Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1929 — Page 1

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j|()Y IS STRUCK ) |Y ACCIDENTAL ! f’JN DISCHARGE K.pcs White, 11, Shot in Kidv By Companion, I Near Berne ■.U RY NOT r thought fatal ■pines White, IL residing ■l nt Berne was aecidental■|ml lltroiigli the side with ■n calibre rille bv a eom■jon. Harry Haver. 11, ■|e the Iww were on a Kiline adventlire near the ■nl farm this morning. ■. I,id was rushed to the H r ,s < l Dr. 11. (). Jones at ■ n where the wound was and indications are the will recover. White and hi* companion B hunting rabbits. Haver's I, ever became elogged with He lipped the case out ami 11, ainng tlie snow from the lie started to replace it. ■is haw! accidental!'- struck the and discharged the gun. White boy was rushed to ■n<‘ ami while physicians were the wound, the bullet ■p.,| mi the floor, having pass■rnmpletelv through the left side, ■view's injury was not regard'd ■ serious, physicians stated, tincomplications set in. The ■ was reported to lie re Hing well this afternoon. ■'he accident occurred a few mile of Berne where the two boys hunting in a woods. Off'.ria’s the stoiy and it is not further examination will be K e - EB o |l Claims Self-Defense Htuliiimipolis. Dec. 23 —(UP) -An ■intent over the attempted theft ■a bag of coal resulted in the ■otiug of Ishmael Barger. 30. near Minter-Middleton Coal comBfy yards yesterday, by Mathew ■joCllins told police tha he fired ■> shots after Barger attacked ■i According to Collins, the argllBnt was the aftermath of his dis ■rery several days ago of u boy Baling a sack of coal. ■Yesterday Barger and the boy ■o was stealing tbe coal and three Muers oime aver and started the ■imient," Collins said. m o _. — ■To Hold Rabbit Hunt ■"he annual Rabbit Hunt which is Knsored each year by the Salem ■ E. Church will be held Thursday. Hcember 26. The public is invited ■ the all-day ass air. B <> Bhicago Teachers May Get Full Salaries ■Chicago, Dec. 23 —(UP) — Chieu B te .chers may have a Merry Bristmas after all, Silas H. Strawn Bail of the city's fiscal rescue com Bttee and H. Wallace Caldwell. Bssident of the board of education, Bnonnced that they thought they Uhl induce bankers to forward .477,115 for the pay checks of 13,D instructors in the public schools ARMERS AID IN ROAD WORK any County Roads Are Opened; Others Remain Snow-Bound Adams county farmers and road orkers have dug and dug this ?ek and RSatunJiy night tnanv ads were opened while several Iles of side-roads were still im-s-sabie. Farmers organized crews of snow ovellers and worked until late aturday night that all residents of nion township had access to pastille roads. The north and south roads were 1 fairly good condition in mosi Arts of the county. State road 27 om Geneva to Fort Wayne was retried to be in good condition. The ?f our. because of high water from 10 Wabash river, between Berne !| d Geneva was opened Saturday >d that part of the road where the ater was is in fair condition. [CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Vol. XXVII. No. 303.

