Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1930 — Page 1

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In TO ERECT ■|[« BUILDINC In 7TH STREET pH Land at Corner of "■fferson and Seventh fl Streets Today H.L VACATE fl' MKESENT SITE "W, ~ ■,-]) towards lofl g ami ria'cting a buildK r the poiatur fire tle■nent w:i> taken by the ■ZirZ ai session last ■l wbe.i a motion was IS., • •;<•<! authorizing Isl < i'n public safety the, lot at the (■pr "t S< .-nth and Jeffer--1 t,R> s ' te f° r the building. . ,| by Mr. and Mrs. ; the city council I ■ 1 1' 1 purchase it. The I sl.s<<o The lot “has a u s about 198 feet on | : .mil extends about mi .It-fti-rson street. ■ p of the lot is in with Mayor George ii'l-'.t ion that the lie transferred |B the >i>' hall building on . ..:: l a new location -■ .v. •-.i-.-ks are damaging hull 1 ling and a heavy floor - been laid to sup- ’> h’.ng. The starting of ill--’ ause much vlbra- - Hiding and the gas from the trucks cause a . nvenience to the upstairs. pLi.~ ■■ been drawn for li’.ii; b-,. : and the commit- < composed of H. F. chairman. Herman Gillig limiter, will make a |B m! wo. .. to several nearny an idea what kind ■ building will best suit the of Decatur. ■is plat;;. -.1 to build a substaniving a ground floor fire trucks to stand on an I jim; quarters for the \n architect will be in 'hr near future to draw it wa< stated. in cooperation with >• . ommittee, of which ■l.ilir is • ,e chairman, is workB'l. a fuin-iee plan for erection ■° building. The room now hall will be made into ofB and di play rooms for the Blight u l water departments B ,IIP committee has a plan t - electric light depaitB van purchase a part of the bud Ung and thus provide !l| i th'- new fire department. ri-,-son why it is desirfind a new location for the is the traffic jam Monroe street, which hinders a get-a way by the trucks. Uy B the department outside of Mtongested district, the hazard win be eliminated. Bk committee will make its rethe council at the next lr meeting on February IS. ■Ct FORGER I IS RUST HERE B>ng Man Passes Sever- ■ W orthless Checks B In City fl* I '' ll Harl Hollingsworth and |M'>fficials were working today ■fver-ul clues, hoping to arrest B’ lnK man who cashed several ■hless checks at local stores B" y ' The checks were writB' 1 the Preble State bank and ,>y “Wayne Miller.” 'B'*" checks were all for differ■amotints. The young man B* a Pontiac automobile and V to several local, stores, pos- ■*'' 1 farm laborer. W has not been seen here the ■ or two and it is thought ■ hp is working the same Bit. e in anotber nearby comBy ■ Sheriff Hollingsworth today that he had several es ’ 011 which he was workPresent.

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i Luther Wolford May Regain Eye-Sight Luther R. Wolford, who has been blind foi the past 34 years, today staled that he hoped to bo able, to look upon his old friends in this city soon. He Left this afternoon for Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will receive treatment for his eyes. Doctors at the college have expressed the belief that Mr. Wolford will regain hth eyesight. H.B. HELLER IS RE-APPOINTED Will Continue as County Attorney; Road Viewers Are Selected Henry B. Heller of this city has been reappointed county attorney by the board of county commissioners, the new appointment being effective at once. Mr. Heller has served as county attorney for a number of yearM. The county commissioners before adjourning last evening decided to advertise for bids for furnishing a new steel counter in the office of the County Recorder. This is the only county office in the court house that does not have this new' equipment. Bids also will he received for furnishing an adding machine in the office of the count’' highway suporintend°nt end for furnishing a road m' intainer machine to the highway deuartmet. All bids will be received by the board on March 4. Viewers were appointed on the Marr .1. Nlb’lcfc, North Point. Jacob IT. Amstutz. C. O. Manley and William Frazier road improvements. The roads were ordered constructed by the board. Hearing of the ohjestions on Hie Hinch ditch in Preble township will be heard by the board on February 25. The contract for furnishing road material, stone, gravel, sand and bridge plank was n<ft awarded by the board yesterday. Action on the bids will be taken at a later date. o Sweigart Seeks State Democratic Nomination East Chicago, Feb. 5.—(U.R)—Dr. George W. Sweigart, democratic nominee for state auditor two years ago. today announced his candidacy .for renomination. He is a native of Henry county and has served as mayor of Hartford City. He was a member of the East Chicago park board for four years. Dr. Sweigart graduated from the Ind'ana college of dentistry. MISHAP CAUSES DAMAGE TO CARS Meat Truck Turns Over at Street Intersection; No One Hurt ' Considerable damage was done to the delivery truck of the Mutschler Meat Market in an accident which occurred at the intersection of Fifth and Madison streets. Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock. Rudolph Brandyberry driver of the meat truck, was driving east on Madison street, and stopped at the street. An Essex coach, driven by George Helm, was approaching the intersection on Fifth street, and as he reached the corner, Brandyberrj drove the meat truck into the path of the Essex. The meat truck was turned completely over, shattering the glass. The truck was removed to a local garage where the damages were estimated to exceed SIOO. Neither occupants of the cars were injured, and the car driven by George Helm was only slightly dan aged. — o ———— Discuss Plans For 1930 4-H Calf Club Osia VonGunten. Dave Mazelin, Dale Moses and County Agent L. E Archbold met at the Sol Mosser home in Jefferson township last evening, and discussed some of the problems confronting the 4-H • Calf Club and to make plans accordingly.

