Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1931 — Page 1

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Purdue Specialist To (Jive Demonstration P. T. Brown, animal husbandry specialist of Purdue University, will conduct a multiple hitch demonstrait ion Wednesday afternoon at the Ed Nenhoitser farm in French township. three miles north and two and a half miles west of Berne. Mr. Brown will demonstrate how four, five and six head of horses can be hitched tandem and driven with a single pair of reins. — LEWIS HESSERT TO BE SPEAKER I Well Known Lecturer Will Address High School Graduates Dr. la'wis C. Hessert. of Plymouth, Wise., well known lecturer. will deliver the addressee at the commencement exercises of the seven county high schools, (Tifton E. Striker, couunty superintendent stated today. The commencement exercises will take place during the week of April 20 and April 27 and'will be held at the various high schools throughout the county. The first will be at Monroe high school on Monday, April 20, and on Tuesday, April 21. exercises will be held at Geneva high school. . Kirkland high school commence ] ment will take pla<ie on Wednes-1 day. April 22: Jefferson high school | on Thursday. April 23; Monmouth . High School April 24; Hartford | township high school on Friday, April 25; and Pleasant Mills high ] school on Monday. April 27. Dr. Hessert will deliver the | commencement addresses, and ill- ' nlomas will be awarded by Mr. Striker. o GIRL DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Elnora Werst, 13, Succumbs To Pneumonia At 10:45 A. M. Miss Elnora Werst. 13 year old' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Werst of Schirmeyer street, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Monday morning at 10:45; o’clock. Death was due to pneumonia. The deceased became ill a week ago. and Saturday her condition was so critical that she was removed to the local hospital. Miss Werst was born May 7.1 1917. She was an eighth grade I pupil in the Central school. Surviving Insides the parents are five sisters, Ann, Luella. Lulu. Maxine, and Betty Jean, all at home, and three brothers. .Toby Werst of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Ollie Werst ot Pontiac, Michigan; and George Werst at home. One , brother preceded his sister in death. Besides the surviving parents are the grandparents, Mr. i and Mrs. Lincoln Bodie. Funeral arrangements have not teen completed. oColumbia City Men Go To Minneapolis Columbia City, Ind.. Mar. 16. — (UP) Sheriff S. O. Strickler accom panted by Ixm Hyre and Claud Souder, left for Minneapolis today to view Philip Share, held as a suspect in the Columbia City State Bank robbery. April 18, 1929. A woman was killed by a bandit's bullet during the robbery. Democrat Member of • Congress Dies Today Washington, Mar. 16.— KU.R) —Rep. James Benjamin Aswell, Dem., La., member of the house agriculture committee, died at 2:15 a. m. today of heart disease at his apartment here. — —o .< Dr. Gregory Speaks At Monroe Tuesday Dr. C. T. Gregory, plant pathologist of Purdue University, will speak at Monroe Tuesday evening. Mr. Gregory will discuss the rag doll method of testing seed corn and ho wto eliminate corn root rot, a disease which destroys thousands ' of dollars worth of Adams county corn annually .Several rag dolls for the testing purpose will be explain- .' ed by G. R. Bierly at the meeting. 1

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President to Dedicate Harding 1 Tomb ... . ... u 11111111? The Memorial raised over lhe tomb of the late President and Mns. Harding, at Marion, Ohio, will lie dedicated bfy President Hoover during the week of June 14. Former President Calvin Coolidge is also j understood to have been invited to participate at the dedication ceremonies.

