Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1930 — Page 1

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; JB SPEAKS -Jlaborat IffiTM MEET Bent Seeks Stability ■Employmen! Ad- ■ dress Says ■tion IS ■ hard problem I <U.R> The .mi. |>r..bl. in of this I stability IKaiurKt. ri.si.imt Hoover Am . r .un ('•■deration a si 11 before its IlfIU annual cocv.-iitioli here revealed he now with President ■ f ill., tob ration and repre■lS " f einpl'.'ers' assoeiaH a solution dirti. "it I'hase <’f the I canned machines. |H«.< of these labor saving been proved so far as. worker ami eonsum- , IHai... aid. contend- , th- answer to the unem-j qn.-simn does not lie in tian "Im I' would interthat system. mass m..duetion methtna.'lime era are in the j - .‘Xpres-i'.n ‘ leading i ■„ : • h»w a i security. ' and more hours of ' ..- .i.'ries which I . cmtiniie the old o' Hie wage and to, ■Hup the old system with SHc: ariiu.' >. ~i~ wiiich limit » men.'’ comparison of the situalabor with the labor of ■«tot .’'in:.' whether in l|Hof high prosperity or today '‘"Sgjg ions. carry th., conviction that ■ 2,«ii.,ii.h. workers have >-d by machines, he Most of these already r-.established in new and :mw services, he The problem now tu expedite the readjustOX PAGE FIVE) — — ■ Blown To Bits , Ind., in - 4 -(U.R) Hilr "“ engaged in removing iheij.anm a roa(l constructioi' south of here, to t.its today when dyna h “ was using exploded pree! ' Simon Sanders. Ralph art i Alvey Tysee, working ■ Ml!a: w . r- knocked to the but Im' injured seriously, explosion occurred when Placed a fourth of a dyna|^H ati, 'k i' l a stump and exp’.odenlarge a hole preparatory tn * a larger charge. A box Mtnmi' 100 dynamite sticks was v amt ttie jar (l s the explosion off. Im GROUP ■closes work ■' c n t h Assembly of 9 l 'ague of Nations 9 Adjourns Today ■n?' ° Ct ' *' ~ (U ‘ R) “ T h « ■“, a8! «“lnbly of t h e Le a g U e ■*'"''* ''"ttchidn] its work and today. session was closed shortly noon 9''"; al Of the assembly ■ i.""' *' y a Blirri »K challenge ■ . '■« of the world either to ■L. t<! ,n llle ! ' atl “ of P ea ce o/ ■", °! e ’ hea, tc,l1 >’ in u >e en- ■ f aboliß hing war. 9et ti eCi ’ ° f En S>and. who de9um .w challen K e > declared that ■ _■ taintieg of politics might . aildrt ' ss 1118 last before ■“Wnibly. B«uit this finai a pp eai >” the del* 1 eßnia “ Ba * d - "I say to 9cr wh B ? ate that you have t 0 ■> Vm. a 5011 really want t 0 (!o---9 rem v '’ ea .' ly Want peace? Ara ■ktlons determi “ e <l on what 91’acnfin 0U are willlng t 0 take> ■here ■ 68 y ° U w!1! "ndergo? ■ win, 8 n ° Kreatl ’ess in this ■are,! dUnßer ‘ We must bo 9"’ wunt the ?rlce for iL B too iate ” the C ° St n ° W ’ before

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May Pass Law For Voters to Register Indianapolis, Oct. 4—(UP)—Returns from questionnaire* sent candidate* for the Indiana General As 1 seinhly indicated that the 1931 session of the Lel gislature wll pass a law providing for registration of voters. It was announced today by the Indiana league of women voters. The questionnaires were distributed by the league, and all replies have favored a registration law, the announcement said. JURY BLAMES CORRUPTION Chicago Jury Reports That Corrupt Officials Are To Blame Chicago, Oct. 4.— (U.R) —Corrupt police, corrupt politicians and an indifferent citizenry are responsii ble for a wave of racketeering 1 which costs Chicago $100,000,000 i annually, according to the report I c.f tile September grand jury which Judge John P. McGoorty comtnis--1 stoned especially to Investigate I this particular kind of crims. “Inquiry has convinced this grand jury of the established three-corn-ered alliance between the Chicago police department, the corrupt politicians and the criminal element," stated the report which the jury ; presented to McGoorty last night. ! “This alliance should be made I the subject of an exhaustive inquiry | by a special grand jury,” the report i continued. The jurors found there were two I “basic" causes for racketeering and crime in general — indifference of I the citizens and the political-crime alliance which it charged exists. Tiie estimate of $100,000,000 an nual 'racket fees’ included amounts paid by business men and labor unions to gangsters direct as well as money paid out by citizens in increased taxes, increased prices and for property loss caused byracket bombs. The jury found that racketeering , manifested itself in two major forms, the collusive agreement and the individual racket engineered by an individual gangster or group of gangsters. Often, the jury found, rackets (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ■■ Pryor To Be Arraigned Martinsville. Ind.. Oct. 4. —(U.R) — Arraignment of Ernest Pryor on a charge of first degree murder, following his purported confession that he administered a lethal dose of poison to