Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1930 — Page 1

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■ms county Amers 'have K COMPLAINT' 1111 l - H|onty-Making is l)e-Kdt-nt on Management of Business ■| PROFITS | u;i: reported | -.-n said and written \ of Ihe I .. , inquiry among Adih: t ni> is show that they than most fam. of the country. ~ «),.> have engaged in ng. such as rais-~1,-1 having several head . not feeling th» Js uh as those who en grain farming. Lie rk ..-. e!Ter a cash income to ■ n ,-i who has a bunch of -,-v, al cans of butterfat i >r some time, due t.i Ke, Water market througllcountry, but up until a - six weeks ago. the price The bog market has fairly steady. i-ouutv farmers are not ■c ng much about condi(tn other hand they ar> and seem more or less Khl. , -a man who owns a farm the other day that his inlings was a little more f'i the past year. This was net as all bills for feed i well known farmer told of this paper that Lave between S6OO and in cash for his work last ■ H>- sold S6OO worth of hogs, hundred bushels of >•■!! and had an income oi' ■ f.'ii a year from cream and He farms SO acres ami that in 20 years he has savmoney to buy another He was not complaincounty, on the whole, has ■ of the best farmers and ■ managers in the country. As expressed it “if you ■ and aise something to sell, ■armer med not worry. It B work and you have to get ■our crops and then plan your ■ess the same as a merchant ■wufaeturer. You must raise ■Ung.” ■ty farm homos have radios ■neatly every farmer has an ■tobile They are progressive, good roads and schools and Skin? with a number of them, tains the impression that they ot worrying a whole lot about lied government farm relief, elieve that their salvation ami erity depends a great deal on Wnal effort and the raising of ice or live stock which gives a cash income. Chickens tome in as a side line and a s of obtaining ‘an extra in- . farmers state. HATERS TO GO TO ALBION sser. Hancher. Hain nd Moser are Local Forensic Delegates >e affirmative debating team of tttir high school will journey dWon Friday afternoon where local debaters will meet the 011 high school debaters. It he the first inter-school confoe the Decatur team this io question to be argued is lolved that an old-age pension should be adopted in Indiana.” *ttir pupils will argue that the ion should be adopted. le members of the team, who make the trip are Ed Musser, ■ n Hain, Martha Moeer and i Hancher. Only two of the ' tn make the trip will be used, i« the other two will be alter?S. *as not announced which of two members would represent ■atur. Several inter-school deare being arranged by those fharge of the local debating

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Aspires to Senate & ■ m H w z B * ■ Jame i Hamilton Lewis, who was Piesident Wilson’s whip and spokesman in the Senate, has been indorsed as candidate for the nomination as United States Senator from Illinois In the April primary. H. B. HELLER TO RUN FOR JUDGE Decatur Attorney Will Seek Democratic Nomination in Primary Henry IT. He'ler. Decatur attorney for the last 32 years, today announced his intentions of becoming a candidate for judge of the Adams circuit court subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of Adams county at the May primary election. Mr. Heller, who at present is Adams county* attorney, studied law in the office of. J. Frank Mann, now city- Judge of Muncie and the late Amos P. Beatty. Later he entered Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, from which institution he was graduated in 1897. Mr. Heller returned to his native city and was entered to the Adams county Rar in 1897 and since that time has been engaged in general law practice. He served as prosecuting attorney of Adams county for two terms and has been attorney for the towns of Berne and Geneva and a number of Adams county townships. Mr. Heller has been a Democrat all his life and has been one of the Democratic leaders of the county for many years, having been active in all of the campaigns since 1897. He is a member of the state bar association. He was for a number of years associated in a law firin with his father, the late Judge I). D. Heller and Judge J. C. Sutton. Later he became associated with E. Burt Lenhart and Fred T. Schurger, under the firm name of Lenhart, Heller and Schurger, with which firm he is now connected. Mr. Heller stated that he would make a thorough canvas of the Adams county electorate and if nominated would continue his campaign for election of the entire Democratic ticket in the state and county. o— — ■ — Sentences Commuted Lansing, Mich., Jan. 15 —(UP) — Life sentences, imposed on Mrs. Etta Mae Miller and four others '■hen convicted at "fourth offenders’’ under the Michigan “life for :< pint” law, were commuted today by Governor Fret’ Green. The original code, under wthich Mrs. Miller and the four men were convicted, later was amended. Governor Green cut the sentences to from seven and a half to 15 years, to conform to the new code. o Anti-Saloon League To Convene Tonight Detroot, Jan 15—(UP)—With itia 15,000 speakeasies running as usual. De roit extended a welcome today to delegates to the biennial conven tion of the Anti-Saloon League, which opens tonight. F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the league, and the Rev. Arthur H. Barton, of Atlanta, Ga . will make the principal addresses During the next few days the League will review its. work of the last two years and map campaigns for the coming two. The principal tiglrt of the League wil be to keep state enforcement active in all states that have state enforcement laws.

