Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1929 — Page 1

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■fXE MICHIGAN (PASSENGER BOAT I SINKS IN STORM 01' Passengers And | | Crew Os “Wisconsin” I Believed Saved IKtorm is WORST I IN MANY YEARS I I K nu'shu, Wis., Oct. 29.—(U.R) ■■ I ake Michigan was cheated of !■. lea<t 13 lives today when the |K Irich pressenger-freight lin- (■> Wisconsin went down in a iHtonn 13 miles off shore but the ■Hate of approximately 20 other iH'is..eagers and members of the |H n w still was in doubt. I I Check-ups along the westeri [■lur. varied. Three of the rescued M,.j ii a Kenosha hospital where they [Bt'ere taken suffering from expos.lie I , il shock. I | Members of the crew said there ■■pr,. 73 persons on the Wisconsin |Mihei> it floundered hut the Goodrich ■Hhi,-- announced there were approxigj Tn Wisconsin, an old boat plying Chicago and Milwaukee, IHadioeit an SOS at 1:30 a. nt., telling H was in distress. At 2:40 a. m. the IHlmt > Corporation <ff America picked ■: a message stating the firehold of craft was flooded and that she in immediate danger. kJ "Hohl on. help is coming,’’ the op radioed back. |il that time aid was being rushed ■ > tlie sinking .liner from a half dozen The Kenosha and Racine coast stations had sent their trews the storm. The Illinois, sister of the Wisconsin, although herdisabled by the storm, was on way from Racine. The tug Buta survivor of the furious that swept the Great Lakes week, also was steaming toward spot where the Wisconsin was godown. I But the buffeting waves made it ■almost impossible to approach the ■craft and darkness hampered the res■c uers. I A few miles north of the spot where ■the rescue was in progress, the car ■ferrv Milwaukee went down a week ■ago tonight with her crew of 52. I The Wisconsin left Navy pier in ■Chitago at 7:15 o’clock last night. ■Her schedule called for a stop at Ra■cine and docking at Milwaukee at 5 ■a. tn. today. T The Illinois,-her wheel chain dis■abletl by the waves, had put in at Ra- ■ cine for repairs after fighting her way ■ northward from Chicago since short- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) a o •— ■ Man Who Killed Prowler Exonerated Muncie, Ind., Oct. 29. —(U.R) —Corou■er Piepko has exonerated Jesse L. ■ Senter, Muncie, of all blame in con- ■ nection with the death of Halice D. I Lindley,' 20, Kokomo. Senter shot ■ Lindley to death when the youth fled ■ from his garage with stolen gasoline, ■he told officers. Lindley had refused I his command to halt, Senter said. STATE TO HAVE MORE PAVEMENT •John J. Brown Predicts More Than 5,000 Miles For Indiana By 1935 West Baden, Ind., Oct. 29. —(U.R)- - Indiana will have 5,000 miles of paved state highways before 1935, John J. Brown, director of the state highway department, told delegates to the Asphalt Paving conference holding their eighth annual meeting here today. The conference began yesterday with registration of delegates and wil Icontinue through the week. "At the end of the present working season the state wil have paved onehalf of its system of state highways “-2,500 miles"—Brown said. “fTliia year the department constructed more than 500 miles of paved road.” Brown welcomed the delegates to •he state and reviewed activities of his department. Other Indiana officials on the program included Albert J. Wedeking, chairman of the Indiana commission, who presided at a meeting this afternoon; and A. H. Hinkle, superintendent of maintenance, who spoke on Retread Construction in Indiana.”

