Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1929 — Page 1

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MIL ATTORNEY GENERAL INTO AURORA PROBE Asked To Take Charge Os Inquiry Into “Life For A Gallon" Slaying OFFICER WHO KILLED WOMAN TAKES WORSE Springfield. 111.. Mar. 28. — (U.R/ George D. Carbary, state’s attorney of Kane county, today petitioned Attorney General Oscar Carlatrom to take active charge of the investigation into Aurora s “life for a gallon" slaying. Carbary, in a telegram to the attorney general, requested that either Carlstrom. or one of his assistant s assume charge of the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Joseph De King, killed In a liquor raid on her home in Aurora. It was indicated that some sort of tn announcement relative to Carbary’s request might lie made today. Officer’s Condition Worse Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, who shot Mrs. DeKing. was reported worse today in a hospital here, his temperature being higher and blood poisoning feared from the wound inflicted hy Gerald De King. 12-year-old son of the De Kings, when he saw his mother dying /It is evident that the De King attorneys are attempting to create a feeling here that I would be prejudiced in handling this case.” Carbary Mid. “I am putting investigation of the case up to the attorney general. I will give him every aid possible and will be governed by what he thinks." Robert A. Milroy and Albert Kelly, attorneys for the De Kings, also demanded that Boyd Fairchild, investigator on whose testimony a search warrant was sworn out to raid the De King home, be produced hy the state’s attorney and questioned under oath. The said Fairchild was a “carpetbagger" sleuth and they feared he would flee before being summoned. Milroy and Kelly continued their search to revidence in an effort to pin charges on Smith. Milroy and his colleague, Albert .1. Kelly, assert that by re-enacting the slaying they hate found that Mrs. De King could not have been in a position to seize one of her husband's guns as Smith said in contending he shot her in seif defense because she was about to shoot him. Milroy pointed to blood stains on n table cloth and shotgun slug holes in it as proof that Mrs. De King was shot as she arose from the table, a dozen feet from the prone figure of her husband, Joseph De King, knock’d there by the butt of Smith’s gun. The rads occurred Monday night. Mrs. De King being killed, her hushand slugged and a dry raider shot by a 12-year-old De King boy. o Joan Crawford To Marry’ Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Hollywood, Calif., Mar. 28.—t.U.R) - Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., screen players, will be married here October 23, they announced today. Dorothy Sebastian will serve as mCtd of honor and Vilma Banky as matron of honor. Young Fairbanks Sai <l he had not decided who will attend him. tdbng people TO STAGE PLAY Horne Talent Production To Be Given At St. John’s School House Th St , yo y ng Peoples society of the ■ •o m s Lutheran church, seven hfehl n ° rth ot De <’atur on Federal taleir Uy , N °' 27, Present a home house i’’ ay * n *' le J o * ll1 ’ 8 school evßnl ’ ° <ateil ne ar the church, on the at » ot March 31. April 1 and 2, 8 o’clock. Entan \ i! ' P ° f *' le p * ay “The Deacon 4Kn, a J he foUow,ng yOUnK tion- r. ta^e part ln producAlvinn* Helen Berning, Arthur K ° Pneman ' .Hilda Bulteme'er, Winton Schroeder, Paul Koeneman, Arthur Edward Rossman, The n . , oenl{ er and Emil Scheumhn. ‘«erKJ en t’ ' nV,te '’ '° ’ ttend ‘ h °

