Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1930 — Page 1

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ILD ADAMS COUNTY BANK CLOSES TODAY

•riff Bill Passed

WTO ACT • MEASURE ■I THIS WEEK __ ■jj. S19,(1(10,000 To including . ‘l^H|g a r And Shoes hoover :W E( 11 1) TO SIGN .lune 13. (U.R) ■■ si’.K.ot-l lawlev bill ||ic i I lli on imports m final form bv a vear and ■ifh r H beuan its legiswas I I to I*2 is Ind been antieiS : ncreased duties shoes, butter, eer. and brinks, mam others, the s to the House is scheduled a... pros: nets are it will a law next week bv ||..oxer's signature, of the bill was p ran floor leader. . hided his speech measure meets mi of the President mpetitive art i« b ~ ■ ; injurious compel i to 'he difference in labat home and abroad. it tails short of that - many instances at Europe is adopting and management :' a markets which, tinwill greatly intensifv meat situation." originally to equalize disadvantages of agrithose of industry, th ■ ios' the almost unanimous senate Farm Trouproll call. The dejeetof farm Republicans turned overwhelm- - the measure now di.|n nture system of farm omitted. They took tin the increased duties on will be ineffective while adjustment of many 1 rates will only ad furtltharden of the farmers. - 'f the administration croup and a few Deniowhich was one of controversial in history. IDESTBOYS tIMR BARNS hI —— 87,000 Occurs in Bench Township I Night Fire ■-■I'W 13—(Special)- Tw . y a ( ' ,)ril crib and a hog shed Kipfer farm in Frenili 8 miles northwest of B u ' ,|t ' completely destroyed evening about 9 o'cloc! damage of the fire was M^ 11 Bt * 7 .000. B e ‘ir- was diocovered by neighwere returning to their church. Mr. Kipfer did of the fire until one of the B (tad been burned to the ■ The house was not damag- ■ ot the barns measured 70 and 40 feet wide, but the as considerably smaller. Ims and a large amount of hay I® 11 were burned. A small a--1801 insurance was held on property. of the fire was not but it is thought to have by defective wiring. of 2,000 people is esti ■° have gathered to the scene [■fire, the blazes being seen Berne, where the band Ft was held last evening. B Kipfer is one of the most ■ ent farmers of French Town- 1 IT B’ ea l Estate Transfers ■ft Lehrman et ux.. in lot ■ catur, to Christena B. Wicks ■oo.oo, i

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 110.

Nebraska’s 81-Year.Old . Candidate for Senate r ■— i FT 1 I Zb* > k'-AS UM; W White haired patriarch of Republican circles, 84-year-old Aaron Reed (above) promises to give ! Senator Norris a close run for the, I United States Senate on the Republican ticket. Reed, who is a | wealthy retired farmer politician I from Madison, Neb., is making the I Senatorial race on a "wet" plat- | form. REHEARING IS ASKEDWSTATE Highway Commission Wants Road Damage Case Ruled Again Indianapolis, dune 13.— (U.R) The Indiana state highway commission is preparing to ask rehearing of the state supreme court's recent decision that property owners are entitled to full damages in highway rerouting cases, without deductions for benefits, it was announced today. The decision, if it stands, will increase damage payments about $1,000,000 a year, highway officials I said. Also, according to Owen F. Boling, assistant to John J. Brown, commission director, cost of road building would be increased substantially and probably would mean a reduction of about 35 miles in the annual paving program. Constitutionality of the court’s decision was attacked by Connor D. Ross, deputy attorney general assigned to highway cases, in a brief asking Ross alleged the decision violated Sec. 1, Art. 21, the "just compensation" clause of the state constitution. Famous Banker Suicide Paris, 111.. June 13.—'U.R) — E< l’ ward E. Gregg, 70, financier and director of the First National bank, Paris, was dead here today after he attempted to kill his sister, Miss Evelyn Gregg, 55, and then shot himself through his temple at his home here early yesterday, bailing health and unprofitable investments was believed the cause of his act. _____ — ■- r New Valpo President Is Inaugurated Today Valparaiso, Ind.. June 13. — (U.R) -Inauguration of the Rev. Oscar C. Kreinheder as president of A alparaiso university has tentative y been set for October, it was announced at the university today. Rev. Kreinheder will take ui residence in Valparaiso about the first of August and assume the _ sensibilities of the executive s ofpresident is 52 years old and was born in Buffalo, N. >. He attended Concordia co ege. Fort Wayne; Concordia college, Conover, N. C„ and Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis. H will come to Valparaiso from he pulpit of the Iroquois Avenue Lutheran church, Detroit For 10 years, 1918 to . Kreinheder was president of the Enghsh district of the synod of Misouri. Ohio, and other s ‘ ates ; larg est Lutheran body in the coun try.

