Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1930 — Page 1

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■ KCATUR ■USfMRED Jr ! v meet ■ Win Opening ■ in \h journey Ski ik i iH Today K e X ETTERS K\\| I>Hl ow ING Ml EuLLfTIN fd 1,1 the ** rst th final games K -ernoon in the last sec|Ko i--ne Eighth M rs i. St. Joe plays f ser ' '’ 3l oame at 4 3 rd i inabilities are Central will thf ' .cs tonight. ■Me gh-.n G Jdt Scores S r .t, 34; Monroe. 5 f - >. Union twp. 8 £ [al, 43; Hartford. 10 H.l.*?. .Hill Ceiilr;il, of Mu r . Berne, Monmouth H is, Jitli grade lie! H.i? llirollgh in the ■ mini ui piny in the ail- ■ e<mnty eighth ■ |i;isk' limit tourney in ■ : If. rue ('.ominuntoday. H.lnsijil> Hid Central of . r.-il to go into while many . I-nod chance of and winning. 'iie-St Joseph i>t the three semiif t ernoon wilt bo i-i.'o an. extra game to >!.- ,(| 7 o'clock toMn[" .ann- of the tour-?-d Monroe grad-M-.l T l .- It. me nctters had ■t the way and the nt' tin- name never was in Ml- game St. Joseph r; -lied through the ■ uuL-h.p team and romped ■with a 26-s win. The St. M Irani won the applause of .main by their clevim mi the floor for tWOHi; morning game Cen- ■ I l ' present champions Bnilii.j' ~,i so far this year MiTINT’ET) ON page SIX) ■ Waj ne Youths I" Captured at Capitol knapoli March 22.—(U.R) — ’<l G p ichard, 17, and EdAboustinara. IS, both of Fort !. liav.- been arrested at In®l's mt charges of beiug *« from justice. s alb .c 1 the two stole an torn I , | Wayne and drove huh inpolls. The car, belt i > Loren A. Bradford, .'ii<h., had been stolen Ponti; and driven to Fqrt l - win ~- the two. youths are <1 with having restolen -it i Pa king place. lEMAKER IS IFFICE SEEKER f'lit Commissioner Iks Renomination in Ptmocratic Primary B rcf ‘ Shoemaker, Geneva, fr'i' of the ’ Adams county I of commissioners from the ■ district today announced his ■ion of seeking renomination ■‘‘•election to that office, sub1° the decision of the Denin- | voters at the May primary. I Shoemaker has served as fissioner for a number of I a n<l his work on that board r ' tiys been regarded as effi- | He stated that he would I an active campaign for the fation and if successful would P l| e to serve his people in the j manner as he always has. r Shoemaker resides in Gef He has been active in P ratip county and state poI circles for a number of f •’-nd besides his present posillls commissioner he has servto state Democratic rations.

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Mayor and Judge at Anderson in Break Anderson, Ind., Mur. 22. • (U.R; I Mayor J. H. Mellott and Police [Chief Alvin Riggs have ordered An- , demon officers to file their charges in the justice of peace courts in stead of city court, following alleged disttreement of the two men With Judge Jesse Shuman Two cases were filed in the court of Charles. Clevenger, justice, yesterday. Action of Judge Shuman iii freeing 13 prisoners arrested by police prompted the boycott of his court, it was said. o SURPLUS FUND DISTRIBUTED Dog Funds Are Turned Over to Townships With Shortage Distribution of the surplus in the dog fund was completed today by County Auditor Albeit Harlow. Only three of the townships had a surplus this year. The balance, together with casli carried over last year, amounted to $668.70. while the outstanding claims in seven townships where the fund is, apportioned, amounted to $3,083.3(1.1 The law provides that the town-1 ship trustees shall pay all claims against the dog fund and at the end of the year surplus funds, beyond SIOO are to be turned in to the county auditor for distribution among rhe townships that have a deficit. The townships which paid in snr- 1 fins funds this year are. Preble, [ $208.25: Washington, $147.45: Wa-j bash. S3OB. The townships which had deficits last year were. Root. $1,077: K rkland,' $334 95; St. Marys, $506.40; Bhr* -Creek. $257 4ot ' Monroe. $146.50: French. $162; Jefferson. $599 After the $668.70 is credited to this balance, the claims will be reduced to $2,412.60. The surplus dog fund was distributed as follows among the seven townships: Root, $233.58; Kirkland, $72.65; St. Marys. $109.82; Blue Creek. $55.83: Monroe, $31.77; French, $35.13; Jefferson, $129.92. The township trustees paid out the following amounts in the dog fund last year: Union. $288; Root, $490.00 Preble $181.75 Kirkland I $179.50; Washington, $776; Mon-1 roe, $555.50; St. Marys. $282.10; Blue Creek. $333.10; French. $333.-1 25; Hartford, $361; Wabash, $113.20; Jefferson, $360.88. Root township had the greatest loss. There was one claim for $703 for Otto Kukelhan for sheep killed and one for $546 for Ben J. Waggoner, sheep killed, $546. The dog tax is now being collected by the township assessors. o NAVAL PARLEY NEAR BREAK-UP Start Third Month of Litigation Today Without Any Great Hope By Raymond (Tapper (United Press S:aff Correspondent l Washington, March 22 —(UP) — The five-power London naval conference, convened with world wide acclaim, entered its third month today. gasping for breath and with the undertaker waiting just outside the sick-room door. S atesmen in London are making a brave fight to conceal the desperate condition of the patient. But in Senatorial circles here hope is very low. President Hoover still clings to the belief something will be done. Before the conference he warned the world the job would be tedious. He said to complete the conference in three or four months would in itself be a great accomplishment. The inability of France and Italy however, to compromise on Italy's claim for theoretical parity has caused many here to doubt whether a five-power agreement is possible. Grave doubt exists that any agree(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) oWells County Farmer Commits Suicide Bluffton, Ind.. Mar. 22.— (U.R) — William Perry, 62, retired farmer at Montpelier, committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn on two stiles northwest of Montpelier. '

