Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1930 — Page 1

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MATION to PROBED IN falCO TODAY L Assassin Refuses Lf ? || Official ß of | General Plot Lident to JgfOVER. BELIEF W, — Lg Pity. ’’ fi ~ P °l Eie a d'termined roundup Binary snsp-’cts today as Edent P-iseiial Ortiz Rubio E stint l>y il " assassin with ', Elins Os his inauguration. I ifcii JO suspects were re- j ■ft cnstody and the full TO- j Kd: the government were Itslaciinst what was rein have been a general plot Einatinn. Epsident. his jaw shattered Het. rested at his home and I Erians said his recovery L. rapid. His wife, their Lj the presidential chartLj., wounded when the Efireil on the president’s [ i,.ft the palace after the. Eon yesterday, were not ■ hurt and were reported ■i-oiulit ion. Esdhnt, a young intellectbed Daniel Flores, was held Eity garrison Officials hamlit him ceaselessly in an esL b ,ak down his stubborn Iti confess, and reveal It Ms act was part of a ■bo; ate plot. ■gh the capital was intense■H hy the shooting, perfect Erevailed during the night. litttmpt to kill the presi-Ittiirr-d as his automobile Mi*t (he presidential pal■trtly ager he had been in: ■ri constitutional president ■co before a crowd of 50.0 M I national stadium. Bows man. dr-ssed somber[tack. leveled his revolver M si rapid shots into the poring automobile. ■ballet entered the left side ■ president's face, broke the it and lodged on the right ■ Another grazed the scalp j ■ ofSenora Josefina Ortiz de ■life of the president. Their I Miss Maria Hoss, and the | ►■■■ Felix Galvin, were cut I R glass. ■ bystander. J. Carmen ,Jim-1 I®*struck by a glancing bul|*o other bystanders wete it sightly hurt. [President's aide. Sostenos Iras uninjured. The presi■ecretary, Eduardo Hernanp»ii the wheel and drove P® the crowd. IPtss <lent and the others infra taken to the Red Cross | nearby. After the bullet R r moved front the presi|M. he was taken to his ■residence, pI'ED ON PAGE THREE) HOF COD MS REVIVAL H L Coffman of Has Charge of pice Each Night I« u eetings are now > n pro I e (Iturch of God on Itim reet ' Rev - M - L - CoffL Is the evangelist and J ' or(, eful message rach r°tfman together with the |l/‘ l,le fongregation exIbrin ' nv * ta Hon to everyL ' lr ' p nds and come and I*'" meetings. I "niers n f the churches of L P t , her " i,h the minishtf ai° P e fPom ’l’ 6 neut’bv L e also cordially invited to L ■ "tflmati. ksel? prevail « in these beg,n each even< L o — HthCaptured i. 1 "' 1 " P( “ b - 6 • —(U.R) — R 2 °’ Muncie > was Pto hou ght when he at ’ L 0 told up Walter Hardy, h companion Ppyoilh. Rr ° Cer to ° k a hckut '"i " as a ne P hew of F sherifr a t Muncie.

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William Miller To Seek Trustee’s Post W.lliam Miller, well known farmer of St. Marys township, announced today that he was a candidate tor the regttblican nomination sot trustee of St. Marys township Mr. Mill r liver in the north precinct of his township and stated that he would make an active campaign lor the nomination. Two o her cand dates have also announced that they would seek the republican nomination for trustee in St. Marys township and those who watch polities look for a lively battle during the spring primary in this race. SPECIAL VENIRE WILL BE DRAWN Commissioners Likely to Draw 50 Prospective Jurors Soon it is highly probable that a special venire of 50 prospective jurymen for the state vs. Booher, murder indictment trial, will be drawn in the next day or two, it was indicated today. When the Booher trial, which is scheduled to start Februaty 18 or 19. begins, the regular petit jury will first he called to sit in the ease. Both the state and defense have 20 preemptory challenges which 'hey may use and its prosper tive jurors may be dismissed without cause. After the 40 preemptory challenges have been used, then either ide may dismiss a juror if just cause for dismissal is shown. The fury commission rs John S. Peerson and M. rtin Smith together with •Sp c lerk of the Adams circuit court Miss Bernice- Nelson, will draw the special venire in the same manner in which other juries are drawn. AB-4,b jurors likely will be railed and as needed they will be called to sit in the ease in order of their drawing. It was learned today that Nathan N Ison, who has been confined at the Adams County Hospital was improved and would in all probability be ready to try the case soon. It was also understod that he will petition the court for a special assistant to aid in the Booher case.

