Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1930 — Page 1
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!te to get II TREATY ESRLY DATE it Hoover Plans j five Naval I act mi Stimson l GROUP TENDS LUNCH inn er pin lined today to | Ixmdoii naval treaty ar y of State Stimson P American delegation trenee. to or three days, Mr. submit t lie treaty to llatification, after f its critics described iking debate,” is conexplained the so-eall-im debate'' would reondon conference had I less than was claimthp administration, utifiiation will be con--11 formal reservations nittee interpretation is One or the other ap- • • today. ei let ary of Navy AdFtobinson, Deni., Arl;., yesterday. Ambasscante down from his mine today. They and s ami Assistant Secrei and Jahneke of flip pavy departments, rest re sttmmond to the for a noon conference at 1:15 p. m. seven American deleJott but Senator Reed, ad Ambassador Dawes nnained abroad. Reetl back in time to partite treaty debate in Robinson, democratic ead the fight for ratile opposition to the lected in the senate, nators became annoyHoover ignored a sen- , a offered by Senator \ , Itlaho, suggesting on best could be obit attempting codificaime law. considered the sugetical and instead bells ago the project •ok resulted in signaval limitations agreei (ireat Britain, Japan ml States. i irman Hale of the committee, Senator Pit., Calif., Senator “in., N. Y., Senator in., Va„ Senator Mchorn Tenn., and others critical of the treaty to degrees. Hale expects to i committee hearings, ON PAGE RIGH T) [KG PEOPLE ill I CONVENE n Local Church Workers to Attend Huntington Meet fen voting people from the 11,111 Endeavor Society of tHe L'ierian church of this city, Harry H. Ferntheil, pasu• tend tlic lTesbyterial 3 s People's conference at Hunt--11 Pfeabyteriaa chuixffi, Frii""'l Saturday, May 2 and 2. I hies will be present from Ij Voting People's Society in I ol 't Wayne Presbytery. I ; Hubert Cravens of Auburn, ls chairman of the Young Hivision of the committee istian education will have of the conference, e conference will formally open i 11 banquet at th'e church in mtrton, Friday evening at six (| i An evening's program will ! elll Fi iday night, a morning’s 011 on Saturday morning will ollowed by a noon luncheon, Uie fnal session will lie held ~la >' afternoon. Tickets for ‘t the luncheon or banquet are i'K for fifty cents. Iss Mary Madeline Coverdale je local society will have charge i devotionals for one of the lf, es. it was announced, jc others of the Huntington Presit'ian church will entertain the ° l,s delegates at their homes, ’ Friday night.
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50 LOADS OF TRASH HAULED I Clean-up Drive Will Continue Until All Work Is Done Amos Fisher, city street commissioner, wlio is in charge ol tin city clean-up drive this week, stnted this morning that more than 50 loads of cans, hollies and trash were hauled to the city dump yesterday. Ttie trucks were operating throughout the Otiy again today and Mr. Fisher stated that the job would l*e completed sometime Thursday. Several citizens have neglected to set out tlie containers and Commissioner Fisher stated that calls were coming in that they were mis ed. The city trucks make only one trip through a street and started on schedule yesterday. Those who did not have their rubbish hauled away today are asked to telephone Mr. Fisher at. 839 at six o'clock this evening and it will be gathered up tomorrow. Thursday will be the last day of the cleanup drive and citizens are asked to cooperate with the street cleaning department in getting the old cans and. rubbish removed from the alleys and lots and hauled away. The city does not charge the resident or property owner for this service. Geneva C. of C. Has Guests at Meteing Tlie Geneva Chamber of Commerce had Lilt bur Martin, Amos Klrchhofer, Jonothnn Rumple, Mr. Spmnger, Ed Stably, John M. Amstutz and County Agent L. E. Archbold as guests Tuesday night. A fine supper was served by the Rebecca lodge and after the busisession, Mr. Archbold explained the necessary steps in forming a Farmer’s Institute Group. The farm guests expressed themselves in favor of such a move and plans we iH® made for forming the organization. When sufficient members are enrolled a meeting will be called in Geneva and officers®will be elected for the year.
