Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Cloudy if" l unsettled 1 tonight and Sunday. Slightly Cooler tonight extreme south portion-

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wipe Organ To Be Dedicated Sunday At Reformed Church

ML CHURCH m BEAUTIFUL ■EW PIPE ORGAN Services In Recital in ■ \fternoon ■l iU'II TO BE M RE-DEDICATED B .livani of the Ucl'ortncl mi 1 1 congregation of lor a pipe organ,' sime the dedication of v reformed church in ■ c i \ Ins hcen realized and members of the local a nil the i r Ki,l.; will gather at the in three services to a beautiful new n'pe organ and re- " e Reformed church. iVC SCI vices lcivc been tor the Siiiiilh.v morning H, ceremony and i al and the Sunday night ’ dedication services. H,, le-v. E. If. Wessler, I).I), i Hi" o! Salem Reformed chundi ■ ~ ;ia Ohio, will delicti ution sermon in the morntiif church re-tlcdicatinn in the evening. ! : J ilodel, of ('anion. Hpp lr at the organ at tlit? and evening services and a pubi c recital at the at' service. Mrs. Florence ' Starr, prominent soloist i. Indiana, w ill' i meal selections during the l Bnaoi pt nt Reformed chureli oi was completed in 192 t and on March 30, 1021. Ever that time plans have beet. Siity for the purchase and in nf a pipe organ. Through of the pipe organ cotnincluding A H. Ashbam her, k '-ch, Kcrd Litterer, and Kd K tie- organ was purchasinstalled. pastor of the Reformed came to Decatur from LinIndiana, February 1. 11*25. Fl* dderjoluum also lias assist|B the pipe organ committee and May's services have been arthrough his efforts. is the complete profor the three Sunday serM Organ Dedication Service Morning, lo:30 o'clock Hontixued on rack Form p HURS HOLD I MEETING HERE Birth eastern India n a Bodges Attend Local ■ Booster’s Meeting Bdxiut. fifty out-of-town guests from Fort Wayne and cities in the Northeastern district attended the anHti Booster’s meeting of the ■eatur Ben Hur Bodge at Ben Hall last evening. A fine was presented hv Mrs. Artman and a committee of local Ben Httrs. It. included er a! musical selections and music was furnished by ■' Louis A. llolthouse and her Hefd choruses and was well reby the Ben Hurs. Miss Anderson and Mrs. ■fthouse each sang a group of and the chorus gave sever- ■ selections. Miss Marie Teeter a piano solo and Mary V. ■Ton, save a rPa(linKfollowing the program a general Hcial time was enjoyed during Btich time the members from the Bait's chapters became better ■tainted with the local Ben Hur Bribers. Singing, dancing, and 8810B 810 were furnished during the hour and at the close a cotnBttee of local mein hers served ■beshments. Bj'te purpose of these Booster is to promote a better B lillK between the different BdSes in the district.

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Dedication Speaker Rev. E. H. Wessler, D.D. The Hev. K. H. Wessler, D.D., pastor of Salem Reformed church of Cincinnati, Ohio, will speak at the dedication services for the new pipe organ of the Reformed church here Sunday morning. Rev. Wessler la-o will speak at the Sunday night services. SERVICE BILLif IRE INTRODUCED Congressman Vestal is Author of Bills. For War Veterans Washington, D. CL, Dec. 14 — (Special)—Congressman A. H. Vestal* has introduced m»—the—two hills of special interest to veterans of the world war. They were referred to the Committee on World War Veterans Legislation, which committee will have before it during this session many hills having To do with amendments of the present law pertaining to compensation; with additional facilities for hosiptal treatment, and other forms of relief for disabled veterans. One of Mr. Vestal’s hills proposes to reinstate on the compensation rolls all those soldiers who have heretofore been awarded SSO per month for inactive tuberculosis but who have been dropped under a recent decision of the Comptroller General. The bill is short and reads as follows:: “That any ex-service person shown to have had tuberculosis active or inactive, subsequent to entrance into military service for the World War period, of compensable degree, who, in the judgment of the director, has reached a condition of complete arrest of his disease, shall receive compensation of not less han SSO per month.” The other bill proposes to repeal section 20(> of the Woild War Veterans Act. If this section can he repealed, it will mean that compensation may tie paid for a 10 per cent or more degree of disability regardless of when the disability begins, and it will mean that a claimant may furnish satisfactory evidence at any time