Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1930 — Page 1

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IfPTANCE OF liITAIION IS ■CEIVED HERE From North Santa Will |H'isit Decatur WWIDEt HRISTMAS wKfIM, IS PLANNED I Hurrah! is going to response to the invitation to him , was received by the )|^^Mn( Hrat today. read: i « 'lans Toykind > ■H North Pole clans broadcasting: invitation from good of Will be Saturday, Nov. 29. fcrita n‘> reindeer and Ihixs. Be good children K ill not forget you. ■ SANTA CLAUS" w I | w ■is faes-ave will gladden the Kef tile children and will also ~Ks fl ips. for where ia who does not want to his reindeer and tli° irom the North ■kiAred by the Decatur AdSIM; Association and the Santa will be the I the children of Decatur ms county all day. Satur Mi':..’"t Arrangements -oa i will ne provided so ■ to feed iris reimleo) can see them. making this pre-Christ-i in order > of the wants and ■p" die children of the comIn i an put his toymak•nd get things recoy Eve. KMChrirtmas Display tt"'• hunts will cooperate ■w’' l -' by having a city wide opining ;! nd displa • on !■• visits here. The town ■I decorated with colore 1 rything possible dom fai.t/s visit an enjoyable E. I His First Visit the first time in history, MwiNrED ON PAGE TWO) ■ ■GE GIFT MADE 111 NOTRE DAME gWArd N. Hurley DoBjes $200,000 for ColBfce of Commerce |Hr' '• Hurley, internationally map, has donated HW 1,1 the University of Notre- 1 ’he foundation of a co! M I - "feign and Domestic ('one the donation, |^® an 'e officials said the ins'i g^t' 1 lay special emphasis upof the unfettered Mj' 111 of goods in world trade MW II train specialists in the Kw' ,I!i1 Practice of internation H said he was led to make a,i °n. in part, by a desire |,M® et norate the founding of EE n fortune through interna in making the doK®. 1 * 111 eacll nt lhe six lecture the. New school be named American busiHe mentioned James A. of the United States steel l|Mj^ on i Ernest R. Grahrn, ar- [!■’ :lniue ' Instil, utilities leadE. Mitchell, New York J Ollll D. Ryan, of the Ana- !■( upper company, and Gerald uw* 01 ttle General Electric Com-

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 268.

Jefferson Street Is Macle Non-Stop Street

Work was completed yesterday in changing the rubber "stop" street signs at the intersection of Jefferson and Third streets, making Jefferson street a through street instead of Third. This change was ordered by the city council, on account of Jefferson street being tho main thoroughfare from the fire engine house, located at the corner of Seventh and West Jefferson streets. MANY ATTEND C. E. MEETING Decatur People Attend Tri-County C. E. Rally At Berne Tuesday A large number of representatives from the Christian Endeavor societies of Adams, Wells, and Huntington counties attended the Tri-County Christian Endeavor Rally held at the Berne Reformed church, Tuesday night. Ixiuis O. Kihiger of the Salem Reformed church of Fort Wayne, state president. presided at the meeting. Rev. Charles R. Lizenhy of Rosedale, former Young People’s Superintendent of the Indiana Council of Religious Education, gave an illustrated lecture on "Christian Livting.” Miss Elizabeth Cooper, state field secretary of the C. E. gave a review of the International Christian Endeavor Convention held last year at Berlin, Germany, where 450 American delegates attended. Miss Cooper described j|y> courteous treatment of the Germans, and told several of the most--important Wens brought out at the meeting. She told of Dr. Poling's address when he asked the delegates from America to arise and sing, while American and German flags were waved. She also told of the other speakers at the convention who spoke in practically every known language of the world. Menno Stauffer, Berne, had charge of the singing, and Miss Esther Sunderman of the Evangelleal society of this city, led the devotionals. A duet was sung by the Misses Ruth and Mildred I Faust of Hutington county, and another musical selection was. given by a mixed chorus from Adams county. | Miss Reppert Chosen During the business session ' officers were elected and Miss Lorena Reppert of the Reformed Christian Endeavor of this city was elected to be in charge of the Missionary unit. Announcement was made of the State Christian Endeavor convention to be held at South Bend. July 2 to sth, and of the National convention to be held at San Francisco, California. July 11 to 16.

