Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1929 — Page 1

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k.C. MCCULLOCH f SUCCEEDS LATE SENATOR BURTON 4 Governor Cooper of Ohio Names Canton Attorney To Fill Vacancy McCULLOCH plans TO ACCEPT SOON Cu'iimbus, 0.. Nov. 5. —(U.R) Gov. Mi ns V. Cooper today apppointe.l U„ ; C. McCulloch, Republican, ['union, United States Senator sueteeduiß I lie late Senator Theodore E. Pi:rton. of Cleveland. V< Culloch, 19, eon of a farmer, ’priivT congressman, lawyer and once sp, il n. sistant U. S. attorney generil. will resign his .present post f.s •hnlnnan of the state public utilities r-nmn sslon and will leave for Washington at once. MrCuToch will serve until December 15. 19110. Senator Burton was tmiiir-il for a term expiring on March 4. 1933, but under state law an electrn will be held next year to name Jik successor for the last two years. McCulloch will be the fourth person 1o serve in the senatorial post In mw term. The finst was the last Senator Frank B. Willis, who died in March. 1928, and was succeeded by Cvpis Locher, Democrat, Cleveland. To iler died last August, and Senator; Vnrtnn was elected in November. P’"-ton died in Washington ten days ago. McCulloch is the father of two children, a daughter, 21, and a son. 17 He was horn on a farm in Holmes enmity, was educated in the Millersliurg public schools. Wooster gPreparatorv school, Ohio State university, and Western Reserve University law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1903. i He served three terms in congress, frnm 1915 to 1921. He first ran for the lower house in 1912, but was defeated. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Repub’ican gubernatorial nomination in 1920. Shortly after the war McCulloch was appointed special assistant D. S. attorney general to prosecute and collect claims against war-time contractors. He was appointed to his present utilities commission post shortly after Governor Cooper assumed office. o • — State Policeman Near Death From Accident Evansville, Ind.. Nov. 5 — (UP) — P. J. Skelton, state policeman, was near death in a hosintal here today with a fractured skull, suffered late yesterday when he lost control of his motorcycle on the state road one mile east of Boonville. No one knows how the accident occurred. Skelton has not regained consciousness since the accident. A farmer saw him slide and then turn over. League To Meet The Child Conservation League which was recently organized will have its first meeting Friday night at 7 o'clock at the Library. All of the members are requested to he present. SWOVELAND GETS LONG SENTENCE Former Wiilshire, 0., Youth Gets 15 To 25 Year Term In Michigan Court Forest Swoveland, 23, formerly of Wiilshire, Ohio, was sentenced to a •erm of 16 to 25 years to the Michigan State Reformatory at lona, on conviction of a charge to armed banditry in holding up a filling station at Hillsdale. Floyd R. Dockham, 22. of Fort Wayne, who was also arrested with Swoveland and seven other young bandits in Fort Wayne last week, was given a similar sentence to the Michigan State Prison at Jackson. The two men were arrested by Fort Wayne police and detectives last week, they being members of two gangs of young robbers and hold-up men. They were turned over to Michigan authordies because of the hold up charge at Hillsdale. The young men, together with the seven other boys confessed to several 1 obberies and hold ups in recent months. The other members of the Gttng will be tried in Fort Wayne.