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UNPAID WATER BILLS GIVEN TO COMMITTEE Action to be Decided on Soon; Officials’ Bonds Are Filed CITY TO BUY 3-TON TRUCK A list of delinquent water con- | sinners in Decatur was turned over I to the water works committee on i motion of the City Council with i power to act, at the first February meeting of that hody at city hall Tuesday night. There are a number of delinquents and the water works committee will decide at once what action will be taken. It is likely that a final warning will be sent out and that all who fail to pay their water hills will h-> . without city water soon. The list . was prepared by Orval Harruff, water department superintendent. The control and management of . the swimming pool was turned . over to the public safety commit- , , tee, on motion by the council, an.l that committee will make plans in | i the near future for the opening an 11 . operating of the municipal swim > ming pool this coming summer. i While the pool will be in direct I ’ charge of the safety committee, the street and sewer committee will I have charge of the cleaning. Two bonds for Mrs. Ada Martin, ■ city treasurer wefe examined and approved by the council. The gen- > eral bond was for $20,000 and the . Barrett law bond was The ’ bond of Mrs. Alice Christen, clerk, ■ also was examined and approved. 1 It was for $2,500. A letter from the Public Service 1 Commission permitting the Light 1 ’ and Power department of the city 1 to reduce the bower rates was read and placed on file. The rate - reduction is effective at once. 1 Consent was granted the street ; and sewer committee to purchase ' a truck, with not less than a 3-ton capacity. The committ.ee was ( authorized to advertise for bids at , once. , [ Bills were read and allowed and a financial report of the various . funds was read. The meeting then ( • adjourned. , — o , ' FOUR FIRES IN CITY TUESDAY Firemen Have Busy Day But Manage to Hold Losses Down The local fire department receiv- 1 I ed three calls yesterday an t were ' ) successful in keeping four roof fires from becoming dangerous or caus- I ing much damage to the respective houses. Each fire was of a similar nature being confined to the roofs of the houses, and the total damage was fixed at $4.00 for the four fires. The calls were answered promptly and the fires extinguished in each case ( ’ before the damages of any great consequence resulted. 1 At 11 o’clock yesterday morning the fire department was called to , the Enoch Eady residence on North 1 Seventh Street where a roof fire , ’ was reported. The cause of the firs was sparks from the chimney. At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon a roof fire was reported at the ' Irvin Elzey residence on Short , ’ Street, which also caught from - 1 sparks from the chimney. While the firemen were at the Elzey home, . sparks from the J. M. Snook home, j located across the street from the Elzey residence caught on the roof ■ and a small blaze resulted. Firemen 3 left the Elzey residence and extinf (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o School Children Hurt Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 5. —(U.K) — I Eighteen school children were injured, none seriously, when a , school bus and a truck driven by . Marvin Woods, Shelbyville, Ind., r collided near Elizabethtown, tot day. The bus carried 30 children, f Woods was arrested on charges of I reckless driving after Delbert - Watkins, driver of the bus, charged he was speeding.

