Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Hue. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, ns second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies t .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office .. 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Kates made known on Application. National Advertising Representat! SCREERER, INC. t»5 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, Nev York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies | Captain Wilkins szeas fletcmln-, ed to reach the North Polo if ho has to have tho whois U. S. fleet, tow him up there. A few years a’o Tom Marshall said, "What this country needs most, is a good five cent cigar." ! Now what tho f;re-eent cigar needs is a good country. - What this country can do with her war debts is proving almost as bothersome as it is tor the average fellow to determine what to do with h.s old razor blades. So far the Reds haven’t succeeded la making much headway egainst tho government but somehow or other tho government has managed to get in the red. Judgs magazine says: "Co-oper-ative marketing of wheat has been a great success except for the fact that the farmers wouldn’t co-oper-ate and there hasn't been any market." Mr. Hoover thinks its time for the bulls to have a turn on the market, which we might expect since a campaign year draws near. Wh»t would a presidential year be without plenty of "bull?’’ If you are "all swelled up” about your own importance, take a vacation for a couple of weeks or a month and the chances are that when you get back you will be surprised to find things better than when you left. Reduction of taxes may not restore prosperity but it will help th se who have felt the pressure the past few years. Os course it has to come and will in due time, so the wise thing is to get at it and do it now. The market goes down because of the financial difficulties in Germany and if son..? plan is made to take care of that situation, they will probably go up again, thus giv- : ing the gamblers chances both I ways. Warren and Von Duren would like to keep their interurban line but they probably won’t be able to stop its aandonment. These reads have lost money for years and the publie service commission will no doubt not insist on the owners so continuing.

REDUCED Payments on All Loans $lO to S3OO Our New Reduced Payment Flan has proven very popn lar. Many citizens of our . community have taken ad ■ vantage of our plan. It enalles you to borrow needed money on the lowest terms. Before you borrow, it will pay you to investigate our service. All dealings cenfldcntial. Call, write cr phono us. Special Plan for Farmers Franklin Security ~ Company Phone 2SI Decatur, Ind. Over Schafer Hdw. Store

We are not as much interested In how long previous depressions | continued as we are in reaching the bottom of this one find on that | there seems to be quite a division of opinion. Some say we have rounded the corner while others express doubt. In the meantime keep going and smiling. The corn crop needs rain and more than a shower. In the section south of here noted for good corn there has been less rainfall than in thi? immediate section and the corn is showing a lack of moisture. Rains now would assure a splendid crop but its not made yet, we are informed by old time farmers. A boom lias been started for Phillip LaFollette, Governor of Wisconsin for the Republican presidential nomination. it probably won’t get far but it may put him in place for the vice-presidency or i for recognition later. The LaFolt lottos are successful politicians and usually make good showings wheth- | cr they win or not. Getting ready for the street fair I to open September 15th. The Legion boys have begun the work and ! will keep right at it until the last i stand is down on the 19th. Many ' concessions Ijave been booked and those in charge insist they are all clean and wholesome and that no gambling will be permitted. The free attractions will be splendid and the show one of the best ever given here, it is predicted by those | interested. The poor who need assistance from township trustees in Adams county must discard their automobiles according to a rule adopted at yesterdays meeting. There are cases reported where car owners drive to the trustees office, seeking aid and offering to haul fuel and I food home in their own car and some have the nerve to ask for gas with which to operate. The trustees have decided that such applicants will have to raise funds by other means than from the public treasury. Germany has made a hard fight but cannot meet the demands for reparation. Banks are closing and there is much doubt as to when, if ever, their debts can be paid. The world is interested but every nation is having her troubles and loans are difficult to effect. What will be the result? Will debts be cancelled or repudiated: Will we all be big enough to do the right thing and the smart thing? We are writing history these days and only time can tell the results of the events of this era. Until these great matters are disposed of and in the right way, don't expect improvement in general conditions. o * REUNION CALENDAR Sunday, July 26 Borne Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 2 Twelfth reunion of the Hart family, home of Clinton Hart, 6 miles east and 3 miles south of | Berne. Grim Reunion, Sun Set Park, southeast of Decatur. Schafer Reunion, Sun Set Park. Bunner Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 9 Rillig & Reohm Family reunion. Sun Set Park. Annual Reunion of Beinz Family, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 16 Butler Reunion, Sun Set Park. McGill Family reunion, Sun Set Park. Smith Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 23 Annual reunion of Hakes Family, Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sept. 7—Labor Day Lenhart Reunion, Sun Set Park. Reunion of Millinger Family, Sun Set Park. ■ — -Q — Politeness and F.ankness A great deal ct "candid crltl clstn” is Just bad manners, and your best friend la sometimes the one who won't tell *•«.—Spring field (Mass.) Union. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia I in 30 minutes, checks a Cold the ’ first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 1]666 Salve for Baby's Cold.

