Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1930 — Page 1

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ILD ADAMS COUNTY BANK OPENS TODAY

-»RTS SHOW >Y CHANGES j HE PROBABLE ■ hlic;!!!' Concede ” KJsibilil' of Some House Losses SHOWS ! ■xDML IXII BTFI’L -l-Z.-'U.P. in the |M ((;t , r, publican high , concede that 32 <>t are “doubtBPj. eleeNovember 4. mat be taken as which the adm lose, ami , r publl- : ... less. • an would leave <: **M r . in of I" not very of the un■K. ■ republican The . - <•< t» e,,. H the .•■ >.i lit ion of sweeping could be formed. —53 anil pub mm- ">U be • r,s control, 1 seats, the K,.,-.. ibinocrats, 165; M r 1;,:... vacancies be - lie previous the inocrats list ■■ evpectations oi by states follows; Massaehus Its. ". N’.-w Jersey. 1; Ohio. I. Oklahoma. 2: Vir:t; I’ Iv.mia. 1: Wes' i. Xew York. 3; MinneNeill i 2: North Mu. 1 Ur. ,■••!'.. 1 ; Tennessee, nnecticut. 1. and ■ Dakota, a stat. . Sunday night ~ ■ democratic 'ii..de ihe i lain: ib-s including 7 in M England at least 15 in New I'.'iu New Jersey. Mr..i:. nid West Vil al! - nit het demoM-..'. middle west bln ’ Kansas, includin'.; M*'■ ' .'lol Ki i. of th . .. listed and claim d | BBeliiiliis which were lost to the i .Hiring the Smith presicampaign of 1928. The 1eJ^B ( ' an party is making a serious to retain lie s., seats but has v I'lilii'ent rated its greatest etl'iumore favorable on page three) KLUIS | UM HOOVER B'‘‘. ses Emigration ReMHction Action When ||| depression Started |B<>rt Wayne., Oct. 22—(UP) - Hoover s actions regard'“niigiation at the beginning present economic depression auded by former congressBHP "'derick Landis, Logansport KJ' 11 Republican political ralst night, our own people unem ' aill ' finding a constantly ar- ? strpa,n of immigrants landK.J? 11, President Hoover used M. [, ■ power he had to curb inn l 0». Landis said. “He notiBd l" J We * Sll representatives to B im„ • thia st, ’eani of job hunt■L, ? lg,a,lts by the valid propo al "' ey WO,l l<l become pubBa WS °“ their arrlv al in AmTh i Bbmim. W ? S llot only far-sighted B ' l,iP ' !,ut mo *t original es manship.” ■ t 0 ~le economic sitnaB't? . nd 8 sal(1: ■e'sMp,,? 88 passe <l the buck to BT H °° Ver - He i« carrying ■oulder >' Unloaded "Pon his ■roii e |, . )y . tl >e great inflation His ca,.,. '. ll ‘ we have Passed, but ■"^ti^Mon." 11 PatfenCe aU "

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 250.

JIMMIE GETS THIS FROM HIS MOTHER The youngest depositor at the re-i pen!ng of the Old Adams j County Hank this morning was I Jatues Keller Ehler, aged four weeks. Jimmie started a sav- I j tugs account and deposited his i I first bank full of pennies and nickels at 10;30 o'clock this | morning. i YOST BROTHERS GET CONTRACT Council Award* Sewer Outlet Work to Local Contract Firm Yost Brothers, contractors of this city, were awarded the contract for building the sewer outlet at the Jefferson street sewer to the river by the city council in session last even-1 ing. The contract price was $5,200. | Yost Brothers were the low bid I decs on the improvement. Bids were received by council two weeks I ago. Work will be started at once if weather conditions permit. Charles Fisher was employed as janitor at the .city hall building and his salary fixed at S4O per month. The approval of the Indiana Public Service commission for purchase of the Farmers Light and i Power line in Union township was ' filed. The finance committee, electric light committee and city attorney were empowered to complete the financial arrangements today. The purchase price will be paid out of the electric plant’s depreciation I fund. The price was SIO,OOO. The Erie railroad was ordered tc repair its crossing on Mercer avenue and notice was sent to the company today by City Attorney J. Fred Friichte.. The matter of ordering the William Frank hog yard cleaned was referred to the committe on public safety and the city attorney. Bills were allowed and the meeting adjourned. —o - Dry Chief Coming Indianapcdis. Oct. 22. — <U.R) Amos Woodcock, national prohibition director, will arrive in Indianapolis tomorrow to confer with John Wilkey, deputy prohibiticn administrator for Indiana, concern ing enforcement problems within the state. Woodcock will come here from Springfield. 111. Thirty-Six Lifers Seek Prison Pardons Michigan City, Ind.. Oct. 22.— (U.R) —Names of 36 prisoners serving life sentences were among 118 petitions for clemency filed with the state prison board of trustees for consideration at the quarterly meeting, October 30. Two are habitual criminals. The list included 40 new applications for freedom; 60 applications that have been before the board at previous meetings; three special cases, and 15 that have been transferred from the reformatory. “Lifers" whose petitions will be heard at the meeting are: Isaac Fanton, sentenced Lake criminal court, October 7, 1924, murder. Ed Haggermann. Y’igo circuit court. January 25, 1928. second degree murder. George Kessler, Shelby circuit court, October 20. 1919, second degree murder. o Bank Will Re-open Covington, Ind., Oct. 22 —(UP) - Efforts were being made by resi dents of Gates, Ind., today to reorganize the Gates bank, a private institution, after it was closed Monday. Frozen assets and real estate taken on debts were given as the causes of closing. Capital stock ii listed as SIO,OOO. Ranks Are Thinned Logansport, Inc.. Oct. 22 —(UP) A single survivor of Company 11, First Battalion. Twelfth U. S. Infantry in the Civil war. remained today, after death of George J. Snyder, 87, here. John W. Butler. 88, of Roann, is the survivor. For 40 years survivors held an annual reunion here. Nine years ago only three remained. William Henry Harrison died in 1928. Both Sjiyder and Butler were too feeble to’meet at the reunion scheduled for September 10 this year.

