Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1931 — Page 1

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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS ADJOURNS

ME MOVES Ike Bins io I MING I Than Two Dozen ■sure* Are Advanced ■|n Senior Body ATTENTION to •■aVVI’ION relief I u.p> TinB today olvatw.-d more » ial ’ ■,.„ Hous? Mils 1,1 1,1111 | ■ and then tnrm-d its atten■l„ special taxation rt-liet while the house of rep-1 ■tins dickered over the I of ’•.•portiitu several ini- j ■. eoniniit■expedite passage. ■, h „ usi . bills advanced ■■.•asitre i-vating a state : a slate aid measure; and the voters ■ta’ion bid The senate killi,dis providing; tor eleeB>f .HI attorneys ■ sain . time, and permitting ■> t e hoard ot Ii- altlt to order ■n.ai'a "f disposal 5eM p , .nninended ly joint tax comiv .\p. - to be taken ■ t‘. I reading tins afternoon • . .. ini’, turned its atten■m Hie IVil.iiuil.iion biennial hill. in Hie house ( entered ■4 .ree* th.o It. p. Chester remocrat. Fort Wayne, holili'i- up the report on I ■p<." " bill because the K c'iject to it." ■ bill in question was the senate bill giving th° t i mission juris over util outside the asserted !.-■ was with-! ■it a report on the bill until ! upon in s, . oinmittees. I UP' l I'he sharpened th,, ax today as ■rtl.M'Eli OX PAGE SEVEN) I ■iams Equity Co. ■ Is Robbed Monday of gasoline and oil. ■ stolen from the Williams Co. ;d Williams Monday | ■ The thieves sawed the lock! door to th" oil house and I " locks on tn,, gasoline 1 ' Johns- i: was called to in- ■’ th- ru'd,. . Several likely ■ teve h,...|, ~„,I Vl. r „ | anil ltl , of the thieves is exshortly. ■ Bum Program Date ■ Changed to March 11 " !ui have season tickets ■* F lycetii i coarse program be ■F’wented by the senior class a -ur high s hool, are requestthat the fourth program ■*«t changed from March 23 evening, March 11. Elliott Janies, a famous ■ air demonstrator and enter"ill present an educational ■t’orful program, demonstrat- ■° me feats performed with li■atr. ■ James will ma ke candles out that will burn, and make H-dsteak become as brittle as ■Tt Os Plate glass, together with W o her seemingly remarkable ■'“Mhitions using liquid air. kIIMONIA IS WE OF DEATH ■yn Months Daughter wenton Williams Dies Today th? , J Elmore Williams. 11 Br " ‘ (,an ßhter of Mr. and e 9 " ton Wil liams died at the ' * miles southeast of this l Wwun>onu Cl ° Ck m ° rninK *t? Bby born April 15 - el wtm ,ghter of Bren ton and tawu? ms ’ who BUrvi ve toRussel h P« r ? t , her and two 81st ’ 4, all ? atr!cta and Flora MilQ 11 at home. atm‘’ ervlces wll > be held Frinoon at i :3( ) o'clock at inter™ ° utheaßt of this city, WUI be in the Re >’n-

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I Legacy Gone, Woman Returns to Infirmary Columbus Ind. March 4 till’) (The SX«H> legacy which drove 81-'year-old Mrs. Rosanna Daum from the Bartholomew county infinnttrThe only home she had known for 40 years—has been exhausted ami lonce again the aged woman is back I among her friends. Two years ago Mrs. Damn received the money from the estate of a brother. She no longer was a pauper hence had to leave. For two years she lived with a sister in Terre Haute but with a constant longing for her old surroundings and her old friends. Now ’he legacy is exhausted Mrs. 1 Daum is a pauper once more; and happy. WEATHER BUREAU TO INSTALL GAGE

