Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1930 — Page 1

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Tom Covault injured At .lay County Fair Portland, Aug, 15 (Special) Tom Covault, Decatur race-horse driver was injured while driving a hor.m named June Biliken, in the first race of the Thursday program of Jay county fair. Covault was thrown from his cart I when it locked wheels with another cart and was unconscious for some time. He was taken to the Jay county hospital, where the attending physician stated he would recover. ADAMS COUNTY MAN ENDS LIFE .John Rumple Found At Old Farm In Jefferson Township Berne, Aug. 15. -(Special! John Rumple, 75, prominent Jefferson I township farmer was found dead witli a bullet through his heart at! 6:30 o’clock last evening in the kitchen of his old homo, 7% miles southeast of Berne. Coroner J. C. Grandstaff stated after investigating that the deceased had committed suicide. Beside the body was a shotgun with which Mr. Rumple had shot himself. The motive was given as ill health and despondency. For the past two years, since the death of his wife, ho bad been ’residing with a daughter. Mrs. Cleo Pyle of near Geneva. His old farm in Jefferson township was unoccupied and it was his habit to visit the farm about twice each week. Thursday morning he left for the farm and last evening when he failed to return Mi's. Pyle called a sist d of the deceased, Mrs. Frank Davis who lives near the Rumple farm. She went to the farm and found his body in the kitchen. Dt. Grandstaff stated that he had probably shot himself at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and had been dead three hours before his body was found. Mr. Rumple was born near Hamilton. Ohio, October 25, 1855, the son of Daniel and Adeline Rumple. He spent his entire life in Jefferson township where he was a prominent farmer for many years. Two years ago last July his wife, formerly Miss Louisa Kelly, died and since that time' he had lived with his daughter, Mrs. Cleo Pyle. Surviving are the fidlowing children: Jonathan Rumple and Daniel Rumple of Jefferson township; Mrs. Jacob Zehr of near Hamilton, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph Buyer of Sullivan, Ind.; Mrs. Cleo Pyle of near Geneva. One son preceded the deceased in death.

The following sisters also survive. Mrs. Erank Davis of Jeffcr(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Motorist Badly Burned Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 15.—(U.R) - James Bryant, 18, Muncie, was burned badly about the legs, arms and «’de, when a can of oil in his auto explode,! today, Ralph Ricihardsion, Toledo and Harvey Lykins and Marion Smith, Muncie, other occupants of the car, escaped injury. The Bluffton fire department controlled the blaze. All the boys were en route to Muncie. SUNDERMANTO GIVE SERMON Evangelical Minister To Deliver Union Address Sunday Night The Union service of the churches represented by the Ministers association, will be held in the Christian church Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. M. VV. Sunderman, pastor of the First Evangelical church. The subject will be: “The Power of a Spiritual Life.” Music will be provided by the Christian church, and the order of service arranged by the pastor, Rev. R. B. Hurt. These services have been well attended, and have created a fine community spirit. The sermons have been of a nature to inspire a high motive of Christian living. All church people are invited to the Sunday night services.

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IITTLE HOPE HELD OUT FOR ENTOMBED MEN I VI in e Officials Believe None Will Survive as Rescuers Continue POISON GASES CAUSE TROUBLE Princeton, B. C„ Aug. 15—(UP) Only faint hope remained todav i that 46 men entombed in the No. 4 I mine of the Colmont Collieries at ' Blakeburn might he rescued. Driven out by the same poisonous gasses that caused the explosion which killed at least two men and trapped the 46 others a mile underground, rescue workers stumni led from the shaft and declared it i practically impossible to continue, i Men directing the relief work pre . vionsly had announced that unless J the entombed miners were reached I within 36 hours it was not likely l any of them would be found alive. 1 One man was found alive shortlv after the explosion more than 24 ( hours ago and bodies of two others Alexander Smith, 42. and Albert ; Cole Til. were receiered, nut poison filled tunnels and a great mass of rock separated the rescue workers from the other men in the mine. The disaster appeared to be one ' of the worst in the history of min--1 ing in Western Canada. The explo- ' sion was in the main shaft, which runs 3.000 feet into the mountain • and whch was blocked completely ■ by tons of rock torn loose by the ■ blast. i There are 6,000 feet of old work- ; ings back of the mai nshaft and the > one hope of the trapped men, rescuers said, is that they may mind I enough pure air In these slopes and chambers to keep them alive . until the shaft is cleared. Which . may be a week. o Gangster Murdered I Chicago, Aug. 15. —<U.R) —Bullet ■ riddled bodies, gruesome remind- . ers of a bitter gangland war that began on the night ■ Searface Al i Capone returned to Chicago, lay today in the morgues of three midwestern cities. [ Murdered as he stood talking to I a policeman in the business district of Rockford, 111., Joe Giovingo, charged with being a bootI legger, laet night was the fifth victim within 24 hours of a series of killings which officials believe are ail connected. FESTIVAL WILL BE CONDUCTED Immanuel Lutheran Congregation Plans Event For Next Sunday

