Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1930 — Page 1

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■banking io ISE OPENS ■ CITY TODAY Optimistic ConOutlook ol H. u Institution Emßek OPEN \( ( OUNTS -A Ifrust I’i'inp iiiv. <\ipit:ilizc<l at will' surplus of *" r business at' tv o'clock this Bank#'" M Kirsch, presijpnP V A. Lower, secretary ...[’■wis Arinslroiio, lfQ- t W sl ' l ' |,|,|:ll '• Clerks who K|lSli .-mpleved by the new Efr 3 Bri' ■■ Uauserman, Cryuuiul Nona A nA I ' "i persons and firms y> king amounts with the >ev |A this morning and up to «levenjo'i lock- about 75 new been started at the it Tin Shop was the first Sever# baskets and bouquets of flow* telegrams and well tin company's success were reßived at the bank throughout the *iv A spirit of optimism prevail/# among the officers: of the ban! amt expressions of confldencAii" conveyed to them by citizens : nd customers of the new ’ TteW' bank succeeds The and Trust company, Which YBsed June 14, following a 11,1 111,1 institution, pretlie i losing of the Old bank on June 13. Tt>a Aw bank does not take of the The Peoples Loan and ri-in:i , n checks •®d t*#jt company cannot be honi Loan • possible, former ihe institution stated, temporary g jMf avent and steps toof depositors will m future. The •••••' 111 probably act ns old com- _ Shooting Gallery sonny" Ehinger, Ehinger has a,„ l :l '’“‘chanical shootin the front lawn of on North Third resembles a ''inc gallery with < lowns revolving about >»?NB' ' !, ' vis, ‘ and appearing at niemr rle ' ,I,rive ‘ l his i(lea fron > a August issue of the Ar magazine ami th. Is '''"" ‘i '' erecting set in PR3LE YOUNG ■DY EXPIRES V' S rl aili:i K’ rc h ner Is Bof Heath; Funeral ■<> Be Tuesday j^*B !lula Kirschner, 20. weil Ea^B rel ’ le youn ß lady died at fogjß, 01 ht ‘_ r Parents, Mr. ami endor^R'' 1 " Kirschner of acute hjg !ls al 5 o’clock this mornMa'tbß. Kirchner had been in ill wUBb' 1 ' last Fet) ruary but had era! ° nly t,lree days. Sevago she was taken to Pita] h" 1S <o,l »ty Memorial HosIruatnu* P Mtle received medical £ '" r a B b or t time. BMn X <S b ° rn 111 Kirkland townare " ar - v 6. 1910. Surviving tl# KiA> ai<n,S ’ Mr ' an>l Mrs- MarKlr^^ff 11 "' 1 ' a brother, Herbert 01 Preble, and three sisFred Werling, and Mrs. of Wells county, Kirchner at home K..:W services will be held ■ B “ err ‘Oon at 2 o'clock (Sun 2:30 J®,’'*' borne in Preble and at iwin at the Friedheim Luth■^BV 111 with Rev. Gaiser, pasBurial will be made ■reble Lutheran Cemetery.

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To Head Eagles o I* '■ B * I|||l ' A MO 7 \ C t xw J Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart, Ind., who will be elevated to the grand presidency of the Fraternal ! Order of Eagles at the international convention in San Francisco, August 11 to 16. He is now grand worthy vice president. ACCUSATIONS ARE HURLED Attorney General Ogden Says He Had No Particular City in Mind Indianapolis, July 12 —(U.R) —Lawless conditions exist in several Indiana aities and the example efted-by Attorney General James 'M. Ogden before the state bar association at Bloomington was intended as an illustration rather than a specific instance, Ogden told the United Press today. T|iere was no intention of charging gross law violations in any particular city, the attorney general said, but rather to bring out the fact that officials in various, towns throughout the state are lax in law enforcement. He refused to affirm or deny reports that Lafayette was the city referred to in his address, but said ! his investigators had reported flagrant law' violations in the Tippecanoe county city. Similar reports had been made after investigations in other large Indiana cities he said today. Reports from Lafayette today indicated that the combined wrath of Republican and Democratic leaders and townspeople (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o_. River Bridge Is Being Dismantled by Workmen Work was started yesterday on removing the interurban bridge which crosses the St. Marys river north of this city. The supporting beams of the bridge were cut by means of acetylene torches and the bridge was dropperl into the river where its is being cut apart. The work is being done by Muncie contractors and the beams are being hauled to Muncie. x o BULLETIN Interlachen Country Club, Minneapolis, July 12 —(U.R) —With one of the greatest rounds of his career, Robert Tyre Jones gained the lead in the national open championship today with a third round score of 68, four under par and an aggregate of 212. Determined to take the heart out of the opposition which thus far had kept him In second place, the Atlantan reeled off a string of birdies which had the gallery of 3000 persons hoarse from cheering. It was a master’s stroke for Bobby, who started the day two strokes behind Horton Smith. Not until the last two holes of his amazing round did the defending champion yield a single stroke to nar and he carded his birdies before reaching the seventeenth. Jones’ aggregate of 212 for the first three rounds was a masterful effort and put him out In front of the field of 69. Jones’ card: Par, out, 443-534-445—36. Jones, out, 443-433-345 — 32. Par, in, 455-344-434-36-73. Jones in, 444-344-345-35-68. Among Jones's Closest rivals at the end of the third round were Johnny Farrel, 219; Craig Wood, 220; Charles Lacey, 221, and Tommy Armor, 221.

