Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1931 — Page 1

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JK BANDITS RECAPTURED BY CITIZENS T£H 6 *0 i Men And Girl Taken >sse After Unsuccessttempt to Rob Bank FIRES SHOT AT THE CASHIER ■ * £. C!| jroe, Ohio, Jan. 5 -(U.R) » men and a young girl, ttempted to hold up the >e National hank today captured in a woods a time later bv a posse ) town |K’ople. / ■ trio was taken to ‘ etown. They registered •s. America Longworth. ' her of a 7 months old baby; Virelam, 29, and Noel Craft, of Middletown. "' in Smith, cashier of the ind Robert Metzel, his assisvere In the bank when two bandits entered.' One man (ought to have remained in to outside. Another man a machine gun and stood while the girl demanded bank is equipped with bullet glass cages and instead of dng with the command. ’reached for a gun The girt but the bullet flashed against iss. The bandit trio then rat just outside the village auto. a dilapidated sedan d i'nto a concrete culvert le three were said to have ross a field into the woods, osse was quickly assembled t trrounded the woods and the s were captured. ’ or. am.; Secure Funds To Resume Flight ipton Roads, Va., Jan. 5. — __Lack of funds with which to " ise a new sextant today held projected New York-to-Paris . by Mrs. Beryl Hart and Wil1. Maclaren. Jr. y learned that while the sexJfvas available for their use .’ould have to pay for it first. ]0 hurried efforts to obtain the 1 amount failed they posted the resumption of the flight rmuda, first stop on the air __t. Mrs. Hart, who is one of w women holding an unlimitmsport pilot’s license, said I ould continue efforts to get icking. 0 val Opens At U. B. Church Here revival meetings of the Unitethren church began Sunday ng with a large attendance, n exceptional attendance was jt at the evening service. Miss Olive delivered the sermon, liss May Paul had charge of meetings will continue each ig, at 7:30 o’clock for three and everybody is welcome se services. ■rnoon prayer meetings will Id at the church from 2 to 3 —'i Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs''ind Friday afternoons. Next gU Miss Paul will have charge ourse in Bible study in place • afternoon prayer meetings. HOOLS OPEN : TER VACATION and Rural Schools sume Classes Follow- ' Christmas Vacation Dthe city schools, including the ur public schools, the Cathotiool and Lutheran school openday and resumed work, followannual Christmas vacation, returned to their stnthis morning, and only a few ices were noted. first semester of the public ■ls will close January 16, at i lime the mid semester exaions will be held. The second ster will open January 19. D County Schools Open vl? schools of Adams County, re>d today, and all with the exyn of the Berne schools, began second semester- The Berne a )Ib will complete the semester in the month.

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Paul Hancher Is [i League President < Paul Hancher was chosen president of the Epworth League of the | Methodist Episcopal Church, Sun-1 day evening, at the regular meet-1 ] ing of the organization. The officers chosen at that meeting will hold office for a period of six months, and are as follows: Paul Hancher, president; Miss Louise Haubold, 1 first vice-president; Miss Elizabeth Franklin, second vice-president Miss Barbara Krick third vice president. Miss Eileen Burk, fourth vice-pre-sident; Miss Sara Jane Kauffman, i pianist; Gerald Smitley. treasurer; Harold Strickler, secretary. APPOINTMENT IS _ II MADE BY BOARD Dr. J. M. Miller Named County Physician; Tuesday Will Be Road Day The county commissioners met In regular session today, it being the January meeting of the board. Dr. J. M. Miller, Decatur physi- ' cian, was reappointed county ini flrmary physician and aleo jail : physician. His salary was fixed at S3OO a year. Bills were checked and allowed by the board and matters pertain- , Ing to fire insurance carried by I the county on the court house was taken up by the board this afternoon. A letter from the Indiana state highway commission notifying the board of