Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1930 — Page 1

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JIECTION" ■ IN MANY »CLOSINGS B s Believe Deposits’ Guarded by Banks ( losing l> RELIEVED nt Press) ’■ <>• bunks in nii'l south wniral riillv was eonsidh iding financiers u measure lor pro■Uw, <l< positors and prewere dial most of would reopen boards were th, institutions were be (Linger of runs. -.10 where 36 banks al i, i ilii.-ss temporarily ulli! oiliers warn a. ante, an optimistic — was issued last night by president of the Kv hange Trust comi;,„k's largest bank. win, is a heavy stock- ■ ......... Arkansas banks. .inferring with local i.-.dieted an early reof normal business. - i .ont failure of Caldwell of Nashville, Tenn., 11 by Senator Joseph T. for the temporary closing institutions, while and Illinois the closing institutions also was due to the previous larger banks. said the Caldwell and failure had created which resulted in of $4,000,000 from Hie Exchange Trust comten days and made ■v the temporary cloning Myo depositors. Most of the banks which clos■r affiliated with the AmeriTrust which was the banking laws proan institution may be five days for reorganizaB«d adjustment and the banks. took advantage of this MriNUED ON °AGE TWO' 0 Sv Razes Building Ind . Nov. IS. —(U.R)—A oneI, store building at 1052Kfi laiiway, in the south part M's bu-iness district, was deby a four-hour fire today. Fred Packey estimated at $50,000. Bj blaz ■ started from an tincause in a tailoring spread to a pawnshop ■■vacant stere in the same 11 Persisted between the and the roof of the aft.-r danger to nearby ‘ll jjW r " s was averted. Collapse ceiling finally exposed the enabling firemen to obtain El TO FREE l IH. SCHROEDER goiney Files Writ of Beas Corpus on Grand ■Jury Indictment Stanoils, Nov. 18.—-(U.R)—A was made today to ■ Harold Herbert Schroeder Ala., awaiting trial on of first degree murder. y M. Holmes. Schroeder's ( T filed a writ of habeas in Marion criminal court, that the grand jury murdoes not contain evidence to support the jH** in jail without cause. is charged wfith the of an unknown man. whose jj ale(1 body was found in the ipr auto near Indianapolis |B a >' 31. He has been held in last June 20, when he ■eturned from Mobile, shortly ■rapture there. of not guilty was enter- [■ Schroeder upon arraignment. E'as said to have made the H” 6 ”* that the body was that whose neck was ■” in an accident near Terre ] |B’ while Schroeder was driv--1 Br° m 1,16 speedway race in

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Christianer Funeral Will Be Wednesday Funeral services for Miss Rosa Christianer who died early Monday morning at the Newcastle Sanitarium from pneumonia will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home in Root township, and at 1:30 o clock at the St. Peter's Lutheran church in the Fuelling settlement. Rev. L. F. Dornseif, pastor, will oficiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery.

