Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1930 — Page 1

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.* IRMAN ASKS > IjHITTEE TO ■WEKE HERE « ~|an " ,ie E*' Effort to Be ■ Localized bat SJI *|('OUNTY ■ REPRESENTED — Thurman GotlAdams comity of the unemploy-->ioii today nam- ' committee and l^K> l meeting to be held Kr day morning at 10 Decatur ChamCommerce room in the K Loan and Trust Co. *■ hg. ,>>,! including men Hlji par:< of the county is: "■to: Mayor George Krick. ■sch, I lick Heller. Judge .1. IT. W. Umkenau. .1. > ker. B. F. Bremer. Linn. Cal E. Peterson, Tyndall. C. A. Dugan, Ford E. O’Brien, Leo Ehinger and John Hocker and J. A. : J 11. Winteregg, A. W. E. ('. Bierie, (1. W. Ed Liechty and C. 11. >>v> Harry Meshberger. Janies Briggs, Harold Lester Stucky, Nathan and Eli Stucky. plan outlined by the state committee will be given .' <;. ttschalk will ask ■ommittee for plans to proceed in Adams Kt of the plans suggested by .imiission already have < The city of Decatur ■ l ek darted its 1931 building and the city light and "■ tl'-pai tment under the super- ■ it' M. J. Mylott already has improvements which will n in work during the winwater department also i a building ami ini program under direction ON PAGE FIVE) o ■Spain Has Rioting Spain. Nov 17—iri 1 ) and street fighting threw i of the city into confusion a i'4-hour general strike i.i with Madrid Strikers beand students in the Plaand Calle Cortes street cars and automobile Police charged them and with a volley of stones. I* CRUZ MAN lIES SUDDENLY ■ r Girod, Well Known ■Adams County Is Vicof Heart Trouble ■‘• Cruz, Nov. 17—(Special) — dropped deat here late !®day at his home. Mr. Girod in good health and at the fH 01 his death was spading a n Plot at the rear of his home, resided here for the last Girod was born in Ohio. Aug- ■ 1856. In 1880 he was married ■K'atur to Mrs. Louis Allman 30 years the Girods resided in Wells county. Six years moved to Vera Cruz, ■wviving are the widow and the children: Samuel Girod, ■ Mrs. Fred Reinhart, Bluff- ■ Mrs. Joe Luginbill; Bluffton, ■ Cla ude Kendall. Bluffton; Al■Girod, Bluffton; Robert Girod ■ton; Mrs. Weaver McFarland, ■>oma. Three sisters also sur'■Thtjy are Mrs. Joseph Graber, ■ and Mrs. Calvin Michealson ■bs. Sarah Neiman of Washing■eral service will be held Wed- ■>’ morning at 10 o’clock at ■"me in Vera Cruz and burial ■” e made at the Vera Cruz cem-

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Indian Professor * \ Gets 1930 Honor I Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Ra- i j man, noted Hindu physicist, has, : been named as recipient of the Nobel Award for Physics in recognition of hie extraordinary research in the field of light diffusion. He served in 1924 as re- ' search associate at the California I Institute of Technology.

LEGIONNAIRES ATTEND MEET Local Post Officers At Group Conference Held At Indianapolis Commander Leo Ehinger, Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, state chaplain of the American Legion, Dee Fryback executive committee of Decatur and Ernest Stengel, Berne, Vice-com-mander of Adams post attended the annual fall conference of American Legion officers of Indiana at IndfaTTapoTis Saturday and Sunday. A series cf conferences and committee meetings were held during Saturday and a general meeting was conducted Sunday at which time new ideas and plans of Indiana posts were discussed. Rev. Ferntheir and Mr. Fryback returned to Decatur Saturday nigh’ but Commander Ehinger and vicecommander Stengel remained for the Sunday meetings. National and state officers of the organization delivered addresses and several former state commanders Including Col. Paul McNutt of Bloomington addressed the gathering. Commander Ehinger stated that his membership committees for Adams post had been working splendidly and that the local membersip would he the largest this year since the organization of Adams post. It was stated today that the membership at Berne is now past the 50 mark, a record for the south part of the county. About 20 0r25 members are expected at Geneva, and present indications are that the south half membership will be as large if not larger than ’he north half membership. The drive here will continue until November 30, at which time, Ehinger said, it is hoped every exservice man will have become a member of Adams post.