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NATIONAL BANK OFFICIALS ARE NAMED FOR YEAR Dr. J. W. Vizard Succeeds VV. A. Kuebler as VicePresident for 1930 ( HAS. A. DUGAN IS RE-ELECTED C. A. Dugan of this city was reelected president of the First National Bank at the annual meeting of the Istard of directors held yesterday in the director’s rooms of the bank. P. VV. Smith of Richmond was reelected chairman of the board of directors. Dr. J. W. Vizard ot Pleasant Mills was elected vice-president of the bank to succeed VV. A. Kuebler who resigned recently when he moved to California. Mr. Kuebler’s position on the board of directors was filled by John P. Braun of Decatur, route 5. Dr. Vizard and Mr. Braun were the only new members elected to the board of directors at the meeting yesterday. The other officers for the coming year who were re-elected are: T. F. Graliker, cashier, and R. E. Glendenning, assistant cashier. The board of directors include P. VV. Smith of Richmond, chairman, Daniel Sprang. Dyonis Schmitt, Dr. I. W. Vizard, Theodore Hobrock, and ('. A. Dugan of this city. No changes were made in the capital stock of the bank. A report of the past year’s business was given and evidenced a successful and satisfactory year. President’s Son Is Again Amateur Fireman Bos»f>n, Jan. 15—(UP)—Within 15 days after he (had helped to tight a fire in the White House. Allen Hoover, son of the President, was called on again to act as amateur fireman when the Ogden locker building. Harvard Athletic 'headquarters, was destroyed by fire early today. Allen, whose dormitory is within a stone’s throw of the structure, was among the first to reach the burning building from which for 36 years Harvard teams have trotted forth to do battle for ttheir Alma Mater. Hardly dressed, he entered the blazing building and lie4/]4t-d save a stock of athletic books and .ecord-, Several thousand other students, likewise informally attired, watched firemen fight the blaze. o WILL EXAMINE BABIES FRIDAY County Health Station to Be Held at Library All Day January 17 The Adams County child health board announces that the next Adams County baby health station will be held in the Decatur Public Library building on Friday January 17. The session will continue from nine o’clock in the morning until four o’clock in tthe afternoon. Dr. 1). D. Teal and Miss N. Gibbs, of the State Board of Health, will he in charge and children under three years of age will be giveh a free physicial examination. Members of the Psi lota Xi sorority will assist in conducting the Station by furnishing committees, with Mrs. Charles Knapp, as chairto take care of the clearical and publicity work. Mothers of the county are invited to bring their children to the station for free examination. The county child health board points out several advantages of this opportunity: 1. The practicing physician does not always have time to discuss health problems. The mother does not always ask hint questions. 2 If a baby is well and developing the mother wants to know it. 3 If he has many apparent defects or illness he should lie referred at once to the family physician in order lo eorreqt any permanent damage. 4—At the Baby Health station all these conditions are noted. Any habits the baby is forming that will harm him later will be discussed and corrective measures suggested. Much interest has been shown by the mothers in the past stations and a cordial invitation is extended to them to attend the session Friday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 15, 1930..

