Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1929 — Page 1

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ifcITION -1 LIMELIGHT J® WEEK-END K fr:u Deaths Are Result W t Dn Squad Arrest ' V Efforts ! ®RE-(’P IS * OVER COUNTRY I h-c. ::o lii.Pt i’i iihit li., now blazing, now problem of a decade, jn: , a,-w vividness Itefore today with deadly gun-week-end: m, ii were killed and a wounded by coast guards u: ■ I three rum-running :>■ ani | SiPiu.mtO worth of liquor II. I. |'i . man. a federal agent (tonr-toiisly wounded in a <^K on :: mm h at Yountville. Cal. the ranch owner, held Bli. wife, was accused of int » wound. WltVai'r. Ida., and 2:’. others gniliy of conspiracy to gKp- i. national prohibition BHfey a mrv in federal court at ■- |: \ • im. Ida., late last night sentenced tomorrow. m. iity three other defend included Weniger's chief ■ty. ( Illes E. Bloom; Mayor Komi of Mullan. Councilman K \VI: ally. George Huston. Fe s and Charles llistait. Kot’ Police F (). ("Army") and Patrolman Harcourt coiinly officers were critic mini 1. (1 from ambush -oil, r jMpor laid near Clarksville, Va. Admiral Frederick C. IHI- ■ commandant of the coast warned that it ‘’means and will pursue its task smuggling with "vigor ■ determination not soft words gestures." by the United Press in large cities indicat- ■ iiqnor was easily obtainable. the law r openly flouted in ■b places. Hrs. Ella A. Boole, W. C. T. I'. ■Ndent declared establishment Hi government liquor sale system BNTINUED ON page TWO)

■ Suicide Ends Hunt ■ary. bid., Dec. 30. (U.R)—The ■' of W. U Smith. 26, bus driv■tound in a rooming house here han emptied poison bottle nearended a police search for him am when his wife, Mrs. Ethel fth. 23, was beaten to death at ana Harbor last Friday night. Dlice accused Smith of the tier. They had discovered no re and said it probably was a et carried into death by the hand. LATH CALLS DECATUR LADY 8. Luella Summers Dios At 6:30 o’Clock Monday Morning hrs. Luella Summers, 69, died at !n o'clock this morning at the nnty Infiirmary. Death was camhy a stroke of paralysis which * Summers suffered a few days o. file deceased was admitted to the Hity infirmary February 18, 192!) 11 since that time has suffered r eral strokes of paralysis. She has Mt crippled with the ailment for ; ! past seven years. Hrs. Summers was born in Crest- " Ohio. August 16, 1860 the . ‘Ritter of Mr. and Mrs John An Shepherd, both deceased. She B united in ntarirage to William , timers cf this city, who died sevyears ago. No children survive ! deceased. fhree brothers, Carl Shepherd 11 Samuel Shepherd of Lima, 0.. d Charles Shepherd of Bluffton, :e ther with four sisters who re- t e in Michigan and Indiana sur- i e the deceased. 1 services WilJ be held Hrsday afternoon at 1 o'clock at County Infirmary, with Rev. 0. i Miller, pastor of the Baptist "'ch of this city, officiating. Bur- 1 *lll be made in the Decatur ; Mery, 1

