Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1930 — Page 1

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MIC HIGH lIBS SHNUAL KmENSEMENT; ■ father Bapst Is »aker At Exercise; K \re Graduated ■th <;rai>e ■l U'l <IMAS Gl\ EN L,n , !1( | education g<»‘ ■in hnii<l." slated the ■ ■ t'.nlur John. Bapst. ■on. >n <h hvenng the ■neenh'd address a ■mie.il eonnnencenu al ■'s ol the Decatur ■]i c Itidl school, held ill ■lv I'ridav evening. awarded to six " I graduates, three pupils and 35 eighth „f Si. .Joseph's Catholic th,, awarding of the ■. bv th-' Rev. Father J. A. I ■ past,,,- of St. Mary's Caih■t,r >, allegorical playlet, ■i Gifts ol Life." was given, ■eiiili erad, pupils also gave ■ et • Hing With The Tide". ■ tr: P; - marched from th- ■ ,;„. auditorium to the stage ■■ v w, re addressed by the ■nlar Bapst. Bapst spoke on ednca■jrir.diiitf i-.-ligious education ■] :l <. , ular education. ‘lb’- ■ s nl an's relation with God. ■ion does not give life but ■to li-. a fuller life.” stated H cvr r• die schools we not ■>..V. in the secular edtica■fyoutli. hut in the education | ■ heart and in the science of ■inis. We combine the two ■r to help the youth fight not ■ , o.hlems, but to help ■tain -piritual happiness and ■t" stated Father Bapst. ■s inn taut that we educate ■uth both in mind and heart ■tow hint that solace can be ■ed through religion," the ■kr remarked. Iking to the graduates, Fathpsi -tat, i that he desired "to J best wishes for a successid happ-. future. A clean, pb life will help you greatly in png sin . ess. Do not be good because it's the law or order Bfonn to such restrictions, bit for the love of God and. Be Rod expects yon to." reWTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ■ —o ore Tong Flare-ups pgo. June 7—(UP)— Tong Bred an.-w in Chicago earl; when Chan-Gong Gan. Chiiiilindryaian. was shot to deatn e far west side. r the body of the Tong victim i assailants escaped unseen, found a .38 caliber revolver Bwhirlt five shots had been fir ' ■ witness said another Chines.-■ ■be laandryiuan and fled, Chan ■M to he an On Leong, ytly b fore the shooting was ■etl police ( apt. John Pender■had taken precautions which ■intended to prevent Tong asRations in Chinatown, which ■ominously dark daring the ISON PAROLE HI RE PROBED I governor Ed. Jackson hy Be Called To Explain Actions „ itanapolis, June 7—(U.R)—ForPovernor Ed Jackson of Indibe called into court to " n Pat oleos eight prisoners I fndiana state prison during ted days ot his administraif attorney general’s |bfl'lce teen notified that Jackson te summoned for questioning 'teas corpus proceedings for W L. Bunch, Nashville, Tenn. * as given a parole by Jacktet who still is in the state I* because of a technical frge w. Hufsmlth, deputy Bey general, said the. hearing e held in LaPorte circuit June 17 or 18. J^ s name was misspelled ’NTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Welcomed 1 : i’ ' *. • lElrw a LA - / xml . ' u fk Js - - i IM .<*- I J ® F Ifi-'feA® 1 & rTfIH s Wwst JKIAt (1 | | I I vw i' Os 'IF ■ ■’ I ’ '■ ' wl ... .. ■K..'- ..a... J **®;hgs..s : .a,c griWftWWA committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce boomed a hearty welcome to Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera, president-elect of Colombia, when he arrived in Chicago for a two-day visit. Little Beatrice Santa Maria presented him with a bouquet of flowers while his daughter, Lucia, left, looked on.

