Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1931 — Page 1

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Ire nation •.SHOCKED BY magic death Hr t . s of Condolence K From All Parts K|(’ountr\ Today iiIRAI. SERVICES ■ \OT \RKANCEI) L Bend. April 1. KL;,s (if Sotilli Rend |(|(|;i\ will) liK llltV, I KV jml .diimiii (*1 Notre Fniveisitv in plnns die Iniin lieiirintj Hlv of Knute Hock IK* ■l arriM s at 11 :2(l lo- j headed l)V Mij It'iikle. together with from the univcrK>,<. (l'I)onuell, president, the Irnin. Will li-- in stale here >he arrival tomorrow of , from Florida. No for the Pineral have . ■ Hu City. Mo.. April 1 — HJ.R> party of Kintte i ■ paused Itie-fly in Kansas] Kiia v am! then started for K- ♦ HIVER sends message ■ — ! April I.— ,U.R> a telegram of sympathy | 1 o to Mrs. Knute ! wife of the Notre j football coach who was j ■ in an airplane crash, telegram said: that every American Bk s with you. Mr. Rockne | to a cleanness | Hiurh purpose and sports- | in athletics that his | is a national loss." HUniversity awaited snrrowHttd reverently the last homeof its famous footltall Be on a Santa Fe train Hh eastern Kansas from the He where Rockne and seven j ■ died yesterday in an air-! ( Haccident, the body arrived I, H Kansas City union station , ■i' a.m. With it was a grievHrty— two of Rockne's sons, Bn. 14, and Knute, Jr., 11; Bs Anderson, assistant coach Bm Dame; Father Michael Bre of Norte Dame and Dr. ■ Nigro of Kansas City, friend B famous coach to whom fell Bsk of breaking the news of Bnth to the two hoys. pntv minutes later, the train N eastward for an all day | fy a( ross Missouri, lowa and I p t 0 reach South Bend at 1 tonight. The next pause of tinerai party will be in Chitonight at 7:25. t sun was shining when the i arrived. Yesterday when no came through the same ,0 Loa An K e >es •nt.nued on page SIXI 5,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED G„ Miller Asks mases From David e »r on Attachment t ., tor $25,000 damages was fil- ' 'he Adams circuit court today Win g. Miller, doing business n er Case Company ' David Zehr and R. M. Frit--811 action on attachment L c „7?! alnt sets out that th « ,avi d Zehr, recently fllagainst equipment tailor a . at the factory - setting tens e ° receive wages due as san for his action. ‘8 th.V s' 1 ”’ Martin G - Miller, v by reason 01 thls been n ba ' e been damaged, he ufactnr eVetlted from his re * u,ar been ng and that his credit i, seriously impaired. a I ntZinger is nam e d in the li s: or d ‘ ,m zeh ' "■ ““

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Dead in Rockne I Plane Crash > am* lilhbF \ .«Hw - S • r c *? ’ ' t % u 1 r ‘ i John H. Happer of 6313 Cor- J nelia at., Chicago, was one of ' those who died in airplane crash p at Bazaar. Kan. Mr. Dapper was 1 a personal friend of Knute Rockne, * famous coach, who died with him. a TOWNSPEOPLE ■ HONOR ROCKNE : South Bend Citizens And * Students Attend High Requiem Mass South Bend. Ind., April I—(U.R) d j— A low mass was said this v morning as South Bend paid r tribute to Knute Rockne. Notre a Dame students ami townspeople 1 gathered in Sacred Heart church v on the campus to honor together, the famous football coach, killed j yesterday in a plane crash near Bazaar, Kansas. j I The Rev. Father Charles I. O’-1 Donne!, president of the university, officiated at the services in the church where Rockne was baptized a Catholic October 25, 1925. “Church law forbids any requiem - 1 1 j during Holy Week and it was a low J mass instead of a solemn high mass as planned. of telegrams, cables and telephone calls poured into South Bend today as the world joined in mourning for the grid mentor. By order of Mayor W. R. ‘ .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX> ji FOUR CONVICTS CAUSED TRAGEDY United Press Learns Story ( of Disastrous Prison Fire ' ’ (Copyrighted 1931 by United Press 1 1 Columbus, Ohio, April I—(UP)—j FoVir convicts, propelled by a strong I desire for freedom started the fire in Ohio penitentiary last April 2T, ! in which 322 prisoners burned or I smothered to death, the United, I Press learned today from a tin-int-peachable source. ] Os the plotters, one is dead, a sutcide who was driven to the verge of Insanity by the results of the plan /. second attempted suicide by hanging but was cut down before lile was extinct. A third, harrassed by visions of the 322 bodies, finally confessed, and the fourtli furnished fragmentary details. Complete details of the plot and events preceding the holocaust are in the hands of the Franklin countv prosecutor and indictments will be .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Sam Polovina Speaks At Lions Club Meeting Sam Palovina spoke to the members of the Lion's Club, following the banquet in the Christian church basement, Tuesday evening. The subject of his address was "Do We Appreciate America ?”, and he gave a contrast betweeu Austria and the United States.

