Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1930 — Page 1

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STATE PRESENTS MORE EVIDENCE TODAY

faIMNIES fc INDICTED j’CfINSPIRACY ■ l n ,panics Ylleged to . ■J Conspired to Form Edine Monopoly ( ■ ■ ■djury I makes chargei |«» 6 Kgrilctnu'iit ..gainst 13 oil ■L i ,-L-lit individuals. | K conspin" ■■ to restrain gasoline and petroleum ■ na.. i< • eturned by a ! county grand jury. Egjjii'iiient. made public to- ■ distr.' attorney Winfield K«r. was returned following Kj invest it’.,! ion by his office tniplaim : ml by the Keith . Koratien "I this city. Wilbur ( Ej that the indictment ] K trail ::t prior court this Ets named as defendants j ■ Sanilard <>:i company of | E* Beacon Oil company of j Esey. Cities service refining! Kt. Jenney manufacturing , K Richfield oil corporation , Kt chasetts. Tidewater oil ( Kpwation. Shell Eastern PeK .reducts, Inc. Texas com■«,'rlair refining company, ■i:an petr.-ieittr, corporation. ■_ , liook Loses Appeal ■fogton Feb. 25 — (UP) — ■ Howard Snook today los'[ ■t hope of . scaping by legal I ■ execution in the electric j ■at Columbus. Ohio, Friday,! ■ murder of Theora Hix. ■npreme court refused to re■Jttook's appeal after the con- ■ man's attorneys made a Mitt- app ,a< tor a stay. The Kt of Ohio has refused a re- 1 ■ ami today s action of the ■ court virtually kills the forBio State University prosesMat hope. K- ~ biinent Citizen of I State Visits Decatur Ms MeGonagle, superinten ■ the State Home For Feeble f Youths at Fort Wayne visit■several hums in Decatur toft. MeGonagle also attended fe business matters while in Etv, K— 0 —, Souths Fool Police I * fcapolia, Feb. 25 —(UP) Two 1 Btouvineed officers of their ' f’ when stopped and ques- | b >’ a squad of motor police- 1 ft night. |i minutes later the officers ' f through the police radio fe youths were driving a fen from Charles W. Tillman, ■b. fin the night the youths left ■ anil stole another owned by ■ Bardin, traders point. IF o — II SHOPPERS SIT STORES r Merchants Report p Demand for Spring piandise This Week ptf. for the last few days, Rune,! the proportions of a r tar as shoppers are con- , F The fact that the fields , F 50f t for work on the farm r "hh the fact that about , People are attending the . FOurder trial each day, has C " (; ause local merchants to r‘" Their spring stocks to j i»i o- rUstl Predicted for the - £ ‘hi* week. hai'' Cal nie rchants report ■ ° f spr ’ ng merchandise , J Sast few days, and more °n the streets of Deca- . h'iii every hour than have iCh'i , ' le ' ast ew days of the - fer« StlnaS sll0 PP in g rush. an<l shoppers in DecaI»ho \ t 0 wa i c h f° r f' ie - I fo.?i 8 bargains appearing ' iof.J’ the advertising colP Daily Democrat. Sev- ‘ tor Th Schetluled at Decat ar . he next several weeks htnt ™f rChant * aro B etti »g in ala,.., 11 ', new s Pring merchandaily.

