Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1930 — Page 1

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Imisek IE REPORTS woaocases I —" — \ r , Vwaided to ■e I'roperl} Owners Hvhert' Roads Cut Her viewers ■ > REPORT today ai.pointk,... Sutton Is of land |V.. ... i i.ndemM. in Ad |K', i'.. . i-l to Adams KB", ,>ther set of |K. . ■ port would K, aiir tint' today. of Decatur ■ am e rilled by t ,, that paved I, ,-idi final thia city ,■■■ line across r;? - ■•• six property K... previously to |K ;. "(out with the |K k: . oiideninatlon i i! > k ami W. A. K .■-■■ tod n> decide K, , r> - to the prop . t!.. i oa.l crosses, Ho n n. 'i- damages, how ■ ajim'i-c. ..warded the fol ■pi 'l. m.'.uos on the propof Deiatur. Kl.tt an .eara I. dt, $110: ■ l.arf't:.:. sls; William Kte-g ■: ‘tx. $55; Samuel ■yr. et al. 17.": Jacob Koos. ■e Willin''. Stele, $1,200. ■ appraisals tor the three Ky. uii stat’ road 27 south ■at.: V .: Monroe, where Kite cuts out two corners Kdikm.it-- each instance. ■ ••email Walters. ■ H-imaii. r,- the apprais- ■ I', duel was awarded a to- ■ Jl,lnn. Tue allowance was K into two parts, S2OO Lor ■ and SBOO for damages. ■ w Mi !<■ hi. Jr.. was award■totul of pi t. $225 for value ■"> for damages. ■ion Panish received a to- | $1,200. value b=dng $700; jltments be'ng SI,OOO and jes being $2,500. It was iottt by . lie of the appraisal the route across the Parkrm dues considerable dums a drain ditch and that in of this fact the award of fes is small. court will either accept or litke awards soon and notify Ke 0 Bru Has Costly Fire X. Ind., Mar. 15.—(U.R>—Fire uncontrolled for two hours b the Peru Furniture Com•i Peru last night, destroying ’with a loss estimated at s3o,> »as beVeved defective wiring d mattresses stored in the lent. Dining buildings and business • were slightly damaged. Fire mies from Kokomo and Log H aid .;! the Peru department fc tiug the blaze. TATE GETS 30 DAMAGES xie Barton Heirs Get ’mages From Erie as Accident Result Paul Barton, administrator of sta c of Jennie R. Barton, who k lied when the automobile in she was riding was struck by w car of an Erie freight train ■ Winchester street crossing P c ily February 24, was awarddamages in a suit filed in Wins crcuit court charging Bp,,f e on the part of the ChiMd Erie Railroad Co. f rvide nee was submitted yes- ■ ,l| ni was found to be true by ollrL Damages were awarded J L. Walters represented *rton and J. T. Merryman apjor the defendant company. ’ damages were the result of r I' 8 ace!, ient which occurred February 24. Mrs. Barton was ail( l three other Geneva wot>re injured in the accident.

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illarve Bucher Purchases I ' Farm in Kirkland Twp. The 60-ncre farm, known us the Dave Werllng farm In Kirkland township was sold yesterday to Harve Bucher. The farm is one of Jthe best in Kirkland township, and I It sold at more than slsu an acre. The deal was transacted by Steele and Jaberg of this city, real estate and insurance brokers. Several farms have been sold in Adams county the last few weeks, and in each instance the pr ce has shown an upward price movement in farm properties. MANI FILE FOR COUNTY POSTS Political Gossio Grows as Candidates File Declarations Here The office of the Adams county clerk has been busy all week with candidates filing for various county and township offices. Great interest is benig displayed in sev . era! contents and indications are 1 that almost every Democratic can-I didate will have opposition in the primary election with the exception of County Surveyor Ralph Roop and Prosecutor Nathan Nel son, each of whom has served only i one two-year term. Many interesting Democratic races are predicted in several townships where more than one candidate has filed for trustee and assessor. Following is tho list of names tiled at the clerk's office the last few days: Democrats: H. M DeVoss, judge; Walter Thornhill, trustee, Wabash township; T. R. Noll, trustee Washington township; J. A. Cline, assessor (county); August Schlickman, Kirkland township, assessor; Geotxe Dellinger, Washiugtmi township assessor; Ralph Roop, county surveyor; E. 11. Gilliom, Monroe township trustee; Frank Neusbaum, Hartford township trustee; Fra'nk O. Davis, Jefferson township assessor; T. J. McKean, Hartford township trustee; Roy [ Baker, county sheriff; Ed Beer. French township trustee; Milton C. Werling, clerk; Ernest J. Worthman. Preble township trustee. Republicans: A. ,N. Acker. St. Marys township assessor; Willis F. Johnson, Jefferson township trustee. JESSE WARNER DIE£FRIDAY Former Root Township Man Dies at Mishawaka; Was Well-Known Here Jesse S. Warner, 76. former Adams County farmer died a: his*home in Mishawaka. Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Deatli was due to hardening of the arteries and enlargement of the heart. Mr. Warner resided in Root Township until 1910. Since that time he lived in a number of cities throughout the state. Warner was born in Root township. August 15, 1853. He was united in marriage to Alice Ross who died in 1908. To this union were born the following children who survive: Mrs. Charles Dutcher of Fort Wayne, Glen W. Warner of Chicago. Mrs. Clyde Rice of South Bend. Mrs. Francis Barkley of Lakeville, and Mrs. Bernice Mickey of Mishawaka. Eight grandchldren also survive. The remains have been brought to this city for burial, and will lie in state at the Methodist Episcopal church Monday afternoon from 12:30 untl 1 o’clock. Friends may view the remains at this time as the casket will not be opened after the funeral servics. Services will be held at 1 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. Charles Tinkham of Warren, officiating. Burial will be mad > in the Decatur cemetery. o Thirteen Airplanes Are Destroyed by Flames New Brunswick, N. J., Marell 15 —(U.R>—Fire followed by an earth ! shaking explosion swept 13 airplanes in the center hangar at ■ Hadley field today, reducing them to charred anti tangled skeletons 1 and leaving the hangar itself a mass of smoking ashes. 1 Damage was estimated at : $175,000. Only a few articles of i office equipment were saved. Ji

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THREE MURDER CASE LAWYERS RECEIVE $1,500 County Pays SSOO Each For Services of Eichorn, Erwin and Parrish OTHER COSTS NOT YET READY A total of $1,500 was paid to three attorney.-; who were appointled by the court in the case of ; state vs. Boyd Booher charged j with murder. tried*in Adams cirI cuit court a few weeks ago. R. C. Parrish, who was appointed assistant for the state received SSOO. D. B. Erwin of this city and W. H. Eichorn each received SSOO for representing Booher under the pauper law. Prosecutor Nathan Nelson, in accordance with the estate law | received nothjpg for his work in j the case. The law reads that had Nelson obtained a conviction he would have received the regular criminal ease fee of $5.00. When Booher was arrested, he appealed for free attorneys under the pauper law and the court appointed Mr. Erwin and Mr. Eichorn After appointment of the two defense attorneys a petition for one state’s assistant was granted and R. C. Parrish of Fort Wayne was appointed. Several people interested in the case retained D. E. Smitli of Fort Wayne to assist the state and he was paid by the individuals retaining him. The murder trial, which resulted in an acquittal on the first ballot cost the countj- $1,500 for attorneys. The rent of the* cosT. Im eluding jury and witness fees has not been itemized in the court. o METHODISTS PLAN MEETING Annual Conference Will be Held at Hartford City, April 1-7 The program for the eighty-sev-enth annual session of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to be held ! from April 1 to 7 at the Grace Methodist church at Hartford City, has been announced. Many Decatur people are planning on attending the conference. Rev. Frederick B. Fisher, D. D., Methodist bishop in the Calcutta area of India, will preside over the conference. He is a member of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist church. Many residents of this county will attend the sessions. Speakers Are Listed Among the speakers for the sixday conference program are as follows: Bishop Raymond J. Wade, D. D. bishop of the Methodist church area at Stockholm, Sweden, and a member of the North"lndiana conference; Dr. Edgar Blake, D.D., a resident bishop of the church in the Indianapolis area; Bishop James C. Blake, D. D., resident bishop of the church in Seoul area, Korea; Rev. Newton E. Davis, D. D., corresponding secretary of the board of hospitals, homes and deaconess work of the Methodist church; Rev. G. Bromley Oxman, fCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) : 0 < Polish Cabinet Quits Warsaw, Mar. 15. — (U.R) — The Polish cabinet resigned today, following a vote of non-confidence in Colonel Alexander Pryeter, minister of labor, by the lower house of parliament, yesterday. Premier Kazimierz Bartel presented the government’s collective resignation to President Ignacy Moscicki in accordance with his promise to stand by the labor minister. / The non-conference motion was sponsored by the socialists, and was adopted despite the premier's declaration that this action would be followed by withdrawal of the entire cabinet. It was believed Bartel would be asked to form a new government, replacing Prystor with a cabinet officer more acceptable .to the sejm.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 15, 1930.