he sees fit, with a view lo showing the disahlity was the result of an injury or disease of service connection. Under the law at present, unless there is an official record of the injury or disease, no ejimp Zisation is payable for death or (Usability unless it occurred prior to or within one year after discharge or resignation from tlte service, except in a few special instances. His bill also asks for the repeal of Section 209 of the same Act. This will mean that disability compensation and treatment may be furnished an ex-service man regardless of when he files a claim. Under the present law the claim must be filed within five years after discharge or resignation from the service. It will also mean that death compensation would be payable to dependent parents at any time that such dependency arises and regardless of when the claim is filed, provided, of course, that death was due to a service connection disability. _ Edge Is Received Paris, Dec. 14-(UP)-Walter E Edge of New Jersey was received hv Foreign Minister Aristide Briand at the Qua! D’Orsay today and presented his credentials as United States Ambassador to France,

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WANT SPECIAL SESSION TO ; AID SCHOOLS Communities Seeking State Aid Want Legislature Called MATTER PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR LESLIE Shoals, Ind„ Dec. 14.—<U.R) — Fisures showing .the critical finan-1 j ( ial situation of state aid schools I will lie presented Gov. Harry O.! j Leslie early in January by a com-i ■ mittee of educators and legislators selected here yesterday to urge tlie*, governor to call a special session ; ot the legislature to study the problem. Adoption of a resolution requesting the governor to call the special ses ion and selection of the committee to present the facts to the executive were the chief results of a meeting of county superintendents called by Roy V. Ellington, Martin county superintendent. Every phases of the state aid school di'emna wa*s discussed. * The committee selected to meet j with the governor includes Thomas Jones, Corydon attorney; Senator Gray; Oliver M. McCracken, Davl ! ess county school superintendent: Claude Malott, state representative of the Indiana Farm Bureau and chairman of the bureau’s legiaative committee. During the discussion. Sen. Carl M. Gray, Petersburg, Democrat, proposed two plans by which they bankrupt situation could be relieved. Both were looked on with favor. He advocated that the state he adopted as the unit of the educational system rather than cities, towns and counties. He also advanced the proposal of obtaining school revenue from sales taxes , and luxury taxes. Harry Kirk, state aid auditor in he office of State Superintendent Roy P. Wlsehart, presented a plan providing for distribution of state , i d funds in January and June on . estimates of needs of the schools instead of about five months’later on vouchers for expenses already . incurred. The plan was criticized as being ‘‘merely a promise of etate offi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MUNCIE SLAYER IS CAPTURED t Shell-Shocked War Veteran Confesses To Double Murder Munc'e, Dec. 14.—(U.R) — ' the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Heath, aged farmers of ' near Maude, wac to be returned to Indiana from Kentucky today, and placed in a jail somewhere more distant from the crime, to avoid possible mob violence. James Wood, 37-year-old shell- ’ shocked World War veteran, confessed to Indiana officers who cap- ' tured him at his home near Albany, Ky., that he killed the old couple for whom he worked last summer as a hired man. Wood confessed also that lie had stolen the Heath car and several ' lambs and chickens last Nov. 20. | Officers here believed that, he killed the couple through fear that they would cause his arrest for | the thefts. Those who made the ! arre t did not indicate the motive given by the slayer. Sheriff McAuley said that nl- \ though Wood was shell-shocked during the war, he had no reason to believe that this lias affected his mentality at this time. Local officers believed that ' wood may have had an accomplice in the murder, as Indications around the Heath home were that two men visited it. They will question the confessed slayer on this point. Bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Heath were discovered in their separate bedrooms Thursday morning. Each . had been horribly beaten with a club, and each had apparently put up a struggle.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 14, 1929.

