Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Rain tonight and Tuesday. Some sleet north portion. Slightly warmer tonight east and south portions.

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IE. ARCHBOLD ■WILL SUCCEED I FEM CHRISTEN I County Atiriciiltural I ®Auent is Chosen on I I'irst Ballot, 1(1-1 Bill assume I office .UN, 1 i IB''' ' Ai clllxihl. local I lurir. to (lav was I de I- Iby the Adams county I < i' education to succeed I -I I'.. Christen as county I illural tii’eti! January 1. I Christen resigned sc - I wet ks ago. tin- resign::- ! {ln to become etleeliyc I)i- --! < ( ■b.-r 31. <<>te on Archbchl was la I Inver on the first ballot. Il i-rst 1 that Ibe lour lieu iI \ >n - were again-l ,\ H I but against having I 1 a".ent in Atlants county Ill,wnsil'l>1 ll,wnsil 'l> trustees .in I ■. es’Jenls of the Decatur an I EaHlT:<• si hoot boards ar,' nieinb ■! board of edue-ition and etc li to one vote. I H|i i.'nold lei ei,, d a n I I out the county agent de of Purdue University a I ago and attached Io the rec it ion was a contract, 1 ':.ndidat"S were nomiiia' meeting today. 1-aßir Archln’d is a native of Ad i county, having lived liere di l ie with the exception of a | years. He is a graduate high school and of Purdue He has had <-\ I><-1 i<-lie. ■ and d liry work and for sev i years worked as a dairy field I the last several years Archf and hit father William Ar<li * have been associated in lb.--■‘vjlßiiufacI lire of washing and cb'aiipowder. The elder Mr. Arc l> i will continue the mannfac business, it was said toilav. • -' r ‘'hbo'.d will assume th--®Hties of county agricultural agim! ' '..Mice will expire January ill, lii'D. which time Christen's contract have expired. ' Christen will leave Dec.nl::;ijMnuarv 1 to become associated Allied Mills. Inc. of Port where he will work in the and advertising depart- ■ Misti 'lrina Gage, who lias been ®Mr. Christen's secretary since h-> the county agent s duties Mil continue for the present will: Ml'lr. Archbold, it was announced .■■Tlie county agent's new offices ■ the second f oor of the Court Him <' are now open. Mr. Andi will work with Mr. Christen the next two weeks to beBme better acquainted with the To Sponsor Show JS I The all talking ntovie "Paris Miiiml" which will be given under auspices of the Latin departof Decatur high school at Hie Theater, will be given on Hpednesday and Thursday evenings of Tuesday and Wedliesas was announced Saturday. SAM lA.CKSON I TO SPEAK HERE BE or t Wayne Attorney I Will Address Masons * Here Tuesday Night ■ Hon. Sam Jackson, prominent Wayne attorney, will be the Bnhief speaker at a .Masonic banquel gj|ti be held Tuesday night. December Hyl, at the Masonic hall in this city, ■■li" banquet which will star: at 6:15 o’clock will be Served by the Eastern Star lodge ■ Following the b.iliqtnt, Mr. 1; will deliver his address, which ■bill be concerning Masonic work Kp n d history. After the program, the December meeting of the Henge will be held including eleeKon of officers for 1930. ■ All Blue Lodge Masons are into attend the banquel. Ticke'--which are selling for 50 cents may ■ secured from Earl Blackburn, C. Peterson or Robert Helm.

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Vol. XXVII. No. 291.

