Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1929 — Page 1

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MNA CLUB (OMEN TO MEET I atfortwatne IfoHifth Annual State Con- | nation Opens Tuesday, For Four-Day Meet Lficial PROGRAM I IS ANNOUNCED I ill. For ieth Annual meeting of the In'ii l I’ederat’cn of Clubs will be I" ,I in th.- Trinity English Lutheran ■ ' House in F-tt Wayne Octobei I;inclusive. The conferences til >■ held in the new home of the fc'it Wayne Woman’s Club and the K. ,v (' \ The Woman's Club of Fort E: lU || th* Twelfth District Feder t, n will act as hostesses. The theme E- i invention will be “Out Stew KriWiip "• and program committee has Eiiane.il an interesting piogram. i M.iiy pnminent speakers of the day Lili address the assembly, and good L. IS ;,. will atso be a feature of the proLum. Friday promises to be of speLal inter* st, as a choice of two trips Lili be offered, one occupying a half L, in historic points in and around |F„i Wayne; the other an all day trip ■to the Limbeilost. I Many persons from this city are Lanning to attend the convention Ljich is expected to be the largest Ler held by the Indiana Federation of K'.nb.i. I Following is the official convention ■piograin: Tuesday Afternoon I 5:45 Department Workers (|1.25) IWomans Club Dining Room. I s:4s—District and County Chairman li’l.’.iil Woman’s Club Auditorium. Wednesday Afternoon I 12:00—Public Welfare Luncheon hl.ai Woman’s Club Auditorium. 6.4s—Epsilon Sigma Omicron ($1.75) Hotel Anthony. 1 Thursday Morninn and Afternoon I 7:30 — Continuation Breakfast (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Tourists Are Rohbed Indianapolis, Oct. 16. —(U.R) —Three bandits, [losing as state highway police, held up and robbed a party of tourists en route to their eastern home, west of here, last night. The bandit car drew alongside the tourist machine and one of the bandits shouted: "You're going too fast. Pull over.” The men with guns then climbed aboard and forced the driver to take them down a side road where the tour ists were lined up along the road and searched. About sllO and S2OO in diamond rings were taken. o KELLY CASE POSTPONED The case of Ed Kelly on a charge of public intoxication, set for a hearing in mayor's court last evening, has been postponed until Monday, October 21. Kelly was released from jail last evening, providing bond, as required by law. . SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET PLANNED St. Marys Township Convention To Be Held Sunday At Calvary Church The St. Mary's Township Sunday School Convention will be held at the Calvery Church, Sunday. October 20, 1029. The public is cordially invited to at end. The programs for the afternoon and evening sessions are as follows: Afternoon Session 2 o'clock Song—Audience Devotional —Rev. Blocker. Piano Solo —Mrs. Nellie Jackson Song—Pleasant Mills Church. Address- Rev. M. W. Sunderman Song—Bobo M. E. Church. Piano Solo—Betty Troutner Music—Calvary Church. Talks—By County S. S. Officers business. Song—Audience 1 Banedietion. Evening Session 7 O’clock Song—Audience Devotions- Lowell Smith. Reading— John Walters Mimic— Bobo Zion U. B. Church Address—C. E. Striker Music—Pleasant Mills M. E. Church Address— Rev. A. E. Buck ‘ano Solo— Thelma Dauer Awarding Banner. Song—Audience Benediction

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New Comics To Appear In Decatur Daily Democrat Two new comics have been purchawed by the Decatur Dally Demo-j crat and will appear for the first time in Saturday's issue. The comics are "The Worst Is Yet To Come'' and “The Main Thing On Main Street." The former comic is a two-column cartoon which will apgiear on the editorial page of the Daily Democrat and the latter is a six-column story strip, which will appear on the market and classified page along with the present cartoon. The Daily Democrat, in purchasing the two new comics believes that its readers will greatly enjoy the new features. All other features now running in the Daly Democrat will continue. MANY TEACHERS OF COUNTY WILL ATTEND MEETING Northeastern Indiana Teachers’ Conference Opens At Fort Wayne Thursday GENERAL MEETING OPENS CONCLAVE By A. M. Paftlison (Special to the Democrat) Fort iWayne, Oct. 16 —A number of Decatur school teachers will take part on the programs here Thursday and Friday for the Northeastern Indiana Teachers Association convention. More than 3,000 delegates from schools in northeastern Indiana counties are expected to attend the twolay convention. Worthman Takes Part M. F. Worthnuu of Decatur, secre-tary-treasurer of the association, will have a part in directing the general sessions of the convention. Clifton Striker of Decatur, will represent Adams county schools on the executive committee of the convention. Those from Decatur who will take part in the sectional meetings of the convention and their departments are as follows: Florlne Michaud, Latin; Dessolee Chester, music; Elizabeth Peterson, primary kindergarten and Verneal Whalen, social science. A cornet duet will be given by Rollaud Reppert and Harold Teeters of Decatur high school, at