“BLUE BONNET" PLAY TONIGHT — Home Talent Production To Start at 8 o’clock Tonight The Phi Delta Kappa play, "Miss Blue Bonnet," will be given at the Catholic high school auditorium, tonight and Wednesday evening, both performances beginning (promptly at 8 o’clock. The play is a three act musical comedy, managed by the Wayne P. Sewell Company of Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Carl Gass is the direg-tor and Mrs. L. A. Hilthou'e is the pianist. Rehearsals have been held for the last two weeks and those who witnessed the dress rehearsal held Monday evening stated the production to be one of the best musical comedies ever presented by a,local 01 ganization. The special chorus numbers include a girls’ chorus, little ladies, li’ttle doctors, and a frog chorus. Girls participating in the special girls chorus numbers will include the Misses Salome Schmitz. Thelma Cook. Dolores Klepper, Marceline Gage, Patsy Holthouse, Helen Colchin. Patsy Fullenkamp, Mary Catherine Leonard, Mary Maxine Brown* Myrtle Jane Aughenbaugh, Mary Engle, Eileen Burk, Sarah Jam? Kauffman, Edwina Shroll, Miriam Haley and Helen DeVor. The little ladies will include the Masses Nancy Daniels, Patsy Edwards, Marjorie Gass, Rose Marie Kohne, Catherine Louise Yager, Phyllis Ann Lose, Ann Cowan and Gloria Conter, and the little doctors will comprise Bobby Klepper, Bobby Mutschler. Dick Brady, Davtid Langston, Dannie Cowan, Albert Ferntheil, Joe Deininger (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —. o Revival Starts Wednesday A revival meeting will open Wednesday night at St. Paul's church four miles south of Decatur on the County Farm road, it was announced today by Rev. J. E. Smith pastor. Miss Mary Montague. Lima, Ohio, will have charge of the singing during the meetings. The Rev. B. L. Richards of Lima, Ohio will deliver the sermons each night. The public is invited to attend the metings. a LEADERS SHOW MUCH CONCERN Insurgents Lay Plans To Force Extra Session of Congress Washington, Nov. 18.—(U.R) —Administration leaders are alarmed by progressive republican leanings toward a special session of the 72nd congress and today have two projects under way to block any insurgent move. Regular republican strategy Is predicted cn the belief the demand for further farm relief is the most powerful of all incentives for an extra session after March 4. This conclusion is understood to have contributed to the farm board's decision to send the grain stabilization corporation back to the wheat market with orders to buy. The second movement to Head off farm relief proposals was made by Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee. The day after McNary conferred with President Hoover and announced a legislative program which excluded farm relief and all else but appropration bills from the short session, the senato*called his committee to meet here November 24. He invited L. J. Tabor, master of the National Grange; C. E. Huff, of the Farmer’s Union, and S. H. Thompson, of the American Farm Bureau to meet with the committee, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Chairman Legge of the farm board.

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OFFICE TENURE IN COURT HERE IS UNDECIDED Judge Sutton Remains on Circuit Court Bench Today SETS DATES FOR TRIALS The legal question involving the tenure of office of judge of the Attains Circuit court was not settled definitely today and Judge Jesse C. Sutton continued to preside over the November terin. Judge-elect Dore B. Erwin, who qualified last Thursday and presented his oath of office to Judge Sutton yesterday, appearerl in court this morning in behalf of his clients and with other attorneys accepted dates fixed by the court for the trying and hearing of civil cases. The question involved is whether Judge Sutton’s term expires now or through virtue of the Acts of 1925 and as amended in 1929. his term is extended until January 1, 1931, as fixed by the legislative act. The contention here and in several other counties is that the term of judges expires six yeans following the incumbent’s qualifying for office. Judge Sutton began his present six year term on November 19, 1924. Neither Judge Sutton or judgeelect Erwin are contending for the office on personal reasons, but in order to settle the legal, phase of the question they hope to find some solution or arrive at some decision before more technicalities present his qualifications for the office again tomorrow, it being the develops. Judge-elect Erwi»-»n>*y date when the sdx year term of Judge Sutton would have expired, had not the act of the legislature, extended terms of judges to January 1. —o FLOODS AGAIN MEN ACE SOUTH Rain Follows Tornado Which Swept Through Southern States Chicago. Nov. 18 —(U.R) Flood conditions threatening the wtindtorn old south added today to the checkered weather conditions which laid a fog blanket over the Atlantic coast, coated the far west and Canadian prairies with sleet,and sent the middle west a second Indian summer. Rivers are rising in Florida. Georgia. Alabama and South Carolina after heavy rains. At Tallahassee. Fla., where ten inches of rain fell in 20 hours, streets were under water. The full extent of a tornado in Louisiana Saturday night became known. Rekief workers counted seven dead, scores injured, 500 homeless, and half a million dollars damage. A recurrence of the high winds that swept Louisiana occurred in Alabama and Georgia, destroying and damaging homes, particularly at Mobile and Alton. Ala., and Dawson, Ga. Varied weather from rain, to sleet and snow, blocked highways lin many parts of Colorado, U yoming and Utah, the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Canadian west, while ekies cleared on the Pacific coast after heavy rains. The middle west and east experienced miild temperatures, but along the Atlantic coast, a heavy fog hampered navigation, causing "(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ——o- — ' Seeks Free Text Books Indianapolis, Nov. 18.—(U.R> - Tax on cigarets, tobacco and malt will be proposed by William J. Black, of Anderson, (Dem., Madison) to finance free textbooks for public school pupils of the state when the legislature convenes next January, Black said today. "I was elected on a platform calling for free text books and an old age pension, and I'm going to stick] to my promise when I get here,' said Black, who was Anderson's mayor from 1918 to 1922, and Madison county sheriff for four years before that.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 18, 1930.

