Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1930 — Page 1

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I. Kirsch Re-elected President Os Adams County Council

>1 BANKER 11AINEBHEAD |AT FIRST MEET RTo unci I Passes On Hppfopriations After Officers (■GARTNER Bhh.oest member Kirsch, president it Loan and Trust KL «a- re-elected presi■o; •■< Adams County iE| at the organization Kinj the board this t I, has been a mem- , Krf lie board since 1907. I > <>f the board ] In point of service. Hl'' . > on the board, lie ( iriirly !ier members of the board st Conrad. Henry Dehner, Htney, Everet Banter and g. Mr. Biting is the mem- " board, being elected for . the recent elecMade Kit made several special |Kpri; m this morning, incht.l defray election expens- ’ yn iations made were. I K jospital fund, SSO; court am! supplies. $79 simi; legal advertisKftS prose. Ulina attorney. the board will _KHf a sabi this year, the only i special m eting being appropriations had to be KA p-iy bills before the end |Be year. Wolfe Babe Dies William Wolf of Monroe, burn at the Lutheran ho Wayne, at 5 o'clock FriMtfte m,,n died at the hospital lock last evening. are the parents amt a and three bi others and Dallas, at home. Kbyle : preceded the deceased The grandparents. Mr. Lalsure and Mr. and Wolf also survive. were taken to the Mr ami Mrs. Otis Brandyid'oe where short tuner ■Rrk s were held at 1:30 o'clock Rev. I). V. Williams ■tof the Monroe M. E. church, ami burial was made in Cemetery. ■M|rc Rain Forecast Xov. 15 — (UP) — have no sunshine this but temperatures will com or more degrees above United States weather today. showers were predictKfni'h' ami Snndav throughfe AID FOR |JROUGHT AREA Mpistration W ants 85|,000,000 For 21 f Ktricken States Nov. 15.--TU.B -The Khijtr.iimn ' drafting plans to for $60,000,000 to aid 21 drought stricken calls for feed, seed, and gasoline loans. For time in the history of the appetite of the given consideration equal the hunger of the horse Musing relief for the farmer. BgMesstnen ami agriculture de ■H 1 experts are devising the |M> It probably will embrace ■■■interest, the United Press This emergency apbill, forecast by PresiB.“^fc ov er in a statement last is to be given preced--111,1 house over the regular I Kln:i ON PAGE SIX)

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Named President M. KIRSCH Mr. Kirsch, Decatur banker, has been a mem Iter of the Adams county council sunce 19(17. He has served as president of that body, through which all county oppropriations are made, for a number of years. GOTTSCHALK HEADS GROUP Named County Chairman of Unemployment Committee by Governor Senator Thurman Gootschalk. Berne, today was named Adams county chairman of the Indiana employment commission by Governor t Harry O. Leslie. Gottschalk will name the rest of his committee at | onre. he stated. The unemployment executive committee has worked out a statewide plan, with ccunty chairmen in each county of the state acting as a chief, responsible to the state group. The county committee will include Mayor George Krick, by virtue of his office; a member of the county commissioners and county council; County Agent L.I E. Archbold; a representative of a bank; a representative of labor and a representative of the farm bureau. Other committee members also may be added, Gottschalk said and he also announced that his commitee would be organized in the next few days. The plan of the group is to make an immediate survey of conditions and divide the county’s unemployed into two groups:

Those needing charity. Those in need of jobs. The county committee then will follow the state outline in effecting both divisions in Adams county. Similar committees are being organized in every county of the state. In Wells county Rep. George Saunders is chairman. Gun Nest Is Found Chicago, Nov. 15. — (U.R) —A machine gun nest in an apartment, abandoned when neighbors became suspicious, gave evidence today of the precision with which Chicago gangsters plan the killings that remove competitors. Windows of the apartment faced the front door of the residence across the street of the four Cataline brothers, Sam, Dominic, Tony and Philip. They are known as former allies of Joe Aiello, north side gang leader who was murdered recently from a similar ambuscade. Rail Official Dies Indianapolis, Nov. 15. — <U.R) ~ Funeral services will be held in Fort Wayne Monday for Oliver I . Reese, 54, Indianapolis, general superintendent of the southwestern division of the Pennsylvania railroad, who died at his home Friday night. Road Supervisor Dies Lafayette, Ind.. Nov. 15.-(U.R>-William Horn, 58, of near Odell district road supervisor in the county highway departmeint tel dead of heart disease at the Tipp canoe county tool house on South street here late yesterday afternoon. He and William Kerber weic working on a county highway truck when Horn was stricken.

