Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1930 — Page 1

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ALL ELECTED TO CONGRESS BY 29 VOTES

fredrick Landis Will Be Speaker At Armistice Day Banquet

I WHS HOOSIER ||«E ADDRESS W TUESDAY Htr Will be Attended ■crvice Clubs and Hi 1 )" <>f Commerce E r TO BE HELI) Ht k. of c. hall ■L rick M. Landis, Logeditor and former will be the prin. at the annual Dav service club | ( > be held here Tues"Sil that Mr. Landis would ■ fulfill the engage■|<re was received this . irSK bv I'uul Graham, former • KaL,nf Adams Post of the Legit -ponsored by the I. l'i. ii observance of S Hbti; I'.o and the members - and notary clubs anil k Khfida i ei Commerce will at- ■ will lie served at 6:30 ' Kklt th. K. of C. Hall and Leo .cider of the Legion Mr that tickets would go on (>. Porter will preside nf the meeting. Ht Lnd> is one of the able writers in the middle ha- a national reputa;i brother of Judge Mountain Landis, czar He served several consrcss and was candiSEfor t.-piildican nomination years ago. Aviators B Are Sentenced Ky.. Nov. 6—(UP)--1 three coal miners guilty to charges oft in the aerial bombing I^BVe -nr County mining pror.' under sentence today prison terms totaling nine Bs,: ix tenths and five days. and Edward Heckel,,f Murphysboro, 111., i -o-l Grant, Ewan Riley H ii t is. Charges against i tiers were dismissed

—— -■portant Meeting of Bed ( ross To Be Held will bo a meeting of the ~i the Peoples Loan and BtjCoinpany Bank, tonight at Miss Annie Whines. Mj at { Se-retary, stated that im--in -s will be transacted f ENTION TO ■held Sunday B n '^ ,H ’t Twps.Sunday B>ls to Meet at Clark's 11 Chapel Sunday annual session of the '""nship Sunday School |»> n "ill be held at the Ifß Chapel M. E. church, Sun- ! !, n. November 9, beginn>Eß*' A fine program has includes an IgH* ,|V Ih v. b. h. Franklin, pasigB 111 ' M. E. Church of this city, iK^P e|, al musical numbers. !il " session officers for the IfeS year wil * l>e elected and lrß lni l»>rtant business matters transacted. A large atten>S I1 B O( representatives from the I Jrß S; >nday Schools in both Un,f ' tow, iships is expected I^^Bt ,| 'l the meeting. is the afternoon’s pro|E®— fongregation. 118* 1 ' ~ Mt. Pleasant Sunday llß''' 1 " 11 ~ Rev - HE - Matteson K)W C ~ Mt. Victory Sunday lM r< ' SK liPV ' R ’ H Franklin - Pleasant Grove Sunday of Officers. | M^B ni,,l( 'ements by County Ol'flic * Union Chapel Sunday

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I Pupils To Be Treated Against Diphtheria J South Bend. Ind., Nov. 6 —(UP) —Some 360 pupils In St. Adalbenfs ' school will be given anti-diphtheria , serum treatment this week, because of discovery of seven cases of diphtheria in the school. Dr. J. B. Bertelin, secretary of the board of health, announced that all pupils exposed to the disease 1 would be treated at at public expense. i 79 BODIES ARE RECOVERED FROM OHIO MINE I President of Company Killed In Sunday Creek Coal Mine Explosion EXPLOSION IN GAS POCKET IS CASE Millfield, 0., Nov. 6. —<U.R) —Discovery of four additional bodies this afternoon increased the death toll in yes- ' terday’s explosion in the Sunday Creek Coal mine to 79 and caused fears that other bodies may have been overlooked by rescuers in their, search of the mine. Three of the bodies were found n-ar the scene of the disaster in a home where it was believed they had been taken during the confusion of rescue work. The body of the fourth victim. Clyde De’an, 45, of Canaan vllle, was found partly concealed by debris when workers were cleaning out one of the main tunnels. — j Millfield, 0., Nov. 6.—(U.R)-Eighty-one bodies were reported by officials today to have been recovered from the No. 6 mine of the Sunday ' Creek Coal Company, which was recked by an explosion in a gas pocket yesterday noon when 238 workers and company officials were underground. With the recovery of the 81st body, C. C. Cook, company official, reported that no other victims were in the mine and that the number represented the entire casualties. Rescue workers w : ere said to have searched every recess in the mine and were unable to find additional bodies. With the announce-| ment came a halt in the activities i of rescuers and they were ordered to the surface. Cause of the explosion had not been definitely established but was believed to have been caased when a ceal slide caused friction sparks to ignite a gas pocket. After exploring the gas-filled chambers, E. F. Maurer, mining engineer of the Ohio colliers, declared the first blast likely occurred in the northeast section es the mine, followed various intersecting working entries and converged at a point about a mile and a Quarter from the main shaft. None of the bodies were reported burned, dispelling the original report that flames swept the interior following the initial blast. Some of the bodies, however, were mangled indicating the victims were killed by the force of the blast. Ears of several of the victims had been blown off. The 20 who were rescued alive bad taken refuge in a pocket after the gas had blocked their egress to the shaft. Rigging up battrices of canvas and boards in the twelve west entry, they had blocked out the fumes until workers from the outside had succeeded in dispelling them with similar contrivances. They were at the point of collapse when their haven was discovered bv relief workers shortly after midnight, and had to be carried to the entrance. There doctors applied first aid treatment to restore them sufficiently to ,be hauled outside where they were taken to a field hospital. Exhaustion and near nervous prostration were found to be their principal suffering. The dead were elevated to the surface where they were loaded in waiting ambulances and transported to Millfield where a vacant store had been converted into a morgue. Washed and dressed the bodies were laid out in rows awaiting identification. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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ELECTED TO SEN ATE it < a ' Ji ■ ■kiH Here are three of the senators-elect who won their fight at the polls Tuesday. From left Io right; John H. Bankhead, elected senator for Alabama; Senator Thomas J, Walsh, re-elected for Montana; Senator George Norris, re-elected for Nebraska.

