Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1929 — Page 1

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|nion leader I is victim OF I LABORDISPUTE ■((ond Bombing Os Last I l ew Weeks At Marion Wrecks Automobile Bl\\ thought TO BE DYING In i.. Oct. 28—(U.R)—A bomb ■ .lie automobile of Andrew : -gos. 35. secretary of the Mold union, Marion, at 6:20 this and caused probably fatal ■jui". to Legos. Th. bomb hurled Legos from his ■ r when he stepped on the starter. Kd blew the top from his home garHe staggered to the back yard K llt told his wife that ‘'somebody put in my car which went off when ■ st< pped on the starter." He then ■po d unconscious and was taken to ■ hasp tai. where no hope for recovery held. « I nion troubles were blamed for the Mominng. A bitter struggle between t ons of workmen in the glass far- < of Marion was likewise blamed ■>r the explosion in Marion Labor ■ample on October 3, in which two were killed, another injured and several suffeted minor ■tjiu os. A meeting of the union was when the explosion occur-j ■ I (gos was taken immediately to the Operating room in the hospital, where ■. effort to save his life was begun, i isl Force of the explosion tore Legos’, ■ar and garage to shreds. He stagt’red from the wreckage to the yard, here his wife had rushed at sound f the detonation, and remained contions only long enough Io tell her ow the tragedy occurred. The bomb had been placed under Ne front seat of the car, and how egos escaped instant death was a lystery to police investigators. Police felt certain the tragedy could e traced directly to the labor troub>s. and immediately started an in* pnsive investigation. It was expeetd that several enemies of the union ould be rounded up during the day. o oung Man Killed In Attempted Hold-up Logansport, Ind., Oct. 28 —(UP) — in attempted holdup brought death rare Saturday night to James Stinon. 24. who with a companion, a’empted to rob the Harry W. Brown general store at Deed Creek. Authorities of Cass and Carrol Connies were seeking the id rnt’ty of Stinson’s companion, Stinson refused to five the officers any information conreining him to police before he died. Wli-n the two tried to rob Brown he store proprietor drew his own gun and started firing. Three shots fired >y the two bandits missed. Brown shot twice, killing Stinson. The dead man lad been out of the state reformatory three weeks. o Court To Adjourn Washington, Oct. 28. —(U.R)—The suirenre court announced today it would ecess from next Monday, November •th to November 25. —* o BED CROSS TO MEET TUESDAY Adams County Chapter To Hear Plans For Annual Roll Call At Meeting There will be a meeting of the Adams County chapter of the American Red Cross Tuesday evening at 7:30 o clock in the Peoples Loan and Trust company building. Mr. Carroll Brya,|t. a member of the national staff of the Red Cross, will be present at the meeting, and will meelt the executive committee of the organization for the prtrpose of making plans and Preparations for the annual roll call. in a letter received 'by Miss Anne Winnes, secretary of the Adams county chapter, recently, the appreciation for the forty Christmas bags furnished. J>y the local chapter was expressed. All members of the Red Cross of the Adams county chapter are asked ,n be present, as the speaker will be of great assistance in the preparations tor the coming year’s membership drive.

