Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Occasional rain to«lflht and Tuesday. Sbflhtly warmer tonight east and north oortions and east portions Tuesday.

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■an, hurt in ■mo MISHAP, I DIES SUNDAY ®K'(i(lcn‘ Trier, 46, of Hurt Wayne, Dies of ■ fractured Skull Ks INJURED I FRIDAY NIGHT HflumL'i" Trier, 46, of Fori who was seriously inKed in an automobile accirouthwest of Berne FriK ni'.'-ht died Sunday at the H F.ninty Memorial hosK|. Death resulted from in. o' the accident. K Twer was driving an ■oniobile south on state ■l 27 southwest of Borno when i >|l'ded with a truck driv-G-orge Hughes of Fort Bnr Tr'er received a fractursevere body cuts and and a badly fractured wrist, was rushed to the Adams Memorial hospital Friday where an operation wa ■ perin an effort to save his Tiier gradually grew weaker dea.h came Sunday. was an Advance-Rumley and was on his way to of Ed Affolder to demonsome farm machinery. As was in the car at the time accident. Trier car was headed smith road 27 and a wagon drivMhy Ezra Meshberger was dire, tfront of Trier. Trier was unto stop his automobile, after Msaw the wagon and struck the headon. K> folder and Hughes were not injured in the mishap, body of Trier was removed to M'ort Wayne undertaking home, are the widow. Mrs. Trier, a daughter, Miss Trier; two sons, Raymond Ml Lester Trier; the parents, Mr. Ml Mrs Herman J. Trier; a brothMArthur Trier, and a sister, Mrs. Doehrman, all of Fort Wayne, services will be held Mdnesday afternoon at 1:30 Moek at the home, to be followMat 2 o'clock by funeral services ■the Zion Lutheran church. Rev. Mui Dannenfeldt will officiate, ■rial will be in Concordia cemeMy. The services at the home Ml be private. B o — - H Committee To Meet Milt- executive committee of the Muns post of the Ameri an Legion Ml hold an important meeting at Minn Hall at 8 o’clock tonight. All Mmbeis are asked to be present. I , o _ I Meeting Tonight ■The Decatur Advertising Associan will hold an important meeting the Industrial Association rooms 8:45 o'clock tonight. The meet!pertains to a'Christmas program d all member-stores are asked to tea representative at the meet0 DAMS COUNTY CHILO EXPIRES sther Doehrman, 14, Dies Saturday Afternoon At Home North of City Miss Esther Doehrman, 14, died hfir parental home in Adams Unity Saturday afternoon Decemr 14. at 5 o’clock. Death was due chronic Bright’s disease from Meh Miss Doehrman had been Hering for the last four years. Esther Doehrman was born Feba|,.v 24, 1915 in Adams County and 18 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. '*d Doehrman, who survive her. 18 deceased is also survived by e following brothers and sisters: ddlf, Alfred, Alvina, Ruth and ildred, all at home. She was a ctnber of the Lutheran Church at icdhelm. Funeral services will be held Hesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock ‘he home and at 2 o'clock (Stan*r<l time) at the Zion Lutheran hutch at Friedheim. Rev. C. B. pastor, will officiate. Burwill be made in the church ceinery.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXVII. No. 297.