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ADAMS COUNT) SHOWS LOSS OF 5U IN CENSUS 1930 Count Is Set at 19,959; Other Counties Given WELLS COUNTY ALSO HAS LOSS Census figures issued for the Eighth congressional district show that Adaius county lost 511 nelsons since, 1920. The 193(1 census figure for this county is placed at 19,959, as compared with 20,51)3, a loss of 544. Wells county shows a loss of i 2,127 persons in the ten years, the | county's population being placed, at 18,382. Following are the figures for the, counties in the eighth district: County Population Increase Adams . 19,959 *544 Delaware 67,234 10,857] Jay 20,839 *2,479 Madison 82,829 13,678; Randolph 25,151 *1,333 j Wells 18,382 *2,1271 Totals 234.394 18,052 Major Seagrave Has Narrow Escape Today Windermere, England, June 13.— (U.R —Major Sir Henry Segrave, holder of the world's automobile speed record, just escaped death i today when his speedboat Miss I England 11, capsized and sank in I Lake Windermere. Seagrave was severely injured ' in the accident, both arms and one rib being broken. A mechanic, E. Halliwell, apparently was drowned anil another mechanic, IL Willcocks, suffered a broken thigh. Huntington Man Suicide Huntington. Ind., June 13—(UP) —Harry Bush, 70, died in Huntington county hospital late yesterday of self-indicted bullet wounds. Bush fired two bullets into his bod while kneeling at his wife’s grave in Huntington cemetery earlier in the day. AGREEMENTS NOT REACHED Lobby Probers Fail to Agree On Cannon Probe Question Washington, June 13.—(U.R) —The outcome of the controversy between the senate lobby committee and Bishop James Cannon, Jr., still was somewhat in doubt today as the result of the committee’s decision to report the record of the case to the senate. The committee voted four to one late yesterday against citing the Southern Methodist bishop for contempt as a result of his refusal to answer questions in regard to his political activities. Nevertheless, it is contended by Senator Blaine, Repn., Wis„ that the law requires Vice-President Curtis to certify the caiX to the district attorney for prosecution. Other members of the committee hold differing opinions of the significance of their action, and the senate may finally be called upon to decide the issue. After voting not to compel the bishop to answer the debate questions, not to cite him for contempt, and not to ask the senate for additional authority, the committee adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, that it is the sense of the committee that it should not insist on answers to questions propounded to Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and that the transcript of the whole record be laid before the senate." After the committee meeting, Cannon issued a statement to the press saying the committee’s ruling "makes it clear that I did not refuse to answer any question which the committee itself has judged to be pertinent to the investigation with which it is charged."

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 13, 1930.

Show Your Stuff Come on folks, be helpers and not destroyers of the needed spirit of good will. Gossip and ugly talk will avail nothing. Face the facts. We were perhaps expecting too much in our hopes that this community could he spared the fate of so many others hut it seems not so. The Old Adams County Bank has closed pending reorganization. The directors and .stockholders will do everything possible to safeguard the interests of a'l. It is not believed the final loss will be large and while it means inconvenience to many and hardship to a few we can only stick out our chins, grin and take it and travel on. Millions have done it and are doing it and so can we. Don't destroy confidence by foolish statements and acts. Adams county and her people are sound. We have withstood knocks, adversities and hardships, have grown to greatness because of them and the thing to do now is to take hold of the bit and pull. A million dollars is involved you say. Thai’s true. In 1920, the assessed valuation of Adams county was $51,000,000.00. Today this valuation is only $30,000,000. One way of saying that we have lost $21,000,000 in ten years, hut still we live, enjoy life, thrill to the laughter :md prattle of the children and have gone about our business. Nothing is so bad but that it could be a little worse. We have many things to be thankful for and will carry on. To do else means stagnation and disaster. We should benefit and be guided by similar conditions in other communities. They have “come through” worse a flairs than ours. Buck up, stand firm, swat insinuating rumors and gossip, go about your business and do what you can to promote better conditions. It was Clarence Budington Calland who wrote, “Discipline yourself in time of panic or abnormal conditions.”

