Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1930 — Page 1

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SENATE DISCUSSES LABOR CONDITIONS

■jBSOSES >» TODAY ■ WO -- - • ■ :1..” M *'‘ A1 - Kni I'd-. Tram v 1 Ti " ■vnOil WILL =M n .., H iHh < "in - ;; 18, i ' I .iliri'lll |>, i. J. ;>ll 11( ssioll. ... I'lav 'i’ itllolic’ lil'Jl W'.’J ’ lll“llt 111 !> <>r |,.criic\. ■M... ' l,<> >'•■'•' ||H . 1.-ft |K ''tic. fHfor Chicago lie would ■H’ ■' i\ in tlie first r ho will b<> ■ . ■ ■ ••■lto play in • ' ' . ’ . pro\ idl'd |H- tilt «i'h n today K‘ ri< k Mylott. |H and Harris. 1 'hat ho |M''’ • • i’d play Harris ■Mh.s inis combina- ' ’ ’ ' ' Holthouse forward and w:I. guard. I'oii.h Laurent of spirits and ■•' slur would do. ' Commodores ■ ss and tough • mugh the season ,: 'T' away such bar|V*'" in which Deca- ■ ' 9 o'clock WedTlie Daily Domo- •■ the score at the ■' ' J ' 'I m ore at tile end ■B Two telephones, and will be in service ■”’ 'iilts Wednesday ■ "'iir’oiloro supporters ■ ■' and accompanied V l: 'T’ |' io the Erie train M Many Decatur fans ■ Planning- „„ following the B| Xatlonal tourney and Bl ‘ k ' " I'liifago will start to■tttl’ non i. Loinpiete Job ■°f Moving to New Home K "'l’' 11 «'as in Decatur Mon- ■ ■ 'i "p odds and ends of K .' ls ' 11 ’ I'ronertv, to complete ■ "tov'ng to Kendallville ■l° 'he r „ l( . rs w(l | m;|kp the( „ ■V 1 an, l -Mrs. Colter reside Bh ’.v"'"' ' of Kendallville, \\Pst of the business dishl EXAMINE BABIES FRIDAY ionthly Health Station to l“ e Held at Library All I Hay March 21 health station will be Friday, March 21 in the F 8 “iy room at the Decatur PubK '’buy, under the auspices of libb ■" Tea ' an d Mi ss Nancy J., of tlle state board of health. I t ,t trS ° f the county are inealtl ' ~rinßn R lheir children to the ■b. , 1 Nation for free examination, en up to three years of age s aitk exa ®ined by the state authorities. committee appointed rom the 'lll f, Be< ,ion ot the Woman's club habL' rnish a clerk an<l Publicity Ti n a ? f , nr ,he health station. e > alth statlons have been •>«« f 6< ilere ever y month for ivailwi' 11 !? an<l many mothers have Ycrviel ‘'euiselves of the special tenant.! offere< l tree by the health 1,11 rt ment.

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Scarface Al Capone Quits Penitentiary I i Imported gangsters of two fac- | tions are arrayed against each other in Philadelphia, and the police are arrayed agains tlmni ■ both. The objective of one faction ; is the life of Al Capone, which his j forces have sworn to protect with their own. Scarface Al has served i his term in prison and plans to return to his home and family in Chicago. DEATH CALLS DECATUR LADY Eliza Jane Peterson Dies This Morning at Home on Russel Street Mrs. Eliza .Jane Peterson, 79, wife of Sylvester Peterson, and jibohilnent becatar lady, died this morning at 6:20 o’clock at her home on Russel street. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mrs. Peterson had been in ill health for the past few years and since Christmas had been an invalid, receiving constant care. She was a charter member of the W. C. T. IT. of this city and until a few years ago was active in that organization. She was also a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Eliza Jane Ulossom Peterson was born in Adams county. February 24. ISSI. the daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Blossom, both deceased. Surviving are the husband. Sylvester Peterson, and the following I children: Clay Peterson, at home; Mrs. Loretta Whitman of this city, Rol>ert Peterson of Fort Wayne, Frank Peterson and Charles Peterson of this city. Eighteen grandchildren, and twelve great grandchildren also survive. One brother. Frank Blossom, of Long Beach, California, also survives. Friends may view the remains at the home. 1004 Russel street, any time after this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home, and at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church, with Rev. R. W. stoakes. officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o Negro Found Guilty Os Killing Barber Michigan City, Ind., Mar. 18. — 'U.p: The killing of Harry Stepp. | 37-year-old state prison barber, last July 4, was admitted before Judge Harry Crumpacker in Laporte superior court, and Edward Spann, 34, negro, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. Spann pleaded guilty on a charge of second degree murder. He said he killed Stepp because the barber refused to cut his hair. —o Snow Is Predicted Indianapolis, March 18 —(U.R)- - Chill rains that fell early today may turn to snow by night, with a drop in temperature to several degrees below freezing, the I’. S. weather bureau at Indianapolis forecast. Northern Indiana will be covered with snow tonight, and temperatures in southern portions will drop rapidly as a mild cold wave settles over the middlewest, J. 1Armington, meteorologist, said. The weather tomorrow probably will be unsettled, with rising temperatures predicted to cotne during the night. Snow fell in Valparaiso early today, and the temperature dropped to 35 degrees.

