Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1930 — Page 1

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I| OBSERVE jOSPITALDAY | THIS CITY I County Hospital L Open House for f May 11 ■( \SKED ■ TO PAY VISIT May 11. the Adams i.il Hospital of this Mbopen house in ac- .. National Hospital! is .Monday, May 12 Any , j ihe local hospital io do so on Sunday. ■l Hospital Day which comM, ij. nirtliday anniversaiy ._■htingale, has been ■lo i lie government as a on which those people ■ i wine in contact witli a i.'a.n from persona! what a hospital really is functions. of the day. as set aIndiana State .Medical in a bulletin recently "locus public attention j|4spit.iis and tile work the) and to arouse general h hosiptals of the city ■lu the public may belter with the instiHie coininunity'that are t.:e sick and unfortunate, of the movement ■ p... L to know that hospikeßot primarily places of sorand death, but places ießlii i of pain, great human kiße, where disease is stud-1 ■re men and women ar" i make their contributions and lengthening of huHospital Day is a movehas been promoted for years by a committee of pi eminent hospital ex- ■ United Staten, and lias been designated as a y, as it is the anniversary ir h of Florence NightinIneer in modern hospital ng methods. — o n Is Mayor of y Without Dispute ■nJ May 9 —(UP))— Mayor ■lui-oii was the undisputed ■f Gary today following the ■ Emmett White. Democrajtetlmler io the office, yester■i:!ul owing his court action ■ Johnson. Henry (’. Hay. ■City controller, who also I fl '.lie office was ruled out of I by die court in April. 11l Judge Hawkins', of the I Baer court, late yesterday I the case dismissed. Ir- —o ■diL Loot District ■hai. China. May 9.—(U.R)— I horde of bandits devastatI Yung-Yang district in Ho-Iriiu-oand slaughtered thousI Residents, according to deI Bvii es received today. The ■er Sin Wan Pao said that ■naloly 15,000 persons were ■y Ihe rading outlaws. |S PROMISE NOT JUSTIFIED fcson Says Hoover kertion Is. Not a I Reality As Yet |ington, May 9. — (U.R) — But's Hoover's continued ■'■es that the effects of the fciarket crash would rapidly f' l: ' have not been justified 1“' country is losing confiIhi administration predicISenator Robinson, minority I believes. I made this statement last fhi'oiigh the democratic natI'onimittee. Apparently, it r the beginning of a demo[fight on the republican adP'ation's economic policies. F Price of a number of leadr'tritles and commodities is than ever and the employhitua ion is steadily becomP rß e." Robinson said, [democratic leader called at--1,1 to Mr. Hoover’s speech be- ' le U. S. Chamber of Com- ' a week ago. The president Bai( l the business slump was ' over. On the following day, Prices tumbled again.

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Marion County Names [I Dry Congress Candidate Indianapolis, May 9. — (U.R) Archibald M. Hall, dry manufacturl ?r, held the republican nomination | I lor seventh district r> presentatlvo' in congress with a plurality of ■ 655, according to complete unofficial returns today. R< turns from the last precincts to report gave slight increase to Hall's lead over Ira M. Holmes, wit. —— o — SPRING SEASON ARRIVES RERE Hidi Temperature and Spring Blossoms Are Spring Signals A rise in temperature in Adams county the last several days has | brought about a general feeling I that spring weather is here to stay. Trees, shrubbery, flowers and garden plots are donning springlike . colors and the mercury continues each day to hit around the 88 to 90 degree mark. The last few days have been ideal for county road workers and Highway Superintendent Chris Eicher has been busy supervising the repair of roads which were damaged earlier in the spring. Reports from all parts of the county are to the effect that county roads are in the best condition they have been in for some trine. District road supervisors say they will continue to keep the roads in good condition and all ' road workmen have been ordered i to continue the dragging, scraping ■and levelling until roads are in the best possible condition. The spring weather has sent many focal people to their gardens amTTiiost of Hie spring planting in garden plots is being made this week. Early radishes, onions and lettuce in many local gardens are through the ground now and those who took advantage of the warm weather six weeks ago and planted gardens now boast of onions and radishes large enough to serve. While there is a ban on fishing for certain types of fish in Indiana during the month, many fisliermen are taking advantage of the seasonal weather.and are fishing the St. Marys and Wabash rivers for fish which do not come under the state law. State weather forecasters say the warm weather will continue indefinitely, lint that rain might break the heat for a short time in the next 48 hours. o Noted .Jurist Expires Evansville, Ind., May 9.