Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1930 — Page 1

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;|i VISITING IsiORS WILL •eaksunday 2B niC (i ( hurt h Mission *hal to Be Ohserv■S ed In City ■< PLANS S' u >iu oMI’LETE .i. 11 <>t 111 is |K|I ~’,-,.iuniuul Mis-1 • - - ■ r ""' visit-1 ■H. .ui parti■I ; three of , audi-1 , ■ morning ' |S, , ’ 1" o'clock ’ the chinch session - "’th an |S' 1,1 < :r«-i h<-.-|S', :l "' l£ • , " !in 1 • .. ihe Bern • church. ..iv,.e will start a s „ Alfred J. ||B, 11 I ittallOOUh |K|. : I; ' ’ Herbert 11. |K :■ ■, . > rndui S< hool as |M. -tated |M- ,11,bet S W ill An ■ ■ v ■ the neighM. in general. B Slane Starts Flight ■ jnhiK f <U.R>— started a. tn. EST . today on an Sp ; llv ” r "' s the Atlantic, plane, m »ii i< h Clarence 1). p-ars was piloted by J Errol Boyd and Lieut, i'- Tle ir destination miniit- - after the takeHarbor Grace, the plane over St. Johns, flying low fast to the east. A fog tin "round but it was The wind was to Buspect Beats Police ■ Louis. Ala. Oct. 9._ <(J P) _ ■' W. E. Berry, believed by to lie the man charged with S«rder of Mrs. Cora Bell Hac- ■ orar Lac du Elam beau, Wis., front his hotel room shortly before detectives B’’* l to arrest him. vanished without checking the hotel or taking any of MWtage. ■Mcßae Is Improved ■ Jolla, Calif., Oct. 9.—(U.R)— ■ Milton A. Mcßae, retired ■Paper publisher and manufacB' was reported resting easily af ter an operation for can- ■ the Scripps Memorial hos- ■ bore. ■ " —o NEVA LODGE TO ENTERTAIN "ual District Meet of «Wa Lodge to Be He ld October 13 annual district meeting of ecca lodge will be held at m " m Monday, October 13. don 6 , ng will start Monday atat 2 o’clock and will be u e b O- o. F. hall, Mi a. we of Geneva, district deU’v , prpß ’ de at the session. >nhi„ ater ’ instri >ctor of the deli,, preßillen t will be present. ai,,,/, 1 tbe chief address ot bnual convention. The welMrs mi reßs wl " be delivered s m a P°Oer of Geneva, give Pr,)Bt of Montpelier vi-itrn *“ reßponße on behalf ot “ R tnembers. The Petrokto Staf f wi " Present the > 8 an ,, JTroup of chosen candigive , he Har «ord City lodge eu t ‘ e annu &l Memorial, led n.* S and tPethbers are ex I inci"" 1 . all 10d ses in the distktnr, “ ng ’ A,la ms, Wells and 110r b counties.

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Ralph Capone Will Face Court Today Chicago, Oct. 9.—(U.R) — Ralph Capone, brother of Searface Al, faced today the wrath of Judge John 11. I Lyle, the leader In Chicago’s organized drive to rid the city of crime and gangsters. Capone, whose name was second only to Scarface Al’s in the list of 26 "public enemies" whom Judge Lyle ordered arrested on vagrancy charges, surrendered Wednesday afternoon, but had his bondsmen with him and was in custody only about four minutes before securing release under SIO,OOO bail. His hearing was scheduled for today. HUNDREDS HEAR BALL, SAUNDERS — Geneva Democrat Meet Well Attended; Issues Are Discussed “If elected to represent the people of the eighth congressional district in the national congress, 1 promise you that I will represent all the people, to the best of my ability not one certain class," said Hon. Claude C. Ball, Muncie attorney and Democratic candidate for congress from the eighth district, at the allcounty Democratic rally held a* Geneva Wednesday night. Ball continued at length to discuss the issues of the campaign. 4n which he scored the Hoover administration and stated it "was time to change administrations, for the better." The meeting was held at Limberlost theatre at Geneva and the auditorium was taxed to caplcity. Many people from all parts of the county attended. Following Ball’s address, state Representative George Saunders of BlilfTTOn gave an address concerning the state issues., Mr. Sdumlers is a candidate for re-election from ! Adams and Wells counties. Man Killed In Crash North of Bluffton Bluffton. Ind., Oct. 9 —(UP) — ’ Samuel N. Phillips, 50, a Chicago 1 salesman, was killed instantly today when a traction car struck his ' auto at a crossing two miles north ’ of Bluffton. Passengers on the trac--1 tion car were shaken by the crash, but none was hurt seriously. Two Held As Chicago Hold-up Accomplices Chicago. Oct. 9 —(U.R) Mayor William Hale Thompson's demand ’ for “immediate action’’ by police in arresting four men who robbed Mrs. Thompson of $15,550 worth of jewels was answered today with the arrest of two men tentatively identified as members of the bandit gang. The men under arrest were Sam Battagila and William Carr. They denied any knowledge of the crime but were held and questioned at length after Policeman Peter J. O’Malley, Mrs. Thompson's chauffeur, said Battaglia “looked like" one of the four men who held up the mayor’s wife Monday night and threatened to kill him. o Driver Badly Injured Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 9. —(U.R) —• Martin Kaelber, 31, Terre Haute,, was in a serious condition in a local hospital here today, suffering a possible fracture received when the truck he was repairing along a roadside was struck by an automobile driven by James Anderson, Shelburn. o : ; — Sheriff Exonerated Marion, Oct. 9—(UP)— Sheriff Jacob Campbell of Grand County was exonerated of blame in connection with the lynching of two negroes on the court house lawn in Marion last August 7, and no indictments were voted against anyone in connection with the lynching in the final report of the grand jury to the circuit court today. Traders Are Suspended New York, Oct. 9— (U.R)— Prince & Whitely, one of the largest stock exchange houses was suspended from the stock exchange today for insolvency. Prince & Whitely, in addition to operating large offices in New York, have branches in Akron. Ohio; Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Reading, Pa.

