Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1931 — Page 1

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nWYMENT IlttCT FOR I BI MAKING; Lution to Appoint lomic Experts Creates. | Fun In House jeral bills LvEBEEN PASSED ( Egpolit. Feb. I' ; <U.R) Ae-i ■AI, was termed "an insult Knempl<>' e<l thousands in E- threw the House of, Entative ini" turmoil short-) Ee noon today, alter a TWO-' ■ bad been presented by K-Utive John Bold. Demo-, Kn.ville, calling for the ap-i E, of onomic ex-1 ■by Gov. Harry (1. Leslie to | E j scientific study of the Eg immediately. Erfiately upon presentation. ■ solution. Rep. MJJes Fur- [ Kpabluun. Winchester, made | Eg that the three experts. Ected front the Democratic ; E? membership, which was j Lr only to he followed i Eaotion of Delpth McKesson. | Eitlc floor leader, that the. Eic experts be chosen from Epsblican side of the chamb-| Kg motion passed by a huger ■we vote intermingled with I ■ ■tlemen." shouted Represen- ( ■ John White. Democrat, In-; faolis, "You should not throw j E into a problem as serious , K present unemployment' ■fen. If the resolution sought iwt intended in good faith, it; ■ not have been submitted, ■ction is not treating the sub-1 Hth any degree of mercy.” ■ Three Bills to Governor jtaapolis. Feb. 13 —<U.P>-1 ■ Senate bills were passed by; ■wof Representatives ldte| ir and* sent to Governor ■ G. Leslie. ■ foremost measure was on-* ■ aathoiity to the state high-) Ittnunission to build state' ■ through cities of more than I population, making such ■fraction mandatory in cities ■ffINVED ON PAGE FIVE) ' lurch Holds Annual Business Meeting Me Calvary Evangelical church lits annual congregational busi[Beetiug Thursday night. Cur-• pWler was elected to serve! pt-yesr term as trustee. Otis' ply was elected class leader [Mrs. James Darr assistant class F. both for a term of two f~ o R Damage Suit ' Opens Here Today [|ls.Pi«i damage suit against Fy of Fort Wayne opened in ■Adams circuit court today. The , ws filed by William Boren, of |*’*y»e, and alleges injuries P hrough the negligence of P of Fort Wayne. The plainF*ges that he was badly inhe fell in an excavation Rth Ciint O n stree t j n Fort ■November 7, 1927. The case pued here from Alien County, r W BILL TO IWTRODUCED County Officials rtX Effected by 0111 Abolishing Fees J“ laol is, Feb. 13—(Special)— offi ”“ nty officials as well as Mat S S ° f other counties in . e would be placed or. a I y basis without fees K U( . , , erniß ot a bill to be 1,1 the house of reprehti'v . Tbe measure will ItA w troduced b y Rep. Atlam - atson ' Fort Wayne, to i,, S ~c ounty Hie salary llßim > t>e; Al,( H tor > $2,900 It), ' ...' ut y hire; treasurer, 112<ttm for deputies; sha-ifr sl*2oo for depttIti« *“’ 9o0 ’ with SI,OOO for $2 - 3(>o - with tsor. J, ‘® B i surveyor $1,450; ; j,, 0; commissioners. ». atTn ntendent of schools, Welk prose cutor. $2,400. Id be- A C °? ty tlle schedule with Ti NUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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I Rain And Snow May End Drought Period Indianapolis, Felt. 13. — <U.R) A I forecast of rain in Indiana today, | with snow tomorrow, coming on I top of precipitation which already i was falling over much of the state, 1 [gave rise to hope* that the unprecedented drought might at last be broken. A year has elapsed since normal [rainfall has been general in the I state. < There was no indication in t ■>- j day’s forecast, however, that pre- 1 <■ipit.it ion would be heavy over the 1 next 48 hours. o CENTRAL SCHOOL HONORS LINCOLN i I . -— Grade Pupils Give Appro- ' priate Program At Chapel Services — '• A very apportionate chapel pro-; 1 gram took place at the Central 1 School building this morning, dur- I ing the tegular chapel period, when 1 a program in honor of Abraham Lin- s coin was given by the pupils of the 'school. 1 The 5-A class presented a play- f let entitled. “Stories of Lincoln”. e The play was in four episodes: Abe • |as a Boy, Abe as a Storekeeper. ’ Lincoln as President, and The Dea'h lof Lincoln. Those who took part in the play were: ' Lincoln—Keith Hunt. Stepsisters— Dorcas Hoagland. ’ .and Marjorie Foughty. Thomas Lincoln—Richard Jackson. Stepmother—Naomi Ward. Lincoln's boyhood friends —Woodson Womack and Frederick Lough. Mrs. Lowdy—Rosa Moyer. Secretary Seward —Jim Krick. 