Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1929 — Page 1

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hiTEO PRESS I EXECUTIVE TO GIVE ADDRESS | I. Johnson. Central Div|i ion Manager, Will AdIdress Rotarians and Guests Lotion pictures WILL BE SHOWN I Mr. E. J. Johnson, central Biu ion manager of the United ■ -s Associations, with heatlfc.'liters in Chicago, will deliver I’ll i.ddress before the Decatur itok.ry club and invited guests, urs'day, November 14. F 1 connection with Mr. JohnIpo i’s taik, the moving picture Biiii!, “Reporting the World,” will lb. i ,wn. This film was prepared ■through the cooperation of the Unitin'! I ress and was directed by Mr. B raille K. Speldell, former newspaper ■nan. The outstanding news events covin- I by the United Press in its 22 |y ars of existence are briefly reviewled as one of the features of the film. !(• h. r sequences show the handling hf a ypical news story from the time It breaks” until it appears on the front page of one of the many papers i iving the United Press wire ser- _ ; Blß ; tisk E. J. Johnson The United Press has more than 1.20(1 clients throughout the worl 1. Service is furnished in 19 different languages to newspapers in 40 countries and its wires encircle the globe. Tlie Decatur Daily Democrat was one of the first small newspapers in Indiana to ’ install the ''pony’' wire service of the United Press in its office 25 years ago. The paper has received the United Press reports ever since and readers of the Daily Democrat have the same news service and same protection on big stories as the papers in New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. The program next Thursday will be in charge of A. It. Holthouse, business manager of the Daily Democrat and each Rotarian will invite a guest to the meeting. The dinner will he served at 6:15 o'clock, followed by Mr. Johnson's talk and the showing of the film. NATIONAL HOTEL CHANGES HANDS Mr. And Mrs. A. C. Hauser Purchase Local Hotel From Ed .1. Ahr A business deal was announc’d today whereby Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hauser of 1I Huntington county became the owners of the National hotel in this city. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Ahr, former proprietors have purchased a farm in Huntington county from the Hausers and already have moved to that place. z Mr. Hauser announced today that he would conduct the National hotel on the European plan. At present no meals will be served at the hotel. One or two housekeeping apartments also will be provided by the new management. Mr. and Mrs. Hauser before coming to Decatur resided in Huntington-coun-ty for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Ahr, former owners came to Decatur several years ago fiom east of the city where Mr. Ahr conducted a cattle and horse ranch. The hotel is being completely renovated this week and several rooiqs will be remodeled. i

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I William Klinck Grows 16-pound Cow Beeti William Klinck cl if ms the blue rib-1 lion for laislng the largest cow beet in his section of Union township and to I 'prove It lias th? speciman on exhiblit in tlie window at the Daily DemoI oral office. The beet weighs about 16 pounds and looks like alsmt a dozen of them would mak • a wagon load anil keep any cow luxuriously through the coming winter. NOTED MASONS TO VISIT CITV II 11 Hon. I). Burns Douglas and G. M. Leslie Will Attend Banquet Tuesday Hon. D. Burns Douglas, of Fori. I Wayne, prominent Indiana Mason and ''candidate for governor in the 1928 ‘(Republican primary, will be the chief I speaker at a Masonic banquet to be I held in Decatur. Tuesday night at 6:15 o'clock at the Masonic hail. All Masons of Adams county are invited to attend the banquet. Gay- ( It r 1 M. Leslie, state Masonic deputy and well known Fort Wayne citizen also will attend the banquet together with several other Fort Wayne men. The Scottish Rite quartet, well; -known in northern Indiana will render several selections following the banquet. C. E. Peterson, master of the local lodge will preside at the banquet and will introduce tlie speakers. The banquet will start promptly at 6:15 o'clock tomorrow night, and Mr. Douglas will deliver his address immediaely following the banquet, which will be served by members of the ( Eastern Star lodge. JOHN MOSER IS HEATH'S VICTIM French Township Farmer Is Victim Os Dropsy; Was 111 Several Months Berne, Ind., Nov. 11.