Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER | probably rain north Lcrtion tonight and fe.iturday. changing to snow. Rain south Portion Saturday. Kiuch colder Sunday.

■WILLIAM VARE DENIED SENATE SEAT

CONFERENCE I RESULTS ARE I STUDIED TODAY ■ n’t cd States Chamber Os | Commerce Committee To Study Results It ROUP WILL BE APPOINTED II Washington, Dec. (>. (U.R) ,\ ■i.iss of factual evidence in ■upport of President Hoovers ■contention dial American busiK<ss conditions are fundament■il v sound was being assorted Knd classified ttxlay bv the ■ idled States chamber of com■nerce as result of yesterday's Ki sion of the national business Knrvey conference. ■ The reports presented by spokes- ■: n of practically every line of busiKi -s anil industry in the nation, will Ke studied by a committee soon to K‘ appointed by Chairman Julius Karnes, who presided over the gathKring of more than 400 business men K v ,p d at President Hoover's suggesK 1 " 1 The results of this study are ■<> he made available for the informa■ion and guidance of the country’s Kusine-s as a whole. || The consensus among invited deleKates as they departed for their ■omes was that their frank exchange ■f v ews had dissipated many of the ■ears engendered by the recent stock Kiarket crash, and had demonstrated ■hat lower security quotations were ■nercising no important effect upon ■easiness in general. ■ Among the authoritative statements ■hey heard from fellow business men Intimately acquainted with the condi■ions they described were the follow Ing I Taken generally, the automobile ■nd motor vehicle industry is in a most wholesome and heaJthfui condition ; with an increased demand for ■aal estate mortgage securities, a Lumber of large scale building pro ij'-cts that have been delayed on ac■count of the slow bond market in E929 undoubtedly will l>e started in [the first half of 1930; the recent turn [of investment funds from stocks to nnortgage securities promises to give ■grifulture during the next six [months a plentiful supply of inortfcage. credit at satisfactory rates: the ■machinery manufacturing industry is |just concluding the largest year in its history; life insurance executives [anticipate normal business during [the next six months; highway construction is expected to reach a new Ipealc in 1930; the rubber industry expects to employ more people, pay more [wages and do a better business in 1930 [than this year, crude oil production [has been voluntarily curtailed to approximate equilibrium with current [refinery demand; advertising agencies [anticipate substantially increased, [business the first six months of next [year; the country's banking system is [in good condition. Department store sales were report[ed larger than in 1928. with the out(CONTINUED ON I’AttH “EVEN) HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS DEBATE Affirmative Side Wins In Debate Held This Morning At D. H. S. z The affirmative side of the question Resolved that Indiana should adopt by law the principle of old age pensions” won over the negative by a 2-1 [Score this morning. The debate was given during the chapel hour at Decatur high school by the high school debating team. -The question debated is the state league question for this year and several interesting arguments were presented by the debaters. The affirmative side was composed of Ed Musser, Helen Hain and Martha Moser, and the negative side by Edward Martz, Marcia Martin, and Mary Engle. Forrest Zimmerman acted as chairman. The judges were C. L, Walteijp. local attorney, Prof. M. F. Worthman, and Principal Walter J. Krick. The debating club is a new organization of Decatur high school and much interest has been manifest by the pupils. Mr. Richards, who is in charge of the club, stated today that the club expects to make several public debates in the near future.

