Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1929 — Page 1

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MISIICE BAY IS OBSERVED WITH BANQUET I ■/ cal Legionnaires Sponsor | (,ieat Program at Decatur Country Cluh Monday Lev. ferntheil IS CHIEF SPEAKER I The peace time program and . Lurpose of the American Legion L one of “Service" and the L<- sting in any movement or |ii -d trtaking for the benefit of |thf> community, stated the kpe-kers at the Armistice Day Lb-ervance held at the Decatur k OU T try Club last evening, f •; i ? meeting was sponsored by AdLms Post No. 43 of the American l egion and about 150 men, including Legionnaires and Decatur business Inien attended the banquet and proIgram which followed. | The principal speakers were th? Ij;, v. Harry Ferntheil, pastor of the Erst Presbyterian church, Decatur, who saw service in France; Paul [Graham, former Post commander and [who was a German captive in the RVorld War; Joseph Laurent, also a former Post commander, who saw sc-vice in France; Dr. Harry Jones [of Berne, who served in the medical [corps and Judge Jesse C. Sutton, who spoke for the community. Mess call was sounded by Bugler tE.irl Bentz and the guests assemble ! [in ihe dining room where a three [course dinner was served. France [Con.er, former post commander presided as chairman and asked the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz to give the invocation. The crowd stood for a m nute following prayer in lof the fallen heros and who were unable to attend last night s meeting while the bugler sounded (taps. Paul Saurer led the assembly in I community singing, accompanied by Mrs. France Confer at the piano. Mr. Saurer later in the evening favored the guests with two vocal solos. ‘Over There”, “Keep the Home Fires Burning." and other popular wartime songs were sung by the men. Chalmer Porter presided as toastmaster and carried out the program. Meaning of Armistice Day Rev. Ferntheil gave the principal address on “The Meaning of Armistice Day." Rev. Ferntheil stated that “Armistice Day should be a Memorial day and observed with the same reverance as Memorial day is." Rev. Ferntheil, was a member of a motor ttOXTIXIKI) ON PAGE FIVE) - o Anderson Man Held Anderson, Ind., Nov. 12 —(UP) Two men. Omar Jones, 23, and Lyle Maxwell, 22, were under arrest today for investigation of their alleged activities in recent auto thefts and robberies. An auto owned by Clay Mclain, Muncie, was found in Jones possession. He served three years in the Indiana reformatory and has confessed that he stole the McClain car,, police said, and involved Maxwell. Both denied complicity in the holdups. PAST-PRESIDENT DE YEOMAN HERE George Frink Is Guest Os Local Lodge; Many Attend Fine Program George N. Frink, past-president of the Yoeman lodge, and now representative of the Yeoman Home Office in DeMoines, lowa, addressed the meeting of the lodge, held last evening, in the Yeoman Hall. The message brought by the executive was interesting. and greatly enjoyed by a large number of members of the local lodge. Following the address by Mr. Frink Ralph Parker of Fort Wayne, State Manager of the Yeoman lodge talked io the delegation. The Ladies Drill Team of Fort Wayne, with twenty-four members, gave the drill workA reponse was made by French Quinn of this city. The meeting closed with a social time, and refreshments were served by the ladies. The guests of the organization included Mr. and Mrs. George N. Frink of Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parker of Fort Wayne; and the Fort Wtfyne drill team.