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DUNBAR HEADS INDIANA K, OFF. Stato Meeting Ends With Election of Officers Wednesday Indianapolis, Oct. 9—Dr. Colvin V. Dunbar, Indianapolis, was elect-1 ! ed grand chancellor of the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias of Indi- ’ ana. at the closing session of the sixty second annual convention hero yesterday. Dr. Dunbar, who has been grand vice-chancellor, succeeds Charles S. Loy, Swayzee. 1 Other officers unanimously elect-! ed were Ix>vi Hooker, Evansville, grand vice-chancellor; Edwin R. Thomas, Fort Wayne, grand prelate; Carl R. Mitchell, Martinsville, grand keeper of records and seal; Henry Kammerer, Logansport, grand master of exchequer; Harry C. Sullivan, Vevay, grand master-at-arms; Raymond R. Tash. Salem, grand inner guard, and W. W. Crooker, Jeffersonville, grand l lodge trustee. The only office for; which there was competition was that of grand onter guard which was won by Joe W. Todd, Hammond. Sen. James E. Watson attended ; yesterday’s session and made a brief fraternal talk, saying he had beer a member of the lodge since I 1891. Ihe annual (convention of the Indiana Grand Temple Pythian Sisters opened last night with a reception. The first business ses- , sion was held this (horning and the annual banquet will be held tonight. Faces Theft Charges Logansport Ind., Oct. 9—(UP) — Mrs. Jean Stamper, 19. was return- ■ ed to Logansport today pending an 1 investigation into accusation that - she participated tn the hold-itp or i the Twelve-Mile state bank near i here in August. Her husband, Joe Stamper 22. who escaped jail at Muncie a few ’ days ago. is alleged to have taken part in the hold-up. I o _ FEDERAL MEN RAIDBOSTON Legionnaires Unmolested As Agents Raid All . Hotels Boston, Oct. 9. —(U.R)—The closl ing hours of the 12th annual American I.egion convention were en- ' livened early today when an army j of federal prohibition agents det scended upon several Boston hotels r in quest of bootleggers and liquor. The belated action came as a surprise since it followed closely t Police Superintendent Michael H. , Crowley's denial of charges by a , dry leader that the Legion convent tion was extremely wet and that liquor was sold openly on the . streets. > Visiting Legionnaires, unmolestj ed in their revelry of the past three t days, appeared amazed bv the sudden appearance of dry officers in hotel lobbies and rooms. It was understood that all prohibition agents in this district had been assembled by secret orders for a “mop up" campaign on down- ’ town hostel,ies housing World war r veterans. ’ Dennis T. Lorden, head of the local dry squads; had charge of the drive. He appeared early today in the lobby of Hotel Staler, Legion ' headquarters, and soon was joined by many of his subordinates. The only arrest came 15 minutes after the drive began, when Lorden took in custody a suspected bootlegger at the Statler. Other agents, at Lorden’s direction, searched the hotel for liquor peddleis. They did not interfere with ' guests, and it was plain that they had instructions merely to arrest bootleggers. ’ Other prohibition officers were sent to other downtown hotels. From several hostelries, including the Statler, a number of suspected bottleggers were ejected. The liquor agents met witli no resistance. ! The surprise prohibition cani- ' paign was believed to have been inspired by the allegations of Mrs. ’ Henry W. Peabody, prominent ( Massachusetts dry, who declared , in a speech at Everett school, Roxbury, earlier tills week that police ' had countenanced open violations i, of the liquor laws during the convention.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 9, 1930.

