Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1931 — Page 1

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Burke’s Captors i i ' v X... mil liiWsJfl* ■ . ( From left to right are officers E. R. Kelly. A. W. Lltedinga, Capt. John Igtrd and Melvin Swepston who captured Fred Burke at Milan. Mo.

Attend Conference At Fort Wayne Today A large Dumber of Evangelical Young People, of the First and Cal- j vary Churches left this morning for , Fort Wayne. Crescent Ave., Church j where they a:tended an all day ■ ‘Youth Conference, of this district. There were three sessions, 9:30 IA. M. 1:30 P. M. and a Banquet at 5:00 o’cloak. A large crowd of Ev- . angelical Young People was expected to attend this conference. One Killed In Crash Near Crawfordsville — Crawfordsville. Ind., Mar. 28.— (U.RF—■‘Three persons were recover- ' ing in a local hospital today from ‘ an accident near here which took • ’ the life of one man. Charles E. Foxworthy, 45. Mont-; gomery county farmer, was the I victim of tlie crash at Enoch’s: Corners. The injured were Mrs. Martha A. Foxworthy. 42; Eva C. Foxworthy, 14. a daughter, and Madonna Warren, 14. Mrs. Foxworthy’s injuries were serious. SORORITY WILL SPONSOR SALE Psi lota Xi Will Hold Flower Sale For Benefit of Charity The Psi lota Xi Sorority will sponsor an Easter flower sale for the benefit of charity in Decatur and vicinity, on Friday and Satur- | day, April 3 and 4, it was announc'ed today. The sale will be conducted in the Obenauer building on I South Second street north of Elbersou’s Service Station. The flowers will be arranged in a beautiful display where the public can choose the plants or flowers they desire. Orders will also be taken for delivery of flowers on j Easter Sunday. Advance phonei <>rders may be left at any time by' calling a member of the Psi lota Xi Sorority. The flowers to no sold will include Easter lilies, Easter plants, roses, sweet neas, hyacinths, tulips, snapdragons, carnations, and other flowers popular at the Easter season. The flowers will be furnished by the Fisher Greenhouse. Miss Aleta Harlow is chairman of the committee in charge, and she will be assisted by Mrs. Charles Hite, Mrs. Carroll Cole, and Miss Eleanor Pumphrey. O Bar Association Meets This Morning At a meeting of the Adams County Bar Association this mornin?. Judge J. T. Merryman appointed Judge Dore B. Erwin, Judson W. Teeple and Henry B. Heller as a committee to draft a resolution on the death of John M. Smith, former Jay County judge, who died of a heart attack at his home in Portland Friday morning. Funeral services will be held for ; Judge Smith at 2:30 o'clock Sunday i afternoon. A meeting of the bar < will be held at the court house in It Portland at 1 p. m. Sunday. Several Decatur attorneys are expected to i attend the services.