the state’s abandonment of 2.14 miles of road on State road No. 27, south, west and north of Monroe was filed. The state highway commission stated that the stretch was no longer needed since the route had been changed north of Monroe. It will be up to the county or the township to j maintain the road., fsionere stated. Tuesday will be road day In commissioners court and a number | of petitions will be presented to the board. Action will probably be taken on several of the petitions and hearings on now road improvements will begin next month. __ . O Farmer Killed While Walking Along Road Columbia City, Ind., Jan. S—(UP)5 —(UP) —Thomas B. Briggs, 60, president of the Whitley county council, a farmer, was killed when struck by an auto as he was walking along a highway near Columbia City. The gasoline supply in his auto had become exhausted and Briggs was walking to a farm house. James Miles, Purdue university instructor ‘driver of the mathine which struck ; Briggs, was absolved of blame. 0 PACKERS CANNOT SELL#! DETAIL Decision Permits Sale of Food, But Prohibits Retail Shops Washington, Jan. 5-—(UP) —The packers consent decree of 1930 was modified today by justice Jennings Bailey in district of Columbia Supreme court so as to permit packers to deal in all classes of food in wholesale trade but prohibits the retail sale of food. The decision regarded by packers as a victory, removes restrictions of the 1920 decree which, limited the packers from selling any comodities other than meat at wholesale. The decree denied the packers the right to enter the retail meat business, as well as other forms of retail trade, and it also refused them the right to own stock in stockyards. “It is fine—Just what we wanted said Frank J. Hogan, counsel for the Swift and the Armour companies, which brought the action. Q SI,OOO Reward Offered For Slayers of Couple Marshall, 111., Jan. S.—(U.R)—A reward of SI,OOO was posted here today by relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Welsh, for the arrest and conviction of the slayer of the aged couple, found murdered in their home here last Wednesday. Disappearance of a pistol owned by Welsh and indications that he had been shot by bullets from his ( own gun were the only clues auth-1 orities held in the shooting.

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$50,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS UNDER WAY HERETODAY Employe of WO WO Seeks Damages From Auto Driver Who Hit Him CASE VENUED HERE FROM FORT WAYNE A $50,000 damage case began before C. J. Lutz, special judge in the Adams circuit court this morning | and indications are that it will be 7 la stiff legal battle, the entire morn-1 | Ing being taken up in enpannellingj the jury. The case is entitled Paul Maxwell vs. Solway Sales Corporation and H. E. Hattersely. Guy Colerick and Arthur W. Parry Fort Wayne are attorneys for the plaintiff and Judge ■ John Eggerman Fort Wayne, Sam-1 uel Cleveland and J. Fred Fruchte ) ! are representing the defendants. The plaintiff was employed by WOWO radio station located west of Fort Wayne on highway 30 ami alleges that while returning home on the evening of June 20, 1929, his ) hat blew off and he stepped into the ’ road to pick it up when he was struck by a Pontiac car, owned ny the Solway company and driven by Mr. Hattersley, of Cincinnati, their agent. He charges the car was being driven at fifty miles an hour and that he was thrown entirely over the top, lighting upon a stone in the ditch. His left hip and leg was crushed and he has since been unable to work. It was necessary i to amputate his leg and the coin-[ plaint alleges that the left hip is I paralized. The Solway Company is a New York corporation which manufactures calcum chloride, 'the case (CONTINUED ON PAGE- FIVE)"" FUNERAL HELD FOR GASE BOY ■ Final Rites Held Today at St. Mary’s Church; No Clue of Killer Funeral services were held at 9 o’ clock this morning at the St. Marys Catholic church for George Gase, Jr., killed by a hit and run driver north of Decatur Saturday evening. Burial was made in the St. Joseph cemetery. Clasmates