— (Special)— John Moser. 71, Adams -county farmer died this morning at 10:15 o’clock at the home of his brother, Aaron Moser, in French township. Death was due to dropsy, from which Mr. Moser had been suffering for the last several months. He was born June 24. 1858 near Vera Cruz. Both parents are deceased. He married Elizabeth Lehman who died 45 years ago. Since that time Mr. Moser has LivecPwith his daughter and brothers and sisters. Surviving is one child, Mrs. Henry Ellenberger of Berne, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The following brothers and sisters also survive: A. J. Moser, Berne, Noah and Joseph Moser of Bluffton, Aaron and Mrs. Dan Kipfer, French township. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet, but will be announced later. — —»4 ■■■ " Gage Funeral Will Be Held Tuesday A. M. Funeral services for Mrs. A. B. I Gage. Decatur woman who died Saturday, will be held Tuesday morning I al'9 o'clock at the St. Marys Catholic chinch. Th? Rev. J. A- Seimetz will | have charge of the services. Burial I will be made at Fort Wayne. Gangster’s Death Is Being Investigated Gary. Ind.. Nov. 11—(UP)- What appeared to be another gang shooting confronted Gdry police today after the ‘ death of .Ice Picallo, 29, East Chicago ' fiuit merchant. Picallo was shot to death Sunday ■ morning as he left the home of Andrew Bendurj, Calumet City. 111., where he had participated in an all night poker ■ party. Police are checking his connection - with the underworld- They are also i seeking a countryman of the victim i with whom he is reported to have had a standing feud. Thieves Steal Safe Indianapolis, Nov- 11 (UP) Thieves who entered an automobile agency here yesterday apparently were unable to open the safe so they stole an automobile to carry it away in. • Nothing else in the place was disturb- > ed. The safe contained about SSOO.

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APPLIANCE OF. BRAKES AVERTS SERIOUS MISHAP Auto Driven By Lester Ehrsam Struck by Pennsylvania Train Sunday FREIGHT CARS ARE PILEI) UP Railroad traffic was tied up for some time in Decatur Sunday night after Conductor C. Nelson and Engineer F. G. Casler of a south-bound Pennsylvania freight train had averted what might have been a serious accident, when the engine of the engine of the Pennsylvania train struck a Ford roadster driven by Lester Ehrsam of Monroe at the Adams Street crossing. Ehrsam, evidently did not see the freight train approaching and tlie engine struck his car as it crossed ihe tracks. The emergency brakes of [ the long freight train which was j travelling at a slow rate of speed were! thrown on with such impact that the engine stopped almost in its tracks. A coal car, about the middle of the long string of cars, buckled and two other freight cars piled up on top ol the coal car. The coal car finally toppled over. The cars buckled near the Monroe street crossing. The accident so happened that the safety signals for the Chicago and Erie and Nickel Plate tracks running east and west through Decatur failed to work automatically and traffic was tied up for a time. When the engine struck the Fo'd it pushed it a few feet down the track and damaged the body some. The occupants were uninjiured. When the cars buckled, the impact was heard for several blocks in all directions frbm the scene of the mishap. The Pennsylvania wrecking crew sooy had the tracks cleared, and traffic was resumed again last night. — o — Now He Can Hunt , All He Wants To Evansville, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) — Because his wife objected to his taking hunting and fishing trips, Reavis Russel was granted a divorce in propate court here- When the case was aired, Reavis said his wife not only complained constantly of his going on hunting and fishing trips but refused to allow him to invite friends to their home to discuss the chase. Reavis is the father of six children and the court ordered him to pay S2O a week for their support. RED CROSS ROLL CALL ORGANIZE!) National Membership Drive Started Today And Ends On Thanksgiving Day As the nation bows its head today 'in memoiy of the singing of the Armistice, 11 years ago, The American Red Cross, throughout the country announced plans fuf tlie annual Roll Call of 1930 membership. Adams county has