Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1930 — Page 1

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■n COUNCIL ItOLDS FIRST 11930 MEETING ft \ew Officials, Chris- ■ ten and Appelman I at Session ■nil BUSINESS M IS DISPOSED OF S MOTION PASSED ■ At th? l ist meeting of the ■ )PW council last night, it ■ Tas tnov.,l that all council ■mu,.tmcs would stall prompt■l v at seven o'clock pm. The ■ cocnc 1 meets on the first laud third Tuesdays of each ■ nonth nt the city hall. It ■ <as also moved that all ■ claims against the city and ■ orders for i ity work or maHaterial must be o. k.’d by | ■ the committee or chairman ■ orile’ing such work done or ■ material purchased. H ■itP new c ty administration gut to a good start at the first meetI of the council last evening, s Alice Christen, acting as city rr and Councilman George Apin.'.n. ti.-wly elected councilman r, the second ward, taking ofUyor George Krick gave the Bcilman a typewritten sheet, wing each member to what umittee he had been named, w committee assignments wer* dished a few days ago. 1 petition from Drs. C. H. •ch. C. C. Ray] and L. E. Som- , asking that a parking space their automobiles be assigned them on the north side of Mad a street, west of Second street, s read by the clerk and referred tht committee on public safety. A communication from the Volleer Firemen, that Harry Stults l been selected as a member (it l organization was filed and rerred to the committee on public fety for approval The matter of fixing the amount bond required from the city irk and city treasurer was rerred to the finance committee ith power to act. The law govM the furnishing of bond to be ren by public officials and the mmittee will determine what tount shall be specified. The y must pay for the bond prem ” Surety bonds are required CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HINGS CLUBS EXTENO LIMIT oral Banks Report Great Increase In 1930 Memberships The people of Decatur are still tolling in the Christmas Savings counts, reports from the local •tkers revealed today. Although II majority of people already foiled, Christmas savings acJ'ots still are being sold. ■Ast year j n December $50,000 ,s distributed to the people of catur for the Christmas savings founts of 1929 and indications e that that amount will be greatmcreased by December, 1930. r eady the clubs have more memrs than last year. e Old Adams County bank to- •' announced that its Christmas '■ngs club would be closed McnX- January 13, and anyone deillß to open an account should so before that time. ' le Peoples Loan and Trust mpany has extended the time bit of the club until January 31 !t H * a ted that anyone joining lat? ’"ld have to make all back pay!n's and keep up the following tekly installments in order to rethe interest. he Flint National bank did not lte w '>en the club would close, * stated that anyone desiring to f* l an account, should do so bee the back amount becomes so 8o that it would be impossible fay it at one time.

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I Latest Portrait of I ‘ Italy's I uture Queen i! ! wKv' j A i ’.aii . I—w The most recent portrait of 1 •Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, I taken at the Chateau lareken in the {Belgian capital, shortly before she [began preparations for her trip to Roni? where, on January Bth, hhe will become the bride of ,Crown Prince Humberto of Italy, t (InteruaUvual hewaree!) row couple” M WED TODAY Princess Marie Jose and Prince Humbert Are United . Rome, Jan. 8. — (U.R) —The royal houses of Italy and Belgium were ! united today when Princess Marie Jose of Belgium and Crown Prince Humbert of Italy were married in , the Pauline chapel of the royal Quit inal palace. It was a genuine love match in a glittering setting of royalty such , as has pot been seen in Europe since before the war, when thrones and dynasties began to topple. Outside the palace in Quirinal square, , 10,000 subjects paid delighted hornI age to the popular heir to the Italian throne and the blonde little princess who in three days had I won their affection. Kings and queens and princes ’ gathered in the Pauline chapel, . rich in historic associations, for j the ceremony in which Marie Jose abandoned her girlhood and assum- , ed the weighty role of future queen of Italy. Outside, the city was a riot of color and rejoicing. Thousands from every corner of the united , kingdom had assembled in the ' capital tor the festivities. , The wedding was held at 10 a. m. Shortly before the hour, the ' royal cortege passed through the formal rooms of the palace to the chapel. Marie Jost was in the lead I on the arm of her father. King Albert of the Belgians. Queen Helen of Italy was on the arm of Prince Humbert. King Victor Emmanuel accompanied Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. Behind them came King Boris of II Bulgaria, the Prince of Monaco, the Grand Duches of Luxemburg, the Duke of Brabant (Crown Prince lof Belgium), the Count of Handlers, former King Manuel and | Queen Amelia of Portugal, the Huke of York, representing the King of England; the Infante Fernando, representing the King of Spain; Marshal Petain of France, Prince Paul of Jugoslavia, the Archduke and Archduchess Francis Ferdinand of Hungary; the Japanese ambassador, representing the Mikado; and the princes and princesses of the House of Savoy. ——o ' Former Adams County Man Dies In Kansas The Haven (Kansas) Journal carried a story in a recent publication of the death of FI. W. Hilyard. former Adams county resident, who died in Kansas last week. Mr. Hilyard was spoken of as one of the most prominent citizens of Reno county. He was active in Republican politics in the state of Kansas Mr. Hilyard resided in Adams county about 45 years ago. Cold Wave Will Miss Indiana Indianapolis, Jan. 8. (U.K) — Extreme cold weather, expected to strike Indiana yesterday, will pass to the west, missing the state, the weather bureau announced. Temperatures early today were lower than those yesterday. Somewhat lower temperatures will hold throughout the day, accompanied with rain and probably sleet.

