Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1930 — Page 1

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K$ COUNTY SHOWS LOSS IN SBIBL CENSUS LtoWT hips Gain an( ' HNt.ROES MFR VI ED w, ‘ e " " I,> .1 21 years. acto llle r,, P ort °/ “ujLii Sui -e inlen'lellt ('. E. his an,iual I flWri raliori for the .gMtl.iv. The total for a of 78 cliil’■eemnare.l with the 1929 ■ A , wn r E the o’ ’" ,l "' , ' ll ' il '“ llLnirhtrt 1 l1 "" 1 W- Bo’ h t|»..i ”i alien.l li ig li K uJßfrliil'* showed gains I Blue Band. ' 1 W.ishin •'”' slight ItK the nt 1 n - hip-> ■■ ? Mre are 1/ " ; 1 liildren of s< h.>oi lleeatur. • Wei il g.l ! h ®. the Bl 1 ” children in ’"’Ki tS numeration -hov.HBKiml fentales. A —54 of school age ar” the • .ihiilnt eat mil Gain Loss r># Cree ß 237 7 U. fiord J. 254 17 PHI 202 27 1 K lll ' 1 ® 307 1 ■lofßeri 468 '.I Kot Decltur 1.346 3 ■■jflerald Will iße Published Weekly M**'' 3 'K' 1 ' —(Special! Th•• ■l* HeiKild, Democratic news K amjppnced a change from a newspaper to weekl’. change ■o’ The Herald will he publish—O— N MENACES ■NY PEOPLE ■ .■Ba Blue River Out of Banks Hfto Lowlands May (U.R’ in two sontliW'” ’ IB Wt l ' 1 endangered the lives JWlredß of persons, at the sain” .. BHir’' extensive damage. V’O'ty and private cotnißß "'*' r< ‘ attempting (■■ Jp t&jß lllne river in Nebraska BHB Rone on a rampage, the towns of Seward, ji®. an <iSleatriee. Workmen toil jpttbytjhnilbags at Crete in es BKflfßiii force the lower dike HU) new power plant. Th” ’Kwasled away the upper dam SSways were inundated and ® a 'l !|hes were threatened by KF Wat sfiTexas two deaths are known Wctirred from drowning I' hip waters. Damage exHbr all parts of the state ■ highways have bt ■” water. ■leDurniett, 7, was swept ■tins of his mother when S attempted to escape the ■ters of the Sycamore Bort Worth. Benham, section worker, Ki .| near Mount Ve Hiring a dredge.

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Pilot Wins Mad v Fight in Clouds ! BT"ITUTI ' W~" ' - -ULM ’ I —A r i I i Tex Anding, star pilot of the Gates Flying Service, whose quick action, combined with an effective one-arm punch, averted a serious air disaster when one of the six passengers he was flying in a pleasure flight over Long Island City, N. Y., developed acute alcoholism and made frantic attempts to work the controls of the ship. AYERS ISSUES MISHAP RULE Says Accidents Must Be Reported to Police At Once State police lieutentant Hal Ayers of Portland, in charge of state road 27 between Portland and Fort Wayne has issued an order that all automobile accidents must be reported to a police officer. Ayers stated that if a mishap occurs in the country it must be reported to the police officer or sheriff at the neatest town to the scene of the accident. Accidents occurring in towns or cities must be»reported to police of that place. Ayers stated he issued the order in compliance with the state automobile law and that because of many recent violations recently in failures to report accidents it was found necessary to remind the motorists to report the mishaps. Failure to report mishaps, no matter how minor. Ayers stated, carries a heavy penalty. He stated that all accidents, even if there is no personal injury must be reI>orteded. Miss Jeanette Beery On Lions’ Program Miss Jeanette Peery played and sang a group of songs at the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday night at the Christian chuch dining room. W.F. Beery had charge of the program, which was well receieved by the club members. » Harvev Thompson of Datrove, 1 a. a brother of Harry W. Thompson of Decatur was a guest of the club. o —- — Awards Given to Six Indiana U. Students Bloomington, Ind., May 14—(U.R) .Six Indiana University women were honored for their outstanding campus achievements at a ”- nual Matrix Table banquet of Theta Sigma Phi. professional journalistic sorority, last night. Miss Margaret Myer, Rensselaer, and Miss Janet Johnston, Remington were awarded rings for being the' most prominent senior women on the campus. Miss Fern McComb, For. M ayne and Miss Virginia Crim, Salem, WP re awarded (he Theta Sigma Phi plaque for being the most outstanding women journalists on t.ie campus this year. Miss Mary Marjorie Hull, Homer and Miss Martha Wright, Bloomington, were pledged to Theta Sigma Phi in recognition of their journalistic work.

