Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1929 — Page 1

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STSEET FAIR COMMITTEE IS NAMED FOR 1930 p ul Graham, Reappointed General (’hairman for the Big Event Next Year LEGION ASKS CO-OPERATION ■|| K > 1930 Decatur Free Street I'iir general committee was bv Lloyd Baker, ('oni‘i,..|i;<ler of the Adams post of I).’. American Legion, sprtnsois (I the event, at the Legion ... Him,* held Monday night. I n.pa C-ndiani. who successlnllv h ><i<'d the 10*20 committee was ln|ed chairman for the piW event. other committee members are Wfll'am Linn, secretary: Leo Ehlneerl trwurer and C. O. Porter, nee Fry h ’■ V J. Bormann and 1.. J. Baker. W'th this committee a group from the Pecatnr Industrial association, p.ti-v t lub and Lians club, also wi'l lie chosen. ti .. dates for tlw 1930 Fair will 1> > cr''tted later when the committee men'borship is completed, it was annnnnced by Chairman Graham today. P’-nq w i’l lie started at once for th' Klim event and all committees will h- nmdunced by the first of the year. O-' m said. it the Monday nicht meeting the ( nnst also decoded to sponsor a talent play in the next few the exact date to be chosen bv ( the committee conino-ed of France Cnntpr cbil’men and Wa'*er .1. Bock tvnn. Charles Lanewton. Robert MelbtrON'riMVKV» n\’ P'GE «t\) —— —° Warren Moses Visits Sister In This City Warren Moses of Helena, Montana, former city editor of the Decatur Jour-, nal and tor many years engaged in newspiper work in the west, is hero, for a day or two as the guest of his ' sister. Miss Anetta Moses, his first . visit home for twenty years. Warren l is now in charge of publicity at the Montana capitol and likes his work very much. Just at present his duties are in connection with the display from his state at the Internatioml Live S'ock show. His brother Homer of Fort Wayne will join him tomor row here and they will all return to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving, after which Warren will return to Chicago where he will be until the close ol the show on December 7th. lie repor s conditions very good in Montana notwithstanding the fact that the wheat crop this year is only about halt the normal amount. UNION PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Rev. O. E. Miller Will Give Chief Address At U. B. Church Thanksgiving will be appropriately observed by Decatur Protestant church members at a Union service to be held Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the United Brethren church. As a climax to the afternoon services for all public school pupils the open meeting will close the annual observance ot Thanksgiving. The Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church of Decatur, will deliver the chief address of the Union meet tug. The co-operating churches include the Presbyterian, Evangelical, Reformed, Methodist Episcopal, Baptist. Christian and United Brethren •churches. Members of all churches of Decatur are invited to the services, and the large United Brethren church will be entirely opened for the meeting, with assurance of a large seating capacity. The complete program for Wednesday night is: Prelude Hymn Responsive Reading. Invocation—Rev. M. W. Sunderman. Hymn Scripture—Psalms 111 and 117 —Rev. A R. Fledderpohann. Prayer—Rev. H. H. Ferntheil. Anthem —“Praise the Name of the I-ord.” Offering. Hymn Benediction—Rev. R. W. Stoakes.

