Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1930 — Page 1

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■IgnCRATS TO |fflOL BOTH 'tWE, HOUSE llfi ic;il Division Is iK| : Independents ■o Hold Power 'Bdiem IS W MADE TOD nylon. Nov. S (U.R) K IIS | ■\ ut uiiiik rieol Ik tween RepubltL, independent Bepuhl uinier-I jiboriles the eidinv votes in Sl and the house iitJives, appeared :l possible lineup for congress. , prepond ; „.k. for their party dKJtcn;.: last night from nation their , ne of const rncgeneral revision S ki" ’'ill be attempted. in a remark ■, :.<e yesterday to inquiries I Im tion. SHoh for country to conis further meas■M| the newly electmore than a year With rechecks, resami deaths likely to is imposexact distribuwhich will result closest elections history. figures showed: lb 216; Denio-Farmer-Labor 1; donbtRepublicans 48; DenioHarmer- Labor 1. districts in the o were pi.. Eighth between Rep. Albert 11. and Claude C. Ball, the 24th in Illinois, beffcifaih- V Heidinger. Repn.. V. Parsins, Dem. the Republicans have a one vote in the ‘iinounccment of SenW. Brookhart, Repn.. might vote with the to organize the body, a session wherein the artnally would be in iE^Bita cion is so close that a mint, resignation or change the whole comresults in either house. Laborites are SenaShipstead and Rep. 'noth from Minnesota. |Md-1 s with independent - or the Independent - Democratic coalition, he does not intend to ON PAGE SIX) ■ONSTRATION ELI ATTENDED and Wives See Hinders of Electric I I Axe at Exhibit electrical demonstration on the William Christiannorth of Decatur Friday. gßltl.-. farmers and farm women IHhe whole day at the demons’Hl' During the noon-hou.’ a gw ’ 01 '! 1 °f business men came Decatur; had dinner; EH and inspected the display, ►'■purpose of this demonstrato call the farmers’ to the different kinds of equipment that can be the farm, the kind of would do and an idea as the cost of electricity IS I I Betty light and power plant, Service Corporation f^B ur due University extension cooperated to make the possible. W T ' Heinton of Purdue charge of the sessions for Hr ll aU(I Miss Redfield of the prostitution had charge of the f° r the ladies. !<■ L a dt e s Aid society of the church under the leaderMrs. Henry F. Fuelling Ljf’t e 't the lunch stand. All . i^g t agreed that the meeting worth while and were B ( with the results.

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House Burns Down Awaiting Fire Truck Bloomfield, Ind., Nov. 8. (u,f>) After waiting to get permission of authorities to make a run to a burning home just outside the city limits the Bloomfield tiro department arrived too late to be of any benefit to John Horn. A recently adopted ruling of the t wonbeard that the truck was not Io be used for fires outside the city limits prevented the tiremen leaving the city until Horns home was almost completely demolished. o TWO HELD IN MAN'S MURDER Alleged Confessions In Raymond Cole Death Implicate Lovers Indianapolis, Nov. 8. (U.R) -Mrs. Marie Cole, 25, and Frank Jordan, 25, her alleged lover, accused each other today of the slaying of the woman's husband, Raymond Cole, 37. Cole's bullet-riddled body wan found near Greenfield a week ago by two hunters and police believed he had been the victim of hijack-j ers. A remark, overheard by a neighbor, and the finding of the revolver used in the slaying, pointed to the alleged lovers, however, and detectives placed the pair under arrest, charged with murder. In a statement to Sheriff John H. Nigh, early today, Mrs. Cole was alleged to have said she and Jordan conspired to kill the husband so that they might be married. She led her husband to the scene cf the slaying on the pretext that they were to get a load of liquor, according to her alleged statement. Jordan met them at the spot, Mrs. Cole said, and fired four shots into -Crd* who had left his own car to receive the supposed liquor shipment. Detectives said Jordan admitted that he had had an affair with Mrs. Cole for about four months aad several times she had asserted that she would "like to get rid” of her husband. Jordan was alleged to have disclaimed knowledge of a plot to slay the husband but said he went to a designated spot near Greenfield on the night of the slaying where he was to meet Mrs. Cole. He followed the Cole car, according to detectives, heard several shots and then Mrs. Cole came running toward his car urging him to "get out of here—hijackers.” Returning to Indianapolis. Jordan was alleged to have' said, Mrs. Cole threw something out of the ear at the spot where the revolver later was found. The pair is being held at Greenfield. Mrs. Cole is the mother of two children. o Get Lease on Building Indianapolis. Nov. B.— (U.R) —An option for a 99-year lease on the B. F. Keith theater building in Indianapolis has been obtained by the Womans' Club of Indaina, it was announced late yesterday, and approximately $400,000 will be spent in remodelling. The organization plans an immediate drive for 2,500 founder members among club women of the sttae. Present plans for remodelling the five-story theater building provide for increasing the height!) of the building to nine stories. Rev. Ferntheil Speaker Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, pastor of the Presbyterian church, delievered special Armistice Day addresses before the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades at Central school, Friday morning at 11:15 o’clock and before the pupils of the fifth and sixth grade at 1:15 o'clock Fri-j day afternoon. Both addresses were relative to Armistice Day and were well received. Miss Gladys Schindler, music supervisor, and the seventh giade chorus presented a group of three war-time songs at both programs. o Woman Badly Hurt Crawfordsville, Ind.,, Nov. 8 (U R) —Mrs. Anna Steele, 55, was in a serious condition today, following an explosion of gas in the basement of her home which hurled her several feet across the' room.

