Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1931 — Page 1

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fthedules Drawn For Sectional, Regional And Final Meets

11 PLAYS I pm GAME ■WRDAYA.M. Boe And Monmouth Hr Tourney at i :30 ■o’Clock Friday ■ ADAMS COUNTY ■ S ?ARE [X I I.KED e drawing t»r th.- ,:4 ■; it. Indiana were ;1 , !> lock Hue morn■'Hhnr l„ Tri . -ommis- ■ t h, In,! a high school Uli ion Tlnsse tonr■ll! be played mA! Friday Mari It 6 ami in bKwi lional centers, gH Decatur Y*4low JacKets ■ bye in the fn-st round of sectional and "Hl play of I Mmiroe MonThe Monroe and K t loams will meet in the The He.aiiir name at 11 a m Saturday. SKifiHal.s Im Um Decatur till !», ih-orut l.ambert of ami Ora Paris of Fort ■ Both mls w ill work ref, roe ■ [loramr drawing ■ Friday Monmouth, ■rials 1-2. i- Pleasant ■fe. Officials 2-1. BK Saturday r, Ha>:ford town- ■*. Officials 1-2 t Kirkland, ■kkls 2-1. nor Mon-■t-N,,|.nu>iit|i. emtio Officials Mr vs. winner I’.erne HartMrd twp. Officials 2-1. ,h fterson • Kirkvs. winner Decatur and ■itr.rio-Mimninmh came. Oft'i■h 1-2. of two afterMud games. Officials 2-1. Mdal Xo. I—George Lambert : ■till XT). 2—Ora Davis. ■ Bluffton ■ Friday P. M. K* Uncaster Central vs Pe■tfaim 1-2 W" Chester Center vs. Ossian H Saturday B® Bluffton vs Rock Creek B*ter, 1-2 ■W Liberty Center vs Union wtincep ON pace six. KOI TICKETS MLEMONDAY Warns County Schoolsi ill Receive Tickets For Sectional Bs ( ' ount >’ high school prin•net this morning with countv •tendent Clifton E. Striker Buy Brown. Decatur prin--0 iscuss details of the sectourney. tickets for the tourney J'«» sale Monday at all high ln the county. Fans are urs,Se tlleir tickets early if they attend the tourney. Season in„i be ? 1 ’ 50 wlth admission s e sessions forty cents. The are allotted to the schools "Portion to enrollment. RobbedJYiday Night lrirk lin ? station of August C. lonrii °' ated one mile north til laa 0I ! State ROa(l 27 - Wat > w . The lock on the Ilin. w ' roken ’ and 2 5 Ballons of Wiberv 61-6 stolen - No dues to lier ) were found. ths'e Funeral Rites •30 P. M. Sunday »le a L?, erV !, ceß for Mrs - Clifford i, will ?° dled Thursday fore;3t) o’eu ? e d Sunda y afternoon < £ »‘ he Charles Pete! " ocltt enn Street - and arth. Rev m’w the ®' vau ßellcal Will nfrt„< .' Sunder man, pasta Der» ( ate and b,lrial will be twatur Cemetery.

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United by Grief .•< . ’ < gJKJ Charles J. Kirkland (left), father of Virgil Kirkland, on trial at i Valparaiso. Ind., for the “gin slaying" of Arlene Draves, and Elmer Diaves (right), father of the victim, photographed in court just after Mr. Draves had spoken sympathetically to Mr. Kirkland over their common tragedy.