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ALBERT REPPERTr CHOSEN CODNTT COMMISSIONER Kirkland Township Farm- i er And Hanker Named To Vacancy on Hoard j TWO COMMISSIONERS AGREE ON SELECTION Albert Reppert, prominent Kirkland township farmer and \ ice-president of the Farmers State Bank, Preble, was chosen a member of the board of j County Commissioners today, succeeding the late John G. Hoffman, whose death occurred March 23. Mr. Reppert was the choice of both county commissioners, George Shoemaker and Frank Martin. The two commissioners met at the auditor's office this after- ] noon and went into conference. They had a list of 15 applicants for tlie appointment and after check- 1 ing off names unanimously decided on Mr. Reppert. No vote fcas taken and County Auditor Albert Harlow was not required to cast a vote in the matter. Mr. Reppert was notified of his selection and accepted the appointment. As soon as he qualifies he will take office and fill the unexpired term of Mr. Hoffman which runs until January 1, 1933. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Schafer Services Held This Afternoon Funeral services for William Schafer, Decatur young man who died of pneumonia Monday morning were held at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon at the home and at two o’clock at the United Brethren church with Rev. R. E. Vance officiating. Burial was in the East Salem Cemetery. AGED RESIDENT DIES TUESDAY Mrs. Catherine E. Helm, 80, Passes Aw ay After Long Illness Mrs. Catherine E. Helm, 80, life long resident of Adams County died at her home, 304 Marshall street, at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening of complications. Mrs. Helm had been ailing for the past two years and I was bedfast since March 5, 1931. Mrs. Helm was a well known Decatur woman and during her youth was active in the Missionary Society work of the Methodist Episcopal church, the W. R. C. of which she was a charter member, and the Rebekali Lodge. Mrs. Helm was born in Adams County. May 6, 1850, the daughter of Daniel and Anna Congleton, botn deceased. On January 1, 1874 she was united in marriage to Joseph Helm who preceded her in death in 1924. Since her marriage she resided on Marshall street. Surviving are three children; Mrs. Lula Swearingen, Decatur; Mrs. India Partlow of Richmond, and William Helm of Fort Wayne; nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Five children preceded her in death. They are Harry Heim, Forest Helm, and Gladys Helm and two who died in infancy. Friends may view the body at the home after seven o’clock tonight until the time of the funeral. There will be no viewing at the church. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at three o’clock at the home and at 3:15 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church, where the deceased was a devoted member for many years. Rev. B. H. Franklin will officiate and inter ment will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Dellinger Funeral Rites Held Today Funeral services for Thomas Dellinger, Mercer County, Ohio, farmer who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Monday morn ing. were held this afternoon at the Zion church, four miles east of Will shire, Ohio, and burial was made in the church cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 1, 1931.