set i.s goal at 1,000 members for next year The membertip drive will continue throughout the nation until Thanksgiving day. Miss Annie Winnes. secre tai'y of the Adams county Red Cress Society stated today tint plans were almost completed for the county drive and that the entire county would be solicited for membership. Last year the membership in the county totalled 841 and the goal lor 1930 has been set at 1,000 members. In Decatur a group of business men and women has been appointed and the city has been divided into districts. The roster of the various solicitation teams will be announced in the next few days. In Herne, Geneva. Monroe, Linn Grove, Preble and Peterson the schools will form a nucleus for the membership organization and it is hoped that every citizen in the county will be solicited for membership. Miss Winnes that already Berne. Preble and Peteison had been organized for the Roll Call and the other towns and townships of the coun'y will have complete Roll Call organizations by the end of the week. The membership fee for 1930 is unchanged, it was announced by National headquarters of the American Red pross.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 11, 1929

New Bishop I •> <1 I’ fSFJi KT --»w> f WV««X>O »■ ) Rev. Howard C. Robbins, former dean of the Cathedral of St. John the , Dvine of New York City, has been elected bishop coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of southern Ohio. ■ ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVED HERE Banquet For Legionnaires And Business Men To Be Held At 6:30 o’clock Decatur quietly observed the eleven h signing of the Armistice today and at 11 o’clock, blowing of whistles and ringing of bells, reminded citizens of Decatur that 11 years ago today the greatest and most disastrous war the world had even known was officially closed. The scene in the business section today was in direct contrast with that hilarious celebration in the same business section 11 years ago. Today, traffic stopped and American flags lined both sides cf the street- Only a fewpeople were on the walks and they stopped when the bells began ringing to pay a solemn tribute to the soldiers of the Allied forces who were the chief cause of the great event 11 years ago On November 11. 1918, streets in Decatur were jammed with happy smiling people. Mothers and fathers of boys still in France joined with youngsters and hundreds of other jubilant citizens in one of the greatest demonstrations ever seen her?. Streets were packed with people. Whistles blew and bells a*ng all day long. The war was over and parades were formed in impromptu fashion while cheers were heard throughout the city. The celebration lasted far into the night of November 11 and everyone was up and down town earlv on November 12 to see if the war was really over, still mindful of the false report of a few days before. Today ex-service men were relating their experiences of where they were 11 years ago today and that same program will be carried out in th? official obsei trance of tlie signing of the Armistice at the Decatur Country Club tonight. The program sponsored by the Adams post of the Ametican Legion will star, at 6 o'clock tonight- The American Legion drum corps will paiade for a half hour through the business section of Decatur and will then go to the Country Club where a stag banquet for Legionn:ires and business m -n will be held. Following the banquet Rev. H. 11. Ferntheil, pastor of the Piesbyterian .•inn ch of Decatur will deliver a short Armistice Day address. Dr. H. O. Jones of Berne and Joseph Laurent of this city also will give short tali s. Several persons then will he called on to tell where they were 11 years ago today and the program promises (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Pianist Questioned In Death Os Two Children Camden, N. J., Nov. 11. —(U.R) - Miss Gladys May Parks, 35-year-oid pianist, faced another questioning t<l day in connection with the deaths of two children committed to her care. Detectives said they doubted tlie slijry of the woman, who surrendered in Newark yesterday and was brought , here on a charge of murder. The bodies of 4-year-old Dorothy Rogers and her brother, Timothy. 2, have been recovered, the boy's skeleton having been found yesterday by state troopers near Absecon after Miss Parks had given them minute directions as to its location.