Mailing Order Is Issued At Postoffice Poßtmaster, L. A. Graham. Issued . * r i°.' ay ,hat no Christmas leah should be placed on the tops of Chl.stmas packages where the address is written. The Christmas aea s may be p)aeed on the sides the aa ’ aCk "" WhPn p,a, ed art ' lr " s * ; causes a confusion for! Hip postal clerks, FINAL APPEAL made for funds Good I* cllows Need More Money For Christmas Poor Fund XV hile the Good Fellow fund is : growing each day, the Delta Theta | lan sprority, sponsors of the movement to provide a Merry Christmas for the poor "kiddles" of Deeat ir, ire desirous of raising! the fund to about SSOO by the end >f this week. Two Decatur children, John C. Carro’l and Miss Marjorie Carroll presented the Good Fellow com- ‘ mittee with a ton of coal today! and the coal will be distributed Christmas Eve with the other gifts among homes where it is needed. The committee stated today that the donation did not need to be large, but the chairman stated that even a small contribution would aid greatly in the Good Fellow : work. There are more than 100 children in Decatur whose Christ-1 m:>' dav will be just another] Wednesday unless the Good Fellow fund is doubled between now and Childtmas. Contribution boxes are located at Niblick and Co. store. The Old Adams County Bank and the Daily Democrat office. Any contribution from 1 cent to SIOO will be gladly accepted. POPE APPOINTS NEW CARDINALS Six Are Honored in Secret Consistory; Total Now 63 Vatican City, Dec. 16—(UP)—Six new Cardinals, bringing the number in the sacred college to 63, were created today by Pope Pins XI in a secret consistory. Investiture of the new prices of the Roman Catholic church will occur Thursday. The six p:elites upon whom the traditional red hat is bestowed are: Mgr. Jean Verdier. Archbishop of Palis, a member of the order of St. Sulpice and successor of the late Candinal Dubois. Emanuele Concales Oerejeira,, Patriarch of Lisbon and leading prelate of Portugal. Mgr. Joseph MoCt.tiry, primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Armagn as successor to the late Cardinal O'Donnell. Mgr. Luigi Lavitrano, Archbishop of Palermo. Mgt. Carlo D. Minoretti, Archbishop of Genoa. Mgr. Eugenio Pacelli, Papal Nuncio to Berlin, a post he has held since 1920. In a review of the year’s events, the Pope referred to the great advance made by the church and spoke happily of the friendly visits to the Vatican by the King and Queen of Italy, Crown Prince Humbert and the Princesses Giovanna and Maria. — o Six Plead Guilty Flint, Mich., Dec. 16.—(U.R)—Six former officials of the Union Industrial bank of Flint, charged with embezzlement of funds for stock market speculations, pleaded guilty in Judge James S. Parker’s circuit court here today. Nine others pleaded not guilty. All were released on the bonds under which they have been at liberty since their arrests several weeks ago. —o- ' Bomb Does Damage Chicago, Dec bomb did $4,000 damage to the cottage Inn, a roadhouse near Niles on the North Shore, yesterday. James Wagner, owner, and several customers escaped injury.

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TWO ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF GRANO LARCENY ! I George Carpetenr, Ralph Draper of Decatur Admit Theft of Sheep 'LARCENY CHARGE WILL BE FILED George F. (uirpenter, 21. tint! Ralph E. Draper, 26, belli of Decatur were arrested this morning by Sheriff Hai’l Hollingsworth on the I'hurge of grand larceny. Both men signed confessions I admitting theft of five head !’’f sheen from the Ollie Chronister pasture southeast •f Decatur Friday night, Dc-emher 13. . Sheriff Hollingsworth went to 1 'he Fort Wayne Stockyards Saturday ami learned that five head of , heep had been brought there Saturday morning by two men. ; The man who so d the sheep gave I the mime of Elvin Miller and reI reived a check for $29.00 under that name. Working on the description of the two men. Sheriff Hollingsworth arrested Carpenter and Draper and after brief questioning both confessed to the theft. The sheep were stolen Friday night from sheds located on the Chronister pasture. Mr Chronister | has reported several thefts the I 'ast few months, tint it is not I known whether the same pair ! stole the other sheep. Draper was arrested north of Decatur this morning and Carpenter was taken into custody at his home in Decatur. Wayne Burger a s’stetl Sheriff Hollingsworth in the arrests, and Mr. Chronister aided in the apprehension of the men. Both Carpenter and Draper have been, charged with grand larceny and wi I be arraigned in Circuit court either today or tomorrow. Sheriff Hollingsworth did not state whether a forgery charge would be II filed. The confessions, Ivot.h of which were identical, stated that the men entered into the agreement to ' steal the sheep and divide the profits. They went to the Chronister pasture southeast of the city Friday night, December 13, and loaded the animals into a Ford touring car. Early Saturday morning the men took the sheep to the Fort Wayne stockyards, the confessions said, where they sold . them under the name of Elvin Miller. Following the sale of the sheep the check was cashed and the men divided the money. They both stated that it was ' their first theft in Adams county, but Sheriff Hollingsworth stated he would question them further concerning other thefts from , farms near this citv. STORES WILL REMAIN OPEN Local Retail Stores to Remain Open Evenings Until 8:30 o’Clock Beginning tonight a majority of the retail stores will remain open until eight o’clock for the convenience of the Christmas shoppers. Stores which will remain open tonight are the jewelry stores, the dry goods stores, the clothing stores, the furniture stores and the five and ten cent stores. The shoe stores will lie open in the evenings, beginning Tuesday night, it was stated. This is the last week for the Christmas shoppers to fill their gift lists and the Decatur stores have one of the finest stocks ever displayed in this city. The local stores open at eight o’clock in the morning and will remain open until eight in the evening, or longer if necessary. Persons employed in the offices and factories who cannot come up town during the day are invited to do their shopping in the evening. The streets will be lighted with the display of Christmas lights, erected last week by the City light and power plant. The lights were turned on Saturday night. Other stores are planning to remain open in the evenings, it was announced this afternoon.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 16, 1929.

