Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1930 — Page 1

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lljy RIOTS Imbed by '■KE GUARDS Controlled In as ( om"arade W\RI K! PORTED ;I;i ' U - R) —May j, j lustrations [yi n and the ■ H»iet close ", e.ycs of per■>l;,.;; , ■ military an*! i ' mustered an allrmpts at violcities , quickly ■K, Balkans anil ' I ,; -■ Il y z r > II in *' MB -m pariiil'-il park , ■M " ' n-rs included around ...uiii’n cartyinu : Imlian coni fl|Mv. "' lr ''' ,| " nl ’•” - - crowd oil 11.; police broke ' parade in Warsaw |» ' hments guarded 1 ' •' ' 1 deputy and ■Ft) ' mested at Si. police broke up internation .!:■ Shanghai. where M'i !•■ ted; more than <l. r ' ’I at d Japan ~ dis..: ,|... a short-lived .si unemployed in is':.. .... lapsed some unbut did not develop viol- '' <U.R) A eommunin which more ■’ persons took part here today after Jl^M 1 *!••• » : "K •’>' dozens of or'.aired !•<• minutes M " ''m after the meeton page three) - • (» itfarette Leader ■to Speak In Decatur Menard Tibbetts, exoof the Anti- cigard American and the 'til.nice Bureau, visitand arranged for his .. m this city on May IS " !,! '*eak at tile morning 1 . tie’ Presbyterian church evening services in the KI church. Dr. Tibbets is of national fame, f SON MUTINY IS IN CONTROL gj*° Situation Cleared |M Before General ■■Break Occurred ■Julius. ()„ May I.—(U.R)—The ■■state penitentiary convict was considered a closed r today, but the end came soon. a few hours after nationBJrtlHnien had placed the recal- ■■ prisoners behind two barbHK enclosures, separating the Ppangerous convicts from their ■ erß ’ an inspection crew tourM e e, »Ptied “White City" cell Hr discovered evidence of two ■to effect a wholesale escape, ■ule one ( oot B q Uare was found ■ e been drilled through a steel ■ )n the fifth range of the ceil Fl which has been the seat of ■ of thp trouble the last nine F" Several steel drills were ■ in nearby cells. ■’ u on the first floor of the cell ■ the second plot was uncov- ■ Fragments of masonry chip■om inner wal showed where ■ of the convicts were trying ■’’row through. The guards■iTlNUED Cn\ PAGE TWO)

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Gas Tax Collections In Indiana Show Gain Indianapolis, May 1 —(VP)—Gasoline tax collections in Indiana continue to gain in April this year, I compared with the same month a year ago, with an increase of >3ll. 110. SO registered over the April, 1929, collections. The amount of gasoline sold last month was considerably less than the previous year, However, the difference being made up in the one cent difference in tax. Collections last month totalled $1 439,345.07, and the gallonage loss was 1,624,187. MUSICIANS TO GIVE CONCERT Mt. Tabor M. E. Church To Give Program Here Wednesday, May 7 Miss Mildred Wolfe of Willshire, Ohio, xylophone, vibra-harp and piano solcist will present a program at Decatur, high school auditorium Wednesday night May 7, under the auspices of the Mount Tabor Methodist church. The concert will be open to the public. The program, which will start at 8:30 o'clock, daylight saving time, will be presented in Decatur only one night Tickets are being sold by members of the Mt. Tabor church at 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Mrs. William G. Hoffer and Miss Lois Myers will accompany Miss Wolfe in the program. Hollowing is the complete program : Xylophone— April Showers, Caprice Cherry Blossoms, Japanese Dance. Reading Dorothy Brown Vihra-Harp—Rose Trio: •Mighty Lak" a Rose Roses of Picardy My Wild Irish Rose Reading Prof. R. J. Mann Xylophone - Popular Favorites: Happy Days Waltz, Selected. Vocal Music Dorothy Brown Piano — Spat klets Twinkling Stars Reading Mrs. Faye Mutschler Xylophone Old Fiddler’s Favorites Golden Slippers Kingdom Comming. Vocal Solo Dorothy Brown Vibra-Harp— In The Garden Goin’ Home The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise. Reading Prof. R. J. Mann XylophoneSparrows Hop. Bit o’ Rhythm. o WELLS COUNTY maniskilled T. F. Grove Is Taken For Burglar; Gun Goes Off; Kills Him Bluffton, Ind., M*ay I—(UP)—• Actions of Thomas Finley Grove, 56, living six miles south of Bluli(on. who believed himself going insane. resulted in his death early today. . Grove awoke last midnight ami began to discuss religion with his wife. He told her he was going to die and asked that she cull a neighbor, Lester