I North Carolina Holds Primary Election Today Raleigh, N. C„ June 7.— <U.R)— This state, for years a stronghold of the democratic party's “solid south," voted today to decide whether or not Senator Furnifold M. Simmons must give up the office he has held for 30 years as the price of his opposition to Alfred E. Smith for president in 1928 and the resultant turn of North Carolina to the republican column. In a state wide primary of both republican and democratic party the "old man." as Simmons is called here by friends as well as foes, is the outstanding issue. 'L—— o— CANNON ISSUES NEW STATEMENT Methodist Bishop of Opinion He as \ oluntary Witness Washington, June 7. — (U.R>— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South “Intended no discourtesy" when he walked from the senate lobby com- ' mittee room Thursday while Senator Blaine, Repn., Wis.. was questioning him, he said tn a public statement last night. The famous Methodist ttry, whose action Senator Walsh. Dem., Mont., one of the two senators examining Cannon, termed “plain contempt." stated; “As 1 had never been subpoenaed and as a quorum of the committee had not been present at either session Tuesday or Wednesday ON paGB SIX) Women Bandits Aid Men in Bank Robbery Richmond Hill, N. V, June < (ij p)_Two women led a group five bandits in a successful raid on the Richmond Hill Ration Bank today and escaped with sl9 T°he°‘two women and three men. all wearing masks and carrying pistols and tear gas bombs, appeared at the bank and hour be fore opening time.

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GOOLWEATHER ’ FOLLOWS RAIN Mercury Continues to Drop Lower; Fair and Warmer, Forecast Weather of unseasonal temper- ' ature arrived in Decatur and all of Adams county late Friday afternoon and the mercury continued to move downward most of Saturday State weather forecasters predicted and upward trend in temperature late today with fair weather on the program for Sunday. The drop in temperature was preceded by rain in most parts of the i county and while no serious damage was done by tlie wind which accompanied the rain, some slight damage was reported in Union, township, east of Decatur where the storm was the most severe. Farmers throughout the county were optimistic today concerning the outcome of crops this year. The spring months have been the best from an agricultural standpoint in the last several seasons, and good, crops are predicted in most parts of , the county. The cool weather of yesterday and today will not do any damage farmers and truck gardners report. Furnace fires were in style again in homes and local people recalled that a similar cool wave was in evidence in Adams county a year ago during the early part of June. Chicago Has SIOO,OOO Fire Early This Morning Chicago, June 7—(U.R)—The fire that threatened for a time to spread to skyscrapers for blocks around, badly damaged the Old American Express Company building early today, boss was estimated at SIOO,OOO and one fireman was injured. Twenty engine companies re- . sponded to the series of alarms ■ sent out as the flames leaped from the roof of the seven-story structure, located between State and Dearborn streets on Monroe street in the heart of the loop. Surrounding buildings were showered with sparks and burning bits of wood skyrocketed from the blazing roof. Three firemen were Injured by falling glass.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 7, 1930.

DEMOCRATS TO ATTEND STATE MEET MONDAT Close Contests Predicted In Nominations for Offices BLUFFTON MAN IS CANDIDATE With the Democratic state convention opening at Indianapolis Monday night, Adams county Democrats were making final plans to attend the convention and cast the county’s 11 votes for favorite candidates. Several close contests loom and indications are that every state office will have at b-a-t two contenders. Chief Interest at present centers on candidates for two state offices, secretary of state and treasurer. The secretary of state contest is of unusual interest to Adams county and the eighth congressional district because Virgil Simmons of B’uffton, eighth district chairman, is a candidate.. The race probably will be a six-cornered affair, with Charles Garrison, of Jeffersonville, Frank Mayr pf South Bend and Simmons as the three leading candidates, u Pre-con vent lineups show that Simmons will‘get every vote from the eighth district, most of the twelfth district and a scattering vote from all districts. Mayr’s strength comes from the thirteenth district and part of the tenth. Garrison is said to be strong in the second, third and fourth districts. Other candidates are seeking sufficient strength to make the affair an elimination contest. In the contest for state treasurer William Storen of Scottsburg is opposed by Jap Jones of Martinsville. Jones has been the party's choice in three campaigns and many delegates are disposed to vote for Storen in order to inject new interest in the state campaign. The contest will l>e close according to straw votes taken prior to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — ■ —o ■ Rachael Baughman Dies Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. Bachael Baughman, at Detorit. Mrs. Baughman was the widow of the late Arkison Baughman who conducted a store at Salem south of Decatur for many years. The body will be brought to the home of a son, Gail Baughman at Fort Wayne this afternoon and funeral services will be held Sunday at the Salem M. E. church. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock (CST) and burial will be made at the Tricker cemetery. Mrs. Baughman was wellknown in Decatur. PRIZE WINNERS HAVE QUARREL Derby Ticket Winners Finally Agree On Even Division Quebec, June 7. —(U.R)— The Doughertys of Brooklyn, upon whom , a $149,000 derby sweepstakes ticket fell like an apple of discoid, turning father against sons, composed their quarijpl today by compromise, in light of a new danger. The compromise was that the two sons, Edward Patrick Dougherty and Daniel Dougherty, Jr., will share fifty-fifty in the $149,262 with Daniel Dougherty, still querulously complaining, left out. The squabble was settled, however, because of the impending descent upon the elder Dougherty of a missing wife — hitherto not reckoned with in the division of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, o Hour Old Infant Dies Funeral services for Robert Edwin Melehi, hour-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Melehi who died at 7:30 o'clock this morning were held at 3 o’clock this afternoon, with Rev. M. W. Sunderman in charge. The babe was borne to Mr. and Mrs. Melehi at 6:30 o’clock this morning and lived only a short time. Surviving are a brother. Billy and a sister Betty Jean and the parents.

John Peterson Leaves j For National Convention John S. Peterson, secretary of Post X. Decatur, left this morning lor Indianapolis where Im will join the Hoosier delegation and proceed to New Orleans for the national con vention of the Traveler's Protective Association. The local post is one of the few in the state to have shown a gain the past year and now has 12*1 members. Mr. Peterson has been an enthusiastic worker for the] organization for years and is now I a member of the state board of di-1 rectors. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Poole of Anderson will be with the Indiana delegation, Mr. Poole being u delegate from the Anderson post. MANY ATTEND LEGUME TOUR Guests Say Tour Was One of Best Ever Held In State The program committee of the Adams County Dairy Herd Improvement Association is to be congratulated on the splendid tour outlined and the fine manner in which their president, Mr. P. B. Lehman carried out the plans of the legume tour Friday, according to honor guests from Purdue, who attended the affair. A number of guests from out of the county were present, including E. A. Gannon and Keller Beeson of Purdu° university, Louis P. East a feature writer for the Farmers Guide of Huntington. Mr. Hullwith of the Frigidaire of Dayton, Ohio, and Mr. Sowers of Indianapolis. The tour started ou the P. B. Lehman farm. A number ot Decatur firms had some displays set up in the barn yard. County Agent Archbold announced that Ernest Busche of Monroe and P. B. Lehman had been nominated for honorary degree of Master Farmer by their friends and neighbors. This degree is given to a few select farmers each year by a farm magazine in cooperation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SEEK MAN IN TORCH MURDER Authorities Want C. C. Ridenhour, Seen With Schroeder Lately Indianapolis, June 6. —(U.R) —lndianapolis and Marion county authorities, aided by police throughout the country, today were tracing die most tangible clue uncovered siije a charred body of a man was found in the blazing auto of Harold Herbert Schroeder near Indianapolis a week ago. Search was begun for C. C. Ridenhour. believed to have been with Schroeder, a Mobile, Ala., radiator shop operator, shortly before the burning car was found. Thomas Riley, insurance company investigator who had made a trip south, uncovered the new .clue. Authorities believe Schroeder is still alive. Ridenhour, on whom Schroeder is said to have forged a SI,OOO check, lias not been reported seen since a few days before the murder. Ridenhour was of Roman Catholic faitli and had red hair. Two rosaries were found in the charred auto. Examination of the body of the victim brought evidence that he had red hair. Ridenhour formerly lived in 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o Thomas Durkin, Jr., Is Oratory Medal Winner Thomas Durkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Durkin of Mercer avenue was awarded the Conroy Oratory Medal at St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, in the annual oratory contest conducted by that school. The prize is one of the two most coveted awards given by the school. Mr. Durkin will complete the six year classical course with high honors, at the graduation exercises to take place at the St. Joseph College Tuesday, June 10. Mr. Durkin entered St. Joseph College for his scholastic studies fur years ago after completing two years at the Decatur Catholic High School.