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Cuban beauty Sues ! Coif Star I Mrs. Consuelo Carreras Armour is suing for separation from her husband, Tommy Armour, professional golfer. She charges he ran away with a woman from Washington and that he has failed to support their seven-year-old son. ROAD MARKERS ARE ERECTED Crew Completes Marking Road From Rome City South To Portland Roy Mamma of the Decatur Lumber Co. and a crew of workmen today completed erecting road signs marking the Limberlost Trail from Fort Wayne to Portland over Federal road 27. The trail also is being marked from For: Wayne north to Limberlost cabin at Sylvan Lake. The road markers are unique in design. being the first markers used on any road in the United States with a feather po nting the- d rection instead of an arrow. The markers lead from the Limberlost sections of Adams and Jay County to the last residence home of the late Gene Stratton Porter at Rome City. The road signs were furnished by the Hoosier State Automobile Association and were constructed through the courtesy of Fort Wayne. Decatur, Berne, Geneva and Portland Commercial clubs. HEALTH STATION WILL BE HELD Psi lota Xi Sorority To Aid County Child Health Board In Clinic The Adams county child health board, of which Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann is president, is making plans for a Baby Health station, to be conducted on the third Friday of each month for the next several months. The station will open Friday. November 15, in the Domestic Science rooms of the Decatur .high school building, cornet'' Adams and Fifth streets. A doctor and nurse from the staff of the state board of health will have charge of the station and will make free examination of children under three years of age. The Psi lota Xi sorority will assist in the conduct of the station by appointing committees (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Escaped Prisoner Caught Portland, Ind.. Nov. s—James5 —James Dull of Redkey who escaped from the Jay county jail Sunday was captured at his home Monday afternoon and returned here. Robert Garvin, another in nlale of the jail who was waiting transportation to the reformatory, also escaped and has not been captured. He was convicted of second degtee minder. Garvin had been given trusty privileges around the jail. The two men escaped by making a rope of blankets by means of which they made their way to the ground from a skylight.

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COMMISSIONERS HOLD HEARINGS Many Petitions Presented In Regular Session Os Adams County Board The county commissioners in ses elon today were occupied most of the day with hearings on drains and roads. The report of the reviewers on the vacation of the George Older road in Union township was filed. This report granted the remonstrators, William W. Shafer, SSOO and Adam Heinz, $250 damages. The petitioners, through Attorney J. Fred Fruchte filed obpections against the amount of damages awarded and asked for a hearing of the case or that a new set of reviewers be appointed. Attorney Dote B. Erwin represented Shafer and Bienz and objected to the petition, suggesting that the oise be carried to th circuit court for final decision. The commissioners continued the case this afternoon A petition for the repair of the DailevtWechter drain in Blue Creek township was filed and docketed. A remonstrance was also filed against the proposed improvement. The report and specifications of County Surveyor Rilph Hoop on the George Urich drain in Monroe township were approved and the ditch ordered constructed. A petition was presented to the board asking that the County surveyor be permitted to correct errors in the original assessment sheet in the matter of the I). M. Ayres drain and four additional names he added to the list. The petition was placed on file. The four property owners who were omitted from the list appeared before the board this morning. Yesterday afternoon the county commissioners inspected bifdges, drain and roads in the south part of the county. The board adjourned this af'ternoon. May Change Place Os Naval Parley London, Nov. 5. — (U.R) —The Daily Express says it understands that tlm meeting of the five-power naval conference, scheduled tor January 20 in London, may he transferred to the winter resort of Torquay, Devonshire, on the shore of a cove of Tor Bay. START SEARCH FOR REPORTER William Scripps Missing For Two Weeks; Son of Detroit Newspaper Publisher Detroit, Nov. s.—(U.R)—William J. Scripps, 24, son of W. E. Scripps, publisher of the Detroit News, was kidnaped or met with a serious accident when lie disappeared from h's hotel in Windsor, Ont., almost two weeks ago, Detroit and Canadian police declared today in instituting a search for the missing man. Scripps went to Windsor to interview Oskar Kuhn, a member of the motorless airplane firm of Gliders, Inc., of which Scripps is president. He left his hotel room at 8 a. m. after writing a note lor Kuhn saying he would return soon. He has not been seen since. The absence of Scripps from his office caused no alarm for a few days. Yesterday his father requested that a search he made, because the youth took no money when he disappeared. The kidnaping theory was partially discontinued due to the fact that relatives have received no ransom demands. During his absence however, no unidentified persons have been victims of accidents in Windor or vicinity. W. J. Archbold Has Peculiar Auto Mishap W. J. Archhold is at home today rather badly bruised up as the result of an unusual automobile accident which occurred Monday evening near Muncie. Driving along the road he noticed a large hog lying in the center of the road, tried to dodge it and went into the ditch where his car overturned. His arm was cut and he was quite severely bruised. After beiug pulled out his j-escuers discovered that while he had not struck the hog, it was dead. Some other car had evidently completed that job and gone on leaving the porker in the road. Mr. Archbold’s car was wrecked but he was able to drive it home after some repairs.