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[To Issue Permit On \\ ater Diversion IW.i rhington, Dec. 30 - (UP) — Secretary of War Hurley said today a temporary permit extending the period in which the Chicago i 111 ii w from Lake .Michigan would be issued toinoirow. The permit, he said, would be in | • the form of an extension pending I lltigition. The war department is awai ing approval of Attorney General Bettman on the form of th I proposed extension. The permit will be so worded as to make it expire on the day the supreme court renders a decision in the lake diversion case. COAST GUARD KILIS THREE Rum Running Vessels Are Captured After Gun Battle Newport. R. 1., Dec. 30.-(U.R)~ Three members of the crew of the notorious rum-running speedboat, The Black Duck, dead: its captain wounded: two other smuggling craft captured; $600,000 worth of liquor seized —thus were tabulated today the results of a Sabbath drive on turn row by the coast guard. The wreck of The Black Duck, and the two other craft with their cargoes, were tied up at the coast guard base at New London, Conn . today. The bodies of the three men lie in a morgue at Fort Adams, awaiting the official verdicts of all the officials who set about to determine just how they met their deaths. Bn| there Mas no mystery about I that. They w ere riddled by maffhlne gnn fire from the patrol boat GG-290 at the entrance of Narragansett Biy. According to coast guard officials, they had refused to half theii craft when ordered to heave-to. In addition to the customary inquiry of coast guard authorities, Henry M. Boss. Jr., United States d strict attorney, was conducting a separate investigation. He appealed to the department of justice at Boston to assist. Rhode Island authoriti s also] 1 were engaged in an investigation.! based on the fact that the shootings of the crew of The Black

Duck occurred within the threem'le territorial limits of the state From his hospital bed where De was suffering from machine gnuj wounds. Charles Travers, captain 1 and solo survivor of the’ speed boat’s crew, declared the coast guard craft had opened fire without proper warning. The three men killed by machine , gun bullets from the government ( boat were: Jacke Weiseman. Providence. ( Dudley Brandt. Boston, and John . Goulart, Fairhaven, Mass. They t were found dead in tlie pilot house. ( Superior officers at the New London coast guard base, from i which the patrol boat operated, de- £ dared the shootings "nnfortunate. but dearly justified by the law , covering such cases. The crew of the GG-290 saw the J speed boat running without lights , entering '‘(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) < t Begins Jail Term ' Anderson, ln<l • Dec- ■" (l 1 ' t 60-day jail term . Charles J. Richardson, former A derson auto dealer, five years ago, f

is just now being served. Richardson was convicted on charge of possession of hquol. An * “lost” and only recently wjs Xrtt to .U.»tl» «' Lindy And Co., On Unannounced inp ... iT Dec 30.—(U.R)— Detroit Mu Lindbergh Col. and Mrs. ( buries (o(]ay took off ti°n> n e(J (jestination, C °h a ”i 'to'be Columbus, Ohio, believed to be . "had A * r . po * °Sere S Col. Lindbergh no idea , g believet i that was going but contlnen the plans to fly™ B . Coal Air Transport route > ■■ ■

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FIRST AUCTION SCHOOL CLASS IS HELD TODAY — Col. Reppert Greets Larg-i est Class Held For Some Time 11 STATES ARE IN 1930 CLASS — The winter term of the Reppert Auction School opened in Decatur today with Cot. Fred Reppert, president of the school in charge. Fortylive students reported at 8:30 I o'clock this morning to register and it is understood that about 15 i more w 11 be here in the next day |or two to enter the mid winter class. Col. Reppert stated this afternoon that at present 14 states and two provinces of Canada were rep resented in the class. The morning session was opened at 9:30 o'clock with Col. Reppert delivering a welcoming address. Other numbers of the faculty outlined the three-weeks program, and plans were made for the first study session scheduled this afternoon. All classes,of the school will bp held at the K. of P. building on Third street. The auction sales, starting next Saturday afternoon will be held in the Smith building, formerly occupied by the Central grocery, on Second street. Ail faculty members, including Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg, tnd Col. Guy Pettit of Bloomfield, 'owa, two of the world's greatest auctioneels, reported to Col. Reppert today ready for the three-week session. Col. Reppert told the (lass that several prominent auctioneel’s from all over the United States would take charge of the school on various occas ons and promised the 1930 students one of the greatest courses ever offered. Registrations were made at Col. Ruppert's uptown office in the Peoples Loan and Trust building. The auctioneers also have been of-,(’UN-TINTED ON PAGE FIVE) TO HOLD WATCH SERVICEHERE Evangelical Church Members Plan Great Service Tuesday Night There will be a watch night service in the First Evangelical Church on Tuesday night beginning at 8 o'clock and continuing until the bells ring out the old and ■ing in the new year. The program committee promises not a dull moment in the entire evening. From 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock there will be a musical and literary program. The newest organization ‘‘The Evangelical Band" consisting of 18 pieces will make it's first appearance at 8 o’clock. A quartet and other musical interests will Ire features. There will be history, resolutions and prophecy. From 9 o’clock to 10 o clock everybody present will enter , raniP ., From 10 to 10:30 o clock there will be a program of stunts. Prom io:3O to 11:30 o'clock the refreshment committee will be in charge The closing moments of the old year will be devoted to sincere devotion. The Brotherhood is extending a hearty invitation to all members and friends of the church. —TT

