Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1930 — Page 1

■Leather ■.tonight: not so K n central an t ■ , h portions: K"d»y increaz- ■ cloudless ■ tfmP erature.

fWO BANK BANDITS KILLED BY POLICE

|K FARMER |0 MURDERED |O PARENTS ■ n County Posse Is ■arching Hill Dis■trict l or Youth ■IES ARE ■ BOTH burned ■shville. Ind., Dec. 16.— h was resumed at ■Xiay for Paul Brown, ■(electrical engineer who ■h;.. parents, Mr. and Mrs. ■grown. to death, burned ■ bodies with the home, ■.•ritiudly wounded Chest■umge. 21, laborer at the slime ng occurred at the f w miles from NashMB h-hlv yesterday afternoon, with bullet wounds in the an I one arm. crawled to s immon help. Ills reu.. Ui-odered doubtful towas entertained that |Hh :■■>': may have shot himfir.ng the house, and ■ burned with his parents. , was being cheeked to a search through the bitt it was not considered ■probability. If his body was debus. it would have to be tic stone fireplace wreckcoroner said. ■t alarm was spread throughK. Indiana when Brown ■k Bi wn county authorities ■de: h tn a dangerous charaet ■gwl as he was with an autopistol of large calibre. Ho*:: is a Purdue graduate who Bliized in electrical englneerHli>- ha.l been working almost Hleosly for months on a radlb Htiuii, and this was believed Hire unbalanced his mind. Hi. Brown may have been burnHive. She telephoned a neighHo report that her husband iiad ■ killed and that she was Hd-(i. Either her son shot her H after that, or she was so Heiy wounded that she could ■escape from the burning home, ■k Crews, the neighbor, found House in flames when he arrlv■mft Wilkerson said early to■that so far as reported to him, ■sue had seen the slayer since (re, although he might readily t escaped in that region withbeing observed. The absence eport on him, however, added le possibility that he may have I consumed in the flames. JNTINUED ON PAGE TWO) R Schug Accepts 'osition With Watkins me, Dec. 16—L. R. Schug, forI cashier of the Peoples State k of Berne, and well known in If has accepted a position as ii*l representative of the WatI Products Company ami will located at Pendleton or Flora, iHe expects to take up his new ksoon after ihe first of the year trill move his family to the k where he will be located. — IRNETT NAMED II PH I DELIS ew Officers to Take Posts at First Meeting In January olin Burnett was elected presi1 of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraat a business meeting held lh « Phi Delt Hall, Monday eve- * He will succeed Luzern Ifk, who has served during the 1 year. Ifiier officers elected include 15 Haubold, vice-president; Joe secretary; Everett Sheets, nurer-, Herman Lankenau, ser-Dtat-arms; Eugene Durkin, inr Ward; Hermah Omlor, outer ri k and Don Farr, master of Monies. rhe newly-elected officers will ‘“•tailed at the first regular j !lng night in January. the business meeting 1 o’clock the entertainment hhiittee, with Cecil Melchi, 4lr man, served an oyster supper ®°re than 30 members of the wernity.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXVIII. No. 2%.