Grundy Presents His Credentials While Congressional Debate Looms —LiwayggMMr wn i 1 ■ wJ? i i ini' | El /'■ si; S j -I hi \r 'MsHi y .i -'-.L J HL .JOr : '-'WWw I (Left to right)—David Reed, Senator from Pennsylvania, receiving credentials from Jose>ph R. Grundy. These credentials named Grundy, a.leged dean of the Senate lobbyists, as the successor of William Vare of Pennsylvania. In a recent Senatorial Lobby investigation, Grundy's name appeared several times as one of the “Dean of Lobbyists," and his appointment has not been fully approved by the Senate.

MANY ATTEND DEDICATION OF CHURCH ORGAN Reformed Church Filled At Services Held There Sunday RECITAL IS WELL RECEIVED The organ dedication services at the Reformed church were attended by large audiences Sunday. At i each service Philip J. Model of Canton, Ohio, presided at the organ. In the afternoon he gave a special organ recital and thrilled the audience with his masterful renditions. An audience which filled the church to its capacity was pleased and delighted with his beautiful music and many people afterwards expressed their pleasure at his artistic presentation of a delightful program. Florence Sprunger-Starr an accomplished soloist likewise pleased. the audience with a number of! select ons. The Rev. H. H. Fern-; theil who represented the Decatur Ministerial Association led the af-] ternoon audience into the spirit of tlie recital with a spirited address. The Rev. Dr. Wessler of Cincinnati, Ohio, preached two stirring sermons. The subject of the organ dedicatory message was “Music in the Church" and at the church rededicatory message was “Music in (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o ♦ ♦ GOOD FELLOW CLUB I1 Previous total $205.75 W. Guy Br6wn 100 Leigh Edward Nelson .50 A Friend -48 A Friend -50 A Good Fellow 1-00 Total to date $209.23 o— Crouch Trial Set For December 26 Columbia City, Dec. 16.—<U.R) ~ December 26 has been set by Special Judge Rex Emerick,. Kendallville, as trial date for Lloyd S. Crouch, former mayor of Columbia City, on charges of embezzling $65,000 from tlie Provident Trust Company of which he was assistant cashier. The court overruled motions to quash the indictment, and accepted Crouch’s plea of not guilty. De- , sense attorneys charged in their ; p'ea for dismissal, that Ralph i Elder, a member of the grand jury i which indicted Crouch, was a depositor in the bank.

BULLETIN Floyd Death and Ed Miller, of | this city, pleaded guilty in Federal court this afternoon at Fort Wayne to conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. United States O strict Attorney Oliver ht. Loomis stated at 3:15 o’clock this afternoon that sentence would be passied at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The ] two Decatur men were arraigned at 2:30 o'clock before Federal | Judge Thomas Slick. DECATUR LADY EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Martha Crist,77,Dies Following Paralytic Stroke Mrs. Martha Crist, 77, widow of the late George Crist died at her home in this city at 10 o’clock tliis morning. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis which Mrs. Crist suffered Tuesday noon. Tlie decea ed never regained consciousI ness after the stroke. Mrs. Martini Crist was born DeI cember 30, 1851 in Washington I townsh’p, the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Ball-Jolmson, both deceased. On March (>, 1884 she was united in marriage to George Crist who died ten years ago. To this union were born two children, Mis: Elizabeth Crist, at home, and Frank Crist of this city. A sister, Mrs. Rebecca Chaney of Plymouth, Indiana, and two brothers. Jacob of this city, and Bart Johnson of Kansas City, Kansas also survive. Seven brothers and si-ters preceded Mrs. Crist in death. Mrs. Crist was a member of the Christian Union Church at Honduras for tlie last twenty-five years. She was the daughter of Thomas Johnson, one of the founders of the city of Decatur, and has been a resident of tills city for about ten years. Prior to that time she lived in Kirkland townhip. Funeral services will be IWI Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'cock at the home. 136 South Eleventh street, with Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of the United Brethren Church officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o Daniel Schafer Gets Advance At Culver Cadet Daniel Schafer, of Decatur who is home from Culver Military Acidemy for the Christmas holiday has been promoted to the rank of cadet corporal in A Company. The appointment was announced in orders read at the final formation of the corps before the vacation. He is the son of C. C. Schafer, of 610 <W. Monroe Street.

