Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1930 — Page 1

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JllY SCHOOL iIffIENTIONS ■eksihipeo K- Council of Religm'E(lii<aiion Makes K r ('ount} (.roups W-nrii AIRMEN ■ WE SELECTED >»’. - ' '■ Al|jll|s ( ..tintv C.oiin- ■ 'l'Kalion, al Suil'i: ' al tenioon. K< ! |o do jwiv with the K. pion , township Svbool conventions lln‘ Adonis county K.;,-. m lour oiotips. -rngK'illi lime >l|>S plan 'Ahl he tiled 'Wi^Krin 0 . and >1 siiccessl ill 'K ,|onl i.' rmanentlv ■n ■ .mi be held nt I”’’ 1 . ■ -, ill strict, the |p s .’iiale.l by the county PrcsiS’ appointed h of the ..■-,'ti^Kir.o. for the K V! ' also was set t'Hit^Fmn.-it Ihe Adams < Bible mem- ■ ■ -■ ' • ’ the MethojKgnh in t:ii- < ity. At the oners in the telling - ' ■ - to repreK county at the district — triet meeting ■' aimotmced later, ni>" ' r.g will lie held K a’ Hit tington June 17. '■■ ituioiinced at the ::?-t : :i. The various ■-- : A.inty will set ■n ,im ' l try outs in the K an ' ! 'ownship prest--7 Krill sdo t dates for the k try-cr All township lB- “'■■■ here a1 the May IS. 011,1 1111 • r the new conKpnn "'ll include Preble, ■ a, "l Washington town- " rs A. Lower of De- ■ ».' apt ■ rn.-d (hairman of K a ;> atl| l "ill select a place convention. The ■ •’.”• I ■' set as May 4. K two includes Union. Root K Mary-, townships and Ben K‘° Sl - Marys township is t’ln'c- of the con ven■The convention will be held three includes French, ■ sand It.i, Civek townships f? liman of Monroe 1 KJJJJ’ chairman. The date kKfTIXUED o x p AGK SIX) |PLMERGER KM OPENS ■ Statistics Gathered ■ Cornmission After B Long Recess ■"“Mis Var. 17. (U.R) —Pubt onimission hearings of Insull interests ■t'-’i-r ITujiOu.ooq worth of Infl !■ lit is were resumed today r(,< css of nearly three ■ m '' s l; f statistics showing ot the power, light, 11, heat, bus and ice company h'7 " IVo,VI dln the merger, ore the five commission ■**’ today as they .began the ■’•’’’'"'i work of deciding mer- ■™ e merger petition. several witnesses who Previously were re-exam-the interest centered on on! <>f appraisal engineers in which it was ■? how their appraisal figfrom those of Insull ON PAGE SIX) fr Injured When I Train Is Derailed Bailie, Miss,, March 17—(UP ■' Ca ‘ , s of Illinois Central pas flr. b»m No. 1 bound from MemBov 7" ollean8 i were derailed ■L one “tile south of ■today. K Pc sons were injured, none fl lhn a f’heck by officials of the ■. "ed The injured were beE n ° n a special train to Mem--Bc ot teh wreck, which left Bht eilg ’ lle ani l f' ve rear pull- » onding, was undetermined. -8..

