Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1930 — Page 1

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ARDENER KILLS THREE; SHOOTS SELF

illfS FIGHT iIWTESON [BOHOOK-UP ■vnote In Address ■ Monday Night ■i’Bl-IVANS ■ ■EM. ■hington. Aug. 19.--U.P) ft'qiie struggle tor natE& L »>•<«: K experts m control of K.. a n ami Democratic . ;>i‘*paRgux was ' lligl,t ■jMrtt Slmie. . (b.Urman of nama.m .a-slice K.. e broaibast over a Nat■ookup a crith ion of Presibased upon a charge K, executive had failed to ■he country of "the in vit■ish of business." ■ reported cost oi $5,900 a ■ft. I), mm sat- iovv • mploy- ■ ( f tiie N ' broadcastKnries for <i ■ inc a serie.; political lectures. The ■cn public:" oceanization ■■ swinir into action with ■mi'tits for an equal time on answer m Shouse will be ■L- V.■ tli'- same radio net- ■ next Monday uriht by Sen■nr n D. I’---, n- -a chairman ■e R-.-p:; di. :: itional com- ■ Th.-..after, speakers rep■iSthetwi parties will alterKg Monday nirii' broadcasts. ■ Rep:. ..a: i>-’i. d mimeo■d answers to Shouse last H H1... stat, tie 'll quoted tua- ■ jnder Tilson of the house ■sec -■ Si." I- < talk was "an ■ft collection of half truths, ■taunts, abuse and crltl■rriNUED ON PAGE TWO) ■pies State Bank I Will Pay Dividend ■tb to depositors in the ■n State Bank of Berne, ■ closed May 7, will be mail- ■ Wednesday, Thurman A. ■chalk, liquidatir.tr agent stat■ay. A ten per cent payment ■poe'tors will be made. Per- ■ bring less than $lO in the I when it closed will not re- ■ checks by mail, but are ■ to call at the bank for the ■t due them. The liquidate ■tent held that it required too ■ work to make out checks for ■bn one dollar. This is the ■ distribution made by the I LYNCHES USED NEGRO p e d Attacker of Two pall Girls Dies In I North Carolina L™"' N ' C . Aug. 19—(U.R)— [Moore. 35, negro accused Ff ins two white girls, was here early today by 200 I’ 1 "’ stormed the Edgecombe F Jail. I,’, as aloUsed Portly after F' and went to the jail.” Sheriff R. o. Watson said. I nob was milling about the l> faded with them but they L rr '.? WE the tioors and to ° k L. " l ' o,ly WaS CUt doWn L Wa , ee u w here officers found hours after the lynchL ‘* e . en 50 and bullet f e d the body, Watson fc. "a* arrested Saturday ffa of attacking Ethel hhc'v , her Bialer Incllle, hathec” ayed in the loft ° r tobaeco httrn. Ethel', wh nt:fle . (l late yesterday lint ditrin." 1,0 nte d her finger rod sdd a Preliminary hear»Os a h.. hiding at the i th an ' her Bince the attack ' Sheriff T’ _5 atSon fa bnn rD. 1 ' Bardln and ' who had tarn" T ,he attack - to n h r JL attent idn to an ? 9 ‘he flrg t lynchln SXs 1 chln! '»

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Seeks Repeal of Fann Agent Law Greencastle, Inti., Aug. 19 —(UP) —“Farm Agents tell the farmer how to raise mor wheat and charges him $1,200 annually for the advice and the government sends another ag« nt around ami tells the farmer to raise less win at." complains W. E. Gill, county auditor. Gill favors repeal or amendment of the present Indiana law providing for the establishment of th® county agent. "Under the present law 25 men can force a farm agent on the county whether he majority want it or not,” he said. “Putnam county is paying a man $1,200 a year to teach the farmers to raise more wheat and the federal government is sending another to tell them to raise less," he declared. TOLEDO READY FOR EXCURSION Annual Methodist Picnic To Be Held Thursday At Toledo Advertising Thursday, August 21, as Indiana Day, Toledo newspapers for the last week have been giving a great amount of publicity to the annual Decatur Methodist Sunday Schoo! picnic and. excursion w hich leaves Decatur next Thursday morning at 6 o'clock central strandard time, for .the all-day outing* at Walbridge park. The picnic has grown from a small group of 50 picnickers many years ago to its present size of almost 1.000 Hoosiers, who each year, take the Cloverleaf to the famous Ohio park and zoo. The affair this year is expected to be the largest ever sponsored by the local Methodist Sunday school. Hundreds of tickets already have l>eeu sold and Earl D. Colter, general chairman, stated today that he felt sure about 1,000 people would be on the train when it departed for Toledo. Following are clippings taken from the Toledo Blade and Toledo Sunday Times: "Indiana Day will be observed Aug. 21 in Walbridge park. Two thousand picnickers from Decatur, Ind., and a half dozen towns surrounding it, will make the'r annual pilgrimage for outdoor games, a tour of the zoo and a shopping tour of Toledo. It will be the annual outing of the First M. E. Sunday school of Decatur and will bring’ excursionists from Bluffton, Craigville, Pet-er.