Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1929 — Page 1

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I CIVIL WAR IS I REPORTED IN I CHINA AGAIN I -Ironsides’ Division Attacks 1 Rational Government In I Western Hupeh Again I NEW ALLIANCE is I being formed I Shanghai, Sept. 21. —<U.R>- A I n<w civil war has broken out in I China Despile the belief that I the current controversy between I Nanking and Moscow would I unite the Chinese in a common I cause, the |>olitical antagonisms I which have existed in China I nince the revolution flared up I I ' Gen. Chang Fat-Kwel's fourth divi I sion. known as the “Ironsides" clashI wi with troops of the national governI meat in western Hupeh. I The national government immodI iately sent an order dismissing Gen-i-omi Chang from service for moving his troops without authority. i The “Ironsides" division, apparent]y. was being moved cross country from Irhang for the possible purpose of reaching the Peiping-Hankow railgar, which would enable General Chang to take up a more strategic position against the troops . of the central government. It was understood here also" that General Chang intended to make an effort to form a junctuie with the armies of Marshal Feng Hu-Hsiang, the so-eal.’ed “Christian general," who has been at odds with the Nanking government ever since he was dismissed from his various posts with the national government. The object of forming this alliance, it was believed here, was for a concerted attack and a revolt afrafnst Nanking. latest reports reaching here said Marshal Feng, who had ; promised General Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the national government, to leave China had broken his promises. Marshal Feng had said he wanted to travel to the United States to receive medical treatment. 4t (he time it was believed he had been eliminat<l as a poliCcal and military factor in China. Search Starts For Murderer Os Girl Twin Falls. Ida.. Sept. 21— (UP)— Mobo jungles in the vicinity of Twin Falls were Iteing searched today for Pace of an unidentified itinerant who is helieved to have brutally attacked and murdered an 11-y Oar-old girl. The body of Marie Meiseehal, weighed down with heavy stones and bearing mute evidence of her death, was found late Friday in the snake river near King Hill. The girl left her home early Thursday and fears were felt for her safety when she failed to appear at school Search parties were organized and peace officers were notified that the girl was last seen near the railroad tracks. NEW DRUG FIRM IS ANNOUNCED Mrs. B. J. Smith Buvs Interest Os J. S. Falk In Local Concern The smith, Yager & Falk drug l ore which has been closed since last ba. Mi ow i ne the deatii ot llie ►enioi member of the partnership. ' as . re<J Pe n ed today under the name Smith Drug Company, ■ ns- Elizabeth Smith having purchas--1 the interest of John S. Falk. „ ‘ e , Btore wltl be operated by Mrs. v, , children. Othmar and Miss ■g ne Sm th, both of whom have s on connected with the store several ' , lr ?’ eo Yager will hold his inter- ’ r . w j the Present. Mr. Falk has not ed fully upon his future plans. in ! ’ ,Ore 19 tbe o,< i est drug concern 1 itbs county, established by Dr. F. SmtndT'" in 186 L The late « J--IMI 1 b ? came a clerk in the store in ner h"* ..‘ n * le a partUnto ' e lirm name at - that time being Ho ' house & Blackburn. time's f ir ? changed hands several since / llrin 8 tbe °f a century & vJ hen .’ becomin K known as Smith Smith °v ” 1898 an<l a ycar la,er as ™"h- Yager & Falk. lhe°h lin i Ue o succeßs is Predicted for ® a J - Smith company.