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Farmers Plan Spring Wheat Sowing Here Winter Wheat in this section of the state shows considerable loss accord ng to County Agent L. E. Ari hhold. Indications are that the loss will he as high as 60 per cent The bulk of the wheat gro, n in this section is used us chick feed and a nnmlter of the glowers are planning on growing spring wheat. Spring wheat sowing is not generally practiced and the county agent Is having inquiries for sourced of spring wheat seed. The County Agent will be plegsed to have anyone having seed for sale to call and let him know about it. so that those desiring seed may have some central location from which to get their information. “SCARFACE Al" LEAVES PRISON Chicago Gang Chief to Get Release at Philadelphia; Has Bodyguard BULLETIN Harrisburg, Pa., Mar. 17— Governor John S. Fisher shortly after 11 a.m. today signed an order of release for Al Capone and Frank Kline, who have been serving a term in eastern penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons. The release order will be sent by messenger to Philadelphia at once. Phi’ndelphia. Pa., March 17 — (U.R) —Little concerned with the doings of the most glamorpust of all gang chieftains, two and a half million good Philadelphians got out 6f bed this morning, ate their gt apefruit and read in th,e. papers fhafATphorie Capone, better known in the far reaches of the land as “Scarface Al” is getting out of jail today. The goor burghers of the Quaker city are not in the least excited about the comings and goings of prisoners in the redstone walled eastern penitentiary, which lies in the very heart of town. Located in the center of the city as if it were the public library, or one of the towns better speakeasies, the eastern penitentiary will yield up the person of Chicago’s thick lipped gangland czar some time before nightfall. Warden Smith said that Capone would not l>e released until the necessary papers were received from Governor Fisher, who is at Harrisburg, better than 100 miles away. The governor got back yesterday from a West Indies cruise. He announced that he wasn’t going to fool with any papers, gang chief or no gang chief, until today. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Say Dry Personnel Is Greatly Improved Washington. March 17 —(UP) — The law enforcement commission has found that the federal personnel in the prohibition service is improving, Chairman Wickersham told the senate judiciary committee today in a secret session. * Wickersham told the senators who are discussing a plan to in'•eitigate the enformecent unit, he saw no reason why congress should not investigate if it desires. REV. ROCCA TO LECTURE HERE Prominent Fort Wayne Minister to be Guest of Woman’s Club The Rev, Louis Rocca will give a lec'ure this evening to the members of the Woman’s Club and their guests. Rev. Rocca is Rector of the Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of Fort Wayne and chairman of the Literature Department of the fine arts committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He has also sponsored various cultural activities during the past two years. The club members feel that they are quite fortunate in securing this talented and able speaker. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the Literature department or at the door. Rev. Rocca will lecture on ‘‘Uriah Literature Ancient and Modern ’. The address will be given at the Auditorium of the Public Library and will start at 7:45 o’clock.

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DAMAGES ARE AWARDED TO 8 LAND OWNERS Third Group of Apprais* ers File Findings With Court Saturday ALL CONDEMNED LANDS APPRAISED Eight owners of property along the proposed route of state road 27 between Berne and Geneva were [ awarded damages by appraisers, ap I pointed recently to place values oit I the land by Judge J. c. Sutton. The 'appraisers, S. J. Fogle,- Noah A Ptisey and Luther Martin, filed their I report Satuiday. The appraisers were appointed a ; week ago. in the suits brought by | he stale against the property own ers for condemnation of land in order that state road 27 might be re loca.ed and paved. Janies W. Barr, receiver for the. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Geneva, was awarded $750 on property owned by the bank sought to lie taken by the state for road improvements. The award was as follows: Land value, $190; Improvement value. $240; Damage, $601); Belief ts, S2BO. net, $750. The Bank of Geneva was awarded $1.250 for the proposed load cross ing i s land as follows. Land value. $250; Value of improvements $l5O. Damages $850; benefits, none; Net $1,250. Charles A. Mann, et al, received $270 divided between land value. $l5O and value of Improvements, $l2O. 1 Alvina F. Baines received a toI (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ROOT TOWNSHIP RESIDENT DIES I Conrad Gallnieier, 87, is Victim of Death Sunday at Home of Daughter Conrad Gallnieier. 