Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1930 — Page 1

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1.900 PAID ■IO BANK BY ■tGCKHOLDERS Kiiike Named To Krk Out Future of ■ gooiganization Kt meeting Kin rsp.u night ■ . Ji w.iv mark in the jH.ln.i! of assessments iln stock of the <H< I ■ IS (oiinlv Bank had jHpuss.d al .3 o'clock this H |tl a. the exact total al ■ Pl ,r bein.a $02,900. |H. ■ ; !■■■ that th., groat, r |H. . • sinohts will li:i of in a (hiv or t v. M , who have not .il re making arrmo. a- soon as p<> sibh- ' Jin \V. Tyndall to is |H . .amed tin' names ~f w lii<-h :e to formnlie presented to in a short time. 10. ,1 |K, . reorganization . the bank. ... i nnied included: L<-> M j c X’iblick and J. IT. 11,-1 I. >ard of directors. <' ' II R. Moltz anil .M!>•■. • ■ the stockholib mlall. president y. assistant of their offices. ■ will me. ' T' ■ ■i-'- at 7;30 o’clock in th" ’ at the bank for ' .'anizing and m tlwir work. Il is th. inale- I all into jMlinb' ti, time depositors and interested in the future i tlie bank. Optimism 'he stockh.ibe be restored to them \ e,.]< and that initm ' nil! be taken for r. .. . o — Bia Earhart Scores Mforld Flying Record bine 25.—(U.R) Will' . a Io be an int•-rii:i ’i> >n i . .rd tor women was ■t-- when Amelia fl.iiisif <>v. r a measured lil iuiie tit osse He airperl. SBITI 1 ' miles an hour. Mi ■rt tl w a standard 1.0c1.m K Earhart is the first woman ■r to compete under the m-« Aeronautique, w established a separal divm women’s records. Tin IB" previous recogniz d W"ii, record. ■HEDER IS I IN JAIL CELL Key Figure in Auto ■’yre Murder Near B Indianapolis ■antipolis, June 25. 'U.R' H.ir Schroeder, of Mobil, ■Assigned a -cell in Marion jail today and charged with Bond was set at $10.00(1. ■roeder is the key figure in ■<>' pyre murder near IndianMon May 31. He was brought ■ Mobile, Ala., where he was M'ml last week. expected that Scliro der ■ be taken today befori th" M» county grand jury. Prose ■ Judson L. Stark has aske l Hb first degree murder indict M'io returned against the M->-Mile authorities claim that. M 6 *!' r killed the man whose ■'l body was found in his biirn■ear after the Indianapolis ■"'ay races, the prisoner held ■ original story that the uni ■Hi body was that of a hitch ■ killed when Schroeder's car ■''<l into a ditch near Terre Breeder contended he burned Body and car for fear he would ■fused of murder in connecMdth the death of his passeng|f first vigorous questioning of Beder was expected today.

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WILL EXAMINE UTILITY 800X8 — Lawrence Orr Plans to Supervise Examination Personally ----- Indianapolis. June 25. — (U.R) -—| I Plans for a trip to northern lndi-1 ana citits to personally supervise examinations of the records of | municipally owned utilities were I announced at the statehouse today by Lawrence F. Orr. chief of the] state board of accounts. Orr will have tonight and ex-1 pects to spend at least a week on [ the tour. Cities to be visited include Koko-i mo. South Bend. Plymouth. PeruJ Elkhart. Warsaw, Goshen, Gary.! Whiting. Hammond, Michigan City,] East Chicago, Laporte, and Valpar i also. Board of accounts examiners now are working on the utilities’] boftks, Orr said, as part of the I plan of tlie department to make a| complete and thorough check of | utilities in northern Indiana. The j ( work is being done mainly to bring departmental records up to date he , said. Orr expects to confer with exam- , iners working on records of public , officials in Lake county; Barrett law assessments in Gary; and investigation of th" city government , in Michigan City. He also will attend the Republican Editorial Association meeting ; in Michigan City Friday. o Weaver Found Guilty Terre Haute. Ind.. June 25— (VP) —Fred Weaver, Terre Haute, was found guilty of manslaughter in a sealed verdict returned by a jury in Vigo circuit court here last nighty and sentenced immediately to two] to 21' years in the state prison by Judg ■ John P. Jefferies. Weaver was on trial here on a charge of second degree murder in the slaving of Edward Compton, at,' Weaver's home May 30. It was charged that Compton was killed in an argument over liquor. Weaver had confessed to a charge of bootlegging. Plans Are Abandoned Washington. June 25. -(U.R) justice department's investigation of charges that Bishop Janies Cannon Jr., and the Methodist board . of temperance, prohibition ami public morals have violated the corrupt practices act lias been virtually abandoned, it was learned told The department has been considering for several months the charges made by Rep. Tinkham. Renn Mass., who asserted Bishop Cannon and the Methodist boat'd failed to report campaign contribu lions as required by law.