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JURY AWARDS CRIPPLED BOY SB,OOO DAMAGE Max Atkins Gets Judgment In Case Against F. W. Pawlisch THREE HOURS DELIBERATION A jury in Adams circuit court a-ward.-d Max Atkins, 11 year old Fort Wayne boy SB,OOO In a SIO,OOO damage suit brought by the boy through his mother, Fern Kramer vs. F. W. Pawlisch, of Fort Wayne, the result of an automobile-bicycle collision in Fort Wayne September 13, 1927. The jury deliberated about three and a half hours ami the the verdict giving the boy SB,OOO was read about 9 o'clock Friday night. Evidence brought out during the trial was that the lad, eight years of age when the mishap ccurred was riding on the handle barn of a bicycle propelled by his sister on Eckart street, September 13, 1927. The accident occurred at the corner of Weiser Park avenue and Eckart street and the Pawlisch car collided with the bicycle. The lad's leg was broken and as a result he was permanently crippled. The defense attempted in testimony to show that the accident was unavoidable and that the bicycle did not have a light on the front of it. Sapp, See and Glenn ot Huntington and C. J. Lutz of Deca ture represented the defendant and Hartzell and Todd of Fort Wayne and D. B. Erwin of Decatur represented the plaintiff. The lad's mother Mrs. Fern Kramer also has a $5,000 damage suit pending in Adams circuit court as a tesult of the accident, her case (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) oSix Adams Couniy Boys To Enter Military Camp The enrollment period for the Citizens' Military Training Camp has just been closed. Six Adams county boys have enrolled. They will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison on June 20. The boys who will take the training this summer are John Ed. Cook, John Paul Frosch, both of Decatur; Robert La Follette Jones. Woodrow E. Hoffman, of Berne: Robert Cleo Andrews and Wilbur Henry Fricke of Monroe. The camp will continue from June 20 to July 19 inclusive. The government will pay all expenses. o Decatur Man Honored J. O. Tricker a well known breeder of Holsteins in Decatur, has just been admitted into membership in the Holstein Friesian Association of America, according to word received f.om Denver, Colorado, today. o PROHIBITION WINS VICTORY Women’s Convention Is In Favor Os Remaining On Dry Side Denver, Colo., June 7 —(U.R) — Ultra drys emerged overwhelmingly victorious today from a clah on the floor of the 20th biennial convention of the general Federation of Womens Clubs. An amendment to the resolutions committee’s prohibition resolution which would remove the appellation of “sinister” with reference to opponents of prohibition, was voted down decisively. Spirited debate proceeded the vote on the amendment which was introduced by Florence Diebert of Pennsylvania. She declared she felt some people "are honest, in their convictions that prohbition is wrong, and sinister is a very strong word.’’ She was answered by Mrs. J. ( . Pearson, Marshall, Okla., and Mrs. Edward Franklin White of Indianapolis, Ind., who contended the deletion would lessen the strength of the resolution as presented. A Texas amendment against the resolution which had been forecast failed to materialize, ami In the vote less than a score supported the amendment.