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Merger Hearing Will Be Resumed March 17 ■ Indianapolis, Feb. 25. — (U.R) - Hearings on the proposed s7“,(aOlt.-’ 000 Install utilities merge!* will be resumed Marell 17, the commission t announced kite yesterday. I, Adjournment was taken before 1 the Christmas holidays to allow L petitioners and the commission engineers to compare data. Previously it was announced That the sessions would re-open Feb. 21. but postponement was made necessary by the illness of QBmmissioner Calvin .Mclntosh. DEFUNCT BANK IS DEFENDANT Stockholders Sued hy Depositor of Defunct Geneva Institution A suit has been brought in the Jay circuit court by James L. Fogle against George W. Schaefer and 56 other stockholders of Farmers & Merchants State Rank, of Genevan. All but four of the Mockholders named in the suit live in Adams county. Demand is made in tire num of $25,000. The Farmers & Merchants State Bank failed November 13. 1928. The Bank of Geneva was appointed receiver by the Adams circuit court and acted in this capacity until Dec. 29. 1929. when James W. Barr was appointed receiver by the sane court. Fogle alleges in his complaint that at the time of the bank's fail(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) VOTE IS ASKED 81CHAUTEMPS French Chamber to V ote On Almost Unchanged Government Policy Paris, Feb. 25. — (U.R' —Premier Camille Chautemps asked a tense and restless chamber today f >r a vote of confidence in his new left wing concentration government. Chautemps presented a program so similar to that of the late government of Andre Tardieu that many deputies wondered why the | cabinet had been changed at a critical moment in negotiations at the London naval conference. The temper of the chamber of deputies ♦■hich the radical socialist premier faced, was dangerous. Hostile right and center factions lijjed their portions of the benches, indicating that Chautemps could onlyhope for tlie left wing to give him a slim majority. n — Liners In Collision New York, Feb, 25. —(U.R) — A brief message to the Cunard line today said tho liner Carmania was damaged slightly above the water line in a collision with the tanker Baldbutte, of the Pennsylvania Shipping company of* Philadelphia in the fog north of Cape I Hatteras yesterday. I The Carmania is due today from Havana. The message did not mention any damage to the Baldbutte which is one of the largest tankers in service. It was en route to Sabine, Tex,,* with a cargo of oil. o — Quarrel Ends In Death -• *" gr-r--New York, Feb. 25. — (U.R) —A quarrel with his wife before dawn today was followed by the suicide of Richard H. Jones, wealthy social registerite, leaped from his eighth floor apartment on Park Avenue. i Police said Jones, who resigned in January as assistant sales niam ager of the Tidewater Oil ExporF company of New Jersey, struck his wife over the head with the base of a lamp before jumping. Mrs. Jones, the former Louise , Conkey, was well known in Wash ington society circles. She is 20 years old and was married to Jones last year. Police reported there wa™‘nothing suspicious'' about the ease. They said the connE* quarreled violently and that s™. Jones fell , to the floor, screaming, when her , husband struck lisr. i Mrs. Mabel Richards, who lives ( in an apartment across the court from the Jones home, said she was t awakened by a scream. 1

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COLO WEATHER IS PREDICTED [State Weather Man Says Drop in Temperature Will Arrive Wednesday Indianapolis. Feb. 25. — <U.R) — A mod' rate cold wave h'-aded to" Indiana to shatter Himsi' i he ->i a-titfiiUdti-.m <>:' ~ jv i-ai.ulde sprint j weather, will arrive a day late, J. H. Armington, U.S. weather bureau mcteoroiog.st. said today. Originally selieduled to arrive ■Sunday, and then tonight, the I frosty weather will.be delayed nn- | til tomorrow. Temperatures will begin to fall this afternoon, and a gradual decline probably will end with freezing temperatures Wednesday night, he said. Weather throughout .the stat' l generally will be unsettled, with . showers and lower temperaUtr.'S. according to the forecast. Temperatures Vary Chicago, Feb. 25. '(J.R) Spring and winter played hide and seek over the west ami mid west today, taking turns at being “it.” 1 Thunder -howers typical of April fell in tile central states, while a driving snow followed a 30 degree drop in temperature in the Rocky mountain region. Chicago's rain, accompanied rty 1 thunder and lightning, came early r today, after a curtain of fog swept over the city as winds veered and sent temperatures down 9 degrees from yesterday's maximum of 63 At Champaign, ill., basketball ' players for the University of Illinois anti the University of Wisconsin asked time out repeatedly last night because of the heat and humidity. Kansas City's hottest February day in 42 years ended with a severe thunder and lightning