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BOHENYWEEPS AT BRIBE TRIAL Mention of Dead Son Brings Tears; Defense Has Case W.i'hinrion. Mar. 1< 'U.R) Elward L. Doheny wept on the witness stand today at his trial on a charg ■ of giving former Interior Secretary Alltert B. Fall a SIOO,OOO I bribe. | The California oil mill’onaire was i being questioned by Frank J. Hoi gan, chief defense counsel, regardI ing Admiral J. K. Robinson's "JapI anese war scare" when reference was made to Doheny's son, Ned, who was murdered a year ago. Asked if Robinson bail mentioned bis son in describing the destruction which night be wrought lon the California coast by a for-j eign invasion, Doheny's voice fait-1 ered and tears came to his eyes. The 74 year-old defendant was excused from the courtroom for a I few moments until he recovered. |The defendant's wife, sitting in the 'courtroom was comforted by I I friends. Doheny had been retelling his story of the SIOO,OOO transaction with Fall which preceded awarding ot valuable government oil contracts to his company. Prompted by the quest lolling of Frank J. Hogan, chief defense < oun-| sei, the oil millionaire told of events leading to the pearl Harbor oil storage construction and leases in the naval oil reserve at Elks Hills, California. The question ng tended to show the contracts were undertaken by Doheny with patriotic intent and were advantageous to the govetn- ! ment. Doheny was preceded today by character witnesses who added to the mass of testimony commending the defendant s character. Seeks Damages From Elgin Railroad Co. Valparaiso. Ind., March 18— (UP) — Suit asking SIO,OOO damages has been filed in Porter Circuit court here by Dr. Wallace Parkison. Chesterton physician, naming the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern railroad as defendant, • The doctor charged that his leg.-, and left hand were injured the nerves in the latter being so impaired 'hat it hampers his work in surge; y, when bis ear strutk a freight car at a crossing. He alleged the company was responsible in leaving a tar so that several inches protruded over the crossing. ‘RUMP’ MEETING FACES PENALTY Revolting Miners May be Expelled From Labor Federation Indianapolis, March 18.- (U.R)--Expulsion from the TT. M. W. of A. was regarded today as the inevitable fate of union miners who have taken part in the Springfield. HI., rump convention. The Indianapolis “official” convention will take definite action, I it was believed, to punish the revolters. buoyed by the assurances of William U Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, that the A. F. of L. will refuse recognition of the dual union. Mine union officials mapped out their plan of battle in a conference yesterday afternoon which followed Green's address to delegations to the United Mine Workers in the morning. It w-as expected that a revision in the constitution would be offered during the week, perhaps later today, providing for expulsion of any member who accepts office in any dual organization. This would hit John H. Walker. Illinois federation of labor president, and Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas miners, who were elected as secretary-treasurer and president respectively, of the Illinois dual miners’ today. Many resolutions, including demands that Howat and Walker appear before the convention in Indianapolis to stand trial, and providing their expulsion for leading the insurgent movement, are pending action. The convention will consider resolutions providing for reduc(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday. March IK, 1930.

