Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1931 — Page 1

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IRIVER WHO KILLED BOY NOT IDENTIFIED

RSHALJOFFRE, •:at war hero bwERS call; JJ* I’ i Occurred at 8:23 I is Morning; Made I' Gallant Fight hl; ~ ■ NCE WILL PAY "*SOR AT FUNERAL i fcy Richard D. McMillan, ®P. Staff Correspondent Its, Jan. 3.— <U.R)—MarJoffre, a great r who had never lost a during 78 years of his urrendered to death tofter a fight which his l •s said would go down , dical history as miracul- J end came at 8:23 a. m., just fading tinkle of the chapel i .d gammoned the monks of I j ean de Dleu, died out. The ; L.d summoned the monks of ’ f ipital to mass, and in sombre . na smocks, with their hoods ( A down around their necks, , Blithered U» pray for th'- soul , Mhero of the Marne. , HI ! lel ight fell upon the narJ Endows of the chapel, mingl- t the sun’s rays that filter- , ■fotigh the stained glass, to , Ti mvsldtal and mediaeval *. to he scene. j le marshal’s simply furnish- t n, Madame Joffre. his daugh- I dame Laffile, his staff offic- I 1 doctors, and a few monks > jathered at the bedside as I 'HW*' ' ■t exhaustion, which follow- ’ evere attack of arterioseler- ’ lid gangrene, was announced * 1 “re's physicians as the cause 1 I ,h - 5 1 eight days the illustrious sollad remained alive, amazing ( 1 ountrymen and physicians ' ■ through the remarkable 9th of his heart. His body [ I riatly emaciated toward the was hardly recognizable and .'ge frame contrasted strange- 1 ’ i the bulky figure that turn- < j German armies back when 1 f was threatened. ame Joffre stood at the head 1 NTINUET) ON PAGE SIX) tudit Books of )re issing School Trustee | f < e Haute, Ind.. Jan. 3.—(U.R) uidit of the books of Everett e ormer Riley township school ■ s missing since Tuesday p P r by representatives of the ooard of accounts, was asked r •” ir Jeffers, successor to Fox, e would not accept the books > trustee's office until they i en audited by the state board i Aionnts. A preliminary check ; vjiade by friends of Fox, who i *’ id they found the accounts —"lost perfect condition. (I o i'MAM A AGREES ON PRESIDENT I Jfaro, American Mincer, Accepts Presidency of Republic *» 'ama City, Jan. 3 —(U.R) — A tonal government controlled ' 'na today as it awaited the 1 of Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro, aanian minister in Washingo a mime the presidency of latlon. 1 supreme court accepted the i'ii ation of President Don FlorHarmodio Arosemena and ' :b!r.et, and named Dr. Har- ' . Arias, 44-year-old attorney resident of the Panama Bar | ! ation, as "secretary of the mnent and justice in charge e government". Dr. Arias, Ing president, announced the 1 tion of the following pro- 1 al cabinet: - |f eign affairs—Francisco Arias J ance —Enrique Jiminez. lice —J. J. Valerino. (culture and public works—n F. Mora. ( ication—J. M. Quiros. tor F. Goytia was named sec- 1 ' of tire presidencia. ON PAGE SIX) I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXIX. No. Three.