storm last night. Thermometers had registered 81 degrees before the cooling ' rain began to fall. Workers in St. Paul offices complained of July" stickiness" before a shower cooled the city. Fruit trees are in bud in many areas and a sharp drop in temperatures will ruin crop prospects, orchardists said. The sun was obscured for the first time in three weeks at Denver when the snow came. Mercuiy ! there fell from 60 to below freezing, MILD WEATHER A REMAINS HERE Rain Fails to F orce Temperature Down After Cold Forecast Rain, Sunday night and part of : Monday, failed to chase away the 1 mild-spring temperature which lias prevailed in Decatur and Adams county for the last several days, and while weather forecasters predict colder weather soon, old man 1 spring just stands' around and 1 sniftes, and the grass continues to ‘ turn green other evidences of spring arrive daily. ' The temperature continued to ( rise Monday and Monday night j was reported to h«' the hottest February night recorded in this . community for many years. The frost continued to be drawn out of, | the ground and roads were reported to be in a soft condition throughout the northern half of the state. A mild spring rain, followed by a rise in temperature brought fojUt comment from many older , citizens of t Tfr they can not remember such weather in Decatur in February. Others, more pesimistic, recall the many severe March days h usualy arrive in Adams county , around the first of March and warn £ people not to be tootsptimistic con- t cerning the present weather. j Larlfo crowd- been in De- ( catur the last few days and local ( nierchants report many sales of g spring merchandise. Weather pre- , dicitions however are to the effect f that colder weather will arrive in a few days. 1 o I Negro Dies From i Blow Over Head 1 t Indianapolis, Feb.* 25 —(UP) — 1 James Williams, 20, Negro, India napolis, died today after tie wds i struck over the head with a billiard i cue by Fred Offett, 18, negro. 1 The two fought, police said, in an i argument over a pool game. Offett is i charged with murder. 1

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Press Heads Meet in Chicago I I ■r - IPS" IIWwkmMWWI RH Fred Schelpin. left, of St. Cloud, vice president of the Inland Press Association, and E. H. Harris of Richmond, hid., president, at the t'S-ociation's meeting held February 19 in Chicago

SEVERIL STATE f HOADS CLOSED; Softness of Road-Beds Causes Special Closing Warning Indianapolis. Feb. 25. — (U.R> — Rains of the past four days have so softened roadbeds of state highways Hint several were closed to heavy traffic and others closed entirely. according to a bulletin from the state highway commission. Road 3 extremely soft from Hartford City north, only light traf-l tic going through. . Road 16 soft from Huntington east, only light traffic permitted. Road 29 impassable due to softness at following points: three wilts north of Logansport, three and one-half miles north of Royal Center, and two and one-half miles south of Winamac. Road 41 impassable at an unpaved gap north of Kentland. Road 53 impassable on detour four miles north of Rensselaer. Road 14 dosed between Silver Lake and Akron. Road 15 closed between Silver Lake and Warsaw, Says Houston W rote Both Party Planks Washington, Feb. 25 — (UP) — Claudius Huston, chairman of the [ Republican National committee, co-| operated in drafting .Muscle Shoals planks for both the Republican and Democratic platforms in the las' Presidential campaign, testimony before tlie senate lobby committee showed today. The planm prop by Huston were not adopted, however Chester Gray, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who t-stifled about preparation of the proposed plaisks, told tlie committee. o Dailey Funeral Today ® Funeral services for Mrs. Rosannail Dailey, who died Satiitday afternoon were held at. 3 o’clock this afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Moltz on Fourth street. Rev. R. W. Stoakes, pastor of the Metluhdist Epikcopqj, church officiated anti bifrial was made in the Decatur cemetery. > o IS CANDIDATE FOR SURVEYOR t e Ralph Roop, Will Seek Second Termas County Official Here Ralph Roop, Adams county surveyor for the last two years today ■ announced that he woultl seek renomination and re-election on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Roop stated that he would make an active campaign and would ask for a second two-year term on the record which lie lias made first term. Roop's announcement is the first , tor that office on the Democratic • primary ticket and it is not thought he will lie opposed. It has been the usual custom for officials elected to two year terms of office to be renominated without opposition. Mr. Roop stated however that he would take an active campaign and , would call on as many of the Democratic voters of the county as was possible. He is married and is a property owner in Decatur.