Autos In Collision Automobiles driven by Herman Meyer and Carl Koline, both residing south of the city, collided at a corner 3 miles southwest of Decatur, Sunday afternoon, damaging them considerably. No one was hurt in the accident. Mr Kohne was driving south on’ the road and Mr. Moyer was driving west. As Mr. Kohne attempted to turn east, the two cars collided, smashing them seriously. The view at the corner was obstructed by an orchard, and the two men failed to see each other approaching the turn. The bodies of the cars were smashed, ami the frames were badly bent, the wheels were bent and the giants broken. The cars were brought to this city by the Decatur Auto Paint and Top Company wrecking car. o-— —— —— Mrs. Connell Better Mrs. C. V. Connell of this city who has been a patient at St. Joseph hospital for the last several weeks was removed to the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Connell in Fort Wayne, where she will remain for some time. Mrs. Connell is reported to be improved, but it will be necessary for her to take treatment at the hospital daily for some time.

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WINTER BLAST STRIKES SHIRS ONWESTCOAST — Varied Weather Conditions Sweep Nation In All Sections WEATHER IS MILD HERE (By United Press) Winter’s approach mixed up a ■ variety of weather for the United ! States and Canada today with traffic on land and sea bearing the brunt. Three ships went aground off Block Island in a heavy fog along the middle Atlantic coast, the i trawler Petrel with 22 men aboard | and the freighter Harry Been I t arrying a crew of 36. The steamship Tattler also reI ported that she was aground off Block Island and destroyers have started to her aid. The Canadian Prairie Provinces were helpless under a heavy sleet storm which disrupted communications, preventing knowledge of the extent and damage. The grop of a cold wave on the Pacific coast was broken partly by heavy rains. A storm brewing off the Alaskan Coast, however, was reported headed directly for the Pacific northwest. Lake Michigan was swept by a 40-mile gale during the night, whipping up heavy seas that caused some damage along the lake shores. All shipping weathered the storm, reports indicated. The middle west continued to enjoy comparatively mild HeaLher with a continuance until the middle of the week forecast. Lower temperatures are on the way to the area for the last half of the week. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

GRAND JURY TO MEET TUESDAY County Probing Group Is Called by .Judge .J. C. Sutton The Adams county grand jury will convene at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning to investigate whatever misdemeanors might be brought to its attention, it was announced today. It is the regular annual grand jury session, made necessary by law. Prosecutor Nathan Nelson refused to comment on what cases likely would be probed by the jury, but he stated that there was sufficient work to keep the men busy for several days. It is known, however, that among other cases to draw the jury’s attention will be the hold-up of Wilbur Porter, Decatur garage owner. October 17. Edward Hall, Lima, Ohio, already has confessed to the holdup and it is highly probable an indictment will be returned against Hall. The jury will convene in the grand jury rooms at the west end of the court room on the second floor of the court house. The men were called by Judge Sutton through Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth. The December grand jury includes. Harmon Gillig, Dbcatur; Phil Schieferstein, Root township: Frank Heistand, Jefferson township; John Hilty, Berne; George Ohler, Union township; Sam Baumgartner, Hartford township. By virtue of his office Prosecutor Nelson is attorney for the group. o Pruning Demonstration To Be Held Friday A fruit tree pruning demonstration will be given next Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Henry F. Gallemeyer farm near Friedhelm by Monroe McCown, Horticulture specialist of Purdue University and County Agent L. E. Archbold. That same evening Mr. McCown will give a lantern slide lecture at Friedheim on insects and diseases that work on fruit trees and shrubs.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 17, 1930.