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Kaiser Funeral Will Be Held Thursday I*. M. ■ Funeral services for Mrs. Eva ( utherine Kaiser, 88, who died Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Scheifferstein, lon the Decatur-Fort Wayne road, will jbe held at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Schiefferstein home, and at 2 o'clock at the Concordia Lutheran church. The Rev. Walter Klausing will officiate and burial will be made iii the Concordia cemetery. Mrs. Kaiser had been ill but a short time. Surviving are two sons, three daughters of which Mrs. Henry Scheifferstein is one, and also Mrs. Eva Bender of Fort Wayne, who is known here. o- ■ - AIR TRAGEDY IS FEARED IN WEST Passenger Plane Is Missing Since Monday Morning; Search Starts Los Angees. Oct. 29. — (U.R) — The southwest’s second great air hunt within three months started at dawn today when planes took the air from Los Angeles and Albuquerque. N. M , to search for the West Air express passenger liner feared lost near the rugged Arizonia-New Mexico state line. Two passengers and a crew of three were aboard the plane when it took off from Kingman, Ariz., at 7:24 a. ni. yesterday after refueling on its flight from Los Angeles to Albuquerque. The plane was seen over Adamana and again over Navajo. Ariz., some 160 miles west of Albuquerque, but from Navajo on its course remained a mystery. A snowstorm, reported raging along the route, might have sent the pilot off his course, fliers said. George Riee. who found the wreckage of the T. A. T. plane which crashed three mouths ago on Mount Tayor with a loss of eight lives, was at the controls of the searching plane which took off at 3 a. m. from Albuquerque. Another ship left Los Angeles about the same hour. No passengers were carried in either because they were to fly low. The two passengers aboard the missing liner were Dr. A. W. Ward. San Francisco, and W. E. Merz, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. The crew consisted of Chief Pilot James A. Boles, 2.8, Los Angeles. coPilot Allen A. Barrie, 26, Burbank, Calif., and Steward R. L. Briten, 25, Los Angeles. Western Air Express officials refused to abandon hope .hat the pilot had landed safely in some remote spot. “The region is isolated and it might be a day or more before Boles could reach civilization if he was forced down,” the officials said. After leaving Kingman, the plane was to have passed over Holbrook, a “flag” stop, but was not seen there. However, reports placed it over Adamana and Navajo to toe east, and a bridge watchman at Pinto, Ariz., said (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o To Have Lunacy Hearing Columbus, Ind., Oct. 29 —(UP)— A lunacy hearing for Harold Bloomfield, chargod with counterfeiting United States Money, will be held here Saturday. Dr. Charles G. Holmes and Dr. John A. McDqnald, Indianapolis, who were appointed by the court to examine Brumfield, both reported to the court that he was insane. It was the wif of Brumfield who first, told police of her husband’s counterfeiting activities, and then filed petition for a lunacy hearing. A complete counterfeiting outfit was found near a garage at his home. — o— ————— State Sunday School Worker Speaks Here Miss Elizabeth Atkinson Taft, of Indianapolis, who is the assistant director of Religious Education of the Presbyterian churches of Indiana, spoke to the teachers and officers of the Sunday School department of the local Presbyterian church last night. The meeting was held in the pansonage. Miss Taft conducted an informal discussion, hearing the problems of the Sunday school and work with gestions for the improvement of both the SSunday school and work with young people. Miss Taft is well known for her splendid work with the Presbyterian young people of Indiana and her discussion last evening proved to be interesting.

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THREE ALLEGED BANDITS KNOWN IN ADAMS COUNTY Young Men Who Confessed To Robberies Are Known By Local People POLICE ARREST EIGHT YOUTHS Three of the eight young men arrest ed by police authorities in Fort Wayne yesterday are known in Decatur. The mer are: Robert Nelson, 18, Clinton and L.’eth streets, Fort Wayne, son of Tracy Nelson. James Tickle. 19. Jackson, Michigan, who visited in Decafur during the sum mer. Forest Swoverland, 23, Willshire, Ohio, well known in Decatur. Others arrested by the Fort Wayne authorities in a cleanup of maruading gangs were, Orley Reas, 19, Hicksville, Ohio; Robert Barchall, 23, Indianapolis Silver Moore, 17, Keokuk, Iowa; Floyd Dockingham, Fort Wayne; Charles Mortis, alias Evans, 18, Fort Wayne. Charges of armed robbery have been placed against two of tlie young men. Young Swoverland was taken to Hillsdale. Michigan yesterday to face charges of robbing a filling station. Police said that he and Dockingham confessed to robbing a filling station there. The young men were members of two gangs and police believe that with their arrest they have cleared up a number of robberies and hold-ups. Nelson. Tickel and Swoverland belonged to the same gang. Confessions made by the boys clear ■ip holdttp- and robberies in Fort Wayne. Hillsdale, Leslie and Eaton Rapids. Michigan and p filing station at Bluffton. After seireral hours of gruelling by, the Fort Wayue police authorities the young men confessed to several robberies and a continuance of the investigation will be held today, with the hope that other robberies in and near Fort Wayne will be cleared with the boy's confessions. o METHODIST MEN PLAN MEETING Great Program Planned For District Men’s Conference At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Oct. 29—(Special)— Methodist men from nearby towns and cities will gather in Fort Wayne, all day Friday, (Nov. 1, at a district Men’s Council for the Fort Wayne District of the church. The sessions of the council will be held in Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal church, Fort Wayne, Speakers will be William S. Bovard. Chicago, corresponding secretary of the Board of Education; E. Dow Bancroft, Chicago, associate secretary of the Methodist Brotherhood; Ralph A. Ward, Chicago, executive secretary of the World Service Commission and for twenty years a missionary to China; W. B. Hollingshead, Chicago, field representative, World Service Commission: Arthur H. Sapp, Huntington, Indiana, prominent lawyer, former president of Rotary International; and Bert Edward Smith, Chicago, executive secretary of the Men’s Work Commission of the denomination and president of the Interdenominational Council on Men’s Work. A feature of the day’s program will be singing by Signor Mario Cappelli, Italian-American tenor, formerly a member of the Cathedral Choir of St. Peter’s, Rome, Italy. In addition to all-day sessions for men there will be a mass meeting for women. The program for men will include a conference on evangelism at 9:30 and a session devoted to missionary education at 11:00. During the noon hour there will be a World Service luncheon; at 2:15 p.m. a consideration of the “Teaching task of the Church"; at 4:00 a round table on men’s work; at 6 p.m. a fellowship dinner for men, and at 8:00 a mass meeting. Signor Cappolli will sing at the women's mass meeting. .— -o OPERATION IS SUCCESS Anderson, Ind., Oct. 29. — (U.R) —A six weeks old child, Richard Lee Armfield. holds the record of being the youngest person ever to undergo a major operation in Anderson. The operation was pronounced successful.