KIRKLANDMAN IS CHAIRMAN I R. J. Mann Is Chairman of Adams County Discussion League R. J. Mann ot Kirkland high i school, R. R. No. i, Decatur, has I been appointed chairman in charge] lof the state high school discussion [ 'league contest for Adams county.] Mrs. Adele K. Bittner of the Ind-1 ‘liana university extension division (today announced the names of counity (hairmen for the 54 different] counties of the state which are eu j iered in the discussion league con- ] test this year. The focal meets for the contest [ ■ were held in the various communi- j ! ties last week-end. The local win- j [tiers will be entered in the county | i meets w hich are scheduled for Fri-1 I day, March 20. The district meet;- I I in which the county contest winners ] I will participate will be held Apt il [ 110. One winner from each of the 13] congressional districts then will be; entered in the state meet to be held ' at Indiana university April 24. Mrs.; ' Bittner explained. At this time the [ champion high school orator of In-1 (diana wMI l>e»chosen and will be j 'awarded a gold medal. A silver me-, (lai and a btor.ze medal will be a-i warded to the winners of second and [ ; third places. j The subject for discussion this | [year is “The Chain Store.” Appro- : ximately 1300 Indiana high school I students were entered in the local 'meets of the state contest, according o Mrs. Bittner. — o JOHN 0. KRANER DIES SATURDAY Washington Township! Farmer Passes Away At 4:30 P. M. Geneva March 16 — (Special) — John O. Kraner, 81, Wabash Township farmer died at his home four and one half miles south east of Geneva, Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o’clock of complications. Mr. Kraner was born 'in Ohio October 28, 1849, the son of Michael and Catherine Minhart Kraner His wife preceded him in death in 1908. The deceased had been engaged in farming for a number of years, and was a member of the Macklin Methodist Episcopal Church of east of Geneva. Surviving are three daughters and four sons: Mrs. Cora Millegan of West Point, New York; Mrs. Hope Franks and Mrs. Nora Armatrout of near Geneva; Warren, John and Austin Kraner of Geneva; and Orlan Kraner of Minot, North Dakota. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Macklin Church, and burial will be made in the Daugherty Cemetery. Wil! Give Decision In Opliger Hearing Henry B. Heller, special judge in [ the haearing of the L. E_. Opliger trial, stated today that lie would enter decision in the case in the next few days. The verdict will be rendered when both parties in the 'case can appear in court. Mr Heller stated.

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Western Union Will Make Reservations ■ Announcement was made today i by Newcomb Carlton, president of | the Western Union Telegraph company, that the Western Union offices in 16 principle cities would I make reservations for and furnish ' information relative to air travel i service in the country. Reservations for seats in passenger planes can be made at the Western Union offices in the cities dseignated by ' the company. These cities include ; New York. Baltimore, Washington I suid 13 other cities. Information . relative to air travel is available at Western Union offices. o INQUIRY INTO ! KILLING STARTS Mail Driver And Deputy Sheriff Are Killed In Gun Battle — Wl'mington, N.C., Mar. 16—(U.R) [ —An inquiry was started today | intn the killing of a United States I mail truck driver and a deputy [ sheriff in a gun battle in which ' each mistook tlie identity of the j other. Leopold Roberts, the driver, had I started his regular trip Saturday night to carry the mail from Goldsboro to Wilmington. He had complained previously to postal authorities of attempts to hold up the truck, and said he would defend the mail at all costs. Deputy Sheriff W. Paul Starling, meanwhile, had learned that there would be an attempt to run a load of liquor into Wilmington in the early morning hours of Sunday,! and stationed himself with a posse at Smith Creek bridge, one mile north of Wilmington. As the mail truck approached, he stepped out into the glare of j the headlights. Roberts started i shooting, and Starling returned I the fire. The other deputies joined in. killing Roberts, but the driver's bullets had already dropped (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ,_ o HOOVER NAMES NEW SECRETARY Theodore Joslin, Boston Newspaper Man, Appointed to Office Washington, Mar. 16 —(U.R) — Theodore Joslin, Washington correspondent of the Boston Transcript. will be appointed secretary to President Hoover, it was an-, nounced at the White House today. Joslin replaces former Secretary George Akerson. who resigned six weeks ago to take an executive post with a motion picture | corporation. ‘ Joslin has been a Washington | correspondent of the Transcript | for a nuumber of years. Joslin probably will take over his new office soon after the President returns from his ten-day trip to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Announcement of the selection was made by Walter Newton, political secretary to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 16, 1931.