Leslie In Lafayette Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 30.—(U.R) Gov Harry G. Leslie was in Lafayette today conferring with state highway commissioners on a proposed road around Purdue university. — o— Snook’s Attorneys Seek Court Reversal Columbus. 0., Dec. 30—(U P ) "~ At . tornevs for Dr. James Howard Snook, former University professor who is condemned to die January 31 ror -he murder of his co-ed sweetheart, Theora Hix, filed motion in the state supreme court today, seek ing a reversal of the courts decision refusing to review Snook s appeal.

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— 1 ■ —-- - - - - - Sues for Alienation of Affection Miss A ntot. 1 nette Cogno Dicesare. 18, ~ bride of two A wee ks, an d dwAE J wife of Albert Dicesare. of Mald en. i s 4OK suing her par- ■ * A ents in-law for KflE $20,000. charg- iW| ing .dien.it ion The couple Wpi were wed in At*--Hartford, 'WF Conn., after they had eloped to he A ' married. The groom's par- ■ erits make their home tn Quincy, 3SS - (International W j Newsreel) \ r x

HARVEY BOWMAN DIES SUNDAY Well -Known Adams County Young Man Is Death’s Victim Harvey A. Bowman, 27, died a’ the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Death was caused by a levere case of influenza which the leceased had be n suffering for he past two weeks. His c: nd tion seemed to be greaty improved Saturday morning but la the afternoon he grew worse and ■was removed to the laitheran hospital for treatment. Mr. Bowman was employed as a section worker for the Pennsyl-I vania railroad company of Fort; Wayne where he has resided for; the past five years. Prior to that time he spent his entire life in this city and in Adams county. He was born May 10, 1902. the son of Mr and Mrs. Isaac Bowman of 'west of Monroe The mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steigmeyer, together with a sister, Mrs. Josephine Baumgardner of this city, and a half brother. Van Bowman of Monroe, survive the deceased. The father. Isaac Bowman, and two sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at the Win-1 Chester church southwest of Mon-’ roe at 2 o'clock. Friends and rel-j atives will leave the home at 316 i W. Wiljiams street. Fort Wayne, | Tuesday at 12 o'clock, where a) short service will be held before I going to the Winchester church.) Rev. Kindle of Huntington,will of-j ticiate at the services. Burial will | be made in the Zion cemetery. AGED WOMAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. George Watson. 72, Dies At Home of Her Daughter Saturday Mrs. George Watson, 72, life-long resident of Adams county, died Saturday n'ght at the home of her daughter. Mis. Erwin Miller, near Bluffton following an illness of sometime. Death wds due to a complications of diseases. Mrs. Watson was born in Adams | county, the daughter of Mr. and; Mrs George Gottschalk. The husband preceded her in death five years ago. Surviving are two sons, Lawrence of Flint, Michigan; Lewis of Philadelphia and daughter Mr.Miller. Two brothers David Gottschalk of LaGrange and George of Linn Grove also survive. Funeral services will be held’ Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Old Salem church west of Linn Grove. Burial will be made at the Six Mile cemetery. o Announce Masses For New Years There will be three masses at the St. Marys Catholic church on Wednesday, January 1, New Year's day. The time of the masses will be five, seven and nine forty-five.