Fort Mayne Doctor Accused of Assault Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 16.- (U.R) —Dr. Kent L. Seyntan, well-kntTwn middle-aged physician, stood ac--11 cused today of assault and battery hwith intent to commit a statutory (offense, in an affidavit filed by one of his patients, the wife of an executive in a large local industry. At an early hour a warrant for the physician's arrest had not been served, due to his absence from the city. o ' BLUFFTON BANK : GETS APPROVAL » ) — • Receiver’s Report Accepted bv Court; Will be Settled Soon t Bluffton, Dec. 16—(Special)—M. 1 E. Stults, receiver for the Stude- - baker bank today filed a report . covering the period from last Jan- ■ nary to the ipresent time, and in- > eluded was expense account of . >23,995.09, as itemized below, which . wb > allowed by the court. The court also allowed a petition of the receiver to make a final distribution to depositors of 6; 7'l I per cent on the total common cla'rns of $1,117,189.37, amounting to $74,851.68. ( There was one previous distribu- . tion of ten per cent, making a total of 16.70 per cent paid to com- ' mon claimants. The itemized statement of current expenses from last January to date is as follows: Clerk hire $711.00; postage SSO; 1 taxes paid. $5,882.25; insurance 1 and bonds, $737.28; traveling ex- ■ penses, meals, mileage and lodging, $57.67; printing and stationery, $57.67; water and lights, ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, —--r O AGRICULTURE BILL REPORTED Much More Money Is Sought In Supply Bill Submitted Washington. Dec. 16 —(U.R) —The . agriculture department's supplybill for the coming fiscal year calling for appropriations of $213,043,702 was reported to the house today. The amount asked is $51,516,663 more than last year, but is $875,338 less than the budget estimate. The increase is chiefly accounted for by extensive advances needed for federal aid highway systems. This item, with the needs for forest roads and trails, calls for $137,500,000. Although house and senate removed from previous bills the socalled Wood amendment which would temporarily deprive government workers of the pay increases voted them last year, the appropriations committee failed to Incorporate for this purpose an item of $268,287 in the agriculture bill. The committee reduced the request of the deP £^ me “ t _ so t_ a (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o- — bulletin Newark, N. J., Dec. 16. (U.R) Federal Judge William Clark ruled today that the 18th amendment is unconstitutional because it was ( ratified by state legislatures whereas “that is not the method prescribed in the amending article of the constitution.” His decision pointed out that this question had not been passed on by the supreme court when it upheld the 18th amendment in the national prohibition cases in 1920. The decision was rendered m the case of William Sprague and William Hewey, charged with transportation of beer. Council for the defendants moved to quash the indictment and the decision today granted that motion. o K —» I Good Fellows Club - ■ Miss Emily Crist C.' J. Lutz ’ 2J . Friend m , $270.13 Mrs. Ed France of Pleasant Mills Mrs A J. Porter and Bobby Crownover donated a number of cans o. ■ fruit, and some clothing, P r * cti f a ’ ls , new, to the Good Fellows Club today.

raralaked Uy I’Bltrd I'rva*

HOUSE BATTLES HOOVER'S PLAN OF OROOGHT AID President Asserts He Will Fight to Finish And Let People Judge G. O. P. GROUP IS DEFEATED Washington. Dec. 16.— (U.R) ! —The house has renewed the 1 congressional rebellion against President Hoover’s drought relief program just as Democrats and Progressives goaded the senate toward insurgency on unemployment. At the opposite end of Pennsylvania av e n.u e, Mr. Hoover contemplates battle with the mutineers and has so informed republican senate leaders. If congress insists on flouting his proposals Mr. Hoover will make a fight on those issues and let the public judge. Speaker Longworth, Majority Leader Tilscn and Chairman Snell of the bouse rules committee led the administration shock troops to defeat yesterday. They are annoyed and showed it today. The usually docile house smashed the leaders’ plans to meet Mr. Hoover’s wishes on drought relief. Democrats said the house was being gagged. What Longworth and . the others sought to do was bury the politically dangerous senate bill to expend $60,000,000 for (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Debating Teams Will Meet Here Tonight The Decatur high school debating team will meet North SidiuhLghl school in a no-decision debate at i the Library auditorium, tonight at I 7:30 o’clock. The subject for dell bate will be “Resolved: That th» I installment buying of consumption goods should be condemned." and the local negative team will vie ■ with the North Side affirmative team. Edward Martz will be the first speaker for th© local team, with Miss Eileen Burk, second; Helen ' Hain, third, ffiid Elizabeth Franklin. alternate. On last Thursday ' evening the local affirmative team ’ | met the North Side negative team ' at a no-decision contest held at ’ North Side and the debate tonight ■ will be a return debate. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend. EXPORTS SHOW LARGE OECLINE 1 ; First 11 Months Are Billion Dollars Less Than 1929 Exports Washington, Dec. 16—(U.R)—The United States exports for the 11 1 mouths ending in November total- , ed $3,568,473,000. a decrease of $1,245,970,000 for the year, the commerce department reported to- - day. Imports for the 11 months I were $2,853,336,000, a decrease al- , so of $1,236,216,000 from a year In November exports totaled . $289,000,000 compared with $442,F 254,000 in November, 1929. Imports for November were $204,t 700,000, compared with $336,472,I 000, a year ago. ■ For 11 months of 1930, exports . exceeded imports by $715,137,000 For November, exportsjsxceeded (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) • Takes Witness Stand I In His Own Defense I Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 16—(U.R) Maj. Charles A. Shepard was ! called to the witness, stand in federal court today to testify in his : own behalf against charges that I he poisoned his wife. Zenana. I Appearance of the army doctor i on the stand, climaxed the defense i of the officer, who is accused by ■ the government of administering ; poison to hlswlfe so he could pur- ; sue a love affair with a blond Texas stenographer unhindered by marital ties. Previously fellow army physh . clans testified that Mrs. Shepard may have committed suicide.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 16, 1930.

