Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1930 — Page 1

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111 GIVES Illnto aid ■epbession e ■ Kne-lovernor Charges ‘* ns ,Rl DeIceiji' Campaign ■HI \K V,H)RESS lILjMil: i. Oct. 28.-tU.RP Alfred E. Smith I ■gK ~.,1 the reptlbli-| ■jSjMMkation last night with .-leltion jEfeK ’!: -r. nre-.f-nt.i-Kith sn*l 1 ileinoeratic ral - broadcast KJH; the Kj» WBo.-eing system. 4*l 1 lie did not lay : th' unemploy- . iio I tile K parly i '■ r prosperity. I lie ■b »hi»i ;>atl> knew could Ke |K ' 1 -ed' ii' ial candiK assaiw'i "■•• republicans on K e*K berate deceit in ■MH ’’ilPleii prosperity, Kaltal 1111 mploymetit t<> Hfe prenwtc i the following proK (or 3i - inent of condi-K-Ecas' .- in government eiinai.ition of appropri■BmL-.- p'ditical purposes. ■-A nn ay working week. PBKil-'r regulation. E-PtMge of the bill of Sen■*K i Xew York for un--relief. ■-Moment of the repuidi■neral thL Smith quot-d PresiK*M*Kt: "hat he termed re Bican Kisal to face facts he are guilty As far back ■fifceinber 11. 11129, the president ■thhe vmi: of Christmas shop■l intlftKii licit Die business of BwraWwas back to normal. Bo 22, 1930, he said ■ t'Penipioyment has

ON PAGE SIX) ~ — I Expanse Sut Down « Mhi W"- " ct - 28 -<U.R)—Mrs. y M|Mb MH'onnick. republican the sentae in lllinto senate today ■ ‘ " r jS E ' 1 • :1 campaign ■ xpen BF res to (lair amount to about BWO exlusiv,, of the cost of chairman Nye of the •ate catni, i S n expenditures com- •? e was ” nt reporting BF .W'wo because it was BP by law. St ' ' ni "" y before I lie Nye revealed expenditures Mrs. McCor- ■ :s P W ary campaign. pIUSMENT A SESSION |jn£ George Officially |Up®Hßi Labor Regime i With Address I, rem ain in the grip B conotnip depression and unetnE. -m, 'tmeoniinues to arouse E** King George said S* 1 ' speech opening pariii BB W session. i. Sipe first time the king I, r J. J'”|B D11 y opened a parlia|n,n'. tIS SF ssion under a labor L„ th H' B s 'V- > ech, outlint e Policies of Prime Minister K was read beEiraMpMbned meeting of the Boat tw" ls and nouse of comlr„/ "'rtb grave concern ■iwv B^at! v tlle continuance of E^S?W ,l Ployment among so F'An°* My People,” the king said. Brutal < *W° rn ’ c depression unforEaMHßoiitlnues to dominate i< * et F ot the world and the Big restriction of interis felt with particuON PAGE SIX)

