Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1930 — Page 1

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■y ANOS SEE ■ iTHUMPIAN SflOF. FRIDAY B> Hundred March In WjinUal Event; Bands K c Bin feature ■HS make WARDS thousand people : .’i < nmpian parade ir ! ■ mv night and ■■L uiaxiueraders n ~i ihe Halloween - sponsored this «;<-neral Electric ami declared to be hugest and most Ktf u | observances ever Decatur. ~,, . . tit ■ Am t ; . ■ |; s ~ in 15 minutes to . lie line m ■ ■ - WOK,v. - N Andy Fresh a Dutch Maid. K ( ... down north to Jackson II U to Third, south fiHHL led Monroe Liberty Way , to l.'i differA -pecial prize of slu the Wren hand. :>- ■ ated floats 'Similes in the parade. ■MHcrow'. was orderly and old enjoyed the fun. m remained many comical |, y the merry. A I .its <■ given at the ,|M| i . in the evening, ■■.. st of Prize Winners . . I d the follow- .<: man. (lien Uup<inrm.il girl’s costume, isor con:,. tat woman, Sina Ml. t"’ costume, Mrs. ■fcbTIXllEI) ON PAGE SIX) — Services Held Nov. 1 (UP)—Funwere Imld late ye.sterMrs. Maty Scott Harrison ! 't of President Ben- "’ came from many HI. ! cling President and -.-. as in Crown Hill ceme- ■ KIDNAPERS I ELUDE POLICE Seek Remaining S’fo Members of Am- | ature Gang |®ane>.. 111., Xov. I.— (U.R) — mt two fugitive members amateur bandit gang which and held Earl 1., Yocum. Galva banker, for rancentered today in the stockdistrict of Peoria an x anwas made here that |W‘ l " would demand the death Im all four members of the search, which more than 200 and county police have carsince the two m.en escapnrsday morning, turned to when it was reported that Winslow, said to be the |H S leader, was seen near that I * 'tiling to the reports, WinEl * as driving a stolen truck, ae '’ad tried earlier in the ■° sell at Princeton. the finding late yesterday K h '' Unting l°dge where the ■ . Yocum a prisoner, state’s IB ey Carl Melin declared his M?“ 8 complete and that he ■;. demand the death penalty of the gang when Continued on page six)

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She Defeats Eighteen I’ l '■* Primaries r # > I * > UJ Mne. Virginia M. Boone, whose demand that her sex be represented in the State Legislature has resulted in her nomination on the G. O. P. ticket from a field of nineteen. She is from Kanawha County, is the mother of two and r. prominent social leader.

PLAN ERECTION OF HOSPITALS Group Recommends Building of Six Units to Cost $2,000,000 Indianapolis, Nov. 1. — (U.R; — Erection of nine tuberculosis sanitariums with an aggregate of 680 beds in Indiana in a six-year building program, at a cost of approximately two million dollars, was recommended to Governor Harry G. Leslie by his tuberculosis investigating commission. A general plan which would encompass proper treatment for all tuberculosis cases, was incorporated in the plan. The nine sanitariums would take the place of the single institution for that purpose, located at Rockville. The report pointed out that the state’s cost would be only one and one-half times that at present, but that four times as many patients would be cared for. Estimate of total cost was SL,912,500, and for annual maintenance, $325,000, compared with the present annual maintenance cost of $211,986.86. In the bill proposed to be presented to the 1931 legislature, the commission recommended a sixmil levy for the tuberculosis fund; creation of a tuberculosis division in the state board of health; that state aid be allowed counties for sanitarium construction, and that the 1931 tuberculosis appropriation be made available immediately. The first two sanitariums to be constructed under the recommendation, would be in southern Indiana. where the need was said to be greatest. Beds would total 175. The second year program would be for patients in the following counties: Henry, Rush, Decatur, Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, Union, Franklin, Dearborn and Ripley. The third year program would care for patients in Lake, Newton, Porter, Jasper, Laporte, Starke. Pulaski, Marshall, Fulton, Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Parke, Vigo, Clay, Putna'm, Owen and Hendricks. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o — Bluffton Man Killed Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 1— (Special) —Howard C. Brickley, 38, night clerk at the Cortland Hotel in Fort Wayne, and a former resident of Wells county was fatally injured at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon when the automobile he was driving crashed into a traction freight train at the intersection of Hamar and Lewis streets in Fort Wayne. He died about 15 minutes after the crash at the St. Joseph hospital. Three other people in the automobile were injured. They are Miss Jean Richards of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Newcomb.