— (U.R) — Death last night ended the distinguished career of Judge Woodfin I). Robinson, 73, former instructor at law in Indiana university, and judge of the state appellate court. o Saturday Is Trade Day The Decatur merchants’ special Hade day program will start Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock daylight savings time. This will be the time as usual, 1:30 central standard time. o Mrs. Nelson Louden of Near Ossian Expires Mrs. Nelson Louden 50, Bluffton woman, formerly of Adams County, died at 1:25 o'clock this afternoon at the Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne after an illness of thirteen days, when she suffered with spinal meningitis. She was born in Wayne County August 11. 1880. the daughter of John and Sarah Walker. In 1899 she was married to Nelson Louden and made her home in Adams County where they resided until six years ago when they moved to the present home near Ossian. Surviving are the husband, parents who reside at Sheperd, Michigan. and six children: Mrs. Samuel Burdg of Marion; Mrs. Daniel Hoover and Mrs, Oran Jones of Ossian, Miss Leanna Louden at home, James Louden of Milton. Indiana. Ftank Louden of Albany, New York, and five grandchildren. One brother, John Walker oi Michigan and five sisters, Mrs. Johti, Haggard of Adams County, Mrs. Jesse Hurst of this city, Mrs. Lew Stump of Adams County, Mrs. Vern Crumbaugh of St. Louis. Michigan, and Miss Irene Walker, at the home of her parents MichiBU }’rivate fuperal services were held at five o’clock this afternoon.

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LOCALLADIES ENTERTAINED Rotarians Have Mothers and Wives as Guests at Annual Party The wives and mothers of the Ito aiians were entertained at a ladies night banquet by the Decatur Rotary club at the K. of (’. hall last night, about one hundred persons being present. Rabbi Samuel Markowitz of Aclidntch Mersholem Temple, Fort Wayne, delivered an address durin;-’ tlie evening and Miss Dessolee Ches er, music teacher in the Decatur Public schools and 12 of her fillli and sixth grade pupils gave a mnsicale program. Rabbi Markowitz spoke on the home and motherhood, paying tribute to mother in observance of Mother’s day. “The American home is in the process of deterioration and disintegration". Rabbi Markowitz stated. "It is becoming a meeting place only. There is no authority or parental influence of a spiritual nature ’’ continued the Rabbi. “We are pleasure seekers and there is a wide difference between pleasure and joy”, remarked the] speaker. "America's wealth and power is not in its factories, navies or armies but in the American home and we return to the old fashioned, homely principles on which America was built ", remarked Rabbi Markowitz. Rabbi Markowitz paid beautiful tribires to mother and her position and the guidance of things which were pure and beautiful. Miss Chester and her pupils sang a number of songs. The music teacher also gave a short talk on the teaching of music, explaining that it wan not good to force a child's voice between the ages of siTand 21. The music pupils were also guests at tlie banquet. Favors of red roses were passed to the women during the evening. Ward Calland, presided as toastmaster and in roduced the speaker o MOTHERS' DAT TO BE OBSERVED Two Programs Announced for Sunday; Others Plan Observance Two Mother’s day programs for Sunday have been announced: one by the Methodist church and the other by the local B. P. O. Elks lodge.. Other churches ami organizations also are planning services and their programs probably will be announced Saturday. Elks Program A Mother's Day program will be given by Decatur lodge. No. 993 of the B. P. O. Elks at the Elk's home Sunday afternoon, beginning at two o'clock (DST). A committee composed of A. L. Colchin, H. J. Yager and N. R. Holthouse, has prepared a fine musical program. Hon. ('. J. Lutz will make a short address during the program. The program follows: Little Mother of Mine Burleigh Leo Dowling A Tribute to Mother C. J. Lutz That Wonderful Mother of Mine Goodwin Paul Dried e Ritualistic work Lodge officers Sweet and Low Barnliy Paul Briede, Elmo Smith, Clayson Caroil, Leo Dowling A Tribute to Mother Ixidge officers Mother Machree Ball Clayson Carroll Mother o' Mine Tours Elmo Smith Closing - Lodge Chaplain The public is invited to attend the service. Methodist to Observe Day A special effort is being made to have the children and husbands accompany their mothers and companions to the Sunday morning service and sit together. A bouquet of flowers will be given the mother who has the largest number of children present with her. Besides the regular features of morning worship service the choir has arranged their musical program to suit the occasion. Five of our girls will also appear on the program, Agnes Nelson, Fern Zimmerman, Ruth Porter, Leia Palmer and Faye Eichar.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 9, 1930,

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The town of Frost, Texas, was the scene of one of the worst tornadoes in the history of that stale. Every building in tile town was damaged, moat of th ni completely destroyed. This view shows ruins of the First National Bank.

