Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1930 — Page 1

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 139.

Demcoratic Editors To Meet at Bedford Soon Indianapolis, June 12. — <U.R) Definite plans for the coming campaign will be discussed at a joint meeting of party nominees and the stat- committee, to be held during the D mocratic Editorial Association summer outing at Bedford, June 20 and 21. R. Earl Peters, state ( hairman. indicated today. Invitations to the meeting have been issued to democratic mayors and state and congressional candidates, as well as editors and several hundred persons are expected in attendance. Arrangements are in charge of E. B. Crow., Bedford, third district I democratic nominee for represent-1 alive In congress. A feature of the program will be a tour of the Indiana I amestone company's quarries and mills. G.A.R, VETERANS CLOSE MEETING Wah as h Encampment May Be Last One In Indiana, Report BULLETIN Wabash, |nd„ June 12—(UP)— Newcastle was chosen today as the 1931 encampment site for the Grand Army of the Republic, in their 51st Annual meeting after a recount of the first ballot was demanded by 13th district delegates. Isaac B. Austin of Noblesville defeated F. M. McNair of Martinsville for State Commander by a vote of 54 to 44. after Thomas Ream of In dianapolis had withdrawn from the | race. — Wabash, Ind.. June 12. — (U.R) — Veterans, of the Civil war, meeting in their 51 1 encampment, prepared for the closing t'our-day meeting ‘ following election and installation , of officers today. , That this year’s meeting may be one of the last, was seen as a poss- j ibility yesterday when for the first ( time the aged veterans failed to ( march in the annual parade, and an outsider was appointed marshal ( ol th- procession. Only the department drum corps ( was included in the procession j which took two hours to pass the reviewing stand. Members of the « G. A. R. took the seats in the stand ( and watched the floats and bands ( with dim eyies. , At the annual campfire last night Frederick Landis, Logansport edi- . tor, was the chief speaker. Ladies of the Grand Army began their annual business session yesterday, but after electing Mrs. Edith Sheridan. Marion, president to succeed Mrs. Amanda Jordan, Muncie, the meeting was postponed until today. The following delegates and alternates to the national G A.ncampment were elected yester- | day: District 1. S. F. Braseton. Princeton: alternate, J. M. Byler, Evansville. District 2, L. W. Shields, Bloomington, no alternate. Districi >, vaarlOß StTtuUi, .i< ffersoo (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 1 o Musicians to Meet All boys and girls interested In . band lessons are asked to meet at ( the Decatur High School auditorium f at 7 o'clock this evening. t — —o- t Holds Nutrition ("lass t Miss Aneta Beadle, nutritionist. , of t| ie Home Economics Depart- < nlPnt , Purdue University, present- t ed the third lesson in nutrition t( < representatives of the six Home Economics Clubs of Adams coun y at the Decatur Chamber of Com vaHous demonstrations were held, t Delegates present i nc,u ''^ l ‘ E „ rt B.nter , t v SX: Fred m Economics club. I T, ’i V Cha les Barnhouse, Mrs. ( “ I,d k Deming and Mrs. Dale I Moses of the Root Township gome . Economics Club.

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Steamship Fairfax. Boston to Norfolk and Baltimore passenger liner, which punctured a hole in the oil tanker Pinthis off Scituate, Mass., resulting in the loss of forty-two lives and the sinking of the Pinthis. The disaster was due to one of the worst fogs of years.