Boat Blast Hero |

* • » S. « ‘ F ■ 5 /Ab ’ vX'.-Ti IT' ‘ ''l ■ •

Thrown into the water by the force of the explosion which sent the glass-bottoined pleasure boat Eureka II down off Miami. Fla., Lorenz Neuhoff, son of the head of an Atlanta. Ga„ manufacturing company, rescued his wife and their child, shown with him, and several others.

NEW JUDGE IN OPLIGER CASE Sanity Hearing Delayed Because of Request For Judge Change The Oplige’ - sanity hearing set for tomorrow In circuit court was postponed late yesterday when L. E. Opliger's attorney filed an affidavit requesting a change of judge. The request was grant ed. According to the law, attorneys for the two sides have three days to agree on a special judge. In case no agreement is reached. Judge J. C. Sutton is required to name three attorneys. Then each side must strike off a name and the remaining person will act as special judge , in the hearing. In case the person named refuses to act in the case, then according to the new interpretation of law the governor must name a special judge. At any rate it Is most likely that the case will not be heard until next week, because five flays must elapse. Mr. Opliger, in the mfan- . time is in the Adams county jail . on failure to provide a SSO bond on a grand jury indictment charging . vagrancy. - -— —Q "■ ——l—- — Christmas Suggestions Given by Safety Group Chicago, Dec. 16 —<U.R) —Christ- ■ tnas suggestions by the National ■ Safety Council: For Everybody Eat as much as you want Christ-[ : mas day, but take exercise in proportion to the extent of your feasting. For Adults: Beware of lighted candles on trees, inflammable decorations, trees that are not firmly anchored, flimsy clothes for Santa Claus, lighted candles in the windows. For Children: Don’t play in the streets with your new toys and don't hitch your ‘ sleds to automobiles. — DePauw Recess Voted Greencastle, Ind., Dec. 16. —(U,R) , —a 15 day recess, to take in both Christmas and New Year's Day, i has been voted for DePauw university students. The vacation starts at noon next Saturday, with students required 11 to report back Monday morning, (January 5.

4. — ' Good Fellows Club to Have Friday Matinee , j A matinee at the. Adams theater. Friday afternoon at 3:45. The’ attraction is Buddy Rogers in “Heads up” and an all talking comedy. The admission (s a can of fruits or vegetables or ten cents and th" entire receipts will be turned over to the Good Fellows for distribution at Christmas time and to help the fund for that event. Mr. Kalver is donating the theater for the occasion to help the good cause along. The public is cordially invited to attend to bring such donation as they feel will help the committee which is trying to provide a happy Christmas for the pool kiddies this year. o BILLINGS AND MOONEY SPLIT Former Will Fight For Freedom Through Committee of Laborers Folsom State Prison. Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 16—(U.R)—Declaring he never had a voice in the work of the defense committee, Warren K. Billings today reiterated his intention of “splitting" with Thomas J. Mooney and discussed plans for bringing his case to the attention of the United States supreme court and the V\ ickersham commission. Both men — Mooney at San Quentin and Billings at Folsom - are serving life sentences for the bombing of the San Francisco preparedness day parade in which 10 persons were killed in 1916. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