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NOTED ARTIST COMING HERE Prof. Arthur Sprunger to Show Paintings At Woman’s Club Meet The Art Department of the Woman’s Club will present Its first public program of the year in the Public Library auditorium, Monday November 24. at which time Arthur Sprunger. professor of art in Goshen schools will be presented. Professor Sprunger will bring with him some of his work which has been accepted for exhibition tn the Hoosier Salon in Chicago, the Indiana Artists and Craftsmen exhibition in Indianapolis, the Indiana State Fair. Artists League of Northern Indiana at South Bend, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at Philadelphia. There will be included in the exhibit, fifteen or twenty pictures, water colors, prints, black prints, etchings, and lithographs, and some batick work. One of the principal new pictures of interest will be the picture of the Adams County court house in water colors. The Library auditorium will be opened at 6 o'clock, and the exhibition may be seen from that time until 7:30 o’clock. The program will open at 7:45 o'clock when Professor Sprunger will lecture on the subjest, “Through the Eyes of An Artist.” Both Professor and Mrs. Sprunger are natives of Adams county having formerly lived at Berne. Mrs. Sprunger was formerly Miss Cordelia Retfsen, instructor of music in the Decatur schools. two artists of interest to Decatur On the program will also appear people, Miss Mildred Scott, teach|er of art in the schools ifiT this (sty. will sing, and Miss Gladys Schindler, teacher of music, will play a cello solo. The public is cordially invited to this program. Tickets for 50c may be purchased at the door, or from the club members. o WILL CASE IS BEING TRIED Fiancee of W. 11. Latta Seeks to Collect Money On Insurance Danville, Ind., Nov. 15. — <U.R) — Evidence introduced in Hendricks circuit court in the suit of Miss Emma Margaret Sanders, Fort Wayne, fiancee of the late Will H. Latta, to force payment of $20,000 life insurance bequeathed her by Latta, was intended to show that Latta’s liabilities exceeded his assets. E. P. Iglehart, vice president of the Fletcher American National Bank of Indianapolis, executor of the Latta will, testified that borrowed $9,000 from the bank just before his death, and had not repaid the money. Latta was killed when a train struck his auto on a grade crossing near Carmel, Ind., June 12, 1929. The bank record showed that at one time Latta had a large amount of money on deposit, but the sum had dwindled to practically nothing at the time of his death. The case is the outgrowth of the Employers’ Liability Assurance Company's refusal to pay Miss Sanders $20,000 life insurance, as provided in the will. The company based its action upon the verdict of the Hamilton county coroner, who refused to give a decision of accidental death after examining witnesses. o Bankers Group Meets Clarence Smith, Preble banker, was host to the members of the Adams County Bankers Association at a rabbit supper at Preble Friday night. Most of the banks in Adams county were represented at the meeting, which was presided over by President Elmer Baumgartner, of the Bank of Berne. Following the supper a rotindtable discussion was held and all those attending were given an opportunity to air their views on various banking subjects.

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Fort Wayne Gets Air Mail Service, Report Cleveland. 0., Nov. 15—(UP) — The Thompson aeronautical corporation announced today extension of airmail service on its Chicago Bay City division from South Bend to Fort Wayne, Ind., Following authority granted yesterday by the UnPed States Postoffice department. The schedule to operate round trip daily with connection service at South Bend will be inaugurated Dec. 6 Planes will be equipped Willi radio tor night flying. PATTERSON TO GIVE ADDRESS Local Dentist to Deliver Address at Township Sunday School Meet The annual Washington township Sunday School convention will be held at the Decatur Baptist church Sunday afternoon, November 23, it was announced today by officers of the group. Dr. Fred 1. Patterson of this city will be the chief speaker. t Dr. Patterson will take as his subject, “What Our Sunday Schools Need.” Following the Pattersun address all those attending the convention will be asked to join in a discussion of the address. Questionnaires have been sent to Sunday Schocl tecaliers throughout the township and these will be used to start the round table discussions which will follow the address. Henry Graber’s Sunday School class of the Zion Reformed church will provide the music during the meeting Sunday. The public is invited to attend and especially the teachers and superintendents of the various Sunday Schools of the township are urged to attend.