I resident Promotes I.x-Soldier-( Cowboy • I o Secretary of War . I i ~ i ‘ T hj fe - I ' J Colonel! Patrick Jay Hurley, of Oklahoma, was named by President Hoover as Secretary of War to succeed the late James W. Gocd. Colonel Hurley is a distinguished soldier and an executive of proved ability. He is forty-six ml was a cowboy. SIfOAIRYMEF MEDAL WINNERS State Association Awards Bronze Medals to Dairy Operators in County Six Adams County dairymen, all members of the Adams County Diiry Herd Improvement Association won medals on their herds during the past year. The Indiana State Dairy Association awards medals o all dairymen members of a County Cow Testing Association whose herds make certain record requirements. Six local herd owners qualified for medals during the association year from October 1, 1928 to October 1. 1929. These dairymen are, Sol Mosser, Geneva;; Noah Rich. Monroe; Rudolph Steury. Monroe; P. B. Lehman. Decatur; Beavers it’d Galdner, Decatur and Mrs. Burton S. Niblick, Decatur. These herd owners will all receive bronze medals for the achievemeu s of their herds. The above named dairymen had ten or more cows in their herds each producing 300 pounds or more of butterfat during the year. Silver medals are given to those whose cows produce over 400 pounds of butterfat in a year and gold medals to those whose cows produce over 500 pounds a year. The Adams County Dairy Herd Association has made rapid strides during the last year. This year, nine cows in the association produced over 500 pounds of butterfat in the 12 months. Forty six cows produced over 400 pounds of buttert it in the year while the previous year only twenty six cows were above the 400 pound mark. The owners of the 9 high cows in the association and their productions are as follows: D. J. Mazelin, 726.7; Dan Habegger, 562.2; Rudolph Steury, 537.9; D. J. Mazelin. 523.9; Rudolph Steury 5175; Dan Mazelin, 510.7; Dennis Striker, 510.7; Dennis Striker 507.2; Jacob Schwartz, 503.2 and Dan Hahegger with 486.7. _______ -0 — — Evangelical Men’s Brotherhood To Meet The Men’s Brotherhood of the Evangelical Church will hold a meeting in tlie church parlors, Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members of the organization aie asked to attend the meeting. The annual election of officers will be held, and business of importance will be discussed. Refreshments will be served during the evening by the committee including R. E. G„;ard, S. E. Black and 7 L. Becker. Children Are Killed Brooklyn. N. Y., Dec. 9—(UP)Threateniug blackhand letters and family quarrels over "another woman” provided the only clues police had today in their hunt for a fiendish murderer whose bomb killed three children as they prepared for church. j

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AUTO MISHAPS CAUSE DAMAGE TO LOCAL CARS Two People Escape Serious Injury When Car Catches Fire HAROLD MELCHI IN AUTO MISHAP Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Andrews, South Fifth street, narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday noon while motoring to Fort Wayne, when the Ford roadster which Mr. Andrews was driving was struck and turned over about four miles south of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews were driving North on the Decatur-Fort Wayne road, when two cars approached them. Just as the cars wen- nearing from the North, tlw one attemjited to go around the other. Mr. Andrews, to avoid the head-on collision, started to drive into the ditch but before he did so, I lie car hit the Andrews car and ti.’so the oilier approaching car. Mr. Andrew’s car whirled about on the pavement and then turned over into the ditch, catching fire and pinning thu two occupants beneath the car. The automboile Which caused tlie accident did not stop. The persons in the second car quickly extinguished the fire and turned Ihe automobile erect and a -s’sted M.’. and Mrs. Andrews from under No one was seriously hurt, although both the participants In the wreck were bruised. The damages to the automobile were covered by insurance. The car was removed to the Runyon and Son garage in this dtp-. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Judge Is Disbarred Denver, Dec. 9. — (U.R) — Ben B. Lindsey, former juvenile judge ami exponent of companionate marliage, today was barred from practicing as an attorney in Colorado by the state supreme court. Lindsey was charged with accepting $37,500, derived from the estate of two minor children of the late W. E. D. Stokes, millionaire New York manufacturer, who were wards of his court in payment for his services in obtaining a settlement of the estate. o SAVING CLUBS SHOW INCREASE Great Year Predicted by Savings Departments Os Banks That the people of Decatur are beginning to realize tlie value of the Christmas savings account which provides money when it is most needed is evidenced by the increased number of degesitors in the Christmas Savings departments of the local banks this year as compared with last year. All three local tranks reported an ideal opening day with many more accounts opened today than a year ago. This increase has cont imed throughout the past week and local bankers feel this will be tlie greatest year in the history of local Christmas Savings accounts. Tlie general increase is accredited to better conditions among the working men of the community and to the Christmas spirit and atmosphere which is created by the local banks. The prompt and efficient treatment of this growing unit of the local banks has increased the confidence of the local people in Christmas Savings. In addition to a greater number of accounts, local banks announced today that the amount, of individual. accounts was increased in many cases. The Christmas Savings accounts are arranged for weekly deposits and come in classes of various deposits suited to every purse. The face that the plan provides money at the Christmas season when money is needed for Christmas shopping and the systematic saving' habit which it helps form, is making this system popular.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 9, 1929.