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Fred Bender Raises Record Potato Yield Fred Bender of near Pleasant Mills sent us in a sample of Green Mountain potatoes today and wants lo know who beat his tecord. Last spring he sent to Philadelphia and brought fifteen pounds of seed potatoes for $1 00 He planted half of them April 23. and when he dug them recently harvested •110 pounds. The o.het 7H pounds were planted June 21. These have not been dug yet but indications are they will be just as good. Mr. Bender is trying them for both early and late crops and results are of interest. For many years Benders potatoes have won prizes at the various fairs. TO REORGANIZE COUNTY CLUB — Dairy Herd Improvement Association To Elect Officers Tuesday A reorganization meeting of the Adams County Dairy Herd Improvement Association will be held Tuesday night, September 24 at 7:30 o'clock (standard time) at the Monroe high school building in Monroe. The Cow Testing association in Adams County which has been conducted for the past 5 years will tie conducted again this year. Plans for the coming year will be discussed at the meeting next Tuesday. The Cow Testing association year begins October 1. and records on the various herds in the a sociation are kept for 12 succeeding months, completing 'heir year October 1, 1930. Mr. G. A. Wi’liams of Purdue University in charge of the cow testing association work throughout the «tate will be present Tuesday to deliver the principal address of the evening. Mr. Williams has been in this county before and his talks have always been interesting to the public. The Adams County Dairy Herd Improvement association has made rapid strides during the last five years and those in charge of the work at Purdue have paid some high compliments to the members of the local association for the progress it has made. Mr. R. L. Price who has been tester for the last five years since the beginning of the association will continue in that capacity for another year. The public is invited to the meeting Tuesday evening particularly’ those who are Interested in joining the association for the coming year. Election of officers and the yearly report will be taken up at the meeting. The local association has 26 members. 22 of whom have signed up for the coming year. Anyone wishing to join the association tor the coming year should get in touch with R. L. Price, tester, or F. E. Christen, county agent, as soon as possible. - —o — — Real Esate Men Choose Evansville West Baden. Ind., Sept. 21 —(UP) — Evansville was chosen as the 1930 convention city of the Indiana Real estate association at the closing session of its annual convention here. The following officers wete elected: Samual E. Gary, Terre Haute, president. Thomas F. Carson, Indianapolis. Roy M. Friedly, Muncie: Charles W. Hone. Lafayette; Roscoe Hemstock Hammond, and J. R. Anderson, Evansville, vice presidents, and Scott R Grewer, Indianapolis re-elected secre-tary-treasurer. o . Bomb Damages Auto Co. Sales Building Oak Park, 111., Sept. 21. —(U.R) —Explosion of dynamite bomb last night, the sixth in Chicago suburbs recently, routed salesmen and customers front the Marquardt-Schumucker Auto Sales company rooms, blew out a door and dashed contents of oil drums over the floor. Windows in nearby residences were blown out. o — r Lord Cecil Resolution Is Withdrawn In League Geneva. Sept. 21—(UP)—Lord Ceci! ♦oday decided to withdraw the disarmament. resolution which had aroused such bitter opposition on the part of France, Italy and Japan as to imperial not only the pt ogress of the League of Nations' disarmament program but also the success of the -Ang-lo-American naval negotiations. Lord Cecil's resolution called for a limitation of trained reserves, the control of the manufacture of arms and war materials, and the establishment of an international control for the enforcement of disarmament conventions.

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Study Club Cabaret Fire r Exterior view of the Study Club Cabaret in Detroit, where seventeen IM rson« met death in a mysterious fire The dead were trapped by cardboarded windows and a fire escape that fell when the first man stepped on it.

HEN HAS FAMILY — Petersburg. Ind.. Sept. 21. —(U.R) —a Bantam hen on the farm of | Janies Brewster, south of here. I hatched six eggs which she found i in the deserted nest of a quail, ' and now ducks to a family of 1 six birds.