Lyceum Course and Baskethail Game to Start at Late Hour 'l’he Lyceum program which will l he given at the Decattn High School auditorium, Thursday evening, will , begin al 8:30 o'clock so triat anynine desiring to attend may have cn •oppontuniy of attending a church Is tviee first. The basketball game to be held Friday evening will also begin at 8:30 o'clock. The Decatur ministers today expressed their appreciation for this cooperation utid stated that they would dismiss the church ervices in time for people to in tend both the lyceinn program and the basketball game. ATTENDANCE GROWS DAILY Great Crowds Attend Revival Services at Various Churches Attendance competition between ; men, women and young people has created more Interest at the seven Protestant churches holding simultaneous revival services this week. The attendance has increased«at every church according to reports. Great sermons and fine music are On the programs for the closing few days of the two weeks of services which wti'l end Sunday I night. It was estimated by mem- | hers of the Ministerial association (that 98 percent of the church members of Decatur have attend--1 ed at least a part of the services. Reformed Church An interested audience listened to the Rev. Geo. Kehl's address at the Reformed church last night when he spoke on the Holy Land together with the showing of more than forty stereopticon slides. Rev. and Mrs. Kehl traveled through Palestine about three vears ago and their first hand information was most interesting. The speaker made many practical applications to the Christian faith and religion. He described impressively the lamentable condition of the home life in the cities of Palestine and the poverty stricken lands. During the time (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 _ Battleship Grounded Malta, Jan. 15—(UP)—The Brit ish battleship Ramillies went aground off Fort Santa Angelo today but was refloated after two hours. Five tugs pulled the hig craft off t’he rocks near the customs house. The battleship grounded when entering the harbor after exercises Weather conditions were excellen’ and the cause for grounding was uncertain. Local Workman Is Injured Tuesday Willis Johnston, a moulder a.t the Decatur Casting Company was painfully injured yesterday afternoon when hot metal which he was carrying splashed into his right eye. Mr. Johnston was taken immediately to a physician where the injury was treated. The attending physician stated today that the eyesight might be restored but that the man is suffering from the painful injury inflicted on the eyeball and eye. o “Al” To Join Movies Chicago, Jan. 15—(UP) —The Chicago Daily News printed a special dispatch from Hollywood, Calif., today saying that •former Governor Alfgred E. Smith of New York will appear in a talking motion picture based on the story of his life up to now.” The dispatch said the correspondent was informed confidentially that tihe picture would be made under direction of William Fox, a life long friend of the former governor. o — Mother of Former Local Man Expires Word was received here this afternoon of lihe death of Mrs. Joseph Carmody, Grand Rapids, Mich., mother of John Carmody oi Huntington formerly of this city. Mrs. Carmody died at noon today. Death was the result of pneumonia, which Mrs. Carmody contracted some time ago. Her son was at the bedside at the 'time of death. Mrs. Carmody was known in this city, having visited t’he Carmodys here on several occasions.

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Boris HI, King of Bulgaria, and Princess Giovanna of Italy may bring a union of European royalty again this year. Boris had an audience with His Holiness Pope Pius XI, thus reviving rumors that he is seeking the hand in marring- of Princess Giovanna. The difficulty in the way of the match is a difference in religion between the two. Boris, by the constitution »f Bulgaria, must belong U> the Orthodox

DECATUR MAN IS ARRESTED Elmer Malley Faces Serious Charge in Circuit Court Elmer Maglev, of North Thirteenth street, was arrested Tuesday night by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth on a charge of rape filed by the state of Indiana late Tuesday afternoon. Magley’s bond was fixed at SI,OOO. The man was unable to furnish bond and was taken to the Adams county jail. He probably will bo arraigned in Adams circuit court late today or tomorrow. The arrest is the outgrowth of a statement given Tuesday afternoon by a 15-year old high school girl of this city. The girl stated that Magley had been with on two occasions, both times, before she was 15 years of age. Magley is married and has a family. o — Dry Officer Fails Toledo, O„ Jan. 15—(U.R) William A. Appelman, chief of the Federal prohibition for three years, and three of the five deputies who served under him were dismissed from government service today bo cause of failure to pass civil service examinations. 0 SEVERAL STATE ROADS CLOSED Flood Conditions Make Closing Necessary in Parts of State Indianapolis, Jan. 15 —(U.R) — Numerous highways throughout Indiana were Itarred to traffic today Is'cause of flood waters, some of them having been put on the list since yesterday. No roads previously flooded were opened. The highway department report: Road 14 —Between Akron and Sl’ver Lake. U. S. 27 — Closed at Geneva; traffic uses roads 18, 3 and 16. IT. S. 31 —Cosed north of Seymour; traffic routed from Columbus to North Vernon on road 7, and on road 50 ba-qk to US 31. Road 37 —Traffic moving through f oods at Waverly; closed between Bloomington and Bedford. Road 39 —-Cuts off Martinsville from road 67. Road 4G—Closed east and west of Columbus, ami between Nashville and Bloomington. US 50 —Closed at Medora, between Washington and Vincennes, and at Shoals. Road 54—C10.-ed at Switz City. Road 57 —Closed at Newberry. Road 59 —Closed north of Clay City. Road 61 —Closed between Vincennes and Petersburg. Road 62 — Closed three miles east of Leavenworth. Road 63 —Closed between Clinton and Lyford. Road 67 —Closed between Martinsville and Worthington. US 150—Closed west of West Baden.