-on. Pleasant Mills, Willshire, Ohio City and Delphos. The picnickers will cotne on a special train of the Nickel Plate railroad. E. D. Colter, Decatur, chairman of the outing, notified Manager Hah-y F. Covode to obtain a permit for the group.” "Toledo will celebrate ‘lndiana’ day on August 21. At that time nearly 2,000 picgtiickens from Decatur and other towns in Indiana will journey to Walbridge park by -special train for their annual outing at the park. It will be the summer rally of thi* First M. E. church and Sunday school of Decatur and will include people from Bluffton, Craigville, Peterson, Pleasant Mills, Willshire, Ohio City and Delphos. They will arrive in the morning at Walbridge park over the Nickel Plate railroad amt after visiting the zoo at Walbridge park and a program of entertainment and games will go on a shopping and sight-seeing tour of Toledo. Many of the stores are planning on special displays and sales for the Hoosiers, while both the Zoo society and Chamber of Commerce cooperated with Manager Harry F. Covode of Walbridge park in supplying literature on the advantages of Walbridge park and Toledo for the outing. Covode, Saturday, obtained a city permit for the big gathering, and notified E. D. Colter of Decatur, chairman of the celebration, that Toledo will receive his big party in handsome fashion.” — o Shine Marathon Starts La Salle, 111., Aug. <9—<U.R)— The latest thing in marathon contests began today when four boys employed in a shoe shining parlor, took up their polish and brushes and started an endurance race. When customers are not available, the boys shine dummy shoes mounted on a shoe stand.

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BLUE CREEK TO CUT TAX RATE H. L. Sipe. Trustee, Has Enviable Record In Last Eight Years Blue Creek township's tax levy for 1931 will be 15 cents lower | than 1930 and 45 cents lower than 1 tlie 1929 levy, acco/ding to figures | submitted by Harvey .L. Sipe, who is serving his final year as trustee I of that township. Mr. Sipe has had an enviable record as trustee of Blue Creek township. When he assumed that office eight years ago the township had a l*onded indebtedness of $25,475 and at present the indebtedness is down to $4,500, more of which will be cut off this year, before Trustee Sipe leaves office. On August 1, 1930 the township had cash on hand and uncollected | distribution due, $10,484.36, accord- ! ing to the figures. The township j is reported to be in good financial shape. o_ Cornation Postponed Bucharest, Roumania, Aug. 19— (U.R) —The coronation of Klug I Carol has been postponed until tlje spring of 1931 due to the inability to reconcile Carol and his i divorced wife, Princess Helene, it was officially confirmed today. Will Hold Evidence Marion. Ind., Aug. 19. —(U.R>—Rej taxation of tension was noticed today as Prosecutor Hardin announcled he would not attempt to file affidavits against the alleged leaders of the mob that lynched two negroes here recently. Hardin stated he would hold his evidence for *the September meeting of the grand jury. His action followed the refusal of Judge O. D. Clawson, of circuit court, to approve the affidavit nam- ! ing six persons in connection with I the hanging of the men accused of killing a white man and attacking ; his fiancee. Judge Clawson declined to dis- ' cuss his refusal to honor the affi- ' davits. BRIBES SHOWN IN ZUTANOTES Evanston Police Chief Admits Borrowing MoneyFrom Gangster Chicago, Aug. 19 —(U.R)—A suburban chief of police, William Freeman of Evanston, was drawn today into thj astounding web of circumstances which investigators are weaving in