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REPUBLICANS OF DISTRICT STAGE UPSET Frank Gordon Defeated by Muncie Man; State Committee Meets DEMOCRATS TO ELECT TODAY Indianapolis, May 14. —(U.R) While the Republican district chairmen are meeting here today to reorganize the state committee. Democratic county chairmen are convening in the state to elect district chairmen. The Watson hold on the G. O. P. state committee is today surer than in years. M. Bert Thurman, national committeeman and adviser to the senior senator, jubilantly reports that 91 of the 92 Republican county chairmen of the state are friendly to James E. Watson. Reorganization will be an empty formality if the .program is not disrupted by unexpected events. Elza O. Rogers, Lebanon, is scheduled to be re-elected state chairman; Mies Mary Sleeth. Rushville, vice chairman; Harry Fenton, Indianapolis, secretary: and Irvin Leinaux, Indianapolis, treasurer. Election of district chairmen Tuesday went pretty much accordling to schedule except 1n tlfr- fifth land the eighth districts, where the unexpected occurred. Ftank Gordon, Bluffton, eighth district chairman, had been expecting onpo-ition from Judge Roscoe D. Wheat, Portland, but when (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BULLETIN Indianapolis, May 14—(U.R) — Properties of the Citizens Telephone Co., at Decatur, serving Adams and Allen counties was valued at $207,040 as compared to $193,746 for 1920 today by the State Tax Board. The valuation was made for assessment purposes. o ' Farmers Will Meet The Farmer’s Institute will meet at Jefferson High School building, Monday. May 19. at which time farmers from Jefferson and Wabash townships will elect officers for the coming year. Motion picture slides, showing better ways of raising chicks will be shown and an interesting program will be presented.

STOCK TRADING IS REPORTED Transactions of Bishop Cannon Given to Church Officials Dallas, Texas, May' 14. — (U.R) — Charges of alleged stock transactions with New York brokers against Bishop James Cannon Jr., were in the hands of the Episcopacy committee of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, today for consideration. The committee must give the bishop a clean bill or reconimynd that he be brought *o trial before the conference as a whole. It is not empowered to vote a censure. The charges were presented to the Episcopacy committee in secret session last night by Judge G. T. Fitzhugh of Memphis. All the signers of the charges are lay delegates to the conference. Fitzhugh was joined in the charges I>y Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy and chairman of the general conference committee on temperance and social service and Judge J. E. McGowen, member of the Supreme Court ot Mississippi, and 17 others. Fitzhugh explained he had asked only laymen for support because of the possibility that elders would be called for service it Bishop Cannon were brought to trial. Another meeting of the Episcopacy committee will be held at 3 p. m. today at which time Bishop Cannon probably will be heard on the charges. Other than saying that the charges were “a disgrace to the Methodist church,” former Secretary of the Navy Daniels declined to comment on them.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 14, 1930.

