Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1931 — Page 1

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sMUHERTY I MN CITY ■-■hscharges ||li — * * c Kk Driver is Held in 5 Heal lail Following Htident at .Monroe ■(’K STRIKES CARS; Rree \R|. injured ■ Doherty was arraigned be- ‘ Dore b. _rwin in clrvrt this afternoon on charirto* ration, operating K, r vehicle while intoxicated driv ng. The defendant enter a pica. Arrangements. SSOO bond were being this afternoon. T=^B ril , ! il ! ri' “I' I nion City, M in ’I" county jail $-,i)u iHind facing three '.-'d i!1 Adams circuit S'Uns inorninr. following two i ill winch Hmiherty tigMonroe. Monday night. 0 .barges’filed against Houhl ■p p.ibln : «xi. at ion. driving I ■: nd teckloss driv- ( truck iiriv.n by Douherty ni'li cars driven by Otto living southwest of Deam! John <’. Cramer. 533 street. Decatur. ■ framer, his wife and fiveson. Richard, were injurt!,.. on' but none of the ,i”>■ reported serious. The liny - ffered a deep gash forehead. extending to the but examination last night no fracture. .Mrs. ('rantcut about the arms and flying class and Mr. Cranta painful injury to his ■t-”. lud stopped at a fillin Monroe to inquire ■oittr to Decatur. When driv fi ,m e station, he sidethe Ort., Huffman car. D.iv- 1 But ,;ist. he turned south at I tioii of slate road 27) of north. ■' I'ranie! family was going) on 'lie stale road and Douhj Ttiek . iu.l; (’ranter’s right! B»’hM. turning the car com- ; around and damaging it! south of Monroe, where he| across a ditch, through an ' rail fence. Here his! stalled. Brand , berry, policeman at i had trailed Douherty foiB 1 - 'lie two crashes and when ' ■ONTIXFED ON pAOa SIX) - - • - o ■trict Deputy | Installs Officers ■ w officers of Decatur Council Monday night by the B ll ' deputy. Donnelly Sullivan, officers installed are: D. M. ■’’k. grand knight; Hubert Schdeputy grand knight; Joseph financial secretary; RayWertzberger, recording secreAugust Heiman, chancellor; Appleman, warden; Frank B n 'advocate; Robert Miller, out■tuard; Robert Gage, inner Robert )- Meibers, treasut■byonis Schmitt, trustee, 111 OUTLINE I DISTRIBUTION at Washington Seymour to Elan B'ment of Farm Loans ■ P p'r tte ' , ind - Feb io— <u.r>--B ng will be held in the court at W ashington, Ind., tomor- ■ morning, and another in the ■ ' ),,i,din K * n Seymour ■ ay morning, to outline plans ■ “'atribution of farm loans In V nas 30 drought affected counJ - H - Skinner, Purdue ty ' ch airman of the state ■ 1 relief committee, announcKted COn ’ mittees - Previously ap- ■ ht. WIU consult with Skinner ■J’ aas °ciates at the two sectoeetingg. ■oj 0 '”' llion lloll ars of the $40,E iJ°, ted by congress for farm ■ hnnt ‘f° Ufeht ar eas, lies in the B, \ ° an officß > whence Indi- ■ dlsbursein ents will be made.

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‘WILD OATS BOY’ | PLEASE SCROWD Decatur High School Auditorium Filled For Woman’s Club Play A*capacity crowd witnessed "The' Wild Oats Boy” presented by the Civic Section of the Woman's club at the Decatur high school auditorium, Monday evening, and proclaimed it one of the funniest and 1 cleverest home talent productions |of the year. The play will bo repeated next i Monday evening at the Decatur 1 Catholic high school auditorium, .and tickets may be secured from i members of the Civic department. JThs play centers altout Eddie. I the "Wild Oats Boy”, played by 1 Don Farr, and Judy, played by Mrs. i Don Farr, adopted son and daughter of Uncle George who was burnled in a hotel fire. They have been engaged, but have quarrel! (!.■ According to Uncle George's will, $50,000 is to be left to Eddie pro-1 viding he is in bed every night fori (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 r Woodrow Hoffman Is Reported Improved Woodrow Hoffman, Berne center, who suffered an injury to his right eye in the finals of the county tourney January 31, was able to return to school Monday. His eye is reported improving but is doubtful if Hoffman will be able to play against Monroeville Friday. o— — Fort Wayne Attorney Addresses Society The members of the Holy Name Society of the St. Mary's Catholic church held their regular monthly meeting in the Knights of Columbus Hall, Monday night. . A large crowd attended the meeting, and an interesting program took place. Ed Meyers, an attorney from Fort Wayne addressed the meeting on "Social Conditions of Today." I o Jeffersonville Will Not Enter Spelling Bee Jeffersonville Ind. Feb. 10 —(UP) —Jeffersonville is avenged. Just how seriously the Hoosiers in this district take their high school basketball is shown in the following article appearing in a local newspaper: “Simultaneously with the announcement of two township spelling champs it was made known that a meeting of the Clark County township trustees by a unanimous vote rebuked what they record as a most unneighborly act of New Albany High school autoritie?. “Because the New Albany school led to the suspension of Jeffersonville high school from the I.H.S.A.A. the trustees voted without dissent against allowing any Clark county speller to take part in a spelling bee with New Albany contestants.”