Byrd Receives Medal * »■ am "?■” ■ BBb - '■ =r' : J A'Z] /I Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (right) is shown receiving the gold medal of the Chicago Geographical Society from George B. Utley, president of the society. The ceremony took place before an audience that filed the Chicago Ciivie Opera House.

ART DISPLAY ATTRACTSMANY Sprunger Exhibit And Lecture Well Received In This City The first public meeting of the winter season of the Wcman’s Club Art Department, took place Monday evening in the Library auditorium, when Professor Arthur L. Sprunger, supervisor of art in the Goshen schools, delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on art. AWublic exhibit of a large numbqf (f Mr. Sprunger's ai t work was 'held in tbe auditorium, beginning at 6 o'clock, and the exhibition included water color paintings, block prints, etchings, a lithograph, and batiks. One of the principal pieces of art work which was of great interest here was the water painting of the Adams county court house. Other paintings displayed were the Wabash at Linn Grove, Low Ground and Clouds, The Green Tavern at Vera Cruz, Late Snow, Under the Willow, Th° Populars. Winter West Goshen, Sycamore in Winter, 'Possum Creek, A Sunny Corner, The Amish Mint Still, Nocturne in Blue, The Wane cf Winter, and many others. Among the blockprints displayed were Christmas Card Designs, Book Plates, The Return From Market, The Evening West Goshen, and Pastorale. Farmyard in Winter and The Mill in Winter were the titles of the etchings which Mr. Sprunger (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o

HIGHWAY FUNDS MAYBE SLASHED Governor Says Reduction Must Be Over His Personal Veto Indianapolis, Nov. 18. — (U.R) —A slash in highway department revenues probably will be made by the 1931 legislature, it was predicted today by Senator Alonzo Lindley, republican, of Kingman. “While I am not in favor of cutting the state highway revenues, I know that this legislature will have to do it to relieve some of this Iqcal tax burden," Lindley said. The senator is a leader of Whe powerful farm bloc which was active in the 1929 session. He is virtually the first republican to attack the present highway revenue system. “The highway department now gets three of the four cent gasoline tax, and cities, counties and towns the other cent,” Lindley said. “But is will be necessary to split on a 50-50 basis because the local tax units must have that other cent to reduce rates.” Lindley said he would favor both a> sales and income tax to relieve the property burden. Governor Harry G. Leslie, who personally dictated the appointment of John J. Brown as state highway director, will oppose a cut in the department revenues vigorously, he has announced. Such a bill would have to be passed over his veto.

Martin Jaberg Taken to Lutheran Hospital Martin Jaberg was taken to the Lutheran hoslptal, Fort Wayne, Monday for medical care. Mr Jaberg suffered from severe pains in his leg and it wa< feared that prob--1 ably paralysis was developing. He was quite ill Monday, but was reported to be some better today. 0 Would Censor Movies i , Houston, Tex.. Nov. 18. —(U.R) - - Federal censorship of motion pic- • tures was urged in a resolution ad- , opted today by unanimous vote of L the national convention of the > Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The resolution asked congress to J enact a law for federal supervision , of motion pictures to “establish . higher moral standards for films t that are to lie licensed for interI stat? and international commerce.’’ , o CILLIG NAMED ] JODY FOREMAN

Probing Group To Meet Again Wednesday Morning at Court House Harmon Gillig, Decatur, today was named foreman of the Adams county grand jury which met on call of Judge J. C. Sutton at the i Adams county grand jury room here this morning. The county investigating body adjourned after organizing until Wednesday morning 'at Irt o'clock. The working of the probing groiip is secret and no intimation was made as to what cases would be investigated. However, It was believ- | ed that some alleged misdemeanors lin the county would be examined by the December term jury. I It was learned from an autoritative source that witnesses would be be j questioned starting Wednesday morning by the men. The meeting is the annual meeting made necessary by law and following the examination of witnesses and the voting of indictments, the grand jury will make its annual inspection trip to the county infirmary and jail. MURDER CASE IS REVERSED Lake County Man Is Granted New Trial by Highest Court Indianapolis. Nov. 18 —(U.R) —One Lake county murder ease was reversed by the supreme court today and another was affirmed. ArasinTo Romeo, sentenced to 1 life imprisonment on charges of i second degree murder in connecj tion with the death on September 9, 1927, of Salvatore Biango, was granted a new trial by the high court. An opinion, written by Judge Benjairtin J. Willloughby, held that the Lake criminal court erred in its instructions to the jury regarding voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, and ordered the : lower court to sustain Romeo's ! motion for a new trial. j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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AIR SMUGGLING RING IS BROKEN BY 10 ARRESTS Federal Men C a pt u r e Leaders And Expose Gigantic Fraud ALL METHODS WERE NEWEST Detroit. Nov. 18 (UR) An organized group of tillegetl aerial smugglers and bootleggers, opending along the most modern and efficient lines, was broken up here today, the government announce. I'he combine was charged with smuggling liquor and aliens into the United States from Canada. Thousands of cases of liquor were flown over the Detroit (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