Three American Women On Pirate - Ridden Ship

Tell Story of Kidnaping By Chinese Bandits Last August Hong Kong, China, Dec. 9. — (U.R) -The scorched hulk of the coastal steamer Malching "was towed safely into port by two British men-of-war tod-.iy, itjs patßenger and crew list showing 72 persons missing, of whom 12 were killed in a hand-to-hand battle with Chinese pirates, and 60 drowned during the terror of fire at sen. The foreign quarter of Hong Kong witli its western sights and sounds was doubly welcome to three American women aboard the Maiclfng who had escaped from bandits in the interior of China only a short time before taking passage on the pirate-ridden ship. The women, Mrs. Campbell, 70 years old. and her daughters, Louise and Dorothy, together with Customs Officer Graddock of Swatow, were the only foreigners among the Malching’s passengers, and came through their terrifying experiences unharmed although they narrowly escaped choosing death by drowning in preference to perishing by fire when it appeared that the ship was doomed. The 70-year-old woman and her (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o LIGHTS PLACED ALONG STREET Colored Bulbs Indicate Christmas Spirit Along Second Street City electricians were busy today stringing 600 electric light bulbs parallel to second street from Jack son street south to Jefferson street. The bulbs are red. white and blue and will add to the Christmas decorations, already appearing in most local retail stores. The lights will be turned on each night from now until after the holiday season and the power will be furnished free by the city. Most local retail stores have decorated for the holiday season, and several of the stores are remaining open at nights. Local shoppers are urged to read the holiday advertisements of local merchants appearing each day in the coltims of the Daily Democrat. The retail merchants are offering new merchandise at unusually low prices. Fort Wayne Woman Speaks Here Tonight The Art Department of the Woman's Club will present Mrs. Homer G. Davison of Fort Wayne who will speak on ‘‘Art in Brittany” at the Library tonight at 7:45 o’clock. Tickets may be secured from Mrs. John T. Myers or any member of the Art Department for fifty cents. Club irfembers will be admitted by membership cards. No Indictment Is Returned By Jury Washington, Dec. 9. —(U.R) —The grand jury that investigated the alleged “wet dinner" given to senators here by Walter J. Fahy, New York broker, three years ago, failed today to return any indictments in connection with the incident.

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| IN NEW DRESS The Daily Democrat up- I peers in a new dresg tonight. ( The new model is a larger , one, metropolitan in style and each page contains eight | I columns instead of seven j columns. In order to lie of more service both to tlie reader ami to the advertiser, the eight [ column paper was adopted. ■ It will permit tlie printing of more news mat ter and give a . better arrangement to the advertisements. In an eight page paper, an extra page in , type is gained. 20 inches be- . ing added to each page. The page size is increased from 140 Inches to 160 Inches. DEATH SUMMONS JOSEPH GRABER Prominent Monroe Township Farmer Expires Sunday Afternoon Joseph Graber. 78, prominent Monroe township farmer, died at the Graber home two and a half m’les north of Berne Sunday af.ernoon at 3:20 o’clock. Death was due to a complication of infirmities and hardening of tlie arteries. Mr. Graber had resided in Monroe township for the last 50 years, com ing there from Allen county. Joseph Gratier was born in France, March 29, 1851, a son of Daniel and Catherine Graber. He fame to America when he was 21 years of age and settled in Allen county. He was united in marriage to Emily Girod in early life. Soon after their marriage the Grabers moved to Adams county where they have since resided. Surviving are the widow; a son, David Graber of Monroe township and four daughter > Mrs. Jacob A. Schwartz. Mrs. Jacob B. Schwartz and Mrs. Joseph J. Schwartz, all of Monroe township and Miss Rosa Graber at home. Mr. Graber was a member of the old Amish faith. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Graber home. Burial will be made at Hie Amish cemetery in Monroe township. — o Good'Fellow Club Fund Is Growing The Good Fellow Club fund which is sponsored by the Delta Theta T.'u sorority for the purpose of making poor children happy during the Christmas holiday season, continues to swell, the total to date reach ing $83.15. Boxes have been placed in the Old Adams County bank, the Niblick Dry Goods store and in the Daily Democrat office, and the public is asked to contribute to the cause. Last year, the total of the Good Fellow Club fund reached pproximately $250 and it is hoped that amount may be doubled this vear. The money derived from the enterprise Is used to buy food and Christmas gifts for tlie needy persons in this city. Previous total . SBO Dessolee Chester 1 ' Frle|: d .65 Ft lend .50 Mr. ami Mrs. B. J. Rice . 1 Total to date $83.15 o Addresses Ou File At Public Library When the Old Home Week was held here in September 1928, several thousand lormer residents of Adams county had received invitations. A card index was prepared, with the names and addresses of each former citizen and these have now been filed at the Decatur library tor such future use as they may be needed. Frequently some one desires the address of some former resident and for this purpose alone they ought to prove very valuable. o Nomination Confirmed Washington. Dec. 9 —(UP)—The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Patrick K. Hurley to ex-sec-retary of war, succeeding the late James W. Good.