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| The King of Lobb) itsta iK’l J| $ -/ m 4. ’ Im Joseph R. Grundy, chief tariff lobbyist, as he appeared on the stand at the Senate lobby hearing. He told the Committee that Pennsylvania contributed “about a million dollars” to the election of Herbert Hoover in 1928. He also acknowledged that he had done everything possible in behalf of the Hawley-Smoot Bill. International Newsreel PANTAGES IS FOUND GUILTY Millionaire Theatre Magnate Found Guilty Os Attacking Girl Los Angeles, Oct. 28. — (U.R) —Alexander Pantages, for years the premier showman of the west coast, played a losing role in his greatest drama and as a result must spend from one to fifty years in Sun Quentin penitentiary. A jury of seven women and five men late last night found him guilty of assaultin 17-year-old Eunice Pringle. The prison term was mandatory. The jury deliberated 53 hours. The 54-year-old Greek multi-million-aire will be called before Superior Judge Charles Frickle on November 1 for sentence. At that time his attorneys will present a motion for a new trial and file notice of appeal. The verdict was returned in the courtroom in which his wife. Mrs. Lois Pantages, was found guilty of manslaughter a month ago. The jury preferred the word of Miss Pringle, an amateur dancer and a former co-ed, to that of the man who ran a small Klondike stake into a $20,000,060 business. She claimed that Pantages, on the pretext of giying her the footlight career she desired, lured her to his office on August 9 and attacked her. Pantages denied her charge and accused her of plotting to “blackmail* him. _ - ■ . -o Five Lose Lives When Airplane Falls Spezia. Italy, Oct. 28—(UP) The Imperial Airways Indian air liner which was forced "down by engine trouble in the Gulf of Genoa and sank, in a storm while being towed to safety was located in deep water several miles off shore here today. The body of the pilot had been -recovered before the huge hydroplane was found, but no trace of four passengers and two other members of the crew was reported. All were believed to have drowned. The plane, the City of Rome, flyir.g from India to London, flashed out an SOS as it was forced to descend Saturday afternoon and was located by the tug Familia which took it in tow. The two cables snapped under the strain of the rough seas and the Familia put into Spezia for aid but the City of Rome appaiently sank. No Charges Will Be Preferred Against Man ■Muncie, Ind., Oct. 28 —(UP) It did not seem probable today that charges would be placed against Jesse L. Senter Muncie, who last night shot and killed Halice Daloris Lindley, 20, Kokomo, sophomore at Ball State Teachers’ college. Lindley was shot fatally while apparently attempting to steal Gasoline from an automobile in a garage.

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1930 TAX BILL IS LOWER FOR ADAMS COUNTY Saving For Entire County Will Total $18,259.87 Report Shows COUNTY AUDITOR MAKES REPORT ■ The 1929 tax bill, payable in 1930, in Adams county will be less than the 1928 taxes, payable this year. The saving amounts to $18,259.87. The total taxes payable next year amount to $876,126.71, compared with $894,386.58, this year. County Auditor Albert Harlow has just completed the compiling of the abstract of for this year and the above figures were taken from the abstract sheets. The tax rates ar“ figured on a net valuation of a little more than $33,000,000.00. The amount of taxes due from each taxing unit, together with the rates, which are payable next year follow: Unit Taxes Rate SIOO Union $34,272.17 $2.35 Root 47,878.98 1.96 Preble 35,497.92 1.66 Kirkland . . 38,751.73 2.22 Washington 53,889.33 1.73 St. Marys 46,163.93 2:82 Blue Creek 39,600.91 2.73 Monroe . 61,138.63 2.23 French 37.081.18 2.39 Hartford . 47.861.40 3.00 Wabash 43,185.22 2.18 Jefferson 40,718.16 3.15 Decatur-Wash. ... 214,681.56 3.55 Decatur-Root 18,932.27 3.64 Monroe Corp 6,985.50 2.63 Berne 88,626.(16 3.57 Geneva 20,860.86 3.15 The reduction in the total tax bill for the county was made despite the six cent increase in the state levy, which would have made another saving of approximately SIB,OOO, had not it been made. TWO ARE HURT IN AUTO MISHAP Marcellus Davidson and Son Os St. Marys Township Injured Sunday P. M. Marcellus Davidson, well-known St. Marys township farmer and his son Albert Davidson were injured late yesterday afternoon when the Ford sedan in' which they were riding to Fort Wayne and an Essex coach, whose driver was not learned, colltded at the road intersection at the Moon Eye school southeast of Decatur. Both Mr. Davidson and his son were brought to the Adams County Memorial hospital where a physician was summoned. Albert Davidson was in a semi-conscious condition. He received several bad cuts and bruises but his attending physician stated that he had suffered no internal injuries and would recover. The elder Mr. Davidson received several bruises, none of a serious nature. He was removed to his home today. Both cars were damaged. The driver of the Essex car apparently made no effort to escape identification, but after the accident both Mr. Davidson and his son were too severely injured to inquire concerning the accident. The driver of the Essex evidently was not badly injured in the mishap. Local Church Sends Message Os Condolence The First Evangelical church unanimously adopted a resolution Sunday morning to send a message of condolence to the family of the late Rev. E. S. Shumaker at Indianapolis, The message was: “To Mrs. E. S. Shumaker and Children : Sincerest sympathy, Mr. Shumaker was a hero for purity and righteousness. The First Evangelical church, Decatur, Indiana. M. W. Sunderman, Pastor.” The telegram was sent Immediately by Rev. Sunderman.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 2K, 1929.