22 Marriage Licenses Issued This Year There were 22 marriage licenses I issued during the first three months of 1931, according to the first quart-' erly report filed by Bernice Nelson, I clerk, today. This is two less li- ( censes than were issued in 1930 when 24 licenses were sold. In the present year 229 resident hunting and fishing licenses were sold during the first ttiree months as compared with 207 sold during | the first quarter* of 1930. , o | JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY High School Students To Present Comedy April 9 And 10 The junior class of the Decatur High School will present its annual j play entitled “Take My Advice”, in the Decatur High School auditorium Thursday and Friday nights, April 9 and 10. The contedy is in three acts, and is popular, sparkling and breezy. The cast has been working diligently for several weeks, and will present a fine production. The play lakes place In the town of Eureka and the scene is laid in the office of the Eureka News. Bob Mannion, editor of the “Eureka News” —Ival Newhard. Jimmy Samson, whose business is waking up towns — Richard Schug. Jud Fenton, a town character who has scruples against working —Gerhard Schultz. John Wargrim a power in the state who controls and dominates, Eiueka — Edward Martz. Pgjrgv Acton, who arrived in Eureka three months beforeLouise Haubold. Virgy Mannion, Bob’s snappy sister — Mamie Niblick. Mrs. Neleon-Dodd a would-be social power in Eureka, and the president of the Uplife Society—Ruth Winnes. Marcia jVVargrim, daughter of John Wargrim — Mary Madeline C’overdale. Newsboys: Bobbie Porter, Juniot | Ross, Karl Miller, and Billy Brown. Mrs. Louise Busse Funeral Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Louts? Busse, 75, who died at the home of her son Fred Busse in Root township. Tuesday forenoon, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at two o’clock at the St Paul Lutheran church. Rev. Gaiser will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. OFFICERS RAID FRONTIER TOWN Hurley, Wisconsin, Object of Raid by Federal Officers Hurley, Wis., April 1. — (U.P.)t — Federal officers swooped down on this “last frontier town,” the playground of lumberjacks and miners, today and snapped padlocks on 40 resorts almost before proprietors ’ and inmates knew what was happening. Three squads of officers, mobil- ’ ized secretly last night in Michigan, appeared suddenly in Silver street, Hurley’s “white way” that ' is tinged with scarlet. Women and bartenders, recalled . the raids two years ago when wholesale arrests were made scur- • ried 'from the resorts that line both sides of “white way.” > Led by Charles M. Rawlinson, | United States marshal, the raid- ■ ers went the length of Silver . street, where at night lumberjacks and miners congregate and make (CONTINUED ON °AGE TWO) — —oPleasant Mills Ladies To Give Easter Social The Ladies of the Pleasant Mills - Baptist Church will hold an Easter r social in the Fortney building, Satt urday night, April 4. Chicken sup- » per will be served for 26c, and sand--1 wiches, coffee, pie, cracker-jack, l candy and ice cream will be sold. The public is invited.

RAID CHICAGO . CITY OFFICES Office of City Sealer Raided By State’s Attorney Men i Chicago April I—(UP1 —(UP) —Raiders from the State's attorney's office entered the office of city sealer Dan iel Serrltella today, seized his rec- , ords and held all the employes for * questioning. The raid, which also struck siniul Itaneously in several other places, ; was the outgrowth, assistant state's j attorney Harold M. Keele said, of a I long secret investigation into charges that Chicago housewives'' j"are being short-weigh ted and over- 1 charged to the extent of millions of:' dollars annually." Serritella, a member of Mayor William Hale Thompson’s cabinet s and accused of being a lieutenant * |of “Scarface'* *AI Capone, is in 1 charge of the corps of deputy seal- 1 ers who make inspections of merchant’s scales throughout the city, t Besides Serritella's offices, 'll? 1 raiders seized the records of the i Fulton street office of Max Eisen, so-called “Czar” of the wholesale t and retail :ish business in Chicago. ' Other sqnads were sent out to i round up hundreds of storekeepers , and to seize Eisen's personal rec- , ords at his home. t Serritella’s office yielded a truckload of records which were to be taken along with Serritella's employes to the Criminal Courts building where state’s attorney's men planned to look over the papers, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. County Offices Close For Services Friday The ofices of the Adams County ' Court House and the court room j will be closed from 12 to three o’clock Friday afternoon because of the special Good Friday church services, in case there is a jury trial court will be in session, otherwise all offices will be closed. JAMES M. SNIDER IS DEAD TODAY Dies at Home of Daughter, Mrs. E. E. Rupright This Morning James M. Snider, aged 78, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. E. Rupright in Adams County, Wednesday morning, April 1, at 5:15 o’clock, following a four weeks ill j ness Irom uremic poisoning. Mr. Snid&r was born in Stark County, Ohio September 25, 1852. | the son of James and Susa Linn Sni j der. He was married May 28, 1876 to | Sarah Weldy in Adams County, who j died November 29, 1918. The deceased moved to Wells ; County and made his home in Lan-, caster Township lor the last thirtysix years. Surviving are three sons, Seth Vv. North east of Bluffton. Rev. George A., Ossian, and Philip, north of i Bluffton and a daughter. Mrs. E. E. Rupright. Two sons, Samuel and . William, are deceased. I One brother, William of Wellingi ton, Kansas, and a sister, Mrs. William Whitney of Monroeville, also survive, and two sisters and four - brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be held Frt- • day afternoon at 2 o’clock in the t Tocsin United Brethren Church, and burial will be made in the Prai--1 rie View cemetery at Tocsin. j Catholic Schools Close For Vacation ! The St. Joseph’s Catholic school r and the Decatur Catholic high , school closed today for the Easter ? vacation. Classes will he resumed - next Tuesday. Colored Easter Egg j Sale Saturday Morning The colored Easter Egg sale by s the Missionary Society of the Zion r Reformed Church will be field in the - Mutschlor Meat-Market on Monroe t- street, Saturday, beginning at 9 o - I- clock in the morning. Those persons desiring to place an order, are I. asked to call Mrs. Ferd Litterer or Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher.