The annual Mission Festival of the Emmanuel Lutheran church in Union township will be held Sunday in the Otto Bleeke grove, onehalf mile north and one-half mile east of the Bleeke churOh. Two inspirational mission services will be held during the day. The morning service will be held at 9:30 o'clock (EST) and the afternoon service at 2 o'clock (EST). The Rev. C. Wachholz, Marysville, Ohio will deliver the German sermon at the morning service. In the afternoon the Rev. Georgi will talk on missions in China and the Rev. William Aker of Monroeville will deliver the English sermon. Refreshments will be served on the grounds and the Rev. M. J. Frosch, pastor of the church ex tends a cordial welcome to the members of his congregation and their friends to attend the services. o School Teacher Admits Ownership of Still Martinsville, Ind.. Aug. 15 —(U.P) —A still said to hate been operated by Roy Davee, school teacher living near Martinsville, was confiscated by officers when Davee directed them to the point on a creek where it was in operation. Davee was released on SI,OOO bond. He said he had been driven to illicit liquor business because he could not properly support Jiis wife and seven children any other way. He taught school in Jackson township last year.

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Chevalier Says ‘Howdy’ ■ ar - v Jr .w $ 1 ' W v' - ■ ■ ~ I■'•*■**• . *■ * Al? i Ki i. * v > i M ‘W' 1 •W Ik ' & s.~ ’’ 4 W • ’ F-' 1 y - '* Maurice Chevalier, famous French movie star (right) tips his hat to the camera man at Chicago, where he changed trains while en route to New York and thenc” to Paris. With him in the picture are Jean Harlowe, the flaxen-curled movie actress (left), and her mother, Mrs .1. Hailowe (center).

LOCAL BOYS TO ENTER SCHOOL McCrory Boys to Leave Saturday For Masonic Home School Jack and Max McCrory, sons of Mrs. Ralph McCrory of West Monroe street, will leave Saturday for Franklin, Indiana, where they will enter the Masonic Home for boys. The McCrory boys will attend school there this year. The home and school, a commissioned grade and high school, with vocational departments, is maintained by thMasonic lodges of Indiana and is a splendid place. More than 150 boys and nearly 100 girls are al the school this year. The McCrory boys are fine chaps and their frirnds know that they will make good at the school. _______ o IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DROP .July Lowest in Last Five Years, Government Reports Show Washington, Aug. 15. —(U.R) —• United States foreign trade dropped in July to the lowest figure in five years, with exports totalling $269,000,000 and imports aggregating $219,000,000, the commerce department announced today. This compares with exports last July of $402,861,000, a decrease of $133,861,000, and imports of $352,980,000, a drop of $133,980,000. Exports for the first seven months of this year dropped $680,629,000 below those for*the same period last year, from $3,025,949,000 to $2,345,320,000, while imports showed a decrease in the same period of $684,477,000, dropping from $2,639,355,000 to $1,954,878,000. The decline In exports was attributed by the commerce department to the world-wide business depression and also to the fact that American loans abroad showed a considerable decline (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Bank Makes Payment Checks for a 15 per cent, paymi nt to depositors of the old Peoples Loan and Trust Company were being issued today at the bank. The distribution represents a total payment to depositors of nearly $50,000 and is the first distribution of the bank, which closed June 14. More than 1,800 checks were prepared for the distribution. o— —— LESLIE SEEKS LARDER FUND Would Borrow Million From Government to Aid Drought Area i Ind'anapolis, Aug. 15. —(U.R)— Governor Harry G. Leslie would borrow $1,000,000 for the state highway maintenance department in addition to the $3,200,000 borrowed or asked for construction work, according to dispatches.from Washington today. The governor is in Washington to attend the Hoover drought conference. Director John J. Brown, of (he Kate highway department. said today he knew nothing of the governor's plan to obtain an additional $1,000,000. The announcement was regarded as revealing a move for the state to borrow $1,000,000 for the highway maintenance department, to be matched by $1,000,000 from the uncla'med balance of the $2,098,000 federal aid funds. The money would lie spent by the maintena'nee department in employing burned out farmers in southern Indiana in preparing state highways for future paving problems. This, it was said, would aid the drought sufferers by giving men and teams employment. The highway construction program has advanced so rapidly that $2,000,000 from next year's budget has been transferred to this fiscal year and $1,600,000 borrowed from the cities, counties and towns fund of the gasoline taxes. This wiped out the state's only capital reserve, which must be replaced and paid out to local governmental units in March, 1931.