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Ix'o Dolan, 22-year-old law student at tiie University of Chicago, and liis companionate wile. Virginia Rolli Dolan, whose separation led to a $50,000 alienation suit against Mrs. Dolan's father, are reunited. Tho young couple have moved into a Chicago hotel and have announced that they will never part again.

NOTED DOCTORS VISIT DECATUR County Medical Society Has Banquet in Honor of Two Speakers Dr. 1.. H. Gillman and Dr. E. E. Padgett, both of Indianapolis were the speakers at a meeting of tho Adaius county Medical Society held last night at the Christian church in this city. The two visiting physicians are regarded as leaders in the 'profession in Ind ana. Dr. Gillman hud charge of mosof the eases of meningitis in Indianapolis dining tiie last several weeks and he spoke on the subpect .if "Meningitis Treatments". The subject was an interesting one and the 29 doctors, surgeons and physicians at ending the meeting stated that Dr. 'Gillman's address was .me of tiie finest ever heard on the subject, which is creating much interest in the middlewest because of recent fatal epidemics. Dr. Padgett also delivered an interesting address on the medical profession, which was greatly enjoyed by those attending. The meeting followed a banquet served in the dining hall of the Christian cliurch. The Ladies Aid Society of the Chrsian church served the banquet. Tourney Tickets Stolen Indianapolis, March 15—(UP) — Two seats in section 11, row D in the Butler fieldhouse will lie empty or illegally occuil ed during the state basketball championship tourney today. The hoys who paid for the tickets won't be in tiie building. •Frank D ce, 16. and Louis Challis 16, both of Peru, were standing on a downtown Indianapolis corner eally today looking at their ticke’s. A man grabbed the tickets from them and fled, the youths told police. FARM PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED • Motion Pictures of National Corn Husking Contest to Be Shown A program of agricultural interest, will be given at Pleasant Mills high school auditorium Wednesday night. Mardi 19 at 7:30 o’clock, by the farm co-operation committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, it was announced today. The program sponsored and arranged by County Agent L. E. Archbold w'U be tree to farmers of Hie entire county. Two motion picture reels showing the state and national cornhusking contests will be shown. The rag-doll method of testing seed corn also will be demonstrated and County Agent Archbold will instruct those present how they make a tester. The committee will have charge of the rest of the meeting, and the local business men will deliver short addresses. Following the meeting a lunch of sandwiches, ice cream and coffee will be served free to all those attending.

Counterfeit Bill Is Passed In Indianapolis Indianapolis, March 15. ’.U.R) — Tin- first counterfeit S2O bill of tin* I new. smaller size currency to apI pear in Indianapolis was pas ed ■ yesterday at the Wheeler restaur- | ant. Police today were looking for a nervous tempered man who told the cashier he had "just lost s:’.000 in a business deal." Charles Mazey, U. S. secret service agent, said the bill was a good l . exhibit of counterfeiting. It was ■printed from photomechanical | plates on crisp bond paper. It was said the treasury seal an4_sj})dal I number carried smudgy appeari ance. CANADIAN Bill. NEARS PASSAGE Will Prohibit Liquor Export to United States If Made a Law Ottawa. Ont.. Mar. 15. — U.R) — ; | Passed unanimously at its second reading, the bill prohibiting export ■ of liquor to the United States, championed by Premier Mackenzie King, today awaited final consideration by tiie house of commons before being sent to the senate. The bill was passed after con--1 sidetable debate last night. King warned the house he would not be responsible for the external affairs ■ of the country if the measure failed to pass. 1 "The danger of the delicate and difficult situation which the late 1 Lord Curzon. British foreign secre--1 tary, saw in the use of British' ships and the activities of British ! firms in introducing liquor into the United States were as nothing compared witli what is possible along the American boarder of Canada.” he said. "So perilous do I believe the situation to be that I would not longer continue to assume responsiI bility for tiie external affairs of Canada if 1 did not secure the support of pari ament and of the country in this measure." The premier pointed out that to defeat the measure, members of parliament would be placing themselves In the position of being pre(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —4 > y Gets Divorce From One of Two Legal Wives Mt. Vernon. Ind., Mar. 15. —-U.R) —Eitel Schrpeder, Evansville, heaved a long sigh ot relief when he was granted a divorce in Posey county circuit court today, making him the husband of one loss wife. Eitel was granted a divorce in Vanderburg probate court in 1927, but liis wife* appealed tiie decision. Pending the appeal. Eitel married another woman and had one child. Eitel said he was happ'ly married until the appellate court reverses! ills divorce decree, giving him two legal wivep. He at once started new divorce proceednigs, saying he did not know the first suit had been appealed.