Officers are Elected Homer Augsburger of Hartford township was elected president ol the organization. Alva Shulte of Huntington was elected vice-presi-dent; Waldo Lehman of Berne, treasurer; Miss Mary Turner of Bluffton, secretary; Miss Margaret Rohrer of Berne, publicity director; Miss Della Walters, look-out department, and Mrs. (1 iff ord Clark. Wells county, quiet hour superintendent. Mr. Augsburger will succeed Miss Frieda Lehman of Berne, who is past president. — —o —— Revival To Be Held At Winchester Church Evangelistic services and a revival campaign will be held at the Winchester church beginning Sunday evening. November 23, Rev. T. Weyer, pastor of the Willshire circuit United Brethren in Christ church, announced today. The meetings will be held each evening and will begin at 7 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. — Well Known Horse Driver Is Dead Indianapolis, Nov. 12 Charles Harmon, 57. Nationally known horse trainer ami driver, died last night at the state failground where he has slept every night for 30 years. Harmon never has left the horse barn at night since he began training and driving, more than a quarter century ago, friends told Con - ner C. H. Keever. Keever said death was due to heart disease.

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DECLINES TO ACT AS JUDGE IN DREDGING CASE Judge Leonard, Ft. Wayne Declines Jurisdiction In Wabash River Case NOW NECESSARY TO APPOINT ANOTHER Word has been received here by Judge Jesse C. Sutton of the Adams circuit court that Judge George Leonard of Allen superior court No. two, ort Wayne had declined jurisdiction as special judge in the Wabash river dredging case. Judge Leonard was selected to serve in the case following the granting of a motion for a change in the case following the granting of a motion for a change of venue. Judge Alonzo Bales of Winchester has been special judge in the ease. Judge Sutton stated today that it would now be necessary for Governor Leslie to appoint a special judge in the case. This will be dona during the next term of court, which opens next Monday. Formal notice of Judge Leonard's declining jurisdiction in the case will be entered on the docket next week, the court announced. Adams county, the city of Bluffton and a number of land owners in the district affected by the proposed dredging of the liver are the remonstrators against the improvement. Two weeks ago they asked for a change of venue and it was granted by Special Judge Bales. The petition for the dredging of the river asks that it be dredged from, a point in Ohio to the Jjtptovyp bridge, Hartford township. Adams county. Adams county objects to the proposed dredging on the grounds that it would cost the county government about 1150,000 for new bridges and road approaches. More than 200 farmers and land owners object on the grounds that the assess•CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

GENERAL Dll PONT CALLED DY DEATH C.Coleman Du Pont,Member of Famous Family Died at Dome Tuesday Wilmington, Del., Nov. 12. —tU.R) — General T. Coleman Du Pont, former United States senator from Delaware and one of the leading financiers of the country, died at his home here yesterday afternoon 1 at the age of 66. An illness which started with a throat infection and which had necessitated treatment in several hospitals during the last few years caused his death. General Du Pont retired from politics and active control of the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company of which he was president, some time ago. Thomas Coleman Du Pont was not brought up in luxury. Bidermann Du Pont, his father, sent him to the public schools of Louisville, Ky. Later he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, where he studied engineering. Starting work as a miner with pick and shovel in Central City, Kansas, he worked up to become superintendent of the mine. The Johnstown Steel Company then offered him a position of high responsibility. While with that concern, he built street car lines in Johnstown, Pa., and then in New York and New Jersey. After building railroads in Alabama he became president of the powder concern owned by his family, at a time when the business was in a critical condition. As its head he built it up from a small concern to a commanding position. In 1915 he sold out his interests in the powder concern and later bought the Equitable Life Assurance Company. He entered politics with an unsuccessful campaign for United States senator from Delaware in 1916, and again in 1920, on the republican ticket. He wasmade Ji "(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 12, 1930.