of the deceased acted as pallbearers, and the entire student body of the St. Joseph’s Catholic school attended the mass. The Rev. Father Joseph Hennis said the mass. The casket was opened in the rear of the church so that | the school clldren could view the i body. Sheriff Burl Johnson stated this morning that no new clues had been discovered which would lead to discovery of the identity of the driver of the death car. The accident occurred about 7 p. m. Saturday, on state road 27, three-fourths of a mile north of Decatur. The Gase lad was walking into town from his home, north of Decatur to play with the Decatur Catholic high school second team. From marks left on the road, it was evident his body was carried some distance on the bumper of the car and was then removed or thrown offThe youth's neck was broken by the impact. Youths Face Criminal Charges For Attack Logansport, Ind., Jan. S—(U.R5 —(U.R) — Criminal charges were expected to be filed today against three men, subsequent to their alleged confession that they abducted the 18-year-old girl companion of Audrey Hatfield, 22, of Star City, and attacked her. The men arrested were Alvin Coper, 22; Harold Wilburn, 23; and Herbert Wendt, 22. They were alleged to have told police that ’ they had been drinking prior to the abduction and attack. _o — Robert Holthouse Cuts Two Fingers Robert Holthouse, forward on the Decatur Catholic high school five, will be unable to play basketball for the next two or three weeks as the result of an injury received Saturday. The youth cut two flngI ers on his right hand while at work. lat Campbell’s service station.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Panama President If wie * y I Richard Alfaro, Minister from Panama to the United States, has been asked to become president of Panama. The Panama government was overthrown last Friday. CLAWKIDNAPB CAUGHT TODAY St Louis Paper Claims to Have Found Kidnaper of Busch Boy St. Louis, Mo., Jan. S—(U.R) —'Die St. Louis Star in a copyright story today said it had found Charles Y. Abernathy, negro kidnaper of 13-vear-old Adolphus B u uch Ortliwein, heir to the Busch brewing millions, who was returned to his home Jan. 1, after being held captive 20 hours. Abernathy made a signed confession, the Star said, denied that the ■ kidnaping was premeditated, and "said he had left his home on New ’ 'Year’s Eve with the intention of holding “some rich folks up” because “I needed money to feed my children.” , Abernathy has been sought by i St. Louis county authorities on a warrant charging kidnaping, but the Star did not reveal his hiding place. The story’ was signed by Harry T. Brundidge. Star reporter. Cold Wave Predicted To Arrive Tonight Indianapolis, Jan. 5—<U.R) A wave of winter weather was forecast to set in tonight after a week-end of springlike warmth. The U. S. weather bureau forecast that a cold rain wou’d turn to snow and temperatures would drop about ten degrees. Tuesday, however, will be fair, it was predicted. COURT UPHOLDS DRY AMENDMENT Law’s Valadity Upheld by Judge Contrasting Judge Clark’s Ruling New York Jan. S—(UP)5 —(UP) Validity of the eighteenth amendment was sustained by the U. S. circuit court of appeals today in a case which is virtually identical with the one under which Federal Judge William Clark of Newark declared prohibition invalid. The conviction of Louis Thibeault who was sentenced to the Ohio federal reformatory for selling two pints of whiskey was affirmed in a decision read by Judge Manton. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi —O Tornado Sweeps Pennsylvania Town Uniontown, Pa„ Jan. 5.— (U.R)—A tornado of great velocity struck Uniontown shortly after noon today. Buildings were unroofed, autos blown from the streets, and trees and telephone poles blown over. The wind was recorded at 90 miles an hour at the U.S. army airport. It later was recorded at 102 miles an hour, but within an hour had dropped to 80 miles an hour. The gale was accompanied bv driving rain. Later the rain ceased, skies cleared, but the wind continued to I sweep through the Alleghanies.