LAW SCORES IN GANGABGUMENT ‘Fur’ Sammons, Gangster, Convicted In Chicago On Vagrancy Count Chicago, Nov. 18- (U.R)—The conviction of James “Fur'” Sammons, notorious gangster, on charges of vagrancy was considered today by Judge John H. Lyle and other leaders as the most important victory to date in the recently inaugurated city-wide drive against crime. Sammons was found guilty in Judge Edgar Jonas' court at 11 o’clock last night by a jury which had been out six hours and which had listened for five days to the state's first attempt to convict a "public enemy” under the strict vagrancy law of 1874. The gangster, whose criminal record extends back to 1899 and who faces numerous other trials on other charges, was both surprised and angered at the verdict. A feiw moments after it was given he became so angry he tried to smash the cameras of two photographers who wanted his picture. Although Sammons faces a maximum penalty of only six months in the county jail on this charge, the verdict was considered a major victory for Judge Lyle and other officials who recently announced they intended to keep “public enemies" in court so much “they won't have time to get into any mischief.'’ With <he Sammons case as a precedent, Lyle and others believ(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O PURDUE FILES BUDGET REQUEST State University Asks for Million More For Next Two Years Indianapolis. Nov. 18. — (U.R) — Growth in enrollment at Purdue University was given as the reason for budget bequests totaling approximately $1,000,090 more than was appropriated for the school during 1929 and 1930. The requests were filed today with A. ('. McDaniel, clerk of the budget committee. They will be presented the 1931 legislature. Total requests aggregated more than $4,400,000 for the next biennium. The university requested $2,319,991.24 for the first year and $2,133,377.41 for the second. The increases were asked for extraordinary expenditures of $591,000 over the two-year peril d. Remainder of the increases were asked because of increased operating expenses. In a letter to the state budget committee, President E. C. Elliott pointed out that more than 600 more-students now are enrolled than were registered in 1928, when the previous appropriations were made. He characterized the amounts now asked as "the irreducible minimum, and even then the utmost care and economy will be required to keep the university in effective operation."

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Stream Pollution Near Decatur Probed Again Dead fish found along the banks of the St. Marys river, north of Decatur, has caused another investigation by the state board of health and the Fort Wayne board of health According to health board officials the fish are killed by pollution, which they claim is emptied into the river by the Holland St Louis Sugar company of Decatur. Representatives of the state hoard mid the city of Fort Wayne were here la t week investigating the matter Dead fish were found near Poe, it was said. The sugar company operates a big filtering plant at the mill the waste water going through this before it is emptied into the river. FISHER SEEKS CO-OPERATION Asks Citizens To Aid In Ridding City of Fallen Leaves Amos Fisher, city street commissioner, today asked for the cooperation of Decatur citizens in cleaning the streets of leaves. Mr. Fisher asks that every householder rake the leaves into the streets this week and stated that the city street cleaning department would gather them up next week. The street department has made an effort to clean the streets of leaves and in many cases as soon as one street was cleaned leaves were raked into the street the next day and the work of the department was useless. Since all the leaves have fallen, Mr. asks that residents rake the leaves into the street this week and that next week he would see that they were burned or gathered up. Commenting on the cleaning of the streets, Mr. Fisher pointed out that employment could be given to men to rake the leaves and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