They Hitch-Hiked 3,000 Miles • r teSg? w? xs w Stet w W • W|fl!S W Joi ffe 5'S ■ • tW’YOrt rTj® Evelyn Bertrand (left) of Anderson. Ind., and Bernice Lewis of Shelbyville, Ind., who hitch-hiiked from Pasadena, Cal., to Chicago in eight days. The girls were on their way to Anderson, but when they arrived in Chicago their odd-looking cloth’ng attracted the notice of police, who held them while awaiting word from their parents.

RECEIVE BIDS FOR 31 BRIDGES Indiana Highway Commission to Let Contracts For $600,000 of Work Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —(U.R) The first step in the state highway department's 1931 bridge construction program was taken today when commissioners received bids on approximately $600,000 of construction work. Thirty-one bridges in 13 counties were bid on by contractors. Construction will start immediately after the contracts are let, thus providing employment, for sev- | eral hundred common labcres, it was pointed out Coincident with the receiving of contracts, the highway commissioners asked contractors to maintain a living wage on all projects. The Illinois Bridge Indianapolis, .Nov, 12 —(U.R) —The highway commissions of Indiana and Illinois will receive bids at Indianapolis and Springfield, 111. on December 9 on construction of (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ,, REDCROSSTEAMS ARE ANNOUNCED Canvass For Members Begins Sunday; City Laid Off In Four Districts Wal Wemhoff. general chairman in charge of the annual Red Cro-s Roll Call in Decatur, today announced the appointment of the soliciting teams for the drive for membership to the Red Cross, which will formally open Sunday. The business section of Decatur, however, will be canvassed on Monday, and Jesse Rice has been chosen captain of the team, with the following assistants, Dave Campbell, Herman Omlor, Harry Staley and Herman Gillig. J. W. Calland will have charge of the drive for membership in the sugar beet factory, and Eno Lankenau in the General Electric plant. Each captain is asked to get in touch with his team as soon as possible, to complete tlie arrangements for the drive in his section. All the homes of Decatur will be canvassed Sunday and all persons are invited to enroll for membership in this great organization. Members of the Decatur Rotary and Lions Clubs and other individuals will do the soliciting. The town has been laid off according to the fire districts, there being four in all and the teams 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Rabbit Supper For Fathers And Sons ; The annual Father and Son rabI bit supper of the United Brethren Church will be held Thursday even,(ig yt six-thirty (J'clock in the United Brethren church. ’ A very interesting program has been planned for the entertainment, and John T. Kelly will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Ivan Douglas will play sev oral piano selections and other ■ musical.' numbers will be on th-' , program. All men and boys of tho church are urged to attend the banquet. RELIEF PLANS i ARE ADOPTED Recommendation of I). Heller Adopted By Governor’s Committee Indianapolis. Nov. 12 (U.R) —Tlie machinery and proposed plan through which Gov. Harry G. Leslie's depression relief commission hopes to alleviate unemployment conditions in Indiana, was perfected at a meeting in the state house today. Important among recommendations made by commission members was one urging employers to hire unemployed persons responsible for support of families, I rather than married women whose husbands also are working, and unmarried girls whose families could easily support them. The recommendation was made by Paul Bailsman, Monticello, and was directed at teachers and stenographers, who lie said, were "working for spending money.” Another suggestion which met with genera.! approval was made by Dick Heller, Decatur publisher, who recommended that Indiana labor and Indiana products be more widely used throughout the state. The recommendation was supported strongly by Adolph Fritz, of the State Federation of Ijabor, and Lewis Taylor, of the State Farm Bureau federation. The commission incorporated Heller’s suggestion in its final report and passed a resolution urging employers to hire labor from the locality where the work is done, whenever possible. The report of the commission, drawn up several days ago by a special committee, was altered but little. The chief alteration concerned the necessity of having county relief committees, selected by county chairmen, approved by the governor. ——————— ■ > ... Kitselman Funeral To Be Held Friday Muncie, Ind., Nov. 12 (UP) Funeral services will be held Friday for E. Fay Kitselman. Muncie manufacturer, who died nt a hospital in Rochester Minn. The body will arrive here tonight.

