Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1930 — Page 1

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■SCEMENT fcf CREATES wyGH INTEREST 'i < :l<( ( l n ‘ !’<»>• Violation |)rv Laws O|\ET (HiAVE 9 WEi CAN DI DAI E Ivu.k. i-- 11. (U.R) -A ■■ . F-.!•:•! ''A' l ' dgr.iiist Ml /i. l- <>f >"'p . 'i brought indici|Klr:lin' ' ■ cre.it corpor- - individuals ami '„f ■ i ompanies - atm prohibition tixiav. nvii.a . porations. the v ' romp my ami ' "npany. were , lt s -Hi.’iit'M. 111., along K j ., l |jvi.|ii charges of Ri.,.4 iii ions. Comnot revealed |Ky ./ were believed , . sti ike at th- - ■ '.'•■ I bootleg.ami y-asl. pi,■.... rday indict».p. -iaai>l<t 1 ■U five women. ’larging them h I 2 . ■ . ate that in sevlly diverted v alcohol from - >ot leg ■ ill.- aid of a ci-ver i t ni I his denatnr11 p-r-ons wore -a . d diversion Ki S line ‘ -diol from th ■ The diverted j was i- , ;ira!ed to Ih> wrfrth' K\X York last tight 25 prowho have been rcM.imier hotel, one ~f or. ■ - -'i oaring for- < harai' with • i-hing or abet ' _ ' • hotel allots. claim to have 12 other ■hits in . mitection with 'lie |Hhisi ... .-- house judiciary prepared to hear wittumor- a on seven mens repeal or modify the proiiilaw ?.r I the senate judic ary in-pared to consider Mpor E ir:on K. Wheeler’s reso Khfora-' investigation, enforcement. K New Y rk. Major Mauricpre! i'dtion director, 'old ■»NTi.\’UEI) ox PAGE FIVE) ■UTS WILL I MAILED OUT •Members of Industrial ■ Association to Refl ceive Ticket Free m-niii.r of the Decatur In‘"‘■’tn tat ion w ill be mailed a 101 '!>»■ annual election ban-nn-etmg of the association Mil H-xt Monday night at ■'Wort at the |<. o f C. Hall it member is entitled to one oilt-rs may lie obtained ea, h | ( W;IR indicated toabout 20(1 local business other interested persons ■f attend. the banquet and electlll'et -tors several interesting win | )e ta n e (| to the ■ ""tn of those attending. as Pointed out today, that all local people, whether of the association or not By’"'i'-onie to take part in the ■■ms and offer suggestions. fi'f idea of the Industrial ■* a 'ion to adopt a policy, nieelgeneral approval of all local ■"' Bs men and manufacturers, ■ , ’ recll >t’- pointed out todav. — fl V| 'ai Continues I At Church of God fljT 681 ' s Stowing in the revival flat is wtl ieh are held each evenK "F Church of God on Cieveflon 1 . e01 .' ev - M. L. CoFfman of fla n lB tn? evangelist and deliv- ■ Powerful message each eveninvitation is again ex End ° ,he P eo Ple of this city to K ail( l hear Rev. Coffman. ■ e tin-’ IIS B ' a,ts at o'clock each

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A suit filed in the Superior Court at Chicago seeks the annulment of the marriage of James Banks, 79, Harvard graduate and wealthy plantation owner of Atlanta. Ga.. and Doi y S. Gardner. 58. alleged Io be a mulatto, on the ground that Bank-t was suffering from senile dementia and that he was tlie victim of a scheming woman. Joseph M Lille. Chicago business man and friend of the Banks family, brought the suit.