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ADAMS COUNTY 5PENT52,960.30 IN POOR RELIEF Two Townships Did Not Spend Any Money Caring For Its Poor FIGURES ARE FOR YEAR 1929 Adams county spent $2,960.38 in caring for its poor in 1929, according to a survey published this week ty John A. Brown, secretary of the state board of charities. Os 1,016 townships in the entire state only 54 did not have to contribute anything to the poor. Two townships in Adams county out of the 54 in the state had sufficient means that no poor relief was necessary. Adams county is one of the few counties in Indiana that has two townships where no poor relief is needed. Preble and Union townships neither spent a penny on poor. Nine other townships in the county kept their poor relief under SSOO. Washington township, including the city of Decatur spent the most money on poor relief in 1929, the total being, $1,833.32. Following is a list of townships, the number aided and the amount spent during the year: Blue Creek 2 $ 25.00 French . 7 25.25 Hartford 4 45.68 Jefferson 10 36.35 Kirkland . 1 60.00 Monroe 24 325.89 Preble 0 j Root 26 224.30 St. Marys 8 200.43 Union 0 Wabash 9 184.16 Washington 242 1,833.38 Totals 333 $2,960.38 — Q College Scholarship Is Awarded to Henry Busche Henry Busche,.graduate of Monroe high school with the class of 1930 today received a two-year scholarship in Huntington College at Huntington. Busche will leave in September for that school where he will enroll in the regular fouryear course of the institution. o STATE GROUP ELECTSMILLER Bar Association Members Leave Today After Election Bloomington, Ind., July 12 —(U.R) —Members of the Indiana State Bar Association left for their homes today following election, of officers and an address by Burr W. Jones, Milwaukee, Wis., in the casing sessions late yesterday. William W. Miller, Gary, was elected president of the association: and Frank N. Richman, Columbus, vice president. A secretary treasurer will be appointed later by the board of managers. Miller succeeds Attorney General James M. Ogden, Indianapolis. District representatives to the board of managers were elected as follows: First district — Frank Hatfield, Evansville; second, William H. Hill, Vincennes; third, William T. Fox, Jeffersonville; fourth, Harry Meloy, North Vernon; fifth, John M. Fitzgerald, Terre Haute; sixth, William A. Yarling, Shelbyville; seventh, James J. Ogden, Indianapolis; eighth, Alonzo L. Nichole, Winchester; ninth, Willet H. Parr, Lebanon; tenth, Joseph Brown, Crown Point; eleventh, Milo N. Feightner, Huntington; twelfth, William P. Endicott, Auburn; (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) <) Moose to Hold Picnic The annual Moose picnic for members of the Moose and their families will be held Sunday, July 20, at Sun Set Park. Entertainment and games will be provided and free ice cream will be given the children. All members and their families are cordially invited to attend and are requested to bring well filled baskets for the picnic dinner. Those not having a means of transportation are requested to notify the Moose home before Saturday, July 19.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 12, 1930.