Big Trio of Education BaKHKttMH H _rrirh" / 3SI $3 I go ■I i l ; S®.-: ; ’J-Si LSBR? • * t w fl i' I > f Elo IE 9 I Mfr ' bL-* A.-*- -jKWWswSBW - Three university presidents photographed in Chicago, October 7, lat a Rotary Club luncheon. Left to right: Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern University, Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago and Harry W. Chase of the University of Illinois.

EVANGELISTS I COMING HERE Honeywell Assistant To i Meet Old Friends Next Monday Dr. John M. McComb and prof. Harold Clase who are conducting evangelistic services in Fort Wayne will be in Decatur Monday night to meet old friends and conduct a short service in the auditorium ot the Decatur high school building Dr McComb was assistant to the Rev. 1. W. Honeywell when the latI ter conducted evangelistic services lin this city about 15 years ago and is known to many Decatur people. Mr. Clase is a song leader. I The service Monday night will he for all Decatur people who wish to meet Dr. McComb and to hear him deliver an address. The service will begin at 7:30 ■ o'clock and in order to accomodate the crowd and make it non-secter- - ian it was decided to hold it in Decatur high school auditorium. 0 i Wealthy Couple Quit Chicago Oct. 9 —(UP) — James Simpson. Jr., 22 —son of the chairman of the board of Marshall Field 1 and Company, has been sued for divorce by Mrs. Alicia Patterson Simpson, records of superior court ! have revealed. Mrs Simpson, daughter of Jos- ' eph Medill Patterson publisher of ' the New York Daily News, and an Official of the Chicago Tribune, 1 charged desertion in her suit. STOLEN MARION PLANECRASHES Flier Killed and Detective Badly Hurt In Detroit Crash Roseville, Mich., Oct. 9 —(UP) — In the crash or an airplane reported stolen at Marion, Ind., and recovered near here by Detroit detectives, Julius Kelley, 32, former U< S. army flier, was killed and detective Peter Sprott, 32, of Detroit, was seriously injured late yesterday. Sprott, a nephew of police superintendent James Sprott of Detroit today was reported dying in St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital at Mt. Clemens Mich, from a skull fracture and internal injuries. Kelley and Sprott had taken off in the recovered plane and were circling Packard field when the tiny nionocoupe crashed from an altitude of about 100 feet. The plane was recently reported stolen by Lee Phelps of Marion, officers located the ship yesterday and Kelley was engaged to fly it to the Detroit City airport. He had just begun the short flight when the fatal mishap occurred.

Strike Is Prolonged Boston, Oct. 9 —(U.R)~A strike of I some 4,000 workers of the Dan ißiver and Riverside Mills in Danville, Va., may be of long duration. it was indicated in resolutions presented to the convention of the American Federation of Ijabor here by officials of the United Textile Workers of America. Under the resolutions, the federation would endorse the strike and would cooperate in providing I relief for 15,000 persons affected.! including the workers and their families. o 0. A. R. FAVORS PREPAREDNESS State Convention Is Ended Today With Vote Results Richmond. Ind., Oct. 9—<U.R) —A final definition of the attitude of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution toward national defense was made at the closing session ot the organization's thirtieth state conference at 1 Richmond today. A resolution urged support ot all organizations and programs ■ for the proper training of young men for national service and supI port of naval and military establishments, including the national . | guard, reserve officers training i camps, and citizens military train- ! ing camps. Congress was asked, in the resolution, to make proper legislative and financial provision for maintenance of a competent national defense in all branches. The conference also passed resolutions favoring restricted immigration. enactment of legislation providing for registration of aliens, and passing of more stringent laws supported- by adequate appropriations to effect the | deportation of aliens not properly adjudicated. Election of officers was held yesterday, but results were withheld until the close of the Thursday afternoon session. Candidates to be elected without opposition included: Recording secretary, Mrs. William H. Schlosser, Franklin; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. Edwin Johnston, Connersville; treasurer, Mrs. Truman G. Yunker, Greencastle; historian, Mrs. Roy A. Mayse, Kokomo; northern director, Mrs. Guy Alspaugh, Rochester; central director, Miss Bonnie Farwell, Terre Haute; and southern director, Mrs. W. B. Ridgeway, Vincennes. Mrs. James B. Crankshaw, Fort Wayne, outgoing state regent, was endorsed unanimously for the office of vice - president - general from Indiana. Walter O. Woods, treasurer of > the United States, unexpectedly appeared at the convention yesterday afternoon and made a brief talk.