the Thursday afternoon Latin sectional meeting to be held at the KeenAn hotel. Their program will precede the address to be given by Di. Elizabeth Loraine Bishop. head of the Latioli department of Western College. Oxford. O. She will speak on "Modernism of the Classics.” The first general session of the convention will open at 9:30 o'clock Thutsday morning at the Mizpah Shrine temple. Rev. Charles H. Smith pastor t of the First M. E. church, this city, will give the invocation. The address of welcome to the visiting delegates will be given by J. B Wiles, industrial pmmisdioner and manager of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. The response to Mr. Wiles address will be made by H. M. Dixon, superitnendent of the Kendallvile schools. Dr. John Murray, principal of University college. Exeter, Eng land, will make the keynote address of the convention. He will talk on "Internationalism in Education." Concert To Be Given One of the outstanding features of the convention will be a concert to be given at 8:15 o'clock Thursday night at the Mizpah Shrine temple by Mme. Gray Levine, noted violinist. rioyd Allen, assistant manager of the General Motors Corporation of Detroit. Michigan, will speak to the delegates Friday afternoon on "School’s Contributions to the Fundamentals of Business." The association will elect its officers Friday afternoon. o Dr. Shumaker Shows Improvement Today Indianapolis. Oct. 16 —(U.R) —Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. was slightly improved today, according to Dr. C. H. Winders, temporary league superintendent. Members of Dr. Shumaker's familysaid he spent one bf the most restful nights since he has been confined to his home with an, incurable liver ailment. o— — '■—* Stone Gets Divorce lais Angeles, Oct. 16 —(UP) — Lewis Stone screen actor, has obtained a divorce from Florence Payor Stone, whose stage name is Florence Oakleyon the grounds of mental cruelty. A property settlement was made out of court.

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Confessed Slayer; Victim —» ■-i t■■ ■- flfe- in > r op* a wiWSIF’Ag I w' - S A*. ■- John S. Preston, 32, interior decorator of Chicago (left), has confessed to police of DuPage County, 111., the brutal murder of Agnes Johnston, 25. of Chicago, whose mangled body was found on a lonely road near West Chicago, 111. Preston admitted he had strangled Miss Johnston to death as the climax of a wild joyride.

C. Guy Woodring In Charge Os Scout Camp (Special to the Democrat) Fort Wayne. Oct. 16 —When Decatur Boy Scouts go to Camp Limberlost Sylvan Lake, near Kendallville, for week-end outings during the fall, winter and spring months they will be in charge of C. Guy Woodring, newlyappointed field executive for the Anthony Wayne Area Council of BoyScouts, according to an announcement made at the Scout executive offices here. • Mr. Woodring assumes his new duties today. He will! maintain his headquarters at Camp Liinhei lost. Mr. Woodring was formerly scout executive at Muncie, Indiana. Fire Does Damage Os About SIOO,OOO Indianapolis, Oct. 16 —(U.R)— It was estimated today that fire which swept the William P. Jungclaus Milling plant here last night did.damage of from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. Much expensive woodwork intended for use in churches and other buildings was ruined. SMITH GOES TO FEDERAL PRISON Roy Smith Found Guilty of Violation Os Dyer Act In Chicago Roy Smith, of this city, arrested several months ago at Homewood, Illinois on a charge of stealing an automobile at Paulding, Ohio, was taken to the United States Industrial reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, October 12, from Chicago where he began serving a two year sentence, according to word received from that institution by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth today. Smith was arrested with his brother Ora, and a Paulding youth. The other two boys later were released after federal authorities had taken the trio to Chicago and Roy Smith was held in federal custody at Chicago. He was charged in tlie Chicago Federal court with violation of the Dyer act and was found guilty. On October 12, according to Sheriff Hollingsworth’s letter, Smith was sentenced to two years in the Chillicothe prison and was taken to that institution at once. Ora Smith who was arrested in Homewood with his brother and later released returned to this city and faced a charge of issuing a fraudulent check. He is now serving a sentence in tha Indiana Reformatory. Roy Smith is serving his third conviction. In 1920 he was sentenced from Decatur to the Indiana Boys’ School on a larceny charge and in 1927 he was sentenced to the Indiana State Penal Farm on a charge of killing ami disposing of horses illegally. Smith's number at the federal prison is 2568,C. <> Fruit Drive Underway The Civic Section of the Woman’s Club began soliciting the people of Decatur yesterday for the Hospital fi uit with satisfactory results for the first day. The ladies reported today that fruit would be called for after supper as well as during the day for the remainder o£ this week.

