Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1930 — Page 1

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»SPEAKERS al institute [■[BOUNCE!! ■ Bintendent Striker ■ a ins l our EducaKonal Leaders b 1 ■ BE TWO|)U MISSION “ B'i>‘ ,nr ihe tw ° $ ■ a ’ '!r' ‘T -in (minty leach- : ut< . . ■ uinioiniced M),v (’.unity Superinten- ■ E. Sinker. The Koi' which th' 1 speakers K „ n program have Kt been ' mimed. me h will be Bl p. \ i- ami 2 . |Kr- 11 •'ft'nno.in on August 28. ■ w K[ r , ’e eHKt ■ - ■" as saill I j;.. -.-t.int state I Ai hi.’.in he the chief jflK a program I HiimktI l{ K- ' av | 11 ‘ ‘ extension ! Kj Indiana li.iv: sity ami M superintendent of f Muir, public schools I other -peakers. I th * I <i to edu- | IV >rk: t-a<Tiing instruc- - visiting hers in the Hl:e attend the of line iuaitsehtts E pia.e of institute has as ii the sesshe h 1.1 ■ : I. r at the Ceuor the Deschool gymnasium. sniker will have s. - and will int:o> spe.kc! Mr. Striker today ’hat a detailed probe boiim-rd as soon time of arrival of the visilearned finitely. Hfl KGirl I s Injured Auau-t 11 -tUP)— Miss olil .JunghMr. and Mrs. Herman Lehuii,w. st of Berne rea slight c-.i.-h in the back of Woia, ..'ay noon when struck by ar. automobile Main street. The girl front of the auto, which 1 by ’.i;ss Thelma Miller \ and received only injuries. ■luto Mishap Fatal Brooks, 16, died in a injuries recelv- • aiiton.oiiil.. accident at St. Monday. The youth sufL „; j body injuries ■Nhie tell front an automobile, pass mg over him. BULES ATTACK Bempuyment E<d(Tnal Order Acts To ■Abolish “No Work” ■■from the Nation ■ Fhincisc.,, Aug. 14.—<U.R)— members of the FraOlder of Eagles stood com- ’ to day to establishment of commission to evolve a lf K1 "hereby long and wideunemployment shall be ■h tPd from the economic life nation. Resolution presented at the convention in session here u '. was adopted unanimousw as presented by the IndiKlp^^ oll, as adopted at the convention at Ander- ■ 11 June. ■bv w-c' r delf Kation was head■J ’ A - Stoehr, Connersincluded Otto P. Del use, •th n° 1S ’ and Frank E * Hering. El end| P as t national presi- ■ and Robert E. Proctor, Elkfl President-elect; Ernest E. R‘ oidesville, state Eagles secEfl’ t?' Dr Fred c - RiHey BtWiX’i metlical exa miner of h s insurance department.

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Admits He’s Mine Bomber »’ ... * Al < «ntMi Paul Montgomery, 26, licensed airplane pilot of Murphysboro, 111., who confessed that he was the airman who bombed mines at Providence, Ky., last Monday.

CHILD ILLNESS IS PREVALENT “Summer Flu” Victims Limited In County To Children Much sickness among children is prevalent in Decatur and this community at present, according to statements of several leading phy sioians of this city. The chief ailment is sore throat, it was said. ■ For a number of years, a summer ailment, commonly called summer Influenza has prevailed in the county and most physicians are prone to pronounce this year's epidemic summer influenza. There is little serious or critical sickness in the county at presen* and the death rate during the summer months has been cut down materially, according to figures for the county during. June, July and the first part of August. Physicians say they believe the ■present epidemic will have run its course in a week or two and that most children will be in good health again by the time school opens September 2. Adult health was termed as good in the county, and there are few cases of contagious disease any place In the county. The smallpox epidemic of last May and June has almost completely disappeared. o ; — To Celebrate Feast The feast of the Assumption will be celebrated Friday in the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Masses will be said at five, seven and nine forty-five o’clock. It is a holy day of obligation and one of the principle feast days of the church Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be held following the last mass and the usual holy hour service in the evening will not be held. ,o Ton Litter Weighed The committee on ton litters in Adams county, H. P. Schmitt and William Linn accompanied County Agent L. E. Archbold to the home of L. Reuben Schwartz in Monroe township and assisted in weighing up a litter of nine grade Duroc pigs just 180 days old. The litter weighed 1,890 pounds, making an average of 210 pounds a pig. o Showers Faii In State Indianapolis Aug. 14 — (UP) — Light showers provided the only relief that central Indiana felt today from the drought, although skies were overcast and indications were more favorable for a rain than at any other time for several weeks. Wherever the showers fell, they came down In a slow drizzle, calculated to do the maximum amount of good for the precipitation measurement. The forecast of scattered showerw and overcast skies was not encouraging, inasmuch as a prolonged rain was necessary in the opinion of crop experts, to be of material benefit.

