Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1930 — Page 1

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SENATE TURNS DOWN SUGAR RATE BOOST

j|ON STARTS [fflffll YEAR f PBOUIBITION I i rrf ss Takes Steps to I t | ; m More Ent orce|e in United States r rORCES ARE STILL A FACTOR fcngtoii. Jan. I<> —(U.R) Naprohibilion. called by Presia "noble experiment." 4 ,h1 its tenth anniversary to|th coi g ns beginning work , n fiaiwirate program de I to take it farther away front tperit-ieiit,.! stage. No spec- ■ was scheduled here, prohibition still Is in the i 0.,,,!..: s age is demonstrated e legislat v.. program submit-i (improve enforcement after! w;s a program as compreami a* sweeping as has j tom proposed since the ennt of the eighteenth amendj rears ago today there wer" [ ■•han? overs” in every part f ranntry from farewell cel >- iti incident to the new dry gren suiiiiicll prohibitionists | today there still is plenty of i available. par ts, and out. wets insist p never will be enforced. In m; an 1 out. dry insist it can hforced. Dry organisation I ksay the ten year test has I Itp to the r most optimistic! Btions. to it s :.t least certain, the to is face to face with its ht dtive to get this law eni one can foresee what the Ur solution of the experiment to. but the congress which is considering a program for r enforcement is preponder-1 iry. in fact the driest of any the law went on the books. (cation any time soon seems if the question. If ever. toient Harding said prohibivould lie a political issue for rars. Four presidents have, to cope with the problem in ars. beginning with President n. who vetoed the Volstead nt was over-ridden by contonal prohibition administra - .- have b en few, but their lot been a troublous one. Roy A. tea of the Harding administer •a? succeeded by Brig. Gen. oin C. Andrews in the Coolidge btotration. The latter, who charge in 1925 with Haynes sharing authority until May. .gave up the job a few months I after he had light beer as lotion before a special senate ■ttee. •Pou ibility now is divided •en prohibition Commissioner B M. Doran, who entered ths foment service 23 years ago Wu-mist, and Seymour P. Lowi assistant secretary of the toy They will be shorn of fonibility if congress transfeis •cement to the justice departIts asked by President Hoovfed prohibition enforcement tot the taxpayer a brand total HTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WEN OF BOOHERS SAFE — 0 Children, Taken Home Are Returned to Geneva * two children of Boyd Booher, who were kidnapped last W’.y morning are back at their home today. Sheriff Harl “Worth and Booher went to 011 yesterday afternoon and Se( l the children from relatives foil;!'., Wife «coe Eckrote, of Bluffton, er <>f Mrs. Booher who Booher * d ' one of the party of men '? me to the Booher home last ’ ay an d took the two children 1 "’anted by.local officers. * is understood that Eckrote II Rlnffton Wednesday aftermoie information concerning ereabouts was received hero ■ It is likely that Eckrote will 4 P tired in a few days.

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I Actress Stricken On Airplane Trip ISKHHESK -fT aST & f ''' ’ ' / / t / w L ... 1 Zclma ONeal, of the screen ami stage, who is the wife of Anthony Bushnell, is in a hospital at Los ; Angeles for an emergency operation for appendicitis. She was rei turning to Los Angeles from San I i Francisco with her sister, Bernice i O’Neal, in an airplane, when she was stricken. They made a forced I I landing and the sufferer was rushed to a hospital. FACTORY HEADS MEET CITY DADS Reduced Power Rates Discussed at Conference Held Here ‘ Representatives of the General pJlectric company. Decatur Castings I Company, Kri k Tyndall Company, Fred .Mutechler and Sons, Clover! Leaf Creamery. Holland-St. Lotus! Sugar Company, Decatur Furnace and Foundry and other local institu-i tio'i., ir.e' yesterday afternoon at I 'he Decatur Industrial rooms with! Mayor Krick and the entire council I to discuss the advisability of a re-! duced power rate. M. J. Mylott. superintendent ol the Dev atm Electric plant gave a general statement of conditions and recommended a quarter cent reduction, which was discussed at length and a counter proposition made by ' factory representatives. 1 O. L Vance, chairman of the eloc rlc committee then stated that the matter would be taken under ■ further consideration at once and •i rate to be presented to the Publis • Service Commission, decided upon retroactive to January 1, which me: the approval of every one. Represer.ta ives of the various industries predicted an excellent ’ veai, both the General Electric and ! the Decatur Casting Company rep- ' resentatives declaring that indica- ' tions now are much better than a 1 year ago. 1' was an optim'wtic meet--1 ing and the spirit of cooperation! 1 was splendid. > o Magley Asks For Time To Plead Elmer Magley. arrested Tuesday ’ night on a charge of rape, was arraigned in Adams circuit court ' lata Wednesday afternoon. Magley asked for more time to enter ’ a plea and asked that the comt appo’nt an attorney for him. stating that he was unable to obtain money for defense. Magley was returned to the Ad--1 ams county jail until further order ) of the court. His bond was fixed at $5,000. Offers Resolution To Repeal Dry Law Washington, Jan. 16—(U.R)--He- ’ peal of the eighteenth amendment > was proposed in a resolution introduced in the senate today by 1 Senator Blaine, Repn., Wis., a wet, on the tenth anniversary of prohibition. — o Longworth Cheered r Washington, Jan. 16 - (UP) -- I Speaker Longworth was cheered by > the house today for his snccesstn I fight against President Hoote s , proposal that a joint congression. committee be created to deal wt , the Administration plan sot reo r ganization of prohibition enforcet occurred dur--1 Inga speech in which Re * Ho, ” rd De g m Neb., congratulated Lon 3 3 worth op his stand Howard p.o- -- nc md to put to a vote on his own 5 a resolution of appro-- - val Members of the house respondl ed by shouting “Aye” and applauding the speaker.