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BALLOTS AND 1 SUPPLIESARE 1 DISTRIBUTED 1 Final Arrangements For General Election Are F Completed Today > VOTERS TO GET FOUR BALLOTS t i Precinct election inspectors called at the office of ’ County Clerk Bernice Nelson b todav and received sii’»nlies! and final instructions nrior Io , the general election Tuesday-1 Thirtv-lhree boxes of sup-J 1 plies were given to the various inspectors and the ballots for voting were distributed. The board of election commissioners met today and completed . final plans. The polls will open at 1 6 o’clock Tuesday morning and ! will remain open until 6 o’clock in I the evening. Immediately after I Nile polls close the boards will I count the votes and bring thoir, results to the county board, in ! all-night session at the cqurt 1 house. 4 As is the usual custom, the 1 Daily Democrat will serve the,' community with results of the! 1 township, county, state and nation--, al elections. Interested people ’ 1 are invited to call 1,000 Tuesday 1 night and get the results. Four ballots will be given to 1 each voter Tuesday. They are ' the’state, county, township, and constitutional convention ballot. ' The county ticket is headed by the candidates for congress. The township tickets are headed by the candidates for trustee. The state ballots start with the candidates for secretary of state. The I constitutional convention has two squares, one for "yes”, and one for "no.” i The state ballot is the largest I of the four sheets and contains: i five tickets: Democrat. Republi-|’ can. Prohibition, National and 11 Socialist. To vote the straight ' ticket the voter should place an : “X” in the circle above the party i he wishes to vote for. o

CHICAGO NEWS IS FOR LEWIS Democrat Senatorial Candidate Gets Support of Strong Newspaper Chicago, Nov. 1. —<U.R) The Chicago Daily News editorially gave its recommendation today to James Hamilton Lewis, wet democrat, in the Illinois senatorial contest. “Support of James Hamilton Lewis is recommended to independent voters," the Daily News said in its comment cn candidates seeking congressional, state and county offices. "His broad experience acquired during a long and honorable public career equips him exceptionally well to serve his state and nation.” In dealing with Lewis’ republican opponent, the editorial said: "Ruth Hanna McCormick is now a congressman-at-large, but has been notably inactive in congress, spending most of her tenn in promoting her senatorial candidacy. Her traditional bone-dry stand has been altered in this campaign, as she has announced that she will vote according to the outcome of the state referendum on the prohibition question. Mrs. McCormick has been severely criticized for her heavy outlay of funds in the pimary campaign.” The Daily News said of Lottie Holman O’Neill, independent dry candidate in the senate race. “Her record as a legislator is excellent. Mrs. O’Neill is an earnest supporter of the policies of ' President Hoover.” o Evangelist to Occupy Christian Church Pulpit Rev. H. J. Buchanan of Fairmount, a state evangelist, will deliver an address at the regular morning service in the First Christian church, Sunday. Services will begin at 10:30 o’clock, and a large attendance is desired at this worship period.

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Decatar, Indiana, Saturday, November 1, 1930.

Mayor Thompson Said To Be Resting Well Chicago, Nov. 1 —XU.R) Early today the following unofficial statement regarding the condition of Mayor William Halo Thompson was issued by attendants at 4’assavant hospital, where he was operited upon yesterda yfor appendicitis: “Mayor Thompson has been sleeping since 8 o’clt ck last night. The strong rally he made from the shock of the operation has been encouraging and his condition is good. Unless peritonitis developes tlie outlook will be favoralde. It is too soon to tell about this,” At 8 o'clock today an official bulletin, signed by the mayor’s three physicians, said merely that his condition was "good.”

OPTIMISM IS MAKING GAIN Emergency Committee Starts Work to Over come Business Panic Washington, Nov. 1. —<U.R) — Efforts of the administration to create a psychology of optimism throughout the nation in the face of business depression and unemployment are achieving a powerful momentum. One of the chief duties of President Hoover's emergency committee on employment is to serve as a clearing house for good news. Attention is to be focused on the positive side of the picture. Thus, the newest developments to which the public mind is directed (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Re-Enlists in U. S. Navy C.eorge Ramsey, son of Mr. and Mns.i S. B. Ramsey of Tocsin and formerly of this city, was honorably discharged from the United States Navy where he served for the past four years in the West Indies, and has arrived home for a month’s vacation. He re-enlist-ed immediately after his discharge and will serve for two years, leaving the latter part of November for Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Ramsey is preparing himself to be a machinist in the navy and just before returning home was stationed at San Francisco. Cal.