GANG RAIDS NET 647 HOODLUMS Police Squads Get Arrest On Sight Orders In Chicago Chicago, June 12. — <U.R) — Six squads of sharpshooting aces, the prize marksmen among the 3,500 men of the Chicago police department. went into action today with order to arrest known gangsters on sight, and add to the confusion created in a gangland by a nightlong sieries of raids, which placed 640 hoodlums behind jail bars. The squads were headed by police officers whose guns bear a total of 37 notches, representing the criminals they have killed, and while no specific orders were issued to that effect, it was no secret that the men were to meet resistance or flight by '‘shooting to kill.” Many of the better known gangsters fled to other cities even as far east as New- York just ahead of the scores of ordinary squads that went out into hoodlum haunts last night and rounded up under(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) C. E, SOCIETIES PLAN MEETING State Convention To Be Held at Indianapolis June 19-22 The 1 -. 1 d Annual Conventio not Christian Endeavor of Indiana will be held in Indianapolis. June 19-22 1930. Several hundred delegates have already registered and ntanv more are expected to. before the opening of the convention. The program is one of unusual interest not only to young people but to all who are interested in the work of the local church. It has been planned not only for instruction and fellowshl phut so rinspira tion. ... ~ The mass meeting will be addressed bv Dr. E. L. Heiner of Chicago; Dr. A. E. Corey, Director of the Pension Fund for the Disciple* of Christ; Mr. E. I’. Gates General Secretary of Christian Endeavor of Boston; and Dr. Daniel A. Poling of New York. Dr. Poling is widely known as a radio speaker; he is not onlv president of the International Society of Christian Endeavor but also president of the World s C hristian Endeavor Union. Other speakers and leaders will be on the program such as ; Harold Singer, Kansas City, Mo; C. F. Evans, Chicago; Rev R. J- McLandres Miss Genefriede Harris, Indianapolis; Miss Elizabeth Marsh, Richmond, Indr iana and Guy P. Leavitt, CincinnatiSpecial features will be a parade on Saturday Afternoon. Fellowship Banquet in the Evening; Sunrise Prayer Meeting Sunday Morning at the War Memorial Plaza, Communion service, Luncheon for ministers of the state and city with nr Poling at 1:00 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce Building. Dr. Poling will speak at a great public mass meeting at 3 P. M at the Cadle Tabernacle Sunday, June —..

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, .June 12, 1930.

Plan Last Meeting The Adam* County Holiness i Association will hold the last | monthly meeting before camp meetings begin, at the Tabernacle at Monroe, Sunday afternoon June 16, ■ at 2 o’clock. Rev. Ervin N. Canen of this < ity will deliver the message. Camp meetings will begin on July 13 and continue until July 27 and during that time the regular month- : ly meetings will be discontinued. , o DISTRIBUTION I IS APPROVED I Auditor Harlow Gets O. K. From Tax Board; Figures Townships The distirbution of the May taxes as made Ity County auditor Albert , Harlow has been approved by the state board of tax commissioners . and today the auditor was figuring i the amount due each township and 1 taxing unit in the county. 1 The total collection of May taxes 1 amounted to $439,868.21, including credits for errors and payment of delinquent taxes from last fall. This was a little less than half of the amount due. The total tax bill in the county for the year is $886,449.06. The May collection included $7,498.56 in delinquent taxes and credits of S9OO. leaving the May delinquent tax a little more than $11,000.00 The state of Indiana receives $52, 768.04 from the May taxes of which ' $20,330.44. has already been advanc ed, a request for 40 per cent, payment being by the state auditor on May 20. Each township, school unit and incorporated taxing unit receives I its share of the May taxes, the bal I ance being applied on road bonds 1 hospital and bridge bonds. Checks for the trustees and in--1 corporated towns ami cities in the county will be ready in about ten i days, Mr. Harlow stated. Bank Issued Charter Indianapolis, June 12. —<U.R)~ T,IP state charter board yesterday issued a charter for the Kokomo Union ’ Bank and Trust Company, to sttc- • ceed the former Farmers Trust and . Savings Bank, which closed JanuI ary 29. The new institution is capitalized at SIOO,OOO and has $50,000 reserve. Walter E. Parsons, Kokomo, is secretary. I Deposit liabilities of the old institution were taken over by the ■ Union bank. ——— o— ~~— Frederick Schafer Is Graduated at Culver i C. C. Schafer of this city attended ■ the final commencement exercises for the graduating class of the Culver Military Academy, of which i his son, Frederick Schafer was a i member, Wednesday morning. The ■ graduation exercises began Sunday : and terminated yesterday morning • when Edward A. Guest delivered the final address. A class ot 17 j i members comprise the graduating > class this year, and the impressive ceremonies were witnessed by hun- ■ dreds of people. Most of the exer- • cises of the week were conducted . on the grounds of the Academy.