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I Rev. I’. 11. Harmon Is i I nion Chapel Pastor t I Ibe Rev T. H. Harmon, pastor off I the I nion Chapel I'irted Brethren church of Adams county, formerly of i Marion. Indiana, has moved to l)>Icatiir where he expects to make his i headquarters. | Last Sunday, with Rev. Harmon in charge, nine men were received into | th® church The attendance was t purge and a fine spir.t prevailed at .the meeting. It was announced that the entire saiaiy for the pastor had been obtained through contributions. Rev Harmon stated today that the ] l I nion Chapel Sunday school was (growing rapidly with Earl Chase as (superintendent and with John Walters itis song leader. ' - - () — -.— ..I -— —— I FORMER LOCAL MAN ARRESTED ( ] Ed Newport, Allen County, Admits Theft of Chickens J Near State Line I'd Newport, of Allen county, former Decatur resident, was arested Mon- ' day by Deputy Sheriff Clarence Elixman, of Fort Wayne and confessed to ' steaTng chickens from several Allen ( county farmers. Newport was arrested on information given by one of the three Decatur ' young men arrested Saturday on charges of chicken stealing in Adams ' an I Allen county. Newport refused to talk freely hut admitted two thef.s. He was taken to the Allen county jail, and it is understood that second , degree burglary charges would be filed against the min late teday. Newport, until a few years ago, resided in and near Decatur. He was a truck driver and also a commission buyer of farm products. Newport resides in Allen county, near the .Indiana Ohio state line. Arthrur Dewey Schafer, one of the three young men siinteHtajH hi Mayor's court here Monday lived with Newport for several weeks this fall. Local Boy Suffers Broken Arm In Fall Lawrence Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beavers of Seventh street, i broke his left arm Sunday, when he ' fell from a wood pile on which he was playing. The arm was broken below the elbow, arid both bones were fractured. Gene Alger Indicted Muncie. Ind.. Nov. 26.—(U.R>—An indictment against Gene Alger charging robbery of the Gaston Banking company, has been returned by the Delaware county grand jury. Bond was set by the jury at $13,000. Alger is now in jail at Vernon, Ind., Jennings county. . o Report Cards Are Issued This Afternoon The report cards for the second six weeks of school were issued tonight to the pupils of Decatur High school. | Principal Walter J. Krick announc'd. He also stated that he believes the grades will show an increase over the first six week’s work and that the honor roll would be ready for publication tomorrow. o — Files Damage Suit Rensselaer, Ind., Nov. 26. — (U.R)— Damages of $25,000 are asked by John R Lewis in a suit against Dr. Frank Kennedy. Goodland, slander being alleered. The suit charges that Dr. Kennedy, referring to Lewis, said he stole 400 bushels of corn. Lewis was formerb a tenant of a farm owned by the doctor. — o Former Pastor’s Libel Case Opens At Rockford Rockford. Hl., Nov. 26. - (U.R) - Shabby in day laborers Sunday be Sl ” Rev. John A. Logan Warren unfrocked by the Methodist church after it had found him guilty of sinning with a 17-year-old maid-servant, listened calmly today to testimony in his slander suit agahfst seven foimer P C“™.r p.«or « PniKConal church at Doruixl. 1»- " seeking $50,000 damages from the seven. He accuses them of ‘"Cueing the church conference to oust him from his pastorate, with its salary of $2,000 a year, and of bringing him into “public hatred, contempt, ridicule scandal and disgrace.”

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STATE OFFICER ' CHIEF SPEAKER ' AT DINNER-MEET ( ■ — —I Florence Riddick Boys, Pro- j bation Officer Is Guest Os Teachers FOODS CLASSES SERVE DINNER . Mrs. Florence Diddick Boys State ' Probation Officer, was the principal 1 speaker last evening at a dinner given : by Miss Delores Wertenberger and the girls of the ninth grade foods classes I at the Decatur high school Domestic , Science looms. The guest list includ- i ed Mrs. Maybelle Myers, County Attendance officer, Mrs. Maud Dorwin, probation officer of Adams County, the i members of the Decatur school board, and all of the teachers of the Decatur public schools. Following a three-course dinjner which the foods class served. Mrs Boys spoke on the subject of “What is Probation?" The speaker stated that 99 children out of every 100 would make good citizens, but the hundredth would he a lawbreaker. She referred to the statistics which show there are 1,800,000 children in the state of Indiana, of I which 18,000 young Hoosiers will have a criminal career. She stated that probation is the only hope in the world for this condition. The substance of the address was: "Ninety nine children out of each hundred, the nation over, are coming along all light and will make good citizens, so statistics lead us to believe. Hut the hundredth child is not doing well. He Is a delinquent, that is. a lawbreaker, a pre-delinquent, wayward and "tough"; or a potential delinquent, living in such miserable conditions that he is almost certain to become a delinquent. Indiana has 1,800,000 children. These hundredth children make an appalling procession of 18,000 young Hoosiers who are heading toward a criminal career. Indiana committed about 8.000 persons to our penal institutions last year. We shall have ample grist to supply the prisons of tomorrow unless— and herein lies a great hope —probation can halt this prisonward procession. What is Probation? Probation is an effort of the courts to reform offenders without sending them to prison. Originally it was granted. instead of a prison sentence, to convicted misdemeanants. The probationer was allowed to remain in the community in charge of a probation officer who watched over him to see that he obeyed the rules laid down by the court and did no further harm to society. This is official probation and is used today for adults and for more serious child offenders. But the large majority of child cases are unofficial. Someone tells the judge or probation officer about a child who is way(CONTINI'ED t>N PAGE SIX) O ERNEST METER EXPIRES TODAY Allen County Man Dies At Home Os Brother Near Decatur Ernest Meyer. 55, retired Allen County farmer died at 10:30 o’clock this morning at the home of his brother, Fred Meyer, near this city. Death was due to complications. Mr. Meyer was born January 7, 1874 the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer of Allen County. He was never married. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters, Fred Meyer, Decatur. R. R. 1, William Meyer. Mrs. Carolyn Hoffman, Mrs. Sophia Doctor, Mrs. Minnie Weigman, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Louisa Selking of Madison township, Allen County. The deceased was a member of the Flatrock Lutheran church. For the past two years he has been bedfast, suffering with paralysis. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Flatrock Lutheran church. The time and officiating minister will be announced later. Burial will he made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jane Frisinger In Serious Condition The condition of Mrs. Mary Jane Frisinger, 916 W. Jackson street, was reported as serious this afternoon. Little hope was extended for her recovery.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 26, 1929.