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LANDIS LAUDS | NATION'S IDEALS IN ADDRESS Two Hundred Men Hear Frederick La n di s At Armistice Day Banquet ASKS FOR RETURN OF OLD TIME RELIGION “The American Legi on, serving the nation in time of war will for the next 50 years! continue to be Uncle Sam’s! body guard and stand for the nation's best interest,” Frederick Landis, Logansport editor, orator and famous Hoositr stated in an address at the Armistice Day banquet held in this city Tuesday night. The meeting was sponsored by Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion and members of the Decatur Rotary, Lions and Chamber of Commerce jcined in the twelfth annual observance of Armistice day. Two hundred men attended the banquet, which was served at (1:30 o'clock at the K. of C. hall. C. (). Porter was chairman of the meeting and Paul Graham, acted as toastmaster. Paul Saurer led the assembly in singing war-time songs and two-minute talks were given by | the Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, state chaplain of the American Legion and others who gave reminiscences of the first Armistice day in 1918. An address by Mr. Landis is always interesting and educational and last night lie was supreme as an after-dinner speaker. He mixed the Landis wit with inspirational high lights and charmd the audience with his eloquence. He is an actor of the first rank and his message was received with great enthusiasm. He first gave a humorist sketch of politics and his early political career, including his race for congress and stated that he regretted political campaigns were not carried on as they were 25 years ago. He told of America’s position in the World war. rapped the profit-1 eers and took a mean poke at Jack I) mpsey and his war record. He | warmed up when he talked on patriotism. "No one fears the United States, but cn the other hand respects us. We have never asked for anything and never will," stated Mr. Landis. Speaking of war he voiced the opinion that America should pre pare itself against ans attack or invasion by bui'ding an airplane fleet. He voiced his personal opinii n that ba'th ships were passed (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CLUB MEMBERS TO GET MONEY Christmas Club Members To Receive $632,000,000 This Month New York, Nov. 12 —(UP)-The American public will receive $632,000,000 during the next two weeks in Christmas Club payments by 8,000 banks throughout the country. according to Herbert F.Rawll, president of Christmas Club. This sum. which will be divided among 11,000,000 participants in Christmas Clubs, sets a new high record for this saving plan and compares with payments of $618,962,500 in 1929 and $550,000,000 in 1928. The increase over last year is less than the normal annual increase, according to Rawll, on account of curtailed payrolls in industrial centers. The average amount to be received this year is $54.60, compared with $59.50 a year ago. Last year 9,000,000 people participated in the Christmas clubs. New York state will lead in Christmas Club payments with a total of $138,650,000. Massachusetts shows the largest per capita status total with more than $70,000,000, while Pennsylvania reports $72,000,000. Chicago and Cook county contr Ibu t e $26,000,000, bringing the Illinois total to $60,000,000. The New York metropolitan area contributed $95,000,000.

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iForest Elzey Injured While Out Hunting Forest Elzey has his left arm in a sling and will be kept away from h’s chair at the (). K. barber shop tor a week or two as the result of a fall yesterday. He was out hunting, tripped over a root and fell so hard that his left shoulder blade was broken amt the arm dislocated at the shoulder. SECONDATTEMPT TO ENTER STORE Thieves Make Another Attempt to Enter Miller Grocery Tuesday Night Thieves failed in the second attempt to enter the Miller Grocery, corner of Second and Fifth streets in the north part of the city, early this morning at 2 o'clock, whim they were frightened away by noises made by Ed Miller, owner of the store. The robbers tried to break the lock on the front door and when they failed to open the door, broke the glass and were in the act of entering the store, when Mr. Miller, who was sleeping in the rear of the room, frightened them away. Mr. Miller heard the glass break and took his shotgun and started for the door. He stumbled in the darkness and fell over a box of onions, making a sufficient noise to cause the men to run away. The thieves left in an automobile that was waiting near the store. No clues have been found as ty their identity but local police are on the look-out for the men. who are believed to have attempted a similar robbery at the same store several weeks ago. At that time | Mr. Miller was successful in preventing them from entering the store, hut the identity of the men was never learned, and no arrests were made. STATE ISSUES CALL FOR MONEY Request Counties to Pay 6(1 per cent of November Taxes at Once Indianapolis, Nov. 12 —(U.R) — A call was given all county treasurers on November 6 to send in 60 per cent, of the money belonging in the state's general fund, and 60 per cent of that due the agricultural board's fund, Archie N. Bobbitt, state auditor, said today. The move was made as a precautionary measure, Bobbitt said, to prevent a deficit in state accounts before the tax money was available after December 15. The balance in the general fund of Novemlier 5 was $950,420.96, according to Ta»wis Johnson, deputy auditor, who said the amount might, yet might not, be sufficient to carry through expenses of government until the tax money was available. Bobbitt said the money from the county treasurers already was coming into the state offices and the new administration would not be embarrassed by lack of funds. o Farmer Awarded Verdict In Corn Borer Case Bluffton, Nov. 12 —(Special) — The jury in the corn borer test damage suit which was tried recently in the Huntington circuit court returned a sealed verdict at 9:30 last night. The verdict, which was read this morning in court, finds for the plaintiff, Owen Feehan, Allen county farmer, in tho sum of $3,000, the full amount sued upon, against Frank W. Wallace, state entomologist, et al. The suit resulted from alleged damage suffered when Wallace ordered an oats field on Feehan's farm plowed. This action was taken because the oats was sowed in a field before corn stalks were destroyed. The state entomologist ordered the field plowed in order that the corn stalks could not harbor corn borers. The plowing of the field to got rid of the corn stalks ruined the oats crop, it was alleged.