PRESIDENT WILL ] VISIT INDIES ! . i Preparations Rushed For Visit To Porto Rico, Virgin Islands Washington. March 16. —(U.R) — Activity at the White House, the I navy department ami aboard the reconditioned battleship Arizona was speeded up today to permit the earliest possible start by President Hoover on his trip to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, announced over the week-end. I The time of departure may bo, made known today. The President proltibly will sail from Nor- I folk Wednesday or Thursday, de- I pending upon how' soon, accommo-[ dations can be made ready. Mit(. Hcbver has decided not I I to make the voyage, and instead i ] will visit her son, Herbert, Jr.. I who is ill in Asheville, N.C. In | ; th r > President's party will be Sec- i l rotary of War Hurley, Secretary ] ] of the Interior .Wilbur and Lawr- j ■ ence Richey, the President's secre- ' tary. Accomodations aboard the bat- 1 I tieship will be limited, the normal-] | ly cramped space I long further; I restricted by tlie fact that as she I i will be on a trial run, a full com- j [ plement of officers and men must ; : lx? carried. Some of the unofficial | members of the party probably I will sleep in hammocks. In making this trip, the Presi-! deni is rejecting numerous invi- I (CONTINUED ON FAG!" THREE! 1 o BEE-KEEPERS HEAR C.O. YOST Chief of A paries Speaks At Meeting Here Saturday Morning C. O. Yost chief of apairies of the state department of conservation, spoke to the Adams County BeeKeepers Saturday on S“Spring Man- ; agement of Bees". The m -eting was J held in the Decatur Chamber of Commerce room. Mr. Yost gave five points essential to good production. These are: modern hives, freedom from dis ease, having a capable young queen accompanied by 15,000 bees, abundant stores and provision for summer protection. Because of mild open weather, Mr. Yost stated that brood rearing started in January and is well under way by this time. This means enormous quantities of food be consumed and in many cases feeding will be necessary before trie spring honey flow started. Mr. Yos* 'also stated that foul brood found and removed now will save much work later in the season. Joseph Beery Funeral Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Joseph E. Beery, Kirkland township farmer who died at his home Friday afternoon, were held at. two o’clock this; afternoon at the Antioch church with Rev. Harry Thompson in charge, assisted by Rev. C. R. Lanman, pastor of the Christian church. I Burial was in the Beery Cemetery,l four miles west of Decatur.

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FEAR FURTHER OUTBREAKS IN JOLIET PRISON Riot Leaders Are Put In Solitary Confinement By Warden i START INSPECTION OF PENITENTIARY Joliet, 111., March 16 —(U.R) —i ! Frustration of an esca'pe plot at •the new Stuteville penitentiary was reported today by prison offfcials with the announced discovery of six saws in one cell block and the interception of a code message arranging the break. The report was made by Depu|ty Warden Frank Kness, head of the Statevfllp prison as a com- ■ inittee of legislators Investigated I conditions at the old prison after ‘the riot Satuurday in which two I convicts were killed while 1,200 I others wrecked the mess hold and | furniture factory. i Joliet, 111.. Mar. 16. — dJ.R) —An lair of terrible expectency, laden I with submerged emotions of fear, anger and rebellion, hung today | over the state prison where one cor. 1 vict was killed and several wounded Saturday in a. riotous outbreak ! The 43 men wlm led the rioting were in solitary confinement. The 1.100 convicts who followed their i lead and aided in wrecking the I mess hall and furniture shops were ; kept in* their cells. Six hundred prisoners who did not join the riot suffered curtailment of privileges. "There will be no recurrence of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o FORMER DECATUR ! WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. J. R. Schafer, 82, Dies at Home of Daughter In Texas Mrs. J. R. Schafer. 