MRS. BLAKEY IS CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Amelia Blakey, 73, Union Township. Died Wednesday Night Mrs. Amelia Blakey. 73, wife of J. Henry Blakey and for many years a resident of Union township, Adams county, died at her home Wednesday evening at 8:45 o'clock of complications. Death followed ■an illness of three weeks during which the deceased was bedfast. Mrs. Blakey was a w 11-known and prominent Union township woman. She was for many years a devoted member of the Emmanuel Lutheran church and was a charter member of the Ladies Aid Society of that church. She was born in Fort Wayne, May 23, 1857, the daughter of -Godfried and Amelia Thieme, both deceased. At the age of eight years she moved with her family to Adams county where- she spent the remainder of her life. She was united in marriage to Henry Blakey in 1878 and to this union were born 11 children, three of whom preceded the deceased in death. Surviving is the aged husband, Henry Blakey, and three sons, Arthur Blakey, trustee of Union township, and John Blakey at home in Union township; Rev. Henry Blakey of Milwaukee, Wis., and five daughters, Mrs. Julia Kirbach, Mrs. Amelia Walda. Mrs. Clara 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

C. E. GROUPS TO MEET AT BERNE Huntington, Wells, Adams Counties Christian Endeavors Meet Nov. 11 A Huntington-Wells-Adams county Christian Endeavor rally will be held on Tuesday evening, November 11, at 7:30 o’clock at the Cross Reformed church in Berne. Rev. Charles R. Lizenby, former Young People’s superintendent of the Indiana Council of Religious Education, will give the principal address. Those attending the rally will also have the privilege of hearing Louis C. Kibiger, state president of the Christian Endeavor, who will preside at the meeting. Miss Elizabeth Cooper, state field secretary of the C. E. will be present and will speak. Miss Cooper recently returned from Europe where she attended the World's Christian Endeavor convention and will no doubt have a message worth hearing. Miss Frieda Lehman of Berne is president of the three-county union. Program Following is the program that she has announced for the rally that is to be held at Berne next Tuesday: Song service. De vo t ion al s Esther Sunderman Music Wells county Report of the nominating committee. “High Points on the World’s C. E. Convention at Berlin” Miss Elizabeth Cooper Duet Ruth and Mildred Faust (Huntington county). Offering. Mixed chorus Adams county Address ...Rev. Charles R. Lizenby Closing prayer.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 6, 1936.