Former Decatur Man Is Seriously 111 Mrs, Joel Reynolds received word yesterday that her brother, Arthur E. Shaw of Grand Rapids, Michigan for many years a resident of this city, is seriously ill and would tin-1 deigo a major operation soon. Mr Shaw has suffered with a spinal ail i mynt for several years and for the last few months has been partially paralizeil. Mrs. Reynolds will leave Monday to be at the bedside of her brother. CONFIRMATION TO BETONIGHT Bishop John F. Noll to Preside at Local Catholic Services The Rt. Rev. Bishop John F Noll, I). D„ of Fort Wayne will arrive in the city this evening. He will confirm a class of 233 children at the St. Mary’s Catholic church at 7:3(1 o’clock. A number of adul s are to be confirmed also. The 1 members of the class, together with their sponsors will march from the Decatur Catholic school building to the church and then down the center aisle to the pews reserved for them. This is the first confirmation service to be held in St. Mary’s church within tile last four years. Bishop Noll will return to Fort Wayne fidlowing the service. _ o CONTEST WON BY SOUTH WARD Annual Music Contest Draws Crowd; West Ward Is Second The South Ward school was judged winner of the music contest in which it participated with, the two other ward schools of the city last evening in the Decatur high school auditorium, with a total number of 46 points. The winning school was successful in taking six first places; four second, and two third places in the contest. The West Ward took' second place with 41 points, and the school was credited with four first, five second; and three third places. The North Ward, with a total of 33 points took two first, three second; and seven third places in the event. Miss Hazel Glenson, instructor of music appreciation at the Marsh Foundation school in Van Wert, Ohio, acted as judicator for the con test. Site will also judge the event of the Central Music contest which will take place Tuesday, May 20. The 'boys and girls in the 5, 6,7, and 8 graifes of the school will participate in solos, duets, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o PLAN TO BUILD ELECTRIC LINE City Prepares Extension of Service in Root Township Work will begin soon on the building of the farmer’s electric line in Root township and service will be extended to the farmers by City Light and Power Plant of Decatur. The city council has filed a petition with the board of county commissioners for a franchise in Root, Union, Preble, Kirkland and St. Marys township. The city plant now furnishes electric service to the Union township line, the Pleasant Mills line in St. Marys township and in Washington and Kirkland townships. The city owns the new line recently built in Washington township. The franchises in these different townships will make it possible for the city plant to extend its business in the future The city will own the new line to be built in Root township. These lines starts at the Bellview farm, extends north to the Ed Christen farm and then branches off to the west and east and also extends further north. The hearing on the franchise request will be held by the commissioners at the June session of the board.

MILITIA GETS SHOOT TO KILL ORDERS TODAY Mob Attempts Firing of Negro Homes In Texas Town STREETS ARE GUARDED HOURLY | Sherman. Tex., May 14 (U.R) Militiamen instructed to "shoot Io kill" anyone attempting to set fire to residences in negro sections of Sherman or intimidating negroes, ipatrolled the streets here today. The ordere were issued by Col Laurence 8. McGee, commanding officer of Texas National guardsmen stationed here after Friday's rioting which resulted in the destruction by fire of the Grayson county courthouse and the death of a negro. Colonel McGee said negroes had been threatened and that a Sherman contractor was given 36 hours in wilich to replace negro workmen with white men or his establishment would be fired. G. R. Alsup, of Sherman, was identified as one of the leaders of the rioting and was held in the county jail without bond. Thirtytwo others charged with inciting the rioting and the burning of the courthouse have been arrested byTexas rangers cooperating with guardsmen in maintaining order. o — Elks Plan Party 'For Wives and Sweethearts The members of the B. P. O. Elks will entertain their wives and sweethearts with a dinner and card party in the Elk's Home, Wednesday evening. May 21. At 6:30 o’clock, a dinner will b" served, after which the tables will be at ranged for games of Five Hundred and Bridge. The committee in charge of th? arrangements for the affair will be Mrs. Herman Ehinger, Mrs. E. G. Coverdale, Mrs. Roy Archbold, Mrs W. A Klepper, Mrs. G. F. Eichhorn and Mrs. L. F. Confer. o » Private Garage Burns A garage belonging to Freeman Schnepp, 615 Short street, was destroyed by tire at 10:20 o'clock this morning. The building was burning when the local fire department was called and could not be saved. The house and other buildings on the same lot. however, were saved by the firemen. There was no car in the garage at the time it burned. BEN HUBS TO HOLD CONGRESS Mrs. A. Artman, Sttae Officer to Attend As Local Delegate The annual Indiana Ben Hur Congress will lie held at South Bend, Friday and Saturday. May 16 and 17. it was announced today. The headquarters will be at the Oliver Hotel and morning ami afternoon sessions will be held. Mrs. A. Artman of this city will be a delegate from the local lodge. The following State officers will have charge of all sessions: Past chief, Louie H. Mills of Indianapolis; Chief, Gerald Wells of Fort Wayne; Judge, Mrs. Dee Cruea of Crawfordsville; Teacher, Mrs. Jesse Rinehart of Elkhart; Scribe, Mrs. A. Artman of this city; Keeper of Tribute, Ernest Keener of South Bend; Captain, Mrs. Stella Snodgrass of Muncie; Guide, Mrs. Lulu Smith of Garrett, Keeper of Inner Gate, Joseph Elsterman of Evansville; Keeper of Outer gate, Mrs. Alta Kime of South Bend; Pianist, Vera Parks of Huntington. The congress will open Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock with the business session. At 2 o’clock Friday afternoon pll delegates and officers will be taken on a sightseeing trip through South Bend. At 6 o’clock Friday evening a banquet will be held in the Rotary Club rooms of the hotel. The Saturday sessions will be devoted to the business of the congress and officers for the coming year will be elected. The closing session will be a social and ball in the hotel ballroom on Saturday evening.

