Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1930 — Page 1

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Vol. XXVIII, No. 42.

W. E. Treanor Seeks High State Office Bloomington. Ind., Feb. is. (U.R) Prof. Walter E. Treanor. Indiana I niversity law school facility member, has announced his candidacy lor the judge of the supreme court <>n tlie d moerntie ticket. Prof. Treanor. graduate of the Indiana University law school, lias been active in the democratic parly for several years.

DIPLOMA MILLS ARE DISCUSSED American Medical Association Hears Dr. C. B. Pinkham’s Address Chicago, Feb. 18 —(U.R> - Forging or duplicating high school academic and medical diplomas and selling them has become n thriving business for many persons and has resulted in the country becoming infested with many "fake” physicians. Dr. Charles R. Pinkham charged today in an address before the American Medical Associaton, Dr. Pinkham, secretary of the California board of medical examiners, said that transcripts of courses belonging to bona fide college graduates nre stolen and so altered as to be acceptable at reputab'e schools. He said it was common for an impostor to assume the name of a physician who is dead and escape detection for years. He told the delegates that verification of credentials from foreign medical schools has become a eerious prob'em, particularly in the <;ase of Rus-ia since there is no avenue for obtaining authentic information because the United States does not maintain diploanalkc relittions with the Soviet. Dr. W. McKim Marriott, dean of the Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Mo., predicted that the hey-day of patent medicine is at an end. Instead, he charged, soca’led health foods have captured the public credulity. Health foods are only foods, and the public need not expect unusual results from them. Dr. Martiott declared. The public has learned that health ean’t bo purchased in a bottle, he said. “Shotgun prescribing by physicians is being superceded by a return to the use of drugs of known composition and action.” * Dr. Marriott admitted that diets may help or cure persons suffering from certain diseases but said no miracles would ever be accomplished bv health foods, which he said, "Fill advertisements in our newspapers and magazines that even surpass the most lurid of patent medicines in all their glory." — -o Wheat Prices Decline Chicago. Fell. IS.- (U.R) —Wheat collapsed on the board of trade today. falling 1 to 2%c at the opening. Practically all months hit new lows for the crop, with March leading. Continued heavy liquidation in all foreign markets, with Liverpool off 2% to 3c and Buenos Aires sharply lower precipitated the action. At the opening March wheat was hid at sl.ll to $1.11%. May was $1.16 to $1.16%. July $1.17% to $1.17% and September sl.lß to $1.19.

o Genna Brothers Taken In Chicago Gang Raid Chicago, Feb. 18 —(U.R)— Genna. a name synonomous with gangland terror, was twice listed on police books today, along with 626 others, the roster of the latest prisoners in the police war on crime. The midnight raid on a southwest side flat that surprised Sam and Peter Genna at a desk which police declared they directed an alcohol distribution syndicate brought the total arrests since the general offensive against the underworld began to more than 5,000. There are only between 5,000 and 6.000 policemen in Chicago, many of them who have not been paid for weeks. ——o Plans Final Lecature The last of the free lectures delivered by Louis Schaefer, on “Health and Natural Foods" will be given in the basement of the Christian Church, Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to attend.

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KIRSCH, BURK, LINN ELECTED AS DIRECTORS Industrial Association to Change Name to Chamber of Commerce at Once HOME-OWNED STORES BOOSTED Leo Kirsch. Avon Burk and William Linn, directors of the Decatur Industrial Association for tlie last three years, all were re-elect j ed for three more years at the an-1 nual election of officers held Monday night at the K. of C. hall. ‘ The nine directors including the three new ones and C. C. Pumphrey, A. R. Aslibaucher, Hubert Schmitt, Eno Lafttkenau and ‘Dick Heller will meet some time this week and elect officers for 193(1. ■ It was voted at the meeting to change the name of the Decatur Industrial Association to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. A, sign with the new name will be placed on the windows of tlie new room in the Peoples Loan and Trust Co., building on Madison i street. Following a lengthy diseuss'on I on the home-owned store problem, a resolution was passed for the president of the association to appoint a committee, with power to appropriate funds and act, to devise plans to boost home-owned stores and to carry out the plans immediately. The committee will be appointed ! n the next day or two, Dick Heller, president stated today. The same committee, bv resolution, also was given authority to study the feasab'lity of erecting a market place in Decatur for farm products. Paul Graham, chairman of the Decatur Free Street Fair committee gave a brief outline of plans for the 193tl fair which will be held hero in September. Jack Stowell, field secretary of the National Warm Air Furnace Association, who was a guest of A. R. Aslibaucher gave a short talk. Mr. Stowell praised Decatur merchants and the city. He stated that he had been from coast to coast in the last few months and the home owned store problem was being discussed throughout t’je country. The meeting lasted for several hours.

