Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1930 — Page 1

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IARKER REJECTION AROUSES PRESIDENT

[Lcatur’ Kialgain jjjfENYEARS Ito AT 393 i — H I itch. Census H u l r \nnounces Population LOWfiR TH \N ESTIMATE Hi's 1930 population ( s released today bv 1 non Pitch. Muncie.! L of the census in t<lilb. district »s ixipiilal'on al 1.,.,, of 393 persons W. , * future is lower than ate which was published . week* ago. Figures a t that time showed the s at 5.240. istts figures are given for w irils Tito figures are: »rd. 1.771 ward, 1.438 rnrd. 1.946 th commented in his t follows: “While the rrn iii this announcement ■tin >v and subject to cor- ■)■ are believed to lie corrects* it 7<k) in population, the ten years aeo being a 1 than the gain made this vns of Berne and Geneva rd an increase in popul.l- | e fifteenth annual census, i ined about 400 in popula- j ho now figures. Decatur j 'aced in the list of cities or more population and town on maps and in sur di cover cities of this (>\er. Child Dies dvi'd here ’ .•• • rude V i . »n of Mr< Emil ' here toniiMit ' ■■ v ill ho hold I'iiolii- church l'rid:iv 1 will be made in St meterv. 'l’ll.' ' liter of Mrs. Willin’.i .• of Fred B»bv Exhibit: BaseBl Clinics Postponed fl) ‘l ork t i nmmit tee, !’• Club, spensorim ‘ 1 i postpone the Red Il’ue baseball glint’"’ ’I 1 ohby exhibit mil il May (> Ill'S MEETING ■ILL BE HELD M Plans for Tonight's Are An■ntiunced Today m Hl" result of ticket sales. !Bfl' M -Ven’s meeting schedule i 1 at the First Evangelical 6; 15 o'clock under th” [B* of the Evangelical Men's win he attended by a ■> crowd. Men of all Proteslies will banquet togetheHie Rev. F. H. Rupnov.. fl 9 ’ i" minister in the chb f of the evening. 'fl 19 Gulihur of Fort Wayne H o'ltust and magician also is fl i)l»!'rnm for the evenings H biimmit. The banquet which ■ at 6:15 o'clock in the ■ plicil dining room will !•> B '< the Ladies Aid Social., fl F church, ■swing the banquet the guest., seated in the auditorium of church where the ■' Hit' program will be belli. iw i 8 W ell known in this Indiana as a speaker at flbieetings and a great mee'ing fleipated tonight. flyarimis committees in chart 11 fl a ll i liurch affair met yester n >l made all final arrange-

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 110.

s 1930 Population Is Officially Placed At 5,155

Aurora’s Fairest bteß/i K MW .Jr cjj .p I ' I jtink 1 Wk. flfl r ,3$ el . . /Al I v7 >. / »• _ # Miss Thelma Crouse, 19. sophomore, has been judged the prettiest land most popular co-ed attending I Aurora College, Aurora, 111. Miss I Crouse, whose home is at Crouset viH‘T Me., is a blonde and has a. I winsome smile. She is a lover of outdoor sports, her favorite Iteing tennis. REBUILDiNGTO START IN TEXAS STORM SECTION Panhandle District Is Recovering From Worst Storm in History TABULATION OF DEAD INCOMPLETE Dallas, Tex.. May S. - <U.R) —Bewildered Texans, harassed by storms which swept the Panhandle,! leaving suffering and horror in their wake, today went about the task of caring for hundreds of injured and rehabilitating homes and industries. Community funeral services will he held in many ('arts of the state. While these small storm-scarred communities are burying their d ad. others in the Lone Star state are preparing to aid them. Memorial services will be held in larger cities and in churches for those lost in devastating storms which mowed over Texas late Tuesday and Wednesday morning. All er < Is and sects will participate in the community service at Frost, southeast of hen 1 . Ihe churches in the town were wiped j out ami in the absence of larger buildings workmen have made r ady one of the few remaining private residences. The 23 wooden coffins were brought from temporary morgues in warehouses and wrecked store buildings and placed on cots in this house. Because of the limit (I room many who attend will be forced to stand out-of-doors during the service. Similar plans have been completed at Nordheim, small community harboring 1.2110 inhabitants in south Texas, where the dead total 23. A half dozen other community services will be held at other small towns in the tornado area. It may be several days —perhaps we ks- before an actual tabulation of the death list can be had. Relief workers first placed the dead at 40 th n at 83, later 66 and before dawn today at 67. Many of the Injured are considered hope--Iss cases. Shock or exposure is expected to add to the death lists, t’ National guard troops were stationed in Bfost^’ 0 protect Ut^P/ 1 ’; Continued on page six)