CROPREPORTS OPTIMISTIC Wheat Makes Progress | During May In Indiana, Figures Show Lafayette. Ind.. June 12—(U.R) Winter wheat in Indiana made good progress during May, al-’ though rainfall was light in most' portions, it was reported by the |U. S. department of* agriculture and Purdue University statisticians today. Condition was reported as 72 per cent normal, with an indicated yield of 15 bushels per acre, or a half bushel increase over indications of a month ago. The estimated production for this year, 22,650,000 bushels, is lower than the 10-year average. Rye production was estimated at 77 per cent normal, 13 bushels to the acre, a drop of half a bushel from last month’s estimate. Forecasts were not made on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) TRIO ARRESTED PROVIDE ALIBI Few Clues Remain In Safe-Breaking Jobs Effected Here State Police Hal Ayers, of Portland joined Sheriff Harl Holli igsworth, Chief of Police Melchi and other local officers Wednesday afternoon in an effort to solve the eight robberies which occurred in Decatur Tuesday night. During the afternoon officials Jay, Wells and Whitley counties came to Decatur, Similar robberies have occurred at Portland and Columbia City recently. About 5:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon, two men and a woman, who have been selling coupon books in Decatur for the last few days were taken in to custody and questioned. The trio was questioned separately and each told the same story, accounting for their whereabouts for the last two weeks. They also were questioned concerning check forgeries in nearby towns and cities and it is understood that Sheriff Lon Wehrley of Portland questioned them concerning the Bryant bank robbery re cently. They were released later after furnishing satisfactory alibis. Local officials still are working on a few clues, but nothing definite has been established. State policeman Ayers stated he was of the belief that robberies were consummated by professionals, because it would be almost impossible for local petty thieves to break so many safes in the short time, it took them. Chief of Police Melchi stated today that he would arrest all questionable characters on sight for investigation. Sheriff Hollingsworth stated that lie believed the work to be that of professionals. The robberies here were almost an exa< i duplicate of the wholesale safecracking job done at Columbia City a few nights ago. Nearby towns and cities have been notified to be on the guard for similar safe-breaking epidemics.