Says Surplus Crop Problem May Be Solved Washington, Fell. 25. — UP Hope that tlie wheat surplus prob lem would be solved before the advent of the winter wheat crop ir. June, was voiced by Chainnan Legge of the F’deral farm board in a statement here. He termed the drop of wheat till.ill in Chicago yesterday, 'not sc good.” and said no one can tell whether tlie bottom had been reached. “Anything is possible," he said when asked whether the stabilization corporation would go beyond co-operatives in purchase of wheat should the price continue to fall. —— o SENATORS FEAR SPY TRAILING Precautions Taken to Prevent Harm; Watson Orders Probe Washington. Feb. 25. —(U.R) Pr< cautions lieyond those of wartimes have been put into effect in the senate wing of the United States capitol because of complaints of numerous senators that they are being trailed by mysterious spies, tlie United Press learned today. A special squad of plain-clothes I men has been organized by David [ S. Barry, sergeant at arms of the [ senate, to police tlie galleries anil | lobbies and an investigation has been ordered by republican floor leader Watson. Tlie complaining senators believe ihse snoopers may have a connection with the recent charges made in the senate against tin* prohibition enfoi cement pei sonnel. There also are reports that the spies are trying to ascertain if senators pt r sonally are living up to the prohibition law. The side door of the senate wing has been closed and locked so that all. those who enter must come through a single main entrance where a policeman always has been stationed. Tlie senate’s own* detectives follow any strangers who enter. From time to time senators have charged that their offices were ransacked or that they were being subject to espionage, but never in recent years hits it been found necessary to establish a countreespionage system. Several weeks ago Senator Borah. Repn., Idaho, who charged the prohibition entercement personnel was “bad from top to bottom,®; said he believed his- office was being watched. a Later Senator Wheeler, Dem. fc Mont., who joint<l Borah in his charges, made a similar complaint Botli offices , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ■ ll , o — Judj<e Slick Made WitneSfe For Defqfise © Michigan City, Ind., Fen. 25 — (UP) —Judge Thomas W. Slick was made a defense witness in the Michigan City conspiracy case. The Federal court clerk refused a subpoena for the Judge when tlie request was made by Joe Allie, former Mohibition agent and one of the trefendants. » Judge Slick said he had no objection to serving-as a witness and would apear in court when needed. The case will open Monday in the southern district of Indiana under Judge Robert Baltzell. Allie wants Judge Sli<(k as a character witness. Subpoenas have been issued for Congressman Andrew J. Hickey, LaPorte and former Attorney General Arthur Gilliom.

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DECATUR MAN IN ACCIDENT (_ Cyrus Cable Escapes Serious Injury When Truck Upsets Near Lima i . er for K 'onnell and Son, wholesale tobaco (!■;: I- ■ ii this c ity I ops injuries Monday morning a bout eleven o'clock when the truck ■ he was driving skidded off the road ' hree miles west of Lima, Ohio, anti turned over. Mr. Cable had driven to Lima'oar 'ier in tlie morning where lie had I lelivered soni goods, and was re turning to this city when the accilent hapfibiiMl. Tlie truck turned ompletely over and .Mr. Cable man iged to escape from the enclosed cab by breaking the glass in the ■ door. He was bruised considerably and received a number of minor cuts. The truck was badly damaged. o—: Father Leaves Family Indianapolis, Feb. 25.—(U.R) Earl , Shindeldecker, 35, Indianapolis, ; awakened his wife in the middle i of the night and kissed her “good- . bye," and disappeared from home, Mrs. Shindiedecker told police to- ; day. t A note, left on a (aide, told of, i his love for his wife and nine chil t dren, lint said he was leaving for ; “tlie good of you all,” because he i was unable to make a living. Mr. and Mrs. Shindeldecker, married 18 years, had 13 children, four of whom died. Police gathered a purse for the penniless family. a Shooting Is Probed Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 25—(U.0—Two farmers were in a critical condition in a hospital today and three federal prohibition agents were ■ under arrest after a liquor raid shooting near here last night. W. F. Wolverton. Tulsa prohibition agent. told United States marshals that he shot the farmers. George Lewis and La.wrence Morgan. Wolverton said lie made tlie raid on information, contained in an affidavit charging liquor sale ■it the residence. He said that ' when the officers entered the ’ house a woman broke liquor hot- 1 ties. He charged that Lewis seized an autoniatlc pistol but the ’ weapon failed to discharge. 