GUNMEN SOUGHT ON ERIE TRAIN ——— Sheriff Hollingsworth and Aides Seek WhereAbouts of Two Word was received here this afternoon from Erie railroad detectives at Lima, to apprehend two suspicious looking characters, said to be armed with two guns each, who were riding the Erie passenger train, arriving in this city at 12:31 p. m. (CST). Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth anil deputy D. M. Hower and Seph Mel- < hi. chief of police, armed with shot guns and revolvers went to the station and went through the train. They found two boys, Kennetii | Wells, 17, Danville. 111., and Elmer ; Jett, 17, 440 E. Main street, who] they placed under arrest and took to the Adams cunty jail for questioning. The boys proved their innosence as far as being gun men. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | G. A. R. Encampment Closes At Wabash Wabash. Ind., June 13.— (U.R) — Members of the Indiana department. Grand Army of the Republic, acknowledged injirmities brought on by their advanced age yesterday when they adopted in the closing session of their encampment at Wabash a resolution permitting members of the Women s Relief Corps and affiliated organizations to conduct burials and give tribute services in behalf of the G. A. R., for dead comrades. The resolution said, “such action is necessary because the Grand. Army is becoming so depleted and feeble that in numerous cases it is unable to pay due respect to departed comrades." Earlier in the business meeting Newcastle was selected as the meeting place for next year's encampment. Dr. Isaac B. Austin, Noblesville, was elected department commander. O — — Attacker Apologizes Indianapolis, June 13 —(UP) The apology of a negro who attacked Wipliam Whltelow, 23, negro, with a razor, and inflicted several deep slashes was entirely satisfactory. Whltelow told police from hit cot in City Hosiptal. Whltelow explained that his assailant, known to him as Bob Parker, apologized and offered to pay for damage to his clothing, after learning that the attack was upon the wrong man. That was all any man could do under the circumstances, Whltelow felt-

Want Man Declared To Be Legally Dead Covington, Ind., June 13- (U.R)— I Suit was on file in Fountain Cir'cult court . here today to have Orren Birdell Carrigan, former resident of Ambia, raising since ISS4, declared Ambia, missing since 1884, declared in order to dispose o’s money inherited by him recently from a deceased uncle. Firemen Answer Call The Alice Christen home on Winchester street was damaged slightly at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon when sparks from the chimney caught on the roof and burned several of the shingles. The local fire department was called and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. Loss was small. o — TWO ARE HELD IN STATE DEATH Negro Baptist Official’s Death Causes Arrest of Two I Indianapolis, June 13. — (U.R) — Two Indianapolis negroes, one an alleged gunman and the other a Baptist minister, are held on murder charges in connection with the shooting at Scottsburg two months ago of E. I). Pierson, 54, Chicago negro, auditor for the National Bap tist convention. A reported arrest at Nashville, Tenn., of A. M. Townsend, alleged "brains” of tlie murder scheme, is believed by police clear a theft of $62,000 which Pierson had • disclosed in his audit of the books of the negro Baptist convention. The minister, the Rev. B. F. J. Westbrook, pastor of the Second Negro Baptist church, largest in the city, denied any part in the murder, but the alleged gunman, George Washington, 41, is said to have made a confession. Pierson was shot, and while yet alive, thrown into the Muscatatuk river. He died soon thereafter. Pockets of the auditor's clothing had been rifled, leading to belief he had been shot in holdup, but his wife insisted he was killed for his knowledge of the $62,000 shortage. Detectives charged Townsend ’with hiring Washington to do the killing, and the Rev. Westbrook with writing a letter of introduction for Washington to Pierson. Townsend, secretary of the Baptist Sunday School publishing board, and auditor of the largest negro bank in Nashville, would have been financially ruined by exposure of the shortage, it is charged.