FURNACE MAN VISITS CITY .Jack Stowell, Warm Air Furnace Expert Guest of A. R. Ashbaucher Jack Stowell, field secretary of the National Warm air Heating Association travelled a thousand miles to inspect the new building of A. R. Ashbaucher in this city and after a thorough inspection of the show rooms and work rooms of the Ashbaucher shop stated that Mr. Ashbaucher should "well be proud of his fine building, as it was one of the finest he had ever seen housing a retail furnace line.” Mr. Stowell, who spends most of his lime lecturing to various warm air furnace conventions and meetings throughout the United States is a great personality. He has travelled in almost every state in the Union and has addressed thousands of people in the last few years. Mr. Stowell stated that Mr. Ashbaucher's plant in this city was a credit to the community as well as to the warm air industry. J. M. Triggs, national president of the Warm Air Association and also president of the Majestic Furnace Corporation at Huntington, and C. C. Griffith, treasurer of the Majestic Co., accompanied Mr. Stowell to Decatur. Mr. Stowell stated that for the last two months at almost every middlewestern city, where he visited, furnace men showed him pictures of the Ashbaucher building and plant and and he finally decided to come here and visit the new Decatur plant. He stated that he was glad that he visited Decatur and that he was greatly impressed with the local merchants and the general activity of the various organizations in the city. Mr. Stowell left today for the east where he is scheduled to deliver a series of lectures along the eastern coast of the United States.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February IS, 1930.

Canadian Ace to Span Ocean wfej ar/ / / ■ . 'Y. \v.v/Rjv.y ’ »‘A \ fry -a Errol Boyd. Canadian flier, in his plane following the announcement that he will attempt a flight from Toronto. Canada, to London. Eng anil, making one stop at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. The war f ier will use tl.e monoplane Columbia in which Chamberlain and lovine made the perilous crossinb.

MAGLEY CASE NEARS CLOSE Case Will jjo to Jury by 5 o'clock This Afternoon, Belief The case of the state vs. Elmer Magley charged with rape will go to the jury sometime late this afternoon, it was indicated at 3 o’clock when the state completed its final argument to the jury. The case has created much attfbition and yesterday and today Juutdreds of men and women jammed the court room to capacity to hear evidence in the case. z The state alleges that rape was committed by Magley on Wilma Foughty on January 2 and January 9. Several witnesses, including the girl and her father, William Foughty, were used by the state to build up its case before the defense started action at 10 o’clock this morning. Magley took the stand in his own defense shortly before noon today and was questioned at length bv the defense. Then H. M. DeVoss assisting state’s attorney Nathan Nelson with the prosecution cross-examined Magley. The defense also offered several character witnesses for Magley. Witnesses who knew Magley since he was a child testified. Later Mis. Elmer Magley, wife of the defendant testified in behalf of her husband. The state and defense attorneys were each given an hour and a half to present their arguments to the jury. It was thought that the court would instruct the jury about 4:30 o’clock this afternoon and that the case would go to the jury about 5 o’clock. Magley has been confined in the Adams county jail tor the la t three weeks because of his inability to furnish $5,000 bond.