FORMER GENEVA WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Carrie Kelly,s4,Wife of Alfred Kelly, Dies At Fort Wayne — Mrs. Carrie Viola Kelly. 54 wife of Alfred Kelly, former Geneva wo man, died at her home. 2214 N. Clinton street. Fort Wayne at 9:20 o'clock this morning. Death was caused by brights disease and fol lowed an illness of sometime. Mrs. Kelly was born at Geneva, I September 15. 1876. the daughter of Joseph and Harriet fi'ieher. She spent ihe greater part of her life in Geneva, having moved to Fort ■ Wayne November 1, 1930. Surviving is the hubsand, and the following children: Dale Leroy Kelly of Fort Wayne Mrs. Mildred LaVon of West Unitey. Ohio, and Bernice Leota of Fort Wayne. A sister Francis Decher of Geneva also survives. Mrs. Kelly was a member of the United Brethren church at Geneva for many years. Funeral services will be held Tues day afternoon at. the Six Mile church near Bluffton, and burial i will be made in the adjoining cemetery. French Quinn Gives Commencement Address French Quinn of Decatur delivered the commencement address at the graduation exercises of the International College, school of commerce at Fort Wayne, Friday morning. IATIN CONTEST AT BERNE TODAY Three Adams County Schools Enter Students In Annual Contest Three schools are entered in the Adams county Latin contest which is being held at Berne today. School entered are Berne, Jefferson township and Monmouth. Miss Evelyn Goff. Latin instructor at Berne, is in charge of the contest. Contestants in the first year division are: Shirley Wiest and Holman Egly of Jefferson; Viola Ewel and Stella Hoile of Monmouth: Erna Lehman. Fred Von Gunten and and Amelia Ringger of Berne. Second year contestants are Anna Liechty, Herbert) Zuercher and Anna Neuenschwadder, all of Berne. Latin teachers at the three schools are Miss Evelyn tloff at Berne, Miss Clara Reppert at Jefferson and Mrs. R. A. Eudaly at Monmouth.

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Parole Is Granted To Father of Five Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 2S--j (U.K) —A 90-day parole was granted I by the state prison parol board last I night for Everett Reynolds, Howard county, sentenced in June, 1930, for grand larceny. His plea that he stole goods from a grocery store for use of his wife and five children, while unemployed, and , ’hat they now need his support, was recognized. A pardon was recommended for ■ Wilford Lembert, serving 10 to 20 I years from Jay county for grand i larceny. His wife and nine children pleaded for him. He was sentenced March 1, 1926. O_s VICTORIA MILLS TO SPEAK HERE Former Decatur Resident Will Address Woman’s Club Monday The members of the Woman's Club and their guests will have the pleasure of hearing Miss Victoria I Mills of Rochester, Indiana, as [speaker next Monday night, March ' 2. at 7:45 o'clock in the Library I Auditorium. Miss Mills spent several weeks abroad last summer, during which [time she visited many places of interest. Among them were Naples. , (Athens, Constantinople, Troy, Isle ’[of Crete, Syracuse, and Marseilles 'and points in Northern Africa. She spent three weeks on a cruise • of the Mediterranean, and she will ■ take as the subject for her address ■ Monday night, i‘'The Mediterrani ean Cruise.” I Mrs. L. A. Holthouse will present [a short musical program preceding 'the principal address of the even ling. I This is the third program present led by the Literature Department of I the Woman's Club during this year's '[activities, and it promises to be of I special interest, as Miss Mills is a I former local girl. | The committee of the department | which will sponsor this program will sponsor this program will sponsor this program will comprise the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Company A To Act As Pallbearers Sunday i Members of Company A will act i ns pallbearers at the funeral services for Lawrence Garard, former ■ Decatur resident, who died at Fort ■ Wayne Thursday. The services 1 will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of Mrs. Mary Garard, ] 704 High street in Fort Wayne. Burial will be made in the [ Maplewood cemetery’ at Decatur, j Members of the Adams Post of the ' American Legion are requested to . meet at the cemetery before 3 i o’clock. Rev. Harry Ferntheil, . state chaplain, will conduct services.

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Decatur, Indiana. Saturday, February 28, 1931.