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PEOPLES STATE BANK WILL BE LIQUIDATED T. A. Gottschalk Will Be Liquidating Agent For Bank RECORDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE BtTiie, Ind.. Mtiv X. (Special) Shite Sentilor T. A. Gottschalk, well known I Berne manufacturer will beh appoinletl li(|tii<l;ilinj4 .'ifient | lor the Peoples Slate Bank, | which failed t<» open for business Wednesday mornino. il was announced here bv Ihonias Barr, slate bank examiner. His appointment will be made by the directors, upon recommendation of the state banking department. The bank will not go into hands of receiver as a result of this action. Mr. Gottschalk is appointed liquidating agent because of a petition signed by the stockholders and depositors in order to prevent ! the bank from going into hands of a receiver. Mr. Gottschalk wi'l appoint an assistant to as“ist him in administering the hank's affairs ami it is likely that he will select one of the former bank officials. He will take charge Monday morning. Mr Barr assuring the directors that the banking department will complete its work by that time. In an intreview with the officers of the bank today they stated, • hat 'the loss would not be heavy and that the present institution wou'd be dissolved immediately after the process of liquidation.” It is probable that a new bank will he organized here, but as yet no steps have been taken. Mr. Harr also stated, “the records of the Peoples State Bank are in excellent shape. The books I show that the officers of the bank I have been strictly honest and no (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 —. — Five Safes ( racked Columbia City. Ind.. May B.—<U.R) - Officers were looking today for an expert safe cracker who lost j heavily in election betting. Five safes were broken into last night, with total loot only a little , in excess of $125. Two of the robberies netted nothing, and a third j only $2. OANIELSWINS . IN ST. MARYS: I Tie for Trustee’s Nomination Is Decided Tuesday Harry Daniels. St. Marys township auctioneer and automobile * salesman won the draw and was declat d nominated Republican 1 candidate for trustee of St. Marys township by one vote over his op- I I ponent. Edward Koos with whom < I I he had tied with 95 votes each at the Tuesday election. The flip of a coin by the Iwo ( St. Mfrys township election inspectors and Trustee Orlen Fortney decided the contest. 1 When the official vote was tabulated Daniels and Koos were tied in a field of four candidates. In accordance' with the law the two inspectors and the township trustee met at the trustee’s office at 11 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. After some controversy an at- * torney was obtained and the state election law was followed. The coin was tossed into the air late ( Tuesday afternoon and Danels ( won. i Koos, the defeated candidate has ] not made a statement but has indicated he will demand a recount c of both precincts. Daniels before t the coin was tossed stated that If v he lost he would not contest, the j election. c Orlen Fortney, Democrat is the f present township trustee and is a s candidate for re-election on the t Democratic ticket next fall. He e was unopposed in the primary. ]

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 8, 1930.