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VESTAL HOLDS CISTRICT LEAD Recount of Sealed Reports Fails to Shift Nine-Vote Lead Muncie. Ind., Nov. 8 - (UP)--The final count in the congressional election contest of Congressman Albert H. Vestal republican, and Claude C. Ball democrat, remained in favor of Vestal today after two mistakes in the tabulations were discovered in the latest re-count. Vestal gained one vote when sea! led tally sheets from five precincts I of Minn ie were examined upon petlI tion by the state democratic ol'fii vials. Ball, al o gained a vote when I 'the clerk of Jay County reported i that an error had been discovered in the vote tabulation there. The count today still gave Vestal a nine-vote lead, and it was indicated that a congressional re-count will be asked. o Will Provide Beds Washingtcn, Nov. 8. —(U.R) —Secretary of War Hurley announced today that the war department would seek to relieve suffering (among the unemployed by issuing all available army cots lind blankets to the distressed people without work. Previously the war department was unable to issue such materials because it lacked legal authority, but Hurley has personally assumed responsibility for issuing army equipment and is ready to consider all future requests for such aid. Chairman Arthur Woods of President Hoover's emergency committee on employment used the radio last night in asking all mayors and city cffieials of the nation to aid in "a race against human suffering." --— — _ Bandits Steal $4,500 Columbus. 0.. Nov. 8. —(U.R) —Two youthful bandits held up two employes of Boyajohan & Barr, contractors, as they left a branch bank today and escaped with a $4,500 payroll. TO SELL MORE SEASON SEATS North Side of Decatur High School Gym To Be Reserved After selling all seats on the south side of Decatur high school ; gymnasium for the 1930-31 Vellow Jacket basketball season, W. Guy Brown, principal at Decatur high school and in charge of seat reservation, stated today that the north side from the band reservation, west to the officials bench would be placed on sale for reservation. It is the first time that the north' side of the gymnasium has been opened to season ticket purchasers. Mr. Brown stated his office would remain open this afternoon and tonight until 9 o'clock to accommodate those who wished to obtain season tickets. Season tickets also may be bought between now and next Friday night when the basketball sea-oii opens, Prof. Brown said. The east end of the gymnasium has been sold out to pupils of Decatur high school, and the southwest end has been sold to season ticket holders. With the sale of the east half of the north side, the balcony, and the northwest side and end remain for single admissions and visiting basketball fans. —i _o — Calls Legion Meeting Adams post, 43, American Legion will hold a regular meeting next Monday night at 8 o’clock, Vincent Bormann, publicity officer announced today. Plans will be completed for the Armistice Day banquet, which the local post is sponsoring. o — Last Survivor Expires Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. B.—(U.R) —The last member of the Eleventh Indiana regiment. Civil War unit; commanded by General Lew Wallace, is dead. The veteran is Abraham Caster, 89. He was in the battles of Vicksburg, Shenandoah Valley, Fort Henry and Shiloh,

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 8, 1930.

Plan $1,000,000 Job Fund A aS * ft Jg U # AM -Un • ’t ' , "y I I ~ : KHAHiiii'llfM 4 ill Mrs. Kellogg Fairhank, Chicago society woman anti chairman of the women’s committee of Governor Emmerson’s unemployment commission, ami George Getz, chairman of the commission, go over the huge program confronting them. The commission plans a $1,000,000 fund to repair streets and for other extra work not provided for in city and state budgets in order to give work to unemployed.