” __ - I Atavistic Gang Torture Reminiscent of Dark Ages * ♦ * * * * Luckless, Innocent Victims of Rum Runners, Branded With Red Hot Iron, Prove World Has Not Advanced Far io'- I. L JjjjjKl Nsk (Left) ißl®* A Kenneth J Farrell r >» M Old Implements* y Torture «• Branded Foor The world and its people are so prone to imagine that their civilization in this twentieth century has advanced to the heights of culture and humanity, with universal good-will to mandkind, that it’s disappointing to bring into bold relief such tortures as were visited upon two innocent youths of Southampton, L. 1., in quite the same manner that other horrors were perpetrated on men hundreds of years ago. One is all too apt to believe that the fiendishly devised tortures of past centuries are a thing of the past in what is called “modern civilization,” but when rum runners take two youths and brand them with red hot irons, across face and feet, it may be the twentieth century by the clock, but it’s still the dark ages in the behavior of humans. Old implements of torture, like the steel “straightjacket” and iron mask clamped over the girl’s head (above), have been outdone by the ingenuity of modern minds in devising branding irons. Jacob Antiletv, 19, and Kenneth Farrell, 26, were the gangsters’ victims.

New York, July 14. — Man, per- i sistently short-sighted within the 1 scope of his own generation and i < carelessly forgetful of the past, still! < tenaciously clings to the well-lath-': ered idea that civilization, in all its i phases, has marched steadily on. 1 How gratifying is to feel that all' < the cruel barbarism practiced so t unmercifully in ye olden times is I now a thing of the past! Yes, in-j i deed how gratifying, until some i particularly atrocious torture is t perpetrated in this highly cultured ’ and civilized twentieth century and I awakens all to the realization that,. I unfortunately, "history repeats its- i self.’’ 11 The latest wanton crime Short of murder to upset one’s faith in the; 1 progress of mankind had for its 1 1 unique setting the ultra-fashionable | 1 summer colony of wealthy New ' Yorkers. Southampton, L. I. In the!' shadow of all the splendor and coin-| 1 forts which the current era can 1 provide, man reverted to the most I elementary forms of terrorism to 1 gain his nefarious ends. I ' Where the inquisition was the! motivating force of many horrible:' tortures, of that age, the far-flung j nullifications of the rum running,' hijacking, bootlegging and racket- 1 eering vocations of today form a! 1 great a menace to humanity and' its peaceful progress as any of the events which caused blood to be 1 spilled fast and furiously when Spain initiated his campaign of terror. Two innocent youths were the . luckless victims of the most mod ern evidence of man’s innate bar- , barium. Kidnaped by a rum run ning gang operating near Southampton on suspicion that they were! responsible far hijacking a valu- 1 able load of liquor, the men, Jacob Antilety, 19, and Kenneth Farrell, 26. may be crippled for life from their fiendish treatment at the I hands of heartless ruffins simply I seeking information. First slugged into unconscious-', r TWENTY' YEARS * AGO TODAY "rnm the Daily Democrat File » < July 14—Thomas Perkins of LaJunta. Colorado, visiting here. Roy Butcher goes to Seattle, Washington, to open law oflice- 1 His father, S. A. M. Butcher of Geneva wit! join him soon George L. Maddy writes from Joneslmro Ark., that 25 former! Decaturites will come front there to attend Old Home tycek it we have one. Forest fires in Michigan have killed seven, many are missing and i 1.000 miles of territory have been i 1 devastated. Believed under control. Barber’s Union fixes scale of prices-hair cut, 25c and shave 10c

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ness by the modern means of a pistol butt, the tortured pair was taken to the scene of their "horror chamber, ’’ a vacant cottage, opposite the sumptuous home of a multimillionaire. Denying that they , knew anything of the missing lead of liquor, Antilety and Farrell were I repeatedly knocked down by a huge ' Oriental styled “Philliy.” Ignor- ; ant of information which the terro- ; rists were trying to wring out of their helpless victims, the men j were treated to a beating with a ■ heavy piano stool. "Philliy,” vexed that his cruelty was not bringing ■ results, even tried to gouge out | their eyes with his thumbs. But still their supreme moment of excruciating pain and torture had not arri-ed. Finally came the I I order to throw the young men on ; their backs. Wriggling and squirm■ing. they tried to rise. Burly mem- , : hers of the gang sat on their ’ chests. | With due deliberation for its terrible effect-; "I’hilly” heated an ' iron potato masher in an oil stove. ’The improvised brand, as horrible i as any instrument used in the bar- | baric times one likes to think gone forever, finally fell. The agonized pair screamed time and again that theyt knew naught of what'was I wanted of them. Unrelenting, the hot metal was raked back and forth across their feet and their torn and bleeding faces. Branded, alive! And in the twentieth century! At last the quest for information was ended, the youths were dragged back to where they had been seized, their limp, wracked bodies tossed from the car. Just another chapter in modern torture had been , written, an episode which indicates that anyone is entirely too complimentary with the human race if they believe its standards when ' dealing with its own have improved any down through the years. It may be the twentieth century by the clock, but it’s still the dark lagos in man's behavior. and fix hours at 6:30 A. M. to 8 p. m. Miller and Schug awarded contract to build Kintz Macadam road ; for $2,439, Billy Sunday closes revival at Erie Pa., with 2,312 conversions and I a collection of $11,613.67. French May Reward Seeger Nice. (U.Rl—The municipality of I Nice has under consideration the , erection of a monument commemorating Alan Seeger, the American poet-soldier, who was killed in tile Foreign Legion in 1916. The monument would not commemorate the poet, or the soldier, but is intended to stress the role Seeger played in bridging America into the war. French war veterans stress that Seeger's writings were among the principal causes of American inter-i , vention. j

