Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1931 — Page 1

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JISSIBLETO I FINANCIAL; IIANGEMENTS; Gallagher, Receiver. ,-es Out Word From Toledo Today !T GROWERS TO deceive p.u ment • ’■ ttle hope was extended] r that the Decatur plant i E Holland-St. Louis Sugar janv, the only sugar beet in the state, would oper--11931. . , , f C Oksen. superintendent ie local plant, in a tele-] econversation this after-u-ith Col. T. .1. Gallagher. x one of Un l co-receivers of Kipany. stat'd that ''although Moral court had not renderfina! decision in the matter, Kflver was i f the opinion twould he impossible to comUnancial arrangements in for the operation of the plant Oksen stated that in his m the plant would not opernd that all steps taken up to esent were along the line of inent. Is expected that the Federal will hand down final decision e matter in the very near In Hands of Receivers f company has been in the tof a receiver since last it. Mr. Gallagher and the Deand Security Trust Company, lit. are co-receivers for the any. The company owns, bei the local mill, six other a,AH of them are in the a of receivers and will not opthis year, Mr. Oksen stated. , Oksen also stated that the igan and Columbia beet sugar Is would not operate this year, ce the first of the year sevof the fieldmen have been laid nd it was understood that serof other employes would e after March 1. Mr. Oksen id that no general order had been issued in this regards. Tc Pay 30 Per Cent. circular letter, sent out from INTINUED ON PAGE TWO) me Economics Clubs Hill Meet Wednesday ss Aneta Beadle, extension nuMtist from Purdue University, meet with the leaders of the ns county home economics club * Chamber of Commerce room watur at 1 o'clock Wednesday ling. * Adams county clubs are now tming their fourth year in the tion project work. Eight clubs ie county are engaged n this 1 They are Root, Union. KirkSt. .Mary's, Monroe, Hartford !rson and the M. W. F. club, m as the Monroe, Wabash and th organization. These clubs alimish leaders for the girls 4-H work. IIMER OPERA STARJS DEAD me Nellie Melba, 66, Dne of World’s Great Sopranos, Dies elbnurne, Australia, Feb. 23.— Nellie Melba, who in Persuaded the London opera " giVe Caruso a trial, died °® ay after an illness of sevweeks. !a| b came to the opera star, ' 1 . ,1e world's great sopranos, , ’ lxty -sixth year after an ill--0 *’* c '’ befell her while in '. ■ ,gy P t . and for which she e specialists in Germany, ■a and France and England “Pt success. ’iiieward-bound to her native ia, she became ill aboard the -athay, Nov. 4, before the Cek ed at Freemantle and I n °t Permit her to i. ? IPn Cathay touched he she was taken ashore ni »Pital, and since that time h oVer ed between life and

