Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1931 — Page 1

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Blossom Choice ip '■ ■ s \ MM- i—IMIiiM. . Miss Agnes Marie Kibler. 18-year-old Colonia. Mich., girl, will be one of the five entrants in the contest in Benton Harbor, Mich., April 1, when the crown is awarded the girl who will be queen of the ninth annual Michigan Blossom Festival. She is entered as 'Miss Coloma." GUARDS PATROL ALABAMA JAIL Seek To Prevent Lynching of Nine Negro Suspects Scottsboro. Ala.. March 26—(UP) - National guardsmen patrolled the 'vicinity of Jackson countv jail here I today to prevent the threatened lyi’Iching of nine negroes held on] charges of assaulting two whit’*’ i girls late Wednesday. , A mob of 500 men, many of whom . were armed, gathered at the jail last night and for a time caused authorities to fear a multiple lynching. . Lack of a leader, according to offi- , cials. resulted in dispersal of the ' crowd shortly before midnight. The alleged attack occurred in a box car attached to a moving freight train after a group of 12 negroes threw six or seven white men off (CONTINUED QN PAGE SIX) MRS. NOHRWOLD PASSES AWAY Aged Resident Near Tocsin Dies at 4:30 o’clock This Morning i , Mrs. Sophia Wichman Nohrwold. ■ 83, died this morning at 4.:30 o’- - clock at her home 2 miles north and one fourth mile west of Tocsin. Death was due to complications and old age: Mt*. Nohrwold was born in Germany, April 22, 1848. the daughter I of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wichman, de- | cease<l. On June 23, 1870 she was united in marriage to Conrad Nohrwold, who preceded her in death in 1915. Four children were born to * this union, two daughters having died in infancy, and one son, Charles, who died two years ago. The daughter, Mrs. Lena Werling of northeast of Tocsin, survives. I Surviving besides the daughter are two sisters. Mrs. Louise Schroc--1 der and Mrs. William Westhoff of Fort Wayne; one brother, Karl Wichman of Hoagland; twelve ’ grandchildren and one great grand--1 child. 1 The deceased had lived on the homestead near Tocsin, where death ■ occurred, since her marriage. He.' ’ daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anna Nohr- ' wold lived with her. I Mrs. Nohrwold was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church. ’ Funeral service will be held Sunday ! afternoon at 2 o’clock (Standard | 1 time) at the home and at 2:30 o’-j clock in the Bethlehem Lutheran j ■ Church. Rev. Karl Strassourg, pasi tor of the church will officiate, and > burial will be made in the church | cemetery.

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CONFIRMATION SERVICES TO BE HELD SUNDAY Eight A dams County i Churches Will Hold Services Sunday 68 CHILDREN ARE TO BE CONFIRMED t’onfirmation services will be I | held in eight churches in Adams j county on Palm Sunday, March ; 29. and sixty-eight children will i be conflrmtxl. Impressive services, held in the various churches during the morning worship period, will be conducted by the ministers of each 1 church. ' Following is a list of the confirmands: Zion Reformed Church Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor The members of the Confirmation class of the Zion Reformed Church of Decatur, who were examined in the fundamentals of the Christian religion in the presence of the congregation at last Sunday’s service, will be received into thejfellowship and membership of the church next Sunday morning through the rite pf Confirmation. Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann will direct his message to the class on the subject, "Builders of Life Divine.” The members of the< class will sing a life-dedicatory hymn, entitled, "O Master-Work-man of the Race.” The church choir will render an appropriate selection in honor of the class, “In the Foot Prints of the Master.” The names of the members of ■ the confirmation class this year I are; Harriet Fruchte, Eileen : Jackson, Ixjuise Kiess, Vera Roth. I Blanche Stevens. Richard Brod- | beck, John Espich, • Howard Fox, 1 I and Harry Musser. Zion Lutheran Church, Decatur Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor John Hoffman and Hulda Quandt Magley Reformed Church Rev. David Grether, pastor (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Q REV. FERNTHEIL TD BE SPEAKER Presbyterian Pastor Will Deliver Memorial Day Address # Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city and state chaplain of the American Legion has been selected as the speaker to deliver the address at the annual Memorial Day exercises' to be held in Decatur, May 30. A committee was appointed by Commander Ehinger to arrange details for the Memorial Day exercises and a chairman of the day will be named. The annual memorial services of Adams Post of the American Legion in memory of deceased members, held on the Sunday before Decoration day, will be held this year at the Methodist church. The Rev. B. H. Franklin will deliver the add- , ress at the service. Legion Activities At the meeting of Adams post several subjects of interest were brought up for discussion. Among these were the damming of the St. Mary's river south of Decatur so that a basin of water would be formed east of the present river bank and made into an artificial lake. Many ideas were presented and a committee will be appointed to investigate the possibilities of such a venture.. The taking over of Green waters north of Decatur on the property owned by Yost Brothers was also discussed at the meeting. The suggestion was made that the old quarry be turned into a public swimming pool. The quarry is fed by springs and is a delightful place for experienced swimmers. The Legion turned down the proposition, due to the financial expenditure required in the undertaking. —, o State Fire Marshal To Approve Stations Indianapolis, March 26 —(UP) — Plans and specifications for storage and filling stations must have the 'approval of State Fire Marshal Alifred E. Hogston, according to order issued today. Previously only storage stations of 4,000 gallons capacity or more had to have state approval.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 26, 1931.