( lass of Nurses to Be Graduated May 14 M ■ Commencement invitations have been issued by the 193 D Lutheran h ispital graduates of Fort Wayne, and among the gradua es are Miss Margaret llenchen of this city, and Mi-s Justine Lesli of Bluffton. The baccalaureate services for the class will be al the Zion Lutheran church, at corner of Creighton and Hanna streets a 9:45 A. M Sunday, May 11, central standard time and commencement exercises will lie at Concordia College Concert Hall, East Washington street, at 7:15 P. M central standard time Wednesday. May 14. Several relatives und frivols of Miss Heurhen from this city amt county will attend the exercises. CLOSE RACES FOR CONGRESS All Incumbents Win District Nominations Over Others Indianoplis, May 8. —(U.R)—Unofficial returns showed the following Indiana candidates, including all incumbents, nominated for representatives in congress: First district —John W. Boeline Ji., Dem., Evansville: Harry E. Rowbottom. Repn.. Evansville. Second district — Ray Sisson. Repn., Decker; Arthur H. Greenwood, Dem., Washington. Third district — James W. Dunbar, Repn., New Albany: E. B, Crowe, Dem., Bedford. Fomth district—Scott Thompson. Repn., Rising Sun; Harry C. Canfield, Dem.. Batesville. Fifth district —Noble J. Johnson, Repn., Terre Haute; Cortland C. Gillen, Dem., Greencastle. Sixth district — Richard N. Elliott, Repn., Connersville; William J, Larralvee, Dem.. New Palestine. Seventh district — Republican] nomination uncertain; Louis Ludlow. Dem , Indianapolis. Eighth district Albert 11. Vestal, Repn., Anderson;, Claude C. Ball. Dem., Muncie. Ninth district —Fred S. Purnell. Repn., Attica; Harry Matlock. Dem., Kokomo. Tenth district — Will R. Wood, Repn., I.at'ayette; Charles J. Mui pliy. Dem,. Brookston. Eleventh district Albert R. Hall, Repn., Marion; Glenn Griswold, Dent., Peru. Twelfth district—David N. Hogg, Repn., Fort Wayne; James I. Parley, Dem., Auburn. Thirteenth district — Andrew J. Hickey, Repn., Laporte; Samuel B. Pettengill. Dem., South Bend. Woman Critically Burned Indianapolis, May 8. — (U.R) -A burst of flames shooting from a furnace door ignited the clothing us Mis. Elizabeth Sonimerlad. 61, and resulted in critical burns about the face and body late yesterday. Her cries brought her sister,. Mrs. Emma Dailey, who found Mrs. Sonimerlad rolling on the floor in an effort to extinguish tlie flames. Raymond Welch, a city fireman off-duty, was attracted by cries, and extinguished the flames. Mrs. Soinmerlad was taken to City hospital. CHURCH PLANS AUCTION SALE I New Plan of Obtaining Funds Will Be Used In City A program for the redecorating and otherwise improving the First Baptist church interior has developed a plan for raising the money which while new here promises to be unite successful. The, committee is arranging hr a Community Auction sale to be held on the Niblick lot, opposite the library at one o’clock Saturday aftetnoon Mfiy 17. Members and others outside the church are donating furniture and other household articles which will be auctioned off by Col Roy Johnson, the ptoceeds to go to the church entirely. Any one desiring to donate goods for the cause may do so and of course with due appreciation. A list of the goods to be offered will be published in Mondays paper.

TWO CONVICTS ARE KILLED AT OHIO PRISON Accidental Discharge of Machine Gun Given As Cause SHOOTING TO BE INVESTIGATED Columbus, ().. May 8 —(UP) —A bullet said to have been fired acci-j dentally from the machine gun 01 i a national guardsman, killed tw« convicts nt the slate penitential*<• early tod J The shooting climaxed a night of stipense in which 651) unruly prison eis. isolated in a high wire stockade since last week, fired all but one of the tents in the stockade. The prisoners, classed as "passively resistant” rebels, were segregated as an outgrowth of the Easter Monday cellblock fire In which more than 301) convicts perished and which was followed by numerous revolts. The men killed, James W. Ross, 40, Cleveland, and Albert Freeman. 25. Cleveland negro, were asleep in dormitory E and F when the Imllc crashed through a window an.l struck them, according to depu’y warden J. ('. Woodard. Woodard insisted the shooting was accidental. The machine gun had been mounted near the prison chapel by national guardsmen who ■ were rushed in'o the quadrangle when the tent fires started, he said. The name of the guardsman who discharged the gun was withheld, pending an investigation. Dormitory E and F houses the more peaceful convicts pi isohel's who have cauaed no trouble since the cell-block catastrophe. Ross was serving 10 to 25 years for burglary and Freeman 10 to 25 | lor manslaughter. Complete order was believed near restoration last midnight when the gun was fired. The blaze broke out in the center of the big stockade and spread so rapidly there was no doubt the tents had been ignited purposely. As the flames swept through the tents the prisoners calmly removed (CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX) o Alito Falls on Man Muncie, Ind., May 8. — (U.R) Funeral sei vices were held today tor Frank I. Smith, 15, who was killed at his home in Muncie when an auto beneath which he was working, slipped from jacks and fell on him. FORCES CLASH IN INDIA RIOT Independence Demonstrators Clash With Police at Bombay Today Bombay. India. May 8. — (U.R) Polce and independence demonstrators clashed in a prolonged battle at Solapur .today, where 25 persons were kilted and approximately 160 others wounded. The rioting at Sholapur, which is the capital of the district of the same name, broke out suddenly (luring picketing of liquor shops by a mob of demonstrators. It was the most serious outbreak of the present independence campaign and came shortly after it had been revealed that the Mahatma Gandhi, who was arrested Monday, was secretly removed from Yeroda jail Wednesday night and taken to the Purandhar military sanatorium. Sholapur, which has a population of 120,000 is about 220 miles southeast of Bombay. Gandhi's removal was said to have been due to excitement which his presence aroused among natives at Poona City and to the desire of authorities to provide him with ; surroundings most favorable to his health. Four rebels were killed on the bank of the river Karnafuli, opposite Chittagong, yesterday, and a villager was slain.in a clash between officers and rebels. A minor communal clash occurred at Amalner in which four were injured.

