Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1931 — Page 1

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|aty broken Ipporters of [atic an claim S|t Latern Treaty To Hove Points of BrokI en Promises BeRTY IS ■ AISO ATTACKED F. Montavon, legal National Catholic t > Welfare Conference) ■ashington. June B—(U.R) Hvritten for the United H) Information now Hable shows that during K oting which occurred in ■tv of Rome on the night jiav 28th .ind the morning s'B.'y 29th. grave offenses K committed against sev-l Stipulations of the l.aterMreatv and concordat conH d (in February 11, 1929. ■stone i attoliea. together with, ■fisted organizations is speHv recognized in article 43 of Honcordat. The official action ■essing the Catholic clubs and conducted by Azione ■direct violation of the stipu- ■ which reads: ■le Italian state recognizes the Karv organizations of the K Cattolica Italiana. in as ■i as these, according to the Ktions 'V the Holy See, carry ■eir activities independently «.( ■olitical parties." ■tide 15 of the Lateran treaty. K... the Holy See and Italy, ■ s to the ehancert palace ex ■rritorial status and the “Im■ty guaranteed by internation ■w to the embassies of foreign ■tries." The invasion of this King, which is on Italian terri- ■ by Fascist rioters calls for ■ act of reparation from the ■in government. ■tide eight of the Lateran guarantees to the Pope in ■ treatment like that accorded sovereign of Italy. Obv- j ■ for the rioters to cry j ■wn with the Pope!" “Death to, ■ Pope!" And. to denounce the | ■- as a traitor, trampling his ) ■nit under foot, calls for some . ■of reparation and satisfaction . K the government <rf Italy, ■vents immediately leading up, ■this crisis began on April 21 ■n Deputy Giovanni Oiurriati, ■etary and recognized spokes■of Fascismo, in a speech at ■an made a violent, attack on ■INTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ■ o ■Spiritualists Convene ■dianapolis, .lune B.—<U.R>--Bus-■s sessions here on the program ■ay for more than 500 persons ■nding the twenty-seventh an■l convention of the Indiana Bte Association of Spiritualists. ■ Lucy Goons and Rev. Mamie ■ulz, both of Fort Wayne, were ■aiuled to bring messages to ■mliers of the audience from varE* mediums. ■rs. Maye M. Hibbs, Fort Wayne, ■ in charge of the group’s mem■l session. Mrs. Effie Menden■l and Mrs. Anna Harper-Green- ■. Terre Haute mediums, took ■t in the opening sessions, flection of officers will be held ■arrow. MEN RULES lONSALARYBILL kke County Prosecutor's | Salary Will Be Greatly I Reduced iMlanapolis, June B—(U.R)- All fte county officials, including [e prosecutor, will be affected by f e Lake county salary bill passed r. lhe last legislature, it was P l *‘ | l In an opinion given Lawrence fOrr, chief examiner of the state r rt of accounts, by James M. ptea. attorney general, today. I” 1 * Lake county calary bill will fsonie effective July 1, provided acts of the legislature are pl'Shf.ii by that time, Ogden [ he decision places the income F he prosecutor, which had rang-■-^LjIOO.OOO t 0 1150,000 an,c°NTINUED on PAGE TWO)