LINCOLN BIRTH I TO BE OBSERVED I"' I Schools Plan Programs; Adams County Banks to Close All Day Decatur Boy Scouts will give pai triotic program at Central school ( tomorrow, as a part of the obser-1 rance of Lincoln's birthday. AU three local banks will remain closed ! all day. and other Decatur schools ’ will have patriotic programs during the day. The Boy Scout program will com bine Lincoln’s birthday and their own twentieth anniversary into n patriotic program. The Civil War President. who®e birth date is observed as a national legal holiday,! also will be eulogized by the Scouts. No public program has been i planned. In several Indiana conn- ' ties the Republican central com-| mittees are planning banquets, but t no anouncement has l>ren made > concerning one in Adams county. Banks To Close All banks in Adams county, in ! eluding the three Decatur banks, will be closed during the day. It is regarded as a legal holiday and no business will be transacted by the banking institutions, it was announced today. There will lie regular mail deliveries, it was announced and mos: stoies will remain open. FIRE DESTROYS GERMAN LINER Fire Starts Shortly After Ship Docks at New York City New York, Feb. 11.—(U.R)—Fire which crackled through the inflammable shellac in the hold of the North German Lloyd liner, Muenchen. scuttled the big vessel today as she lay against her pier in the North river. One fireman was killed, five were injured and three others reported missing, according to first reports. When ft was apparent that it would be impossible to save the ship, which had arrived from Bremen today, more than a day late, her lines were cut loose and site was alloged to swing away from the dock and sink. The big trans-Atlantic vessel caught fire shortly after it put into port one and one-half days late after a rough voyage from the German port. As the 260 passengers were being disembarked the first wisps of smoke were noticed coming from the hold. Shortly afterward there were explosions and by noon a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Three Aged People Are Burned To Death ; Brockton. Mass., Feb. 11. (U.R) ] Three aged inmates perished in a ; fire which destroyed the city home I here early today. The dead: Wella Bacon, Georg. Brown and Minot Copeland. I Twenty others were taken to hospitals. Many of them were seriously hurt and their condition was considered si rious because of their ' advanced ages. Police and firemen searched the I ruins fearing other inmates may ! have perished. The city home was a three-story frame building housing SO aged persons, 60 men and 20 women. A general alarm brought aid from other towns. The loss was estimated 1 at SIOO,OOO. BRYANT FARMER FACES CHARGE John Carroll Taken to Indianapolis on Federal Affidavit Muncie. Ind., Feb. 11. —(U.R) — John Q. Carroll, 63, wealthy farmer of near Bryant, charged with i sending poison through the mail with intent to kill W. L. Gerrard, | Gaston hardware merchant and I former business partner will Ire i removed to Indianapolis today to await federal grand jury action. Carroll was arrested yesterday by a deputy U. S. marshal from ; Fort Wayne, after investigation by A. S. Kelly, Winchester post office inspector, and taken to the AUen conntv jail at Fort Wayne. Investigation came after Gerrard received a package of six gum drops Jan. 2. Analysis of • the candy showed each piece contained half a grain of strychnine. Carroll admitted to Inspector Kel’y he sent the candy, but said he intended only to make Gerrard ill. It was said Carroll held a grudge against Gerrard since July, 1927, when their business partnership ended. Inspector Kelly was told Carroll sti’l insists Gerrard owes him monev, and that Carroll had been heard to threaten Gerrard. According to the confession given Inspector Kelly, both the candy and pison were purchased in Portland, and the package mailed from Bryant without a return address. Gerrard said the package followed a letter from Carroll, in which the money matter was discussed. Gerrard later turned the package over to federal authorites after the Bryant postmark had aroused suspicion. Gerrard denied he owed money to Carroll. Penalty upon conviction of the charge against Carroll may be SIO,OOO fine and 20 years imprisonment.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 11, 1930.