1 Blossom —Catherine King. 1 BenjJie —Robert Lehman. Thu Crowd —Victory Kiess. Jean Bright! and Eleanor Niblick* A Southern Soldier —Gilbert Egley • A Messenger—Max Odle. Following the playlet. Betty Hu:*.- . ;ter gave a recitation. “Lincoln , 'Couldn’t ”, and a trio comprising , Jeanette Winnes, Marguerite Staley and Zula Porter sang a selection entitled. “Lincoln". A recitation. “Abe Lincoln” was given by Johnny Durbin, and the girls from Miss Dolores Buckmaster’s room sang a song. “Valentine (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Decatur Debate Team Loses Final Match i The Decatur high school debating club closed its season of league debates by losing to Chester Center, Thursday evening. Coach Clifford Richards stated today that James ’ Burk, one of the regular debaters, was not able to perform 'recause of illness, and the alternate. Miss Betty Frisineer accompanied the team to Chester Center in his place. Elwood’s debating club won first place in the district, and'Mr. Richards stated Decatur's standing would be received in a few days. Out of six league debates in which the local team participated in. including Portland. Chester Center. Madison. Elwood, Dunkirk, and Eaton, the local team won two and lost four contests. —_ o It’s Smart To Be Thrifty I — and we claim that the readers I of the Daily Democrat are both ■ SMART and THRIFTY. For them we tall attention to the grocery, meat market and food advertising in tonight's paper'. What’s the iprice of sugar, breakfast foods, pork chops, sausage —well, just read the following ads— P a ße Fisher & Harris - 6 Home Grocery 5 Geo. Appleman's 5 Kroger's Great Atlantic. & Pacific 6 . H. P. Schmitt ■ 6 Mutschler’s ’ S. E. Hite 5 Gerber's Meat Market *> Cloverleaf Creamery G 1 —then you also will find other ads of interest—turn to Page Cutshall's Drug Co. s . Decatur Sales & Service 1 . Decatur Hatchery s , Model Hatchery 4 Picture Shows 8 Holthouse Drug Co ,” B. J. Smith Drug Co. 7 Burk Elevator Co. 8 , Old Adams County Bank 4 [ Carroll Coal & Coke Co 2 Saylors Motor Co 5 Lose Bros ”

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TRUST CO, TO MAKE PAYMENT Peoples Loan & Trust j Company to Make Third i Payment Tuesday A third distribution of 15 per cent, to depositors of the old Peoples Loan & Trust Company will be made next Tuesday, C. L. Walters, vttorney for the bank's liquidating agent. M. Kirsch, announced today. 'I he distribution win place in the hands of the depositors approximately $50,000. Mr. Wal’ers stated. Two former distribqtions were; made last year. The Peonies Loan 1 and Trust Company dosed June , 14 1930. With the third distribution 45 perl cent, will have been paid to tho ‘ depositors, both of the former dirtributions being for 15 per cent, each. Approximately $150,000 has been paid to depositors since the bank closed. Mr. Walters stated this morning that depositors would be paid in full” and that another distribution would be made as soon as assets were converted into cash. The three distributions equal nearly 5h per cent, ot the total due depositors and directors in the closed institution reiterate their former statement that all depositors shall be paid in full. Mr. Kirsch has served as liquidat- i ing agent of the bank since its close.. The checks to depositors, numbering more than 1,51)0 will be ready I Tuesday and those due to out-of-town depositors will be mailed. Mr.) Walters stated. o Lincoln Program at Rotary Club Meeting A program in observance of Lin-1 coin's birthday anniversary was [ given at the regular meeting of the | Rotary club last evening. Oscar Laneknau was chairman of the progYiim and talks on Lincoln amt h+s services to the nation were given by M. F. Worthman, O. L. Vance ami A. R. llolthouse. Frederich Schroyer, Decatur high school stu-l dent recited Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech. MR.HOOVER FOR STATES' RIGHTS President In Lincoln Day Address Champions States’ Cause Washington. Feb. 13. — (U.R) —1 President Hoover's broad statement of policy in his Lincoln dav speech was generally