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Entombed Miners Are I Liberated From Mine 1I McGregor, Colo., Nov. 12. — (U.R) - * Three miners entombed 400 feet below the surface in the rock works of the McNeil Coal company mine here were liberated today. A crew of 50 men had worked In relays for 13 hours clearing away an avalanche of dirt, rocks, and coal which had block- i ed the way. " The entombed men wore suffering from intense cold but otherwise were none the worse for their experience. They were suppl ed with air through ] a pipe. The three are Jack Condon, 34. Ear 1 Le Branch, 21, and Jack Graber, 27. FORMER KAISER - l ATTACKS PAPER■ Files Libel Suit Against ] Morgen Post For Article 1 Published By It i Berlin, Nov. 12.—(U.R)—For the first time since the revolution, former ’ Kaiser Wilhelm has struck back at ' his critics in Germany who have attacked him throughout his years of ‘ exile in Holland. He has instituted a libel suit against the Berlin paper Morgen Post which ' accused him of unduly favoring the < Krupp factory in granting munitions ( contracts during the war. The suit does not ask monetary damages, but seeks to have the editor imprisoned or fined heavily. The Morgen Post declared the alleged libelous article appeared Oct. 24. It asserted that the former kaiser always considered himself a partner in the Krupp concern and because cl his influence the company enjoyed a virtual monopoly in providing guns and munitions for the imperial army. The Morten Post article described the kaiser’s alleged pool in the Krupp concern as the "greatest scandal in world history” and charged that because of the unsatisfactory armaments produced by Krupp works the Gqrman army entered the World war poorly equipped and that the kaiser enriched himself at the expense of the blood of the German people. Snow Is Forecast For Indiana Tonight Indianapolis. Nov. 12—(UP) —Snow will prevail generally ove 1 ’ Indiana Wednesday, with clearing skies by Wednesday afternoon. J. H. Armington meteorologist at the 1). S. Weather Bureau, predicted todayThermometers in Indianapolis stood at 45 degrees early today, and a drop to near freezing was predicted by tonight. Papanese Tree Given To Local Hospital Drs. H. O. and Dailey Jones of Berne today presented the Adams County Memorial hospital with a 12-foot Japanese Elm tree. The tree is being placed in the front yard of the Hospital grounds today. It is a rare specimen and probably the only tree of its kind in Decatur. o Government Official Victim of Heart Trouble Chicago, Nov. 12.—(U.R>—Dr. Edwin West Allen, chief of the office of experimental stations of the United States department,of agriculture, fell dead of heart disease in the Stevens hotel last night shortly after arriving here from Washington, D. C. Dr. Allen, 64, came here with Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde and was to deliver the principal address today at the convention of the Association of Land Grant Colleges t and universities. He was dressing in his room when ‘ stricken. Dr. Allen entered the department ' of agriculture service in 1890. He ! was editor of the Journal of Agrlcul- ’ tural Research and was considered ‘ one of Secretary Hyde’s closest ad- ■ visers. t _ o i McManus Murder Trial i Postponed To Nov. 18 Courtroom. New York, Nov. 12 (U1 i —The effort to try big George Me--1 Manus on a charge of murdering Arj nold Rothstein encountered obstacles today and was ordered postponed until - Nov 18 after one juror was sworn. [ ‘ Illness of “Titanic Thompson,, one of the picturesque gamblers expected > among the array of witnesses caused the postponement ,

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DECATUR LIONS TO ENTERTAIN LADIES TONIGHT E. A. Richardson, Indiana’s Poet Laureat to Entertain Club And Guests FINE PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED E. A. Richardson, Indianans poet laureate, of Evansville, will furnish the entertainment at the annual ladies night banquet to be given by the Decatur Lions Club in the dining room of the First Christian church ut j 3:3(1 o’clock tonight. Richardson, better known as “Big I Rich” is one of the greatest poets Indiana has and he was unanimously elected poet laureate by a joint session of the Indiana legislature February 12, 1929. The entertainer is known for his broad smile and his ability as an after-dinner entertainer. Tonight will be Mr. Richardson's first appearance in Decatur. The banquet tonight ie an annual affair. The Lions dub of this city entertains the wives and sweethearts of members each fall. Tonight's entertainer has presented his afterdinner program befoie hundreds of clubs and organizations in the middlewest the last several years, and he comes highly recommended by service clubs all over Indiana. Local Man Arrested B. F. Roller was arraigned in Mayors court late Monday afternoon on a charge of assault and battery. He asked for more time in which to enter a plea and Mayiy George Krick set Friday afternoon ror hfs hearing. He was released on his own recognizance. The affidavit was filed byMrs. Roller. o Two Missouri Prison Inmates Escape Today Jefferson City, Mo- Nov. 12 — (UP) —Two convicts, believed to be car riers of the germs of spinal meningitis. were at large today somewhere in the central part of the state. The convicts, Thomas Brown and Stanley broke the bars on a state penitentiary hospital window, slid down a rope and escaped. Seven prisoners were placed in the isolation ward of the hospital follow ing a recent outbreak of spinal meningitis. Brown and Jones were being observed for symptoms of the disease having been exposed to it. BABY CLINIC TB BE HELD FRIDAY Free Health Station To Be Held All Day At Library Auditorium The County Baby Health Station, which is to be conducted on the third Friday of each month by a doctor and nurse from the Child Hygiene division 1 of the state board of health, will open ' next Friday, November 15, in the Decatur Library, instead of at the Deca--1 tur high school, as was first announc--1 ed. The clfaic will continue from 9 ’ o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon and all children up ’ to three years of age may be brought 1 to the Health Station, to be weighed, measured, and given a complete phyi steal examination. If medical or suri gieal care is indicated, the case will be referred to the family physician. i The Health Station lias proved to be a great aid to the mothers of babies ; over the United States, and mothers i in Adams County are urged to take ad- - vantage of the opportunity given them I for the following reasons: first: if a . baby Is well and developing, the mother wants to know it; second, if he has any beginning defects or illness, he should be referred at once to a physician so he may not be permanently i defective; third, any habits th baby is forming that may harm him in later • life, will be talked over and correc- • five, measures suggested; fourth, many - scientific discoveries have been made i within the last few years) which aid I greatly in protecting the health of children. ■ Mothers may learn about these meI thods, based on these facts, which wiii I make it possible to protect their children and keep them well.

