Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1931 — Page 1

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|l« HOUSES Insider tax fcSLEM TODAY L Passes Measure ■tting Weight Tax ■ On Automobiles IsE REFUSES TO ■iem> income TAX Ll'uV i. -'I- -U.P Tax- ■ rr'i>-' utility holding COlll- ■ and liquor, hold attention ■ Indiana General Assembly ■ uilh adjournment only 1■ivay. ■ houses considered the tax ■ with the senate passing Kstire that provides a weight K motor vehicles, .11 to ID. H. rePi-ing to concur ■ute amendments to the per■income tax bill, thus conII . ( nscienee comtnit- ■ wnate had amended the ■ bill to provide that every ■ must tile an income tax re■nd pay a tiling tee. regard- ■ whether he later would Hw pay a tax. ■ amendments also reduced Elion limits set by the house. Eon to reject the amended Es made by Itelph L. McKes■Denmcrat. Plymouth. Eanapiilis. Feb. 24. —(U.R)—The senate agreed today to dis■the corporate income tax bill ■3t) a. m.. tomorrow, in com■t of the whole. Senator AnE Ketchum. 1> mm rat. Ander■ade the motion. Enimous pas.-age was accord- ■ bill permitting second c lass ■to retain their present form Ecting councilmen. when they ■ the population rating which Eto would have changed the Ed to that used in Indianap- ■ The bill affects South Bend. ■ Wayne. Evansville, and Gary, ■ which exceeded 100.000 popu- ■ in the 1830 census. ■ a vote of 35 to 9, the senate ■to increase the salary of the ■tor of the legislative reference El from $4,000 to $5,500 a ■ Charles Kettleborough is the Ebent director. I Wets, Drys Clash ■ianapolis, Feb. 24.-(U.R)—Wet ■ dry interests in the house of Eentatives ' clashed again to- ■ during consideration of the ■e morals committee report on Bl to reduce prosecutors' fees Enor cases from $25 to $5. Bte on the minority report rec■NTINITED ON PAGE TWO I ■—■ o —— lie Attorneys To Remand Death Penalty ■non. Ind.. Feb. 24—(U.R)—A frid special venire of 50 men ■ted in circuit court here to|in renewed attempts to select fry for trial of Charles Lennon I charge of participation in the Bing of two negroes here last bt 7. frptity State Attorneys General F Wall nd Earl Stroup have pted they will demand the ■ penalty for Lennon. ■bert Beshire, the only other l°f the alleged lynchers who I been tried, was promptly fitted. PER OF LOCAL MINISTER DIES r M. W. Sundermann Reives Word of Death This Morning r \V. Sunderman receiv Ford today of the death of his F Mrs. Elizabeth Lhman, 54. L at her home at Hunting F Inti., at l;3o o’clock this . 'ng. Death/ was caused by . r and followed an operation wtlenwent a month ago at the nnese hospital at Evansville. s Lohm an ha<l vlsited he , er in this city on severa °ns and was known here ■ •" survived by her husband Hohman, four sons, and twe «oters. "erai services will be hole th' B’'! 8 ’'! aften >oon at one o'clock ftli ’ un,ingb ’>rg Evangelica b tin , Sunderman and chil » 1 leave Wednesday morn Huntingburg to attend th< services.