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Greek Church, while the Princess is of the Roman Catholic Church. Thus far it has been impossible for Boris to obtain the necessary dispensation from the Pontiff for the nuptials. A solution which has been considered is that the Princess retain her religion and bring up her children as Catholics, except her first-born, who would be reared in the Orthodox Greek religion in order co succeed Boris on the Bulgarian throne. I luiifi natioiiui Nuwareell

Mrs. George Shoaf Leaves For Honolulu Mrs. George Shoaf of Honolulu. Hawaii, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holthouse, left at noon today sot Chicago. Sh»> will proceed to Kansas City and from tthere take an air plane to Los Angeles. California and then to San Francisco to take the boat to Honolulu. Mrs. Shoaf came back to the states on account ot the death of her mother, who lived in Los Angeles. —o OVER 3(000 AT FARM MEETING Interest Grows in Annual Conference Held at Purdue U. West Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 15. — (U.R) —That Hoosier farmers are be( oming more interested in agricultural education than ever before was seen here today when attendance at the annual agricultural conference swelled to new heights. More than 3,000 farmers, homemakers and county agents attended the various special sessions today, which was a new high record. The meetings opened Monday and will close Friday. In the attendance contest Carroll county was leading with more than 75 representatives, Clinton was second with 55 and DeKalb third with 43. Every phase of farming activity was taken up in special group meetings today under leadership of experts. At a general session thi i afternoon, O E. Baker. U. S.] department of agriculture, addressed the meeting on the question of the need 'of more bands for farming. President E. G. Elliott, presided over the meeting. The general session this evening will be given over to entertainment. furnished by the Glee Clubs of Purdue University, under direction' of Mrs. Tincher Smith. William Herschel also will entertain with poetry. o ATTACKS RADIO COMMISSION Senator Wheeler Asks for Probe of Federal Group, in Speech Washington, Jan. 15—(U.R)—Declaring ho had received information indicating the federal radio commission was “being made a political football for this administration” Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, asked today that the senate interstate commerce committee investigate the commission's activities. “I understand from a newspaper friend of mine,” Wheeler said, “that political affiliations of a'l men receiving $3,000 a year or more with the radio commission are being investigated by executive Secretary Richey of the White House. “If the commission is going to he made a political football, there won’t be any reason for us to continue this work, or set up another (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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AUTO SKIDS OFF STATE ROAD 27 Garfield, Ohio, Man Escapes Injury; Car Is Submerged in Water Skidding’off the road on state road No. 27, after the had crossed the bridge at Monmouth, James Gaiforth. Garfield. Ohio found himself in the ditch on rhe west side of the road in several feet of water this morning. Mr. Garforth was driving from ' Fort Wayne to Decatur and had just crossed the bridge. Water covered I the road on both sides of the bridge j and as he crossed on the south side gave his car a little gas. It swung around and before he could gain control it plunged into the ditch. It turned over and Mr. Garforth crawled out through one of the doors. He was not injured. The auto was soaked with water and was pulled in to a local garage by one of thew recking clews. Several cars were pulled out of the ditch along the Bellmont road and the Mile Pike road on the east side of Bellmont park. Water covers both these roads and the current is so stron gttaih totliaß is so strong that the cars are forced off ithe road bed and into the ditch. The state 'highway has a crew oi men stationed on state road No 16, where the water covers the road near the entrance to Bellmont park The men under the supervision of Dale Moses have been aiding motorists in crossing the road and pulling out cars when they (happen to go off in the ditch. o VIOLATIONS OF LAW RECALLED University Professor Recalls Incidents; Flareup of Recent Report Editor’s note: The statement in the law enforcement commission report that "we must not forge the many historical examples of large-scale public disregard of lawn lin our past.” sent many people to I their history books. To group these incidents of unified lawbreaking in concise form, the United Press obtained the following statement from Dr. Holt, an assistant professor in political science at ■ George Washington University. . By William Stull Holt, Ph. I). Written for the UP Washington, Jan. 15. —(U.R)—The two outstanding instances of widespread violation of law by the public in American lustory were the colonial disregard of the English trade acts and the failure of the north to enforce the Federal fugitive slave laws prior to the Civil war. The colonists not only tolerated but even approved of violations of the English navigation acts which threatened their prosperity and ran counter to their ideas of liberty. The result was the machinery for law enforcement broke down. Colonial juries simply would not convict, even going so far in one case as to hold that soap was feed in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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ADAMS COUNTY RIVERS REACH HIGHEST CREST ('old Weather Expected to Cause Receding «f Waters in Decatur MANY ROADS STILL C LOSED (By United Press) Southern Indiana continued to watch rising flood waters of Wabash and White rivers today, while points along the northern banks reported falling or stationary levels. The Wabash was rising from Logansport downward, allhough the crest at Logansport was believed near. At Bluffton the river was falling. National guardsmen were sent to guard the Hazelton fill on U. S. 41 today after landowners in the vicinity asked that the fill he opened to relieve flood pressure claimed to be threatening the Brevort levee five miles upstream. State engineers were sent to the scene today to investigate conditions. William J. Titus, chid’ highway engineer, said hp did not believe the fill was blocking the flood waters to any serious extent. The water was rising today at the fill, protected by 17,000 sand bags. The highway will be closed, blocking the northern entrance to Evansville, if the water goes over the road. The bridge is not in danger, it was said. All roads, except U. S. 41 and state roads 56 and 64. were blocked today around Vincennes. Ice forming along the levees at Indianapolis was said to he strengthening the soft earth retaining walls. The Wabash will rise another foot between Lafayette and Terre Haute, according to predictions of J. H. Aimington, U. S. weather . bureau meteorologist. From Terre Haute down to Vincennes it was impossible to estimate further rise of the i many levee I'reaks allowing flood waters to spread over the lowlands instead of passing down the river channel. A rise of two feet, bringing the river level to 28 feet, was expected at Mt. Carmel by the weather bureau. Armington said the rivers would continue to rise for four days along their southern courses, despite the new cold wave which set in last night. White river was falling along the west fork at Anderson.• stationary at Noblesville and Indianapol s, and rising at Elliston. A further rise of 1.2 feet was expected at Alliston. Bi low Elliston, the river was re--1 ported falling at Edwardsport. Armington said the fall there was J unusual with the river mounting above. Levee breaks might account , for the receding waters, he said. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) a LL WILL ATTEND ROAD SCHOOL Several Fr o m Adams County Plan to Attend Conference at Lafayette The annual Purdue University Road School, held under the auspices of the Purdue University school of civil engineering, will be held next week from January 20 to 24 inclusive, at Lafayette, it was announced today. Adams County Surveyor Ralph Roop, Highway Superintendent Chris Eicher and Commissioners H. F. Breiner and John Hoffman and Harry Meshberger of Linn Grove will attend the sessions. It is probable that several other Decatur people including Amos Fisher, street commissioner and Orval Harruft, city superintendent of the water department and possibly the city council and mayor •will attend part of the conference. The program starts Monday morning and during the four-day session several special conferences wt’l be held. The event is attended annually by several hundred Indiana officials and citizens interested in roads.