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SCHOOL PUPILS ; I PRESENT PLAY: — Annual North Ward School Play Is Presented Friday Night [i The annual North Ward school ( play “Under the Sea” was present- < ed to a large and appreciative < audience in the Decatur high | school building, Friday night. The play chosen this year was one of the best of the productions enacted by the North Ward pupils., and pleased the large audience es ! children and adults. j ■ Clever costumes, designed hy f : the teachers of the building, added [much to tlie presentation of the J play. A large green net uurtain i< decorated with fish formed a pret-, ty setting on the stage for the de-1 lightful story which took place at | [ the bottom of tlie sea. The audi- [' ence was asked to imagine itself transported to the sea bottom where lived tlie mermaids, merI boys, oysters, water lilies, sea shells, and mamma dolls. A group of ;retty mermaids, 'prettily gowr.yd opened the scene ! with a song, after which they bei come much disturbed when they ] discover a human child which has • fallen into tlie sea from a boat! which lias tipped over. The mermaids call the Sea Queen, the part played by Barbara Jane Burk, who (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) TO INVESTIGATE BANKER'S HEATH President of Defunct Indianapolis Bank Found Dying In Garage I Indianapolis, Mar. 28 —(U.R) - ' A coroner's investigation was expected today to determine whether the deatli of J. Edward Morris, 52, president of the defunct Washington Bank and Trust company, was accidental. Morris was found dying late yesterday hi the garage at his home here, with the engine of his ' auto running. Coroner Fred W. Vehling said after an autopsy, that death was caused by carbon monoxide gas. A formal inquest was to be held. Morris died a day after Herbert E. Wilson, Marion county prosecutor, announced that he wotild open a grand jury investigation of the bank's failure last autumn. Brandt C. Downey, receiver, said recently that affairs of the bank would not permit payments to de- ( positors soon. —o County Offices To , Close Tuesday Noon < The offices of the Recorder. Clerk : Auditor, and Treasurer in the Ad- ! ams County Court house will close i at noon Tuesday, in order that the officers may complete the first quar- 1 terly report Tuesday afternoon. 1 Those having any business in any 1 of these offices are requested to 1 take care of it Tuesday forenoon. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 28. 1931.

SIX ARE KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN WISCONSIN Blast And Fire In Loyal, Wisconsin, Business District THREE BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED Loyal, Wis.. March 28 —(UP) — Sis persons were killed here early today in :yi exposition and fire which destroyed three buildings in the center of the business district. All of the victims lived above stores in the buildings. Other residents were forced to the street in night clothing. The dead are: Mrs. Mathew Beaver, 23; Mrs. Joseph Shobar, 30; Mrs. Frank Christensen; Robert Christensen, 18; Marie Ghristensen, 4; and Jane Christensen, 5. The explosion was believed to have occurred in a drug store. A newspaper office and a general store also were destroyed. Damage was estimated at between 150.000 and $75,000. Four of the victims apparently were killed outright. Mrs. Christensen. mother of Robert. Marie and Jane, died soon afterward. Nearly every resident of the village was aroused by the explosion. As the flames spread rapidly calls I for aid were sent to neighboring I towns. A severe snow storm delayed the arrival of aid. Telephone communications virtually were cut off by the fire. Increase Salary of State Tax Collector ilndianapoiis March 28—(UP)— A salary increase of SI,OOO a year for Clarence B. UUuri, state inheritance tax collector, was approved by [the state budget, committee today I because of increased duties of the ■collectors, arising through inheriItance tax amendment made by the 1931 legislature. Ullun’s new salary I will be $4,000 per year. EXPEL SIXTEEN I. U. STUDENTS Action Follows Investigation of Alleged Drinking Parties Bloomington. Ind., Mar. 28. —(U.R) —Expulsion of 16 students from Indiana university today was the result of an investigation that followed reports of alleged drinking | parties and misconduct, it was an-1 I pounced by C. E. Edmondson, dean l of men. In addition, three social groups, | believed to be Greek letter fraternities. were penalized. Names of the students and organizations were not revealed by the student affairs committee, composed of 13 professors, who conducted the investigation. While the penalty against the social groups was not made known, it was believed to include forfeiture of all social privileges. None of the fraternities on the campus will be closed, Edmondson said. In a report issued last night Edmondson upheld the university's moral standard, citing the present affair as an exception. He deplored the unfavorable publicity given the school. Miss Agnes Wells, dean of women, refused to comment on the outcome. Neither she nor Edmondson would say what percentage of 'CONTINUED ON PAOE SIX. Phi Delts Will Go To Portland Monday The Twenty Seventh anniversary of the Delta chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa .fraternity will be observed at a banquet to be served in the Country Club in Portland, Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Ed Sheller of Portland will act as the toastmaster and a fine program has been planned for the anniversary celebration. Twenty members from the local Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will attend the banquet and all members planning to go are asked to meet at Omlor’s Confectionery not later than 5:45 o’clock Mondaf evening.