accepted today by his political associates here as the opening gun in his re-j election campaign. He championed the cause of; states' rights and urged acceptance of local responsibility and diminution of Federal encroachments. He indirectly attacked nullification. and appealed strongly for party loyalty. If prohibition and power rfre to lie issues in the campaign, the President indicated what his position would be, although hd did not mention either subject directly. His speech broadcast over a Nat- j ional Radio hookup last night from | - j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I 0 Kindergarten Will Be Reopened Monday Mrs. Carrel Cole will reopen her kindergarten next Monday morning, February 16, at 8:30 o’clock, at her home on First street. Parents of all children under school age are asked to call 146 or to see Mrs. Cole to make arrangements for entrance ot children in the kindergarten. o Berne Man Suffers Loss of Index Finger Milo Fuchs, of near Berne suffered a painful and unusual accident here about eight o’clock Thursday evehing and as a result is minus the index finger of his right hand. He was assisting in loading hogs at one of the railroads and happened to thro * out his hand just as one of the hogs snapped. The hog caught his finger and snapped it olf at the joint as clean as a knife could have done it. Mr. Fuchs was taken to a physician who dressed the wound and who stated this morning that the patient would get along nicely.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 13, 1931.

Heiress and Titled Mate \. ""f ? ' Hh nr nV Wed in Tulsa, Okla., February 11. the Count and Countess John Drohojowski, photographed in Chicago on their way to Berlin, where they will make their home. The countess is the former Katharyn Cornell of Tulsa, Okla., anil granddaughter of the late Governor Richard .1. Oglesby of Illinois. She is 17 years old and heiress to the millions of 11. D. Corneil. Oklahoma oil magnate. l

ADAMS COUNTY ' QUOTA IS EIGHT * [Citizens Military Training Camps at Fort Harrison And Camp Knox Boys who are now of Citizens! Military Camp age may now enrol! for summer training of five weeks. I The tamp at Fort Harrison begins) June 20 and at Camp Knox July 2.! For the basic course the aves rang*? from 17 to 25 years, the Red course; ; 17 to 25 years. White 18 to 28 year*- : I a*d the Blue 19 to 31 years. Al. ; I courses are free. The (Adams county quota this' | yeax is eight. Any young men interested may enroll with any high [school principal in the county. The i applications will then be forwarded [ [to the county chairman iw. F j I worthman. Decatur. The list of physicians end officers of the Medical Reserve, and [Public health service stations, [where candidates for the training j l camps may obtain physical examin [ation and immunization free of I (charge are as follows: Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, Preble; [ Drs. D. D. and H. O. Jones. Berne; Dr. C. R. Price, Geneva; Drs. (’. C. (Rayl, Frank Lose and W. E. Smith | [all of Decatur. o— — Report Nomination of Eugene Meyer, Jr. ‘ Washington. Feb. 13.—<U.R)> -The' senate ranking and currency com-l mittee today voted 12 to three to, make a favor ible report on Ihe I nomination of Eugene Meyer. Jr., to be governor of the Federal rd serve board. MRS. ROT LEWIS DIES THURSDAY Woman Living Near Geneva Dies of Pneumonia: Funeral Sunday Geneva. —(Special) —Mrs. Catherine Lewis, 49. wife of Roy Lewis, residing 5% miles east of Geneva, died at her home Thursday night at 10:20 o’clock. Death was due to pneumonia, with which Mrs. Lewis had been ill for the las! week. The deceased was born in Adams County. February 18, 1881, the daughter of Henry and Anna Christman. She was united in marriage to Roy Lewis, and to this union live children were born. Surviving besides the husband, are the children, Mrs. Lticille Purdy at home; Mrs. Edna Laisure and Miss Millie Lewis of Fort Wayne. Richard and Claude, at home. i Funeral services will be held Sun , day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Apple Grove Church, with the Rev. Rash of Van Wert, Ohio, a former . pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in the Bunker Hill cemetery.

