Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1930 — Page 1

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m SCORE ADEBY BERNE ; man in shoot ilantes Hold Practice loot afßerne KanßO Thursday Ol) SCORES ARE REGISTERED ood seor< 011 the ran 2‘‘ ure d t|t practice shoot ThKßsn afternoon near by th' A.lams County •I ilantes, |rtfaniml several Lagolo t It- Bankers tective lommittee ot the ■ m Count> Bankers’ asso--91 onzrrf ■*" gartner of Berne P « perfect score in the 2<>oI Lnmeß" with 25 hits out ■ ,„,sHii)lt 25. Hull .lolinsoii. ucratiC «U ! tale for sheriff oi > for Jh! •:=•••■ «"'• "' i! • ’jj oW ing Is the record ill tlie anl prime shoot: Mittfd & mgartner 25 lurl Johns:'ll 23 »av« Dtttfrh 2:1 bed S -- luv DuMrlt 22 eo^Br (all Grl|| 20 lack Fried 17 l U Vag' l'i \ullum linn lt> I, the 200 y -d off-hand shoot I jflp) 2.'. nil three iJBp .11- niemliers Ol I'ie atioti s*coi ed high conic -, Hoi; non finisl ed fourth in tins i. Following is tile score: ~ ioy DuWh'li 21 Fred DttwC > 20 lave Dube 20 Burl Johvon 10 ; L Yage 1 s ui l Bausrfii 1 ■ ner 18 Jack^Ht the 490-j ard prime Fred Ihi |ud li % Yager lied foi lie- '.' , nrs with |u each out of a pi>— 125. Dave Pubach was second 112. and Bn Johnson was third |MTWUED ON PAGE EIGHT) jtariansTpian To r Attend Convention l4nnbertif Decatur Kolunaic attend the -■mien of Rotary Interna ll.Jo be (held in Chicago JumB 28 It'! jo be the silver jubilee je forming of Rotary and one of * greatest*programs in Rotun ■f londuct Record Sale haSKt and Roy Johnson of Bartlett Johnson Auction Co. limed a Secord aucioii sale .-5 ca rs at Minnie. WVdnesda' to sold ®Jpsed cars in two hours kh is said to lie unusual. The\ sorted that liusiuess conditions pttneie are getting better, as eviled by-tile record made in the | of used (Jars. The sale was cor red for the Cooper Sales Co. MfSCHOOL !l0 BE PLANNED _ IW. Thompson Will Open Night School In Decatur Soon forty Thompson, sales engineer She A. C 11: -1 ■tendered his resignation offerI at once to that concern and Bin planslfor the Decatur Radio ’”»t schoolfwhich will start about (ffe 1 in this city. Mr. ThompI^^^Khat to te already ltatl almost that. applications. we school which will he con|tad at night will lie a thorough htlng in radio repair ami servo work. Mr. Thompson, who has many years of experience in lo repair and construction work, twill maintain a repair service StStost lu connection with his Dol. he first School will last several time not yet I annoKed. Mr. Thompson / B®d that teach student who sue JBgW passed the work would MW 1 * radio service certificate.

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*> Sultan, one of the largest tigers in captivity, was greatly peeved when the photographer took this picture. He had just arrived in the) T.ineoln Park Zoo in Chicago alter the long journey from his original home in Siberia. The animal cost $2,500.