Organist to Play mPH PHILIP J. HODEL Philip J. Model, organist of the Fiist Lutheran church of Canton, Ohio, will preside at tile new Reformed church organ during the three services Sunday. Mr. Model will give an organ recital Sunday afternoon. MAN IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS Stranger Found by Decatur Men Near Monroe Friday Night A man giving his name as Johnson. from St. Elmo, Michigan was found unconrcious in the ditch beside state load 27 south of Monroe Friday night by Charles Heare and Joseph Hunter of this cfjy. Johnson was taken to a nearby farm house where he partly regained consciousness. The S. E. Black ambulance from this city brought the injured man to a local physician. It was discovered that he had received a hard blow on the head and that he had some bruises on his body. Johnson was unable to explain his condition, except that the last thing he remembered he saw automobile liglite thought that some driver struck the man and knocked him unconscious. His injuries were not serious. Johnson said he was on his way lo visit a brother at Newcastle when the accident occurred. He was walking along till" 3 highway betweija Monroe and Berne. The inpured man, after receiving medical attention was started on his way today. ♦ ♦ GOOD FELLOW CLUB l — The Good Fellows club went over , the S2OO mark today, with another $25 contribution leading the lists ot donations. The fund to date is $205.75. Previous total $130.40 Fred Mutschler Pkg Co 25.00 A Friend 35 Total to date $206.75 Mrs. Hester Long Dies At Antwerp, 0. Mrs. Hester J. Long age 72 years died at the home of her son, Taylor Long at Antwerp, Ohio on yesterday. Funeral services will be held at Antwerp Ohio on Monday and interment will be at Maplewood Cemetery, Decatur. The funeral cortage will arrive at Decatur Cemetery about 2:30 Monday afternoon. Mrs. Long was the widow of James Long and resided in Decatur for many years. She is well known by many Decatur people. Ralph Steele Is Greatly Improved Ralph Steele, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele of Ninth street, who has been In a critical condition for the last several weeks with small pox was able to sit up yesterday for a short time. The attending physician stated that Ralph was out of danger now and a speedy recovery from the ills Is expected.

'♦ ■- ♦[ Here’s A Story The Weatherman Can Investigate ♦ ♦ Many people have remarked that I the brand of weather we have been' having tin* past week is very unusual, anil Mint they never saw such a thaw iai December. But along comes an Old Timer. William Teeple, prominent farmer of St. Marys township, who tells a story about the weather 52 years ago today. Mr. Teeple stated that we were having the same kind of weather in 1N77 and to prove/his sta.ement he told the following story: Fifty-two years ago tTiday, Mr. Teeple. then a young man of 22 years, came to Decatur, to get his I marriage Fcense. He started out in a one horse buggy. Os course Adams county did not have macadam or concrete roads at that time and when lie and h’.s bride ,o-be, readied the Studebaker farm on the Piqtta road, one of the shafts of the buggy broke. The buggy was wedged in the mud. It was warm, had been raining and t lie* roads were ulniost impassable. Mr. Teeple unhitched his horse, saddled it and then pulled the buggy with him until he reached Decatur. The marriage license was obtained and 52 years ago next Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Teeple will have been married two score and 12 years. Two years ago they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Both are hale and hearty and Mr. Teeple is convinced that there Is not much difference in tlie weather. Q Health Bond Sales Increase In City W. Guy Brown, County Chairman of the Tuberculosis League announced the sale of two health bonds today to the following local organizations: the Eastern Star, a $5 bond, and the Rotary Club, a $5 bond. , ROAD PROGRAM IS COMPLETED All Hut 48 Miles of State Road Program Will be Completed Jan. 1 Indiana,poll 3 , Dec. 14. —(U.R) — When the highway construction season closes this year, only 48 mi es of road in the 5,000-mile state system will remain unimproved, it was learned today. More than one-half, or 2.7J5 miles of the state system will have been paved at the end of the year. The 1929 paving program included the surfacing of 532 miles as compared to last year when more than 300 miles of highway, was paved. • According to officials of the highway department, there are approximately 1,347 miles of gravel roads in the system; 730 miles of stone roads and 050 miles of roads made dustlc s with special proparat ions. Tlie 1930 program provides for paving more than 500 miles and already ground has been broken preparatory to paving 173 miles. o Detour On Road South Os Herne Is Ordered Ind'anapolis, Dec. 14—(U.R) —A 7 mile detour on U. S. highway 27 lietween Berne and Geneva, in Adams county, was ordered by the State Highway commission today, due to rise of the Wabash river, inundating the roadway. The detour was expected to be established by this afternoon and relief was expressed by highway officials that the water would have reeeeded by tomorrow. ,— o Autos Are Damaged Two automobiles collided on the Bellmont. road, just beyond the Monroe street bridge, Friday afternoon. The cars were driven by William Reed and Harve Sholtz. Mr. Reed was attempting to make a turn, when the Sholtz car struck him. The Reed car was damaged, but no one was injured.