T. Stroh). Because of the hour, the wife was reluctant to disturb the Strohl family, but finally went to their home. According to Mrs. Grove, while she was knocking at the front door of the Strohl home, her husband ran to the back door and broke the door glass, all the while screaming. lin going crazy. I’m going to die.” Strohl was awakened and reassured Grove that he would be out immediately. The noise awakened Mrs. Strohl, who had been ill. and she screamed for assistance. Mrs. Grove was leading her husband to their home when be asked hei . jf she had broken the glass in the front door of the Strohl house, hearing that she had not, Grove returned and smashed a large window pane. „. Meanwhile, Harley Strohl, 24, a son, awakened ami ran downstairs with a shotgun. He stationed himself by the front broken window with the gun barrel through the opening while Grove stood outside, believing burglars were causing the disturbance Grove, seeing the gun grabbedjor ON PAGE SEVEN)

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C.E.PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY IS ANNOUNCED County Meeting Will Be - Held at Geneva Sunday Night F. I. PATTERSON CHIEF SPEAKER The complete program stir the Adams County Christian Endeavor general meeting to be held Sunday I night, May 4 at Geneva was announced today by Lewis Armstrong county president of the society. Dr Fred I. Patterson of Decatur will deliver the chief address. Those who nave nearci Dr. Patterson say that he has a message of interest to all young men and women of Adams county. A large attendance is expected. Mr. Armstrong will preside at the genera! meeting. The meeting will be held at theGeneva United Brethren church, and a capacity crowd is anticipated Following the Patterson address, general plans will be made for 100 Adams county young people to attend the state convention to be held at Indianapolis June 19-22. Following is the program. Song—Congregation. Devotion —Rev. D. Lusk, Geneva. "1 Want My Life To Tell For Jesus" —Young Mens Chorus of Zion Reformed (’hutch of Decatur. "The Quiet Hour” —Inda Sprunger, Berne. Selection —Sprunger Quartet. Geneva. Address —Fred Patterson, Decatur Song—Voting Mens Chorus, Zion , Reformed Church, Decatur. Ottering. Regis, ration For June Cuux*ntion Indianapolis. Song—Congregat ion. Benediction Kenneth ShoemakeAll young people of the county are urged to attend. DANIEL SPRANG . LEAVES OFFICE 1 Methodist Treasurer For 41 Years Leaves With “Love of all Members” Daniel Sprang, prominent Deca- '• tur citizen and for 41 years treasurer of the Methodist Episcopa' church of Decatur filed his final report as an officer of his church at a meeting of the Official Board held at the local church Wednesday night. The report was unanimously approved by the board. | The final report was ordered reI corded together with the following ' statement concerning the long and faithful service of Mr. Sprang: “Daniel Sprang has been the r church treasurer for 41 years and during his term of office he has contributed painstaking accurate and wise servieg, many times at personal sacrifice. Hhe has zealously ' guarded the church interests and '• has followe dits progress through ’ the years from a small membership ' to its present condition of strength Y and efficiency and had the pleasure to report at the recent meeting a 1 church without a dollar of debt and s every bill paid. This statement of J facts is a tribute due to Daniel I Sprang, who retires with the love B of all members of our church and '• pursuant to the order of the Board Y this expression is made public and recorded in the minutes of the B Board.” r Mr. Sprang announced his retireII ment a few weeks ago, but refused r to do so until all financial matters I were cared for and there was a good balance in the treasury. He '■ is one of Decatur's prominent citi- ’ zens. i. — McArdle Reelected , Indianapolis, May 1 — (UP) — John W. McCardle, veteran public service commissioner, was reelected chairman of the commission at e Jhe annual organization meeting late yesterday. Fred L. King will retain bis post II as secretary. Gov. Harry G. Leslie ordered Me- '' Cardie restored to the chairmanship last year after the position had p been held by commissioner Frank „ Singleton. The governor's office announced reappointment of Walter W. Wills, . Repn., Linton, to a four year term ) on the state industrial board.

