Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1930 — Page 1

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fcYTERYTO ■it. SESSION Ini THIS CITY Irinil Meding of Fort :u Presbytery to IfftlNG TO BE fv |(M \l. ( 111 R<’H ■’iw: " ere ‘ SSUC( I tO * pring session of ■ I W.ivne Presbytery KJ i .ii ilie First I’resKX Koirch of this city MV... and Tuesdav. and 22. The Rev. H • <>f this city will ■ „• host of the sess- ■ Rev. H. M. AllHuntington .ii'l! "ill preside Rev. A. , < o'clock , which will lie a morn- . o'clock. The TuesK> will conclude the ■' will he chosen meeting and ministers ami to .. Cincinnati. . complete Afternoon Session standard time) r , ..n-tituted witli prayer. Shill 1'1" ntent te:nporar ? . Ailliurt. program .. mossed minutes; addocket. committee by and sessiohal records. N w mem- - overtures and lions. at 4:40 p. m. Bl *' ''"i Kay, presiding, gg s Unison. administration KKh>* cu i j - o, Decatur church ..lomtion is called to the i nmiunion" at 4:39 p. I Hi. M- • ay ITJV that it may great Worship Hour gg 1:39 O'clock What King of Men i>o \ a retiring moder Crusade of Chris — Rev. Earl dean of gradus of Christian EdnChicago, 111. Kx.'El) on PAGE THREE) o II lIBATES lIiHE CERTIFIED loujty Clerk Receives IIS of Candidates B-om State House of Democrat and Repubami prosecuting at hi lidates in the approachcounty primary eletB»' certified yesterday to Nelson, county clerk, by I'ifiild, secretary of state. Fg'-I .urat candidates lor the {■li< -a of judge of the Adams court, certified by Eifield. fMai!* Clark Butcher, Dore B. II iber M. De Voss, and one Demofor the office of prosecutHe is Nathan Nel- |' who is seeking t HH 1 ""-year term, unopposed. |r SI B emdidate for Republican for judge. Fsrd L. Litcertified and one candiW>' l’ ;osec uting attorney, (’. twalmrs wag arrived at the clerk’s gg-rnlerday in a registered Ictwin | )e placed on the balordered by the board of commissioners.

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Will Succeed Six-Term , President of Exchange I XvRSBk / Richard Whitney, head of the broki erage firm bearing his name, will be announced as the official nominee for president of the New York Stock Exxehange, to succeed E. H. H. Simmons, who served six terms, a new record. Mr. Whitney is now j vice-president and is acting as presiI dent while Simmons is abroad. WILL OBSERVE GOOD FRIDAY Local Churches Will Observe Three Hours Spent on Cross The Three Hours which Christ suffeted on the Cross will be ob-1 • served by all Decatur churches Friday from 12 o'clock noon until 3 o'clock in the afternoon with appropriate church services. A Union Protestant service will be held at tne Methodist church in this city, with seven Protestant churches joining in the observance. The St. Marys Catholic church and Zion Lutheran church also will observe the hours of Crucifixion ' in an appropriate manner. All Decatur stores will be closed during the three hours, and business will cease temporarily while ‘ hundreds of Decatu rpeople pay a solemn tribute to the death of the i Savior. The Union service has been a i custom in Decatur for several years and tomorrow's program includes organ music, special singing and six . twenty minutes sermons by the Minisiets of the Decatur churches. All special services are preliminary to the Easter Sunday services at which time each church has arranged special services and great , programs are scheduled to commemorate the resurrection of Christ. Thousands of Decatur and Adams epunty people will dhserve Easter Sunday by attending services at various churches. Lutheran Services In commemoration of the death of Jesus, a special service will be held at the Lutheran church toi morrow evening. In connection with the service holy communion wit! be celebrated. The confess ional service begins at 7:20 and the regular service at 7:45 p. m. The pastor Paul W. Schultz will I preach on the words found in I Luke, chapter 23, 46-48. The pttbI lie is invited to attend this service. U. B. Services Will Be Climaxed Tonight The pre-Easter services at the United Brethren church will close tonight with the observance of the Lord's Supper In a new and impres- ’ ’give manner. The regular sermon ’ then will be delivered. A sunrise prayer service will be ' held at 6 o'clock Sunday morning ‘ and the special Easter service will 1 be held at 9:15 o'clock and at 7:30 ' o'clock Sunday night. . — o—- ‘ Wedecking Reelected Indianapolis, April 17 (UP) Albert J. Wedeking of Dale, was reelected chairman of the state highwas commission today at its annua! 1 reorganization meeting. Robert B. ’ Boren of Fountain City was re-eleet- ’ ed vice chairman and John J. Brown ■ re-efected director. o—- ' Postoffice to Close Friday L A Graham, postmaster ann- - ounces that the office will be closed t from 12 to 3 o’clock tomorrow, account of Good Friday.