ANTI-GANG WAR IS CONTINUED Chicago Officials Make New Effort to Halt Crime Wave Chicago, !<’ b. 11. (U.K Disarm gangland was the watchword today as the camnaign against htwle-s-| ness in Chicago entered a new phase with it stern and militant | acting chief justice installed in (bel criminal court and the power of j th" grand jury at the hand of law enforcement officials. Judge John P. McGoorty called] a disarmament conference of h s own after he had been installed yesterday. He summoned grand jurors into the courtroom an I enjoined them to do everything humanly possible to stamp out crime. Vigorous enforcement of the lav. against carrying concealed w apons. he said, is the most effective method. His ult matum gave impetus to the drive police have been eartying on s nee Saturday to rid the streets and hotels of gunmen, bombers, labor sluggeis and hoodlums. (CONTINUED OX PAGE FIVE) MANY ATTEND LODGE AFFAIR Annual Inspection of Pythian Sisters Is Held Tuesday The annual inspection of the Pythian Sisters lodge was held las’ . evening in the K. of P. Home on Third street. The inspection was conducted by Mrs. Iva Kirwin of For: Wayne, and the impressive ceremonies were witnessed by a 1 large delegation. Sixty’ three per sons including representatives from Tocsin and Fort Wayne were pre- ‘ sent at the services. Proceeding the inspection, the Knights of Pythias lodge served a three-course dinner in the dining • hall of the Home in honor of the Pythian Sisters. I Mrs. Fern Beaber also of Fort ' Wayne, and district deputy of district No. 11. also attended the affair last evening, and was a guest of Mrs. Del’on Passwater, district deputy of districts No. 4. in which Decatur is located. , o Adams County Woman ■ Taken To Hospital Ruby Saul bine Andrews of Adams • county was taken to Richmond yes terday by Sheriff Harl Hollings worth where she entered the Richmond State Hospital for treatment Mrs. Andrews had been a ward at ‘ the Adams county jail for several ■ days. i 1 o ■iTHOMAS EDISON 83 YEARS OLD t I 1 Inventor Observes His Birthday: Gives Annual Interview i 1 Fort Myers, Fla.. Feb. 11.- (U.R) : —Thomas A. Edison reached his 83rd birthday today but would iak ’ only half a day off from his scientific labors to celebrate it. Except for his annual interview 1 with newspapermen, a brief appearance in the city park for a tablet dedication in his honor and ' hurried visits with a tfew friends, i the day was little different from others for this patriarch of science. [ * The “Wizard of Menlo Park” >s not as strong on this birthday as ! he was a year ago, according to close associates, but he ie still able I to do a good day’s work. ■■■ • ■—o Monroe Woman Hurt Mrs. Harriet Sells of Monroe, suffered a fractured hip this morning, when she slipped on some ice - on a sidewalk, and fell. Mrs. Sells had just finished her weekly washing and stepped out on the walk when she fell on the ice. She was removed to the Adams County Memorial hospital and was reporti ed to be resting well late this afi ternoon. Mrs. Sells is a sister to J. A. Hendricks of Monroe.

Thieves Loot Safe Os Anderson Concern Anderson, Ind., Feb. 11. (U.RI Four dim who blew open the safe of the Harlan Coal company office early today, and obtained the Monday afternoon receipts, eucap ed in a huge sedan. Considerable damage was don ■ to the office interior, leading authorities to believe that it was the same gang which blew a safe in I.ebanon last we»<k. In both cases | there was an over-supply of explosive used. MODIFICATION HEARING SET Judiciary Committee To Hear Anti-Dry Evidence At Open Meeting By Kenneth G. Crawford United Press Staff Correspondent Washing’on, Feb. 11l —(UP) Preachers. Physicians, Authors, millionaires and others with nothing in common except their disbelief in prohibition, will pass in review be foie th" house judiciary commit’ee during hearings on seven measures to repeal or modify the eigtheenth amendment starting tomorrow. It will be the first time in six years that the House has held hearings on the modification bill. The last congressional investigation of the entile prohibition question was conducted by a Senate committee in 1926. Chait man Graham of the judiciary comini'tee, who decided on his own responsibility to give the wets another chance to present their case, expects to complete hearings in two weeks but will extend the time if necessary. The house beer bloc met today to complete the slate of witnesses who are to reptesent th« (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Grain Corporation Approved By Board Washington. Feb. 11. —(U.R) —The federal farm board today formally approved formation of the $lO.000,000 grain stabilization corporation which will buy sunplus wheat from co-operatives to relieve th" present market glut. After the meeting, the board announced there was no comment, forthcoming on the wheat situation. CHECK THEFT TO RE PROBED Local Man Says Another Party Cashed Check Sent to Him Ira Shaffer of this city today told a story of how someone using his name had obtained his mail at the Decatur post office last January 20 and had cashed a check made payable to him for $5.25. The case was reported to Sheriff Hollingsworth and work was started on the case immediately. Shaffer stated that prior to January 20 he had helped load some iron pipe in Decatur for a Muncie concern. The chock was mailed from the Muncie office January 18 and evidently was received h°ro January 20, for it was cashed at a local bank on that date. 'Shaffer stated that he in company with another man went to the local post office about 10:30 o’clock on the morning of January 20 and when he asked it he had a letter was told that it was not in the office. Shaffer stated that he insisted that a check W'as to have been sent to him and was told that possibly the letter had been taken to some one else by mistake. Shaffer immediately wrote the Muncie concern stating that ho had not received the check and the cancelled check with Shaffer’s name allegedly forged on the reverse side was sent to Sheriff Hollingsworth as proof that the check had been mailed. It bore the signature “1. Shaffer” but a check up of Shaffer’s handwriting with the signature reveai ed that someone else had signed the check. Several clues were obtained concerning the matter today and it is probable that two Decatur boys will be questioned by Sheriff Hollingsworth late today concerning the matter.