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Will Speak Here . < I ■ 7 n■■ K. e Trichardson Above is a photograph of Indiana's poet ’.aureate who will entertain the Lions cluh and their wives and sweethearts at the annual Ladies' Night banquet at 6:30 o’clock tonight. FBI AERIAL SUICIDE OCCURS Philadelphia Young Lady Jumps To Death From A Passenger Airplane New York, Nov. 12—(UP)—An 18-yeai-old girl, who was willing to pay 15 for the privilege of dying, hopes to come back to earth at 9 o’clock some evening. Ruth Rockwell, an atractive burnette, rented a plane at Curtis jfield liate yesterday, forced the pilot to nose his craft up to 2,000 feet and then jumped out. Her body landed on a tree, carshed into a telephone wire and fell at the edge of Remsen street. Valley Stream. L. I Today the United Press learned from Miss Rockwell’s parents in Philadelphia that the girl's eyesight was failing and that site had been melancholy for some time. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Rockwell and a graduate of the South Philadelphia high school. But in the three lucid, literate notes that the girl left in a black handbag which was found in the plane there was no mention of eye trouble. Rather, she speculated on deatli and wondered what sensations her brain would record in the last, rushing minutes as her body hurtled toward earth. "If I find any sort of life or corresponding time after death, I will try to communicate with my immediate family st 9 o’clock some evening,” one note said. The note continued on a cold analysis of her life and the mistakes she made therein.

“During my lifetime I think my one fault was deception,’’ it read. "I have lied repeatedly about small things, but unfortunately I forget what these small things were." Edward Booth, the pilot who had been assigned to take Miss Rockwell on a $5 ride, noticed his passenger made several rather curious inquirtCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 CAST FDB PLAY IS ANNOUNCED “Little Women” Will Be i Presented Here Nov. 18 At Decatur High School I The cast for the home-talent p’ay ' "Little Women" to be presented next Monday night. November 18 at Decatur high school auditorium under the auspices of the Dramatic section of the Woman's club was announced to- . day. The play comes highly recommended and it is one especially interesting ’ for young people. Children of school age and under will be admitted for 25 •cents. Special costumes have , been obtained for the show, and the , committee in charge is desirous of having a large attendance. Following is the cast of characters: . Meg Naomi*l)urkiti . Jo Marcella Nelson . Beth .... Mildred Liddy r Amy . Mary Jane DeVor > Mrs. March Mrs. James Cowan I Mr. March Mr. W. Guy Brown f Mr. Lawrence Mr. W. F. Beery Laurie .... Mr. John .Alberding - John Brooke Mr. Freck Hower 1 Aunt March Mrs. Frank Downs ■ Professor Black Mr. Roy Mumma Hannah Miss Grace Coffee