SCHOOL PUPILS ARE DISMISSED South Ward Building Is Fumigated When Boy Becomes 11l School children attending the South Ward school were dismissed from school today while Dr. J. M. Miller, city health officer, fumigated the rooms for small pox germs which resulted when Warren Harrod, son of William Harrod of smith of this city became ill yesterday afternoon with small pox. The lad became ill yesterday and was taken to his home where physicians have quarantined the family for small pox. This morning the pupils of all four rooms at South Ward were sent home in order that the rooms might be disinfected. The boy is a pupil in the first grade and lives outside of tile corporation of Decatur. Mr. Miller stated today that every precaution is being taken to keep an epidemic from breaking out again. He stated that most of the children have been vaccinated recently for small pox and that there is little danger that an epidemic will be started again. n— 1 Town Officer Short; Chooses To End Life Zionsville, Ind.. Feb. 6. — (U.R) — The suicide of Charles F. Miller, 56, Zionsville town clerk and treasurer, ended a life of hardship and poverty of the man who lived on an SIS a week salary. Two examiners from the state board of accounts appeared Tuesday to make the biennial audit of the town clerk's books. Miller told the examiners to wait until he went home for his books. Yesterday his body was found in a vacant house, with a bullet in his head. Miller apparently believed a shortage would be found by the examiners, and chose suicide rather than disgrace. A S3OO shortage was found in h's books when they were audited two years ago, but Miller borrowed money to adjust the accounts and no action was taken, an accounts board member said.

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Ten New Mooseheart Residents rJM> L ..□n ■ ■ A 4 < t KaNx**dL A A- - 1c -2 I i»l* S i T I ■ 'W - Standing from left to right are Erwin Fogle. 10; Bailey Fogle. 8; Mildred Fogle, 12: Dora Jane Wilkinson, 8. Sitting, from left to right, are Joseph Fog'e, 5; Sarah May Fogle, 6; Phyllis Jean Wilkinson, 2; Betty Fogle, 3; David Wood Wilkinson. IS months; Harry Water Wilkinson. 6. The Fogle c hildren ar» from Geneva ar.d the four Wilkinson children are from this city. Titer father, the late Walter Wilkinson was formerly dictator of the local lodge. The Wilkin-on children left last Sunday morning for Mooseheart and the six Fogle children will go in the next week or two

MAKES REPORT ON SEAL SALE W. Guy Brown, ('hairman Asks All Seal Holders to Report at Once W. Guy Brown, county chairman of the Adams County Tuberculosis League, today announced that to date a total of 76.189 Christmas seals had been reported sold and have been settled for. TMNF Is a gain of 5.362 over the total sold last year which was 70.827. Mr. Brown stated today that he is anxious to file his final report hut that because several people have not turned in their reports he is unable to do so at tills time. He also stated that he is anxious to file this report and desires the cooperation of those people who have seals and money and have failed to report. These Christmas seals are distributed by the Red Cross each year during the month of December and tiie proceeds derived from the sale are used to fight tuberculosis. The increase of the sales each year Is steady and insures a decrease in tlie number of deaths from tuberculos s. W. Guy Brown has been chairman of the Adams County Tuberculosis league for several years and the effort he has put forth accounts in part for the great number of seals sold in Adams county. SNOW FLURRIES ARE REPORTED Road Conditions in County Reported to Be Much Better A light snow visited Decatur and most of Adams county last night and cloudy weather ruled tlie elements most of today. The temperature d'd not drop much lower tha t it has been the last few days and piedictions were that weather conditions would be unchanged for al least 24 hours. The enow fall was light and for more than an hour it melted almost as quickly as it fell. The temperature was about the same throughout northern Indiana, while it was slightly warmer in the northwest part of the state. Rivers and streams in Adams county are back in their channels again, but the fields which were flooded several days ago are still covered with a heavy layer of ice. Li: tie fear is expressed when the ice in the fields melts away, because the water has left the ice hollow and it is thought that rivers are down to a low enough level to take care of the field ice when warm weather sets in. Road conditions in the county are greatly improved and many of the washouts are being filled in now in various parts of the county. Warn ings have been issued for heavy trucks to keep off the roads during the thaw season and officials state violators of the road laws will be punished.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 6, 1930.

