Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1930 — Page 1

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Fortune Smiles Bi Mrs. Ruth Taylor Pontius, wife of a Northwestern University medical student, who is one of the three persons to share equallyln the $15,000.000 estate of the late Mrs. Ida Flagler, her grand-aunt and widow of Henry M. Flagler, oil and railroad magnate. LOWER RESIGNS AT LOCAL BANK Banker Here For 15 Years Quits As Secretary of New Bank W. A. Lower, Decatur banker for the last 15 years, tendered his resignation Tuesday night as secretary of Decatur’s new bank. Peoples Loan and Trust tto. Mr. Lower had previously served for 14 years in the same capacity at The Peoples Loan and Trust Co. which institution closed its doors Saturday, June 14. When the new bank was organized, officers of the former institution were elected to serve as officers of the new banking house. Mr. Lower gave no reason for his resignation and stated that he was not yet ready to announce his future plans. Mathias Kirsch, president of the new bank, was chosen by directors of the old institution as liquidating agent. The old banking house assets will be liquidated ae quickly as possible and with the least possible cost to depositors it was learned today. No permanent secretary has been named for the new institution. it was stated, and Lewis Armstrong, assistant secretary, will serve as acting secretary until directors choose a successor to Mr. Lower. Mr. Lower served as secretary of The Peoples Loan and Trust Co. since its opening more than 14 years ago. When the directors decided June 14 to close the bank, a new one was organized and the old building was rented by the new institution which adopted the same name with the exception of the prefix “the". Old officers were re-elected and Mr. Lower continued to serve as secretary until Tuesday afternoon when he gave his resignation to the directors. o Worthman Gives Talk M. F. Worthman superintendent of Decatur public schools gave an interesting talk on “Boys’ Work’’ at the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club last night at the Christian church auditorium. Prof. Worthman’s address was well-received and he toid of interesting work with boys in which he has engaged in Decatur for many years. Russell Wittmer, of Barresville, Oklahoma, was a guest at the meeting. o - ♦__________________ # BIG GAME TONIGHT The final game of the Decatur I junior baseball league elimin- | ation tourney to determine | which team will represent Ad- | ams county at the district | tournament at Alexandria SatI urday and Sunday will be held j at 6 o’clock tonight at South I I j Ward diamond. The Rotary | and Moose teams will compete I tonight for the honor ♦- *

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TWO MEN HOLD KEY TO LINGLE DEATH, BELIEF — Reporter And Gangster Returning to Chicago To Aid In Probe I FOSTER WILL ARRIVE SOON Chicago, July 16.—(U.R)— Two men. one a reporter, the other a gangster, each expected to aid in solution of the Alfred Lingle murder and the untangling of news-paper-political-gangland alliance rumors, were believed sneeding toward Chicago today from the far corners of the hemisphere. Unsuccessful in his fight against extradition, Frank Foster, notorious gang lieutenant under indictment for the Lingle slaying, was to be spirited out of Los Angeles by airplane during the night and rushed here to face his accusers. From distant Cuba, Harry T. Brundidge, reporter for the St. Louis Star, was reported on his way to explain to the Cook county grand jury his published charges that other Chicago newspapermen besides' Lingle were engaged in racketeering and had reaped huge profits from gangland. By learning these things the jury hopes to establish a definite motive for Lingle’s murder. Foster, never suspected of actually killing Lingle but who is said to have once owned the gun with which the reporter was shot, lost his battle against extradition after two hotel employes testified that he had been in Chicago ou June 9. the day of the murder. Foster had contended he was In Santa Fe. N. M.. on that date. Brundidge was coming here at the invitation of the grand jury, which was ordered by Chief Justice Denis J. Normoyle of criminal court to take complete charge of the Lingle investigation after State Attorney John A. Swanson had refused to let Brundidge testify unless the reporter would (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o C hies Melchi Vacations At Michigan Lakes Chief of Police Sephus Melchi started today on a two weeks vacation. Chief Melchi and his family will motor to Michigan where thev will spend most of their vacation. Burl Johnson, former night police officer and Democratic candidate for sheriff of Adams county is in charge during Chief Melchi’s absence. 0 G. E. CLUBS TO HOLD PICNIC Decatur And Fort Wayne Works Employes And Families Invited Weather permitting, Saturday afternoon and evening of July 26 will be the occasion for an "All General Electric Picnic” at Franke Park in Fort Wayne. This picnic, which is being arranged by committees under the GE club which is sponsoring the affair, will be by far the most pretentious event of this kind ever attempted by the Club. As the name u|ler which it is advertised indicates, it is for all employes of Fort Wayne Works and Decatur Works and all members of such employes' families. The activities are scheduled to start about 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon and will last throughout the afternoon and evening. During the afternoon there will be field events and contests for both grownups and children. In addition there will be a ball game and plenty of activity on the horseshoe and tennis courts. The General Electric band will be on hand and will give concerts in the afternoon and evening, and the G-E Club Orchestra will play for dancing in the park pavilion at certain periods during the afternoon and again during the evening hours. All the families are expected to bring well filled baskets for a picnic supper and arrangements are being made to furnish free hot coffee to those who attend. Marcus Harrigan is general chairman of the committees which are arranging the affair.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 16, 1930.