Champion Sculler and , His Mermaid Bride ■ ■ W. \v/ W" . V j lilK A * Wi pr Bit.: j The Prince of Wales suite at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., named in honor of the heir to England’s throne after his visit in 1927, was the scene of the wedding ceremony uniting Martha Norelius, famous swimmer and Joe Wright, Jr., of Toronto, Canadian sculling champion. CENSUS TAKERS HAVE PROBLEM — Ratio of So Xes Will be One of Chief Factors in National Census * In 1920 there were 104 men to i every 100 women in the United States Whether this rat'o has risen or fallen will be one of the most Im-1 portan* facts to be determined by the 1930 census, according to Dr I Joseph A. Hill. Acting Director of! the Census, who has pointed out that the relative number of males to females is one of the most fundamental factors to be considered in anv analysis of society. The sex question has always had an important place among the list of questions asked by the enumerators at each decennial census of the United States. Dr. Hill said. Even ir the f’rst very simple census taken in 1790. when only four questions were on the census schedule, one of them concerned the sex of the white persons enumerated. The sex of Negroes was not considered important enough to be recorded until the census of IS4O when members of the colored race were registered according to sex for the first time by the Census Bureau. As far back as the records go. thtere have always been more males than females in the United States, 'n 1790, the ratio for the white popu lation was 103.8 to 100. The early frontier days of our history called for men more strongly than for women. The continued excess of males in the United States is accounted for mainly bv immigration, since males immigrate in larger numbers than females. This explains the fact that (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LECTURER TO APPEAR HERE Rev. O. B. Sarber Will Give Steroptican Lecture Wednesday Wednesday evening, March 26, there will be a stereoptican lecture at the Baptist church, the subject being, “India, the Land of Charm and Mystery.” This lecture will be given by Rev. O. B. Sarber. pastor of the Pleasant Lake Baptist church. Mr. Sarber spent most of two years in India in Christian work and just a few months ago returned to become pastor at Pleasant Lake. Ind. He is an interesting speaker and wherever the lecture has been given it is highly recommended. He is well known in Decatur and no doubt many will want to hear and see the lecture. At the close of the lecture a free-will offering will bem ade for Mr. Sarber. The public is invited to attend the lecture Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, March 26.

PRISON BREAK 1 IS THWARTED !| . I Guards Shoot and \\ ound Ohio State Prison Convict in Battle Columbus, 0.. Mir 18 —(IJ.P) One prisoner was 'hot and wound-1 j cd and another was captured when 'hey attempted to escape from I H th» state penitentiary here early today. The prisoners. Chester Probaski. I 21. Cleveland, and Herbert Hardin. 1 28. Dayton, were lowering them- ( ' selves down a crude ladder sus-! | pended from the top of the admin I istration btiildbig when they were I liscovered. Guards Grcd upon the men a'hey dropped to the ground and fle<] and Urobaeki fell wounded.] I Another shot caused Hardin to ] surrender. Guards said the mon cut their way from their cell to reach the' ]'<«>f of the administration build (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' o Tom Mix in Peru Peril, Ind., Mar IS IJ.p'. Tom M x has reloine'l his famous horse. I Tony, at Sells-Floto circus head ' quarters, after taxiing in from Chi I cago. and will spend a week getting his equine actors into shape for the season. n — Former Countv Lady Dies In Michigan Word was received here by relatives of the death of Mrs. D. W Wechter of Caldin. Michigan, for merly of Adams Couney. The re- i mains will be brought back to Will ’ shire, Ohio Thursday and services I will he hold at the Mulhodisd, church there at 10 o'clock in the' morning (E. S. T.) _o Indiana Death Cell Has New Occupant Michigan City., lud„ March IS The death cell at Indiana state prison had its first occupant in a long time today, when James Britt, 34-year-old Negro, was prepared for execution scheduled for next Fri day. Britt was convicted on a charge of murdering Sam Goldberg, East Chicago grocer. Steps have been taken to have Gov. Harry G. Leslie commute Britt's sentence to lite imprisonment, and it was not gen erally believed that his execution will take place this week. CHURCHES PLAN SPECIAL MEET Protestant Churches to Observe Good Friday at Union Program Plans have been completed for Union Good Friday services of the ! local Protestant churches Friday at' ernoon, April 18, it was announced today. The chttrclies have united in observance of the occasion so; , a number of years. , Larke attendance has marked the ’ services the last several years and 11 the event is one of the chief union], church events of the year. Seven I ! Protestant churches will join in the ] , Good Friday observance this year and there will be six speakers. ] Rev. R. B. Hurt, pastor of the | Christian church will be unable to | participate in tho services because of his school work, but the Christian church will be one of the cooperating churches. The service will be held this year I at the Methodist church it was announced. The complete program will be announced later it was staffed by the committee of ministers in charge. * Builder Buys Trackless , Train at Sheri IT’s Sale < Indianapolis, March 18 —((UP)— £ The trackless train, which originally was constructed to carry Inter- s national beauties over the country, I but has since been a football of mis- ‘ for:une. has been sold at auction to 1 its builder. 1 Harry O. MdGee, Indianapolis, 1 purchased the novel creation at at sheriff’s sale, for $5,500. It was f owned by the international beauty : tours, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga.. until lack I of funds forced the beauties into t other employment, and their em- ’ ployers into other ventures. I