Gets l ine Return From Egg Business S. P. Sheets, one of the progressive farmers of route 4 believes that egg raising is one of the most profitable vocations for tlm farmer* | th, so days. Last Muy 20 he purchased kit of chicks fiom the Decatur Hatchery. R. sold a number of them lIH springers and saved 32b head for tlie winter. These .have been laying steadily since November Ist and lust week he sold 77 dozen egg* at forty-one | cents a dozen. His chickens ar.' White English Leghorns ami Mr Sheets say* there may be others just as good lint lie is aide to at test that these are ..liiglit ENTERTAINMENT IS ANNOUNCED Presbyterian Sunday School Will Have Christmas Party Tlie Presbyterian Sunday school will present the following program Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. The Sunday School room will be decorated in the season'■ colors to kelp make Christ mm w enjoyaide for all who atten I. Every body is welcome ti onjev th? program : Organ Voluntary Mrs. Fred Smith Christmas Hymn Congregation Prayer Rev. Ferntheil Song, “Once Again’’ Juniors "My Favorite Tree" Evangeline Fuhrman "Somebody's Coming" Fred Kunkle "Li.tie Tom Doubt" Mary Ann Ferntheil Xylophone solo .Clark W. Smith "The Right Kind of a Christmas Tree" Edna Beane "Santa Clans" Gretchen I*ough "It Ain’t the Gift" I.ewis Smith Music Margaret Campbell, Helena Rayl, Catherine Engel- . er, Marjorie DeVoss, Martha Bell Christen. "The Bear of (lie Poconoes” Adeline Gumble “If Santa Should Stumble" Albert Ferntheil “Why do Bells for Christmas Ring?" . Martha Macy "An Ord< r for Christmas” Harriet Kunkle Cornet Solo Monroe Fuhrman “Christmas Secrets” Mary Steele "Fond Memories” Robert Engeler “A Yuletide Wish" Sanna Kunkle Reading Margaret Moses Music Ellis Squier “A Wireless to Santa” Margaret Jane Mat tin "Grandma’s Story" Barbara Burk, Mary Ann Ferntheil, Theo. Lough. Margaret Jane Martin, Richard Green. ‘Christmas Lullaby" Catherine Knapp “Christmas Wonder" Mary Madeline Coverdale Song, "The Day We Love Juniors "A Visit to St. Nicholas" Dorothy Haley’s Class Announcements. Santa Claus Arrives. Song, "Silent Night" Juniors , Benediction. . Radiophone Tested 1 New York. Dee. 22-(UP)-Radio phone has imide it possible tor persons in an airpl me in flight to comniiinieate with a ship, hundreds of miles at sea. Two reporters ami five technicians of the Bell Telephone labora- . tories yesterday successfully o'.fried on a conversation from a Ford tri-motor 3-000 feet above New York ! with pas Mgers aboard the steamer ' Leviathan, 700 miles at sea. Presents Cantata A beautiful Community Christ--1 mas Cantata was presented at 5 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church under the 1 direction of Miss Dessolee Chester. ’ A large audience attended. _ ■ o ; a ' Merry Christmas J Decatur merchants, prosesC atonal men and manufacturers f greet you with a Mer r y ■ Christmas greeting in tonight s ’ Dally Democrat. Read these > messages of goodwilll for 5 they are sent to you with a f sincere wish that yon have a 3 Merry Christmas. Other greetings will be published iu Tuesdays paper.

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Reads Bible for 62d Time ' At J 1 ■BP T J Mrs. Alice Draper, 83, ot Lake Bluff, lu., has read the Bible completely through sixty-one times, and now is engaged in her sixty-second rending. “ began to read the Bible in 1869 and in that year read it through,” -he said. "In that year I read three chapters every other day and five on Sundays. Since then 1 have done my reading at closer intervals. Tlie last time 1 required only six months to go from cover to cover. 1 hope to read it many more times iiet'ore I die."

Mishap Is Fatal Indianapolis, Dec 23 U.P) Mis Edna Wolf, 31, Chicago, was fatal-] 'y injured when her car skidded ■ and overturned on tlie Crawfords-1 ville road northwest of Speedway) City yesterday. She died in tlie car of B. T. Coleman, Indianapolis. ' enroute to a hospital. Nichols Wolf, 35, her husband,. suffered a broken right leg and) broken right arm. Chester Rice,) her brother, was badly cut. The party was driving to Huntington. W. Va„ for Christmas holidays. JOHN SHEEN IS DEATH'S VICTIM Former Decatur Lady’s Husband Dies of Pneumonia at Geneva Geneva. Dee. 28. (Special) — John Green, 29. of Muncie, died at tlie home of his parents in Geneva Saturday night at 11:25 o’clock. Death was due to pneumonia froni which Mr. Green hail been suffering for the last week. Mr. and Mrs. Green had been living in Muncie until a week ago when they visited the deceased’s parents, Mr. ami Mrs. ( lenient Green at Geneva. John Green was born in Geneva. August 12, 1900. the son of Clement ami Bessie Green, both living. He married Miss Bernice Thornton of Decatur, who also survives him. The following brothers and sisters survive the deceased: Mrs. Merle Teeple, Geneva: Mrs. Lucile Campbell. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Francis McWhinney, Decatur; Mrs. Richard Potter, Generic Rupert Green, Fort Wayne, and Margaret Green at home. Mr. Green was a member of the Knigh.s of Pythias lodge of Geneva. Funeral services will lie held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the United Brethren clmrcli, Geneva, with Rev. Dwight Lusk officiating- Burial will be made in tlie Riverside cemetery, Geneva. — To Elect Officers The Evangelical Sunday School will hold its annual election of of Ci cers at the Evangelical church at 7:30 o'clock tonight. A superintendent, first and second assistants, secretary and treasurer will be elected. All members are 'asked to attend.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 23, 1929.