F. O. Davis Seeks A Second Term F. O. Davis. Jefferson township ' assessor today announced that, iio I would seek rent initiation and re--1 election for that office, subject to , I the decision of the Democratic voters of Jefferson township at the I May primary. Mr. Davis has served as assessor iof Jefferson township for the last I !four years and he stated today that ' he would make an active campaign , tor tile office. (DEATH SUMMONS 11 OSSIAN WOMAN 1 ; Mrs. Anna VVerling, 65, >i Dies at 12:15 o’clock Today at Her Home 1 Mrs. Anna Werling, 65, of near Ossian died at her home this morn- • ing at 12:15 o'clock from compli--1 cations. Mrs. Werling was bedfast for only • five days, but for the past year has . been in failing health. • She was bern at New Haven, the 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry i Bremer, both deceased. Ou September 1. 1887 she was . united in marriage to George Werl- . ing who died ten years ago. To this ; I union weie born six children, two of ' whom died in infancy. Tlie surviv- , I ing children are Mrs. William J. Hoffman of Monroeville, Martin Werling of Fort Wayne, Herman Werling at home, and Mis. Edwin Gallmeyer of Maples. Seven grandchildren also survive the deceased. Two brothers, William and Mar- | tin Bremer, live at New Haven. Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 1 o'clock (('. S. T.) at the home near Ossian, and at 1:15 o’clock at the Bethlehem I Lutheran church where the deceased had been a member for many y ars. Rev. Carl Stiaitsberg will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) I 0 LECTURE WELL RECEIVED HERE Captain Gudmundson Is Lyceum Course Speaker In Decatur i Captain Sigurd Gudmundson made his second appearance before a large audience at tlie Decatur High i School auditorium, lust evening. , ■ when he took the place of Fern i Cast'ord, entertainer in the third I of a set les of Lyceum numbers . sponsored by the Seniors of the high school. Miss Casford was unalile to be ■ present last evening, as site is crii tically ill. Captain Gudmundson was > secured to address the audience last i evening, and lie presented a very interesting illustrated lecture on > Alaska, and Siberia. ■ Prof W. Guy Brown had charge of i the steoropican machine, by which ■ many colored slides were cast upon ’ a screen erected otf the stage. Cao- . tain Gundmundson explained each ■ picture shown and told many inter- ' esting events which happened while he was in Alaska.