$20,000 Lost in 1930 Indianapolis. Nov. 15.— (U.R) —A deficit of approximately $20,000 on the 1930 Indiana state fair has been reported by Edward J. Barker, secretary of th" fair board. The general depression, augmented by four days of bad weather during fair week, were blamed for the deficit. The 1931 fair will be held during Labor Day week, as heretofore, the board decided. Carper In California Word has been received from Robert Carper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Carper residing west of the city, who left October 15 on his motorcycle for Chico, California, that he had arrived in that city just nine and one half days after he left. Robert stated that he enjoyed the trip very much and saw a number of interesting things along the route. He stopped at Atlantic City and Dallas, Texas and many other points of interest. L. E. OPLIGER IS ARRESTED Decatur Man’s Sanity to Be Tested by Commission Here Today Lawrence E. Oplger, former Adams county superintendent of schools and twice an unsuccessful candidate for the Demoratic nomination for congress from the eighth district was arrested today on a charge of vagrancy. A petition for an insanity inquest also was filed and two Decatur physicians were named by the court to examine the man and report their findings to the court. Those closely connected with the case stated today that Mr. Opliger was taken into custody to protect him. It was stated that he had become penniless the last few months and that he had lost much weight due to hunger. He was arraigned in vacation court today on the vagrancy charge and asked for more time in which to enter a plea. The time was granted and Opliger was taken to the Adams county jail, being unable to furnish bond. It is understood the sanity inquest will be held some time today and the report will be made soon.

SCOTTISH RITE CLUB FORMED More Than 150 Attend Banquet in Honor of Cal E. Peterson One hundred fifty mem tiers of the Scottish Rite lodge from Decatur and Fort Wayne gathered at the Decatur Masonic hall Friday night at a banquet, given by the Fort Wayne officers of the organization in honor of Cal E. Peterson. Decatur, who recently was elected to thd Supreme Council of Th'rty-Tliird degree Masons. Flank Stouder, 33, head of the Fort Wayne organization presided at the meeting following a chicken I dinner, served by Decatur members of the Eastern Star lodge. | Among the prominent Indiana Masons who were introduced and who made short talks were Judge J. IL' Aiken. 33. E>nh Dwiley, 32. R. C. i Parrish. 32, Sam Geake, 32, seere- ■ tary of the Fort Wayne Scottish' Rite consistory; D. E. Smith, 33, Heeley Link, 33 and Arthur Voglesang, 32. all of Fort Wayne. Senator Thurman Gottschalk. 32, Berne, also delivered a short address. Dr. Gaylord Leslie, 33. Indiana deputy of the Masonic lodge, gave an .interesting address on Masonry following the short talks by other memliers. Singing was conducted by Mr. Voglesang, who is dramatic (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Is Approved as Nurse Bloomington. Ind.. Nov. 15 —Lucy E. Little, of Decatur, is among the 247 Indiana university students who were awarded degrees by the I. U. Board of Trustees at their decent, meeting. These students have finished their work for degrees since the commencement exercises list June. Hiss Little received the graduate nurse degree. Os the 247 receiving degrees at this time, 130 are men and 117 women. FOG DELAYS FLYING BOAT Ship Forced to Rest at Sea; Starts Early On Another Hop La Rochelle, France, Nov. 15 — (U.R) Delayed by fog after riding at anchor throughout the night off Saint Martin. Island of Re, the Dornier flying boat DO-X hopped off for Bordeaux a tG;4O a.m. EST., today. The fog began to clear about 11 o’clock, and the sea was smooth. The DO-X lay in Saint Martin bay, ' shielded from Atlantic winds. Mechanics made use of the delay to repair the ship’s wireless, which enabled Claudius Dornier to notify Frenc officiate that he intended to land in Hourtin basin, near Bordeaux. Dornier and members of the i DO-X crew refused to discuss re- | ports that the proposed transAtlantic flight from Lisbon to New York, via the Azores and Bermuda would be abandoned. It was rum- ' ored that the sea landing yesterday and the false take off from Amserdam en route to Calshot indicated that the DO-X was not ready for the Atlantic hop, and . that the ship would turn back from' Spain or the Azores. The municipality of San Sebastian, Spain, wirelessed Dornier J urging te DO-X to land there after (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ——a Capone Has Soup House . Chicago, Nov. 15. — (U.R) —The line * of down-and-outers before “Scarface ! Al" Capone's soup kitchen, operat--1 ed on part of gangdom’s thousands of dollars monthly profits, length- ' ened today after hundreds of unemployed learned its address through ! newspaper advertisements. s “Let ’em come," said one of the j six attendants who dish out soup, bread and coffee. "Mr. Capone is , glad to take care of them.’’ , "Sure, Mr. Capone really does run this place. Nobody else was . doing it and Mr. Capone couldn’t / stand to see so many poor fellows walking the streets hungry,”