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FIVE HUNDRED ESCAPE INJURY AT OHIO STATE Instructor Drops Bottle of Deadly Gas in School Laboratory ( LASS INSTRUCTOR SUFFERS BAD BURNS — Columbtm, O„ Feb. TO- (U.R)— Five hundred students were driven ' from the chemistry building at jOhio State I’niversity and one instructor was burned seriously when a five-pound bottle of liquid bromine was broken in the chemical laboratory today. In addition to the burns, Clarence Bremer. Columbite, the instructor, suffered lung and heart ! trouble, caused by the gas. He , was taken to University hospital. | where attaches said the entire ) lower part of his body had been [burned. Neutralizing gases were released in the one-story building shortly after the accident, to permit students to re-enter. A majority of them returned to their classes, but some still were afraid of the gas and declined to go into the building again. Bremer dropped the bottle containing the bromine during a demonstration before his class. It smashed to bits, releasing the deadly gases. Bremer ran into the adjoining organic laboratory, tearing off his cJothes so he could treat his j burns easily. When he realized ) water was an insufficient unguent. )he ran into a washroom. Proses- ) sors finding him there after a ten ■ minute search, ordered him re- ! moved to a hospital. | As the gases spread through the 1 building, professors and students spread an alarm. Scores of students fought their (CNTINUK'i ON PAGE THREE) o McDonald Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa McDonald, wife of J. W. McDonald i who died at her home in this city, (Monday afternoon, will be held I Thursday afternoon at 1:31) o’clock at t e uome, 127 Monroe street, and at two o’clock at th? Evangelical chinch. Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. oWOMEN KILLED BY FOUR GUNMEN Two Women Slain, Male Companion Fatally Wounded in St. Louis St. Louis, Feb. 10—(UP)—Two women were killed and their male companion was probably fatally wounded by four gunmen who trapped them in a saloon at 1:30 A. M. today. The Women killed were Miss Dor othy Evans. 37. and Bessie Layman, the Leyman woman was killed instantly and Miss Evans died on the) operating table an hour later. The bounded man was William | Goebel, Brother of Dewey Goebel, notorious gangster who was killed by machine gun bullets Nov. 22. The shooting occurred in the saloon operated by Goebel’s brother, Harry, who said three men entered, ordered the women and Coebel to I “stick ’em up.’’ then began firing | immediately. Harry said he hid be hind the bar and the gunmen did not ) molest him. A few minutes after the shooting. Police arrested four men in a nearby restaurant. They denied knowledge of the shooting. The proprietor said they ran into his estab (CONTINUED ON P*3E THREE) i o Make Girls Walk Home After Ride, Boys Fined Peru Feb. 10—(UP)—Two girls told police their boy friends had forced them to walk home —two miles after an auto ride. The youths were taken into court and fined. The girls’ names were withheld. Garland Hassar, 21, pleaded guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated and was fined SIOO and costs. Joseph Kile, 22, paid a fine of $lO and costs on a charge of intoxication.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 10, 1931.

