Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1930 — Page 1

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'Former Decatur Woman 1 Dies In South Dakota Mrs. Ren S. Colter received a telegram this morning stating that Mrs. Ernest Anderson, formerly of Adams county, died Saturday even- ! ing at 6:30 o’clock at the hospital in Yankton, South Dakota.. Mrs. Anderson was formerly Miss Mahle Dailey of Adams county. She was a graduate of Decatur high school and was a well known teacher here. Funeral and burial will he made at Yankton where Mrs. Anderson has resided for the past, •fifteen years. FIRE DAMAGES LOCAL HOTEL I f Local Firemen (let Early Control of National Hotel Blaze Sunday Fire, resulting in a loss of several hundred dollars, damaged the basement and first floor of the National hotel here at 7:40 o'clock Sunday night. The fire was said to have originated rrom defective wiring in the basement. I>ocal firemen were unable to locate the seat of the fire and worked for several minutes under the handicap. Finally when the origin was discovered it took only a few minutes to extinguish the flames. Smoke did considerable damage and A. C. Houser, owner and proprietor of the hotel stated that the loss probably would total SI,OOO or $1,200. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MEAT STOLEN AT SALES HOME Quantity of Valuable Meat Taken Saturday Night by Vandals Thieves broke into the meathouse on the Otto Sales farm near Geneva Saturday night and stole a quantity of valuable meat, Mr. Sa.Vs reported to off idOfis here today. The theft occurred Saturday night, probably when the Sales family was away fom home. The thieves stole two hams, weighing more than 30 pounds [ each and two large shoulders of meat being cured for summer use. The thieves were tracked by the tires on their automobile and also by their boot-prints. Officers visited the Sales home and after investigating the case turned their findings over to a private detective representing the Indiana Prairie Farmer. Several clues were found and it is thought the thieves will be captured, Mr. Sales said. ■ —o Yager Brothers Buy New Ambulance-Hearse Yager Brothers have purchased a new Cadillac funeral hearse. It is a beautiful car and was delivered last Saturday to the undertaking firm.. It has a Cadillac motor and is painted black. CALVIN STEURY TO GET MEDAL Chosen as Outstanding 4-H Club Member in Adams County This Year The following committee of 4-H Club Leaders, Mrs. Dale D. Moses, Mrs. Ojias. Schenck, Miss Blanche Fugate, David J. Mazelin and Noah Rich selected Calvin R. Steury as the outstanding 4-H Club member for the past year and as such, Steury will receive the gold medal to lie awarded by the Pennsylvania Railroad company through its Agricultural Agent, Ruseell G. East of Shelbyville. While the committee was‘working In the county agent's office Saturday afternoon, former county agent, F. E. Christen came in and was of considerable assistance to the committee in making the selection. The medal will be presented to Mr. Steury at the Farmer’s Banquet at Monroe on the evening of January 31. \

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SEVEN COUNTY INSTITUTES ARE PLANNED First Farmers’ Meeting Will Be at Monroe, Feb. 5; Speakers Obtained C. I). SPELLER IS COUNTY CHAIRMAN Seven Farmers - Institutes have been arranged in Adams county from February 5 to 14, it was announced today by C. D. Spuller, county chairman of institutes. The first meeting will be the Monroe township institute. It will be held February 5. The last meeting in the county will be the Hartford township institute and it will be held February 14. at Hartford township high school: Following is a schedule of ail institutes and the chairmen and secretaries: Feb. s—Monroe5 —Monroe township, Monroe. Indiana: W. T. Rupert, chairman; Mrs. E. W. Busche, secretary. Feb. 6 —Berne, Monroe township: Noah Rich, chairman; Carl E. Amstutz, secretary. Feb. 7—Pleasant Mills, St. Marys township; Wm. Miller, chairman; Mrs. Chas. Nyffeler, secretary. Feh. 11 — Kirkland township, Kirkland high school; H. H. High, chairman; Miss Blanche Fugate, secretary. Feb. 12 —Monmouth high school. Root township; C. H. Gage, chairman; Mrs. Dale Moses, secretary. Feb. 13 —Kohrs school. Union township; C. D. Spuller, chairman; Mrs. Mary Clem, secretary. Feb. 14. — Hartford township. Hartford high school; Mrs. Geo. Holloway, chairman; Mrs. Ernest Zeigler, secretary. Good speakers have been secured through the agricultural extension service of Purdue university for the morning and afternoon sessions. Fine programs of local interest have been arranged for the evening programs. Exhibits of agricultural and cullinary products will he held as part of the institute work. These exhibits will be placed by competent judges and prizes awarded upon their placing. Two of the institutes, namely, Monroe and Berne are open to entries from all parts of the county. The officers of the Institutes urge your attendance and promise you a profitable and enjoyable time. LEGION ACTORS PLAN FOR PLAY “Journey’s End” Will Be Given Here February 3 and 4 on Stage “Journey's End,’’ the dramatic war production which will be staged by the local American Legion at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium February 3 and 4, Is establishing a great box office record throughout the country. The play is now on it's 36. r >th, performance at the Henry Miller theater in New York, and shows no signs of quitting in the immediate future. Besides the Broadway company, three road companies have established and are still making records in the cities in which they have played. One company is playing at the Belasco in Los Angeles, one at the Metroplitan in Minneapolis, and one at the Adelphi in Philadelphia. Long runs were also made in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston. The play depicts life in a British dug-out before St. Quentin in the stirring and bitter days of March, 1918. It is a tense drama, based on the great German attack of that spring. Great critics the world over have declared it the finest of the post war dramas. Os it, the dean of play critics of New York says; “To me, it is the greatest picture of the war that has ever been dramatized. So far as I am concerned another need never be written." Tickets may be secured from any member of the Legion, at several downtown stores, or may be secured at the door on the nights of the performance.