f . fl Firemen To Hold Annual Banquet t t Tonight nt <>:;;<» o'clock Jack Friedt and the local firemen will be hosts to Mayor George Krick, Mrs. Cat litTlne Kauffman. Mrs. Jack Ellsworth, other city offic als, members of the city council, and several invited guests, to t Hing about 50, al an annual Thanksgiving dinner, which will be served in the local fire department rooms on I Monroe Street. Mrs. William McGee will be the cook and reports ample rations for all I the guests. She reported today that she I ha< pi epared 36 rabbits. 13 chickens, and seven gallons of oysters along, with other vegetables and fruits which I will make this dinner in keeping with ■ past feasts. ? Mayor Krick and several other of ficials of the city will give informal talks during the diner program. Following the dinner the tables will be cleared and eight games of bngo will furnish the entertainment of the evening. Erank Ennis of Fort Wayne will take charge of the bingo games and eight lovely blankets will be awarded as prizes. - 0 FIRE DESTROYS AUTO AND BARN — Automobile Belonging To Ernest Uhrick Completely Burned Up A tire of unknown origin, which damaged a barn on the Mrs. Charles Schnitz property. North Second Street, and destroyed an Overland sedan belonging to Ernest Uhrick occurred Monday night at 10:30 o'clock. Charles Heare, a neighbor, noticed the flames on the roof of the barn while he was hunting in the woods across the street by the St. Marys River. He immediately called the local fire department which was able to save other buildings and part of the barn. Damage to the barn totalled about S6OO. The Overland sedan beyonging to Ernest Uhrick of this city was completely destioyed by the flames. It was stated this morning that the automobile was insured. Cause of the fire is unknown. o BULLETIN Berne, Nov. 26.—(Special)—Berne was the first town in Adams county to complete the 1930 American Red Cross annual membership drive. Tne drive was conducted by members of the Junior class of Berne high school and a total of $337.65 was raised in the annual Roll Call, Miss Elda Flueckeger obtained 31 members for the organization and was presented an upholstered chair for her efforts in the drive by the Dunbar Manufacturing Co. of Berne. The total membership for 1930 at Berne is 335. The amount of $337.65 was $1.15 more than obtained in Berne a year ago. — o Dorr Accounts Short Chicago, Nov. 26—(UP) — The accounts of Samuel Howard Dorr, insurance agent who shot to death William O’Brien as the climax of a clandestine love affair with Mrs. O’Brien during which they plotted the killing, according to her confession, were discovered today to be $2,500 short. Police started a new line of investigation on the theory the slaying was prompted by desire to eolect O'Brien's insurance money before the shortage was discovered by insurance company officials. Mrs. O’Brien, who expects to become a mother soon, and Dorr have been charged with murder and a Grand Jury probably will indict both today.