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Pastor Scores Theory of Modern Christianity Indianapolis, Oct. 28. — <U.R) Christianity, as practiced in the | United States, has turned pagan, | Dr. ('. W. Hartinger, new pastor of Broadway Methodist Episcopal I church, tcld 300 ministers and laymen last night. “This is a Christian nation in name only,’’ Dr. Hartinger said. I “Large proportions of the people are interested only in having a good time. The Ten Command-' ments are not regarded as binding. Stealing is confined as long as it is disguised as business. Murder is so easy as to he almost permissible. Sexual laxity is excused, j defended and glorified." SIGN BOARDS TOBEERECTED Large Structures Advertising Decatur to Be Lighted at Night Twenty-foot sgnboards, lighted wn’th electiric lights, bearing the name of Decatur and telling facte concerning this city, will be erected in the five important incoming roads by Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The signs will be built at a cost of several hundred dollars. The decision was made by the board of directors and the city has agreed to furnish the lighting system at the boards. Construction work will start soon. The boards will be sufficiently large to attract tourists’ attention and will contain interesting facts about Decatur's factories, churches, stores, schools, Reppert Auction School and organizations. Large lights will be placed in | front of the hoards and they will | be illuminated at night. The signs ■ will be erected at the city limits, north and south on state road 27 atrd afr-the east and west limits on state road 16. The fifth board will be constructed near Decatur cemetery on the Monroe street road extension. Carl C. Pumphrey is general chairman .of the erecting committee and he stated today that the contract for building the boards and erecting them would be let this week. The contract calls for completion within three weeks. Leo Kirsch and Dick Heller are the other members of Pumphrey’s committee. Local merchants have felt for a long time that signs greeting tourists should be erected in Decatur and the Chamber of Commerce directors were of the opinion that the necessary funds should bo taken from their general fund. British Bishop Dies London, Oct. 28—(UP) —The Bishop of AVorchester, the Rt. Rev. Ernest Harold Pearce, collapsed today while waiting the crowd outside the House of Lords for the arrival of King George at the opening of parliament and died en route to a hospital. He was 65 years old and had been bishop of Worchester since 1919. o BULLETIN Lancaster, Ohio, Oct. 28—(U.R) — Five bandits held up the Fairfield National Bank today, slugged two officials and a customer, and escaped with between $5,000 and SB,OOO. Holdups Net S2OO to Three Young Bandits Terre Haute Ind. Oct. 28 —(UP) —Loot totalling more than S2OO was taken by three young bandits who staged a series of holdups in Vigo county over the past four days, Sheriff Joe Dreher said today. In each of the robberies, it was reported, two tall men both heavily aimed, guarded the victims while a short man, believed about 22 years old and wearing a' mask, searched the victims. The same group was believed by the sheriff to have visited a Sandcut grocery stor, Friday ninght; a Terre Haute filling station, Monday morning, a Fontanet grocery store and a Coal Bluff poolroom Monday night. In the robbery of the grocery and poolroom last night the bandits hearlded their arrival with a volley of shots. Street Car Wrecked Indianapolis, Oct. 28. — (U.R) A street car, traveling 25 miles an hour, left its track last night and demonlished two autos, but ten passengers were uninjured. A sunken rail and spread Joint were blamed for the accident.

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JUNE BALANCE OF TAX MONEY DISTRIBUTED Total of $194,415.62 Paid Out hy Auditor Albert Harlow FALL MONEY BEING RECEIVED Payment of the 50 per cent balance of the June distribution of tax- 1 es was made Monday afternoon by j County Auditor Albert Harlow. I The distribution amounted to I $194,415.62. The State of Indiana | had received full payment of the, May taxes, demand being made on the county auditor to pay all of the amount at once. The distribution was held up for several months because more than SIOO,OOO was tied up in Decatur banks. The distribution was due last June and as the county did not wish to borrow money, postponement of the distribution was continued until Monday. Checks were forwarded to township trustees, treasurers of school boards and to the civil corporations for the amount of taxes due them. The November taxes are now being paid and County Treasurer Ed Asbaucher stated that about half | of the taxes had been paid. The I . ush started last Saturday and this week will see about $200,000 paid in on the tax bill. Next Monday is the last day to pay without a teuper cent penalty being added. o SOUTH WARD TO HAVEFESTIVAL Public Invited to Annual Fun Frolic Next Friday Night The teachers and students of the South Ward school will sponsor the annual Halloween fun festival and frolic at the building, Friday night, October 31. The doors of the building will be opened at 7 o'clock. A fish pond, candy booths, pop corn and hamburger stands, and various other forms of entertainment are being planned for the evening, by the teachers at the building, the Misses Eva Acker, Florence Magley, Effie Patton, and Mary Suttles. “Peter Peter's Halloween” is the name of the playlet of a Halloween nature, which the pupils of the school will present. The cast of characters in the playlet is: Peter Peter —James Christen. Mary Mary—Katherine Knapp.Phyllis—Margaret Hoffman. Phillip—Robert Porter. A Jack O’lantern drill, part of the play, will include the following boys: Robert Eichhorn, Robert Lord, Robert Egley, James Baxter, Harry Massonee, Lawrence Cable, William Brown, and Robert Collier. The following girls will take part in the Dream drill: Betty Cook Nina Eicher, Maxine Bailer, Marjorie Massonee, Martha Myers, Katherine Affolder, Anna Belle Doan, and Marjorie Drum. The play will be repeated several times during the evening, and an admission of 10 cents will be charged to see the production. The money derived from the festival will be used for the playground equipment at South Ward school. The public is invited. Indianapolis Bank Suspends Business Indianapolis Oct. 28—(UP)—Directors of the Washington bank and trust company closed the institution today and placed its affairs in the hands of the state banking department. The institution was capitalized at $200,000 and had a surplus of $88,824.49. — • o Hunters Are Warned Indianapolis, Oct. 28. — (U.R) Hunters were urged by the state conservation commission today to exercise caution when lighting matches in forests. A 50-acre forest fire in Monroe county near the state forest early this week was believed started by negligent hunters. The blaze was extinguishe dby state forest employes.