P.UPNOW GIVES GREAT ADDRESS Fort Wayne Minister Is Well Received at Union Meet Urging closer co-operation of men of all churches and pleading for a | return to the church of all men, Rev. F. H. Rupnow. pastor of St. Johns Reformed church of Fort Wayne .-uksused a crowd of more thun 100 Decatur Prates ant men at the Union meeting held last night at the First Evangelical church. The meeting was given under the auspices of the Men's Brotherhood of the Evangelical church. While the crowd was slightly smaller than anticipated, those present enjoyed the fine banquet and program to the utmost. Many local men were unable to attend because of several other meetings scheduled last night. At 0:15 o'clock the men enjoyed a banquet served by the Eadies Aid Society of the Evangelical church. Music was furnished by the band. Following the meal and the singing of several songs, the men then went to the auditorium of the church where the rest of the program was given. Oscar Bulihur of Fort Wayne also was on the program for a short ventriloquist and magical illusion act. Plan Contest Sunday The Bible Memory and Story Tell ing contest of Washington township will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock (Daylight Saving Time) at the local Baptist church. The public is invited to bear the contestants. This is an annual custom and the winners from the Washington township contest will participate in a county meet. FORMER LOCAL LADY EXPIRES Mrs. Katherine Scherges Dies at Tiffin, Ohio; Has Relatives Here Mrs. Kathrine Scherger, 67, former Decatur woman and sister of Fred Schurge of this city died at a hospital at Tiffin, Ohio Thusday evening at 5:30 o’clock following an operation which she underwent a month ago. Mrs. Scherger formerly lived in this city and was deputy recorder for her father, John Schurger. Surviving are eight children: Herman of Amsden, Ohio; William of Fostoria, Ohio; Mrs. Rose Breckner and Albert Scherger of Forstoria, Ohio; Thomas of South Bend; Fred of Detroit, Michigan; John of Fostoria. Ohio, and Sister Anthony Marie of New York. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Fred Schurger and Christiana Schurger of this city Mrs. Helena Bohr of Pine River, Minn., Mrs. Louise Kurber of Delphos, Ohio, and Sister Isadore of Marquette, Michigan. Funeral services will be held Mon] day morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Andrew’s church at Bacom, Ohio. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.

To Try Hotel Case After 17 Years Delay Indianapolis, May 9. (U.R) —The I I Bedford Stone ami Construction | company's contract suit against the i Washington Hotel Realty company, I ; | Indianapolis, will be tried before Judge James M. Leathers in Superior Court Tuesday, after 17 years of court delays through legal maneuvers, technicalities, appeals, Su--1 pi erne court reversals and venue t changes. Judge leathers said he expect- , ed the trial to last four weeks. A , special venire of 60 persons has ) been ordered. The suit, filed in 1913, asks judg ■ nient of $70,090 from the realty company, alleged to be due as a > j portion of the amount the stone' I company was to receive as con ! s 1 tractors for the construction of the I 1i Washington hotel. I Original judgment, with interest ! I added, will bring the amount ask- ’ ltd to nearly $125,000. —o— SAYS INDUSTRY IS FACING TEST 1 Charles Schwab Believes Country Will Survive Most Serious Test New York, May 9.—(U.R) —American industry is passing through a I period of ''severe tests" but "it I I shows every sign of emerging with , flying colors," Charles M. Schwab , said today at the meeting of the I American Iron and Steel Institute 1 . Eugene G. Grace, president of I the Bethlehem Steel company, of j , which Schwab is chairman, added ; . that "there is reason to expect a i gradual picking up" in the steel industry but explained that it would be "not right away but after a little time." Thomas L. Girdler, chairman and president of the Republic Steel corporation, expressed optimism on business and indicated that steel 1 prices have firmed up recently. Horace S. Wilkinson, president of the Crucible Steel Co., said his ' company was running at SO per cent of capacity and felt that conditions will improve later on. "As to general business,’ ’said Schwab, “from all indications ' the second quarter will be better than the first quarter with prospects good for a substantial volume of business in the second half of the year. The consensus is that with the present ease in money, new' life will come into business as lite year progresses. As a matter of fact, business Is much healthier now than it was six or nine months lago because of the inevitable . house-cleaning which has taken place. We cannot expect record years all of the time." (CONTINUED (TN PAGE TWO) I 0 Play Is Postponed On account of the death ol Mrs. Kathrine Scherger, Bascom. Ohio, sister of Fred Schurger of this city, the home talent play, “The Golden Trail’’ has been postponed from l Sunday May 11 to Sunday, May 18 and Tuesday May 20. Mr. Schurger Is a member of the cast. Tickets purchased for the play will be good next week.