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( harks Grim Taken To State Penal Farm Chalies Grim, of north of Deca-1 tur, who was sentenced Io serve 3" I ]days at the Indiana penal farm a] | few days ago following ins arres, 'lor driving an aiilomob le while inc.xieated was taken to Putnamville I .Monday where he started servin; i I his term. Grim's license also was] icvokell for a year. NEW ALCOHOL I BEING PROBED Commissioner Doran Is of Opinion New Type Causes Paralvsis — Washington. March 18.— '(J.R) — Isopropyl alcohol, a synthetic alcohol derived from gasses obtained ] ]in the process of cracking petro-I leum. !s tlie newest problem to confront tlie prohibition department’ and Comm'ss'oner Doran has ordercd an investigation to determine ’ weather bootleggers are using it ir their concoctions. Doran believes the cases of mysterious paralysis reported in Rhode Island, Virginia, Georgia. Tennes-i Iste, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas | may have been caused by this form, of alcohol as its reaction to the] human system creates a form of] paralysis. He has as yet received no re-] posts from prohibition chemists in j the fields regarding the paralysis cases but his dry administrators in | the afflicted areas have he n ord-: | ered to obtain sampler, of Jamaica | ginger and other liquids sold by 1 bootleggers to determin if this grade of alcohol is being used as ’ tlie intoxicant. Isopropyl alcohol is one of three t grades used commercially, Doran j explained. While it has been known to the scientific world for many years, be said, it has Veen used ’ commercially for about eight years. "It smells, tastes and looks like genuine ethyl alcohol.” he said, "it contains no poison but its re-1 action to the human system creates a type of paralysis. The pure food] and drug act of the agriculture department has prohibited its use in flavoring extracts but it is used n creams and lotions. “It is really a first cousin to methyl or wood alcohol, although it isn’t as deadly. Isopropyl alcohol does not come under our snpervis-] ion of the Volstead law and heretofore we have had no trouble with it." An indication that Doran might be in error regarding his assumpton tiiat isopropyl alcohol might have caused the paralysis cases was seen in reports to the U. S. public health service which said samples of Jamaica ginger which some of tlie victims had consumed! had traces of metallic poisoning. I American Airship Has Life Expectancy Test Washington. Mar. 18.- U.R) —The; life of tlie dirigible Los Angeles is hanging in tlie balance. The navy board of inspection I and survey is subjecting tht navy’s only rigid airship to gruelling tests 1 to determine its life expectancy. Upon the report rests the airship's future supremacy in American skies. FT. WAYNE MAN GETS SENTENCE Gottlieb Schaper Gets 10 Days, $lO and Costs; License Revoked Gottlieb Schaper of near Fort Wayne, truck gardener, who was arrested by Sheriff Harl Hollings worth in the west part of Adams qounty was arraigned in Mayor's court today on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicateil. Mayor George Krick sentenced Schaper to 40 days at the state penal farm: fined him $lO and costs and revoked his automobile driving’ license for six months. Schaper will be taken to Putnamville the latter part of th s week. It was the second time in the las' few day ■ tha Mayor Krick revoked a driving license. Schaper, is wellknown in Adams county. He is a truck gardener residing near Fort Wayne and often®delivers garden products in Decatur. —

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Seeks to Lower the •» World’s Speed Record : 5; s *y&4t - K . |; k. A splendid portrait of Kaye Don' I England driver, who will aim the ' ’ newly designed "Silver Bullet" at . ] a new land speed record should ] preliminary test prove satisfac-; | tory at Daytona. Fla. The aui tomobile is extremely long and embodies many new principles. It is steered by a rifle sight and air plane rudders are used to keep it I on its course. !. H. S. A. A, HAS MANY PROBLEMS — Future of Association Is Thought to Be In Great Danger — Indianapolis. March IS. — ((J.R) — Hoosier basketball fans today turn- . ed from “replaying" the state i < hampionship game in tha field- ' house Saturday night to a d'scussion of the future of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Dissension Ins crept into th" ranks of the organization within the last five or six years, most of it starting in northern schools of ! the state. I Commisso'ner A. L. Trester. ] meeting with members of the Indiana Coaches' Association the night before the final tournament round, asked, "is the state tourna ment necessary and are the results worth the effort?" Trester has been the target of a statewide attack against the I. i H. S. A. A., the criticism gaining impetus after tickets were allotted to the final games in th° fieldhouse. It was admitted that the tournament was played to an audience more representative of the entire state than ever before, but it was yet to be explained why regional winners received 511 tickets instead ot 280 as promised The cut was made only a few days before the I final play, and without a quorum | of board members present, it was ; charged. , Trester suggested it might be advisable to abandon tli" tourna ! - - (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Local Lad Undergoes Emergence Operation | John Lose, 4-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lose, was taken’ to the Adams County Memorial ’ hospital Monday afternoon where he underwent an emergency oper- ] ation for removal of his appendix. "Johnnie" was reported to bo I slightly improved today, but his condition was regarded as serious.; Ex-Kaiser Is German Citizen Again by Law Berlin, Mar. 18. — YU.R'. — After more than 11 years as a republic, Germany has lost her fear of a Hohenzollern coup d’etat. Tho reichstag passed the new defense of the republic law today by a vote of 265 to 150. By not mentioning the former dynasty, tlie law allows its members, including tlie ex-kais er. the freedom of average c tizens. Tho new law does, however, place a definite check on the activities of both conimunists and fascists. It provides heavy penalties for “abuse of tlie republican form . of government, slander of high of t'l lalri.cnd insnli 11.: till tl.r. Fv. n heaver penalties are imposed on those who actively seek to overthrow the existing regime. Ample excuses for such drastic previsions are cited by the government in connection witli recent attempts to establish a dictatorship. Specifically it is aimed at communists and hetlerit.es, e