87, died a’ 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home ot his daughter, Mrs. William Hobrock in Root Township, Adams County. Death was due t< complications. The deceased had been bedfast for the last ten days. Mr. Gallnieier was born in West phalia. Germany. December If), 181'. ,a son of Ernst and Elizabeth Gall : ineier. He lived in Germany until he I was 23 years ot age. The Gallnieier family arrived in this country on September 18, 181>5, only a few months after the close of the Civil War. Qn November 16, 1871 he war united in marriage to Elizabeth Aumann of Adams County. She preceded him in death a year ago. Three daughters survive the deceased. They are, Mrs. Martin Gerke. Mrs. Theodore Hobrock, and Mrs. William I lobrock, dll of Adams County. Eight grandchildren a)nd two great-grandchildren also survive. One brother, William' Gallnieier of Fort Wayne also survives the deceased. Funeral services will be hold Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the St. John’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. E. R. Truelsch officiating. BurieJ will be made in the St John’s Lutheran Cemetery. o — Decatur Young Lady Senior Class Leader St. Marys College, Notre Dame March 17 (Special)—Miss Helen Holthouse, daughter of Mrs. Mary T. Holthouse, 235 north Fifth street led her class basketball team to a 28 to 3 victory, over the sophomoie class team, at St. Mary’s college of Nortre Dame, Indiana, Tuesday evening, March 11. Miss Holhtouse, a senior this yea" at the college, has captained her team throughout her college career. Tills year, the senior team stands a fair chance of winning the school basketball championship which will be decided by a game between the senior team and the freshman team, Friday evening. March 14. In her sophomore year, Miss Holthouse won the Helen Holland Voll Trophy a cup given each year to the sophomore most outstanding generally in athletics, scholarship, and leadership. This young woman has made for herself an enviable reputation in things scholastic as well as athletic.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 17, 1930.

Gallows Gold Enriches Motlier W ' i hx ’k When Robert Blake, under the inilffiiftt, \ fluenece of dope, committed murPpN&W, ’"'V. X* der in Texas, he spent his- last hours writing the true chronicle of wSM what men say in the death house x before they ‘‘burn. • A- he | walked to his own doom tie gav« ■“ lhe manuscript to the prison chap- <• —<”7 r lain as his sole estate, bequeathed < ' X j to his mother. The chronicle was ' } x Z printed in a magazine and John _ L-gg Wexley was so moved by its stark emotion that he wrote a play “The (- ust Mile.”

DECATUR MAN'S FATHER DIES Edward Saurer, Prominent Blufiton Man is Victim of Death Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock this afterreon at the First Reformed Chura'it, Bluffton, for Edward Saurer. 69, of the best known residents of Bluffton, an 1 father of Paul Saurer of this city, who died at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at his home in Bluffton. Death followed an illness of a few (lays. The deceased was born near Vera Cruz, Jan. 13. 1861. a son of Gottlieb and Elizabeth Moser Saurer. both of whom are deeeased. He married Lucinda .Mast, who survives together with two sons. Harold Saurer of Bloomington 111. and Paul Saurer of this city. Brothers and sisters surviving are: Mrs. F. P. Hocker, El Reno, Oklahoma, Robert Saurer, Mrs. L. A. Linn, and A. G. Saurer, all of Bluffton. The deceased served during the past few years as castodian at the Reformed church and as township assessor for Bluffton. He also served four years as Wells County treasurer. 0 SIX MORE FILE FOR OFFICES April 6 Is Deadline for Filing Declarations of Candidacy for Office Six more Democrats have filed their names as candidates for the various county and township offices nominations which are to be made at the May primary election. County Clerk Bel nice Nelson has been busy Ihe last week receiving declarations and answering all sorts of queries concerning the approaching elections. Several interesting Democratic primary races are predicted by those close to the situation. It was learned today that several more candidates for various county offices were contemplating filing their declarations before the dead line, April 6. Following is a list of those who filed their declarations Saturday afternoon and Monday morning: John IL Bower, candidate for assessor, Preble township; Charles O. McKean, candidate for trustee Kirkland township; Fred Blum, candidate for trustee, Monroe township Anton Thieme, candidate for assessoi of Union township; Henry B. Heller, candidate for judge, circuit court; Irving G Kerr, candidate for trustee ot Monroe township. Planet Is Photographed Lake Geneva. Wis., March 17 — (UP) — The new Trans Nepiunian planet was sighted and photographed by University of Chicago astronomers at Yerkes observatory last night. The photograps were forwarded to the University today at the direction of Prof. George Van Diesbroeck, acting director.