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JUNIOR ARTS j MEMBERS WILL GIVE PROGRAM - Woman’s C1 u b to Be Guests at Program at Public Library MUSIC SECTION SPONSORS PARTY The members of th- W< man’s] Club will be entertained with a Christmas party and program this evening, at 7:45 o’clock at the Library Auditorium. The party and refreshments will be in the charge of he Senloi Music Department of the hib. :>nd the program will be presented by the members of the Junor Arts Department ns isled by the Girl's Glee Club of Deeatur High School. The members of the Junior A-t s lepiirtm nt of the club wi’l present i Christm s play, entitled "With Tcys" by It N. Baker. This clever •dny Is 'o be given under the direcion of Mrs. C. O. Porter and Miss Verneal Whalen and promises to be ntere ting to all the members of the club. Following is the complete- program for the evening: Christmas Carols “Joy to th World," (b) '“Ccme All Ye Faithful.” (c) “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.” Play—" With Toys”, R. N. Baker, Cast of Characters Bobby- Bobby Porter Betsey—Kathryn Knapp 'Hie Masked Doll —Kathryn Hower The Pierrot Doli—.Miriam Haley The Wooden Soldier -Dora Shosenberg. The French Doll —Erna Lankenau The Sailor Doll Edwina Shroll. The Rag Doll Dorothy Little The Rubber Dog—Eileen Burk The Jack-in-tbe-Box —Louise Hunbold. The Drum Sari .line Kauffman. Dud Anne Winnes Mother Mamie Niblick. The Shopkeeper Minnie Moyer The Policeman-Ruth Winnes Piano Duet “Capricinte” Wachs Rosem.iry and Patricia Holthouse Cantata —■‘Chimes of the Holy Night". Holton. High School Girls Glee- Club and members of Junior Arts’ Club Tevt by Herman von Berge taken from Luke, Chapter 11, S to 20. Reading of the text —Dessolee Chester. No. 1 "Christmas Bells are Ringing” “Silent Night,”— Glee Club No. 2 "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains,” Alto solo — Mary Madeline- Coverdale assisted by Glee Club. No. 3 “But Thou. Bethlehem” — Glee Club “O Little Town of Bethlemen” Soporano Obligato— Cleora Baker. Clara Ellen Mamma, Kathryn Fritzinger, Ruth Macklin. No. 4 “Earth’s Weary Waiting Done Duet. Clora Baker, Ruth Mack(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SPEED SHOWN IN CONGRESS Tax Cut Bill Gives Way For Much Work Before Holidays Washington, Dec. 16. —(U.R)-AVith tax reduction out of the way, both houses of congress were ready today to bundle rush orders business before the senate returns to the tariff and the house to the routine appropriation bills. The $4,000,000,000 settlement of the French war debt, known as the Mellon-Berringer agreement, was I to he taken up in the senate if i Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee had his way. Snmot believes the bill, already ' passed by the house, will require 1 brief discussion. The farm bloc 1 members behind Senator Borah, Repn., Idaho, are eager to finish ' the tariff and will consent to taking up this measure only if debate ] is to be limited. The Porter resolution appropriating $50,000 to send an investigating commission to Haiti is scheduled for passage in the house. President Hoover urged its early ' passage in a special message last week. The resolution allows lrim to select as many members for the < (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) i

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]To Hold Revival At Church of God Rev. Kauffman, ptstor of the I C-hureh if God al Tip.on. Indiana.] I will londuit revival services at lb<-. Church of God in this city this week ] beginning tonight and continuing I throughout th s week until Sunday I | morning. The services will be held] In the lot nl church on Cleveland Street and will begin at 7:3t) o'- ■ clock. Every one is invited to attend. DECATUR BABE IS FOUND DEAD - Five-Month Old Child of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sipe Is Suffocated Ka’ble-n lent a Sip-, five-month , old daughter of M.. and Mrs llmiel i Sipe, of North First afreet, was smothe . d to death at the Sipe!' home this morn tig The parents I wore unublt to arouse the child at : (i:?l) o’clock this mo ning and ai l tdiysii i iii was summoned imnied-: ate’y. ' | ■ The physician stated that the child had been dead for some time ' and would not respond to treatment. Th.- babe was sleeping be- i tween the father and mother and in mme m inner had pulled the covers aver her head. The covers evidently covered the I babe’s month and nose and she was I unable to breath. When the parents < awoke at 6:30 o’clock the infant was found nestled under the covers, : lifeless. ( Following the pronouncement of I death by the f imily physician deputy emcner Dr. J. M Miller was | called. Dr. Miller pronounced the death due to accidental suffocation. Kathleen Leota Sipe was horn in Decatur last July. She was the ibughter of Daniel tsml H mice ; Fisher Sipe, ami the only child in the family. Funeral services will be held , Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Hope church, southeast ; of D catin. Burial will be made in the Mt. Hope'.cemetery. ( AUTO PLATES ' ON SALE TODAY Two Decatur Bureaus Report Large Sale of 1930 Numbers Two Decatur branch automobile license bureaus were busy today ( giving out the 1930 license plates. ( the sale of which started at 8 o’- ( clock this morning. Dr. J. C. Grand- ( staff of Preble obtained the first , set of 1930 plates at the Graham . and Walters branch office and Ed. A. Bi sse, local attorney obtained ' the first set nt the branch office managed by Miss Winefriede Kitson in tin- American Security Co,, building. Botli offices reported a brisk 1 business today and all automobile owners must secure the plates in | the next 3l) days. It Is predicted that most car owners will obtain their plates before the end of December. as all neighboring states have laws that new plates must bion ears driven in their states by January 1. Indiana residents who do not have new license plates by 1 January 1 must refrain from driving Into other states. The 1930 license plates are the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Hellin Is Barred Montgomery, Ala Dec. 16 —(UP) -The Democratic stale executive committee voted 27 to "1 today to ' bar Sen. J. Thomas Heflin from the next patty primary. The committee’s action was on the ground that Senator Heflin had failed to support the Democratic candidate for President list year, Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Hugh Locke, candidate for governor’s nomination was also barred The senior Senator had already announced he would lie a candidate for re-election. o Local Man Jailed Arthur Baumgartner was arrested Sunday night and taken to the Adams county jail. A charge of public intoxication was filed against Baumgartner in Mayor's court today. He has not yet been arraigned.