Dick Heller Candidate For Chief Clerk ——— Dick Heller went to Indianapolis today to open headquarters as a candidate for chief clerk of the house, one of the important positions in tlie legislature. H- has the support of a number of the representatives and leaders of the party. The organization will be completed next Wednesday night at the democratic caucus at which time the speaker, majority leader, chief clerk, assistant clerk and chief doorkeeper will be elected by vote of the* members. Those selected will begin their official duties the following morning when the sission convenes. 0 SUGAR FACTORY READY TO CLOSE Mill Will Close Tuesday; About 22,000,000 Lbs. of Sugar Made The Decatur plant of the Holland St. Louis Sugar company is dosing the 1830 campaign, the slicing machines finishing the job at eleven o’clock tills morning. The mill will be cleaned up and the sugar will h<*' ready for shipment by Tuesday morning. Tile campaign opened October 7th and the run up to next Tuesday will make a ninety day run, second longes‘ in the history of the factory since its location here nineteen yers ago. More than one hundred thousand tons of beets were manufactured into about 22,000,000 pounds of fine quality granulate 1 sugar. Tlie run this year was a very satisfactory one and the farmersl who raised beets last year are more than pleased with results. Plans for 1931 are now beitik worked out and wjlll be announced shortly, tne detailed report of the campaign here being necessary before definite steps can be taken officials of the company stated New Truck Line Refused By State Indianapolis. Jan. 3 —(UP) —Th# Public service commission yesterday denied the application of Eugne Fox, Portland, for autoiity to oper ate afreight line .Tom Richmond to Fort Wayne. DEATH CLAIMS GENEVA MAN Theodore Hendricks, 53, Well Known Geneva Man Died at Home Geneva, Ind., Jan. 3. —(Special! —Theodore Hendricks, 53, Adams county man, and proprietor of a soft drink parlor for the past three years, died at his home here, at 3 o’clock this morning. Death was caused by asthma and complications, with which the deceased suffered for several months. He was bedfast for the last three weeks. The deceased was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, east of here, and a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge. He was born in Jay county, April 15, 1877, and was the son of Joseph and Sarah Drake-Hendricks. Surviving is his wife, Elizabeth Hendricks, and the following children: John Hendricks of this place, Mrs. Roy Lehman of Decatur; Theodore, Harvey, Julia, Walter, Ada, and Ixtla Hendricks, ail at home. A brother and a sister, John Hendricks and Mrs. A. J. Myers, live at Berne. Mr. Hendricks has operated a soft drink parlor in this place for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 No Trace Found of Escaped Prisoners Pendleton, Ind., Jan. 3—(UP) — No tiace had been found early today of four trusty prisoners who escaped from the reformatory last night by climbing through a vent! lator, walking over a roof and lowering themselves over a wall. The convicts were: Samuel Sanders. 21, Vigo county, serving five to 21 years for auto banditry: Enoch Pleif, 28, Lake county, three to ten years for second degree mur-I der; Bruce A. Scott, 26, Delaware county, 15 years for bank robbery. 1 and Lee Powell, 24, Marion county I five to 21 years for ahto banditry.

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asMMMBC BtwSßiMMßMKSaiwiMlMSiiaiiuij Marshal Joseph Joffre. Idol of France and general In the World War. whose death occurred this morning at 8:23 o’clock. Death was due to heart exhaustion, following attack of arterioschlerosi- and gangrene.

MARRIAGES ON INCREASE HERE Reports Shows 150 Licenses Issued in 1930, Five More Than in 1929 Dan CtTßld’s bushiest shown an increase in sales of marriage licenses during the year 1930. according to a report issued by Countv Clerk Bernice Nelson today. The report shows there were five more marriage licenses sold during 1930 than during the preceding year 1929. The total number of marriage licences sold in 1930 was 150, as compared with 145 for 1929. The months of June and December were the most popular months for marriages, there being 20 licenses sold in June and 20 in December. The month of November was the second choice, with 18 licenses being issued, and the month of February proved to lie the least popular, their being only 7 licenses sold. The number of licenses issued according to months are: January, 9; February, 7; March, 8; April, 14; May, 10; June, 20; July, 9; August, 12; September, 12; October. 11; November, 18; December 20. The final report of the Clerk will be filed at the end of the November term of court, on January 17, 1931, and will include all marriage licenses sold until that time, together with other items connected with that office. o— BANDITS ROB ALBANY BANK Clerks and Customers Forced Into Back Room As Yeggs Make Haul Albany, Ind., Jan. 3—(U.R) —Three men entered the Albany State bank today, forced three clerks and four customers into a rear room, and obtained approximately SI,OOO from a till. The three made their escape with a confederate in a large roadster. They were believed to have headed south toward Muncie, ten miles distant. The bandits ordered clerks and customers into a back room and one of them stood guard at the door. Two other robbers grabbed the money and backed out of the building. A fourth man was waiting in the auto, The bank employes were James Russell, cadiier; Ercle Dehaven, and Hazel Jones. Muncie police left immediately to patrol the roads of the vicinity. Russell said the bank had only about $3,000 on hand today, although ordinarily $6,000 or $7,000 was kept on Saturday morning. Authorities thought the bandits (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 3, 1931.