MRS. ENGELER IS RE-ELECTED Will Head Woman’s Club During 1930; Other Officers Are Chosen Mrs. E. D. Engeler was re-elect-ed president of the Woman’s club at a combined business meeting and program held Monday evening at seven-thirty o’clock in the high school auditorium. Other officers elected included Miss Elizabeth Peterson, who was re-elected vice-president of the club, Miss Naomi Durkin, newlyelected secretary, and Mrs. Otto Kirsch, re-elected treasurer. Preceding the election of officers Mrs. C. D. Teeple. chairman of the nominating committee gave her report of the prospective officers.. Mrs. Ralph Yager presided during the election of president and vice-president In the place of Mrs. Engeler, president, who was also the nominee for president. Mrs. Yager gave a short talk expressing the chib member’s gratitude for the splendid manner in which Mrs. Engeler had conducted her duties as president during the past year.

Crouch Trial Reaches Second Day’s Hearing I Columbia City, Ind.. Feb. IS — (U.R) I —Second day of the trial of Lloyd i S. Crouch. 33, former secretary of the Provident Trust company and former Columbia City mayor, charged with embezzlement, opent d today with proceedings hut a little farther advanced than they were | when the trial opened. The court immediately took np ‘the task of further examining pros- ( pective jurors. Crouch is represented by E. K. Strong, appointed by special Judge Rex Emerick, Kendallville, when Chester A. Lincoln, defense counsel. withdrew from the case ifter Whitley county clerk and auditor refused to certify a hill Lincoln filed for his services. Crouch is charged with embezzlement of $107,000 from the trust company. —_o May Rewrite Jones Law Washington. Feb. 18. (U.R) - The house judiciary committee may rewrite the entire Jones law as a basis for legislation to simplify court procedure in prohibition cases. Representative Christopherson, Rep., S. D., chairman of the subcommittee in charge of enforcement measures, announced today.

WATER SERVICE HEARING HELD No Objections Filed at Monday Hearing; On Charge Request No objections were offered at the bearing conducted Monday afternoon at the city hall, held by O. R. Livinghouse, chief of the tariff bureau of the Indiana Public Service commission in connection with the fixing of water service tapping rates by the city of Decatur. Mr. Livinghouse asked several questions of Orval Harruff, superintendent of the water department and of J. Fred Fruchte, city attorney, Mayor George Krick and members of the city council who attended the hearing. No resident or property owner appeared and offered objections. The city of Decatur petitioned the Public Service Commission for authority to fix water service charges for bringing the water line from the main to the curb or property line. An accurate record of costs show that the average cost of furnishing this service for a residence line was $19.88. The city received only $2 for a tapping charg?. The petition asked that the following charge? be allowed: for a %-inch line, S2O; for a %-inch line, $22; for a one-inch line. $25; for a one and ohe-halt’ inch line, $65; for a two inch line, $95. The representative of the Public Service commission intimated that the charges would he allowed on the first three classes, while above oneinch the city would be given the right to charge the job at actual cost. The evidence in the case will be reported to the Public Service commission by Mr. Livinghouse.