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NEWSPAPERS IN MOVE TO CLEAN GANGLAND DENS Chicago Reporter’s Murder Stirs City To Highest Pitch PAPERS JOIN IN RESOLUTION BULLETIN Chicago June 13 —(UP) — The ; Chicago Daily News balanced the books of Gang Land today and : found it said that the weekly income of the Capones and allied and enemy racketeers is $6,000,000. Prompted by the murder of Alfred J. Lingle, Tribune reporter, the newspaper determined to find out how much monye is at stake in the triple racket of liquor, vice, and gambling. All the estimates are comparative the News said and th* “information was gathered from wide spread sources on the understanding that :no names would be quoted as au- | thority”. Chicago, June 13.—(U.R) —Public I indignation over the fact that a I gangster could murder a newspaper reporter in daylight amid the bustle of a modern city and vanish without trace rolled to new heights today. Seven powerful newspapers pooled their pitiless powers of publicity; ministers exhorted 2,000,000 church members to action and industry and commerce pledged its millions to rid Chicago, once and for all, of the underworld forces that made such a murder possible. Since St. Valentine's day in 1929 Chicago has witnessed more than 100 gang murders but not until Alfred J. Lingle, reporter of gangland for the Tribune, was assassinated did public opinion harden so rapidly as it has this week under the editorial lash. Shortly after the murdered reporter was buried yesterday with tile solemn pageantry of religion and the more colorful trappings of the military, there appeared in four afternoon newspapers a “declaration of war" on gangland. Today three morning newspapers bore the same announcement. Couched in blunt and forceful language, the brief “war 1 declaration” that “civic decency and security of life and property must be restored to Chicago." was signed by the publishers of The Evening American, The Daily News, The Evening Post, The Daily Illustrated Times, ThHerald and Examiner, The Journal of Commerce and The Tribune. The announcement left no doubt in the minds of readers that the power of the Chicago press was definitely arrayed against gangdom. "The intolerable outrages of the past year against civic decency and public security in Chicago have culminated dramatically in the murder of Alfred J. Lingle, a newspaper reporter,” the declaration read. “The undersigned newspapers interpret that murder as an espe< • tally significant challenge to the millions of decent citizens who have suffered the vicious activities ... of some paltry hundreds of criminal vagrants knowns as gangsters. "Considering the causes and connotations of the unbelieveable total of 100 gang murders in little more than a year, we pledge our organizations and our resources to the cleanup of gang, police, official and other public viciousness wherever it may appear, in order that corruption . . . may be brought to an end, and thereby restoring to the citizens of Chicago civic decency and security of life and property." Added to the cold type appeal of tlie newspapers were the voices of dozens of ministers, headed by Dr. John Thompson, pastor of the skyscraper First Methodist church, and The Rev. Phillip Yarrow, chairman of the political action committee of the Chicago Federation of Churches. Dr. Thompson rallied Methodist leaders for a mass meeting and the Rev. Yarrow called his committee to plan another mass meeting to protest the "state ot lawlessness into which Chicago has fallen." Newspapers quoted dozens of oth(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Elopes •I ■/f /z < V .f ' 1 i / V z '■ ’’ a. WF 1 a ■ - Defying her father, Tom Mix. movie cowboy, Ruth Jane Mix, his 17-year-old daughter, eloped to Yuma. Ariz., and married Douglas Gilmore, a movie actor. BOY BASEBALL” STARSPARADE Junior League Season Opens Today; Two (iames Played The Junior League baseball parade started at 3 o'clock this afternoon and headed by the American Legion drum corps the players of the four teams marched to the South Ward baseball lot, where the opening games were scheduled to start at 4 o'clock this afternoon. A large crowd of baseball fans attended the opening session, which will start the four teams off on a season's schedule. The league winners will receive trophies at the end of the season. Four local organizations are sponsoring junior teams. The teams, bearing their sponsor’s title, as Rotary, Lions, American Legion ami Moose. Competent officials [have I been obtained for the games. Tlie league standing will appear each night in the Daily Democrat sport section. One week during the summer will he set aside for the tourney play to determine whicn team will represent the county at tlie distric’ tournament at Muncie, held under the auspices of tlie American Legion. —o To Honor Cream Checks W. A. Klepper manager of tlie Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. with 85 stations stated today that arrangements had been made with three banks for cream patrons to cash their checks, written by the local concern on the Old Adams County Bank. Mr. Klepper said that tlie checks would lie honored at the First National Bank and Peoples Loan and Trust Co., in Decatur and tlie Lincoln National bank. Fort Wayne. o Harmony Singers Will Appear In Decatur Tlie Kentucky Harmony Singers. ■ a group of negro women, will sing ■ a number of negro melodies at the morning worship service of the Me- ’ thodlst Episcopal Church Sunday morning at 10:45 o'clock. These singers represent the • Housewife Training School for i negro girls, which is located at , Fulton. Kentucky. j From 3to 4 o'clock Sunday after • noon, they will present a concert of music, to which al) the people of Decatur are invited. No admini sion will be charged.

