Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1931 — Page 1

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Inounce list ■graduates in try schools ■ton E. Striker. Counly ■iperintendenl. I ub- ■ lishes List Wl T y.()m: pi tils ■to LFI IHPLOM Ajlt.ni E. Striker. \<l:iiils ! I -Hl"Tiiil' Htleiit W v Hint <J ' ~u" Vvill I- i<r:i<'irilc<l ■ r . c n Wains t oimlx luJi ■ h this sprinn. I l>f'•"I"- ■ ment e\en im'» y i be ■ th" week <>l April -’<• I" ■ r j. vv i. Ilessert <>l ■rM illh. Wise., has accent■ilti' invitation hi be the ■peneenii-nt -I" " k " r aI ~le ■icmas wi" ir ' l "‘ l ,s ! ■ t|; . , a r I,..eevnsbiPi ■tnnlav. April to 14 Brad- ■ - KirUaihl s< lioo! -'ll . Keo.lav. April 22; to 13 grt'da t Jr-ffetsop hbli school on ■ ; e. Apt.l ..!• to 23 gradn- ■ 'lll'l v.i liiuh school on ■dav. April 21; to 11 via biat.-s oil Moislav. April 2"; to a! l’!< ,i ant Mills on ■tar. April 27 atnl to It gradm ■ .- « bool on ■limine of the gradn-ep-tiors froin tbo seven Ad■^County hielt schools: ■ Hartford Township ■r>*!.v Ir-1 . n.,i Florence Mb Bierlv. .t"--i Emerson It ;bv 11!' . Gi-mlenim'. M; i . Florence Az- ■ 'lartin Xo’ir.o i' Moser. Earl ■ir-l Pus. v. t trace La Vin.l ■>v Clara Ma It,"- .'mills. MAry Miro Si ai.ir ShoeMer. Mililo il Slio maker. Han-MG.-rtrn<!i St.ihlv. M.,:. \gnes i;./.. i \V smaller. Thelnm ■iii.. Wilson. Lillian (1. ZimHniat; H| Kirkland Township Mth.-r Inna .-hi..th. J.-an Martloll M'k. Dorothy Mae Isch. Ruth Bn Y.tke, Kola ! • it. ery. Stan 1ITlwiimn. i: Borne, brt Brown, Nyles B. Allr». ('barbs St lila. ii'iihauffen. tion McKean. Milton Edward linger. Virpil bean llensehen, ker E. Fruwhte. Jefferson Township bris Foreman. Herbert R. Mel. Chester I. Adams. Delmas I'" Bo’.l-n'.-. ■ -r. linos A. Wall [Norma Burk. Lucile Tricker, iia Ruth Ray. Vera Anspaugh, traaii L. Baker. John E. Walter iys 8011, aha r , rj c hard in. DXTIX’I’ED Ox PAGE FIVE) ■ - () to Del use Named Committee Member lianapolis. Ind. March 25-(UP) to Deliise, former state pres.ot the Eagles lodge and for ’ a proponent O s the old age ton plan, has been appointed a Iters ot a special committee of W.ed States chamber of con:to study old age pension re Julius H. Barnes, Chairman of ward of directors of the ehamannounced. e committee will investigate report on the methods of pro”e fin ancial security for workfl their advanced years and de- ■ P lails for helping employers [“proposed enjions, it was said. Id FELLOWS GO 111 FORT WAYNE jatur Members Will Attend Meeting Thursday Evening '“f Os the I. o. 0. F. lodges of let yile .' a ' l1 ' l ' le ' oca * lodge will lh I ! >a ' e J n the meeting, will conlird Degree upon candiV each organization. St .fr K « ee W '" lie COl >ferred by clnit 01 llarm ony Lodge, which on the Third Degree ‘ la rge crowd is expected to ation‘f '’feting, and a large dele- ' Panning to go from trie ar organization. Those from J, a -' W.io will go to Fort Wayne hiino * as 6:30 °’ c l°ck Thursday tre ats 8 ' 1 those l’ lann i n S t° ms i.t ked t 0 meet in the !odge 0,3 before that time.