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Flier’s Body Goes To New Jersy Home Cleveland, Dec ». (U.R) The body | ot Thomas P. Nelson, mail pilot killed in the crash of his piano last I Monday, will be taken to hie home in Pla nsfleld, N. J., today. Ihe body was found yesterday by two hunters a few feet from his plane. Coroner Lester T. Reynolds of Geauga county pronounced death due to exposure. Reynolds said Nelson had been forced down in a b inding snow storm and leaped too late, his partially opened parachute telling of his attempt [ to cheat death. He never regained! consciousness after striking the ; ground, the coroner said. —o - Gets Death Sentence Wheaton, 111., Dec. 6 —(UP)— A “model husband whose defense against a eb rge of choaking a pretty stenographer to death was the insanity that comes from a whisky flash, must die in Ihe electric chair, by the verdict of a Wheaton jury. H.H.LAMMIMAN IS RE-ELECTED Local Man Heads K. Os P. Lodge; Fred Blosser Is Vice Chancellor H. H. Lammiman, prominent Decatur citizen, was elected chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias lodge of this city at the annual election of officers held at the K. of P. home last night. Fred Blosser was elected vice-chancellor. Other officers elected to serve for I i period of one year included: Marion] Hoagland, prelate; David Adams, mas-] ter ot work; Grant Frye, mister of] arms; John R. Parrish, master, of finance; Joseph Hunter, keeper of records and seals; W. A. Lower, master of excheaquer; Fred Christner outer guard; John Stultz, inner guard; Roy Mamma, trustee (three years) and] David Adams,-lodge deputy. Two other trustees held over for another year's, term. They are A. D. Sattlers and Elmer Chase. These two with Mr. Mumma will be trustees of the local lodge for the year 1930. Installation of newly elected officers will take place January 2. 1930, it was announced today. The local Knights of Pythias lodge is one of the largest in northeastern Indiana. o Chiang Kai-Shek Is Reported to Have O jit Tokio, Dec. 6 —(UP)— A Nippon Dempo agency dispatch from Nanking today said that General Chiang KaiShek, head of the nationalist government of China, had notified the executive council of the government that he was resigning. o Chicago Department Store Is Dynamited Chicago, Dec. 6-(UP)—A terrific explosion, which police said was caused by the most powerful dynamite bomb ever exploded in Chicago, roared through a big South Side store and apartment building last night, injuring Ifi persons, one possibly fatally, ami doing $50,000 damage. Police blamed labor Racketeers for the blast but were unable to name the “Racket'’’ since tenants of a drug store, a cleaning and dying.establishment or a barber shop might have been the intended victims of the terrorists. Families living in apartments above the stores ran screaming to the street as the blast sent shattered window glass, chunks of plaster and other debris flying through the rooms. —o — Another Cold Wave Is Reported Near Indianapolis, Dec. 6. (U.R)—lndiana will have but a brief session of baskling in the warm sunlight, as another cold wave, sweeping down from the northwest, is due late tomorrow or Saturday, the U. S. weather bureau predicted today. Cloudiness, with precipitation, will be experienced in most of this section of the middlewest tonight and tomorrow, followed by "much colder", the forecast reads. Thp weather map shows low temperatures to the northwest in the wake of the short warm spell, the mercury in some places registering as low as 22 degrees below zero. There was no indication in this morning's forecast, however, that the cold wave of late Saturday and Sunday would be severe.

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Gene and Mrs. Tnnncv Return Home After War's Absence 44 r \ A. Jfe Gene Tuni’ey and his wife, the former Polly Lauder, as they arrived in New York aboard the liner Vulcania. Thus ends their sojourn of more Ilian a year in Europe which began with their wedding in Rome last October and ends witli a breach of promise suit in Connecticut. The ex-king of the ring is sued by Katherine King Fogarty for $500,000 and her ex-husband'a accompanying *500,000 suit for ajienation of affections.

GOOD FELLOW CLUB « —. — — * Previous total $33 Rotafy Cluli 36 Psi lota Xi 10 Total to date . $79 o Helen Haubold Is I. U. Glee Club Member Bloomington, Ind, Dec. 6 — Helen Haubold, of Decatur, has been chosen by Prof. John L. Geiger, of the Indiana University school of music, for membership in the Girls' Glee Club at the state university. Prof. Geiger, who is director of the dull, announced the names of 36 girl students who were successful in the final try-outs for | membership in the Glee Club. COUNTY CLUBS HOLD MEETING Federation Meeting Held Thursday Night At Library Well Attended Twelve clubs over Adams county and five township clubs were represented at the meeting of the County Federation of Woman’s Club, held in ' the Library auditorium, Thursday night. The meeting was opened atj 7:15 o'clock, and an enthusiastic pro-] gram was held. Tlier” are nine Adams county clubs now members of the federation and others are planning to join before tlie spring meeting which will he held the middle of March, ami will be preparatory for tlie eighth district meeting of the organization which will he held in this city in April. Mrs. fj. A. Holthouse, county music chairman, arranged for the musical numbers which were a part of the program. Two principle addresses were given by Mrs. John Tyndall, tlie eighth district chairman, who delivered a very interesting message in which she stressed the advantages gained by being a member of the dull. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, district chairman of Child Welfare, also gave a talk on the Child Welfare work in which she asked that each club take some child who otherwise might become a criminal and mother him and pay special attention to him so he might become a useful citizen. The meeting last evening was opened by the president, Mrs. Frank W. Downs, and all members repeated the club collect. Tlie constitution and by-laws were read and approved, as were the minutes of the last two meetings. Bills were allowed, and each club responded to the roll call by telling the aims and purposes of the club. Mrs. Hattie Obenauer told the story of the Shakespeare Club, mentioning that the organization is the oldest club in the state, hiving been organized by Mrs. Obenauer's mother, Mrs. David Studebaker. The outline and work of the various departments of the Woman's Cluli was told in an interesting manner by Mrs. Ed Engeler. Scrap books showing the work of the Woman s Club and district work were displayed. Mrs. Dale Moses gave a report of the Root Township Home Economics club. Mrs. Knapp told of the aims of Psi lota Xi sorority, and the story of the Delta Theta Tan sorority was told by Miss Florence Holthouse. Community singing was led by Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, and she introduced (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 6, 1929