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M. McStoops Sends Newspaper Items Os Fifty Years Ago ♦ ♦ Through an old friend, M. McStoops the Daly Democrat received a copy of u Decatur letter which was published in the old Fort Wayne Gazette, November sth, 1879, fifty years ago today. I, contains some interesting items: ••Benjamin Runyon, commissioner of Adams county, died October 25. He is first official to die during his term since the county was formed. “Byron Dent closed his term as county clerk last Friday. Norvul Blackburn will succeed him but is i temporarily d'sahled by a boil. “The 4th annual hall of the Knights j of Pyth’as will be held at their hall the night of the 21st. priuting office to LaGrange. pritning office to Lagrange. “William Turnback gave his famous lecture ‘Mind Your Own Business' at the I. O. O. F. hall last night. “Hon. David and Mrs. Studabaker celebrated their silver wedding a few even ngs ago. “The republicans are jubilant over the general victory throughout the country. Dan Donovan, L. A. Center, G. Christen, Nick Meihers, Norval Blackburn, Ray Williams and A. Holthouse express regret while Walter Schrock, J. A. Blossom and John P. Quinn arc smiling and happy." BROOKHART RAPS ANDREW MELLON IN SENATE TALK Says Hoover Should Oust Treasury Secretary And Get Someone Else SUGGESTS NAME OF GEN. BUTLER Washington, Nov. 5. — (U.R) — President Hoover should demand the resignation of Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, for failure to enforce prohibition “and get a Smedley Butler or some one like that." Senator Smith W. Brookhart, ardent lowa dry and independent republican told the senate today in describing what he called “A Wall street booze party" to XT. S. senators at a Washington hotel in 1926. Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler to whom Brookhart referred was loaned to the city of Philadelphia several years ago to become superintendent of public safety in an attempt to “dry up” the city. Recently, as commander of the marine base at Quantico, Va„ lie refused to permit his men to enter the city until the bootleggers had been driven out. Brookhart asserted there were a large number of hip flasks on a table or bookcase in the ante chamber of the dining room and he and other senators had been invited to help themselves. He said the dinner was given by Walter J. Fahy, a Wall street broker, icuvriM KD o\ pa«;r rivi.i Government Victor In Hungarian Elections Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 5. —(U.R) —- The government won an overwhelming victory in the municipal elections, returns today showing heavy losses for the Socialist party in industrial districts. The Union party, which controls the parliament, garnered four-fifths of the seats contested. o Tom Mix Faces Two Tax Evasion Charges Los Angeles, Nov. 5. — (U.R) —Tom Mix, cow-boy motion picture star, will be tried next February 18 on two charges of attempting to evade payment of SIOO,OOO income tax. Mix was wearing a dark brown riding suit, with tight-legged trousers, and high heeled shoes when he appeared in Federal court here yesterday to plead not guilty to the indictment. Mix’s brother-in-law, Eugene J. Ford, his business manager, John D. Hill, and his tax advisor, J. Marjorie Berger, were charged with ( aiding the actor in evading tax payments. All pleaded not guilty with, him. Ford and TVliss Berger will be tried early next month. Miss Berger is also charged with making false tax returns for Dorothy Mackaill, actress, in a trial going on now.