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DRAWS ONE TO TEN YEAR TERM Gordon Laisure Pleads Guilty to Petit Larceny | in Adams Court Earl Gordon Laisure, 15, of Chicago, arrested Monday by Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth, after it was I necessary to shoot down the tires' on the stolen automobile the lad was driving, pleaded guilty to a charge of petit larceny in Adams circuit court late Wednesday. The lad was sentenced to the I Indiana reformatory at Pendleton | for a term of one to 10 years. It j is not likely that another charge > of automobile theft will be pre-1 , ferred against the lad. Laisure was returned to the Ad-! ams county jail and committment I 't apers weie issued for him. Sher-1 iff Holl ngsworth stated today that | he should take leisure and Harold! Tester, sentenced to the reform-1 atory several days ago for one to five years, to the state institution | Friday. Both boys were photographed Land their fingerprints were taken today. The records will be sent to the state bureau of criminal identification. o : California Feels Two Earth Quakes Los Angeles, Jan. 16.—(U.R) —Two j earthquake shocks that stopped ■ I clocks, telephone service and bus-j iness activities in several south-1 i rn Ca'ifornia cities had added today to the woes of residents harassed by snow and freezing temp!eratures. The first .tremor came at 4:25 p. m. yesterday and lasted 10 sec- , onds. It was followed by a sevensecond shock at 4:35. The 24-story city hall in downtown Los Angeles rocked and clocks stopped in the United States weather bureau observatory. Patrons of theaters jumped into aisles when the tremors came. Hundreds tied into the streets from office! buildings anil stood in the rain until the disturbance ceased. Pictures and dishes were shaken from walls in Beaumont and Banning. as well as in Pasadena and Riverside. Mail fell out of pigeon holes in the post office at Tustin in the Mojave desert. HONOR ROLLS ARE ANNOUNCED Three Kirkland Pupils get High Honor Rating for Semester Three Kirkland high school pupils were awarded high honor for the first semester of the present school year in scholarship standing at that school according to an announcement today. The three pupils who were placed on each six week s roll of high honor and consequently were awarded high 1 honor for the entire semester include : Fern Dilling, Dorothy Feiehter and Walter Hildebrand. Eight pupils received high honor | 1 rating for the December period at the school. The December and semester honor rolls are: Honor Roll for December High honor —Jean Houck. Mary Reinhard, Fern Dilling, Dorothy ■ Feiehter. Oscar Geisel, Magdalene Horne, Walter Hildebrand, yelma ■ Warthman. Honor — Robert Brown, Dorothy ■ Isch, Ralph Stoneburner, Charles Schladenhauffen, Esther Smith, Lloyd King, Robert Beery, Irene Kipfer, Wahneeta Sullivan, Doris Johnson, Ruth Yake, Mabel Borne, Evan Yake, Wendall Mann, Ruth • Reinhard. Honorable mention — Leo Hoff--1 man, Alice Schaefer, Helen Weber, ' Lucile Smith, Louise Beiberich, 1 Marie Hildebrand, Leah Griffith. 1 Boyd Stepler, Meredith Sprunger, ‘ Layke Scherry, Walter Levy, Mildred Henschen, Carl Kipfer, Raymond Levy. Honor Roll for Semester High honor — Fern Dilling, Dor- . Qthy Feiehter, Walter Hildebrand, i lionor — Dorothy Isch, Jean - Houck, Esther Smith, Mary Rein- ■ hard, Wahneeta Sullivan, Doris

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 16, 1930.