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CATHOLIC HIGH YEAR BOOK WILL BE INTERESTING Annual Publication of “Tattler” Will be Dedicated to Decatur SUBSCRIPTION SALE NOW IN PROGRESS Work started this week on the j Decatur Catholic high school Year, I Book, it was announced by' the i staff. The book will bear the| usual name “The Tattler” and will] be dedicated this year to the city of Decatur. Much interesting data concern ] ing Decatur and several historical I items of worth will be included in ' the 1930 Catholic school book] Members of the editorial staff of] the book have been working fori some time, gathering material for the book, which will combine the school news and activities with! many scenes and stories of Decatur. Subscription solicitors are can-! vassing all Decatur citizens and I the subscription campaign will | continue for two weeks. Subscriptions to th° yearbook, which will be off the press the first i part of May. are selling for SI.OO each. They may be secured from any student of the high school. Abounding in features relative to the City of Decatur, namesake,] Commodore Stephen Decatur, the 1930 edition of “The Tattler” gives l evidence of being the best ever produced at the local Catholic high school. The theme of the book, in keeping with the dedication, is ’’The Spirit of Decatur.” This year’s theme and dedication offers many special feature,--, and a very fitting outlay is being worked out by the staff anil Its advisor. Sister M. Vera. Chief among the features of the book will be a concise history of the j city: a biography of Commodore; Decatur; a geographical sketch of! the city proper, to be used as the ] background of the various opening and division pages; in ami about Decatur; and drawings o’ the old and new <o.irthouse, library, and schools. The literary section will contain besides the history ami the biography. an art’cle concerning the flower of the tulip tree, the state flower, and stories of fiction dealing with historic happenings in 'he pioner days of the city, as well as those of the present. Mr. French Quinn, prominent citizen of this city, has placed his folio of the city's history at the disposal of the high school. The folio has served as an invaluabl • aid irf* carrying out the theme of the book. Besides the various features concerning the city, “The Tattler" will contain the regular yearly features relative to administration.| classes, activities, literary, sports, and jokes. It is planned to bind the annual in a mocotan cover, carring the school's colors green and gold. BARBER SHOP HAS NEW OWNER Foreman and Jewell Sell Service Shop Here to BlulTton Barber A deal has been completed in which Fred Stanton of Bluffton, becomes the owner of the Service Barber shop, located on Madison street. Mr. Stanton is a recent graduate of a barber school and will conduct, a modern barber shop. Claude Foreman of this city and Fred Jewell of Willshire, Ohio, were the former owners of the barber shop. Mr. Foreman plans to assist Mr. Stanton in organizing his business for several weeks. Mr. Jewell is. planniiig to buy a barber shop at Willshire, and returning to that town to reside, a-— : o Youths Admit Identity Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 11 —(U.R) —Two youths arrested yesterday on charges of having a. stolen auto in their possession admitted they were Claude Jeneree, alias Harry Templeton. 27. Eagle Lake, Tex., and Ben Watson, 19, Marion, 111., who escaped from the federal reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio.