ECONOMIC CLUB LEADERS MEET Make Plans For Meeting To Be Held In Decatur Thursday, Oct. 30 Leaders of the Adams County Home Economic clubs held an interesting meeting in the domestic science room of Decatur high school Thursday. Miss Beadle of Purdue University was in charge and the fourth lesson in nutritions was explained. During the business meeting which ■ was held first, the report from each group showed that there were twelve leaders present and that there had been 244 women reached in tlie 11 demonstrations which had been given by the local leaders since the last nutrition lesson. Miss Beadle then gave a short review of the work done in last year’snutrition course. Following this the recipes for an attractive as well as a balanced meal were given out and each leader given a part to do toward preparing the delicious dinner which was served at noon. The afternoon's meeting consisted of making plans for Achievement Day •which will be held in Decatur. Thursday. October 30. The leaders were enthusiastic about Achievement Day and are planning to make this the most interesting and instructive meeting ever held here. The leaders and substitutes present were: Mrs. Fred Blum. Miss Opal Reynolds, Mrs. Ben Teeple, Mrs. Chas. Schenck, Mrs. Sherman Kunkel, Mrs/ Dale D. Moses, Mrs. James Manley. Mrs. Jesse Byerly. Mrs. Lloyd Bowman, Mrs. J. C. Barkley, Mise Barkley, Mrs. Chauncy Clem. Mrs John Floyd and Mrs. E. W. Busche. Girl Author Found San Francisco. Sept. 21. — (U.R) — Barbara Newhall Follet, author of two books at 14 years of age was held here today in the juvenile detention home awaiting an official from Los Angeles to take her back to her friends from whom she fled. She is the daughter of Mrs. H. T. Follet. New Haven, Conn. Her father was Wilson Follet. author and associate in the Knopf Publishing company. Barbara, who has had a wealth of experience far beyond that of the average girl, and who is famed throughout the literary world for her remarkable writings, ran away from her two guardians in Los Angeles on September 16.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 21, 1929.

“ATTEND CHURCH” PASTORSURGE All Local Churches Will Have Interesting And Inspiring Programs After several local churches have been closed at intervals during the summer because of absence of pastors and remodeling of buildings, all Decatur churches will hold regular services Sunday morning and night, the pastors of the several denominations announce. Sunday will lie informally observed as a “Back to Church” day for many people who have been away from Decatur during the summer months. One local m'nteter estimated that church attendance would increase almost 100 percent Sunday compared to a week ago. Interesting sermons and musical numbers are on the programs for tl.e var’"L3 churches and a sincere invitation is extended to all Decatur "people to “Go To Church Sunday.” Many church societies are being organized for the winter months and great interest is being shown in the activities by hundreds of local ch'fch members. One of the leading pastors of 'he city stated today, that all churches "med every member in attendance every Sunday to insure success of the char< hes ’ In sevetal of 'he denominations, special letters have been sent to members asking that they attend the services tomorrow, and every Sunday. All non-members a'so are invited to the various services. A complete program of activities of each Decatur church can be found on the Church page of tonight's Daily Democrat. INDIANA BOOK FIRM INDICTED Bobbs-Merrill Co. Is Included In 25 Concerns Under , Fire By Jury Frankfort. l\y.. Sept. 21.—-(U.R) —The state’s battle over the adoption of free textbooks for the schools and which resulted in the indictment of Gov. Flemid. Sampson and seven members of his textbook commission, was dragged further into the open'today with the indictment of 25 textbook companies. The concerns are accused of making "gifts." contrary to the state textbook law. to members of the textbook commission whereas Governor Sampson and seven of the 10 commission members were charged with “unlawfully accepting gifts.” The “gifts” consisted of textbooks. Listed among the firms indicted was tlie Bobbs-Merrill company, Indiana.