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Dry Goods Meeting Is Postponed Today Indianapolis, June 25.—(U.R)—Injury of tlie president of the Indiana lteta.il Hrj Goods Association. Fred W. Senger, caused postponement of the 16th annual convention of the organization, which originally was scheduled to open tomorrow, it has been announced. Senger is the owner of the Senger Dry Goods Company of. Peru. He was reported injured seriously I in an auto accident. The convention will not be held until the president recovers, it was said. 50 AIRPLANES ARE DESTROY ED Fire Causes Loss of $2,500,000 at Chicago Field Chicago, June 25 —(U.R) —Fire destroyed 50 airplanes and three hangars at the municipal field early today with a loss that may mount to $2,250,000 when a final check, is made. Starting with an explosion in one of the hangars of the Universal Airlines, the fire destroyed that building, spread to a Gray Goose line hangar, destroyed it and then consumed the Stout Airline hangar before it was brought under control. Other hangars were saved when firemen, summoned from the entire southwest side, sprayed water over the roofs. The night crews were asleep when the fire started but all escaped. The heaviest loss was sustained by the Universal Airlines. Ten airplanes, most of them tri motored Fokkers, were destroyed. They were valued at $55,000 each. The other hangars housed smaller planes used in air mail and passenger traffic. At the height of the fire, electric power was cut off, hampering the efforts of firemen to bring the flames under control. — o Murderer Is Caught Brazil, Ind., June 25—(U.R) Fay Williams, 35, World War veteran, was held in the Clay county jail here today after fatally stabbing his 18-year-old sister, Ruth, while in an insane rage yesterday, while authorities contemplated what action should be taken. It was indicated that Williams would be confined to an insane hospital and that no formal charges would be preferred against him after Coroner T. M. Weaver announced his belief that Williams had become violently insane due to the intense heat of the past few days. It was reported he had been suffering pains at the base of hie brain for some time.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .lune 25, 1930.

REV.HENNES IS SUCCESSOR TO REV. HESSION Assistant at St. Casamir, Hammond, Named for Decatur Place REV. KOHNE TO HAMMOND The Rev. Father Joseph Hennes, assistant pastor of St. Casamir’s Catholic church at Hammond for the last two years will succeed the Rev. Joseph Hesston as assistant pastor of St. Marys Catholic church in Decatur. July 3, it was learned today. Rev. Hennes was ordained in 1928 and was assigned to the Hammond church where he has since been located. His home is at Reynolds, Indiana. The Rev. Father Ambrose Kohne of this city, who is just completing a year's leave of absence, takn because of ill health was assigned to St. Casamir’s church as assistant to succeed Rev. Hennes. Rev. Htssion, who has served as assistant pastor here for the last three years stated that he probably would leave July 1 for his new home at St. Joseph’s parrish, Hammond. Rev. Hennes will arrive in Decatur the first week in July. It was indicated he would have charge of the school and athletic work at Decatur Catholic high school, who work has advanced rapidly during the three years in which Rev. Hession was in charge. COUNTY ROAD BONDS SOLD Treasurer Sells Two Issues to First National Bank County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher sold two issues of Adams county road bonds to the First National )>ank of this city, the bank paying a premium of $166 for the combined issue of $9,280. The roads for which the bonds were sold are the Jacob U. Amstutz, issue $4,640, Wabash township and the North Point road, issue $4,640, also in Wabash township. The roads will be improved this summer, the contract having been awarded at the last meeting of the bokrd of commissioners. Both are macadam road improvements. The bonds bear four and one-half per cent and terminate in 1940. Interest and principle on one bond is payable every July and January. This makes the fifth issue of road bonds this year. Several more will be issued within the next 60 days for the improvement of new roads in this county. o Endurance Fliers Are Nearing New Record Chicago, June 25. — (U.R) — With less than 100 hours of monotonous circling over Sky Harbor airport left to go, the Hunter brothers were confident today that their endurance airplaine, City of Chicago, will establish a refueling record for sustained flight. The endurance ship passed its 328th hour of continuous flight at 8:40 a. tn., cdt, today. The pilots, John and Kenneth Hunter, brothers, dipped their plane to mark the occasion, which watchers took to mean that they had little fear of being forced down before Sunday morning when a record may be established. READ THE ADS in tonight’s Daily Democrat Dollar Day Specials for Thursday and Friday, will be found on every page in the paper. Decatur merchants want to please you and invite you to take advantage of the bargains this week.