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HOSPITAL HAS 759 PATIENTS DURING YEAR Superintendent Crist Files Annual Report; Gain of 88 Made 299 OPERATIONS ARE PERFORMED Seven hundred fifty-nine patients were admitted to the Adams County Memorial hospital for treatment during the past year, according to the report made by Miss Emilie Crist, superintendent of the local hospital, this morning. This number is an increase of 88 patients compared to the 1923 report. The number of patient days during the year totaled 6,979, also showing a substantial increase over last year. Tonsil Removal Cases Major operations and tonsil removal cases lead the list of operations performed with totals of 189 and 193 respectively. * Other 1929 records are as follows: Major operations 189 Minor operations 110 Tonsils 173 Medicals 119 Maternities C 8 Newborn Babies 68 X-Rays 23 Bractures 8 Burns 4 »1 The local hospital is said by inspectors to be one of the finest in any city and county this size in the middle west. It never has failed to pass the highest requirements of inspectors and is always rate*! in the highest possible class. Since its erection, there has been a constant increase of patients each year. In the last few years many patients have been from distant points including many Indiana and Ohio cities. Miss Crist has been superintendent of the institution since its erection. • STATE ROADS TO BE PAVED Contracts to be Let For 75 Miles at January 21 Meeting Indianapolis, Jan. B—(UP8 —(UP) —Bids for paving 75 miles of highway will be included in the third contract letting of the 1930 state road construction program to be held Tuesday, January 21. it was announced oday by director John J. Brown. Wl li the awarding of these contracts, the highway commission will have contracted 245 miles in this year’s program to have 500 miles. Brown said. It was pointed out that this program is four months ahead of the same amount of paving contracted in January 1929, and seven months in advance of similar mileage under contract in January, 1928. The total of 245 miles to lie under conti act by the last of this month is more mileage contracted in advance of the construction season than was built by the commission in any one year excepting 1928 and 1929. WiMiam J. Titus, chief engineer, lists projects of the ’anuary letting as follows: Rd. 43, from Brookston with 6.6 miles, in White and Tippecanoccountties, to connect with pavement built last year. Rds. 24 and 30, from Fort Wayne to New Haven, 4 miles in Allen county. Following the commission’s policy to widen pavement at the edge of lai ger cities to relieve traffic. congestion, 3 miles of this project will be 32-feet wide. Rd. 7. from Wirt to North Vernon, 16.5 miles in Jefferson and Jennings counties. This road is paved from Wirt to Madison. This is the short route from Indianapolis to Cliffy Falls State Park, and Rd. 7, connects at North Vernon with Rd. -50, pavement on which will be completed this year between Seymour and Cincinnati. Rd. 43, from Brookston to the Pulaski county line, 12 miles In White and Pulaski counties. Rd. 54, from Sullivan east to the Greene County line, 9 miles In Sullivan county. This project completes (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 8, 1930.