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LOSS, MARKET I PRICE PREVENT PLANT RUNNING Col. Gallagher States Beet Sugar Plants Cannot Run In Face of Loss MANY PLANTS IDLE; FARMERS LOSE CROPS | Toledo, 0., Feb. 24—(U.R)—Fanners in the Toledo trade area who last year received about $20,000,000 for their sugar beet crops, face a hiss of this revenue this year liecause of world overproduction and low price levels, it was Indicated today. Col. T. G. Gallagher, receiver with the Detroit Trust Company,, of the Continental Sugar Company said under present conditions sugar beet companies can not operate without loss. The Continental Company, | which has its headquarters in j Toledo, also controls the Holland-j St. Louis Sugar company, which has a plant at Decatur, Indiana. F. L. Carroll, president of the i Toledo Sugar Company, has an-1 nounced that his company will not make contracts for sugar beet crops this year and that the companies’ plant in Rossford, Ohio, will not operate. The Michigan Sugar Company with nine plants extending as far north as Saginaw and Bay City, I Michigan, has notified fanners it will not contract for beets this i year and several others independent in the Toledo trade are taking the same position. The entire sugar beet industry is in the same predicament according to Col. Gallagher, and Cuba (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FATHER OF LOCAL ATTORNEY DIES George McClenahan, 67, Dies at Home Near Huntington Sunday Gorge Patrick McClenahan, 67, father of Hubert McClenahan. Decatur attorney, died at his home east of Huntington Sunday evening. Mr. McClenahan at one time) was in the wholesale business at Huntington and Lagro. Surviving besides the son in this city are the widow and four other sons, Francis ami James R. of Fort Wayne; Thomas and Bernard of Huntington. Two brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church in Huntington at nine o’clock Thursday morning, with the ReV. R. E. Kelly officiating. Burial will l>e in the Mt. Calvary cemetery at Huntington. Man Arrested In Hindenburg’s Palace Berlin, Feb. 24— (U.R)— An unemployed man who had been seeking financial aid in the palace of President Paul Von Hindenburg was arrested today when he pointed a loaded revolver at a detective in the reception room. The man, identified as Alois Broil, a clerk, entered the left wing of the palace aout. noon. He asked for financial help, and was told he would have to submit his request in writing. Then he drew his revolver and aimed it at the detective, but was overpowered, arrested and handed over to police who gave him a mental examination. President Hindenburg’s staff members declared the incident could not be regarded as an attempt to assa ~iate the president. o Bill Regulating Interest Advances Indianapolis Feb. 24 —(UP) —Leg- • islation designed to curb extortionI ate small loan interest business was . a step nearer passage today as tne , house of representatives advanced i on second reading the Karrer bill reducing the petty loan legal rate I from three and one-half per cent : per month to two and one-half per I cent . As orginally drawn the niea- • I sure provided for a reduction to one - per cent but this figure was amends ed by judiciary B. Committee after a public hearing.

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Await Verdict of Chicago Voters ’’ S'" w A f JR St : . K-Vs ’ ~ Ih- >ll >* t i-*- & -- kßLYklri VM|l9f 1 The bitterest primary campaign in the history of Chicago politics has come to a close with each of the i (three leading Republican candidates claiming victory. The Republican candidates for nomination for mayor . jit the primary election held today are, from left to ,'ight: Mayor William Hale Thompson. Judge John I H. Lyle and Aiderman Arthur F. Albert. _ |

SCHROEDER IS ONTRIALTODAY Faces Charge of Murdering Unidentified Man Near Indianapolis Indianapolis, Feb. 24. —\U.R> —One of the most interesting criminal cases in Indiana’s history went t> court today with Harold Herbert Schroeder, 35 year-old Mobile, Ala., garage man. defending himself against a first degree murder charge. Schroeder is charged with the murder of a man whose identity 1 never has been established. The I body, found in Schroeder's burned auto near Indianapolis last May 31, I was badly charred. Added to the puzzle created by total lack of identification of the body, is a technical weakness in the motive theory. The state’s contention that Schroeder burned a hitch hiker’s body in his machine to make it look as though he were the victim, so that his wife might collect insurance both on his life and the machine, will be contested on the ground that no attempt was ever made to collect on either insurance policy, despite the fact that Schroeder's whereabout were Unknown for several weeks. The wife and two children of ■ the accused arrived from Mobile last night. His parents and two brothers were expected today. Alienists were expected to be named today by Judge Frank P. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) STOCK MARKET PRICES ADVANCE Many Issues Are Carried to New High Levels For The Year Today New York, Feb. 24 -(U.R)-The , rising movement on the stock market was resumed with vigor , this morning. Prices advanced ■ fractions to nearly 3 points in the . most active session of the year. ! Blocks of 1,000 to 15,000 shares , appeared at the outset. Dozens of issues were carried I to new highs for the year as the . deluge of orders, which accumu J lated over the long week-end L were executed. Among the large opening blocks > were: 5,000 U.S. Steel 150 up I'4. 12.000 Radio Corporation 237% . up %. 10,000 , Westinghouse Electric 104 up 3%. 12,600 commonwealth & South ern 11'4 up '4- ’ 5,000 Vanadium 74% up 1%. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ‘ Plain Food, Moderate i Habits, Is 101 Today , Eminence, Ind., Feb. 24.— I Morgan county’s oldest human in habitant, Mrs. Margaret Moddrell . celebrated the 101st anniversary ol . | her birth quietly here today, reiter . ' ating her contention that moderat* ■ habits, with plain, wholesome food I are responsible for her longevity.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 21, 1931.