SENATE PASSES 1 i ANTI-LYNCHING , BILL TODAY t 1 Measure Goes Back To House For Action on ’ Amendment INTANGIBLE TAX BILL IS DEFEATED Indianapolis, FeU 28.—(U.R) — The Indiana senate today passed the anti-lynching bill, 30 to 5. as- j ter amending it to its original L status, reinstating "teeth" deleted , by the house. It now goes to the house for action on the amendment. Tlie house killed the McClain intangible tax bill which would have provided 75% credit deduction from assessed tax valuation. The vote was on a motion for indefinite postponement, by Rep. Eugene Martin. Democrat, Fort Wayne. Frantic efforts of Democratic leaders to bring out of the house ways and means committee, the . 1176,000,000 appropriation bill, fail- . ed today. With a joint session of the ways and means, budget ami public ex(CONTINUF.D ON PAGE SfX) o CONFESSION IS GIVEN TODAY 1 Statement of Virgil Kirkland Is Presented in Court Today Valparaiso, Ind., Feb. 28—(U.R) — J The brief sordid confession Virgil 1 Kirkland made a few hours after , the gin party death of pretty Arlene Draves, was admitted into evidenti? at the youth’s murder trial today and read to the jury ; before a crowded courtroom. Defense attorneys for the 20-year-old Gary athlete-sweetheart of 1 | Miss Draves, made a strenuous ' fight to bar the statement in which ' he admitted he attacked her but were overruled by Judge Crumipacker. - The confession was admitted after Jake Thixton, Gary police lieutenant, testified it had been obtained without force. The confession in part read: 1 “I went to the Thompson home with Miss Draves at about 8:45 1 p.m. on November 29. After a 1 while a lot of other boys and girls 1 came and they all drank a lot and danced a lot. “About midnight Miss Draves 1 began staggering around from the 1 booze and 1 took her out on the ’ piazza to give her air, and I slapp- ■ ed her in the side of the face to kind of bring her out of it. 1 "Then Thompson, Miss Draves, Paul Barton and myself got into a car and drove to a hot dog stand ■ and Barton and I went in to get ' frankfurters ...” Judge Crumpacker ruled out the portion of the confession in whjcli ; CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX' O CAPONE FACES SECOND CHARGE - ' Gangster Convicted of > Contempt, to Be Prosecuted on Tax Charge Chicago, Feb. 28.--{(J.F>>- Scarface Al Capone, already under sentence ' of six months for contempt of Federal court, was faced today with the probability of indictment on an . ether and much more serious gov- • ernment charge. That Capone would be brought i to trial on a charge of income tax - evasion was considered almost, cer- , tain around the Federal building after it became known that two > former employes of his had been . questioned by the grand jury. > The two men questioned were > William and Bennie Pope, brothers I of the late Frankie Pope, Chicago’s . “millionaire newsboy”. It has been (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

(liven Fine, .Sentenced To Serve Forty Days William Whlttenberger, who wan arrested some time ago by Sheriff Burl Johnson has entered a plea of gi'llty to petite larceny before Mayor Georxe Krick in city cour' and was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to serve 40 days at the state penal farm at Putnamvttle. The fine and costs were paid and Whittenberger has been taken to the farm to serve his sentence. FOUR VETS FILE APPLICATIONS Local Veterans Make Application For Bonus Payments Leo Ehinger, commander of Ad- J ams Post No. 43 cf the American j Legion, stated tms morning tli.it : four local world war veterans had I already made application for a loan on the adjusted service certilie ates due them. The law. authorizing the governmetit to loan 51) per cent, of the face value of the certificates to world war veterans became effec- . live Friday with the United I States senate passing the measure i over President Hoover’s veto. The . house passed the bill over the; President's veto Thursday. A special application blank has ; to be fillesl out by the veteran in applying for a loan. The loan note bears four and cue-half per cent interest. Raymond Kohne, service officer of the Post, has received a supply of the application blanks. Exservice men wishing to apply for the loan are requested to see Mr. Kohn at Callon and Kohne drug store. The highest amount due anv world war veteran on tlie service certificates, voted by congress immediately following the war. is about $1,600. A holder of one of these certificates can borrow half of the face value, the balance becoming due in IS'45, unless congreet should pass a law before (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FORMER DECATUR RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Ann Heffner,s4,Dies At Rochester, Minn.; Funeral Here Mrs. Ann Heffner. 54, sister of Mrs. B. J. Smith of this city, died at the Mayo Brothers hospital. Rochester, Minn., Thursday, following an operation she underwent recently. Mrs. Heffner had been a patient at the Mavo hospital for the past six weeks. The deceased spent her youth in this city and was well known here. Twenty-five years ago she moved to Sacremento, California, where she resided. She was born in Kenton, Ohio, June 14, 1877, the daughter of the late Peter Forbing. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Smith, of this city; Miss Eleanor Forbing. Mrs. Frank Irtot, and Vincent Forbing, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. J. C. Stickel of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. J. A. Meinerding, of Lima, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph Heffner, of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. J. T. Oimer, of Charleston. W. Va„ and A. J. Forbing of Milford. Ind. The body wdll be brought to the B. J. Smith home in this city. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at nine o'clock from the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Burial will be in tlie St. Joseph cemetery. o Terre Haute Paper Is Reported Sold Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 28 —(UP) Sale of the Terre Haute Star-Post to the Tribune publishing company. Terre Haute .was annonunced in the first editions of the Post and Tribune today. "With the issue of today the post is discontinued.” the announcement said. “The Star for the time being will continue to operate in its present location.” No intimation of the purchase price was given.