MINE BOSS IS BADLY BEATEN Non-Union Superintendent Is Beaten By Pickets Near Newburg Evansville, Ind, Dec. 6.—(U.R) — Pickets at Sargeant Mine No. 2, near Newburg, Warrick county, administered a severe beating to Clem Doane, mine superintendent, and Jacob Hargrave, engineer in a flareup of antagonism which lias smouldered for weeks. The mine is non union and pickets have been around the property for several weeks. Affidavits have been filed against several men in the attacking party, Prosecutor Hendrickson, Boonville, said. .. —e Ford Yacht Aground New Bedford, Mass, Dee. 6. —(U.R) — Edsel Ford's new $450,000 yacht Stalia. launched only last month a: Neponset, was hard aground today on a reef near Hens and Chickens Lightship about four miles off Horseneck Beach. Ford was not aboard hut Captain Oscar Anderson and a crew* of 17 men j were taken off the stranded craft by , the coast guard patrol boat 287, which | had been dispatched to tlie scene from I tlie base at Woods Hole. SIMULTANEOUS MEET PLANNED Protestant Churches Plan Celebration of Anniversary Os Pentacost Tlie two weeks of simultaneous services in seven Decatur Protestant churches of Decatur from January 5 to January 19, will be in celebration of the 1900th aniversary of Pentacost. The union services, announced a few weeks ago. will begin at the seven Protestant churches at noon on Sunday January 5. it was decided today by tlie Ministerial committee in charge. Schools and organizations have agreed to co-operate with the churches and the committee lias asked that no meetings or events lie scheduled during the two weeks of church services. Two events previously had been scheduled by local schools and will not be cancelled, but nothing else will be scheduled. All organizations are urged to co-