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Co-ed Returns ' iL ■I IKR* < . ■K 1 .lit Miss Ix>!s Pollock, eighteen-year old freshman at Indiana Univer-1 i sity. has returned to her home at ] I Oak Park, Illinois, after disappearI Ing for four days last week. Miss i Pollock had gone to Indianapolis I on a shopping trip. CO-OPERATIVE - BOARD FORMED Dairy And Poultry Sales Agency Is Formed Jn Chicago Chicago. March 25. — (U.R> — The sixth regional co-operative organization to be affiliated with the Federal Farm Board was in exist‘ence today with the formation of the Dairy and Poultry Co-oper-atives, Inc., a central sales agency for the marketing of midwestern farm produce. Formation of the new agency to I market poultry, eggs, butter, and' cheese closed a two-day meeting of members of co-operative marketing organizations of 13 midwestern states, at which a federation of all ’ existing marketing organizations I was effected upon recommendation lot the farm board. Organization plans for the new group included application to the farm board for the loan of funds with which to begin operations. Agency members ■ predicted that many mid-western farmers would join in the first concerted effort to market farm produce. Leroy Melton. Greenville, 111., was elected president, and E. G. Schiefelbush of Osawatomie. Kan., vice president. W. H. Settle, of Indianapolis was made secretary of the organization, which already has opened offices here. Settle and Melton were identified with the or- ■ ganization of the Farmer's National Grain Corporation last year. Other board members elected were C. L. Dewait. Spickard, Mo., and H. Z. Daker, Atwood, Kan. P. L. Betts, a member of the farm board advisory committee on poultry and dairy products, was named general maager of the concern. EVIDENCE IN CASE FINISHED Judge Continues Case Indefinitely to Permit Findings Hearing of evidence was concluded in the Adams Circuit court in ' the case of Imogene Stewart, by Eddie Grimes, next friend, vs. Charles Arbaugh and 56 other de--1 fendants. The case was continued indefinitely by Judge Dore B. Erwin upon petitions by attorneys in the suit to be allowed time to prei pare special findings in the case. The plaintiff asks damages in the sum of 17,500 on a contract resulting from the sale of preferred stock in the Portland Oil and Refining Company. The question under argument is whether the defendants are liable individually or collectively for damages. Congressman David Hogg. Judge John Aiken and Attorney Grant i represent the plaintiff. Attorneys for the defendant are Eichhorn, ' Gordon and Edris of Bluffton; Charles Schwartz of Portland, Silverberg, Bracken and Grey of Muncie; George Whitaker, Portland; McGriff and Bechdolt, Portland.

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POLICE SEEK SLAYER OF YOUNG STUDENT NURSE Elliot “Pinky” Hathaway Sought By Police In Several States MAN WANTED TOLD STORY OF ATTACK Fall River. Mass.. Mar. 25 -<U.R) —Elliot "Pinky" Hathaway. 28. rich and gay. was sought by police ■ >f several states today on a ( harge of killing 20-year-old Verna Russell, blonde student nurse of Truesdale Hospital in a rendezvous ! along a Tiverton. R.I. road. Meantime, his friend. Vernon V. Galvin, to whom "pinky" Hatha-1 way had stammered a story of a holdup and attack by highwaymen. I was held as a material witness. ; Hathaway had told Galvin the lat-1 I ter would never see him again, ' ; and then apparently had driven off in the car in which he had ; kept an engagement with Miss I | Russell, attractive daughter of I well-to-do Rhode Island parents. Hathaway's car was traced to Boston. His story, as reipeated by 1 Galvin, was doubted by authorities who swore out a murder warrant late last night at Newport. R.I. Disturbed and nervous. Hathaway—known among the gayer set of the mill city as a lively young man interested in a good time 1 and moderately in politics — had 1 told Galvin of a holdup in which ' bandits drove him from the car; and then attacked Verna. Preliminary examination showed 1 three bottles of Fleer at the death ! scene, but did not prove the. ■ attack story beyond revealing tall-!’ tale marks indicating strangula- ' tion and blows. Further examin-j . ation was proposed today to seel' ■ whether the girl had also been that i victim of a more serious assault. |' < (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i ’! o h ■ Evansville Infant Suffers Fatal Burns i I Evansville. Ind.. Mar. 25. —(U.R>— 1 Fatal burns were suffered by the 1 i 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. I Alva Money yesterday when the ' piano player roll with which chil-j ‘ dren were playing, ignited. Mrs.] 1 Money suffered severe burns. The! • family lives in a tent. o JUDGE TO GIVE RULING MONDAY ! 