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[Reynolds' Leave For [ Wooster Commencement Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Reynolds ot Elizabeth, N. J who have been visiting in Decatur as guests of Mrs. Reynolds brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Mills left today for a short visit at Liberty, Indiana. with Rev. Reynolds’ brother, Rev. Walter Remolds. Rev. and' Mrs. Reynolds will ten go to Wooster. Ohio, to attend the commencement exercises of Wooster cllege Rev. Reynolds was graduated from Wooster fifty years ago this week and his class is holding a re-union-in connection with the commencement exercises. Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds will depart from | Wooster for their home in the east. WEED EXPERT WILL BE HERE O. C. Lee Will Conduct Experiments In Connection With Weeds Word has been received at the county agent's office that O. C. Lee, . extension botanist will be in Adams county June 16 and 17. The work to be undertaken on those days will be meetings held on farms where Canada thistle and quack grass were sprayed with sodium or calcium chlorate last year. Mr. Lee will discuss the proper method of spraying to eradicate and control these weed pests and show what was actually accomplished by these methods last year. Three meetings will be held each day. The meetings will last about one hour. Mr. Lee will also be; glad to identify any or all plants; brought to the meeting. Those who I bring new weeds have an oppor-1 tunity to learn what they are and i how serious they may become as well as the methods necessary for a successful eradcation. The exact location of these meet-1 ings will be announced the latter 1 part of the week. Word has been received in the] county agent’s office from C. M. Vestal in charge of swine husbandry! iat Purdue that they are going to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! HEALTH BOARD ISSUES RULE Dairy Farmers Must Comply, State Board Says In Recent Bulletin The state board of health has| issued regulations governing the building of milk houses on farms., All persons engaged in the sale of j milk are required to have a separ-i ate building for the handling and cooling of milk and the regulations ■ specify how it shall be built. The state board also orders that the houses l*e built and in use not. later than September 1, 1931. Blue prints of the milk houses recommended by the state board are, available at the Cloverleaf Cream-; ■ eries, Inc., in this city. The regulations issued by the board follow: “A sanitary milk house or room.| so located, that the odors from the i barn, pig pen. etc., are reduced to a minimum and located conveniently for the hauler as well as the user. It must have a graded concrete floor, adequate light and cross ventilation, must l>e screened against flies, and must be used only for straining, cooling and > storing milk and for washing, disinfeciting and storing equipment. In no case should a milk house he i built smaller than 5x6 feet Inside (30 sq. ft. of floor area.) Most farms require 50 or 60 sq. ft. of floor space. “Failitte* in the milk house for I j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — —~ Village Is Destroyed \ Quebec. JuniTs—(UP)— Nearly . the entire village of St Victor De ; and many , smaXfire lighted by a four-yea. oMboy. Th- bonfire got * and the main °'Xi we?e was in ruins before the flames were brought under control.

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Junior Band To Give Concerts A ' ~~ -***e*^* ; --*(— ** -V.iiin | -a-r— 1— ■ ’ ’ll * wl ■ Y > JEctA ■ i >»■ ■ w u I 11 ml ■■■ ? \■' I vHB HH • IB i ft Jv 4 m fli Tlie Decatur Junior band, under the leadership of Dave Rice will give weekly band concerts -at the Central school lawn every Tuesday night at 8:30 o’cl >ck, daylight saving time, during June and July. The band lias many new selections and the first of the con erts will be presented tomorrow night. Mr. Rice stated that all members of the band joined in extend ng an invitation to the public to attend. Members of the band in the picture are, from left to right: First row: Dave Rice, Director; Franklin Hebble, Bobby Worthman, Phillip B. Thomas; Second row: Edward Martz. Ellis Squiers, Billy Bauman, Esther Sunderman, Martha Erma Butler. Helen Becker, Billy Schafer. Erma Kirchner, Martha lane Linn, John Heller; Third row: Htfrold Teeters. Bobby Ashbaucher, Hirry Moyer. Richard Brodbeck, Arthur Sunderman, Robert Brodbeck. Lawrence Anspaugh, Marcile Leath'rman, Mary Kathryn Tyndall; Fourth row: Elva Anspaugh, Hilda Quandt, Richard Wertzberger, Roliert Eiting, Irene Kirchner, Lorine Kirchner, Bernadine Kolter, Vera Porter; Fifth row: Marcia Martin, Arthur Krick, Cecil Schafer, Frederick Schroyer, Roselyn Foreman.

COUNTY DRAIN I SYSTEM GOOD I _ 11 All Farmland In Adams 1 County Reported Fit I 1 For Growing Crops Adams county has 11,073.602 in- ( i vested in land drainage enterprises. | 1 according to United States govern- i ment statistics received here re- i cently. The drainage enterprises < include both open ditches and land drained by a tile system. There are' I 205.736 acres of land affected by; I either tile or open ditch drains and 1 , ! ail but eight acres of this land are I | fit for normal crops, the report! I shows. I Tlie report shows also that Adjams county is one of the few counties in the stfte which reports no| acres unfit for crops because ct the I | lack of drainage enterprise. There [are 2 other of the 96 countiss reporting all land at least partly lit for crops. The total number of acres of ; j farm land in Adams county is re- i 1 ported at 205,736 acres ami of tills i 184,403 acres were planted with : J some crop in 1929. In Indiana there I are 16,403 miles of open ditch drain I 143 miles of levees and dikes used i for drainage purposes and 10,823 , I miles of tile drain, the report shows j oCHICAGO HAS BANK MERGERS . I Two Huge Institutions Result of 40-Hour Conference© of Officials Chicago, June B—(UP)—Two of the most important mergers in Chi- ' cage history brought about the shift ing today ot fore than $1,250.000.000 1 in bank resurces and creation of the second and third largest financial institutions in the loop. Announcement of the Gigantic ' consolidation was made after a large group of leading bankers had been in continuous continuous conference for almost 40 hours. Through the mergers, the First National Bank and its affiliate, the First Union Trust and Savings Bank and The Central Trust Company of Illinois and National bank of the republic were consolidated to become the Central Republic bank and Trust company. Under the new arrangement, the First NationaWFirst Union Trust Company group becomes a $1)00.000000 Institution, ranking second In size only to the Continental Illinois bank and trust company, which became Chicago’s first billion dollar bank in 1928 when the Continental National and the Illinois Merchants Trust company were ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, .June 8, 1931.