Use Bread Tickets To Buy Gasoline Indianapolis March 28 —(UP) — A gasoline filling station here nas accepted more than 1,000 bread tickets—issued to needy families in payment Bor gasoline, county commissioners found after an investigation. Following the investigation the ticket system of aiding the needy ] was abolished and bread will b ■ placed directly in the baskets of those asking for food, it was decided Many tickets, found by the commissioners. had not been used long ( periods after they were issued. TEST VALIDITY OF VERDICT LAW — ( Bill Legalizing Five-sixths ' Verdict Is Attacked By Lawyers Indianapolis, Mar. 28 —(U.R) —An ' appeal to the Indiana supreme court which will attack constitu- ■ tionality of the law legalizing a ' five-sixth jury verdict in civil eases was being planned today. Tlie five-sixths verdict bill was ' passed by the 1929 legislature. The appeal is the outgrowth of J a decision yesterday in which a, $1,500 judgement was awarded ad- 1 i ministrators of the estate of Luth- ! er Shirley, killed by policemen | when they attempted to arrest |, him. Curtis Barger, one of the , officers, was the defendant. I ' The above story recalls a dam- f age suit settled in the Adams cir- ■ cuit court February 21. in which a verdict was returned by a fivesixths vote of the jury. The jury returned judgment of $3,210 for the plaintiff in the damage suit of Genevieve Jordan [ vs. Monta Brogan when ten of the twelve jurors agreed <>A the ver- j diet. Attorneys for the defendant ‘ have'filed a motion for a new trial ■ which has not been passed on as yet if Judge Dore B. Erwin. The j verdict in this case was the first i of its kind in (his county under [ the 1929 act. o Observe Palm Sunday At St. Mary’s Church I Palm Sunday, commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem will he observed tomorrow in the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Palms will be distributed to mem- 1 bers of the congregation at the morning masses. Members of the Knights of Columbus will attend the seven-thirty mass and receive Holy communion in a body. HOOVER NEARING END OF VOYAGE — I Battleship Arizona 411 Miles From Hampton Roads At Noon Washington. Mar. 28--<U.R> —The battleship Arizona, carrying President Hoover and his party back from the Caribbean, at noon today was 414 miles from Hampton Roads, Virginia, where the Presi- i dent expects to land Sunday. i Aboard U.S.S. Arizona, at sea, i Mar. 28—(U.R)—The battleship Ari- i zona pushed rapidly toward Norfolk today in an effort to arrive ahead of schedule and permit President Hooves to reach Washington by Sunday night. After warm weather in the West Indies, a stiff wind and choppy seas forced tffe President to wear an overcoat on the last stages of the trip. He witnessed a night-time mimic battle in a rough sea between the Arizona and the destroyer Dupont. The with lights out. approached the big battleship and was sighted as it moved into [ range of the powerful searchlights 1 of the Arizona. The flashing beams of light played across the smaller craft as the Arizona's crew located it before it could get within torpedo range. As a result the destroyer was theoretically sunk. As the second stage of the 1 game the Dupont was brought into action again and swung toward • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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PHOTOGRAPHS ADO TO MYSTERY IN UNCLE TRIAL Defense Attorneys Produce Two Photographs In Court Friday CASE IS ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY A. M. Chicago, Mar. 28. — (U.R) — Two . photographs introduced suddenly | into Leo* V. Brothers’ trial on charges of murdering Alfred J.: I.ingle. Chicago Tribune reporter, i[ added today to the mystery of the! I case as his attorneys had left them!! unexplained when they obtained an ' adjournment until Monday. The photographs were produced by Ijouis Piquett, defense attorney, while Marcus David, shipping clerk, was being cross-examined , late yesterday on* his story that he , saw Brothers fleeing from the 111- . inois Central subway after Ijingle ■ was last June 9. Piquett concealed the pictures from the jurors as he asked David I if he ever had seen “this man.” i David shook his head vigorously. The photographs were marked for identification and returned to a portfolio without comment. Tyrell V. Krum, another of Brother's counsel, said after adjourn-1 [ i rnent that the photographs were of | I Frank Marco, or Mario, New York i [and Chicago gangster who