Interesting Sermon At Revival Here Tho Revival Meeting at the First Evangelical Church, is progressing witli great interest. Th ■ Rev. Herner spoke last nijAt upon: ! "For the wages of sin is death, but ! the gift of God is Eternal Life." It was a strong appeal for a life o!' ; purity. Special music was furnished by the regular church choir. The f sermon tonight will be upon: "The i Waiting and calling Savior.” The Imperial Quartette will sing l tonight. The services begin at 7:15 i each night. 0 OPPOSESWAGE CUTTING NOW Governor Leslie Takes Stand at Meeting Called By Him at Capital i Indianapolis, Nov. 6—(UP) —Gov. Harry G. Leslie took a definite' stand against wage cutting in the present unemployment crisis and! laid down the following program of suggestions at the meeting of tho j Depression commission today: 1. Private activities should meet j their own particular industries with | the idea of return to normal conditions. 2. Work in improvement of properties should be given to the concerns own unemployed. 3. All public improvements should be pushed as far as possible now. Leaders Attend Meet Indianapolis, Nov. 6—(UP)—Governor Harry G. Leslie'S state industrial conference got under way in the Senate today with business, in-1 dustrial and labor leaders from ! throughout the state in attendance. The Governor expected to develop a permanent state organization to cooperate with local committees to carry out programs for rolving uueemployment and alleviating distress this winter. Plans were drawn along the line of those laid down by President Hoover and in cooperation with the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I o ——— Doyl Foreman Accepts Job In West Indies Doyl Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Foreman of this city, who is employed as a sugar chemist at the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company, lias accepteilxa position as sugar chemist at San Pedro de Maeoris Dominican Republic in the West Indies. He will leave December Ist for the West Indies where lie will remain until June Ist. 1931. Mr. Foreman is a graduate of Decatur high school and for the past few years has had considerable experience in tliis line of work. He has been connected with the chemical department of the local sugar plant for the past few seasons. o District Convention To Be Held At Van Wert The District Convention of the Pocahontas lodge will be held in the Red Men's Hall in Van Wert, Ohio, Friday afternoon and evening, November 7. The convention will be in two sessions, the afternoon program beginning at 2 o’clock, (est), followed with a banquet served at 6 o’clock, (est). An evening session and program will also be held. A large number of members of the lodge in this city are planning to attend this district convention, and anyone desiring away to go are asked to call Mrs. Floyd Acker or Mrs. Noah Frye.

CONTROL TAKEN BY DEMOCRATS House of Congress Will Be Controled by Democrats; Senate Doubtful —— New York, Nov. 6.—<U.R) — 1 Democrats appeared to have gained a majority in the house i of representatives today when | the winning of nine Demo- : cratic seats of Kentucky push- ] ed their total house strength ; to 218, a bare majority of the 435 house seats. , Barring last minute changes they should therefore be able to organ- | ize the house as Republican, with 214 assured seats, could only get la maximum of 216 by winning the I two remaining undecided districts :in Kentucky and Illinois. Even in- ' eluding the one Farmer-Labot vote. Republicans would have but 217 iv< t's. one short. i In Minnesota, the Republican senatorial candidate, Thomas Schall, | was dropping behind a little hut i with 313 precincts to be reported. | the result still was doubtful. The line-up at noon today stood I as follows: Senate Republicans, 47; Democrats, 46; I Farmer-Labor, 1. Doubtful. Kentucky and Minne- | sota. House Republicans, 213; Democrats, 218, Farm-Labor, 1; doubtful, Illinois, 2. o Walther League Play Indefinitely Postponed | The Emmanuel Walther League play, "When a Feller Needs a Friend,” a three act comedy, which was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday nights, November 8 and 9, has been postponed indefinitely because of the death and funeral of Mrs. Henry Bleeke. An announcement as to when it will he presented will be made within a few days. 11 HOIDALE AND LOGAN IN LEAD Democrat Candidates Leading In KentuckyMinnesota Election Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6—<U.R)— M. Mills Logan, long term Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator, had a lead of 39,102 over his Republican opponent, Senator John M. Robison, on the basis of returns from 2 645 of the state's 4,155 precincts today. The count was Logan 220,817, Robison, 181,715. Also ahead of Robison, but trailing Logan, was Ben Williamson, Democratic candidate for the short term for which Robison also is seeking election. Hoidale is Leading St. Paul, Minn.. Nov. 6—<(J.R) - Minnesota's senatorial contest, one of the two which will determine control of the national upper house, remained in doubt today with 313 precincts of the state's 3,705 stifl unreported. At that point Einar Hoidale, Democrat, led his Republican opponent, Senator Thomas D. Schall, by 2,604 votes. The United Press tabulation at noon showed: H0ida1e—261,797. 5cha11—259,193.