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CONTRACTFOR ENGINE HOUSE HOT AWARDED Council Defers Awarding of Contract Until May (» Meet REDUCTION OF COST SUGGESTED — A contract for the building of | the new fire engine house on South j 'Seventh street was not awarded at 1 j the special meeting of the council ! last evening. A motion to award the contract to Yost Bros., on ttieir combination hid of 125,5115.60 was lost for the want of a second. A motion to I reject all the bids was also lost j because it was not seconded. The conn oilmen discussed the j matter, several opinions being given that the bids received were too high. IT. M. Gillig, chairman of the finance committee, advised that the cost of the building he reduced to SIB,OOO, the original estimate submitted to the council. Specifications in the architect’s plans were discussed and some changes were submitted, but no action was taken. By elminating certain details and specifications in the plans the price of the building can lie reduced, Mr. Gillig stated. Yost Bros., submitted a hid of $21,596 for the general hid and a combination bid of $25,596.60 for a combination hid including the general building, heating, plumh- ; ing and wiring. It was tty opinion I ot tile council that the contract be awarded to one contractor. After several hours discussion the matter was carried over until the next regular meeting of the council on Tuesday, May 6. Large Snake Is Killed A large blue-racer snake measuring four inches around and 5 feet 4 inches in length was killed by Edgar, Harold and Gilbert Thieme, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thieme east of Decatur Tuesday afternoon. The boys found the snake along the road when coming home from school. i Italy Will Construct 29 Modern Warships Rome, April 30. —(U.R) —Construc- . state tax board today announced j today by the cabinet. The warships approved include one cruiser, two scoutships, four | destroyers and 22 submarines. o
: BANKER KILLED NEAR ROCKFORD > Harvey Hileman, President of Rockford, 0 M , Hank Fatally Hurt , Funeral services were held today , for Harvey E Hileman, 56. of near Rockford, (Aiio, who was killed I Monday afternoon when a tractor which he was operating turned ovc pinning him beneath it. Hileman 1 i was president, of the Farmers Rank of Rockford. Mr. Hileman was driving tlie traitor in a field on his farm, two miles west of Rockford. His machine got f two near a ditch and overturned. ’ He was found some time later by 1 liis 12-year old son Gale. Death eve ‘ dently had been instant. It was 1 necessary to secure two teams of ' horses to pull the heavy machine 3 off tlie man's crushed body, i' Mr. Hileman was a successful farmer and was president of the Farmers Rank at Rockford. He was a member of tlie Fairview R. U. R. r church and was active in church ’ work and community afftairs. t . He is survived by his widow; his aged mother, Mrs. Harriet Hileman . of Fulton street, Van Wert, eleven ,! children, Orville and Gye, of Gleumore; Kenneth, of Lansing, Mich.; Mrs. Winnifred Nut, Celina; Mrs. B Helen Temple, Rockford, Lulu, Forest, Dale, Gale, Jean and Ruth, at home. One daughter. Rernice, pren ceded him in death. The following e brothers, E. A. Hileman, of RockH ford; W. A. Toledo; J. F., Saginaw, a Mich., Cloyce, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., [. Lester 0., Whitefish, Mont., and sis* s ters, Mrs. John Ryer, Wiltshire; |. Mrs. W. O. Black. Wren; Mrs. F. E. 3 McKee, Alma, Mich., Mrs. L. F. Oechsle, Van Wert, also survive.
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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 30, 1930.
| Motorcycle And Auto || Collide Here Today I Rev. Simeon Schmitt, Marion, formerly of this city, and John Seheimati, Jr., collided at the corner of Fourth ami Monroe streets at one o’clock, this afternoon. Rev. j Schmitt, driving an automobile I was making a left hand turn into | Fourth street, coming from the least and Mr. Scheitnan was riding . a motorcycle, going east on Monroe street. Mr. Schefman's motorcycle hooked on to the bumper of Rev. j Schmitt's car. He was-thrown from tiie motorcycle and his head struck I the pavement. He was in a daze J for several minutes. A local physician arriving at the scene of the I accident examined Mr. Seheimati i land stated thut apparently lie was ' suffering from shock. PREDICTS RISE : IN TEMPERATURE i , I i Eighty Degrees Forecast For Indiana In Next 21 Hours — ■ Indianapolis, April 30 —)t?P) — 1 Temperatures above SO degrees . i were anticipated in Indianapolis • . odav as the mercury started from , 64 degrees at 6 a. ni. and increased : steadily. , The high temperatures, about 10 r degrees above normal, were to he accompanied by cloudy, unsettled [ weather, with pet haps local show- ( ers, according to the U. S'. Weather bureau. Yesterday the highest temperature was recorded at 81 degrees. Tlw* weather bureau forecasts no change in temperature for tomor- ? row. ) i New Yorker Killed i New Yvirk, .April 30—(HP) —A little Idack book containing the names of persons prominent 111 Broadway night life, sporting and gangster circles furnished police the only clue to the killing early I today of Harry Block, 36, part ownY er of the Silver Slipper night club, '• and former cabaret entertainer. e Block, whose career has embrao- '■ ed numerous night club ventures, “ was shot dowu by two gunmen as II he stood with his wife in the elevator of an apartment house, about to go to his apartment on the 15th floor. The assassins escaped in an „ automobile which contained another man, the driver, and a fashionably dressed young woman.