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DOHENY FREED OF BRIBERY BY CAPITOL JURY Aged Millionaire Free After Five Years of Legal Entanglement JURY IS OUT SHORT TIME Washington, Mar. 22.— U.R) — Edward L. Doheny, oil multimillionaire from California, was acquitted by a jury today of bribing a cabi inet officer. The verdict frees the old oil man of the last charge against him. The indictment has been pending five years. All the other criminal charges have been finally disposed of as far as the (rial courts are concerned. The jury of 9 me nand 3 women brought its verdict at 12:07 p. m. After one hour and five minutes of deliberat on on the complicated case which wasp laced before it in rapid tire order in nine days. This was the shortest of the major oil trials. The jurors have been locked up night and day under constant guard, since the trial started Man-h 12. This was the last of the oil trails, the final attempt of the government to jail one of the principals in the "oil scandals" which flared lover the country in 1923-24. as a i result of the governmental acts of i the Raiding adm'nistration. Doheny’ 74-year-old survivor of ; the gun-fighting days of the old southwest, and recently retired from the oil business with a fortune estimated at $50,000.00tt, has defended from the days of the senate's first Teapot Home revelations the innocence of his lease of the Elk Hill- naval reserve in Cali fornia. , Albert B. Fall, Pi-esident Hard- | ing's secretary of Interior, who obtained SIOO,OOO in cash from Doheny in a little brown satchel on November 31. 1921, and then leased the Elk Hills reserve to Do(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) HARTFORDTWP. CLUB PLANNED Women Organize Home Economics Cluh at Friday Meeting Mrs. E. W. Busche, president of the Adams County Horae Economics Clubs; Miss Aneta Beadle, state leader of Home Economics of Purdue University; Miss Erma Gage, county leader of Girls 4-H (Tubs and County Agent Archbold met with a large group of Hartford township women in the Dinn Grove school Friday afternoon. The methods of organizing a Home Economics Club and scope of work to be covered were explained and those present decided to have a Home Economics Club. Mrs. Ernest Zeigler was elected president of the group and took charge of the meeting. The following officers were elected: vicepresident, Mrs. J. O. McKean; treasurer, Mrs. June Lybarger; secretary, Mrs. Dan Studler. It was planned to complete the organization at the next meeting which will be held at Hartford township high school Friday, April 4. All 'women of Hartford township and adjoining townships are invited to join the club. While the Economics organization was talcing plax-e, 4-H Club work was explained to the girls and the most of them signified their intention of enrolling in this project. The Home Economics club will give their moral support and encouragement to the girls club. Those present were pleased with the fine start given the club work in Hartford township and look forward to some fine profitable work in their groups. o Auto Given To Pastor Rev. J.> L. Conrad, pastor of the Reformed church at Berne, was presented with a new automobile yesterday, a gift from the members of his Rev. Conrad recently became pastor of the Berne church.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 22, 1930.