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'MERGER NOT TO | { BE PERMITTED Insull Petition Will Be I Turned Down, Report Shows Indianapolis, April 17. — (U.R) — Commissioner Howell Ellis’ order denying the $70.0(lo,)l0() Insull utilities merger petition is typed and ' ready today. It will not be acted on by the I commissioner until Friday, due to I the absence of Commission Calvin I Mclntosh, who is in Richmond conducting a hearing. Ellis' order is said to turn down the merger petition due to the vas» difference in appraisals of commis sion and utilities engineers and ac countants. Insull evidence put the proper ties valuation in round numbers! at $73,000,000, whereas the commission figures were some $30.000,000 less. The order in denial will emphasize this difference, it is said, and will point out that the financial set-up in the merger securities is top-heavy. It is expected to be unanimously accepted by the commissioners. This will not be done without debate, however, according to reports. Debate is not likely to be based on denial, as such, but on ruling on jurisdiction. Ruling from the attorney general may be used as a basis for a motion denying jurisdiction, due to the attempt to merge unlike utilities located in different parts of the state. The merger petition calls for jo ning the Central Indiana Power . company properties with the . | Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern, to form the Indiana Electrit corporation. It affects* electric, inUuurban. gas, water and ice properties in 271 cities and towns in 38 counties ' and two-fifths of the state's population. ————o > Holy Thursday Observed Holy Thursday services were held at the St. Mary's Catholic church this morning. A high mass was celebrated at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz officiating. Following the saying of the mass -the procession with the Blessed Sacrament through the aisles of the church took place, the consecrated Host which is consumed by the priest at the mass of the Pre-sanctified on Good Friday, being removed from the main altar to the side altar. The church was opened throughout the day to the faithful who visited the church and made private devotions before the Blessed Sacrament. o JOINT MEETING WELL ATTENDED Calvin Steury Elected Calf Club President At Tuesday Meet The joint meeting of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association and the Calf Clubs was held in the Monroe High School building. Tuesday evening, April 15. The meeting was well attended and everyone was well pleased. The calf club elected Calvin Steury, President, Frederick Duff, Vice-President and Lorino Rich, Secretary. Mr. Steury then gave the calf club their first in- I structions. E. A. Gannon of the dairy exten- I sion department of Purdue Univer sity gave a splendid talk on the possibilities of improving the dairy herd, the desirability of testing records, and valuable hints on balancing rations according to weight and production of the animal. Mr. Gannon was followed by Carl Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creamer les, who talked briefly and gave ice cream to the Calf Club members. A. D. Suttles of Decatur commented on the splendid work both the Calf Club and Cow Testing Association were doing and encouraged their continuance. County Agent L. E. Archbold announced a meeting for Holstein Breeders to be held in the Monroe High School building on Tuesday night, April 22, at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Gannon Assured those present that bbreed associations were a necessary thing and assured them of the aid of the extension department in developing a worth while program.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 17, 1930.