Local People Attend Meeting At Warsaw Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Doan and S. E. Black attended the convention of the North Eastern Indiana Funeral directors, which was held in i the Masonic Temple In Warsaw, Wednesday night. A banquet was served to the one j hundred and fifty funeral directors | who attended the convention, followed by the business meeting and' 'entertainment. One of the features' of the evening's program was an impersonator who presented a splendid entertainment. o L. A. HOLTHOUSE NAMED MANAGER Decatur Ma n Assumes Management of Conter Ice Cream Co. L. A. Holthouse today assumed the management of the Conter Ice Cream Company. Inc., of this city I and is now in charge of the manufacturing business of this well know concern. Details relative to the Incorpora tion of the company were completed this week and Mr. Holthouse was elected secretary treasurer of the company. ' Olher members of the firm are H. L. Conter. Gary, president; L. F. Conter. vice-president. The capital stock of the company has been fix- < ed at no.OUO. The company manti-1 factures ice cream exclusively, the bottling works formerly owned by the Conter Company being sold recently. L. F. Conter will move to Gary j this year. His father is treasurer-el- j ect of Lake county and Mr. Conter) will be a deputy in this important j office. Mr. Holthouse is well known bust )ne«s man of Decatur. For several yearh he was connected with the Holland St. Louis Sugar company, being in charge of an extensive beet "growing territory. o — Cloverleaf Creamery Holds Monthly Meet Approximately 75 representatives I of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Incheld their monthly get-together meeting at the company's offices in this city last evening. All departments of the company I were represented and- talks were given by heads of the different departments, followed by open dis--1 missions on the problems confronting the creamery business. Representatives from. Huntington, Marion, Warsaw, Rochester, , Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Willshire were in attendance. C. J. Klepper acted as chairman of the meeting. SMITH FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Frank L. Smith, Brother of Monroe Woman, Buried Today Funeral services were held this morning at 8:30 o'clock for Frank L. Smith, 60. brother of Mrs. Daisy Hendricks of Monroe, who died at • his home at Bronson, Michigan, : Monday. Services were held at tne . home in Bronson, and the body was ■ then brought to Allen county where ■ burial took place in the Bowers : Cemetery, six and a half miles east , of Fort Wayne, this afternoon. Mr. Smith lived in Fort Wayne until three weeks ago. He was a . Spanish-American War veteran. Surviving are the wife, Elsie; two : sons. Kenneth, at home, and Curnev F. who is a soldier stationed at i Fort Robinson in Nebraska; five daughters, Mrs. Verli£ Holswor.h, Mrs. Ruth Robinson, Mrs. Agnes ■ Grant and Mrs. Genevieve Vaughn all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Helen • Bowers of Kalamazoo, Michigan; i two sisters, Mrs. Julius Yoos of i Markle, and Mrs. Daisy Hendricks ■ of Monroe, and a brother, Otto Smith. • o Marriage A Business Proposition In 1813 Boonville, Ind., March 26—-(UP) i —Marriages were business proposi- > tions in 1813 records discovered • here by County Clerk Henry ShafB&au. Fountain Griffin in applying for a • marriage license to wed Polly Bugg • Sept. 20, 1813, posted SSOO to assure the clerk he would carry out the