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♦ ♦ BELIEVE IT OR NOT Irvington. N. J.. Oct. 29. (U.R) Howard 11. Ford sauntered up what he thought were the steps to liis home, unlocked the door, put on his pajamas unit went to Yesterday In magistrate's | court Ford confessed to the following: I—That he had entered the | home of William Smith instead i of h's own. 2 That he had put on a dress belonging to Smith's 10-year-old | daughter, thinking it was his i pajamas. 3 — That he had slept in the : girl’s bed although he had a ; hazy idea that it was too short for him. 4— That the liquor he consumed before his startling adventure was slightly more efficacious than he had anticipated. DR. J. R. STRAW DEATH'S VICTIM Heart Trouble Fatal To Famous Baptist Fundamentalist Minister New York. Oct. 29. —(U.R) Dr. John Roach Straton. noted fundamentalist minister, died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., according to word received at his residence here today. Heart disease was given as the cause of death. Straton. pastor of the Calvary Baptst church here, had been ill for some time. His wife was at the bedside. z The rise of Straton in the ministry was sensational and rapid. Born in Evansville, Ind., in 1875, he attended Mercer university, and later took a professorship at Baylor university. He accepted a call to a Chicago pulpit and from there came to the Calvary Baptist church, regarded by clergymen as the most influential fundamentalist pulpit in the denomination. Straton rallied to the support of William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes case at Dayton, Tenn., and was an incessant worker for stern censorship of the theater. In the 1928 presidential election he came out against Alfred E. Smith because of the latter's’ stand on prohibition. His plans for a 29-story combination church and hotel aroused criticism from members of his congregation. Straton’s belief in healing by prayer also gained him considerable publicity. Besides his wife, Straton is survived by three chidren— Hillyer, a minister; Jack, a lawyer, and Douglas. o —l—- — SOUGHT DY DRY LEAGUE Several Names Mentioned As Successor to Late Rev. E. S. Shumaker Indianapolis, Oct. 29. —(U.R) — Indiana Anti-Saloon League officials today turned attention toward a successor for Dr. E. S. Shumaker, former superintendent of the organization, who was buried yesterday. Sam McNaught, superintendent of the lowa organization, seemed the most likely choice. It has been customary in the past to bring in superintendents from outside the state. In spite of this precedent other possibilities included Dr. C. H. Wingers, present acting superintendent, and E. A. Mileg, attorney for the Indiana organization. National and state leaders in the prohibition cause paid tribute to Dr. Shumaker in funeral services at the Broadway M. E. church yesterday. Among them were Superintendent F. Scott Mcßride of the Anti-Saloon League of America; John W. McFall, pastor of the Broadway M. E. church; Dr. Ernest Evans, secretary of the Church Federation of Indianapolis; Bishop H. H. Fout; Bishop Edgar Blake of the Methodist Episcopal church,, and Dr. Howard Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Regrets from Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president of the Anti-Saloon League of America, were read by Dr, Oren W. Fifer, superintendent of the Indianapolis area of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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LLOYD SOMERS, LOCAL DOCTOR'S BROTHER, KILLED Wife Is Seriously Injured When Car Is Struck By Train At Kingsland MISHAP OCCURS MONDAY NIGHT Lloyd Somers. 32, of Kingsland, wens county, a brother of Dr. 1,. E. Somers of this city, wtts ki led at 5:30 o’clock Monday night when the car in which he and his wile were returning from Fort Wayne was struck bv a C.hicago and Erie freight train near Kingsland. Mrs. Somers was seriously inuired and was taken to the Wells comitv hospital. Mr. Somers who was employed at the Dudlo Manufacturing (’o. at Fort Wavne. and his wife were returning to their home at Kingsland. Always on their return from Fort Wayne they ■topped at the home of Mr. and Mrs George Green at Kingsland where they purchased milk. Mr. Somers turned his car across the tracks to enter the private driveway of the Green residence. The east-bound freight train struck the car and carried it 25 feet down the track. The couple was pulled from the wreckage and rushed to Bluffton. Mr. Somers died before the ambulance reached the Wells county hospital. Mrs. Somers suffered a broken collar bone, a deep gash in her left thigh and probably a fractured thigh and serious cuts and bruises. Her attending physician