his wife, was delayed today until early next week. Delay was granted upon request of Omar O'Harrow, attorney for Ptyor. who said that he was not yet sufficiently acquainted with the case to represent his client to greatest advantage. It was expected that Pryor will be arraigned Monday or Tuesday. o — Man Fatally Hurt I Newcastle, Ind., Oct. 4—<U.R>— Fatal injuries were suffered by Ernest Snedegar, 24, member of a highway construction gang, working between Newcastle and New Lisbon, when he was struck by a plank as the truck he as driving passed under a barricade. The widow and two children survive. — o To Observe Birthday English, Ind., Oct. 4—(UP)—The 111th anniversary of the founding of the Christian church at English will be observed tomorrow. It is the third oldest Christian church in Indiana and was founded tn the log cabin home of Joseph Kincaid. There were 13 charter members. r o Fire Prevention Week Is Observed Locally In support of National Fire Prevention week, which opens October 5, six of Decatur's Fire Insurance Agencies, pubHsh an interesting advertisement in tonight's Daily Democrat. A story of the benefits of fire prevention is given and the cooperation of the public is asked in eliminating fire hazards. The campaign in this city is supported by the American Security Co., Ag I ency, Graham and Walters agency, Leo Ehinger. Decatur Insurance Agency, Suttles-Edwards Co., and Lenhart, Heller and Schurger. Talks will be made next week before several clubs and in the schools on fire prevention.

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SCOUTTROOPS PLANSEASON'S PROGRAM HERE Two Meetings Scheduled For Next W eek; One Is i For Scout Leaders TROOPS MEET NEXT FRIDAY Troop committeemen in the De-1 catur district of Boy Scouts will 1 have a one-night training session Thursday, October 9 at the K. of C. hall. This session will be in charge of W. Guy Brown who is chairman of the training committee. Leading the discussions will be J. L. Anguish, C. R. Danielson and Byron McCammon, executives of the Anthony Wayne area council. Tiie theme of the discussions will be the "Duties of a Troop Committee." After a general discussion on troop committee work, three groups will be formed in accordance with their committeemen's specialized duties. J. L. Anguish will meet with the chairmen of committees and discuss their duties; C. R. Danielson will meet with the finance men and Byron McCammon, the outdoor men. The troop committees represent the institution owning a Boy Scout troop and are directly responsible lor the conduct of the troop. Their general duties are the selection of the scoutmaster and a meeting (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) To Return Cans, Jars Mrs. H. N. Shroll, chairman of the annual fruit drive for the Adams County Memorial hospital, which will to.- conducted Uy Ahe members of the Civic Section of the Woman s Club, today announced that anyone donating canned truit, vegetables, or jpllies, maycall at the hospital or the Nichols Shoe store, following the drive, and receive their cans. The drive will begin Monday, October 6. and con tinue until Saturday October 11. For the vicinity of Peterson. Mrs. H. A. Breiner has been appointed chairman in the place of Mrs. B. F. Breiner. Mrs. Shroll stated. CLINTON HAS MORE RAIDS Nine Homes Entered By Dry Squad; Thousand t Gallons Mash Taken Clinton, Ind., Oct. 4. —<U.W~ Working quietly and swiftly, a squad of 11 federal prohibition agents and five local police todayhad captured nine stills a,nd several thousand gallons of mash in raids on Clinton homee within a 24-hour period. Two persons were arrested. One man, giving his name as Fred Bonjohn, was arrested at one of the stills captured. He was held on a charge of violation of the prohibition laws. Mrs. Charles Mosk, wife of a grocery store owner. at the rear of which a large still was found, was arrested on a charge of resisting an officer but Is expected to lie charged with liquor law violation following an investigation. Starting Thursday night, the federal agents, under James G. Browning, deputy prohibition director for Indiana, began the series of raids which netted them five huge stills, total capacity of which amounted to 4,000 gallons, in visits to seven houses. This was believed to have been the most successful stroke against the liquor fraternity in 10 years of prohibition. Leaving two men to arrest sus(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Decatur Woman Injured M.S. E. A. Mann, aged Decatur lady, is bedfast at her home on 1003 West Monroe street, suffering from injuries received when sh 1 fell down stairs last Thursday morning. No bones were broken when she fell, but she received several bruises and an injured shoulder and head. Her condition this morning was a little improved but she has been in a serious condition yesterday and last night.