EFFORTS BEING MADE TO HEAL PARTY WOUNDS Moses Group May Find It Necessary to Censure the “Jackass” Statement HOOVER MAKES PEACE EFFORTS Washington. Nov. 12—(U.R)— President Hoover, Vice President Curtis and their close Republican associates are exerting considerable influence toward healing of the party wounds inflated in unprecedentedly bitter tariff contest between eastern and western Republican senators. While not taking sides with either of tlie warring faction*. the chief executive and the presiding officer of the Senate have been able to prevent several threatened occurrences which would have widened the breach. As the latest step to appease the aroused westerners, the United Press learned. Mr. Hoover taetily has sanctioned a plan to administer a mild chastisement of Senator George 11. Moses, of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee who has called the westerners “sons of wild JackasSPs.’ Members of Moses committee, none of whom is connected with the western group have decided that inasmuch as there is no other way to stop Moses tactics which they Irelieve will bring harm to the party, they will register their protest by resigning from the committee en masse. Mr. Hoover is known to have been advised of the plan and offered no objections. Previously Mr. Hoover was instrumental in securing the resignation of Otto Kahn. New York banker, as treasurer of the senatorial campaign committee. Kahn was selected by Moses who thought be bad the approval of the White House and of members of h’s committee. The committeemen say however that Moses never consulted them abouit the matter. Moses declined to withdraw the appointment even upon representations from the White House and expressed only regrets when Kalin declined. A movement to oust Mo.-cs from the committee chairmanship was started, only to be halted by the absence of Republican Floor Leader James E. Watson of Indiana. It was found Watson had the sole ’ power to remove the chairman. Undaunted some of the committee members then aided in the preparation of a resolution to oust Moses as presl(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

WILL PRESENT OPERA THURSDAY Kirkland High School Music Class Will Give “Wild Rose” In Auditorium The Music class of Kitkland high, school will present the operetta. "Wild Rose," Thursday night, November 14. in the high school auditorium. The “Wild Rose" is the story tn song of a city girl who tires of flattery and tries country life. In doing this she not only proves that she is not a frivolous girl but proves that her friends really loved her ami had not admired her just because she was wealthy. The chief characters are: Rose jean Houck Reporters Dorthy Isch, and Anna Baumgartner Mrs. Doingood .. Mary Dettlnger Mrs. Tall .Hot Ruth Yake Madame Sewseams Mildred Werling Madame Feathertop Dorothy Fechter Lady Grey Esther Smith Bobbie Verena Zimmerman Dora . Helen Weber Mary Forthe Fern Dilling Flora . Ruth Reinhard Polly Alice Schaffer Molly - Doris Johnson The operetta is in two acts and entertainment will be given between acts. The public ts invited to attend. Filling Station Robbed Indianapolis. Nov, 12—(UP)—Robbers who were “sorry hut h id to eat' held up a gasoline station of the Rox anna Petroleum Corporation here last night. The four took about .sl2 f'om Forrest Clark attendant. I

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Liquor Haul Is Made i By Indianapolis Police | Indianapolis, Nov. 12. (U.R) —An automobile equipped with smoke I set Den for bootlegging activities and loaded with 21 cases of assorted Canadian whiskey was in the hands of Indianapolis police today. Tony Ferracane and Helen Rogers, 28, were under arrest. Bond for each has been placed at $25,(100. . The raid was consummated after ' Federal agents and deputy sheriffs hurt remained hidden for three days near a house recently purchased by Ferracane. Ferracane had been at liberty only eight months after serving 18 months of a two-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., for conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. STORMS SWEEP I BRITISH COAST Eleven Persons Dead In Worst Storm Os Years; Hundreds Marooned London, Nov. 12—(U.R> —Gales an 1 swift,rain swept the south and west coasts of England early today after an all-night storm of great intensity had battered vessels on the channel and caused many thousands of dollars of damage in coastal and inland cities. Eleven persons were dead, and the toll of casualties mounted steadily. Hundreds of others were marooned In their homes by floods, particularly in Wales where the Rhondda Valley suffered heavy damage. The storm was severe throughout the British Isles. The towns of Porth, with 30,000 population, and Trehafod reported the , flood water from the Rhondda Valley was 10 feet deep and damaging shops and houses. The storm continued ' early today, increasing the danger to the towns and marooned residents. Many ships and barges were in distress or ashore along the south coast, including the Italian steamship Nimbo. The crew of 29 men was rescued from the Niinbo only after a rocket apparatus ht>d been used to get lines aboard. A lifeboat that put out from New Haven was unable to approach . the 3,870 ton ship because of the high seas. The wind, which reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour in London and as high as 85 miles in other sections, tossed and battered ships on th'channel throughout the night. The Belgian government steamship Jan Breydel, with 72 passengers aboard, j was forced to anchor near Dunkirk because of rudder trouble. Lifeboats answered distress calls throughout the night. The Southern railway steamship Canterbury crashed into a harbor embankment entering Dover and the passengers were thrown into a panic i when the lights went out. The giant British dirigible R-101, moored at Cardington, saved a gale of 83 miles an hour. The entire crew was summoned aboard tlie ship and I | t rode the storm splendidly, the air ministry announced. Officials said the dirigible performance was outstanding in airship history. ' Gage Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs Albert B Gage were held at th? St. Marys Catholic church this morning. The Rev. 1 Father J. A. Hession celebrated the ' requiem mass. Following the funeral ' service the body was taken to Fort ■t Wayne for burial. Mrs. Gage died sudt denly Saturday morning from a heart I attack. s o Dates For Trapping c In Indiana Changed r The open date for trapping fur-bear-r ing animals in Indiana has been changc ed, according to a circular received by ? Miss Bernice Nelson, clerk of the Ad r ams circuit court The season for trapping opens this year on November 15 and closes January 15, in compliance with a new Indiana law. r The old law permitted trappers to set their devices November 10. The II bulletin received by Miss Nelson urgI ed that all trappeis be notified of the II change. I , Q j Army Bomber Crashes Injuring Two Fliers )- Miami, Fla. Nov. 12—(UP)-One of i” six army kepstone Bombers leaving t- Pan American flying field here today ,t crashed. n Lieut- Moffett, pilot, ami sergent Clyde Taylor, were reported injured.