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FARMERS MEET ! IN EFFORTTO SOLVE PROBLEM I _____ Representatives of Million Farms in Country Gather in Chicago SPECIALISTS TO DRIVER TALKS Chicago, Dec.. 9.— (U.R) —Some 5,000 farmers from all parts of the i ination sal down together today I 1 for a tussle with their mutual and: manifold problem, satisfied that i organization lias proved the best 'formula they have tried. Representing approximately 1,000,000 men whose life work is in I the fields and Seeding pens and | who have banded together in i county, state or national farm I bureaus, the delegates to the i eleventh annual meeting of Amer- ! lean Farm Bureau Federation ' assembled at the Hotel Sherman for thfee days of addresses, disI cussions and resolutions. Among tlie topics to be discussed I were co-operative marketing, taxlatlon. child welfare, farm financing, inland water-way development and hard roads. Leading specialists in various fields allied to the agricultural inI dustry were on the list of speakiers. Among them were: Alexander I Legg, chairman of the Federal i farm board; Paul Bestor, commissioner of the same board; Frank 'O. Lowden, former governor of [lllinois; Dr. H. E. Barnard, direct-1 or of the White House conference on child health and protection; Clarence Cannon, member of the 1 committee on roads of the house . of representatives; Dr. A. W. Gilbert. Massachusetts commissioner of agriculture; Lieut. Col. E. L \ Daley, chief army engineer’s office : expert in charge of water way development. This is the first general meeting, representing all agricultural interests, since the passage of the Federal marketing act and the creation of the Federal farm board. "It is significant that ameng our principal speakers six were directly associated with administrative or legislative activities at Washington.” saTd Sam H. Thompson. ICONTINI ED <>.\ PAGE TWO) BERNE YOUNG LADY EXPIRES Luella Sprunger, 19, Dies At Home of Her Parents at Berne Today Berne, Dec. 9 —(Special)—Miss Luella Sprunger, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Sprunger of Berne, died at the home in Berne at 6:25 o’clock this morning. Miss Sprunger had been in ill health for about a year, having contracted a lung ailment shortly after graduating from Berne high school in 1928. M'ss Siprunger’s condition became serious last Saturday evening and her death had been expected momentarily. She had been bedfast for the last five weeks. Luella Sprunger was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Sprunger. She was born in Berne in 1910. Surviving are the parents, a twin sister Luetta Sprunger, a sister Va’ma Sprunger, all of Berne, and a brother Willis Sprunger of Auburn. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but the services probably will be announced late this afternoon or tonight, awaiting word from a brother of Mr. Sprunger :n California. o— August Freese Heads 40&8 In Fort Wayne Word was received here today that August Freese, Jr., of Fort Wayne, son-in-law of Adolph Hart Decatur barber had been elected Chef De Gare of the 40 and 8 organization of Fort Wavne. Freese will take the gavel of the service men's organization January 1 and wlil continue as head of the organization for a year. Mrs. Freese is a former Decatur woman, her name before her marriage being Miss Blanche Hart,

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i Brought Bark Io Life After Doctors Certified Death Z ftk e jk; After his face had taken on the ashen color of death, his heart action silent. George Austin, forty-six years old. of Rochester, N. Y„ was brought back to life by an injection of adrenalin. Doctors in attendance as-eif there was no doubt of li's death. On. hi revival. Austin explained that the only sensation he had was as if he had been fainted and been revived. TWO ROBBERIES OCCUR IN CITY Thieves Enter Shamp and Carroll Homes Friday Night Two house robberies, which occurred last Friday night were reported to Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth today. Thieves entered the Sam Shimp home —on Mercer avenue some time Friday night or Saturday morning and escaped with about s2i) in currency, it was reported. The thieves gained entrance through a window on tlie first floor of the Shamp home. They ransacked several rooms, but nothing was reported missing but the currency. The same night thieves entered Clayson Carroll home on South First street, which is located almost directly back of the Shamp residence and escaped with a jewelry box belonging to Mrs. Carroll, Among other jewels was a valuabl ■ diamond Hug. Tile thieves entered the Carroll home by prying open the front door lock, according to Sheriff Hollingsworth. Officials stated they had several dues on lioth cases and there is a possibility that the two thefts were done by different persons. o Dentist Is Arrested For Teacher’s Death — Rockford, 111., Dec. 9.-(U.R)—Dr. Floyd D. Leech, dentist and World War veteran, was arrested today for questioning in connection with the murder of Miss Cordelia E. Gumnersheimer, 36-year-old Span ish teacher in tlie Rockford high school, who was beaten to death 1 In her apartment sometime Sunday. Leech denied any knowledge of the murder. Witnesses said he was seen in the vicinity of Miss Gunmershelmer's apartment at 3 a. m„ Sunday and employes of a lunchroom said the dentist was less than a block from the scene of tlie crime at 4 a. m. When police arrested him the I doctor was pa.rollng him home I with a shot gun. Q. Man Escapes Injury Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 9. — (U.R) — Bluffton residents were today dis cussing tlie man who didn't know [ what a red light at a railroad crossing means. “What were you standing out in the street waving that red lantern at me for?’’ inquired the driver as lie stepped uninjured from tlie wreckage of what had a moment before been his auto. The remark was directed at Charles Wagner, crossing watchman. Despite Wagner's frantic waving, the motorist had driven directly into the side of a traction freight car, nearly striking the watchman en route. Wagner admitted that the question, coming from a full-grown man in this age of danger signals, struck him dumb.

