Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1930 — Page 1

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.■iOS MADE MRS AT ImumiMEET nystM ■ .(mw <1 Xttendsßan- .:■,(.[ al Monroe; Hoff- .-■ ( man is Speaker "'®HLS ALSO ■ a ki. PRESENTED f i s th .irnuul Farmer's Baa held in th" high school Friday i voing I’ ■op.' I I" i nt’’■’'Ag"i |! >-■ E siatinu that "We as :n Glams county ara the achievement itstanding farmj ] various activities, ... various tokens as success in their In behalf of this. d farmer s banquel i. cl i them our sin "ns. As you all ■ tow "O' former comity Jl.il( : Biische was instillri na this gathering : . <-ssftil\v Parried • by I* i'l Christen, until gutli ring is limited only 'aiili'i.'s for accommod.i---k ■ al*av» been my conten- ■ Adams county is the >|h,t ..I Indiana; that Adroilii". lias the best farmers Tonight we are able Kf.i.. : i-vulrlice to Support iiini.mt ons to the fullest I. • 1 year our farm SB have earned more medals the farmers in any other of tin- state, also the proof cold medals to other has been greater than in county. order •,) help rcund out our and seek a higher award given tn outstanding ant.-t. ■ I nave a sugges with Purdue is' a Ileuffe of Mast' r upon individual outsm c. ssful farmer, ■■tain..: .ms foi this degree open until May 1. Their will be scored by a comcummjtee and two can.lirill 1.,- m.initiated from Aucounty There is no doubt niiml ’tiat Adams county ■■will- of these degrees An !i ! .tlten turned the ■kMIXITI) ON PAGE FOUR) IIH — -1' ■nner Residents Are S Visiting in Decatur Mi- j j, (jay and (laugh SBMiss t: a y o f ,\lma, Michi Omer Parent of Clair, Michiami William Gay of Midland |Be hem iln- morning having arto attend the funeral of Stoops of Fort Wayne was b,.;,| this afternoon from Evangelical church at Van was a son of the Rev. tormerly of this chy SHa nephew of Mrs. Gay. He was ijßiloyi'tl ;i s a trainman for the railroad and was fatThursday when he fell 'he side of a car and had both rruslie I oft, drying five hours He was thirty five years old is survived by the widow and children. — —o Bi CONCERN I FORMED HERE ■nson-Bartlett Auction ■ toninany Organized: S Will Call Sales Johnson-Bartlett Auction ■®Mny has been formed here and opened in the People's Ixtan ru «t Company building. MeinK’ W the company are Col. Roy B S|) n.v di known aauctioneer and Bartlett, his brother-in-law, ■"’ graduated In the 1930 class of I.M e n Pe,t Auction school. ■ Bartlett for eight years past ■?.**" the sales manager for V Delaware Chevrolet Sales Com■J' a t M ancie. B^ 6 new , tirm w i 11 conduct auction K> ln this and surrounding conn■”•111(1 will also specialize in the B, 01 Decatur and Adams county ■ rs ‘' ] ' ,y and farm lands. Mr. nd ■ a ~a rtlett w iH move here as soon ■ house can be leased.