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BOY RESCUED ON LAKE RAFT Tw <> Companions Ar e Drdwned When Raft Breaks Loose Indiana Harbor, Ind . May 8 — (UP) A 14-yeac-old boy was rescued from Lake Michigan today, after drifting with two companions all night on a raft. The other two boys were dyowned an deoast guardsmen are searching for their bodies. The three, John Kordich. 111. Mike Mu.lay. 14. and Peter Yorrcli, 14. boarded their raft late yesterday.! I It was tied up at Bluffingtou Harbor but a high wind blew the boys out into the lake. They drifted all night, slowly getting farther from the harbor. Finally Kordieh volunteered to attempt to swim back to land and notify coast guardsmen of his com panions plight. He slipped from the raft and started off in the daj'k. The two lads on the raft soon lost sight of him. The young hero did not reach the shore. The wind was blowing a 45 mile an hour rate and the tinv raft was tossed high by the waves. Mike and Peter were losing strength and suddenly a wave washed both ot them from their precarious perch. Mike fought desperately against tile wind und waves but sank from sight. Peter managed to clutch the edge of the ratt. Dijring lull, he pulled himself aboard. Coast guardsmen sighted the raft today and picked the boy up. He was wo. n out and probably would not have been able to stick on the rolling raft much longer. He had drifted ten miles. —— o Seven Are Killed in Texas Plane ('rash El Paso, Tex., May B—(UP) — Seven persons were killed in tile crash of an airplane between San Jeronomlno and Zacatecvas, Mexico, yesteiday according to dispatches i received here today. Fire broke out in the wreckage burning the bodies of the pilot, his| wife, their son, and assistant and three passengers beyond recognition. Motor failure at height of more than 10,991) feet was lilamed for tile crash. n — Man Attempts Suicide Peru, Ind., May B.—(U.R) —A battered spoon was used by William Lillis. 28. Chicago, to slash his wrists in a suicide attempt at the Biami county jail at Peru. He is x (>«•> ted Io recover. Lillis was made piisoner when he told authorities that a gang of men was pursuing him and threatening to kill him. He is believed to be mentally deranged. o —. — Police Shoot Prowler Lafayette, Ind.. May 8. (U.R) Lafayette police shot and wounded Forrest Funk, 18, after lie had been seen prowling about the windows of a residence. Police shot tile youth after he failed to obey a command to halt, and fled from the porch of the house. He was wounded in the leg and shoulder. His condition is not serious. Automobile Kills Lad Gary, Ind., May 8. — (U.R) An auto, glancing from the side of a street car after striking it, ran down and fatally injured Joseph. E. Seitz. U-year-old Horace Mann school boy. Earnest Benford, Gary, driver of the auto, said he was attempting to avert an accident when he crashed into the street car and then into the boy. Hoosier Aviator Is Killed In Cincinnati Cincinnati, ()., May 8. — (U.R) Orlin Smith, 27, Shelbyville, Ind., and Dominic Angeira. 27, Torrington, Conn., air mail plane mechanics, were killed near the Municipal airport here today when their plane went into a tail spin, shortly after a take-off, and crash-, d. Port officials attributed a "cold* motor as the cause, saying the motor of the plane was not sufficiently warmed up before the mechanics went aloft.