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COUNTY CHURCH MEET PLANNED — Christian Church Congregations to Hold Annual Session Here Tlie annual County conference of the Christian churches ot Adams County will lie held at the local Christian church all day Friday. A | morning, afternoon, and evening I session will be held and programs I have been prepared for the entire 1 day. The forenoon session will begin j at 10 o'clock with a devotional per-1 iod. The morning address, "Go Forward" will be delivered by J. C. ’ Buchannan after which there will | be reports from the county officers I A discussion period on the subject : “The Needs of our work in tills city.’’ will he conducted by the ministers of Adams county. Committees will be appointed and a i address will be delivered by a foreign missionary. At tlie noon hour a basket dinner will be served for all visitors and members in the church hasement, and members of the church will furnish the food for the pot-luck ■ dinner. The afternoon session will begin 1 at 1:30 o’clock, and following the devotional period an address, "Building the kingdom ♦hrough strong educational foundations," will be delivered. Special musical selections will be presented and will be followed by an address, "Indiana and the building of the Kingdom" by J. C. Buchannan. Another ad dress to be given during the afternoon session will be "Women in her Kingdom," by Mrs. Coar. The evening session will begin at 7:30 o'clock and after the devotional period, an address, "Washington and Our Penticostal conventions. will beb presented. After several musical selections another address will be delivered by a foreign missionary, and the all day meeting will then adjourn. All members of the local church are requested to be present, and the public is invited to attend any of the sessions. BULLETIN Boston, Oct. 9—(UP)—Ralph T. O'Neil of Topeka, Kansas, was elected today National commander of the American Legion o Huntington Child Killed Huntington, Ind., Oct. 9. —(U.R) — Tragedy broke into one of the happiest moments in the life of Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, 6, when she alighted from a school bus at her home seven miles south of Huntington yesterday afternoon and | found a group of friends waiting to give her a surprise birthday party. Mary Elizabeth rushed into the road to cross the street, carrying a birthday eake with six candles, in her hands. Her movement was so impetuous that site did not see an approaching auto. The driver could not avoid the collision, and the child was killed instantly. MUNCIE MAYOR IN NEW FIGHT Officials Called Before Health Board For Lack of Action Indianapolis Oct. 9—(UP)—Muncie city officials were requested by the state board of health today to appear at a special meeting of the board Novembebr 12 to explain why ne action had been taken regarding construction of a sewage plant The health board voted a resolution to this effect late yesterday. The action was taken despite vigorous opposition by Mayor George Dale to the health board’s ruling. The matter has created open antagonism between Dale and his health commission the councilmno and Dr. W. F. Kink, health board commissioner. All but Dale are reported favorable to the suewage plant. 0 Mrs. Franklin Better Mrs. B. H. Franklin, wife of Rev. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, was resting easy today following a major operation performed I his morning at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Local physicians performed the operation.