1 Motion by V irgil Kirkland For New Trial Under i Advisement i l Valparaiso. Ind., Mar. 25. —<U.Rk — 1 • The effer of virgn Kirkland to ■ ■ gamble again for big stakes —his 1 1 life or complete freedom — rather ! than accept the intermediate one ' I of life imprisonment, was underi' consideration today by Judge Grartt Crumpacker. The judge late yesterday took' under advisement Kirkland’s plea! for a new trial on charges of kill ] . ing his sweetheart. Arlene Draves, 18, at a drinking party in Gary last j Nov. 30. He indicated he would i give a decision next Monday. In asking a second trial, defense ■ attorneys charged there had been 75 errors in the first, which ended with the jury finding Kirkland guilty of murder and fixing his punishment at life imprisonment. Tli principal defense contention i was that the jury found the 20- ' ■ year-old athlete guilty of killing ’ . Miss Draves by striking her with J ■ his fist and that the state had ot- | I sered no evidence to warrant that ( • verdict. ] Prosecutors answered that Kirk- j land had been “lucky" as the jury (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ‘ ‘ o Bank Receiver Makes , Dividend Payments Bluffton, Ind., March 25 —(Special < ' _A third dividend on bond series I 138 was announced todav by Re- t ' ceiver William A. Kunkel, of the I ■ Farmers Deposit Bank Montpelier, i to be payable Saturday, March 2S. 1 , The distribution will be for ten per < cent of $2,500. The series is for $25,- i • 000, the largest of the thirteen. With 1 ■ this payment, a tojal of thirty per cent has been paid by the receiver i on this series. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 25, 1931.

To Attend Meeting w Carl R. Mitchell. - * Indianapolis, ' K. of P. officer, who will attend I the Eighth District meeting of the lodge in Decatur Thursday even- | ing. He is the Grand Keeper of i Record and Seal in Indiana. ; WOMEN’S CLUBS MEET THURSDAY Adams County Federated Clubs To Meet At Library Hall A meeting of the Adams County, Federation of Women's Clubs will I be held in the Library Hall in this city, Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock Mrs. A. M. Decker of Anderson, j |the Eighth District president, will be present, and will be the principal i speaker for the meeting. Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse, the county chairman lof music, will have charge of the short musical program which will , be a feature of the entermtainment for the evening. | The meeting will he in the charge of Mrs. Frank Downs, president of the Adams County organizations, and all club women of Adams County are invited to attend this ispecial meeting, as they will be asIsured of a fine program which will |be of interest to all club women. o — Peculiar Ear of Corn at County Agent’s Office ■ — An ear of squaw corn, having ' nine rows of kernels, has been (brought to the county agent's ofI fice here. The corn was raised on I the farm of Frank Martin. Adams I county commissioner, and is quite |an oddity, as most corn has an leven number of rows. The ear may ! be seen at the county agent's of- ; fice. — o Indiana Druggists Meet April 8, 9 Lafayette. Ind., March 25 — (UP) Indiana druggists will hold their first business conference at Purdue university April 8 and 9, announced J. L. Weinland. head of the Pharmacy extension department of the school. The conference will be callled to discuss business aspects of the 'drug store operator's problems, it | was said. MISSOURI YOUTH ADMITS CHIMES lfi-Year-()ld Boy Confesses to Murders And Holdups Today St. Joseph, Mo.. March 25 —(UP) —Authorities of Western Missouri were astounded today over the confession of a 16-year-old boy that he had killed two men, executed numerous holdups, robbed about 100 homes and stolen several automobiles. Prosecutor Frank C. Kirtley said a first degree murder charge would be made against the boy, Mitchael Burk, whom other authorities referred to as a "one man crime wave.” The boy's father, Edward C. Burke an attorney, questioned him for several hours after he was arrested, but the youth would not add to the short confession which police said he bad made. Police said Michael admitted he killed costable John Brown last Dec ember 29 and John Fisher, a packing company employe, on January 11. Both were slain during holdups. Miss Minnie Wende, Fisher's companion when he was slam, identified the Burke boy as the slayer.