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EIELSON PLANE FOUND WRECKED Little Hope Held For Safety of Two Northern Aviators Seattle, Wash., Jan. 27~(U.R) — . Dog sled parties were to set out today for a point on the frozen . coast of northern Siberia to hunt for the bodies of Lieut. Carl EieLson and Mechanic Earl Borland, believed to he buried in dee)) ; snow near the wreckage of their airplane. The plane in which the fliers left Teller, Alaska. November 9, en route to aid the ice-bound fur [ ship Nanuk, was found by two pilots. Joe Crosson and Fred 0111 lam. 90 miles south of the Nanuk. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ! Health Speaker Will Lecture In Decatur Louis T. Schaefer, A. B„ will give! an interesting and instructive talk 1 on “Natural Foods And Health” at j ! the Decatur Methodist Church, Tuesday night. Mr. Shaaet'er will, appear in this city under the aus-: pices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church, and the pro j ’ grant promises to be one of interest. The lecture will be given at S | o’clock. ■ Mr. Schaefer will give an illtts--1 trated lecture on the wonderful 1 powerful natural food and its reld- • tion to our Health and will expain the new ami simple method of re- > taining the important vital elenten' ’ of food. i No admission will he charged, and • a light lunch will be served at the ■ close of the program. i o W,H.TEEPLE TO SEEK OFFICE Second to Announce For St. Marys Township Trustee Post William 11. Teeplo today announced liis candidacy for the ro- , publican nomination for trustee of St. Mary’s township, subject to the primary election to be held May 6. Mr. Teeple was elected trustee of his township in 1904 and served four years. “My platform" said Mr. Teeple. "Is one of economy and if nominated and elected 1 propose to practise it both in regards to appropriations and expenditures.” Mr. Teeple is tlie second to an- • nounce for the race, Harry Daniels ' having come out for the place last week.

Jewel Theft Ring Believed Broken — Chicago, Jan. 27 —(U.R)— Three j months of wiretapping by police 1 in an effort to solve a chain of gold coast jewel robberies resulted early today iu wholesale raids and roundup of 23 persons, including an a sistant state’s attorney, a policeman and several women. Tlie assistant state's attorney, j an aide of John A. Swanson who was elected to the state's attorneyship on a reform platform, was Harry J. Bush, and the policeman, John Lagatutti. Bush was questioned at the detective bureau,: early today by Patrick Roche, j <hief investigator for Swanson and Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege. Lagatutti was released later. The others, Stege and Roche said, n~e members of a jewel robbery ring that lias preyed on wealthy Chicagoans for several months. FEW TIGKETS STILL ON SALE Farmers’ Banquet Rians Completed; All Awards Will be Made The advance sale of tickets for I the Sixth Annual Farmer’s banquet to be held in the high school at Monroe, Friday, January 31, at 6:30 o'clock is going fine. Only 150 tickets are available and anyone who desires to go Is asked to call at the county agent’s office at once and get tickets. At this banquet the medals and cash prizes iu the Five Acre Corn Contest, Ton Litter Contest, Gold Medal Colt Club Dairy Calf Club, and Sugar Beet Club will be awarded. 'The .hard honor rolls for the Adams County Dairy Herd Improvement Association will also be announced, A new feature for tbe banquet will be the awarding of a-goid medal I presented to the county by ths Pennsylvania Rail road Company, through its agricultural representative Mr. Russell G. East of Shelbyvillo. This medal will be given to the i best all-around 4-H Club Member in Adams County. This medal winner is to be chosen by a committee of club leaders. Autos Collide Sunday Automobiles driven by Jesse LeBrun and Arthur Henline collided Sunday afternoon at tbe Monroe and South street intersection. Both cars were slighily damaged but the occupants were uninjured. Legion To Meet Adams Post of the American legion will hold an inportant meeting at Legion Hall at 7:30 o*clock tonight. It is important that all members be present at the meeting.