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LOCAL WINNER TO MEET VICTOR AT HUNTINGTON Decatur Sectional Champ Will Play Huntington Winner In Regional REGIONAL WINNER TO PLAY FRANKFORT Regional tourney and the final ■tourney drawings were also announced this morning by tlie athletic association. Tlie regional 1 meets will be held Saturday, Mandi 114 and the state finals March 20 land 21. The winner of the Decatur sec-' | tional will play the victor in the Huntington sectional at 3 p. in., land the Bluffton-Fort Wayne win | ners will play at 2 p. m. The win-; nets of tlie afternoon games at each regional will play Saturday: night with the winner in the final game participating in the state finals a week later. Tlie winner of the Fort Wayne regional will meet tlie winner of 'tlie regional in the first |iound of the state tourney at 2, jp. m. riday. The outstanding con-| j tender in the Lafayette regional' will be the Frankfort Hot Dogs. The drawing of the state final tourney at Indianapolis follows: Friday Forenoon , i_ 9—Winner at Auburn —winner . at Muncie. 2— 10—Winner at Vincennes — | winner at Anderson. 3- —Winner at Bedford — winner at Logansport. Friday Afternoon • 4—2:00 Winner at Fort Wayne—' . 1 Winner at Lafayette. - 5—3:00 —Winner at Evansville — i . winner at Greencastle. 6— 4:oo—Winner at Marion -winner at Rochester. 7 — 7;3o—Winner at Rushville — winner at Valparaiso. > 8—8:30 —Winner at Columbus — winner at Bloomington. Saturday Forenoon ■ 9 —8:30 —Winners games 1 and 2. | 10 —9:30 —Winners games 3 and 4. I ii—lo:3o— Winners games 5 and 6. 12—11 30 —Winners games 7 and 8. 1 Saturday Afternoon ) 13 —2:30 —Winners games 9 and 10. 14 —3;3o—Winners games 11 and 12. . 15 —8:00 —Winners games 13 and 14. 0 Fire Department Answers Two Cails i| Thci Daeatur fire department answered two calls this morning within five minutes of each other, j About nine o’clock the department 1 j was called to the William Selle- ’ I meyer residence, South First j street, where the chimney ha 1 i burned out. A shingle caught fire and the flame was extinguished I with chemicals. While at the , Sellemeyer home a call that the Cal F. Peterson residence, East Mcßarnes street was on fire, came in. The chimney had burned out ’ there and a small fire had started on the roof. Jack Freidt. fire chief estimated the loss at five dollars to each house. • o t BERNE LISTED IN PROGRAM Estimate of $70,000 For Berne Post Office In--1 eluded In Bill Washington. Feb. 28. — ’U.R)' —The treasury and post office department late yesterday submitted to I the house their annual reports of ( public building construction includ- , ing allocations already made and . to be made under the $415,000,000 1 emergency fund created by con--1 gress this session. t Allocations included: t Indiana: Connersville. $70,000; » Franklin, $85,000; Hartford City, $85,000; Indianapolis, $1,200,000; , Martinsville, $85,000; Sullivan, SBO,000; Berne, $70,000.