BERNE WOMAN HUJTIN FALL Inuries to Mrs. H e n r y Michaud Might PrdVe To Be Fatal Berne, Deepniber 23 (Special)— Mrs. Henry Mich.md, 73, well known Berne lesidmt was injured perhaps fatally when she fell tn the icy pavemant on a downtov.n street here Saturday evening. Mrs. Michaud wns walking along on the sidewalk and suddenly slipped. falling bat Tw a. ds to the pavement. Su .ered a badly fractured hip. The physician was summoned amt liter Mrs. Michaud wis reported to lie slightly improved. It is feared that because of her age, the injury to Mrs. Miohatrd might prove fatal. —o Director Is Named Washington, Dec. 23—(UP) Appointment of William Kellogg. Minneapolis grain man as executiv ■ director of the Farmer's National Grain Corporition Chicago, was announced today by chairman Alexander Legge, of the Federal Farm Board. Kellogg will assume ills new dit-j ties January 1, Legge said. NEW MANAGER TAKES CHARGE Decatur Sales and Service Garage Opens Today In Schug Building — The Decatur Sales and Service, i Inc , has taken possession of the business formerly owned by the Hall Motor company, local Ford de.lers. Mr. P. B. Short, Fori Wayne is tlie manager of tlie new company and will move to this city Tlie company lias tin- Ford agency and an announcement wil) lie made later, it was stated today. Associated in the new company is C. L. Bornselieiu, Fort iWayne one of th? leading Ford dealers in Indiana. Mr. Bornschein is president of the Anthony Wayne Motor Company. The new company will continue to occupy the Schug building, where the Hall Motor company wis located and intend to make several improvements in the arrangement ot the place before a formal opening is held.

Fire Razes School South Bend. Ind., Doc. 23. (U.P) Fire last night des.royed tile Porta; , township grade school, a hr'ck ami frame bit.bling of six class rm.nis, an auditollinn mid a llbiary, several miles west of South . pend. ' Nearby re idents salvaged part of till' school equipment before they were driven out by tlie rupidly spreiidlng flames. Tlie loss, estimated at $50.00(1 was partly corer- ( ed by insurance. PROWLER BUSY IN THIS CITY “Peeper” Uses Ladder to Look Into Windows Os Homes A night prowler, who uses a lad der, i* being sought in Den tnr as i result of several reports that the degenerate has been terrifying residents of Third and Fourth stre-ts l> ing re.eived by local pol.ee. Saturday night the prowler is reported Io have taken a ladd *r and gone to tlie second floor of two homes on South Third sheet. He mad no efforts to bleak into the houses, but merely looked in for a time at one home ami then took his ladder Io another. Several due* have been obtained by local police, and a net is being laid to catch the person. The southcentral p rt of Decatur and the west pit. long have be n molested by the ‘ peeper ”, and residents amt local police have organized to catch the prowler. Another theory wis advanced that the prowler made efforts to gain entrance into tlie homes, liecause of the fact that most homes have many Christmas gift* ready forth- Yuletide season. Tlie first heory, however, that the prowl r is a degenerate is niore\icceptalde. Incensed residents of Decatur avow that serious charges will Iw I fil. d when tlie prowler is caught. — o Butflars Get Haul Hammond, Ind., Dec. 23. (U.R) Burglars escaped witli $4,000 in cash after smashing the combination lock on the vault of the Seif er Finn ture company here yesterday. ’ The liandi.s entered tile store by picking the door lock and carried off cash boxes i tNilqiiiing Saturday's receipts. PEACE LOOMS IN MANCHURIA Procotol Signed Terminating Bitter Railway Dispute in Manchuria Moscow, Dec. 23.-(U.R) A protocol providing for an immediate termination ot the bitter Chinese 1 Eastern railways dispute between Soviet Russia and the Chinese Manchurian government was signed yesterday at Habarovsk, leaving only minor questions to lie settled * at' a formal conference here January 25. The protocol was signed by Tsai-Yun-Shen, representing the Manchurian government with tlie approval of tlie Nationalist govern ' m. nt of China, and agent Simocsky of the Soviet foreign office. ' Tlie two chief provisions as announced are the immediate reator- , atioti of the Chinese Eastern railway to joint administration-and the withdrawal of the Soviet forces from Manchuria as soon as possible. » Both China and Russia will re--1 leave all civilian and military pris- ' oners taken since tlie dispute be-. 1 gan in July. The Russian consu--1 lates in Manchuria ami Chinese consulates in Russia will lie reopened. Emshanoff and Eismont, Soviet ’ manager and assistant manager of the railway, will lie replaced by two other Soviet executives, Ruri and Denisov, who already have 1 left for Harbin, Manchuria, i The protocol further provides all employes of the railroad who , res'gned or were dismissed, includ- , ing many Russians, will be restored with back pay ami all Russians, most White Russians (Czarists) f who were hired after the seizure, ( will be dismissed and disarmed, and their leaders will be expelled.