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WAGNER SAYS CONDITION IS UNPRECEDENTED ( ommcrce Comm ittee Has Lengthy Session While Delegation Awaits PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DISPLAYED Washington, Mar. IK WR) Investigation of uneniplov- ’ meiil conditions was opened jbv the senate commerce committee today with a staten>ent bv Senator Wasner (Dem. N Y.) that “there j never b"s been an unemplov!'"ent * dilation more serious tb“tt '•'o nrc c ent one.” As Wagner described conditions j -n snnpnrt his plea for enactment ’ of his three bills to relieve nnetn- ■ "lovment. a delegation of unomnlovod, shabbily dressed, waited nut ide the committee room with j‘h»'v leader, James Eads How. the “millionaire hobo,” and did not ' heer the New Yorker's testimony. How's de’egation of ten shabbily dressed men. who were told by I '"hairman Johnson that they could ' not testify, was augmented by 50 I inemployed outside of the senate wing. Him- and bis comrades will ap- ] near later when room for them I ■ "i h° made on tho committee's chedulo of witnesses. The band of unemployed was a "renn tvptcal of tho broad lines am’ “flon houses." “For three months in our largo "sties ” Warner told the commit'o",v “our broad lines have stretch- ■ "d for blocks and our lodging . houses have boon crowded. In some communities barges have boon fixed "n to enable the nnemntoved to s’een. Many, many mon nr" without moans .and without an’ tliin"- tn ent." The Now York senator, once a -nnni-mnte of Alfred E. Smith in 'hefr Albanv legfelativo days, disntavod a Photograph of Calvin t"nnlidgo nt a Los Angeles “feast” and another photograph of the t-ron'l lino at a bowery eating liniic.p, "Some persons say wo are bringing nut uglv things when wo talk "bent nnemnloved." Wagner commented. “Tbov sav you ruin prosnnritv bv talking about comfitions ’s thev are T want to tell you ♦ tint vnu will never remox-e the uglv ♦bin rr s until they .are bfnugiit nut into light of day. There mu-t he n crisis of some kind whl«h tho imagination of the nonntn in order to get a remedy.“ Warner spoke in favor of three tuits ho Ims introduced One calls for sett'nr vn a bureau of unem "Invmei’t in the department of tabor statistics to gather correct ♦.nd timely information concerning "P’nloymont conditions. The second authorizes $4,000,000 . ‘o <Ta*o a cooperative federal pid- | o’oyment bureau and the third (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SPRING RAINS VISIT COUNTY Cooler Weather Accompanies Rain: Lower Temperatures Will Prevail Rr.in and cold weather chased th" early spring weather out of Adams county Monday night and predictions today were that cooler weather would prevail for several davs After breaking tho year's record Sunday with a temperature of 71 degrees, the mercury dropped Monday and rain fell late Monday night for several hours. It was the heaviest spring rain of tlie year and was welcomed by many Decatur people whose homes were without soft water because of a long dry spell. During the several days of spring weather local gardeners took advantage of the early high temperature and planted spring vegetables. State weather forecasters say that the present cool spell will not be a serous one and that while the ' mercury will remain lower than it was the latter part of last week, it is doub ful if freezing temperature will prevail. Some thunder and lightning ac ■ compahied the Monday night rain and a cloudy sky today gave evidence of more rain before night.