temperatures will range from 10 to , 12 degrees lower tonight than they were Monday night, according to the forecast. Northern Indiana readings will range from 36 to 40 degrees while in central counties it will be around 40. The southern portion of the state 1 perhaps will not be so cold, the forecast stated. The present temperatures will prevail until at least Wednesday night. — o Twelve Are Killed In German Coal Mine Blasts f'trausbourg. Sept. I”—(U.R) —Twelve n u isons were dead and scores of oth- ] ers were suffering from serious in juries today as a result of a series of , explosions in the Petite Rossele I coal mines near here. The first explosion occurred last < veiling and flames swq.t the mines J trapping scores of workeie in shafts and impeding rescue crews. Villagers rushed to the scene of the disasto,'. Wives and ch'ldron of the rnin- ’ ers wept as they sought their hus- ’ hands find fathers. The fire continued to rage as the night wore on ] i>n E-.unday there had been an exI plosion in the same mi.ies, killing three workers uni injuring five ? ethers. Make Final Plans For ? W. C. T. U. Meeting 3 1 Indianapolis, Sept. 17.—(U.R) —Mrs. Ella Alexander Boole, New York. ' president of the National Women's J Christian Temperance Union, was to r arrive today to complete plans for the national convention which will • open here Sept. 19. W. C. T. U. officials here expect ’ more than 3,000 women from through- " out the United States to be in attendance. Graf Zenpelin Starts s 24-Hour Non-Stop Trip j y Friedrichshafen, Germany, Sept. 17. I- —(U.R) —The Graf Zeppelin departed i at 4 p. m., today for a 24-hour trip I through northern Germany. During s the afternoon the Graf will fly over a Cruxhaven and Hamburg in honor of Dr. Hugo Eckener, its commander, e who was due to arrive from the United States.

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$108,315.1818 LOWEST BID ON STATE ROAD 16 Commission Will Let Contracts At Later Date, Announcement Says LAST BIDDING OF YEAR ON ROADS Indianapolis, Sept. 17.—(U.R)— Roger Daoust of Defiance, 0., was the low bidder on the paving project of State road 16, from one-third of a mile east of of Decatur, in Adams county to the Indiana-Ohio state line, it was announced today by the Indiana highway commission, when bids on more than 100 miles of state road-paving projects were opened. Daoust's bid on the six-mile paving contract for the Decatar road east was $108,315.18, the commission announced. The contract for the paving will be let later, it v. as announced. Daoust also was low bidder on the paving project from Fort Wayne to the Dekalb county line in Allen county with a bid of $184,702.24. It was not indicated by the commission whether the paving projects would lie started this fall, or early next spring. The paving in Adams county, includes the construction of almost three mites of new road, to tCOXTIMED OX I'MtE FIVE, Government A,nd Holy See Have Differences Rome, Sept. 17. -(U.R) —Relations between the Italian government and the holy see appeared distinctly strained today as a result of the address by Pope Pius Xi before the Catholic Young Men's Association. The pontiff, apparently aroused by Premier Mussolini's speech before the Fascist executives last Saturday, ridiculed some of his statements, thus creating a marked resentment among political leaders, especially ultrafascists. o Sheriff Refuses To Accept Man’s Alibi Dublin, Ind., Sept. 17.—(U.R)—When Sheriff Henry Long of Wayne county, conducting a liquor raid at a filling station here operated by Charles Barnard, found a half-gallon jug of moonshine, Barnard remarked: "Now, wno put that jug under there. Someone is always leaving booze around my place.” “Well,” replied the sheriff, “some one left you nim pints outsiue in th“ bushes also. I guess 11l take you along with me.” CHICAGO YOUTHS ADMIT MURDERS More Than 100 Robberies And Two Killings Are Confessed By Pair Chicago, Sept. 17. —(U.R)— Two youths, one of them so young he admitted he still cries, faced the electric chair today. They whispered pleas of guilty across the bench to two murders, an assault with intent to kill and almost 100 robberies. Warned by Judge Otto Kerner that their admissions might send them to the electric chair, the youths — Earl Nicholson, 20, and Robert Camy, 18, —stood by their pleas, hoping, they said, thereby to avoid the death penalty. Botli freely admitted they murdered and robbed to obtain money. They rollbed drug stores, killed a watchman on the south side when he attempted to interfere and murdered a druggrist, Leon Raymond, when he showed fight. “When I got home after we killed Raymond. I cried all night,” Nicholson said. “We made an agreement, not to kill anybody else.” s When they pleaded to killing Raymond, his widow became hysterical and Sobbed: “Oh, if I could only get my hands ■ on them." 1 She was quieted in the judge's ' chambers. Judge Kerner said if there were any arguments as to why the youths ■ should not be sentenced to the elec- ■ trie chair he would hear them and make a decision next Monday.

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