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GOVERNORS IN CONFERENCE ■ I WITH HOOVER! I Drought Relief Plan Is Forwarded; Commis- I < sion Planned MEETING IN CABINET ROOM I Washington, fAug. 14 —<U.R) — A typically Hoover plan for setting up a voluntary drought relief organization has been prepared by the President for submission today to the 12 state governors or their representatives who will gather with him around the cabinet table at the White House. Each governor or his representative will be requested to appoint a drought commissioner from his state to cooperate with the federal government, the Red Cross, the railroads and the affected areas. The conference was scheduled to begin at the W'hlte House at 2:30 p.m. ITesident Hoover Invited James G. Stone and Charles S. Wilson, farm board members, today to Join Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, Chairman of the board and other officials at the conference. These 12 commissioners will compose an unofficial federal commission. At the conference with the governor, Mr. Hoover is expected to make public a new and more comprehensive report on the extent of the drought damage. The survey. compiled for the president by the agricultural department and its county agents, is designed to show just what is needed in each cofnmunity and how much relief may be necessary. Two of the 12 state executives invited to be present at the conference, will not attend. The exceptions are Governors Harvey Parnell of Arkansas and Flem D. Sampson of Kentucky. Parnell has appointed H. T. Harrison, Little Rock attorney, T. Roy Reid, assistant director of extension work at Arkansas University, to represent him. Sampson has ap-' pointed Senator Robison, Repn., Ky., to act for him. The governors who have stated

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ACCOMPLICE DENIESGUILT Man Named in Mine Bombing Says Story Is Entirely False Murphysboro, 111., Aug. 14—(U.R) —After a night of questioning by Sheriff William Flannigan and other officials, Paul Malone, Duquoin aviator, stoutly denied today that he was involved In the recent air bomb raid on Kentucky coal fields. Malone was arrested after Paul Montgomery, 26, Murphysboro, confessed he was the aviator who dropped nine bombs near Providence, Ky., non-union mines Monday and charged that Malone had hired him .to do so. “We have Montgomery’s signed confession implicating Malone and will continue to hold him despite his persistent denials," Sheriff Flannigan told the United Press. "There also were other men involved, but we have not arrested any of them and cannot give out their names until they are apprehended,” he added. "I was forced to do it,” Sheriff Flannigan quoted Montgomery as saying. "I was threatened with death and my family with harm if I did not.” “One other man was with me in the plane. As he dropped ihe bombs I maneuvered the ship so that none would fall in the groups of men about the mines.” Five of the nine bombs which the men dropped exploded In the vicinity of non-union mines which recently were reopened. They did little damage and injured no one. o Illinois Boy Drowns Paris, 111., Aug. 14.—(U.R)—Junior Quinn, 10, drowned late yesterday while swimming in a bayou of the lake at the Paris water works. Resuscitation efforts of life guards from a nearby beach were fruitless.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 14, 1930.

Hon. Claude Ball Is Adams County Visitor Hon. Claude Ball, of Muncie, democratic candidate for congress in the eighth district visited here last evening on his way to Bluffton where he met with the committee and candidates to plan organization in each precinct of that county. Mr. Rail Is anxious for a similar organization here and expects to return soon to assist in completing it. He will also make a number of speeches here during the fall campaign. While here he conferred with Ed Bosse, county chairman and others. He says the trend is democratic this year and he expects to make a vigorous campaign all over the district.