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‘OLD IRONSIDES' RECONDITIONED Famous Ship Takes to Water Again; School Children Contribute Boston, March 15. —(U.R)— Old Ironsides, originally launched more than 132 years ago, took to the sea again today. Reconditioned as result of contributions amounting to sl<m,o(h> from America's school children, the famed frigate, about whi/h poems have been penned and j songs sung, was refloated to conI tinue a colorful career which began ' in the waning years of the 1 Stli . century. Appropriately enough, the scene ■ ot today’s launching wan le s than I a mile from tho spot where the I battle - scarred craft, officially i known as the I’.S.S. Constitution but affectionately known as Old ! Ironsides, first went down the ways on October 21. 1797. Only the simplest ceremonies marked the frigate’s emergence . from the drydock where' it bad (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOVR) | ——O INTEREST GROWS IN CLUB WORK j County Agent and Committee Explain Project To School Girls A campaign to create more interest in Adams count} - 5 H club work i started yesterday and interest in' every township in the county is in-, creasing. Mrs. E. W. Busche, Mrs.! ■ VJreil Wagner. Miss Erma Gape i and County Agent I. E. Archhold visited the Hartford townshin high school and exnlained the 4-ls work ’o rrirls of that school. Many Hartford pupils indicated | thev would enroll in the sewing, canning and health” clubs of the county this year. The interest j shown in the 4 H (work has grown rapidly the last few years and each spring hundreds of dollars in aI wards are presented to winners of each depar’ment. On next Friday the same committee which called on the Hartford township school will visit Linn Grove school where the 1930-31 plan will be'explaned. it ’s the des re of the committee in charge to have a’ least a 50 percent increase in cluh membership in the next few weeks, and members are working to that end. There is no entry fee and all pupils of Adams county schools are invited to join the clubs. — 0 Zellers Is Near Death Indianapolis. Mar. 15. — 'U.R) —IMembers of the family of Charles I Zeller, 46. Indianapolis, who was shot by one of two bandits Wed- ' nesday night in front of his home, were called to his bedside at City hospital today. Physicians said there was little hope for his recovery. SURVEY SHOWS < MORE ACTIVITY Business Conditions Are Better Than Week Ago in Parts of Indiana Indianapolis, Mar. 15.— lU.R>—Encouraging developments, including the rehabilittaion of a radio manufacturing firm which was in financial difficulties, were noted in a business and industrial survey of the state for the past week. The Steinite Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, is now under control of a group of men nationally known in radio manufacture, succeeding a group which represented creditors who assumed charge after the company had met financial reverses. Under the new group, the Steinite company and its subsidiaries will be affected, as the three men in general control will name a director for each of the concerns with which the Fort Wayne concern is affiliated. John C. Tully heads the three, and has been chosen president of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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(). E. Lesh, Bluffton, Is Presbyterian Speaker <>. E. Lesli of Bluffton war the chief speaker at the men's meeting 'held last night a! the First Brushy iciiaii church following a banquei I served tile men by the women of the chin h The meeting was open io all Presbyterian men of Decatur and was well attended. Mr. I.e h spoke on Chrlstiurt Devotion" and hit address was received with much applause. J. Lutz Decatur attorney talked on the church budget and explained sever al factors concerning the new budget adopted by the tins ees of the local cliurch. BANDITS SHOOT WAY TO FREEDOM Colorado Posse Starts Search for Three Men Who Kill Officer Cheyenne Wells, Colo., March 15 (U.R' Posses with "shoot to ■ kl"l" orders patrolled the highways lof two states today in search of ■three Irank bandits who blazed their way across southeastern Col- : orndo with guns late yesterday, j killing one peace officer and I wounding three persons. After killing Deputy Sheriff Carl Hickman and wounding W. 11. Mosher, courthouse employe, in a pitched battle at Eads, Colo., the bandits sped through the town. Two miles from Eads they etopped and reconnoitered before entering the town. Hickman and Mosher spied their car and advanced. Hickman fell. with bullets through the brain and chest. ■ Mosher threw up his arms in stirI render. They disarmed him and : told him to "run for your life.” He ' was brought down with a shot in I the leg when he started to run. Near Cheyenne Wells. Sheriff Duncan Coe and Town Marshal Ceorce Hollingshead, in charge of a nouse. were awaiting them. Trave’ing 60 miles an hour, the I bandits’ machine passed the posse ,on