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TEN DECATUR HOMES UNDER QUARANTINE Local Physicians Urge Vaccination Os All Decatur People SEVERAL CASES UNDER SCRUTINY NOTICE This is of importance to those in attendance at the Baptist church last Sunday evening. Information was received yesterday too late for publication, that a lad in the service Sunday evening was yesterday quarantined for smallpox. Naturally | every one at the service was (, exposed to the contagion. My persona) advice would be for those who have not been vaccinated to see your physician at once. We are exceedingly sorry for the occurrence but proper | and prompt preventative will ward off the disease. (). E. Miller. Pastor. Ten Decatur homes are under quarantine for smallpox and several cases, not yet under quarantine, are being watched closely by local physicians. it was stated today. The epidemic, which is general in northeastern Indiana, is spreading, according to local physicians and health officers. "The best way possible to stop the spread of the disease is for everyone ' to be sure their vaccination is still in effect," Dr. ,1. M. Miller, secretary of the Decatur Board of Health stated today. "If all people were vaccinated, the annual epidemic would not occur,” ’ he continued. The epidemic started in Decatur ' several weeks ago, and while tae spread has not been alarming, new cases have hen reported daily, and local physicians and health officers are making a strong effort to prevent a bad epidemic, in Decatur and Adams county. I Several instances have been report- , ed where persons exposed to the disf cases have been reported daily, and I thereby exposing all persons present, ! who were not vaccinated. Local physicians say that all persons who have any symptoms of ■ smallpox should submit to an inimed- . iate examination by their family , doctor, and all persons should he vaccinated at once. J II is generally believed that most ; local people are taking all necessary i precautions to prevent further spread of the disease and Dr. Miller stated that the spread was not alartrtingly fast as yet. CHINA PROTESTS I ’ RUSSIAN RAIDS 1 Sends Letters To All Kellogg Peace Treaty Signatories y Shanghai, Nov. 26. —(U.R) —A protest 3 against “invasion" ot China by Rus--1 sia has been sent by the Nanking government to all signatories of th * ! Kellogg treaty against war. The ministry sent identical telegrams to Chinese ministers abroad instructing them to convey to governments signatory to the Kellogg treaty "the facts of the Soviet invasion of Chinese territory and occupation of Manchuli and Dalainor.” The telegrams said that while China will abide by the stipulations of the treaty against war. she is compelled to resist attacks. The signatories are requested to devise means for dealing with Russia for violating the Kellogg treaty, and China expresses her willingness to submit the controversy with Russia to the League of Nations. Authorities here denied a report from Tokio that C. T. Wang, the Chinese foreign minister, had telegraphed to Leo Karakhan, assistant Soviet commisar of foreign affairs, suggesting reopening of negotiations for settlement of the dispute over the Chinest eastern railway.

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Former Berne Man i Dies In Fort Wayne | Christian A, Augsbtll’ger, uge 76, 116 I Killen Avenue, Fort Wayne, former resident of Berne, died Monday morn Ing. following an at ack of apoplexy He moved from Berne to Fort Wayne n 1906. The widow, a daughter. Mrs J Robeit Spice, Jr., and six sons, Arnau. I Oscar, Homer. Ira, Victor and Howird! survive. Funeral services will be held ; I Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock <it th,* home and at two ~\loik at th*-; First Evangelical church, Fort Wayne. I Burial in Lindenwood. ROAD HEARING IS CONTINUE!): l< Commissioners Continue j Remonstrance Case To December 4 The healing on the amount of dam- * (ages awarded in the matter of the 1 vacation of the George Ohler road in ' 1 Union township, beforx- the board of p county commissioners, was continued ' Monday afternoon until Wednesday, 1 De.-ember 4. The reinonstrators to the amount of ' damages awarded, represented by • Attorneys Fred Fruchte and Ferd 1 j Litterer, presented part of their evi- 1 dence but d'd not complete their case 1 yesterday. The reinonstrators claim i that the amount of damages are ex- I cessive. I The reviewers appointed by the i county commissioners awarded damages of SSOO to William Schafer an 1 i $25 to Adam Bienz, following their i recommendation that the road be vacated. : Attorney Dore B. Erwin represents Mr. Schafer and Mr. Bienz in the case and the evidence from that side will be presented next month. The case is creating quite an amount of interest ami the x hearing yesterday was attended by about 50 fanners. The road was ordered vacated by sets of viewers and the reviewers awarded damages to those property owners, alleged to be. affected by the closing ot the road. o Two Found Guilty Os Concealment Hammond, Ind.. Nov. 26. —(U.R) “A sentence of 18 months ’in a Federal pentitentiary for conspiracy to con real property in anticipation of bankruptcy was passed on two men here yesterday. They were Robert Grttsin and Simon Grusin, former officials of the National House Furnishing Company, In<-. Their firm failed for $72,000. Sailor Is Drowned Michigan City. Ind.. Nov, 26.- —(U.R) - A fall into five feet of water almost I within arm's length of the Lake Mich i ! gan shore ended the life of Joseph! Pawlicke. Great Lakes sailor who ha 11 braved every kind of weather the 1 lakes offered, for the past 3S years. | Pawlicke fell off a lake excursion | boat. Police found a pint bottle half filled with liquor, on the body. oEd Ellsworth Thanks Firemen And Volunteers EEd Ellsworth of southeast of Decatur called at the Dtily Democrat office Tuesday and stated that ho wish j ed to thank the neighbors and the Decatur fire department for their fine work in extinguishing the fire which destroyed two large hay barns on his farm Sunday. Mr. Ellsworth stated that the cause j of the fire was still undetermined. Busses Will Take Net Fans To Auburn Two busses have been chartered to . take the girls and boys belonging Io the Pep Champs ami Howling Hosts organizations of Decatur High school to Auburn Wednesday to see the local 1 basketball teams play Auburn. Both busses ate tilled which assures the team that the rooting section of high ( school will be there to help them win. Council Masons To Hold Meeting Tonight ' Council Masons will meet at the > Masonic hall in this city at 6:15 o’clock • tonight. Following a dinner, which will t be served by the local Eastern Star , members, initiatory services for lit i candidates will be held by members of » the Bluffton Council, of which Decatur Masons are members.