DECATUR MAN TO BE HONORED Scottish Rite Banquet For C. E. Peterson to Be Friday Night fine hundred Adams County Scottish Bite Masons will attend a banquet to be given at the Decatur Masonic hall next Friday night ' by Fort Wayne Scottish Rite Ma I sons in honor of Cal E. Peterson, Decatur merchant who recently war, invited to become a member of the ' Supreme Council, Thirty-Third degree Masons of the world. Mr. Peterson will be one of seven Indiana meh to receive the higti honor next year at Detroit, when I the Supreme Council meets in an-1 nual session. ! About 15 or 20 thirty-third degree members of the order and all officers of the Valley of Fort Wayne will attend next Friday's banque* and the program will be in charge of the Fort Wayne men. Following the banquet, officers will be elected for the Adams County Scottish Rite club. The banquet l also will be given in honor of the ; 13 Decatur Masons who took part in! the annual fall convocation of the j I (CONTINUED ON FADE SIX, oSaws Way To Freedom Anderson, Ind., Nov. 8.- —(U.R) | ■ Sawing a bar from a cell. "Little | , Mike" Davis, of Muncie, wanted! here on a robbery charge, lias es . caped from jail at Danville, 111.. t Andersen authorities have been adi vised. He is accused of holding up , William Woolums and Charles Meo. taking money and jewelry. RESERVATION OATES ARE SET D.C.H.S. Ticket Holders Asked to Select Seats Monday or Tuesday Two nights for reservation of season basketball tickets at Decatur Catholic high school have been set aside by Rev. Joseph Hennes, 1 in charge of athletics at Catholic ' high school. Season ticket holders , ■ may secure reservations for the j entire season Monday and Tuesday, ' nights, between the hours of 7, o'clock and 9 o’clock. 1 More than 160 fans accompanied ! the Commodores to Oseian Friday night and the ticket committee reported today that 153 season tick-1 ets had been sold to date. 1 No reservations were made at 1 the time of sales, and all ticket, , holders are asked to call at Cath- • olic high school principal's office. Monday or Tuesday to reserve i their seat for the season. i The tickets are selling for $3.50 for the season. /

I Arrested Second Time Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 8. —(U.R) —For the second time within one ' week Eddie Wyatt, 32. was in jail here charged with violation of the prohibition laws. One week ago Wyatt and two alleged bartenders were arrested in the first of a series of yaids by James G. Browning, newly appointed prohibition administrator for southern Indaina, and a large quantity of liquor was seized. He was later released under $4,000 bond. Last night Wyatt was again arrested, this time by local police, and today he stood again charged with liquor law violation. Edward Drussell, another alleged bartneder, was arrested with Wyatt. MANY ATTEND BALL RECITAL Capacity Crowd Hears Alva Ball Company at Lyceum Program A capacity crowd enjoyed the jnusical program presented by th , fAlva Ball Company at the Decatur 1 high school auditorium Friday | night. The program was a delightI ful presentation of instrumental and I vocal music and was presented under the auspices of the Senior class of lhe high school. j Miss Ball and her assistant. Miss | Ramons, presented a number of vo- ‘ 1 cal selections and accordion solos. | Her clever impersonations of a Dutch girl, Indian, gypsy, Spanish ■ girl, Irish girl, and colonial girl ' especally pleased the audience. In 'each case she appeared in the native costume and sang the folk songs of the particular country she represented. She also played a number of acI cordion solos, sang humorous skits to her own piano accompaniment. ' and played a number of piano solos. I She explained the accordion to the i audience before playing a number |of difficult selections. Her arsis lant was also an accomplished siug- , er, pianist, anil guitar player. Preceding the program Harold Melchi, senior class president announced the coiningnumbers on the lyceum program which include the Wells Company who will present two plays, "Wanted: A Cook" and "Under Orders,” on Thursday, February 5, 1931. The final program was changed from Monday, March j 23 to Wednesday, March 11 and will i be a demonstration by Elliott James who features liquid air demonstra ! tions. Will Attend Banquet ,i I Coaches Herb Curtis and Tiny Horton and several other Decatur 'people will go to Fort Wayne Mon-.-day night to attend the annual fall banquet of the Northeastern Ind liana Officials association to be held at the Anthony hotel. Arthur Trester, secretary of the Indiana high school athletic association will attend.