Richard Mills Hurt Richard Mills, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mills of this city, was struck by an automobile at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon when he attempted to run across the road to join other children, a| mile west of this city on state road 1 16. The lad received a number of minor scratches and bruises but is greatly improved today. The children were walking down the road when a car came along behind them. Richard ran across the roadfto join the others and was struck by the automobile. The driver’s name was not learned. FIRE DAMAGES HAIN BUILDING — Phillips Restaurant Is Damaged By Flames In Sunday Night Fire Fire of unknown origin did damage to the E. C. Phillips restaurant, on South Winchester street, estimated at several hundred dollars at 10 o’clock last night. The building is the property of S. J. Hain. The fire is thought to have started in a closet room off the main room of the restaurant. Flames had made some headway before the local fire department was notified. The firemen stretched water hose across the Erie railroad tracks a few minutes before an east-bound meat train arrived. The train shot across the hose cutting it in two. A flagman was stationed directly at the hose but the engineer was unable to see the stop signal in time. The train was stopped a short distance from the flag. The Are burned for about an hour, but was under control a short time after firemen arrived. The interior of the building was damaged and the equipment in tlie main room was burned and blackened by the heat and smoke. The northeast part of the building was badly burned. A new hose line was stretcched after the train had severed the first connection and in the meantime firemen fought tlie flames with chemicals. Five Die In Crash Bellevue. Tex. June B—(UP) — Five persons were killed and another fatally injured near here yesterday when a moving van crashed into an automobile. V. J. Notley, 28. Dallas, the driver Leonidas Johnston. 14, Vernon Schoolboy; and Murphy Deshorg. 19, graduated last week from high s< liool at Amarillo, were crushed in the cab of tire truck. M. Miciiam. 65 and Samuel McNew, both of Wichita Falls, were hurled from the automobile and killed instantly. Bill Orman. Wichita Fulls died of a fractured skull soon after the crash.

AGED WOMAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mary 1). Niblick. 74, Is* Dead Following Illness of Several Weeks Mrs. Mary D. Niblick, 74, wellknowiUAdams county woman, died at her home six miles west of this city at 11:15 o'clock Saturday night following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Niblira suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago and was bedfast since that I time. She was born May 16, 1857, at ! Wabash county. Indiana, the daugh- | ter of William and Eve Lee. Surviving is the husband, J. T. Niblick, two sons. H. F. Niblick of Wabash and Jess Niblick of Warren. Three brothers, Henry Lee of Fort Wayne, Jasper Lee of Pennsylvania, Clifford Lee of tins city, and ■ two sisters, Mrs. Mag McConahey | and Mrs. Anna Beamer of Fort Wayne, also survive. Funeral services will be held • Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock (Central Standard Time) at the home with Rev. Edgar Johnston, pastor of the Beulah Chapel church officiating. Burial will be in the Antoich cemetery. o PHI BELTS TO HOLD BANQUET Local Chapter Expects 300 At Anniversary Dinner Tonight The Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity I ot this city will celebrate its first anniversary with a stag banquet and special program at the Decatur Country Club tonight at 8 o’dock ■ (D.S.T.) John Burnett, president, ■ will he in charge of the program, i Don Farr will be toastmaster at the banquet and master ot ceremonies for the evening. Rolland H. Neese ot Elwood, past National auditor of the fraternity, who had charge ot the installation of the local chapter on June 8, . 1930,1 will rttend the banquet together with several members of 'he . Elwood chapter. The natinoal president, Carl V. Gilgrist of Indianapolis, and the . national secretary-treasurer, Paul i F. Deaton, will also lie present, Members from chapters at Fort ' (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO) i 0 Band Will Hold Drill i, Junior Band practice will be lield I in the Decatur high school, tonight i at 7:15 o’clock. All members of jthe band are urged to be present.