New Zealand Coast Shaken by Earthquake Wellington, N. Z.. Feb. 13. —<U.R) i I—The east eoasis of the North am South Islands of New Zealand were ; shaken by an earth movement toI day, with but slight'apparent dam- | age. Property damage was reported | from Dunedin. A radio tower col-| lapsed at Manganui, on North Is-. land. No casualties were reportled. Earth shocks here ai.'.ned the ' city but caused no dr ~<ge. Tto ! movement appeared to be most ; j violent in the Hawkes Bay region. | I a disastrous Earthquake oc-i j curred a fortnight ago. TO SEND BOOKS TO .PRISONERS Rotary Club to Gather Books For Prisoners at State Reformatory A drive was launched today by the members of the Decatur Rotary Club, forbooks, to be sent to the jinmates at the Reformatory at Pei.dleton. Books of all standard works ,of j fiction, biographies,. travel, vocai tional training, and invention will I be accepted, and any person in the I city or c ounty wishing to donate books, is asked to take them to the ' Lee Hardware Store on Monro-i street, where they will be boxed and I sent to the Reformatory Library. The Rotary Club sponsored such a project last year, and many good books were sent to the prisoners and thus ne'.p the men to spend otherwise long and tedious hours. Many people have a number of (CONTINUED ON PAGJ3 SEVEN) o I Magician Will Give Program at Monmouth; Cliff LaDelle, of Foil Wayne, generally known as America's pre mier magical entertainer, will present a program at the Root Township Community Hall at Monmouth, Monday evening at,-eight o'clock. T]te program will be for the benefit of the hall, and the public is invited to attend. Admission will be 25 and ’ 115 cents. p Meat Is Stolen From Farm Home Thursday i i i Sheriff Burl Johnson was called ■ to the Dan Studler farm; one mile • southwest of Linn Grove this morn- ■ ing, to investigate the theft of meat from a smokehouse. , Mr. Studler had butchered a hog • Thursday atternoon and placed the I meat in the smokehouse directly . behind his home. Sometime during the night, the back door of the i smokehouse was broken down and > all the meat was taken with the ex- . ception of sausage and liver. The theft, was not discovered un- ; til Mr. Studler found the broken . door this morning.