K — jg Blairs Visit Here ® M Mr. and Mrs. James It. Blair of El Reno, Oklahoma, formerly of Decatur arrived in Decatur today for a two-day visit with friends. Until a year ago Mr. Blair was city editor of the Daily Democrat and Mrs. Blair was society editor. At present Mr. Blair is managing editor of the El Reno Daily Tribune. BANDITS MAY RETURN HERE [Sheriff Gets Confession From One of Two Who Robbed W. Porter Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth returned Sunday night from Lima, Ohio, where he obtained a signed confession from Edward Hall, 23, that he in company with another Lima man, whose name was not released because he has not yet been arrested, held up, robbed and kidnaped Wilbur Porter, Decatur garage man on the night of October 17. Hall, who is held at Lima on a charge of automobile theft, stated that he would waive extradition proceedings and return to Adams county. It is understood that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) YOUNG WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Rosa Christianer Dies of Pneumonia at Newcastle Sanitorium Miss Rosa Christianer, 29, Adams county young woman, died at the Newcastle Sanitorium. early this morning from pneumonia with which she had been suffering for [the past week. Miss Christianer I formerly resided in Root, township, [ five miles north of this city, but for the past several years has been a patient at the Newcastle Sanitorium. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Christianer and was born in Root township, September 30, 1931. Surviving is the father, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Fred Felt of New Haven; Mrs. Ed Fuelling and Mrs. Herman Scheimann of Adams county; Oscar and Lydia, at home. Robert Zwick of Zwick and Son left today for Newcastle to bring the remains to this city for burial. They will be taken to the William Zwick home on North Second street where they will be kept until Tuesday afternoon. The time for the funeral has not been determined but it Will be held at the St. Peter’s Lutheran church in the Fuelling settlement with Rev. L. F. Dornseif, Ipastor, officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. o ART DISPLAY HERE TONIGHT Prof. Arthur Sprunger to Give Talk Following Public Exhibit Proffessor Arthur Sprunger, supervisor of art in Goshen, will be presented by the Art Department of the Woman's Club in its first public program of the year, at the Public Library auditorium, Monday, November 24, as was previously announced. Mr. Sprunger will arrive in this city today, and will bring with him some of his art work which has been accepted for exhibition in; many of the best known art institutions in the United States. The Library auditorium will be opened at 6 o'clock this evening, at which time the exhbition may be seen. The speaking program will open at 7:45 o’clock when Professor Sprunger will lecture on the subject, "Through The Eyes' of An Artist”. Tickets for 50c may be purchased at the door of the auditorium, or from any member of the Woman’s Club. The Public is invited to see this display of art work, by a former Adams County resident.

RED CROSS ROLL CALL STARTED First Day’s Drive Nets 158 Members in Decatur; Will Continue The annual Adams County Red Cross roll call opened in Decatur | Sunday afternoon and canvassers | reported 158 memberships and a 50 cent donation to county secre-; 1 tary. Miss Annie E. Winnes. All; of the men have not turned in their I reports of the canvas conducted Sunday afternoon, and Miss Winnos expressed the belief that the first day of the drive netted as many memberships as a year ago. 1 The drive, which started in this ' city Sunday afternoon, will con- . tlnue until Thanksgiving day, I November 27. during which time canvassers will solicit member- • ships from the people of Adams, county. Miss Winnes stated that a special effort will be made to I increase the number of member- . ships for this year as the money will be used to aid the unemployed, and a large per cent remalne in this county for relief work. ' Those who w'ere not solicited Sunday afternoon will be invited to join the Red Cross today, or ' sometime during the week. The canvassing of the business district and all business houses in ' the city will lie held today and Tuesday, Miss Winnes announced. Herman Gillig and Harry Staley will form a team to canvass the southern part of the business section. including all business houses south of the Cut Rate Drug Com-1 pany on Second street. First I street, and all intersecting streets • south to Adams street. The 1 north half of the business section which includes north of the Cut Rate Drug company to include all business houses, and west to the| Pennsylvania raalroad, will be conducted by Dave Campbell and > Herman Omlor. o 1 DEATH CALLS | DECATUR MAN Henry A. Schoenstedt, 78, Dies Saturday Following Week’s Illness l Henry A. Schoenstedt, 78, retired 1 farmer of this city, died at his ■ home, 1016 West Monroe street 1 Saturday afternoon at 5:10 o'clock ' of complications. Mr. Shoenstedt became ill a week ago and was bedfast until his death. The Schoen--1 stedt family resided at Wren, 0., ’ until ten years ago when they tnovL ed to this city. I The deceased was born at Hancock county. Ohio, August 19, 1552, the son of Fred and Agnes Te Compe-Schoenstedt, both deceased. ’ On October 18, 1878, he was united in marriage to Sarah Bsltz who preceded him in death 52 years ago, and he later, on May 13, 1894, was married to Mrs. Katherine Steele, who survives. i Surviving besides the widow are four step-children. Mrs. Otto Bleeke and Mrs. Gerhard Reinking of Union township; Edwin Steele of Wren, Ohio, and Mrs. Minnie Teeple i of this city. A step-daughter, Mrs. Charles Werling is deceased. Two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Grote of Union township, and Mrs. Frances Kirsch of Marston, Me., also sur- ’ vive. A brother, Rufus Schoen- ' stedt and a sister, Mrs. Louise Weiland,, preceded the deceased in death. The deceased was a devoted member of the Zion Lutheran church for many years. Funeral services were held this aTtdfnbon at 130 o’clock at the , home on West Monroe street, and . at 2 o'clock at the Zion Lutheran church, with Rv. Paul Schultz, pastor, officiating. Burial was . made in the Immanuel Lutheran , cemetery in Union township. c Rotary Plans Dinner i i The Rotarians will entertain their wives and sweethearts at the club semi-annual ladies’ night banquet ■ on Thursday, November 20. A dini ner will be served at 6:15 o'clock ■ and an entertainment given later. Avon Burk is chairman of the program.