I Mrs. John Hisey Is Severely Burned Mrs. John Hisey, living near New Corydon, is suffering from severe burns on both arms as the result of an explosion at her home. Mrs. ILs(ey’s youngest son threw a sho'gun shell in a Wilson heater, up on I which a boiler of water had been | plated to heat for the family 'washing. In the explosion that followed, i Mrs. Hisey's right arm was burned (from the shoulder to the wrist and 'the left arm from the elbow to the hand. The room was almost wrecked. A large rug on (he floor and tntwall paper were practically destroyed by the fire. FIRST LIQUOR FIGHT SLATED FOR TONIGHT Wet And Dry Forces Mobilizing Today for Public Hearing Tonight SECOND MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT Indianapolis, Feb. 10. — (UR) — Mobilization of wet and dry forces was being completed today in preparation for the first major liquor fight of the present session of the general assembly, which will take , place tonight in the chambers of the house of representatives. Tonight’s public hearing will be . held on a bill introduced by J. II Henry Monnic, Democrat, Evans11 ville, and Fred A. Egan, Democrat, , I Gary, which would give physicians ..authority to issue prescriptions for i whisky to be used for medicinal • purposes. Each prescription would be limited to a pint, and the phys- ► ician would not be permitted to > charge more than 50 cents for it. Tomorrow night the second liq- ' uor battle is scheduled, with a hearing on a bill introduced by Fred S. Galloway, Democrat, Indianapolis, to repeal die Wright bone dry law. Ethan A. Miles, attorney for the Indiana Anti-Saloon League and generalissimo of the state's' dryforces, will load the battery of dry ! speakers. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE I Man Is Sentenced, Married And Sued Covington, Ind., Feb. 10 —(UP) — Lowell Brier, 22, Attica, sentenced from Covington Circuil court to one to 10 years on a charge of auto banditry, had a busy day last Thursday. Brier was found guilty of auto banditry by a jury in circuit court, was married to Miss Marie McFerren. Attica, in the Clerk’s office, and was sued for $5,000 damages for breach of promise by Miss Alberta Booe. Veedersburg, all within 10 hours. Brier intimated he was more concerned over hfs prison sentence than the marriage or the breach of promise suit. BANK OFFICERS ARE INDICTED Indictments Charging Felonies Returned Against Officials of Bank New York, Feb. 10 —(U.R) —Six indictments charging felonies were returned today in connection with the closing of the $200,000,000 Bank of United States, and a number of officials of the banking corporation were named. Prominent in the list of persons mentioned in the indictments returned by the county grand jury—which for weeks has been investigating the complicated affairs of the bank and its various affiliates were: Isidore J. Kresel, a director and (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Kendallville Man Is Killed By Fast Train Kendallville, Ind., Feb. 10— (UP> —Charles Lash, 45, a department foreman at the Noble motor truck corporation, was killed here last night when his auto was struck by a passenger train, View of fine trucks at the crossing was said to be partly obstructed.

ED HOFFMAN DIES TODAY; Prominent Fort Wayne Banker Succumbs to Injuries Received Sunday Fort Wayne, Fob. 10—-tU.R) — 1 Edward G. Hoffman. 52. Fort ' Wayne lawyer, banker and former I ‘member of the Democratic Nat-1 ional committee, died here today I of a skull fracture suffered Sunday i | when he was thrown from a horse.! His horse sided and ran under. : a tree. Hoffman was swept from ; his mount by an overhanging tree limb and thrown to the pavement. I Hoffman served as a Democratic I national committeeman from 1916 ito 1920. in 1920 be was secretary i of the Democratic national comvention. He also was active in state Democratic circles, although he never held public office. He was first vice president, of . the First and Tri-State National Bank and Trust Company here and president of the Fort Wayne chamber of commerce. The widow, one son and a daughter, survive. i He was defeated in the U. S. senatorial race in 1908. Mr. Hoffman was well known here having frequently come here ■ to address various bodies. He ’ gave Hie address at the annual ‘ meeting of the Decatur Chamber i of Commerce Monday evening of last week and about a year ago spoke to the Men’s Club of the . j Presbyterian church. He was ac.'five in I’oy Scout work and had .'served as president of the Anthony ! Wayne Council which includes ■ , i Adams county. He was a mem-1 , i her of the executive board of the I I! Scouts for the district comprising! I Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and j Wisconsin and was a member of j a commission recently appointed ' by President Hoover to oonfer • CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, i o — Marketing School Will Meet Thursday , The four! Ii cooperative market I ing school will be held at Monroe . Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9, , o’clock. A large crowd attended the third session held last Thursday. This school deals with fundamental principles of marketing of products i and features all classes of marketing. These schools are conducted by ! the state board of education and I Indiana farm bureau. Dr. Shelby is i - in < barge of the meetings. I o GARY HAS HIGH ACCIDENT TOLL I ' Death Rate per 100,000 i Population For 1930 Was 49 Persons ) Gary. Ind., Feb. 10. —(U.R)- —The deatli rate per 100,000 population for auto accidents at Gary in 1930 again was the highest in the United States, according to statistics announced by the department of commerce. The report showed the Gary rate I to be 49 per 100.000 population. Miami and Erie. Pa., were tied for second place with rates of 38.5. San Diego was third witli 34.9 and Columbus, 0., fourth with 34.4. Figures showed that 32,500 pers. ns were killed in auto accidents in the country last year. : Gary has led the country in the i annual auto death rate for several i years, although Akron, 0., took » first place several months ago for i a three months period. ; Records of Dr. A. A. Watts, county coroner, showed that 49 peri sons were killed in auto accidents ■ in Gary during the year ended Jan- ’ uary 24, 1931. ) Chicago’s death toll per 100,000 1 was only 24.4 and that of Indian 1 apolis was the same. South Bend I was 24.8. o f nterest Increases In Revival Services 1 Increasing interest is being shown at the revival services at . the Church of God, Cleveland street, with large crowds present. ' The meetings will contine indefinitely and "’ill be held each night > at 7:30 o'clock, except Sunday, ) | when services will start at 7 o’clock.