was! slain in New York City recently The slayers never have been! found. Krum-would not tell the purposej of the move except to say he believed Marco bore a marked re- [ semblance to Brothers and “we I merely wanted to test David's iden-h itification of our client.” L Patrolman A. J. Ruthy, who was: I on traffic duty nearby when Lingle j was killed, repudiated a story he ! had told at a previous hearing. He I previously had named Frankie Fos.CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EXCESSIVE FEE IS ALLEGED Grand Jury Charges Examiners Collected Large Amounts Shelbyville, Ind., March 28 —(UP) A grand jury charge was on file here today, alleging that two field examiners for the state board of I accounts collected excessive a mounts for services in inspections on a Shelby County Bridge. Board of account members spent a week examining reports of faulty construction of the Slash Creek bridge. Both Ralph Cochrane, county surveyor, and the firm of Barton and j Scheffler, bridge contractors, were (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX; o Senator Reed Asks Abolition of Board f Washington March 28—(UP) —A demand for abolition of the federal ; farm board has been voiced by Senator Reed. Republican. Pennsylvania. Commenting on the board deci- , sion to try to peg the 1931 wheat price, the senator said that it was proof that the government cannot, , “artificially manufacture prosperity , Congress, he said was too coward- , ly to oppose the demands of ‘he , farm bloc, and now must face the responsibility for the treasury deficit. ! —— o Losantville Grocer Dies of Bullet Wound Muncie, Ind., March 28 —(UP) — The bullet which stopped the murderous attack of C. E. Engle 55, Losantville grocer, after he had killed his estranged wife, ended his own life late yesterday. Harlan W. Gough, 58, a cousin, fired the fatal shot at Engle, after the latter had killed his wife and wounded his stepson, Gough Kelsey. The shooting occurred at the Gough home, where Engle crept into his wife's room to seek a reconciliation. Kelsey was wounded when he attempted to overpower Engle.

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In The Net ’Sr * 11 I I VMR / LI J. / Fred Burke, the arch-killer, at whose door has been ba id crimes committed in eight states, as he appeared after his capture Thursday. INDIANA NOT IN STORM'S PATH State Will Not Suffer From Blizzard Sweeping Western States Indianapolis, Mar. 28.—(U.R) —Indiana is not in the path of the blizzard which is sweeping over western and central states. J. K. Armington, senior meteorologist of the weather bureau here, said today. The storm will be felt only [lightly in this state, Arminton pre- | dieted. Deficiency in March rainfall was being lowered rapidly, bureau statistics showed. Nearly a half-inch of precipitation was recorded in Indianapolis Thursday. Rain, followed by' colder w’eather was forecast for today. Tomorrow will he clear and cold, Armington predicted. Chicago, Mar. 28.— (U.R) —Snow, sleet and rain were carried on high winds across the country today and temperatures fell to zero in many places as winter staged a vicious rally which weather experts predicted would be its last this year. The belated blizzard reached its greatest intensity in states between the Rocky Mountains and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BANKER FOUND GUILTY TODAY Former Cashier Convicted on False Entry Charges in Chicago Chicago, March 28 —(UP) —John E. Malloy former cashier of the now defunct Lawrence Avenue National bank was found guilty in Federal court today of false entry charges, but was acquitted of embezzling $60,000. The conviction of Malloy, who the prosecution attempted to show had spent large sums on nightclub entertainment for the bank’s attractive telephone operator, was based on seven counts of making false entries in bank accounts, and on two counts of making false reports to examiners. Malloy’s acquittal on embezzlement charges indicated the jury accepted his story that he was held up in the bank New Year's day by two bandits who rifled safe deposit (CONTINUED ON PAG*E SIX) 0 Former Governor Cox Has Operation Miami, Fla. March 28 — (UP) — James M. Cox, former governor of Ohio and Democratic presidential nominee in 1920, was operated upon for appendicitis here today. Cox was stricken suddenly early today and was taken to a hospital where an emergency operation was performed. He stood the operation well and was resting as well as could be expected, hospital officials said.