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TROUBLE MAKERS ARE ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE Demonstration in Wash ington Ends In Arrest Os 50 Communists PROTESTED ACTION OF U. S. IN HAITI Washington, Dec. 14. —(U.R)--White H -use po ice broke up a j trillion tuition by 50 members of; 'be communist party in front of i Hie Wh'te House today. All were arrested and taken to the police station. The police at first took from the pervaders 30 large painted placards attacking the U. S. policy toward Itaiti and Russia and urging walkers to join tlie communist party. The demonstration came a few minutes after the House on affairs Committee formerly reported the Porter resolution carrying out Pre tdent Hoover's proposal for j permission to investigate condl- I tions in Haiti. As the p’acards were seized while excited bystanders shouted “call out the marines,’’ President Hoover was in his executive office 100 yards away but apparently did not see the incident. o jCalderwood Funeral To Be Held Sunday Tlu> funeral services for Holla Calderwood, who died in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, will be held in the Mount Hope Church in Bine Creek Township, at 12 o’clock Sunday noon, instead of 11 o'clock as was announced yesterday. Judge Makes New Ruling On Jones Law New Haven. Ccnn., Dec. 14 —(UP) —Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas ruled in Federal district court today ‘hat upon occasions of “slight or causal violations" of the Jones "Flve-and-Ten" prohibition law, the offense is punishable as a misdemeanor. Under tlie Jones law a violator may he sentenced to five years in prison and fined SIO,OOO. FLOOD MENACES BRITISH ISLES Thames River Rises Out Os Banks Near City Os London London, Dec. 14. —- (U.R) —London prepared for tlie onslaught of the flooded river Thames today while the entire countryside of England counted ils damage in thousands of Homes wrecked and crops destroyed by floods from a week of ruins and gales. Although there still were isolated reports of ship disasters the weather in the channel and along ihe western coasts appeared to have improved. Barriers were strengthened along a distance of 20 miles where the Thames passes from Hammersmith'through the heart of London. Work crews were ordered to work night and day to prepare for tlie high tides expected to continue for four days beginning Monday morning. A new concrete harrier was being constructed a quarter of a mile along the Chelsea embankment where only an iron railing separates the road from the river. Other sections were being bolstered with sandbags. The entire area was constantly under patrol of guards. Flooding of London depends largely upon the spring tides from the North Sea which at present are full. No immediate rains were forecast and authorities were hopeful that the floods had reached their peak. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Committee Head M A. R. Ashbaucher A. R. Ashbaucher. well-known Decatur business man lias acted as chairman of tin* Reformed church. New Organ committee. Mr. Ash-| Imuelier and his committee had charge of purchasing and Installing | the beautiful new pipe organ, which will be dedicated Sunday. SPLIT IN RANKS* OF BEER BLOC Congressman LaGuardia Causes Trouble With Introduction of Bill Washington, Dec. 14. — (U.R) —! Sch’sm in the ranks of the house “beer bloc" was threatened today , 1-a Guardia. N. Y„ Schafer. Wia,, and Engiebright, Calif , nil republicans, to organize a militant qntiAn attempt by Representatives j Volstead movement in congress de-| signed to weed out tlie weak-heart-j ed, has brought about the potential split. Invitations were sent to all members of the modification commit-j tee explaining tlie purpose of the meeting was to organize only those I who are militant in their opposi-j tion to the prohibition law. Democrats immediately resented what they regarded as an im-l plied slur at Chairman’ Linthicum of the unofficial committee, a Maryland democrat. Many of them said they would ignore the invita-; tion. Linthicum himself address-1 ed a letter to the three republican enthusiasts declaring to attend I their meeting and asking them to] postpone it at least until the full j committee holds a meeting. LaGuardia indicated the republicans would go through with their! meeting but probably would adjourn without adopting a definite | program and wait to see what the] full committee does at the meet ] ing Linthicum promised to call. I Then, if the trio are still dissatis-i fled, they may carry out their orig-1 inal plan. . Decatur Men Will Be Arraigned” Monday Fort Wayne, ind., Dec. It. (Special to Daily Democrat) When Federal court convenes here Monday, four Decatur men will lie arraigned before U. S. Judge Thomas Slick on charges of violation oft he Federal prohibition act. Tlie men are, Ed Miller, Franc's Schmitt, Floyd Death and Joe Oberto, who were arrested following grand jury indictments charging them with violation of the prohibition law. The arrests followed tlie seizing of a large still on tlie Halting farm, northeast of Decatur last April. Schmitt and Obeito have plead guilty to the charge. Death was arrested recently following h s return from Ohio. Several Cases Os Spinal Meningitis in Indianapolis Indianapolis, Dec. 14. —(U.R) — Eight eases <>f spinal meningitis have been reported to tlie Indianapolis city board of healtli in tlie last four days. Two were reported yesterday and a third person was reported as having symptoms of the disease. Four deaths from the disease have occurred within the past week.