River, Rainfall Station Will Be Installed In Decatur The United States Weather' Bureau, through Erie L. Hardy, j meteorologist. Fort Wayne, will in-1 stall a river and rainfall station along the St. Mary’s river, near, the Monroe street bridge, permls- | sion being granted by the city i council last evening. Mr. Hardy stated that a short box type chain gage would be installed. The permission of the countyi commissioners will also be asked; and -it was understood that they I would grant permission to the i Weather Bureau to install the gage. The matter was brought to the I council's attention by Ralph Roop, | Adams county surveyor who had: communicated with Mr. Hardy In the matter. Not to Buy Sweeper Councilman 11. F. Linn, ehairman | of the street and sewer committee 1 in a report to the council last evening recommended that the sweep-, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) BOND IS GIVEN BYTWO PERSONS _ Dr. Elizabeth Burns And George Krudop Give Bonds Tuesday Warrants were served yesterday afternoon by She. iff Burl Johnson and deputy D. M. Hower on Dr. Elizabeth Burns and George Krudop both of Fort Wayne. The arrests I were made on indictments returned! last week by the Adams county giand jury. Bond of $2,500 was furnished by j Dr. Burns and Mr. Krudop furnished | SSOO bond. Dr. Burns was indicted by the grand jury following an al-; leged illegal operation which she. ! performed on Wilma Marie Case, Decatur high school, who died shortly after the operation was performed. Dr. Burns is reported to have been seriously ill for the past several weeks. She is suffering from blood poisoning following an infection received while treating one of her patients. The poison has settled in her right knee and a Fort Wayne physician who conducted an exaamination yesterday at the request of the local officers, stated that it would be six months before Dr. Burns would be cured of the infection. George Krudop is charged witii having taken telephone poles from the interurban right of way near his farm in Adams county. When arrested yesterday. Mr. Krudop asserted that he had obtained permission to take the poles. Mr. Krudop is a prominent lumber dealer in Fort Wayne. No further action has been taken on the other indictments returned by the grand jury. Two of those arrested entered pleas of guilty and were fined the day the indictments were returned. — . -n — Two Local Residents Believe Spring Is Here In spite of the snow hying in Decatur this morning at least two Decatur residents are positive that spring is here. Mrs. J. A. Zerkel and William I Bell of North Eleventh street re- ’ port seeing a large flock of wild I geese flying northwest Tuesday |evening. This morning, Mrs. Zerkel ’discovered two robins in her front yard.

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As Pacifists Hailed Einstein 1 1 «>*>»—»•>?» t H-mtWTTtr- •"’nwmnriiiinwgr t ... * j IK . Hui vi • -j- ... -■ v' 1 ,. I '.ri'll'-*..; , amis «r. W* ■ - twt a-- mse-—.(*ll^-•T-*"'*-*- * Professor Albert Einstein. Nobel prize-winning physicist, father of the theory of relativity and the leader of the pacificist movement in Germany, photographed as he looked out of his car window at the Union Station in Chicago with Frau Einstein, as 40(> advocates of world peace gathered around his train Professor Einstein, who was on his way to New York from California, issued a statement in which he said that refusal Io l>ear arms was the way to peace.

CLASSIS MEETS ! SUNDAY, MAR. 8 Members of Decatur Reformed Church Will Attend Ft. Wayne Meet A ‘Christian Fellowship Congress of the Reformed churches of I the Fort Wayne Classis will )m» heki |at the St. John’s Reformed Church ' West ' Washington Street Fort Wayne next Sunday afternoon March 8 at 2:30 o’clock. The con--1 gress is sponsored by the women jot' the Fort Wayne Classis but the meeting is for both the men and wolinen of the churches. I Dr. Daniel Burghalter of Tiffin. Ohio, will give an address on the subject. ‘‘Fellowships that Widen Horizons” Dr. Burghalter has traIveled extensively both in America land the Orient and his addresses jure always interesting. A second adI dress will be given by an outstandling missionary woman on the subiject, “The Fruits of Christian Fellowship.” Announcement of this congress has been made from the local pulpit for several Sundays and a large delegation is expected to attend On account of the afternoon congress at Fort Wayne there will be no evening services at the local ’Reformed church. Members ot the I church who wish to attend the j meeting at Fort Wayne and have no 'way of transportation should call the pastor by Saturday. —o MARTHA BUTLER DIES TUESDAY Granddaughter of Berne Woman Dies at Home In Fort Wayne Miss Martha Butler, 18, granddaughter of Mrs. Jacob Tester of Berne, died at six o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of her parents. 1501 Columbia avenue. Fort Wayne, following an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to mastoid trouble. Miss Butler was an employe of the Wayne Knitting Mills. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Charles Schwalm; the step-father, a sister, Mrs. Edgar LaFountaine; a brother, James Butler, two half brothers Billy and Carl Schwalm, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. , Albert Butler of New Haven, and Mrs. Tester of Berne. Funeral arrangements have not been learned. i o— — Royal Arch Masons Will Meet Tonight The Decatur Chapter Royal Archi Masons, 112, will have a special • called meeting tonight at 7:30 o’I clock. The M. M. and P. P. degree • will be vlsite dby a state lecturer, I a luncheon will be served, and all ! Royal Arch Masons are cordially invited to attend.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March I, 1931.