I DAMM DAMNS BANDIT! Ik'iroit, Jan. 16. (U.R) Dorothy Damm. I - ., damned ! the bandit who hold her up Doe. IX, not because he took , 75 cents but because he made ; off with a "little black Ixiok" i containing the mimes and telephone numbers o.' her boy friends. Miss Damm told of the crushing loss of the "date I book ' while testifying at the [ tr al of Jack Bennett for the robbery. Bennett was found guilty. \ LOCAL POLICE GET WARNING Alleged Bandits Start Toward Decatur in Stolen Automobile Today Local poli<e office: s received word at 10:3t) o'clock this morning that four men driving a Lincoln sedan, which they had stolen near Angola 'this morning were headed i toward Decatur. The men were armed with guns, revolvers and a machine gun. It was feared that the men were ' I andi and weie contemplating robbing a Decatur bank. Police officers were dispatched to all passable roads ncith of Decatur, but no trace . of the all j ged bandits was found. The men were in two groups at ! Angola, according to Fort Wayne dispatches. They stopped drivers of a Lincoln sedan and a Bait k sedan on a road near Angola and at yje point of guns made them leave their cars. ixiter it is thought the men joined each other, abandoning the JUiick automobile between Fori Wayne and Angola. The last trace of the men was at Boston, between this city and Monroeville, where it was reported the car passed about 11 o’clock this morning headed toward this city. o _ FIRE DESTROYS LENHART AUTO Local Man Escapes Serious Injury; Car Completely Destroyed Adrian Lenhart, salesman at the ' Ford garage, milacnlously escaped I injury late yesterday afternoon when the Ford, Model A sedan, which he was driving caught fire and burned. The accident occurred at 4 o’clock near Monroeville. Mr. Lenhart was driving alone when the car exploded. He applied the emergency brake and jumped from, the burning car, thus escaping injury. The car was completely demolished by the flames. The cause of ihe explosion in not definitely known but it is thought that a leak in the gas line caused the explosion. DEATH CLAIMS BERNE DOCTOR Christina Kuntz Dies Foilowing Paralytic Stroke Tuesday Berne, Jan. 16 —('Special)— Dr. Christina Kuntz, 68, prominent Berne professional woman and physician here for many years died at her home here at 11:30 o’clock. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis suffered Tuesday. Dr. Kuntz had been in failing health for the last, two yeans, but had continued her practice until her recent illness. Christina Kuntz was born in DeKalb county November 29, 1861. She was a daughter of Ulrich and Catherine Miller Gehrig. When a voting woman. Dr. Kuntz went to Fort Wayne where she studied medicine, receiving her M.D. degree there in 1875. Tn 1876, she was united in marriage to Henry Kuntz, of Vera Cruz, who preceded her in death in 1910. Dr. Kuntz has practiced medicine in Berne for some time.

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NAVAL PARLEY SHIP IN STORM Windows Broken When Waves Dash Against Sides of Ship Aboard the S. S. George Wasnington, at Sea. Jan. 16.-(U.R) An 80 mile-an-hour gale smashed the glass in a dining room porthole of this ship today as waves 30 feet high slowed down her pace. Furniture in some of the cab'ns was tipped or hurled about and heavy seas were still ahead. The gale, however, will not. affect the program of the American naval delegates as they did not plan to land at Plymouth until tomorrow morning. The intensity of the storm was great shortly before noon. A giant wave struck the ship, shaking it i from stem to stern. There was a loud, sharp noise as the water broke through the glass protection on the promenade deck and showered passengers. The arpaulin on one liftyoat was ripped off by a fierce gust. Capt. A. B. Randall spent part of the early morning on the bridge. He said the storm was not as severe as the George Washington encoun’ered on its last tr p. Captain Randall said the George Washington was one of the steadiest ships he ever rode in 30 years at sea. Secretary Adams, who is a yachtsman, expressed the same opinion. The passengers and naval con’orence delegates watched the mountainous seas around the ship with greatest interest _o Eilson Reported To Be Found In Arctic Moscow, Jan. 16—(U.R) —The Arc’tic commission announced receipt today of an uiK-onfirmed report fiom the radio station at Tinkigney that Captain Carl Ben Eielson and his companion, Earl Borland, had landed near Anguenia river, 120 miles from Cape North. o Geneva Schools Are Closed Rest of Week Geneva schools were closed this morning for the rest of the week it was announced. The closing was made necessary because it was impossible for school bus drivers to travel the various roads to bring pupils to the schools because of high waters. Tho schools will reopen next Monday, it was staled. URGES CITY AND TOWN DRY LAWS Anti-Saloon League Speaker Wants Better Law Enforcement Detroit, Jan. 16. —(U.R) —A nationwide drive to pass municipal and village prohibition laws was urged by James K. Shields, New Jersey dry leader, in an address before the Anti-Saloon League’s biennial national convention today. Prohibition can only be enforced, he said, by making enforcement agitation a movement of the masses. "For ten years,” he said, "we have been attempting to enforce the law by a method which begins at the top of the pyramid and works toward the base. The great masses of the people .instead of operating themselves to enforce the law, have been operated upon. “Let each city and village pass an ordnance prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor, with prompt penalties. “More will thus be accomplished in one year to make the 'noble experiment’ a success than all the Investigating commissions of congress can do in ten." Shields urged formation of organizations of “law enforcement leagues" in every city and village of the country, to demand that legislative bodies pass prohibition ordinances. The police courts, he explained, would be expected to handle only the cases of smaller violations. "It is the little speakeasies, blind p'gs and bootleggers, that are doing more to break the morale of the prohibition movement than anything else,” he said.