1 It was then that lie shot Hie < two men, Wolverton said. FARMPRODIJCT PRICES DROP 1 Farmers Get Less for Products Than Year Ago, Figures Show ® — As a resn’t of unseasoßfll weatli- ' er for the month of February, the local prices for eggs, butter, and wheat have dropped from day to day until tlie prices, as compared with those of a year ago, show a ‘ decrease. A ytAsr ago. February J 25,-J929, farinas received 32 cent: ' foi» eggs while tlie market price ' quoted for today is 20 cents. A ' year ago butterfat* was purchased fA* 48 cents and today the farmer 1 is receiving 31 cents, The price of wheat lias also fall* ' en considerably below that paid ‘ a year ag0.,,,. Soft winter wheat, 1 number j? was purchased at $1.30 1 las* 1 year while today it caj} be bought for 95 cents. Number 2 1 hard wheat was $1.20 last year * 'slnd is 92 cents today. The prices 1 for number 2 white ISbats for last 1 year was 46 cents, and for the ' same product today 37 cents is i paid. report fc>|j a year ago indicated snow and a much colder tempersthan todauj, which partly accounts for the dir- | ference in the price of local pro- ( ducts. The prices for eggs, | butter and wheat will probably in- , crease when colder weather re- | turns, ( .Injured Women Are @ Still At Hospital Mis Gladys Aspy and Mrs. liam J. Heeter of Geneva, wire ' were seriously injur®! in a railroad accident v.hich w occnrjerl at the Winchester street Erie rail- 1 road crossing, Monday morning at ' 9:40 o'clock, are both resting easier today, and their condition is said to be about the same.

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Taft Loses Ground, His physicians Report Washington, Feb. 25 (U.R) i’lr- i< iaii ■ iiteii'liu' f'oi ni';i y.li 't ! Justice Taft believe Hint he “has i io t ground," they said In a bulle-. tin issued shortly before noon | today. "Tlie former chief justice," thei bulletin said, "has shown no Improvement for several days While I there is no immediate alarm, it is I felt that he has lost ground." The statement was signed hy Doctor- Tliom.is A. UhiyiiiT and j Francis it. Hagner, who have' attended .Mr’ Taft since he return-1 ed here fl Ohl a r<-.st at Asheville, N. three weeks ago. MANY ATTEND LYCEUM COURSE Novelty Entertainers Are Well Received hy Local Audience A large and appreciative audience witnessed the fourth and final program of tlie Redpatb Lyeo’im course at tlie Decatur high school auditorium last evening under the auspices of tlie Senior class of Decatur high school. The program consisted of three acts given by the Novelty Entertainers which included three ar lists, Miss La Vonne Field, feature entertainer. Miss Dorothy Ralston,! accordionist, and Miss Hazel Dawson, violinist. Several musical selections were (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) HAITI PROBE GROUP STARTS Hoover Commission Will Arrive at Port Au Prince Thursday Palm Beach. Fla., Feb. 25.—(U» —President Hoover’s commission to investigate conditions in Haiti today arrived at Key West, boarded tlie cruiser Rochester and embarked for Port an Prince, wliiih they expect to reach Thursday. Members of the commission arrived here yesterday, gathering as a body for a first time at the Breakers hotel, where they were guest: at a dinner at which James Keeney, Trenton, N. J., publisher and member of the commission, was host. James C. Dunn, member of the state department who is accompanying the commission as counsellor, said the commission planner! to remain about one morn i. then report back to the president its conclusions on whether tin? native government i< ready to assume complete control of its des-1 tinles. o Merger Is Discussed Indianapolis, Feb. 25. — (U.R) Plans to merge tlie egg and poultry associations of Indiana, Ohio. Illinois, Kentucky and possibly Miihigan were laid today at tlie opening of (lie 16th annual convention of tlie Indiana Kog and i’f"i!tt:Miso® ition meeting in* Juilianapoli<. ® ('. E. Grant, secretary-treasurer of H|t' Indiana g.ronik r-rported tit associations of Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky were ready to join iu the merger. The combined associat ii»n will have a membership of l.w>o poultry and egg dealers, with meetings planned for twice a year. The present organizations will hold their charters until the merger unit is completed. 0 Insull GiVes Up Post 25. -a: tJaamk, Insull. Sr., gave up the presidency of the Commonwealth Edison company today in favor of his former office boy, Edward J. Doyle, and became chairman of the board of directors. Insull's retirement after 38 years of active management, was announced at a stockholders meeting .last uiglit and was ratified by the board of directon today. Doyle entered Commonwealth Edisqp as Insull's office boy and has risen rapidly in the ranks. He has been vice-president. Insull's son, Samuel Insull Jr., was made vice-chairman of the board.