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When Trains Crashed rB I Bn -,2m at Jr. i i i Above photograph was taken by Paul Edwards of Edwards Studio j shortly after two freight trains crashed at,the Chicago and Erie switch i in the south part of Decatur.

TWO FUNERALS HELD MONDAY Battenberg andGerke Services Conducted Here Monday Afternoon Funeral services for Charles Battenberg of Griffith, were held at the Ashbaucher and Maynard I funeral home on Mercer avenue,! .Monday afternoon. The Rev. A.I R. Fledderjohann. pastor of the Zion Reformed Church, officiated at the funeral services, owing to the illness of Rev. H. Ferntheil. , Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. GJ T. Rolls of Coalgate, Oklahoma; L| IR. Battenberg of Kansas City,! Missouri; D. E. Amerine of Vincennes; Mrs. Helen Hensley, Mr. | and Mrs. F. W. Allison of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. DeRemy of Crown Point; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Battenberg and children. H. B. Battenberg, G. M. Batten-; berg, W. D. Coil. G.R. Shickhy, Mrs. E. B. Kidd, C. R. Deßemy and Rev. Bailey of Griffith; Jay Battenberg of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. John! Battenberg and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. William Barfelt, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Battenberg and Mr. and Mrs. Jason Battenberg all of Monroeville. A large number of out of town relatives and friends attended the funeral services for Martin Gerke, which were held Monday after-; noon, with the Rev. L. F. Dornseif officiating. Among those from out 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) James Is Manager — Chicago, Oct. 28. — (U.R) — Ralph H. James was announced today as vice-president of the Indiana railroad in charge of traffic. Robert Feustal, of Fort Wayne, Ind., is i president of the which is operated under the management of Samuel Instill. Chicago. INSTITUTIONS ASK FOR FUNDS State- Maintained Concerns Ask Money for New Constructions Indianapolis, Oct. 28 —(UP)—The Biennial flood of requests by state institutions for increased appropriations front the state legislature was started today with the announcement that five institutions had requested appropriations aggregating $4,684,821.56. The total is an increase of $626,367.71 over appropriations allowed by the 1929 legislature. Institutions first to file their requests for appropriations with A. C. McDaniel, state budget clerk, were the central state hospital at Indianapolis; Soldier’s and Sailors’ orphans' home in Knightstown; Logansport state hospital; IndianaState farm at Putnamville; and the Indiana Girl's school at Clermont The request will be presented the state budget committee and then to the 1931 legislature. Each of the Institutions filed requests as follows: Central State Hospital $531,700; Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan’s Home $235,819; Logansport Hospital, $235,819; State Farm, $194,195; and Girls’ School $113,200. The increases for the next two years were asked largely for the purpose of increasing salaries and the construction of new buildings.

Decatur Girl Pledged To Musical Sorority Relatives in this city have received word that Miss Helen llaubol.l. 'a student at Indiana University, and I the daughter of Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold of this city has been pledged j to the honorary musical sorority, Al pha Mu Chi. The pledging services were held Thursday night in the i Vesper room of the Student Build- ! ing. Girls eligible for this organization must have at least 30 hours i of University credits and an averj age grade of B, ami must be interI ested in musica lactivities on the I campus. j This is Miss Haubold’s third year lat Indiana University, and she is ! well known in this city for her excellent musical ability. UR. ARCHBOLD IN ACCIDENT , I Decatur Dentist Hit by Truck; Has Fractured Knee Cap Dr. Roy Archbold, well known dentist of this city, is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital following an injury received last evening when struck by an automobile driven by Joe : Lengerich, plumber for Smith and I Christen. Tlie accident occurred on Fifth street at the intersection of Monroe street. Dr. Archbold was crossing Fifth street, going west when Mr. Lengerich approached from the north on Fifth street in a light truck. Mr. Lengerich stopped for I the intersection, but started his car before Dr. Archbold was across the street. Dr. Archbold was knocked down. Assisted by Mr. Lengerich and others who arrived at the scene I he was taken to his home, corner of Monroe and Sixth streets. He suffered much during tlie night and this morning was taken to the hospital where an X-ray showed a slight fracture of one of the bones in the knee joint. He will lie unable to walk for several days and then only with the aid of crutches He also received an Injury on his I left elbow. o Raskob Blamed Again Terre Haute. Ind., Oct. 28—(UP) —John J. Raskob Democratic National chairman again was attacked as the man who is responsible tor the present business depression” m a speech by Senator Arthur R. Robinson before a crowd of 2.500 persons here last night. Robinson charged that “Raskob is more responsible than any other person for the present business depression and the propaganda bureau was set up in Washington to criticise President Hoover is hindering the recovery of prosperity more than any other faction.” o : Prospects Are Optimistic Washington, Oct. 28—(UP)—The prospect of a fund of millions of dollars to relieve human suffering this winter created optimism today among government agencies struggling with the unemployment situation. Colonel Arthur Woods prepared to return during the day from New York to resume personal charge of activities as Chairman of President Hoover’s emergency committee on employment. During Woods' absence in New York, recruiting coo- ■ peration there, offers of assistance and collaboration have been showering upon the White House.