Ice Cream War Is On In Fort Wayne Today Fort Wayne, Ind., July 12 —(UP) — Fort Wayne people were reveling today in an ice cream price war that has brought the price of that frozen delicacy down to 25 cents a quart. Business was rushing, One dealer reported that sales increased from practically nothing to more than 300 quarts a day. Ice cream eaters fail to understand how it happened that right in the hottest part of the summer prices were slashed from 60 cents to 25 cents. They're not worried about the cause. 0 COMMISSION HOLDSSESSION Power And Phone Companies Heard In Regular State Meet Indianapolis, July 12 —(UP) —The Public Service commission yesterday autorized purchase of the Wine gadner and Smith Trucking lines Logansport, by C. W. Clever, Indianapolis, The truck route serves Indianapolis and Logansport and intervening towns. Four persons operating power lines in Shelby county were forbidden to begin any new kind of service or to construct new powei lines without first securing authority of the commission. It was alleged that several o ftheir lines were built without autority. lhe operators were Floyd M. Krieg, Anna D. Krieg, and Flossie Fletcher, of Omaha. Neb., and George M. Krieg of Peoria. 111. The Southern Indiana gas and electric company of Evansville was authorized to purcha-e the stock of the Boonville electric and water company and Newburgh light and water company tor $516,750. Approval for a lease agreement between the Pittsboro water company and the town of Pittsboro, Hendricks county was given in another order and the water company autorized to issue 17- shares of common and 166 shares of preferred stock. Henry Seldner, Indianapolis, was granted authority to operate a Ims line from Marion to Wabash.. o — Alleged Bandits Caught Indianapolis, July 12 —(UP) —Two alleged Ohio bank robbers were captured by state police in a river camp near New Palestine last nigh’. Officers said their suspicions had been aroused by two men and two women who had been in the camp several days. After communicating with police at Dayton, it was learned that the men were suspected of a $3,300 bank robbery a' Vandalia, O. The two men were Brooks Milligan, Dayton, and Herman Brown Alias Smith, Toledo, Ohio. The women were not in camp at the time of the arrests. The men will be returned to Dayton, officers said. A third robbery suspect, Ed Jones is held in jail at Dayton. :—— -o ' CHIEF PROBER IS UNDER FIRE Chicago Tribune Attorney Center of New Investigation of Case Chicago, July 12—(UP) —Charles T. Rathbun, Chicago Tribune attorney, today became the center of interest in unprecedented police, legal and newspaper activities which have followed the murder of Alfred “Jake” Lingle, Tribune reporter who, since death, has been branded a racketeer. In reply to stories in yesterday afternoon newspapers to the effect that civic leaders had united in a formal request that Rathbun be removed as head of the “board of strategy" investigating the Lingle slaying, the Tribune today stated the reports were erroneous and unwarranted. Following the lead of the Daily News in a publication of a letter which was translated by that and other papers as requesting the removal of Rathbun, other papers today said such a letter had been prepared and signed by Frank J. Loesch, president of the Chicago Crime Commission, and Albert 11. Bunker, executive chairman of the Civic Safety commission.. “It awaits the signature of Aug(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

MISSIONARY IS HERE FOR VISIT Esther Sellemeyer Arrives Here From China to Visit Mother Surprising her many friends and relatives in this city, Miss Esther Sellemeyer, Reformed church missionary to China, arrived in Decatur from Chicago this afternoon. She will visit with her mother, Mrs. August H. Sellemeyer at tile home of her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Kirsch, North Second street. Although it was known that Miss I Sellemeyer wad returning to the United States this year, It was not i expected that she would be here until about the middle of August. Today her uncle, Mrs. Kirsch, received a telegram from her stating that she would arrive here vil the Erie at 3:10 o'clock Standard time. Mr. Kirsch was joyful and kept the secret from relatives so that her arrival here would be a real surprise for her relatives and friends. Miss Sellemeyer has been a missionary in China for twelve year.-.. I She returned to the United States about six years ago and visited here several months and later returned to Shencho, Hunan, China, where she has been located for the last five years. She has been superintendent of a school in the Chinese city. It is not known how long Miss .Sellemeyer will remain in this city. She is a member of the Decatur Reformed church and has held her membership in the local congregation and is one of the capable and efficient workers in the missionary field. College Students Hurt Warsaw, Ind., July 12—(UP)— Six college students injured near Warsaw today when locking brakes caused their am"’’to overturn. Hubert Gish, West Paducah, Ky., suffered a broken shoulder and severe bruises about the head, Gerry DeJonge, Grand Rapids, Mich., James Thurman and Clinton Walton, Chatanooga, Tenn., George Kenney, Champaign, 111., and Forest Brownson, Fort Wayne, were less seriously hurt. The men were soliciting magazine subscriptions in Warsaw. OPERATION IN WHEAT DELAYED Farm Board Awaits Return of Chairman Legge From Tour Washington, July 12 — (UP) — Members of the Federal Farm Board indicated today that any new stabilization operation in wheat would not be authorized at least until tlie return here from the west of chairman Legge who is now on a speaking tour in the grain belt. Legge will return here Monday July 21. The proposal of Senator Carper, Repn.. Kas., that the Farm Board purchased I(K).OOU,UVO bushels of wheat had not been formally made to the board today, and there were no indications that the board planned any immediate action tn this direction. Senator Carper has discussed the suggestion with Legge, however. The board has confined its activities regarding the 1930 wheat crop to its regular program of lending funds to the grain cooperatives and also has urged the farmers to withhold their wheat from the market until prices rise. The grain stabilization corporation now holds 50,000,000 bushels of wheat of the 1929 crop which it has said will be withheld from the market so as not to further depress prices during the present crop season. The board desires to avoid tying up additional money in this way if possible, but indications are that new stabilization plans are being made. City Swimming Pool Has Banner Attendance W. Guy Brown, in charge of the Municipal Swimming Pool reported today that more than 1,137 children and adults sought relief from the heat during the past week by enjoying a dip in the swimming pool, making the past week the banner week since the opening of the pool in June.