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INSTRUCTOR IS INJURED AS HE STARTS AUTO W. F. Heidergott Has Part of Face Blown Away When Explosion Occurs .POLICE WORK WITHOUT ANY CLUES Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 12.— <U.R)_. W. F. Heidercott, instructor in the practical mechanics department, Purdue University, was injured in a bomb explosion in ihe garage of his home today. The. bomb apparently had been attached to the starter of his auto and was detonated when Heidercott attempted to st.->’i it. He suffered loss of a side of his face and other injuries. Police had established no motive. Although Heidercott was living when foand lying on the floor of tlie garage, physicians held littbhope for his recovery. Th bomb blew (lie car to pieces and tore tho roof and sides from tho garage. Police at once began an intensive investigation, but had no definite motives to direct the inquiry. The auto was so badly torn that it was impi ssible to determine exactly how the bomb and fuse had be n attached. Heidercott, 54, was said to lie a former Indianapolis resident. His wife was reported to be in Indianapolis. He had been at the university for about 12 ytars, where he was in charge of the instruction in forging. heat treating and welding in the department of practical mechanies. At noon, hospital attaches said Heidercott was resting litter, still conscious, as he lias been since the blast. There appeared to be no other major injuries than the one ’ on the head, where one side of the face was torn away. He was able to tell investigators he could not account for the attack made against him. Some observers believed the instructor may have been the victim of a plot intended for another person. President Edward C. Elliott, of the university, said the institution would not participate in lite investigation at present. Heldencott was the father of six (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEVERAL WANT SPEAKERSHIP Three Men File for Post In Legislature; Office Seekers Busy Indianapolis, Nov. 12. (UP) —The list of active applicants for the post, of speaker of the house in the next, legislature was swelled to three today with the announcement by Delph McKesson, Plyml'uth. that he had entered the race. Walter Myers, Indianapolis, and Earl Crawford, former highway commissioner. Milton. already have announced their candidacies. Application for positions in the statehouse under the new regime continued to pour into Democratic headquarters today, including in the group were several applications for chief nf state police, now held by Robert T. Humes. Among the applicants for Humes' job is Grover Garrett, ninth district chairman, street commissioner at Frankfort, and Earl Spradley, chief ol police of Boonville, and Warrick county chairman. o Public Invited To Social And Party . The public is invited to attend the social which will be sponsored by the Catholic Ladies Social Club in > the St. Joseph auditorium, Thurs : day evening. Prior to tlie opening of the social i events for the evening, a light lunch will be served, beginning at 5 o' : clock, and earlier if requested. ■ Noodle soup and a number of other • articles of food will bo served. Father J. Seimetz stated that anyone not having the price of a bowl > of soup would be served that dish free of charge.