Special Services To Be Held Wednesday ' I The Wednesday night services at the United Brethren Church continue with good interest and splendid attendance. The service will be ’ • hehl in the auditorium at 7:30. Tiie (public is invited. Subject for study Wednesday eve’ "The Holy Spirit.” Bring your Bibles. Scripture for Devotional study ’ this week. 1 Monday—Luke 9:10-17; 4:1-4. , Tuesday—Puke 1:26-33; 4:5-8 t Wednesday—Luke 17:5-6; 4:9-13. Thursday—Luke 4:16-30. j Friday—Luke 5:1-11. r Saturday—Luke 7:36-8:3. Sunday—Luke 6:12-19. e( o | 80MB DAMAGES CHICAGO OFFICE 1 Time Bomb Causes DamJ age at Employment Office of Twine Mills e Chicago, Feb. 24 (U.R)- -A power--1 ful time bomb rocked the Twine s | Mills employment office of the i- International Harvester Company t early today, broke more than 150 e I windows and caused damage esti-i | mated at $1,500. f! Police attributed the bombing to I e(teirorists who in recent months| □ (have caused extensive damage to, (a number of large mercantile and e industrial plants, including the > furniture and mercantile marts, -two of the world's largest buildings. i The bombing was as mysterious. i police said, as all-the others, ami . owncri of the building could give I no reason for it. , Besides the damage to the em- , ployment building, considerable B damage was done to the McCormick clubhouse, across the street. More than 50 windows were shat•l ts red there. Less than an hour later the j bakery of Joseph W’ukins was damaged by a bomb. Wilkins had been threatened, he said, because e he sold bread for seven cents a k loaf while other bakeries were , r clanging ten cents. t ] Bomb Wrecks House e St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 24 —(U.R) — An explosion early today wrecked spin unoccupied one-story house here and started firemen on a frand tie four hour search for five pere (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 1Q Grandson of Decatur s Woman Dies Monday Word has been received here of & the death of Paul Ervington Small, three-months old son of Mr. and c > Mrs. Oliver J. Small of Fort Wayne, land grandson of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilt j Hams of this city, who died at the Methodist Hospital in Fort Wayne, Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The baby had been ill for three days. ' Surviving are the parents, a brother, Arthur; two sisters, Phillis K and Eunice; a half-sister, Mrs. Louise Schultz; and a half-brother, — Russell Peabody, all of Fort Wayne i- and a grandmother, Mrs. Williams 1. of Decatur. )f Funeral services will be held r- Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock ;e at the home at 2719 Lillie street. tl, Fort Wayne, with the Rev. A. P. Bourns officiating. •

JURORS MAI BE OBTAINED TODA! Questioning of .Jurors Occupies Attorneys In Murder Case Valparaiso. Ind., Feb. 24--(U.R) - "Prohibition prejudice’’ was emI phasized over capital punishment I in the questioning of prospective I jurors today for the trial of Virgil Kirkland, 20. charged with murdl ering his 18-year-old sweetheart, I Arlene Draves. 1 Kirkland, smartly dressed, smiled confidently as he sat in the i courtroom, packed with his former I schoolmates, and heard Prosecui lor John Underwood declare he I "did not believe in cluttering up i a juror's mind with irrelevant questions on capital punishment.” Seven jurors, all farmers ranging in age from 28 to 60. were in the b*>x when court opened, and it was expected the jury would he completed today, clearing the way for opening statements of afternoon. Defense Attorneys Barrett O'l Hara and John ('rumpacker asked each prospective juror whether he was prejudiced for or against prohibition. O’Hara has contended that "proj hibition and the modern jazz i age” were as much responsible for i Miss Draves' death at a "gin 'party” last Nov. 30 as was Kirkland or any of his four companions, all of whom were charged with attacking her. ('rumpacker indicated in his (CONTINUED ON PAGh, SIX) GIRL STRIKER KILLED TODAY ■ Two Others Wounded In First Outbreak in Hosiery Mill Walkout Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb. 24 —(UP> —One striking hosiery mill worker a girl, was killed and two others wounded early today in the first outbreak of violence resulting here from a walkout at the Mammoth Hosiery Mills. Alberta Bachman, 20, '."as killed and Mrs. Elsie Bachman 25, ami Russell Hastie, 25, were wounded | whert fired upon by a worker whose home had been stoned last night. The trouble began late ’ast night, police said, when Clark Miller, a . former striker who returned to work I recently, reported to county detecI five Calvin Gorgy that someone threw a stone through a front win- ' dow in his home. ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) , _ o , Ossian Chevrolets Play Here Tonight i The Ossian Chevrolets will meet . the Decatur G. E. club at D. H. S. , gym tonight at 8:30 o'clock. These > two teams staged a real battle at i Ossian a few weeks ago, with Decatur emerging victor after a double I overtime contest t The G. E. Motors will play a pre . liminary at 7:30 o’clock meeting the . Kirkland Whippets in another hot contest.