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SENATE PASSES | BILL MANDATING LOWER BUDGETS I Beckett-Huff Measure Is Adopted bv State Senate Bv 26 To 21 Vote CITIES MUST CUT BUDGETS 10 PERCENT . Indianapolis, Feb. 10 (U.R) -The i Beckett-Huff hill mandating mimic-) ipal corporations and other political subdivisions of the state to I reduce 1931 and 1932 budgets bv' at least ten per cent from 1930 figures, was adopted by the Senate today, 26 to 21. Passage followed an hour of noisy and aimless arguing by the Senate, sitting as a committee of (he whole. When solons made no headway, they adjourned into the; regular session and took tile vote. I Cut Utility Rates Indianapolis, Feb. 10 —(U.R) —A flat reduction of ten per cent on all public utility rates, which, would save Indiana consumers | i thousands of dollars annually, was I sought today in a resolution presented to the House of Representatives by Cecil J. Kistler, Republican. Elkhart. The resolution maintains that such a drastic reduction is justified. in view of the lower costs of materials, labor and other elements entering into the operation of industries of all kinds. it is stated in the resolution that .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Daisy DeVoe Given Five-Year Probation Los Angeles Feb. 10 — (UP) — former secretary of Clara Bow, was given 5 years probation on her grand theft conviction today, but must spend the first IS mouths in the Los Angeles County jail. Miss DeVoe was convicted on one of 35 counts of grand theft. The county on which she was found guilty alleged that Daisy bought her ! self a fur coat with $825 that Clara intended to use for payment of income tax. o— Matt Kirsch Reported Seriously 111 of Flu Mat Kirscii, president of the I’eo- , Lples Loan and Trust Company Bank jia this city, is confined to his home c-a North Second street, and is reported to be critically ill. Mr. Kirsch has been ill with the flu, which has affected hia throat, I since Sunday, but he became worse I Monday night. Farm Home Completely Destroyed By Fire The Raymond Davison home on the Amos Stoneburner farm. 4 miles south and 1 mile west of Peterson burned completely to the ground at 3 o’clock this morning. The origin of the fire was not learned. All household goods were destroyed. RED CROSS FUND NOW OVER S3OO Miss Annie E. Winnes, County Secretary, Reports Total Contributions i Miss Annie E. Winnes, county secretary of the Red Cross, reported today that contributions from Adams county for the National Red Cross drought relief fund received to date totaled $300.41. She again wishes to urge those who intend to give toward this relief work to do so immediately, as the money is needed at once. Part of the money received by the Red Cross will be used to aid drought stricken people in Indiana, as well as many neighboring states, and the people of this community are urged to do their bit. Following are the receipts to date: Previously reported $207.51 A friend ... 1.50 Pleasant Mills fund 2.00 , A sympathizer ... 1.00 Wai Wemhoff 5.00 , John Kirchner . ■. 1.00 Cash in envelope. .50 . Loose bill 5.00 , I $300.41 <

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Starts Drought Relief Drive IT w F 1 I X Under the leadership of Bebe Daniels (above), film stars of Hollywood leave started a drive to raise six carloads of foodstuffs for drought sufferers in middle western states.