Presto! Chango! Mr. Graber Produces Real For Sure Rat* Albert Graber, well-known local hardware dealer today was showing a customei a new type of selfsetting rat trap. He ro’led a golf <>all into the front of the trap ami then as he released the rear of ’he trap, he said. "Now here is the | rat." Just as the final word was i spoken, a real rat o c.inipercd out ahead of the golf ball, and ran up | surprise. The rat got loose and Mr. Graber's sleeve, much to his Mr. Graber, while somewhat excit- ' ed, was not injured. SAYSRASKOB SOUGHT FUNDS Had Charge of Raising Money From Democrats of Country Washington, April 117—(UP) — John J. Raskob. chairman of the Democratic National committee, was in charge of soliciting funds from Democrats for the association against the prohibition amendment, testimony before the senate lobby committee showed today. A letter from the association’s files revealed Raskob signed letters asking for contributions from Demo crats. while Lamont Dupont signed letters to Republicans. Another letter read into the record revealed the association seeks to raise more than $1,000,000 this year to conduct state prohibition referendums to show congress the country is wet. The first letter from William P Smith, vice president of the association. written last year to Joseph R. Hamlin of Massachusetts said: , "We are writing to some of cur directors in an effort to secure the balance of our budget by the end of the year, and also to some large contributors to the Democratic and Republican campaign funds last year. "The latter letters are being signed by Mr. Lammot Dupont for the Republicans and Mr. John J. Raskob for the Democrats. "I enclose copies of both letters for your information —these letters eing slightly different for the Republican and Democratic parties." The letter revealing the $1,000,000 budget was from Curran to Percy S. Straus. The witness objected to its reading, declaring it was private correspondence which had nothing to do with the committee’s investigation. The letter follows:: “Our chief plan at present in impressing our dry congress with the fact that country is mostly wet. is the holding of statewide referendums such as we carried successfully last year in Wisconsin, and before then in Montanar Nevada and New York. [Sugar Beet Club Is Closed; Meet Held In a sugar beet club meetin VV edI nesday evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at Decatur it was decided to receive no more members. Another meeting will probably be called early in June at which time officers will be elected. — —o To Attend Funeral All members of the Decatur-lodgo of Improved Order of Red Men will meet at the Red Men’s hall in this city Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock to attend the funeral of the late James N. Fristoe. WANT A JOB? WANT HELP? The employment situation here is better than in most places, but at this time of year men and women are looking for jobs. To encourage employment and help obtain jobs for those who want them, the Daily Democrat will publish FREE OF CHARGE ANY "HELP WANTED” or “JOB WANTED' classified ad next Saturday and Monday. If you are looking for a job or want to employ someone get your copy of the advertisement to this office not later than 9 a. m. Saturday morning and it will be printed free for the two days, give your name and address in the advertisements. "Blind” ads will not be published through this arrangement. This offer is good for individual, farmer, merchant or manufacturer.

F. I. PATTERSON TO BE SPEAKER AT COUNTY MEET Christian Endeavor Society of County Will Meet at Geneva (large crowd IS EXPECTED • I A general meeting of the Adams county Christian Endeavor Socle'y will be held at the United Brethren Church, Geneva, Sunday night Mav 4. it was announced today by Lewis Armstrong, president of the Society Dr. Fred I. Patterson of this city wili be the chief speaker. Invitations have been issued to each church of the county with a Christian Endeavor society and a capacity crowd is expected at the general meeting. The complete program for the meet will be released | by the program committee in the next few days, it was stated. Every Sunday School is urged to send a large represen ation and following Dr. Patterson's address plans will be made for an Adams county delegation to attend the Indiana Christian Endeavor Society convention to be held in Indianapolis, June, 19-22. Adams county's quota to the state convention is 190 people, and an effort will be made for more than 100 to attend the meeting. Besides the address, other special features are being planned for she program and each Sunday School will be invited to take part in the program, interest is growing in all parts of the county and it is thought that a series of county meetings will he held during the summer months. Dogs Running Wild A number of dogs are running at large in the north part of the citv and are reported b yproperty own ers in that section to be doing considerable damage to newly planted gardens and flower beds. Plan Easter Program The Mount Tabor Church at Bobo will present an Easter program Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The program will include an Eastei pageant entitled “In the Hearts ot Men.” The public is cordially invited to attend. » Chick Schools Draw Two Large Crowds — Two successful chick schools were held in Adams County Wednesday, April 16. They were conducted by Stephan Walford, of