an effort to disclose a definite alliance between Chicago's gangs and public officials. Freeman admitted, according to the investigators, that he accepted S4OO from Jack Zuta, gangland chieftain, as a loan. Zuta, generally accredited with being the man who engineered the murder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune reporter, was slain recently at a Wisconsin summer resort hotel. After his death, his financial records, extending back for a number of years, were found in safety de--1 posit boxes. Among these records were the names of many judges and other officials, signed to letters, promissory notes and cancelled checks. The records revealed also that the income of the Zuta-Moran Aiello gang amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Freeman's name was found signed to a letter, written on official stationery of the Evanston police department. The letter was undated. It read as follows: "Dear Jack: I am temporarily in need of four ‘C’s’ for a couple of months. Can you let me have it? The bearer does not know what it is, so put it in an envelope and seal it and address it to me. “Your old pal, “Bill Freeman." “P. S. Will let you know the night of the party, so be snre and come.” Freeman, the investigators said, admitted the signature of the note was his, but could not recall writing the text. Freeman said he received the loan, but did not repay it. “I guess I’m through," Freeman ON PAGE TWO)

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Forced Down ■ - * ■' lTj ■ it -a/ ’ ' '-i 1 * j ■ W ''(■■■■■■■■■■■■■rMMntnMnr r » ** A crack in the crank case of the Greater St. Louts, endurance plane brought Forrest O’Brine (est) and Dale ("Red") Jackson to earth early Sunday morning after shattering the Hunter brothers' record by 93 hours. Photo shows the fliers alter their forced landing.

DARY BANK MAY BE PURCHASED Proposal Made to Open zVmerican State Bank, Closed Recently Indianapolis, Aug. 19 —(UP) —The state charter board today considered purchase of the American state bank, Gary, by Michael E. Kozacik, president of the Indiana state bank and Citizens Trust and Savings bank of East Chicago. The American state bank was the first of the four Gary banks to close within the last ten days. It was said the transaction would eqvolve some $1,000,000. and would •be financed by the two East Chicago institutions Kozacik heads. Purchase would be made through Harvey Watson, receiver for the Defunct bank, it was said. Kozacik, now 34. is the youngest bank president in Indiana. He was first made a president when only 24 years old. Thomas D. Barr, assistant state banking commissioner, announced the proposed purchase probably would be approved, and the bank reopened soon. The American state bank was closed August 11 by the board of directors after the suicide of the president, Albert De Fries. — o — Fred Schafer Is 111 Fred Schafer, veteran hardware merchant of Decatur and prominent citizen is reported to be ill at his home on Monroe street. Mr. Schafer was said to be slightly better today, after suffering a relapse yesterday. o EVANGELIST REPORTED ILL Aimee McPherson Suffers Nervous Breakdown In California Los Angeles, Aug. 19—(U.R) — Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and head of the Angelne Temple here, was reported critically ill at the home of a friend today after suffering a nervous breakdown two weeks ago. The evangelist’s condition was so serious that directors of the temple admitted they were concerned over her. Mrs. McPherson, who several years ago figured in the now famous desert kidnaping case, returned a few weeks ago from a trip to the holy land. It was announced she had been in failing health since. The watchman at the temple said she had not been there for two weeks. Temple officials telegraphed Mrs. McPherson’s two children to return home at once. Roberta, the daughter, is in Paris, and Robert the son, is on an evangelistic tour of the middle west. She was reported in a beach cabin at Malibu, a recreation center of the Hollywood Motion picture colony. A secretary denied reports that Mrs. McPherson was undergoing treatment as the result of a facelifting operation in Budapest.