Herbert Hoover, Jr., Is Taken to North Carolina Asheville, N. C.. Nov. I—(U.R) — Herbert Hoover, Jr., arrived in Asheville today for an indefinite period of rest, accompaiedn by Dr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician ; Lawrence Ritchie, secretary to President Hoover, and at attendant. Dr. Boone stated that the younger Hoover was in good physical condition and rapidly recovering from a minor tubercular infection. GIRL WRITES” CHECK; KILLED Indianapolis Man Is Believed to Have Been Insane at Time Indianapolis, Nov. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —Two weeks of worry over a $l5O spurious check written by his daughter, Fern, 22, in payment for cdothing, was climaxed today when Richard Guiry, 61, shot her through the heart and then fired four shots into his own body. Mi s Guiry died instantly, and Guiry was expected to die momentarily from two bullet wounds in the head and two just over the heart. "Goodbye, mother, your Joving Jias been all in vain," said one blood-soaked note found in Guiry’s hand. Another note addressed to the coroner, police and public, read; "My little girl is out of her mind, and for the benefit of society I am doing this." Both were signed "Daddy." After lying in the yard for ten minutes, Guiry leaped to his feet when a police emergency squad arrived, and attempted to shoot the policemen. He was unable to diecharge the weapon again, however. Authorities believed Guiry had worried himself into a condition of insanity over his financial condition.

LYCEUM COURSE GROUP COMING Alva Ball Conwany To Give Presentation at D.ILS. Next Friday Tlie Alva Ball Company, variety mns'eal presentation, will appear at the Decatur high school auditor-1 him. Friday night, under the! auspices of the Senior class. This program will liegin at 8 o'clock and will lie the second of a series! of four Rcdpath Lyceum course programs. M'ss Alva Ball will present a program of instrumental and vocal j music that is sure to please everyone. She will present songs in costume, with her own banjo ami . guitar accompaniment ; novel piano numbers; dramatic readings; I whistlinfi hammonica and aceordion 1 solos, and a series of character studies, in make-up, set to music! that is native to the character, offered. She does every one of her' many acts well, and sings a clear soprano that makes possible a' harmony ( nging diversion, with ' contralto support. Appearing with Miss Ball is Romaine Ramons, talented violinist, piau’St and contralto. Their instrumental combinations of ac-| cordion and piano, violin and piano! accordion and violin, supplement-! ed by tuneful vocal numbers and the solo novelties of Miss Ball, round out an attractively costumed program that will be genuinely wort[i while. The music loving public is invited to hear this variety program. Friday night, and those who have! not purchased season tickets, may (pay the single admission of fifty cents at the door. Will Appeal Ruling Logansport, Ind.. Nov. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) An appeal will be made by Indiana University from the decisfoh*of a Wabash circuit court, which held that tlie will of Mahlon Powell, in which $7:>,000 was bequeathed the university, was illegal. B. F. Long, local trustee of the university, said a motion for a new trial would lie filed. Nieces and nephewrs of the deceased, contested the $75,000 endowment of a philosophy chair at FIGHT TOSTOP WILD GUSHER Oklahoma City Menace Grows As Oil Sprays Entire Area Oklahoma City. Nov. 1— (U.R) — The safety of a metropolis was at stake today as a spectacular fight was waged in the Oklahoma City cil field between man and one of the natural resources that yields him riches. An eighth of the city's entire area was declared a fire hazard as the wild Morgan Company gusher at the city's limits moved on in its unrestrained flow. Preparations were made for a long seige believed necessary before the gusher could be brought under control an<| its product marketed. More than 501) men, including 200 national guards, patrolled the district to enforce stringent fire precaution measures. Everything was in readiness to cap the gusher which blasted its pondetous connections Friday and sprayed the city and surrounding oilfield with crude petroleum and highly inflammable gas. Two triple searchlights, each of 350-watt power, were ready to erect on tall beams south of the well. With these casting a light of 75 square yards about the well, crews planned to continue their struggle today. A heavy device, resembling a Christmas tree in shape and known by that name, was rolled to the location at daybreak today. A (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Will Show Slides An S5-slidc lecture on “Why Girls Smoke” will be given at Pleasant Dale <hurch in Kirkland township next Tuesday night a) 7:30 o’clock. The slides and accompanying lecture will be given by Prof Finell of Manchester college. The public is invited to attend. There will be no admission charge.