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LOCAL LADY'S FATHER DIES Hiram Burkholder, Father Os Mrs. John Maynard Dies At Muncie Hiram Burkholder, 87, retired farmer of Columbia City and father of Mrs. John Maynard of this city died this morning at 1:30 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Bcrdner at 119 North Cherry Street, Muncie. Death was due to carcimona of the liver. Mr Burkholder was born in Ohio and spent seventy-five years of his life at Columbia City. Three weeks ago when he became Seriously ill he was moved to the home of his daughter at Muncie. The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Maynard of this city, and Mrs. Charles BorClier cf Muncie. A sister, Mrs. Wary Brown of Columbia City, also survives. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 8 o’clock at the Bordner home. 119 North Cherry Street, Muncie. and at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Demoney Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial will be made in the Eberhard cemetery at Columbia City. o Girl In Coma, Is Found On Gary Street Gary, Ind., Oct. 16 —(U.R)— Police and city physicians were baffled today in their attempts to solve the mystery surrounding a young girl found on a deserted street last night in a state of coma. The girl, about 14 years old, was unharmed and there was nothing to indicate she had been involved in a struggle. Physicians believed if she were in a drugged sleep she would recover some time today and a close watch over her was being kept. MISSIONARY GROUP MEETS Methodist Women Os Fort Wayne District Gather At Local Church The Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Societies of the Fort Wayne District opened their annual group meeting at the local Methodist Episcopal Church this morning at 10 o'clock with approximately 100 ladies enrolled. Delegations from Waynedale, Bluffton, Simpson church of Fort Wayne, and Decatur were in attendance today. The interesting program which had been planed was caried out and a covered dish pot-luck luncheon was served at the noon hour. At the morning session various phas es of school life and subjects were discussed under tlie direction of the district officers. The afternoon program consisted of further discussions on subjects of interest in the Home Missionary field. At the close of the afternoon meeting officers and resolutions for next year were to be elected. The afternoon session concluded the meetings as there will be no evening session.