BULLETIN Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 19.—(U.R) — Horace Marshall, Montpelier, Ind., was under SSOO bail today pending a coroner’s inquest into the death of his brother-in-law, George Foell, Pittsburgh. Foell was killed and Marshall slightly injured here Sunday when the automobile driven by Marshall skidded on the wet pavement and went over a 100 foot embankment along Butler street. The inquest will probably be but a formality the coroner’s office indicated since the death was the result of an aecident and no negligence has been charged. Date of the inquest was not known at the coroner’s office but it was announced for late today or tomorrow. o Robbers Are Sentenced Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 19—(U.R) — Two men charged with robbing a bank of $3,000 yesterday, were tried, convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and 30 lashes today. The two are Norman Sherratt and John Nevenn both of Toronto. -— ——— DROUGHT GROUP IS APPOINTED Commission Receives Authority to Act In Entire State Indianapolis, Aug. 19 —(U.R) — Definite steps toward relieving a “distressing” drought situation in the southern third of Indiana were cons’flered this morning by a commission of four members appointed yesterday by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Members of the commission, who were given unlimited authority to proceed with relief work, are Dean J. H. Skinner, Purdue University; Elmer Stout, Indianapolis, president of the Fletcher American Trust company and the Indiana Bankers Association; W. H. Settle, Indiianaipolis, president of the Farm Bureau Federation, Albert Wedekfng, Dale, chairman of the state highway commission; William Fortune, Indianapolis, director of the American Red Cross. The appointment was made at a meeting in the governor’s office yesterday of a special drought relief commission named last week. Approximately two dozen persons were present, representing bankers, agricultural experts, farmers, railroads, and the stricken areas. The situation in southern Indiana was described as “critical and distressing.” and speakers urged that immediate action be taken to provide work for farmers in the area and forage for stock. Governor Leslie declared that immediate aid was necessary to prevent suffering throughout the winter. Members of the commission today considered borrowing $1,000,000 to match a similar amount of federal aid which would be used in expanding the road construction program and employment of farmers in the stricken area. Stout declared that the loan would be handled by Indianapolis bankers at rates approximating four per cent providing the legal angle could be adjusted. Yesterday, Attorney General James M. Ogden ruled that the state could not borrow money in anticipation of gasoline and auto taxes as had (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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FLIERS RESCUE THREE ON SHIP WHICH IS FIRED Naval Aviators With Students Rescue Man and Two Youths HAD .JUMPED FROM YACHT Chicago, Aug. 19.—(U.R)—Details of how two naval fliers and their students on practice flights over Lake Michigan, rescued a man and two youths whose yacht had caught fire, were given today by the rescued man, Herman A. Brassert, 56, a consulting engineer. “I was almost done for,” said Brassert. “and my boy was half unconscious when the aviators dragged him from the water. “We were returning to Wilmette harbor from Milwaukee in my 38foot cabin yacht, the Orion. My son was in the cabin, changing from his yayhting togs to street clothes. His pal. Jack Flatley, who is 17, and I were on the deck. “Suddenly there was a terrific explosion in the engine room. The boat was all afire within a few minutes. No ship was in sight. “We slipped on life belts and when the fire got so hot we just couldn’t stand it any longer, we jumped overboard. "William, my boy, who is 17, went first, with Jack right after him and me last. You can see by my scorched face and arms how long we waited in the hope help would come. The lake was not very smooth and you can bet it was no fun jumping into it." Lieut. E. L. Johansen and Ensign Victor Randecker of the Great Lakes training station, were the men accredited with saving | Brassert and the two boys. They were flying over the lake, each with a student pilot, when they saw a wisp of smoke ten miles away and investigated. The Orion was afire from stern to stern when they arrived and the three passengers were bobbing around like corks in the rough lake. While Johansen set down his seaplane on the waves and dragged Brassert into the cockpit, Randecker raced on two miles and signaled the Goodrich steam Roosevelt. Other planes and boats also were signaled and within a short time rescuers were swarming about the flaming Orion. The two boys were pulled from the lake into a speedboat and hurried to a hospital. The ' Orion sank soon after. Saves Five Pontiac, Mich., Aug. 19. —KU.R> — Expert maneuvering of a flaming monoplane by Bernard Rawson, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FLIERS START DESERTFLIGHT Women Begin Second Lap of National Air Derby Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 19. —(U.R) — The sandy wastes of the great American desert lay before six women fliers competing in the 1930 national air derby as they prepared to leave at 10 a. m. today for the third day's flights from Phoenix to Tucson and thence to Douglas, Ariz. Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif., second place winner in last year’s derby, still held the lead when the fliers ended their fourth lap here late yesterday. A casualty was narrowly averted on the lap from Calexiqo, Calif., to Phoenix when Miss Ruth Barron of Hollywood made a forced landing 35 miles south of Holbrook, Ariz., in one of the most desolate sections of the desert. She was uninjured and intended to take off early today tor Phoenix to join the others before the start for Tucson. Miss Barron ran out of fuel after losing her bearings high over the mountain regions. She was found soon after and fuel taken to her by plane from Phoenix. The women got their first taste of desert flying yesterday and complained of heat even at higher altitudes.