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DEATH CALLS MATILDA DURR St. Marys Township Resident Dies at Home Tuesday Mrs. Henry Durr. 62. of near Pleasant Mills died at the Durr home Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Durr was well known in the eastern part of Adams county. Matilda ,(. Hurless Durr was born November 26. 1867. She was a daughter of John and Rebecca Hurless. On September 26. 1889. She was married to Henry A. Durr, who survives. Three children also survive. They [are Mrs. Goldie Hilyard and Mrs. Edna Strickler, both of Decatur amt Finest Durr at home. The following three brothers and two sisters, survive; G. W. Hurless, Waterville, I Ohio; S. E. Hurless. Lima, Ohio. J. E. Hui less, Willsire, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Carter of Pleasant Mills and Mrs. Anne Gibbs of lakeside, Cai., Mrs. Durr was united with the Fairview United Brethren church in Van Wert county under the ministry of Rev. J. W. Lower. During the last few years because ot 111 health she was unable to attend her church. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock (central standard time) at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church with the Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the First Baptist church of Decatur in charge. o Geneva Improvement Co. Holds Annual Election Geneva May 14—(Special)—New directors were elected by stockholders of the Geneva Improvement Co. at the annual meeting held here last night at the Limberlost theatre. The five directors will meet in the next few days and name officers for (he year. The Geneva Improvement Co., was organized several years ago to purchase real estate and to aid in locating factories In the Limberlost town. The company owns valuable property in Geneva. The 1930 directors include C. F. Greene. Dan Griele. J. A. Long, A. M. Redding. O. A. Potter. Much interest was shown in the election and 35 stockholders attended the meeting. Washington Township Casts 1,649 Votes One of the many peculiar results of a primary election was brought to attention today, A total checkup of votes cast for Washington township trustee showed that 1,694 votes were east at the recent primary. Exactly the same number wrs last four years ago in the primary lor township trustee. Font years ago the contest for trustee was a five-cornered affair with T. R. Noll winning by less than a hundred votes. This year in a three-cornered race Mr. Noll was re-nominated by a comfortable majority. REVIEW BOARB MEETS JUNE 2 Assessments Will Be Reviewed by Body by Townships Legal notice has been given that the annual meeting of the county board of review will convene on Monday, J’ltne 2, at the court house. County Assessor Jay Cline, by virtue of hie office is chairman of the board. County Auditor Albert Harlow is also a member of the board and two other members are appointed by the court. Judge Jesse C. Sutton has not announced who the other members are. The board will review the personal property assessments by the township and town assessors and make whatever corrections they deem advisable. They have the power to equalize assessmi’nts throughout the county or in any taxing unit. The assessors complete their work Thursday and all reports must be turned in to Count v Assessor Cline. The blanks are then compiled and each one will be checked by members of the review board. County Assessor Cline stated that he expected the personal property assessments to show a loss (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Social Light’s Plane Crashes, Escapes Injury * "^ : v. BO , I I I I t W ...i.i — ii • Robert D. Huntington, prominent society man and brother of Mrs I Vincent Astor, escaped serious injury when his plane crashed in a forced landing at Huntington. L.I. GRADE BOYS TO” HAVE BIG DAY Boys’ Hobby Day and Baseball Games to Be Big Features Tomorrow will be a big day for the boys in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. All boys of the three schools are asked to take part in Boys’ Day. Tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening will be the Boys’ Hobby Exhibit at the Public Library. Any boy in these grades who wishes to take part in this exhibit should Ining his article to the library early Thursday morning. Mr. Amos Ketchum will have charge of all the exhibit work. However, everybody is asked to view the exhibit at the library tomorrow from 1 o'clock P. M. until 9:30 o'clock in the evening. The boys will also have a baseball con(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BERNE WOMAN DIES TUESDAY Mrs. Peter Beiberstine Dies Following Illness of Some Time Berne, May 14. — (Special to Daily Democrat) Mrs. Peter Beils erstine, one of the best known ladies of this place, died at 11:10 o'clock last, night at her home on East Lino street after an Illness with dropsy which began last September and from which she gradually grew worse. Mrs. Beiberstine was born in Hartford township. Adams county. October 3. 