Society Girl Turns Flier BKjr i < tv | Miss Margaret Emily Lynde, so ciety girl of Winnetka, 111., will make make her debut soon—as a flier. She is the latest society girl to take up aviation. She is taking flying lessons daily at Sky Harbor airport and within the next few days expects to make her solo flight.

SAYS HOOVER WILL WIN ORT Mabel Willebrandt Addresses Lions Convention At Denver Denver, Colo., July 16 —(U.R) — President Hoover “will win out” in his effort to enforce the 18th amendment, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant U. S. attorney general in charge of Volstead act prosecutions, predicted today. “I feel sure of his success since his appointment of the new director of prohibition, Amos Woodcock,” Mrs. Willebrandt said. She made a spirited defense of the President’s policies and liis 16-month record in office in a speech prepared for delivery before the International Association of Lions clubs. "I know President Hoover," Mrs. Willebrandt declared. "Hie methods are unspectacular; his purposes are inflexible. As a result he is misunderstood. "He can’t perform; he is too busy. He avoids a fight as long as possible but when it becomes tlie only alternative he gives ’em hell. “During the past winter the senate has taken the applause, and the president lias had the boos. Yet with a perspective of the year the net gains all go to the president. Mrs. Willebrandt listed administration accomplishments as being a $100,000,000 tax reduction, merchant marine expansion, stabiliza(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — TWO KILLED IN SEWER CAVE-IN Collapse Forces Tons of Earth on Workmen at Chicago Chicago July 16—(UP)— Three workmen were trapped in a sewer today, and before rescuers could reach them two were smothered to death and the third was injured seriously. The men were caught under several tons of earth when a weakened section of the sewer collapsed. Rescue workers on the scene when the sewer caved In brought out one of the three men alive. The two others were dead when reached. The cavein occurred in a remote section of Chicago's southwest side and the men were not identified immediately.