LOCAL WOMEN ARE HONORED Two Are Named Officers In Tri-County Organization of Lodge Clara Paeswater of this city was elected vice-president and Mrs. Grant Fry, also of Decatur, was chosen secretary of the tri-county organization of Pythian Sisters lo'dges, which was held in the K. of P. Home at Bluffton, Wednesday. Other officers elected during the afternoon were Mary Dailey, Bluffton, president; and Franta Kreigh, Tocsin, treasurer. District Deputy Clara Paeswater was in charge of the meeting, assisted by the Bluffton officers. At the noon hour, a dinner was served by the Bluffton ladies, after which the business meeting and an Interesting program were held. Representatives Crom Montpelier, Roll, Tocsin, Bluffton and Decatur numbered 65, and each lodge provided an entertaining feature of the program. The Decatur lodge conducted a contest, and Alma Plummer and Isabelle Byrd of Tocsin played a saxophone duet, accompanied at the piano by Nina Garton. Miss Byrd afterward gave a recitation. Esther Kelley of Roll, sang and Frances Kelley, also of Roil, played a saxophone solo. A violin solo was played by Dwight Casterline and Gretchen Dick gave a reading. The Montpelier chapter also conducted a contest and the program was concluded with a cornet solo by Reed Logan and stunts supervised by Mrs. Lillie Ashbaucher of Bluffton. The next meeting of the Pythian Sister lodges of Adams, Wells, and Blackford counties will be held at Ossian in November. Among those from this city who attended the meeting yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. James Bain, Mrs. Sam Shamp, Mrs. Fred Linn, Mrs. John Tyner, Mrs. GrariT Fry and Mrs. Delton Passwater. Seeks Relief Help Washington, Aug. 14 —(UP) Governor Etrimerson of Illinois appealed personally to secretary of war Hurley today for permission to increase the flow of water from Lake Michigan into the Chicago sanitary canal for a period of a week or ten days as an emergency measure. JOHN MALSTON IN ACCIDENT Farmer Receives Leg Fracture When Thrown From His Wagon Berne, Aug. 14. —John Malston, a farmer living northeast of Berne, suffered a fractured leg as a result of a truck-wagon collision which occurred Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock near Willshire, Ohio. Mr. Maistun was taking a wagon load of oats to Willshire when a stone truck struck the wagon. The impact of the collision threw him in front of his wagon which passed over both of his legs, fracturing the left leg and bruising the right leg. A physician was called to set the fracture and' dress the bruises. o-.—--Hotel Is Robbed Indianapolis, Ind. August 14. — (UP) —A “CoCllegiate” bare-headed bandit held up John Mendenhall, night clerk, and John Merten’s bellhop, at the Lockerbie hotel, Indianapolis, today and escaped with »90

BRITISH R-100 ON HOMEWARD! VOYAGETODAY Takes off From Canadian Field; Seeks New Ocean Record WIND SAID TO BE STRONG St. Hubert Airport, Montreal, Aug. 14. — (U.R) —The world’s largest dirigible, R-100, sped before a stiff wind down the St. Lawrence valley today, setting a pace that held promise of a record-breaking flight across the Atlantic ocean on its return trip to Cardington, England. The big dirigible, with one of its six motors crippled, raced over Father Point at 1 a. m. 'est., making 60 knots before a 45-mile per hour wind and under favorable skies. At that time the ship had covered some 320 miles four hours and 30 minutes after it departed eastward from St. Hubert airport at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday. Its average speed of about 72 miles an hour indicated the R-100 would reach the Atlantic coast several hours before noon, depending on whether Commander R. B. B. Colmore tollowed his proposed route to Cape Breton. Meterologists reported the prospects for the flight excellent, with good weather and tail winds to speed the craft at least half way ac ross the ocean. The ocean route which Commander Colmore planned to follow was roughly along the Canadian steamships on their eastward voyage. After taking aboard its dozen passengers in addition to the officers and crew of 45 men, the R-TOO left the airport mooring mast half an hour before its scheduled time of departure and flew toward Montreal. A few minutes later its red lights appeared to watchers in Montreal, ten miles away, and the ship flew over the southeastern section of the city. Commander R. BL B. Colmore had described the return trip as “a normal flight' when he told Canadians that the R-100 would return next spring “as socn as the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FLIERS REMAIN ALOFTTODAV Jackson - O’Brine Make SIOO An Hour Since Breaking Record Lambert-St. Louis Field, St. Louis Mo., Aug. 14 —(UP)— Their lost honors regained with recovery of the world's endurance refueling flight record, Dale Jackson and Forlest O’Brine added gold to glory with each passing hour aloft today. The fliers piloted the monoplane Greater St. Louis, 24 hours beyond she previous record, that of the Hunter Brothers, at 8:52:30 A. M. CST. and at 8:11 A. M. had been aloft 578 hours. The first profits of the flight were realized when an oil company agreed to pay SIOO an hour until they had beaten the previous record by 70 hours. This insured necessary capital to carry on the flight, which at one time the fliers indicated that they might be forced to give up because of lack of funds. An electrical storm with intermittent rainfall kept watchers at the field alert during the night. An occasional green flare from the plane indicated everything was well. Thousands of people—the largest crowd since the flight began—visited the field during the night and constantly cheered the fliers. In celebration of their feat the ground crew staged a fireworks display last night. The fliers 3,500 feet above, aided by dropping flares. Congratulations which poured into the refueling headquarters from many cities will be given to the fliers today. Among the first to send messages was Bert Kaul, Faribault, Minn., Grocer who once employed Jackson as a delivery boy. The fliers hovered within gliding distance of the field to prevent endangering their record. The National Aeronautic Association contest rules require fliers to land at the point of takeoff for official recognition.