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Job Getters - W I W 1 T pN'. w ■ A V * <■ 4eß Wl ’ ■l' < « -W B ■ '".‘A I "■ 1 ' George F. Getz (left), Chicago millionaire business man. who has been selected to head Governor Emmerson's Illinois state unemployi inent committee, and Col. Arthur Woods, former police commissioner lof New York, who has been designated by President Hoover as the chief co-ordinator of the government’s campaign to provide work for the jobless.

BANK TO PAY TEN PER CENT Linn Grove Institution to Make Distribution This Week Muri I yliarger. liquidating agent for the Bank of Linn Grove, is this [ week paying a 10 per cent distribution. the first since the hank closed Jime 3rd last. Checks are being mailed to all ■ those whose checking account or i certifiate amounted to ten dollars or more. Those who have claims for less than that are requested to call* at the bank for their payment. Since tlie bank closed Mr. Lybar- [ ger has paid off a large amount of bills payable and he expects to b<* able to pay a second distribution in a short time. Mr. Lybarger is now cashier of the Hoagland state bank and Mrs. Lybarger is taking care of the affairs at tlie Linn Grove bank under his supervision. BANDITSGET $64,000 HAUL I Two Rich Chicago Coup-* les Robbed of Jewels Worth $64,000 Chicago, Oct. 22 —(U.R)— Three bandits who resembled and worked like those who recently held up the wife of Mayor William Hale Thompson held up two wealthy Chicago couples early today and e-icaped with $64,000 worth of jewelry. The victims of the robbery were George B. Crandell, broker and former vice president of Montgomery ward and company, Ralph Gardner, broker, and Mrs. Crandell and Mrs. Gardner. Tlie t.wp couipies had attended a fashion show at the Stevens Hotel and went from there to tlie Drake Tower hotel, where the Crandells live. As they got out of a taxicab on a turntable motor entrance at the side of the hotel, the three bandits held them up. Crandell and Gardner were forced to sit inside the cab while the women were searched. From Mrs. Crandell the bandits took two diamond rings, one of which was valued at $30,000; a bracelet valued at $15,000 and a $3,800 necklace. They took a SIO,OOO diamond ring from Mrs. Gardner and a $5,000 ring and SSO in cash from Crandell. Mrs. Gardner was allowed to keep her wedding ring and Gardner a ring which he told the bandits his dying father had given him. All of the jewelry except Mrs. Crandell’s $30,000 diamond was Insured. The bandits escaped in an automobile which they had parked nearby. FTank Claussen, the cab driver, followed them several blocks, but lost their trail. o Dividend Is Declared Philadelphia. 22—(UP I,) — The board of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad today declared the regular quarterly dividend of two per cent, payable Nov. 29 to stockholders of record Nov. 1.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 22, 1930.

