Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER I Fair tonight. I Thursday increasing cloudiness. Not much change In h temperature. |

DEMOCRATS ELECT ENTIRE TICKET

Big Gains Made Bn Democrats In Indiana Citu Elections

REPUBLICANS LOSE SEVERAL STRONGHOLDS |'<rt Wayne, Indianapolis, Tt rre Haute, Muncie and Others Are Democratic JOHNSON IS GARY WINNER Indianapolis, Nov. 6.—(U.R)— The unexpected happened in rv cities as results of niun ci >al elections , throughout In- (]:: >'a were announced today. Greatest of the unsets, probabl'-. were those at Indianapolis a <l Terre Haute, where Demo-c-t< swept to convincing and \yh o nv unexnected victories. In Indianapolis the collapse of the lo'in Republican rule brought immedinr« announcement from George V. (offin, Republican leader, that he rmi’ I turn over the. political reins in I Vp-ion county at a meeting to be cr'ind within a few days. R< publicans won out in Michigan Citv bv scant pluralities, thus assuring a supreme court fight over the ! r s'ati-s, inasmuch as Democrats hal contested their right to have thoir n’"ues on the ballots. On the whole. Democrats got decidedly the best of it. swinging most of the surprises, and all those of major < cities will go under adm'nistrations predoipbiantly Democratic, where such sitijations as novel as they were unexpected. State mayoralty results: Indianapolis—Reginald H. Sullivan. | Democrat. Terre Haute—Wood Posey. Deni. Ft Wayne—William J. Hosey. Dem. Michigagri City—Judge H. Tuthill, Republican. Marion —Merrill Edwards, Dem. Cary—Ragwell O. Johnson. Rep. Muncie —George R. Dale. Dem. Evansville—Frank W. Griese. Dem. Lafayette—John H. Hudson. Dem. Bloomington—Joseph H. Campbell, Ren. Logansport—William O. Fiedler, R. Newcastle—Sidney Baker. Dem. Crawfordsville—Dr. T. L. Cooksev, R Frankfort —Clifford Crawford. Dem. Anderson—Jesse H. Mellett. Dem. Richmond —Windsor B. Harris. R. Madison—Frank J. Pritchard. Dem. Redford —Henry Murray, Dem. Elkhart—William P. Krau, Dem. Attica—Joseph J. Wright. Dem. Martinsville—George F. Schmidt. R. Princeton—Dr. O. T. Rrazelton, R. [• Huntington — Zachariah T. Dugan. Dem. Portland—C. V. Bott. Dem. Rensselaer—George W. Hopkins. R. f-ebanon—John C. Perkins, Dem. Winchester—Oren E Ross, R. Loogootee—Phil McGovern. Dem. tCONTTNTTED ON PAGE THREE) ARMISTICE DAY PLANS ARE MADE Tickets Go On Sale Tuesday For Stag Banquet To Be Held Next Tuesday Tickets went on sale today for the American Legion Armistice Day bannuet to be held Monday November 11 at 6:30 o'clock at the Decatur Country Club. All Adams county men are invited to the stag affair. A committee of local Legionnaires will call on all the business men of Decatur and also on all factory employes. Tickets for the celebration ar? selling for SI.OO .and a fine program “tid banquet are being arranged. The banquet wilt follow a parade °f the members of Adams Tost of the American Legion headed by the lo al tlrtim corps. Following the banquet, several attendants at the banquet including both Legionnaires and business men will be called on to tell where they were when the news of the Armistice was announced. Many interesting features are In s’cre for those who attended ■’"•I the committee in charge of the sa'e as tickcis indicated that a large crowd would ■l‘te-i i. r t fl , p] 3ns o j , , oca ] p Os( . 0 make the affair an annual cue.