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BRIDGE WILL BE BUILT BY LOWEST BIDDER Fort Wayne Concern To Construct Scheimann Bridge In County STATE BOARD GIVES ORDER The contract for constructing’ tlie new Scheimann I bridge across the St, Mary’s! river in Preble township, I northwest of Decatur, will be! awarded to P. B. Putman, | Fort Wayne, low bidder on I the job, Henry B. Heller, [ county attorney stated today. The state board of tax commissioners instructed the commissioners to award the contract to tlie low bidder. Putman's bid was $23,835.75. The bid of Yost Bros., local contractors, was $25,900. The bonds will bear 4 per cent interest and it is thought that they j will find a ready buyer. The state hoard ordered that the interest should not exceed 4 per cent. Approval to issue the bonds was granted by the state board of tax commissioners last Saturday, following the gathering of evidence in the case last April. Bids were received by the county commissioners on June 2 and same were sent to the state board. The estimate on the job was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Russell Funeral Held Funeru services for Mrs. Wini-1 fred J. Russell, aged Decatur | I woman who died at her home | Thursday morning, were held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home, 803 Russel street, and [ ut 3 o'clock at the Methodist Epis-| copal church with Rev. B. H. j Franklin officiating. Burial was in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Russel had spent her entire life in and near Decatur. She was 89 years ot age. MARIE BIXLER DIES SUNDAY Aged Berne Woman Is Victim of Cancer After Long Illness Berne, June B—(Special)—Marie C. Bixler, 88. a resident ot' this county for a number ot years, died at the home of her son, Peter Bixler in Berne. Sunday morning at eight o’clock. Death was caused by cancer, from which Mrs. Bixler had been bedfast for the last six weeks. The deceased was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland. December 17, 1842. the daughter of Christ and Marie Baumgartner Bixler. She was united in marriage to Abraham C. Bixler in 1868 in Switzerland, moving to this country in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Bixler resided in Ohio, later moving to Adams County. Mr. Bixler preceded his wife in death 25 years ago. after which Mrs. Bixler lived in Berne. Five children survive, John and Peter Bixler; Eli Bixler of Salem. Jacob Bixler of Ceylon; Mrs. George C. McCune of French Township A half sister and two half brothers also survive, together with seventeen grandchildren and seven great grand children. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:3(1 o'clock at the Peter Bixler home in Berne, and at 2 o’clock at the Reformed church, with burial in the M. R. E. cemetery. o ————— Legion Plans Meeting The regular meeting of Adams post. American Legion will be held at 8:30 o'clock tonight at Legion hall. All members are urged to attend. —_—o — - Storm Does Damage Berne, Ind., June 8. —(Special)— Farmers living east ot here suffered a loss of several hundreds of dollars worth of crops when the windstorm removed the top surface of several acres, Saturday afternoon, carrying away tons ot cultivated soil in which onions, potatoes, and corn had been planted.

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Local Girl Is Winner of Tennis Tournament Miss Vivian Thomas, a junior at Franklin College, Franklin, won the Girls' Tennis tournament held at the college campus during tlie past week. The award was a silver loving cup with the winner and the event engraved on it. Miss Thomas is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomas of this city. i DAMAGESUIT BEING TRIED [Case From Allen County, Reversed In State Court, Heard Here A SIO,OOO damage suit, Kaleel Stephan. Italian, vs. Clark Fruit Co. lof Fort Wayne, is being heard toi day in Adams circuit court before Judge D. B. Erwin and a jury. The case was tried some time ago in Allen county and a verdict was 1 rendered for the plaintiff. The case was appealed to the 1 state appellate court and the decis- ' ion was reversed in that court be[cause of an error in the instructions to the jury, throwing tlie case back in the Allen court. A change of venue was taken some t'me ago and the suit was brought to Adams circuit court ' Mr. Stephan was the first witness ’ in the case today and he was questioned several hours. The man speaks broken English and had I some trouble in understanding the questions, and answering them. o TAX BOARD MAN IS IN COUNTY Ray Shank Confers With County Board of Review In Session Here — 1 Ray Shank, special representative of the state board of tax commissioners, conferred today with County Assessor John Felty and j members of the county board of i review Mr. Shank compared the aver-1 age assessments of personal property in this county to those in i 18 other counties under his jurisdiction. In several cases the average| assessments were a few dollars under the average in the 18 coun- ' ties. The average assessment on automoMles in this county is $133 and the average in the 18 counties I is $l6B, according to Mr. Shank’s . table of figures. No orders were given the board i as to changes in the assessments. ■ Tlie county board of review has : rechecked all the assessment I schedules and very few errors ■ were found in the assessors books ; it was stated. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWQ) STREETSWILL BE RESURFACED ) Second Street Included: 1 Commissioners To Receive Bids , Bids for the resurfacing of Sec-j . oml street, north of Adams street 1 to to the corporation line and Mar-, t shall and Gloss streets in Decatui : under the three mile road law, wild I be received by the board of count,'' t commissioners on Tuesday, July 7. . The estimate on the job is $28.I 974.30. Bids will be received by the commissioners for the resurfacing work on the three streets and 'lie contract will be let as one job. Park street south of the city light and I>ower plant Is also included in the project. * Bids will be received at the same ' time by the commissioners for the 1 building of the Huser road in Bltte- ■ creek and Monroe townships. The estimate on this job is $4,697.95. To Sell Bonds County treasurer Ed Ashbaucher will received bids so rtlie bonds on ■ the Barkley road in Union town- ■ ship, tlie Koeneman road in Preble f township and the Boice road In Wa--9 ftasli township, on June 25. The is--9 sue on the Barkley road is $4,160; •- the Koeneman. $6,480; tlie Boice, I- $4,320. The bonds bear four and t- one half per cent, payable semi anl. nually.

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WICKERSHAM GROUP URGES NEW METHODS Says Politics Rules In Most Instances of Prosecution of Cases WOULD REMOVE ALL POLITICS Washington, June 8. —(U.R) —A general indictment Os the present system of prosecuting lawbreakers was handed down today by the Wickersham commission in its fourth report. Prosecutors the report said, are indirectly allied through political affiliation with crime in some localities. The report revealed that out of every 100 prosecutions in Chicago or New York, only four or five result in conviction. Cincinnati's percentage was 17. Milwaukee’s 60, and Baltimore's higher than 59. In that city there were 2.248 prosecutions and 1,311 convictions in 1928. “There is a close connection." the report said, "between corrupt local political organizations and criminal organizations. The former exploit and the latter organize law breaking and vice. “Campaign funds are derived from what amounts to licensed violations of the law. "It has happened frequently that the prosecuting attorney withdraws wholly from the courts and devotes himself to the political side and sensational investigatory functions jof his office, leaving the work ot I prosecution wholly to Ills assistants. "Between the desire for publicity and the fear of offending those who control local politics, the temptations is strong to fall into an ineffective perfunctory routine for everyday cases, with spectacular treatment of sensational ceases.” The report largely absolved juries ot blame for freeing of criminals. Few felony prosecutions ever reach the jury stage, it brought out. 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DEATH CALLS BERNE WOMAN .I Susan Nussbaum Dies Sunday Morning of Sarcomatous Illness Berne, June B—(Special) —Miss Susan Nussbaum. 33, daughter of Solomon Nussbaum of Monroe Township, died at her home Sunday morning at 1:30 o’clock from Sarcoma. She l>ad been bedfast for tlie last seven weeks. For several years she had been employed at the Berne Overall Factory in Berne. She was born in Wabash township. November 12, 1897, the daughter of Solomou and Elizabeth Hate egger Nussbaum. Her mother died in 1921. Miss Nussbaum was a member of the A. C. Parochial church. Surviving besides the father, are five sisters. Rosina. Emma. Lydia, Mrs. Joe M. Schwartz and Mis. Noah D. Schwartz of Monroe Township. Funeral services were held at tho I home at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, with burial at the Hilty cemetery. LEGION GROUP FAVORSCHANGE District Problem Will Be Decided At State Convention Soon Indianapolis, June B.—(U.R>—Tho question of whether the districts of Indiana department of the American Legion should be altered to conform with tlie revised congressional districts will be decided at the state convention in Anderson, as the result of u decision of tlie executive committee here in favor of the change. The committee voted 7 to 5 for the new districts. The decision was reached after a heated argument which Involved all Indiana districts except the fifth, which Is commanded by W. 8. Donner, Greencastle. (CONTINUED ON PAGE HIX)