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NOTICE SAYS PRESENT PLAN TO REORGANIZE Bank Was Organized In 1872; Sixth Oldest State Bank EXAMINER IS EXPECTED TODAY BULLETIN . Thomas D. Barr, assistant state i bank examiner arrived in Decatur i at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon and i immediately took charge of the Old Adams County Bank. Mr. Barr began checking the books of the institution, but said no statement would be ready for a day or two. Directors of the Old Adams County bank of this city voted to close that bank today for the purpose of reorganization. As a result of the decision the bank was not opened at the regular time this morning. A sign on the door reads: “This bank is closed for the purpose of reorganization, by order of the board of directors.” Thu bank was capitalized at $120,000, and had a surplus of $30,000 and undivided profits of $1,795.03. Deposits March 27, 1930 were $920,335.71. Bunk officials would not issue a statement awaiting arrival of state bank examiners, who were notified of the closing today. The bank was organized in 1872. Its presuit officers are John W. Tyndall, president; G. T. Burk, vice-president; Albert Scheimann and R. E. Meibers, assistant cash- ' iers. There is no cashier at present. D. J. Harkless, who was granted a-two-month leav» of absence tend ered his resignation a .few days ago, but the directors had not acted on the resignation. R. E. Roth had been assisting at the bank during the two-month leave of Mr. Harkless. The bank was organized by J. D. Nuttman, Jesse Niblick, ami a group of other Decatur business men 58 years ago next August. Later David Studebaker, Robert B. Allison. W. <; Silencer and W. H. Niblick joined the institution. In 1874 the bank reorganized witli a large capital. State bank department officials were expected this afternoon. The present directors of the institution are Mr. Tyndall, Mr. Burk, J. G. Niblick, J. H. Heller, L. C. Waring. F. M. Schirmeyer, Leo (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NEW BUSINESS IS ANNOUNCED J.U.Maynard and Ed Ashbaucher Buy L. I). Adams Propery, Mercer Ave. Ed. A. Ashbaucher, county treasurer and J. U. Maynard local tin dertaker. have purchased the L. D. Adams property on Mercer avenue and will open a modern funeral home in that residence within a short time. The deal for the property was closed this morning and possession will lie given at once. Announcement was made by the new undertaking firm that they hoped to occupy tlie house in the next two weeks. The property lias a frontage of 115 feet on Mercer avenue. It is one of Hie beautiful residence sites iu Decatur and the house is one of the substantial structures iu the city. Mr. Maynard came here from Winchester about a year ago and until a few days ago was a member of the firm of Lobenstein and Hower. He is an experienced under- | taker amt is a member of the state board of embalmers. Mr. Ashbaucher is now serving his second term as treasurer ot Adams county and when lie retires from office, December 31, 1930, will be actively associated with the firm. He plans to give the business his attention after official office hours. The price paid for the property was not announced. Tlie firm also announced that it has purchased new equipment, including modern funeral curs. The home will lie re- > modeled to suit the needs and requirements of a modern funeral home.