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ij Fights Pre-Nuptial Pact ; I Declaring that he and ’WT his wife entered into a pre-nuptial W agreement—that he would not marry her she was Mto capable of bearing t children, Dr. Louis E. 4< Mahoney, of San fa Monica, Cal., asked annulment of hts marriage to Ida Mae Mahoney, of ” Boston. Both Dr. Mahoney and his wife are , said to be (f' socially prominen’ in J * national " 1 "**“'****“' *' l * IU Nawsrael) i

McNaught To Make Decision On Offer Detroit, Jan. 16— (UP) -S. If McNaught, Kiwa superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, will decide while a'.tending the National con- ■ vention of the league here, whether he will accept the invitation to become superintendent of the Indiana but he will reserve announcement of the decision until he retrn-s to Des Moines. McNaught said today he would confer with F. Scott Mcßride, Gen , eial Superintendent of the League and others, on the proposal. However, in the event he goes to Indiana. where he foiinerly was state secretary of the League, he wilt want to explain his move to his lowa organization first, he said. „ REV. KEHL IS WELL RECEIVED 11 Minister at Reformed Church Pleases Large Revival Audience The Rev. Mr. Kehl of Indianapolis who is assisting in the services at the Reformed church delivered a forceful message last night on the subject, "The Cry of Victory" He described vividly the restlessness of he human soul in trying to seek the victory of life in pleasure, wealth and power which has always i failed and come to nought. Secondly, th? true way of realizing victory by following the great leader of life in faith. “This is the victor}that overcometh the world even our faith. Leo Kirsch and Henry Graber sang an old favor.' , "The Ohl Rugged Cross”. The Rev. Mr Kehl will have another message to deliver tonight. The young folks are especially in-1 vited. The young people s mixed | chorus .will sing special numbers The services begin at 7:15 o'clock I tonight. The speaker’s subject tonight is “Seeing More Colors in the Rainbow”. o Health Os Flood V ictims Is Feared Indianapolis, Jan. 16—(U.R) —The state board of health expressed fear today that contamination of water at Vincennes, due to flood conditions, may threaten the city witli a serious health condition. L. S. Finch, chief engineer of the health board, left for Vincennes today with two assistants to erect two emergency chlorinating systems for use in event contaminated waters get into the city pumping stations. Shreveport Radio Station Under Fire Washington, Jan. 16 — (UP) -*• Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, asked the Sena'e interstate commerce committee today to investigate profanity charges against ' Radio Station KWKH, Shreveport, La. Wheeler requested the committee to summon W. K. Henderson, owner of the station, who, according to testimony before t'hqj commititee, i has used the words “Hell,” and “Dam” over the air.

