Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1930 — Page 1

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pMISSIONERS HEAR PLEA FOR 1 ffiIVER BRIDGE ‘Chle Tie’ll ship Delejrafon Satrs Scheiman Brid» Is Unsafe sHsidkr ljHl)(.r. AITEAL - ■\ dclefltfion of I’rcMc L ns Jtip fiii-mcrs ;i|)|)( ;ir> (I Ln’ the Joint nurlinn ol I Adaihs i-ounlv foimcil || county eommissionns tulvisintf the i official bodies of tinidition of tin' old Seliein Ifidso and re(|iiestiiu< i sonic action lie taken. ■f. L tz appeared l>efor the petitioners of the poor condidge. Fred Heckle committee interns the new bridge, d-MW 1 bridge was so tinRight it ought to be >h Itoop has preplans and specifitew bridge. The and it is estimated E construction will tie plans pall for its and steel strucScheiman bridge, ans the St. Mary’s e of three wooden ges remaining in he delegation who the commissinns today vfpr- Fred Osterno'.vvr. Henry Scheimann. td Heekiiu!. August Oallinever a FranKShuller. (o actionfcould be taken in the tier Wail because the case was •It advertised >o come before tiie nntr crmtfcil. If the eommismers decide 10 build tlic britlee mb will firobably tie issued, the ne as in Base in (tie building of c Smith bridge north of Deonr. <||i4r of building it would too great to appropriate in one nr. Under the plan of issuing nds the brid. • ould be paid for rr a period of ten years, to open the the township line, e would necessitate of a new bridge over river has again been commissioners. The f led two months ago at the last meeting HK and reflled for hear- ■ *fcthe June session today. J UrtosiAre Damaged tt3*«i)<fba: er car belonging to fsd'Hiaehc and a Pontiac, iie|lM to [ a Detroit, Michigan Mi man j were badly damaged MHStrait car gideswiped the anefeer ear near the Schurger rnvwestfef this city at 8 o'clock *t evening Mr. and Mrs. Handier Haptlifwere returning from In atiAolislnd signalled to turn into ® driveway. The other f failing ■to see the signal, side Bthe Rancher car, damcin.? both tars badly. No one was mHßboth cars were taken to iitgarafcs for repair. OSMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES m avid Buckmaster Is I®P’s Victim at Fort | Wayne Home for many r l *®jgpident of this city, died 11> Vhome on Leith street in Fort L™** thi morning at 1 o’clock. result of a stroke <d laW f ' ! ' 1 which Mr. BuckmasrjHMpd Friday night. master was afflicted l |t# : Stroke of paralysis Thursday Vpile standing in the yard hi# horn.. He suffered a similar m-tbe following evening, from recovered, is survived by his 4H. Buckmaster, and thre<“ aPM! Mrs. Chester Simmon , , «HE n ‘i Chaun(!e - V - 1,11 ol *®. Vuneral arrangements have ffefeompleted, but will be anB^^Mtomorrow. “f, wank Butler of this city is ' ■ Os the deceased. Mr. Buck-P*W:-went his entire life in this his irome on Mcßarnes ■Mplnoviiig to Fort Wayne up 'flMtely ten years ago.