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FOUR STEAMERS SEND OUT SOS WIRELESS GALLS Storm Believed Raging OH’ England in Atlantic Ocean Lanes ALL FOUR SHIPS REPORT DAMAGES London, Jan. 27. — OJ.R) —Four! steamers are in distress in the At- ■ lantic, messages to Lloyds from ! i the Land's End wireless station! i said today. The Britisli steamer Armadale! Castle relayed an SOS from another Britisli vessel, the Everleigh, en route to Santos, Brazil, from Barry, Wales. The position of the Everleigh was given as 25 miles west of Finisterre, on the northwestern coast of France. The vessel was badly damaged and out of control, the wireless said. The Armadale Castle wirelessed at 6:44 A. M. from a position approximately latitude 42:48, Longitude 10:20 west but sta'ed no signs of the Everleigh had been found . A message previously had been relayed by the Armadale Castle from the Italian steamer Literno saying the gear was broken and she was unable to steer. The Literno said she was thus unable iff go to the aid of the' Everleigh. <CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SENIORS WILL PRESENT PLAT Comedy to be Given Two Night, W ednesday and Thursday, This Week The Senior class play, “Climbing Roses,” will be presented on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. “Climbing Roses" is a farcial mirthquake. It is heartily I recommended as one of the most uproariously funny, intensely interesting and charming plays in print. The rapid-fire action achieves a tremendously forceful climax, and all of the characters are commically delightful. The cast comprises very common but warm hearted Maggie Rose and her crude husband, Jim Rose, whose efforts to effect an entrance into high society will convulse any audience; dynamic Peggy Rose, a common little rosebud, who also strives to climb the social trellis; pretty Hazel Sommers, who has a fondness for orange blossoms; excitable Priscilla Prentice, an unpicked dandelion; Mrs. Warren, a leader in society; Joyce Belmont, a hothouse orchid; Winnie Clark, a pretty little neighborhood pest; Jack Archer. America's foremost author, one whose expected coming the town is agog but who has already arrived incognito and is working for the lowly Roses; Fredie Wimbledon, not a candidate for orange blossoms; loud-mouthed Dryden Proonis, the town spoit, who is decidedly not a shrinking violet; and Percy Southworth, a meek acorn striving to be a dominant oak. The cast has been working hard for several weeks, and the public is assured of a very fine production. Stockholders Plan Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting A meeting of the stockholders of the Adams County Farm Bureau Co-operative association, Inc., will be held in the Monroe Town Hall at 10 o'clock, Friday morning, January 31. This Is a very important meeting and every stockholder should he present promptly on the hour named. The announcement was made by Grant Owens, president and Joe D. Winteregg, business manager. Local Young Man Receives Honor Cedric Voglewede, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Voglewede of this city, was one of five students at Marquette University, Milwaukee, to receive honorable mention in a short story contest conducted by the Marquette Journal. Mr. Voglea student in the department of journalism at the university.