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SPAIN-BRAZIL AIR ATTEMPT ! MAY SUCCEED — Radio Station on Brazil ( oast Picks Up Fliers’ Querry WILL SET NEW DISTANCE RECORD i’-i'liia. Bnizil. 16 (U.PJ I'hi- Iraits-All.iiilic airplane (if 1.1. ('.<>l, Ttuleo Ltirre Borges living Iron) Spain Io Bft-z.il ealCd llic ratlin station :tl Maeeio al I p. tn. (1 p. in. •si) todnv aivl a*ked the latsl weather bulletin. The sir ni’fh ol 'he rtolio signals "<lir:ih-<l the nlanc was 'raw ; o<f nearer to this post. i|i'"<»li still hundreds of Tin- plane succeeded in RenMng onlv Its me-sii-e concerning the w atlier and did not enter into inmiinfcation with Maeeio ap--nrentlv being unable to pick up tlie land station's reply. Maeeio is 125 m'les south of Pei nambneo on the Brazilian coast. Rio De Janeiro. Brazil, Dec. 16. •(U.RI The trans-Atlantic filers, Lt. Col. Tadeo Larre Borges and Capt. Leon Challe, were making steady progres • after passing Cane Verde Is’ands on their way from Spain to Brazil, radio advices received today at Fernando Noranha Island indicated. The following message was relayed from the French ship Pacifique to Fernonda Noronha, which is off the coast of Brazil: “8:30 a tn. g.tn.t. (3:30 am. est) latitude 17:30 north, longitude 24:30 west. We are flying splendidly."’ The position given is just west of the Gape Verde Islands. The message re'ayed from the French Aeropostale ship Becficue ndicated that the fliers had avoided a zone of l>ad weather off the coast of Africa and found good conditions over the Atlantic. “Natal informs (lie local weather is threatening but here it continues good." the message from tlie plane Said. At one p.m. (7 a.m. .4.) the wireless station nt Dakar, Africa, Intercepted a message giving the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o . 1,... 1. Autos Are Damaged Automobiles driven hy Ben Mnrhenke and Jerome Case collided at the Second and Monroe street intersections about 9 o’clock last night. The cars were damaged, but the occupants escaped injuries. Police officers stated that the acc'dent cou’d have been avoided if one of the drivers hail observed 'he signal light. ()ll'i< >i i indicated that arrests would follow further violation of the Decati-r traffic ordinance. RED MEN PLAN ANNUAL PARTY Children of Local Members to be Entertained Wednesday Night Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock. Suita Claus will come to the children of all members of the Decatur lodge of Improved Order of Red Men. the Christinas party committee announced today. All children of members are asked to meet at the hill at 7:45 to prepare for the arrival of Santa at 8 o'clock. Following Santa's visit to the 'odge the annual Christmas party for the children will be held. The program committee has arranged a plea vint evening's entertainment for the "kiddies" and refreshments will be served to all present. Following the program, a treat will he given to each child. The treat will include u sack of candy and other good things to eat. The Red Men's Christmas party for the children is an annual event and each year, the Wednesday before Christmas, more than 50 children of local members of the lodge assemble for the Santa clans visit. All members are ask/ --otheir children to the V o'clock in order that / can be started on tin/