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ADAMS COUNTV WOMAN EXPIRES \ I i Mrs. Harve Beerv Dies After Two-Day Illness of Pneumonia Mrs. Susie. M. Beery, 47, wife of | Harve Beery and well known [ Kirkland township woman died at her home in Kirkland township at t 7:45 o'clock this morning follow-1 ing an illness since Thursday of pneumonia. Mrs. Beery had enI joyed her usual health until last Thursday when she contracted ‘ (pneumonia. She wns born in Kirkland town- J ship. Adams county. June 24. 1883,1 the daughter of Joshua and Nancy Mowery-Bright, both deceased. She waa united in marriage to Harve Beery. April 6, 1904 and spent her entire life in Adams county. Surviving is the husband, Harve Beery, and the following children: Mrs. Beulah Shackley of this city. Miss Helen Beery of Detroit, Mich- 1 igan, Robert Beery and Marvin Beery, at home. One son preceded the deceased in death. The following brothers and sis- ! ters also survive the deceased: George H. Bright of Paterson, Mrs. Mary Sautbine of Minnesota. Mrs. i Lucy Abbott, Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs. Gertie Johnson of Ashley: : John Bright of this city; Mrs. Doi-! lie Parrish of this city; Tomi (CONTINUED GN PAGE SIX) o State Bank Is Robbed Medaryville, Ind., Nov. B—(U.R) — Three bandits robbed the Medaryville State bank at Medaryville, Pulaski county, at 19:45 a. m., to- i day, escaping with an amount of money which yet had not been determined. o Savoldi Changes Mind South Bend. Ind., Nov. B.—(U.R) Joseph Savoldi. star fullback on , the Notre Dame football team, filed I suit for divorce from Audrey Sav-| oldi in South Bend superior court, yesterday, but the complaint was withdrawn only a short while later. No reason was given for with-; drawal of the suit, which charged the wist with cruel and inhuman treatment, but it was believed Savoldi was urged by friends to change his action, which they felt might jeopardize his standing on the football team and at the university. o Crew Believed Safe New York. Nov B—(UP8 —(UP) —The Radio Marine corporation said today it had intercepted a message from the Charleston, S. C , coast guard station saying that the S. S. Azteo of the United Fruit Line was proceeding to the assistance of a four masted schooner in distress off Cape Canaveral, Fla. The S. S. Upshur sent out an SOS on behalf of the schooner at 4:30 a. m., which was received at the Charleston navy station and coast guard headquarters. Investigation showed tile Aztec was only 46 miles from the disabled vessel and it was asked to render assistance. The message did not indicate how many persons were aboard the schooner or what kind of difficulty the ship had encountered. OSSIAN WOMAN DIES FRIDAY Mis. Elizabeth Baker, 73, Victim of Blood Poisoning Ailment Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, 73, widow of James Baker, died Friday at her ■ home at Ossian, following an illi ness of several weeks of blood poisoning. The fatal infection was a* tributed to a small injury she re- ; ceived when she bumped a leg against a rocker of a chair. Mrs. Bake) had lived at Ossian for several years and previous to that time lived east of Ossian. Surviving is a son, Charles of Fort Wayne, a sister, Mrs. Maggie ■ Thomas of Fort Wayne and a grand • son. Donald Numbers of Uniondale One daughter, Mrs. Bertha Parker I preceded her in death. I Funeral services will be held at II the Ossian United Brethren church, ■ Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with i j Rev. E. M. Eberly, pastor, in charge - j Burial will be made in the Oaklawn cemetery at Ossian.