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New City Clerk [ ill Mrs. Alice Christen, Democrat, was elected city clerk at the Tuesday ’andslide, defeating her Republican opponent. Mre. Gaylie Hoagland, by 739 votes. Mrs. Christen will take office January 1 for a four year term. She has never been a candidate tor any political office before. honor pupils ARE ANNOUNCED Six Receive High Honor At Kirkland High School For Month Os October The October honor roll for Kirkland township high school was announced today by school official*. Six pupils were placed on the high honor roll: five were placed on the honor roll anil 16 pupils received honorable mention. The complete list is as follows: High Honor Walter Hildebrand. Magdalena Borne, Oscar Geisel, Ruth Yake, Esther Smith. Jean Houck. Honor Lloyd King. Charles Schladenhauffen. Dorothy Isch, Doris Johnson, Wendell Mann. Honorable Mention Mildred Werling, Carl Kipher, Velma Worthman. Virgil Henschen, Milton Dettinger. Robert Beery. Dorothy Fiechter. Lucile Smith, Helen Weber, Irene Kipher. Leo Hoffman, Fern Dilling, Alvin Be’neke. Leah Griffith, Mary Reinhard. Evan Yake. o Berne Gives Democrats Overwhelming Majority i > ■flnrne. Nov. 6— tSnocial) — After a heated election in which a record number of votes were cast. Democrats were successful in electing all three officials at Berne in Tuesday’s town election. Ford Mettler Democratic candidate for clerk-treasurer defeated Fred Kamholz. Republican incumbent. The count was Mettler 521 and Kan’holz. 259. For trustee, second ward. Winteregg (D) 537., Yager (R) 244; Trustee, third ward, Balsiger (D) 547. Sprunger <R) 230. The reuslts were not unexpected, but the margin of victory of the Democratic candidates was a decided surprise |o party leaders. Here’s What They Say M George’ M. Krick—“l want to thank the voters of Decatur for the great endorsement given the present administration in Tuesday s election. It has been a pleasure to serve as mayor in the city of Decatur during the last four years and I promise to continue to work for the entire city with renewed effort during the next four years.” Mrs. Alice Christen—"l am at a loss to express my appreciation for the fine vote I was given in yesterday’s Democratic landslide. I promise to put all my effort and all my ability into the office to which I was elected and will make an honest effort to serve you all in the same capable way in which the office of city clerk has been conducted the last eight years.” Mrs. Ada Martin—" The results of Tuesday’s election were ever greater than my utmost hope or _ e^P Ppt , a ?™J (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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VIRGINIA SWEPT BY DEMOCRATS - — ..... ■ ■ ■ - , — “Hoovercrats” Meet With Overwhelming Defeat In State-wide Election Richmond, Va . Nov. 6 —(UP)—The Democratic party has'administered a severe defeat to a coalition ticket by electing Dr. John Garland Pollard as Governor by a 2 to 1 vote, gi 'ing hint a majority that may reach 60,000) and sweeping the rest of its ticket into office with him. Dr. William Mosely Brown, the coalition candidate, conceded the election of his rival and wired congratulations to Pollard. Both cand’dates stood on "Bone Dry” platforms but the result was Interpeted as a setback to Bishop William Cannon, Jr„ Anti-a Saloon league head. The faction let by Bishop Cmnon. bolted the Democratic party in the Presidential election last year and re fused to support Alfred E. Smith Brown was regarded as a Cannon candidate. After conceding the election. Brown announced he would return to Lexing’on an resume his duties as he’d of , the department of psychology at Wash | ington and Lee University. Pollard resigned as professor of Government at yvilliam anti Mary college to run for governor. The gubernatorial race between two college professors brought out some surprising results to political workers. Brown was nr’hie to carry Blackstone, 'he B’shop’s home precinct, which gave Pullard 479 votes and Brown 63. Brown even failed to carry Lexington, his own home. Richmond went for Pollard by abort 6.000 votes and Norfolk was carried by the Democrats by alxnit 4.500. Lynchburg, home of Senator Carter Glass, which was regarded as a sure Blown district was won by Pollard by 1.500. Brown had the backing of the combined forces of the Republican party and what remained for the Anti-Smith democrats. The two groups had been responsible for a 24.463 Hoover majority in the Presidential election. Most oUhe Hoover Democrats came (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BAND PLAYS AS VICTORS CHEER Big Parade Follows Democratic Landslide At The Tuesday Election Not unmindful of the hand which paraded the streets following the gen- , eral election of 1928, Democrats of Decatur formed a huge parade following yesterday's landslide and marched jubilantly through the business sections of Decatur for more than an hour last night. The hand, headed by Dan H. Tyndall and J. L. Ehler, prominent Democratic workers and followed by a hand- ’ red or more of the most ardent sup porters, were