7Shoppingddtjs till Christmas

Ntatr, Natloaal Aa4 Intervatloaal Nawa

BECKER HEADS ' I BROTHERHOOD I h 11 Evangelical Men Name ' Officers; Monroe M. E. i Sunday School Elects ( a T. L. Becker was elected presi- t dent of the Men’s Brotherhood of a the Evangelical church at a business meeting held in the church. Monday evening. Other officers I elected include Ralph Gentis. | vice-president; Ed Warren, secretary, and E. B. Macy, treasurer. These officer* will be installed on Monday, January 5, 1931 and will serve during the coming year. After the business meeting an . ,oyster supper was served by a 1 | c ommittee comprising E. B Macy,: C. E. Hocker. Alva Huffcnbarger, and Eugene Runyon, as chief cook. John Schieferstine of Mon-1 mouth entertained the men with 4 several piano numbers during the evening. — Officers Chosen Officers of the Monroe Metho- I di t Episcopal Sunday School were I elected at a business meeting of ! the lioard, held at the parsonage, I Monday evening. Officers elected include: Menas | Lehman, superintendent of Sunday, | school; B. M. Smith, assistant | superintendent; Arthur Mitchell, 4 superintendent of primary department; Mrs. Otis Brandyberry, assi-tant superintendent of prim-u ary; Mrs. Philip Heffner, superin-]. tendent of literature; Mrs. Otto 8 Longenlarger, missionary superin- s (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) s o i Legion Purchases Bond ‘ I f The Adams Post, American Le-, gion today purchased a $5.00 Health ( Bond from the Adams County Tul>-| erculosis League, W. Guy Brown, chairman announced. O PLAN DISTRICT : fi ENDEAVOR MEET: — Executive Officers to Make Plans For Gener- ( al Jubilee Meeting s —— I The executive officers of the < district Christian Endeavor Union, ' including Adams, Huntington, and 1 Wells counties, met in Bluffton, Monday evening, at the home of < the secretary, Miss Mary Turner, i and formulated plans for a district | ’ rally which will take place in the ; ’ Christian Church at Warren, Tuesday evening. February 2. Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee will also be held at this rally, I and each county will furnish musi- 1 cal numbers on the program. Plans were also made to have | each county union observe the Golden Jubilee Week, locally. The executive officers of the Union are; Homer Augsburger, Berne, ‘ president; Alva Shull, Warren, vicepresident; Mary Turner, Bluffton, secretary; Waldo M. Lehman, Berne, treasurer; Mrs. Clifford Clark, Ganesville, quiet Hour and Stewardship; Lorena Rel>pert, De- , catur, missionary; Ella Walters, ; i Vera Cruz, extension; Margaret , , Rohrer. Berne, publicity. , Gunmen Are Sentenced i Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 16. —(U.R) — I Sentences of one to ten years in ’ the state penitentiary on each ff , two counts, terms to run concur- , 1 rently, were passed upon Lee Risner. 19, and Green (Jack) Brad- ' ley, both of Newland, by Judge ' George A. Williams in Jasper cir--1 cuit court. Risner and Bradley pleaded guili ty on charges of shoo.ting Deputy • Sheriff E. E. Prouty November 16, with intent to kill, when he attempted to arrest them. They likewise pleaded guilty on an auto banditry charge. o Case to Jury Soon Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 16 —(U.R) —The liquor conspiracy case involving 11 defendants being tried in federal court here was expected to go to a jury today. All te timony had been presented and witnesses heard, and final arguments were expected to be short. Guy Emrlck, former Allen county sheriff, a defendant, dented all charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law when the case was heard.