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CHICAGO SEES FINANCIAL AID I TO TIDE STORM Committee Believes Plan Will Help Finance City Until Next July WARRANTS WILL BE SOLI) SOON Chicago, Feb. IS -(UP)— After months on a Itormy financial sen, Chicago's ship is believed about to come in, freighted with $74.01)0,000 to tide local govemni nts over until July 1. In terms of finance, belief is expected from sale of tax anticipation warrants to banks, business firms, railroads an I public utili.ies it would be an emergency loan, comparahl? to the funds raised by liberty loan drives during the world I war. The plan, evolved yesterday at a meeting of civic leaders with Mel vln A Traylor, president of the first national bank, probably will be announced in detail today. It represents the efforts of Taylor and Silas H. Strawn, head of the citizens "rescue committee," Lewis E. Myers, school trustee, Robert F. Carr and Ernest R. Graham. A conference of representatives of city, county, sanitary district and school governments was hastily called by Strawn. The call was answered by all the local governments and they were represented in a joint conference tlie first time in two months. Each government listed its minimum requirements for unpaid and pending salaries and bills and the total was $74,u00.000. The city’s annonced requirement was $26,000,000; the county’s $lO.000,0000; that of the school board | $28,000,000 and that for the sanitary district $10,000,000. So optimistic did prospect of ini mediate cash appear that tlie county halted its plan of paying employes in scrip. "At least for a day oi so." as assistant county controller Michael J. O’Connor < xplained. Following the conference, th’ Strawn committee issued a statement in which it was said: “Some further details were requested by tlie committee and are piomised to be forthcoming at once. Immediately upon receipt of th" (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ________ o ________ Flood Aid Bill Is Introduced In House I Washington. Fell. IS —(U.R)— A bill to authorize appropriation of $7,000,000 to be loaned to farmers in flood and drouth ridden states of the south and west for purchase of seed and fertilizer was given preferential status today by the house rules committee. This assures prompt consideration by the house. The states which would benefit from the legislation are Virginia. Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana. New Mexico, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. o —— — ITALY JOINS PARLEY MOVE Favors Abolition of All Submarines if Other Members Agree on Plan London, Feb. 18—(U.R)—The Italian delegation will announce itself prepared to abolish submarines if all other powers do likewise and if all capital ships are scrapped, it was disclosed today in a reliable summary of the official memorandum which will state Italy’s position at the naval conference. The memorandum, it was understood, will specify that Italy favors a battleship building holiday, presumably until 1936. The memorandum also will specify that Italy accepts the French tonnage figures, but deplores that they are not lower. Italy has steadfastly contended (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Bank Case Continued Bluffton, Feb. 18—The case of Grover Essner against the Bank of Tocsin and the stockholders of that defunct institution, first set for trial on February 28. was conitnued today to March 24, because one of the attorneys had a previous setting for • the first-named date.