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BURK APPOINTS COMMITTEE FOR CORN ROUND-UP Big County Show Will Be Held Here Week of December 8 — MEETING IS CALLED Avon Burk, chairman of the Adams County Corn! [Show, to be held in Decatur the week of December 8, toJ day* - announced a county com- ■ mittee to aid in drafting rules and making plans for the big agriculture event. The committee includes: Edward Bleeke, Albert Fuelling, j Albert Ewell, Jchn E. Heiman, I George Yancy, Henry Aeschlimann, G. R. Bierley, Franklin C. Mazelin, Otis Shffferly, Henry Rumple, Leland Ripley, and Lee Neuenschwander. The committee on arrangements will meet next Saturday night. November 22 at 7 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Decatur to draft plans, rules and classes for the show. The building formerly occupied j by the Decatur fire department will house the corn show and both high school auditoriums have been engaged for the entertainments dur- , ing the week. During the week the 4-H club . I round-up will be held ami the an- | nttal awards will be made to the , winners in all club work. The > event will be one of the largest i agricultural programs ever staged in Decatur and much interest both i among farm people and Decatur I citizens is b°ing shown. With Christmas coming shortly | after the Corn Show week Decatur | merchants are planning on having j special sale inducements and are ! inviting the farm people to make their stores headquarters during their visits the week of December 8. High School Pupils Die at Rail Crossing Greencastle, Ind., Nov. 17. —<U.R) —Four high school pupils were killed instantly at the Limedale crossing near Greencastle Saturday night when they drove their auto I into the path of a Pennsylvania 1 passenger train, after wailing for a freight train to clear the crossing. The dead: William Butler, 18, Greencastle. Russell Nane, 22, Greencastle. ■ Ruth Fiances Bunten, 16, Fill- ■ more. Louise Trene Miller, 16, Coates- ■ vill?. ■ The passenger train, traveling ' swiftly to make up lost time, struck ■ the light auto, squarely, and car--1 ried it 200 feet. All four occupants 1 were deaj when removed. i — . ■ -o - • '"■ GENEVA WOMAN DIES SUNDAY Miss Gertrude King Is Victim of Pneumonia; Funeral Wednesday Geneva, Ind., Nov. 17 —'(Special) i —Miss Gertrude King, 32, Geneva. 1 seamstress, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital, Sunday ' afternoon at 2;30 o'clock from pneumonia. Miss King bad been ill for the last four weeks and on 1 Saturday. November 8, was taken ' to the hospital for treatment. She ' was employed as a seamstress at 1 the Chew' Garment company at ■ Geneva for many years, and was i a devoted member of the Methoi dist Episcopal church at Geneva. Miss King was born in Geneva August 20, 1898, the daughter of William and Clara King, who survive, together with the following brothers and sisters: Fred and • Clifford King and Mrs. Vera Mann, > all of Geneva. Funeral services will, be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock ; at the Geneva Methodist Episco- . pal church with Rev, Fallis, pastor ■ officiating. Burial will be made at Geneva.