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JURIES DRAWN FOR NOVEMBER TERM OF COURT Commissioners Draw Grand And Petit Juries For Adams Circuit Court SESSION WILL START MONDAY Grand and petit juries for the November term of the Adams Circuit court were drawn today by Martin L.' Smith and John S. Peterson, jury I commissioners. The November term | of court will open in the newly remorfeled court room of the Adams county Court House next Monday, November 18. \ Final work is being done on the remodeling this week, and workmen in charge indicated everything would be ready for opening the November term next Monday. A crowded docket will be faced at the approaching court term, because neither the j>etit or grand juries were called during the September term of court, owing to a lack of facilities in the temporary court room at the Public Library. Following :s the petit jury: Martin Gerke, Root township; Easias Dailey, St. Marys township: Simon Gilliom. Monroe township; Westley W. Mamma. Union township; Carl Dick. Kirkland township; Otto Ewell. Preble town hip; Hubert P. Schmitt, Washington township; Charles E. Pusey, Hartford township; Charles A. Mann, Wabash township; John A. Cory. Jefferson township; Glen Workinger, Blue Creek township, and John Huger, French township* The grand jury includes: George W. Ray, St. Marys township; Rosa Harden, Union township; George W. Becker, Jefferson township; Irvin G. Kerr. Monroe township; Frank Schlaug. Root township and Ben Eiting, Washington township"! It has not yet been announced | whether the grand jury will be called and no one has indicated what will be investigated if the grand jury does meet. o Texas Judge Charged With Murder Os Girl Austin Tex., Nov. 11—(UP)—JudgeJohn Brady, 57, at one time judge of tlie thi d court of civil appeals, w.is being held without bond today in Truvis county jail, charged with the murder of Miss Lehlia Highsmith, 28-year-old s'enographer A preliminary hearing was to have been held today but district attorney Brooks said witnesses are in Sin Antonio and be will seek a dely. DECATUR YOUNG LADY EXPIRES Mary Hill, 22, Dies Sunday Night Following Illness Os Several Months Mary Evelyn Hill, aged 22, died at her home on Adams street at 12 00 o'clock Sunday night. Death was due to complications. Miss Hill had been an invalid since May, 1929, during which time she received medical treatment for six weeks al the Adams County Memorial hospital. She was born August 30, 1906, in Washington townsh'p, northeast of Decatur, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill. Surviving besides the parents are tlie following brothers and sisters: Josephine, Robert, Curtis, and Voyle Hill, all at home. Miss Hill was graduated from Decatur high school in 1926 and attended the Ball Teacher's College at Mun cie for one semester. Because of ill health she was unable to continue with her studies. Later she was employed at the local General Electric plant, where she worked for three years. She has been a resident of this city practicably all her life and was a member x>f the United Brethren church. Funeral services will he held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the home on Adams street, and at 2 o'clock at the United Brethren church. The Rev. R. E. Vance will officiate, and will be assisted by the Rev. T. H. Harmon, pastor of the Union Chapel church of north of the city. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

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Small Fire Occurs At Helm Residence The Decatur Fbe trucks were called to the home of Mrs. Catherine E. Helm, 304 Marshall street, Sunday morning, shortly ufter 8 o'clock, where a fire was reported. The fire originated in a small closet, ami was caused by spontaneous conbustion. The flames were quickly extinguished and the ex tent of the <1 images was estimated at SSO, while sls damage was done to 1 house hold goods. WORLD OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY President Hoover Leads Nation In Observance Os Armistice Signing Washington. Nov. 11. —(U.R) President Hoover led the nation today in observance of the eleventh anniversary of the Armistice which silenced the guns of the World War. The tribute of more than 11,000,000 people to the valor and heroism of the war dead and wounded was symbolized in the president's decision to forsake the duties of his office for a time and motor to Arlington National to place a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. Tonight the chief executive will deliver an address at American Legion Memorial services here. Three weeks of diligent preparation of his text, which is expected to be devoted largely to foreign affairs, forecasts a speech of unusual importance. The address will be broadcast over a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ACTIVITIES OF BURGESS SCORED Senate Probe Committee Say Actions Amount To “Almost Contempt” Washington. Nov. 11—(UP)—Act! vities of William F. Buigess, agent of the United Stat.js Pottery Association, and former members of the tariff com mission amounted "approximately to contempt of the Senate. 1) they do not constitute such" the special lobby investigating committee reported to the Senate today. Attempts said to have been made by Burgess to have Frederick L. Koch chief of the pottery division of the tariff commission; dismissed because of information h? is purported to have given congressional .committees, were the actions complained of by the lobby committee. This report was the second made by th'? comml:t?e since it opened its investigation. The first concerned the employment of Charles L- Eyanson. employe of the Connecticut manufacturer's association, by Senator Binkham, Repn. Conn., as his secretary and teriff advisor, and resulted in tlie official censure of Bingham by the Senate. “Thera is no doubt that Buigess ap pealed to Marvin (chairman of the t ir iff commission) to dismiss Kock or otherwise discipline him to cons lain him and other membeis of the force of the tariff commission to refriin from giving informalicn that might millate against the enactment of the high es' possible rales of duty, or from aiding members of the committees of congress or Senators and Representatives who might li? selected to be desirous to reducing the duties, his acts amounting approximately to contempt of the Sellite, if they do not constitute such." the report stat. s. In piesenting the committee report, chairman Caraway said "This paid lobbyist had no regard for his own reputation, no hesitation in committing perjury and was also willing to slander members of the Senate to obtain what he wanted " "The evil of the thing was" Caraway condlnued. "that Buigess was not only willing to accept money as a lobbyist and deny it under oath, but was willing to go out and try to frame this man by saying that members of the Senate finance committee andcon denined him." o Regulars Score Win In Senate Vote Washington. Nov. 11. (U.R) — The Democratic-Independent Republican ■ coalition in the senate was defeated , for the first time in many days to- ' day when it failed in an attempt to i reduce the duty on tungsten ore from 50 to 45 cents a pound.