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- A lusty roai of welcome thundered from the throats of thousands of New Yorkers as the American do'egates to the Ixindon naval disarmament conference retuined to their native shores. Lott to right ate Secretary of Navy Adams, Secretary of State Stimson, Senator Robinson ami Ambassador Morrow, aboard the leviathan before being taken on the tug Macomto the Battery.

CLEAN-UP WORK IS COMPLETED _ — Amos Fisher Reports 95 , .Truck Loads of Rubbish Hauled Amos Fisher, Decatur’s compe-| lent street commissioner. who tori the past two or three days has been in charge of the job of clean-1 ing the city, reported this morning that bis men had concluded the task, his trucks having hauled away ninety-five loads of old cans and o.her rubbish. Fisher reports excellent cooperation and is hoping that every one will try to keep the city as clean as it is now. He also reports that the alleys down town need attention and that owners or renters should see that ashes, cans and rubbish are hauled away immediately A walk through the alleys in the * business districts, he says will show ' any one that there is still a job a--1 head and many say this should be i taken care of voluntarily either by 1 the owners or the tenants of the r buildings. r o Books Are Stolen ’ Lafayette Ind., May I—(UP)— An encyclopedia set of 37 volumes valued at $l5O. was stolen from the main reading room of the Purdue University Library. PRIMARY COST ; IS $252,572,30 3 — - ■ i Mrs. McCormick Says All 1 Should Not Be Called Expense I Washington, May I.—(U.R)—The i I first prominent woman senatorial e candidate, Mrs. Ruth Hanim McCormick, told the senate primary '■ investigation committee today she 1 did not know- how much she spent ’ in her recent successful campaign 1 for the Illinois Republican senatorial nomination. Mrs. McCormick submitted her books, which she said the committee could study in an effort to arrive at a conclusion as Ch how much was spent. The books, she said, showed a 1 total expense of $252,572.30 but she ‘ argued that all of this probably 1 should not be attributed to a cam- ? paign expense. Senator Deneen, Repn., 111., defeated by Mrs. McCormick, testi- , fled his campaign manager, Roy O. Weat, spent $10,180.64 including I $9,758.85 for travelling expenses, i C organization and meetings and $421.78 for advertising. (I In addition his personal managers spent $14,342.57, so he coicludn ed that his total campaign expendiditures amounted to $24,493.21.

Elzey Girl Injured Phyllis Jean Elzey, three year old daughter of Mrs. Vilas Elzey met | witli a painful injury Wednesday i evening when the fingers of her i right hand became caught in the I sewing machine, severing the end , of one of the fingers and badly I crushing two others. Mrs. Elzey was ; 'sewing ami failed to mitiee the' child until she heard her screams. , A physician was summoned who | s ated that perhaps one finger l might have to be amputated at the second joint. The child is resting l | well today. CAPONE GANG IS ARRESTED Federal Officers P1 ac e Leaders Under Arrest on Conspiracy Count Chicago, May 1. — (U.R) —Federal officers moved tapidly today to complete their roundup of the 25 reputed members of one of ‘Searface Al” Capone’s alcohol syndicate subsidiaries who were indicted yesterday on charges of engaging in a $10,000,000 liquor conspiracy. Warrants for the arrest of the defendants, all Sicilians, were based on indictments that contained 200 counts and set forth 17 alleged overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy. Tire manufacture and distribution of more than 400,000 gallons of liquor since January 1, 1926, was charfeed in the true bills which named as the principal defendants Charles Argento, Joseph Almanza and Frank Barone. Argento was asserted by government prosecutors to be one of Capone's lieutenants. Other connections of the defendants with the Capone syndicate was indicated by deposits made in banks with which I Capone does business. The operations of the indicted Sicilians were discovered last fall when government agents captured a truckload of corn liquor at the rear of a supposed real estate office. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Blast Wrecks Laundry Kendallville, Ind., May I—(UP)— Every window in the Kendallville Laundry was blown out. and Ihe plant was damaged considerably in an explosion last night. Belief was expressed by C. 11. Kimmel, owner, that the blast was some matches in a dryer ignited set off when matches in some clothes in a dryer ignited. The machine, valued at $3,500 was badly wrecked. Forty employes had left the room in which the explosion occurred. Only a short time before the blast. Flames were quickly extinqulshed. Workmen spent all night repairing the plant, and it was in operation again today.