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i District Legion Meeting Held Sunday Fifteen members of the Adams I Post attended the Eighth district meeting of the American Legion Sunday at Elwood. About 400 legion'naires from the district attended the conference. It was announced at this meeting that the Adams post is the first post in the district that has exceeded its all-time membership. No names were presented at Sunday’s conference as candidates for the office of state commander. The next district conference of the legion will be held at Bluffton Sunday May 3. —o THREE CONVICTS KILLED IN BREAK Guards Kill Three In Attempted Break at Joliet, 111. Joliet, 111.,- Feb. 23. — fIJ.R) — A tenseness born of, expectancy ami fear gripped guards and prisoners at the state penitentiary today as secret inquiries were made to determine if other convicts had been involved in a break for freedom which brought death to three of their fellows. The three men. all Chicagoans,] were riddled by rifle and machine 1 gun fire as they scaled the wall of the old prison early Sunday. Special guards, hiding and witing outside the walls for days because of suppressed excitement among the convicts, shot them from ambush. The men killed were Joseph Norkiewicz, 30, Julio Chileno, 39, confidence men, and Alvin KUmon, Jr.. 33; a robber. At least two more were involved in the plot and officials believed it possible others had planned a general break if the leaders were successful. For weeks there had been rum- • ors a break was being planned, but it was not known who was involved or when it would come. Before entering a Chicago hospital for treat- . ment last week, Warden Henry Hill made preparations to meet any ; emergency. The three men and two others began work in the kitchen each day at 3 a. in. One guard, Frank , Lambert, was left with them. Arming themselves with butcher knives, the men overpowered Lambert and locked him in a refrigerator. A flimsy ladder was made . from boards found in the kitchen. Nails and a hooked cable had been smuggled to them from the machine shop. ( They crept from the kitchen and ' into the yard, then across to a 1 corner where stands a two-story , building, two walls of which face on outside streets. The ladder , took them to the roof. . Norkiewicz was first over the i wall. He was running, Childeno , had just dropped to the ground and . Kilmon was descending when the I hidden guards opened fire. One squad of guards was in a I store across the street. Another . was in an automobile. Others were [ on the prison turrets. The men were ordered to halt, but did not and were caught in streams of lead poured at them from four directions. Norkiewicz was riddled by 70 bulIlets. Chileno by 25. Kilmon, swinging on the cable, was hit fewar times. He fell unconscious and died 10 hours later. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. > o Missionary Speaks To High School Pupils ’ Dr. C. W. Guinter a missionary 1 from Africa delivered an interesting ! and entertaining address before 'he pupils of Decatur high school this morning. He spoke on "Africa” and his talk was well received by the ’ high school pupils. o i Embargo Bills Are Voted Down Today 1 Washington, Feb. 23 —(UP) —All embargo bills before the house ways 3 and means committee were voted 3 down for this session by the com--3 mittee today. 1 They included the compromise 3 Capper-Garber oil restriction bill, 1 the business bill tor a one year em- & bargo on wheat and other agriculb tural products and the Williamson 1 bill for an embargo on all Russian imports.

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MAN AND WOMAN ARE EXECUTED FOR MURDER Irene Schroeder And Glen Dague Pay With Life For Killing Officer EXECUTION TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING . Western Pententiary, Rockview, I Pa.. Feb. 23—(UP) —The brief crim-1 inal careers of Irene Schroeder and I Glenn Dague ended in a bare, stark room today where they were electrocuted in the half-light of dawn. The state of Pennsylvania claimed their lives for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul of the state highway patrol. Promptly at 7 A. M. Mrs. Schroeder was led down the corridor from the death cell, passed through the green door to the execution room and was electrocuted at 7:05 A. M. Dague was executed eight minutes later. It was the first time a woman ever had been electrocuted in Pennsylvania. Forty-two years ago a woman was hanged. The calm courage that carried Mrs. Schroeder and her lover, Dague i through the crimes they committed because they were dazzled with visions of wealth, stayed with her in the last speeding moments of her life. Unassisted, she walked through the green door and stood, eyes straight ahead, a dozen paces from : death. Behind her came the Rev. T. I F. Lauers, prison chaplain, and a matron. "The Lord Is my Shepheerd; I shall not want,” intoned Lauers No one else in the room —there were 12 witnesses —spoke. Robert Elliott, official executioner who also executed Ruth Snyder, edged | . closer to the pane] where the switch I was concealed. Mrs. Schroeder, her blonde hair (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —— o CART YOUTH IS ON TRIAL TODAY Virgil Kirkland Faces Charge of Killing Sweetheart, Arlene Draves Valparaiso, Ind., Feb. 23. —<U.R)‘ — Virgil Kirkland, 20-year-old Gary 1 athlete, faced trial today on a 1 charge of killing his sweetheart, Arlene Draves, 18, during a house party last November. Kirkland, a former Gary high school football star and one of five ‘ youths indicted for the murder of ' Miss Draves. was represented by 1 Btfrratt O’Hara, who indicated he proposed to make "modern society" responsible for conditions which 1 brought about the death of the Gary girl. ! "Society and the prohibition laws 1 are as much on trial in this case L as is Kirkland,” O’Hara said. “High 1 school youths, drinking alcohol as do their elders, cannot be held responsible for their individual acts." Kirkland escorted Miss Draves ' to a party at the Gary home of ] David Thompson, a city fireman. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Annual Meeting of Ray Cemetery Association i The annual meeting of the Ray r Cemetery Association will be held t at the City Hall at Monroe, Friday > evening. February 27, at 7:30 o’i clock. Everyone interested in 'he I business of the association is in- - vited to attend. Horticulture Meeting At Berne Thursday Monroe McCown extension special I ist in Horticulture from Purdue Unii versity will have charge of a meetI ing in the seventh grade room of ■ the Community auditorium in Berne Thursday evening, February 26. , Everyone interested in orchard , and small fruit production is urged • to attend this meeting as the varie- ■ ties best suited to various soil types i and detailed instructi6ns as to ori chard spraying will be explained by Mr. McCown