Rev. Loose To Speak Friends in this city have receiv- ; ed word from Rev. R. VV. Loose, for- [ mer pastor of the Evangelical Church in this city .stating that he would broadcast over radio station [ WHAS at Louisville, Kentucky dur- [ ing the devotional hour, between 2 and 2:30 o’clock Thursday after-1 noon, October 30. Many of tlie De-1 catur people will wish to bear Rev. I Loose when he speaks over the 1 air. He sent his regards to his | friends in this city. FRENCH QUINN" LIONS'jPEAKER Decatur Man Gives Address on Optimism and Cites Real Facts French Quinn, local business man delivered an address “Optimism” at the weekly meeting ot Decatur [ Linns club last night. The address i was in keep'ng with the “Start the Clock Week" sponsored ‘by th" I Lions club. The week is progressing nicely, reports show, and will be climaxed with the Friday night mass meetin;; at Decautr high school auditorium. Mr. Quinn stated facts concerning I Adams county in his address and i reminded merchants that the farmer.} had better crops this year than any in the last eight. He told of the successful beet season, and gave other evidence for the people to weigh in determining the future. The Kentucky Harmony Singers, a group of colored women, sang several selections at the meeting. —. o , — Poison Liquor Fatal Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 22—(UP) — One man was found dead in a shack on the river front here today an i another was believed dying as a result of their having drunk wood alcohol. . Orlando Dutton, 48, farmer, died of acute alcoholism, cornorer N. E. Beckes said. William Whetstine, 65. found with Dutton’s body, was in ' a serious condition. Twenty empty tins that had con- ’ tallied wood alcohol substance were found lying beside the men in the cabin. ALBERT VESTAL TO SPEAK HERE Congressman Will Be Chief Speaker Here Saturday Night Albert H. Vestal, representative in congress from t|ie Eighth district , will speak at the court house in thi s city, Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. This will be Mr. Vestal’s first public address in the county this year. While on an informal visit here a few weeks ago Congressman Vestal stated that he would return for a meeting before the election. Due to the absence from the citv of Paul Graham, Republican- county chairman, it was not learned who would preside at the meeting and if there were to be other speakers bsides Mr. Vestal. The public is in vited to attend.

HOOVER DRAWN [ IN POLITICAL CONTROVERSY — Candidates Claim to Have Support: Others Discredit Claims PENNSYLVANIA CONTEST HOT ; Washington. Oct. 22. — (U.R)— ■Efforts are Ireing made to draw Pre ident Hoover against his wishes into the election campaign | now nearng its climax. Tims far. in face of strong pressure. lie lias fouplit off all appeals from Republican candidates seeking White House help He visited four states in his recent speaking: (our but indulged in no booming lof Republican candidates. He I avoided even having his photo- | graph taken with them or in any i other way conducting himself so that he might be capitalized by party candidates. • So far as he is concerned, President Hoover is trying to avoid lieing made an issue in this campaign. As war-time food administrator. Mr. Hoover joined Woodrow Wilson In appealing for election of a Democratic congress in j 1918, and he saw the country an- | swer by returning Republicans to ; power. President Hoover has been ■ drawn into the intense Pennsyl- ■ vania governorship contest within i the last 24 hours. Gifford Pinchot, Republican candidate for governor, is quoted as having said he received word his election was hop-, ed for by President Hoover. Secretary of Labor Davis. Republican j candidate for senator in Pennsyll vania, has denied this. He says that Mr. Hoover has not even en- | dorsed him. a member of the cabinet. and that the pre-ident. as ' the head of the nation, cannot en- ■ i dorse political candidates. The White House refuses to comment as a declaration either way might have serious repercussions. Pinchot, though Republican 1 candidate, is opposed by almost the entire Philadelphia party orga-| ! nization and numerous other in- j ! ! fluential Republicans of the state. 1 ■I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I ' MEETINGS ARE WELL ATTENDED [ Crowds Hear Democratic Speakers at Township Unit Meetings • The Democratic meeting held ■ Tuesday night at the Friedheim school, Preble township, was well attended and fine talks were made by the speakers. August Seheimann, committee- - man from the precinct presided as ; chairman of the meeting. Music was I furnished by the Friedheim band, i Talks were made by Attorney I William Fruechtenicht and Councilman Smode, of Fort Wayne. I These two men spoke in German. A short talk was also made by Dore B. Erwin democrat candidate i for judge of the Adams Circuit court. The school house meetings hav<? » been well attended. Monday night } a big meeting was held at the Jefferson high school in Jefferson township. Joseph Peel presided at the meeting and the principle address was made by G. Remy Bierly, who urged , the election of the Democratic tick- ( et and pledged his support to all i candidates. Mr. Bierly is a school ' teacher and lives in Hartford town ship. He was one of the candidates in the primary for the nomination -of county clerk. Tonight a meeting will l e held at Kirkland high school. The speakers will be H. M. DeVoss, Henry B. Heller and Herman Gillig. The f public is invited to attend. o— —— Many Hear Singers A capacity crowd attended the i music concert give nby Hie Ken.l tucky Harmony Singers, a group of J negro women, at Decatur Higa School auditorium, last night. v The singers represented th ■ y Housewife Training School for o negro girls at Fulton Kentucky, f and appeared before the public m s Decatur under the auspices of the i Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Brinks Armed Auto Delivers Bank’s Money •' II " ,