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Business Deal Is Nearing Completion A deal for the purchase of a business block on South Second street has b en under way the past few lays and has been practically completed. but the piospective purchasers sta i>d this morning that final details would not be disposed of until Tuesday. It was also understood hat a new reail business would be started in the building. Two well known Decatur men are Involved n the deal. DEATH CALLS TOCSIN WOMAN I Mrs. Martin Beckley, 51, Dies Following Illness of Several Years Mrs. Martin Berkley, 51. life long •esident of Tocsin -lied at her home aortheast of Tocsin at 4 o'clock this morning. Death was said to have been caused by creeping paralysis with which the deceased had been afflicted for yeaYs. , For the part twenty years Mrs. Beckley had been an invalid and her condition had been growing worse Jor the past two weeks. Mrs. Agnes Heckley was born in ; Huntington County, July 24, 1878. [ he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunt who live near Tocsin. While a small child she moved with her parents to their present home near Tocsin. On February 12, 1898 she was united in marriage to Martin Heckley of Jefferson Township, wh > survives her. To this union were born three children, two of whom lied in infancy. One daughter. Mrs. Emma Papa of Indianapolis, who has spent the past six weeks witli aer mother, survives. Three grandchildren also survive the deceased. The following brothers and sisters also survive the deceased: Mrs. Clyde Scherrer of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Ezra Burkett of Huntington. Oscar Hunt of Zanesville, James Hunt of Tocsin. William Hunt of this city. Alex Hunt of near Bluffton, and Theodore Hunt of near Craigville. Mrs. Heckley was a member of he Jackson United Brethren church which is now abandoned, during her youth. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Tocsin United Brethren Church with Rev. S. D. Pugh officiating.. Burial wil be made in the Prairie View Cemetery near Tocsin. WILL RECEIVE MEDAL AWARD Latin Club to Present Bronze Medal to Miss Anna Winnes Great interest is being manifested in the medal which is to ne conferred under the auspices of Eta Sigma Phi to honor the studets in fourth-year Latin (Virgil>. It is of bronze, two inches in diameter and a truly artistic piece of work. On the obverse is represented the Victory of Paeonius with the initials H E I and the key words Mihi Res, Non Me Rebus from Horace’s line, "1 strive to subordinate things to myself, not myself to things.” On the reverse side are a high school boy and girl giving the ancientsalute of honor to the Parthenon as the symbol of ancient civilization, together with the words Praestantia Linguarum Classicarum. The medal is conferred on high school seniors, taking fourth-year Latin with a grade of “A" throughout the year. Plans are being made for the formal presentation of the medal to Miss Anna Winnes, who has completed her fourth-year Isatin at mid-year. ■ — Crime Investigator Killed In Chicago Chicago, Feb. 1 —<U.R) Julius Rosenheim, crime commissioner investigator, today was assassinated by two gunmen who speeded away in the morning fog. Rosenheim's body was found in a North Side street, two bullets through the head. Witnesses said two men descended from an automobile and shot him as he walked along the street. Rosenheim, employed by the special crime commission as an investigator into gang affairs and as such made scores of enemies in the underworld. >

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Melz Appears at Lobby Inquiry \ Metz, head of the General Dyestaffs Corporation of New York, fore the Senate Lobby Invests nation Committee. On the stand he ts said to have recalled giving campaign contributions for Senator W 11iam H. King (D., Utah) to Samuel Russell, Senator King’s secretary. (International Newsreel)

KEYES LOSES COURT APPEAL Former States Attorney Faces Year in Jail For Bribery Los Angeles, Feb. 1 —<U.R>—Asa Keyes, former Los Angeles district > attorney, in a county jail cell here; ' today made plans to carry his con-1 I viction on bribery charges to the! state supreme court. The appellate court yesterday denied the appeal of Keyes and his co-defendant, Ed Rosenberg, each sentenced to serve from one to 14 years in the state penitentiary. "This is a blow to me," Keyes said when he hard read the 6.ooOword court decision, handed donw by presiding Judge Lewis R. Works with his entire bench concurring. Keyes' conviction followed charges that he had accepted bribes in the trial of Rosenberg, Jack Bennette and other defendants in th? crash of the Julian Petroleum company. The attorney has been in the county jail nearly a year, but it will not count on the sentence of the trial court, should the supremo court deny his appeal. o Geneva Phone Company Seeks Higher Rates Indianapolis, Feb. 1. —(U.R>—The Geneva Telephone company, Geneva, petitioned the public service commission today for authority to increase rates to subscribers. The present income is insufficient to provide proper service, the petition said. 0 LIECHTY HEADS FARM BUREAU — Annual Meeting Held Friday Afternoon at Monroe Town Hall Stockholders of the Adams County Farm Bureau Association, Inc., met in the town hall at Monroe, Friday, January 31 and ejected the follownig township directors: Union, W. A. Wherry; Kirkland, O V. Dilling; Root, Andrew Fuelling; Washington, Grant Owens; St. Marys, Wm. Miller; Blue Creek, Guy Ferguson; Monroe, Fred Blum and Jerry Liechty; French, Ed. Neuhouser; Hartford, Ralph Myers, Wabash, Tom Rowley; Jefferson, Sol Mosser. The directors at large are, Monroe, Noah Rich; Root, Hugo Gerk?, 1 and French, Bert Seesenguth. The directors met immediately and elected Jerry Liechty, Chairman; Grant Owen, vice-chairman; O. V. Dilling, secretary; and Ed Neuhouser, treasurer. The executive committee included Jerry Liechty, Andrew Fuelling and Noah Rich. Business manager, Joe Winteregg presided as temporary chairman at the election and was advised on organization matters by E. J. Fricke ; district manager of the State Fann Buieau purchasing department and i on legal matters by Henry Heller, i

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 1, 1930.