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FOUR ARE DEAD AND MANY HURT IN TENNESSEE Ten Coaches And Engine Turn Over Following Derailment On Curve BELIEF THAT 70 ARE INJURED Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 11.— (U.Pd — Speeding around a curve in the mountainous section near Glen Mary. Tenn., the northbound Southern Railway train “Ponce de Leon” left the rails today, the engine and nine cars overturning. Four were killed and more than 40 injured, it was officially reported. The dead: Engineer W. A. Eisemann, Chattanooga. Tenn. Fireman Edward Grant, Rising Fawn, Ga. Mail Clerk C. Winstead. Nebo, Ky. An ■unidentified man. The more seriously hurt were taken to a Rockwood, Tenn., hospital and 35 of the injured taken to Chattanooga by special train. Condition of several was reported as critical. The derailment took place at Glen Mary, Tenn., on a curve. The northbound train's locomotive and tea coaches left Hie rails and overturned, it was said. The Ponce de Leon is one of the best trains of .the Southern, running between Cincinnati an d Florida points. A special train of doctors and nurses was ds patched from Chattanooga, Tenn., and the injured were being brought there. i W. B. Eiseman, Chattanooga. Tenn., was engineer of the train and Fred Grant. Chattanooga, fireman. The mail clerk reported killed was tentatively identified as Virgil Winstead. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 —— —- Quail Hunting In Indiana Legal Today Indianapols. Nov. 11. JR) Indima’s quail hunting season opened today and will continue through I>ec. 20. George Mannfeld. fish and game superintendent of the conservation department announced. Tlie bag limit will ,be not more than 45 for three days hunting. o—- —-— Dr. Julius Curtius Is German Foreign Minister Berlin. Nov. IL—(U.R)—Dr. Julius Curtius, minister of economic affairs, was appointed foreign minister today succeed'ng the late Dr. Stresemann. Curtius had been acting foreign minisler since the death of Stres?tnann. Paul Iloldenhauer was appointed minister of economics to succeed Curtius. Curtius lias been prominent in government affairs during the post war peiiod. supporting tlie Stresemann foreign policies and wojk.ing with the late foreign minister as one of the leaders of the Folk’s parly. Curt ns, who is 52 years old. was educated at the Universities of Keil, Strassbor; and Belin. LEGION POST MEETS GUOTfi Membership C ommittee Is Anxious To Enroll Every > Eligible Man In County The Adams Post of the American ■ Legion has passed its 1931) memberI ship quota and is making a strong bid i to win state honors for the biggest 1 gain in membership, it was announc- ' ed today by those in charge of the lof cal membership drive. Local post officers predict that the membership will total 250 in the next, few days and all committee members are making a big effort to solicit every ex service man in Adams county. - The local post lias grown rapidly the lasi three years, and the represene tatives of the membership committee ” stated today that they believed every eligible man would be a member of the ’■ local post by tlie middle of November o The local drive for members will n continue the rest of this week and probably next week, It was announced.