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GEORGE CLINE i STRUCK BY AUTO Car Driven By Mrs. Zach* ariah Arch hold Hits Aged Local Resident George Cline, 87, of tills city was struck and knocked down by an automobile driven by Mrs. Zacharia Archbold about 5 o'clock Thursday afteinoon at the M idison and Second street inters, ction. Mr. Cline received a severe leg injury and a cut on his head. He also received other minor bruises. Mrs. Archbold was driving south on Second street and had just completed a turn each of Madison street. Mr. Cline was crossing Madison street and apparently Mrs. Archbold did not seel Mr. Cline. The front left wheel of the Arch- 1 bold car passed over Mr. Cline’s leg. ] but no bones wer.- broken. The man's head either was struck by the bumper or else it was cut when he struck tile pavement. The aged man was taken to a local physician, who dressed his injuries. The attending physician stated today that he was not seriously injured and unless Infection set in, lie would re ] cover. Mr. Cline is a Civil War veteran. ■ — — 0 Move To Abolish Farm Loan Board —__ Washington, Dec. 6 —(U.R) —Declar- 1 ing the present management of the 1 farm loan board lias “almost ceased 1 to function as to additional loans,"] | Senator Brookhart, Repn, la., intro- ] j duced a bill today to abolish the j board and transfer Its duties to the, federal farm board. A similar bill lias been introduced in tile house by Rep. Dickinson.,Repn J lowa. JOINT WILL IS FILED IN COURT Farlow Joint W ill Is One of Few W ritten In Adams County One of the few joint wills ever written in Adams county was filed for probate in Adams circuit court today. It was the will of Effie May Farlow and William Farlow. Mrs. Farlow died recently and according to a provision in tile will, the testament was not to be made until the death of both. The will contains 17 items, and bequeaths a large joint estate to seven children. The first item of the will is the agreement that if either of the couple dies first, the other shall have the estate until death. Then all just debts and funeral expenses are to be paid. The surviving member of the couple is nominated executor and if both should de, Elmer Baumgartner and John J. Brown are nominated executors. The estate is divided among the seven children as follows: All household goods, kitchen furniture and a portion of land in Wabash . township is bequeathed to Ethel J Farlow and she is to pay $750 to a sister, Elizabeth Riffle. A portion of land in Wabash township goes to Arthur Farlow. The land is subject to a $2,000 mortgage and he- I sides assuming th s Arthur is to give i a brother Crawford SSOO. Crawford Farlow is bequeathed a I portion of land in Wabash township, 1 subject, to a S3,O(H) mortgage and lie is to give Arthur SSOO cash. I Elizabeth Riffle is to receive a por- 1 tion of land in Wabash township to lie hers during her natural life and 1 then lo go share ami share alike t> ] her children, it' any are living at tin 1 ' time of her death. If no children are living tile estate is to be divided ( among her brothers and sisters, share and share alike. A farm in Monroe township goes to Gladys Rudy and she is to give her , sisier Elizabeth $750. Sixty acres of land in Wabash township goes to Sampson Farlow. Forty acres of land in Wabash township Is bequeathed to a son, 1 Eugene, who is to give $1,400 to I Sampson. The personal property is to go 'o • oil seven children share and share alike. The will was filed and ordered probated. Scherry Will Filed The will of Jacob Scherry was filed in Adams circuit court for probate. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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* B A. B. C. Special Bus Brings U. P. Letter To City ♦ ♦ The A B. (' bus line operating between Decatur and Fort Wayne again displayed Its desire to serve the public tod ly. Tlie bus drivers operating between Fort Wayne and Decatur bring United Press news letters to the Daily Democrat three times a day. The noon letter, , which contains much of the important national news of the day was missed by the driver at Fort Wavne through some mlsiinders and ing. Rither titan disapisiint Daily Democrat suitscribers, who await the United Press dispatches in tile Daily Democrat, the management of the bus company sent a special car to the Daily 1 Democrat office with the letter. This is only one of the many courtesies I which the bus company gives Its pat- ] ions in an effort to please. ROTARIANS JOIN GOOD FELLOWS Local Club Gives $36 To Fund to Provide Christmas For Poor “'The Good Fellows Club can bring Christmas cheer to at least 30 needy i families in Decatur if donations to the fund are received", the Misses , Jeanette Clark and Kathryn Hyland, , representing the Good Fellows Club. I stated before the meeting of the Roi tary club l ist eevning. The yoi)ig women explained the ] purpose of the club and stated that I at least 30 families were in need of ] help. They stated that in order to make the rounds that S3OO or more was needed and urged everyone to give something towards the Christmas cheer club. Individual donations were given by the Rotarians last evening. totalling $26 00. The Good Fellows club plays Santa Claus to the poor and needy children in the city and useful articles are purchased for the children. Mr. Bell Spoke ('. E. Bell who returned last Saturday from an Might week’s trip abroad, told of a few of ids experiences in the several countries visited by him and Mrs. Bell and stated that he would give a more complete report at a future meeting. . John W. Tyndall acted as chairman of the program. Farmers Hold Thief Until Officers Arrive New Bethel, Ind . Dee. 6. (U.R) - A posse of 20 irate farmers armed with pitchforks, shovels, clubs and shotguns, surrounded the house of Roy Evans. 37, near New Bethel, and held him until deputy sheriffs arrived to arrest him on a charge of stealing corn. Tlie farmers said they had seen two men stealing corn and had trueeit them to the house of Evans. Tlie county sheriff said that Evans confessed after he was arrested that h? had stolen nine bushels from two farms, and that lie named two accomplices. Have Received No Word Os Bandits Indianapolis. Dec. 6 —(UP) — No word of arrest in Bridgeport, ().. of] four men believed implicated in several Indiana bank robberies, and possibly in one killing during a robbery, had been received by state police today. Robert T. Humes, chief, said. Humes said, however, that lie would probably send an officer to Bridgeport to question tli« men. They will ho questioned relative to the $65,000 robbery of the First National bank of Peru on October 19. jji which a patrolman and bystander were injured; of tlie Gas City State bank, in which a payroll of $25,000 was taken, and the Columbia City state bank, in which $9,000 was the loot, it was indicated. — o — Refuses Million For 1928 Derby Winner Chicago. Dec. 6 —(UP) Tlie $1,000,000 offer of a Texas multimillionaire for Reigh Count, winner of tlie 1928 Kentucky derby, has been refused by John D. Hertz, the owner. "I think a fellow who would pay $1,0110,000 for a horse ought to have his head examined,” Hertz said; then added: "And the fellow who turned it down must be absolutely unballaneed." The bid, which was made by W. T. Waggoner. Arlington, Tex, was S4OO - 000 greater than any ever made for a horse.