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FI WAYNE MAN BADLY INJURED IN COLLISION Leo Saylors and Fred Waggoner Hurt When Cars Hit Head-on BOTH HAPPEN FRIDAY NIGHT Heavy fog was given as the ! cause of Iwo serious atiloniohi e accidents which occurred in Adams county Friday night, in which three men were injured one seriously, Theodore frier, i(i, of Fort Wavne received a fractured skull, a fractured arm and serious cols and his condition is regarded as serious. He was lakeu lo (lie Adams County M cmnrial Hospital where liis condition is regirded as very serious. In another auto intehap Leo Say'ors of Decatur and Fred Wag- ; goner of Fort Wayne were InjurI ed, neither fatally. In a head-on collision.. Trier, who is a travelling sales- | man for a Fort Wayne concern and !Ed Affolder of near Herne were driving southwest of Herne on state road 27 last night. Trier approached from the north and a i wagon occupied by Ezra Meshberg--ler of southwest of Berne was in i front of him. Trier noticed an ap- ; rcoaching automobile but did not j ee tlie wagon until it was too late to stop. He made an effort to get around : the wagon, before the north bound ; automobile arrived but failed and collided I lead-on with a truck driven by George Hughes of Fort Wayne. Hughes was delivering groceries for the A. and P. concern !in an Archer Brothers truck of : Fort Wayne. Trier was knocked unconscious | in tiie accident and was rushed to ! Decatur :n a Bierie and Yager amI hulance. Attending physicians stated that he suffered severe cuts, ] a fractured skull, a broken arm and ] severe bruises on ills body. It j was stated today that Ids condition wns regarded as very grave, j Affolder was not seriously inI jured, but received minor cuts and bruises. Hughes, who was alone in tlie truck was not injured but ! the truck and the Trier car were 'both badly damaged. Saylors-Waggoner Mishap About the same time last night, j a car driven by Leo Saylors, of this city and a car driven by Fred J Waggoner of Fort Wayne collided ] head-on three miles south of Decatur on state road 27. Both men ] were brought to the Adams county j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) WILL PRESENT | PLAY TUESDAY Pleasant Dale B.Y.P.U. To Present Comedy At Kirkland “Always Tn Trouble" is (lie name of a throe-act comedy to be presented next Tuesday night at. S o’clock by the Pleasant Dale B.P. Y. I). at Kirkland township Community Auditorium. The play is one of the outstanding comedies of the year. T'ekets are ou sale by members of Hie cast and of the Pleasant Dale B.Y.P.D. or may !mi obtained at the door the night of the play. Tickets are selling for 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Fol’owing is the cast of characters : Misery Moon-A Hoodooed coon George Yaney Gideon Blub,, a millionaire . Herman Griffiths Hiram Tuft, an awful nut Lloyd Byerly Patrick; Keller, a ticket seller Oscar Ge'ael ■ Samantha Slade, a poor old maid Fern Hilling Rosebud Reese, her charming niece Dolores Buckmaster PauTi Maleek, a bolshevik .... . Margaret Geisel i Lulu Pearl, a ragtime girl . Elizabeth I.eyse Tlie public is Invited to attend.