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A. S. Elzey, Ossian, Is i Injured In Accident' A. H. Elzey, of Ossian. wellknown in Decatur and u relative of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linn, was inJured in an automobile accident west of Decatur Sunday morning. Mr Elzey, accompanie dby his wife, waa enroute to Decatur where he was scheduled to teach the Men’s Biblp class of the Methodist Sunday school. •The Elzey car struck an abutment and overturned into a ditch. \ Mr. Elzey was taken to the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne where it was necessary to amputate three fingers of the left hand. Mrs. Elzey wa* not injured. SELLS FUNERAL TO BE TUESDAY Monroe Woman Expires Saturday Afternoon; Heart Trouble, Cause Mrs. Hattie H. Sells, 72. life long resident of Monroe died at her home in Monroe, Saturday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock from complications and heart trouble which developed from a broken hip she suffered last February. Mrs. Sells was bedfast until a few weeks ago when iier condition seemed to be Improved. She was horn at Monroe, December 2, 1857, the daughter of Bazzel and Mary Hendricks, both deceased. Her husband, Thomas Lacey Sells preceded her in death on February 19, 1891. Surviving are three sons, Grover Sells of Greenville, Ohio; Jesse B. Sells of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Harvey J. Sells of Detroit, Michigan: seven grand children, Noel E. Sells, Giennice Sells, Lucile Sells, Helen Sells, Crystal Sells, Robert Oliver, ami Harriet Oliver. A daughter and sou preceded the deceased in death. A brother, Jim A. Hendricks of Monroe, and a sister, Mrs. Minda B Albaush of Dennison, Ohio also survive. The deceased was a member of the Methodist. Episcopal church of Monroe for many years and was a prominent resident of that town. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock (C. S. T.) at the Methodist Episcopal church of Monroe. Rev. E. M. Foster of Monroeville and Rev. Zekiol, both former pastors of Monroe Methodist church, and Rev. Williams, the piesent pastor, will have charge of the services. Burial will lie made in the Ray cemetery at Monroe. j o —- Italian Aviator Holds New Endurance Record Rome, June 2— (UP)-Italy won today the world's record for endurance flying without refueling which Germany had held for almost two years. Major Umberto Maddelina and Lieut. Fattsto Ceccino, of the Italian air corps, set the new record of 67 hours 15 minutes when they landed a* Montecelio Airport at 12:45 A. M. Their fuel was exhausted. Major Maddelina piloted the plane which first sighted the survivors of Gen. Umberto Nobile’s disastrous Arctic expedition slowly starving on an ice floe. Johann Risztics and William Zimmerman, of Germany, set the previous record of 65 hours 25 minutes at Dessau, Germany, in July 1928. Junior Band To Give Series of Concerts The first of the season's concerts to he given by the Decatur Junior band will be held Tuesday night, June 10 on the Government lot, Liberty Way and Third streets. David Rice, director or the band, will be in charge of the concert. The program will bo announced later. . . , It was also announced today that there would not be any practice hour for the junior band this The concert next week will be held at eight o’clock, Decatur time and the public is invited to attend. There are 46 members in the Junior band and the band is composed of junior boys and girls from both the public and parochial schools. Wiltshire K. of P.’s Hold Annual Memorial .Twelve Decatur members of the Knights of Pythias lodge attended the annual K. of P. Memorial services of the Wiltshire, Ohio, looge held Sunday afternoon. Grand Chancellor Justice of the state of Ohio was the chief speaker.

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EIGHTH GRADE COMMENCEMENT TO BE JUNE H Decatur (Jets Annual Exercise; First Time In Several Years J. S. HFSSEY TO BE SPEAKER! The annual couuty eighth grade school commencement will be in Decatur on June 14.,Clifton E. Striker. county superintendent of schools announced today. The exercises will he held at the Decatur high school gymnasium. Tiie program will start at 2 o’clock p. tn. Central Standard time. The Hon. J. S’. Hussey, assistant state school inspector will deliver the commencement address. Superintendent Striker stated today that there would lie approxima’ely 256 graduates. These pupils have completed the eighth grade in the rural schools in the county ami will be graduated and receive their certificies which entitle them to enter high schools. Details for the day’s program are being worked out by Superintendent Striker and a printed program will be published for the commencement exercies. This is the first time in several years that thp eighth grade commencement exercises have been held in Decatur. Electric Shop. Will Move to New Quarters The Decatur Electric shop will move the latter part of this week into its new quarters, two doom south of the present location oil North Second street. The new location ia being completed by ler Bakery Co., this week. It consists of a display room and u large work shop in the rear. COMMITTEES AREANNOUNCED Scout Fund Drive to Start Tuesday; Solicitors To Meet Clayson J. Carroll, chairman of tiie general soliciting committee for the Boy Scout drive, announced the list of solicitors who will canvass the up-town districts beginning Tuesday. The. solicitors are asked to meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms for the purpose of receiving instructions and hearing Mr. C. R. Danielson, assistant scout executive of Fort Wayne give a short talk. Tin! solicitois have been divided into seven teams and additional men have been named to solicit employes at the court house, Adams county memorial hospital, city plant city hatll, Daily Democrat office and Citizens Telephone company office. The solicitors are: Team number one—Leo Kirsch, David Campbell, Dr. Harold DeVor; number two —Ira Fuhrman, Vincent (Borman, C. E. Peterson; number three —Jesse Rice, Hubert Schmitt, Ford O’Brien; number sou Dr. Glen Neptune, Ed. A. Bosse, Dee Fryback; number five—Robert Krick, James Staley; number six—Felix Maier, Andrew Appleman; seven— Paul Phillips. Hospital and post office. Dr. R. E. Daniels; court house. Judge Jesse C. Sutton; city plant, Andy Foos city ball, Orvul Harruff, Daily Democrat, C. E. Holthouse. Citizens Telephone company, Charles Heare. More than S4OO has already been secured by the large gift committee and it is expected that the dirve in the upitown district will be completed in a day or two, o Man Executed By Use Os Gas In Nevada Carson City, Nev. —June 2—(UP) — Nevada's novel method of executing convicted murderers by lethal gas claimed its third life todav when R. H. “Bob" White, 40, died in a small gas filled room at the state penitentiary here. A string extending from a gas generating apparatus inside the death house to a adjoining “operatchairfi relaxed as life left him. (P. C. T.) A moment later the room was flooded with deadly fumes and the body of White, strapped iu ti chair, relaxxed as life left him.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 2, 1930.