Newspaper Plant Is Destroyed by Flames lowa Cily, la., Mar. 17. —(U.R) The lowa City Press-Citizen went to pr<ss today in thep lant of its opposition paper, the iowa City Daily lowan. Fire swept through th? PressCitizen plant yesterday and did damage estimated at more than SIOO,OOO. The Daily lowan volunteered its facilities. Merritt C. Speidel, publisher of the Press Citizen said, plans for rebuilding are underway. 0 L APPLE GROWERS TO HAVE MEET All Persons Interested in Spraying Methods Are Invited to Meeting Lust year practically the only apples produced in the county were produced in the two Spray Ring organized by farmers of Monroe Township. All of the 29 members had enough apples for their own use and most of them had apples to sell. The cost of the spraying, although higher last year due to adverse weather conditions was not excessive. Tlie cost was somewhat under 25 cents a tree. If it had not been for the crop of apples produced in the Unitel Spray R.ngs the cider mill of Sehin dler and Moesehberger in French township would not have operated. On Wednesday afternoon. March 19 at 10 o'clock Mr. Monroe McCown of the Purdue Extension Service assisted by County Agent Archbold will conduct a spraying and pruning demonstration in the Daniel Mazelin orchard three miles north and one-half mile west of Berne. MAGLEYASKS FOR NEW TRIAL Local Young Man Convicted of Rape Seeks Second Trial Here Through his attorneys Elmer, Magley, fertmd guilty in Adams circuit court recently on a charge ot rape, has filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was filed late Saturday and’ the date for arguing the motion has not been set. Magley was found guilty by a jurj a few weeks ago of committing rape on a young Decatur girl. Following his arrest on the charge he has been in the Adams county jail, having failed to provide bond in his; case. The finding of guilty carries a mandatory sentence in the state reformatory of a minimum of five years. In case the court does not grant a new trial, it was intimated that the case might be appealed to the supreme court. If the ease is appealed, Magley will be taken to the reformatory where he will be held pending the supreme court hearing of his appeal case. Magley is married and has three children.

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CATHOLIC HIGH HAS 50 PUPILS ON HONOR ROLL Mary Helen- Lose Leads Entire School With Thirty-Four Points FOUR ADDED TO FORMER LIST I Mary Helen Lose, a junior at 'Decatur Catholic high school leads all other pupils iu scholastic standing for the term just closed J according to an announcement | made today. Miss Lose haa a total of 34 points. Ixo Dowling is second on the honor roll with a total of 32 points. The junior class also leads all other classes. Eighty-one percent of the senior | class memliers made the honor. i roll; 85 percent of the juniors were j ion the list: 55 percent of the soph-i omores made the necessary grades and 50 percent of the freshmen received the honor. The honor roll is divided into, two sections. The highest honor i scholastically nt Catholic high school is the high honor roll and the second is called the honor roll. Following is a complete list by classes of both divisions: Seniors High Honor—Helen Voglewede, Rosemary Holthouse, Edith Lengerich. John Schmitt, Lawrence Beckmeyer, Mary Fisher, Viola Schmitz. Honor —• Leo Schultz. George Foos, Gerald Gage, Fred Mylott. Margaret Schumaker, George Hr -ris. Juniors High Honor—Mary Helen Lose. Leo Dowling. Flotilda Harris. Monica Heimann. Mary Kohne, Loretta ! Mal.'ey, Rosemary Schur ge r . Thomas Voglewede. Richard WertzI berger, Arthur Krick. Honor—Edna Schultz. Henrietta Spangler. Helen Teeple, Robert Eiting, Margaret Vian, Teressa Baker. Robert ilolthouse. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o England to Suspend Submarine Program London, March 17—(U.R) —Albert V. Alexander, fir.-’t lord of the admiralty, announced in the house of commons today that the government had decided to suspend its submarine program temporarily. INSTITUTE HELD IN CITY French Quinn and Freda Lancaster Chief Speakers at Saturday Meet Freda Lancaster, supervisor of teaching of Geography in the Fort Wayne schools and French Quinn of this city were the speakers at a Teachers' Institute held Saturday -it Central school in this city. The institute was held especially for teachers of one-room schools, and those of grammar and intermediate grades. Mr. Quinn gave an address to the morning session of the Institute and his address was greatly enjoyed by those attending. Mr. Quinn told of many intersting early historical events in the county. In the afternoon Miss Lancaster gave an interesting talk on how to teach Geography in the schools. Miss Lancaster’s talk dealt with successful methods, which could also be used for teaching other subjects. Botli sessions of the Institute were well-attended. 