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LYNCHING IS TOLD PROBERS Score of Witnesses Tell of Marion Outbreak Thursday Marion, Ind., Aug. 14. —(U.R) —A’ score of witnesses continued today to reveal information concerning the lynching of two negroes last week, which was believed to contain the names of several alleged participants in the mob violence. All data was being kept secret, for presentation to the grand jury which will convene September 1. Earl Stroup and Merle Wall, deputy attorneys general, and Harley Hardin, county prosecutor, were in charge of the court of inquiry. Wall and Stroup are obtaining information to present to Attorney General James M. Ogden, so that he may determine whether to take steps seeking to oust Jacob C. Campbell, sheriff, from whom the mob took the negroes. Evidence has been offered, it was understood, that persons nearly a hundred miles from Marion, were informed several hours before sundown that a lynching would occur that night In Marion. Names of nearly all the alleged active participants in the lynching also were supposed to have been revealed.

BLUUETON Princeton, British Columbia, Aug. 14—(UP) —Rescue crews succeeded today in pumping fresh air to 46 miners trapped by an explosion in No. 4 mine of the Coalmont Colieries at Blackburg, British Columbia. Directors of the rescue efforts believe they would be able to remove the men alive. Forty nine were trapped when the explosion -wrecked the mine. One miner was rescued alive and the bodies of two others have been recovered. Fire hose was lowered into the working and through it a stream of fresh air was pumpid into the chamber in which the miners were trapped. Gas accumulating in the mines hampered the efforts of rescue workers who were led by George Murray, manager of the mine, and John Diggs, a mine inspector. o — Vessels Collide; One Is Reported Sinking London, Aug. 14 — (UP) — The sinking of the Chinese steamship Tongan after a collision off Shan-' tung was reported to Lloyds today in a dispatch from Tsingtsao. The dispatch said 70 passengers and seven members of the crew were missing. Tongan collided with the Chinese steamer Lien Hsing XII. o Twelve Mile Bank Is Robbed of $1,500 Twelve Mile, Ind., Aug. 14—(UP) Two unmasked bandits entered the Twelve Mile state bank an hour after it opened today, held up O. R. Pickering, cashier, and Miss Bernice Bower, assistant cashier, and escaped in a blue sedan with between $1,500 and $2,000. The car was headed west, witnesses said. is located 12 miles northwest of Logansport. o SIX HURT AS BRIDGEFALLS New Bridge Collapses With Workmen Falling 20 Feet to Creek Kingman, Ind., Aug. 14. —(U.R) — Six men were injured, one seriously, when the bridge on which they were working near Kingman collapsed, dropping them 20 feet into the creek bed. Omer Larrick, contractor, Crawfordsville, suffered a skull fracture and scalp wounds; Albert Bell, Crawfordsville, suffered a com(pound fracture of the left leg; Roy Witham. Gates, was injured about the legs and body; Col. Anse Madden, Gates, county road Inspector, suffered bruises and scalp cuts; Morris Pickle, Gates, escaped with bruises and cuts alxiut the legs, and Keith Gates, of Gates, sustained an injury to his left arm. Men and concrete work were plunged into the creek without warning when the entire structure suddenly collapsed.

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Norris Wins Nebraska Republicans gave Senator George W. Norris, veteran Insurgent and outstanding foe of President Hoover, the senatorial nomination in Tuesday’s primary. Norris, who left his party to campaign two years ago for Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential nominee, was given a substantial lead over William M. Stebbins, ’’regular” candidate. FORMER BERNE LADYJXPIRES Mrs. Emil Earhart Is Victim of Death In California Home Berne, Aug. 14—(Special)—Word was received today of the death last night of Mrs. Emil Earhart of Los Angeles. Cal., Mrs. Earhart formery lived in Berne. Complications were given as the cause of the death.