Fr rt d. Winnes Writes Sister Describing Forest Fires In Western States Editor's note —Fred Winner, son of Mrs. Henry Winnes. 421 W Jefferson street, has had many interesting experiences in the far west and northwest the >past fifteen years but j)erhaps none more exciting than the fighting of the great forest fires. He has been engaged in that work the past month and his relatives are greatly relieved to have heard from him. This letter has just been received by a sister, Miss Nellie Winnes): Kalispell, Mont., Oct. 21. Dear Sister: It .has now been about two months since I have written home and I suppose you wonder where I am. While I was out fighting forest fires I could not write because 1 was so far from civilization that I could not mail a letter. I was fighting fire at three different fires, and when you sign up to go you have to stay twenty days or until they release you. They first sent me to Sand Point, Idaho, and from there to the Pend de Oreille (Pond de Rea) national forest. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THItEE) LOCAL BUSINESS SHOWS INCREASE Retail Merchants Report Heavy Increase In All Merchandise Sales Fall trading at retail stores in Decatur is repotted by merchants to be greater than a year ago in almost every line of marchandise. ‘Winter clothing sales were reported Saturday to bfc much heavier than a year ago, and financial conditions of the county apparently are much more staple because most of the transactions are for cash. Good crop weather most of the fall months, and full -operation of all Decatur factories are given as the two chief reasons for the increase in business at local stores, according to several merchants. Adams county farmers say the crops this year are better than a year ago and prices ate slightly higher. The rainy weather last week did little damage to the beet crop and practically all beets still in the fields will be lifted this week. Merchants of all lines of merchandise attribute much to the business increase to the reduction in prices which are in effect in all stores of Decatur. People will continue to buy in Decatur, as long as they can do so at greater savings than in other cities.” one merchant stated today in summing up the increase in business. With predictions tor continued cold weather, merchants are looking forward to another busy week. John J. Brown Will Give Address At Berne Berne, Oct. 28—(Special)—John J. Brown, state highway director, will be the chief speaker at a Father and Sort banquet to be held at the Berne Community auditorium Tuesday night. November 19, it was announced here today by the committee in charge. •— O Legion Meeting Will Be Held Here Tonight Members of the American Legion are urged to attend the meeting tonight at Legion headquarters. The new officers will be Instilled and other important matters will come up for discus.-lon. Mcmbcts of the membership committee report an enrollment of more than one hundred in the campaign and hope to have 200 by Armistice day. Following the meeting tonight there will be a free smoker and feed. o Shumaker Funeral To • Be Held This Afternoon Indianapolis, Oct. 28. —(U.R) —Kuneral services for Dr. Edward S. Shumaker of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League wVre to be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Broadway M. E. church. Several ministers and close personal friends of Dr. Shumaker in the league were to take part in the services. Dr. John W. McFall, pastor of the church, wan in charge. Dr. Shumaker will be burled in Crown Hill cemetery. More than 200 friends of the family visited the Shumaker home yesterday.