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MOOSE LODGE PLANS SERVICE Local Order to Hold Annual Memorial Services Sunday P. M. The annual Moose Memorial, a service held in memory of deceasled lodge members: will be held Sunday afternoon at the Moose Home in this city, it was announced today by the memorial committee. All members and friends of the local lodge are invited to attend the services. Harry Hilgeman of Fort Wayne will be the chief speaker at the memorial services anil special music lias been arranged by those in charge. Following is a complete program which will start promptly at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon: 1 Nearer, My God, to Thee Mason Ernest Foreman, George Yaney , Russel Baumgartner, Clifford Mann 1 Come to Thee Roma Ernest Foreman Lead Kindly Light Dykes Quartet . Address Mr. Harry Hilgeman . i Sometime. Somewhere Quartet , Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse at the . piano. 0 MARCONI TALKS BY WIRELESS Across Ocean Broadcast Heard By Two Nations’ People New' York. May L—(U.R)—Sen- ' ator Guglielmo Marconi, developer of wireloss, was interviewed last 1 night, and aside from the news value of the inventor's remarks the I interview' was one of the most un- . usual on record. The interviewer, Karl A. Bickel, president of the United Press, spoke from a room in a Fifth Avenue building and Senator Marconi i replied from his yacht Elettra, anchored in the harbor of Civita Vecchia, Italy, 4.400 miles away, while radio listeners of two continents listened in. ? For half an hour conversation , was carried on by short waves be- , tween persons in a National Broad casting studio and the party aboard the Elettra us clearly as though it. were over an ordinary telephone 1 line. Tile talk was rebroadcast to American listeners over the NBC - network. Engineers were amazed at the success of the demonstration and t their astonishment increased when . Marconi announced he was using • only 25 i watts of power. Marconi expressed the belief that • International broadcasts will Im(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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[Mayor Johnson Scores V ictory Over Council Gary. Ind., May I—(UP1 —(UP) —A victory for Mayor It. (). Johnson. Gary, i In Ills fight with the city council over the appointment of Albert S. J. | Woods, Berkeley, Cal., criminologist as inspector of file gary police department. seemed probable today. “If the mayor insists that I stav, and aids in my plans to reorganize lite police force, I suppose I ought tol do as he wishes," Wood said, “However. I wouldn't care for the mayor to lose anything by employing me over tile protests of the council. When some of the city council rftembers indicated that they were hostile to tlie plan. Mayor Johnson sai«l he was prepared to contribute from liis own pocket $1,200 toward tile inspector's proposed $4,200 salary. Mayor Johnson said he would insist that Woods remain hi Gary. CENTRAL PLAY CAST IS NAMED Show Starts Tonight at 8 o’clock; Musical to Precede Play A capacity crowd is promised fori (he opening night of the Central play to lie held at Decatur high school auditorium at S o'cldck tonight. The [day. "The Absent Minded Bridegroom” is an interesting comedy and plenty of laughs and thrills are promised those attending. v A 10-minute musical will precede I onight’s performance and the musical will start at 7:50 o’clock. Tickets for the production are on sale at 25 cents each. The [Hay will be presented again Friday night at S o’clock in order that all who desire .to see the [iroduction mac do so. Miss Grace Coffee, head of the Central school English department is directress of. the east. All members of the [day cast have been, drilling hatd for the last several weeks and a good production is promised. Following is tlie cast of characters : Timothy Shea, the bridegroom Robert Arnold Patrick Rooney, tlie bride Milton Huffman Jimmie Rooney, Daphnay’s son Frederick Schroyer Fred Grady, His friend Raymond Musser Slade, A plainclothes man Paul Strickler Yonnie, A Small colored boy Billy Brown Daphnay Rooney, the bride Marie Teeter Not a Shea, Tim’s daughter Pauline Hakey Kathleen O'Conner, Her friend Helen Suttles Tessie Conners, Mrs. Rooney's maid Kathryn Engeler. Yennie and Yaney, Small girls Martha Ellen Hower and Betty Hower. Tlie time of the plav is a mornIng of a fine day in the month of brides. The [dace is Mrs. Daplmey Rooney's house in a small town nea • 1 New York. I The play is in three acts The Central