joined on Monroe street by the two Decatur tire trucks and many automobiles. A huge crowd gathered along the business section of the city and as the band struck up "Sidewalks of New York”, a favorite song of the 1928 campaign, pandemonium broke loose. • Celebrants cheered Until early this ‘ morning. It was one of the biggest ' celebrations ever staged following a ' city campaign. When the candidates arrived at democratic headquarters they were al - most submurged by a thousand grasp- ! ing hands. Congratulations were in or- • der and the newly elected officials ' wore broad smiles. All the Democratic workers and hundreds of people who had earlier in theAlay cast their vote i of confidence for the present city ad- • ministration were joined in the cele- • bration. . o Hiram Johnson Gets Letter Os Apology ’ Washington. Nov. 6 —(UP)—A letter ’ has been dispatched from the White House to Senator Hiram Johnson California, explaining that the failure to includo him in the r list of guests at a dinner list night was due to an oversight, it, was lear- • ed nn indisputable authority here today.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 6, 1929

Wins For Mayor HMBI ■ George M. Krick, was reelected at Tuesday’s city election and will serve the city of Decatur as its mayor for four mote years. Mayor Krick ix'fore being elected mayor in 1925 previously served on the city council. LOCALPEOPLE HAVE ACCIDENT Automobile Belonging To Jesse Leßrun Damaged In Mishap Near Bluffton Jess Leßrun, proprietor of a local motion picture theater. Robert Cole and Joe Bebolit of this city, .escaped serious injury at about 5 o'clock Tuesday evening when the Leßrun car. a heavy coach, in which they were riding was wrecked on the Liberty Center-Bluffton road, about two miles west of Bluffton. Mr. Leßrun was driving his car. coming home, from Indianapolis, where he attended to business. He was driving and another car w is headed west. The west bound car. Mr. Leßnin stated, had very bright lights and was traveling down the center of the road. Mr. Leßrun feared a head-on collision. Tile driver of the other car. instead of keeping to the right side of the highway, swerved to the left to pass the Leßrun car and Mr. Leßrun swung his car to the opposite s'de of the road. He wag able to pilot the car out of the ditch without any damage, but as the car! sot un on the road it darted across! the road into an abutment. The rear end. transmission, rear! whee's and fenders were torn loose, but the car did not turn over. The men got out of the wrecked car with-1 out injury to anyone and a wrecking crew was called from’Bluffton. The car was brought to a local garage this morning and the men who were riding in it feel t.hat they had a miraculous escape from serious injury. o ————— Chris; Eicher Receives Road Building Contract Chris Eicher was awarded the contract for building the Robert Glendennig road in Hartford township, on his bid of $2,250 The let'ing was held by the county commissioners, ih session vesterdav. The proposed improvement is a small stretch of road in Hartford township. Mr. Eicher was the only bidder for the job. o —— C. J. HITZ SPEAKS AT LION'S CLUB Local Attorney Contrasts Y'etween State And Federal Constitutions C. J. Kutz. Decatur attorney delivered an int ’resting address to members ofof the Decatur Lions club at the regular weekly meeting. Mr. Lutz spoke on the United States constitution and the Indiana constitution. The speaker compared the two constitutions in an interesting manner am' showed great contrasts in the two documents. He also spoke briefly of Ihe law profession. Next Tuesday night the local Lions club will qitetrtain the wives «pd sweethearts of the i:lub members with the annual Ladies' night banquet. A fine program is bei’A arranged ' —

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FLOYD DEATH IS ARRESTED Former Decatur Man Is Charged With Violation Os Dry Laws F"oyd Death, former proprietor of a filing station located on the Willard Steele farm, east of Decatur, was taken to Hammond, Indiana, this morning, to appear before the United States Commissioner for arraignment in' the case charging him with violat'on of the Federal Prohibition Act. Deatli was arrested Monday afternoon by United States Marshall Herman V. Atkins, when he appeared at tlie Federal building and surrendered. An indictment charging Death with conspiracy to violate and violation of the Federal Prohibition Act, was returned against him by the Federal Grand jury at South Bend last Octo her. but was not released, pending Death’s arrest. The ind'etment contained thirteen counts, including possession of a large still and the manufacturing, sate and transportation of liquor. The | s’ti'l referred to was the one raided on the William Harting farm, east of I Decatur, last April. Several other arrests have been made in the case, they being. Fd Miller. Joe Oberto Dan Lamorte and F. J. Schmitt, pleas ■ f guilty be'ng entered by Smith and Lamorte. Death's bond was fixed at SIO,OOO yesterdav and deputes in the office of the United States Marshall at Fort Wavne stated this