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TRESPASSERS ARE NOTIFIED Young Autoists Reported to Have Damaged School Yards Young men driving automobiles are reported to Jiave done consider- • able damage by driving their auto- ■ mobiles over school lawns in Decatur. it was reported today by school authorities. Two of the young men • have been warned ami Siiperinten- , dent M. F. Wonliman stated tod;.” {that if a further violation of the I orders were reported the violators (would be prosecuted. I Young autoists drove cars over the South Ward and Central school laws las! night, destroying flowers and playground property. A tennis net was broken at the Central school and flowers and shrubbery were destroyed at the South Ward Superintendent Worthman stated , today that the vandals were known and that a repetition of the act would be followed by prosecution to the full limit of the law. ■ o Flags Are Ready For Decoration of Graves The flag committee of Adams post American Legion has obtained a I sufficient supply of flags with . I which to decorate all soldiers’ ! graves in Adams county. As has i been the. custom for years the supply of flags have been placed at I the Teeple and Peterson clothing store. All Adams county people with I deceased soldier relatives are asked to call at Teeple and Peterson's and obtain the flags before Decoration day. YALE STUDENTS BATTLE POLICE Several Knocked Unconscious in Clash With New Haven Officers New Haven. Conn., May 9—(UP) —Vigorously weilding night sticks, police- subdued student rioters at Yale university early today after six policemen and at least twice that number of students had been injured. .Fourteen students were arrested, including two campus leaders who had been sent by Dean Clarence W. Mendell to quiet the rioters. The riot was said to have s'artjed in the Berkeley Oval. Freshman dormitory. Two false alarms brought fire apparatus clanging to the scene and added to the excitement. The disturbance was good-natur-ed until a squad ivf police reserves began swinging night sticks where upon bottles, bqoks. firecrackers and debrut were hurled from the doromitory window's, injuring police and students alike. At least a dozen students were knocked unconscious in one clash with police. They were carried away to the infirmary and hospitals, none was hurt seriously.

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I Hoover Appointment Is Expected Soon Washington, May 9.—(U.R) President Hoover Inis decided upon a nominee to fill the Supreme court vacancy left by the rejection of John J. Parker, it was learned at tile Wil it e House today. Formal announcement is expected within 24 hours. The White House refused to intimate who has been selected or from what si c lion of tlie country he comes. CASES SET IN CIRCUIT COURT Busy Term Expected for Rest of April Circuit Session Many cases, somo’of them several years old, were set for trial in tlie present term of court by Judge J. C. Sutton today after call ing of the docket before local attofneys yesterday. Doth civil and criminal cas- s were set for trial. Among the criminal cases is one set for June 2, State vs. J. A. Long of Portland, charged with rape. The case was venued to Adams Circuit court from Jay Circuit. Following is the calendar for the rest of the present term: Tuesday, May 13 Windmiller vs 11. H. Baumgartner Co., appointment of receiver. Wednesday, May 14 — Farmers and Merchants bank of Bryant vs. William Mesel. 4Two cases, one on notes; other on notes an dforeelosure. Later reset for May 16. Thursday, May 15—Branstrator vs. Whitelock, damages. (New trial). Monday, May 19 —State vs. Cross, embezzlement. State vs. Cross, embezzlement. Friday, May 23—William E. Dawson, et al, vs. Schultz Co., account. Saturday. May 24.—Schafer Hdw. Co. vs. Arnold, note and account. Girod, et al, vs. Arnold, forecIos(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 16 BELIEVED DEAD IN BLAST Explosion at Armour & Company Storehouse In Missouri Takes Toll St. Joseph, Mo., May 9.