ELI POLING IS DEATH'S VICTIM I Bryant Man Expires at Local Hospital; Funeral Sunday Eli Poling, 05, well-known Bryant farmer, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 8:00 o’clock Thursday evening following ; a major operation which he underwent Thursday. fie was born in day county, June ' 18, 1865, the son of William and j Sarah Poling, in ISB9 he was united in marriage to Jane Behoff who died several years ago. On Octo- 1 her 2. 1026, he married Mrs. Mar-; garet Wheeler of Geneva, who sur-! vivevr Two brothers. George Poling and 1 Sam Poling live at Bryant and a| sister, Mrs. Jane Mann resides atj Sullivan. Indiana. Two brothers j and a sister preceded the deceased | in death. j The deceased spent his entire life at Bryant, except three years which were spent at Geneva, lie was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge for many years. Funeral services will he held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock (central standard time) at the Friends church, west of Bryant with The Rev. Mr. Davis officiating. Burial i will he made at the Gravel Hill cemetery. British Writer Dies Paris, May 16—(UP)—William J. Locke, well known Briiish Novelist, died here last night during a relapse which followed two recent operations. Miss Sheila Locke, his adopted f daughter was with him. Locke had • been suffering with abdominal 1 trouble for some time. : Gold Star Mothers , Arrive in France Today > Cherbourg. France, May 16.—(U.R) - The S. S. America steamed into Cherbourg Roads under a bright sun today, bringing the first contingent of Gold Star Mothers to visit the graves of their soldier sons in France. French officials went out to meet the pilgrimage. The wharves and ' welcoming boats were decorated in honor of the mothers and their journey. I Physicians Hold Meet Noblesville, Ind., May 16. (U.R) The annual meeting of the ninth ' district Medical Society closed last. ! night with a banquet attended by I 100 physicians and wives from .. eight counties. , Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Brothers clinic gave the main ’’ address and other speakers in- , ciuuM Dr. J. A. McDonald, Indmn- ; apolis. and Dr. It. C. Strickland, Richmond. , w ill Probe Death s Washington, Ind., May 16. (U.R) a —The Daviess county grand jury ;, today was expected to investigate b the death last night of Charles s Connaughton, 68, town marshal at Montgomery, six miles east of 1 Washington, after he had fallen ' from the running hoard of an auto u m an attempt to arrest the driver. , Cecil Gilliatt, 28, Washington, j W as held in jail today pending the i. report of the jury.

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INOCULATION IS SUGGESTED Sov Bean Growers Are Urged to Care For Crops This Season County Agent L. E. Archbold received a letter from agricultural officials at Purdue University asking that lie urge soy bean growers in Adams county to inoculate their beans this year. The letter in part says: "Inoculation of soy beans should he generally practiced by growers ibis season because it enables this crop to gather nitrogen and so serve as a soil builder. Soy beans do not cross inoculate wipi any 1 other legume and hegin a relatively ‘ new legume in Indiana, much soil | still needs inoculation for thiH :j crop. Without Inoculation, these | plants will not he able to obtain 11 sufficient nitrogen on the average ; soil because of nitrogen deficiencies. This results in a stinted yeli low growth, and a plant lower in ■ protein than would he, the case if ' plenty of nitrogen were available. Even on fields where soy beans 1 have been grown one or (wo times reinoculation is usually profitable, i A large increase in acreage is exI (CONTINUED) ON PAGE SEVEN) BAPTIST SHE TO BE SATURDAY Cols. Johnson and Barti lett to Auction Goods as Church Benefit The public auction sale of used furniture, household goods and in fact almost anything a person can r think of, will he held Saturday afternoon at. the Niblick lot, oppo- ) site the Public Library at 1 o'clock ] under the auspices of the First t. Baptist church of Decatur. The sale is being held as a i means of obtaining money to he ].j used in re decorating the interior of the local church. Many valut able pieces of furniture and houseI hold goods have been contributed ! for sale and Col. Roy Johnson, I- prominent Decatur auctioneer will preside at the sale. The commute in charge stated today that if anyone had any article to contribute to the sale, a member of the committee would he ! glad to call for it. People who de--1 sire to contribute are asked to call ‘ Mrs. Halve Schroll or Col. Johnson. ‘ The public is invited to the sale and it will last until all articles 1 have been disposed of. Col. John- " son will lie assisted by his partner, '■ Col. Carl Bartlett and the sale will begin at 1 o’clock Saturday after- ’ noon. All people are invited to come to the lot and examine the articles. ~ To Give Play Sunday k The home talent play, "The Gold--0 en Trail" will he given Sunday 0 evening and next Tuesday evening 1 In the auditorium of the Decatur f Catholic school building. The play i [ 9 given by the St. Mary’s chorus o choir and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse has ' directed it. It is a three act musii, cal comedy and deals with the gold 0 rush days ot 1849. Tickets for the play may be secured at the door.

