Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1930 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER*IN ADAMS COUNTY

..rn S l„ c rea«"ig cloudifit SlißhUy warnv ■ tonight. ■ j>Y showerS

ONGRESS FACES IMPORTANT MEASURES

|B defend ■TIONAL DRY ■MT HEARING ■ || e nry Peabody is ■eader ii> Attack on ■ \Vet Testimony ■utY-THREE ■ at HEARING i I r. 12- (U.R) -The M,. . , federal prohibi- ■ ' woman’s bottle. ■ lip'' W. l'.alxi<ly of the | ■„. .r.J committee for. in< • t‘»l<l Ote house ■ , !!im iit.-e considering ■iron bills today. ■. I'piilhhlv It'd a band of •.■> I K r , w..tn. i. who beseiged | ■ rIS P committee when it re- ■ li.'urimis today. kittb' on —primarily a ■n's battle." she said. “The ■l t.iini froti. past generations i n i-.dH-llion against this S.AV against the liquor ra.rmO.OOO women K,,.,.! by the band. Mrs. said: tsar-old law. like a 10Hold bey. is not perfectly H- bn? requires example, H at attd discipline, ■nw n cheerfully will grant ■ph miiiiioietiiont of the tafiff. ■ ms of transportaM>ni| water power. Men med the help of women Mri’ 1 'h» alcohol power.” Ms. Henry Por'd and Mrs. A. F'll sun. in massages th» , lunmittee through Mrs. Ody's committee, declared Itly prohibit ion had been a ing tn the nation. s Edison's message said: "I I for the law that has proved tdsin" for one station in life would be an equal blessing to 1 enjoying greater privileges tis world if they would give aw a fair chance." s. Fool said: “I am heartily Ivor of the 18th amendment Hit modification. It is a law hr United States and should bserved by all of us. In my km it has been of untold fit to the women as well as of onr country in improved e conditions amt a more prosns nation." s. Herbert Hoover presided the last convention of the nittoe which formulated the fit's program. Mrs. Peabody Site decried the efforts of fit anti prohibitionists to it that vouth is being corruptr prohibition. s. Peabody read reports that >l4 there were 3.024 blind pigs ichipan. 2.105 in Rhode Island, 1 in Ob’o. 11,150 in New York 10.0*0 in Illinois. rs Slope!, president of the ’■al Federation of Woman’s she represented " dubs throughout the counts Si>e] said her clubs had on record in every convenfavorfne prohibition. nmssaee from Mrs. Vic Donawtfe of the former Ohio govKTINUED on page SEVEN) HIES 1088 Y ACCUSATIONS ,u J'"s Huston Says He s ' alsely Accused of Lobbying ’shington, March 12.— (U.R) — Huston denied before the °>by investigation commit- “ 'y reports that he has been 111 Muscle Shoals lobbying t's 'tppointment as chairman Rmtblican national commit- '' 1,1,1 also characterized as lor/? news Paper reports" th/ o at he will resi &n as head Republican committee be- . evidence before the lobby activiu?'° neerning the Bealle <lo not regard any of my ac- ( . '""nection with the TenR ver Improvement AssohPm!)arrassing to me now tor." Huston said after 1 'tinning about the records nAi4 SBOCiatlon of which he was and treasurer. on PAGE SEVEN)

Vol. XXVIII. No. 61.

