Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1930 — Page 1

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INAL VOTE ON TARIFF EXPECTED SOON

■vteen Adams Countu Citizens Are Named Census Takers

I WHEN AND ifiEES MEN HUIE CHARGE ■l | inai Instructions ■dnesday I*. M. at ■ Muncie Meet K NAMED ■ |OR DECATUR ■ women tind 1 I men Htke th' ID3O federal ■ in Adams county, it ■nioiince'l today by J. ■ Fitcli Muncie, <us■tbiis Mipervisor. The ■tun uh "ere announcKv and the H» eensus■will go to Muncie next ■sdav l'or final instruc■iml In receive their ■enstis-t.iker's oath is one Kiost stringent given by Kniment No employe is Ki io reveal any totals reKu the work or to reveal Keen answered by the per Ktioned. Kr will have four census ■aci'orilin- to the list of Kents made today. The ■id census, including ail of ■ south <>i Adams street will K by Mrs. Dora Lower. Kcond ward census indudKs In attir between Adams ■nroe streets will be taken Kiel Butler. ■irii ward has been divided ■ sections. That part be■enroe street and Nuttman ■ will lie taken by David ■1 and that part north of K Avenue will be taken by ■rvel Beery. ■oh of counting people in ■ county will start April 1 Kt be completed by May 1, Kto the district supermini; are the Adams county Kents: B Creek township, Raleigh ■nd and french townships, ■ager. Jord Charles ■on township, Jesse Teeter township, outside of ■Qir-min Soldner. f township, Charles FuhrItownship, George Cramer, lary.s township, O. J. Suman ■agt on township, outside ■TINGED ON PAGE SIX) ■ O—- ■ D<»n’t Bother I W isconsin Director I'm, Win., March 24—(U.R)--|t tomes to questions conI co-eds legs at the UniverIWi eonsin. Donald L. HalI director of dormitories, lisn t interested, at least | I girls reading in Barnard ptesii'd to him today against rof their hostess. Miss 111I 11 Baker, l>arring. the bareamong them from the r* fable, he dismissed the 100 trivial for considersKEEPERS MN MEETING [ n t y Association To r e C. 0. Yost as Its puest Thursday I lost, State Boe Inspector r 1 with the bee keepers of I ounty in the auditorium of F' 11 " 1 ' Public Library, Thursph 27. Poinity Agent is assisting W. fkiis, president of the Adams Lu P keepers Association in fine meeting. pawkina wishes every beeI" 1 county to be present f Very important matters atthe interest of beekeepers [considered and it is only bj’ | together that these matL“ p met satisfactory. Dost i s we |] an< | f avora biy P n Adams County and his assures an interesting and |te meeting.

DECATUR DA iLV DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXVIII. No. 71.

Seeks Seat in Senate From Oklahoma 0~1 ■ H I 1 H * % I Charles J. Wrightstnan. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate. He is nn independent oil iproducer, former member of Territorial Legislature and head of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma University. He is endorsed by the Farmer-Labor orgnnizatiqns of his State. iTINITIATED~ IN MOOSE LODGE Class Headed bv Elmo Smith; Many Attend Ritualistic Service JUclase of W men were initiated into Adams Ixxlge No. 1311 of the Loyal Order of Moose at the K. of C. hall Sunday aftrenqon, the Fort Wayne degree team being in charge of the initiatory work. ■ Following the initiation the members of the class, the Moose and Ladies of the Mooseheart Legion were addressed by George N. Warde, general dictator of the Ixiyal Order of Moose. Mr. Warde spoke on "Friendship,” stating that it was one of the greatest gifts given to man by God. At six o’clock a banquet was served for the new members, members of the Fort Wayne degree and drill teams and the Moose Jazz orchestra, lodge officers and invited guests. The initiation ceremonies were opened by Joe Brennan, dictator of Adams Lodge who turned the meeting over to the Fort Wayne degree team. Elmo A. Smith, local druggist. represented the class and took the pledge at the altar for the other members. The local Moose lodge now has a membership of nearly 500 and is the largest fraternal organization in this city. Local Auctioneer Has Successful Farm Sale Officials of the National Reality Auction company of this city state that (arm lands are selling at good prices and that the demand for farms is increasing. Last Saturday, Col. Carl Bartlett, a member of the company sold three farms at Miamiburg. Ohio. One farm of 115 acres bringing SB9 an acre; another of 60 acres, $85.25 an acre and a seven acre fruit farm $3,500. Members of the auction company state that young men and former factory employes are now returning to farms and that investors believe that the tendency is nn upward one. A good crop this year, members of the auction company state, will do much to restore former farm values and aid materially in the back to farm movement. o Seven Dies In New York Tenement Fire New York, Mar. 24.— (U.R)—Seven persons, including (our small children, were burned to death today in a tire which destroyed a small (rame house in the Little Neck section o( Queens Burough. Only fine occupant of the house, 11-year-old Stanley Fliss, who was asleep in the kitchen when the fire was discovered, escaped. He jumped from the kitchen window. The dead: John Fliss, 50; his wife, Mary, 40; their children, John 7, Stella 6, Helen 4, and Mary 13, and a boarder, Charles Korzan, 43.