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DEMOCRATS GET MAJORITY IN LOWER HOUSE Party Has Majority of 44 In House of Indiana Legislature REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTROL IN SENATE Indianapolis, Nov. 6. —<U.P) —With a majority of 44 seatu in the house of reprFsentatives in the 1931 legislature, Democrats will have a minority of not more than six or eight votes in the senate, unofficial returns indicated today. Unofficial tabulation of votes in Putnam and Montgomery counties this morning gave Ira Giouser, Democrat, a 634 majority over J. Frank Chadwick, republican, and raised the total known democratic victories in state senatorial contests to 19. Lonzo Ik Shull, republican, carried Hamilton county by such a majority that victories in Boone and Tipton counties for Ben H. Rockey, Democrat, failed to overcome his lead, and he appeared certain of election to the seriate. There are four other republicans certain to go into the senate. Os 24 holdovers in the, upper house, one only is a Democrat. One district today still was uncertain. It was the southeastern corner of the state. Ohio, Clark, Switzerland, and Jefferson counties, where for years Joseph M. Cravens, veteran Democratic leader; has carried the seat. Cravens retired last year and Russell P. Kehoe was the Democratic candidate opposing Floyd H. Compton, republican. Incumbent Republican senators defeated Tuesday included Luther O. Draper, Spiceland, member of the state budget committee, and chairman of the senate finance c< mmittee; William F. Hodges, Gary; William H. Hill. Vincennes; Oliver Kline, Huntington, and John Sherwood. Mitchell. I. Floyd Garrott, Battle Ground, and Will R. Brown. Hebron, were the only Republican incumbents reelected. Democratic incumbents returned were: Thurman A. Gottschalk, Berne, member of the budget committee; Anderson Ketchum, Greensburg; J. Francis Lochard, Milan; William V. Doogs, Cannelton, and Chester A. Perkins, South Bend. Speculate on Speaker Indianapolis. Nov. 6—(U.R) —-With the official returns as yet not tabulated and convening of the state legislature two months distant. speculation was general over the election of a speaker of the house of representatives. Selection of a speaker is a new problem for the Democrats, for not s lice 1915 have they been in control of any division of the legis(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Gottschalk’s Majority 3,818 Over Mahorney Senator Thurman A. Gottschlak, of Berne, was re-elected to the state senate by a majority of 3,818 over his republican opponent, Guy Mahorney of Hartford City. The I latter carried his own county by ! 208 votes while Gottschalk won heavily in Wells and Aadnts Counties. The vote was. County Mahorney Gottschalk Adams 2030 4720 Blackford 2923 2715 ) Wells 2787 4123 Totals 7740 11,558 Gottschalk's majority 3818 Killed Seif Rather Than Submit to Arrest Chicago, Nov. 6 (UP) —Emmerson Combs, 24, killed himself early today rather than sumbit to arrest when he was trapped by police less than an hour after he had held up a girl in her bedroom and robbed her of 48 cents. Combs, whose home is at Hartford, Mich., had been staying with his uncle, Harry Stephenson, in a downtown hotel. Last night, the uncle told police, the youth was intoxicated when he arrived home. Stephenson berated him. Combs shot his uncle through the wrist and left the apartment.

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Funeral Held At Berne Wednesday Berne, Ind., Nov. 6 —(Special)— Funeral services were held here Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Sarah Eisenhart, 78. former Berne woman who died at her home in Wakeman, Ohio Sunday. Death was due Io a heart stroke and came sudden ly Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Eisenhart lived in the vicinity of Berne practically all her life, moving away from that place two years ago. Surviving is a son, Martin Eisenhart of Marion. THREE DIRECTORS OF RANK CHOSEN Board of Old Adams Co. Bank Increased to 12 at Meeting Wednesday At a meeting of the board of directors of the. Old Adams County Bank held Wednesday night, a resolution was adopted increasing the number of the board members to twelve and the board elected for tlie three places, Clarence L. Ayres of Detroit. Harry R. Moltz and John Everett of this city. The men qaalified today and will assume their duties immediately. Mr. Ayres, former Decatur resident, is the president of the American Life insurance Company of Detroit, and has aided in the reopening of the bank, being tlie first purchaser of stock and the first depositor, besides buying a large amount of mortgages for his company. Mr. Everett is the president of the Everett & Hite Wholesale Grocery Company and one of the substantial citizens of the community. Mr. Moltz is the president of the Decatur Produce Company, and likewise has. been one of tlie leading business men here for many years. The other members of tlie board are, John W. Tyndall, G. T. Burk, J. H. Heller, J. G. Niblick, L. C. Waring, F. M. Schirmeyer, Leo Yager, all of Decatur and L. G. Ellingliam and W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne. DRV LEADER IS TO GIVE DATA President Hoover Wants Data on Prohibition From Director Woodcock Washington, Nov. .6 —<U.R) —Attorney General Mitchell announced today that Prohibition Director Woodcock had been summoned to Washington to assist in obtaining data on prohibition requested by President Hoover. Woodcock, who received his] order to return here only thrrfe hours before he was to have sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu, also is to take up with Mitchell the matter of appropriations for the prohibition bureau next year. Estimates of the amount needed are to be submitted to congress next month. In addition Woodcock will confer with Mitch-' ell on the operation of (ike prohibition unit. The department's statement did not reveal what particular data the president wished. It was assumed. however, the information would hear upon the studies of the law enforcement commission, now in session here. Woodcock's summons to return (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Harry Etter Defeats Brother Corn Husker Elwood, Ind*. Nov. 6 — (UP) — Corn-husking laurels of Indiana were kept in the family by Harry Etter, of Benton County, who defeated his brother, Charles Etter defending champion, and ten county champioils, to win SIOO and all expenses to the national corn-husk-ing contest in Norton. Kans. Harry Etter husked 26.97 bushels of corn on the Michael Meyer farm compared with his brother’s record of 33,84 last year, in a field with a more luxuriant stand. Chris Pfledder, Porter County, was second; Charles Etter, third; B. Keller. Montgomery county, fourth; Samuel Brown, Madison county, fifth.