DISTRICT LODGE MEETING HERE K. of P. Lodges of Eighth District to Meet in Decatur The Eighth District meeting of 'the Knights of Pythias lodge will be j held at the Decatur lodge home Thusday night. March 26. There are' thirteen lodges in tills district and, (at least seven of these will have I (delegations present. Edwin R. Thomas, grand prelate' of the Fort Wayne chapter, will be Hie principal speaker, Carl R. Milcell. ot Indianapolis Grand Keeper , of Record and Seal, will give tivroll call of lodges and will also speak. Judge Dore B. Erwin, past grand chancellor, will explain the ritual. The meeting will open promptly | at 7:30 o'clock. The welcoming ad-j dress will lie given by Lee Walters, i I Response to the welcome will be 'given by the Ossian lodge. Musi"! I for the meeting will be in charge; [of W. F. Beery. A smoker will be held following I ithe business meeting. O Another Prospective Wendel Heir Is Found Indianapolis, Mar. 25. —<U.R> —Another of the anticipated legion of prospective claimants to the SIOO.000.000 estate left to charity by ! Ella Wendel. recluse spinster, in New York City, has been found in [ Indianapolis. Mrs. Cora Clark was said by her daughters to be a grand niece of j Miss Wendel's father. It was not known whether Mrs. Clark would participate in actions contemplated by three other Hoosiers, living in Jeffersonville, seekling to obtain a portion of the estate. _o__ Comedy to Be Given By Junior Class “Take My Advice." a three act comedy depicting life in a newspaper office, will be presented by the Junior class of the Decatur high school at the high school auditorium. Thursday and Friday nights, April 9 and 10. The play was written by Eugene Hafer. Miss Verneal Whalen is directing the production and the cast of . characters includes members of the Junior class. , o NEGRO IS SAVED FROM EXECUTION — Last Minute Action Saves Frank Scott From Death In Chair South Bond. Ind., Mar. 25.—(U.R> —Last-minute action in St. Joseph ' Superior court today had saved Frank Scott, negro, from death in ■ the electric chair at Michigan City state prison tomorrow night. Judge Elmer E. Peak, of Superior court, last night ordered the death sentence recalled on the ground that it was void and illegal. Scott was covicted in Superior court here last November on a ' charge of killing Isham Hampton, South Bend negro, who allegedly stole the affections of the detend- . ant's wife. Judge Peak's order sustained the motion for recall sought by R. L. Bailey, Indianapolis, who undertook the case only recently. Bailey pointed out that the death warrant was issued by County Clerk Frank . N. Nevins, January 24, two months , after the trial and two months before Orlo R. Deahl, Superior court Judge at the time sentence was 1 passed, signed the death judgment ' in court records. Bailey produced a photostatic • copy of an ISBS act. providing that (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Preacher Fined For Drunken Driving . Columbus. Ind.. Mar. 25. —(U.R> — I A plea of guilty on charges of drunken and reckless driving, was > entered in court here by the Rev. ■ John J. Flynn, Indtenapolis. He . was fined, given a 30-day suspend- • ed jail sentence, and his driver's . license was revoked for one year. The auto driven by Rev. Flynn - was in collision with another machine on a Columbus street.