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His Kiss May Cost $5,000 II KI TO I I ’ I I I ■ ' 1 I Mrs Bertha Thomas, former Sunday School teacher, is suing the Rev. James Cornish (left) for $5,000 for a kiss which she -says he stole j from her in the office of the First Christian Church, at Kansas City, Mo, where Coinish Is ipastor.

IV4’)., ljr-1 V Cfl lH.Ttf piUIIIH . TAFTREPORTEOI TO BE IMPROVED — Physicians’ Bulletin Says Condition Is More Hopeful Washington,. Feb. S—(U.R5 —(U.R> —Wil- - ■ i 'iam Howard Taft spent a quiet night and was more comfortable this morning, a bulletin issued at 11 a. m. today by his physicians j said. The bulletin, signed by Dr. Francis R. Hagner and Thomas A. Claytor, read as follows: ‘‘Mr. Taft is slightly better than yesterday. He spent a quiet night and was comfortable this morning.'’ Informally the physicians said they were encouraged by Mr. Taft’s apparent rallying from his condition of yesterday. Mrs. Taft, who has maintained a constant vigil at the bedside of the 72-year-old jurist, took advantage of his improvement to take two short rides during the morning. President Hoover will call on Mr. Taft at his Wyoming Avenue home at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, it was made known at the White House. Mr. Hoover’s visit, it was said, was not actuated by any uneasiness regarding the former chief justice’s condition, but merely by a wish to see his old friend and cheer him. Mrs. Taft had informed the president earlier that her husband was feeling better and would be glad to see him. URGES EARLY SEED TESTING County Agent Speaks to Monroe Parent-Teach-ers Association The Parent-Teachers Association of Monroe held a, meeting in the Monroe School Tuesday night. C. W. R. Schwartz acted as chair man of the meeting and fine talks were given by E. W. Busche, Mrs. John Parrish, C. W. R. Schwartz and Mrs. Jeanette Rich rendered a piano solo and a vocal duet was given by Deloris Longenberger and Helen Mitchell. (CONTINUED ON,PAGE THREE) — o Submarine Is Safe Portsmouth, N. H„ Feb. S—(UP)5 —(UP) The U. S. Submarine 0-3 was safe in the Navy yard here today after grounding on the rocks at the lower entrance to Portsmouth harbor during a blinding snowstorm. iWith a crew of 32 officers and men aboard, the submersible, hound from New London, Conn., for the Navy yard here, was driven by a stiff wind which its propellors could not counteract until it was left helpless high on the rocks between Oriorne point and Parsons point.

1 Delegates Study Chain Store Problem St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5 —(UP) — The chain store problem came !>••■ | fore the American retailers associr.t'on convention today for discussion. At the opening session of the semi-annual meeting, the. 500 delegates were told* by J. Frank Grime?, Chicago, head of the Independent Grocers' Alliance, that the small town "is the basis' of American prosperity” and the chain storer “taking profits from such communnities, sapping the life blood.” ' Tonight Merritt Lunn, supervisor of Montgomery Ward's chain stores will speak on "the chain store anti you.” —o C. W. R. Schwartz Is First Club Entrant C. W. R. Schwartz of near Berne was the first Adams County Far mer to enroll in the Hoosier ton litter contest and the five-aeda corn contest for this season. Enrollment blanks in both these contests will be placed in all banks in the county as well as the county agent's office in Decatur at once. o FINAL APPEAL MADE FOR FUND Red Cross Seeks More Money For Flood Relief Work In State A- total of $67.17 has been obtained by popular subscription from Decatur residents for flood relief in southern Indiana' according to a report made by members of the Red Cross Relief committee today. The subscription boxes will remain in several local business houses today a|id tomorrow and all people who expect to contribute to the flood fund are asked to do so at once. Word from national Red Cross headquarters is to the effect that much more money is needed to prevent suffering in southern Indiana where the flood situation caused much sickness and financial loss. Red Cross officials were the first rescue workers in the flooded area and hospital tents were erected at several places to care for the sick and needy. Food also was taken by Red Cross officials to all needy families. The local subscription list is as follows: M. E. Ladies Aid Society SIO.OO Mrs. Amos Lehman 5.00 Mrs. R. Glendenning 1.00 Miller’s Bakery 5.00 Antioch Missionary Society. 5.00 O. B. Wemhoff 5.00 A. W. Gulick and Family 5.00 Guy Parkison. 5.00 Friends 4.00 A. E. Winnes 100 Cash 35 Fred Patterson ... . . 