SAYS CHARGES ARE ‘POLITICAL' — John Raskob Accuses Sen. Robinson Os Attempting To Divert People Washington, Nov. 5. —(U.R) —Answering charges that as a lucky “stock market plunger” he led thousands into stock market speculation, helping to precipitate the recent crash, John .1. Ra koh. in a letter to Senator Harrison. Deni., Miss., branded the allegations “political” and without foundation. Senator Harrison was one of the two Democratic senators who spoke in Raskob's defense Friday, when Senator Robinson. Repn., Indiana, charged that the chairman of the Democratic national . committee by his example as a market gambler was in a large measure responsible for the collapse of security values. "The answer is that 1 do not gamble in the stock market,” Raskob wrote Harrison, who presented the letter before the senate. "I have always purchased stocks outright, Investing in the securities of those companies that 1 thought had an attractive future, and have held the stocks until such time as I fe'.t they were selling for all the were wortli ’’ Raskob accused Robinson of deliberately trying to “confuse the public" concerning his plan for organizing a securities company “that will put at the disposal of men and women in all walks of life opportunity to invest inteH’gentl.v in real estate and safe common stocks." o : Second Edition Os School Paper Is Out The November issue of the "Inklings”, the monthly school paper of the Decatur Catholic High School, was released trday Many Interesting articles appeared in the issue, which is extremely neat in appearance. Much local talent in writing articles has been itilized, making the |Taper one of interest. The circulation for the issue now totals 300, with the junior class leading in obtaining the most subscriptions. MC ALPINE PARTY FOUND IN NORTH Exploration Party Found After Search Os Almost Two Month’s Duration Winnipeg, Man., Nov. S.—(U.R) — l Uol. C. D. H. McAlpine and_his party of seven aerial explorers, have been rescued from northern Canada’s barren lands, but it will take them almost a month to reach civilization according to estimates made today by officials of Dominion Explorers, Inc., who directed the two month search. The Hudson Bay steamer Fort St. James picked up the party at Cambridge Bay, northwestern territory, after it had been located by Eskimos and guided across the Ice of Dease inlet from Milbourne Island, it was said in brief wireless reports to Churchill yesterday. McAlpine and his fellow geologists had been searching for fabulously rich copper deposits in the Hudson Bay region. Their two airplanes ran out of fuel while trying to reach a trading post at Victoria Inlet, Sept. 8 and were forced down in open water just c'X Melbourne Island. Both machine s are jn excellent condition ami need only to be re-fueled and equippe-l with skiis to He able to return south. Corn-Husking Tourney To Begin Wednesday Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 5 —(UP) - The 10 best corn liuskers in Indiana, selected through county elimination contests were expected to compete here tomorrow for the state championship. Last year 20,000 people attended the final contest. The state record of 29.9 bushels in 80 minutes is held by Charles Budd, St. Joseph County. Those taking part are Jesse Cossell. Tippecanoe county; Harry Fitter. Newton county; W. S. Cole, Vermillion county; Robert Kitchell. Wayne county, Burris Shelburn, Boone County; Charles Fosnaugh, Wells county; Leslie Mitchell, Fountain county, Raymond L. Kuns, Carrol! county; Charles Etters Benton County; F. E. Conrad, White County. Cecil R. Miles, Warren county was champion in 1928..

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To Get Mabel’s Post t — t ™ JSm * ! G. Aaron Youngquist, 44-year-oM ’ attorney general of Minnesota, whom] 1 the President announced he will nom-j 1 inate to he assistant Attorney Genet- 1 ill of the United States in charge of I prohibition and taxation. Youngquist! was known to enforcement authorities 1 1 for his notable co-operation with the * federal forces in Minnesota. He sue-] 1 ceeds Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt ] as head of the dry law prosecuting 1 organization. PREMIERTALKS TO PARLIAMENT MacDonald Tells Os Trip To United States And Visit With Hoover London, Nov. S.—(U.R) —Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald reported to the house of commons today oil his visit to Washington, reiterating the join' statement of himself and N President Hoover that war between the United States and Great Britain is "unthinkable." MacDonald spoke in general terms and added nothing specific to previous announcements regarding his conversations with President Hoover. When he was asked pointedly if he had committeed Great Britain to any particular position at the coming five-power naval conference, however, he shook his head. MacDonald's rising to make his awaited announcement was greeted with general cheers. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) VIRGINIA VOTES ON “CANNONISM" Political Question Still Hanging Fire From 1928 To Be Voted On Richmond, Va., Nov. S.—(U.R) —One of the three southern states that helped elect President Hoover a year ago chooses a governor and complete list of state officials and representatives today. The result was expected to in dicate tlie wear-well qualities of Rep üblieans in the south although both sides claimed victory. The regular Democrats were confident Dr. John Garland Pollard would win by 30,000 to 50,000 votes while one campaign manager for the antiSmith Republicans, Dr. William Mosley Brown, claimed a majority of 15,000 to 18,008 votes for the coalition candidate. Dr. Pollard formerly taught government at William and Mary college. Dr. Brown, a former Demoeat, formerly was head of the department of psychology at Washington and Lee university. Campaign arguments covered many subjects — ranging from anti-Raskob-istn brought hv Bishop Janies Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, who favors Brown, to the question of poll tax and its effect on the negro vote, started by a pamphlet quoting negro Congressman Oscar do Priest. Speech makers on both sides last night pleaded with listeners to forget the petty details and vote for the sake of good government. Cannon's “anti-Raskobism” argument was a parting shot, for lie left for South America to preside over several church conferences. It was not until after he had gone that the regular Democrats started a counterattack with “Cannonism.”