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RESOLUTION IS PASSED AFTER LONG STRUGGLE Pennsylvanian Said to Have Spent Too Much Money In Primary — HALF OF TERM ALREADY EXPIRED Washington, Dec. 6.— (U.R) — William S. Vare, the Philadelphia republican leader, was denied a seat in the United Slates senate today because he .spent $785,000 to get the Pennsylvania senatorial nomination in 1926. The Norris resolution was adapted by the senate, declaring i the expenditure of such a large sum of money, together with charges of 11 fraud, corrupted the credentials of tlie Pennsylvan'a senator-elect. Tlie ) seat he has never been able to occupy was thereby declared vacant. The preamble of the Norris resolution charged there were "numerous and various instances of fraud and corruption'' In Vare's primary clnnpaign. It contended the money expenditure represented a prima-facte i case “contrary to sound public policy, harmful to tlie dignity and honor of tlie senate, dangerous to the perpetuity of a free government.” The charges of fraud were mostly inferntial Minh was made of the fact that no votes were counted for Vare's opponent in many Philadelphia d'stricts; it was contended also that the Pennsylvania practice under which candidates employ watchers at the polls was only another way of buying votes legally. Many irregularities concerning registration in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh also were <!>•• ] veloped but It was not agreed how widespread these irregularities were. The resolve portion of the resolution merely adopted the report of the senate investigating committee and stated "that the said William S. Vare, be, and he is hereby denied a seat in the United States senate." Vare sat dejected in the first seat on tlie republican aide ot the chamlv-r while tlie vote was taken At his side sat his physician. Dr. John Shaw with a worried expression, watching to see tlie effect of tlie balloting upon his patient. Vare's duddy face paled slightly as tlie "ayes" were announced one after tlie other in favor of tlie resolution which deprived him of his seat. The senate scene was staged in all tlie official splendor of a great event. The galleries were tilled with distinguished officials of government and their wives, iieaiitlfully gowned. In tlie first row of the senators gallery was Mrs. Vare in a brown dress with light tan lint and beside her wore (CONTINUED UN p," i; nvo> THREE NEW JURY MEMBERS DRAWN Cory, Schmitt And Gilliom Excused From Petit Jury Service Three members of tlie Adams county petit jury, November term, were excused from jury service end three ether members were drawn liy the Clerk of tlie Adams circuit court ami the jury commissioners, it was announced today. Simon Gilliom and John A. Cory were excused from jury service liecause both are more than 60 years of age. Hubert Schmitt, of this city, was excused from service because he "gave just and proper cause". Tlie three new memebrs drawn by the commissioners and clerk are Charles Miller. Rufus Hirscliy and Tice Ulman. The venire was ordered issued returnable December 9. The entire petit jury will appear next Monday for further instruction. Warns Against Borer Indianapolis. Dec. 6. (U.R) — More positive control measures against the European corn borer must lie taken , or there will lie a noticeable commercial crop damage by 1931, and possibly by 1930, Frank N. Wallace, stat” ’ entomologist, warned. In the past farmers and federal agents have held ■ the borers under control and there i bus been no commercial damage, lie said.

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