Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1930 — Page 1

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ImtnKMlorc’s Enter Second Round Os Catholic Net Tourney

■ ALTOONA ■st! IN FIRST ■kiey CAME |Htt an<! Gass Lead De- ■ ir to (.real Win at Meet ■t GAME IS ■ i p. M. FRIDAY ■B Thursday Scores High. St Louis. Mo., N. J. 8. S C . 37: Akron. 0 18. V. Chelsea. Mich. p ay University High F-iday afternoon. H- Mar. 20. — (Spec■.ibva’iir Catholic high t’o-nmoil 'res, Indiana ■ a keti.ai' champions. ■-. ti lt second round of ■Xit'iiial Catholic net Mr here last night by Mirnr Altoona Catholic betters of AlM ~;i - The i’ennsvlvan- . :• -param > ffort to , ng quarter of the a'i • Commodores had r ' early lead. ■ |t,. t-ant opened the oirlv in the first period Kt;..-'- and Mylott -cut loose us field goals. The the eml o' the. quarter was favor us D catur. In the ur scored two while the Keyston<'i>!lee:insr one field goal. Milf-tgu- score Ireing 13-4 in ■of the Commodores. ■ «... end period was marked ■ rffort it Decatur to win with <ase as possible while the ■u :mut< ration was fighting !y to overcome a top ■ lead. Decatur toyed with ■i-crtn-rs during the second Klint the game became inter- ■ late in the last quarter. ■<- Mylott, veteran guard of ■TINTED ON PAGE THREE) ■- ■- o ■ce Dies After I Battle With Four ■dietown. Ohio, March 20 — ■-M ildletuwn. Ohio. March 20 ■~City Patrolman Dan Sand- ■- died here today, six hours ■ a downtown gun battle in ■ another man was shot and ■two companions was captured, ■rth man escaped. I 6 battle broke out when Sand I Dd patrolman Roy Crout told I wiupants of a parked autoraoI d “move on” I tit said Richard Brewer, 36. letown, killed Sandlin. an wounded said he was >n Griffith, 49, Newcastle Ind. •as shot six times. Griffith’s er Roland, and William Meeks ithei man in the car. were ar d on charges of suspicion. UE PRINTS ABE RECEIVED 1( l 27 Through Berne I! Run West of Mennonite Parsonage I’ne, March 20—(Special)—Blue lor Federal road 27 through e to Geneva have been received the state highway commission indications are the road will Milt and completed through e this coming summer. e blue prints show the road r| m through Berne west of the ttonife parsonage and then will back east and go straight south 'Wiev;.. crossing the Wabash a * the point where the new -e has been completed. " s t'<) building the road will bo 'ed by the state highway coftiinn next Tuesday at Indianapo‘t is understood that the con- ' iou win be completed in the few months. con roversy concerning the tion of the new road through le has apparently been settled prints show the west route Ppraisers recently set values on and between Berne and Geneva fe the road runs and it is that construction can start

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Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of j the magician, who announced at i Miami, Fla., that she had given up I all hope of communicating with her husband in the spirit world. Mrs. Houdini for three years had carried on experiments in the hopes of getting a message from ’ her dead husband. ATTORNEY IS LIONS' GUEST I — Henry B. Heller, County Attorney Addresses Regular Lions’ Meeting 1 Henry Heller, county attorney, gave an in eresting talk to mem- ( hers of the Decatur Lions club at . their regular weekly meeting a' , ihe Christian chnrch dfrrtng mom. 1 Mr. Heller’s talk concerned state and county laws. Following the address the Decatur ‘ high school quartet composed of Harold Melchi, James Engeler. ’ James Burk and Harry Hebble. under the direction of Miss Dessolee 1 Chester rendered several selctions The program was well-received by the local service club, and both Mr. Heller and the quartet were invited to return as guests of the club. Following the disposal of regular business the meeting adjourned. Bank Discount Rate Reduced In England > London, Mar. 20. - (U.R) — The - Bank of England reduced its disi count rate today from four per cent j to 3% per cent. Reduction of the bank rate followed action by the Federal reserve bank, a few days ago. reducing the I New York rate to 3% per cent. ■ Rumors were widespread yesterday that the Bank of England, feel- . ing that its. 4 per cent rate was out of line with open market con1 ditions, would announce a reduc- • tion today. The diseftnnt rates of all Eitro--1 pean banks have dropped rapidly since last December, partly as a result of the flow of gold towards foreign capitals. > The 3% per cent bank rate is the lowest in more than seven years, and is the eighth change within a little more than 12 j months. 0 Vote Trading Denied Washington, Mar. 20. — (U.R) — Charges of vote-trading among senators seeking tariff protection for shoes and lumber were denied by Senator Jones, Repn., Wash., when j debate started in the senate today on his amendment to place a duty [ of $1.50 per 1.000 board feet on , soft wood imports. o i Capone Reported To Be Aboard Florida Ship 1 Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 20.—(U.R) ' —The Dual county sheriff's office announced today it has received information that Al Capone, Chicago ' beer baron, was aboard the Merchants and Miners liner Dorchester, due to arrive here at 6 a. m. . tomorrow. Sheriff W. A. Cahoon dispatched , a wireless message to the master [ of the Dorchester to search his enI tire passenger list and advise ■ whether Capone was aboard. i The steward of the Dorchester i was said to have recognized Cai pone, who was reported to hava boarded the liner at Baltimore Tuesday.