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ICalvin Coppess Becomes : ! Manager of Kroger Store Calvin Coppcss of this city has Ici mpleted ii com sc in salesman-1 ship with the Kroger Grocery and, I Baking Co., ami has accepted a position as manager of u Kroger store at Coldwater, Michigan. Mr. I (’oppess, who was formerly employ-1 ed with the General Electric Co., of this city will move with his family to Coldwater next week to take charge of his store, which has re-1 cehtly been remodelled and is one of the finest stores In Coldwater. POSSE HUNTS MAILBANDITS 2,000 Scour Country in Attempt to Find Train Robber Gangsters Berkeley, Calif., Nov. B.—(U.R>—ln a country where mail robberies have been no novelty since the .days of stage coaches and raw goltl, a hunt was made today by (2,000 men fcr the five desperados I who held up the Southern Pacific's Stockton flyer at a lonely spot i northwest of here and escaped with more than $55,700. This was not outlawry accomplished with six-guns and rifles, but a modern affair backed by machine { guns and executed in the most apI proved gangstir method. The 2,000 peace officers and volunteers searched Berkeley Hills—at one time a retreat of the infamous Jake Fleagle gang—while detectives attempted to find out I what became of an assortment of ( weapons shipped from a New York I munitions house recently to mysterious consignees here. It was within 30 miles of yesterday's scene that Jack Fleagle, now dead, held up the same train and e.-aaped with $16,000, later taking' refuge in the Berkeley Hills. Riding as “blind baggage,” one of the outlaws poked a revolver I into the back of It. E. Emmery, veti eran engineer, forcing him to slow down at the lonely Noelle siding. Startled passengers saw tli e ' slow down and five masked men I emerge from a car parked at a ( crossing. A sub-machine gun to; his shoulder another of the handps passed quickly down the length of the train. A trio of the robbers jumped into the baggage car, while the first man got into an automobile, his gun trained on the engineer and fireman. Then all heaped the money into the car and sped away. It was accomplished in 15 minutes —about SI,OOO a minute. The trail was picked up quickly by a hastily assembled posse. Al stream of silver dollars, mail bags and an empty holster, afforded for a time an easy trail. Although postal authorities were unable to make a definite statement, early today, it was known that the Bank of San Francisco had sent $55,700 by registered mail, part of it to a bank at Pittsburgh, Calif., to take care of the pay roll at the Columbia steel mills coast branch, and the remainder to be distributed to various banks along the bayshore. In addition there was a quantity of currency in registered letters, how much will not be known for several days. io I Says Independents Will Vote With Republicans Madison, Wis., Nov. 8. — (U.R) — Western independent republicans, who apparently hold the balance of ' power in the 72nd congress, will stand by the party in organization of the house, Rep. John M. Nelson, former chairman of the indepen- . dents, believes. Nelson told the United Press today that he would vote republican and said he believed other progressive republicans would do the . same. o - Murder Plot Exposed > 1 Chicago, Nov. B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —A carefully worded letter which police ■ l>elieved might indicate a plot to I assassinate Scarface Al Capone was found in a raid upon the ■ apartment of "Terrible" Terry Druggan, sought today on warrants charging vagrancy and con- , tompt of court. i Findings of the letter was re- > vealed by Judge John H. Lyle. ■ under whose order raids upon two Druggan apartments were made.

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AMBASSAUOR IS ORDERED TO CARRYMESSAGE — First Major Country To Accent Re vol u t ion ists As Brazil Leaders OTHERS MAY FOLLOW SUIT \\';isliiiii£h)ii. Nov. <S. ’ <U.R> Recofinilioii bv the I iiiled I States of the new Brazilian revolutionary pivernmenl headed bv Cietiilio Varyas was announced today bv the stale department. 'the ilenarlinent instructed Ambassador Edward Morgan tit Rio De Janeiro to inform the new Brazilian government that this country will be happy to continue the same friendly relations with it as with Its predecessor. Recognition of the new Brazilian government which came into power on November 3 when a military junta turned its power over to Vargas followed a favorable report on the situation by Morgan. America’s decision to be the first world power to establish diplomatic relations with the new regime was announced several hours after Secretary of State Stimson held a conference with President Hoover at the White House. The state department’s formal statement granting recognition read: “The American aml>assador at Rio De Janeiro received a note some days ago from the de facto government at Brazil, setting forth the composition of the present government, stating that it will respect national obligations contracted abroad as w ell as treat i s and other international obligatiom ami requesting recognition. "Ambassador Morgan, at our request, has been studying the entire situation upon which, tbe question of recognition depends and the state department has w- : ceived this morning his final 1 report.” Bus ('rash Is Fatal Hopkinsville, Ky.. Nov. 8. (U.R) —An unidentified woman was killed, four men were injured probably fattaly ami a score of other persons were hurt here last night when a C. C. C. bus sideswiped a mine truck load with 40 miners. Wallace Kinsley. .‘io. driver of the bus, suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to recover. The body of tlie woman is being held at Crofton, pending identification. The top and side of the mine truck was tern off as was the side of the bus, which was running between Nashville, Tenn., and Evans ville, Ind. * MANY TICKETS DISTRIBUTED Armistice Day Banquet Expected to Draw A Record Attendance Ainu st every Decatur business man has pnrchastd a ticket, for the ' annual Armistice Day banquet to be held next Tuesday night at 6 o'clock under the auspices of Ad- . ams post, 43, American Legion, it was announced today by the ticket I committee. 1 Frederick Landis, Logansport . publisher and prominent Hoosier • columnist ami orator will be the chief speaker. Landis will arrive . • here from Chicago at 5 o'clock ) Tuesday afternoon, he stated in a - telephone conversation with Paul - H. Graham, chairman of the speaker’s committee. All members of the Decatur Lions club, Rotary club and Chamber of Ccmmerce will attend, the presidents of those organizations ' stated today. About 225 are ex--3 pected at tlte banquet. ’ Tuesday's meeting will be the third annual affair. 3 0 Salesman Loses Life Evansville, Ind.. Nov. S. (U.R)- . Ralph Foster. 21. local automobile* | salesman, was killed instantly ) j when the car he was driving struck a telephone pole.