NEW TRUSTEES HOLD MEETING First Meeting of Township Trustees Held in This City Today ■ The twelve township trustees of Adams county held their first business meeting of the year today.) .meeting with County Superinten- i dent Clifton E. Striker in his ofi flee at the court house. No particular business matters were dis--1 cussed. Trustees wlw left office D cem- 1 : ber 31 a’so met with the new true-j 1 tees this morning. All old and' 1 I new trustees were present, with I ! the exception of A. J. Lewton, form-1 1 , er trustee of Root township, who 1 was unable to be present because j 1 .of serious illness of Mrs. Lewton. I The complete list of the present)' | trustees, with their predecessors,) ) follows: Blue Creek, David D. Habegger, 1 I succeeding H. L. Sipe. I French, Edwin Beer, succeeding . i Mat tin Moeschberger. j Hartford. A. F. Baker, succeedI ing D. A. Studler. I Jefferson, Charles Abnet, succeed- *, ing J. M. Bollenbacher. Kirkland, Daniel Scherry, succeeding Charles Arnold. Monroe, Noah Rich, succeeding I Vance Mattax. Preble, Ernest Worthman, rej I elected. . I Root, Philip Schieferstein, suc- . ceeding A. J. Lewton. I) St. Mary’s, Orlen Fortney, reI elected. r ; Union, Arthur Blakey, rtf-elected. ( ! Wabash, Edward Stahly, suc- ), ceeding Ottis Burk. Washington, T. R. Noll, re-elect- ■ ed. t The outgoing trustees passed a II — r (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) r -o — BANK'S VAULT SHOWSLOOTING r Cashier Returnsand Doors to Vault Open Revealing Much Disorder Chicago. Jan. 5. —(U.R) — While • 1,000 excited depositors milled [ about outside, shouting threats . against the institution’s cashier, the time locked vault doors in the I Lawrence Avenue National Bank ( swung open last night and reveal- ; . ala scene of disorder which caus- [ ed its president. George Pilot, al- . most to faint. Since New Year’s night, when Cashier John E. Malloy, reported I how four men mysteriously had, robbed the bank and forced him j to set the time lock so the doors could not be opened for the longi est possible per’fid, rumors had I spread of what would be found inside the vault. Malloy, who faced arraignment ‘oday on a federal embezzlement charge, was not present when the doors were opened and it was dis- 1 closed that a number of safety deposit boxes had been looted, with a loss that may run Snto many thousands of dollars. > A smaller vault, in which the bank kept its cash supply,, also ' hail been broken open, and between SIO,OOO and $20,000 taken. i The discovery, police said, susstantiated the story which Malloy told Milwaukee police Thursday ■ night—that four men. posing as > (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i o Water Shortage At Bloomington Acute Bloomington, Ind., Jan. S—(UP) The Bloomington water shortage I already considered “very grave”' by Fred C. Dillman, superintendent -of the city water company, became - more acute today with return of 1 4,000 Indiana Unviersity students from the Holiday vacation. , The existing supply, fast dwind- , ling, has not. been added to during ; the dry cold weather of the past several weeks. Dillman said he t could not estimate how long the . supply would last. ; Faulty plumbing on premises of I consumers was blamed by the sup- | erintendent for considerable loss. , daily consumption, even with the [ students away, has been 1,250,000 ■ gallons t Water is being taken only from * > the Griffy Creek reservoir, with the . supply at Leonard Springs being held for use in case of fire.