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Three Youths Fined For Speeding At Berne Berne, March 28 — (Special)—lra | Lehman and Rufus and Rolandas' Llechty were fined one dollar ami costs each Monday evening, when they pleaded guilty in the couit of Chris Stengel, local justice of the peace, to charges of violating the speed law on the streets r.f Berne The charges were filed against the young men by Amos Netienschwander. town marshal. — o — 08TA INING R CUTE FOR ROAC NO. IS Huntington County Commissioners Expected To Guarantee Right-Of-Way Huntington, Mar. 28. — (Special)— State road No. 16 between Huntington and Decatur will lie taken ever by the Indiana state highway commission in the near future, it has been learned here. Officials of the state department will take charge of the road provided Huntington county commissioners will auarautee a 60-foot right-of-way between Huntington and Markle. W. E. Rogers, county highway superintendent, stated Tuesday that the original petition for the road specifies a 60foot right-of-way. although the actual width of tlie road is little more than 4(1 feet. This petition, which was consulted hy Mr. Rogers Tuesday, will eliminate all claims of a 60-foot right-,f way between Huntington and Markle. Guarantee papers were filed with the county auditor Tuesday by Floyd R. McNioce .district engineer, requesting that the commissioners sign them at their next meeting. According to present plans, the state will maintain a right-of-way north of the Erie railroad tracks between Huntington aud Uniondale. Before a permanent pavement is constructed, however, a new right-of-way will be obtained between these points, it was stated. Action on the part of the state department is expected in the near future. The transaction will lake away ten miles of heavily traveled road from the county highway department. DEATH CLAIMS JAMES BOWERS Aged Man Dies At County Infirmary; Former Resident Os Pleasant Mills James Blowers, 80, former Pleasant Mills resident, died at the Adams comity infirmary at 9:10 o’clock Wednesday night. Death was due to infirmities. Mr. Bowers had been a resident of the county infirmary for the last .three years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Janies Bowers, Pleasant Mills, and two daughters, Mrs. Avis Clark, Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. Grace Hager, of Celina, Ohio. Several more distant relatives reside in Wabash and Whitley counties. The body will be taken from the county infirmary some time Saturday to Fairview cemetery near North Man--1 Chester, where the burial will be made. 1 Short services will be held at the in- ' firmary, but the time has not v vet been announced. o Earlham Professor To Judge In Local Contests ' Prof. E. P. Trueblood, of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., will act as judge in the literary numbers of the annual Adams county high school literary and music contests next Tues- • day night, April 2. Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, announced today. The literary numbers will include readings and orations. Prof. Trueblood has been a member ’ of the Earlham faculty for many . years. The literary and instrumental music numbers of the county contest will be J held in the Decatur high school auditorium next Tuesday night, while the ’ vocal music numbers will be held in the community auditorium at Berne 1 on Thursday night, April 4. 5 . Banks To Observe Good Friday Tomorrow I, i, Following their annual custom, the i. Decatur banks will close at noon Frie day for the remainder of the day in observance of Good Friday.

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Expands Heaven, Lifts The Devil’s Face And Cleans Red Sea; Asks Pay An interior decorator, in subm'itting a bill for work her had done iu a I church at Nyed, Sweden, itemized the J services lie had rendered as follows: I “Altered the Ten Commandments and repaired the Sixth. "Polished Pontius Pilatus, put new furs on his bonnet. “Put new wings on the Angel Gabriel. < "Expended heaven, improved the ( fires of hell and made the devil’s face more awful. “Cleansed the Red Sea, which was ’ really very dirty." 1 .— o Gov. Long Blames “Oil Interests” For Trouble Baton Rouge, La. March 28—(UP)— Charges that impeachment proceedings against him were being “engineer ed” by “oil interests” were made by Governor Huey P. Long today in an appeal to citizens of Louisiana. “This is the third time in my young life in which this nefarious combination iias been able to drag me before the bar to fight for my own liberty and : political preservation", the governor said • o '— LOCAL WAR VET TO BE HONORED 1 Picture Os John I). Andrews To Appear On Badge At Reunion In Logansport ’ At a recent meeting of the arrangement committee in-charge of the an1 nual reunion of the 160th Indiana VolS unteer Infantry of the Spanish Amer5 lean war, the committee voted to use ' on the official badge of the reunion the photograph of John D. Andrews, ’ local Spanish war veteran. 1 Mr. Andrews is the oldest living 8 member of the old volunteer outfit '' and the honor is the first of its kind ' to be received by a local war veteran y tor some time. All badges used in thfe reunion, which will be held at t! Logansport, August -18, will hear the e likeness of the well-known local resident. Mr. Andrews had a new photograph '* taken today for the occasion and the 6 badges will me made soon. It is expected that the reunion at Logansport tuis year will bo one of the largest ever held by the 160th regiment. j In response to the honor given the local veteran. It is expected that e every Spanish war veteran of Adams i county will attend the reunion. Own Ing to the central location of Logansport, a large crowd is expected.