To Speak Here Sunday \ r ,- k w - * < 4 GEORGE N. W \HHE Mousebeart. HI. Mr Warde. general dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, will deliver an address here Sunday afternoon. Moose from Fori Maine Bluffton. Huntington, Portland and Marion are expected to join with Decatur Moose at tin* meeting, to be held at the K. of C ball here.

WILL SPONSOR WLSBROADCAST Daily Democrat to Give | News of Day Three Times Tuesday The Daily Democrat, co-aperat-I ing with the United Press Asso-1 oiation, will sponsor the radio pro- ’ grams given ny. the United Press Reporter over station WLS, Chicago next Tuesday. Three five minute programs are' put on the air by the United Press Reporter, giving radio listeners 1 the latest telegraphic news dispatches gathered by the United Press throughout the world and furnished daily to the Daily Demo-‘ crat and its readers. The programs will bo broadcast { in the morning at 0 o’clock, at 12 o'clock noon and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Following .the reading of the news dispatches, the announcer I will make reference to Decatur . and give a short story about Iho I community. The public is invited to tune in J and hear these broadcasts next! Tuesday over WLS. The United I Press has been sponsoring these I programs for sometime and each day reference is made to one of! the papers and cities served by the world-wide news coverage of the United Press organization. BUTLER STARTS NEW PROGRAM Will Begin Endowment Campaign Soon; Want to Be Reinstated I Indianapolis. .Mar. 22. fll.R)—Butler'University probably will begin I 'an andowment drive in the near| ( future in order to petition for re-1 instatement in the North Central I I I Association of Colleges and secou-j day schools in 1931. John W. Ath- i, erton, financial director, said to- . day. The Indianapolis institution this week was expelled from the asso ! c ation which charged chiefly that j, Butler, with one college building I and a $750,000 athletic plant, placed too much emphasis on athletics. , The athletic plant is too big for Butler’s endowment, association officials declared. Atherton and Hilton W. Drown. 1 president of Butler board of direct o."s, appeared before the association with the explanation that the football bowl and giant fieldhouse belong to an association of 41 business men, and the university is called on only to retire a portion 1 of the bonded indebtedness annu- I ally. —- — | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

Purdue U. Has Many Requests For Graduates Lafayette. Ind.. March 2’2-1 UP) — More requests for graduates have been receiv.?l at Purdue University this year than ever before, deipite iho general unemployment situation I according to Jack E. Wrtln-r*,- «lire<. lor of peiscnnel of the Purdue en gineer ng schools. Walters said 19 industrial <on corns already bad sent representatives to Hie campus to confer with members of the Senior class regard ing employment after graduation, with the bull; of the bidding for men i yet to be done. Walters said 210 [companies came to the University in search of men last year. MANY VISITORS ARE EXPECTED iForf VVavne Staff’ Will Give Moose Degree Work Here Sunday i The second of a series of initia I lion services for new members-be- | ing conducted by the Decatur lodge [of the Loya! Order of Moose will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock [at the K. of (’. Hall here with the ritual staff of the Fort Wayne lodge conferring in work. About 50 candidates will be inducted into the local lodge, an I guests from Huntington. Bluffton. Marion. Fort Wayne and Portland are expected to attend. Hon. George Warde, general dictator of the lodge, Moosehoart. 111., will address the assemblage immediatelv follow ing the initiation. The Women of Moosohenrt Legion also arc invited to attend the address which will be held at 3:30 o'clock. A reception commtitee consisting of Mat Breiner. Adams Schafer, Delmar Fensel. Charles Mowery and Lee Stultz will have charge of Mr. Warde while he is visiting in Decatur. An arrangement committee inI eluding William Foughty, Frank , Helmer, and Ray Ralston ha< charge of the meeting tomorrow The ritual staff from the Fort Wayne lodge which will confer the work tomorrow includes William S. [Durbin, dictator; Sidney O' Conners, vice-dictator; Oscar Bieberich, ! past dictator; Joseph Kohnnhse, prelate; John F. Guebard. seargent at arms. The Fort Wayne Legion nurtiber IS band will furnish music for the meeting. All members of the Moose lodge are.invited to the meeting. Nomination Confirmed Washington, March 22—(UP) — The nomination of Thomas D. Thacker, of New York, to be solicitor [general to succeed Charles Evans Hughes, Jigs who resigned when his father was appointed Chief Justice, was confirmed by the Senate today.