SCHOOL PUPILS | PRESENT PLAY — North Ward Students To (Jive Musical Play Fridav Night "Under the Sea", a mu u ical play i will be presented by the pupils of North Ward school, Friday night at the Decatur high school auditorium. ; The production will begin at 7:30) o'clock so that high school students may attend the high school party j ’after the play. The scene is laid at the bottom of. 'the sea and is a clever .story emj bodying mermaids, merboys. oysters Water lilies, sea shells, life savors I Mamma dolls, mumps and horrid ) h olds and the Wave. Much disturI bance is caused the little mermaids) I ami merboys when a human child tails into the sea when a boat tips lover. The teachers of the North Ward .school are directing the play ami) i designing the costumes which will ibe appropriate to thu various parts' the children p’lay. The story is a delightful one that promises to please adults as well as children, and rehearsals indicate 1 this will be one of the best North Ward plays ever given. Tickets for the play may be secured from any pupil of North Ward or at the door for ten cents for all children under twelve years of age. I and for twenty-five cents for children above twelve years of age and I adults. Following is the cast of charac-1 iters: |Sea Queen-Barbara Jane Burk (School Master Porpoise — Robert Gentis. (Peter— Billy Joe Spahr. 'lClover —Anna Jane Tyndall. Mermaids: Kathryn Franklin,' - Betty Smith, Betty Jean Fuhrman. | Florence McConnell. lona Schnepp. 'Helen Hafkless. Bernace Smith. ‘ Violet Girod. Doris Hitchcock. Paul- ■ ine Tumbleson. Merboys: Robert Hunter, Robert Beery, Richard Frauhiger. Darrel) ( Spahr, Richard Hammond. Richard i Malony, Lawrence Rash, Richard , Drake, Eugene Ritclivock, Ermel i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) d . o___ 0 ___ ... MURDERER SET FREE BY JURY ; ' Jurors Convict Man But Order 5-Year Sentence Suspended Beaumont, Tex., Mar. 26. — <U.R) i —Although found guilty of murdering the man he held responsible for his daughter’s suicide, A. B. j Johnson. 40, was free today to go[ back to his work as an oil refinery foreman. f A jury found Johnson guilty last] night of murdering Otis Lee Adams, a young Sunday school teach-1 I er, and sentenced him to five years I imprisonment, but directed that the •: sentence be suspended. The verdict, reached after one hour’s deliberation, concluded one of the shortest major murder trials in Texas history. Testimony and ’ arguments were completed in a - single day. Johnson testified that he shot and t killed Adams, who was married, . because the young man had been ' intimate with Johnson's daughter, ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I L_ Hospital Inspector Here Wednesday 1 Miss Rachel Hill, State 'Hospital , Inspector, of the Board of Stata r Charities in Indianapolis, was in Det catur Wednesday, and inspected the , Adams County Memorial Hospital Miss Hill presented a fine report j to Miss Emily Crist, superintendent , of the local hospital, and stated that j the hospital met with all the re- . quirements of the Hospital Inspeej tion. , o > Trustee To Be Named Friday Afternoon A trustee for the Salem Cemetery | Association will be elected at. a meeting to be held in the First j Evangelical church on Winchester . street, Friday. March 27, at 2 I o'clock, Rev. M. W. Sunderman, . pastor of the church, announced today. Only one trustee will be i elected, and all those people inter- ; ested in the Old Salem church cem--3 etery are asked to attend the meet-i ? ing. I