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ABOVE NORMAL VOTE PREDICTED BY BOTH PARTIES Women Show Interest As Many Exercise Right Os Franchise DAILY DEMOCRAT TO (JET RETURNS Men and women voters of Decatur exercised their right of franchise today by casting their votes at the municipal election for city officials. A vote, slightly above normal wan predicted on the busts of voting up to the middle of the afternoon. Unusual interest was being shown by women, who were reported to tie voting in large numbei * in a" six of the city's precincts. Both tin- Democratic and Republican parties had organization workers at all precinct-'. At noon today workers predicted that only a small percentage of voters were voting split tickets. Most of those casting ballots, took only a few seconds in the election booths. Democratic- party leaders were still optimistic concerning the outcome of today's balloting. Four years ago Mayor Krick and Avon' Burk, both candidates again this year, led their respective tickets. Burk carried two of the six precincts. First ward A by 23 votes and Second ward H by 21 votes. Mayor Krick carried the other four precincts by majorities from 4 to 69 votes. Krick defeated Burk by 128 votes. First reports were to the effect that Krick had won by 101 votes hut a mistake had been made in the compilation. Democratic party leaders estimated an even greater majority for Mayor Krick today. This estimation was based on the number of Democrats who had voted at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The returns of the city election will he received at tin- Daily Democrat office tonight and all persons interested are Invited to this office. Returns also will lie received from other elections of interest in Adams county and northern Indiana. Much Interest Shown By United Press City elections were the order of today throughout Indiana and political lenders awaited the results with interest. The outcome was expected to indicate which way the political wind will blow in the next major election. In Indianapolis, predictions were that the Democratic campaign against the forces of George Coffin would fail with the defeat of R. H. Sullivan, Democratic nominee for mayor. With exception of the present administration. the Democrats have not been in power since 1913. Opinion was divided on which of Indiana's senators will benefit if A. M. Glossbrenner, Republican candidate. Is elected. Coffin's organization often has helped both solons, it is known, but for a time it was believed Coffin and Robinson had split. Recently. however. Robinson was quoted (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) HENRY COMPANY TO APPEAR HERE Magical Entertainers Will Open Series Os Programs Arranged For Winter The first of a series of four entertainments under the autphe- of the Senior class of Decatur high school will he held at Decatur high school auditorium Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock. The Henry Company, magical entertainers will present the opening program. S. S. Henry who heads the troup of mlgicians which conies to this city Wednesday night is one of the greatest modern-day magicians, according to clitics throughout the United States and Canada where the company has 1 entertained thousands of people. 1 The opening program tomorrow 1 night promises to lie a variety of all types of magical illusions. Season tickets are being sold by members of the Senior class and single admission ■ tickets may be secured at the door ' tomorrow night. ' The doors w ill open ut 7:30 o'clock t and the ptogram will start at 8:30 - o'clock. The public is invited to attend the program.

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