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W.CJ.U. PLANS ENFORCEMENT OF DRY LAWS National Convention Is Opening Two-Year Program In Nation 1)0 NOT WANT LAW MODIFIED Houston. Tex., Nov. 15 - (U.R) Pledfied to opposition ngtdnst drv attempt toward nrohibilion repeal, delegates •<» the Women’s Christian [Temperance I nion’s annual iconvention planned today to coinp'ele a two year program 'aimed at bringing about , oljedience to and enforceiinent of the drv laws. Proof that the temperance union is supported by the better classes inf American citizens is contained in the lists of its members and contributors, the delegates were told by Mrs. Margaret C. Munns, national secretary. "Is it necessary to deny the false report that 'Scarface Al’ Capone and other wealthy bootleggers are contributing to the dry cause?" Mrs. Munns asked during an address. “Any doubtful Thomas may have access to the books of the national treasurer and if any such contributions are found the seek-[ er can have them.” During the last year, Mrs. Munns reported, the union has received contributions of $232,000. In another report, the membership gain , for 1930 was listed as 54,591. Plans for a huge dry demonstration when congress convenes next month were made at the opening , day's ness:A>n of tlie convention yesterday. “This demonstration is planned to prove that ’wet’ sentiment is overestimated,” an announcement from the convention said. “We also plan a world-wide week of prayer from January 8 to 15, 1931, for tlie success of temperance.” Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the W.C.T.U., read a telegram of greetings front President Hoover. Tlie telegram expressed his “profound sense of the value of your work both in behalf of higher ideals of life and public service (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, o Pastor Saves Funds Washington. Ind., Nov. 15.—<U.R) , —The Kev. John T. O’Hare refused f to be surprised when a well-dress- > ed young man stopped hint as he I started to drive his car into the , parsenage and saved receipts of a church bazaar. I The would-be bandit stopped the • Rev. O'Hare’s car and demanded • that he “stick 'em up” but fled when the reverend merely remark- " “now. what do you think of that?” , o POST OFFICE PROBE SHIFTS k ' ——-———— l . Committee Leaves Chicago After Gathering Much Evidence ' Cliicago, Nov. 15—(U.R)— Taking with them evidence obtained in a 1 three-day Chicago hearing. Senator John J. Blaine’s congressional investigating committee members r prepared today to leave for St. f Paul, Minn., to continue their investigation of governmental postoffice leasing. The hearing will be resumed Monday in St. Paul, where the government leases a commercial r postoffice building at $120,000 a e year. At a recent condemnation hearting the building was valued at g about $330,000. i_ Jacob Kulp, Chicago financier who testified at length before the h committee here, owns the St. Paul building. Kulp has made bids on postoffice leases all over the c.oune try and has chained 41 contracts. ’’ “The government requires that a most of the buildings used for postoffices be built especially for that 8 purpose or remodeled extensively” 8 Kulp said in explaining the reason f for high rents. ’ 8 j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Bomb Plot Victim Wrf -- r ! K H I W ' I William F. Heidergott, professor at Purdue University, who was i seriously wounded by bomb expio- > sion. The bomb was set off by the! teacher when he stepped into his I, automobile in his garage at ; Lafayette, Ind. Police are attempt-[ ing to discover a motive for an , attack on him, but to date have been unsuccessful. bombingTase" 1 IS NOTSOLVED Opinion Is Thai Lafayette Explosion Never Will Be Solved Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 15.—(U.R) — Indiana's latest bombing mystery, in which William F. Heidergott. 55, Purdue instructor, was seehmsly injured Wednesday, today appeared doomed to be laid away with the Marion blast cases as an unsolved crime. Investigators were no nearer a solution of the case today than they were three days ago. Questioning of Heidergott at a Lafayette hospital late yesterday revealed nothing. Physicians reiterated their opinion today that the Purdue instructor would recover from his injuries, although the side of his face that was torn away by the blast will be scarred permanently. The doctors also said his should probably would be crippled as the result of fractures of several bones. The blast occurred Wednesday morning when Heidergott went to his rented garage for his auto, in which he intended driving to classes at Purdue University. He told investigators he detected the odor of gun powder as lie entered the garage and saw a length of rubber tubing lying on the floor by tlie auto. An instant later, be said, he saw a burlap sack under the car. Authorities said Heidergott told them he stepped on the hose when he smelled the odor of powder, and make an attempt to pick up the sack. That was the last he remembered. o Third Stone Merger Believed to Be Near Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 15. —(U.R) —Simultaneous audits on the records of stone quarries and mills of the Indiana Limestone Company, the Bloomington Limestone Company, and independent concerns, has led to the surmise locally that a merger involving some $75,000,000 in property, is under consideration. Half a hundred plants would be involved in such a merger. Officers of the various companies would not verify the merger report, beyond the statement from one official that he did not anticipate any immediate development along that line. Properties involved are located in the Bloomington and Bedford limestone districts. —o Dies at Grid Game Gary, Ind., Nov. 15.—(U.R)’ —Harry Puent, 24, was electrocuted last night as he watched a high school football game from an electric power line pole which enabled him to see over the fence. His clothI ing in flames, he fell before 19,000 Ispecttaors at the game.