0 Senate Votes Change In Tariff Schedule Washington. March 17. — (U.R) — With a final vote approaching on the Oddie amendment proposing tariff duties on hides, leathers and shoes, the senate voted today its first modification of duties. An amendment by Senator Walsh, Drni., Mass., to the Oddie amendment ent the proposed duty on goat and kid leather from 17% per cent to 10 per cent when used in making shoes. The amendment was adopted 42-32.

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i Political Worker Is Murdered in Chicago Chicago, March 17 I UP) Tib’ excellent record police had estaiiI lished in leeent weeks Htamplrfg on' | Crime stood inuried today wiili a liru al street murder of a woman. Mis. Ida K. Doyle, 61, a republi can election judge, was beaten to death by a thug who attacked and robbed Iter with it ball a block of her home Torn clothing and bruised hands showed she had fought des-1 perutely. The purse in which she carried t • few dollars and the cheek she had | received Saturday sot work on reg-! istia ion day was missing. P< l.<<> qiiesiioiic 1 J.rme, Taylor.; negro, a suspei t, today, he was n-porls-d simui loitering near the! scene of the murder. DEFENSE OPENS BRIBERY CASE I Mrs. Dohcny Takes Stand to Defend Husband On Bribery Charge Washington, March 17 —(U.R) — I Mrs. Edward L. Doheny, wife of I the California oil millionaire, took ' the witness stand today to defend her husband against the charge I that he gave former Secretary of! Interior Albert B. Fall a $100,00 , 'l j bribe to obtain the rich Elk Hills naval oil leases. Dnssed plainly in black, Mrs. Doheny apparently was suffering from a slight cold. She spoke quietly as she answered preliminary questions of Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel. Her testimony concerned the, 1 promissory note given her husband ' by Fall after Doheny had given Fail the $1041.000. Mrs. Doheny’s testimony was i interrupted by argument of counsel over a question concerning the ! mental state of Doheny before th® ! transaction which Hogan described as a loan. Owen J. Rolierts, special government counsel, argued that the mental state of the defendant could be proved only by testimony of the defendant himself. Ju-tlce William Hitz sustained the objection. The wife of the defendant was called to the stand after a halfdozen character witnesses, most of them clergymen from California, had described Doheny as a man of high ideals. Navy representatives also had testified concerning the 1922 “war scare" and the drawing up of plans for the Pearl Harbor, storage base. The .courtroom was crowded to capacity as Mrs. Doheny testified. She was n figure as she told how she first saw Fall’s note in New York before leaving I for Los Angeles Dec. 20, 1921. The note was intact then, but Mrs. Doheny said she and her husband tore tlie document at that time. [Queeifs Condition Is Regarded As Critical Rome, March 17 (UP) — The Queen of Sweden, who has been seriously ill, was reported in a critical condition today. A bulletin announced that she had been unconscious several times in the last few days. WARM WEATHER IS REGISTERED Temperature of 71 Reached in Decatur Sunday; Rain Is Predicted i I The warmest day in 1930, to date, was recorded in Decatur and Adams . county Sunday, according to street theremonieters ami local weather experts The mercury advanced ti 71 Meg rees at 2 o’clock Sunday after-' noon and except tor a strong wind , the weather was ideal for early spring'. Hundreds of people took advantage of the fine weather and spent the day motoring. Others felt the ' lute of fishing and many were seen along the river and quarry banks 1 near Decatur attd Geneva. Others I promenaded the streets. The sun continued to shire • througout the afternoon and gave • ev deuce of real spring Weather. 1 State weather forecasters predicted dpudiness late today or 'Ju. > (lav with showers probable. Co™-: t weather is in store later in the week according to weather reports.