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FIND 31 VOTES NOT LISTED IN RAIL'S TOTAL Error In 36th Precinct, Delaware Co., Changes Sth District Result RECOUNT OF VOTE BY VESTAL IS LIKELY Indianapolis, Nov. G.—<U.R) —With leadership in the next congress possibility hinging on the decision in the closely contested eighth district of Indiana today, returns thus far classified by the district canvassing board indicated that Claude (’. Ball. Democrat, had won by 29 votes. Early unofficial returns had given Albert Vestal, Rep., house whip, a margin of eight votes. Then came discovery that the 36th precinct of Delaware county, a credit ot 37 votes had been omitted in the Ball column. It appeared probable that a recount will be taken <:n the eighth district, regardless of the winner. Thus it may be several days before ii is known which party* will hold the balance of power in congress, with that decision falling upon tho outcome in Indiana's eighth district. The total unofficial vote war.. Vestal. 44.203; Ball. 44.232. Democrats won the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eleventh and thirteenth districts. The eighth, was doubtful, and republicans won the ninth, tenth and twelfth. There was a possibility, however, cf a recount in the ninth, where Fred S. Purnell's plurality over Harry L. Matlock, democrat, was only 344. County elections followed the trend of the stale ticket, returning large pluralities for democratic candidates. excepting in isolated cases. Democrats won a <•< mmanding majority in the Indiana house of representatives, running approximately 76 out of the 100. on incomplete returns. Because of the 23 holdover republicans in tho state senate, the G. O. P. will retain its majority there, although it may be by no more than three vote;. Both branches will have an exceptional number of first-term officers. Democratic candidates for judicial posts won by as imposing majorities as did the candidates on the state ticket. The proposal to hold a constitutional convention was losing at the rate of a two-to-one vote, on incomplete, but scattered and apparently representative tallies.

DEMONSTRATION WASINTERESTING More Than 100 Persons Attended Electrical Demonstration Wednesday The electrical demonstration held on the David Schwartz farm in Monroe Township Wednesday was well attended, about 15(1 persons hearing Professor T. E. Heinton discuss the subject. Farm Electrical Equipment. A novel feature of the poultry equipment was a burglar alarm of the closed circuit type After the address, the ladies adIjourned to the house where Miss Deardorf, home demonstration agent of Allen county, and Mrs. Harshbarger of the Indiana Service Corporation discussed household equipment, demonstrating the electric range, balanced meals, and other nutrition problems. During the same time Professor Heinton, assisted by Mr. Parvis, Mr. Lamb, and Mr. Goble dismissed and demonstrated the value of feed, i milking machines, dairy heaters • and pumps, electrically operated. Dinner was served by the pupils • of the Amish Parochial School, as- ■ sisted by their mothers. Everybody ■ present expressed themselves as ■ having been well satisfied with the demonstration. > A similar demonstration will be i held Friday November 7, on th? I William Christ inner farm, 6 milas i north of Decatur. This demonslra- - tion will be in cooperation with the City Power and Light Plant of Ileca- . tur, the Indiana Service Corpora- ■ tion. and the Purdue Extension department.