Hickory-Ash Twin Tree Found In Adams County

I Trees, North of City, in Good Condition; Natural Graft By French Quinn This writer wrote a letter to Mr. Charles Deam for many years State Forester of the State of Indiana, as follows; "Dear Mr. Di-am: 1 have found a twin tree, rather large, one is ash and the other hickory. Is'nt that unusual? Did you ever come across one In your work?" To which Mr. Dearn replied: "In repl* to thf above will say that I do not recall of ever seeing a natural graft of two species of trees. It is therefore an unusual phenomenon." There you are. Mr. Deam of course, knows his trees so we may be pretty well assured this twin treis a wonder. The tree Is located about three miles north of Decatur on the Poe Road on the John A. > Fuhrman farm, one quarter mile I west of the cross roads which cross] roads is just west of the Fuhrman | Bridge and is one and one half miles west of Limberlost Trail I (State Road No. 27). The trees are j large and in a very healthy condi-! tion. The writer has known of this | freak for some time but the other] da he and Harry Thompson loaded i Photographer Edwards with his . camera into a car and beautiful pictures are the result of Mr. Edward's efforts. Well, well, an ash and a hickory j tree and twins. The Republican and Democratic i parties. You know in the old pole ' raising days the Republicans raised ' ash poles and the Democrats raised hickory poles. No quarrel on as far as we could discover. Both getting their substance from the same source but by gosh, both strictly maintaining their own individuality a lesson no doubt for the,two great political parties. The trees are beautiful this spring very full of leaf. Os course the asti tree is the larger but you know 1 bow the vote went. Mr Beam says] that it is a “natural graft”, but 11 don’t think he had any reference; to politics. But at any rate any lover of trees will get a thrill out of visiting the spot. 0 CHURCH PLANS OBSERVANCE Reformed Congregation to Observe 70th Birthday Here Sunday , The Zion Reformed church cont gregation of this city is planning to observe its seventieth anniversary , of organization next Sunday. June 29. The church came into being in I 1860 when it was shepherded by the Rev. Peter Vitz. 1 On the last Sunday in June 1910 . elaborate services were held to commemorate the fiftieth or golden an- ; niversary of the congregation. Two significant services are being planned to observe the seventieth anniversary next Sunday. In the morning special musical selections will be rendered with the sermon message directed in the in- ! terest of the occasion. The evening , service will be a musicals with the , Young Men’s Chorus singing and a number of organ, piano and other 1 instrumental selections being rendered. On Monday night following. Juno 30, student Victor Weidler. a son of tlie congregation will be ordained to ’ the Gospel Ministry. Student Weld- • ler graduated from the Reformed • Church Theological Steminary at ’ Plymouth, Wisconsin, this spring. ! On Monday afternoon the Ft. 1 Wayne Classis will meet in the lot cal church to examine and license ’ student, Weidler. The examination 1 committee is composed of the Rev. C. W. H. Sauerwein of Plymouth, ' Rev. R. B Meckstroth of Huntington and Elder Clifton Striker of Berne. In the evening at 8 o'clock the solemn ordination service will take place. The committee in charge of the ordaining of student Weidler is composed of the Rev. A. R. Fledder- » Johann, F. H. Rupnow and Ehler J. Henry Graber. The ordination sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. F. 11. Rupnow of Fort Wayne. Fire Truck Repaired • j T|te city’s Stutz fire truck has - been repaired and returned to the 1 fire department in the city hall. \hs . truck underwent repairs, including 5 the gridning of valves and the installing of a new radiator.