HUGE SWINDLE UNCOVERED IN GREAT BRITAIN (“Greatest Financial Collapse In A Century’’ Is Being Investigated FOUR MEN ARE HELI) IN LONDON London. Sept. 21. —(U.R; —The heari ing of Clarence Charles Hatry and his three associates in connection with the most sensational finatYcial collapse seen in Great Britain in-a generation was remanded today in old Guildhall police court until next Friday. The four promoters and financiers who were arraigned after the collapse of the so-called Hatry group of corporations with an estimated market loss of $40,000,000 within four days, were formally charged with conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses. Hatry's three associates who w’ere araigned at the same time were Edward Daniels. 31; Albert Edward Tabor, 36. and John Graham Goodfellow Dixon. 37. Hatry gave his age as 40. The magistrate refused to grant the defendants bail in spite of the pleas of their attorneys. The charges stipulated that Hatry and his associates had conspired between July 1 and Sept. 30, 1929. to obtain and had obtained 209,141 pounds, (approximately $1,045,000) under false pretenses from George Ireland Russell, who is acting on behalf of the Dortchester Trust, Ltd. The scene of the arraignment was formal and imposing. The small courtfloom was packed to capacity and hundreds waited outside, police were called out to preserve order outICOVTIXI ED OX PAGE FIVE) LOCAL DENTISTS TO ATTEND MEET Four Local Men Will Motor To Gary For Dental Meeting FLur 1) cl.itur derttists will leove early Sunday morning for Gary where they will attend the Northern Indiana Dental Socle y convention to be held in that city Sunday afternoon and Monday. Thore who will make the trip from here are Dr. Burt Mangold, Dr. Roy Archbold, Dr. J. G. Neptune and Dr. Harold DeVor. The four men will motor to Gary. A golf match is planned for the visiting dentists tor Sunday afternoon and the business session will be held all day Monday. Dr. Neptune and Dr. Archbold both hold committee appointments in the association. The Monday afternoon meeting will be in the form of a clinic. Several interesting addresses also are on the program including a lecture by Dr. Polk Akers, famous removable bridge technician. The meeting will be concluded with a banquet Monday night. o Endurance Fliers Break Montonoy Indianapolis, Sept. 21.—(U.R) — notony of the sustained flight record grind was to be broken today for Lieuts. Walter R. Peck and Lawrence Genaro with a five-hour flight and refueling contact over Cincinnati at noon. Peck and Genaro, in their Indianapolis Flamingo, were ready to leave for the Ohio city after having been in the air 33 hours at 9 a.m. on their second record attempt. They were to' be accompanied by the refueling ship. The refueling contact was to be made over Lunken Airport, Cincinnati. Peck and Genaro, in messages dropped from the Flamingo, declared they were feeling fine and expected to break the 420-hour sustained flight record by remaining in the air until after noon, Oct. 7. o GASOLINE EXPLODES Sulphur Springs, Sept. 21—(UP) — Heating gasoline with which to clean her child's coat resulted in Mrs. Louis Rutherford Receiving severe burns and the destruction of the family’s $7,000 home. The gasoline, placed in a pan on a stove, exploded, throwing flaming liquid in all directions.

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Air Tour To End With Race Sunday' Indianapolis, Sept. 21. —(U.R)—A race from Indianapolis to Marlon Suuday will be the closing feature of the air tour of the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association.' William F. Storm declared today that he did .not know how many of the 32 planes in the tour would compete in the race. The planes left Evansville this morning, stopped at Bedford and after a tour'of the city continued to Indianapolis. The tri motored Ford monoplane belonging to the Standard Oil company dropped from the tour at Terre Haute Friday because of a rip in the wing. PARDON EFFORT IS DEFEATED . Indications Are That H. F. Sinclair Will Serve His Entire Jail Term Washington, Sept. 21. — (U.R) —Efforts of Harry F. Sinclair to obtain freedom from prison prematurely appeared today to have met defeat. Pardon petitions of the multi-mil-lionaire and Henry Mason Day, codefendant and confidential assistant of the oil magnate, were transmitted to President Hoover late yesterday by Attorney General Mitchell with strong recommendation against clemency. It is not expected President Hoover will override this recommendation. Commutations of the sentences, which will expire this fall, “would undermine the confidence of the people iu the administration of justice Mitchell advised the president. Mitchell said his perusal of the testimony had convinced him that both Sinclair and Day were guilty of jury shadowing "for a corrupt purpose.” Boih Sinclair and Day were sentenced to serve terms of six months and four months, respectively, for contempt of court after the jury shadowing caused a mis-trial in one of the oil cases growing out of Sinclair’s famed transactions with former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall. In addit'on . Sinclair received a three months sentence tor contempt of the senate when the U. S. supreme court upheld the action of a senate committee. The two sentences of Sinclair are being served concurrently and *ie is scheduled to be released a few days before Thanksgiving, while Day's single term expires in October. Sinclair plans to re-enter business when he has gained his freedom while Day has applied for a passport to go abroad. "The attorney general stated he had personally read all the testimony and while no corrupt purpose had actually been consummated, he was firmly persuaded that the jury shadowing operations were conducted for the sinister and ulterior purpose of influencing the jury," the justice department said. Meanwhile, the government is preparing to prosecute Fall in the .district supreme court here on criminal charges arising from his dealings with Sinclair. The oil magnate may be a witness at. that trial which begins early next month if Fall's health does not again cause delay. — o - * Attorneys Make Final Pleas In Pantages Case Los Angeles. Sept. 21j— (U.R) —With legal arguments concerning whether Juro Rokumoto died as a result of an automobile accident or’from anaesthetic in the operation which followed fresh in their minds, the jurors sitting in the murder trial of Mrs. Lois Pantages wil be given the case probably late Monday. z Already they have heard Deputy District Attorney Harold Jones and defense Attorney W. I. Gilbert sum up the evidence which required three weeks in presentation. Mrs. Pantages, outwardly unmoved, heard Jones accuse her of being solely responsible for Rokumoto’s death and of robbing a little Japanese family of its father and husband because of a “drunken automobile ride.” Glbert argued that the accident would not have killed Rokumoto, but that the anaesthetic did. When court adjourned. Attorney Gilbert had completed all but one hour of his argument. O ■■ ■■■' - • Earthquake Is Reported Constantinople. Sept. 21—(UP) — A violent earthquake destroyed the village of Tournik today and partly destroyed other villages in the Trebizond area A considerable number of causalties was reported, and extensive damage.