i Pago Burrell Gets 30-day Farm Sentence' i Huntington, Ind., Mar. 12—(U.R) — Page Burrell, 40, is a plumber.' i lie didn't forget his trade when he | was put in jail. Several hours after his arrest, Burrell became angered and unscrewed a water faucet. When other prisoners awakened in the I morning, three inches of water covered the floor. Their yells aroused Sheriff Fred Hamilton, who closed a safety valve. “I'm going to put you out of circulation for 30 days,” Mayor i Zach Dungan said when Burrell appeared before him. Burrell formerly resided in Decatur and is well known here. TO MAKE DRIVE FOR NEAR EAST Catholic Association to Conduct Membership Campaign for Relief The Catholic Near East Welfare I Association will make its fourth annual appeal for members and re-! newal of memberships beginning the first week of April. The roll call in the diocese of Fort ' Wayne, of which its local church is a member will !>e conducted directly this year instead of through the local parr shea as in former vea: s. This course has the approval , of the directorate of the Associa-1 tion. including Cardinals Hayes. O'-1 Connell and Daugherty, it being regarded that the organization is now firmly established as a Pontifical society with a national inembersh'p of one million American Catholics. Outlining the need for the continued support of its membership, the (lev. Edmund A. Walsh, vicepresident of Georgetown University and president of the Association, s ated that although conditions in the Near East were not as critical (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o_ “Life For Pint” Woman Back With 10 Kiddies l apsing, Mich.. March 12—(UP) —Mrs. Etta Mae M iler, Michigan woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged selling of two pints of Honor, was back home with her 10 children today confident tha> she would be freed permanently when he comes up for trial. The “Life for a pint" law victim was released from the county jail in Mason yesterday upon furnishing ponds of $2,500. She had been in prison since the fall of 1928. She was granted a new trial by the supreme court after she was convicted of a fourth prohibition law violation. The mandatory life sen’cnce was later commuted to 7% to 15 years in line with the modification of the habitual criminal law of the 1929 legislature. o Parachute Drop Saves Aviator From Injury Mishawaka. Ind.. March 12—(UP) —A parachute leap from a Thompson aeronautical corporation mail plane saved the life of the pilot. Al Dewitt, 30, during a snow storm four miles east of Mishawaka last night DeWitt landed in a tree without njury. A half a mile away the plane crashed to earth. Two sacks of mail carried in the ship were not damaged, DeWitt flew blindly for 30 minutes. He bailed out" whiU the ship was upsidedown. Court Will Recess Washington, March 12 —(UP) — The supreme court announced today it would recess from Monday March 17 to April 14. Thief Gets Big Haul London, March 12—(UP)—Police were searching today for the thief who stole 18 paintings said to be valued at from $150,000 to $200,000 from the Carlton House galleries. The owner, Leon Francki, told the authorities ho discovered the loss when he opened the premises yesterday. The pictures, including several paintings worth as much as SSO, 000 each, he said, had been cut from their frames. o— Will Elect Trustee A trustee for' the Salem Cemetery Association will be chosen Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, March 22, at a meeting of the Cemetery association to be held at the First Evangelical church here.

Fnralobrd Hy I iilie.l I‘rrna

| Fair Contestants for Beauty Crown || bl/ fi *J7 Ji n/J tT- .ifcß < 'ink? “W 11 lifLluL V Ivd

, Beautiful girls from almost every State in the I Union, pictured at Miami Beach, Fla., where they I ] will compete lor the title of "America's Sweetheart”. |