‘STRICT LIQUOR CONTROL’ASKED BY LUTHERANS ■ Church Body Does Not Believe In Forcing Belief on Any FT. WAYNE MAN IS RE-ELECTED Cleveland, July 16 —(U.R) — The clergy of the Lutheran synodical church believe in the principle of ■’strict control" of the liquor traffic, but would completely divorce , the church from political activities tending to "force its opinion upon others," according to an official statement before the 36th annual convention of the International Walther League. The statement, representing the views of the clergy, was presented to the convention last night by the Rev. Harry Weidner. Bedford. O. “We feel that the prohibition law expresses the religious sentiment of a few- churches who consider it their duty to tell others not affiliated with them how they must live,” Weidner said. “The Lutheran church does not want to force its views through the state, upon anyone. It does not deny the right of an individual to express at the polls the conviction that prohibition will benefit the country. But it feels that it should not endeavor through the church to force its convictions upon others. “The Lutheran church and its Walther League do believe in strict control of the liquor traffic, but through the state not the church.” The league, representing approximately 50,000 Lutherans of the synodical conference, yesterday reelected E. J. Gallmeyer, Fort Wayne, Ind., as president. The choice was significant because Gallmeyer who sharply criticized the activities of churches in politics, offering "thanks to God that our own ministry have not allowed themselves to be paid to run the government.” The convention also decided yesterday to accept the offer of the Lutheran laymen's league and share the expense of a $150,000 broadcasting program to be undertaken this winter. Other officers elected yesterday included Herbert Keunne, Baltimore, recording secretary: E. A, Schack, Fort Wayne, treasurer; and Prof. E. H. Engelbrecht, River Forest, Ills., field secretary. PROSPECTS FOR CROPS DECLINE Droughts In Indiana Are Chief Cause of Pessimistic Outlook Igifayette, Ind., July 16—(U.R) — Poor oats and hay crops in Indiana have reduced the composite crop prospects for the state to 93 per cent, according to the July report of the Purdue agricultural experiment station, in conjunction with the United States crop service. Drouth, particularly in the southern portion of the state, has caused the oats prospects to fall below the average. The estimated yield of oats is 26 bushels per acre. Clover and timothy hay both were reported very poor, and alfalfa was below the 10-year average the report indicated. Corn acreage was 3 per cent larger than last year, and most parts of the state have reported the crop in good condition. Only in the southern area has the drouth done positive damage to the corn crop. Condition of winter wheat, reported on July 1, was 77 per cent of a normal crop, or 3 per cent above the average. At that according to the university authorities, the figure is below that of last year. Carry-over of last year’s wheat on farms was reported as 1,387,000 bushels; last year the carry-over was 301,000 bushels. Pasture was in the poorest condition in 15 years, the result of drouth, according to the report. Potato acreage was higher than last year, but crop prospects were reportetl at only 97 per cent of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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FORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. George Phillips Dies At Her Home In Sacramento, Calif. Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. George Phillips of Sacramento, Cal., formerly of this city. Mrs. Phillips had been in ill health since the birth of a child in April, but her death was not expected. Mrs. Phillips is survived by her father David D. Coffee of this city her husband and infant son Max David and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. James Colchin and Mrs. Ed Berling of Decatur, Claude Coffee of Fort Wayne; Jerome and Adrian Coffee of Decatur. The deatli occurred at Sacramento last Monday. Funeral services were held at the California city this morning and burial was made at the Sacramento Catholic cemetery. Q “Jim" Burk Addresses Portland Rotary Club James Burk, Eagle Scout of this city delivered an interesting address to members of the Portland Rotary club at that city last night. He used as his subject “Scouting, And the 1929 Jambouree”. The meeting was held at the Portland Country Club and "Jim" was accompanied to Portland by his father Avon Burk. He told of his trip to England last summer and also gave an interesting description of Scouting in America.

CONFERENCES ARE PLANNED State And Federal Dry Law Agents to Discuss Enforcement Washington, July 16. — (U.R) — Plans for a series of conferences between state and federal prohibition 6fficials in an effort to obtain better coordination of their activities under the justice department are being developed by Attorney General Mitchell, it was learned today. Mitchell emphasized the importance of local cooperation in enforcement, and it was indicated a conference of administrators in Washington might be called shortly. After preliminary study of the question, however, Mitchell has decided instead to have prohibition director Woodcock and administratois confer personally with state authorities in a series of gatherings j at state capitals. A somewhat similar policy was followed by former prohibition Commisioner Doran, who visited most of the states and personally took up with local authorities a program designed to obtain better (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —Q Willshire Plans Picnic The annua] Home-Coming of Willshire, Ohio will be held Sunday, August 3, Mrs. Kate Detter, acting secretary announced today. AU former residents of Willshire are urged to be present at the celebration this year. A union service will be held in the forenoon and a basket dinner will be enjoyed in th" Public Park at the noon hour A concert by the Willsire Juvenile Band will be a feature of the days program. o Fred Schurger Gains Fred Schurger, well known abstractor and attorney of this city, who had his right leg amputated following a fall from the hay mow in the barn on his farm, July 2, is getting along nicety. He is in high spirits, wants to get well and is talking about getting back to work as soon as he is able. He is still a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. o Erie To Hold Picnic The annual picnic of the Erie Railroad Veteians' association will be held Saturday, July 19 at Conneaut Lake Park, Pennsylvania. C. E. Denney, president of the Erie railroad and other road officials will attend the outing. It is expected that about 4,500 members of the association will attend.

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Fights for Life r ' *'■ Skill fractured, all teeth knocked out, bruised badly. Frank Goldshorough, America’s greatest boy aviator. is fighting for Ids life at Memorial Hospital Bennington, Vt., after being taken down from the mountains where his plane crashed, in a rude stretcher improvised from the parachute lie did not have a chance to use. surveybldF” TO BE RECEIVED Government to Open Survey Bids For Decatur Lot July 29 Bids for making a survey of the site of the United States post office in this city will be opened on the afternoon of July 29 at 2 o’clock at the office of the supervising architect in the treasury department, Washington. D. C., James A. Wetmore, acting supervising architect announced today. Survey plans and specifications can be secured from L. A. Graham, Decatur postmaster. Work includes the making of a complete topograplcal survey of the government site at corner of Third street and Liberty Way. The specifications state that the plat shall be made on tracing linen, 24(4 by 37 inches. The survey also includes many technical questions concerning alleys, streets, railways and all other data. The notice of leceiving bids for the survey, means that work on the new building will start soon, it was’ indicated. It is usually customary to advertise for construction bids as soon as the survey is completed. Those interested in bidding on the survey are asked to communiate with Postmaster L. A. Graham for further information.