1865. a daughter of Peter and Fannie Stauffer. On January 1. 1883 she was married to Peter Beiberstine and some twenty-five years ago they moved to Berne where they have resided since. Surviving are the husband and two daughters. Mrs. Henry Schindler of Berne and Mrs. William Stuckey of Monroe. A son and daughter preceded their mother in death. Other surviving relatives include Mrs. Jacob Newliouser. Berne, a sister and David Steiner of Sterling, 111., John Steiner, Linn Grove and Amos Steiner, French township, brothers. Five slaters and two brothers preceded her in death. The funeral services will he held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the house and two o'clock from the Evangelical church. Burial at the M. R. E. Cemetery west of Berne.

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CRUCIAL TEST ON TWO CHIEF POINTS OF BILL Senate Conferees Admit Fate Depends on Friday’s Vote SMOOT SEEKS CONFIDENCE VOTE By Paul R. Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Washington, May 14.— <U.P) — Senate conferees on the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill decided today to bring the bill back to the senate Friday for its big test on the export debenture and flexible tariff provisions. The fate of the bill rests on the outcome of the votes at that time, the conferees admitted today. The decision to face the issue squarely Friday came after house conferees had refused to negotiate further and the conferees adjourned in a deadlock. Washington. May 11. (U.R) —The tariff bill today assumed the proportions of a hungry, ponderous white elephant as various senate group leaders ran around in circles trying to decide what to do about disputed portions and senators talked privately of killing the measure if a quiet and quick method can lie developed. New England senators, normally outspoken advocates of a protective tariff, and southern and Pacific coast senators who have not previously opposed the legislation, are dissatisfied. They do not Isdieve the bill, as revised by the house and senate conferees, gives their districts much better tariff rates. They are threatening to vote against the measure. Their votes would be sufficient to reject it but so far, however, their indignations is not sufficient to reject them ot; record publicly against the bill. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o Drum Corps To Meet AU members of the Amorcian Legion Drum Corps are requested to meet for practice Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock as Important business will be piesented. All members ot the Legion are invited to attend the practice as the Drum Gorps needs more men. Plummer Heads Lions Lafayette, Ind., May 14 (U.R) - Indiana district Lions completed their annual convention last night with election of T. O. Plummer, Seymour, as district governor. Edward J. Kepner, Indianapolis, district song leader, and E. L. Clark, Michigan City, district treasurer. i--Butier and Holt Are Guilty of Conspiracy Indianapolis. May 14—-(U.R) —Ora Butler, former Howard county sheriff and Olin R. Holt. Kokomo attorney, today were found guilty on a charge of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law after a Federal jury deliberated an hour and 40 minutse. The two mon will be sentenced by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell on May 24. Defense attorneys indicated appeal will be taken. Butler and Holt were convicted on the government’s charges that they organized the Hoosier Protective Association in Howard, Madison and Delaware counties for the purpose of "protecting bootleggers against the law." They charged $3 00 weekly for memberships in the association evidence showed. o Republicans Re-elect Organization Officers Indianapolis, May 14—(U.R) —Reorganization of the G. O. P. machinery for the 1930 campaign was completed today with re-elec-tion of all state officials at n meeting of district committee chairmen. Tlte elect ion was a victory for the Watson organization. Elza Rogers of Lebanon was reelected state chairman; Miss Mary Sleeth of Rushville, vice-chairman, Harry Senton of Indianapolis, secretary; and Irvin Lemaus of Indianapolis, treasurer.