—(U.R) — Puffing steam engines, derricks and tractors tore today at the twisted wreckage of the Armour and Company smokehouse where ,an explosion took perhaps 16 lives late yesterday. From the ruins have been lifted the bodies of seven persons. Buried in the debris were believed to be nine others. Only the smoke-blackened hulk of the factory remained after tlie most devastating industrial accident in the history of this part of the state, and workmen swarmed over the ruins as they sought additional victims. The lives of more than 40 employes. many of them girls and boys in their ’teens, were endangered when tin 1 explosion ripped I through tlie six story building, literally lifting it from the earth, and dropping it in a crumpled, twisted heap. A leading gas main or ignition of fumes from an ammonia plant was declared by firemen to have caused Hie blast. The roar of the explosion was followed by an outbreak of fire which raged for half an hour, holding back rescuers. The fire apparently completed the deadly work of the explosion. Some of the seven bodies recovered last night were burned beyond recognition. Eight injured persons, removed to the Missouri Methodist hospital, were suffering from burns as well as from wounds. Authorities of Armour and Company, checking the factory payroll with names of those known to have escaped and questioning the latter for details, were responsible tor tlie statement that the bodies of nine other victims probably are buried in tlie ruins. How soon the actual toll will be known was a matter of conjecture, but hundreds of volunteers were asked to join in the work of removing the twisted mass of steel, concrete, brick and timber, to recal the bodies believed entombed. It may be several days before (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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■ PROSECUTOR IN OIL CASES IS ' NAMED TODAY s Nomination Goes to Senate for Approval of That Body RATIFICATION J IS PROBABLE Washington, May 9.—(U.R)— I Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, government prosecutor r of the naval oil cases, was I selected by President Hoover ■for the United States Supreme Court vacancy, left by the rejection of John J. Parker, the United Press learned authoritatively today. 81 The nomination of Roberts will 1 be sent to the senate today. His •| confirmation is expected without I contest as he had won Hie approval of all groups in the senate by 0 bis handling of the oil cases. i Roberts was here yesterday but 1 tlie White House denied he had seen tlie President. He returned • to Philadelphia last night. n He is a republican though not especially active in politics. His 1 practice in Philadelphia lias been '• largely corporation practice, and he ranks as one of the outstanding a lawyers of the country. However, • any opposition which might have 1 developed because of his corporation practice long since lias been dissolved by his handling of tin* ’’ prosecution of former Secretray of v Interior Albert B. Fall. E. L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair in the '• oil cases. His arguments of these cases before tlie Supreme Court have become classics in tho legal profess- ■ ion. Though he lost the jury con- ■ spiracy trials against Doheny and Sinclair, he won his bribery case against Fall and won all civil cases I to dissolve tlie oil leases. In these decisions tlie United States Supreme court upheld his contention of fraud in some of tlie most emphatic language ever to, emanate from tlie highest bench. Roberts was 55 years old a week ago today. He was born in Philadelphia. Soon after starting pracI (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ; o — Flood Destroys Homes Colombo. Island of Ceylon, May . 9. — (U.R) —Thousands of natives f were made homeless today as un- , precendented floods swept the ~ sland after several days of torren- , tial rains. ( The electric plant here was sub- , merged, and th city was without lights last night. , Railway service was completely disorganized, and the floods still c were rising. TORNADO HITS HASTINGS. NEB. I i Damage Spreads Over Entire Community; Rain Follows I Hastings, Neb., May 9—(U.R) — ! I Citizens of this little south central J Nebraska community who for the past week have aided storm strick- ( en farmers, today turned to re- , habilitating their own homes and industries after a windstorm and rain storm which caused damages I upwards of $125,000 over night. John T. Walters of Hastings, was killed in the storm when the barn I in which he was standing was carried away. No other deaths and I no injuries were reported. ( Tlie storm damaged or destroyed between 40 and 50 homes and unloosed tlie Hastings College Bible I house. Hail which fell after the , winds abated broke many windows. r Rain that fell in dnlges flooded r the city and caused much damage. C When electric light lines were ? broken, power was turned off and the city remained in darkness. , Tho storm was felt as far west as Minden, 30 miles away, where a high wind preceded a heavy rain ' storm, and reached to Harvard, i 16 miles to the east. j The same area was struck early H this week by a storm which causp ed the death of one tnan, injured , several persons and wrecked a ) dozen farm houses. ‘