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On trial for her life in a Chicago court, Mrs. Florence Leeney, accused of murdering her husband. Maurice, has the consolation of knowing her children are standing by her. Seated on Mrs. Leeney's lap is Kewpie Leeney, 6, while standing, are Florence and Robert.

LOCAL WOMEN TO CONVENTION Local M. E. Missionary Society Members to Go to Montpelier The annual district meeting of the Fort Wayne district, of the Womens Foreign Missionary So-1 ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Churches will be held in the First Methodist Church in Montpelier, Monday and Tuesday, October G and 7. The two day session will begin Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, and during the afternoon the communion service will be held, conducted by the district superintendent. Dr. Bean, assisted by the visiting pastors. The memor-; ial services for the deceased mem-1 tiers will also take place. Special [ musical numbers will be furnished | by the Ladies Quartette of the i Decatur Methodist church. Miss Mabel Harb, a returned missionary from China, will lie the principal speaker for the after-1 noon's program. The evening session will open with a banquet for the Standard Bearers, who will have charge of the remainder of the evening’s session. A large number of persons from (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o THREE KILLED IN GUN BATTLE Two Men and Woman Victims of Pennsylvania Tragedy Braddock, Pa., Oct. 4—(U.R)— Two men and a woman were killed and a third man was probably fatally wounded here today W’hen two men stepped to the entrance of a small grocery store and opened fire with revolvers. Mr. and Mrs. Grego Lobianco, both 29, proprietors of the store and Louis Ktomiano, 70, a customer, were killed. Witnesses said four men drove up to the store and two of them ran to the entrance. They stood for a moment, firing their revolvers from side to side of the store. Their victims fell without an outcry. The men ran back to the car and were driven away. The car used by the assassins was recovered by police. It had been abandoned a mile and a half from the store. The men escaped. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Brotherhood To Meet There will be a meeting of the I Evangelical Brotherhood at the I church. Monday night. September! 6, at 7:30 o'clock, at which time | several matters of importance will' be discussed. After a three months vacation the Brotherhood will begin its fall and winter program with new en- j thusiasm, and every man of the Evangelical church is a memlier of the Brotherhood and should be present at the meetings which are I i held the first Monday night of ! each month. o JONAS GILBERT DIES SUDDENLY! I Monroe Township Man Found Dead In Bed By Son Pryor , Jonas Gilbert, 70, life-long resident of Adams County was found I dead in bed at his home, 3$J miles southeast of Monroe, this morning, by his son Pryor Gilbert. An autopsy was held by County coroner, J. Grandstaff, who reported death occurred about 1 o’clock this morning and was due to apoplexy. Mr. Gilbert was born in Adams county, February 26, 1860, the son of John and Sarah Gilbert, both deceased. His wife, Viola Sheets-Gil-bert, preceded him in death about fifteen years ago. Surviving is a daughter. Mrs. Ha zel Burnett of this city, and two j sons. Pryor Gilbert of near Monroe, and Owen Gilbert of Memphis, Tenn. A sister Mrs. Eleanor Wilson of Monroe, and a brother, William Gilbert of near Craigville, also survive. (Funeral 'services will be hel I Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home, southeast of Monroe, and at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Valley church where the deceased attended for many years. Rev. I. Hollingsworth. formerly a pastor of Pleasant Valley church from Lynn Indiana, will officiate and burial will be made in the Ray Cemetery west of Monroe. 0 — Start Year With Cash Indianapolis, Oct. 4. — (U.R) —The new fiscal year was started by the state of Indiana with a balance of $7,099,008.62, some million and a half dollars Jess than was on tho balance sheets at the opening of the previous year. A million of this decrease came in the general fund. L. O. Johnson, deputy state auditor, who gave out the figures, said the difference represents about a month’s expenditures, and that the financial situation was satisfactory'.