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PARALYSIS IS BLAMED ON NEW I ALCOHOL DRINK — Doran Says Isoproyl Alcohol is Cause of Epidemic of Paralysis I IS RIVAL OF WOOD ALCOHOL Washington, March 20—(U.R)--The "paralyzing cocktail,” rivaling wood alcohol in injury to the human system, in the newest bootleg concoction created from i Isopropyl alcohol prohibition commissioner J. M. Doran warned today. Isopropyl alcohol is first cousin to wood alcohol and second cousin in ethyl or grain alcohol, Doran said. It is a synthetic preparation that should not be used as a beverage mixture. ■'Although it contains no poisonous ingredients,” he said, ‘‘it fogs the drinker's brain, causing a 1 gloomy feAling, then it paralyzes the legs and finally It renders him unconscious.” “The interdepartmental conferI ence, several years ago, decided 1 Isopropyl alcohol was non-intoxi-cating in fact because of its reaction to the human system.” Doran added. “Therefore this alcohol is not under the supervision of the treasury." Attention was drawn to Isopro (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) New Association May Be Organized Here Considerable interest is being shown in the forming of a County lloistein-Fiiesian Breeders Association. Officers of the State HolnteinFriesian Breeders Association have been asked to come into the’eounty some time in April for a meeting witli local breeders. In the meantime Otto D. Bieberich, state director of the Association will visit the local breeders and acquaint them with the features of such an organization. The meeting will be announced as soon as the date is definitely set. TICKET SALE STARTSTODAY Service Banquet Tickets May be Secured Until Next Tuesday Tickets for the stag Service banquet, sponsored by Adams post of .lie American Legion, to be held at Decatur Country club, Wednesday night, Marcli 26 at 6:15 o'clock went on sale today. Frederick Landis, prominent Indiana publisher and orator w iJJ be the chief speaker. Mr. Landis will talk on “A Service Club's Duty To Its Community" The meeting will be open to all men of Decatur and this community. Tickets including the banquet are selling for 60 cents and may be obtained of William Linn or Ijeo Kirsch. The banquet is an annual affair, sponsored each year by the local legionnaires. The idea is to create a better community spirit. The Legiqn, Lions and Rotary clubs and Chamber of Commerce are joining in the affair. The bauquet will start promptly at 6:15 o’clock Wednesday night and Mr. Landis will address the men immediately following the ban quet. The speaker is well-known throughout Indiana and the middlewest as a forceful speaker and the local committee considers itself fortunate in securing Landis, C. O. Porter is chairman of the arrangement committee. o— Faces Murder Indictment Fort Wayne, Ind., Mar. 20. —(U.R) —A charge of murder will be placed against Argir Evanoff, 40, following death of his wife, Catherine, 30. of wounds inflicted with an ax 12 days ago, authorities said. Mrs. Evanoff died of meningitis resulting from the head injury, Coroner McKeeman said in his report. The Allen county grand jury will hear evidence against Evanoff.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, March 20, 1930.