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THREE-POWER PACT IS LAST PARLEY CHANCE —-*■ .. Naval Meet’s Defeat Is Probable; England and Japan May Agree LITTLE HOPE FOR SUCCESS London, March 24 —(U.R)— Unless I lhe French and Italian delegates [surprise the London naval confersnee by coming to some agreement on parity, Great Britain. America land Japan will turn, by the end of the week, to the only possible task remaining—a tripartite agreement. Negotiations for the three-power treaty, the United Press learned, will begin as soon as Tokio’s reply to American proposals is received. It Is expected the reply will be delayed until Friday, in order to give the French and Italians time to end the parity controversy. There in every indication that Japan will reject part of the American proposals, and make countersuggestions. It was learned that the Japanese are somewhat irritated at British itlmatftms that the American project was "satisfactory.” They view this as a form of Anglo-American pressure upon them. Breakdown of the five-power pact j has left Japan in a strong strategic position to extract the limit in concessions. Both England and the United States have their hearts set on a three-power treaty — failing the five-power pact. Japan has it within her power to prevent that. Even after Japan has agreed tCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) TO GIVE HITCH DEMONSTRATION P. T. Brown, of Purdue to Be In Adams County, April 1 On Tuesday, April 1 P. T. Brown Horse specialist of the Purdue extension service will be in Adams County and conduct two multipile hitch demonstrations. The first demonstration will be held at the Ralph S. Myers Farm one half mile south of the Hartford Township High School at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning. The second demonstration will be held on the Kukelhan Brothers farm four miles north of Decatur oppoiste the Alpha Cemetery atat 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Brown carries all his equipment in his car and will demonstrate the hitching of 4. 5, 6 horse teams and handle them with a single pair of lines. if the ground permits he will hitch to a double bottow gang plow and if not the hitch will be made to a mud boat. He states that such a hitch allows the team to do 30 per cent morn work easier than by the methods of hitching all the horses ablest. All fanners interested in making an evener for themselves should bring an oak stick 2 inches by 6 inches by 7 feet and it will be laid out. O- T— Prominent Citizen of Indiana Expires Today Indianapolis, Mar. 24. —(U.R) —Col. Gil R. Stormont, 87, Indianapolis, author, editor and Civil war veteran, died in an Indianapolis hospital early today of injuries received yesterday when he was struck by an auto. Col Stormont was crossing a downtown street when he stumbled and fell in the path of an auto driven by C. E. Klmberlin, a traffic policeman who was off duty. Police said the accident was unavoidable. Col. Stormont suffered compound fractures of the arm and leg. He was past department commander of the Indiana G. A. R. and for many years was editor and publisher of the Princeton Clarion. He served nearly two years as commandant of the Indiana State Soldiers’ Home near Lafayette and was a charter member of- the Indiana Republican Editorial Association.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 21, 1930.