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SIX COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED M a j o r Committees To Serve Chamber of Commerce Are Announced Six major standing committees [of the Decatur Chamber of ComI morce were appointed by A. It. Ashbaucher. president and tho board of directors of the Chamber at a meeting held Thursday eve- | ning at the Chamber of Commerce ■ rooms. The membership committee was , [not definitely decided, as Mr. Ashbacher wished to see each member I to be named before appointment . was made. Mr. Ashbaucher desires to name 12 or more progressive men to this committee who will see that evey merchant, profess- | ional man and manufacturer is en- [ rolled in the Chamber this year. The committees named last eve-J ' ning follow: Legislative i Wilson Lee. chairman; John H. I | Heller, Ferd Litterer, O. L. Vance, ; M. J. Mylott. Roads Avon Burk, chairman; W. A. Lower, Cal E. Peterson, ,1. H. Heller. Agricultural Will Linn, chairman; A. D. SuttCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o RADIO PROGRAM MONDAY NIGHT Local Legion Post Will Hear State-wide Radio Broadcast at Hall The Adams county post of the American Legion will hold a special meeting in Legion hall here Monday night. The purpose of the meetping is to listen to the state wide broadcast of the Legion program. | All ex-service men are urged to [attend the meeting and listen to tne | program. This program will be on the air I from 10 to 10:30 p. m. Stations WOWO, Fort Wayne, and WFBM. Indianapolis, will both broadcast programs. The program from WOWO will consist of music by Buck Weaver s Legionnaires and Miss Mary Raynor. a membership talk by John Scott and a speech on adjusted compensation by P. T. (Butch) Haas. Local legionnaires will also cast a vote on. the cash bonus payment plan. The result of the balloting will then be sent to legion headquarters at Indianapolis. French Quinn Speaks at High School Chapel French Quinn, local attorney and business man. addressed the i#tpils of Decatur high school on the subject of “Abraham Lincoln” at the regular chapel period, this morning Mr. Quinn gave many interesting events in the life of Lincoln that has endeared him to the American people. The Lincoln program this morning celebrated Lincoln's birthday which occurred Thursday. FRATERNITIES AREPAOLOCKEO Five Houses at Michigan University O r d e r c d Closed by Officers Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 13, — (UP) — Friday tlie 13th proved an unlucky day indeed for 184 University of Michigan students who roamed the streets in the rain today, looking for new homes because their fraternity houses had been ordered closed after liquor was found in them. The students, most of whom declared the whole affair was “a mess” and that the university could not be blamed for “padlocking" the : houses, accepted the decision phil- • osophically and began looking for • now places to live. The five fratenity houses order- ■ ed closed were Phi Delta Theta. I I Theta Delta Chi, Sigma Alpha • ■ Epsilon, Kappa Sigma and Delta Kappa Epsilon. The closing order was issued late (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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! Vanderbilt May Sue Major-!Jen. Butler Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 13. 1 Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., reiterated today his intention of filing suit against Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler unless a retraction is forthcoming on Butler's statement of the now-famotts Mussolini "hit and run” incident, which Vanderbilt says "misquoted" him. “1 want to emphasize,” Vanderbilt told the United Press, “that Mussolini was not a hit and run <1 river. “It is true that lie struck down a child while making a sharp turn In a road, but if the child was killed or injured, he had no way of knowing, 'he said, BONUSPAYMENT BILL AGREED ON House Committee Agrees on Compromise Plan; Will Vote Monday Washington, Feb. 13—(UP) —The j House ways and means committee [today formally ordered a favorable report to the House on the bill to; increase the limit of loans on adjusted service certificates for. World War Veterans to 50 per cent.; The vote was 17 to 4. Chairman Hawley of the committee voted against the bill. Washington, Fell. 13. —KU.R) —The house is prepared to pass Monday a bill to aid World war veterans by increasing the borrowing limit on j their adjusted service certificates j from to 50 per cent of the , face value. This would give many ex-soldiers a sizeable amount of | cash with which to meet emergencies. House leaders have arranged to give the bill right-of-way Monday, under suspension of rules. The measure, a compromise projjpjiaJ involving an outlay of $700,000,000 was agreed upon yesterday by the i ways and means committee aft**r an all-day session. The commit(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) PYTHIAN SISTERS MEETING HERE Sixty-Five Delegates Attend Tri-County Meeting In Decatur Today Sixty-five visitins delegates of the Pythian Sister Lodges of Wells. Blackford, and Adams Counties attended the Tri-County meeting hel l at the Wnights of Pythias home, today. The local Pythian Sisters were hostesses to the visiting ladies. Mrs. Mate Dailey of Bluffton, president of the Tir-County association had charge of the afternoon's program. Tocsin was chosen as the meeting place for the next TriCounty meetin gto be held in May. A miscellaneous program was presented during the afternoon session with each of the visiting temples presenting a part of the program. Delegates from Montpelier. Bluffton Ossian, Tocsin. Roll, and Decatur were present. Registration was held during the morning session, and at noon a potluck dinner was served. No special business was transacted at the meeting today.