OPLIGER WILL HAVE HEARING Decatur Man’s Insanity Hearing Scheduled for November 20 Lawrence E. Opliger, Decatur man, who was arrested last Saturday on a charge of vagrancy and against whom insanity proceedings were filed will have a hearing on the latter Thursday in Adams circuit court. The examining physicians filed their report with the Adams circuit court and it is understood the reports showed the man to be insane. The hearing on the case will be held and if the court is of the opinion Opliger is of unsound mind he will be taken to East ha ven.Examining physicians were Dr. T. J. McKean of Linn Grove and Dr. F. W. Lose and Dr. L. E. Somers of Decatur. The inquest was held Saturday afternoon at the Adams county jail Friends of Opliger are said to have asked for the inquest in order that he might receive treatment. It is believed that the man will be well mentally in a short time it proper treatment is ministered. For the last several weeks, following financial reverses it is alleged Mr. Opliger has not been receiving sufficient food to benefit, him physically. It is understood that the vagrancy charge will not lie pressed if the insanity inquest warrants sufficient evidence to provide for the man. 0 David Belasco Is 11l New York, Nov. 19. —(U.R) —David Belasco, veteran theatrical producer, is seriously ill with pneumonia in his apartment at the Hotel Gladstone, it was learned, today. Belasco's condition was considered so grave that cnly his physician and a nurse were permitted to enter his room, and telephone service was discontinued. The producer, who is 71, had been ill for several days in Baltimore. where he had gone to rehearse his new show, “Tonight or Never." He ignored his friends’ appeals to stop work, until his condition became so serious that he was brought back to New York and placed under a physician’s care.

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LATE FIGURES SHOW LUSS OF ONE IN STATE President Makes Official Announcement Os Reapportionment 27 SEATS ARE CHANGED Washington, Nov. 18.—<U.R) —President Hoover today officially announced the results of the 1930 national census as it affects representation of various states in the house of representatives. Outstanding gains were made by California which will have nine more members in th > house, by Michigan with four mere and by Texas, with three. Mr. Hoover said the officlll figures certified to him by the census bureau did not differ materially from the informal estimates made in recent months. The change in representation causes certain states to lose 27 seats in the house, which are, of course, added to these of other states. Th° president announced that tlie census showed the population of the United States, excluding the District of Columbia and various territories and possessions, to be 122.093.455. The losses cf'congressmen by states: Alabama. 1: Georgia, 2; Indiana, 1; lowa, 2: Kansas, 1; K ntucky, 2; Maine, 1; Massachusetts, 1: Minnesota, 1: Mississippi, 1; Missouri. 3; Nebraska. 1; North Dakota. 1; Pennsylvania. 2; Rhode Island, 1; South Carolina, 1; South Dakota, 1; Tennessee, 1; Vermont. 1: Virginia, 1; Wisconsin. 1. The gains: California, 9; Connect lent, 1; Florida, 1; Michigan, 4; New Jersey, 2: New York. 2; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 2; Oklahoma, 2; Texas, 3: Washington, 1. All others were uncliangefl. . Congress, after failing to pass reapportionment legislation after the decennial census of 1920, auth- ( rized at its last session a redistribution of house seats on the basis of the 1930 c nsus. This n ■ distribution will be effective in the presidential election of 1932. Observers have speculated as to the effect of rt apportionment on the prohibition issue. While such wet states as New York and New Jersey show gains, these apparently are counter-balanced in part by gains in such dry states as California, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texah. The loss of but one congressional seat in Indiana comes as a surprise. It was first estimated that Indiana's loss would be either two cr possibly three. MANY HDRT IN SPANISH RIOTS Police and Strikers In Clashes at Barcelona; Millions Strike Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 18 (U.R) —Police and strike rioters battled in the streets of Barcelona today and scores fell as heavy firing sounded through the city. Three were killed and at least 40 injured. This great industrial city of 770,000 population was in riotous ferment on the second day of th© general strike, started by tlrj* Syndicalist Union in sympathy with the workers in Madrid and numerous other Spanish cities who are engaged in a general labor protest. The most serious rioting occurred near the Columbus statue where Syndicalist Uniion members clashed with members of the “Free” Labor Union, who opposed the strike. Syndicalists tried to destroy copies of the only newspaper on sale, Sorreo Catalan, while the Free Syndicate tried to protect the vendors. Both sides used revolvers. Shots and stones flew and clubs were (used as they struggled. The civil | guard galloped up and charged the I mob, firing freely. Police reinIforcements came and aleo started (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)