LAFOUNTAINE BANK ROBBED Bandit Secures S7OO In Hold-Up At Wabash County Institution Wabash Oct. 16 (UP) —The Lafountaine Bank neat Wabash was robbed by a young man at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. It was estimated that S7OO was taken from the counter. After taking the money from Col. Chipper, and Polly Waggoner, bookkeeper, the bandit ran up an alley to a waiting automobile. A young woman was at the wheel of the machine. They I headed north toward Wabash. The bandit was believed by authorities to be Gene Alger, recently paroled from the Indiana State Reformatory by Gov. Hany tl. Leslie, Alger is a fugitive from justice, charged with robbery of the Mathews Bank, a fewweek- ago. A nation wide search for him has thus far been fruitless. Third man. A. B. Harper, cashier, was in the bank. MacDonald Pleads For Universal Peace Toronto, Ont., Oct. 16 — (UP) — Prime Minister Ramsay MacD; nald today made a fervent appeal to American labor to aid him in his crusade for Universal peace. in an address before the convention of the American Federation of Labor, MacDonald speaking not ",'.s Prime Minls’er, but still as a worker," pleaded sot the American Workers to united in a war upon war, "list by revolution but by the ballot box." “I want you to teel I am still a workman, just as I was before." he said. Eli P. Lee Heads Indiana Red Men Indianapolis, Oct. 16 —(U.R) — The state convention of Improved Order of Red Men will install newly elected officers today. Those elected were: Eli P. Lee, Terre Haute. Great Sachem: R. B. Whitten, Knightstown. Great Prophet Russell H. Evans, SSpencer,, Great Senior Sagamore; W. Irwin Pryor, Worthington. Great Junior Sagamore; Arch H. Hobbs, Indianapolis, re-elected Great Chief of Records: John H. Boyd. Franklin, re-elected Great Keeper of Wampum and Pearl Lawson, Staunton, Great Trustee. COMMITTEE TO DRAFT REPORT Law Enforcement Body To Study Prohibition And Its Various Results Washington, Oct. 16 —(U.R)— Final preparations for the delicate task of investigating and drafting a report on prohibition appeared today to be occupying much of the attention of President Hoover's law- enforcement commission, whicli was reconvened after a long summer recess. Following its first session yesterday, tlie commission announced appointment of Walter H. Pollak of New York and Professor Zegharian Chaffe of the Harvard Law school as expert advisers to the committee which will inquire into "lawlessness of government law enforcing officers.’ Tills committee, headed by former Senator Kenyon of lowa, is expected to make an extensive study of prohibition enforcement. One of the commission’s next moves may be appointment of an expert to cooperate with the committee studying prohibition proper. Eight experts to assist with the investigation of other phases of crime have already been named. The committee* is progressing with extreme caution in its prohibition inquiry. mindful of close observation by Ixitli wets and drys. Its meetings h erP are secret and brief official announcements concerning its work provide the only information available. Members'of the committee on prohibition have been at work all summer studying data collected in previous investigations, and interviewing prohibition officials, state and local authorities and students of sociology and criminology. Later they may conduct public hearings. Then the data must be organized and conclusions drawn. A preliminary report on prohibition as well as other divisions of the commission's study is expected within a year. It may take several years to complete the investigation and draft a final report.

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Mrs. F. V. Mills Takes Part In Missionary Meet (Special to the Democrat) Fort Wayne, Oct. 16 Mrs. F. V. Mills of Decatur, took part here Tues day afternoon in the educational Missionary society program of the Fort Wayne and New Haven groups of the Me hodist Episcopal church. The meeting was held at the Wayne Street M. E, church. Mrs. Mills conducted the class in geography. Following the class sessions new officers were elected. Mrs Ray Eisaman was elected president of tlie Fort Wayne group and Mrs. Seth Painter of Monroeville, was elected head of the New Haven group. INSPECTORS FOR CITY ELECTION ARE APPROVED Council In Regular Session Accepts Appointments Os Dr. Burt Mangold GLOSS STREET TO HAVE SIDEWALK The city council in regular session last night approved the appointments of election inspectors for the city election, Tuesday, November 5. The appointments were made by Dr. Burt Mangold, city chairman. The inspectors in the six precincts are: First ward "A", Fred Mills; "B”. G'.en Cowan; second ward, “A", Chris Boknecht; “B". James Hurst; third ward "A”, France Confer’; "B” John Starost. The electric light committee reported favorable on the petition of James Ross and others for the erection of a street light at the corner of Dierkes and St. Marys streets. A communication from the state board of accounts relative to the amount of bond required from banks acting as public depositories for city funds was filed. A communication informing the council that the Fletcher American Bank of Indianapolis had been appointed receiver for the Stutz Motor Car company and that all payments due the defunct company should be made to the receiver was filed and placed on record. The request of Adrian Wemhoft to build a sidewalk on Gloss street was granted by the council and the city engineer