| gj jg Two More Fridav the 13ths in 1931 —(U.R)— For the superstitiously-mind- [ ed this year will be a bad one, | j because today is but the first | of the three Fridays, the 13th | of 1931. It has been three years since | [ so many "unfortunate" days | I appeared on the calendar of a | single year, and it will be 11 . years — 1942 — before such a ) chronological incident recurs. Friday, the 13th, falls in Feb- ; ] ruary, March and November I this year. The last Friday, the | j 13th, and the only one of 1930 I 1 was in 'June. The year 1932 [ has but one, that coming in | May. With two more such days yet | ; to face this year, it may be | heartening to know humanity j has survived 344 Fridays, the j j 13th, almost a year of the [ I dreaded days, since 1753, a per- ; . iod of 178 years. There'are more to come. » K

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'CHARGED WITH TAKINGSI.TSO FROM CARRIERS Grand .Jury Returns Nine Counts Against Indiana Congressman TO BE GIVEN HEARING FEB. 27 Indianapolis, Feb. 13.—>U*R’ !—Nine counts of a I'ederal grand jury indictment today charged Representative Harry E. Rowbottom, Evansville, Republican congressman from the first Indiana district, with $1,750 for aid in obtaining two postmastership and one rural mail carrier appointment. I Investigation that led to the inI didment began after four southern i Indiana postmasters and the rural i carrier were suspended several i weeks ago, when Washington autbI orities were informed of the alleg- | ed bribery. | Rowobottom is to be arraigned ; in Federal court February 27. according to George Jeffrey, I'nited I States attorney. He probably will be tried in Evansville, where Federal court is to convene about April 13. None of the five persons named as recipients ot' Rowbottom’s influence, was indicted. The first two counts of the indictment alleged that last November Rowbottom agreed to take, and received $750 from Walter G. Ayei. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — — —o Fort Wayne Man Faces Serious Court Charge I Fort Wayne, Ind.. Feb. 13.—(U.R 1 l —A criminal assault charge was , expected to he tiled hero today , against Clarence Osterman. 32. on evidence given by a 12-year-old girl. Osterman was identified by the girl as her assailant. Police said that his only answer Io the. charge was the statement that he was ioI toxicated at the time of the alleged | assault. Tickets For Woman’s I Club Play Are On Sale Tickets for the play. "The Wild Oats Boy”, which will he presented in the Catholic High School auditorium, Monday night. February 16, at 8:15 oKclock, are on sale at tne Lose Brothers Cigar Store and Hu - Callow and Kohne Ding Store for ' 50c for adults. Tickets also will be sold at the door of the St. Mary's Catholic Church Sunday morning, and at the entrance of the auditor iutn. on the night of the perform- - ance. Children will be admitted to witness the play for 25 cents paid at tne 1 door, Monday night, or two children will be admitted on one adult • ticket. The public is invited to witness 1 this three act comedy, on its second ’ appearance. The same cast will take part in the production as was in the 1 play presented by the Civic Section of the Woman's Club, on Monday, February 9. [REED ELEVATOR SAFE IS ROBBED Thief Takes sl6 or sl7 In Change From Unlocked Safe Last Night The office of the Reed Elevator j Company. West Monroe street, was I broken into last night and sl6 or sl7 in change was taken from the i safe. -The safe was not locked and little trouble was had by the thief or thieves in obtaining the loot. ' Entrance was gained to the eleva- [ tor by removal of a pane of glass ' from a window, which was then j raised. Nothing in the office was ; disturbed except the safe, and only the change left for this morning was ; taken. I Chief of Police Melchi and Sheriff I Johnson were called to investigate. I No definite clues were discovered ■ which might point to the gulity i party or parties but it is thought I | the robbery was staged by someone familiar with the office. The rob- | bery occurred sometime during the i night but was not discovered until K the office was opened this morning.