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TWO MEETINGS ARE PLANNED Electrical Equipment To Be Demonstrated To Farm Residents On Wednesday, November 5 and I Friday, November 7, two meetings will be held in Adamis county! demonstrating the use of electrical apparatus that may he used on j the farm. Prof. Heinton of Purdue University cooperating with the i Decatur Power and Light company ' and the Indiana Service Corpora-1 lion, will make these meetings j possible. In each meeting all the elec-' tr’eal equipment will be set up and will operate from 10 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon. In the afternoon, electrical equipment such as water heaters, automatic lighting systems and burglar alarms for the poultry house will be discussed following which those attending will see all sorts of electrical equipment in operation and their use fully ex-. plained. Men will be given an op-! portunity to pee feed grinders, j milking machines and dairy heat-| ers in operation. The meeting November 5 will be held on the David Schwartz farm,! located two miles north and one and one-half miles west of Berne, j Lunch will be prepared on an elec-! trical range and will be served by i the pupils of the Amish Parochial school and women of the community. Tlie meeting on November 7 will be held on the Wm. Christianer farm six miles north of Decatur near the Gerke school. The noon lunch will be prepared on an electric range and will be served by the Ladies Aid of the Fuelling church. County Agent Archbold states that he believes anyone interested in the use of electricity on the farm will profit by attending one or both of these meetings and ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Doubt Murder Story Bloomington. Ind. Oct. 28 —(UP) —Police were mystified today over the statement of Leonard Grubb, 18. that he and Marion Rogers, 44, killed a uniformed man in Johnson township, Brown county, a year and a half ago, robbed him of SSO, and threw the body into salt creek. Grubb and Rogers were being held while a search was conducted for the body. Rogers expressed complete innocense of knowledge of the supposed killing. No one has been reported missing in the Region named during recent; years, and authorities doubted the truth of Grubb’s story, although they could offer no explanation for it. He went into minute details of the purported murder, which was said to have been committed while Grubb and Rogers were in the illicit liquor business, and gave a detailed description of the alleged victim. HEAD HUNTERS GO ON RAMPAGE Many Believed Killed on Japanese Island by Mountain Gang Tokio, Oct. 28 —(U.R) —Many villagers and native police on the Island of Formosa were feared massacred by rioting mountain head hunters in the Province of Ta’shu today. Reports to the war office said that police stations had been attacked. Several policemen were reported killed and it was feared that 30 Japanese families had been massacred in the village of Musha, near Hori. Military airplanes and infantry were sent to the scene of the rioting. Fifteen hundred mountaineers ' were reported menacing the town of Hori. Communications were cut off and it was feared that all police stations in the town had ■ been captured. The rioters seized rifles and I munitions from the police. The cause of the disorders was 1 obscure, but they were believed due to reports that the natives : would be forced from their homes -by the erection of a power station ■ on the island. > It was considered likely that the - natives would be attacked from | the air.