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HEAVY VOTING MARKS PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY Little Violence Reported In Chicago Election This Morning i IS FOURTH PRIMARY . FOR BILL THOMPSON i ——- Chicago, Feb. 24 —(U.R) —A maximum of voting ami a minimum of violence marked the first half ofj, !the municipal primary today as | ( Chicagoans cast their ballots under l the watchful eyes of 70,000 guards j, and the muzzles of the police de- , partment’s riot guns. By 11 a. m. the election board estimated that almost 500.000 of ( the 1.340,566 registered citizens i had voted for or against Mayor! j William Hale Thompson, who to-1 ■day threw his political fortunes in j I the balance for the fourth time in| I a mayoralty race. I Several instances of irregularI ity in poling places were reported I to the election board and all were | investigated by flying squadrons j louring the 2.957 precincts. The first arrest was that . of | Austin O'Malley on the far southside when he tired to vote while! wearing a workers’ badge for an aldermanic candidate. He was held at the election commissioners’ office. On the west side a Thompson worker, who invaded a polling place and trieil to check up on whether citizens who had signed “Big Bill” pledge cards were voting for him, was thrown out by flying squadron. Ralph Hanna, a state’s attorney’s investigator, was beaten last night in a pre-election altercation. Han(CONTiNUED ON PAGE FIVE) o NATIONS AGREE ON (IMITATION • France And Great Britain Reach Accord on Naval Limitation Paris, Fob. 24 (U.R)—Franco and Great Britain today reached an! accord, in principle, on naval limitation. Foreign Minister Briand an-, nounced the accord which was j merely verbal and will not become ■ definite until after the British rep-! resefitatives have consulted Prem-j ier Benito Mussolini of Italy. Naval Minister Charles Dumont announced tlie British delegation, including Foreign Minister Arthur ■ Henderson. First Lord of Admiralty A. V. Alexander, and R. L. Craigie, would proceed to Rome at 5:24 pin. to confer witli Mussolini. The details of the accord were a carefully guarded secret pending the decision of Italy, expected [ within five days. The negotiations. however have been directed toward an agreement by Italy and France on naval limitation, which 1 would end the threat of a naval building race and permit both countries to join the limitation clauses of the London naval treaty ! by which Britain, tlie United States and Japan limited their naval forces. I t (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi J ,1 ■.■.11..1 .IIU.I Uli UM. I I ——. 1 ♦ ♦ 11 Oklahoma Governor Didn't Like Shave 5 i Oklahoma City, Fell. 24. —(U.R) I — With deft strokes C. H. | x I Riggs, capitol barber, was shav- ■ { | ing the face of “Alfalfa Bill” I . I Murray, Governor of Oklahoma. ] > 1 Suddenly Riggs’ distinguish- j i- ! ■ed client leaped from the bar- j | ber chair, flung l oft' the apron ~ | and rushed from the shop. Only then did barber Riggs | ; realize that he had niicked the j ■ Governor’s chin and that the | i I Governor had taken offense. I A move to have Riggs dis- | I | charged as capitol barber was | . | forestalled temporarily by a | resolution introduced in the | t I senate by Senator Woody Dix- ) | on asking that the legislature j „ prevent the board of public as- j fairs from taking tlie capitol j J. I franchise away from Riggs and | e i giving it to Roy B. Flippen.