the Purdue extension service, assisted by County Agent L. E. Archbold. ALLEN COUNTY DEATH PROBED Patient at Infirmary Found Dead; Partly Eaten By Rats Fort Wayne, Ind., April 17. —(U.P.) —Allen county authorities today were investigating the death of Thomas Lakey, 66; whose body was found at the county infirmary yesterday with portions of the chin, lips, gums and tongue gnawed away by rats. Investigators said they intended to determine whether mutikition was done before or after death. “Rats ate that hole In his jaw Cover it up before his relatives see it, and don’t tell anyone," Carl Doehrman, undertaker's assistant, said he was told by W. Homer Young, infidmary superintendent. Young later denied that rats had mutilated the body, bat added, “let's not say anything about it,” when he talked to a Fort Wayne newspaper man who had gone to the infirmary upon hearing of the case from Doehrman. Dr. Sterling Hoffman, infirmary physician, said he examined Lakey early Tuesday morning and told attendants the patient could not live 24 hours. “He was helpless at that time. I cannot say whether the mutilation was before or after his death, but it is possible that this gruesome tragedy was enacted w-hile he was dying. I can only testify that there was no mark on his face (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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0. S. FEARS ARE "DISPOSED OF" Robinson Says Contingency Clause Takes Care of Much j London, April 17.—(U.R)—American fear of foreign entanglements end the British admiralty's demand that its building program b? unhampered in case of emergency | were satisfactorily disposed of in the so-called contingency clause of the naval treaty, Senator Joseph Robinson said today in a statement to the press. Robinson stressed the necessity of all nations having a free hand to build in case of necessity. His statement said: "The so-called safeguarding clause will provide in general that, if during the time of the treaty, requirements of national security of any of the three powers whose I auxiliary vessels are limited is, in the opinion of that power, materially affected by new construction of any nation whose auxiliary program is not limited by the treaty, that power will notify the other two of the amount and kind of building It requires. "Thereupon those other powers shall be entitled to make a proportionate increase in the same category or categories. "Since the limltaion of armament is a voluntary process which no ] sovereign power has the right to enforce on another, it is a wise principle to enter this arrangement, for by doing so. we avoid responsibility for insisting that any other nation must have its hands tied in possible emergencies. "This clause does not followarticle 21 of the Washington treaty, which I objected to when it was entered into, on the ground that it might entangle ns in European naval problems and policies. While it is hoped no situation will arise under which any of the three powers may find it necessary to increase their tonnage in auxiliary vessels, prudence calls for a provision for such a contingency. If a real emergency should arise, 1 should want the United States to be free to act without the consent of others and, of course, we must concede the same right to them. "It is desirable that those wholimit their means of defense should feel safe in that limitation. Otherwise they will not continue the process of limitation." o Plan State Air Tour Indianapolis. April 17 —(UP) — The second annual tour of Indiana by air will start on June 16 this year and end June 21. it was announced by the Indiana Aircraft trades association. Many of the cities included in last year's tour will be on this year's itinerary. Lee Hottel is direc-1 tor of the tour. Ask Darrow To Appeal Buffalo. N. Y., April 17—(UP)—| Clarence Darrow has been asked to appeal for Lila Jimerson. Seneca woman convicted by her own plea of the murder of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand on March . it was revealed today. Raymond Jimerson, president of Seneca Nation, announced todav he had sent a telegram to Darrow. The action was decided on by a council of Indians of the Cattaraugus and Alleghany reservations at Salamanca. Lila, who is in the city hospital suffering from advanced stages of Tuberculosis, remains indifferent. Congressman Is 11l Washington, April 17. —(U.R) — Slight hope for the recovery of Representative R. Q. Lee (Dem., Texas) was held today by his physician, who described Lee's condition as very serioue. Lee. who suffered a stroke at the capitol about a month ago, has been gaining steadily until a relapse two days ago, the doctors said. Sunday Charge Droppea Chicago, April 17—(U.R) —A fugitive warrant against George M. Sunday, son of Billy Sunday, the evangelist, was 'dropped here today. Municipal Judge Joseph Schulman was advised by Los Angeles authorities that Sunday is not wanted there. He had been held on charges preferred by his wife. i