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Picks Model Air Costume • i r ' z ■X. ■ -■ i Miss Lydia Kalishek of Neenah, Wis., once the only woman in the world who owned her own airport, is shown here in the costume which she has selected as ideal for Summer flying. Miss Kalishek will take part in the air races to be held at Curtiss Field in August. NEW BRIDGE IS ORDERED BUILT County Council Will Be Asked io Make Appropriation The county commissioners have instructed County auditor Albert Harlow to call a special meeting of the county council for the purpose of making an appropriation and adopting a bond ordinance for the building of the Gallmeyer bridge, replacing the old Scheimann bridge across the St. Mary's river in Preblo township. T his will be the first step toward the building of the new bridge. The legal procedure required, is that the county council shall first appropriate tile amount of money needful and then authorize the county to issue bonds for the building of the bridge. It is estimated that the new bridge will cost about $30,000. County engineer Ralph Roop has prepared a preliminary estimate and a tentative drawing for the new bridge. The old Scheimann bridge was erected in 1878. It is one of the three wooden bridges remaining in the county and has been condemned for several years. Warnings that the bridge is unsafe for traffic are posted near it. Viewers are Named Viewers have been appointed on the Mailand road in Preble township. They are William Farlow of Wabash township. John Burke, Him-1 Creek township anil Eugene Lind sey. Hartford township. They will meet on June 12 and repott at the next meeting ot the county commissioners. The petition for the road is to open the road along the township line. If the road is ordered opened a new bridge will have to be erected across the St. Marys river. To Give Children's Day Program Sunday Night A Children’s day pageant will be given Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock at the United Brethren church in tills city. The public is Invited to attend the affair. There will be recitations, music, songs, dialogue and drills given by the young people of the church. Hoover Goes fishing Washington. June-7. — (U.R) — President Hoover left the White House at 7 a. in. today to drive to his Rapidan. Va., camp where ho will join Mrs. Hoover who went there earlier in the week. The chief executive, will spend the week-end fishing. He was accompanied by a number of guests.

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MEETS AFTER PRINCE IS WELCOMED May Join Regency Os Minority King; Is To Meet Wife CAROL IS MET WITH APPLAUSE Bucharest, June 7.—<U.R)— Continuous conferences were held today between Prince ! Carol, father of the boy King [Michael, the Roumanian cabinet, and other members of the royal family. The cabinet was summoned by Premier Julius Maniu immediately after Maniu had welcomed Carol to Bucharest after an absence of more than five years. Maniu and Minister of Interior Alexander Vaida Voevod met Carol when the Prince stepp- • d from a Roumanian military airplane at the Bucharest airport last night after a flight from Munich. Dowager Queen Marie, mother of the former crown prince who renounced his throne to live in France witli Mme. Magda Lupeacu was en route to Germany, ostensibly believing she would meet Carol there and confer with him ■ regarding the possibility of his 1 return to Roumania. Tile Roumanian parliament, which was still sitting when Car--1 ol's plane landed, adjourned immediately. Carol wore the uniform ’1 of a Roumanian general when he arrived. Maniu and Vaida Voevod escorted him in an automobile to Cetroceni Palace. Prince Nicholas. Carol's younger brother, was at the palace, and I they embraced affectionately. Prince Nicholas has been a member of the regency which is governing Roumania in the minority of King Michael, hut he recently has been declared anxious to resign because of his affection for Madame Tohani. Relations between Prince Nicholas and his mother. Queen Marie, also have been reported strained recently. Nicholas was credited (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Voglewedes On Trip Mr. and Mrs. Chai les Voglewede left this morning on a motor trip to Detroit and then to Canada. They also intend to take a lane trip before returning home. 1 - ' U— - 1 ■' Rat Eating Protested Indianapolis, June 7 —(UFQ —It a man wishes to eat living rats in public, and that public is foolish enough to pay tor the privilege of watching the orgy, there is nothing that can be done to prevent it, police told a group of citizens who protested against a carnival company last night. Law books were gleaned assiduously, but nowhere was there a statute which appeared to have any bearing on th? consumption of livu rata by mankind. HOOVER AIDES TO MEET FIRE President Refuses To Give Senate Secret Naval Data 1 ———— Washington, June 7 —(UP) —The administration braced itself today against an impending volley of senatorial criticism caused by President Hoover's refusal to produce secret naval negotiation documents requested through chairman Boran i of the senate foreign relations committee by Senator Johnson, Repn., , Calif. , Acting through secretary of state Stimson. IMr. Hoover apparenUy differentiated between a request from the committee for documents relating to the Geneva conference of 1927 and Johnson's two requests submitted through Borah, for information relating to the London conference. The request for Geneva confer- ’ ence documents was granted, with ’ the explanation that all ht>d been ! published pieviously. In response to ’ one request from Johnson, Stimson ’ sent through Borah a confidential - memorandum which he said would 'answer Johnson as fur at possible.