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HOOVER VISITS VIRGIN ISLANDS. RES ADDRESS Presidential Parly Pays Brief Visit at St. Thomas Today SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS Washington, Mar. 25. —(ll.R) —, President Hoover today turned homeward from the Carribbean, the battleship Arizona departing from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, at 2:25 p.m., according to advices received by the navy department here. The President will arrive at Hampton Roads, Virginia, at j 7 p. m. Sunday. St. Thomas. Virgin Islands. Mar. 25—(U.R)—President Hoover . (landed from the battleship Arizona today for a brief visit before i starting back to Washington. The presidential party, abbard a i barge, came ashore through a lane [of native boats decorated with ' palms. Natives shouted greetings I to Hoover and chanted ami played on native instruments in his honor. . j Before 'leaving the Arizona, the | presidential party threw coins into I the clear water of the bay and l watched diving boys scramble for' them. Gov. Paul M. Pearson, inaugur- ; ated last week as the first civil governor of the islands, greeted the President aboard the Arizona I ! an<l discussed various petitions i and memorials with him. ( The party disembarked and wit- j nessed an unusual and interesting . 1 native parade in the president's ' honor. Elaborate floats repre-1 ■ sented Uncle Sam and various in- ' dustries of the islands, including l|ay rum. sugar and coaling. Native bands played lively tunes on gourd instruments. May | pole dancers in native costume (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi o Library Circulation Shows Large Increase j Miss Annette Moses, city libra-[ [rian, stated today that the daily i (circulation ot books at the city lii brary has increased considerably j [during the past few weeks. Each j day more than 200 books are given out where a year ago the maximum amount of books distributed on one day was about 125| She said this increase is no doubt due to the unemployment situation giving people more time for read- [ ins, and also to the enlargement j of the local Library. o Lions Entertain Commodore Team The Lions Club entertained the members of the Commodore basketball team with a banquet, Tuesday night,"in the Christian Church base--1 ment. Short talks were made by Bill I 1 Gass. John Hain, G. Gage and Lee [ 1 Dowling, amt the principal address of the evening was delivered by Rev. Father J. J. Hennes. RICHARD STARR FACESLIFETERM Montpelier Man Arrested Under Habitual Criminal Act Hartford City, Mar. 25—(U.R)— Richard Starr of Montpelier, who : was arrested March 6, following' ; a raid on the Starr Junk yard at ■ Montpelier. was charged with grand and petit larceny as an ; habitual criminal in Blackford circuit court today. If found guilty of the crime, Mr. • Starr will be sentenced to life imprisonment. A brother, Elzie Starr, and Calvin Alexander, who were arrested at the same time are being held in jail, awaiting arraignment on ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX A o Missing Indiana Co-ed Returns Home > Indiana Harbor, Ind., Mar. 25. — • (U.R) —Miss Lillian Barnoff, 18, Ins diana University student who left the school by request, returned to i her home here yesterday, after he- • ing the object of a police search for a day.

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Asks New Trial I I * I I J* ft ...'is ? MH A I D. C. Stephenson, former Klan chieftain and storm center of Indi ana politics for years, made his | final plea for freedom in a petition ; for a new trial filed at Nobles- . ville, Ind., Monday. He is serving : a life sentence for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. THREATEN NEW PRISON RIOTS Outbreaks In Three Illinios Prisons Are Feared By Officials Sptingfield. 111.. March 25 —(UP) —Ominous rumbling of threatened [new outbreaks in three Illinois prisons were reported today as a legislative committee continued here its investigation to determine the . causes of recent costly riots at Statesville and Joliet penitentiaries Reports were that several thousand convicts in those two prisons where three were killed and more than $500,000 worth of property destroyed in riots last week, were planning new outbreaks when released from their cells to return to [regular prison routine. There also were reports that an {outbreak was threatened at the i Pontiac reformatory where 2,450 ' Young prisoners are kept. The convicts there ranged in age from 16 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TAMMANY HALL RALLIES FORCES Political Organization Plans Defense Against Inquiry New York. Mar. 25 —(ll.R) -Tam- [ many hall, which lias controlled ' tlie municipal government of New York City almost continuously since the Revolutionary war, rallied its wellorganized forces today to combat enemies which once more threaten its political sway. The coming legislative investigation of New York City, ordered yesterday in the state capital, will surpass in its scope any of the numerous inquiries which have filled the past of the historic wigwam, emliracing, as it does, tlie power to delve into every department of the government —city, county, borough and judicial. Mayor James J. Walker, target for the civic and religious leaders at the head of the anti-Tammany forces, is starting back from his j vacation at Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday night to defend his administration. While waiting for him, Tam(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o County Offices Close For Hoffman Funeral I AU of the offices in the Adams i County Court House will close at i noon Thursday in order that the officers and clerks may attend the funeral services of John G. H. Hoffman, Adams County Commissioner who died at his home in Preble b township. Monday morning. Those ' having any business to transact in any of the offices are requested to take care of it before noon Thurs- - day. t Funeral services will be held at ’ the St. Paul Lutheran church in - Preble township at 1:30 o’clock and i interment will be in the church . cemetery.