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NEGROES WERE TO BE SHIFTED TO DEMOCRATS Letters Exposed By Senate Probe Committee Reveal Arnold “Council” Plan CURTIS’S NAME IS MENTIONED Washington, Nov. 12.—<U.R)— Plans for election of negro democrats to congress from St. Louis, Chicago and New York were discussed with Vice-Presi-dent Curtis by Janies A. Arnold, vice president of the Southern Tariff Association, letters un- k covered by the senate lobby investigating committee today, indicated. The proposal to elect negro congressmen was part of a general plan outlined in documents found by comnaitte investigators in Arnold’s office to organize a “southern republican council” to hold the gains made by the republican party in the south in the last election. Arnold alleged visit to Curtis was described in a letter he wrote to a co-worker, Vance Muse. The letter follows in part: "I went with the Farkey today to see Vice President Curtis ami he thought well of our negro congressman idea, but said it was a matter that should be taken up with Mr. Hoover and that he would talk’ with Hoover altout it.” The letter said Curtis thought the solution of the negro problem was to get "a better line of negroes” to lead in the south. • “But our line of approach is more acceptable to politicians and to negroes of equalizing by blackening tlie (iemocratle party than by whitening the republican party,” Arnold wrote. Arnold said he did not remember who “the darkey" referred to in tba letter was qnd said lie did not know whether thd matter was ever taken up with President Hoover. Arnold admitted, however, he wrote the letter. . He denied knowledge of the documents rt Lerring to the organization of the southern republican council. Chairman Caraway said they had been found in a steel locker in Arnold’s private office. The documents included a four page prospesfcts of the proposed council, outliniff its purpose to “hold in line’’ those southern democrats who bolted their party in November, 1928. The slogans of the organization were to be—"white leadership, protective tariff, sound taxation, flood control, southern representation in congress and cabinet and elimination of the negro as a political factor.." “The negro question in sou, ,orn republican politics can best be eliminated through election of negro democrats to congress from St. Ijouis, Chicago, Harlem and other colored districts. Tit's matter is in capable hands.” the prospectus declared. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STOCK PRICES CRASH LOWER Millions Clipped From Market Values After Brief Price Advance New York, Nov. 12 —(UP) — The stock market took mother terrific setback t< day, prices tumbling down rapidly when a bear raid was started on United States steel. Millions were clipped from t!i<- alteady impaired maiket values in the raid which started after there war . some semblance of recovery coming . hack to the mark ‘t. Trading was at another tremendous pitch and s-ies exclusive of odd lots amounted to 6,- , (40,500 shines for the three hour day. , Tickets were tunning way behind at the close and traders had great diffl- , culty attempting to find tlie exact quotations on the floor The. setback came to the market after what had appeared to be a rallySteel had eased down to within an eightli of a point of Its low and then "across the ticker came the word f "steel 165%, up 6 points. Strength ? came in. r Then catfie the bear raid and steel shot down. t It closed at a new low for the year !. at 153%. The entire market followed.

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