( old Wave Predicted For State by Friday Indianapolis, Marcli 20 —(UP) Warn ngs to shippers and motorists against a cold wave due to descend on Indiana and the middle west infore Friday night were broadcast today by J. 11. Armington. U. S. Weather bureau meteorologist at Indianapolis. Snow flurries tonight or Friday will be followed by rapiil de< line in temperature to between 15 and 20 degrees, he said. The unseasonable cold is being driven down from northwestern United Stales and Canada, where subzero temperatures were recorded today. The cold wave in Indiana probably will break up in one or two days. Armington forecast. JAMES BRITT DIES TONIGHT Governor’s Aide Says it is Safe to Predict Convicted Man Will Die Indianapolis, Mar. 20. —(U.R)—Gjylord S. Morton, secretary to Gov. Harry G. Leslie, late this morning told renresematives of the Indianapolis Times and the United Press Associations it “is safe to predict that James Britt will die tonight." Britt may go to his death before , the governor has acted upon his petition for commutation to a life sentence, due to an erroneous impression Leslie had when he left for a vacation in Florida, that he trad until tomorrow night in which to act upon the petition, Morton revealed. When the governor departed he was under the impression that Britt was scheduled to die just after millnight Saturday morning instead of Friday morning, and Morton had been unable to reach him by telephone at mid-day today. Morton did not know whether he would be able to get in touch witli the governor before the negro pays the death penally. It was understood, however, tliai the governor had made up his mind not to interfere with the death penalty. x Eritt was convicted on Jan. 6, 1930. on a charge of murdering Sam Goldberg. A new record will be set for quick action in an execution after conviction, if the sentence is carried out as anticipat-1 ed. Preparations were going ahead at the state prison for the execution, and Britt was going through the routine which condemned prisoners follow on their last day of life. KNOXVILLE HAS 5500,000 FIRE Four Known Dead in Early Morning Fire In Tennessee Knoxville. Tenn.. Mar. 20.—(U.R) — Fire of unknown explosive origin which swept three city blocks here early today claimed the lives of four persons and caused property damage estimated conservatively at approximately $500,000. The dead. Carl Melcher, Barbers' Supply Shop proprietor, burned and electrocuted. Unidentified man, believed to be Sylvester Wilkerson, burned beyond recognition. Unidentified woman, believed to be Mrs. Wilkerson. A boy, believed to be Arthur Sharp, 16-year-old son of Mrs. Wilkerson by a former marriage. Between 50 and 100 persons were forced to flee in night attire from hotels in the district. Every available piece of fire fighting apparatus was called out. The fire was confined to the three blocks and was not under control until after several hours. The explosions started in the Arcade building. Among the other buildings destroyed or damaged were the Western Union office and the Shrivers Brothers haberdashery. The fire did not completely raze all structure in the three blocks, but picked a meandering course through them.

HUSTON CALLED BEFORE PROBE I GROUP AGAIN Republican National Chairman Questioned Concerning B. L. E. MAKES SIXTH APPEARANCE ——— I Washington, March 20 —(UP) — Claudius Huston. Chairman of the I < Republican National committee, be fore the Senate lobby committee , for the sixth day. was questioned today about his connection with funds lof the Brotherhood of Locomotive! Engineers, some of which Huston b has tes ified were deposited with i ! Blythe and Bonner. New York Brokers. Senator Walsh, Dem., Mont., who i conducted the questioning, was in terrupted quickly by Senator Robinson, Repn., Indiana who said the i questions were not pertinent to the 1 committee's investigation of Muscle I Shoals lobbying. Robinson is the only "regular" republican on the i lobby committee. Walsh immediately withdrew his questions al hough Huston said he was willing to answer them. Huston previously admitted that W. E. Moore, his personal agent, deposit- < ed funds given the Republican chairman by the Union Carbide Company, with Blythe and Bonner to maintain a marginal stock. The Un ion Carbide funds were given to Huston for the Tennessee river improvement association, of which he was formerly president and ffeastirer. The White House continued its silence regarding Huston's possible resignation as Republican National chairman. It was now believed, however. no developments would occur at least until the present investigation is completed. Chairman Caraway said he wa« ( informed the company was largelyinterested in financing public utilities. Huston said hi l could not give ! much information along that line, bill that the company did finance the Kevstone waterworks. ■ < (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GLEE CLUBS TO GIVE OPERETTA — First Showing Scheduled For Tonight; Public Is Invited to Attend “College Days ", a three act operetta will be presented .by the Boys and Girls' Glee Clubs of Decatin high school at the high school auditorium tonight and Friday night, beginning at 8:15 o'clock. The play is under the direction of Miss Dessolee