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BONDS, CREDIT DEPARTMENTS ARE ANNOUNCED 1). .1. Darkless to Manage Peoples Loan and Trust Co. New Enterprise OFFICES IN BANK BLDG. Two new departments, Bonds and Farmers’ Credit corporation. were opened today at Peoples Loan and Trust Co., with I). J. Harkless., wellknown Decatur banker in charge. The departments were opened this morning and directors of the institution stated that they felt there was a growing need in the community for both the bond and farm credit departments. The bond department will handle all types of sound investment bonds and will specialize in first mortgage r al estate bonds of small and large denominations. The real estate bonds will be on Decatur real estate and will be secured by the properties. Mr. Harkless will have an of flee in the hank proper, and will also have a window in the lobby < f the bank. The farm credit department, which will be handled by the bond department manager also will be operated from the bank. It is however, a separate corporation. Charles Burdg is president of the Farmers Credit Corporation; Eno Lankenau is vice-president and Paul Graham is secretary-treasurer. Directors include the officers and the fallowing men: H. F. Ehinger, M. Kirsch, Albert Mutschler, Fred Mutschler, C.eorge Klick. C. 1,. Walters, August Waiter, E. Bell. A. R. Ashbaucher, lewis Armstrong and Herman Giilig. The corporation will make loans at 6 and per cent, on personal farm property. The department is under supervision of the federal government and the interest rate is controlled by the government. Mr. Harkless opened the departments today and stated that his hours would be the same as the regular bank hours, from 8.30 each morning until 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon. o Prowler Is Wounded Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. I—(UP)1 —(UP) —lnvestigating noises at the rear of her home here last night. Mrs. George Smith fired at and probably wounded one of two men, who sh > said, were cutting away the screen on a window. Blood was found on the ground near the window and as she shot one of the men cried, "Oh, I’ve been shot”, she reported. 0 TWO TRAINS IN HEAD-ON CRASH Several People Hurt In Chicago Wreck; None Seriously (Chicago, Nov. •—(UP) — Two trains were wrecked several persons hurt and $120,000 damage today when the trains crashed headon at slow speed in South Chicago. Railway men said that through some mixup in signals a Wabash and an Illinois Central train both got on the same track traveling in different directions. Both engineers saw their trains were goin gto crash some time bofor they met. Both applied the brakes. The engines bumped, however, and several cars of each train were overdtured. Charles Schilling engineer of the I. C. train, suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries. Others injured were S. Greet, of Ohio, engineer of the Wabash train James O. Davis, Ohio, a trainman; W. L. Hathaway, Monee, ill., a railway official and G. L. Gild. o Negro Girl Is Killed Indianapolis, Nov. I—(UP1 —(UP) —An unidentified negro girl of about 1G years, was killed by an auto during the revelry accompanying the downtown Halloween Celebration last night.