GANGSTER MAY BE DEPORTED East Chicago Rum Leader Faces Deportation Charges In Court Hammond, Ind., July 16. —(U.R) — Nick Sudovich, alleged East Chicago liquor leader, may be deported by the bureau of immigration, according to S. B. Smith, departmental agent for the Chicago district. Deportation of Sudovich depends upon decision of the department of labor, but the ultimatum was not expected for several days. The matter was referred to the labor department after a hearing last Saturday at Michigan City state prison. Sudovich now is serving a two to 14-year sentence in the state prison for conspiracy in connection with the murder of Uron Marovich, alleged bootlegger. The prisoner also was convicted with former Mayor Raleigh P. Haie and Police Chief James Regan, of East Chicago, charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Sudovich is yet to be sentenced by Federal Judge (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o— Brother-in-law of Mrs. McCormick Takes Stand Federal Building, Chicago, July 16-(UP) — Four checks totaling $17,5000 which represented his contributions to Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick’s campaign for the republican senatorial nomination in Illinois were produced at the opening of today’s session of the senate’s campaign funds inquiry by Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and brother-in-law of the successful woman candidate.

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MG KELLAR IN FIERY SPEECH AGAINST PACT Tennessee Democrat Urjfes Senate’s Refusal of Treaty SAYS PARITY IS NOT THERE Washington, July IG.—(U.R) —Charges that negotiation of the London naval treaty almost brought on a war between France and Italy were made on the floor of the senate today by Senator McKellar, Dem., Tenn., in a plea for reiection of the pact. McKellar denounced President Hoover’s refusal to disclose all related documents to the senate. "No public official.” McKellar said, “has the tight to transact the people’s business in secret. That is why this treaty is a sham and why it is not a real peace treaty. “Why. we almost brought on a war between France and Italy while we were making this treaty in London.” McKellar opened his attack on the treaty with a denunciation of the Washington arms conference, which he emphasized was conducting during the administration of President Harding and under the leadership of Charles Evans Hughes. Senator Shortridge. Repn.. Calif., asked McKellar how he voted on the Washington arms conference treaty. McKellar said he did not vote. Shortridge then read from the record of 1922 to show that McKellar s colleague had announced when the vote was taken that McKellar was unavoidably absent but, if present, would have voted for the treaty. “My colleague was in error," McKellar replied and insisted he had corrected the record although Shortridge showed that the record stiil showed McKellar would have voted for the treaty if present. “Our own delegates at London.” McKellar continued, "admitted the Washington conference treaty did not give us parity in capital ships when they asked for permission during the London conference to build one more 35.000-ton battleship. "That permission was refused. Ratification of this treaty insures British superiority in battleships. We could duplicate the British battleships Rodney and Nelson fpr the $80,000,000 which we are to spend to modernize 13 of our old capital ships. "The Washington agreement was the greatest injustice ever put over on the United States and the London treaty puts us in an unpardonable position of Inferiority to Great Britain.” GALEN WINS IN PRIMARY RACE Senator Walsh Opposed In Montana by Judge In Fall Election Butte, Mont., July 16 —(U.R) — Justice Albert J. Galen today virtually was conceded the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator from Montana. He will oppose Sen. T. J. Walsh, Dem., whose place on the ballot was unrontested. Late returns Indicated that Galen’s margin over O, H. P. Shelley, Red Lodge publisher, would be 2 to 1. Galen, who lias been quiet on the subject of prohibition, received at the outset the unanimous endorsement of the Republican state central committee. Despite this, Shelley, former Montana prohibition administrator, waged a vigorous campaign in which he sought to have Galen make known his stand on the liquor question. If Galen wins the nomination, political observers predicted prohibition would play an important part in the election. Senior Senator Walsh is known to be a dry and Montana voters recently have voiced a strong wet sentiment. Tariff, likewise, will be drawn to the attention of the people, in view of Justice Galen’s open attack on Walshs vote on the recent tariff bill.