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TERRE HAUTE IS CLOSED BY FEDERAL MEN Thirty Arrests Made In Series of Raids In Hoosier City NO ADVANCE NEWS GIVEN Tirre Haute. Ind., Aug. 15. —(U.R) —Led by Col. John F. Herbert, administrator of the Federal prohibition enforcement department in the seventh district, more than 50 'dry agents conducted a series of haids in Terre Haute late yester- | day and early today, which netted I then 30 prisoners. It was believ!ed more arrests would be I made today. The raiding parties bejeved to ! have met and organized at Paris, I 111., swept into Terre Haute in the I first concerted dry raid since last fall, and rapidly captured the ali leged bootleggers. It was said that | dry agents had purclias d liquor i at the place of each of those taken into custody. Following their arrests, the prisoners were taken to the office of Clyde Randel, United Slates com missioner, arraigned, ami bonds set. Bonds ranged from $2,500 to $5,000 the high st amount being placed against Mae Trimby, who previous | | to her arrest last night, was at libi erty tinder another bond, awaiting ■ trial on a charge of violation of I the Mann act. Assisting Herbert in his raids, each in charge of a squad of men, were George H. Hurlburt, assistant administrator of the seventh 'district; Major Howard Long, South Bend, deputy prohibition administrator for the Northern Indiana district; John H. Wilkey, deputy pro'hibition administrator for the southi ern Indiana district, and George ' I Holmes, deputy United States Mar1' shal. STREET FAIR GROUP MEETS

Plans Made For Annual Women’s Exhibit; Entry Date Set The committee in charge of the Women’s department of the Decatur Free Street Fair held a meeting in I the Chamber of Commerce rooms Thursday night. It was decided to distribute the entry blanks the week prior to the ' fair, and exhibits for the fair must Ibe entered by 6 o'clock, Monday | evening. September 8. The location for the women's department has not been announced. The department consists of art work, needlework and culinary articles. This department has been one of the most popular for the last several years, and it is hoped to make it the best exhibit of the fair. Mrs. Fred Linn, Mrs. Will Whines, Mrs. C. I). Lewton and Miss Nellie Blackburn comprise the comI mitten in charge of the department land County Ageilt L. E. Archbold met with the committee last evening. and assisted in planning for the coming event. oMINE BOMBERS WILL BE HELD Federal Charge Filed Against Pair in Mine Bombing Case Murphysboro, 111., Aug. 15.—<U.R) —Paul Montgomery and James Malone, southern lllinpis fliers held in connection with the aerial bombing of non-union mines around Providence. Ky„ last Monday, will be held here for the dime being. Sheriff William Flanigan said today. A federal warrant charging conspiracy to violate sections of the Federal aeronautical laws, was issued against Montgomery last night, and pending disposal of that charge the two will be held in Murphysboro. Requisition papers for Montgomery's extradition to Kentucky . (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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Col. Sprunger Gives Auction Class Some Real Business Facts ♦ ♦ Colonel S. C. Sprunger, of Kidron, Ohio, auctioneer of national fame, and instructor in the Reppert School of Auctioneering, explained to the class, now in session, how it was possible to build up the largest community sale in America in a village of 75 people that does not boast any railroad, interurban, bank or post office. These community rales are held twice each month

The sales eoiisist of e v e r yt h i n g from a darning needle to a threshing outfit, from baby chicks to carloads of horses and cattle. The sales for the past year totaled over

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a ouarter of a million dollars. The attendance has run as high as three thousand people at one sale. Sprunger employes three auctioneers to assist hi min these sales. Colonel Sprunger is a shrewd business man, and is regarded as a good auctioneer. His inspirational lecture was well received by tne students, as he knows their needs, being a graduate from the Reppert Auction School himself, and is well known to the people of Decatur and Adams County. It is successful graduates, liks Col. Sprunger, and many others that bring students from all parts of the United States and Canada to the Decatur school. 0 RELIEF PLAN IS EFFECTED State and County Committees to Be Named By Governors Washington, Aug. 15. — (U.RJ — A vast relief organization was in the process of formation today to provide autumn and winter aid tor nearly 270,000 drought suffering farm families. Speed was the farewell uftte sounded by President Hoover to the departing governors or representatives of 12 drought striken states who worked out with him the details of a national relief program at a White House conference last night. Immediate action was promised by the state executives in naming the state and county committees which are to form the nucleus of the relief organization. Each governor who considers a (CONTINUED UN PAGE EIGHT!