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LEGISLATORS j ASSEMBLE FOR CAUCUS MEET State Senators and Represenatives Prepare for Indiana Session HELLER UNOPPOSED FOR CLERK’S JOB — Indianapolis. Jan. 5. — (U.R) —The ■ biennial legislaiive activity was. started in Indianapolis today with, the arrival of the first of the 50 senators and 100 representatives. Although the seventy-seventh annual session will not open until 10 o’clock Thursday morning, candidates for offices in each house had opened headquarters and started their campaigns. Tile entire assemblage is expected to be in the city for party caucuses Wednesday night, and the joint meeting of republican senators and representatives Wednesday morning. Discussion of proposed legislation was sidetracked today as attention centered about assembly positions. Unofficially the elections will be made Wednesday night and formally ratified at the opening session. According to custom, each house will meet for organization and then gather a joint session, at which Governor Harry G. Leslie will present his recommendations. Then the houses will adjourn until the following Monday. The 75 democratic members of the house will meet for their caucus Wednesday night in the house of representatives at 7:30 o’clock.. R. Earl Peters, democratic state' chairman, will preside. Officers to | b» chosen are: speaker, clerk, assistant clerk, and doorkeeper. | The race for speakership cent-j ers around 'Walter Myers. Indian-) apolis, and Earl Crawford, Milton,) although David H. Byers, Vincennes; Delph McKesson, Plymouth; William McClain. Evansville, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Sheriff Makes His First Arrest Today Hurbert G. Martz of Geneva was arrested this morning by Sheriff Burl Johnson on an affidavit filed by Marion O. Smith, charging him with having isued a forged check December 31st. Martz was taken to jail in default of SSOO bail and will have a hearing tomorrow morning. The alleged forgery was for $6 CO, a check on tiie Bank of Geneva payable to Roy Smith. o x TWO TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED St. Mary’s Catholic Congregation Holds Election; Rent Pews Sunday The annual election of two trustees of the St. Mary’s Catholic church took place Sunday morning following the 9:45 o’clock high mass The men elected were Joseph Appleman and Fred Colchin, who with John Fisher, H. M. Gillig, R. E. Meiliors, Frank Heiman and Joo Laurent comprise the board of trustees. The trustees will meet this evening and elect officers of the board. Next Sunday following the high mass the annual renting of pews in the church wil take place. R. E. Meibers, treasurer of the board of trustees stated today that the annual report was being compiled and would be printed in the near future. The report shows the contributions of the members of the congregation flor church support, and also payments on the school fund. o Tarkington Hopes To Recover Sight Indianapolis, Jan. 5. —(U.R)' —Booth Tarkington will go to the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore within the next few days for the final operation in the series designed to restore the sight in his left eye, It was announced. | toady. I Previous operations have been viewed as highly successful, and complete recovery of sight in the one eye has been anticipated.

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Men’s Brotherhood To Hold Banquet The Men’s Brotherhood of the j I Methodist Episcopal Church will hold an interesting meeting tonight, in the church, and a banquet will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. E. N- Clark, pastor of th» (Wayne Street Methodist Church in ) Fort Wayne, will be the speaker. 'for the evening, and musical num 1 Ibers will be furnished by the Lion’s jClub male quartet and the Methodist Church Women's quartet. Virgil Krick, president of the Men's will have charge of the program tonight. 0 CHURCH HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Officers Are Elected at Meeting of Zion Reform- . ed Church Sunday The Zion Reformed church con-) ■ gregation held its annual business meeting and election of officers ‘ Sunday afternoon and the follow- ) ing were elected: Carl Schafer, elder; Erwin Miller and Tillman Gerber, deacons; Ben Shroyer, trustee; Leo Kirsch, current fund treasurer; M. F. Worthman, clerk; Miss Lulu Gerber was selected as - organist of the church and Mrs. ) Ben Shroyer assistant. An auditing committee composed of Chris Lehman, chairman, Mrs. Albert Mutschler and A. R. Ashbaucher was appointed to audit the reports of all organizations. A. R. Ashbaucher, the chairman of the Pipe Organ and Decorating ’ committee gave a brief report in which he stated that the debt on 1 the pipe organ had been reduced ) to $573, which originally was about . $7,000. He especially thanked the ) (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) LOCALWOMAN'S FATHER DIES James H. Failing, Father of Mrs. E. B. Adams Dies at Flint, Mich. James H. Failing 98, father of Mrs. Earl B. Adams, of this city, died at his home in Flint, Saturday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock after a short illness. Mr Failing had been in excellent spirits and the family had enjoyed Christmas as usual. Last Tuesday he suffered a fall and when found was in a semi-conscious condition, never fully rallying. His body was badly bruised and it is not known whether the fall caused death or if he suffered fro mapoplexy. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Bess D. Failing at home and Mrs. Adams of this city. Both were with him when he died. The news of Mi. Failing’s death was received here Saturday evening in a message to Mr Adams, who left immediately for Flint to attend the funeral services. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil war, in which he served four years and was mustered out as a lieutenant. He served several years as a member of the governor's staff and received numerous j honors because of his excellent mill-1 tary record. He visited her frequently being here last June. He hail many friends and acquaintances in Decatur. o Discharge of Gun Kills Boy’s Sister Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 5. —(U.R) —Acci- ■ dental discharge of the .22 calibre rifle carried by Kenneth Troyer, ' caused the death of Norma, his 9- ■ year-old sister. Kenneth had obtained the weapon from a corner where an older brother placed it. Norma died almost instantly, with a wound in the heart and lungs. o i Government To Pay Part of Bridge Cost i Indianapolis, Jan. 5. — (U.R) — A ■ portion of the costs for approaches for the Wabash river bridge at, [ Vincennes will be borne by the fed- , |cral government, it was decided , Saturday at a meeting of the ' . George Rogers Clark memorial j, commission and representatives ofp the state highway department. |i

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FIRST ACT OF HOUSE IS TO PROVIDE HELP Bill Carries $45,000,000 Aonropriation; Senate Wishes to Increase it ARMY BILL PROVIDES UNEMPLOYMENT AID Washington, Jan. 5. — (U.R) — Congress reconvened at noon today after its Christmas recess, and in a little more than an hour the house had finally disposed of the administration relief program. It passed the joint resolution appropriating $45,000,000 for loans to drought stricken farmers and the measure now goes to the senate. The $45,000,000 appropriation was authorized just before the holiday recess but the resolution adopted by the house today was necessary to provide funds. Meanwhile in the senate. Senator Caraway, Dem., Ark., introduced a resolution to Increase the appropriation by $15,000,000 and to maks the entire $60,000,000 available for human as well as stock food, thus reviving the old controversy which was sharp before the holiday r - cess. Mr. Hoover refused to permit human food to be specifically included in the original measure. Caraway's resolution today was prompted, he said, by news of food demonstrations in Arkansas by hungry farmers. Unemployment Relief Washington, Jan. 5. —(U.R) —Additional funds to aid unemployment, totalling $66,302,149, are provided in the war department appropriation bill taken up today by the house. It carries $446,024,150 for military and non-military activities. Though the measure is for the 1 fiscal year 1932, beginning next July, the unemployment relief appropriations provided are to become immediately available upon its passage. These include $60,- ! 000,000 for rivers and harbors projects and the rest for various activities, such as repairs, construction of barracks, work on national cemeteries, to give employment to ' the jobless. The $60,000,000 carried in this bill and the $22,500,000 in the emergency measure already passed brings the total available for rivers and harbors projects in tli.» next two years to $168,000,000 with other money previously appropriated. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX : Q Two Confess To Albany Bank Robbery Muncie, Ind., Jan. 5. —(U.R) —The 1931 bank robbery slate in Indiana was nearly cleansed today, with confessions of two men that they participated in the SSOO robbery of the State Bank of Albany Saturday. A large proportion of the loot was recovered. Eward Locke, 31, Muncie, and Fred Males, 28, Anderson, were said by police to have confess;d that they and two other men held up the bank. Roscoe (Tuffy) Wray | and a man whose name was not given, were still sought. EXCHANGE OF DATE IS MADE Berne Institute to be Held January 27 and Monroe on February 7 Dates have been exchanged for the Berne and Monroe county farmers institutes because tile community building at Berne will not be available for the original date set. The Berne institute, under the change will be held Tuesday, January 27, and I lie Monroe meeting on Monday, February 7. Officers of all institutes, with one exception, have held meetings and appointed committees. Most of the I institutes are planning evening entertainment features with the talent selected from the neighborhood. This type of entertainment seems more greatly enjoyed and better received than any other feature offerled thus far.