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Wins Freedom in Husband Murder Trial ***> Pretty Helen Abernathy was acquitted of the murder of her husband, William, after the jury sitting on the case had deliberated > two hours. The crime occurred I on August 31 at Saratoga, N. Y. While Helen did not deny killing I the man, she declared she was “afraid of her life." MC BRIDE TALKS” ON PROHIBITION Dry Leader Says Commission Will Overstep Its Power Washington. Nov. 17 —(U.R) — If President Hoover's law enforcement commission recommends modification of the Volstead act or any other change in the prohibition laws it will exceed Its functions, Dr. F. Scott Mcßride, generaliseimo of the Anti-Saloon League declared in an interview today with the United Press. Further, Dr. Mcßride said that his organization, the most powerful and Influential of dry organ'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED Phi Dell Play Will Be Presented Here Tuesday, Wednesday Large crowds are expected to see the production. "Miss Blue Bonnet,” a musical comedy in three acts, which will be presented in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium, Tuesday and Wednesday evening, November 18 and 19. The play will be presented under the auspices of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity. Mrs. Carl Gass is directing the production. The curtain will rise each night at 8 o’clock, and tickets may bo procured from any member of the fraternity for 50c for adults and 25c for children. The story is an old southern | romance. Its characters are humorous and natural, and the musical numbers to be presented by special choruses in southern and modern costumes will add to the play. The comedy parts of Dr. Evans, a middle-aged, country doctor who is a blustery and gruff type of a man, blunt and frank in what he has to say is portrayed by Leigh (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Farm Thefts Probed Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth this afternoon was investigating several thefts reported in Jefferson township the last few days. The latest theft was 15 bushels of potatoes from the J. H. Woodward farm in east Jefferson township. Several dues have been obtained and it is likely that two arrests will follow in a day or two. A number ot' small robberies have been reported in east Jefferson township the last several days and all farmers have been warned to guard their propel ties closely. ’ — OFFICIAL COUNT — The official count for congress in the eighth district was announced today by Otto Fii field, secretary of state as: | Vestal, Rep., W 4.203; Ball, [ i Dem., 44,194.

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JUDGE'S TERM IS QUESTIONED IN THIS COUNTY Fri e n <ll y Controversy Arises Here; Similar In Allen County SUTTON STILL HOLDS PLACE A legal technicality, based on a legislative act, claimed to be in conflict with the Indiana constitution, has brought about a friendly controversarv of “who is judge of the Adams Circuit court.” The question in dispute is, when does Judge Jesse C. Sutton's term expire and when shall Dore B. Eiwin, judgeelect of the Adams Circuit court take office? The same question is causing a similar situatii n in Allen and Wells counties and in other counties of the state where judges were elected on November 4. Acting on the theory that Judge Sutton's six-year term expired with th? new term of court, which opened this morning ami to protect himself against any technieallity which might prevent him ft cm taking the office later. Mr. Erwin made a friendly demand for the judge's office this morning. Judge Sutton declined to surrender the office, holding that his term did not expire until January 1, 1931. The matter was not contested and Judge Sutton continued to preside over the November term. The constitution of Indiana specifies that in case of appointments to fill vacancies that the appointee shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified. This section is quoted in Judge Sutton’s case, who was appointed in May, 1923, to fill the vacancy caused by the death cf Judge John C. Moran. Judge Sutton was elected in November, 1924. to succeed himself and qualified for his six-year term on November 19, 1924. The Indiana constitution further provides that the term of circuit judges shall be six years and th' cont ntion here is that Judge Sutton's term (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o BULLETIN Indianapolis, Nov. 17.—HJ.R' — Curtis H. Rottger, chairman of the board of directors of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, this afternoon was apionted receiver for the City Trust Company by Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin. Simultaneously. Judge William S. McMasters in Marion Superior court, conducted a hearing on the receivership suit against the Postal Station State Bank; decla Jd thire is no doubt the institution is insolvent, and announced a receiver will be appointed soon. BERNE WOMAN ANSWERS CALL Decatur Woman’s Mother Dies Sunday at Her Berne Home Berne, Nov. 17 (Special)- Mrs. Anna Belle Tinkham, 70, of Berne, mother of Mrs. Floyd Meyers, Decatur, died at Berne Sunday morning. Death resulted from a cancerous ailment. Mrs. Tinkham had been bedfast for several weeks. Mrs. Tinkham was born in Ohio. June 15, 1860, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Waggoner. When a child she moved with her parents to Adams county and Ims since resided here. She was married in 1880 to George stopher who died in 1882. In 1884 Mrs. Tinkham was married to Frank Tinkham, Borne, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, o Exports Show Decrease Washington. Nov. 17 — (UP) — Although increasing over September United States exports in October showed a marked decline under those from the corresponding month a year ago. Exports last month were valued at $328.000,tmn as compared with September exports of $312,014,000 and $528,514.000 for October 1929.