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LAND AMENT THOUGHT CAUSE OF MAN'S DEEDS Employer, Sister and Son Are V ictims of Spaniards Shots CONDITION IS CRITICAL Pleasantville. N. J., Aug. 19 (U.R) A Spanish gardener employed at the home of Mrs. Mary Parr ran amuck todsiy and murdered his employer, her sister and her sister’s son. After committing the triple murder, the Spaniard, John Le (lore, shot himself. He is in an Atlantic City hospital, where he is in a critical condition. According to neighbors, the killings followed an argument between the gardener and Mrs. Parr's nephew, presumably about property rights to the farm. It was learned that Mrs. Parr had at some time given Le Gore permission to live on her farm for the duration of her life and had maintained that at the time of her death her entire property was to revert to him. It was believed that the Spaniard and the nephew were arguing this point when the man turned and ran to his room, emerging in a few minutes with a shotgun. After killing three persone he turned the gun on himself. o Deny Illness Rumor of Pope Pius Today Paris, Ag. 19 —(UP) —Questioned regarding disquieting reports concerning the health of Pope Pius XI the Papal Nuncio in Paris told the U. !d Press today that he had no information whatever and knew nothing of the report that an eminent French Doctor had hastened tc the Pope's bedside overnight. It was learned that the Munciate had been inundated with anxious queries from all parts of France. t_o Oxygen Is Used In Life-Saving Attempt Indianapolis, Aug. 19. — (U.R) — Oxygen was used today in an effort to save the life of Perminter Ratts, Hall, Ind., who was criticalinjured in a motor car accident near Monrovia, Morgan county. Ratts, his wife, daughter, Helen, 13, and son, Dennis, 11, were injured when their car collided with an auto driven by Oral Curtis, of Hall. o EDITOR SAYS HE WAS FRAMED F. O. Eberhart Alleges Politics Caused His Arrest Recently Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 19 —(UP —Fred O. Eberhardt, fighting publisher of the Florida State News at Tallashassee, matched charges today with the state as an out growth Os an alleged plot to assasinate Gove. Doyle E. Carlton of Florida. Eberhardt and two other men were arrested and charged with conspiracy to assasinate the governor. The editor and his companions, Frank Rawls and Henry Halesman, were released on SSOO bond each yesterday until a preliminary hearing set for Monday. “This is a part of the same political fight against me and the Florida State News,” Everhardt declared “directed at me, or the paper and myself, for more than a year. The political fight to hush me up—because of the policy of my newspaper which is to give to the people of Florida the actual facts about the manner in which the business) of the state is transacted. Tlie publisher denied that the visit of Judge Vincent Giblin, Miami attorney for "Scarface” Al Capone, Chicago gang chieftain, 'o Jacksonville during the week-end, had any connection with his arrest. Judge Gablin was taken into custody with Eberhardt Saturday night and later released. Sheriff W. B. Cahoon denied reports Judge Giblin had “turned in” the trio to officers.