First 1931 Marriage License Issued Today ' g - —* 1 The first couple in Adams County ‘ to receive a marriage license in 1931 was Miss Senaid Flurkiger ami Palmer M. Augsburger, both of • Herne. The license was procured at |1 o’clock this afternoon from County Clerk Bernice Nelson, who present |ed them with their first wedding (present, a brown tooled leather Mar • rfage Certificate record. 5 The couple will be married late • this afternoon, and If they are the C first Adams County couple to be ", married in the New Year they will ’ receive a number of wedding gilts ' from various Berne merchants. ■| The bride is thed aughter of Mrs. Emil Fluckiger of Berne and is eni- ! ployed as a seamstress at the Berne ’ Manufacturing Company. Mr AugsIburger is a son of Mr and Mrs. • Noah Augsburger of Berne, Route • 1, and is employed as a truck I driver for the State Highway. 1 o MARION LYNCHER FREED BY JURY 1 'I State Loses in First Attempt to Prosecute Marion Lynchers ‘ Marion, Ind., Jan. 3. -— <U.R> — . Prompt and complete defeat nr t 1 the date’s first effort to meet punt Ishment for the lynching here last ’ August 7 of two Negroes. The circuit court jury which heard the case of Robert Beshire, 43, Turk, charged with participating in the lynching, freed him last night 30 minutes after taking the case un- ! der advisement. It. became apparent early in the I day, as witness after witness for I the state failed to identify Beshire las a mobster, that acquittal was >' Inevitable, an d the courtroom crowd thinned gradually to the handful that heard the verdict. State’s attorneys declined to say, J after Beshire’s acquittal, whether ? i they would prosecute the other c | five suspects awaiting trial, and I] the two who have not yet plead- • ed. Merl Wall and Earl Stroup, deputy attorneys general, prosecuted Beslre, with the aid of Har5 ley Hardin, Grant county prose . ’ cutor. 1 Attorney General James M. Og- ' den's refusal to drop charges of 1 'CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I »- ; Henry Getting of Fort Wayne Killed — Henry Getting, 78. of 1003 Hays den street. Fort Wayne was killed | Instantly Friday evening at 5 o’- ’ clock when ho was struck by an automobile driven by Marion W. Martz of Fort Wayne. ’ The deceased is a Fort Wayne man and is noi the Henry Getting. j Sr., who formerly lived in Root i township Henry Getting, who is I well known here, is now 81 years of • I age, and resides with his daughter. [Mrs. Herman Reese of Friedheim.