BOYS WARNED AT PLAYGROUND Deep Holes Are Cut Into Civic Section’s Tennis Courts Recently Several Decatur boys who have I been playing baseball and other i games on the tennis courts at the. corner of Monroe and Third streets I have been warned to keep off the I courts by the committee in charge ' of the maintenance of the courts.: I The Civic section of the Woman's 1 I club has supervision of the tennis courts. Each year considerable money is spent to maintain the courts, and tli| young boys who have been playing on them during the last few weeks have damaged them considerably. A warning was issued today by those in charge stating that anyone using the courts wear tennis shoes and also that no other game except tennis may be played. The warning was issued, it was stated, in order that the tennis courts might be kept in good condition. and in the next few weeks the courts will he rolled and prepared for the summer sport. In J the meantime the committee in charge asks that no one use the ! grounds. BRITISH LABOR LOSES ON VOTE Government Defeated for First Time Since Election Last June London, March 12 —(UP) — The British Labor Government, defeated for the first time since it went into power last June, will continue to hold office, but with what its opponents consider ''diminished prestige” Rather than make an issue of the coal bill, the government will accept the amendment as it was passed by the combine}! conservative and liberal f. es yesterday. The house of commons last night, was the scene of the wildest excitement in months.. Announcement of the adverse vote was greeted with cheers, the waving of paper, the cries of “resign: resign”. In the midst of the uproar, Stan ley Baldwin, former conservative premier, arose and asked Mac Don-; aid pointblank whether he intended i to continue with his bill. “I am amazed at the question,” McDonald replied. "The honorable gentleman, two days hence, will (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 4) May Wheat Tumbles Chicago, March 12 —(UP) —May wheat broke as much as 3 cents on the Chicago board of trade opening today when many sellers and fewbuyers appeared on the floor. One of the leading sellers was a man known to have been buying for the# farm board, whose buying yesterday kept May wheat up at the close despite foreign breaks. Coupled with the sellers’ market was the possibility for a record wheat crop and the breaks on foreign markets, some of which came after the board of trade closed its short session yesterday. May wheat opened at SI.OB. down 3 cents; July opened at $1.04 off 1 18 and SepteAiber opened at $1.05 1-4, down 2 cents.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 12, 1930.

Lenten Services To Be Held Tonight The second of a series of six Leu ten services being conducted at the Zion Lutheran church each Wednesday night during Lent will be held at 7:45 o'clock tonight. The set vices will be conducted by Rev. Paul Schultz. 0 «—_ LIONS HOSTS TO COMMODORES ——— Service Club Entertains For State Champions at Dinner-Meeting The Decattlr Lions club was host last night to Decatur Catholic high . school basketball team, state champions, The Rev. Joseph Hession, athletic director of Decatur Catholic ' high school and Coach George Laurent. The dinner-meeting was in honor of the recent achievement of the Commodores in winning the state Catholic net title. Dr. C. H. Branch, president of I the club turned the meeting ovet to WilPatn Linn, chairman of the meeting. Mr Linn called on Dr. Burt Mangold to introduce the speakers. Rev. Hession gave an interesting talk on athletics at CathoPc high school and praised th’ Commodores for their great sportsmanship at the state tourney. Coach ' Laurent also complimented members of his team and predicted that if the Commodores continued to play the brand of basketball which won them the state title, that they also would win the national title at Chicago next week. Following the addresses, a debate was held by members of the club on “Resolved that It Is Better To Have Loved And Lost. Than Never. To Have Loved At All.” C. L. Walters argued the affirmative in great style, Harry W. Thompson assumed the lead in the negat ve side of the question. Fred T. Schurger cinched the debate for the affirmative with his rebuttal. After| the regular transaction of business the meeting adjourned. LENT SERVICE IS CONDUCTED Rev. John Bapts Gives First of Series at Catholic Church I The Rev. Father John Bapts. pastor of the Catholic church at Bluffton, delivered the first of the Tuesday evening Lenten sermons at the St. Marys Catholic church last evening. Father Bapts spoke on the “Sacrifice of the Mass,” explaining before his sermon that the Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. Noll, had asked the priests of the diocese to speak on this subject during the season of Lent. The sacrifice of the mass was instituted by Jesus at the last supper and ever since that time the same sacrifice has been used in the Catholic church in the sacrifice of the mass, Father Bapts stated. Preceding the sermon the Litany of the Blessed Virgin was recited by Rev. Father J. A. Selmetz. Foltowing the sermon Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was held. Father Bapts will continue his instructive sermons next Tuesday evening at the Lenten service.

■ I The winner of the contest will then go to Rio de : I Janeiro, Brazil, there to compete with girls from all , | over the world lot the title of "Miss Universe.”