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SHIP DISASTER j TOLL SET AT 47 Federal Authorities Start Inquest In Effort to Fix Blame Boston, Jun ■ 12. (U.R) The death toll of the Fairfax-Pinthis disaster stood at 47 today as Federal authorities launched an Inquest to fix responsibility. Serious charges, including the allegation that the passenger steamer E’airfax was traveling at almost top speed of 12 to 14 knots when it rammed and sank the oil tanker i’inthis in a thick fog nine miles off Scituate Tuesday night, w ere to lie considered by the court I of inquiry. Tlie Pinthis’ crew of 19 went down with the ship, and 11 pass■ngers and 14 seamen, their clothing ablaze, leaped to death from the decks of the Fairfax at the height of the fire which followed the collision. A woman passenger died of burns en route to Boston on a rescue ship and another woman and her year-old-baby succumbed to barns at Carney hospital. A fishing schooner, the Rainbow, which put in here last nigh’, flew its flag at half-mast. It carried the bodies of 11 unidentified victims of the tragic collision, found floating nearly two miles from the scene of the crash. United States steamboat inspectors in charge of the inquiry opening today prepared a long list of questions to put to Captain A. H. Brooks and other officers of the Fairfax. One of the most serious allegations was that the Fairfax officers failed to give an adequate idea of the extent of the disaster in early dario messages, which stated merely that eight persons had been injured and did not mention the fate of the tanker's crew or of Fairfax passengers and seamen who plunged overboard. Although Captain Brooks told the inspectors that on hearing the Pinthis’ fog horn he gave orders for his ship to come to a dead stop and rt vers? the engines, investigators reported that the Fairfax's log bore no entry to confirm his statements. Mystery surrounding the fact that the S. I). S. call which the Fairfax was supposed, to have broadcast was not picked up by shore stations or any ship xcept the Gloucester, which rescued the Fairfax's crew, was cleared by Vice-president D. It. McNeil of the Merchants and Miners Transportation company. McNeil, who was a passenger aboard the Fairfax, said that an SOS was sent but that it was in code. Further calls for aid were broadcast, he added, as soon as the steamer's radio antenna, damaged. by fire, had bei n repaired by a passenger. The outstanding charge around which the Federal inquiry was expected to center was that the Fairfax, considering the density of the fog, was traveling at excessive speed. Another charge to be presented to the court of inquiry was that there had been indications of cowardice on the part of the Fairfax's crew. Attend Commencement Mr. and Mrs. John Spahr will leave Saturday evening for Wester ville. Ohio, where they will attend the final commencement exercises of the senior class of Otterbein College, of which their daughter, Miss Evangeline Spahr, is a member. The baccalaureate services for the class will be held Sunday evening and the final graduation services will be held Monday evening at 10:30 o'clock. Miss Spahr is a participant in the Senior Class Play, to be given Saturday evening. She will return home with her parents where she will remain for a few days visit, before making her plans for the summer. o— — “ To Honor Founder Os National Mothers Day Anderson. Ind., June 12. (U.R)— Action to place a bronze tablet in English's opera house. Indianap oils, where on February 7, 1904, Frank E. Hering, South Bend, made the first public speech appealing for nationwide observance of a day for honoring mothers, was voted by delegates to the state convention ot the Fraternal Order of Eagles, meeting at Anderson. President William A. Stoeher, Connersville, appointed a committee to carry out plans for the memorial.

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jSecretary of War Is , Speaker at West Point West Point, N. Y„ June 12. - I <U.R) Secretary of War Hurley I welcomed the U. S. Military Acad ’ emy graduating class into coin missioned ranks of the army today with a speech in which be emphasized to the young officers that the army’s purpose !« not to create militarists. "It does alm." Hurley said, “to create leaders who will maintain the peace and safety of the nation.) Under our national defense policy . the leaders of our army are called I upon to consider and solve social and economic problems in addition to providing for military defense I of the nation and leading the army in time of national emergency. TRUSTEES HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC Sam Hocker. French Township Is Oldest In Attendance Berne, June 12.—(Special)—The Adams county Trustees association and their guests, numbering 80, met here today at Lehman Grove. The morning was spent in a social way and at noon a basket dinner was served. Oswin Gilliom. president of the Berne Chamber of Commerce welcomed the visitors to Berne and Senator Thurman Gottschalk de-1 livered the chief address. County Superintendent Clifton Striker had charge of the program. Baseball and other contests were enjoyed during the afternoon. Sam Hocker. 82. of French town , ship, trustee of that township 50; years ago was the oldest member) present. All present township trustees attended with the exception of Amos Lewton of Root township. Tommy McKean Has Fall Geneva, June 12 — (Special) Tommy McKean, small son of Dr and Mrs. Gorman McKean of Ge neva suffered a painful accident Wednesday, when he fell across his wagon in such a manner that it was necessary to take several sHtehes in a deep forehead cut. The lad is reported to lie much better today. Tlie lad is a grandson of Dr. and Mrs. T. J. McKean f Linn Grove. SAYS TRAINING IS IMPORTANT — Mrs. C. D. Tecpie Reviews Book; Presbyterian Teachers Sleet “We hear everywhere we go of problems confronting the Sunday School the boy problem, the girl problem, financial problems and organization problems. According to the last analysis, there are no such problems; the problem which laces the Sunday School today is that of trained leadership," stated Mrs. Charles Teeple at the monthly meeting o'i the Presbyterian Sunday School I teachers and officers hold at the Presbyterian Manse last night. Mrs. Teeple reviewed the book.) “My Message to Sunday School i Teachers." written by David Lawrence. She summarized tlie principal thoughts of the book which included the ten requirements for a successful teacher, called the “leu conimandements for a teacher" She emphasized the author's idea that the right sort of leadership is in constant demand at the present time and gave the greater part of her report to the idea brought forth by the author that boys be given more attention and consideration than has hitherto been shown them. Dr. Fred Patterson, superintendent of the Sunday School, had charge of the business meeting which preceded the program. The Children s Day program which will be held Sunday evening was also discussed. Eighteen teachers and officers of the Sunday School were present. o— To Construct Levee Mt. Vernon, Ind., June 12.—(U.R) , —An earth-concrete levee capable of holding a 30-foot water stage, will be constructed along White river near here. Contracts will be > let August 1. city officials announced.