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FIGHT FORSEEN 1 IN MERGER PLAN Farm Blof In Senate Opposes Rail Merger As Submitted Washington, Dee. 23 (U.R) — A figiit in congress was foreseen today over tlie massive railroad con solidutlon plun of the Interstate 1 ommeree commission. Wlii'e tlie farm bloc members are priming witli material to oppose the project because they do not believe it will reduce freight | rates to the farmer, llepub ican leaders ate planning away to put teeth into tlie commission propoa). Th*' issue probably will be taken tip in tlie house mid senate interstate commerce committees immediately after tlie holidays. Tlie •ommlssioners who signed the majority report and those who attested tlie dissenting report - probably will lie called as wit ileuses. The farm bloc is not yet decided as to how it can oppose tlie plan or if opposition will be necessary. Under tlie law the proposal is 'argely up to the railroads involv ed. Mo i railroads have been inclined to favor voluntary consoli at ions. d The Republican leaders nre wholeheartedly in favor of the commission proposal to link the rail systems of the nation into 19 extensive units, five in tlie east, ’wo in New Eng'and. three in the south and nine in tlie west. They believe the consolidations will enable tlie gradual reduction of railroad rates. Senator Fess, Renn., Ohio, favors enactment of legislation to bring strong pressure on tlie railroads so they will lie induced to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O PLAN SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT St. Luke Reformed Sunday School to Give Program Tlie following program will be presented by the Sunday school of the St. Luke’s Reformed church of Kirkland township on Christmas night, Wednesday, December 25, at 7:15 o’clock. Tlie public is cordially invited: Devot onals Rev. O IL Scherry Song Choir Welcome Virginia Shady A Happy Child Beulah Hannle A Present for Mother Violet Dick Song Children ■ Three Little Maids from Sunday School Marie Engle, Elinor Mankey, Dolores Beer. Happy Time Howard Foreman . A Hard Job Max Shady . A Little Wisli Wallace Liniger . Song Jack and Max Shady i Happy Christmas Dwight Rotli . Piano Solo. "Tlie Flower Song" Thomas Adler : Recitation Elinor Mankey [ Recitation Dolores Beer - Recitation Richard Roth Song Dorothy Adler . It Is Coming Donabel Zimmerman . The Reason Dorothy Adler . Song Virginia Shady When Did Santa Come Virginia Zimmerman Christmas Story Verea Roti, - Recitation Wilbur Hannie . Song Freeman Stepler - Recitation Dale Mankey ■ Playlet, tlie Spirit of Christmas i My Gift Donald Seasonguth . Offertory. The Christmas Highway Melita Egley - Song Virginia and Donabel Zimmerman . One Little Candle Vaughn Liniger • Closing Speech Luther Engle - Song Choir Benedict ion. t o - f ♦ ♦ i | GOOD FELLOW CLUB . u ♦ > Previous total $313.18 A Friend 35 Chas. Eiigene Cherry .25 , Joe Deinlnger 1-00 ) Delta Theta Tau Alumni 6.00 , a Good Fellow 75 Total to date $321.51