afternoon that IT. S. Marshall Loomis and Mr. Death went to Hammond this morning to appear before the United States commissioner. Smith Loses Detroit Detroit. Nov. 6. r— (U.R) — Charles Bowles, former municipal judge, was the surprise victor over former Mayor John W. Smith in Detroit's non-par-tisan mayoralty election yesterdav. Bowles’ majority was 8,351 in a nearrecord vote of 252,803. Bowles, a little known lawyer five years ago. had been twice defeated by Smith for the mayoralty in 1924 and 1925. Removal of Police Commissioner William Rutledge was Bowles’ principal campaign promise. GREAT MAGICIAN HERE TONIGHT Magical Entertainment Will Be Given at Decatur High School Auditorium 1 Hight you will see one hundred min ,tes of mystery, art and fun — that is tlie slogan on the banner of Henry and Company, illusionists de luxe, who are to give their amazing entertainment at 8:30 o’clock. Henry, the mystic, is famed for his performances of spectacular magic. He is not only a master magician, but is a master also at stage pictures. Elaborate and highly effective draperies. floodliglits and spotlights deftly manipulated into myriads of color effects, beautiful costuming, make a fairyland backbround for the marvelous feats which Henry performs. One of his most popular features is the brilliantly lighted sand pictures wh'ch are made in full view of the audience and which attain seemingly miraculous effects. Henry and Company carry over a thousands pounds of equipment, including a menagerie of trained birds and animals. — — ——O' Monroe Elects Citizens Ticket Without Opposition Monroe, Nov. 6—(Special) Without opposition the following members of a Citizens ticket were elected to town offices here Tuesday: Clerk-treasurer Z. O. Lewellen; Trustees, Ira W’agoner, James A. Hendricks. Despite the fact that there was no opposition, some controversy arose over the eligibility of a member sitting on the election hoard. After »n hour’s dispute Tuesday morning John Everhart was replaced as judge and the election continued. The vote was Lewellen, 58: James A. Hendricks, 46; Ira Wagoner 58. There were about 12 votes mutilated..

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Elected Treasurer lisp ' ■ i Mrs. Ada Martin defeated her Repub'lean opponent, Mrs. Ixiis Beane ' in Tuesday's election by a plurality , of 992 votes, one of tlie largest plur- ! alitles ever given a candidate for a city office. Mrs. Martin will begin ' her duties as city treasurer January I LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND MEET Fort Wayne District Presbyterian Missionary Societies In Group Two groups of Presbyterian Missionary societies united in holding an all day meeting yesterday at Bethany church. Fort Wayne. Miss Isabel Cooper of Howe. Ind.. Presbyterial President, presided. A business meet-1 ing was held in the morning. At | noon a pot luck dinner wgs served .n tlie dining room of the church. During the afternoon program Mrs, Faye Smith Knapp. Decatur, gave a reading which brought a splendid lesson. An address by Mrs. AndrewTodd Tayt’.or, of Chicago, was an important feature of the program. Mis. Taylor is district secretary of the north central part of tlie United States and represents tlie Fo.oign Board. Societies represented at tlie meeting were those from Ossian, Bluffton, I Huntington. Auburn, Garrett, Avilla. Decatur and the following societies from Fort Wayne churches. West field, Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne Third, I Bethany and Fort Wayne First. Those attending from the local church were: Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Mrs. D. B. Erwin, Mrs. C. C. Pumphrey, Mrs. W. H. Lee, Mrs. S. D. Beavers. Mrs. James Elberson, Mrs. L. A. Graham. Mrs. C. W. Knapp and Mrs. C. D. Teeple. . Kenneth Shoemaker Is Re-elected At Geneva Geneva, November 6—(Special)—K. F. Shoemaker, prominent Geneva young man was reelected town clerktreasurer on the Democratic ticket defeating his Republican opponent C. C. Shepherd,. 197-158. The Republicans were successful in electing two town trustees. The vote was: Trustee second ward. Lake Glendenning (R) 182; Les’er Stucky »D) 169. Trustee, third ward, L L. Neal (R) 230, Ralph Mcssel (D) 127. Little interest was shown in she town election and a light vote was recorded. o Brookhart Tells His Story To Grand Jury Washington, Nov. 6. —(U.R)—'Senator Smit 11 W. Brookhart, ardent dry Republican from lowa, appeared before the District of Columbia grand jury today and told Ms story of the “Wall i street boose party” given at the Wil'ard Hoteil here in December, 1926, t for newly elected Republican senaf tors. i Brookhart was asked by U. S. Dis- - trict Attorney Leo Rover to tell the ■ grand jury about the party he attended at the Willard hotel in 1926 when i Walter J. Fahy, New York broker, > gave a. dinner for a group of newly - elected senators and several Wall 1 street men. including Otto 11. Kahn, i of Kahn Loeb & Co. 1 If the grand jury believes Brooks hart's account warrants further in- ; vest/gation. some of those present at 2 the party may be called, District Attorney Rover said.