HUBERT KELLER SLIGHTLY HURT Local Man Sustains Slight Injuries When Car Strikes Abutment Hubert Keller sustained minor injuries when a <ar which he was driving struck an abutment at the side of the road, at 5:30 o’clock this morning. The accident occurred on state road 16. one mile northeast of this city, as Mr. Keller was enroitte to Van Wert Ohio, where he is em ployed. His right leg was injured, and he suffered a slight injury to his lower lip. He was in the act of turning oil the heater when the car left the road, hitting an abutment at the side of the road. Mi. Keller was brought to a phy-1 sician in this city, where it was learned his injuries were not serious. o BOMB OUTRAGE ENDANGERS 400 Blast in Chicago Is Sixth In Series Since Last December Chicago, Feb. 10.—(U.R)|— Acting Police Commissioner John “Hardboiled" Alcock declared war today upon persons responsible for a series of bombing outrages which reached a climax with the endangering of lives of 400 employes of the R. R. Donnelley and Sons printing plant. A blast that was heard four miles away and almost upset a police squad car a block away, rocked the huge printing plant last night, shook hundreds of windows from their panes, injured one man and threw’ hundreds of others into a panic. The man injured was Lee Barnes, 22, who was seriously cut when showered by glass racked out’of a window pane on the second floor. The explosion tore a great hole in the concrete foundation of the building and caused damage estimated at $5,000. It was the sixth of a series of bombings of large mercantile establishments since December. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Youth Is Seriously 11l From Eating Meat Huntington Ind. Feb. 10—(UP) — Raw meat eaten by nine-year-old Marshall Call or Bowerstown may result in his death physicians said. Marshall and a companion ate heartily Os raw pork while playing "cannibal" several days ago. Marshall took ill, and paralysis was creeping upon him today., His ailment, trichinosis, was said to he often fatal, particularly in youths.

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BILL PROVIDES PUBLIC FUNDS IN CONSTRUCTION 1 President Expre ses Pleasure at Signing of Bill To Afford Relief SEN. LaFOLLETTE LEADS RELIEF FIGHT I Washington. Feb. 10. — (U.R) I — ) President Hoover today signed the Wagner bill providing for advance planning in public works construction. Mr. Hoover expressed pleasure pleasure in signing the bill which provides use of federal funds to help ward off periods of depression. “The measure is not a cure tor 1 depression,” Mr. Hoover said, "lint it will provide better organization | for relief.” He spoke of the bill as "a very admirable measure" and said licit, it puts in tangilile form the relief policies of the administration. Senator Wagner (Detn., N. Y.) is author of the bill. Washington, Feb. 10. — (U.R) —Organized assault on tile $20,000,000 drought relief compromise was started in the senate today by insurgent republicans led by Senator LaFollette, Repn., Wis. Charging that the agreement between President Hoover and coni gressional leaders was "not a comI promise but an unconditional surI render, ’’ LaFollette attacked the amendment to the interior department appropriation bill on th * ; ground that it would not provide adequate relief in farm areas, and that no provision whatever was made for sufferers in cities. • He estimated that 5,000,000 per- ' I sons are unemployed and that still ‘•another 5,000.000 are working onl; > part-time. “This so-called compromise demands security." lie said. "It these desitute people were able to give security they would not be destitute, there are literally thousands upon thousands of farmers I who ara starving and can give no security." The senate has been informed | the house will not agree to tile I Capper relief proposal, which would make 20,000,000 bushels of farm j board wheat, available to feed the | hungry this winter. Senate minority Leader Robinson had made that one of the planks in his relief platform, but now is’ understood to lie willing to abandon it. Senator Caraway, Dem., Ark., (CONTINUED ON PAGE S'X) o Indiana Program Will Be Broadcast Friday A special Indiana program will lie broadcast from radio station WOWO at Fort Wayne Friday night at 10 o'clock. The program will feature places of interest high lights, humurous conditions and historical data on about thirty of the counties throughout the state. Adams county will he among those featured on the initial program Friday night. Other counties of the state will be featured in later broadcasts. 0 — COLD WEATHER PREVAILS TODAY “Winter Heat Wave” Is Ended by Wave of Chilling W inds and Snow Chicago, Feb. 10 —(UP) —Seasonaide weather prevailed today throught most pf the United States for the first time since the year 1931 began. Tlie “winter heat wave” that had held the middlewest in its grip for weeks was etfectivel yended by a wave of chilling winds which carried snow into some section rain into others and sent the mercury sliding downward in all. In Arkansas, the state which suffered most from the droughts, enough water fell Sunday and Monday ftr make precipitation normal for the entire month. It was believed today the rain had ended after a total fall of inches. Heavy rains also fell in Illinois. Missouri, Oklahoma. Kentucky and (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)