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ROLL GALL TO START SUNDAY IN THIS CITY Teams Are Divided And Entire City Will be Canvassed For Members INCREASE IS EXPECTED The annual Adams county National Red Cross roll call for memberships will open Sunday noon, it was announced by county secretary Miss Annie Winnes. The Decatur membership drive will be conducted by a group of local citizens, divided into teams and a canvas for dollar memberships wil be made throughout the city. The diive will start here at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All Decatur ministers have been asked to notify their congregations concerning the roll call and all citizens are asked to remain at home until they have been solicited Sunday. An effort is being made to double the membership in Adams county and much importance has been placed on the membership drive this year because the money is used in many localities to aid the unemployed. | 4J M. Kirsch, chairman of section 1 has divided his team as follows: First street. William Bowers and Robert Zwick. Second street, Dr. L. E. Somers, O. L. Vance, D. B. Erwin, and C. B. Saylors. Third street, A. R. Ashbauclier, Oscar Lankenau, Fred Reppert, R. O. Gent is. Fourth street. Albert Schenniaini and Robert H< Im. Fifth street. Hubert Schmitt, W. A. Klepper and Clyde Butler. Other teams will be notified by their chairmen before Sunday noon it was learned. Miss Winnes, who lias worked tirelessly in the Red Cross organization in Adams county for a number of years joined with national leaders in the movement in stressing the importance of joining this year. Mrs. Spuller Injured Mrs. Dallas Spuller, residing on route S. Decatur, fell in the kitchen of her home Thursday evening, and broke her left arm just below the shoulder. Mrs. Spuller was reported to he resting w'ell today. o Poison Liquor Fatal Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 15 —(UP) —A verdict of poisoning by alcohol was given by deputy coroner E. A. King, Allen county, in the death oi’ Mrs. Frorence Marquardt, 50. Fort Wayne. She was found dead near li<w home late yesterday. The 1 woman's husband Fred Marquardt, was found allegedly intoxicated, and was held in jail by police. A post mortem examination showed death due to alcoholic poisoning. GENEVA PHONE RATES BOOSTED Prices Increased $1.50 on Order From State Commission Today Indianapolis, Nov. 15—(UP > —Authorization for an increase of rates at the Geneva exchange of the Jay county telephone company was made by the public service commission. An inccrease from $1 to $2.50 a month was authorized for single line business phones; from $1.4'1 to $1.75 for singgle line residence phones; and $1.65 to $1.75 for single I line rural phones. The rate boost came as a surprise at Geneva, citizens of that, community stating that when the case was heard at Geneva several . weeks ago they showed the fact ‘hat the phones were old and had I heen purchased at a very reasonable pi ice by the Jay County concern. 1 When the hearing was held it ’ also was brought out that the new I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)