“Keep Up Good Work” Krick Charges Council

Mayor Addresses Each Committee on Most Important Work Mayor George Krick in his message to the new council in session last night, marking the beginning of his second term as the city’s chief executive, among other things recommended “the keeping up of the good work,” the investigating and securing of estimate for an underground electric line distributing system, the reducing of city plant operating costs so that rates can be reduced anil the “devising of some means or way of moving the fire department and converting (jiu city hull into an admin st rat ion building for the city light, power and water departments." These recommendations comprised several of the principle suggestions made by the mayor to the committees and members of the council. The mayor made lii-c recommendations in short, terse sentences and then further explained his ideas in a general talk to the council. The mayor appreciates the fine work of the council and what has (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FISHER FILES STREET REPORT • , Council Accepts Annual Report of City Street Commissioner Amos Fisher, city street commissioner filed his annual report with the council last evening. The report showed that the city street department received $15,798.00 during the year, of which $5,000 came from taxation, $6,053.42 from the state gasoline tax and $4,106.81 for unloading coal at the city plant. Other receipts were miscellaneous items. The department spent $9,170.08 during the year, the largest items being for labor on streets and sewers, repairs on trucks and gasoline. The department ha’ a balance of $6,627.92 for the coming year. During the year the department unloaded 264 cars of coal and hauled 897 loads of cinders. The gasoline and oil bill for the year was about $670. The report was approved. o Court Refuses To Reopen Snook Case Columbus. 0.. Jan. 8 —(UP) — The State Supreme Court today denied a reihearing to Dr. James Howard Snook, former Ohio State University professor, sentenced tc die January 31 for the murder of Theora Hix, his co-ed sweetheart. The t ehearing was asked after the court refused to review Snook’s appeal. The former professorls only recourse now is the United States Supreme Court or executive clemency. Governor Cooper has said he would deny the latter. o COL. PETTIT IS LIONS' SPEAKER Auctioneer Gives Fine Address at Meeting; • Quartet Sings Col. Guy Pettit, noted auctioneer of Bloomfield, lowa, and member of the faculty of the Reppert Auction School, delivered an interesting address on the “Attributes Os A. Stiong Personality’’ at the regular meeting of the Lions Club held last night. Col. Pettit’s address was interesting and well-received by the membets of the local club. He stated that among the most important things to make up a good personality were perservence, self-confi-dence, economy, neatness, friendliness, and the ability to remember faces. The Reppert Auction School quarter, including four members of the present class of the school sang several selections and were guests of the club at the meeting.

CITY FINANCES ARE REPORTED Civil Citv Has Total of $119,949.70 in Various Funds I On Janita: y 1, 1930. th* c>ty of Decatur had $119,949.70 in the dis- . ferent funds belonging to the civil ' city, of which $60,622.07 is in rertificates of deposit, drawing 4% interest until bonds on the electric light and water department become ' due. ' The electric light department had $37,658.35 In cash on checking ’ account and #>7.924 40 in certificates, distrihu ed among the three ■ Decatur banks. Tha water department had sl.- ■ 564.83 on checking account and $2,- . 697.67 in hank certificates. The general fund of the civil city , amounted to $15,891.90, while the funds in the Barret law fund total- ’ ed $4,212.55. The civil city does not have any outstanding bonds. The bonds on tlie electric light plaint and the 1 water department are being paid oil as soon as they become due and the money to take them up is drawing interest ait the local banks until they become due. In the electric light department, $5,000 worth of bonds are being re ' deemed every year. The outstanding bonds against the electric Mght department is $50,000 and it will take another 10 years before the issue is redeemed. Although the deI partnient has more than enough money to pays bonds now, the issu* cannot be taken up because the bond holders will not s-urrtjider them. The water department has out : standing bonds of $15,000. These ' bonds are being redeemed $1,500 each year. Both the electric light and water . departments pay for the bonds and , interest th teon out of the earnings . of the plant, no tax levy being made ’ot either principle or interest. The financial condition, of the city is one of the best ever known and the large cash surplus is evidence that business affairs have ' been well administered the past four y -ats. GAME WARDEN CHIEF EXPIRES George N. Mannfeld is Death’s Victim Today In Indianapolis Indianapolis, Jan. 8 —(U.R) — George N. Mannfeld, chief of the i , fish and game division, Indiana department of conservation, died at his home, 1235 Central avenue, Indianapolis, this morning of . double pneumonia. Mannfeld was Indiana’s first and only fish and game superintendent. He entered the state's emp’oy in that capacity when the old fish and game department became a division of the conservation department when the latter was created August 21, 1919. Under his supervision in 1014 years revenues of his division have increased from $89,000 in 1918 to $334,000 in 1929. He was instrumental in applying surpluses to purchase of forest lands for the protection of fish and game. Under this policy, 16,000 acres of such lands were bought as gam** refuges. Fish hatcheries were established and extended under his direction. Although the chief of the state’s forces of game wardens, Mannfeld's enforcement policies had the support of siportsinen throughout the state. His eminence in fish and game w*ork made him it} demand throughout the United States as a speaker on conservation affairs. Funeral arrangements have not been made. “ * ■ o ' Girl Forges Checks Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan B—(UP8 —(UP) — • A 12-year-old girl has confessed ’ police said, that she issued halt a dozen fraudulent checks on Fort ■ Wayne banks, ranging in amount i from $3 to $lO, and passed them in ; department stores. t The unusual case was turned over to juvenile authorities.