PETITIONS FOR TRIAL FUNDS Judge Sutton Asks For Two SI,OOO Annropriations For Case Judge Jesse C Sutton of the Ad■ms Circuit court has netitioned the \dams ■County council for twm ap nronr'a’ion a of SI,OOO each. on Q for ■mployiiig for paupers and the other (for an assistant prosecuting TtttdrI nev. I Tlie approni iations are recineste.l ; n connection with the criminal | case of Bovd Booher. Geneva, indicted by the Adams county grand iury. charged with the murder of Arch Beerbower. Booher pe'itioned the court for an attorney and under the law th” court must provide one to defend him. Tlie other appropriation is for employing an assistant to Nathan Nelson, prosecuting attorney, in the s afe's prosecution of the case. The appropriations will come up before a special meeting of th? county council on February 18. A meeting of tlie council has been called for that date and several other appropriations will receive the attention of the council. Booher's trial has been set for February IS or 19. It will b? the first murder trial held in Adams County for a number of years. WHEAT GROUP HAS MEETING Advisors Move to Halt Repeat of Last Years Price Drop •Chicago. Feb. 6 —(U.R)-The advisory committee of wheat growrs, a section of the federal farm board, was reporter! today to have formulated preliminary plans to prevent a collupise of wheat prices such as marked the decline in the cotton market in 1914. Members of the committee met in a c'osed session here yesterday. It was said they discussed formation of a holding organization, as provided for in the federal farm marketing act as a last resort in case of surplus production. Tlie committee, with Alexander Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, president, met again today and it is expected that members will decide whether tlie present wheat situation warrants formation of a holding organization to buy almost unlimited supplies of wheat for approximately $1.20 a bushel, the price set by the cooperative heads at Minneapolis. The federal government would be cal’ed upon for funds in case the committee decided the -formation of a holding organization was necessary. Legge has denied reports that a request of $100,000,000 more of the $300,000,000 appropriated subject to call by the board had been asked for. He also denied reports that grain cooperatives, hacked by the federal farm board, had accumulated 12,000,000 bushels of grain. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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CHICAGO STILL SEEKING HELP Officials Have Third Payless Payday; No Voucher Buyers Chicago, Felt, fi — (U.R) — The “good morning, children," with whl'h Chicago's 13,500 school teachers greeted their pupils this morning was none too cheery for today was another payless payday. The third empty payday for county employes came yesterday. , Policemen, firemen and other city j employes still were unpaid after | six weeks of pinching to make' every penny do the work of a doirar and ]>lunging into debt at loan! shark offices and pawnshops to get I money to feed wives and children. I Officials of city, county and | school governments responsible fori payment of the more than 40.0001 employes in their various departI tnents spent another fruitless day i attempting to borrow money. They I had for sale $123,940,000 in tax anticipation warrants, enough to ; bring the total debt of the tax expending bodies to nearly $404,000,000. But the old Batin warning, “let I the buyer beware,” had gone to the money marts of the nation and no one wanted to advance funds pm Chicago's promise to pay. The I spectacle of a city of 3 500,000 population too poor to pay its help held up before the world for weeks proved an impassable barrier to monetary’ relief. Nor was there prospect of solation within the city’s “family circle." The citizens' "rescue committe?” headed by Attorney Silas H. Strawn had met luke-warm re(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 15 BRIDGES TO BE BUILT SOON State Highway Head Signs Contracts For Constructions Indianapolis. Feb. 6.—(U.R) —Contracts for constructing 18 bridges on state roads at a cost of $316,842.03 wete signed yesterday’ byJohn J. Brown, highway commission director. Three bridges between Lafayette and Brookston on state road 43. R. L. Schutts. Indianapolis, $15.628.29. One bridge over Buck Creek near Julietta on U. S. 52. John W. Kernodle, Lebanon, $11,571.47. Two bridges east of Richmond, onp on U. S. 40 and the other on state road 11, I. E. Smith Construction company. Richmond, $17,380.98. Three bridges north of Fort Wayne on I T . S. 27, Vincennes Bridge company, Vincennes, $55.075.14. One bridge south of Brookston on state road 43, Vincennes Bridge company, $19,383.35. One bridge on state road 43 north of Wanatah, W. H. Hoffman, Lafayette, $7,041.91. One overhead structure spanning Wabash railroad tracks north of Valparaiso on state road 49. Foster Lumber and Coal company, Valparaiso. $41,476.20. Four bridges on U, S. 50. between Washington and Shoals. R. P. Clinger, Huntingburg, $52,960.81. Ine bridge over North Fork of Muscattatuck river on U. S. 50. A. E. Hutton, North Vernon, $57,133.83. One bridge on state road 62 east of Dale, R. p. Clinger, Huntingburg, $9,190.05. The bridges will be constructed this year. — o_ Will Rogers Returns From Naval Meeting New York, Feb. 6.—(U.R)—Will Rogers, unofficial delegate to the naval conference at London, arrived today on the belated French liner lie de France. The vessel was delayed by a serious storm at sea hut no damage was reported. Rogers applauded everything tn London with refreshing unaminity. George Bernard Shaw, he found, was a “bear of a talker" who would not let him get a word in edgewise. Lloyd George is a good talker and gag man and the house of commons is, “if possible, funnier than congress.”