| Evangelical C. E. Elects Officers The Christian Endeavor Society of the First Evangelical Church elected the following officers forth, year 1930: president, Louis Arm strong; vice-president, Esther Sun derman; secretary, Marshia Ohler; ■orrespending secretary, Paul Spoilt :; ireasu.er, Marion Heare. These elected officers from the executive committee and and will appoint the officers, committees and df'iVrtment chairman of the organization. TUBERCULOSIS PROVES FATAL I Mrs. Wiluhur Fuchs, 30, Dies Saturday Night , At Berne Hospital — Berne, Dec. 30 —(Special) —Mrs. Wilbur Fuchs, 30. former resident of near Decatur, died Saturday night at the Hossman hospital at Berne following a year's ilTness. Death wrs due to tuberculosis, which followed a seige of influenza more than a'’year ago. Mrs. Fuchs was born in Monroe township, July 5. 1899. She was a daughter of Christ and Mary Bischoff Antachei. On September 30, 1915 she wrs married to Wilbur Fuelis. who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs lived near i Decatur until about seven months I ago, wh ’ii because of the illness of | both, they moved to Monroe town--1 ship. Mrs. Fuchs was then taken to I the Hossman hospital, where she I remained until death. Mr. Fuchs is j living with his parents at present | nd his condition is regarded as | serious. Surviving are the husband and a son Willis Jerome. A brother. Victor Amacher of Washington townsh'p also survives. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willi im Fuchs, near Berne, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and at the Berne R-formed church at 9:3(1 o'clock. Burial will be made at the M. R. E. Cemetery. o Two Plead Guilty To Intoxication Ralph Rabbit of Decatur and Virgil Macy of near Decatur were arrested Saturday night by Policeman Burl Johnson and placed in the Adams county jail on charges of public intoxication. Both were arraigned in Mayor’s court and pleaded guilty to the charges. Rabbit was fined $lO and costs amounting to S4O. He paid the I fine and was released. Macy also was fined $lO and costs but has not yet been able to arrange for payment of the fine and costs and is being held in the Adams county jail. Sheriff Is Wounded ( Cincinnati, 0., Dee. 30. (U.R) | Sheriff Herman Lang of Lawrencej | burg, Ind., was brought to a hos- , pital here today with two bullet wounds in his stomach, received when he was ambushed at an alleged beer camp on the White river. near Iziwrenceburg. His con- , dition is critical. Sheriff Lang was called to the . supposed beer camp after a shoot- , scrape. He arrested two men and i returned to camp to arrest the I third, who had hidden, when he was shot. His assailant escaped.

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GUARD STABBED IN ATTEMPTED PRISON BREAK — Two Missouri Convicts Attempt Break; One Man is Wounded ESCAPED MAN IS CAPTURED Jefferson City. Mo, Dec. 30.N-(U.R) One guard was stabbed and ; i slugged and one prisoner was [ wounded during an attempted I break at Missouri state penitentiary today. Two convicts, Virgil Davis, 24. i land Clarence Hansen, 24, climlte.l | into the guard tower and attempt-1 ed to overpower John T. Bradley, a guard. In the fight they stabbed Bradley in the abdomen and near the heart. Davis was shot as he vaulted the wall. Hansen escaped, but was captured by a citizen in whose home he sought refuge. Davis was serving a 10-year sentence from St. Louis. Hansen was sentenced from Kansas City for 20 years on a robbery charge. The prisoners reached the main prison wall on the pretext that they had been sent to repair the main gate. Once upon the wall, the two men attacked Bradley and knocked him unconscious. The convicts then jumped and ran but were spied by guards in another tower house who began firing. Davis was shot and fell into the street. Hansen tried to hide in the basement of a home, where he was caught. o City Council To Close Year’s Work Th? city council will meet in’ spec: rl session this evening for the j pm pose of allowing bills and clear-1 ing the docket for the year. The ’ new council and the city officials | will take office on January 6 and ‘lie regular meeting of the council will lie held on the eevning of that day. ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Peter Bauman. 55, Dies Sunday Following Long Illness Berne, Dee. 30— (Special)—Mrs. Betet Bauman, 55, prominent Adams county resident died a.t 7:40 o’clock Sunday night at her home in Wa bash township. Mrs. Bauman had b en bedfast since November 11. Dentil was du“ to a complication of liver and heart ailments. Mrs. Bauman was born in Montoe township. November 26. 1874 She was the daughter of John and Barbara Lehman VonGunten. She spent her entile life in Adams county, becoming the wife of Peter Batman, in 1898. Surviving besides the husband are the following children: Erwin Bauman of Wabash township; .Mrs. Wesley Lehman and Mrs. Dan Striker, Berne: Tilman, Sylvan. John and Anna at home. Mrs. Biuman was a faithful member of the Mennonite church of Berne, and was one of the most prominent women of southern Adams county. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home and at 1:31) o’clock at the Mennonite church at Berne. Burial will be made at the M. R. E. Cemetery.