Daughter of Murdered Woman Takes Own Life New York, Mar. 4 — <U.R) The i tragedy of Vivian Gordon, murder--led witness in the Seabury investi- ! gation, whose death may lead to ! greater scandals in New York pol lice and underworld connections l than any case in the last twenty ’ years, had produced another and I far greater tragedy today. Benita Bischoff. Miss Gordon's 16-year-old daughter by her mar[jiagt to John F. C. Bischoff, committed suicide in the home of Iter father and step-mother in AuduI bon, N. J., yesterday, because "she | could not face the world any longI er." SENATERECEIVES CHICAGO REPORT — (Wickersham Commission Reports Investigations In Chicago Washington, March 4. — (U.R) [Names, figures and cases to sttp- ; port the belief of high officials [here that local government lias (completely broken down in some [ centers were made public today when tlie Wickersham commission

sent to the senate reports of its investigations of crime, bootlegging and racketeering in Chicago, the happy hunting ground of the gangster. Downstate Illinois cities were revealed also as in the clutches of similar conditions. Thiy report, prepared by Guy I, Nichola. treasury department investigator, stated breakdown of the law has permitted bootlegging and racketeering of unbelievable proportions, with profits reaching into millions, all carried on under protection of officers of the law. Thereport described the “Unione Siciliano" as "a menace" whose officials are linked with liquor and other rackets. The federal government was urged in the report to "concentrate on activities of heads of this society (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) —O Dr. C. H. Branch Moves Office to Home Today Dr. C. H. Branch announced today that he had moved his office from the K. of C. Building to his home, at 220 North Thirteenth street.. Lenten Service Is . Held Tuesday Night The Rev. Father Charles Girardot, Fort Wayne, delivered the second of his series of Lenten sermons at the St. Mary’s Catholic church last evening. His subject was the Kingdom of Heaven. Following th' sermon Father Girardot answered questions which were placed in the Question Box since last Wednesday He will continue to answer questions submitted by members of the congregation during the Lenten season. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament followed the sermon.

ENGINEERS FILE ADVERSE REPORT — Advise Against Effort of Council to Soften City Water The engineers who made a test i here of the city water supply, with the idea of sofetening it through the means of a water softner at the city plant, reported unfavorably on the proposition. The engineers found the city water of such hardness that it would , not be practical to treat it sue-1 cessfully. Tests made heretofore ; along this line have also proven unfavorable as far as being able to [ soften the water supply. The letter received by tlie conn-, cil from George Clianipe and Asso- [ ciates. consulting engineers of To-1 tedo, Ohio, read in part: “It is a’ disappointment to me to report that the laboratory analysis of the public water supply shows a total hardness of 1,023 paits per million or 59.8 grains per gallon. We would not recommend softening by any [ method so far developed.” Decatur has always had the I reputation of having water as hard as found anywhere and efforts of, city officials to soften it have proved futile. If the water could be [ softened it would mean great con-j venlence to residents here in the | way of plumbing and eliminating [ of cisterns for soft water. EXHUME BODY OF ARLENE BRAVES Autopsy Will Be Made on Body of Gary Attack Victim Reynolds, Ind., Mar. -1. — (U.R) — 1 The snow-blanketed grave where Arlene Draves was buried' three [ months ago was reopened today for a second autopsy, vital to the de- | sense of Virgil Kirkland, the 20yearold athlete accused ot her murder during a drinking party at Gary. While medical experts sought to remove all doubt of what caused Arlene’s death, Kirkland remained in the Valparaiso Jail, although the exhumation was by court order which adjourned his trial until tomorrow. Charles Draves, the girl's father, who protested the re-examination of tlie body, also absented himself. The Draves family was represented by three Draves brothers. Car (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Regular Meeting Thursday Night The regular meeting of the Kekionga lodge No. 65 Knights ot Pythias will be held Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock. Following the meeting a card party and smoker will be held. All x membcrs of the K of P. are invited.