i * | Household Scrapbook | By UROBERTA LEE - (U.R> + Silverware Scouring silverware scratches it. To dean it without scouring use an old aluminum pan. Put water, coin mon salt, and baking soda in the pan. Use 1 teaspoonful each of salt and baking soda for each quart of water. Place tho pan over a flame and heat until the tarnish disappears from the silver. Then wash in hot, soapy water. Fresh Lemons Lemons will keep fresh it they are placed in an air-tight jar filled with water. This will keep them fresh for a long time. A Needle-book An excellent needle-book is one that is made of chamois instead of flannels, as the needles will not rust In the chamois. — o Lessons In English Words often misused: Do not say "How much further shall we drive?" Use farther to express distance. Often mispronounced: Holyoke (Massachusetts.) Pronounce hoiyok, both o’s as in "no,” and not holy-yok. g Often misspelled: Annual; two n’s and two a’s. Synonyms: Forward, preverse, obstinate, refractory, ungovernable, untoward. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us in-1 crease our vocabulary by mastering ; one word each day. Today’s word: Piqued; to anger by wounding the pride of. “He spoke crossly, piqued by the man’s insolence.” o ♦— 4 Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U.R) ♦ ! Q. What sequence of pages should i be followed in writing a very long i letter. A. First, second, third and fourth in the regular order, and never first third, or first and fourth, as is often seen. Q. When is the meat plate taken from the dinner table? A. When the salad plate is put down to take its place. Q. Whom does one tip when summering in a hotel? A. Practically eve|y employee ' who serves him.

I j Where Traffic Lights I Are Always Green S DO YOUR shopping in this newspaper. Read the advertising'! It is a sort of private super-highway between your home and important stores and ap factories. jfi In your favorite easy-chair you can pass in a g twinkling as many “stop” signals as might be found ft between the shops of Fifth Avenue and the canner- || ies in California’s Great Valley. i j Latest fashions .. . vital foods .. . indispensable j, hjxuiies are all displayed in these advertisements, h Many of their producers and purveyors have names ft familiar in every corner of the country. Others of jg , them are folks you personally know or frequently patronize. All are helping you to choose the good things of life at your leisure. ® Advertising is read with profit that can be measured in shopping time saved, in dollars and cents saved. No aching feet, weary legs, or fruitless | search, for those who go this way. It is the quickest ft way, and the straightest, to every market. I < are ‘ h<> advertisements. Know the pleasure ffi , an d the worth of such shopping right now! | Decatur Daily Democrat

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nil* wii i OBITUARY M. G. Zimmerman. 76. father of Martin F. Zimmerman of this city died at the Gainesville, Texas. Sanitarium. Wednesday night July 1 fun eral services were held Thursday afternoon. July 2. in the St Marys Catholic church with Rev. Raymond I Vernimont of Dentin oftjoiating. j Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Zimmerman was a native of Austria. Hungary, being born there April 18, 1855, coming to America when he was 18 years old. He first settled in Defiance, Ohio, living there until 23 years ago when he moved to Texas Surviving are nine children, George Zimmerman. Milwaukee, I Wis.; Henry B. Zimmerman. Byron i Center. Michigan; John and Carl ( Zimmerman. Chicago and Martin) F. Zimmerman Decatur; Mrs. Estel-

le Edgmotr, Dallas. Texas; Miss | Anne Zimmerman. Chicago; Mrs. . Regina Horne. Seagonville, Texas, | and Miss Edith Ganavan. Brooklyn N Y. There are also four surviving I grandchildren. They are Mary Grace I and Harold Zimmerman. Decatur, June Fern Zimmerman. Milwaukee,; and Norman H. Zimmerman, Byron , Center. Mich. The deceased had a ' brother aud sister living in Austria I Hungary. o NOTICE I will not be responsible for anyj debts mdde or contracted in my name or that of the Decatur Coun-I i try Club on and after the 13th of July. 1931, except those made by! ' myself. i ! 164t3 Charles H Waddell. I — o ——.—. I Get the Hanlt —Trade at Home.

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