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W, LGREEN GETS BIG OVATION AT NATIONAL MEET ‘Rump’Con vention Scorned By American Federation of Lab’or Head MEET ADJOURNS UNTIL TUESDAY Indianapolis, Mar. 17 tU.R) A tremendous ovation was | given William L. Green, | president of the American j l-'ederalion ot Labor, lodav. | when he came out unallerabI Iv tor the t'nited Mine Workl of Amc’-'ca. as onnosed •<> I die “rump" convention in I Illinois. "I hope I may show you and the 'wiv'd bv my presence here,” ho sa ! d, “that the American Federation of Libor recognizes only one miners union as having jurisdiction. Please interpret my pres--1 erne here as evidence of this solemn fact.” Green was cheered enthusiastically as he entered the hall where -the United Mino Workers of America were in convention, but 1 it was mild in comparison to the ; shouts of applause as he endorsed John 1.. Lewis, U. M. W, of A. pre-ident, and his followers. Green has for more than 30 ' years been a member of the U. M. W. of A., and has attended every convention for 30 years. He was former international treasurer. The convention adjourned at noon today, immediately after i listening to Green, until 9 a, m. tomorrow’. 4 Green indicated that the A, F. ,of L. would not tolerate a dual body, and continued in his speech to pledge loyalty to the original mine workers’ organization. “The relationshin of one of these organizations to the other is like that of the parent to the son," he said. "The original charter of the affiliation of the American Federation of Labor to the United Mine Workers of America was signed on (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Oddie Amendment Is Defeated In Senate Washington. Mar. 17— (U.R) The senate today defeated the Oddie amendment to tht tariff bill proposing to levy duties on hides, leathers and shoes, now' on the Lea.list. — o L. EXILED CHIEF OF SPAIN DIES Ex-Dictator De Rivera Dies Suddenly in Paris Hotel Sunday Pat s. Mar. 17. (U.R) —Spaniards of evt.v walk of life, many of them sworn enemies of the sixyear dictatorship of Miguel Primo De Riv( ra. today Hocked to the little iuitol on the left bank of the Seine to pay tribute to the man who died ye-terday, six weeks after he laid down bis power. The body will be removed at once to Spain, and burial will be in the family vault at Gerez, near Seville, in accordance with his request. The exile of De Rivera, whose iron hand had upheld the Spanish throne for six years, was brief. Strangely enough, it bore out a prediction It? made sadly when he arrived in Paris. "1 shall never see my beloved Spain again." he said to a United Tress correspondent. But he. refused to amplify his statement. De Rivera had suffered severely ( front influenza in the past week, and his heart was believed weak enrd by his Illness. He is known to have given evidence of severe heart strain Thursday. So completely had the general seemed to recover from his influ- ■ < nza that his personal physician, Dr. Alberto Bandelac de Pariente, i planned to take liint to a private i sanitarium at Frankfurt, Germany, to give him continued treatments for diabetes. H s worry over the political strife • in Spain following his rel uqulsh- • ment of the power, is believed to have hastened the end. De Rivera came to Paris, a vol(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)