82, former De-1 Icatur woman, died at the home of] I her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Brittson i at Dallas, Texas. Saturday even-1 ing, according to word received by 'relatives here today. Death followed an illness of over a year. Mrs. Schafer formerly lived here j where she was well known, her hitsI band. J. R. Schafer having been associated in the hardware business with his brother Fred Schafer for ‘ many years. Surviving are the husband and one daughter. Mrs. Brittson of Dallas Texas, anil a brother, George Spangler of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at ten o’clock at the Brittson home, and burial will be at Dallas. Texas. Mrs. B. J. Rice, a niece of the deceased. together with her husband returned early this morning form Dallas where they spent the past eight weeks visiting Mrs. Shafer. They left Dallas last week feeling that Mrs. Schafer's condition was slightly improved, and message of her death was waiting at their home early this morning. RUM RUNNERS ARE CAPTURED Coast Guards Frustrate Efforts to Land Cargoes In East New London, Conn., Mar. 16. — (U.R) —One of the boldest rum running attempts on record—an effort to land two cargoes of liquor at Groton, under the very nose of the coast guard—failed, costing the smugglers several hundred thousand dollars. The rum boats, the trawler Notus, old offender, and the speedboat 605-H( sought in the early-morning darkness ot Sunday to land cargoes of 800 and 1.065 sacks of liquor respectively on the conspicuous dock of Hotel Griswold, across New London harbor from the coast guard base. The Notus was ground-' ed and captured, after a chase, in] Fort Pond Bay, at the eastern tip of Long Island. The motorboat 1605-H, so greatly overloaded it was ' unstable, shipped water and sank. ,CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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‘Leslie And Friends Leave For Florida Indianapolis, March 16. — (U.R)>— I Governor Harry G. I>?slie aud a I group of friends left yesterday for .a two-weeks outing in Florida, I where they will be the guests of | Norman A. Perry, president of the Indianapolis baseball club. With the governor were: Henry Marshall. Lafayette publisher; John C. Ruekelshaus, Indianapolis attorney; Harry Boggs. Indianapolis, and Dr. Harry F. Farr. Indianapolis. PLAINTIFF WINS $175 JUDGMENT Everett Poindexter Is Awarded Damages By Jury In Circuit Court Everett Poindexter was awarded judgment of $175 by a jury in tie Adams circuit court Saturday night on his complaint of breach of lease against Miss Samantha Young The case was heard before special judge Frank Gillespie, judge of the Jay circuit court. The case had previously been tried in the court of justice of the peace J. T. Merryman, and a finding for the plaintiff in that court was appealed by the defendant. The plaintiff alleged that he was evicted from the premises of Sa--1 mantha Young and ordered not to 1 return. He stated that he had leasi ed ground from the defendant for ; :arming purposes and that the defendant's action in evicting him constituted a breach of lease. The case opened last Friday in ■ the Adams circuit court. Evidence was concluded Friday and the arguments were heard Saturday afternoon. The jury received the case Jat 3:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon | and deliberated four and a half I hours. o — Indianapolis Man Is Awarded Hero Medal Indianapolis. March 16.—(U.R)i — Clyde Lee. employe of the Western Electric company here, has neen awarded a bronze vail medal, ]the company's highest tribute for 1 courage and self-sacrifice, for savi ing the lives of four children and I an adult during a fire here May 5, 11930. ' Only one other of 60,000 employes received a Vail award this year. Ice-Man Is Sought In South Bend Murder South Bend. Ind., Mar. 16 —(U.P.) —William Layman, 45, an ice-man, was sought by police here for questioning in connection with the murder Saturday’ night of Thomas W. Forciea, alias Jack Knife, 43, during a cigar store card game. An argument between Forciea pnd Layman was said to have preceded the fatal shooting. Sealing Shipper Is Damaged by Explosion St. Johns, Newfoundland, March 16 —(U.R) — The sealing shipper, Viking, vtes torn apart by an explosion Saturday night off Horse Inland, on tlie northeastern coast of Newfoundland, advises received here said today. Capt. Abraham Kean, Jr., and i approximately 140 men, including ! Varick Frissell, New York explorer, were aboard. Many of the | crew were killed bythe explosion.! [Geneva Seniors Will Present Class Play The Senior class ot the Geneva High School will present a three act comedy, “A Family Disturbance".' ,in the -school auditorium, Wednesday and Thursday nights, March 18 and 19, at 7:30 o'clock. Harold Schroeder Sentenced Today Indianapolis, March 16.— (U.R) — Sentence of two-to-21 years in the Indiana state prison was pronounced today in Marion criminal court on Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile, Ala., garageman, convicted on a charge of voluntary manslaughter I in connection with the high school road auto pyre mystery of nine months ago. Judge Frank P. Baker sentenced Schroeder on a jury verdict returned last Thursday night, after a trial which had been in progress for 17 days.