was ordered to establish the grade and location of the walk ioi the petitioner. Bills were read by chairman of the finance committee and allowed and the motion to adjourn carried. r I Cal, Al, And Julius Have Walk Together ;— ——♦ By Morris DeHaven Tracey UP Staff Correspondent New York, Oct. 16. — (U.R) Down where the shadow of Trinity church 3 spire falls across Wall street, many strange things happen and the webs of many stories are spun. For instance, Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E. Smith some time ago walk ed together in that shadow — with Julius Rosenwald at their side. And as far as is known, almost no one recognized them. Since then they have done it again, not once but at least three times of recent weeks probably more often. What is more they probably will be doing it frequently. Wall street, and some other parts of New York have built up a happy story of this association of the form er republican president from rock ribbed Massachusetts; the former democratic governor of New York from sweltering Oliver street and Rosenwald, tlie Jewish philanthropist and Chicago merchant. It was several weeks ago that the three were first seen together. They were at luncheon at the Bankers club. Few. if anyone outside of a handful of men who knew and still kept secret the story of what it is all about, recognized them. Twice at least since that time they have met in conference at th** Bankers Trust company. They have come in from Wall street and have gone out upon Wall street, mixing with the crowds which mill all day long in that narrow old lane and have been recognized by few. Their business is not finished but the story as yet unconfirmed which is being told around New York as the reason back of this extraordinary association is that they are engaged in the administration of a hugq phil(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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SUGAR INDUSTRY UNDER FIRE BY SUB-COMMITTEE Nearly Half-Million Dollars Spent By Beet Sugar Industry Since 1922 LEAK OF NEWS IS BEING PROBED Washington, Oct. 16.— <U.R) — Nearly half a million dollars has been spent by American beet sugar companies in Washington since 1922 chiefly’ in sponsoring a higher sugar tariff, Harry A. Austin of the United States Beet Sugar Association revealed to the senate lobby investigating committee today. About $56,000 has been spent since January 1 while the higher sugar duty has been under discussion in congress; he said. Such publicity was necessary to meet the activities of organizations, including the National City bank, which ha_s been advocating a reduction in the sugar duty, the witness charged. He asked the committee to cal) Edward P. Schacht, counsel of the United States Sugar Association. Mrs. Gladys Jones of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Cuba; the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages; W. P. Rawlelgli, Freeport, 111., who, Austin said, hail "generously furnished money from the Rawleigh tariff bureau here. “Thats the kind of lobbying you ought to go after," Austin told the senate investigators. All his expenses were legitimate. Austin said. He said Rawleigh, a cosmetic and soap manufacturer recently opened his tariff bureau here to advocate lower sugar duties and had obtained a report of three Wisconsin university professors in favor of his viewpoint which ho released on July 26 last. He denietl that enactment of his bill would prevent the use of testimoney of pur b rs oils , , yers. ITe pointed out ? la, , it, sno one can be prosecuted to, testimony presented in obedience to a subpoena. The "leak’’ of private congressional information to legislative agents of private industries also was subjected to inquiry by the senate lobby investigating committee. Frederick L. Koch, pottery expert of the United States tariff commission, was required by the committee to furnish a list of all members present at the executive session of the house ways and means committee from which information was reported to have been obtained by William Burgess, tariff “observer " for the pottery manufacturers. Koch said all attending the meeting arranged to fix the pottery tariff rates in the pending republican tariff bill, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CALLS MURDER MERE INCIDENT Chicago Woman Tells How Man Was Murdered And Stores Were Robbed Chicago. Oct 16 —(U.R) — Between giggles, Mrs. Fay Allison, 29. told police last night how cold-blooded murder was a mere incident in a gin party early Sunday in which a group of soda dispensers and their girl friends careened through the streets in an automobile and perpetrated two holdups. She gave a racy recital of the murder of Lyle Perrenoud, 27-year-old salesman, who was shot to death in his automobile while his wife looked on. The killer, she told police, was August Vogel, 22. soda dispenser, who was angered because Perrenoud ls.it him across an intersection after a traffic light flashed green. Mrs. Allison, the mother of three children, lives with a man not her husband, she said, and went out with her friends for the party, which began in an apartment borrowed from a . negro woman. She was driving, a pedestrian told jiolice, when he was held up by tlie group near where the murder occurred. Mrs. Allison said Vogel held up the pedestrian and later robbed a drug store at the point of a gun. Police held the woman and were seeking Vogel and other members of the party. ,