Berniece Hunter Dies At Ft. Wayne Sunday Bern ece Beatrice Hunter, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claience Hunter o( Fort Wayne, and grand daughter of George We her of .his city, died at 4:05 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the family home at 1614 Lantern ier street, Fori Wayne. Death was caused by convulsions. Surviving are the patents; two brothers, George (’. anil Leslie R. Hunter; two sisters, Viola L. Hunter and Henrietta Hunter; and the grandfathers Charles Hunter of Chadwick, N. Y„ and George Weber of this city. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. 0 FIRE DAMAGES LOCALCHURCH SI,BOO Loss Sustained by Church of God in Sunday Blaze The Churih of God, a frame building on Cleveland street, was damaged by flic w/th a total loss amounting to sl.B<*o, SI,OOO damages to the building and SBOO damages to tlie inside of the church and furniture. The fire occurred Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock and originated from sparks from the chimney which caught on the wood shingles on the roof. Mrs. Chauncey Brokaw, residing next door to the church, noticed the i blames and notified Will August, who turned in the alarm. The local fire department arrived and fought Hie flames for an hour and a half before they were extinquisbed. The entire roof was burned beyond repair and the inside of the church was .badly charred. Two windows were broken by the pressure of the water hose and most of the furniture was completely ruisied. The walls o( the building and some of the frame structure were not injured beyond repairs. The building was covered with insurance, but the furniture and inside of the church was a loss, it was reported today. ‘The Trustees of the church met today and planned immediate re pairs to begin at once. New furniture will be purchased and the building will be redecorated and ready tor service by Sunday April 6, it was stated today. Until that time the members ot the churih will attend services at the Church of God at Willshire, Ohio or the Publie Library Auditorium, this city. The Church of God was built ami dedicated in the year 1913, and is the only church of its denomination in Adams County. GOHENYPLANS HOME JOURNEY Freed of Bribe Charge Oil Millionaire Will Return West Soon Washington, March 24—(U.R)— Free of the charge of bribery, Edward L. Doheny, California oil man, rested here today in preparation for a triumphant return to his home. It was understood a demonstration was planned for him in Loh Angeles. A jury in District ,of Columbia court required little more than an hour Saturday to return a verdict of not guilty in the trial of the man tiie government claimed gave a $100,006 bribe to former interior Secretary Albert B. Fall. . The indictment against Doheny had been pending five years and his trial was the last of the series of sensational civil and criminal trials resulting from the senate investigation of circumstances surrounding the leasing of the Elk Hills, Calif., naval oil reserve field. Fall, ill at his home in El Paso, Tex., was convicted last fall of a charge of bribing Doheny and now is free pending appeal of his case. Board of Guardians Will Meet Tuesday The Board of Guard’ans will meet Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock at the Library. A good attendance Is desired as business of importance will be transacted.

BANQUET PLANS ARE COMPLETE Landis Will Arrive in Decatur Wednesday Afternoon For Meet Frederick l/indis. Logansport edi tor, columnist and former congressman and a brother of Kenesaw Moun ain Laudis today notified members of the Service banquet arrangements committee that he would arrive in Decatur Wednesday afternoon and would be on hand t deliver the chief address at the annual Service banquet sponsored by Adams post of the American Legion at Decatur Country Club Wednes day night at 6: Ip o’clock. The Lions club. Rotary club ami Chamber of Commerce are co ope - ating witli Legion members to make the banquet a success. Botli the Lions and Rotarians will shift their meeting nights to Wednesday nigh this week and both service clubs will attend the Landis meeting In a body. Practically every member of the Adams post of the Legion also* is planning on attending and a large number of members of the Chamber of Commerce are planning on attending. Tickets for the stag atftir are still on sale at 60 cents each. Indications are that the entire Country Club dining room will be crowded with Decatur men. The Service banquet is held each year by the men of Decatur and is sponsored by Legionnaires. The idea of the banquet is to perfect a better feeling between men of Decatur and to secure more friendly relations. Mr. Landis is known as one of the 'greatest orators of the mwes‘und his message Wednesday night will he entirely new. ‘TWO BRIDES’IS TITLE OF PLAY Bible Class at Mo u n t Pleasant to Present Three-act Play "Two Brides" is the title of a tliree-act play to be presented Friday and Saturday nights of this week at Mt. Pleasant school by members of the Mt. Pleasant Bible class. The play will be presented each at 8 o’clock and the public is invited to attend. Tickets may be obtained from members of the Mt. Pleasant Bible class. The action of the play is at the summer home of Congressman Wilcox, near Washington and the time is in the summer. Three months expire during the play. The cast is as follows: . Mrs. Denman—Billy’s housekeeper Faye Barnhouse Clarice Mayne—The French maid Buelah Fuhrman Billy Wilcox —A newly married young congressman Norval Fuhrman Liza Lou Wilcox —His bride, a Virginia wild flower Helen Singleton Pete —Billy's faithful colored servant Jesse Singleton Fred Nort 11 wood —Billy s friend Bill Jones Elmer Peeting—Liza Lou's country cousin Frank Singlqton Lady Juliet ’Stanton —Billy's siter Myrtle Jones Lord James Osmond Stanton— Her newly acquired husband Luther Singleton Louden—A detective (’harley Barnhouse Nibby—Liza Lou’s colored ma:d . Singleton Louden s assistant, with no lines to speak. Time —Any summer. Two Farmers Offer Land For Tests Rolland Grote of Union township and (’. C. Wittwer of Monroe Township were the first farmers of the county to offer L. E. Archbold County Agent, plots on their farms for lime stone demonstrations. The plots were tested for sell acidity and found satisfactory foi the tests. The limestone is being furnished by Meshberger Brothers Stone Company of Linn Grove. Soil experts of Purdue University state that a large part of our land would benefit by the application of limestone.