Flight, Twenty Years Later Glenn H. Curtiss, famous pioneer of aviation, with his wife after they landed at Curtins Field, 1.. in a modern Condor 20-passenger plane. Curtiss flew over the same course from Albany to New York on which lie made aviation history 20 years ago.

HARLOW SAYS HE WILL NOT CALL COUNCIL Auditor Refuses Court Petition: Says He Will Act Only On Mandate COMMISSIONERS WITH HARLOW County Albert Harlow stated today that he would not call the county council in special session for the purpose of considering an appropriation for the allowances made by Judge Alonzo C. Bales, special Judge in the matter of the Wabash river dredging case. Mr. Harlow stated this morning lie would not call the session of the county council as petitioned for by the court “unless they mandate me to do it”. Claims were allowed by the special judge in the case totaling about $4,500, which includes engineer’s fees, stenographer’s charges and other charges. Members of the county council in session this morning when asked about the matter expressed an opinion in support of Harlow's attitude in the case. Several of tiie councilmen stated that they believed the county should not pay the court costs, which have all been charged against Adams county. Mr. Harlow was firm in his attitude in the matter and informed Attorneys James J. Moran and Whitaker of Portland, attorneys for the petitioners, that he would (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) LOCAL PEOPLE TO CONVENTION State Conference of Religious Education to Be at Huntington Decatur people today received invitations to tiie animal state convention of the Indiana Council of Religions Education to be held June 17 to 19, inclusive at Huntington. The theme of the entire convention will be “Training In Christian Living" and many prominent church workers are scheduled to give addresses on the three day program. Convention headquarters will be at the Huntington high school and all sessions of the general convention will be held in the auditorium of that building. Special conferences will be held for groups of all ages and the entire three days will be crowded with intersecting meetings. AmAng the prominent men and women who will appear on the program are Dr. Walter S. Howell, Philadelphia, field man for the council; Dr. H. Augustine Smith, Miss Lillian E. Reed, Dr. Edward R. Battlett, Dr. Henry E. Tralle and other nationally-known speakers. A number of Decatur people, representing all protestant churches are planning on attending ventlon. Special hotel rates have been announced at Huntington during the conference.

18 )S Madam Thelma Says Better Times Will Arrive Here Soon « K (Editor's note: A Decatur young man recently interviewed Madam Thelma, tiie woman who lias been answering almost every kind of question over WOWO station and his story is of Interest). (By K. K.) Madam Thelma, the lady of the “X-Ray mind”, whose daily listeners over WOWO number in the thousands predicts relief from the piesent unemployment situation within thirty days and with steady improvement until prosperity again j reigns and with a bright outlook I for the continued operation of our loading industries for several years (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COUNTY BILLS ARE ALLOWED Commissioners Hold Busy Session; Bids Received Tuesday • The hoard of county commissioners mot in regular session this morning and devoted tiie morning to cheeking up and allowing of hills. A joint session with tile count v council was also held and bridge and road matters were discussed by them. Tiie matter of building a new bridge across the St. Mary’s river at (lie site of tiie old Scheimann bridge was discussed by the board. The commissioners will be in session again Tuesday at which time bids will lie received for tiie building of two roads and two bridges. The roads on which bids for their improvement will be received are the North Point and Jacob J. Amstutz roads in Wabash township. The bridges are the Sol Moser and Jacob J. Amstutz bridge. Other matters are to come up before the board and the June session promises to lie a busy one. This afternoon the commissioners made a motor trip over the county inspecting certain roads and bridges. CHICAGO GANGS BEGIN NEW WAR Hoodlums Seek Beer Business; Three Are Killed Chicago, June 2.