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SUGAR MILL TO OPEN TUESDAY All Employes Ordered to Report at Regular Time Tuesday A. M. The nineteenth annual sugarmaking campaign of thx Decatur mil! of the Holland-St./fouls Sugar Co., will start Tuesday- morning at « o'clock, factory yafficial* announced today. All who have been hired to work during the campaign ate asked >-o report for work next Tuesday/ , The mill was made ready for the campaign this week and Tuesday nXirning the first beets will go inside the factory to be turned into sugar. Factory officials predict a run. longer than average, and are of the opinion that tiie sugar-making will last about 75 or 80 days. Beets' have been shippe din all this week and many farmers residing in this locality have been hauling their beets to the factory. The weigh stations have been opened the last week and hundreds of tons of beets are ready for the opening. Thief Steals Cash Indianapolis, Oct. 4.— (U.R) —A thief stole the purse of Mrs. Edna Varney. 54. containing $lO2 in cash, and temporarily caused postponement of the journey to Louisville, Ky„ which she had planned for today. In addition to the cash there was some S3OO in checks in the purse, Mrs. Varney- said. She had a firm grip on the purse, and retained the handle after the remainder had been torn loose by her assailant. UNCLE DEATH i NEARLY SOLVED Confession Implicates Gangsters; Story Told In Coroner's Probe Chicago, Oct. 4—(U.R)—The mys- ' tery of the murder of Alfred J Lingle, Tribune reporter, was believed nearing a definite solution today after a conscience stricken chauffeur told a coroner's jury he iiad aided in the slaying. Lingle was killed by- Joe Traum and members of his notorious I Indiana and Kentucky gang, Frank | Bell, former convict who has been I under arrest since June on chargee ;of robbery and murder, told Cor- [ oner Herman N. Bundesen and a Jury last night. Traum. Bell, Richard Michael Sullivan and a blonde man whose name Bell did not know were hired, Bell testified, to kill the reporter for SIO,OOO. They were to collect the money, he said, from Christ Patraso, a north side restaurant owner and friend of Jack Zuta. When they tried to collect their SIO,OOO, Bell testified, Patras drew a gun instead of money from his safe, a duel ensued and Patras was killed. A few months later Zuta was killed in a Wisconsin 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) G. L BA ND WILL SPONSOR PARTY Hallowe’en Parade And Party Planned by Members For Public An old time Hallowe’en in Decatur, with ghosts and witches walking about, with a big parade of men women and children, masked and dressed in every kind of an outfit, with plenty of good music, games and fun, is being planned now 1 y the members of the General Electric Band. The program will be announced in detail later but people can feel assured it will entertain every one who comes. There will be a parade, dances on Liberty Way, brick furnaces for toasting marshmallows and roasting weiners and a happyold lark. Fred Engle and a committee representing the band will solicit a small fun to cover the prize money and necessary expenses and as soon as that is successfully completed, the committees, judges and others will be named. Further announce- . raents will be made soon.

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Issues Warning To All Truck Drivers! f’rls Eicher/ county highway superintendent stated today that truckmen- in Adams county, espec-1 I tally tktwe who have been hauling I sugar' beets, have the habit of thHnping the waste from their drinks on the county highways. "This practice must stop at once," Eicher said. The highway superintendent stated that unless the practice did stop, prosecutions would follow. PRESIDENT TO SHUN POLITICS Congressional Leaders Disappointed At New Final Announcement Washington. Oct. 4—(U.R) —President Hoover’s decision to shun politics in his swift swing around the little eastern circuit — Cleveland, Boston and Kings Mountain, S.C. —has created disappointment in Republican congressional campaign circles. The Republican nominees who are up for election next month are known to have made some private appeals to the White House for aid. Some have asked for letters of endorsement and others have sought to get the president to appear in their home states in their behalf. While these appeals have all been turned down, with a single exception (that of Rep. Carroll Reece, Repn., Tenn.) it was thought the executive would at least lend some aid to the Republican senatorial candidates in Ohio (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Bank Gets Charter Indianapolis, Oct. 3—(UP)—State Charter has been granted to the Peoples State Bank of Hammond. A new financial institution which will take over acceptabel assets of the