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ELMER MAGLEY i BREAKS JAIL; STEALS AUTO Local Man Convicted of Rape Drills Way Out of Local Jail STEALS SHERIFF’S FORD AUTOMOBILE Elmer Magley, 24, of this city, convicted recently of rape in Adams circuit court and awaiting removal today to Pendleton reformatory, drilled his way out of the Adams countv jail, where he had been a prisoner for the last 10 weeks; stole Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth’s automobile and escaped Sunday afternoon. The time of the jail delivery was not exactly known, but it is thought it occurred almut 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Hollingsworth family left the jail about 2:30 o’clock to take an automobile ride and at that time Sheriff Hollingsworth said ho locked the iron door : nto the jail proper and also locked all other jail doors. Magley opened the big heavy iron door by drilling a hole througji the iron wall adjacent to the door and by pry ng the iron cotter pin out of the bar-holder and then releasing the bar which held the door in place. There was one other occupant of the jail at the time, but he was locked on the south side of the cell and was in a drunken stupor at the -time of the delivery. He stated today however that he heard Magley in his attempt to deliver himself and at one time lie called to him. but Magley refused to answer. Sheriff Hollingsworth stated that the only caller Magley had had the last few days was his wife, who had been at the jail Friday and Saturday. He stated that he believed she had a part in the delivery. The peek-hole from the sheriff's office into the cell room was pried open and there is room through this opening to pass tools. Tffe peek-hole had bet n closed by heavy wiring and was never used. Sheriff Hollingsworth stated that ho believed someone entered the jail through a window during their absence and handed Alagley the drill, iron rod and s.icks which lie used in the delivery. Magley, evidently immediately after freeing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH CLAIMS BLUFFTON MAN John Aeschliman, Known In Adams County Dies This Morning Bluifton, March 24 —(Special) — John Aeschliman, 79. Bluffton man died at 2:45 o’clock this morning following an illness of six weeks. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Bai ger-Aeschliman and the following children: Mrs. Ferd Krummer, of near Bluffton, Mrs. Fred Isch of Adams County, John Aesch liman, Jr., of Elgin, Illinois; Joe Aeschliman of Bluffton, Samuel Aeschliman of near Bluffton, Mrs William Feichter of Adams County, Mrs. Joseph Leichty of near Berne, Mrs. Joe Isch of Adams County, and .Mrs. Jacob Graber of near Bluifton. The following brothers and' sis ters also survive, Simon Aeschliman of near Bluffton, Mrs. John Frauhi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —— o Lions Change Date of Meet This Week The members ot the Lions Club will not hold the regular njeeting Tuesday night but instead will jo n with the members of tho Rotary Club, the American Legion, and the Chamber of Commerce at a banquet to be held Wednesday evening at 6:15 o'clock at the Decatur Country Club. The men will meet at tho Christian church at 6 o'clock and go’ to the Country Clul> in a body.