Mrs. Earhart was born in Hartford township, Adams county, February 23, 1863, a daughter of John and Anna Stauffer. In early life sne was married to Emil Earhart. The couple resided in Berne until 1911, where Mr. Earharl managed tbo Berne Hay and Grain Co. Surviving are three children; Clarence, Eva and Marie all of California and three sisters Mrs. Pet-, er Stucky and Mrs. William Wittwer of Berne and Mrs. Eliza Stuckey of California. Funeral arrangements have not' been completed. o - ■■ LESLIE WILL SUBMIT PLAN To Ask President for Suspension of Federal Road Rule Indianapolis, Aug. 14 — (UP) — President Hoover was expected to be requested by Governor Harry G. Leslie, at the White House drought conference today, to abandon rule six of the highway federal aid regulations and give to the Indiana state highway department $2,098,000 to finance additional road building in southern Indiana drought areas. This plan was outlined for -Leslie in a telegram sent to Washington last, night by director John J. Brown of the state highway department. The governor arrived at Washington from his Canadian camp yesterday. Brown explained .today that this state now has an unpaid balance of federal highway funds amounting to $2,098,000. ‘Acting on advice of President Hoover, he rushed our highway con tracts through last spring and did not Walt for approval by the federal roads bureau as required under rule six,” Brown said. “However, all federal aid locations had been approved and our standards of highway building throughout the state are the same as those required by the Federal government. "Therefore, since rule six is not a statute, the President could order it abrocated in this emergency and we could get our unpaid balance, to use for additional construction in southern Indiana at this time. This would give employment to the burned out farmers throughout the tall and far Into the winter." Brown has also asked the Governor to urge that federal aid for next year be extended at this time to expand the road building pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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BELIEVED TO BE ALLIES OF MORAN FACTION Minnesota City Is New Scene of Wholesale Gang Murders IN VESTIG ATION TO START SOON St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 14--(U.R) — The assassination of three men, identified as gangsters, along a lonely road near the inn where George “Bugs” Moran’s Chicago followers had been reported active gave the twin cities their first underworld massacre to solve today. One of the victims was believed for a time to have been Moran himself. The gang leader apparently was safe at a Brainerd, Minn., summer camp, however. The three men who were shot to death during the night apparently while en route by automobile to White Bear Lake, location of the inn the Moran gang was reported to have taken over, were identified as: Sammy, Stein, alias Heckel, Minneapolis and Kansas City character. Frank M. Coleman, of Kansas City*, former chauffeur for Solle Weisman, Kansas City gambler. Butch Myers, of St. Paul, known as an underworld hanger-on. Major General W. F. Rhinow, head of the Minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension, stumbled upon the massacre while driving to White Bear Lake on an investigation of the Moran’s gang's activities. Rhinow came upon a bulletriddled automobile parked at a cross-roads near the Wildwood Amusement park. He started a search which led to discovery of the bodies. Coleman was found in the automobile dead. Powder bui*s on his head indicated he had been shot by a revolver held a few inches from his head. A revolver which Coleman, it was believed, had fired in attempting to defend himself. was beside the body. Myers, wounded three times, was lying near the automobile. later in a hospital with(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) -— —o Accepts New Position Theodore McClintock, who- has been connected with the Libcoln Life Insurance company at Fort Wayne the last several years has contracted with the Columbia National Life Insurance company to take complete charge of the underwriting department and will assume his new duties September 1. Ho and Mrs. McClintock, who was formerly Miss Alta Teeple of this city are planning to move to Boston with in the next two weeks to make their home. The position is a very responsible one and gives Mr. McClintock a splendid advancement in his work. HAWKS HOLDS NEW AIRM ARK Cuts Hours From Former Eastward Record of Col. Lindbergh New York, Aug. 14 —(U.R) —Capt. Frank M. Hawks, who in 20 mouths has cut the flying time between the Pacific and Atlantic almost in half, again held the transcontinental speed record today. Racing eastward from Los Angeles in the swiftest and most brilliant long distance flight this coun try his seen, Hawks clipped two hours yesterday from the mark set by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and regained the laurels which that famous air idol had taken from him. His time for the transcontinental dash was 12 hours and 25 minutes, although only 11 hours and 40 minutes of that period was spent in the air. The captain was clocked in at Curtiss Field, Valley Stream, L. I„ at* 6:41-30 p. m (EDT) last night. Captain Hawks now holds all recorda for cross-wiountry flying. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)