Malady Is Probed Madison, Wis., Dec. 30.—(U.R) — The state sought today to learn the cftuse and effect the cure of a strange epidemic of sore throats at Haraboo, where more than 300 have been stricken in the last month. Six have died. Floyd Rath, Madison milk inspector, and two assistants, will check Baraboo's milk supply while Dr. W. D. Frost, of the University . of Wisconsin, and Dr. W. D. Stov- . ell, director of the state laboratory of hygiene, will work together on . other angles. They will make a . house to house canvass to determI Ine the exact number afflicted. . Rheumatism, erysipelas and arth- • ritis are said to follow first stages of the store throat.

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| Young Hoover Plans White House Dance Washington, Dec. 30. -<U.R) —Tlie j I sedate east room of the WIoM I House will sparkle with youthful I merrimi nt tonight for the first | lime since Al ee Roosevelt gave famous parties a quarter of a century ago. Young Allan Hoover f< giving a dance. The president’s 22-yeor-old non. home from Harvard for Christmas, | has arranged for a private jazz or-1 cliestra which will supplement the! Marine band, and the dance promises to be one of the high lights of I the Christmas social season for' Washington’s younger set. About j 1100 guests have been Invited. INDUSTHIAL DOOMS MOVED Headquarters Will Be Opened in Peoples Bank Building The Decatur Industrial Association office rooms are being moved from user the John Stults grocerv to the rooms formerly occupied by . the Adams county agricultural! agent in the Peopled Utan tmd Trust Co., building, it was announced today by officers of that organ'zation. The new rooms, which are located on the first floot of the Peoples building, on Madison street, have been redecorated and cleaned and the furniture will lie moved in at once. The rooms are large enough for a meeting of 75 People and Dick H Her president c. 'he Industrial Association stilted tou.iy that anyone desiring the use of the rooms for meetings could obtain permisI sion fiom him or t’ljgjn William I Linn, secretary. ! The new rooms wil be heated at ill times. They are centrally locntI ed and plans are now lining worked lout that probably will result in leav-l I ing the looms open during the day I time for conferences and meetings The Indnsrtial aasoefation will hold its annual meeting shortly atI tei the first of the year, it was announced today, at which time 1930 plans will be di.-cussed. — ——o Disease Declines Indianapolis, Dec. 30. — (U.R) — Slidnal meningitis deaths and nev cases both were on the decrease over tlie wtek-end in Indianapolis, for the first time since the epidemic started on December 8. Nbt a single death was recorded late Saturday, Sunday, or early today, and oh'y one new ease developed during that period. Deaths stood at 36, and health I authorities hoped to check the epidemic during the favorable weather. Sunshine and fresh air quickly kill the meningitis germ, they said, and with warmth and dear skies today, this factor wn> favorable. Hikers Are Missing Los Angeles, Dec. 30—(U.R) — Three university students of Los Angeles, lightly clad and without food for nearly 48 hour-, were sought today in the rugged Sierra Madre mountains where they have been missing since Saturday. Tlie trio. Celia Caplin. 18: Lawrence Kotkin. 20, and Jack 1 Schwartz. 20, became separated from a hiking party which was . exploring Mount Wilson. The companions started the search immediately and later were joined by scores of citizens, deputy sheriffs and Boy Scout si. An airplane circled over the mountain regions, without results.