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Rescuers Seek Miners Entombed Below Surface 1 MeCalster, Okla., Oct. 28—(UP) -- I Rescuers wearing gas maskes dug today into the fume-filled lower levels of Sample coal mine No. 1 where 24 fellow miners were trapped by the explosion that killed five mon outright last night. The fate of the missing 24 thousand of feet below the ground, was uncertain but the group of relatives waiting at the entrance of the mine i feared they were all dead. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Leo E h i n g e r Assumes Command of Legion Post in Decatur Installation services for newly elected officers of Adams post, i American Legion, were held at Legion hall Monday night with district officer Ferd O’Brien in i charge. Leo Ehinger assumed I command of the strong Adams i post, succeeding Lloyd Baker who i became a member of the executive ! committee. 1 Other newly installed officers I include: Ernest Stengle, Berne, first vice-commander; C. O. Porter, i second vice-commander; William I Linn, adjutant; Joseph i finance officer. The executive committee includes Baker, Paul Graham and Charles Langston. Following the installation, which *was attended by 65 Legionnaires, a feed was served, and plans for the new membership drive were (CONTINUED ON PAGE TW’O) 0. J. LUTZ DRAWS LARGE CROWD - •' Decatur Attorney Speaker At Linn Grove Democratic Rally The Linn Grove school house was the scene of a spirited Democratic meeting Monday evening. The auditorium was packed to over flowing and many listened through the door way as C. J. Lutz of Decatur, who was the speaker of the evening, delivered a powerful address on the issues of the campaign. The candidates were all introduced by the chairman, Dr. J. O. McKean. Democratic candidate for trustee of Hartford Township. Patriotic songs were sung by the school I children under the supervision of Mis. Harry Meshberger and a special feature was a peppy greeting song with the name of a candidate cleverly woven into each stanza. String instrumental music was rendered by the Joseph Yoder Old time fiddlers composed of J. K. Yoder, Ben Moyer, Charles Sowers, Joe Wheeler and Bob Wheeler. A solo by Leon Meshberger and a girls quartette were also enjoyed. The audience was receptive and time after time gave generous applause. At the close of the meeting the audience prevailed upon D. B. Erwin to speak and he met their wishes with a few timely remarks interspersed with stories which brought forth a hearty round of applause. The great interest shown and the generous applause and good will which ran through the entire meeting led old timers to predict that on .Nov. 4, Hartford Township will , give every candidate, from township to Congress a vote even greater than the usual l>ig Democratic ma- : jority of that township. o Daughter of Former President Dies Today Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 28.—(U.R) — Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee, daughter of the late President Ben- ■ jamin Harrison, died here today. Death, which came quietly at her home, Berkeley Lodge, followed i eight months illness. She was 73 i yeats old. i Funeral services will be held I Thursday. The body will be sent I to Indianapolis for burial. 1 Oil Well Brought In [ Noblesville, Ind., Oct. 28. —(U.R) — ( The first oil well in this vicinity to , produce in commercial quantity , was reported struck yesterday, when a Texas company brought in > a well on a farm eight miles west t of Noblesville, which was said to produce 300 barrels of crude a day.

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WRECKING CREW CLEARS TRACK IN SHORT TIME Engineer Demuth, Hurt In Accident Reported To Be Improved WILL PROBE MISHAP CAUSE Estimated damage to engines, ears and equipment, track and freight house of the Erie railroad as a result of the accident Monday morning when two engines sideswiped each other at the Erie switch east of Winchester street is placed at more than $21,000. The largest damage was to the engines. This damage is placed at $15,000. The switch engine which was backing off of the west bound tiack was the worst damaged. The tender was torn off and demolished. Other estimates on the damage were given as follows: Box cars and equipment, $5,994; track, $500; freight house. S4OO. Two of the box cars at the tail end of the westbound express freight of 138 cars were so badly damaged that they wete burned this morning. Four cars telescoped at the rear of the freight special when the brakes were applied. The total estimate of loss figures $21,894. Tracks Are Cleared The wreck crews perfrrmerl great work following the wreck and had the east bound track cleared in time for the No. 4 eastbound passenger train to pass over at 8:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The tracks were used after that time for all Erie trains. The wreck train did not arrive here until about noon and in a little more than three hours the wreck was cleared away sufficiently for the passage of trains. The wreck engine and crew were still here today, niovfng the two damaged engines, repairing the track and switch and straightening up the freight house. The wreck was caused when the switch engine attempted to back onto the westbound track and was sideswiped by the engine pulling (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO.' Local Woman Injured Mrs. Mary Myers, 63, stiff cred painful injuries to her left hand this morning at 10 o'clock when she got her hand caught in an electric wringer. The flesh of her left hand was badly torn and the finger nails were removed as a result of the accident, but no fingers had to be amputated. A local physiccan was called who dressed her injuries and stated that they were not of a serious nature. Mrs. Myers lias been living with her son, Lee on Winchester street. Site was alone in the house with her infant grandson, Vaughn Lee when the accident occurred. HOOVER DENIES KELLEY CHARGE “Baseless and Infamous”, Statement of President Says Washington, Oct. 28. — (U.R) — Charges against the administration’s handling of Colorado oil shale lands were denounced today by President Hoover as "reckless, baseless and infamous" and supported by hostile political agencies in away that can only damage the public service. In the most scathing language that has come from the White House in months. President Hoov--1 er at his press conference today - severely condemned the course of Ralph S. Kelley, former chief of the field division of the general land office who recently alleged the government was permitting oil - companies to usurp public rights > in Colorado oil shale lands. ' The president said he conceived , it to be his duty to uphold honest i public service. “Such reckless t charges can only be a damage to > public service," he said. “They . damage faith in men.”