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Rumor Links Name as Hoover’s Running Mate Kt w* *■*- ■ j I 1 " , ■ Postmaster - General Walter F. Brown, whose friends brand as “too ridiculous to be dignified through a public denial" the rumor that ne is seeking the nomination as the Hoover running mate in 1932. It is said rumors emanating from th* "higher-ups' that there is no great enthusiasm among the Hoover men to have Mr. Curtis renominated for I second place on the ballot. TO ATTEMPT TO GET SENTIMENT Group Organizes to Get Sentiment on U. S. Dry Laws Atlanta, Ga., April 17. — (U.R) — Twenty widely-known industrialists, financiers and educators, it was announced today, will form the board of directors of a new $7,000.009 project to find out how more than 32,090,000 citizens of the United States feel about prohibition. Edward Kennedy, acting executive director, said the names of the men would be made known in a few days by the organization, which is called the national prohibition survey. Working with the board, he said, would be an advisory committee of 97 members, including the governors of several states. Kennedy explained today how the new organization would function. It will be incorporated under the laws of Georgia, he said, and will have branches in 20 widelyscattered American cities. Its purpose will be to "obtain educational facts” for guidance of legislators (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CHURCH AUDITOR SHOT State Officials To Probe Gruesome Murder; No Clues Found Yet Scottsburg. Ind., April 17. —(U.R)! —lndiana and Chicago detectives searched the records of the Negro Baptist church today in hopes of j finding some clew to the mysterious murder of Edward D. Pierson, negro auditor and efficiency expert who was found, clinging to a tree in the Muscatatuck river. Pierson had been shot. Pierson, who lived in Chicago and maintained an office in Nashville, Tenn., had been shot six times and his arms and feet tied with rope which were attached to two suitcases. He still was alive when dragged from the river but died before he was able to disclose any details of the shooting. Police started the hunt through church records when Pierson's son. E. D. Peirson, Jr„ Chicago, said his father had made many enemies by revealing defalcations in church funds in his position as auditor. A brief case, believed to contain church records and a diamond stickpin were missing but SSO in cash was still in his pocket. Scottsburg, Ind., April 17. —(U.R)— Church dissension today was advanced as a likely motive for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i

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FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS 51 TRUE BILLS Charge Sale of Ginger As Beverage; Marion Men Face Charge MANY ARE ILL IN WICHITA, KAS. Cincinnati. ()., April 17.— (U.R) Fifty-one individuals ; and 10 firms, including sevleral in Boston. New York land Brooklyn, were indicted ibv the federal grand jury here today on charges of Isellirfg jamaica ginger as a | beverage. The indictments were returned iin line with the government's recently inaugurated campaign to curb an outbreak of partial paralysis. allegedly due to the drinking of jamaica ginger extract. Scored of victims were treated in this area. The indictments also were supplementary to 43 returned in Covington, Ky., across the Ohio river from here, ten days ago. Among those indicted were: Abraham Michaels, of the Interstate Drug company, Cincinnati; Austin E. Dolan, proprietor of the Dolan Drug conxpany, and Dolan Chemical company, Boston; Myron E. Kennedy, Marion. Ohio; George Pennigan and Henry Berger, both of Marion. Ind. Wichita. Kan., April 17 —(U.R) — iFaced by a malady that has stricken persons in all walks of life, city authorities made ready today to open a huge forum where victims of "Jake Foot." Wichita's name for jamaica ginger paralysis, can be treated. The forum. Dr R. E. Robbs, city health officer, said, would accomodate 5.t)(H) cots and cases of jamaica poisoning would be segregated. The poisoning first appeared more than a njonth ago. Few regarded it seriously and the majority forecast it would be over within a month. But with two deaths reported and many scores confined to their beds, the situation is admittedly grave. No cure for the poisoning has been discovered. Estimates of the number ill range from 200 to 500. Actual number of cases being listed by health authorities is more than 200, but many persons afflicted have refused to notify authorities. —, 0 — Gangster Is Killed Chicago, April 17—(U.R) —A gangland vendetta which for seven years progressed to the roar of assassins' guns had claimed anothed victim today. Joe Blue, also known as Joseph Cameron, jack of all the trades of gangland, lay on a morgue slab, his body riddled by machine gun bullets. He died at the wheel of his sedan as he drove through the West Side last night in a futile flight from enemy gunmen. EDITORS MEET IN WASHINGTON President Hoover Will Address Newspaper Men Confidentialy Washington. April 17. — (U.R) — The American Society of Newspaper Editors gathered tor its annual convention here today to consider problems affecting daily newspapers of the nation. President Hoover will speak confidentially to the editors at the annual dinner Saturday night. Other dinner speakers will be Wickham Steed, formerly of the London Times; Andre Grrattd. known intel nationally as "Pertinax." political editor of the Echo De Paris; and Rollo Ogden, editor of the New York Times. Freedom of the press will be discussed by Senator Vandenberg. Repn., Mich., a former editor, and by Joseph Hostetler, Cleveland lawyer, who has handled many newspaper eases. Problems raised by rapid development of radio will be discussed by Paul B. Williams, of the Utica. N. Y„ Press and by M. H. Aylesworth, president, National Broadcasting company.