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COUNTY BIBLE CONTESTS WILL BE HELD SUNDAY Several Churches of Adams County Represented in Annual Events WINNERS WILL C.O TO DISTRICT The annual Adams county Bible Memory and Bible story telling contests will he held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock (daylight saving time) at the Methodist Kplscopul church | in this city. Entrants, who won the right for county competition by winning their local church contests, will participate from almost every I’rotes'.ant church In Adams County. The winner and runner-up in each coldest will represent Adams conn-1 ty at the district meeting which will he held in June anil the district wirliter will represent this district at the slate contests which will he field In connection with the stute Sunday School convention. The contests are sponsored by the Indiana Council of Religious Education and have become an annual event. The public is invited to attend the contests, which are measured by their merits as stories taken from the Bible. Competent judges will select the county champions in each event and the champions will represent all churches of Adams county at district competition. The entry lists will he divided into groups wilh cei tain age limits. The church audtorium will he (opened 45 minutes before the contests start and those who desire to attend are asked to come befor" th4 contestants begin tlieir competition. " -* ZERKEL CHOSEN CARRIERS' HEAD Decatur Rural Letter Car- * rier President of County Croup H. E. Zerkel was elected president of the Adams County Rural Better Carrier's Association at a meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fouls Xeaderhouser at Berne Thursday evening. J. Earl Butler was chosen vice-president, and Har--1 1 y Crownover was re-elected secre-tary-treasurer. Mr. Zerkel will succeed Chales Maloney who has served during the past year. Zerkel and Crownover were also . named delegates to the Slate Convention which will be held at Bedford, July C. 7, and 8. A committee was appointed to arrange a picnic for all letter carriet > 1 and post office employcf s of Ad 1 ams and Wells counties, to be held , the first of August. W. F. Beery then made a repor of the National Convention held al ' Savannah, Ga„ lasi August, after [ which Mr. and Mrs. Neaderhouser served refreshments. Auxiliary Meets ' The Women's Auxilliary also met ‘ at Ihe Neaderhouser home at Berne r Thursday evening and elected Mrs. " Hubert E. Zerkel president for the ■ coming, year. Mrs. A. Hahnert of 1 Monroe was elected vice-president, ■ and Mrs. Harry Crownover was 1 chosen secretary-treasurer. The committee composed of the 1 Mesdames W. F. Beey, Louis Noat derhouser, and H. E. Zerkel was t appointed to arrange the AdamsJ Wells County picnic amt meeting - Mesdames W. F. Beery, Louis Nea--1 with the Rural Letter Carrier •: - association. —n—--3 Fatal Shooting Is 4 Cause For Concern Kendallvllle, tnd„ May 1G. —(U.R) j Fatal shooting of Lawrence wells, 22, alias Lawrence Cramer, , Kendallvllle, when he attempted to escape after being arrested as a suspect in the robbery of the Beyer wholesale grocery, caused considerable comment and indignation in Kendallville today. The youth died early today. ‘ While dying Wells denied lmplication in the robbery, lie said he !. fled because he feared arrest for associating with the wife of Bert s Cramer, who now is serving a pris- * on term for auto banditry. . Chief of Police Ora Sawyer and 1 Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Magnuson, ? Albion, fired five Hhots at the youth, one of which struck him.

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Farm Bureau Meeting i To Be Held At Poe ' The Adams County Faint Bureau will hold a meeting in the school house at Poe, Tuesday evening, May 2D at 8 o'clock centra! standard time. The chief speaker will he the stute treasurer 1,. L. Needier from the Indianapolis office of the Jmiianu Farm Bureau. ( The lot ul farm bureau is securing a two reels ol motion pictures ami has asketl County Agent L. E. Archlmld to run them through his machine. The meeting promises to 1 he lurgely attended as an effort is > being made lo place Marion and 1 Madison townships of Allen County j with Adams County so far as this! organization Is concerned. j ' AWARDS MADE :! IN BOYS’ SHOW I — Hobby Exhibit Draws Much Praise From Manv Visitors 1 Judging in the hobby exhibit ' given by the boys of Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth grades of Pule 1 lie. Catholic and Lutheran schools 1 this week at the Decatur Library building was completed lust even- 1 ing. D O. McComb, Fort Wayne, Allen • county superintendent of schools 1 and Richard Chester, manual train- 1 ing teacher in Fort Wayne acted as judges. The exhibit was supervised by Amos Ketchnm, manual training teacher in the Decatur schools. Many persons visited the exhibit, the registration showing more than 300 visitors. The Decatur Rotary club sponsored the exhibit, it being one of the events of Boy’s week. The winners in the different exhibits will he awarded place ribbons. M. F. Worthman, chairman of the committee in charge of the exhibit stated that the exhibit was one of the finest ever shown and that on’ | of town visitors were high in their praise of