Chester and those who witnessed the dress rehearsal held last night say that it is a play worth seeing. The price of admission will be 25 and 50 cents and anyone who cares about college life in which an exciting baseball game is featured in the opening scene, will enjoy “College Days.” in addition to an exciting plot clever song and dance numbers will be seen throughout the show. A chorus composed of forty girls and boys and a special dance chorus composed of eight girls will furnish the musical numbers for the play. The choruses include the following members of the Girls and Boys Glee Clubs: Mary Coverdale, Dora Shosenberg, Etna Lankenau, Georgia Foughty, Mary Jane Short. Anno ; Winnes, Vivian Lynch, Mary Ejigle, Harriet Shockey, Esther Stniderman, Ruth Macklin, Kathryn Fritzinger, Myrtle Jane Augenbaugh. Louise Haubold, Mamie Niblick Helen DeVor, Bernice DeVoss, Mary : Annabelle Spahr, Grace Elston. Edith Johnston. Martha Noll, Edward Martz, Ed Musser. Harry Heb > ble, Sherman Koos, James Engeler. ; Hubert Stultz, Paul Frosch, Edgar i Kruckeburg, Bob Gray, Rolland Reppert, Carl Buffenbarger, Chalmer Reber, James Burk, William Merri- i man, Arthur Schamerloh, Otis Baker, Harold Melchi, David Heller, and Paul Hancher. The special dance group includes i the following girls from the Fresh- ■ man chorus: Red Rose. Bernadine Kolter; Blue Bell, Grace Elston: , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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TWO ARE KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP Joy Riders’ Auto Hits 30Foot Embankment In Indianapolis Indianapolis. March 20 —(UP) — Two men were killed and a woman was injured last night when th< auto in which they were speeding, after a drinking party, hurtled ove a 30-foot embankment at Eagle Creek, near the edge of Indianapo lis. P. Loftin Williams, 30 Rushville Ga„ and Guy Thompson, 25. Indi;, napolis, were killed. Mrs. Ada Davenport. 25. Indianapolis was injured. The car overturned in mid-air and hung above the creek waters when steel guy cables caught the auto and catipulated the men through the shattered top. Mrs. Davenport was in the ear when found by police and told them she (i d not know what happened. Williams’ body was recovered from the creek about 40 feet from the accident scene and Thompson's head was nearly severed from the body. Mrs. Davenport, held in jail on a charge of drunkenness, told police all members of the party had I been drinking. "We were driving pretty fast." she said. "The man who was driving (Williams) was drunk —Awfulb drunk." The only exxplanation Mrs. Davenport could give police was that Williams failed to hold the car on , the road at a curve. Mrs. Davenport suffered leg cuts and bruises on the neck ami should e|s. The car was owned by Henry Huepner, Forest Park. 111., and had been loaned to Williams. o — Farm Program Is Given Thursday Night Several members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Mayor George Krick, J. W. Calland, Carl Kleppef. Amos Graber. E. L. Harlaeher, Ed. Mutschler, and A. I). Suttles accompanied County Agen' L E. Archbold to the Pleasant Mills High School last evening and assist ed him in conducting a farm noting. Two reels of pictures, showing the state and national corn husking contests were given, after which the rag doll method of testing seed corn was explained. Talks were also made by tho. business men, who stressed the importance of better understanding between all people of the county. Mr. Mutschler and his group of assistants served ice cream, sandwiches coffee and pickles. All present stated they had an enjoyable: time. BUTLER LUSES N.C.A. RANKING Indiana College Dropped From Association Standing Today Chicago. Marcli 20 —(U.R)— Two colleges and a university have Lreen ordered dropped from membership in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools. The decision to drop the three institutions came at the convention of the association at the Stevens hotel here. Butler University of Indianapolis, was ordered dropped because its endowment was cut down below the standard required by the association as a result of erection of a new field and stadium. lowa Wesleyan College of Mount Pleasant, lowa, was ordered dropped because of “unexpected debts to the amount of $170,000 found in an audit of its accounts.” Crane Junior College of Chicago was dropped on eight charges including inadequate physical plant and facilities and “the general tone” of the institution. Dropping by the organization means considerable loss of prestige to the institutions. The athletic standings of Crane and lowa Wesleyan will not be affected by the ouster but Butler will be unable to compete with Big Ten schools. West Virginia Wesleyan, dropped two years ago, was orderWl re(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Maj. Charles A. Shepherd, army doctor, who is being held at Denver. Colo., while the mysterious death of his wife at Fort Riley, Kan., last June 15 is being investigated. Shepherd denies he poisoned his wife, as investigators allege. | DEATH CALLS DECATUR MAN Frank Hollopeter, 49, Is Victim of Death Following Operation Frank Hollopeter, 49, Derain,rj man died at the Adams County Me.morial Hospital this morning at l 1:50 o'clock following