FORTY HOURS I DEVOTION IS WELL ATTENDED Many Take Part In Closing Services At Local Catholice Church REV. BAPST IS CHIEF SPEAKER Beautiful and impressive services marked the closing of the> Forty Hours devotion at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday evening, twelve priests, the boy’s vested choir, altar boys and the boys and girls of the St. Joseph grade school marching in the solemn procession with the Blessed Sacrament. The service was attended by an audience which filled the church to overflowing. The Rev. John Bapst, of Bluffton, who conducted the three day service, delivered the sermon. Father Bapst spoke on the Holy Eucharist and the frequent receiving of Holy Communion, taking for his text the words of Jesus Christ, "He that eateth my flesh hath life everlasting and I will raise him uuon the last day.” Father Bapst stated, “You have proved your faith in the Holy Eucharist by your splendid attendance at the early morning maskes, your visits to tile church and at the evening service. Keep these good intentions throughout the year." Led by Rev. Arnod Wippert, assistant pastor of St. Peter’s Catholic church. Fort Wayne, the litany of the Blessed Virgin wasnrecited, followed DV the sermon. The litany of All Saints was chanted by the choir and clerics, who were assembled in the sanctuary. The procession with the Blessed Sacrament was headed by Thomas Voglewede. as cross bearer, accompanied by two torch bearers. The procession proceeded through the aisles of the church, the Rev. Father Fridpiln Hassler, pastor of St. Josephs Catholic church. Hessen Castle, being the celebrant, attended by Rev. Wippert and Rev. Herman Miller, assistant, pastor of St. Peter's Calho(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o BERNE WOMAN BABIY BUBNEB Boiling Water Spills on Mrs. John Sprunger As She Falls From Chair Berne, Oct. 28 —(Special)— Mrs. John A. Sprunger. 70, well-known Berne lady and editor of Light and Hope, a Mennonite,church publication, was recovering today following a serious injury which she received last Friday night when a kettle of boiling water was sprayed over her body. Mrs. Sprunger was hanging a curtain in the kitchen of her nome. She was standing on a chair and evidently lost her balance. As she fell she pull ed a kettle of boiling water down on her. The aged lady was servely burned on both arms and legs. The at ending physician stated that while the burns were of a serious nature, Mrs. Sprunger had a good chance to recover, provided no complications set in. Art Voglewede Heads Class At Georgetown Arthur Voglewede son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Voglewede, of tirs city, has been elected president of his class at Georgetown university, Washington, I). C. This is Mr. Vogl'wede’s second year at Georgetown. He was also named recorder so, the Gamma Etta Gamma fraternity, of which he is a member. Mr. Vogledede is- taking a law course at Georgetown and before entering that University he had two years at Notre Dame. — —o Farm Board Announces Large Advances Os Cash Washington, Oct. 25. — (U.R) Advances aggregating from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 are to he made shortly to the National Grain Corporation, organized in Chicago by the Federal farm board, Chairman Legge of the board announced today. The hoard has agreed to lend a total of $100,000,000 to wheat cooperative associations in order to stabilize the grain market.

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Admits Sugar Lobby t I 1 Im j ■ wl wmII I h ; ' ■"** * Herbert C. Lakin, president of the I'uba Company, who told the Senate Lobby Investigation Committee that Cuban-American sugar interests had spent $75,000 to fight the proposed Hawley-Smoot increases in the sugar tariff. Lakin told the Committee that Major General Enoch Crowder, ambassador to Cuba, had received a “small stipend” to act as a go-between with the beet sugar interests in this country. International Newsreel VO N BUELOW is” DEATH'S VICTIM German Prince Expires In Italy At Age Os 80 Years After Great Career Rome, Oct. 28—(UP) - Prince Bernhard Von Buelow, the German Empire's fotirth chancellor who met his greatest defeat as a sta'e-man when he failed to keep Italy faithful to the triple entente, died here today. Prince Von Buelow was 80 years old and had been ill for several months, lingering at the point of death throughout last week. His death occurred at 6:50 A. M. After continued unconsciousness. It was understood Von Buelow’s body would be returned to Gross Flottbeck near Hamburg, the scene of his birth. With the opening of the World War. Prince Bernhard Von Buelow, a skilful diplomat of the old school and for nine years chancellot of Germany attracted international attention by his unsuccessful effort to bring Italy into the war on the side of Germany. Previously he had l>een a potent influence in shat ping German foreign policy along peaceful and conciliatory lines. He was decidedly opposed to sabre rattling and on more than one occasion had rebuked the Kaiser for displays of aggressiveness. Germany's interests. Buelow constantly argued, could best be served through diplomacy. He depended largely upon diplomacy to resolve the “Iron Circle" which England. Russia and France wete declared to have forged about Germany. When diplomacy failed to prevent th > war, Von Buelow was commonly accused by his opponents of being responsible for Get many's isolation. To the militaristic factions he represented the "velvet glove without the iron hand," and to li:s policies they attributed the fact that Germany on the opening of the war found herself eneir(CONTINUED ON THREE) Chinese Missionary Gets Word Os Father’s Death A cablegram front Miss Esther Sellemeyer was received here this afternoon by Jess O. Sellemeyer and h’s mother, announcing receipt of the message sent her following the death of her father, A. H. Sellemeyer. The cablegram was dated at Shenchowfu, China, the 26th. Miss Sellemeyer is serving her eleventh year in Chint as a missionary and expects to return to America early next, summer. Mrs. Sellemeyer will remain with her sister. Mrs. Matbias Kirsch here, for two or three months when she will teturn to Los Angeles to meet her daughter, after whose arrival definite plans for th© future wilt be made. J. O. Sellemeyer plans to return to Los Angeles, leaving here probably Saturday of this week.