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I Paul Edwards Buys Charles Colter Home Paul Ed.w rds, the welhknown | photographer today closed a denlj for the purelnH? of the Charles H.i ('idler re-idenee, corner First and , Adams streets and will occupy it after April 1 when possession is to i be given. Mr. and Mrs. Colter will move to | Kendallvill - where Mr. Colter is i engaged in the lumber business. I owning and operating a mill at that | place. For the past year most of his attenti&n has been re<piired ther- i and for that reason he decided to' dispose of his property here. The I residence is one of the most attrac j tive in the city, modem in every way and well located. DATE SET FOR ANNUAL MEET Industrial Association to Meet Monday. Feb, 17 To Elect Directors ' The annual meeting and election of directors of the. Decatur Indus-1 trial Association will ba held Mon-1 day, February 17. it was announced I today following a meeting of direc-j tors of the association in the new I rooms in the Peoples Loan and' Trust Co., Building Wednesday aftei noon. Several important resolutions also w 11 be offered for the entire association to vote on, ft was decided. Chief among the new proposals is one to change the name of the Decatur Industrial association toj the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. It was pointed out at the director’s meeting by advocates of the name change, that most business men’s associations in towns and cities used the name Chamber of Commerce and that the Decatur orI ganization actually was such an or< | ganization and should adopt the generally recognized name. Another discussion, which probably will be brought to the attention of all members was the attiI tilde the local organization should I assume toward the chain stores. ’ I The directors did not reach a con-1 I elusion on the subject and it is pro-1 liable that matter will be discussed : by the entire membership. Several local citizens have asked that the Industrial Association appoint a committee to have charge of cleaning the river bank along Federal road 27 north of Decatur to the north bridge, early in the spring For the last few years the land has (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GOLF COURSE TO OPEN IN APRIL Manager Bernard Clark Makes Plans For Year at Local Club Th? Decatur Country club golf course will open as early in April as the weather will permit, it was announced today’ by the manager, Bernard Clark. Plans toward that end are now being made and the coming season it is expected will be the longest and best since the course opened here. New equipment including a power greens mower is being purchased and every effort to keep the course in tlie very best condition possible will be made, Mr. Clark stated. A number of new members will be taken in to the club, applications from several diere and at Berne having already been received. The Decatur course is one of the most popular in this section of the state and the 1930 season shohld lie a profitable as well as a most enjoyable one. A meeting of the mem bers will be held at the opening of the season, at which time will occur the election of the new board of governors. o Second Monon Bank Is Closed Today Indianapolis, Feb. 6. —(U.R) -The Farmers and Traders State Bank of Monon, with capital stock of $50,000, was closed by the state banking department today ami Thomas 1). Barr, assistant state bank examiner, was sent to take charge. The bank is the second in the town to he closed, the State bank of Monon having been ordered closed Nov. 1. The two banks were the only ones in the town. J. S. Minch was preseident and J. H. Smith cashier of the institution closed today.

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BRITAIN SEES NO REASON FOR ACTION DELAY Want Other Nations To Agree to Plan as Soon As Possible CONTROVERSY AMONG GROUPS — By Raymond Clapper, UP Staff Correspondent London, Feb. 6. — <U.R) — Great Britain is willing, under agreement with other i naval powers, to begin im- | mediate scrapping of battleships down to 15 in aecord- | ance with lhe Washington treaty, the British spokesman (announced today. Tlie spokesman said it would [take two years for tlie British to complete the scrapping progresses. He said that, it other powers wer«- ; willing, Britain saw no reason to I wait until 1936. A controversy over the number i of classes of warships which shall be established under any agreement for naval limitation arose today at a meeting of tlie so-called first committee of the naval conference, Japanese sources said the committee, meeting at St. James palplace light cruisers and destroyers placel ight cruisers and destroyers lin one or two classes. France and i Japan favored placing them in one (category while tlie British and i American delegates favored piae--1 ing light cruisers in one class and •(destroyers in another. Italy reserved opinion. > It was understood the question • would lie submitted to tht .committee of experts appointed by the conference. The experts will meet at lb a. m., Friday. Dale Wins Victory Muncie, Ind., Feb. 6—(U.R)—May rlor George R. Dale won a victory ; in his fight against -card playing when Charles A. Miller, cigar store proprietor, was found guilty of keeping a gambling house, and lined $lO. Miller was arrested when police interrupted a card game, in which checks were used. In an earlier test game, in which checks were not used in card playing, the city court held that card playing was I not against the law. I Taft Condition Is Reported Unchanged Washington, Feb. 6.—(U.R) —The condition of William Howard Taft remained unchanged today, with his pulse satisfactory and no fever, though d'fficulty has developed in administering nourishment, his physicians said in a bulletin issued shot tly before noon today. DRY PROPOSAL ARGUED TODAY Both Sides Fire at Jury Change Plan; Business Cleared Washington, Feb. 6 —<U.R>— The law enforcement commission’s proposal to modify the jury system s’ightly in order to speed prohibition prosecutions was assailed and defended in congress today a s the House made ready to open debate on the Williamson bill transferring enforcement from the treasury’ to tlie justice department. While Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard was making a strictly legal argument on the constitutionality of the proposal before the house judiciary committee. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York City, and a former New York supreme court justice and close friend of Alfred E. Smith, was telling tlie senate the purpose of tlie plan “to chib the accused into acquiescence in the denial of a jury.” The House was clearing up minor business preparing to debate the rule on the Williamson bill which proposed to limit general discussion to four hours, while the senate considered the tariff and passed numerous minor resolutions and bills, the most important of which authorized $31,400,000 additional for federal aid in road construction.