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Executed ■■■■■Mai ■«:■■■«■■■»»< v »eM «■ S. iWW Irene Schroeder leaving the Lawrence County. Pennsylvania, jail for Rockview Penitentiary, where she was electrocuted today for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul. Behind her is Mrs. Frank Johnson, wife of Sheriff Johnson.

SENATE PASSES BILL FAVORING GENERAL FUND I Fund Would be Increased $6,000,000 Annually Under Bill AUTO LICENSE FEES WOULD GO TO FUND Indianapolis, Feb. 23 —(U.R)—ln-1 diana's general fund would be enlarged some $6,000,000 per annum, at the expense of the highway department, the amount to be used to lessen the burden on property insofar ae possible, under ja bill passed by the Senate 34 to

11 today, and sent to the House. The bill provides that auto license fees go to the general fund instead of the highway department, to replace property taxes. This would take approximately one-fourth the annual revenue from the highway department, curtailing construction and maintenance to that extent. Another Senate bill passed by that branch today, and sent to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECATUR LIONS ATTEND BANQUET Local Members and Wives Attend Naturalization Banquet at Ft. Wayne Several members of the Decatur i Lions club, together with their wives, attended the second annual naturalization reunion banquet of the Fort Wayne Lions club at th > Catholic community center, Fort Wayne, Sunday evening Seventy Fort Wayne naturalized citizens attended the banquet and were the honored guests of the Fort Wayne Lions club. The members of the club assist unaturalized citizens in obtaining their American papers. Hon. Earl W. Hodges, president of Lions International, delivered the principal address at the banquet. Hon. Thomas W. Slick federal court judge, also made an address during the evening and an excellent rnedi cal program was given in connection with the meeting. The Decatur Lions who attended with their wives were, Perry Short. W. F. Beery. C. L. Walters. Cal Yost, Will Linn, Lewis Armstrong, Clifford Saylors. Clyde Butler, Felix Graber, Ralph C. Gentis. Military Cadets from Concordia college, under the director of Major Edwin David, assisted in carrying out the Americanization program.

Minnesota Senator Will Face Charges St. Paul, Minn.. Feb. 23— (UP) — Violation of the state corrupt practices act and misuse of the franking privilege were charged against (Senator Thomas D. Schall today by the state Democratic committee which seeks to have his seat declared vacant. J. J. Farrell, St. Paul, state democratic chairman said charges would be filed with the Senate in an effort to prevent Schall from being sworn in March 4. CONDUCT SURVEY OF VETERANS President Hoover Seeks To Learn Amount of

Distress Among Vets Washington, Feb. 23 —(UP) —Pre-|' sident Hoover, in connection with i' his study of the Veterans' loan bill| ( is conducting a survey to determine . the amount of distress among world ‘ war veterans, it was announced to- ' day at the white house. Mr. Hoover expects to have the results of this investigation in time J •to send his message on the bill to i congress by the middle of the week. It is believed certain he will veto the bill. The investigation is being conducted by the Veterans bureau. The agents of the bureau are seeking to ascertain how widespread unemploy ment is among veterans, now much suffering there is and how effective the loan bill would be in relieving distress. Reports have reached the president that in one large city unnamled, which has 20,000 veterans in its j population, there are only 159 [known to be in distress. Another icity having more than 140,000 veterans reported only 1,700 veterans in distress, according to the White House figures. Private welfare organizations are co-operating with the Veterans Bureau in making the survey. , o Debate Will Be Meld At Kirkland Wednesday Kirkland and Lancaster hialr school will meet in a debate at Kirkland Wednesday ni'ght, February 25. The subject of the debate will be, Resolved: “That a third policial party would be beneficial to the country". o Coast Guards Bombard Alleged Rum Boats I I , I New Port R. 1., Feb. 23 —(UP) — : Coast guards bombarded three alleg!ed rum boats off the southern New i England coast early today. ■ , One craft was scuttled by its ; crew. Another was captured. The third escaped.