tiie Kamas-Colorado highway, firing scores of shots with rifles and revolvers. Coe and Hollingshead wore ■wounded. Before entering tho town, the desperadoes halted an automobile driven by S. H. Hadley, real estate operator, forced Hadley out. and jumped into the stolen machine (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) PJRJLYSIS IS DEATH'S CAUSE Mrs. Mary McCullough, Veteran School Teacher, Dies Friday Mrs. Mary McCullough, 59. life long resident of Pleasant Mills! died suddenly. Friday at her home ! near Pleasant Mills following a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. McCullough taught school in Adams county for 35 years, but for the past year has been staying with her father. William Smith, I who lives near Pleasant Mills. She | had enjoyed good health until Friday morning when she suffered a stroke of paralysis that caused her death. Mary Smith McCullough was born at Pleasant Mills. February 8. 1871, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smitli. The mother preceded the deceased in death. Her husband, Nimrod McCullough died on January 1, 1923. The following children survive the deceased: William McCullough of Marion. Charles McCullough of Auburn. Mrs. Amy Logan of Muncie. Benjamin McCullough of Pleasant Mills, and Nimrod MsCiillough of Lansing, Michigan. Ten grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at! the Methodist Episcopal church at I Pleasant Mills where the deceased was a member all her life. Rev. A. E. Burk, pastor, will officiate. Burial will bo made in the Decatur cemetery. o — Stolen Car Recovered The Studahaker sedan, belonging to Fred Ftillenkamn of this city which was stolen in Fort Wayne several days ago has been recovered in Detroit through efforts of Sheiiff Harl Hollingsworth. The car will lie returned to this city.

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FIELD CUT TO FOUR TEAMS IN MORNING PLAY Washington, Connersville, Frankfort, Muncie Still In Title Race FINALS TO BE HELI) TONIGHT ♦ ♦ TOURNEY SCORES . Friday Washington. 2d; Martinsville, Franklin. 31; Dugger, 19. ■ Delphi. 27: Kokomo, 17. Connersville, 25: Salem. IS. I.al’orte. 21 : Kendallville, 19. I Munci’“. .10; Goshen. 28. Frankfort, 31; Central of ’ Fort Wavne, 19. Anderson. 27; Greencastle, : I 23. . I Saturday | I Washington. 13; Franklin, j i ' ”■ Connersville, 10; Delphi. 13. I I Muncie. 31; LlaiPorte, 20. Frankfort. 22; Anderson, 17. « ♦ 0 — Indianapolis, Ind. March 15— j (Special) — Washington high defeated Connersville in the semi-finals this afternoon. Washington 37, Connersville i 17. Frankfort and Muncie plav in the last semi-finals at > 3 :30 p.m. The winner of this contest will meet Washington in the finals tonight. Buller Field House, Iniliani npolis. March 15 (Speeial) Aller two thrillins* rounds of Basketball, four of Tndi- , ana’s be«* hit’ll school net teams still remained in lb” ri'iininy for the state hit’ll school championship at noon tO'biV. Washington and Connersville w-'re scheduled Io bailie it out for a ticket to the finals when the two teams meet here at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. As soon as the Washington-Conners-ville camo is settled Muncie and Frankfort were scheduled to take the floor to decide who would meet the winner of the other bracket in the final game. Tho deciding game of the tournev will lie played at 8 tonight. Fver since the opening game Friday morning record crowds have attended the tournament. Standing room is at a premium here and thousands hav“ hoen turned away, because of lack of snace. Thrilling games have marked “arh session, but none on* distanced the onening game of the quarterfinals tins morning when Washingiton ami Franklin met. Washington held an edge most of the game, ' only to see it disappear with a few I minutes to go and Franklin went i into tiie lead 11-10. The Franklin ! netters held the lead until 40 seconds remained. Dejernet, Washington center was fouled and -lipped two free I throws through the net to put his I team in front 12-11. Another free 'throw sent Washington into a twopoint load as tiie game ended. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) GRIM GETS $lO FINE; 3U DAYS Auto License is Revoked for Year by Mayor George Krick Chat les Grim who was arrested i Thursday by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth on a charge of driving an au- , tomobile while intoxicated was at j raigned in Mayor’s court Friday and after pleading guilty was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to 3i> days at the penal farm. Grim is alleged- to have become intoxicated and destroyed personal property at his home. It was no l stated whether additional charges would be filed. When first arested it was indicated that charges of intoxxication. transportation and driv ’ing a car while intoxicated night all lie filed against Grim. Mayor George Krick, who passed the sentence also ordered Grim's driving license revoked for one year from date.