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Oregon Governor Victim Os Death i Salem, Ore.. Dee. 2:1. (U.R) Full' military honors will attend tin | burial here today of Governor Isaac L Patterson, who died sud ' denly Saturday night. The iiisly uill lie laid to rest 111 | (be Ml Crest Abbey mausoleum after funeral services tills uf.e noon in Hie liall of representatives nt Hie state eapltol. A W. Norldnd, president of tile slate senate, who sltccei ds Governor Patteisim. paid Ills way through tlie University of Chicago law school working ns a police reporter on a Chicago newspaper. XMAS PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Reformed Entertainment To Be Given Tuesday Night at 7:15 The annual Christmas program and entertainment by the Zion Reformed Sunday school will lie given Tuesday evening. December 24. beg lining at 7:15 o'clock. The progtam will open by tlie playing of Christmas carols on tli • organ by Miss 1 gilu Gerber. Two cantatas will be given, one by Hie Primary children and tlie other bv the Juniors. Intermediates and Seniors. The special offering that night will be for (lie Orphan's Homs at Fort Wayne. The primary cantata, entitled, "Playing Santa Claus," and under tlie direction of Mrs. Dallas Goldner, has the lesson of giving to those who have no Christmas. The song by the'children, "The Little Bah? of Bethlehem" and recitations, "When Jesus Came" and “Christ Is Born Today" is worked in effectively. Following tlie pritparx I'antuta a song will be rendered, entitled, "Two Dolls’’ by Kathryn Shroyer ami Virginia Fledderjohann. Tlie other cantata by the Juniors. Intermediates ami Seniors is entitled. "The Story of a Christmas Gift" by Ixirenz and directed by Mrs. A. It. Fledderjohann, is a story of a family so busy making money and having pleasure that it does not have time for a real Christmas. They decide to have a different Christmas, a so-called practical Christmas and have no tree, no decorations, no exchange ot' gifts ami no carol singing but each one just buy something for themselves. This decision not having been made known to the little daughter in tlie fimily. slibegs Iler mother to read the Christmas story ’from the Bible (CONTINUED O.x PAGE THREE) o One Killed: Two Injured In Crash Indianapolis. Dec. 23.—(U.R) -One passenger was killed anil two others were Injured seriously late yesterday afternoon when the trimotored plane. City of Indianapolis. crashed while attempting a laming during a snowstorm at Stout lield, Indianapolis. The dead: I). ('. Law, 47, Pbiludelpliia. His left leg was crushed, several ribs 1 on Ids left side were broken and he suffered internal injuries. Tlie injured: ('. Mahlon Kline, Philadelphia. 1 Miss Mary Fearnow. St. louis, Mo. Kline suffered a broken right ' arm and left leg and severe body ' bruises. Miss Fearnow suffered from shock and a sprained back. i ——— E HsHoP^ 0 ’ |J SHO J)AX ■ L — 1 l A y VlEftN Guy ► GiME. His Girl Her Ehqalbwlht rinq FGk

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SUGAR TARIFF CONFERENCES ARE DEBATED G. O. P. Strikes Back at Garner Statement of Conditions GARNER AFFIRMS HIS ALLEGATIONS Wtishiimlon. Dec. 23.— A vertml combat, based on t'cjnst'is that President Hoover had a hand in designing proposed sugar larills, was tn lull swing lodttv with congressional Democrats and Republicans opposing. Hep. (iarner, lex., Ileino■•ralic floor leader of the house, started the dispute with a statement intimating documents he'd by tlie senate lobby investigating committee purported to show tlie president w-as involved in plnas to affect >ugar tariff legislation. Rep. Wood, Ind., chairman of tlie National Republican Congressi.aiiil committee, in a counter statement lust night, denied the charges and said Garner's allegations were only for the purpose of a political attack on the president. In a second statement. Issued at Hie same timc.Garner reiterated his charges and said the lobby committee was liandicapped because it could not subpoena the president as a witness. "We have a copy of a long report made by President I-akin of Tlie Cuba Companv to President Mc.Adoo, of Cuba." Garner said, “in which, among other things, it was stated that Smoot was not willing to co-operate, although Senator Smoot amt Shattuck had been asked by the president to cooperate.’ Other documents present the president ns •tirerti’y advising the lobbyists how to proceed." Wooil said that for tlie president (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Bridge Game Ends Friendly Relations Chicago, Dec. 23. — (U.R) — The best of friends though divorced, described tlie relations of Frank P. Schuh and Mrs. Emma Schuh Galow, even if both had remarried. Schuh often called to take Mrs. Schuh out to dinner or t+ie theater before she became Mrs. Galow mid thereafter the Schuhs and the Galows spent many enjoyable evenings together. Then they took up bridge. Schuh i and his former wife were partners in one game. He took the bill and Mrs. Galow laid down the dummy hand. By an oversight. Schuh played so Im had no entry into the ! dummy hand and lost tricks that caused him to get set. Mrs. Galow lost 83 cents during the evening. She was so incensed she filed suit for $4,132 liack alimony. Judge Charles Williams dismissed the case because she had remarried. POPE ISSUES ENCYCLICAL Asks World to Join Him In Praising The Almighty i atlo n City, Dec. 23—(UP) —At tlie closing of the year of his sacerdotal Jubilee. Pope Pius Xi today issued a second encyclical reviewing the main events of the last 12months. The encyclical Invited the Christion world to join the Pope tn tliangsgivlng to tlie Almighty. The encyclical listed the solution of tlie Roman question by the Lateron treaties signed with Italy as the most important favor of God during the year, inasmuch as it involved tlie mission of the Pope. The Lateral! pacts, is said, were Inspired liy lofty religious concertion by which the pact and the concordat are indissolvably joined totogether. The enclyclloil recalled the world wide rejoicing upon an nouncement of tlie tieaties and remarked that the reconciliation held God promises for tlie present and beat hopes for the future of both religion and Italy, and even the , ' whole of mankind.