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I Oil Furnace Placed At C. E. Bell Home A. R. Ashbaucher. local dealer in hot all and oil furnaces today completed placing a new Williams Oil o-Matic furnace system in tlie C. E. Bell home corner of Third and A«! ams streets. The new automat'c equipment is the first Williams placed in a local residence. Mr. Ashhaucher accepted the agency a few weeks ago and later this fall will go to Indianapolis to a special training school which the manufacturing company conducts each I year. Tlie system is regulated and [started and stopped by automatic I thei niustatic control. RAYEYANSON ! HEARING HELD I Local Man Bound Over to Federal Jury by U. S. Commissioner Raymond Eyanson, Decatur man. who was arrested a few days ago on a charge of uttering counterfeit money and later was turned over to federal autorities was bound over to I federal court at a Commissioner’s I hearing held late Wednesday. Eyanson was taken from Adams ' county jail to Allen county JAil t'ed- ! era] division last Monday when his case was transferred from the Adams circuit court to federal court. Several local people testified at the Commissioner’s hearing Wednesday. Chief of Police Sephus Melchi who was the chief investigator of the case in Decatur for tlie last several weeks and two other local people were called before the Commissioner as witnesses. After hearing the evidence the Commissioner stated that the evidence was sufficient to warrant Eyanson to be held for trial amt he was returned to the Allen county jail to await further action. Several of the counterfeit bills, passed in Decatur recently are being held as evidence. STOCK PRICES FALL LOWER Brokerage House Collapse Is Cause of New Downward Trend Neiw York, Oct. 9 —(U.R) — Collapse of a 52 year old brokerage house and increasing weakness in U. S. Steel and other issues shot prices down on most markets in the country today. i Stock made great recessions with hundreds of new lows recorded after the stock exchange announced suspension of the big , Prince and Whitely brokerage house.. Billions of dollars of losses in stock values were rei corded. With the stock market, prices came down on the bond market , and the curb market. Grain in Chicago dropped, and cotton lost Sail its early gain. Prices on the stock market shot down 1 to 10 points with many issues making new lows for the year. Four Lose Lives Muncie, Ind., Oct. 9— (U.R)—All four occupants' of an auto were , crushed to death early today when their machine collided head-on with a truck on state road No. 67 six miles west of Muncie, immediately after passing another machine. The truck driver suffered only minor injuries. i The dead are; i Gaylord Springer, 37, Hartford City Kenneth Everhart, 31, Muncie Mrs. Marjorie Everhart, 24, Muncie. Miss Aletha Everhart, 28, Hartford City. ‘ O' Move In Effort To Halt Serious Epidemic Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 9 —(UP)~ Fear of an infantile paralysis epidemic has caused the cancellation of immediate games on the Valparaiso high school football schedule, it was announced today. Four cases of the disease were reported in the high school and one in a f grade school. > Two mem tiers of the foot ball i taem were sick today hut the nature i of their illness had not been deter i mined. Parents of gtade school pn ' pils may keep their children from - school if they wish it was announced.

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REVOLUTION IS SPREADING IN ALL SECTIONS Leaders of Revolt Say Half of Government Army Is Opposed CITIES UNDER HEAVY GUARD (Copyright, 1930, by UP.) Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 9.— —Brazil’s federal capital was I under strict war-time regulations today as the government continued mobilization of reserves here and dispatched | forces .ta check the advances of rebels in the extreme northern and southern parts of the country. It was reported reliably that federal troops had occupied Palmyra, state of Minas Geraes, and continued their advance on Barliacena and Bello Horizonte, capital of Minas Geraes, held by the rebels. Wliile contii ination of reports that tlie rebels had occupied Pernambuco, important northern city, were lacking, it generally was believed that tlie reports were true. Rumors ot rebel successes in Para, however, were discredited, as the government said tlie revolutionists had been routed from tlie capital ot tlie state. The recruits responded readily to the government’s call to arms. Bulletins issued on the progress of enlistment indicated that the government would be successful in 1 raising the force of -120,000 men it • intends to have ready for duty by t October 15. I Administration of food supplies ’ by the government functioned smoothly. Fines of $24 to $5,000 1 and 30 days imprisonment will lie 1 imposed on violators of the fooTl legulations. Export of food stuffs lias been prohibited, except in cases of oversupply. The government took over con trol of the railways today and be- | gan arming vessels of the Lloyd I Brasileiro merchant fleet, a subIsidized organization. These may b used for troop transports if necessaiy. ■ Official sources said that disturbances were limited to five states: Rio Grande do Sul ami Parana in tlie south; Minas Geraes, just north . of the capital, and Pernambuco and s Parahyba in the north. L A communique issued by th° t ministry of the interior today caili ed the insurrection "tlie grav st monstrosity in the nation’s history" 8 and said that tlie government was - thoroughly prepared to combat the - revolt. » - By the United Press. , f Tlie Brazilian government today - announced rapid progress against revolutionaries in tlie central 3 states, wliile insurgent sources t claimed the uprising was spreadi ing in the northern regions. t While government advices of the - extent of tire revolution conflicted ’ witli the federal forces apparently (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o TORCH DEATH i MAN IN COURT 4 Harold Schroeder to Seek Freedom on Quash Motion i BULLETIN Indianapolis, Oct. 9.—(U.R'—The state won the first skirmish in its > attempt to send Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile, Ala., to ths electric chair for the alleged murder of an unidentified man found in ,> his burning auto near Indinapolis, last May 31. Criminal Judge James A. Collins today denied a motion i. to quash indictments against the n defendant. !• Indianapolis, Oct. 9. —(U.R)—Argur ments on a motion to quash the d first degree murder indictment a against Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile, Ala., garage owner and Il central figure in the torch car slaye ing mystery, were scheduled for tor- day in municipal court. >• The quash motion, which is the n first defense move to liberate (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)