HOPE REVIVED ’ FOR SAFETY OF ENTOMBED MEN: I s Signals Reach Rescuers ' From Miners, 1,300 Feet Below Eearth’s Surface WORK (REW IS INCREASED , d Aachen. Germany, Oct. 22— (U.R) 1: —Hope of rescuing coal miners trapped in the darkness of the 'j I lower depth of the Wilhelm pi*, where 231 persons were killed, was revived today when unmis- h takrtiiie signals from the entombed I j mm again were heard by rescuer-. The miners, believed to number about 53 but possibly including a score of others still alive, have been entombed for a day and a half about 1300 feet below the surface. ' A representative of the Prussian government told the United Press that rescuers hoped to save most of the ilen remaining in the mine. “We do not believe the total of dead in the disaster will exceed 1 238 men." lie said. While re-cue squads, recruited 1 from all neighboring regions and £ working in relays, slowly pene- ' trated to the region in which the 1 men were trapped, removal of I liodies continued. ! The exact cause of the disaster * ! still remained uncertain. the ‘ theory that a store of dynamite * exploded having been eliminated ’ by the finding of the cache un- 1 damaged. Experts who entered ' the mine today said the blast might have been caused by accidental explosion of a dynamite j ‘ cartridge which ignited coal dust, j or struck a fire damp area. o Methodists Plan Lunch t A luncheon service will be held [ in the Method'st Episcopal Church ( I basement Thursday evening at |, I 6;30 o’clock, and all members of the church are urged to attend the ? meeting and to bring their sup-; pets. A mis-ionary from the Phillippine Islands will be the speaker for the evening, and Dr. J. T. Bean, district superintendent of the Fort Wayne District will also be present and hold the third r quarterly conference. Ships In Collision London, Oct. 22—(UP)—An exchange telegraph dispatch reported today that two Japanese cruisers collided in maneuvers in the presence of the Emperor of Japan. Thje Abukuma was damaged. Offical sourches would not confirm the report. oEfforts Are Wasted Fort Wayne, Oct. 22—(U.R)—Mrs. . Dorothy Johnson, Fort Wayne, plunged into the chilly waters of a cistern to save her 4-year-old ' son. but he wasn’t there. The mother told her rescuers a playmate of her son had told her; : he fell into the water. While*Mrs, Johnson was being! attended, her son returned home. o SEEK CAUSE i OF DEPRESSION Industrial Leaders in Conference to Give Aid If Possible Chicago, Oct. 22 —(U.R) — Amer- ’ leas industrial leaders met today in the academic atmosphere of (he University of Chicago to find out what is the matter with business. ’ Affairs of great industries that • have raised the United States to f a foremost position among the i nations of the world in wealth and influence went under the ’ searching scrutiny of their chietls. r As one by one the leaders dis- . cussed their problems before the i gathering of wealth and power in t the vine-covered Gothic Mandel t Hall, the tone was optimistic but frank.