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Naval Parley Delegate Is Recalled to France Ismdon, Feb. 18 (U.R) —George] ' Llygues, mliihter of marine in | tlie recent Turdleu cabinet and now ranking French del gate at the flye-powcr naval conferenri | I was recalled to Paris today, leav ] | ing at 4 p in. i Alme-Joseph De Fleurlau, the French ambassador to London, becomes ranking delegate. OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY Pleasant Mills High School Glee Club to Present Musicale “Rings in the Sawdust," a twoact operetta will be presented by j the Pleasant Mills high school i Glee Club under the personal direc- ] I tion of Mrs. Harry Fortney at : Pleasant Mills high school auditor-1 hint Friday night February 21 at | 8 o’c'ock. The operetta will be open to the public and tickets may be secured from any of the high school pupils. The story of the musicale is one concerning circus life, and many beautiful songs and scenes are mingled into the two acts. The first act takes place on the circus grounds during the afternoon performance and the second act is on the grounds during the evening of the same day. Following is the cast of characters: Toby Dunn, owner of circus Herman Patterson Sally Squeezem. in love with Toby Amy Schenck Alonzo Squeezem. Sally’s father Glenn Ray ] MaryhePe Jaybird, in love with Alonzn Squeezem’ Margaret Daniels Willie Jaybird, widow's spoiled son Roy Smith I Eliza Slimmer, Matybelle's old maid sister Cecil Edgell , Inkv Snow, colored helper in the circus Charles Brunstrup Dinky Moore. Irish helper . Austin Merriman Snake charmer Ruth Ray Fat Lady Mary Moser Smallest man in world Jack, Isingenberger TaTest man in tlie world Harold Dolch ITindo Fortune Teller Glen Foor Clown Ralph Burke (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o FRANCE FACES GRAVE PROBLEM Downfall of Cabinet Is Factor in Tie-Up of Naval Parley Paris, Feb. 18 —(U.R)—President Gaston Doumergue began today a hurried effort to solve the 13th cabinet crisis since he entered the Elysec Palace. There was every indication that he wou’d formally ask either Andie Tari.leau or Aristide Briand to form a new government. The tie-up of progress at the London naval conference during the absence of official French delegales prompted the president to speed the usually extended prcM’ess of forming a new cabinet although it was stated that France’s naval policy undoubtedly will be unchanged. Conferences with parliamentary leaders, which are obligatory, were cut short. The defeat of Tardieu’s cabinet on a vote of confidence brought the once powerful Raymond Poincare. who has been ill, back into the French political pietury. The president asked him to calk at the palace to discuss the crisis. Meanwhile, Tardieu, pajama-dad in the sick room to which he was confined when his government fell, was telephoning to his principal colleagues to determine whether he should attempt to re form the government if asked. Tardieu had an excellent night, although his fever rose after the cabinet collapse. Doumergue, it is indicated, is eager to have Tardieu accept the premiership, since, pql'itical leaders contend that only finance minister Henri Cheron’s tactics in the chamber were responsible for the government’s defeat on a minor clause in its financial program. If Tardieu turns down j the offer, second choice naturally would fall (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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SAYS SENATE DESIRED VOTE ON QUESTION Hoover Appeals to Leaders For Action of Tariff Bill Proposals SENATE HAS BUSY SESSION Washington, Feb. 18.—<tl.R) ! —The silence of administration republicans during the j senate fight over the conftrImation of Chief Justice ] Hughes was defended lodav i by maioritv floor leader Wati son of Indiana, during a genI oral senate debate which folI lowed a White House break- | last conference. Watson also defended the republican leadership I in the tariff battle, the length of I which has caused the legislative jam that occasioned today's conference. Watson said the republicans remained s'lent concerning Hughes’ qualifications because they wanted to vote rather than talk. He commended Hughes very highly. Meanwhile, it was learned after the breakfast meeting that unless congress passes the administration's appropriations bill, the Federal government will he forced to dismiss 20,000 to 30,000 workers by tlie middle of March. This was one reason advanced in administration quarters for the necessity of clearing the legislative decks to permit prompt action of the appropriations bill. No appeal to the country at larg 1 tor support of the administration's program is contemplated, however, it was learned. At today's breakfast gathering. I President Hoover appealed to a | half dozen senate and house leadI ers to speed up the tariff hill and break the legislative jam for the sake of business stability, but senate leaders said there was nothing they could do to hasten the tariff action, although they hoped action on the measure would be completed by March 10. The senate debate which followed the White House meeting took on a political turn and wandered far afield. Former President Coolidge and his plans were brought in by S< nator Pat Harrison, demoi rat, Mississippi, but Watson, who followed Harrison, had nothing to say about this phase of the Mlssiss’pplan's speech. Harrison opened the debate with a savage attack on Representative Tilson, Rep., Conn., majority floor leader of the house, who had criticized the senate leadership tor alleged lackadaiseal support and silence in the face of attacks, ptrt'cularly in regard to the appointment of Hugh. s to be Chief Justice, and the tariff bill. Remarking that a variety of tilings seemed ‘peculiarly strange ", H irrison wondered why Mr. Hoover did not meet with Mr. Coolidg ■ when both were in Florida, wh (her Mr. Hoover had a radio on his houseboat in the gulf, whethei Coolidge was going west to “caphue the Golden Gate" and why Mr. Hoover summoned congressional (CONTINUED ON PAGE I'IVE) DICKERSON TO BE CANDIDATE Former Decatur Resident Is Democratic Candidate For Sheriff John Dickerson, Pennslyvania railroad clerk at Geneva and formerly of Decatur today announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Adams county, subject to the decision c ' Democratic voters at the May Primary election. Dickerson, resided in Decatur until about two years ago, when he was transferred to Herne and late 1 to Geneva. He is a son of the late Henry Dickerson, who for man?' years was prominent in Democratic politics of southern Adams county. Mr. Dickerson served three year' as Worshipful Master of the Deca tur Masonic lodge and when a resident of Decatur was active in lodge and civic affairs. He stated he would make a thorough campaign of Democratic voters of the county.