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SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN IS FIGHT LEADER Demands Bishop Be Cited For Contempt; Failed To Answer ACTION IS DEFERRED Washington, June 12 -<U.P) Senator .lames .1. Blaine (Be]).. W'is.J lodav charged the .senate lohhv committee with shirkinj,’ its duty and moved in open session that it cite Bishop James Cannon, Jr., to the senate lor contempt because he refused to answer its questions. Action on the motion was deferred until later in the day so a full meeting of the committee could be arranged. “This committee will be subject to the contempt in which the bishop holds it if it does not do its duty," eaiil Blaine heatedly. ‘ The senate will be held up to the contempt of the country if it does not act. "The committee cannot purge the bishop of his responsibilities as a witness.” While Cannon sat witli )>ow<-d head, the committee had argued his case for two hours — three members expressing views that ) nothing approaching contempt action should be taken. At the opening of today's mee’ing. Chairman Caraway informed Cannon the committee had decided j to accept as valid the bishop's re- ; fusnl to answer questions pertaining to hi* anti-Suiitb activities | during the 1928 presidential campaign. The committee had voted, four to one. with Blaine dissenting, not to require Cannon to answer. As a substitute for the Blaine motion. Senator Walsh. Dem., Montana, moved that the chairman of the committee be instructed to report the record of Cannon's examination to the senate with a request for specific authority to po into the bishop's political activities. Action on this likewise was deferred until a later meeting of the committee. Caraway said he would call upon all members to be present at 3 p.m. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Q Brazil President Is Guest of Hoover Washington, Juno 12. — (U.R) — President Hoover and ITesidenti elect Julio Prestos of Brazil exchanged formal calls here today, opening a round of official functions for the Brazilian official, who Is returning the visit President Hoover paid Ids country in Decemher, 1928. Dr. Prestes was presented to President Hoover in tlie blue room of the executive mansion by Brazilian Ambassador Amaral. The piesident and Secretary of State Stimson and Dr. Orlstes conversed after which Dr. Prestes returned to the home of Eugene Meyer, Jr., where he is a guest. REPUBLICANS SHOW OPTIMISM Believe Tariff Bill Will Pass Senate On Friday Vote Washington. June 12. — (U.R) —An air of confidence in the early passage of the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill prevailed on the Republican side of the senate chamber today. Republican leaders professed to ' have several cards up their sleeves 1 that have not yet been played, uny- : one of which, they say, will assure ' the adoption of the conference re--1 port on the bill when the vote is ' taken at 2 p. m. tomorrow. For this reason they did not manifest as much interest as they would have otherwise in the speech promised to the senate by Senator Reed, Repn., Pa., who along with his colleague Senator Grundy. Rep., 1 Pa., appears to have the fate of the ' bill in his hands. Reed is to an- • nouuce his position upon the mean- ' ure as soon as tlie senate meets ’ while Grundy may keep silent tin(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)