$75 Bid Is Received On Emil Egley Farm A bid of $75 per acre for the Emil I Egley farm, four miles west of De I calur, was made yesterday by Aug ust Gallmeyer. The farm consists of j 97 acres, a six room house and a barn. The farm was offered for sale yesterday by the administratoi. Levi Egley, and the salt* must be approved by the 1 judge of the court I before the deal is closed. Mr. GallI meyer's bid was the highest made lat the auction. WOMAN MAYOR FACES OUSTER Eureka. Cal.. Citizens Dislike M ay Mayor is Discharging Police Eureka, Calif., Feb. 1. — (U.R) The woman who became mayor of a frontier town where lumberjacks who like their liquor red held sway, was threatened with ouster today as a petition was circulated demanding her recall. Eureka enjoyed the reputation of being the largest county seat in the United States without a railroad before the Northwestern Pacific built into the territory. The railroad was a modern addition but Eureka remained a frontier town, stronghold of the lumberjacks. At the last election Mrs. Jones was named as mayor, running only on a "good government" platform. She didn't intend to. be “sensational” and try to “clean up” her city as had Mayor Bertha Landes of Seattle, Mrs. Jones announced. But only a few weeks ago Mayor Jones abruptly removed several peace officers—“for the good of the service.” Eureka buzzed, and guessed that prohibition conditions were at the basis of the nfoves, but did nothing. Mayor Jones acted again. More police heads fell. That was when things started. The city council reinstated the ousted men over the woman mayor's head. Mayor Jones brought into plav the Federal prohibition forces. There was one answer that elements dissatisfied with Mrs. Jones' administration could make —the recall provided under California laws. 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Groundhog Day, Sunday Indianapolis, Feb. I.—(U.R) —Mr. Groundhog, poking his nose from his winter home early tomorrow, probably will cajit no more shadow than a pickaiininy on a coal pile on a dark night. Then he will isaunter forth without fear, predicting an early spring. Forecasts of J. H. Armington, : U, S. weather bureau meteorolog- : ist. today indicated that Sunday will be cloudy, and mostly unsettled in Indianapolis, and most of i Indiana. Temperatures will rise today, with -a minimum tonight slightly above freezing, he said. There i may be some rain tonight, with stall higher temperatures tomor- I row. i

NAVAL PARLEY GROUPS REFUSE TO ACQUIESCE , ... k Japan and Italy to Refuse French Demands, Report ! TONNAGE IS CHIEF QUESTION Ijondon, Feb. 1 -<U.R) Japanese and Italian delegations to the naval conference indicated today i they would not acquiesce to the French propo-al to get down to definite figures on the naval requirements of each nation. The French proposal, which is based on a demand for the right to transfer tonnage from one class of ship to another, suggested that each nation fid out before next Tuesday a blank stating respective needs in each class, such as battleships, destroyers, submarines, etc. Italian Bounces, however, indi(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STDDIESMIND REST PROBLEM ——— Psychology Director Believes Problem is Partly Solved New York, Feb. 1— (U.R) —The problem of now to refresh the tired business man without sending him to the Ziegfeld Follies has l>een partly solved by Dr. Donald A. Laird, director of the Colgate university psylchologieal laboratory, who reported today on a series of experiments to determine the best means of counteracting mental and physical fatigue. Laird’s recommendation is that the weary business man, when asked at tea "how many lumps, please?" shall reply: “Three instead of the usual two. I'm pretty tired today.’’ The secret of recovering mental poise and physical energy, according to Laird's experiments, is to eat more sugar. He does not recommend that everybody should carry lump sugar in their vest pockets and chew it whenever possible, but that more sugar should bo taken in tea or coffee. He pointed out that Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame football coach, feeds sugar to his team before an important game. For months I.aird has been working on Colgate students. He takes 12 healthy undergraduates and gives them each a glass of water. Six of the glasses have sugar dissolved in the water. The students then go through a series of tests. They stand with their knees together and their arms outstretched, and the sway of their bodies is measured on a machine. The students then climb three flights of stairs and come back again to see how the fatigue affected them. The six students who had the sugar were 9.4 per cent more steady; (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Committee Reversed Washington, Feb. 1. —(U.R) —After reversing itself on one of the amendments previously adopted, the house expenditures committee voted today for the second time to report favorably the first of President Hoover's prohibition enforcement bills. The measure would transfer the prohibition bureau from the treasury to the justice department. — —— o Pugalist Admits Theft Indianpolis, Feb. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —Harry Rozelli, pugilist, was held in jail today following his confession to police that he posed as an officer and robbed an elderly man of $1,015, his life savings, Thursday night. The arrest came after Rozelli, flush with money, had spent nearly S2OO. Approximately $B4l was recovered. Rozelli, posing as an officer, stopped Alonzo Liebhardt, 75, Thursday night, and demanded identification papers. The two men went to Liebhardt’s room for the papers. While there Rozelli is said to have taken the money, frightening the older man into submiseion.