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SENATOR WALSH 1 WARNS OF TREND Says Popular Expression of Too Much Congress, Leads Towards Dictator I Washington. Feb. 21. — (U.R) — Popular suspicion of congress and its motives represents a desire, among many influential persons. for a dictator in the United States, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Dem., Mont., believes. “There has been much talk, against an extra session of con-j j gress,” Walsh said today. "That | indicates the belief congress is a j necessary evil of which the conn- ■ try ought to have as little as poss-l, ible. “Many influential persons in the I United States want a dictator, i ‘ That is what it means.” Walsh, senate investigator and , prosecutor extraordinary, said the' senate is at a distinct disadvant- 1 , age in its frequent disputes with ( the President. Tlie subject is one , upon which the grey-haired west- ( erner feels very keenly. , Walsh discussed these matters in connection with his efforts to ob-, . tain senate action against three of| ( President Hoover's power commis-, , I sioners. Against two of these, , i action was forestalled, but at | Walsh's behest the senate has ob-1, tained the services of John W. i Davis. Democratic presidential ■ nominee in 1924, to prosecute an ouster effort against Chairman George Otis Smith. The Montana senator said four influences worked "to embarrass" the senate in its .attempt to act against the commissioners. He gave these as the chief factors: j 1— The opinion of the attorney | general that the senate had no. authority to act after having confirmed the nominations. 2— Tlie prestige of the President. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o Former Berne Man Is Buried Today — • Funeral services were held at two o’clock this afternoon for Harry Mcßrier former Berne man who died a: his home in Oklahoma following a long illness Burial was made in the M. R. E. Cemetery at Berne. Mr. Mcßrier is survived by a son |Ralph and a daughter Bessie both lin Oklahoma o ' Fire Causes Little Damage Here Today i The local fire department made la run to the home of Daniel Weidler on Indiana street, shortly before noon today, where a fire was reported. Soot, which fell from the stove pipe connecting the stove with the chimney, ignited some rags, and the fire was quickly extinguished. No damage was done, j 0 Former Decatur Man Dies In Michigan Woid was received here today of] the death of Dale Peoples of Brun- j swick Michigan a former resident of ‘his city. He was the son of Enos Peoples who formerly operated th>old Burt House in this city. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon. Mexican Slayer Will Be Executed .lune 2 I Laporte, Ind., Feb. 24—(U.R) — Electrocution date for Ignacio Barragoza, 26, Mexican, who was convicted on a first degree murder charge recently for the slaying of Charlee Glafcke, Michigan City patrolman, has been set by Circuit Judge A. J. Link on June 24, 1931. o Stream Pollution Bill Is Defeated Indianapolis. Feb. 24. —(U.R)- -Senator John C. Gorman. Republican Princeton, led opposition against a stream pollution measure when it cam® up for third reading in the senate today, and it failed of constitutional majority. Vote was 22 for. and 20 against. The bill may be reconsidered later. The measure, introduced by Sen-' ator Rcscoe Martin, Republican, Logansport, would prohibit pollution of streams through emptying! of sewage and wastes from canneries and factories into rivers.' ► creeks and streams.

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SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS LAW Decision Reverses Ruling Made by Judge William Clark CONGRESS HAS RIGHT TO SPECIFY Washington, Feb. 24.— (U.R) —The Supreme court unanimously upheld the validity of the prohibition amendment today. The court in a decision on a government appeal from the famous decision of Federal Judge William Clark of Nev Jersey upheld in all respect:' the ratification of tlie 18th amendment by legislatures of the states. Justice Owen J. Roberts announced the reversal of Clark's decision by a united bench of eight members of the highest <curt in the land. Chief Justice Hughes did not sit in this case. Congress, tlie court ruled, has sole discretion as to whether :i constitutional amendment is to be ratified by state conventions or legislatures. The point at issue was the contention that ratification of the 18th amendment by state legislatures instead of by constitutional convention was improper. Justice Roberts read tlie decision as if from memory, seldom glancing at his printed paper as Inaddressed tlie crowded courtroom. Judge Clark of New Jersey in the case involving two men charged with beer running, held that be- | cause it affected individual rights I the 18th amendment should have been ratified by state convention instead of legislatures. "The choice of the mode of ratification lies in the sole discretion of congress.” Roberts, junior member of the court, said. Changing tlie fifth article of th ■ I constitution to require such amendments to lie made by conventions "cannot be done,” he pronounced. "Tlie lot ii amendment was intended to confirm tlie understanding of tlie people at the time the constitution was adopted that powers not granted to the United States were reserved to the states or to the people,” he said. It added nothing to the instrument as originally ratified and has no limited and special operation, as U contended, upon the people's delegation by Article Five of certain functions to the congress.” He referred to the argument that ■CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, Mother of Harry M. Daugherty Dies Today Washington Courthouse, 0., Feb. 24. — (U.R) — Mrs. Jane Daugherty, mother of Harry M. Daugherty. United States attorney general in | the cabinet of Warren G. Harding, |and of Mai S. Daugherty, died here I today. She was in her 95th year. Mai Daugherty is on trial heritor alleged misuse of funds of the I defunct Ohio State Bank, of which he was president. Court was adjourned yesterday and the trial temporarily halted when the condition of Mrs. Daugherty became serious. Both her sons were at her bedside when she died. THREE HUNDRED ATTEND MEETING Election of Officers Held At Monmouth Meeting Monday More than three hundred persons attended the fertilizer school and tractor meeting given by the Adams county farm bureau, Monday lat Monmouth. A free dinner was /served at noon by the Monmouth ladies. Lectures were given at the meeting by John W. Simms and I. HHull. The election of officers was held. Jerry Liechty was again named chairman of the organization, with Grant Owens, vice-chairman. O. V. Dilling secretary and Ed Neuhousei [treasurer. Members chosen for the executive committee were Jerry Liechty, Andrew Fuelling and Noan I Rich. Directors at large are: Monroe township. Noah Rich; Root township, Hugo Gerke; French township, Bert Sesenguth.