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DEBOLT GETS $350 DAMAGES — First Jury in New Court Room Finds For Plaintiff After deliberating exactly five hours, a jury in Adams circuit court at 8:20 o’clock Wednesday night found for the plaintiff in the damage suit of John-Debolt vs. Pennsylvania Railroad Co., and awarded him $350 damages. The verdict was accepted by the court and was spread on the court docket. The jury was locked in the new jury room at 3:20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 4 o’clock, a request from the jury for additional instructions was I refused and the jurymen remainied in session until 5:30 o’clock, when they were taken to dinner I by Bailiff William Schamerloh. Following the dinner hour, the limy was again locked in the room j and at 8:20 o'clock Foreman Martin Gerke announced that a report was ready. It was the first jury case in Adams court since th? rooms were remodelled. The case was the result of an automobile accident in December, 1926. The car in which Debolt ‘ was driving was struck by a> Pennsylvania train at tiie Monroe street crossing in this city. The case was first called in September. 1927, and later was withdrawn and filed in Federal court at Detroit. It was then returned < to this city and damages of $2,900 were asked. The trial started last Monday. H. M. DeVoss represented the plaintiff and C. J. Lutz and a group ' ■of Fort Wayne attorneys representend tiie railroad. - Two Face Financial Crisis; Were Rich New York, Jan. 16. —(U.R) —Two men who became multi-millionaires I by supplying minor luxuries to the American nation were fighting today to rebuild and consolidate their fortunes. They are George J. Whelan, who built the United Cigar Stores into one of the best-paying concerns in the country, and William Fox, whose fortune is based on the desire of Americans to see motion picture shows. Os the two men, Whelan probably has the hardest fight ahead, for in addition to suffering severe : financial losses he has lost his health temporarily and for the last two months has been in a sanatorium. Fox, a man who is accustomed to talk money in terms of millions, already has acted to form a securities firm to float a $35,000,000 loan to satisfy unsecured creditors of the Fox Film corporation. Whelan’s plight was not known to the general public until today when his attorney, Samuel Untermeyer, authorized publication of an announcement to the effect that besides losing control of the United Cigar Stores, Whelan’s personal fortune was in danger of vanishing because of decreased stock values. .

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OLD $1.76 RATE TO BE RETAINED BY 48-38 VOTE Harrison Resolution Is Passed Eliminating the Suggested Advance TARRIFF BATTLE NOT COMPLETED By Paul 11. Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Jan. 16.—(U.R) —The proposal to increase the tariff on sugar by 25 per cent from 1.7 G cents a pound to 2.20 cents a pound was defeated in the senate today. An amendment proposed by Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat. Mississippi, was adonted eliminating the rise written into the bill by the Republican majority on the senate finance committee. / Harrison contended the boost would cost the American consumers $54,000,000 more a year on their sugar bills while advocates of the committee action, including chairman Reed Smoot' of Utah, claimed the increase was necessary to protect the lagging American sugar industry. The vote was 48 to 38 for the Harrison amendment. The low sugar tariff advocates won despite the defection in farm ranks, when eastern Republicans from consuming states supported the Democratic amendment. The senate action does not end the fight. The house adopted a rate of 2.40 cents a pound in the tariff bill which it passed last i spring. The difference between ; that rate and the present law is i now an issue to l>e ironed out when » committees representing each house get together after the sen- l ate finally passes the tariff bill. • ( Compromises usually are effected 1 in such cases and it is possible the bill may yet carry a substantial increase over existing law when it 4 is finally passed and sent to the ‘ r White House. The contest over the sugar duty has been the longest, costliest and bitterest of any in the tariff dis mission. ’ The lobby investigating commit tee was appointed bv the sens 0 largely because of evidence th; g the advocates of the high and lo duties were spending large sun of money here to influence ti acton of the senate. The eommi tee has reported that about half mill'on dollars was spent, bi Chairman Caraway has stated pu licly the real amount is probab twice that. It is generally conce ed the largest portion was co -t trihuted by the advocates of a lo j. du tv. j. Champions of the increase have ,- pleaded for it as a measure of farm ; relief. They have pointed out that iaside from the Great Western tSugar Company, none of the Am- 1erican sugar companies has been ?. making money and that several are >. on the verge of bankruptcy. They e ‘ have argued that their opponents ' — —,—— ; e> (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) n. WATERSRECEDE RAPIDLY HERE ’ Flood Dangers Are Be- 1 lieved Past; Roads J Still Are Closed Flood waters in Decatur and if Adams county were receding today and it was generally believed that danger of a serious flood was pa«t. at least for the present. Cold weather continued and' the water ak of the St. Marys and Wabash rivers th were reported to have gone down de several inches since Wednesday. biBellmont park was still covered Hi with water, but it was reported nr much lower. Several Adams county roads are still covered with water, ge but it is receding quickly now. ivSome fear was expressed that the nt cold temperatures might cause the inflood waters to turn to ice and not eg recede as fast. Workmen were busy on several sii county roads today and additional di men will be sent on to the roads as 11 soon as the water goes down. It ng (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i“ t) . n<’