LONG DROUGHT IS CONQUERED Rains Fall In Sections Today Ending Long Dry Spell Chicago, Aug. 15 —(U.R) —Rain fell throughout the east and in scattered sections of the west, midwest and south today, to break the last strongholds of the $750,000,000 drought of 1930. In most of the states east of Ohio, rain fell steadily, but lightly, throughout last night and continued today. North central states, where the worst of the drought was broken several days ago, received no further relief. The west coast continued dry. Rocky Mountain states, in most of which there has been no drought, had light rains. Scattered areas in the south were dampened. At Cleveland there was a short but heavy rainfall about midnight, giving the vicinity a thorough wetting for the first time since June and breaking the longest drought there since 1881. Light rains tell in some parts of southern Illinois and Kentucky, where drought suffering has been more acute than in most other sections of the country. The rains were not heavy enough tp cause any considerable rise in the streams, all of which have reached unusually low stages during the last month. Among the cities which reported light but continued rains today were Washington. Boston, Detroit, New Haven, New York, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Denver. Showers were general over Ohio. Pittsburgh and Los Angeles had (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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JACKSON AND O'BRINE KEEP PLANE IN AIR Within Five Days of Month’s Continuous Trip In Air 600 HOURS IN AIR EXCEEDED BULLETIN St. Louis, Aug. 15—(U.R) — With the old endurance record more than 50 hours behind them, Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brine drove their ‘‘Greater St. Louis” today toward a “record that will stand for a long time to come.” At 1:11 p. m. C. S. T„ the orange and yellow monoplane had circled over Lambert-St. Louis Field for 606 hours. The fliers were 395 hours short of the goal of 1,000 hours which they have set for themselves. Lambert - St. Louis Field. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 15.—CUR) — Five days short of a month in the air, the endurance monoplane “The Greater St. Louis” continued circling over Lambert-St. Louis Field today. As hour after hour was added to the refueling endurance record of Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brine, the fliers' casual prediction that they would remain aloft 1,000 hours became for them a sincere belief, rather than a wild hope. At 7;11 a. m. the orange and .yellow monjoplane had been in continuous flight 600 hours. The fliers, once faced by a shortage of funds that threatened to halt the flight, saw their efforts turning into money. Four advertising contracts totalling SI,BOO were closed by W. H. Pickens, their managed today, and money was rolling in at the rate of $1.66 a minute for each hour up to 70 after surpassing the Hunter brothers’ mark.

Messages from the endurance plane continued to indicate the motor was functioning well, although consuming more gas and oil than earlier in the flight. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) NEW EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED Mar i o n Lynching Evidence Gathered By Investigators Marion, Ind., Aug. 15.—(U.R)—A sheaf of important information concerning identity of those who led a mob to the lynching of two negroes in Marion last week, will be turned over to the grand jury September 1. it was indicated today as the board of inquiry brought its work toward completion. Threats against the life of Harley Hardin, Grant county prosecutor, continued to be made, he reported, but he said that this would not affect his effort to bring the mob leaders to justice. Evidence obtained by the court of inquiry will be turned over also to Attorney General James M. Ogden, who will determine from it it whether to seek the ousting of Sheriff Jacob Campbell for alleged neglect of duty in protecting his prisoners. Some two score persons have appeared before the court of inquiry, and it was understood that Hardin and two deputy attorneys general assigned to the ease, were pleased with the amount of information divulged. o R-100 Strikes Bad Weather Conditions Aboard the Dirigible R-100. Aug 15—(UP)—The dirigible R-100, encountering less favorable weather conditions than on the early stages of the return flight to England, made steady progress today over the rain-spattered Atlantic ocean. Holding steadily to its course course along the 43rd parallel, the trans-Atlantic ship was handicapped by clouds and rain in its effort to set a new speed mark across tho ocean and was forced to cut Its fast pace to about 50 miles an hour.