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SIX ARE SHOT, FIVE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Gun Battles And Collisions Take Heavy Toll In State SHERIFF IS KILLED SERVING WARRANT (By Ignited Press) “ Six persons were dead as a result of shootings and. gun battles | in Indiana over the week-end, and five were killed in auto accidents. Sheriff Ray Fisher, of White county, attempting to serve a warrant charging implication in the robbery of the Baitleground State Bank, February 6. upon Scott Talbutt, 43. of near Monticello, was shot and killed by the suspect. Talbutt then killed his brother, WilI liam, 34, and committed suicide. In an altercation in a roadhouse near Lincoln City, Russell Poth, 22, was wounded fatally, allegedly by Noah Spurlock, 52. Two men were shot to death at South Bend. One was Thomas W. Forciea, 43, alias Jack Knife, killed by William Lyman, 45, after an argument during a card game. Barney Haska, 23, wanted for dealing in stolen goods, was killed by detectives during a chase. Two persons were killed in an auto-interurban crash at Michigan City. They were Frank Fitzpatrick, 24. and Earl Wilkins, 28, both of Michigan City. Collision of two autos at Muncio caused the death of Clarence W. Walker, 23, Muncie. Robert J. Boelling, 27, was killed near Vincennes when his stalled auto was struck by a train. Chloe Scamahorn, 45, Logansi port, was killed when struck by an auto near Richland. Monticello, Ind., Mar. 16. —(U.R) —A life-long friendship between Sheriff Ray Fisher. 40, of White county and Scott Taibutt, farmer, ended tragically Sunday when Talbutt killed Fisher, wounded a deputy, killed his own brother, then committed suicide rather than be arrested for bank robbery. Talbutt, 43, fired upon Fisher without warning when the sheriff and hie deputy. Barney Ireland, went to the Talbutt farm to serve a warrant issued in Tippecanoe county against Talbutt and his brother, William, 34. The warrant charged that the brothers participated on Feb. 6 in holding uj) the Battle Ground bank and stealing $1,400. Sheriff Fisher had delayed arresting the Talhfutts for several days, insisting to officers of the neighboring county he believed them innocent. Scott Talbutt and he had been friends for years and Talbutt supported him when Fish er ran for sheriff. Officials of the Battle Ground bank visited the Talbutt farm on (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Sunday School Board Meeting Friday Night The Evangelical Sunday School Board will hold a meeting in the church, Friday night at 7:30 o’clock The teachers and officers of all departments in the Sunday School are urged to be present at this meet | ing. as business of importance will be brought before the meeting. [SENTENCE GARY YOUTH TUESDAY Judge Postpones Sentencing Virgil Kirkland Until Tomorrow Valparaiso, Ind., Mar. 16. (U.R) — Sentencing of Virgil Kirkland, 20- | year-old Gary high school athlete who was convicted on a charge of murdering Arlene Draves, wa.i postponed until Tuesday, Judge Grant Crumpacker, announced today. Trial of George Morris, Gary negro, on a murder charge, necessitated the postponement. Prosecutor John Underwood refused to comment today on his alI leged offer to drop all other charges against Kirkland's four companions, on the agreement they would plead guilty to charges of attack- / ing Miss Draves. Date for their/ * trial has not been set. —-