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$8,500 for Leg jet w 4 / y ‘' • JBWmrWWI IW 1 LI ' * A Robert Mullaney, 4-year-o’.d Chicago boy who had his right leg I amputated at the knee after being i struck by a truck, was awarded $8,500 damages in suit against the , I truck owner. R.C. PARRISH TO ASSIST STATE — Former Local Attorney to Aid Prosecution In Booher Case R. C. Parrish. Fort Wayne attorney. formerly of Decatur wn« appointed snecial assistant prosecutor by Judge J. C. Sutton in Adam® circuit court today to assist in the Boyd Booher murder trial which is scheduled to start here i February 18. I Parrish was appointed to assist |in the prosecution on motion of | Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Nel- , son. Mr. Parr’sh formerly was < prosecutor of Adams county and when in that office made an enviable record. He has been active in law practice for many years. When the i case comes before the court February 18, as the docket now stands. Prosecutor Nelson and Parrish will - represent the state and D. B Erwin of Decatur and W. H. Eichorn of ' Bluffton will represent Booher. On petition of Prosecutor Nelson. 11. M. DeVoss was appointed to assist him in the case of the State vs. Elmer Magley. charged 1 with rape on two separate affidavits. Magley appeared in court today and petitioned for another attorney to assist h’s present attorney. Ed A. Bossee. appointed by the court under the pauper rights 1 law. The court appointed J. Fred Fruchte to assist in defense. Th-' Magley case is set for February 17. o Meningitis Claims Life of Prisoner ! Michigan City. Ind., Feb. 11.—(U.R) —Spinal meningitis took life at the Indiana state prison at Michigan City to raise the total death from the disease there to ; four. Two cases were still under I treatment today. 1 The Michigan City board of health considered the advisability > of quarantining the 75 prison 1 guards that each day travel front 1 the prison to their homes in the city. Residents charge the guards may spread the meningitis germs. The latest fatality was Oscar Grant, Newcastle, serving a two-to-14-year sentence on a charg" of embezzlement. The body was sent to a brother in Newcastle today. Jury Probes Girl’s Death At Marion Marion, Ind.7Feb' 11.— (U.R) —A Grant county grand jury today continued its investigation into the slaying of 8 months old Marjorie Helen Crooks last Thursday, by her father, Robert Crooks, 25. Crooks went to the home of his estranged wife to see his child for the first time. He shot the baby while she was lying in her mother's arms. Crooks told officers, who tmk him to jail from a hospital where self-inflicted wounds ha d been treated, that he expected to be sentenced to the electric chair.

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STIMSON URGES ABOLITION IN STRONG APPEAL French Delegate Takes Issue With Stimson’s Argument Today FRANCE WANTS TO MAKE RULES BULLETIN London, Feb, 11—(U.R) —The first five-power agreement of the 1930 naval conference has been reached Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, chief United States delegate revealed today. Stimson, discussing this morning's plenary session of the conference, at which the submarine problem was discussed. told the press that the fiv» powers had agreed definitely to restrict the use of submarines against merchant vessels to the same rules that are applied to service ships. Lon'lon. Feb. 11. (U.R)— The ;ib"liti<»n of submarines in naval \va’’f’are was urife'* unon the fi”e-Do\ver naval - nliTcnee bv Secretary Henrv I. Stimson todav as "a practical "nd common s( ».e P monsiire.” The 'hief American dele'*>te l»>l<l a nl< n >rv session of the conference at St. James palace ’hat submarines were more costly “ton for ton” than any larger war craft: that the submarine is a weapon particularly susceptible to abuse which might easily cause recurrence of “the dreadful experiences of the paat." Standing erect beside the conference table, his right hand thrust into a pocket. Stimson was the second of five -speakers who presented contrasting views on abolition of submarines. Great Britain end Italy supported proposals for ending submarine warfare. France and Japan opposed abolition and urged that thu conference accept a French resolution looking toward a five-power agreement which would force subnt: rines to obey the same t itle o’ warfare that apply to surface shins. The five powers were unanimously agreed that, failing to achieve abolition of submarines, strict limitation of their usage shott'd be enforced. Great Britain (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SEEKS WABASH TRUSTEESHIP Walter Thornhill is Democratic Candidate for Trustee Post Walter Thornhill, prominent Wabash township resident today announced his intentions of being a candidate for trustee of-Wabash township subject to the decision of Democratic voters at the primary oleetion next May. Mr. Thornhill served as trustee of Wabash township several years ago, and gave that township one of the best administration of affairs in the history of the township. The candidate stated today that if nominated anil elected he would serve his people to the best of his ability and would give them a business administration. He also stated that if elected he would place th< public schools of Wabash township in high standing, compared to other schools. Mr. Thornhill will start at once to make an active campaign for the nomination and stated that if nominated he would work untiringly for the success of the entire Democratic ticket in the township county and state. Youth Killed When Gun Is Discharged Terre Haute. Ind., Feb. 11.—(U.R) —Kenneth Hutchens, 19, Terr» Haute, was fatally wounded yesterday when a gun in the hands of a friend, Stacey McKane, was accidentally discharged. The boy died soon after being taken to the hospital. The two youths were examining the gun at the McKane home when the trigger was pulled, sending a bullet into Hutchens’ head.