the splendid work done by j Ihe boys. Exhibits were also entered by 15 girls. Following is the list of awards | and the entries-. Minature Projects Minature projects designating construction of ihe biplane, railroad signals, the phonograph, Ihe (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) PATHOL PLAN IS EXPLAINED Cliff Siniff, Allen County Road Superintendent Rotary Speaker The advantages of the patrol system in maintaining county roads! and the economies resulting from| such a system were explained by Clifford Slniff, county superinten- , dent of roads in Allen county to . the Decatur Rotary club last evening. Mr. Siniff was the first county road superintendent to establish . the patrol system in Indiana and . since 1829 has been meeting with ! great success. Mr. Siniff was f formerly employed by the State , highway department as superinten- - dent of State road No. 27 from Berne to Decatur. ! Fourteen other Indiana counties, ' Including Adams county are now - operating the highway departments under the patrol system. : "It's just as foolish to operate the county highway departments today under the old system ot maintaining roads as it would be for business men to operate their business the same as they did 20 1 years ago," Mr. Siniff stated. . “111 Allen county, when I took office we had 40 district road superintendents. The majority of j these men were well meaning farmers, many of whom were appointed because of political considerations and the fact that the ( party in power could depend on 1 them when it came to voting. Under our present system we have only eight patrolmen, who with ’ their assistants work from 80 to ' 105 miles of road every week. Every patrolman covers a certain ' territory every day and puts in from eight to ten hours each day. We can tell within a mile and a half where every patrolman Is at ’ any hour ot the day. Our depart(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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STOCK MARKET TRANSACTIONS TO BE PROBED Senate Will Investigate Cannon’s Activities With Broker BISHOP WILL STAND TRIAL New York, May 1<» <U.R) The Inilt'cl States Senate lobby committee will investigate the stock market operalions of Bishop James Cannon. Jr., it was learned al the office of I’nited Stales Attorney To ICo todiiv. A Megrnm received bv Tuttle from Senator Caraway of the committee asked permission to send on investigator porn to exemino the records of Gohlhurst. KttbV and eonmanv. the stock hrokcrae* 1 firm with which Cannon had ad mitted he had dealings. Till tie said he had telegraphed Cara wav granting permission for | the investigation. The federal attorney pointed out that tinners in the company’s files had been legally seized in connection with a charge against Charles Gold hurst, senior member of the firm, of using the mails to defraud Just before he was scheduled to tro to trial. Gohlhurst pleaded •miltv and was sentenced to five years in prison. While Cannon admitted lie traded with C.oldhurst as his broker, tlie records of the brokerage house have never been made public. Tattle’s telegram to Caraway was sent after the federal attorney had "onferred hv telephone with the department of justice in Washingion. The subcommittee's move comes at a time when Cannons stock market operations are under com- | plaint in the Southern Methodist 1 conference at Dallas. Tex. It is indieated that Cannon will stand trial before the church council | because of his stock trading. Stucky Bahe Dies At Berne Hospital Geneva, lnd., Mav 1(1 —(Special 1 Josephine Ann Stnckv. infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lester Stnckv of Geneva, died at the Berne Hospital. Thursday evening. The baby was horn at the hospital last Tuesday. Surviving are the parents, and two small sisters. (!ro>oliPti and Garnet, both at horn* The grandparents also survive. Mrs Stnckv was formerly Miss Veda Kelly of east of Geneva. Mr. Stnckv is manager of the Eastern 'mliana O'! and Supnlv Comnanv at Geppva. The condition of Mrs. Stucky is regarded as afir. MORROW SEERS REPEAL OF LAW Tolls Voters States Should Make Own Liquor Laws Newark. N. J., May lsi — (U.R) — Dwight W. Morrow faced the voters of New Jersey today on the promise that if elected to the United Slates senate he would work for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and seek a substitute measure leaving to each state the determination of a policy of dealing with liquor. The prohibition attitude of the noted hanker and diplomat as outlined last night in his opening campaign speech, is based on two premises: first, that the states should have the power to determine their own policies with the federal government giving "all possible protectlo nand assistance” and second, that federal enforcement funds should be used in preventing liquor importation or transportation in Inter-state commerce. leaving police dtttien to the states. It was the firsi time Morrow had stated his views and the announcement was watched with nation-wide interest, not only because he was the first partner of J. P. Morgan ever to seek elective public office twit because of his fame as a diplomat, gained as ambassador to Mexico and delegate to the London naval conference, and his closeness to the Republican administration.