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REPEAL OF DRY LAW RESTS WITH. GOV. EMMERSON I Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Repealing State Law SPECTATOR DROPS DEAD IN GALLERY ( .Springfield. 111., Mar. 26.-OJ.RX-4 The question of whether Illinois I ; shall repeal its prohibition law and ] i join six other states in leaving dry j I enforcement entirely to the Feder-11 al government rested solely today ; I with Gov. Louis L. Emmerson. | After a. day of bitter debate dur-1 I ing which a spectator became so : I I excited he fell dead, the state sen- [ I j ate last night voted, 26 to 24, toil . repeal the state prohibition law I I and the search and seizure act j I which were enacted in 1919 and ; I ! 1921 respectively. The repeal bill, known as the, (O'Grady-McDermott repealer, pre-]] | viously had passed the house of representatives by a 90 to 56 vote. I Twice before within the last six I i years similar bills had been passed by the house but voted down by s , the senate. 1 Gov. Emmerson now has 10 days f in which to sign or veto the bill. >' If be does neither, it will become 1 ■ law without his signature. immediately after the final, and ■ * I deciding, vote was cast by A. H. l‘ i Roberts, negro senator from Chi-' ‘ cago, opponents and exponents of ] ’ the measure began besieging the J governor with pleas that he act ac-l' : cording to their views. I. I During the heated debate over, I ; the measure Emmerson’s tloorlead-, | 'er, Richard J. Barr of Peoria, fought (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) [ z—OJubilee Meeting At Convoy, March 31 ] — A big jubilee meeting of the Red i Men Tribes in District No. 3 of Indiana and District No. 4 of Ohio, | will be held in Convoy. Ohio, March 131. The Chief’s Degree will be given ', |%y the Convoy Team, which is one I; lof lhe best degree teams in the two s states. The Great chiefs of Ohio and In- i (diana wlil attend the meeting, and < I representatives of the Great Council lof the United States will also be j present. A large number of mem-1, Ibers from the local'Red Men's lodge ] are expected to attend the meeting, j Clarence Weber, William Foughty, | and A. N. Hilton will drive to Con- , voy, Tuesday night, and anyone de- ( siring to go is asked to get in touch ( with any one of these men. o j ISAAC SPRUNGER DIES THIS A. M. I Fort Wayne Carpenter Passes Away At Adams County Hospital Isaac Sprunger, 71, Fort Wayne carpenter, died at four o'cock this i morning’at the Adams County Me- I mortal Hospital following an opera- 1 tion he underwent Tuesday. Mr. Sprunger had suffered with heait ' and kidney trouble for a long time and was taken Io the local hospital for treatment two weeks ago. He was born in Berne December 22. 1859. the son of David and Barbara Lehman-Sprunger. In 1895 he moved from Berne to Woodburn and ( later moved to Fort Wayne. He was : a carpenter all of his life. On March 15, 1888 he was united ( in marriage to Dina Moser who survives together with the following children; Elson Sprunger, Mrs. < Mose Klopfenstine, William Schultz of Fort Wayne; Wilbur ( Sprunger of ChicagoFMrs. Roy Sutter of Los Angeles, Cal., and the following brothers and sisters: /CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) — —0 Tocsin Farmer Suffers Broken Leg Wednesday Frank Archbold, farmer residing north of Tocsin, suffered a broken ' left leg, Wednesday afternoon, when ; he was kicked by a horse. Both . bones in the left leg below the knee 1 were broken. i The accident occurred when Mr. • Archbold went to the barn to assist ] ■ in getting a horse up. lie was ■lthrown against the animal, which j I became frightened and kicked him.