Bee Inspection of Adams County Starts R. M. Raker, state bee inspector, began inspecting bees Tuesday. He started at Linn Grove and is being accompanied by Moody Brenneman and later in the week will he accompanied by David Schwartz and Jacob J. Schwartz of Monroe township. L. A. Sprnnger of Berne will then go with Mr. Becker long enough to complete the inspection in tlie south half of Adams County. Anyone intended in bees who wishes to assist in the north half of tlie county is asked to get in touch with County Agent L. E. Archbold. CHURCH GROUP HOLDS SESSION Christian Church Pension Board Meets In Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, April 30 — (UP) Bankers, lawyers, preachers, teachers and business men met here today In the opening session of the North American pension commission of Disciples of Christ. Thirty-six states and several provinces of Canada were represented among the 325 men and women present when W. R. Warren, executive vice president of the Disciples of Christ pension fund, called the meeting to order. In his address the Rev. Mr. Warren told the commission that more than 3,000 ministers and nearly 1,100 congregations already had enrolled in the new contributory pension plan now being adopted by Christian churches in the United States and Canada. At least 4,000 ministers and 2,500 churches are expected to enroll in the new plan within the next 90 days, he said. Ten sepat ate committees were (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) #
REPUBLICANS FILE ELECTION BOARD MEMBERS 1 Judge, Clerk, and SheritV Named For Each Precinct by Graham TO BE SWORN IN ON MAY (i Tito Republican list of election board members for each of the 34 Adams county precincts were filed with County Clerk Bernice Nelson by Republican County Chairman Paul 11. Graham. The officers will lie sworn in on election day before the poles open by the inspector of the precinct, according to the state law. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are entitled to appoint llitee hoard members, a judge, clerk and sheriff and tin? Demo (•tats are permitted to name the 34 election inspectors. According to the state election laws tlie precinct election Iwiard is composed of an inspector, and two judges, one from each party. The clerks and sheriffs tire not members of the election board. The sheriffs are directly under the county sheriff while the clerks serve under the management of thei precinct Inspector. Republican hoard members of the 34 Adams county precincts arc; as follows: North Preble — Reed Gaston, judge. Mart Blomenberg, clerk. Adolpti Bultemeier, sheriff. South Preble— Theo. Ewell, judge. Herman Miller, clerk. Chester Lott, sheriff. West Root— Charles Gage, judge. Cal Kunkel, clerk. Charles Harkkess, sheriff. East Root— James C. Harkless, judge. Arthur Hall, clerk. , Curtis Fritzinger, sheriff. West Union— Charles Burrel, judge. Clyde lludriu, clerk. Halve Butler, sheriff. East Union — Dwight Wass, judge. Freemont Bothers, clerk. Harland Stevens, sheriff. North St. Marys— Ostitt MeMichael, judge. (CONTINUED (ttx PAGE TWO) IBANK SHORTAGE SET ATS! 00.000 Portland Bank Cashier Shortage Rises as Probe Continues It has been found that Clyde D. Beclidolt’s embezzlement of funds of the Jay County Savings and Trust company, Portland, now amounts to SIOO,OOO, according to a statement made hv Jesse L. Peters, receiver. Bechdolt is a former cashier of the Trust, company and is now serving a two to 14 year sentence in the state prison for embezzlement. Two new items were discovered by the receiver in Mr. Bechdolt's manipulation of hank funds. One of these accounts amounted to the sum of SII,OOO. This was n savings account deposited in the hank tiy a foreigner whose name is not divulged. It is said this man iiud about $12,000 in a savings account, when Bechdolt called him and one day and told him that any money in the hank on the first day of March was subject to taxation. He advised him to buy bonds with his money, then turn these bonds back Into money when the assessors had completed their work. The sum of $11,500 was invested in bonds and Bechdolt kept these bonds. The other account is that of a World War veteran, now in a sanitarium tit Marion. This amount amounted to $3,800 In bonds and $2,000 in money. The veteran received n compensation from tlie United States government of $l5O per month. This soldier, mentally incompetent and totally unable In care for his affairs, now has only $3.11 to his credit in the bank. The names of these two deposi tors will not he made public at this time, owing to good and sufficient reasons, Receiver Peters said.