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FORMER MONROE RESIDENT DIES Emerson Brandy berry Dies At Bluffton Hospital, Following Operation Bluffton, March 28—( Special) Emerson Brandybeiry, 52, former Adams county resident, died at the Wells county hospital at 8 o’clock Wednesday night, following an operation for removal of his appendix last Sunday. Mr. Biandyberry was born in Monroe, May 14. 1576. He was a son of Abraham and Catherine Bockman Biandyberry hotli of whom are deceased. In 1904, he was married to Bessie Kirchner and the couple moved to W’ells county. Surviving are the widow, a. daughter Miss Frieda Brandybeny. of Fcrt Wayne, and a sister Mrs. Lydia Elzey of Decatur. The deceased was a member ot’ the Bluffton Methodist Episcopal church. Funeral services will be held at Bluffton Methodist Episcopal church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and burial will be made at Fairview cemetery, near Bluffton. . o— Sister Os Monroe Woman Dies At Coleman, Mich. Miss Martha Barnett, 82, a sister of I Mrs. John D. Engle, of Monroe route |l, died Wednesday morning at her | home/in Coleman. Michigan. The cause of death has not been learned here. Funeral services will be held at Coleman Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock Mis. Engle will be unable to attend on account of illness. Fine Spirit Continues In Baptist Meetings The excellent spirit continues in the series of meetings at the Baptist church. Last evening, the Rev. (). E Miller used his subject. “The Touch stone of the Cross." He used the various groups who watched the cross as typical of the attitude of the worlc of all time. Rev. Miller said: "Great numbers watched witli stolid indiffer ence. The religious leaders reviline him represent those who want relig ion, but without the divine Saviout crucified for their s its. The repentan thief and a group of his FrTends, rep resent those who come to the cross for saving grace. The Saviour sale In reference to his death, ‘Now is tlif judgment of this world’.” This evening, the subject will be “The Suffering Servant.” The Lord’t Supper will be observed in connec tion with the service. Tomorrow eve ning, the ordinance of baptism wil be administered.

JENSEN NEARING 1 NEW FLYING MARK, I i Trans-Pacific Flier Nears t Goal In Solo Endurance Flight Roosevelt Field, N. Y.. Mar. 28. —(U.R) —Martin Jensen, trans-Paeiflc flier. I trying for a new solo endurance fly Ing record, was earning |1,60t) an hour this afternoon, y Shortly after 1 p. m. his monoplane, “Green Flash,” her fuel tanks gradually growing empty, had been in the ( air 31 hours. At that time, he had to stay aloft at least five hours and 25 minutes longer to break the present record of 35 hours and 25 minutes made by the late Lieut. Royal V. Thomas. Jensen must remain iu the air one hour longer than the present record to have his flight recognized. The Motor Fuel company, for whom Jensen is flying, lias agreed to pay him SI,OOO an hour for every hour over 24 he remains in the air. o — ' Maundy Thursday- Is Observed By Catholics Commemorating the institution of the Holy Eucharist at the last supper. Impressive services in observance of Maundy Thursday were held at the St. Marys Catholic church in this city at 7:30 o’clock this morning. The services were largely attended by the congregation. Holy Communion was distributed at 6 o'clock and during the 7:30 o’clock mass. Following the mass, procession with the Blessed Sacrament was held and the Sacred Host, which is consumed in the mass of the pre-sancitified on Good Friday, was placed in the repository on the altarThe mass tomorrow will be held at 7:30 o’clock. The three hotns .in commemoration of tl»e three hours spent by Jesus Christ on the Cross, will be held £t the St. Marys church from 12 to 3”n*ek>ck tomorrow afternoon.

Decatur Contractors Get 8 Allen County Road Contract t e Macklin and Zehr. road contractors s of this city, were awarded the eon- I tract for building the Leo road number two in Allen county, yesterday The bid of the local firm was $123,966 d which was the low bid on the project. a The Leo road runs northeast ot Fcrt | Wayne and the project on which the t 1 local firm bid was the 5 north miles Macklin and Zehr were also low bid- f • ders on the Tonkel road in Allen ( county, their bid being $160,000, but ( since both roads are to be construct- ( ’ ed this year, they did not accept the effer to build it and the combination ’ bid of the Grace construction com- I pany, of Fort Wayne, for the Leo road 1 ’ number one and* the Tonkel road was accepted by the Allen county commissioners. '' Macklin and Zehr have built several * of the largest road improvements in ' Adams county, including several brick at)d concrete roads. ; MARGARET ROHR I CALLED DY DEATH ’ Mother Os Mrs. Henfy f Heideman And Former I' e Adams Co. Resident Dies r p Henry Heideman, residing south- ’■ west of Decatur on route five, has received a message announcing the '■ death of Mrs. Heideman’s mother. Mrs. ' Margaret Rohr, which oceured early Wednesday morning. March 27. 1929, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Dan Gorman, east of Van Wert, Ohio. S Death was due to influenza and com- . plications. Mrs. Rohr had been ailn ing for several months. it Mrs. Rohr, prior to her marriage to C. Michael Rohr, who pTeceded her in 1- death about ten years ago, was Miss e Margaret Strickler. She was born at s Columbus, Ohio, and was eighty-two d years of age. Mrs. Rohr resided in it this community for about 18 years, i- having lived on a farm two miles g northwest of the city, known as the r- Numbers farm. ir The deceased is survived by the it following children: Mrs. Henry Ileidel>- man. of Decatur; Elmer Rohr, and is Ora Rohr, of Pine River, Minnesota; d Lockhart Rohr, of Laporte: John e, Rohr, of Lansing, Michigan; Mrs. Goldie Mohler and Mrs. Mamie Gore, man, of Van Wert, Ohio. 's Funeral services will be held at 1 c- o’clock Friday afternoon, at the Gore- man home near Van Wert, and burial II will be made in the cemetery at Delphos, Ohio.

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Firemen Extinguish ( Small Roof Fire Today ( The fire department was called to the Adam Diehl residence, 122 South Eighth street tot about 7 o’clock this morning. Sharks from the chimney started a small roof fire. With the aid of chemicals, the firemen extinguished the blaze before it spread. The loss was estimated at S2O. o BANDIT COMES TO AID OF PAL Confessed Bank Robber Says Man On Trial At Defiance, 0., Was Framed Defiance, 0.. Mar. 28.—Melvin Halterman, 21. of Alexandria. Ind., one of the three who have pleaded guilty to the $9,150.50 holdup of the national bank at Hicksville, February 27, sprang a sensation Wednesday in the trial here of Joe Kowalski, 32, of Muncie, Ind., charged with participation in the robbery, when he took the stand in defense of Kowalski and repudiated his s’gned confession. Halterman declared that although he, Hubert I.averl Stevens, 23. and Barney Maynard. 22. both of Muncie, were members of the gang, Kowalski was pot the fourth gunman. He said the fourth man was a cousin of Stevens from Terre Haute. Ind., whom he knew only a Harry and Slim. He said Harry had had plenty of previous experience at bank jobs. Says Confession A Lie Halterman said that he lied in his signed confession whicir“impli< ated Kowalski, saying he then had a good reason for naming Kowalski, but did not tell what the reason was. Halterman’s statement substantiated the defense’s contention that the three had framed Kowalski. After their confinement hi the county jail here. Halterman said he

drew up a statement in which he said Kowalski had nothing to do with the Hicksville holdup and that Stevens and Maynard signed it. The statement, however, was later burned, he said. State Rests Case The state rested its case Wednesday afternoon after Stevens and Maynard had testified confessing the rob bery and relating the part Kowdlski took in it. Halterman was to return to the stand this morning for completion ot cross-examination. Kowalski then is expected to take the stand i t his own defense.

STEPHENSON'S APPEAL IS HIT Supreme Court Sustains State’s Objections To 31 Os 32 Points Indianapolis, Mar. 28.—(U.R) — The Indiana supreme court today sustained objections of the state to 31 of the 32 points in the petition for a writ of corum nobis in the murder appeal of D C. Stephenson. This means that hut a single point remains which, if also cancelled, would halt the procedure. With the sustaining of that point, the corum nobis will be given a hearing before the high court, but no evidence will be taken in the court of original jurisdiction. Such a consummation was the wish of Attorney General James M. Ogden when he led a motion to strike out the points and withdrew the general denial entered by his predecessor Arthur L. Gilliom. The supreme court action wiped all of Stephenson charges out that his conviction was the result of a conspiracy fomented by Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Clerk’s Offce To Close The office of the county clerk will be closed at noon. Saturday, March 20, in order that the clerk may make out her quarterly report. Persons having business to transact at the clerk’s office Saturday are requested to call during the forenoon. Fire Damages Funeral Home Indianapolis, Mar. 28. —(U.R) One fireman was injured and a loss of approximately $4,000 entailed by a fire which consumed the roof of the Ragsdale and Price funeral home, and spread to the roofs of two dwellings here today.

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STATE HIGHWAY DIRECTOR LAYS DEFENSE PLANS Highway Commission Charges Director With Incompetency And Neglect COMPLETE AIRING OF MATTER URGED Indianapolis, Mar. 28. —(U.R) -With commission ouster charges ready for serving on John D. Williams, state highway director, late today and hearing set for Monday, plans for countercharges against the commissioners were Iteing considered by Williams’ hackers. The highway chief spent part of the morning in conference with his attorney, Janies Bingham, laying out plans for his defense. Belli sides have urged a complete airing of the matter in public hearing. Charges Ready For Filing Indianapolis, Mar. 28. —(U.R) — Formal charges of incompetency and neglect of duty were expected to bo filed against John D. Williams, director of the state highway commission today. The charges, prepared by Attorney General James M. Ogden for the commission, were expected to contain clauses pertaining to neglect of duty, incompetency and failure to f<e various annual reports. The s’ruggle between the director and the commission lulled yesterday, both sides apparently waiting for today liefore setting off their final charge®. Wiliams conferred with James . Bingham, his attorney in the former’s . office yes erday. it was considered likely that they prepared a defense . to combat the neglect of duty and in- . competency charges. It Is umferstood . from a reliable source that niajfeas- ! ance would not he contained in the . commission's charges. The director has refused to resign, a hearing on which probably will lie [held next week. The charges, which must be signed by a majority of the commission, will he handed Williams, along with a note specifying the time of the i hearing. o — Factory And Equipment Are Sold By Receiver

The real estate and personal property, including the factory and equipment, of the Dick Burdge-Larson company, located i-n Cleveland street, has been sold by the receiver to Mrs. Jessie F. Hnrdge for $2,500. o • Man’s Eve Pierced By Screw Driver At Berne Berne, March 28 (Special)—Ezra Lantz, driver of one of the Dunbar Manufacturing company’s furniture trucks, suffered a painful injury to his right eye Tuesday, when the eye was pierced by a screw driver. The injury cccnred while Mr. Lantz and his son. Glenford, were loading their truck with furniture. Iris Lehman tossed up a small screw driver, but Mr Lantz missed the catch and the tool struck him in the eye. The attending physician believes that the sight of the eye be saved. A few weeks ago, Mr. Lantz was seVerelly burned when fire started while the gasoline tank on his truck was being filled at a filling station. KELLOGG GIVES UP OFFICE TODAY Retires As Secretary Os State In Favor Os Henry L. Stimson Washington. March 28—(UP) —Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg will relinquish his office today to Henry L. Stimson after four years and 24 days at the head of the state department. Chief Justice Taft will administer the oath to Stimson at 5 I’. M., today. Stimson will begin his new duties when the department opens for business tomorrow. .. Kellogg sails from New York Friday for a European vacation after which he will resume law practice as head of his old firm in St Paul. Stimson resigned as Governor-Gen-eral of the Philippines to enter the cabinet. He arrived in Washington thia week. z

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