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ROBINSON JOINS IN CRITICISING HIS COLLEAGUE Norris Iruitnaies Action Might Be Taken Against Eastern Senator DEFENSE OFFERED BY ACCUSED MAN Washington. Oct. 28. (U.R) I nnsuttlly seven criticism and ti threat of possible punitive action were made in the Senate •odav against Senator Hiram Bingham, Bepn., Conn., alter Bineham had charged the Senate lobbv investigating committee was framed against him as •> (x litical plot. The round of criticism from Independent Republicans mid Democrats was climaxed by Senator Arthur Robinson, a so-called regular Republican from Indiana and member of the lobby comm'ttee, who told the senate Bingham got a square deal from the comnvMee. “I do not approve his (Bingham’s) conduct.” said Robinson. ”1 do not believe the Republican party approves it. Nor do the American people approve. “I am a Republican high protectionist but I would like to see it stood for openly, and not in devious ways through crooked pa I Its. There is no occasion to cloak it with irregularity.” The prospect of proposed action was offered by Senator George W. Norris, Independent Republican of Nebraska, and chairman of the judi -- iary comittee, who said he had not hoatd Bingham’s defense of his einI p’oyment secretly of an agent of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ association. “If it says what I have been informed. I shall have some remarks to make about it and 1 shall introduce a resolution concerning It.” Norrt/t said. Norris already had drawn a reeobttmvnNt’En GN PAGE RtX) Negro Dry Informer Faces Serious Charge Indianapolis. Oct. 28.—(U.R) —Robert West, 32, negro prohibition inform r employed by Attorney General James M. Ogden, today faced statutory charges brought by a 16-year-old negro girl. His partner. Horace Lyle, 43, waw arrested in a liquor extortion plot in Kokomo two weeks ago and now awaits trial in federal district court at South Bend. Ogden announced employment of the pair to spy on bootleggers and nublie officials connected with the liquor traffic several weeks ago. It was reported that they had beer, recommended by the Indiana An*iSaloon League. The attorney general did little for Lyle, but upon learning of West’s arrest today he charged that "It looks I'ke a frame-up." He ordered George iw Hufemith. deputy attorney general. to investigate the case. STOCK DECLINE . STARTS AGAIN Many “Blue Chips” Lead New Downward Movement Os Market New York. Oct 28 -(UP) Expensive stocks—called the "Blue Chips” of the New York S’oe.k exehtnge—were battered down in another wave of selling today. Millions of dollars were deducted from values which had been sent up in rallies that followed the tremendous break last Thursday when almost 20. 000,000 shares were exchanged on the Curb and stock exchanges. Today the market got underway on the basis of an 8,000,000 share day and the momentum gained early kept going. “Blue Chips” were forced down 5 to 25 points in early dealings and the banking support that was pledged last week appeared absent. Today's losers were not the little fellows. The wealthy were getting a real dose of the break. The highest priced shares, that only could be purchased by the monied, were hardest hit. General electric shot down 25’ 2 (COXTINI Ell ON PAGE FIX E)

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