MASONS HEAR LOUIS C. WARD Fnrt Wavne School Os- < ficial Talks on “Philosophy of Service” L. ('. Ward, superintendent of j schools at Fort Wayne, spoke on , ithe “Philosonhy of Service” at a;< ! banquet hndd last night at the ‘ Masonic hall for Adams county Blue Lodge Masons. A hundred members of the local lodge and delegations from other nearby! lodges heard the address. Mr. Ward's address was well received and ho kept his audience’s attention throughout by his fine style of address. Ed Ashbaucher had charge of the meeting, which was preceded by a chicken dinner, served by members of the Eastern Star lodge. Mr. Ashbaucher turned the meeting over to M. F. Worthman. superintendent of the local schools, who. after a short talk, introduced Judge I). E. Smith of Fort Wayne, thirtythird degree Mason of the local■ lodge, who introduced the chief speaker of the evening. Following the address by Mr. I Ward, regular Blue Lodge meeting was held. Mr. Ward was accompanied to this city by Judge Smith, Clyde Hendricks and Ben Shirk. REPARATIONS PLAN ADOPTED Reichstag Adopts Plan by Vote of 266-193; Vote Is Final Berlin, Mar. 12 —(U.R)— The Reichstag, by a vote of 26G to 193, : finally adopted the Owen D. Young reparations plan today. I There were three abstentions from the vote. The Young plan, adopted as a “final and complete” settlement of the reparations problem was signed by Germany and her chief creditor nations in i Paris last Juno. Under it. Germany agreed to pay in annuities by 1988 a sum having a total pn*I ent value of about 37 billion | marks (roughly $9,000,000,000). The reichstag voted after Chan- | cellar Hermann Mueller, in behalf , lof the government, had defended , I the house plan vigorously, insist- . ing on its passage. i Within at least two months, the ( i Young plan probably will be in ; I operation. It will be up to President Paul Von Hindenburg to de- , cide whether the plan shall become operative immediately or , briefly delayed. All the opposition parties joint- ; ly moved that Von Hindenburg defer promulgation of the Young plan laws for two months. The motion was assured of passage, as it required the support of only onethird of the votes. Man Pays Old Debt Valparaiso, Indiana March 12 — (UP) —Fifty-one years ago Charles ' Haslett, Valparaiso, loaned $5 to a schoolmate in Chesterton High 1 School. Yesterday he received a letter from Los Angeles containing $lO ' from his friend. "Have made good and want to ease my conscience,” the writer said. 1

Slntr, Xnlloniil Anil Iu I r rim thill nl Airwn

OOHENYPLEAS ARE REIECTED Judge Hitz Clears Way for Selection of Jury in Bribery Case Washington, March 12 —(UP) — E. L. Doheny, Millionaire oil man, lost the f.rst round in his fight against a bribery indictment today when Justice William Hitz rejected two special pleas -hi abatement -filedby Doheny s counsel. The pleas asserted that a jury already has acquitted Doheny in connection with the $100,not) transaction with former interior secretary I Albeit B. Fall, for which Doheny is now being tried. The action cleared the way for select on of a jury to try the charge that Doheny in 1921 gave Fall SIOO- - with intent to influence his official action in favor of Doheny's oil lease applications. By the pleas rejected today, Doheny's lawyers began laying the foundation for an appeal in case of conviction. In the trial of Fall, who was convicted several mon hs ago of accepting a bribe. Justice Hite rejected an almost identical plea, and this action is one of the grounds of an appeal now being prosecuted by Fall. Justice Hitz announced that the jury, when selected, would be locked up for the duration of the trial. Eight men and four women were called into the box and the process of picking a jury began immediately. o —_» Taft Will Probated Washington, Mar. 12. —(U.R)—The j will of William Howard Taft leaving his estate to his widow with | the exception of a few individual | legacies was filed with the register ‘ of wills in the District of Columbia supreme court today. The individual legacies were: $5,090 to Mr. Taft's secretary, Wendell W. Mischler; SI,OOO to i Margaret McNamara: $750 to Annie McNamara; $750 to Thomas Halpin. The codicil carried a legacy of $2,500 to Taft School, Watertown, Conn., founded by Mr. Taft's brother, Horace, and legacy of $2,509 to All Souls Unitarian church, where Mr. Taft's funeral services were conducted yesterday. The will was obtained by a representative of the register of wills at the request of the Taft family from a safety deposit box in the American Security and Trust company here. Lindy’s Mother May Lose Detroit Job Detroit, March 12—(UP)—The expensive house in the exclusive Grosse Pointe district to which Mrs. Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh, mother of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, moved last year may result in her dismissal as a Detroit school teacher. Grosse Pointe is outside Detroit, and the school board is considering a proposal to diop all teachers who are non-residents. The rule would effect 756 instructors, including Lindbergh, who teaches chemistry. When her son flew to fame Mrs. Lindbergh lived in a modest cottage on the far east side. o Indianapolis Man Is Guilty of Manslaughter Indianapolis, March 12 —(UP) — Andrew Judt, 66, Indianapolis, yesterday was convicted of manslaugnter by a Marion county criminal court jury after it had deliberated two bouts and 15 minutes. Judt was charged wi.h the murder of his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Judt, last September. The conviction carries a penalty of from two to 21 years in the state prison. Judt previously served 23 months in the state prison on conviction of an assault charge upon his first wife. 0 Files Charge Against Husband; Pays Fine Muncie, Ind., March 12—(UP) — Mrs. W ilis Johnson, prosecuting her husband in Muncie city court, testified. "He smacked me in the face, your Honor, when he got mad at me about something." Johnson admitted his wife's accusations, but "didn't know why I did it." Judge Mann fined Johnson $5 and costs, amounting to sls, whereupon Mis. Johnson took the money from her purse, paid it, obtained a receipt and left the courtroom with her mate.