10.00 Leo Kirsch 2.00 Friends -10 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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ENTERTAINER ’ HERE TONIGHT. I — ( Redpath Lyceum Number " to be Given at High School at 8:30 P.M. Miss Fern Casford. a novelty enter- J tainer. will present the third program of a series of four Redpath a lyceum numbers which at e hi ing given under the auspices of the . Senior Class of Decatur Hig School, I tonight at the high school puditor- | him. i Miss Casford is regarded as one' of the best impersonators on the I Rediath circuit and will keep her, audience interested from beginning to end. She will give many numbers in costume. Miss Casford is termed 1 a “lightening-change” artist as she changes here costumes quickly and keeps the audience roaring with laughter at her coutluuoiis chatter which comes from behind the -screen. c She will impersonate a Chinese „ maid, an Italian girl an Old Man chaiacter which is filled with n humor, and an old lady with a shawl I who dances a minuet. Each of these impersonations is entirely different s from the other and all are interesting- • 6 Tills delghtful program will be f given in the high school auditorium oniglit at 8:30 o’clock for the ad- t mission price of fifty cents. ° I CHICAGO BANKS REFUSE CHECKS' 1 Condition Is Worse In City} Law Violations 11 Grow Each Hour Chicago, Feb. s—XU.P)~ Bankrupt 1 and beset by murderers, bombers 1 and thieves. Chicago sAik still 1 deeper into debt today with the I da wn' of another payless pay day s for city employes. Not even tax anficipation war- s rants could be placed in the envoi- ’ opes of the 40.000 workers to a whom the city already is indebted t more than $11,000,000. When r banks announced that the war- i runts would not be cashed, the l plan to give them to employes in I lieu of money was abandoned. t To add to the city's worries, gangsters and other outlaws chose ■ | this inopportune time to stage an-1 1 other series of spectacular crimes, i' The murder curve on the city's crime chart swung sharply upward with the depletion of municipal funds. Up to last midnight eight gag shootings, six of them fatal, | had been recorded in six days. 11 During that same period bombings of unusual intensity were numerous and in one space of ten hours there were 40 holdups. Chicago business leaders realize that regardless of whether there is ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' FALL ACCUSED i I IN COURT RULE i Former Interior Head “Violated Trust”, Is i Court Ruling < Denver, Colo., Feb. S—(U.R5 —(U.R) —Al- f bert B. Fall, former secretary of i the interior, was accused in a cir- r cult court of appeals decision of t “unauthorized” action in dispos- ( ing of more than $1,000,000 belong- 1 ing to Jackson Barnett, wealthy Oklahoma Indian. t The decision which was handed ) down by Judge Robert E. Lewis ( and which reverses s decision by | an Oklahoma federal district j court, brands Fall’s action as . “arbitrary and unauthorized,’’ and “violation of trust” The opinion advised the government to sue for recovery of $15,000 of Barnett’s money which Marshall L. Mott is alleged to have obtained from 1 Harold ('. McGuigin. McGuigin re- ’ ceived $150,000 in bonds from 1 Mrs. Anna Laura • Barnett, the 1 Indian’s white wife. The decision said McGuigin and ( Mrs. Barnett induced Fall to transfer $1,100,000 of Barnett’s s fortune to trust funds for the s American Baptist Home Mission 1 Society and for Mrs. Barnett. i

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Schafer Will Repeat Food Address Here louis Schafer, prominent food ami health sp -aker who spoke Tuesday night al the United Brethren Church has consented to repeat his message Thursday night at the Zion Reformed Church at 8 o'clock. Mr. Schafer will sp ak on the suit ject of health and natural foods and . those who heatd him speak la-l I evening reported that he had an in-j 1 teresting lecture. The public is invited to attend and no charge will be ma le. GOTTSCHALKTO RUN FOR SENATE Well-Known Berne Man Seeks Re-election to State Assembly Senator Thin man A. Gottschalk, of Berne, today announced that lie will be a oandidate for renomination to represent the district comprised of Adams. Blackford and Wells county in the state senate, subject to the decision of the democratic primary to bo held May 6th. He Is the first to announce for that place. Mr. Gottschalk has served four terms In the house of representatives and one term in the senate He was first elected to the legislature in 1908 serving in the 1909 session. He was re-elected and served in the sessions of 1921. 