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LARGE NUMBER OF WATCHERS ARE ASSIGNED 70.000 Are Named to Guard Polls in Chicago Election Tuesday SCARFACE AL CAPONE REPORTED ON HANI) Chicago, Feb. 23—(U.R) —The reported arrival of Scarface Al Capone "to take charge of his interests.” and assignment of almost ■ 70.000 watchers to guard the polls ! were two of many sensational developments as one of the most ■ bitterly fought, primary campaigns in Chicago history came today to a noisy ending. Some of the other last minute sensations of the race between Mayor William Hale Thompson, Judge John H. Lyle, Aiderman Arthur F. Albert, and two other candidates, for the Republican nomination to become world's fair mayor, were: Violence, predicted by both Lyle and Thompson, began with an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Theodore Clifford, an aldermanie ■andidate: A group of world war veterans . announced they would file im- , peachment proceedings against (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) GRAND JURY IS RECONVENED Adams County Jury Resumes Its Investigations This Morning The Adams county grand jury reconvened this morning and resum ed its investigation into several (leases which have been considered since the jury first met, February w. I Indications today were that the )| jury will conclude its examination of witnesses within the next few jdays and will then make an inspeci I tion tour of the county infirmary I The grand jury report will probably

be filed before the end of the week. The present session of the jury is one of the longest on record for Adams county. The jury first met on Monday, February 2, the opening day of the February term of the Adams circuit court and with a few adjournments of a few days each, has been in continuous session since that date. A number of different cases have been brought to the attention of the jury by Nathan Nelson, Adams county prosecutor. o MISSIONARY DIES IN CHINA Former Berne Lady Dies In Shanghai; Was Missionary 24 Years Berne, Ind., Feb. 23.—(Special) —Miss Anna Scheidetter, 61, for 24 years a missionary in China, died at Shanghai of cancer, last Wednesday, according to word received by relatives here today. Miss Scheidetter was a missionary from the Mennonite church, and during her long service in China had three furloughs to this country. She was born in Berne. January 6, 1870. the daughter of Christian and Verena SprungerScheidetter. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Nathan Springer of Wabash township, together with five other sisters and two brothers. o Butch Haas To Speak At Legion Meeting P. T. "Butch” Haas of Fort Wayne will be he principal speaker at the regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion at the legion hall here tonight. Mr. Haas lis vice-commander of the Northern I Indiana district of the Indiana department of the legion.

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I Schroeder Murder Trial Tomorrow — Indianapolis, Feb. 23. —<U.R>—The wife, two children and parents of Harold Herbert Schroeder were to arrive in Indianapolis today fiom Mobile, Ala., to be beside him during his trial on a charge of first degree murder. Trial of the unique case, in which the defendant is charged with murdering a man whose identity has never been even tentatively established. is scheduled to open tomorrow. The body of the supposed murd- 1 er victim was found badly burned ] in the incinerated Schroeder auto I early in the morning last May 31. I o MEETING WILL BE HELD FRIDAY Dairy Herd Improvement Association Will Meet At Monroe The Dairy Herd Improvement association will hold a meeting at the Monroe high school building,! Friday evening. February 27. Plans • for the meeting were made at a : committee meeting at the home of Peter B. Lehman, last Friday. Mem i bers of the committee in charge are • Peter B. Lehman, R. O. Wynn, and D. P. Steury. The program for Friday night includes reports from the members who attended the abortion meeting! during the Agriculture Conference I I at Purdue. County Agent L. E. Archbold will I J also discuss the agricutlural govern! | ment outlook report that has just I been sent out from the Agricultural Department at Washington D. C. This talk will be given from a ser- . ies of charts showing the history of price (rends of the various farm commodities. Dairymen other than those who belong to the association are invited • to attend this meeting as the problem of Abortion control is countywide. [ WASHINGTON’S NAME HONORED; President Hoover Leads Nation in Paying Hom-