—(U.R) —Bloody reprisals were feared today in the latest outbreak’ of gangland warfare which flared up over the weekend and resulted in a casualty list of three dead, two dying and three seriously wounded. New hostilities were believed by police to have arisen primarily from attempts to corner highly profitable summer resort beer territories. A drawing of battle lines was seen between the gangs of “Scarface Al" Capone and Joe (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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80 PUPILS NAVE GOOD RECORDS IN ATTENDANCE Grade Pupils Neither Absent Nor Tardy Number 85 In Decatur MUCH SICKNESS DURING WINTER In spite of all the sickness consisting of small pox, scarlet fever and colds, tiie of students neither tardy nor absent in grade school was 85. The boys and girls who have been neither tardy nor absent during the year are grouie ed by wards and grades: Riley School Second grade (Nell Winnes): Billy Archbold, Anna Brandyberry, Billy Durbin, Mary Maxine Hilton. Mary Oirod. Third grade (Florence Haney): Violet Girod, Mary Johnaton, Donald Bohnke, Evelyn Lobsiger, Paul Hodle, Bobbie Schnitz. Fourth grade (Bertha Bunner): Kenneth Shell. South Ward School First grade (Eva Acker): Paul Is)rd. Second grade (Florence Magley) Thelma Smith, Robert Collier, Mary Pickford, Robert Egley. Third grade (Eftie Patton). Sam ant ha Drake, Maxine Smith, Katherine Knapp. (Frederick Bailer. Fourth grade (Hazel Curtis): Zula Porter, Hilda Williams, Frank Brunner. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BULLETIN Portland, Ind., June 2. — (U.R) — Two more officers of the Jay County Savings and Trust company were arrested today as the result of failure of the bank a few weeks ago. Thomas W. Shimp, president and Roscoe D. Wheat, vice-president, were arrested on a grand jury indictment charging bankers embezzlement. They are charged with accepting deposits after they knew the bank was insolvent. They were released under bonis of $2,000 each. Wheat is a former judge of the Jay Circuit court. Decatur Woman’s Brother Injured In Auto Accident Russell Smith of Celina was seriously injured in an automobile ac cident near Celina Decoration day, according to word received by relatives in this city. Smith, who is a brother of Mrs. Fred King ol Decatur was returning from Coldwater, with another young man when the car in which they were riding left the road and went down an embankment. Smith was seriously injured and was taken to the Celina hospital. Tiie Attending physician stated that he had a fair chance for recovery. $6,150 ALLOWED BY GO. COUNCIL S4OO Request for Pauper’s Attorney Tabled Until September The county council met in special session tills morning for ‘he purpose of considering and allowing appropriations. The council allowed appropriations totalling $6,150 and tabled the l request for S4OO for pauper’s attorney. The appropriations made were, court house furnishings, $150; Sol Moser bridge, Jefferson township $3,000, Jacob J. Amstutz road, to change ditch by road, SI,OOO. The appropriation for S4OO for pauper’s attorney was carried over until the next meeting. The county had un appropriation of S9OO in this fund and the attorney’s appointed by the court in the Boyd Booher murder trial were allowed SSOO each by the court. County Auditor Albert Harlow paid them only $450 each. There was another hill for $75 for tho attorney appointed by the couit in the Elmer Magley case and tills allowance could not be paid without an extra appropriation. A request for the S4OO was made and the county council tabled it this morning. No date was set for a special meeting of the council will be held on the first Monday in September.