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Cleared by .Jury I . Edward L. Doheny, petroleum magnate, who, was found not guilty of briber)’ in connection ' witli federal oil reserve leases. K.H.S. JUNIORS TO GIVE PLAY ‘What Became of Parker’ Is Title of Junior Play at Kirkland "What Became of Parker” is the name of a play to be presented Thursday and Friday nights of this week by the Junior class of Kirkland township high school. The i play will be given at the Kirkland ' community auditorium and will start each night at 7:45 o'clock, i Tickets are being sold by members !of tile Junior class of Kirkland. Tho play is an interesting comledy. The action takes place in the I Parker apartradnt and at a resort where Mrs. Parker visits. Interest is maintained bjY the entanglements of the Parker family and the audience is kept in a constant uproar. The east of characters is as follows : Frpd Parker, a wholesale dry goods merchant Raymond Borne William Torrence, his partner Ralph Stoneburner Jermiah Growler, retired business man Robert Brown Janies Jones Robert Beery Mr. Harrison, capitalist from Chicago Marjon McKane Dr. Rogers Nyles Andrews i Police Sergeant Ripley . Virgil Henschen Otto, a waiter Charley Schladenhauffeu ' Vivian, Parker's wife . Dorothy Isch Mildred Green, her maiden aunt Ruth Yake Hebe Worthy, Growler’s niece Jean Houck ' Cora, maid at Parker’s .—. — o — 0 Youth Killed When He Refuses to Stop Auto Terre Haute, Ind., March 24 - (U.R)—James O. Booth, 19. was killed almost instantly by Motor pOffieer Robert Stewart, late Sun ' day night, when Everett Pruitt, 18 • driver of the car .in which Booth and John T. Winley, 19, rode, failed to stop at tiie officer’s command. A pint of liquor was found i in the auto. Stewart and another officer, C. D. Thompson, chased the car about | a mile, after being convinced that its occupants were drunk. When the car did not stop at Stewart's . command he said lie fired at a rear tire, but hit Booth in the head. Good Friday Service Will Be Broadcast On Good Friday. April 18, the meditation and devotion service of the Washington Carhedral will be broad i cast over the coast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. ' The service will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. Janies E. Freeman. Episcopal B shop of Washington. I! will last from noon to 3 o'clock, marking the histocical period Christ suffered on the Cross. Music by tiie Boys' Choir and the organ, prayers, sermons and scriptural readings, will make up the ; Good Friday service, which is the most solemn ceremony conducted in Christian churches.

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LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PASSAGE Thomas Resolution Defeat Paves Way For Final Vote Today FINAL DEBATE IS BEING HELI) By Paul R. Mallon, UP Staff t’orresjwmd nt Washington, Mar. 24.—'U.R) I —The senate opened the wa v so” a final vote on the tariff ''ill to'inv bv defeating a motion of Senator Thomas. Democrat. Oklahoma, to send the ’•'11 back Io committee for elimination of all rale increases except those for agriculture. Defeat of this motion, which i would have stripped the bill of all i indutrlal increases, forecast early I passage of the measure as it stands. This was the only motion pendng before the final vote. Tliis was the third time tho senate had defeated such a motion. Senator Borah. Republican, Idaho, lost a similar motion by at the outset of consideration of I the measure, and Thomas' motion was defeated once previously. Tiie motion to recommit was overwhelmingly defated, nine to 70. Six Democrats and three Republican senators from the west cast their votes in favor of sidetracking the bill The Democrats were Please. South Carolina; Caraway, Arkansas; Smith, South Carolina: Thomas, Oklahoma: Walsh and Wheeler. Montana. The Republicans were McMaster, South Dakota X’ve. North Dakota, and Pine, Oklahoma. The vote was not a complete test of the bill itself for many westerners who intend to vole against the bill refused to support the Thomas motion for various reas(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Legion Will Meet The Adams Post of the American Legion will hold an important meeting at egion Hall at 8 o'clock to night. All members are asked to attend as several impoitanj matters will be discussed. Franklin Has Cases of ‘Jake’ Poisoning Franklin, Ind.. Mar. 24. — (U.R) Fifteen “Jake-it s" ivlctims were under treatment in Franklin today, the result of what doctors believe was ageneral orgy of drinking Jamaica ginger. The Franklin victims were at first believed to number only six. They did not appear to Im seriously ill until Saturday, when they were ordered to bed. , Several thousand eases of 111-nc-s, many of th m resulting in partial parah sis, traceable to Jamaica ginger, have been reported from various portions of thb conn-, try. Physicians believe some of tiie alcohol used in' making "Queen City” Jamaica ginger may have been poisoned. o —. NORTH INDIANA HAS MYSTERY • - .... Two Deaths and Disappearance Add to Love Tangle of Couple Columbia City, March 24 —(U.R) —Two deaths and « disappearance were apparently interwoven in a i three cornered mystery in northern ! Indiana today. t An illegal operation had been performed upon Gladys Allen. 30year old teacher of .music and commercial work in North Webster last Friday, the day before she ed at British intimations that the lumbia City, it was revealed by hospital authorities today. Mis.-- Allen had stayed Friday night at tlje home of Dr. Alice B. Williams, only woman physician in Whitley county. Sunday Dr. Williams died presumably of heart disease. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)