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STATE TAXES ABE INCREASED iTotals Advance, According to Compilation of Taxpayers Ass’n. Indianapolis, April 30. - -(U.R)-' ! I loonier taxpayers w ill pay $7,000, jOOO more in taxes litis year than | they paid in 1929 it was shown today in figures copiled by Harry jMiesse, secretary of the Indiana j Taxpayers' Association. The total for 1930 will approxi-j mate $151,030,088, as compared to i 1929‘h total of $143,848,525, records | showed. Since 1926. taxes have increased $18,910,704. Miesse said. "Twenty-four counties will collect less taxes this year than last,” lie said, “and in nearly every one lof these the Indiana taxpayers association had an organization or worked through the farm federation.” Counties paying less and tlie reductions are: Adams, $15,181; r B’ackford. $790; Boone. $28,501; Clark, $98,927; Decatur, $4,225: Franklin. $54,540; Fulton, $199,883, Hendricks. $55,323; Huntington. $38,187; Jackson, $7,047; Jay, $57,364; Martin, $3; Montgomery, | $55,167; Morgan, $36,196: Owen, $13,874; Parke, $7,239; Perry, $2,033; Randolph. $51,643; Rush, j $24,192; Spencer, $9,028: Sullivan, ! $82,461; Warren, $18,863; Warrick *24.781 and Wells, $40,660. The other 68 counties will collect more taxes this year, ranging from $956 in Hancock to $1,451,976 in Marion and' $1,301,429 in Lake county. Royal Arch Masons Hold Annual Inspection The Royal Arch Masons will hold | n banquet ai 6:30 o'clock this even >t:g at the Masonic hall. Herbert A Graham. Indianapolis, grand inspector being a guest of honor. Following the banquet an inspection of the lodge will he held by Mr. Graham. Members of the local chapter are invited to attend the meetirg. Bishop Urges Merger South II -ml, Ind., April ao.—(U.R) —Merger of Protestant churches was advocated today by Bishop M. T. Maze. Harrisburg, Pa., chairman of the 7Sth annual session of tile Indiana conference of the Evangelical church in session here tiiis week. Bishop Maze landed the movement by tiie conference this week. “If several Protestant denominations will iinito,” he said, ‘ it will I not only produce a more eeonomI ieal situation, hut will form a more unified support to civilization.” Al Capone In Cuba Havana, Cuba, April 30—(UP) — Seat-face Al Capone. Chicago gangster, was escorted to police headquarters here today and questioned ' by Cuban authorities. Capone arri’’ J ed hern last night "to look around." iit was understood Capone was 1 wanted by Cuban police to "be care- ’ I'ul" hut no action was taken against ' him. PRIZE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED 1 ’ Heifer Owned by Miss r* Agnes Schwartz Wins Prize For Owner 1 Tiie winner In the third year Y calf club lias just been announced 7 by County Agent Archbold. Miss Agnes M. Schwartz, Berne, datighr 1 tier of Joseph D. Schwartz is the * winner. Miss Schwartz's heifer, a ” Holstein, produced an average of 35 pounds of butterfat per month. ‘ Miss Schwartz will be awarded a * trip to Purdue to the State 411 Club Round-Up, which will lie held tiie week of May sth. Following I are tilts placings of the rest, of the I third year members: pounds p Metha Bieberich, Hoi. 32.9 SIO.OO n Oscar Beiberlch Hoi. 31.7 5.00 v Pollyanna Lehman, G. 28.6 4.00 0 Lavon Mosser, Jer. 24.8 3.00 y Frederick Duff, Jer. 21.17 2.00 Ardon Mosser, Jer. * 1.00 p ‘Records not complete. s The cash prizes will be awarded it at the next calf club meeting which will he announced soon.