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LINGLE DEATH TRAPPICTURED AT TRIAL TODAY State Witness Testifies Against Leo Brothers This Morning OTTO SVOBODA SAYS BROTHERS RAN AWAY Chicago, Mar. 25.—'U.RThe death trap into which Alfred J. Lingle walked last June 9 was described at Leo V. Brothers’ murder trial today by Otto Svoboda, a chef anil herb tonic salesman. Svoboda, one of the state’s chief witnesses, testified he was in front of the Chicago Public Library at the entrance ic the Michigan Boulevard pedestrian | tunnel where Lingle was killed by la gunman who escaped in the crowd. Svoboda said ho saw Brothers loitering near the entrance ot the subway before the murder and saw him run out after Lingle was shot. The witness pointed out Brothers as the man lie saw run from tile entrance of the subway after Lingle was killed. It was the second identification advanced by the state. Svaboda added that he saw two men loitering near the, subway entrance. Later one of them ran from the tunnel, he said, hesitated on gaining the street as if trying to decide which way to go, and then disappear west in Randolph street. "A policeman started running afl ter him." Svoboda said, “but I • didn't see what else happened." Svoboda declared the man who i ran had two peculiar “spots" on • the side of his face. At Assistant t St a t e’s Attorney C. Wayland i Brooks' request, the chef pointed out Brothers. i “That's him over there behind ' that gray-headed man." Svoboda ' declared. “He's the one I saw at ' the entrance waiting and then runI ning away." I All eyes in the packed courtroom I turned toward Brothers. The deIfendant had his chin cupped in his j hands and did not change expression. ’ 1 ? Today's session of court was 'shortened to permit Judge Joseph Sabath to attend the funeral of Hilding Johnson, veterman criminal court newspaper reporter and one of the characters in the play, "The Front Page." Two baskets of roses and Tiger lilies were placed on Judge Sali- ' ath's bench. They were in honor of his 61st birthday. Defense at(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o Church Congregation Asks For Injunction East Chicago. Ind., Mar. 25. —(U.R) —Pistols, rifles, razors and knives are not in keeping with the peace and dignity of Sunday worship, trustees of Mt. Zion Baptist church, a negro congregation, held in asking injunction against their pastor, the Rev. M. L. Johnson, and his followers of the membership. The petition, filed in East Chicago Superior court, asked the court to restrain members of the church from using "weapons" during the services. According to the court petition, it was hoped members could be prevented from bringing such implements to church. o— DANDIT DYING OF BULLET WOUNDS Former Convict Shot By Grocery Store Owner In Holdup Indianapolis, Mar. 25.—(U.R) —A 1 bandit who fled nearly half a mile despite four bullet wounds inflicted by a pursuing grocery store ! owner after a hold-up. was dying in a hospital here today. Two others, one believed to have been wounded, were being sought by police. ' John Sink. 31, former convict, ’ defied police questioning as he lay in city hospital with a portion of his lilraili carried away by one of ' the bullets. Only after his moth--1 er, Mrs. Blanch Sink, was called to 1 his bedside did t lie gunman rela'e (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)