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Heads Midwest Drive To Aid Unemployed : Il - q J Frederick Cleveland Croxton, of Columbia, Ohio, has been ap- 1 pointed midwest regional represen-. tative to assist Governors in or-' ganizing efforts to create jobs for the unemployed. The appointment j was made by Col. Arthur Woods, I director of Federal unemployment relief activities. SAINTS'FEAST IS CELEBRATED Forty Hours Devotion to Close Sunday Evening With Service The feast of All Saints was celebrated in the St. Mary’s Catholic church today. It is one of the principle holy days observed by 1 the Catholic church. Masses were I celebrated at five, seven and nine o’clock this morning. Forty Hours devotion is in pro-1 gross at the St Mary's Catholic I church and at the evening service last evening a capacity audience heard the Rev. Father Bernardine, O. M. Cap., deliver his sermon. The missionary spoke on "Faith in the Bloused Sacrament." Father Bernardine laso deliver(CONTINUED ON °AGE TWO) Q FREIGHTER AND CREW MISSING Twenty-five Men Believed Lost; No Trace of Ship Found Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich., Nov. 1. —(U.R) —Tlie Tree Line freighter. Ashbay, carrying a crew of 25 men, was feared today to have gone down in Lake Superior with all hands when no trace of the vessel, overdue here nearly three days, was found by the coast guard cutter Seminole. The vessel, a Montreal craft, left Fort William on the north shore of Lake Superior early Tuesday and should have passed Saulte Ste Marie the following day. Coast guardsmen set out in search of the freighter in tlie belief that it might have become disabled and was in need of help. The search was fruitless and gave rise to fears that it may have foundered. A report that a vessel was in distress Wednesday off Michipoten Island, between Fort William and Saulte Ste. Marie, started the cutter on ite search. The lake was stormy Wednesday and Thursday but cleared up yesterday, giving officials reason for believing that if the Ashbay had run into a sheltering cove during the storm it had sufficient time after the heavy seas subsided to reach port here. The ship's owners reported today that it was missing and three days late. The Ashbay is a 216-foot vessel (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Portland Has Fire Portland, Ind., Nov. I.— (U.R) — Fire caused by a spark from a forge caused SIO,OOO damage to the J. I. Case plow factory last night. Assistant Fire Chief William Muchell was injured slightly when he was struck on the head by a falling plank.

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TOCSIN GIRL'S BOOTHES IISES FATAL BULLET Lorna Schucler Dies After Shotgun Discharge Strikes Her Face THOUGHT GUN NOT LOADED Miss Ldi'iin Si’liuelcr. I I-vear-old Idcsin school i-'ii’l was accidciitly shot this morning at 7:30 o’clock by her 10-vear-old brother, Arnold. and died instantly from the loss of blood. The girl was sitting in a chair mending when her brother, who was toying with a loaded shotgun accidently shot her in the face. The accident occurred at the S«-hueh'r home 3 mile north of Tocsin. Coroner William Thoma of Blufflon stated this morning that dea'h resulted from the wound and loss of blood. Tlie brother. Arnold, stated that he did not know the gnu v. as loaded and was merely playing with it when it discharged. hitting liis s’ster in the faee. The mother. Mrs. Frieda Schueler, was in the basement of tlie house. After hearing the shot sha ran upstairs and found her daughter Lorna, dead in the chair. Lorna Schneler was born at her ■present home near Tocsin and lias spent her entire life there. She had been attending school at Ossian. Surviving is the mother, Mrs. Frieda Sclmeler, two brothers, Oscar and Arnold, and a sister. Ema, all at home. The father, Otto Schneler, died three yeans ago. The deceased was a memlier of the Bethlehem Lutheran church. < Funeral arrangements have mil I been completed. ——————— — o Lindberghs On Trip Schenectady. N. Y., Nov. 1. U.R) —With Mrs. Lindliergli at the controls, Colonel Chai les A Lindbergh started at 9:59 a. m. today in their Bird biplane for Princeton. N. ,1. Shortly before the take-off. Colonel Lindbergh, who last night tested a system of lighting for night landing devised by General Electric aeronautical engineers, flew in a Stinson Detroiter dual controlled monoplane in company with Victor Packard, manager of the Schenectady airport, to try out a. magneto compass perfected by the General Electric engineers. New President Hailed Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 1 — (UP) — Dr. Getulio Vargas, ‘who led the Brazilian revolution to victory and was chosen for the presidency of the new regime, was hailed by th > capital today as the nations' greatest hero. COSTLY HOMES ENDANGERED Brush Fires In West Menace Many Movie Actors’ Homes Los Angeles. Nov, 1. U.R) Tlie Malibu beach bonus of many prominent motion pictures actors were threatened today wh n a brush fire raged uncontrolled along tlie sea coast in a direct line for the,exclusive colony. Only a narrow firebreak, less than a mile from the front of the blaze, remained to protect the millions of dollars worth of beach estates. A new force of 100 men was recruited hastily from downtown Los Angeles and sent to line the firebreak in Hie new emergency. Even the city of Los Angel' s may be endangered if the flames pass the firebreak and reach Malibu, supervisor John Quinn, of L< s Xngeles county, worked all night in the front lines, said. The firebreak is in Remera canyon, about 10 miles north of the movie colony. It became the last stand of the 1,000 firefighters when the fire turned frent an easterly couse and started following tlie coast line to the south. The highway was closed to traffic and steps were taken to protect homes immediately in the path of the flames.