Price Two Cents

“Andy” Fills Income Tax Report Today Chicago, March 12-(UP) Three days before the deadline, Andy Brown, deep-voiced hull' of "Amos n Andy" radio comedy team, filed his income return today with Mrs. -Myt tie Tanner Blacklidge, internal it venue collector, who broke the rule-, and made It public. Andy signed himself as “President. vice president and general manager of the Fresh Air Taxicab Company, incorpula ed," Amos apparently was out chauffeuring some where in their alleged taxicab. Andy filled in all the blanks even ireiptng out-the Kav-fcvHmeHt--hy --w.r.U.-... ing in the ones he wasn't supposeii to. Date of incorporation of the taxi-i cab company was given as 1929 ( B.C. (Before Cabs) The file code as ‘‘Rat Tail" and the serial number as "Quaker Oat.-.' FORMER BERNE LADY INDICTED Erna Stoner Arrested on Embezzlement Charge in Fort Wayne Case Mrs. Erna Stoner, of Lafayette, formerly of Borne, was arrested yesterday on a Federal indictment returned in the Fort Wayne district recently charging embezzlement. Tito arrest was made in connection with the alleged theft of funds by Mrs. Stoner from the Lincoln National Bank and Trust Co., of Fort Wayne where she formerly worked. Mrs. Stoner is alleged to have embezzled SIO,OOO from the hank by alteration of certificates of deposit and hooks. Following her arrest she was released on a $2,000 hond. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Stoner moved from Fort Wayne to Lafayette where they now reside. Mr. Stoner formerly was manager of the Berne Milk Co. Mrs. Stoner is the daughter of Dan Winteregg of Berne and before her marriage was Erna Winteregg. o Queen Seriously 11l Rome. Mar. 12 —(UP) —The condition of Queen Victoria of Sweden was serious today, while nothing was evident to indicate a crisis had been reached in her long illness. The bulletin issued by Dr. Axel Munthe, first court physician, offered little comfort. 0 TICKET MUDDLE GETS SERIOUS Schools Threaten Withdrawal From I.H.S.A.A. After “Bungle” Indianapolis, Mar. 12. —(U.R) -Officials of the I. H. S. A. A. who stage the annual state basketball tournament, the finals to bo played at the Butler fieldhouse Friday and Saturday, today devoted their talent and efforts to plans for overcoming the reaction expected from a bungled distribution of final session tickets. Already tickets t for the last round of games are being quoted at top prices, one local high school student asking $5 for a $1.50 single day ticket or $lO for both tournament davs. A remark made by one high school principal whose school has won its right to play in the finals, indicated that the final tournament is not entirely certain of being played with all 16 teams participating. “If I could get two more schools to join with me, I would pull out of the final meet,” the school head said. Such a start would he like touching off dynamite, persons on the inside of I. H. S. A. A. politics said. For years the northern Indiana schools have been opposed to the final tournament and other games sponsored by the state association. They have voiced open opposition to A. L. Trester, association commissioner, and organized the Northern Indiana conference. Present unrest in the organization is fhte to dissat’sfaction over ticket distribution. School principals depended upon having 280 tickets if their teams won a place in the final program. The I. H. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

YOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY

TARIFF BILL IS IMPORTANT SENATE WORK House Judiciary Committee Busy With Dry Law Hearing Today SUGAR DUTY IS DISCUSSED Washington, Mur. 12—(UP) — Ilie senate and house returned to work today to tind a number of important issues demanding attention after the two day recess in resnect for William Howard Taft, who was buried yesterday al Arlington cenieterv. The tariff bill, on the floor, anil the questioning of Claudius Huston. chairman of the Republican ! national committee by the lobby committee, were of major importance in the senate. Hearings were resumed by the house judiciary committee on bills to repeal or modify the 18th amendment. The senate is working toward n vote to reconsider the sugar duty which may come at any time, land which is exported to have a direct bearing on the tariff bill as a whole. Senator iNye, Repn., N.D.. . author of the reconsideration mo- , tion said he would call it up tomorrow but there was a. possibility that some high tariff advocate might demand its consideration before that t>me. The senate lobby committee called Huston to question him ‘ concerning his activities in connection with the Muscle Shoals 1 lobi>y here. His name was linked with the lobby in a number of ■ letters uncovered bj’ the commit- ’ tee, and it was likely more than • one day would be needed to complete his questioning. Thirty women, leaders in fem--1 inine activities throughout the nation, advanced upon the house judiciary committee today, ’ armed with three minute speeches attacking the repeal and amendment bills. It was the third day allotted . the drys to answer previous argument. On the floor the house resumed debate on a bill to regulate motor busses. ; —« Decatur Young Lady Gets. High Honor Miss Edna Haugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Haugh returned this week to Indianapolis. Miss Haugh recently graduated from the Robert Long Hospital student 1 nurses’ school, with high honors, having an average of 92.05 percent. I She has accepted a position as , assistant supervisor at the Riley Hospital, Indianapolis. ■ o n— Bill Passes Senate Washington. March 12—WP)--1 The request of President Hoover I for a $100,000,000 appropriation for ■ (lie Federal farm board was approv- ■ ed today by the senate: It adopted • without a record vote an amendment to the first deficiency bill pro- ! viding that sum to carry on the . board’s stabilizaton program. LOCAL PEOPLE Al CONFERENCE 1 Methodist M issionary Meeting is Held at Fort Wayne Tuesday The Home Missionary Societies ' of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Northern Indiana Conference met at the Kate Bildei back Settlement House at Fort Wayne, Tuesday, for an all day conference meeting. ’ Mrs. Fred Thornburg of Richmond, who is president of the asso--1 elation presided at the meeting. Several interesting speakers from - various cities in the state were pre 1 sent and delvered addresses. Those from the local auxiliary ■ who attended were Rev. and Mrs. ■ R. W. Stoakes, Mrs. Herman Myers, Mrs. Glen Neptune, Mrs. - R. D. Myers, Mrs. Henry Heller, r Mrs. A. D. Suttles, and Mrs. Homer . Lower. ) A pot-luck dinner was served at » the noon hour am! the business ses sion was held in the - Delegates from all northeastern In- ) diana Missionary societies attended