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MARTY COHEN FACES CHARGE OF NEGLIGENCE Prosecutor Ch en o 1 Says Thorough Probe Will Be Made of Fatal Blaze FOUR DEAD ARE UNIDENTIFIED Detroit, Sept. 21. —(U.R)— Investigation to fix responsibility for the fire which raged through the waxen hangings of the Study Club cabaret and took the lives of 18 merrymakers was under wav today with Proprietor Marty Cohen, in jail facing charges of criminal negligence. Chaiges that a fire escape had been torn down and not replaced and that exits were not plainly marked were made by Prosecutor James E. Chenot. as he prepared for a sweeping invest gation into the disaster. “Cohen had been ordered to replace a fire escape but had not done so.” Chenot said. "He also admitted there were no exit signs to mark openings where the trapped guests might turn when the cry of fire started a panic.” Chenot ateo said he would attempt to place the blame for “failure to enforce building laws” in connection with the popular and crowded night club. Crthen spent the night in jail but was scheduled to get a habeas corpus writ hearing at 10 a.m. Meanwhile, three of the 53 injured in the blaze and panic early yesterday lingered near death as tales of heroism and sacrifice were recounted by those of the 100 or more guests lucky enough to escape the swift tCONTINUED ON PAGE EIVE) o May Drop Robbery Charge Against Woman New llraunfels. Tex.. Sept. 21 — (UP) —Ot.'s Rogers today awaited the decision of prosecuting attorney Fred Brundell on whether he would drop the charge of bank robbery against Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers which three times had been heard in Texas courts without a verdict being reached. Rogers was confident the case had been called for the last time, when, eatly Friday night, a jury which had argued without agreement for almost 50 hours was dismissed The vote stood nine for acquital and three for conviction. —O " Legion Post Will Meet Monday Night There will be an important meeting of Adams post of the Ame’.ican Legion at Legion hall Monday night. Financial report of the Street Fair will be read and other important business will be disposed of. All members are urged to be present. STARTS SECOND DAY OF FLIGHT Colonel Charles Lindbergh Takes Off This Morning From Santiago Santiago. Cuba, Sept. 21. —(U.R) — Beginning (he second day of his pioneer mail and passenger Hight from Miami, Fla., to Dutch Guiana, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left today tor Port Au Prince, capital of the republic of Haith The trimotored Fokker plane of the Pan American Airways, with Lindbergh at the controls, and with Mrs. Lindbergh as one of its passengers, cleared the runway here shortly aftet 7 a.m. In addition to the three other members of the crew, the plane the West Indies limited, carried six passengers. They were Mrs. Lindbergh. .1. T. Trlppe, president of the Pan-American Airways; Mrs. Trippe, and three newspapermen. The Lindberghs and the Trippes were overnight guests of Robert Wetmore, fruit broker, at his home near San Juan Hilu, made famous by Roosevelt's Rough Riders. The first leg of today’s flying was to end at Port Au Prince, from where the party was scheduled to continue to Santo Domingo and San Juan, the latter the overnight stop.

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