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Archbold Prepares For | Weed Control Meetings County Agent Archbold states! that lie lias been spraying a number of patches of Canada Thistles in various townships the past week with Sodium Chlorate solution. These patches will be used OH | June 12 and 13 in demonstration j meetings on weed control. Mr. O. ('. | Lee, specialist from Purdue will be In charge of these meetings. A complete schedule of meetings! will lie published next Monday, giving location of the spraying and the lime of day for the meeting Any one having plants they wish identified should bring them io these meetings. AWARDSMADE AT CENTRAL Final Awards, Leaders And Diggers Named For Last Six Weeks Twenty-eight final award pins were presented pupils of Central school at the close of the school year, it was announced today by Principal W. Guy Brown. Leader and Digger awards also were made at the closing of the term. The scholarship system, which lvas been acclaimed one of the best in the state by Indiana school authorities, has caused a steady increase in scholastic standing among the pupils. Keen competition for high grades has resulted and every pupil at Central awaits with eagerness each month when the grade results are announced. Following is the list of final awards, leaders and diggers for the last six weeks of the school year: Final Award Pins—Eight A Helena Ravi, Myles Parrish, Roselyn Foreman, Mildred llesher. Faye Eichar, Marie Teeter. Ida Mae Steele, Pauline Hakey, Barbara Krick. Mary Cowan. Final Award Pins—Eight B. Harriet Fruehte, Evelyn Kohls, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) REVIEW BOARD OPENS SESSION Task of Chucking Personal Property Schedules Starts Today Tiie county board of review convened this morning and following the organization meeting the members started immediately to check the personal property schedules as turned in by the assessors. The memers of the board are County Assessor Jay Cline, County Auditor Albert Harlow and County Treasurer Ed Aslibaucher. These men serve by virtue of their official office. The other two members of the board who are appointed by tiie court are Daniel Sprang and F. M. Schlrmeyer. Tiie board held its first meeting in the county treasurer’s office this morning, because the assessor’s room was occupied by the county council. Mr. Cline stated that it would take all this week and probably [ most of next week to check die personal property blanks. The members will verify the totals and listing of items. Preliminary figures show that the personal property valuation in Adams county dropped more than $325,000 tills year, the "loss being accounted for in lower market prices for cattle, grain and live stock and smaller Inventories carried by business houses in Decatur. The board of review has power to adjust any individual assessment or place a horizontal increase in any township or taxing unit. It was impossible to obtain any statement from the members this morning as to the procedure to be tuken by tiie board. BULLETIN Washington, June 2— (UP) — General Herbert M. Lord, former director of the Budget, died at his home here today. He was 70 years old. Stomach trouble had affected him for sometime. Lord was appointed director of the budget bureau by President Caplidge on July 1 1922, succeeding former vice president Charles G. Dawes. Lord served in that capacity until May 31, 1929 when he resigned to enter private business in New York City.

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GIANT AIRSHIP STARTS RETURN OCEAN VOYAGE Thousands Visit Dirigible Over Week-end at New Jersey Port LAST LEG OF WORLD VOYAGE Lakehurst, N. .1., June 2.— (U.R) Th,* tlirigihlo Graf Zcpnelin stood fueled and ready ill the naval air station hangar here today for the final leg of a pioneering commercial flight linking three continents. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander, tias set 10 o’clock tonight as the hour at which tho world's largest airship will depart for its base, Friedrhhshafen, Germany, to end tiie 12,000-mile voyage which started two weeks ago yesterday and took the dirigible over tiie South Atlantic to Brazil, then northward to the United States. While a string of 100,000 persons poured into the air station from every direction yestprday for a final glimpse of the famous ship, workmen finished refueling and inflating the dirigible with hydrogen. The Graf could have left early today. officials eaid. but for the desire of tiie passengers for relaxation before the final leg of the trip. Little more of the world remains for the Graf to conquer, but Dr. Eckener is going after that little in a systematic manner. In July Eckener will begin a series of three northern cruises, the first “tn Tromso, in northern Norway, then to Spitzbergen. where Rear Admiral Byrd took off on hie north pole flight, and finally to Iceland. The complete passenger list of 20 or 22 persons will be made public before the ship sails. Crowds returned to the air station today but not in the proportion that choked roads yesterday and sent thousands away disappointed at not seeing the GrOf. Zeppelin officers and members of the crew took advantage of the stopover to obtain rest Seek Higher Rates Indianapolis, June 2—(U.R)—Mayor W. F. Scherer and members of the Angola city council today petitioned the public service commission to increase rates of the municipal water jilant. F. J. Schmitt Will Be Home In Few Weeks Word lias been received in Decatur that F. J. Schmitt, who is serving an 18-mo nth sentence at Leavenworth prison for violation of the federal prohibition law, will return here some time after June 6. It is understood that Schmitt’s petition for a parole was acted favorably on and he will bo released as soon as his parole papers are returned from Washington, D. C. RURAL FINES" OCCUR SUNDAY Schmitt and Sherry Farms Damaged by Chimney Sparks Two fires which occurred Sunday damaged farms near this city with a total loss of S3OO, the loss being equally divided between the two farms belonging to Hubert Schml'.t and Fied Scherry. The Hubert Schmitt farm, located two miles southeast of this city was damaged by fire at 9:15 o’clock Sunday morning when sparks from tiie chimney caught on the roof. The local 'fire department was called and wub successful in saving ihe house and other buildings, and kept tho total loss down to $l5O for the roof of tiie house. Martin Sprunger is the tenant on the farm. The other fire which occurred at 12:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon was confined to the roof of the Fred Scherry home, located five miles northeast of this city. The fire originated from sparks from the chimney and the total amount of damages was estimated at $l5O. The local fire department was called to the fire and savod all buildings of the farm.