REPORT FILED BY SECRETARY Boar (I of Children’s Guardians Care for Many Children During Year I The annual 1 eport of the Attains County Board of Children’s Guardians, computed at the close of !)■ comber, 1930. was filed today by V. Guy Brown, Secretary of the Board. i According to the report, then' were 19 children placed in foster homes, and 47 children placed with mothers, who receive aid from Ute county. There were 13 children placed in the Orphan's Home at Fort Wayne. These children are subject to plact • | meat and anyone interested in aidopting one of them, may get in 'touch with the secretary, Mr. Brown ■ Through the efforts of several 10, , cal Masons, one child was placet' Hn the Shrine hospital lor crippled children. One Adams County youngjster was placed in the Rockville I Tuberculosis sanitarium, one gill ‘ in the Indiana Girl's school, one boy I in tile United Slates Navy, and two childien were legally adopted dur 'ing the past year i The Atlants County Board of Guard 1 lans will elect officers for tin; ensuring year at the January meeting.' Mis. D. 1). Heller is president of th, board and W. Guy Brown is secre[tai The other members of 'h • board are Mrs. W. E Smith, Mrs. Sarah Krick, Otho Lobenstlno am' H. M Gillig. PROPOSE FOOR RAILROAO LINES Petition Is Filed to Merge All Railroads Under Four Great Systems .'.'ashijigtor., Jan. 3. — (U.R) The interstate commerce commission! today received from executives of i I east, rn railroads who have been in I conference in New York, the formal communication containing the ! details of their plan for consolidaI tlon of roads into four trunk sysI terns. ’i’lie commission will expedite; consideration of the plan. The proposal was formally draft,<>d last night in New York by the presidents of the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, and Chesapeake & Ohio, the I trunklines about which the four I great systems would be built. It was dispatched by letter to the j commission, which must give its approval before the plan can be . carried out. "Any proposals which the railroads think will benefit them in this time of depression will be accorded expeditious consideration by the commission,’’ Secretary George B. McGinty told the United (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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NEW INDUSTRY TO MOVE PLANT TO DECATUB Miller Show Case Co., to Move From Ft. Wayne To This City LOCATE IN FOUNDRY BLDG. FOR PRESENT 'Hie Miller Show ('ase coniany of Fori Wayne will; move its machinery here next week anil will he located ;in the main huildiny of the Decatur Furnace, Foundry & Machine company, in the southwest nart of town, the latter company will continue operation in the foundry biii diny, adjoining on the "crth. The contract with the Miller '’anu’acturlng Company was signod th’s morning by the Decatur "'i-mbi-r of Commerce officials, ‘his being the first of several ■mall Industries which are being, o-ated here. The company builds show caaes and booths and fixtures for rest-j aurants, confectionary stores and, other places. They have been in! business nine years and their I -oods are admitted to be as good ! lor are on the market. Members I of the Hrm are M. G. Miller and his two sons, all experienced 1 - raftsmen. They will establish show rooms in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis and already have -ufficient orders to keep the plant I going for several months. If businesH improves there is no doubt, j that the company will grow rapid-1 ly for they have passed the experi-, mental stage and have a reputation for the highest grade goods, I Chamber of Commerce officials stated. They will start operation with ibout a dozen, employes and expect to trippie that number within tlie vear, members of the firm stated. They have taken a two year lease on tlie building witli an option to purchase and hope to soon reach a. point where additional room will i be required. A number of factories are now seeking location in tlie smaller cities in order to reduce over■cnNTINUED nN PAGE SIX* WOULD ABOLISH TRUSTEE OFFICE Bill Prepared to Transfer Duties of Township to County Officials Indianapolis, Jan 3 —(U.R) —Abolition of township governments is proposed in a bill propared for introduction liefore the general as-c-mbly by Representative Jacob Weiss, IndianupoliH. Township governmental units In Indiana each year spend $50,000,000 , Weiss said. Duties of trustees and asse sons, tlie bill provides, would ( be transferred to the county gov ornment. In tlie place of tlie local school | control system, the proposal pro- | vldes for a new county board of I education, with supervision of all schools in tiie county, including ' those of the citiee. Weisi said he believed the township form of government has be- ■ come obsolete and an unnecessary I financial burden. Enactment of the measure also ' would shorten the ballot, eliminating election of three members of (lie advisory board in each township, the assessor and constable. Since the state constitution rent's to the township, the Weiss ! plan provides for one township in i each county. Boundaries and name i of ixith county and township would be tlie same. County unit education would be (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Man Dies From Burns Received On Christmas Logansport, Ind., Jan. 3. —(U.R)— Burns suffered Christmas morning ! when the wrong liquor was poured into a stove to hurry along a fire, have resulted in the death of Marcle Edson, 72. He died in a lion- 1 pit al at Argos. Mrs. Ida Smith, S 3, was In a critical condition from burns suffered yesterday.

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Father Injured And Not Expected to Live Mrs. E. B. Adams received word that her aged father, James Failing of Flint, Michigan, received serious injuries i’l a fall on New Year's Day ills condition is quite serious and I little hope is held for Ills recovery. o 1 Miss anna collier will leave Sunday afternoon tor Indianapolis | where she will assume her duties at 1 Butler College, after spending a two weeks Christmas vacation witli her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F B. Collier In this city. DECATUB WOMAN ON COMMITTEE Mrs. Fay Smith Knapp Is Named by Governor on Child Health Committee Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, county probation officer and active child welfare worker of tills citv lias been selected by Governor Harry Lesley as a member of tlie State Plan committee on child health representing Adams County- . Mrs. Knapp lias aceepteil tlie ap IMiintment and intends to attend the ;state conference on Child W’elfaro iln Indianapolis on January 15, 1C land 17. Others from tills city who are I planning to attend tlie conference are M. F. Worthman, citv superintendent of schools, E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, Mrs. Mabelle Myers, county truancy officer and others. Indianapolis. Jan 3 —(UP) —Indiana will hold a Child Health conference at the Armory building, Indianapolis, January 15, 16 and 17, I announced Dr. William F. King, | state health commissioner. I The conference, growing out of . President Hoover's White House conference. Will attempt to work out problems of child care in the state. It will lie the most complete ofa ny state, Dr. King said, it will be sponsored by every medical, social ami civic organization interes’ed in children in Indiana. Members of tlie planning commitI tee named by Governor Harry G. I Leslie, which have cliage of the conference are: Dr King, chairman; Hulda A. Bieti Cron, director Public Health Nursing. Evansville, Allen Domi*, experimental engineer of the (’. Conn Co., Elkhart; Mrs. Sallle W. Stewart, President National Association of Colored Women, Evansville; Mrs. L. G. Elllngham, Fort (CONTINUED ON PAGE BL\ o Income Tax Receipts Show Loss For Year Washington, Jan. 3. — (U.R) —ln come tax receipts in the calendar year 1930 aggregated $2,333,307,000; a decrease of about $70,000,000 as ' compared with tax receipts in the calendar year 1929, it was reveal ed today by final treasury figures for the year. For the first six months of the current fiscal year, income tax receipts have aggregated $1,107,307,1012, a decrease of about $78,000.i 000 from receipts for the same 1 nerioil a year ago. On taxes duDecember 15, the treasury collect-' ed $49,821,000, a decrease of about $20,000,000 as compared with December receipts in 1929. o Moody Bible School Film Was Interesting Student and academic life at a great institute of religious training - The Moody Institute of Chicago —as depicted last night at the Mt. Pieaeant Methodist Church,, northwest of Decatur, in the film' Life at The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago," a four-reel film of "The West. Point of Christian Service," as Moody is internationally known, was brought home to residents of this community. From tne opening flicker to the final fade-out, the Moody institute story was unfolded In all its realism and Importance. Mr. M. K. Cobble, a representative of the Institute, who explained the high lights of the film, was agreeably surprised et tlie intense interest, manifested by local citizens. Students of Moody were shown In actual, every-day, practical-work assignments, as well as in the clas -room and "on their own." Ono of the striking views was that ; wherea group of students passed through the Iron gates of forbidding Joliet penitentiary, there to spread the gospel among the unfortunate inhabitants of that penal institution.

VOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY

SEARCH FAILS TO ; LOCATE HIT ANO RUN DRIVER George Case, 14, Killed Friday Evening When Struck by Automobile WAS WALKING TO DECATUR WHEN HIT Identity of the driver who truck tind killed (ieori’i* Gase, Jr., 1 l-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gase, I with his automobile at about seven o'clock Fridav evening on State Hoad No. 27, threefourths of a mile north of if Decatur, was not known late this afternoon. Only vague clues could lie ol>‘atned by Sheriff Burl Johnson and Chief of Police Seph Melclii in their attempt to apprehend t!u» hit and run driver who killed tlie boy. Sheriff Johnson notified tho state auto police department today about the accident and tlie services of state police will probably ' be asked in helping to trail the driver of the death-inflicting jolt. , to the youth. Committed a Felony Unless the driver of tho car, who committed a felony punisli- ’ able by a fine of $506 and two ’ years Imprisonment by not stopping and reporting the accident, beI comes conscious stricken or remorseful of his act, ills identity may not be learned. He could also be pro ecuted on a man-slaughter charge if it was proved that reckless driving was tlie cause of the accident. About the only information pro- . vided Sheriff Johnson is that : motorists noftfed a two door ChevI rolet coach being driven at a high , rate of speed near tlie scene of tint I accident and tills is the only clue . which officials have to work on. Solution is Advanced One solution of the tragedy is i that Hie driver of the car struck ' the boy with tho bumper, buckling him like a hinge which throw him l into the front of the car with I such force that Ills neck was broken. It is believed that tho boy was carried on the bumper of the automobile for a short distance and that the -Inver of tho car (topped his car long enough to take him off the automobile and lay him alongside of the road. This theory is born out in the fact that the boys body was not cut or bruised and evidence did not show that the automobile ran ’ over him. A broken neck caused his death. The boy’s body alongside of the road was first noticed by Wendell Plummer, 2210<A Brooklyn street. Fort Wayne, who with his wife was i driving to Decatur. Their first thought was that a dummy had been placed in the road, lint on second thought drove back to the scene and found tlie body. They drove to the Miller's Bend Inn and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SECBETABYTO LEAVE HOOVFB Geo. Akerson, Secretary To President Accepts $30,000 Year Job Washington, Jan. 3 (U.R) Tieinner Hoover circle has lost an | other familiar figure. George Akerson, secretary to the executive and one of th- pioneer Hoover-for-prcsldent men. is leaving Washington to accept a $30.000 a year position on the executive staff of the Paramount i’ublix Corporation in New York. He will organize a new public relations <le partment for the motion picture concern. In disassociating himself from "the chief.’’ Akerson follows such former close associat's of Mr. Hoover as William J. Donovan and [Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant attorney gem-ral; Col. Horace Mann, and Claudius Huston, former chairman of th ■ republican national committee. Os the original coterlf which fought for Mr. Hoover at Kansas City in 1928, only two remain — Lawrence Richey, his personal secretary, and Postmaster General (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)