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13 WITNESSES HAVE APPEARED I IN MURDER CASE State Scores Victory in Evidence Admitted by Court Today ’case may go TO DEFENSE SOON BULLETIN The state rested its case in the Boyd Booher murder trial being held at Adams circuit i court this week at 4:05 o’clock this afternoon following the testimony of Mrs. Arch Beerbower, widow of Arch Beerbower, for whose death Booher, 32, of Geneva is being tried. Between sobs Mrs. Beer bower related the dying statement of Beerbower, whose last utterance was "Boyd Booher” in answer to a question asked by his mother. ‘‘Arch, who gave you that nasty stuff?” Thirteen witnesses had testified at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the state in the i Boyd Booher murder trial [being held in Adams circuit court this week, the fact that the lasi words uttered bv Arch Beerbower lietore he died last June 2 were admitted as evidence in the trial was the chief feature as the state neared the close of its nresentation of evi d e n'c e I todav. i A record crowd attended this ■ afternoon's session which dealt largely with presentation of the j analysis, of Beerbower's stomach by Dr. B. W. Rliamey of Fort Wavne and Paul Adams of Font : Wavne. a chemist. In cross-exam-ination botli In. Rhatßey and Adams admitted that the only way they had to tell tlie contents of the bottle delivered to them, last June was Beerliower’s stomach vas by a statement 'of Sheriff Har! Ho’lingswoith. who delivered the bottle. Dr. J. C Grandstaff had previously testified, however, that he had given Sheriff Hollingsworth the bottle witli orders to deliver it and Sheriff Hollingsworth had tiislifed that he had delivVed 1* it was thought that most of the chief witnesses ‘fur tin- ’“state iiad testified at :! o’clock this as ternoon. but it was stated by soms that perhaps Weerlg widow. sfho was present when the man died woultl be questioned eßher late this afternoon or tomorrow morning. While the state did not indicate it, it was generally believed that the prosecution would rwt the case some time Wednesday mb?ning. It is understood that the de- !'• :is-' Iris about 20 witne sos. Il \- is high y probab’e that the case (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — FUNERAL WILL BE THURSDAY Services for Woman Killed Here Monday to be Held at Geneva Funeral >£!*' ices for Mrs. N Paul Barton, wife of Rev. Barton of Geneva, who died Monday afternoon at 12:21) o’clock t'ollowini injuries received in an accident which occurred at the Winchester street railroad crossing at 9:40 o'clock Monday morning, will be held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church at Geneva. -j,— Mr. and Mr- Daniel Metcalf ;m<! wtis born Auburn, Indiana. On March 5. 1895 she was united in marriage to N. Paul Barton at Topeka, Indiana. The husband and one daughter, Mrs. G. R. Horrick of Warsaw survive. Three brothers and sisters, Mrs. C. T. Elson of Garrett, C. 0. Metof Auburn, and Ps. E. A. Eahright of Butler also survive the deceased. Funeral services will lie held at the Methodisi.’i'hurch at Geneva with Rev. J. T. Bean, officiating. Burial will be made in the North Webster cemetery.