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t Services Held Today For Mrs. Dyonis Schmitt Funeral services for Mrs. Dynois Schmitt, well known Decatur lady! who died Thursday at the Adams ; County Memorial 'hospital, were held at nine o'clock fltis morning I from the St. Marys Catholic church. \ The Rev. Father Simeon Schmitt, i son of the deceased, was celebrant. of the solemn requiem high mass. The Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz delivered the sermon. A number of out of town priests attended the services, including the Rt. Re\. Monsignor Durham of Marion, Inj (liana. Burial was made in the St.i Joseph Catholic cemetery. SOLICITS FUNDS FOR CHILDREN Junior Red Cross Members Asked to Give For National Children Fund Contributions from members and interested persons are being re ceived by the Adams county chaper of the Junior Ite.d Cress for tlie Natlona Children's Fund, sponsored by ttie Junior organization, Mrs. Brycet Thomas, secretary of the county organization stated today. Each school member of the Junior Red Cross has been asked to contribute to the fund and send the collection as soon as possible to the county secretary. Mrs. Thomas stated that all interested persons also were urged to contribute to the fund. The National Childrens Fun-.l was started during the World War, and the money collected by the annual solicitation, is used exclusively for poor children all over the world. The fund is used to educate foreign chidren, feed them, clothe them and also for Indian schools In the United States. The money will bp sen! fb na 'ional headquarters at Washington and placed in the national fund at once, Mrs. Thomas stated. The National Fund distribution is one of the greatest tasks the Junior Red Cross is -charged with and great j good is (ione among.the children of ail nations with the money. All local citiz ns are urged to contribute. One rural school contributed $1.0) today and started tbe fund. It is hoped that $75 or SIOO will lie collected by the local chapter. Car Strikes Sled Brazil, Ind., Jan.* 27 —(UP) —An unknown auto driver crashed into a sled loaded with three boys and | fled, leaving one youth probably fatally hurt and the others painfully injured. Charles Correll, 15, suffered a fractured skull. His companions j were George Daniels, 14, and Hal-1 ford Tabor, 14. The boys were riding on their sled pulled by an auto. Barger Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Barger of near Craigville, who died in Michigan, Thursday, were held at the lluelah Chapel Church, smith of Preble, this afternoon at 1 o’clock | The Rev. Mr. Blzey had charge of the services. Burial was made in the I Decatur Cemetery. LOCAL LADY'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Elizabeth Beals, 75, Mother of Mrs.T.L.Becker Dies at Lima, O. Mrs. Elizabeth Beals. 75. mother of Mrs. T. L. Becker of this city died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Joe Miller, North West street, Lima, Ohio, Sunday morning. Death was said to have »been due to heart trouble, from which Mrs. Beals had been suffering for the last several weeks. Early in life Mrs. Beals was married to Janies Blakeley and to this union eleven children were born. All are living except one. Mr. Blakeley died on New Year's Day 1923. 1-nter Mrs. Beals married C. S. Beals who died three years ago Since that time, the deceased has made her home with iter children. She was known here having visited with her daughter in this city many times. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

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PROGRESS SLOW ! AS DELEGATES ! 'MIX'POLITELY Heads of Each Group Hold Meetings Today At Downing Street ALL GROUPS PRESENT WISHES London, Jun. 27—C-'R)—The j five-power naval conference, I entering its second week. ! wrangled politely, today but ■ without making remarkable progress on bow to start its I work. The “Hit> Five,” or heads of lhe delegations, met at No. 10 Downinu street, the prime minister’s residence, and discussed the program or agenda of the conference. Tlie chief discussion was over th" insistence of the United States that limitation of cruisers, submarines and other auxiliary craft be dealt with before battleship-- or political problems are discussed. The American proposal seemed likely to l»e adopted. France complicated it. however, by injecting tbe more fundamental problem of how limitation is to t»e applied—whether each class of ship shall be limited separately, or a nation be allowed a total naval strength of so many tons, to be divided among such classes of ships as it desires. A member of the French delegation admitted that the discussion had been complex, and suggested it reminded him of the o’.d question of which came first — the ■ chicken or the egg? He added hopefully, however, that he thought i some progress had been made. JT.he French proposition for a total tonnage limitation —• known in tlie technical language of naval conferences as “global” limitation —was gradually ,l>eing worked around to a compromise basis. The proposal is to limit ships by ; classes, but allow elasticity so a nation could, within limits and after giving duo notice, transfer some of its strength in one class to another class. Tlie Italians, being specific, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LOCAL TEAM TO MEET PORTLAND High School Forensic Members to Debate Here Tuesday Decatur high school’s negative debating team will meet Portland high school’s affirmative team at the Public Library Auditorium of this city Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock, it was announced at Decatur higli school today. No j charge will be made for those I attending the debate. The two teams will debate on , tlie question “Resolved That Indiana Should Have An Old Age Pension Law.” The local negative team includes Edward Marts, Ed Musser and Esther Sttnderman. Miss Marcia Martin is alternate. At the same time the Decatur affirmative team will debate against the Portland negative I team at Portland. It is Decatur’s second inter-city debate. The public is invited to attend the debate Tuesday night. Mrs. Gene Alger To Be Released on Bond Wabash, Ind., Jan. 27 —(U.R) — Mrs. Josephine Miller Alger waited in the Wabash jail today for . the turnkey to release her from i her cell, while her attorneys satisi tied the law's demand for bond. Judge Frank O. Switzer yester- ■ day reduced Mrs. Alger’s bond I torn $15,000 to $2,500 following - the discharge of the jury which - failed to reach a verdict after 20 . hours and 23 minutes of deliberation. Mrs. Alger was charged with . aiding her husband, Gene Algor, . convicted of bank robbery, in the Lafontaine State Bank holdup in ; October. TwentjVsix ballots were taken I by the jury during their delibera- • tion, lit was learned. The ballots, it was said, .varied from 10 to 11 1 votes for acquittal and the remainder for conviction.