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ROTARY SEES NEWFIELDS OF ENDEAVOR Second Plenary Session Opens at Chicago Stadium Today 16,000 ATTEND 25th CONCLAVE Chicago, June 25. — <U.R) — Rotaryism, both as a contribution of service to the community and as a world force | for peace among nations, was i riven new meaning today at Ihe second plenary session of i Rotary International’s 25th i anniversary convention, i Widened fields of opportun- ] ity for extending the organj ization’s activities, at home and ] abroad, were pictured for the 16,000 delegates when they reconvenled at the Chicago stadium to hear 'the addresses of men prominent in [the devloptnent of Rotary. The day’s program presented, af- [ ter greetings from the British em- , pire by Godfrey Haggard. British j consul general at Chicago, a review 'of Rotary’s history and a clinical [discussion of community service in America, English, Canadian and Peruvian cities. It closed with an address by Sir Henry W. ThornUm, of Montreal, Canada, on "Industry and International Relations." Significant indication of how Rotary clubs have acquired a lengthened viewpoint since the first one was founded in Chicago a genertaion ago by the lawyer Paul P. Harris, came yesterday when repi resentatives of 20 nations talked I of world affairs and the settlement of important internal problems in their own countries. The stadium itself portrayed the international interests of Rotary, for it was arrayed with the flags of al) nations and from the delegations who crowded it came the sound of many languages. Questioned as to what they considered outstanding events of the I past year, the foreign delegates told of a variety of happenings. M. Briand’s advocacy of a federation of European states, with the approval of the United States, was declared by M. Charles Gassin Jourda, of Nice, France, and M. L. E. Steinmann, of Brussels, Belgium, to have been momentous. In China the simplification of the alphabet ami the advent of talkies was asserted by J. Warner Brown of Tientsin, China, to be of untold importance. Other delegates from overseas described to the convention affairs that dealt with improvement of (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) VETS’PENSION BILL IS PASSED House Plans to Prevent Over-riding of Veto by Senate Washington, June 25. —(U.R) I Without a moment of consideration, the House unanimously accepted today the disputed World War veterans’ pension bill and ’ directed that it be sent to Presi- . dent Hoover for his anticipated i veto. The action was the first step in the plan of house Republican i leaders to get the pending bill out . of the way so they can pass a > modified compromise measure more ? acceptable to the president, f House leaders hope to have the < president’s veto within a few - hours. Speaker Longworth already ■ has the promise of 154 Republicans - io vote against passage of the • Senate bill over the veto, which is a sufficient number to prevent overruling of the veto. As soon as the House met today, Chairman Johnson of the Hou-e 3 veterans' committee obtained recogj nition from Longworth and sub--3 initted a unanimous consent pror posal that the House accept the .. bill in the exact form in which it was received from the Senate.