Stutz Automobile Co. Faces Bankruptcy Indianapolis, Dec. 30.—(U.R) —A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed against the Stutz Motor Car company of America in Federal court here today by three creditors. In a creditors' petition, the E. Atkins company, and the Vonnegut Hardware company, claim total bills against the Stutz company of $2,175.98. The petition declares that within the last four months the Stutz company has transferred some of. its assets to other creditors. Payment of cash to preferred; creiTTtors by the Stutz company is. charged, and it is set out that this Is an act In bankruptcy.

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MAY PUBLISH HIS EVIDENCE TO COLLEAGUES Has Made Three Separate Charges Concerning Drv Law I DEMANDS SHIFT IN PERSONNEL Washington, Dee. 30.—<U.R) I —Evidence in support of his ■ charges open saloons are operating throughout the country and that the alcohol permit system of the treasury department is questionable is held by Senator Borah, Repn., Idaho, the United Press learned today. The Idaho dry leader haa been accumulating data for the past six months, it was learned, and may make public at what he deems th s proper time, probably when the issue is raised on the floor of lb' 1 senate after the Christmas holiI days. Conditions in the d stricts of 17 United States attorneys are understood to lie challenged by this information which led Borah to issue the most sensational attack on enforcement made by a prominent dry since the prohibition law was enacted, ten years ago. As they now stand Borah's charges are three: 1. Prohibition enforcers mt per soiinel must undergo a checkup ‘"from top to bottom" if prohibition is ever to lie enforced. 2. Practically open saloons are running under the noses of district attorneys throughout th? country—and not only in New York and Chicago. 3. The new system under which ' permits are issued for manufacture and n • ase of industrial alcohol constitutes a scandal for which the enforcement headquarters in Washington is directly responsible. The wets have been silent during the holiday controversy. A statement was issued last night by Rep, John J. Cochran, Dem.. Mo, denying there was any friction among wet bloc members. He said a meeting of the bloc would !><■ held soon to agree on procedure. Liquor Plentiful New York. Dec. 30. — (U.R)— Liquor is generally available throughout the United Staten for those who seek its aid in celebrating the advent of the New Year, a United Press survey of conditions in representative cities indicated today. Some cities, however, reported higher liquor prices than heretofore and many indicated that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) _o BLUFFTON MAN ENDS HIS LIFE Hunger Strike (’auses Pneumonia to Set in, And Death Results I I Bluffton. Ind . Dec. 30. -<U.R)-A , I widow and nine children today mourned for the husband and fath- , er who died of his own volition, , rather than face a penal farm term ' for violating the liquor laws. Charles Mock. 50. was arrested » for drunkenness. He had previous ly been sentenced to the farm for a liquor law violation, but the sen-

tence was suspended. He know that this time he would surely have to “do time,” so on Christmas morning lie attempted suicide, but failed. He then went on a hunger strike. Pneumonia resulted, and he ' succumbed at the Wells county hosp tal Sunday night. Mock was a member of a prominent family. o —— Kinney Police Chief Indianapolis. Doc. 30. (U.R) — Jeremiah E. Kinney. 65. chief of detectives, was today appointed as Indianapolis chief of police, by ' Mayor-elect Reginald Sullivan. Fred Simon was promoted from detective sergeant to chief of dei tectlves. 11 Kinney will succeed Claude M Worley, appointed during the Du-