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DEBATERS TO CLOSE SEASON Local Negative Team to Meet New Haven Here Tuesday The New Haven ttfl'irmalivc dt>-1 | bating team will meet the Decatu. I High School negative team in the j final debate of the season, Tuesday j night at i)*viw: k- at 1 (high school auditotitim. The subjec' j I for debate will be "That the Sy- | | tom of Old Age Pensions Should I’.'Adojitefl By Th- Sate of Indiana' Admission will be free and th“i publie is invited lo'hear the debate. | The members of the negative : | Ito.in will endeavor to even a score I with New Haven whose negative [ I team defeated the local aliitmativi , Idebaers al New Haven last Tues ■ I day night. The team in< hides Eti I Musser. Esther Sunderman, Ed I Martz, and Marcia Martin as alteri nate. Judges for the debate will be Sup i erintendent Crag, Miss Patton anil Miss M’ilson, all of Bluffton. (Tiffoid Richards, faculty advisor of the deba ing club, stated todaj I that the club will sponsor a movie. "Mr. Antonio’', a Booth Tarkington istoiy to be given al the Adams Theater. Apt il 3 and 4 and the money obtained w.ll be used to defray I f le expenses of the season. I The 'Decatur High School debat ling club is composed of 12 members i land has an affirmative and negative] I team. They have won two debates i I'rom a total of five held. PARKER NAMED ON HIGH COURT Confirmation of Southerner is Believed to Be Certain Washington. March 22 (U.R) Confirmation by the senate ol the appointment of Federal Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina as ' associate justice of the I . S. supreme court was regarded certain today. Parker, a Republican, was appointed to the court late yesterday by President Hoover to fill the vacancy created by the death ot Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford. Only 44. Parker is one of the youngest judges ever Io be named to the court. It is not known with what group —-liberal or conservative—the new justice will be aligned. He has had no definite connections with large corporation practice such a-' almost prevented the confirmation of Chief Justice Hughes, and members of the progressive bloc in the senate have expressed approval of , ilie appointment. In announcing Parker's appointment, President Hoover said the ] North Carolinian had received the endorsement of the judiciary as well as of senate leaders. It will lie the first time in 7(1 ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INDIANA MEN AREARRESTED Three Newcastle M e n Face Murder Charge In Ohio City Middletown, 0.. March 22 —(UP) —Four men, three of them from | Newcastle, Ind., were placed in the j county jail at Hamilton today in connection with the murder of patrolman Dan Sandlin who was sbo’ fatally M’ednesday night when he and a fellow-officer ordered the oc cupants of a parked automobile to move on. One of the men. Richard Brewer, 28, was charged with Sandlin's death. To was captured at the Home of Gary Brandenberg, near Kyles Station, southeast of here, last night The others, held for investigation, are William Meeks and M’ilson and Roland Griffith, brothers, all of Newcastle. Brewer, whose home was said to be in Kentucky, was suffering from a bullet wound in the arm, apparently inflicted by Sandlin's fellow-of-ficer, Patrolman Roy Crout, when ho was captured. He was weak from loss of blood. ® A special grand jury lias been summoned to consider the charge against him.

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Irene Schroeder Found | Guilty; Faces Death New Castle, Pa.. March 22 (U.R) I Ir'-no Schroeder, 21 year old (blonde gun woman, today faced | - death ill the electric chair for the I ' murtler of Corporal Brady Paul of i i Ihe stale police. A jury, comiiosed of ten m< ii I ] and two women, decided her fate I last night alter two hours of de-j i I.boration. The verdict ended al trial that lasted eleven days and I which revealed a trail of crimethat would rival that of "Billy the, llv.ixL’jS-.'..’.„„l.n.„the_ course of her trial i ishe admitted every crime witTi] I which she was charged excepting Ithe firing id' the shot whii h took Corporal Paul’s life. DECATUR MEN i HEAR NEWSON Twelve Rotarians Motor to Fort Wayne to Attend Banquet: Dance Twelve members of the Decat’.ir Rotary club attended the banquet given by the Fort Mayne club at the Fort M'ayne Community Center Friday night in. honor of M. Eugene Newson, of Durham, N C . president of Rotary. International. ■ More than 500 Rotarians from ; northern Indiana attended th- 1 | meeting and heard New.son deliver it lie chief address. Arthur Sapp, Huntington attorI noy. and past president of Rotary. International, presided as toastmaster and introduced Newson, i The banquet which preceded the I meeting was attended by 500 club members. Delegations from all ! northern Indiana cities where there are Rotary clubs and several delegations from Ohio were present at the meeting. C. O. Porter, president of the Decatur club beaded the local delegation. Following the • banquet n grand ball was held for President ] Newson. The dance was attended by several hundred couples. - —o Payne Seeks Office Bloomington, Ind.. Mar. 2’2. ej.R) -- Milliam V. Payne, superintendent of Monroe county schools, h is [announced h's candidacy forth, nomination for state siiperinten dent of public instruction in the democratic state convenlion at Indianapolis June 10. Payne ha been identified with efforts of teaelieis in the stat? aid districts to obtain the r back pay. For 25 years ho has taught school and has served as county superintendent at Bloomington ami in central and northern Indiana. TWENTY BABIES ARE EXAMINED .Monthly Health Station Draws Much Interest; Dr. Teal in Charge Twenty babies wore examined !>.- ; ; Hr. Dorothy D. Teal and Miss Nancy ' [Gibbs of the State Board of Health [ at the Baby Health Station held all I day Fr day at the Public Library. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp was, chairman pf the clerical work of the | station and was assisted by several [ ladies of the Civic Sc; Hon of the Woman's Club. The ladies who, assisted during the day included the i Mesdames Charles Champlin, Harve I Baker. David Adams, and H. A. I Thomas. Baby Health Stations are held at the Library each month by the State Board of Health and mothers tire showing a great interest in the work of the station. The next Health station will be held Friday. Apiil 18 at the Library and all mothers are cordially in vited to bring their babies for exa-[ mination. ._ 0 | Extends Thanks To All James N. Fristoe through the Democrat wishes to express his sincere appreciation of the many and various remembrances sent him from lodges, clubs, societies I and homes everywhere. "The kindly calls of friends, cheering and helping to overcome the long illness, and to my little friend | who nightly remembered me in prayer, asking for my recovery, I I can never express my thankful [ ness," Mr. Fristoe said. I