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Deadwood Dick Dies With Boots 1 Off and in Bed A * . ' ex'. “Deadwood Dick" Clarke, hero of the old West, died at Deadwood. S. D„ from pneumonia. Clark •, who was 84 years old, died with his boots off and in bed. With his death the Black Hills lost the last of the famous characters who fought, gambled and dug for gold in the days when the Wild West was really wild. Col. Johnson Has Successful Sale Col. Roy Johnson has returned from Montgomery, Alabama, where he conducted a large stock sale, disposing of* eighty-four head of registeied Hereford caMle at an average of $146 per head. Mr. Johnson says he found conditions in that section fairly good, with most every one working and business apparently on the up grade. However failure of the cotton crop lias caused land owners to turn thousands of acres into grazing land and to go into the live •stock business on a larger scale. Rain is weeded badly just now but otherwise every one seems reasonably happy. PARTIES WILL ELECT LEADERS SATURDAY P. M. Republicans and Democrats to Meet For Regular Election STANDARD TIME WILL BE USED Interest has shifted in political camps today Hom primary elections io county organization meetings whi( h will lie held here Saturday afternoon by both Republicans and Democrats to elect county chair men. vice-chairmen, secretaries and treasurers for the approachin", general election. The Republican committee meeting will be held in the GrahaYh and Wubers building on South Second street at 1 o'clock central standard time (2 o’clock day light saving time). It is generally thought among Republican leaders of the county that Paul H. Graham, incumbent will be reelected Republican chairman without any great amount of opposition. Graham took the reign of the! Republican party two and a half years ago when his brother, L A. Graham, resigned, to become postmaster. He lias served his party since that time, and is recognized by the committeemen ot the various precincts,us the logical chairman for the 1930 campaign. The present chairman stated that he would not ngike an active campaign for the office but that h u would continue to serve his party if he was wanted. The Democratic commit teemen will meet at Democratic headquarters. above the Daily Democrat office at 1 o'clock central standard time (2 o'clock daylight snviugs time) Saturday afternoon. Dick Heller, present party chairman for Adams county is not a candidate for reelection, he stated toI day. It is understood that several names have been mentioned as his successor, but no one has definitely announced his candidacy, as yet. Heller has served as county chairman for four years assuming that office in May 1926 when Dan H. Tyndall retired. Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk is vice-chairman; H. Muselman is secretary and Raymond J. Hat ting is treasurer. ♦

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I LEADERS FEEL 1 HE MAY NAME J JUDGE WILBUR {other Friends Say He May Return Parker’s Name to Senate PACIFIC COAST LEADERS CONFER Washington, May B.— U.R)— I President Hoover is likely to Igo to the Pacific coast for a new Supreme C«urt judge to | take the associate justiceship {just denied John J. Parker of [ North Carolina by the senate, lit was learned authoritativeIly today. No names were sugr gested, however. i The information became known after Senator Shortridge and Rep- ! r« s( ntative Swing. Republicans. . I Calif., had conferred w ith the piesident. It was indicated the ,! president would mak his new nomination within six weeks, be- | fore congress adjourns. The first name to come to mind • I here in connection with this iul’ori mation was that of Federal Judge Curtis I). Wilbur of California, ' ! former secretary of navy and a brother of Secretary of Interior ' I Ray Lyman Wilbur. Judge Wilbur ■ was appointed to the bench by Mr I Hoover soon after inauguration. ! Some leading senators, however, were skeptical whether Mr. Hoover 1 would appoint Wilbur on the ground his attainments as a jurist • are not well enough known to the . country at large. 1 Speculation has tended more to > nationally, known figures such as - Owen Roberts of Philadelphia, who s won distinction in prosecuting the > naval oil cases, and Judge Benja- • min N. Cardozo, chief justice of . file New York state court of ap t (teals. Th" president is pictured by bis friends as being very much aroused by the 41 to 39 senate rejection yesterda.v of his SupreiiK n Court nominee, Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina He traces this def at to rhe same stubborn opposition of the coalitionists which only a few months ago mustered 26 votes against confirmation of Chief Justice Hugh's. I The president's attitude is such that he might tire the Parker nomination right back at the senate , again, according to thus > same friends, but they do not expect he will do it. , I bey believe Irv will choose a consei vative republican to brave the senatorial fire or not appoint anyone until eongress adjourns for the sumnn r. In the latter event, | he could name Barker for a recess i appointment to conclude when the [senate meets again in I)’eember, though tliis again is regarded as ; unlikely. The department of justice has, ] however, made a complete survey [ •’!' Supreme Court material through- [ out ill" <ounti >. (CONTINUED ex PAGE TWO) BANDITS LOOT HAMMOND BANK Three Bandits F orce Officials and Customers To Obey Hammond, Ind., May s il'P)— Three bandits robbed the Maywood Pi ust and Savings bank here today ot about $10,900 in cash, escaping in the direction of Chicago Heights The liandits forced three bank employes and two customers to lie down against the wall, while one of the men scooped up the casn from the cashier's cage. The bank jvas robbed about a year and a half ago of $5,000 in cash. 'I oday s robbery occurred only ! a short time after the hank opened for business. ■ 0 Important Club Meeting To Be Held Friday Members of the Decatur Countrj Club in 1928, 1929 and present inemI bers are urgently requested to attend a meeting of the men members of the dub to be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Decatur Country Club. The meeting will be important and all past and present members are urged to attend.