school orchestra will provide special music. All stage fnr- . niture ami settings are furnished by Zwick and Son furniture store. Q Crowd Hears Debate Indianapolis, May I—(UP)—ln- ' terest in religion was shown to be 1 at a high pitch in Indianapolis last ’ nigh', when a capacity audience in ? the armory greeted the remarks of " men expounding the tenets of fomleading sects, witli vivacious at:- . plause. . Bishop Edwin N. Hughes of tho - Methodist church opened the meeti ing with a piesentation of the pro- ■ testant viewpoint, followed in order t by Quinn O'Brien, Catholic l ayman , Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlich; and - Clarence Darrow, The agnostic. Despite the intensity of argui rnents on tlie highly controversial . subject, the spirit of sportsmanship . with which each speaker presented I his views and his attacks upon tne I beliefs and disbeliefs of the others, „ was reflected in tlie well ordered re- ( ception by the listem-t.-, of each . theological discussion. — —o s Huge Tax Sum Paid i i Gary, Ind., May 1 —(UP)—The ; U. S. Steel corporation. Gary’s largest taxpayer, has paid city treasutj er Herman Werber $334.(100 as tlie , first half of its 1929 taxes. The steel corporation pays a third of all ) taxes collected at Gary.

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RATIFICATION IS EXPECTED AT EARLY DATE Brief Formal Message Accompanies Treaty; No Discussion NO EXCITEMENT IS DISPLAYED Washington. May 1. President Hoover submitted the London naval treaty Io the Senate today with every expectation ol early ratification. The treaty reached the Senate 21 hours tiller Mr. Hoover received it from Secrettirv of Stale Stimson, ihead of the American delegaItion. President Hoover sent only a brief routine letter of transmittal J with the treaty, preferring this course to the delay that would be < au ed by taking time to prepare a lengthy message. Chairman Borah of Hie Senate Foreign Relations committee is ready to expediate treaty hearings. partly in secret because it is believed inadvisable openly to discuss the inside story of the London conference at this time. Reference to the treaty to the foreign relations committee onlywill not prevent the naval affairs committee from holding hearings on technical naval questions A | the committee so desires. Borah said several days ago lie had no objection to separate naval committee hearings. Chairman Britten, Repn., 111., of the house naval affaire committee, has indicated an intention also to hold hearings. So far the treaty has aroused neither enthusiastic enthusiasm or opposition but ratification is con- ; ceded by influential senators who have discussed the matter. Mr. Hoover's letter of transmittal said: “1 transmit herewith a treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armaments signed at London on April 22. 1930. by the plenipotentiaries of the President of ’he United States, the president of the French republic, his majesty, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o * Suspect Is Arrested Muncie, Ind., May I—(U.R)—Another arrest in connection with the alleged fake holdup of Albert Gray, 19. Muncie bank messenger, in which $7,500 was taken, brings the number of suspects in the case to five. John H. McDowell, 22. truck driver, is eaid to have admitted !he knew of the conspiracy. Gray, who said he was beaten and kidnaped, and later released rente distance from the city, confessed the "frameup” when he was [taken to tlie spot where he indicated tlie robbery took .place. He named other alleged conspirators. • • - <» . . . SAYS BELIEF WAS INFERRED’ Wet Leader Says His Allusion Was Not Authentic Washington, May 1. —(U.R) —W. H. Stayton, chairman of the board of , tlie association against tlie prohi- . bition amendment, drew the con- . elusion that President Hoover "is ■ beginning to doubt whether proliii bition can be enforced" from meni--1 bers of the president's law enforcement commission, he told the sen- - ato lobby committee today. 1 Stayton said individual members > of the commission told him they I [ were "trying to work out some ’ other plan for the distribution of • liquor Ilian at present.” Stayton said tlie law enforce- ’ ment commission did not tell him about the president’s views, but lie drew the "inference” from their remarks. Another letter placed in the reeB ord today written by Stayton '- asserted six members of tlie cabi- ■ net "believed prohibition is a fuil--6 lire.’’ e I’lio cabinet ofi'icers lie meant, 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)