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CHICAGO TEAM WINS 20-16 IN CLOSE BATTLE Laurentmen Tie Count at End of Third Quarter; Then Lose WEM HOFF PLAYS PART OF GAME Lovoln Gymnasium, (.hicago, March 22 (Special) — Decalur Catholic high school , (.ommotlores. Indiana stale ichamps. boMCtl tloMii before a migbtv DeLasalle basketball leant ol Chicago in the quar-ter-finals here this afternoon, tiller making a desperate rallv mhi c b knotted the count at 12-12 as the third quarter dosed. The rangy DcLasalle aggregation refused to surrender and [came back in the last quarter with i enough strength to stop the Decatur rally. It was a great battle all th? way through, and in defeat | Decatur was still one of the popular teams of the tourney. The Commodores completed their twen-ty-first game played at the National Catholic tourney a record no 'other team has ever come near to | breaking. When the game opened 18-I.a ' salle took an early lead and held ■it at the end of the quarter. Th * |lllinois team continued its drive [and tided up a 9-5 lead at the half. ' The Commodore linup was shifted [and Harris was sent in at center. M’emhoff. who had been ill for the last 10 days played the first pari of the game, but his recent illness soon showed on his strength and it was necessary to take him from the serai). In the second period Decatur ■ came back with all the courage [Hint has made De< atur Catholic one of tin* outstanding teams of Hie National Catholic tourney. At the end of the third quarter the score was knotted at 12-12. The fans that crowded this large gymnasium were loud with excitement as the- final minutes started. The DeLasallo team. however. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o League Favors New State Constitution Indianapolis, March 22. (U.R) - The Ind ana League of Women Voters at the close of the 11th annual convention at Indianapolis voted in favor of a constitutional convention to frame* a new constitution for the state of Indiana. The league's resolution provided that the organization "work for a constitutional convention provided that a satisfactory central organ- | zalion is perfected to promote it*. •crest in the* referendum and to sal'-gi:;.rd th? convention if call I <-d." The resohition-- committee re • ported it was believed the league I could reach more persons in its I ■ durational campaign if it main- ! tained an attitude* ot neutrality. DEATH SUMMONS FUHRMAN CHILD Seven-Year-Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew is Fuhrman Dies Helen Fuhrman. 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fuhrman, residing nine mih's northwest' of this city, died at 5 o'clock this morning from pneumonia from which she had been suffering for the past two weeks. [The deceased had been in ill health since birth but her final I illness was of two weeks duration. : She was born in Preble township, Adams county, January 30, 1923. Surviving are the parents and the following brothers and Bisters, Elmer. Velma, Luella, Eve* lyn, Malwl and Maxine Fuhrman, all at homo. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Conrad, and John J. Fuhrman also survive. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock ' (c. s. t.) at the home ami at 2 o'clock at the Friedheim Lutheran church, with Rev. C. B. Preuss j ofiioiating. Burial will be made in Ithe Friedheim cemetery.