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C. I), Price, Fort Wayne! Manager and Four Armed Men In Charge Armed with five guards and un- . der the supervision of C. D. Price, Fort Wayne manager, the International armed truck of the Brinks Express Co., transporters of valuables arrived in Decatur at 8:15 o'clock this morning with several hundred ■ thousand dollars in cash for the Old Adams County Bank. The money was brought to this city from the First and Trl-State National Bank and Trust Co., of Fort Wayne where it had been deposited during the three months!' during the organization of the local banking house. Accompanying Mr. Price on his mission were F. Peterson of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX I ASKS ERECTION OF BILLBOARDS C. C. Pumphrey Suggests Means of Advertising City of Decatur C. C. Pumphrey appeared before the city council last evening with a proposition to advertise the good name of Decatur and its industries and to have the city of Decatur to coperate with the Chamber of Commerce in the plan. Mr. Pumphrey proposes to have the Chamber of Commerce erect five large bill boards at the principal entrances to Decatur the signs telling a short story abont Decatur and the points of interest to tourists. He asked that the city light the bill boards, so that they could be seen at night. The signs would be 10 by 20 feet and would lie erected at the nortn I and south and east and west entrances to the city. They would be set back from the road so that they would not interfer witli traffic and would not interfere witli traffic and Hie state highway commission. The matter 'ft’as referred to the electric light committee with power to act. o —.—_ PLANS WINTER ATHLETIC CLUB Father Hennes Devises Plan to Boost Team and Keep Interest Thursday evening, Oct. 23, a meet ing of all men and women, interested in the organization of an Athletic Association to foster athletics at Decatur Catholic high school auditorium will he called. Father Joseph Hennes, athletic director, will on that occasion outline a plan for an association in which all members of the association will participate in some form of athletic competition among themselves, and at the same time assist the Commodore net team by their help. “Everybody is in the need of athletic exercise. During the sum- ! mer months Decatur offers ample I facilities for such. But during the | winter months Decatur has no com- ; munity center or athletic clubs which one may attend for this desired exercise. To counteract this forced inactivity is the aim of the Athletic Association. A separate volley ball league for the men and women members of this association is the logical solution,” Father Hennes said. Volley ball is gradually becoming a national sport. During the war it became the favorite of those upon whose shoulders the defense of all we held near and dear rested. We find that in the A. E. F. more than 15,000 volley balls were distributed in one year. And before the end of the war we see the helpful influence of this American game deeply imbedded in the leading nations of the world. From being the popular favorite of soldiers and civilians during the war days, this game lias now spread to our colleges and industrial plants of our country. Factory officials realize the need of athletics and it is a common site in our industrial centers tin see men of every age mingling in this form of friendly comiietition after the noon-day (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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MANY DEPOSIT FUNDS IN FIRST DAY'S BUSINESS Congratulations Are Received From Friends; Open For Business ALL SHOW CONFIDENCE “There’s only nne community in the world like Adams county and that’s Adams county.” This was the pulse of lhe unanimous opinion of men. high in the financial world, who were guests of the Old Adams County Bank today at its re-opening Starting at 8:30 o'clock tills morning. Imsiness men. farmers, citiztns, housewives, representatives of all ini|Kirtant factors of tlie ci mmunity, called at the bank, congratulated Hie officials and [showed their confidence in Decatur | banks and in this community by"’’*[depositing accounts in the re-open- [ ed bank. Congratulations to officers and directors were over-shadowed by substantial deposits. Confidence in Adams county institutions and Adams county's way of doing things was expressed by hundreds. Clarence Ayres, former resident and still a citizen of Adams county, who is president of the Am rican Life Insurance Co., was the first to make a deposit. Mr. Ayres entered the bank at 8:30 o'clock and deposited $20.d00 for his company. I. A. Bernstein was the first local man to make a deposit at the reopening and lie was followed I>> Will Colchin. Mrs. John S. Peter son was (he first woman to deposit funds. Miss Florence Holthoime was the first customer at the savings account window. While there was a strong wave of sentiment and officers and directors felt the human side of the affair, this did not reflect from the business of the day and almost, every visitor at the bank, had business dealings with the concern. Congratulatory messag s came by telephone, letter and telegram and tlie entire lobby was bedecked with flowers and bouquets from the bank's friends. Bankers from D catur’s # other two strong institutions were among the first callers this morning and out-of-town visitors were deeply moved by the close and friendly relations manifested bet we n th.* three hanking houses. "They all three seem like branches of one big friendly and happy family," one of the m n stated. Among the messages, picked at random from a huge basket in President Tyndall s office, was one from Ralph Tyndall of Bluffton, formerly of this city, which stated “Congratulations, and a world of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) PROBER SENT TO MINE AREA Leslie Wants to Know About Alleged War Among Miners i — . Indianapolis. Oct. 22 —(U.R) — A . secret investigator was sent by [ the governor’s office to Sullivan , county today to scan the alleged . mine warfare there and report, back to the governor, it was learned at tlie statehouse. , This action was decided upon (after a conference late yesterday ' between L. O. Chasey, secretary to Governor Leslie, and a delegation of non-union miners from ' Sullivan county. They were J accompanied to the state house by Roy Price, of Indianapolis. The miners told Chasey that 1 they were being coerced into ■ stopping work by Union miners who surrounded the shafts in ? mobs. They also alleged that e threats had been made again-t I them. . s Harry Dynes, labor conciliator s for the United States department t of labor, conferred with Chasey 1 yesterday and apjieared to dise count danger of mob violence. V Chasey said today that tlie militia y could not be calietl out unless - there was some overt act, and he ) didn’t expect any to occur.