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Auto Heiress and Grid Star Wed I i The former Bernice I Chrysler. 4 daughter of jjP.T, I the multi- t millionaire automobile \ - magnate, leaving St. | A Bart holomew's Church. New York City. L today with husband, s 'v ; i Edgar W. Garhisch, | I former We it |O|| JS® 1 Point football v star ' ' USt Wiy after their W t ’ wedding. 1 ’ J

Fair Association Elects Officers Indianapolis, Jan. B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —C. 11. Taylor. Boonville, was elected president of the Indiana Association of County and District Fairs at the annual convention yesterday. Other officers are C. A. Halleck, Rensselaer, vice president; and E. J. Barker, secretary-treasurer. Barker is automatically secretary by virtue of his duties as secretary of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture. o__ REVIVALS DRAW MUCH INTEREST Rainy Weather Fails to Cut Down Attendance at Meets The simultaneous meetings of the Protestant churches are creating great interest. “The pastors of Decatur are united in a spirit of services for God and the good of our citizens," one pastor stated today. "Each church i« putting on a strong program of evangelism during these two weeks. The school board is co-operating in a most commendable manner, by withholding all school activity during this special season of church meetings. “Every citizen of Decatur should feel a pride in this beautiful cooperation ot the Christian forces of our city. Everybody should attend the services at some church. Make the choice of the church you wish to attend and then help boost its program. By all working together we can make the cause of righteousness popular in our city. It the churches succeed it will mean the safety of our homes, and the happiness of our eliildren in days to come. Boost for the churches. Boost for these services. Boost now,” he concluded. Methodist Episcopal Church Approximately a total of 1,000 people have been in the services conducted by the Methodist church of this city, since the evangelistic services started last Sunday. The attendance, according to the pastor, Rev. St oakes. surpasses any(CONTINUED ON' PAGE FIVE) TRUSTEE ASKS SECOND TERM Ernest J. Worthman to he Candidate on Democratic Ticket Ernest J. Worthman, well-known Preble township farmer and Preble township trustee for the last four years announced today that he would become a candidate for renomination and re-election subject to the decision of the Democratic voters at the May primary. Mr. Worthman has served in the capacity of trustee for one term and he stated today that if nominated and elected for a second term, he would continue to run the township in the same economic and progressive way in which it has been conducted the last four years. Prior to becoming township trustee, Mr. Worthman .served as Democratic predict committeeman in Preble township and always has been affiliated with the work of Democracy in the northern part of Adams county.