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GEORGE KRICK IS RE-ELECTED BY LARGE VOTE Martin, Christen And All Democratic Councilmanic Candidates Are Winners KRICK CARRIES EVERY PRECINCT Decatur's electorate gave the I Democratic administration an overwhelming endorsement at Tuesdav's municipal election, and George M. Krick and the [entire Democratic ticket swept [into office with pluralities Tangling from 2KX to 992. Tlie vicItorv was comnlete and was reigarded bv political lenders as !an endorsement for the pro'.<fre«sive 'uvl economic administration of city affairs during the la«t four vears. Mayor Krick carried every precinct lin Decatur by from 12 votes to 90 votes. Mrs. Ada Martin. Democratic candidate led the ticket with a plurality over Mrs. Lois Beane, her Reimihlican opponent, of 992 votes. Mrs. Mice Christen. Democratic candidate [for city e'erk debated Mrs. Gaylie Hoagland. Republican candidate by 739 votes. Both Democratic candidates for councilman-at-large. Joseph Hunter [and Herman Gilllg. defeated their Republican opponents. C. O. Porter | and J. L. Kix-her by pluralities of ' 457 and 505 votes respectively. In the first ward, -where a campaign had been waged, the eleci torate returned Fred Linn, veteran city aiderman. He defeated Ralph Yaeer. Republican, candidate by 47 votes. George Appleman. candidate for councilman of the second ward for •he first time easilv defeated John Zimmerman, Republican. bv 130 votes. Appleman carried both precincts by a comfortah'.e number of votes. O. L. Vance, running for a aecond ternt snowed under hl's Republican opponent D. H. Campbell and won bv 234 votes. Mr. Vahce carried both precincts by large pluralities. In the race for mayor, where the campaign centered, fert predictions of such a large plurality were made :before tlie votes were counted. Mr. : Burk had lieen the Renublican candidate against Mayor Krick four years ago and in that campaign it was necessary to await the counting of the votes of every precinct to determine the winner. Krick made big gains in each prec'net over the vote of four years agd. He carried b(s own precinct, first ward H bv 50 vo»es and ran awav from Burk in th Burk preci rt, third ward A. collecting 90 more votes tli»n Ms opponent. Krick carried first ward A by 12 votes and second ward B by 16 votes, while four years ago he lost both of them. Mrs. Martin carried every prec'nct and Mrs. Chrt-ten curried all (GONTINI'ED ON PAGE THREE) - COUNCIL HOLDS SHORT SESSION Petition Is Filed Asking For Establishment Os Market Place Here The city council held a short session last night at the city hall, there being only a few matters requiring . the attention of the city dade. A petition asking that an ordinance , be passed designating a market place r in Decatur and making it unlawful to I peddle meats, vegetables, fruits and baked goods from house to house was presented to the council. The pur- ’ pose of tlie ordinance, the petition stated was to establish a city market . for the farmer's produce. The pett- , tlon was referred to the judiciary . committee and the matter will be , taken up later with the city attor- . ney. v A petition asking that an electric. 1 light he erected at the corner of Fourteenth and Adams streets, signed by Fail Fisbei and five others, > was fijed with the council and roferri. ed to the electric light committee, t B lls were read by O. L. Van e, t chairman of the finance committee and on motion the session adjourned.