1923 and 1925. being the democratic floor leader in ’23 and ’25. Four years ago he was elected to the senate where he made an excellent record. He is considered one of the allies' men in the upper house and has served on the state lyudKet committee since 1925 and was prior to that a member of the committee to investigate rural schools and the committee on Dunes park. Mr. Gottschalk is interested in several business enterprises at Berne, being manager of the Gottschalk Tile company, president of the Gottschalk Supply company and manager of the B-G Construction company. He served as a member of the Berne school board in 1919-20. resigning to assume the place of representative. He has been active in local snd state politics the past ttventy-five years. o C.E. BELL TALKS TO LOCAL CLUB Lions Hear Fine Address of Local Manufacturer Tuesday “Our Responsibility to Our Vocation,” was the subject on whicn C. E. Bell, Decatur manufacturer spoke at the regular Tuesday night meeting of the Decatur Lions club. Mr. Ball’s address was well-receiv-ed by the members and guests present. “It is our duty to contribute to the best of our minds, our time*, our l>ody and our heart, to our business or profession.” Mr. Bell stated. “We must raise the standard of our profession, no matter what it is or has been before we can become successful.’’ Mr. Bell stated that lie was confident the leaving of a good nam was much more valuable- than riches in business. He stated'that the names of men such as Edison, Colgate, Ford and others would live on after they died. Tlie address was received with a great ovation from the club members. Dr. C. H. Branch, member of the local club had as his guest' Earl Gordon Laisure, who is serving a 15-day sentence in the Adams county jail for petit larceny. Col. Herbert Cleared Washington, Fob. 5. —(U.R) —John F. J. Herbert, prohibition administrator of Montana and Idaho, was cleared today of all charges which have been made against him, in a formal statement by prohibition Commissioner Doran. Doran’s statement said there are “no charges of any kind or description pending against Col. Herbert and his record in the bureau is clear.”

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INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS FEARED BY SOME Bill Believed Adjusted to Suit Wholesale Drug And Paint Men OLEOMARGERINE BILL STUDIED Washington, Feb. 5. — <U.R> —A roar of protest was raised in congress today by wholesale druggists and the paint and varnish manufacturers aninsl the proposed industrial alcohol section of the Williamson bill, first of the Wickersham law enforcement commission’s reform measures, which will be taken un for consideration in the house tomorrow. The users of largo quantities of industrial alcohol fear the new system of joint authority between the justice and treasury departments over their withdrawal permits may interfere witli their business. So serious a situation has been stirred up that it appears this section of the bil] will be the storm center in the three days of debate. Retail druggists appeared before the house expenditures committee presenting' some minor amendments to the provision which were adopted. They were sanctioned by Assistant Attorney General Youngquist who believed the industry had been satisfied. The only other important development in the prohibition controversy was the apparent decision all around to drop the Herbert case, involving prohibition Administrator F. J. Herbert of the IdahoMontana district. Prohibition Commissioner Doran announced Herbert had been exonerated ahd was returning to his post, and Senator Borah, Republican. Idaho, who had pressed for an inquiry of the case, indicated he was willing to drop the matter. Borah some time ago was informed by Frank Flynn, former (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o_ Boys On Ice Floe Face Grave Disaster Niagara Falls, N. Y. Feb. S—(UP) —Untried preparations werd tnado today to halt the progress of a large ice floe carrying two boys? from going over the Falls. The floe was reported by tlie state reservation police to lie abom four miles above the American falls and travelling steadily. The Niagara Power Company was reported trying to get a tug out into the river to reach the youths. Reservation authorities were frantically working against time to arrange 1 ties at Goat Island to stop the huge cake of ice. It was believed the boys were fishing from the ice on the river and the strong current broke it in sections, cat tying the pair down the stream. FILE PETITION FUR RESURFACE Residents of Second Street Ask Council to Improve Street A petition, asking for asphalt resurfacing of Second - street from Adams street north to the Fifth street intersection was presented to the city council at its regular meeting last night. The petition was signed by several citizens and property owners on the street. The petition asked that the Council adopt a resolution authorizing the resurfacing of the street, which includes the. business district and several residents! districts. A motion was passed following the reading of the petition turning it over to-the s'reet and sewer commitlee of the Council to study and report at a later meeting. No official comment was mad? concerning the petition at the meeting last night, but it is understood that there is considers hie agitation for the resurfacing of at least part of the street. It is likely the petition will be studied and sent back to the Council as a whole at the next regular council meeting.