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INDIAN REVOLT IS ENDED TODAY RT AUTHORITIES English And Indian Officials Agree on Peace Terms AGREEMENT MEANS NEW GOVERNMENT New Delhi. India, Mar. 4 -<U.R) — The civil disobedience movement ended today after almost a year of turmoil, suffering and conflict etnong the 320,000,000 natives of | the Indian sub-continent. The Matatma M. K. Gandhi, a slight, emaciated roan whose power sprang from the adoration of ■ million who call him “The Great ' Saul," and Lord Irwin, whose' authority is derived from the crown, signed a truce ending the initiating against British rule. The agreement was signed at 6 p. m. Previously it had been planned to sign the peace truce shortly after noon but delays in completing final arrangements forced postponment. The truce, under which the: Nationalists led by Gandhi will participate in framing a new fed- ■ eral government for India, mark-! ed the end of an increasingly | serious “passive resistance" move- j ment which had cost hundreds of lives, vast property damage and • millions of dollars of losses to. i business and the government. I ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 C. C. Directors To Meet Tonight An important meeting of the di-! (rectors of the Decatur Chamber of (Commerce will be held at 7:301 i o'clock this evening, A. R. Ash- ! baucher, president of the Chamber' stated. The directors are urged I ! to attend. NINETY-THREE RECEIVE AWARDS — Central School Pupils Are Given Scholarship Awards Ninety-three pupils of the Cen-| i tral school received Scholarship j I Awards at the close of the first, isix weeks of the second semester I 'of school work. Principal P. B. 1 Thomas announced today. Os the I ninety-three pupils, sixty-six received leader awards and twentyjseven, digger awards. Tn order to receive a leader jr- n, a pupil of the school must j have five As and nothing less than i I a B. as a result of the six weeks I I work, and the diggers are those ( | pupils who do not receive a grade lower than a B, but are not able to qualify for a leader award. Following are the names of the [pupils who received scholarship I awards: 3A Leaders Pauline Affolder, Alice Jane Archbold, Jeanette Beery, Martha! E. Butler, Martha E. Calland, I Harriet Fruchte, Mildred Gause, I Helen Gay. Marjorie Johnson. [ Tavulse Kiess, Evelyn Kohls, Mar-j I ceil Letherman, Martha Jane Linn,: Eula Myers, Kathleen Odle, Mary I Jane Schafer, Madeline Spahr, | Richard Brodbeck, William Elston, ISephus Jackson, Calvin Magley. 8A Diggers James Beavers. Don Gage. 8B Leaders Mary Ann Bowman, Naomi Ladd, Eileen Wells. 8B Diggers Virginia Brokaw. 7A Leaders Madeline Crider. Thelma Gage, Agnes Nelson, Corolene TwwriiCONTINU’O ON PAGE SEVEN’ o_ Many Enrolling In Chamber of Commerce The campaign for renewal of memberships in the Decatur Chamber of Commerce is progressing fine Leo Kirsch, chairman of the committee stated today. About a half dozen soliciting teams were busy today call ng on merchants and manufactur -rs and practically [everyone seen willingly joined the [organization. It is hoped that at least 200 persons affiliate with the Chamber of Commerce this year. I

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Muncie Doctors Would Prescribe Whisky Muncie, [nd., Mar. 4 (UP) —Mos' Muncie physicians would violate the [Wright “bone dry" law of Indiana if it was considered the preacrip■tion of whiskey would aid patients, a survey revealed. The question put to the doctors was “It is against the state law tor an Indiana physician to prescribe whiskey for a patient. If you were treating a patient and the use of whisky was indicated as beneficial and you knew where to obtain pure whiskey, would you feel justified in using it in spite of the law. and would you use It?" The questionnaire was placed be fore 42 physicians. Os the number. 23 answered they would use whis-l ky. 12 would not and seven did not [ reply. o GOVERNOR SIGNS NINE MEASURES Lake County Salary Bill Is Included In List of Bills Indianapolis. Mar. 4 —<U.R> —-Nine . new laws were on the state statute ; 1 liooks today as a result of executive approval given legislative bills by Governor Harry G. Lesi lie last night. Te measures signed were: 1. An enabling act under which I the state board of agriculture may erect a $250,000 grandstand at the [state fair grounds. | 2. A measure providing steril- ' ization of idiots and feeble-minded ' persons committed to institutions, [upon court order. 3. An amendment to permit I election of the three alumni true- [ tees of Indiana University upon ! receipt of a plurality instead of a majority, in cases where there are i more than two candidates; and [allowing graduate doctors, law- ! yers and dentists to vote for trustees. 4. The Krueger Inll making the I Zinnia the state flower and the 'Tulip tree the state tree. 5. A measure authorizing insurance. trust, and bond and sure>ty companies to invest in the [ bonds of federal land banks. 6. A la w permitting South Bend [to retain its present school board election system, despite increased population. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Fort Wayne Teacher Addresses Lions Club — Professor Rex Potter, head of the [history department Fort Wayne [Central High school addressed the members of the Lions Club at their regular meeting in the Christian Church basement Tuesday evening. Professor Potter took as a subject "The Framers of the Constitution". [ Lewis Armstrong had charge of the | [ program. —,_ o SIXTY VETERANS FILE FOR LOANS Applications Are Filed Here For Veterans’ Bonus Payments _— More than sixty World'War vet[erans have filed applications in De- [ catur for loans on bonus certifiI cates, according to an announcement made today by Leo Ehinger and Raymond Kohne, who are filling out application blanks here. The majority of applicants have been Decatur and Adams county residents, but a few have applied here who live in Allen county and in the state of Ohio. The first check in payment of the bonus has been received by a Decatur veteran. Membership Drive The Adams post of the American Legion will make added efforts to gain new members next week, March 9 to 16, when the entire state will hold its roundup week. The Adams County post is the only one in the state that has exceeded its highest previous membership. Two hundred fifty-four veterans have joined the Adams post, whose quo'a for this year was only one ' hundred seventy-three. In connection with the state roundup, a proclamation has been | issued by Governor Harry G. Leslie purging all citizens throughout the . state to aid in every way possible I the American Legion in its cam'paign next week.