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Most Beautiful z id ft I Miss Bettie Bacone of Evanston. 111., who was chosen as the most beautiful co-ed at Northwestern University by a committee of artists from the Chicago Art Institute. Miss Bacone is a brunette With blue eyes. She Is 5 feet 3 incheq tall and weighs 105 pounds. "She is petite, a emart dresser, and her manner typifies the alert, confident college girl,” said the judes in describing the beauty | queen. | DECATUR WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Alberta Wertzberjfer, 66, Suffers Stroke of Apoplexy Mrs. Alberta Swayze-Wertzberg-■er, 66, wife of M. J. Wertzberger • and beloved Decatur lady died ] suddenly at her home, 227 South Third street, at seven o'clock Wednesday evening. yeath was caused by a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Wertzberger bad been ailing from time to time, bAit Wednesday she had enjoyed her usual health and had attended a meet- j ing of the Historical Club at the E. S. fchristen country home. She suffered a stroke while she was eating supper at six o'clock, and death followed an hour later. The deceased was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church of this city, and before living here she was a member of thg j Methodist Episcopal church at Fort Wayne. She was also a I member of the Eastern' Star and lihe Historical Club. She was born in Delphi. Ontario, Canada, March 13, 1864. the daughI ter of John A. and Martha Swayze. In July 1916 she came from Canada to Fort Wayne where she resided until her marriage to M. J. Wertzljerger, well known Civil War veteran, on April 25, 1921. Since her marriage she resided in this city where she was well known and loved by everyone. Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Mary (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Lists Contributions To Salvation Army • Major William John Purdue of the Salvation Army, reports the following contributions received to date for the fund: Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. $ 5.00 Wm. Klepper, 5.00 Employees of Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc. 6.55 Employees of General Electric Co. 19.29 Fred Patterson 5.00 Kocher Lum. & Coal Co.. 5.00 Burk Elevator Co. 5.00 Mutschler Packing Co. 5.00 Decatur Lumber Co. 5.00 Lee Hardware Co. 5.00 LaFountaine Handle Co. 5.00 Carl C. Pumphrey 2.50 Bert Mangold 2.00 A. R. Ashbaucher 2.00 H. P. Schmitt 1.00 D. H. Campbell 1.00 N. A. Bixler 1.00 Dore B. Erwin 100 John W. Tyndall 1.00 Albert Scheumann 1.00 : L. E. Somers 100 George M. Krick 100 Total $85.64

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GUNMAN WANTED FOR MURDER IS UNDER ARREST Officers At St. Joseph, Mo., Take Burke By Surprise ALLEGED KILLER OF POLICEMAN St. .loseph, Mo.. Mtir. 26 (U.K) — Fred Burke, culled "the most dangerous gunman alive." was captured today at the home of a relative near Green City. Mo., anti brought to St. Joseph.' Burke, suspect if) the Chicago St. Valentine (lav massacre and wanted on charges of killing a St. Joseph, Mich., po'iceman, was captured without resistance. Burke admitted his identity after I'rief questioning, officers said. For several weeks authorities of northern Missouri had been working on a tip that Burke was hiding in this section of the state. A telephone call received last night by police here conveyed the word that he was at the home of a relative at Green City. A squad of police left St. Joseph immediately for Green City, reachin there shortly before daybreak. They surrounded the house and entered without awakening Burke. They covered him with guns as ihe lay asleep in a bedroom. | Suddenly awakened, Burke reali ized an attempt to escape was I impossible and surrendered without resistance. I Chicago authorities were notl- ] tied after Burke was brought hero, and he asked to place a long distance telephone call to Chicago, which was granted. Police officers here said the identification was positively established. Chicago. Mar. 26 —GJ.R) —Chief of Detectives John W. Norton learned unofficially today that Fred Burke, notorious gunman wanted on charges of killing of a policeI man in St. Joseph. Mich., more ' than a year ago, had been captured in a farm house near Milan. M >. According to Chief Norton's information. Burke was caught after the house in which lie was hiding had lieen watched for three days. Burke was said to have given the name of Richard Franklin White. B. T. Andrews, superintendent of identification at St. Joseph. Mo. was said to have made positive identification of the man caught in Milan as Burke, whom police call “the most dangerous man alive.” Burke was said to have been asleep when policemen entered the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 4-H Corn Club Meets Friday, March 27 The 4-H Corn Club committee of Adams County will meet Friday night, Marell 27, at the home of Ralph Myers in Hartford Township, at which time plans will be made for the coming season. The committee comprises Ralph Myers, William Rupert, and Franklin C. Mazelin. SEVERE STORM LASHES WEST Snow And Sleet Delay Traffic In Rocky Mountain Region Denver, Colo., Mar. 26. —(U.R)t —A severe March blizzard lashed the Rocky Mountain west with snow and sleet today. Cyclonic winds piled up snow drifts and sent temperatures sharply downward. Marooned travelers and livestock suffered. Government weather forecast ers said the end of the blizzard could not be predicted. All traffic was delayed. A foot of snow covered the air field at Las Vegas, N. M. Busses and railroads ran behind I time. Even city traffic in Denver was slow and hazardous over icy streets where visibility was impaired by driving snow. The mercury dipped to zero at Cheyenne. Two soldiers walking (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX»