Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1930 — Page 1

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iILROAD GETS repair order ■l COUNCIL y MHK Failure to Obtfve w<l‘‘ r Will Speed Enforcement |ER MA TIERS Disposed or she Erie i-.i.! !•■ '.-n 1 < umr-.r ■ ■:i, orderedb’V city coiinto repair crossings in 7j atur at ionre. under pen- ’ that if. tl’ (> ’ vork was not e the rat’ "would enforce on izht train passing through I( j| Fred i iutru red Fruqfeb' to n< tify th>- rail I luinpaiiyi to repair its cm s | tiirougflki' the city. Most Tplaint was m.ide about the Win kter and ■ereer avenue crus: hre is ah old city <>l <1 io uh <• Lb limit* tlie speed of trait’s Bing ihrdUSit Decatur at six esan h«H and it goes without ing that Oi ordinance has net ii .-nforcad. Repeal parking Ordinance In report was made by the Iciiiry ocltm.tt e on the draftof a new ordinanc ■ regulating rn.obila ir; Sic and parking on ■ml street and other principal eels in the up-town distriri. nral weeks ago a motion was de that the p'es.nt ordinance blealed and a new one drafted. > purpose being to eliminate able parkin’ and congestion on tend street To Emp oy Supervisors be mattei of employing a girl boy ’«r visor at the city tiinming&o. was left in the Bids of the public safety commit f. of which .Joe Hunter is the it the committee was considerl several Applicants, hut that the ipointment pf the supervisors had : yet Sfecn made. Mr. Hunter tn stated Bhat if the present asonable weather continued that t swimming pool would be open ’“'within Kt short time." Tim I has bee cleaned out and it Ikely that lit will be opened this rt. The <■ attorney was in tided .io draw up contracts be!eli anil 111,1 supervisors the operation of the pool. To Attend Convention -ity Fire Chief .Jack Friedt will cad theßconvention of Indiana chiefs |to be held at Indiana]) », July (Snd 10, and will probly be accompanied to the meet’■tment members. The matter s brought up at the meeting last At ami feft in the hands of the -—- — - ’ON TINNED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 — fPUBLICANS GATHER TODAY ■ ate Convention to Open lesn Looms I&ls, June 4. —(U.R)—li'" Mican JJeri y leaders wrestled h the taxation problem today, iecided whether to present defi- - platform suggestions to the tc convention which opens to bt, or suggest that the matter handled lightly pending a rc"l of the state tax survey comtee. ;®. 'umerous suggestions have ■n received for improving the situatipn. according to state Rogers, many of ich pjppose taxes on incomes, angibles, sales taxes, and in’ase in the gasoline tax. Tim ■ survey committee is expected report this summer and it was teved Jhat party leaders would .Test the matter be tabled until is completed its work. nterView-: with delegates to ' convention today revealed that ‘Jwity Sentiment favored repeal the state levy and substitution other Norms of taxation. It apDfed that this would be suggest!,n the platform committee toFt as ■« definite plan to be inFod in the party promises. Wile the leaders discussed res/ONTIiuED ON PAGE TWO)

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Nominee for Governor Disbarred by Court • Ifefe . ■■ ./ 1 1 i t L jAkft / It Stgte Senator George W. Joseph. , despite his successful candidacy for the Republican Gubernatorial , nomination in Oregon, has been ’ i permanently disbarred by order of . the State Supreme Court. Joseph is said to have attacked Justice John L. Rand, asserting that political interests influenced decisions " | in cases. decaWmen - AT ROAD MEET ' Highway Commission; Governor Leslie Are Chief Guests 1 r Four Decatur men, W. A. Lower. William Linn, Leo Kirsch and Lewis Armstrong represented Decatur at the road banquet and meeting held at the LaFountaine i hotel at Huntington Tuesday night at which time the members of the ■ state highway commission and i Governor Harry Leslie were the honored guests. The purpose of the meeting was I to create more interest in securing i state-paved roads in northern Indiana and was planned by the Huntington chamber of commerce. Following the banquet, members . of the highway commission gave • short addresses concerning road work and Governor Leslie then de- . livered the chief address of the evening. The governor stressed two important facts in his address. The first point was that passenger and truck bus lines were using the roads bought, built and paid for by the people and that in his opinion some remedial measure should be enacted whereby those concerns should pay more toward road maintenance. The other important point of the Governor's message was an appeal for a study of the state tax question with a view to changing the taxing theory. Governor Leslie advocated the state income tax laiw, as the basis of taxation instead of the real estate fundamental -basis. Several hundred northern Indiana citizens attended the meeting. No definite action was announced by the commission members and no particular road improvement was discussed. 0 To Broadcast Prograhi The Decatur lodge Knights of Pythias degree team will have charge of a program over station WJAX, Marion, at .8:30 o'clock to night, Decatur time. The program will last an hour, Ends His Own Life Galveston. Ind., June 4 (UP) — Despondency over the loss of his store in a $50,000 fire Sunday morning was blamed for the suicide of Walter Sines, 58, retail merchant of Galveston, whose body was found in his car parked along the road near Galveston last night. Sines had been missing three hours Death was caused by drinking Carbolic Acid; according to Dr. M B Stewart, Cass county coroner.

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274 PUPILS TO BE CRAOUATED FROMBTH GRADE Superintendent Striker Announces Complete List For County EXERCISES WILL BE IN DECATUR The complete list of eighth grade graduates who will receive common school diplomas in Adams | county at the annual eighth grade . commencement exercises to be held in Decatur Saturday, June 11, was announced today by County Superintendent Clifton E. Striker. There are 274 pupils in this year’s graduating class from the 12 townships of the county. These 274 ' pupils will receive their diplomas and will be entitled to enter the various high seliools of the county next September. Following is the complete list by townships: Union Township Herald Mclntosh. Helen Tumbleson. Florence Sauer. Lucile Barkley, Chalmer Barkley, Agnes Knittie, Clara Krueckeberg, Ardis Walteis, Lorena Baker, Harry Schamerloh. Reinhard Haugk, Chalmer Knittie. Kenneth Helm, Louis Staub. Root Township Lucile Debolt, Edwin Richard Weidler, Carl Henry Heckman, Harold C. Bulmahn, Theodore Hobrock, Jr., Luella M. Brokaw. Florence Ida Gerk , Mary Jane Reber. Martha Kathryn Fuhrman, David M. Kunkel, Ethel M. Gallopoo, Glen C. Merica, David C. Wynn, Frieda Busick, Vera Franz, David S. Myers, Charles Barnhouse, Chartotte Cook. Harold Russel French. Mary Charlene ’barnhouse, Everett Clark Singleton. Preble Township Albeit Erxleben, Elmer Kifer, ■CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Bank Meeting Postponed Linn Grove. Ind., June 4—(Snecial) —The meeting of stockholders of the Bank of Lijin Grove, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon did not materialize because all the stockholders did not appear for the meeting. No statement was forthcoming from the bank today. The bank remained closed and it is believed that a request for a liquidating agent will be made as soon at the stockholders meet. COMMISSIONERS VETO PETITION Request to Resurface Second Street Rejected at Meeting The county commissioners rejected the petition of property owners and city officials to resurface North Second street from Winchester street, north to Fifth street. The petition requested that the county pay for the resurfacing out of the ! county highway repair funds. . The commissioners held a hear- ' Ing on the matter late Tuesday as- ' ternoon. A few property owners, Mayor George Krick, councilmen H. F. Linnkmd Herman Gillig were among those who appeared before the commissioners yesterday. The south end of the street is in , bad condition and between Adams i street and Jefferson street it has ■ broken through in several places. j Several months ago a petition was , filed with the city council for the , improvement of the street. This pe- < tition was withdrawn and one was fijed with the county commissioners ( asking that the street be resurfaced ‘ and paid for out of the gasoline tax which the county receives from tho state. The crf.inty commissioners ex- < plained that the gasoline tax money I was placed in the general highway i repair fund and that the county I could not afford to take the cost of I resurfacing the street out of the fund. It was estimated that the cost < would run between $15,000 and S2O,- 1 000. ’ City officials were also informed by the county commissioners that < Washington township did not have i sufficient credit in the road build- i ing fund to improve the street this I year under the three mile road law. It is not known what action the property owners will take in the ■ case. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .June 4, 1930.

Charles Grim Is Fined SIOO In Mayor’s Court Charles Grim, of north of Decawas fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to six months in the penal farm for violation of the prohibition law in Mayor’s court Tuesday night. The sentence was susbended. Grim arranged to pay the fine and was released, lie was arrested by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth at his farm home north of Decatur. —o , TOTAL SCOUT FUND HIGHER I Woman’s Club Contribution Raises Total to $438.70 The Woman’s club has contributed $lO towards the Boy Scout fund, which is being raised in Decatur this week. This contribution brings to total received to-date by A. R. Holthouse, treasurer of the fund to $438.70. Solicitors were out yesterday making a canvas of the up-town dist.ii t. but so far no reports have been made. In the factory district Eno W. I.ankenau's committee has just about completed its work and the response from these concerns iias been very gratifying. Several lodges clubs and sororiles are to he heard from and by .he end of the week it is Uiought that the total of the fund will be within its goal of SI,OOO. IHBEE MANIACS SULL AT LARGE Ten of 13 Escaped Convicts Captured by Posses lonia. Mich.. June 4 —(U.R) —With qll hut three of the 13 madmen who yesterday escaped from the state hospital for the criminally insane here, back, in custody today, the manhunt which was carried on for 24 hours was ended. The three men still at large escaped in an automobile which was’ stolen early today at Butternut, Trace of the motor car, with three men in it, was picked up at Ithaca, and later at St. Johns, where it was racing south. The machine l>ears Michigan license No. 722-335. The three are Roy A. Wynkoop, 47, Henry Vaden, negro, 29, a murderer, and Gerald Badgley, 29. Two men were captured early yesterday a few hours after the 13 despefate men overpowered guards and fled from the hospital. Then last night officers began capturing the fugitives-as they came out of their hiding after dark. Three men were taken, and early today three in one group, including John Campbell, alleged ring leader, were captured near Orleans. The men tried to escape but stopped when deputy sheriffs fired over their heads. McNamed Latis, 35, from Battle Creek, was arrested on an Owoeso 'street, and Hobart Erickson, 30, of Ironwood, sentenced on a charge of murdering his brother, was caught when he went to a farmhouse and asked for food. o Cement Pouring Starts Work started today on cement pouring at the east end of the state road 16 improvement from the Ohio line to this city, and it was indicated that all cement would he poured in the next 30 days. This means the road probably will be open for traffic in about six weeks o Season’s Heat Mark Set In State Today Indianapolis June 4—(UP) — Indications that a new high temperature mark for the yettr would ho reached this afternoon, were registered at th U. S. Weather Bureau in Indianapolis. At 6 A. M. the thermometer showed a reading of 68 degrees; three hours later it ha (Reached 81 and was rising steadily. The record for the year was made April 11 when, during the unseason able heat wave the Bureau's thermometer rose to 89 degrees, new all time record for that day of the year. Weather in Indiana tonight and Thursday will be generally fair with continued warmth, the bureau forecast said.

!M. E. HOWER IS RE-ELECTED ON SCHOOL BOARD I Council Gives Grocer A Third Term Without Dissenting Vote STREET BIDS ARE HELD UP M. E. Hower, local grocer, | was re-elected a member of ! the Decatur school board last | evening by the city council. Mr. Hower received the four votes of the four councilmen present at the meeting. . Mr. Hower will begin his new term next August when the board meets to reorganize.' The other members of the board are Dr. Burt Mangold, president and Mrs. Carrie Haubold, secretary. Mr. Hower is treasurer of the hoard. He will begin his third term next August. To Postpone Street Bids Bids for the resurfacing of Marshal street, from First street, west to Fifth street, may not be received by the council at the next regular meeting. The suggestion has been made that Second street, north from Adams to Fifth street. I>e improved .under the three mile road law and that Marshall street be included as an approach to the main highway. Under this plan the street would lie improved by the township, saving the property , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o BULLETIN In the case of Christian Somers of Fort Wayne vs. H. J. Berling Co., damage and personal injury suit the jury found for the plaintiff late this afternoon, S4O for personal injury and $450 for damage to his automobile. — —o — Infant Babe Dies Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock this morning for an infant i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frlemoth of tliis city, who died at I 1:15 o'clock this morning, one houi'j after birth, at the Adams County, Memorial Hospital. Services were J held in the St. Mary’s Catholic | church and burial was made in the St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mi. Fiiemc:h is employed at the Chevrolet garage in this city. Surviving are the parents and a small sister at home. TARIFF VOTE” I IS EXPECTED Leaders Believe Senate Will Vote by Friday on Bill Washington, June 4 —(U.R) — An early vote in the senate on the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill appeared likely today as deliate dwindled and Republican leaders attempted | to obtain an agreement to vote to morrow or Friday. The senate showed clearly it Is tired of debating the measure •which has been pending before congress for a year and a half. Few senators cared to speak. Nevertheless Democratic .leaders refused to limit debate or set any time for the vote. Whether or not an agreement is reached it appeared likely the senate will vote by Friday on at least one of the two conference reports now pending. The vote on the other one, containing agreements on most of the 1,200 items in dispute between the two houses, depends upon what disposition is made of the points of order which Senator Barkley, Derp., Ky., plans to make against it. Barkley’s Democratic colleagues have attempted to persuade him not to make the points of order, but he said today he will insist upon offering them. They will be based upon the contention that the conferees exceeded their authority in four of their rate agreements. if he does offer the points of order the final vote on the bill probably will not come until next week. The Republicans, however, still were hopeful today of disposing of the entire bill by the end of the week. Meanwhile, the senate received (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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Decatur Young Man | Gets Marquette Honors Milwaukee, Wis„ June 4—(Special)—Cedrlck Voglewede, Decatur Indiana, junior In the college of Journalism at Marquette university ’lias been appointed editor of the i Marquette Journal, university literary publication, and reappointed editorial writer for The Tribune, ! univeu sity newspaper. Voglewede also was dramatic critic for Tne Tribune during the past year and has been prominent tn other Journalistic activities. / INFIRMARY AND JAIL GET 0. K. State Board Commends Adams County Institutions In Report Harvey LaFountaine. superintendent of the county infirmary is commended by tlie State Board of Charities in its annual report to the county commissioners for the fine manner in which the institution is conducted with a notation made that it was "a well kept institution." The state board representative also found conditions at the jail very satisfactory. The report was made to the commissioners under the dale of May 26. Recommendations for “hospital and nursing facilities should be fully provided and modern laundry equipment at the county" were made by the board. The report made by J. A. Brown, secretary of the state board foli lows. “On March 21, 1930. a representative of this board visited the poor asylum and jail in Adams county, as required by law, and we have I herewith to make report. Poor Asylum “This farm of two hundred and seventy-two acres is practically all productive land. It is stocked now with forty-four cattle, eight horses, ( thirty-four hogs, thirty-six sheep ■ and three hundred chickens. Eleven acres devoted to garden and orchard produce the institution’s supi plies of vegetables and fruits. Six . frame farm bqildings. three new • and three in good repair, consti--1 tute the group of farm buildings. I Farm tools are adequate and well j protected. Fences are good. Door- ' yards, both front and rear, are well kept. “The one main building is a modern two story brick structure. Good cleanliness marks both the men's and women’s departments. Modern lighting, heating, water j and sewerage systems are in use. Fire protection seems satisfactory. Eight toilets and four baths furnI ish adequate facilities for both sexes. Beds and bedding are stani dard and clean. Inmates' furniture is in good condition. The medical service is available promptly on call. No nurse is employed nor special hospital equipment supplied. Two rooms however are available for simple hospital purposes. Supplies are purchased in accordance with the law. Records are care(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 Indictment Sought In Indianapolis Murder Indianapolis, June 4—(UP)—lndictment of Harold Herbert Schroeder, 35, Mobile, Ala., business man. on a murder charge, will be asked of the Marion county grand jury by Sheriff George Winkler. Leaving Mobile, Ala., last night after investigation there of the Torch murder on a road near Indianapolis last Saturday, Sheriff Winkler was enroute home by tram to present evidence to prosecuting attorney Judson Stark. Evidence justifies indictment of Schroeder on a murder charge and of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies, Sheriff Winkler said. Meanwhile Indianapolis police continued futile efforts to identify the charred body f a man found in Schroeder’s blazing auto. Belief that the man may have been a legless begger seen at the Speedway races last Friday, who lias been missing since, was held by investigators. o Pupils Make Records Mildred Blosser, Tom Burk, and Mary Grace Zimmerman, students at Decatur high school, have the distinction of being neither tardy nor absent during the entire school course of the year just completed, it was announced today by Supt. I M. F. Worthman.

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I frother of Dry Chief Reveals Secret Fitnd.i 1 w" v / Ig'JIII I PT- MB W I 81,. 1 Emmet Mcßride, brother of F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, discussed with Representative La' Guardia, of New York, the charges! against his brother, in which the I dry .chief is accused of failing to report contributions to the league. | Mcßride also offered to testify be-, for the Senate Committee. BRIDGE FOUND 1 TO BE UNSAFE Scheimann Bridge May be Replaced; Commissioners Meet Friday The county commissioners will in all probability order the construction of a new bridge spanning the St. Mary’s river in Preble township, replacing the old Scheimann bridge. Official action has not yet been taken in lhe matter, but County Attorney Henry B. Heller stated this morning that the commissioners would meet again Friday and it is likely that the first steps towards (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ■ O' "■' — BIBLE SCHOOL PLANSPROGRAM Kirkland I). V. B. S. To Hold Annual CommenceMcnt Exercises The Commencement program of the Kirklaud Township Daily Vacation Bible Suhool will be held Friday evening at J:3O o’clock in the community building at Kirkland. The Rev. Mr Pugh of Craigville, minister of the United Brethren church will deliver the commencement address. The graduating class this year includes tlie following: Mary Reinhard, Cordelia Worthman, Mabie Borne, Verena Smith, Laura Meyer. Irene Scherry, Garth Anderson, Robert Kolter, Robert Ehrman,| Millon Reppert, Harold Henchen, John Heller, and Evan Yake. Two hundred seventv tnree students were enrolled In the Bible school this yar, which is the best enrollment the school has had in the five years of its history. All the churches in the community have cooperated in a splendid manner for the success of the project. Two of the pastors. Rev. David Grether of tlie Magley Reformed Church and Rev. Irvin Caunan of tlie Antioch Mennonite church have been teaching regularly in the school. Mrs. S. L. Cover, who has directed the activities of tlie school each year since its beginning, was in charge of tlie school again this year She lias been taking further training for this type of work the past year at the Bethany Bible Seminary in Chicago. The alumni of the school will hold a meeting Thursday evening in the Community building at. 7:30 o'clock. All those who have graduated from the schoql are urged to be present at this meeting.

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DECOMPOSED BODIES FOUND IN AUTOMOBILE Authorities Work On Murder-Suicide Theory; Investigate IDENTIFIED BY NOTE FOUND Kendallville, Ind., .lune I. (U.R) Bodies of Miss Em ma Menzel, 22, Kendallville, and Marion (’.asebcer, 30 of Montoelier, ()., were found in a badlv decomposed stale, in ;>n dirto in ti woods near Kendallville today by Ronald Gehrig. 18. The girl had apparently been strangled and then shot through the heart. Indications were that she had put up a stiff struggle. A note lielieved to have been scrawled by Casebeer read. “Girl is Emma Menzel; boy is Marion Casebeer.” No other clue to the crime was found, but authorities were working on the theory that Casebeor killed the girl and then committed suicide. Two empty carbolic acid bottles near the ear indicated his method of suicide, but the gun , with which the girl was shot was not found. Casebeer quit his job at the City 1 Dairy, Montpelier, a® week ago Monday, and had not l»een seen I since. He and Miss Menzel had I l»een keeping company for several months, friends of the girl said, and when she disappeared a week ago it was believed they had eloped, although Casebeer was a (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ———•— o — Local Woman's Mother Dies At St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. William Hitchcock of thin city received word today that het mother. Mrs. William N. Watt. 93. died at her home in S'. Louis, Mo. this morning from infirmities o' old age. She would have been 94 years of age l.ad she lived until Sunday, June 15. Mrs. Watt had visited in this city on many occasions and liatl a number of friends here. She wa* horn In Guernsey County. Ohio, June 15, 1836. Iler husbaud preceded her in death 12 years. Funeral services and burial will lie made at Clearwater, Kansas. First Woman Coed Dies Bloomington, Ind., June 4—<UP) — Indiana University’s first Coed graduate. Mrs. Herman C. Boisen 91. is dead at the home of ncr I daughter. Mrs. Mortlon Bradley, in Arlington, Mass. The body will be brought to Bloomington for burial tomorrow I afternoon Mrs. Bolsen was graduated in 1871. ENUMERATIONS SHOW LOSSES Washington and Jefferson Townships Show Decrease in 1930 Two more Adams county townships diowed decreases m 1930 population compared to the 1920 count according to reports received today I from J. Monroe Fitch, district ceil sus supervisor. The 1930 population of Jefferson township is 706. a decrease over the 10-year period of 181 people. The 1920 count was 887. There were 165 farms enumerated in Jefferson township. The censt s i eport also shows there are three men in Jefferson township who are unemployed at present. Washington township, including part of Decatur shows she greatest loss in population of any township in tlie county. The present population of the township is 5.467. Tins is a decrease of 650 over tlie 10-year period, the 1920 count being 6,12(1, There were 226 farms counted in the 1930 census. There were 13 men unemployed in tlie township in districts 1 to 21 inclusive, which do not include the city of Dechtur. All of the figures for 1930 are preliminary. Fitch pointed out and are subject to revision and correction. It is likely that the official population of Adams county will be forthcoming in the next two weeks, it was indicated today.