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DEPARTMENT HEADS NAMED All Present City Officials Re-Appointed For Four Years Th* city council in session last night approved all the appointments made by Mayor George Krick and then appointed the officials under its jurisdiction. Martin J. Mylott was re-appoint-ed superintendent of the Electric Light and Power department of the City plant; Orval Harruff was renamed superintendent of the Water department of the city plant, Andy Foos was re-appointed chief engineer at the city plant l}.nd J Fred I-'ruchte was renamed city attorney. The appointments were approved by the unanimous voe of the entire council. The appointments did not com? as a surprise, for it was taken for granted that the four men who have served the city for many years would be renamed to the positions. Mr. Mylott has been connected with the city plant since 1897, taking a job at that time as city electrician. In 1901, during the administration of Amos P. Beatty, he was named superintendent and has served with great credit continuously. He has seen and has taken part in the grea.t growth of the municipal plant anti has aided in carrying out the program, which gives Decatur one of the finest municipally owned electric plants in the state. Mr. Harruff has served nine years as superintendent of the water department. When he took the position in 1920, the local water department had only 800 customers and today has 1,250. an increase of more than 50 per cent. Mr. Harruff also acts as city engineer when his services are required by the council. Mr. Foos has been chief engineer at the city plant for eighteen years and with his "watchful eye’ has seen that the machinery functions in the proper manner. Mr. Fruchte is one of Decatur's well-known attorneys and 'has served as city a< torney for the last eight years, serving in that capacity under Mayor H. M. DeVoss and during Mayor Krick’s first term. o Rockne Plans Trip To Passion Play -South Bend, Ind., Jan. B—(UP8 —(UP) — Knute Rockne, No'rn Dame’s famous football coach, will lead the Rockne excursion to Europe and the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Germany, th's summer. This will be the second time tire Irish mentor has chaperoned a tour of Europe, going over in 1926 with a boatload for a romp across the continent and a peek at the Olympic games at Amsterdam. Rockne’s party will sail on tho S. S. Samaria from New York, July 19. The group will travefl through England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and CzechoSlovakiia, with a stop-over at Oberammergau, Germany for the Passion Play, which attracts persons from all over the world every l<) years. The excursion will end in New York September 8, a week before Rockne resumes his football coach--31,g dutiies at Notre Dame. The par.y to Europe will be limited to 100 members. Rockue will get in shape for his trip and 'shake off the remnants of the leg disability which kept him out of active duty most of the 1929 grid season, by spending the winter at Miami Beach Fla.

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SLOG MEMBERS TO BE PLACED ON COMMITTEE Lafollette and Thomas Get Places on Senate Tariff Committee VICTORY IS TENTATIVE Wttshinuloii. Jan. 8 (U.R) rite farm b’oc won a h-nla-five victory today in its I’it’ht for representation on the powerful senate finance committee. The easterners agreed temporarily to a compromise which would put two mem-Ix-rs of the bloc. Senator Robert M. lafollette of Wisconsin and John Thomas of Idaho, upon the committee which handles all fiscal legislation such as ■ tariff and taxation. The agreement was tentative localise members of the committee on committees wanted to confer with leaders of the various groups as to whether the compromise would be acceptable all around. While Thomas has been associated with the bloc only intermittently, T,afollette is one of the outstanding independents of the senate. If he and one or two other Republicans on the committee should vote with the Democrats, the administration would lose control. Giving in, the easterners abandoned their candidates. Senators Goff, Repn., W. Va., and Metcalf. Repn., Rhode Island, both of whom 1 bad been promoted against the two bloc candidates, I and McMaster, Repn., S. D. Chairman Smoot stated yesterday that he would resign if Lafollette went on the committee, but he apparently changed his mind in view of the intense party row which was in prospect. The committee did not make an official announcement of the agreement, which was learned by the Ignited Press from other responsible sources. All that Chairman McNary would say was that he expected a final accord ready for announcement before night and that the committee would meet again later in the day to effect it. While the row was being settled, the senate plodded along with the tariff bill, considering the rayon schedule while the house debated the routine war department appropriation bill. MONROE MAN’S BROTHER DIES John B. Crownover, 65, Dies at Ann Arbor, After Long Illness 11. M. Crownover of Monroe received word this morning that his brother. Johfi B. Crownover, 65. had died at Ann 'Arbor Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan this morning at eight o’clock. The causie. of his death was not stated but Mr. Crownov’r had been ill for a long time. Surviving besides H. M. Crownover of Monroe, are the following sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Porter of Russiaville and Mrs. Katherine Randall of Burrows. A step-father, Edward Waddle, 93, also survives. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Porter in Russiaville, Indiana. Interment will be made in the Union Cemetery, Howard County. Indiana. Mr. Crownover and Otho Lobenstein left this morning for Ann Arbor, Michigan. Friends may vierw the remains at the funeral parlors of Lobenstein. Maynard and Hower after 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. — o-—— Tunney May Have to Undergo Operation New York, .Tan, B.—(U.R)—Gene Tunney soon may have to undergo an operation on one of Ins kidneys, according to Billy Gibson, his former manager. Gibson said X-Ray pictures hav-’ been taken and if they show a stone has formed in the kidney, an operation will be performed within a few weeks. The ailment is not the result of blows sustained by the former champion in tlie ring, Gibson said.