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Rotary Founder ■My Paul P. Harris Mr. Harris welcomed Rotarians to Chicago last night for the twen-ty-fifth annual convention of the international organization. HOOVER SEEKS EXTRASESSION President to Insist on Naval Treaty Session of Congress Washington, June 25. —(U.R) — President Hoover will insiet upon a special session of the senate to consider the London naval treaty, despite a petition of 23 senators to let the matter wait until fall, it was said at the White House today. On behalf of the president, it was announced he haa received assurance of “a large majority of the senate" in favor of the special session and that he will not change his decision to call one. The petition from tlie senator will receive no recognition from the White House other than today's announcement that it would not affect plans for the extra session. Cliairman Borah of the Foreign Relations committee, who was called to the White House today to discuss the treaty with (he president, was informed the extra session would be held as planned. The treaty was reported formally to the senate Monday by the committee by a vote of 16 to 4. Tlie White House declined to make public the names of tlie signers of the petition, but It was learned they included Johnson, Repn., Calif., who Is leading the fight against the treaty; Moses, Repn., .N.H.. Robinson, Repn., Ind., Chairman Hale, Me., of the naval committee; Wheeler, Dem., Mont.; Waterman, Repn., Colo, and Wag- ] ner and Copeland, Democrats, NewYork. o Plan Children’s Day Program for Sunday The Children's day exercises o’ the St. Paul Christian Union Church located 4 miles southeast of Decatur on the county farm road, will bo held Sunday evening, June 29, at 7:30 o’clock, (standard time.) ; The Rev. Jay E. Smith is pastor of tlie church and announced that a large number of children will participate in the program which has been planned for the evening. —q Find Unopened Parachute Lo« Angeles, June 25 —(U.R) —An 1 unopened parachute, found by (he side of a partly wrecked plane in 1 the Wasatch mountain range of Utah, tialay was believed to be 1 mute evidence that Maury Graham, 1 missing Western Air Express pilot, 1 died in a snowstorm during his 1 mail run last January. The parachute was brought to Cedar City, Utah, by Ward Mortenson and Elbron O’Roton, sheepheders who discovered the wreckage. 4 The chute was identified as Graham’s by Jim Carson, associate of 4 tlie missing pilot, who flew from Ely, Nevada, to Cedar City last night. » —o.— J Real Estate Transfers United States of America, 40 - acres in Union Township to Chris- - tian F. Blake, no consideration. > United States of America, 4(1 t acres in Union Township to John Henry Bleeke, no consideration.

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'PLANE BRAVES OCEAN STORM; LANDS SAFELY Fliers Arrive at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, This Morning WILL PRO( EEI) TO NEW YORK Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, June 25.—(U.R)—Gaptain Charles E. Kingsford-Smith and his three companions landed their airplane Southern Cross on the Harbor Grace Hying field at 6 a. m. est. today. They were the first ever to reach Newfoundland on a westward Hight across the ocean. The first was the Bremen which landed on Greenely Island, off the coast of Labrador in 1928. The Southern Cross, which in 1928 flew across (lie Pacific from San Francisco to Australia and then last year flew to London from Australia, left Portmarnock. eight miles from Dublin, Ireland, at ■lO 25 p. m. (est) Monday. It had been in the air 31 hours 35 minutes. The flight, which went on ausplc- | iously until about 9j>. ni. Tuesday, I was beset with difficulties during the final hours, but all were surmounted and the plane was brought safely to earth. The fuel supply, planned to last 38 hours, was depleted by headwinds until about 2 a. m. Today Captain Kingsford-Smith was forced to give up hope of reaching the Maine coast where planes were wafting to refuel the Southern Cross in flight. Between the hours of 9 p. m., Tuesday and perhaps as late as 3 a. m. today, the navigators of the plane could not obtain an accurate bearing and they flew for hours without knowing their exact position. A compass which failed to work properly, and atmospheric conditions which prevented obtaining bearings from radio compass stations caused the trouble. Then, when an accurate bearing was obtained, the plane headed for Harbor Grace which was then about 90 miles distant. "Oil, boy, but it sure looks good to see our position on a chart again." John Stannage, the Irish radio operator, told the liner America. But there were more difficulties ahead. A heavy fog hung over the landing field at Harbor Grace. From 5:20 a. m. until 6 a. m. the plane hovered over Harbor Grace and Bay St. Louis, unable to find the landing field because of the fog. By radio Captain KingsfordSmith asked that u plane be s nt aloft from the field through the fog lo guide tlie Southern Cross to a landing. All the while the gasoline supply of the plane was swindling close to the danger point. Finally at 6 a. tn. the field was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) POPE NOT ILL, REPORT SAYS I Attaches at Vatican Deny . Rumors; Cite His Activities i • Vatican City. June 25. (U.R>—Rei ports published abroad that Pope f Plus XI was ill and that a special- ? Ist had been summoned to attend , him were denied today at the vati- • can. s The pope's regular physician has been calling at the papal apart3 mnnts no more often than usual, • it was said. It was said that the '■ published accounts apparently were • based on reports which have been current in Rome during the last '• two months. f Tlie pope lias been looking pale II recently, but he has not slackened 1 bis activities. He still receives hundreds of private and public callers daily and attends all his officq ial duties. It was pointed out that only last Sunday he canonized two saints at a ceremony which lasted 0 five hours, a risk the pope would n not have been allowed to take it his health had been unequal to it