age to Geo. Washington Washington, Feb. 23. — (U.R) I — President Hoover led the nation in paying homage to George Washington yesterday, journeying to nearby Alexandria. Va., on the 199th anniversary of the birth of the first President to attend services at the church where Washington worshipped. Occupying the same pew formerly used by Washington at the historic Christ church. Mr. Hoover heard a sermon on “The Religious Life of Washington” and then sent his military aide to place a wreath upon Washington’s tomb at Mt. Vernon. The text of the sermon was read by the Rev. William Jack ] son Morton from the old Washing ] ' ton family Bible, presented to the church in 1804 by George Washington Parke Custis. the first President’s adopted son. The President was accompanied • at the Alexandria services by Mrs. Hoover and their five-year-old granddaughter. Peggy Ann. Memorial services also were held yesterday at the Pohick church in . Fairfax county, Va. Washington assisted in plans for this structure ! whilie serving as vestryman of the i original Pohich church. A Legal Holiday The Decatur banks and the Decatur postoffice were closed today . in observance of the legal holiday. 1 To Try to Organize City Band Tuesday A meeting of musicians, inter- ’ eated in forming a city band in Decatur, will be held Tuesday evening at eight o'clock at the K. of • P. home. Former members of . city bands and of the G. E. baud • are invited to attend. An effort ' will be made to organize a city i band and anyone wishing to join ■ the organization is asked to attend the meeting.

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OIL TANKER IS i STANDING BY THE MDNELEON Disabled Schooner Is In Danger oil California Shore Today STORMS CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE IN EUROPE Eureka, Calif., Feb. 23.—(U.R) - ■ The Standard Oil tanker El Seg- ! undo messaged shortly today that I it was standing by the distressed I Muneleon. lumber schooner. I The Muneleon which sent out i distress calls, after it lost its propeller, was being buffeted by high seas, anil the El Segundo was rei ported to be putting a lie aboard. Eureka, Calif., Feb. 23.—<U.R) — Driven by a high north gale, the helpless schooner Muneleon, with 20 men aboard seemed headed inevitably for destruction today on the jagged reefs south of Humboldt. Bar. I Real fear fcr the crew was felt on shore when word was received that the small coast guard cutter ! Cahokia, balked by towering swells. | was unable to get past Humboldt Bar. eight miles from the stricken vessel. Though the Nebesna, a sister ship of the Muneleon. had been r, ported standing by earlier today no word has been heard from her for several hours. The Muneleon. which lest its propellor Saturday, sent out an urglent S. O. S. shortlv after daybreak. I i • It has not followed by any reassurj ing word from the Nebesna’s wire- ] I less. . | "In immediate need of help." the , Muneleon’s message read. Laden with lumber, the Muneleon has wallowed helplesgly. Its plight ■ became critical after midnight with , the arrival of a stiff north wind. Radio messages described its i position at midnight as 23 miles I off Trinidad Head, 25 miles north . of here. Its position at dawn was . 11 miles off Table Bluff, 12 miles south of here, indiicating that the powerless vessel was being driven south and east, seemingly with no chance to avert grounding on the rocky coast. The situation was believed to have been complicated by the shiftI ing of the Muneleon’s cargo, but I (CONTINUED ON PAGE I’IVE) o -. . Second Lynching Trial At Marion Marion. Ind., Feb. 23 —(UP) — The state’s second effort to obtain a conviction as the result of mob action in which two negroes wer“ lynched on the courthouse lawn here last August 7 was made at the opening of trial today for Charles Lennon, 30, taxi driver. A week has been set aside for Lennon's trial, and it was not expected that a jury would be completed until late tomorrow. A special venire of 50 appeared in addition to the regular panel of 18. ' In the first lynching trial, Robert Beshire was acquitted, on charge of 1 participating in (he lynching. HIGHWAY MAPS DISTRIBUTED l New Maps of State High--1 way Commission May he i Obtained Free of Charge i 1 Indianapolis. Feb. 23. — (Special) > —New maps of the state highway ■ system recording improvements up to January 1 this year, and embodying a vast amount of information heretofore unavailable in pre- - vious map publications, are now be- .’ ing distributed, it was announced . today by the state highway commission. Reasonable numbers of the maps are free upon application. r The new map is the third issue in the past fifteen months, and is ’- pursuant of the commission's polI icy to issue at least two editions - annually, and oftener if necessary, f in order the prints correspond with E [the rapidly advancing pavement, II according to Jehu .1. Brown, departt, ment director. f Issued under supervision of Wm. l ij. Titus, chief engineer, the 1931 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)