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BILL IS SENT ‘ TO CALENDAR [ TO AWAIT TURI ! Hellin and Blaine Declin To Permit it as Special Order [ MAY PASS IN NEXT FEW DAY Washington, Dec. 9 —(U.R) —Tj | ulmlinstration’s slHuj)oo,i>o9 ti eduction resolution encoitnteri ii liflii ulties temporarily delayfi K <> the senate today with the una t< passage when it was present- 1 mous endorsement of the sena ■ nance committee. Despite ap|>eals from Republic;-W eaders. Senators Heflin, Dei j Va . and Blaine, Independent fff ' niblican, Wis., declined to pi-rtry ny arrangement to lay aside 11 lending tariff bill In order th ' he tax measure might be passe, ' ty objections, they were able : v tend tlie resolution to the sena ■alendar with Hie rest of the bil.’ liqirlving it of a privileged stati; ! Tlie leaders have sufflcift I otes to get the measure up a . lan to exercise this power as so.C is the pending wool schedule , lie tariff bill is completed. Chairman Smoot of the sena | finance committee in present!:; | he measure requested unanimo T ■onsent to lay aside the tariff 4 I onsider the tax reduction a vote on the latter at 4 p. tn. S norrow. "I believe that for psychologic . effect this resolution should nassed at the earliest possiK late." Smoot said. Heflin prdmi ty objected. Republican Floor Leader W -on appealed to the senate in 1 half of bn iness to grant the ref .Ji 'lition early consideration. ' ought to act in order that taxp; i *rs may know where they stall; I ; he said. Blaine served notice he wol j. ippcse any effort to handle the t 1 matter until the tariff bill is pa; ■d. His course would hold t matter up probably until the IE 8 ter isirt of January. “1 am not impressed by set* [ mental considerations,” sal; Blaine. "The gambling o<i I • tc: k exchange brought about ! deplorable situation and t Americans lost their lifetime s| | Ings. But tills is a Wall Str< : 'ax reduction and we can best > Imsiness by liandliug the tai t bill." Senator Black. Bern., Ahi., la: .k added his objections, saying 1 would consent to no arrangemc I '<> lay aside the tariff unless t | senate contemplated taking up i: Mvsclo Shoa's power developing, f amendments. The coalition leader. Senn Bor-'b of Idaho, offered to help mfirstration leaders in any Wayfl "j. ould. He said he believed ofc J ii'i* measure should have the rift. « of way over the tariff and that v : Hie tax reduction resolution. . 9 it’; inn held Hie floor and c tinned liis attack upon the ra, f n tlie needing wool schedule; 9 •b.. tariff bill. | T'h> lion e worked npon the fl I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWC H TWO MORE ARE NAMED ON JURi! Dennis Striker, Andre |j Wolpert Drawn To Re I place Two Dismissed | Two more new members of petit jury for Hie November of Adams circuit court, in sess.|l now. were selected today by ■ Adams county jury commission JI and th,- clerk of the Adams court The two new selections wjfl made to fill two vacancies. 1 Wesley Mumma ami Glen Wol® Inger, previously chosen were fot® to lie non-residents es Adams conf® and consequently Were from service. The names of Dens« SHiker and Andrew Wolpert wj drawn for service. • « The venires were ordered isstlj for the men, returnable today. TB petit jury met but was dismisKß by tlie court until next Frit I morning. To date, the petit jury 1 I not heard any cases in the pres*® term of court.