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BUS MAROONED IN DEEP SNOW IN COLORADO Eighteen O t h e r School Pupils Huddled in Hack Nearly Frozen STUCK IN DRIFT FOR NEARLY 30 HOURS Towner, C. 010.. Mar. 28. - j(U.R) A storm Irag e<l v in I which l ive children f roze to [death while huddled with 18 'others in a school hits, stuck Lin a 15 loot snow drift for 1,30 hours, was revealed lodav. Ernie .Johnson and Ahe | Slonebraker hroke a oath through to the bus. which was sta led on the TownerHol I v highway Thursday morning and found five of the children dead, the driver. Carl Miller, missing, and 18 oilier school children, ranging in ages from 6 to 16 years, huddled together and freezing. Tlie children had l**en dismissed from the Pleasant Hill school in district 17 of Kiowa County at 10 a. m. Thursdaf when a blizzard threatened to block the roads. □"lie storm struck so suddenly that the bus completed only a mile | of an 11 mile trip to the homes of I the children when it ran into a | ditch at the side of the road. A 15 foot drift soon engulfed the .'vehicle. The snow and sleet ! quickly buried any possible supply of fuel, and the children, frightened and then hungry, kept close together in an attempt to keep warm. } Five, however, were frozen to f | death. I The dead are Louis Stonebreak,[er. 15; Orlo Umteidt. 8; Rolwt Brown, 11; May Miller, 7, and . ‘ Kenneth Johnson. 8. The bus driver, Miller, stayed i with the children until Fri<lay , : morning l . Then he struck out ! alone to summon help. He still t [ is missing. Twenty men left 1 1 Towner today to search for him. | An airplane, possemen said. _ i would 1 useless in tlie search ■ because the whole countryside is [covered by snow ranging in depth 1 from three inches to 15 feet. The surviving children were weak, hungry and ill from expo- • sure when Stonebreaker and John--1 son reached them late yesterday. ' Tlie rescuers succeeded in car- ’ j rying tlie children 19 miles to ; Towner and Dr. S. E. Cashburn of • Holly and Doctor Hubert ot Tri- • bune, Kans., made their way over < the snow-choked roads to attend I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Industrial Accidents Show Decrease In 1930 Indianapolis March 28 —(UP) — Industrial accidents decreased 24.09 ’[per cent in Indiana last year, according to a report today by James I Eagan, Chief factory inspector. [Deaths, due to industrial accidents, [decreased 12.05 per cent, he said. "I Tlie decrease in both accidents and deaths was largely due to decreased employment, but greater care of the workers also aided, Eagan said. The number of accidents reported I for 1930 was 21.818 as compared I with 40, 931 in 1929. Factory deaths in 1930 were 184 as compared wit i ,' 200 in 1929. STATE BUSINESS ■ LOOKS BETTER ) ) Encouraging Trends In Business And Industry i ;\re Noted r* i Indianapolis, Mar. 28 —(U.R) —Encouraging trends in Indiana business and industry were noted during the week ended today. Several hundred men will go back to work at the Lone Star • Cement Co., at Limedale, which has been idle since last fall. Resumption of operations follow--1 e<l obtaining a state highway de--1 partment contract for 670.000 bar--1 rels of cement. A total of 1,750,000 barrels, a year's supply was ord< rs ed. Other Indiana companies shar--1 ing in the business include the Universal, Buffington, 475,000 bar--1 rels; Lehigh Portland, Mitchell. s 325,000; Louisville Cement, Speeds s — — (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)