old Peoples Cooperative Bank, recently closed, it was announced today by Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner. The new bank is capitalized at $50,000. Judge Joseph G. Ibach of Hammond and a group of associates are the organizers, approval was voted at a state charted hoard meeting Friday afternoon. ADMIT MURDER OF SMALL GIRL Government Worker Is Implicated In West Virginia Murder New Martinsville, W. Va„ Oct. 4. —(U.R) —Four men. one of them a government worker, assertedly confessed to police today to the murder of three-year-old Garlan Bailey, whose body was found on Grandview Island in the Ohio river early Monday morning. The boy's mother, Eva Bailey, 40, was implicated in the confession. Ray Henry, light tender on the island for the government; his brother Charles, and Clyde Mcßee and James Dunn, both of Grandview, Ohio, signed confessions admitting the killing, police said. The confession was a cold-blood-ed story of the four men and the woman, who was divorced from Garlan's father, took the child to the island last Sunday afternoon during a drinking party, and decided to "get rid of the kid.” The men took the screaming child in their hands and twisted the body until it was lifeless. They then sought to tear it apart by sheer force, police said the contession stated, but after failing the body was thrown into the river, later drifting back to shore. A desire to "get rid of the kid” was the only motive the quartet could advance for the crime, police said. o Babcock Funeral Will Be Conducted Sunday Funeral services for Isaac Bab- , cock, who died at his home at Fort wayne thursday afternoon, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, 335 East Creighton i avenue, Fort Wayne, and burial will be made in the cemetery at Honduras.

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HALLAHANTOO GOOD ON MOUND; GAMES ARE 2-1 Cards Play Great Ball to Cop off Third Tilt By . 5-0 Count FOURTH GAME TO BE SUNDAY Score By Innings RHE Athletics COO 000 000—0 7 0 Cards 000 110 20 -5 10 0 Athletics Cardinals Bishop, 2b. Douthit, cf. Dykes, 3b. Adams. 3b. Cochrane, c. Frisch, 2h. Simmons, If. Bottomley, lb. Foxx, ll>. Hafey, If. Miller, rs. Blades, rs. Haas, cf. Wilson, c. Holey, ss. Gelbert, ss. Walberg, p. Hallahan, p. Umpires: at plate? Geisel; first bass, Reardon; second base, Moriarity; third base, Rigler. Sportsmans Park, St. Louis. Oct. 4.— -'U.R) —“Wild Bill” Hallahan tamed the heavy hitters of the Athletics today and shut out the American league champions, winning the third game of the world series for the St. Louis Cards, 5-0. With 40,000 fans roaring encouragement the Red Birds found themselves at last. They played real ball to win today. First Inning Athletics; Bishop singled to right. Dykes fanned. Wilson made a snap throw to Bottomley in effort to catch Bishop, but the runner was safe by a great slide. Cochrane walked. Simmons fanned. The crowd let out a deafening roar. Foxx grounded to Gelbert who made a spectacular stop but fumbled it and then tossed to Frisch in an attempt to force Cochrane but the runners were safe. Bases filled. It was an infield hit for Foxx. Miller fanned. No runs, two hits, no errors. Cards: Douthit fouled to Foxx, who made the catch near right field temporary boxes. Adams popped to Simmons in short left. Frisch raised a high fly to Miller in short right. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second inning Athletics: Haas grounded out to Bottomley unassiisted. Boley Hied to Blades. Walberg out. Frisch to Bottomley. No runs, no hits, no errors. Cards: Bottomley fanned. Hafey (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o <■ Winchester Has Fire Winchester. Ind., Oct. 4. —ffJ.PY — Loss of $15,000 was incurred when the Stormer Novelty factory was destroyed by fire last night. Insurance partly covered tho damage. o NARCOTIC RING IS CAPTURED Forty-Four People Ar e Taken In Raids By Federal Agents Cleveland, Oct. 4—(U.R)—After three weeks work by two undercover agents, federal narcotic agents and city police in Cleveland and Akron early today arrested 44 men and women on chargee of peddling dope. More than $75,000 worth of morphine, merlon and cocain was seized, Ralph H. Oyler, agent in charge of the Ohio and Michigan districts, said. Fourteen were arrested here and 31 in Akron, agents said. The value of the dope seized In the Akron raids was not known. Agents said they learned that nearly all of the drugs being illegally dispensed In northern Ohio nre shipped from New York. In an alleged drug den in the southwest section of the city raiding agents were threatened with revolver.-i by three women after having forced their way through three barricaded doors. The women were subdued after a struggle. A large quantity of marijuana, a Mexican drug, was seized in the 'place.