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TO BROADCAST j NEWHAVENGAME — Commodore-Bull Dog Net Tilt to be Received by Decatur Firms Following tile successful broadcast of the Decatur-Kendallville basketball game over the Citizens Telephone Co., lines to loud speakers at , Baker's restaurant, M. and O. Coulee ionery. Green Kettle and I the Daily Domot rat office last night it was announced by the same four, .firms that the Decatur Catholic I high school — New Haven game at New Haven tonight would he broadcast »)ie same way to the four places. The game probably will start at 8:15 o'clock tonight and the public is invited to attend the broadcast at any of the four places. No charge will be ma le and the game will be given play by play direct from the New Haven gymnasium. When the two teams come out on I the floor the circuit will be connected to the four Decatur firms and everything will be ready when the officials start the game. Much interest has been shown in tonight's game as the Commodores played a great game against New Haven here several weeks ago. Decatur led until the closing few minutes of the game when three Decatur players had been forced from the game. New Haven won by five I points. All net fans are invited to any of the four places where the loud speakers are installed, and the bioadcaster will give all the high lights of the game. Last night's broadcast was enjoyed by several hundred local fans. Bill Bell handled the ggme from the Kendallville gymnasium and his knowledge ot' the game brought tc the local listeners all of the inter esting points of the tilt. Those who are unable to attend the broadcast tonight are invited to call 1,000 or 1,001 any time during the game for the score. o Services Held Today For Episcopal Bishop Chicago, Feb. 1 —(UP)— The American Episcopal church paid final tribute today to one ot its most distinguished sons, the Most Rev. Charles Palmerston Anderson, primate of the church and bishop oH Chicago. Temporary ainterment was made at Roseland cemetery. His body will be taken from there on Feb. 24, The 30th anniversary of Bishop Anderson’s elevation to the Episcopate, to be hurried beneath an altar in the chapel which is being constructed to his memory at the Western Theological seminary at Evanston. in accordance with Bishop Anderson's wishes, the ceremonies were simple. Holy communion was celebrated in St. James Cathedral by the Very Rev. Runcan H. Browne. There was no eulogy. The Right Rev. Hugo Latimer Burleson, bishop of South Dakota, lead the sentences of burial office while the scripture was read by Dr. George H. Thomas. There were no flowers. Over the casket was draped a pall, a sympol of democracy which wiped out all distinction. The simplest apparel of his office was use 1 as his Death robe. —o — Former Mayor of Peru to Be Tried Peru, Ind., Feb. I.—(U.R)-Trial of T. O. Keller, former mayor at Peru, on charges of bribery, will be held before Judge J. Frank Charles. Marion, in Miami circuit court, at a date soon to be set. Judge Hurd Hurst disqualified himself in the case. Alden Foote, former councilman; Ramer Spurgeon, former light platn foreman, and Charles S. Loucks, former county road superintendent, wha are under indictment charged with unlawful conversion of city and county property, also will be tried before Judge Charles. o Monroe Home Is Destroyed Thursday The Wes Haggard property in Monroe, located on West Walnut street, burned completely to the ground. Thursday morning at one o’clock. No one was occupying the home at the time ot the fire, as Mr. and Mrs. Haggard are living In Fort Wayne at the present time, but kept their furniture stored in the home in Monroe. The cause of the fire was not learned.