Price Two Cents

Glee Clubs to Give Christmas Cantata Decatur high schools boys and! girls glee clubs will unite In presenting a Christmas <utata at the Reformed church next Monday night at 7:3t) o'clock. The two dubs will join in the presentation of the pi ngram. There are 56 members in the two organizations. The singing will be accompanied by both piano and or-: gan. No admission will be charged j anil the public is invited to attend. COLD WE ATHER I HELPS TRADING Local Merchants State Business Is Increasing Rapidly 4 AI II STORES OPEN A number of Decatur stores | including the clothing, dry , . goods, drug and ten cent | stores, are remaining open ■each night this week to take 1 I care of working people who de- ■ sire to do their Christmas shopj ing at night. > ... ,2_... After a long siege of unseasonal weather, with the temperature in Adams county often reaching summer heights, winter weather with freezing temperatures has settled on the county. The drop in the mercury was first noted Sunday night and all day yesterday the thermometer hovered around the freezing mark. Last night temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees above zero were recorded. and weather forecasters the cold weather will remain for some time. A year ago, Adams county experienced one of the heaviest snows of the last ten I years and hundreds of people residing in the Decatur trading area were unable to get to Decatur to make their Christmas gift purchas-i es. Decatur steres have been busy' the last several days and nights and traders are taking no chances! on a repetition of last year’s heavy snow. Local stores are displaying great values in all lines and indications are trading in Decatur during the holiday season will be heavier this year than usual. Most of the stores are remaining open at nights and others will remain open nights next week only. The special Holiday lights are turn(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) HOOVER CALLS ON G.O.P. SENATE Says “It’s Up To Them” If Co-operation Is To Be Made Possible Washington, Dec. 16. — (U.R) — President Hoover has privately informed Republican leaders of the senate that it is up to them to decide whether there will he cooperation between the White House and their body, according to authoritative information given the United Press today. Mr. Hoover is reported to have said he had been unable to get any cooperation out of the senate since he has been president. If there is to be cooperation in the future the seffflte will have to show more friendly signs than in the past, he is said to have told them. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Geneva Pastor’s Wife Attacked With Eggs Geneva, Dec. 16 —Mrs. I). R. Lusk wife of Rev. Lusk, pastor of the United Brethren church of Geneva, is confined to her home suffering from shock and nervousness, follow ing an attack of egg throwing made upon her by three young men of Geneva one night last week. The names of the men were not made public. The youn men mistook Mrs. Lusk for Rev. Mr. Robinson ot Dayton, Ohio, who incited their anger by condemning a play they were about to give. The Rev. Mr. Hobinson la an, evangelist and former Geneva pastor.

YOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY

$5,000 STOLEN FROM CLINTON BANK RETURNED One Bandit Is Wounded And Other Three Are Near Capture STATE POLICE LEAD BATTLE BULLETIN Clinton, Dec. 16.—(U.R) —It was learned here late this afternoon that the two bank bandits killed a few hours ago had committed suicide and were not killed by a posse of state police. Danville, 111., Dec. 16.—(U.R) I —Two bank bandits were killed, one was wounded and captured and three others were captured by Danville, l 111., authorities today after a i spectacular pursuit across (parts of two states following (the robbery of the Citizens’ ! State Bank of Clinton, Ind. A trap set four miles from Sidell. 111., near the Illinois Indian i state line, resulted in the rout of the bandit gang, and recovery of the $5,000 stoleif at Clinton. The three bandits who escaped the gunfire of d puty sheriffs and farmers waiting along a highway were compelled to abandon the truck stolen at Dana, Ind., earlier in the flight, and th machine gun mounted upon It. The bandits attempted to use the machine gun as they had before to stand off the posse, but a withering gun fire from Danville' authorities swept the truck, killing two ot the robbers instantly and wounding the third. The other three took cover in a. : field. The posse k pt at a safe distance while reinforcements were summoned from Danville. The third bandit, in a critical condition, surrendered, and was i taken to a Danville hospital. The ($5,000 in bank loot was brought to ■ Danville at th ■ same time and ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Difference Is Explained According to officials of the Tuberculosis society and the Red Cross society, there seems to be much confusion concering the sale of Christmas seals. It was stated loday that the Christmas seal sale has nothing do do with the Red Cross organization. The receipt* from the sale of seals for t'hristnias packages go to the aid of those suffering with the white plague, while receipts from the Red Cross Roil call go toward aiding all major tragedies. o — Firemen Make ('all The local fire truck made a run to the home of Burt Lenhart, located at the corner of Eighth and Monroe street, this morning shortly after 7 o’clock, where a small root fire was quickly extinguished. The fire is thought to have been ca.is- ’ ed by sparks from the chimney. ’ Damages to the roof wore estimated at $2.00. SMUGGLED DOPE CONFISCATED ' Federal Men Get Mor- ' phine From Ship Vali ued at $1,100,000 Washington, Dec. 16. — ’U.R) 1 Seizure of a $1,100,000 shipment of smuggled morphine on th steamship Alesia in New York harbor. . was announced today by Assistant. Treasury Secretary Seymour Low- { man. , The morphine, a 1,100 pound shipment from Turkey, was seized , by customs officers last night, . Lowman said. 8 Loman said the morphine was f the largest shipment of smuggled “ goods ever taken by United States b customs officers. He added that in recent months a total of 2,500 it pounds of narcotics had been ini' tercepted in Europe by customs t agents after Shipin nt from Tnr- ( key. 0 Secreted aboard the Alesia in 24 (CONTINUED ON VAOE TWO)