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RECOGNITION ASSURED BY FEDERAL BOARD County Bureaus Will Operate Under New System As Subsidiaries W. IL SETTLE RE-ELECTED Indianapolis, Nov. 26.—<U.R)— Creation of an organization entitled to recognition by the Federal farm board and one that is a business organization in itsself. was the problem discussed by 100 delegates to the 12th annual convention of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation today. Three addresses yesterday centered on the importance of organizing the farmers fit Indiana for the purpose of fighting for better farm marketing condlt < nd 'I ext : itlon of the purposes and aim of th. Federal farm board. Today delegates vote,! on new by-laws and articles of incorporation. The new incorporation papers were drawn up, according to 11. B. Hartsock. Indianapolis, in order that the organization could function as a business enterprise. In this way. it will be recognized and may receive aid from the Federal farm board recently created in Washington, he said. The former organization was without power to carry on business in the sense required of a super-cooperative. It was unable to act as an agent for affiliated farm agencies. As prov til'd by the new articles of incorporation. the following men were to be voted upon today to serve as incorporating directors: W. H. Robbins. Columbia City; J. B. Cummins. Portland: M. Everett Hun*, Richmond; James K. Mason. Milton: Howard R. Atcheaon. Scottsburg; and W. H. Settle, Indianapolis, to serv-t for one year. The following were voted upon to serve two years: C. R. Benjamin. Crown Point: Guy McMullen, Lafayette; Oscar Inrm, Oxford; Addison Drake. Fairbanks; .1. H. Waltney, Poseyville: Mrs. C. W. Sewell, Otterhem; Lewis Taylor. Newburg. Present county cooperative organizations will continue to function under the new system, it was explained yesterday. They will serve as subsidiaries of the large organization and will lie represented by delegates at farm bureau meetings. At n meeting of the Wool Growers Association, it was voted to join the National Growers’ Corporation, created by the Federal marketing farm act. Indiana wool thus will be marketed ICONTINCEII OX PAGE SIX) ECONOMIC DRIVE GETS UNDERWAY All Sectors Os Nation’s Industrial Forces Stand Ready For Drive i Washington. Nov. 26. <U.R> -Every major sector of the nation's industrial forces stood mobilized today for the Uiig winter economic drive under the leadership of President Hoover. As the president rested from his heavy round of business conferences, telegrams and letters coming in huge (volume to the White House registered the new impetus which h's leadership has given to the country. Utilities' leaders were meeting in | New York today to discuss their IHitential $2,000,000,0110 developm nt program preparatory to a later conference here with the president. The United les chai •>•■’■ of commerce was arranging for u general emergency business conference here December 5 when business will shoulder the tiutk of carrying forward the work begun by President Hoover. Never before in peace-time lias a president mustered such an all-exten-sive Industrial drive. While in all quarters credit was given President Hoover tor arousing new nation-wide optimism, the real test will come when business undertakes to carry forward the program now begun Every factor favors success, in the opinion of economic experts hero. Billions of dollars in new eonstrnc1 tion have been promised by the railroads. the construction Industry, general business, and federal, satte and local governments.

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