stated today that while the injuries were serious, she had a good chance to recover. Surviving Mr. Somers besides the widow are his father, Henry W. Somers. ot near Kingsland; two brothers, Russell Somers, of Ossian and Dr. L. E. Somers of this city; and a sister, Mrs. Elvae Stalter, of Fort Wayne. Before her marriage Mrs. Somers was (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SEN.BURTON. OF OHIO, EXPIRES Personal Friend Os President Dies Monday At Washington Home Washington, Oct. 29—(U.R)—Senator Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, for years a Republican leader and close personal friend of President Hoover, died at his borne here last night. He was 78 years old and had been in poor health for the past year. Although confined to his home for weeks he maintained his usual interest in legislative matters and kept in close touch with his office until only a few days before his death. He suffered a seemingly mild attack of influenza about a month ago but. in his weakened condition, was unable to combat it and suffered a serious relapse last Wednesday. Bishop William T. MacDowell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, is to officiate at formal funeral services at the senate chamber at 2:30 p. nt. President Hoover will attend the rites. The body will be taken to Cleveland for burial. The senate adjourned today out of respect for Burton, whose death was called to the attention of the senate by Senator Fess of Ohio, when that body convened today. Fess presented a resolution expressing the senate's regret at the death of the Ohio legislator and instructing Vice President Curtis to name a committee of 19 senators to take charge of the funeral and accompany the body to Cleveland. ■ —O' ■ Filings Ruled Irregular Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 29—(UP)— Irregularities in filing the list of Republican candidates for the November election has resulted in a ruling of the State Board of Election Commissioners that the filing was illegal. The decision held that Republicans filed their list of candidates with E. J. Heise, city clerk under the city manager form of government when it should have been filed with Charles Luchtman, city clerk under the old Aldermanic form. The Democrats filed with Luchtman. The election commissioners also ruled that the Republicans filed two days late.

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Extradition Plea Is Granted By Governor Indianapolis, Oct, 29 —(UP)- The plea of Mrs. Alfred Kuehn. I’hiladel pria, that Gov. Hurry Leslie allowed her husband to be taken back to Philadelphia to answer charges of wife desertion was granted late yesterday. Mrs. Kuehn appeared before governor Leslie at Kuehn’s extradition hearing and said Kuehn left her in 1926. leaving no word of where he was going. She located him at Fort Wayne, a few months ago. Mrs. Kuehn said her husband was ordered by a Philadelphia court, to pay her $7 50 weekly and that he had not complied She indicated the separation w.ts against her, will and that she would willingly live with Kuehn again. COOPERATIVE IS ORGANIZED Farm Board Incorporates Marketing Agency For Midwest Farmers I Washington, Oct. 29.—(U.R)—Formation of tlie Farmers National Grain , corporation, a central marketing agency for the grain cooperatives of the country was completed today with filing ot incorporation papers at Wilmington. Del., the Federal farm board i announced. Almost unlimited funds are to he made available to the new corporation by the farm board in carrying out the administration's farm program. It is the first national commodity co-oper-ative association established under guidance of the board. A similar agencies for wool, mohair and livestock now are being formed and plans are being developed for establishment of similar central sales bodies for other leading agi icultujal products. Organized on a strictly cooperative basis, the grain corporation will make us? of all existing farmer-owned grain marketing facilities. It is expected to handle annually more than 500,000,000 bushels of all grains. The corporation will maintain headquart ers in Chicago and will be directed by a general manager and board of directors. Objects of the new corporation, board members said, are to reduce local and terminal marketing costs, eliminate waste in marketing and exert a strong influence toward greater market price stabilization. It will not act as a medium through which the farm board may make loans to grain cooperatives. o James N. Fristoe Suffers Heart Attack The condition of J. N. Frjstoe, 402 Mercer avenue, who suffered a severe heart attack early Monday morning, is reported as being slightly improved today. Mr. Fristoe suffered the attack at 5 o’clock Monday morning, and was seriously ill for several hours. However. he is a little better today, although still weak. —r O Watson Ordered South For Three Week Rest Washington, <Oct. 29 —(UP)- Senator James E. Watson of Indiana. Republican floor leader, is retiling from party leadership in the Senate, temporarily, and is leaving Thursday for Florida on orders of physicians for a three-weeks rest. Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, is to be designated leader din ing Watson’s absence by Republican leaders. Explosion Is Fatal Hot Springs, Aik., Oct. 29. (U.R) An explosion of nitro-glycerine killed three men today. The dead are Roy Pugh, 35, manager of the Orpheum theater, Tulsa, Okla.; W. W. Sirkel, electrician ot the same theater and Spencer Bryant. Fort Smith, Ark. The explosion occurred as the automobile carrying the three backed up to a theater structure here where recent labor troubles over nonunion opeators had caused friction. o Laisure Loses Appeal Indianapolis, Oct. 29 —(UP) — The state supreme court today denied application of Merle Laisure. Allen county, for ball pending the filing of a petition for rehearsing on a conviction ot assault with intent to rape. Laisure was convicted in Allen circuit court.

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BILLIONS LOST IN VALUES AS PRICES WITHER Trading Sets New Record On New York Exchange As Sales Rush In LITTLE BUYING IS BEING DONE New York, Oct. 29 (U.R) The Sretitest break in the history of the New York Stock Exchange continued to slash away billions of dollar.s in values today in the most enormous trading day in history. Prices seemed to have no bottom. Despite positive assurances front bankers and economists that the bottom had been reached yesterday, the market tobogganed downward at wide drops. Shortly after 1 p. tn. prices were down 1 to 50 points on both the big board and the curb exchange, with new lows for tlie year or longer established in* many shares. The market value loss was tremendous, totaling upwards of $50,000,000,000 since this terrific downward movement started a few days ago. Near noon tlie curl) ticker was estimated 47 minutes late and the stock exchange ticker “4 minutes late. At that lime steel was down to 177 off 9 or a depreciation in market value of $72,000,000; Hudson broke 8 to 52; Columbia Gas 11% to 59; American & Foreign Power 22% to 55: American Telephone & Telegraph 19% to 212%; Canadian Pacific 11% to 191%; Union Carbide 12 to 71: National Dairy Products 10% to 40; Radio 11’, to 29: Johns Manville 11 to 121; Standard of New Jersey 10% to 54. General Electric dropped 34% to 215%; Westinghouse lost 33 to 111; United Aircraft 19% to 40%; American Can 17% to 118%: Sears Roebuck 15% to 95%; General Foods 13% to 35. Some of the greatest banking houses in New York joined in announcing that for the present they plan to require maintenance of only 25 per cent margin on their Wall Street demand loans. Hereto'| re the margin hr|' been as high as fifty percent, varying according to the banking houses. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Admits Money Theft Chicago, Oct. 29—(UP) —His fling as a big gambler on horse races, during which he lost the SIOB,OOO he cunfessed to embezzling as a teller for the Madison-Kedzie State Bunk, was a drab interlude for Frank Culliton, 32. Although he had a stolen fortune to spend, he chose to wager all of it ,on the races, spending his evenings quietly at home witli his wife rather than in cabarets or on liquor and high living. the bank taller said today. GRUNDY SLAMS WESTERNERS Says Senators From West Are Os Little Note But Obstruct Progress Washington, Oct. 29 —(U.R)— The western states, whose senators aro re-writing tlie Republican tariff bill “haven’t any chipe in the game at all.” because they pay only a little more than 2 per cent of the income taxes, Joseph R. Grundy, legislative agent and raiser of Republican campaign funds told the senate lobby investigating committee today. “if it was not for the provision of (he constitution that gives every state two senators, these states would never be heard of," Grundy said. “The income tax figures show the relationship of the states. “We find these represent lives of so little note are obstructing and destroying the great res ries of taxation to such an extent that it is a national tragedy and I think it ought to be pointed out to the country by some one.” The senate adjourned without a ■ session out of retjpect to the late ■ Senator Burton. Repn., Ohio, thereby . preventing Senator Norris, Repn., i Neb., from introducing his censure resolution against Senator Hiram i Bingham, Repn., Conn., in connection with the lobby case.