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('.laini* College Drinking !<* Cause for Alarm J. f "V 4 *****' I % £ Jr 'A. rs 4 * William W. Roper, famous as ; the head football coach at Prince- j ton University, has testified befoie the House Judiciary Committee j thqt lie is alarmed over the drink- i ing that is being done by young j men and women in America today. The famous coach declares ’that } young boys and girls think it is a smart tiling to drink nowadays. BULLETIN Washington, April 30. — (U.R) — With polls indicating a majority of five against confirmation of John J. Parker for supreme court justice the make shift administration lead- j ership in the senate embarked today upon a program of delaying the vote. If the balloting can be postponed until next week the Parker adherents said they can break the majority now lined up against their man. KOCHER HEADS ROTARY CLUB Decatur Lumber Dealer Elected President of Service Organization James L. Km Iter, well known lumber dealer of tiiis city was elected president of the Decatur Rotary cliil) at an organization meeting of the hoard of directors held last evening. Other officers of tiie club who were elected last evening are; Ed Coffee, vice-president and assistant sergent at arms; Clarence Beavers (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) UNITED STATES C. OF C. BLAMED Chairman Leggc Says it is Opposed to Farm Program Proposed
Washington, April 30. (U.R) Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm Board invaded the enemy's camp today and charged members of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce : with opposing the administration’s cooperative farm relief program. The farm board head, himself i former giant of the business world, spoke before some 3,000 industrial leaders gathered in annual meeting here. He said they were unsympathetic with the farmers' plight. Legge's speech climaxed the battle between private grain interests, led by .lulius Barnes, intimate of President Hoover and ■ chairman of the hoard of tlie [ chamber, and the farm board, i Early in the controversy, the . president indicated his wholehearttCONTlM’KD OX PACE EIGHT) ——- ■ - ■■ . o— — Amspaughs In Hast i I Mr. and Mrs. Doyl Amspnugh of j tliis city are enjoying a week at , Newark, X. J. where they are at- | tending the annual convention of "topnotch" agents being conducted by and at the home office of the i Prudential Life Insurance company. Doyl has been the representative * of the company here the past two * years and has made good. Out of * 23,000 agents in the United States 1 only two hundred are given the * honor of attending the convention, the trip depending upon the bus!i ness turned in and Doyl was one ot tjthe 200. The program will include many interesting events.
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OHIO PRISON OUIET AFTER MONDAY RIOTS Soldiers Restore Order Within Prison Walls; Guards Removed CONVICTS ARE MORE ORDERLY ('.olumlms, <).. April .‘SO (U.R)- Rebellious prisoners tit I lie stole pcnilcnlinrv con11itilled culm under militrv (lominnlion lodnv nfter a |momcnlarv fluro-up. precipiI lilted when prison guards. I banished from the penilonjlinrv vesterdav, attempted io march Ihc men to breakfast. Declaring they would not leave ,their cells because the guards repI relented Warden P E. Thomas. |the convicts were organizing resistance when 200 national guardsmen converged on them and quickly restored order. The prison, otherwise, was quiet. National guard engineers continued ’erection of a huge stockade where 'the rebel leaders will he confined outil regular prison discipline lias [been restored. Tiie entire population of the | white city cell-block, where past j revolts were fomented, will tie confined there temporarily until battered locks of their cells have 1 been repaired. Tiiis may require three days. Completion of tiie stockade was [expected some time today and new outbreaks, if any occur, were anticipated when the prisoners were transferred. Military occupation, under direction of Colonel Robert Haubrich, was ordered yesterday when mutinous prisoners were fired uplon by guards. The outbreak was lone of a series since the Easter j Monday cell block fire in which I more titan 300 convicts lost their lives. Last night was the most quiet night in the prison since the firp. The convicts, admittedly pleased over presence of tiie soldiers, retired at an early hour and arose on schedule tiiis morning. Deputy Warden J C. Woodard today ordered 15 prison factory superintendents to report insid*' the wails, but it was not believed tin attempt would ?>e made to force tiie convicts to return to work. — o George Flanders II! George Flanders, well-known citizen, suffered a severe attack of acute indigestion yesterday afiternoon while at work at the postoffice and was taken to liis home on South Third street. He was reported litis afternoon to he still I quite ill.
POST OFFICE SITE CLEARED I or I Wayne Residents Moved by Federal Men Allegedly by Force Fort Wayne. Ind.. April 30 —(UP) —The U. S. Government demonstrated its character as a stern and exacting landlord when three women. former property owners, were ejected from the site of the new Fort Wayne postoffice. U. S. Marshal K. (). Hall and other federal officers, aided hy 14 helpers and moving vans, removed household goods of Miss Elizabeth Summers, Mrs. Elizabeth Travers and Mrs. Helen M. Niemann after they had been ordered to vacate the property upon refousal to pay rent Tlie occupants refused to open heir doors upon the summons of the federal officers and entrance was gained by breaking in. The household goods were stored in a storage house. Deaf Mute Killed Crawfordsville, Ind., April 30. — , (U.R)- A deaf mute walking along • the Motion railroad right-of-way , near Romney, 15 miles north of , Crawfordsville. was struck by a freight train and killed instantly. The victim, Sherman Krottch, t 69, could not hear the approaching ■ train. He had lived ut Itomney all his life.