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MOONEY CASE KEY WITNESS IS DISCOVERED John MacDonald Will Change Testimony In Famous Bomb Case ADMITS FALSE STATEMENT Baltimore, M<l., July 12.<U.R) A second repudiation of his testimony which helped to send Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings to prison following the preparedness day bombing outrage in San Francisco in 1916, was made lodav bv John MacDonald, arrested here last night after a nationwide search. MacDonald, itinerant waiter and telephone operator, said he desired to return to California “to undo the wrong that I did, regardless of the personal consequences.’ He had testified at the trial of the two men he had seen them place a suitcase near the street corner at which the explosion occurred. Ten persons wbre killed in the bombing. He was arrested following identification through a picture published in a newspaper here yesterday. MacDonald had been the object of a wide search instituted by the Mooney defense committee in the hope his reiteration that he perjured himself at the Mooney-Billings trial may secure pardons for the two men. MacDonald readily admitted his identity and later issued a statement concerning tlie case. This statement; "I, John MacDonald, aged 58, residing in Baltimore City, testified as a witness for the state of California vs. Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings. "I never saw Mooney until taken to the Hall of Justice in San Francisco and was told by an officer. “This is Mooney,” pointing him out to me. “My testimony in the 'various cases was untrue and false. I desiie to undo the wrong that I did in sending Mooney to prison, regardless of personal consequences. Signed “John MacDonald.’’ MacDonald, according to his attorney. Charles Ruzicka, has been 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Erie Conductor Killed Thaddeus Dudley (Chick) Bowman, 51, of Huntington, conductor on the Erie railroad for the last 28 years was killed instantly Friday when a caboose being attached to an outgoing Erie train was crushed by a pusher engine at the Huntington east yards. The lifeless body was taken from the wrecked caboose. Officials are investigating the accident. o — SENATE QUITS FOR WEEK-END Refuses President’s Request For Saturday Morning Session Washington, July 12 —(U.R) —‘Senators who were called Monday in special session to consider the London naval treaty rested today because opponents of the pact refused to work on Saturday. An effort to arrange a session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. failed yesterday. President Hoover had expected the senate to remain on the job and cancelled plans to visit his Rapidan. Va., camp. When the White House was informed the senate had recessed until Monday, Mr. Hoover altered his plans and arranged to go to hie camp. Twice within the first week of the special treaty session, the antitreaty group has threatened to destroy a. quorum when it wap proposed to accelerate treaty consideration. The first time was on the proposal to meet each day at 11 a.m., instead of at noon. Despite the majority which the treaty unquestionably has so far in the debate, the pro-treaty group lias not been able to enforce its will on the anti-treaty minority. The first phase of the battlei (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Surprise for Hunter Family The Hunter family of Sparta, 111., were not surprised when John and Kenneth establiished the new endurance flight record at Sky Harbor. . They expected that. But Brother John gave them all a surprise July 10 when he announced that he and Laura McCary were married May 7, 1929, keeping it a secret. The famous flying Brother John is shown here witli his bride after the secret had been made known to the family. FLIGHT RECORD BELIEVED MADE Ruth Alexander May Be New Altitude Record Holder, Belief San D'ego, Calif., July 12 —(U.R) —A barograph which Ruth Alexander. 25, hopes will prove that she set a new altitude record in a flight which almost cost her life was sent to Washington today. Taking off late yesterday, Miss Alexander climbed to a height of about 25,000 feet. She felt herself losing consciousness when her oxygen supply began to fail and set the plane into a dive. At about 18.000 feet the cold air revived her. “The last thing I noted was at 22,000 feet.” Miss Alexander said in describing her flight. “My oxygen was pretty low and I was still climbing. Then 1 looked at my altimeter and it said 18,000 feet. “I couldn't realize what was wrong. I thought the instrument might be haywire. Then I looked at my oxygen—l still had the tube between my teeth and the control bar in my hands —but the oxygen was gone. “Then I realized I had been ‘out.’ The plane was in a gentle left bank, sinking slowly.” If the barograph shows she actually attained an altitude of 25,000 feet, it will be a record for women, fliers. She attained a height of 18,000 feet in a previous attempt. o Phone Rate Increase Denied by Commission Indianapolis, July 12 —(IUD—A petition of tlie Northern Indiana Telephone Company of North Manchester to increase rates and to establish free service between certain exchanges was denied yesterday by the Public Service Commission. The towns involved were North Manchester, Akron, Bourbon, Menton. Atwood, I’ippus, Burket, Claypool, Etna, Green, Fulton. Macy, Sidney, Silver Lake, and Mill wood. The rate increases proposed ranged from 25 to 75 cents. o Dog Causes Excitement , A large dog created a lot of excitement for a few minutes near the South Ward baseball diamond Friday afternoon. The dog either became heat-stricken or was hit by a baseball and became temporarily crazed. The animal jumped on top of automobiles and zig-zagged down tlie road, finally jumping into an automobile belonging to Robert Helm. The baseball game was stopped and a large crowd gathered around the automobile, where Night Officer Roscoe Elzey had been summoned. The dog regained its senses and was taken home by the owner.

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PREDICTS RAIN OVER WEEK-END IN MIDDLEWEST Temperatures Continue to Rise As Sun Burns Farmers’ Crops COOL WEATHER ALSO FORECAST Indianapolis, July 12. — (U.R) A new 1930 heat record for Indianapolis was set this afternoon when a blazing sun forced the thermometer to 97.4 at one o’clock. The United States weather bureau thermometer was climbing steadily at that time and threatened to break the century mark before late afternoon. Chicago, July 12.—<U.R)—A shifting of high and low pressure areas tonight will bring the middle west its first relief from the heat wave that Has taken many lives since Sunday, weather forecasters said today. The boiling sun, parching cornfields and gardens, will go behind clouds while local thundershowers will occur generally as far east as the Ohio valley tomorrow. and the hot south and southwest winds will die down, giving way to cooling breezes from the west and north, according to the general forecast, Albia, la., was the warmest town in the country dining the last 24 hours, with a high temperature of 111 degrees. Two Soutli Dakota cities, Aberdeen and Mitchell, were close behind with readings of 110. The United Press tabulation of deaths in the middlewest since the first blast of heat scorched the area live days ago showed a total of 171 deaths, of which 148 were attributed directly to the heat. Fifty-three were due to drownings. The tabulation by states: Heat Drowning Michigan 0 3 Ohio 3 5 Indiana .... 3 6 Illinois 7 4 Wisconsin 14 4 lowa 22 4 Minnesota 13 12 North Dakota 0 10 Soutli Daktoa 1 0 Nebraska 15 5 Kansas 6 0 Totalsllß 53 Heat suffering was acute in the Mississippi valley states of- lowa and Missouri, centers of a low pres(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Byrd Begins Air Tour Chicago, July 12 —(UP) — Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his associates left Municipal airport at 7:45 today in a Stout airplane for St. Louis. They were accompanied by officials of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, who came here to greet the explorer and his party. Airport officials said the trip to St. Louis would require abofit two hours and a half. o TREE SITTING IS NEWEST FAD “Kids” Through Nation Strive to Best Record Now Held Chicago, July 12 —(U.R) — Front lawns and back yards, parks and other wooded areas of the north central states all boasted today their full share of “tree sitters.” A tree sitter, according to Jimmy Clemons of Racine, Wis., who started the fad, is a boy or girl who climbs into a tree and tries to stay there longer than any other boy or girl ever has or can. Upwards of 50 (nobody ever will know tlie exact number) "tree sitters" perched today among the branches while admiring spectators shouteAd encouragement and “ground crews” tended to the “refueling” details. The tree sitting idea is a lot of fun in the daytime, according to nn official statement by 14-year-old Jack Richards of Kansas City, who claims to be the champion of all the tree sitters. (CONTINUED ON PAGR SIX)