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SENATE, HOUSE FINISH SESSION ATTWELVENOON Adjournment Tod a y Marks End of Extremely Stormy Session PRESIDENT HOOVER SIGNS MANY BILLS Washington. Mar. 4. <U.P>—The [seventy-first congress is dead. The | clocks in the house and senate regI istered the hour of noon, and two veteran gavels smartly sounded I taps. Over in the President’s office, occupied one day out of every 365, : Mr. Hoover paused, pen in mid air, land leaned back in his official I chair. Page boys stopped in their [ tracks. The senate adjourned promptly at noon. The house, following its usual custom, set back its clocks to permit members to completo [their final speeches. For the last three hours of the ! senate session Senator Thomas, . Dem.. Okla., ruled in effect as dictator. He had the floor when the senate recessed early this morning, and at 9 a. m.. resumed his filibuster in behalf of oil legislation, refusing to yield for anything but action on a house iesolution appropriating $5,000,000 to begin veterans' hospital construction. This was pursuant to final passag • of the $20,000,000 hospitalization bill this morning. After what had appeared to be a hopeless conference deadlock. The house disposed of all importi ant legislation and then gave itsi self over to the usual fraternal ’ speechmaking and song singing atl tendant on adjournment. Th > ■ house dies, and each two years a wake is held by the departin'; members. ’ The august senate, being a con- ’ tinuing body, indulged in no such festivities. It continued solemn and protentous to the end. Frockcoated members paced the aisles or lolled in their chairs awaiting release. Senator Thomas drone I on and on, quoting statistics, urging more drought relief, waving Caraway's dirty overalls. The President at his marble-top-ped table signed bills right up to the end. Thus ended a congress which has wrangled and bickered through two long years, but has in the end passed upon virtually aM iniporlant legislation brought before it dire bodings of an extraordinary session were silenced a few weeks the end. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o — Relative of Local Woman Dies Suddenly Mrs. Lena Baumgartner, 45, wife of Peterson Baumgartner of Bluffton and sister-in-law of Mrs. Hattie [Thornton of this city, died suddenly [at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at her home on East Townley street. H Bluffton, of a heart attack. A daughter, Genevieve, 7. discovered her mother in a small hall way I room seriously ill, called to some men working nearby. Shi' was dying when they reached the house. Coroner William Toma of Bluffton was called to investigate, and indicate l '. ■ that the verdict would be death due to a heart attack. HOSPITAL BILL PASSES TODAY [ Construction of Veterans Hospitals Assured By Congress 1 Washington, March 4 —(UP) ’ Congressional action on the vetei- • ans hospital construction bill was 3 completed today when the house agreed to accept the senate lump ' sum appropriation of $20,877,000 for ' additional hospital facilities to bo ■ all located by the director of th-’ 3 veterans bureau. 3 The measure, the last major piece 3 of legislation in doubt in the closing hours of congress, was then 3 ready for President Hoover's sig--1 nature. 3 The deadlock of several days over 3 the measure was broken when house 3 conferees yielded today in their in(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)