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Evelyn I-ee, 9-year-old Des Moines, la., girl, who was kidnaped and slain by a moron. Missing since last Saturday, her hotly was found in the woods near Des Moines Monday afternoon. MUSICALE TO BE PRESENTED Prof. Walter Denninger to Give Organ Recital At Reformed C hurch Prof. Walter P. Denninger of the local Lutheran school and organist at the Zion Lutheran church will appear in an organ recital to be given at the Reformed church Sunday night. The recital is a part of the two-fold program as arranged by the members of the Senior Christian Endeavor Society ot the church, who are giving their closing worship program for the summer. The service begins at 7:30 o’clock. A two-part program has been ar ranged. The first part will he musical and will consist of a twenty minute organ recital given by Prof. D nnlnger. The second part will be a review of the young people's work as carried on since the beginning of the year. Each Emleavorer will announce a subject atul speak briefly on that particular subject. The devotionals will also tie in charge of the young (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) GOV. KOHLER IS ACQUITTED Jury Returns Verdict After Hour And A Half Deliberation Sheboygan, Wis.. May lfi.—(U.R) —The triumph of vindication was Governor Walter J. Kohler’s today in consequence of a jury’s verdict . finding him not guilty of alleged | violations of the Wisconsin corrupt practices act. His trial, in which his removal from office was sought on charges of excessive campaign expenditures in the 1928 primary election, was brought to an end last night when he was acquitted. The jury's deliberations lasted only an hour and a half and the verdict was unanimous on one ballot. The state's special prosecutors met the defeat by turning today to the tusk of preparing a motion for a new trial of the ouster suit, judgment on which will he made final by Judge Gustav Gehrz. within the next several days when he enters his verdict ou the jury's findings of fact. The motion for a new trial is expected to lie denied atul an appeal taken to the state Supreme court. The return of the verdict was occasion for an enthusiastic demonstration by Kohler's friends atul relatives. When the tumult subsided the governor thanked the jury for its findings. "I was fighting for vindication of my name and the name of my family and friends," lie said In a husky voice, "and I am deeply grateful to you." The jury’s special verdict was based on eight questions previously propounded by the judge. Ans- , weiing these in the negative, the , jury held that Kohler did not authorize the expenditure of funds , at his plant for the entertainment . of visitors when he was running . for nomination, nor was he guilty . of financing the Kohler hand for political purposes.

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OPPOSITION IS DEFEATED AT STATE MEET Entire Committee Continues Unchanged; Vote Is Close WILLIAMS IS STATE SECRETARY Indianapolis, May 18.— <U.R) —R. Earl Peters of Fort Wayne was re-elected Democratic state chairman at a meeting of the Democratic state committee in Indianapolis today. The vote was 13 to 12. Peters was saved from a tie vote with Lee Bays of Sullivan by un improperly made out proxy for Mrs. Nora Short of Salem, third district vice-chairman carried by L. A. Smallwood of Oolitic, which would have been cast for Bays. It was the first time Peters' reign as chairman of the Democratic party In Indiana has been seriously challenged since he took the helm. Mrs. A. P. Flynn of Logansport was re-elected vice-chairman, receiving 14 votes whereas Mrs. Carl Wood of Indianapolis, received 8 and Mrs. Inez Spoil. Comursville, 3. Evans Woollen, Jr.. Indianapolis, was elected treasurer, succeeding Edward Rabu. Marshall Williams, Indianapolis attorney and secretary of the state committee tor the last four years will continue at present. The chairman was given the authority to select his own secretary. The election at noon today climaxed one of the most heated battles for the Democratic chairmanship in recent years. Bays was brought forward by John E. Fredericks, of Kokomo, In an effort to defeat the Dailey-Taggart-McNutt Peters control of tile state organization. Severe Storms Hit In Northern Texas Dallas. Tex., May lfi (U.R)— Demolished home* and damaged crops lay today in the wake of a series of severe wind atul rain storms which swept along the Red river and through north Texas last night. Five persons, all Mexicans, were injured, none seriously, when their house was destroyed between Hotliday and Dundee. Ten homes were damaged at Pittsburgh, Camp County Community, where crop losses were reported at nearly a half million dollars. Several small communities near Wichita Falls reported broken power lines and unroofed houses. Crops were beaten into the ground by heavy rains and highways were flooded. SCHOOLS GET COMMISSIONS All Adams County Public Schools Reported In Good Condition Word was received here today by county school officials that every public school in Adams county had been commissioned for 1930-31 by the slate department of public instruction. The announcement states that the commission applies to one room schools as well as all public high schools. Adams county Is one of Ihe few counties In llie slate that receive 1 a complete commission without making any contemplated changes. The 12 township trustees and County Superintendent C. E. Striker have received high commendation for the first class condition and high standard in the county schools. The fact means that all Adams county schools are in good condition and that the various teachers have kept the standard achieved several years ago. The 12 trustees have co-operated with Superintendent Striker in maintaining the 1 standard. Mr. Striker today highly commended the trustees and stated that the commissions for all schools would have been Impossible bad not the trustees aided in the work.