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Against Kirkland «r- ■ * * ■ - '■ £ ’■ 1 dis 3 1 jw Mrs. Bernice Elser (top), guest at Gary gin party, who gave testimony regarded as damaging I against Virgil Kirkland, charged wit 11 slaying Arlene Draves. Dr. : James Burcham (inset), who per-! formed autopsy, was assailed in I his testimony by the defense, ‘ which sought to discredit his > I technical knowledge and skill. CONGRESS TO ’ END WEDNESDAY: “ . ! Seventy-first Session Had Tumultuous Life; No Special Session Washington. Feb. 28 —(U.R) —The 71st congress is dying unmourned and at noon next Wednesday will ! pass into history after a full. J tumultuous life. Tlie expiring short session of ' this winter lias furnished a fitting | climax to a bitterly controversial I record which began shortly after President Hoover's inauguration in ! a special session summoned for limited tariff revision. Tlie threat of a special session of the 72nd congress has dominI ated the legislative ■ situation throughout the short session beginning last December. This threat was not removed definitely until ' yesterday when the veterans’ loan bill was enacted over the President's veto and final agreement | was reached upon the naval appro-1 priation liill. Hot argument had begun even | before the first session of the 71st congress, politicians and the press debating the advisability of con--1 gress, politicians and the press debating the advisability of congress i meeting early in 1929 instead of in December of that year. The extra session produced the Hawley-Smoot tariff act which is | expected to figure largely in the I 1932 presidential campaign. A I special session of tlie senate met in the early summer of 1930 to engage in wrangling debate and finally to ratify the London naval ] treaty. Congress met again in Decern-1 ber, 1930, and began contributing | I immediately to campaign issues. I I Disputes raged around the federal farm board, drought relief, tlie fed- ' eral power commission, muscle shoals, the world court, the lame duck constitutional amendment, ‘ naval construction, veterans' relief, an oil tariff and scores of less publicized issues. The President fought and lost on veterans’ compensation logisla(CONTINUED GN °AGE TWO) , o —~ Torch Murder Trial Adjourned to Monday 1 Indianapolis, Feb. 28 —(U.R)— ' Court was recessed today in the - Harold Herbert Schroeder auto pyre murder trial, after testimony by the state witnesses yesterday, concerning discovery of the burning auto. Testimony will be continued Monday, and it was anticipated that the court might obtain additional information from its alienists at that time.

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PURCHASED BY THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK Asset; of New Peoples Loan & Trust Co.. Are Taken Over Today BANK S ASSETS MORE THAN $1,200,000 The assets ol Ihe (new) j Peoples Loan X Trust Com(Kinv. organized here July 12, 1930, were purchased iodav and merged with the Old Adams Countv Bank, giving’ that linaneial institution total assets of more than $1,200,000. The merger becomes effective Monday morning and checks outstanding on the Peoples l.oan & Trust company at tlie hour of the merger will lie promptly taken care of by tlie Old Adamo County bank, officers of the latter institution stated. The action was decided upon by the directors of each of the banks at so’perate meetings lield last evening and concurred in by the stockholders of the new I’eoples Loan & Trust company held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at three o’clock this afternocgi. Those concerned believe that by merging, the best interests of i every one will lie cared for. There i was not a dissenting voice on either side to the proposal, it was ; pointed out. Tlie saving of considerable overhead and the possibility of the continued growth of ! the Old Adams County bank so it can better assist in serving the community, was the object in view and to this every one has subscribed their earnest support, jdirectors of both institutions state. Good Feeling Shown j Tlie unanimity of opinion was I demonstrated by the fact that tli» I entire preliminary transaction was concluded last evening within an hour. A committee composed of three men from each bank are today making tlie inventory of the assets and it is expected tlie transfer can be made this evening so that business will proceed without inconvenience to any one. Assumes the Assets Under the arrangements the Old Adams County Bank assumes all of the deposit liabilities and takes over to cover same the cash, bonds, mortgages and approved I secured notes for the full amount. Tlie trust company will use Hie balance of the assets to liquidate the stock, officials expressing the belief that this will be done without any loss to stockholders. Tlie purchase will increase the total resources of the Old Adams County Bank to about $1,206,000. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEDOND MARION MAN ACQUITTED Charles Lennon Found Not Guilty in Marion Lynching Case Marion. Ind.. Feb. 28 (U.R)—A circuit couit jury returned a verdict of not guilty today in the case of Charles Lennon, second fendant brought to trial on charges of taking part in the lynching of two negroes here last August 7. ! Deliberations took 18 hours. A small crowd in the courtroom applauded vigorously when the verdict was read, but quickly was silenced by Judge O. D. Clawson. Tlie previous trial, in which Robert Beshire was defendant, also resulted in acquittal. 0 High School Athlete Killed In Accident Oakland City, Ind.. Fell. 28 — (U.R) —A Huntingburg high school basketball player was killed and j the coach and one member of the team injured, when their auto was struck by a Big Four (rain on a ■ crossing here last night. Fred Stimson Jr.. 16, was killed when he leaped from the auto and was ground beneath the engine's wheels. The train was backing slowly, and injuries to the othetl; were not serious. Glen Tr<’iwl, coach, suffered a broken leg. and Glen Arensmau, player, slight bruises. The team was returning from a game in Princeton.