an operation which he underwent Monday mornI ing for cancer. Mr. Hollopeter had been suffering with cancer for savI eral years and was taken to the hospital Saturday night. He had lived in this city for the past seven years and during tha' time was employed by the Indiana Service Corporation at Fort Wayne. Prior lo living in this city he resided at Graybill and Leo, Ind. Frank Hollopeter was born at Cedartille June 17. ISSO, the son of ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) MINERS VOTE DOWN WAGE CUT Delegates Refuse to Reduce Officers’ Salaries By 10-1 Vote Indianapolis, Mar. 20. — (U.R) — Resolutions which would hava reduced salaries of inlet national officers, including John L. Lewis, president, were voted down by a margin of approximately 10 to 1 at the morning session o' the United Mine Workers of America con vention. The president draws $12,000 a year, vice president $9,000, and sec retary-treasurer $7,000. Indianapolis was chosen as the site for the 1932 meeting, date for which will be s< t later. Officials of the mine union today estimated costs of the convention as in excess of $150,000. Exception was taken on the floor to high expense accounts of some officers, which were said in some cases to exceed the salaries. The salary reduction proposal was snowed under with approximately 1,000 votes against it, and 100 for. A closely divided vote resulted cn resolutions to change union election laws to provide certification of each ballot by local union tellers, or Hsing votes instead of the secret ballot. Charges of stolen election, especially in Illinois, brought the discussion to the floor. The rising vote, although close, was declared to defeat the resolutions. Frank J. Hays, former international president, presided, and refused to h ed shouted demands for a roll call. Belief prevailed that the con vention would adjourn Friday afternoon. Van A. Bittner. Pittsburgh. Pa., organizer of the International union, and John Boylan, Scranton. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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WITNESS SAYS SIMILAR PLAN FAILED IN 1892 Fielding Yost Statement Is Read by His Sister at Hearing YOST AGAINST LIQUOR CONTROL Washington, Mar. 20.-UU.R) —The Canadian liquor control system advocated by many wets, was singled out for attack as offering no solution for the prohibition problem today by Daniel C. Roper, former internal revenue commissioner here who appeared today at the house judiciary 1 committee prohibition hearings. Roppr said South Carolina hail tried the system in 1892 and found it wanting. He predicted the same fate for the system if established in the United States on a national basis. Roper, who was commissioner of internal revenue in the Wilson administration when national prohibition went into effect, is a native of South Carolina and described the operation of that state’s dispensary system in detail. His testimony further developed the line of attack opened yesterday by Horace I). Taft, brother of late Chief Justice, and Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, against all modification and substitution proposals for national prohibition. Roper declared that scandals developed in tlie purchasing departnitt.pt, and tlie "belief grew that the management of the dispensary’ had degenerated into a graft machine. ' The result, he said, was a greater consumption of liquor, especially among negroes and the lower class of whites, than ever before. Drunkenness and rowdyism developed on the public highways, lie said, because drinking was not permitted on the premises. A legislative investigation, Roper testified, disclosed that a dispensary hoard purchased $125,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) . o~ Spraying Demonstration Draws Large Crowd One hundred twenty five people of Adams and adjoining Counties attended the spraying and pruning demonstration held in the Daniel Mazelin orchard, northwest of Berne, Wednesday afternoon. People from out of the county included men from near Bluffton. Mr. Warren C. Gregg and Mr. A. C. Oblinger who own and operate the Gregg Orchards near Pennville, and Mr. Jacob Heller of Portland. Mr. Heller does custom sitraving and pruning in this county. Those responsible for tlie demonstration were Mr. Monroe McCown, extension specialist of Purdue University, County Agent 1.. E. Archbold, and the United Spray Rings. HEARING NEARS CLOSE TODAY Final Arguments Are Being Heard by Public Service Board Indianapolis. March 20—(U.R)— Battered by blows from public service commission witnesses, the $70,000,000 Insull Utilities merger hearing entered tlie final round today with additional commission testimony being heard. At the close the utilities attorneys will be permitted to silo briefs supporting commission jurisdiction, and opposing the motion to dismiss the petition, filed early in the case by opposition attorneys. Commissioners will then dispose of the dismissal motion, and either approve or deny tlie merger, should they uphold their own jurisdiction in the mutter. Jurisdiction has already been attacked in an opinion from Attorney General Jarnos M. Ogden. Pt edictions that the commission- « ers will deny the merger, still prevail. commission witnesses Wednes Wengor*ehief