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' Sarah Lee Fain, Norfolk, Seeks Seat in Congress - 1 1 * I '■ : Mrs. Sarah Lee Fain, of Norfolk, first woman member of the Virginia General Assembly, has announced her intention of seeking Congressional honors at the forthcoming elections in her native I State. wiiTattend NATIONAL MEET Dan Niblick is Delegate to National Drygoods Convention Feb. 3 Dan Niblick, of this pity, former president of the Indiana Retail Drygoods Association, will leave Sunday for New York City where he will act as delegate from Indiana to the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention to be held in that city Febi uary 3 to 8. Mr. Niblicfc rec(ived word today that he was invited to attend a meeting Tuesday morning of the national president and national board of directors before the convenlion starts. Mr. Niblick has been active in the state organization for many years and for the last several years has been a state director. He served as president of the state organization for a term. While in New York. Mr. Niblick stated he also would buy spring merchandise sos Niblick and Co. store. TEST IS HIGH IN BUTTERFAT January Report Said to be Good for Winter Month Here The following report of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association for January has just been released by R. L. Price, tester. This is an exceptionally good record for a winter month. The Ten high cows and owners are as follows: Owner Cow Lbs B F. Sol Mosser, P. B. Jersey 80.9 Jacob J. Schwartz, P. B. 11 73.9 Jacob J. Schwartz, P. 11. H 71.0 E. 11. Kruetzman, do 69.6 Rudolph Steury Gr H 68.2 E. 11. Kruetzman P. B. II 64.4 I). H. Il£(beggei Gr. H 63.4 Sol Mosser P. B. Jersey 61.4 (). D. Bleberick Gr. H 60.4 D. J. Mazelin P. B. H 57.5 These ten cows had an average of 15.71 lbs. milk and 67.1 lbs. fat There were 9 cows producing mor than 6o lbs fat; 23 producing more over 40 lbs. and 126 producing over 11b, per day. The five high herds are as follows: Owner Ave. Fat Jacob J. Schwartg with 40.6 D. J. Mazelin with 39.4 Sol Mosser with 39.4 D. H. Hahegger with 34.1 John J. Schwartz with 32.7 Two boarder cows were disposed of during the month. Want Butler Back Washington, Feb. I.—(U.R) —A demand that Brig. Gen. Smedley Buller, the Marine corps' famous dry champion, be installed as prohibition commissioner was made today by Senator Brookhart, Ind.-Repn., lowa. Q. Meeting Postponed Owing to the absense of the Grand Knight and other lodge officers the regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus scheduled for Monday, Feb. 2 will not be held.

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LICENSE LAW HELD VOID BY THREE JUDGES Decision Will Affect More Than 44,000 Indiana Retail Stores TEST CASE IS COMPLETED Indianapolis Feb. 1 (UR) -Indiana’s “chain s to r e licensing act.” passed bv the 1929 general assembly as the only major general Itind revenue raising measure of (he session, was held void and unconstitutional bv three jiu'ges in federal court lodav. The decision means that 44,000 retail stores in Indiana will escape the licensing provisions of the act and that other sources must be found for meeting the requirements of state and schools, facing closing and bankruptcy. The decision was reached by Judge Willis M. Sparks, of the circuit court of appeals. Chicago, Robert C. Baltzeli, federal judge for the southern Indiana district, and Thomas W. Slick, for the northern Indiana district, who heard the case. Lafayette A. Jackson, proprietor of the Standard Grocery company, operating 225 groceries in Indianapolie, was the plaintiff. With the state tax board charged with administration of the measure, and James M. Ogden, attorney general, as defendants. Jackson obtained an interlocutory injunci tion June 28, 1929. The act was to have become effective July 1. 1929. It wouhl have levied a $3 license fee on all retail stores singly own- , ed or tional stores in chains of from two to five; and upward to as high as $25 for each store in excess of 20 in a chain. The sum of $250,000 was to go to state school aid and from revenues collected in the fiscal year 1929; $550,000 in 1930; $500,000 in 1931; and $300,000 annually thereafter. o Miss Bertha Voglewede Gets Leave of Absence Miss Bertha Voglewede, secrc'ary of the local office of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., has been granted a six month leave of absence, it was announced today. Miss Voglewede will begin her Va cation February 15. . Mrs. Naomi Wittgenfeld will assume the duties of the local office dining the absence of Miss Voglewede. She started today to acquaint herself with tlie work. ; 0 Kerr Funeral Sunday Funeral services for V/m. Kerr, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home, and 2 o'clock at the Mt. Carmel Church. New Circus Manager Peru, Ind., Feb. 1 —(U.R) —George Smith, formerly with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & BaileV shows, was recently made manager of the Sells Floto Circus of Peru, siice<eding Zack Terrell. BANDITS SERVE REFRESHMENTS Five Robbers Loot Laundry of $500; Leave $lO For Cigars and Candy Chicago, Feb. I.—(U.R) —Five bandits who reached the pinnacle of holdup etiquette were at large today after slightly discommoding seven employes of the Edgewater Laundry, serving them refreshments, shaking hands all around, leaving $lO for cigars and candy, and looting the company safe of SSOO. "The most mannerly young men I ever met," was the tribute of Miss Mildred Stern, switchboard operator, wiio was preparing to leave last night when the robbers entered, guns drawn. "Don't be frightened,” purred ! the leader. "Just be kind enough ' to disconnect the plugs and come in the inner office." (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)