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ARGUMENTS IN MURDER TRIAL STARTEDTODAY State Presents Six Rebuttal Witnesses In Closing Session PROSECUTOR BEGINS CLOSING ARGUMENT Criminal Courts, Chicago. April 1. — (U.R) —The state presented its last evidence against Leo V. Brothers today in an attempt to prove that he killed Alfred J. I.ingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, last June. The state’s rebuttal consisted of six witnesses including Pat Roche, state's attorney's investigator, who captured Brothers. After Roche’s brief testimony the state rested. The defense waived sur-rebuttal j and Assistant Prosecutor C. Way-j land Brooks began the state’s clos- 1 ing arguments. Roche was asked only one question. It was “did you ever tell Paul | Thorne (mystery writer witness for the defense) that he was aj star witness?" Roche answered; no. The defense did not cross examine. Thorne declared yesterday that’ in trying to sell an article about j the Llngle murder, he described himself as the “star witness” because it was what Roche had told him. Edwin J. Kelly. Kankakee, 111., ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Kroger Store Heads Hold Meeting Here A district meeting of the manag-l ers of the Kroger stores was held: in the Rice Hotel, in this city,; Tuesday evening. The meeting] was a result of a contest in which the stores of the district were divid-j ed into two sides, and the side] having the largest gain in volume for the last four weeks, over the four weeks previous to that, was the winner, and was entertained with a chicken banquet. The banquet was served in the

dining hall of the hotel at eight t j o’clock, and addresses were made t by Mr. Lowe of Cincinnati, Ohio; , W. M. Reed, G. Jackson. D. Kram- ' er and M. C. Steiner of Fort Wayne. < Managers present at the social 1 affair last evening were from 1 stores located in Decatur. Berne, I Geneva, Portland. Monroeville, and i Woodburn, Antwerp. Van Wert, Pavne Convoy, and Paulding, Ohio. < o 1 STORMS CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE j 1 One Dead, Many Injured In Storms In Southern States Atlanta, Oa., April I—(U.R1 — (U.R) — Storms that swept sections of three states — Georgia, Alabama and Florida—yesterday left a toll of one dead, more than a score injured, and property damage estimated at hundreds of thous-

ands of dollars. High winds which demolished dwellings, uprooted trees and damaged crops, had quieted today as relief workers moved into the i stricken area. Destruction of the home of I Horace Fuller at Elba, Ala., resulted in the death of his daughter, Louise, 4, and injury to his wife. A combination hail and wind-storm at Talbottom, Ga., caused injury of four army arriI'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! o Lewis Conrad Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services for Lewis Con- ’ rad. 63. former Decatur man, who died at his home in Muncie on Monday morning, will be held at the Zion Reformed Church on Thursday ; afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, with tht : Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann officiat- • ing. A short service will be held at Muncie on Thursday morning after ■ which the body will be brought to • Decatur. Burial will take place in the Maplewood Cemetery.

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Pilot of Rockne Death Plane ' • y- Hfl Robert Fry, co-pilot of plane J which crashed at Bazaar, Kan., killing Knute Rockne, Fry and j six others. v LAST LENTEN SERMON GIVEN • ] i Father Girardot Concludes Series of Sermons at St. Mary’s Church The last of the series o>f Lenten I sermons was delivered by the Rev. I Charles Girardot, Fort Wayne, at jthe St. Mary's Catholic church Tues- : day evening. Father Girardot concluded his inspirational Lenten messages witlt an appeal based on the words of i Christ, “Follow me and enjoy eter- ] cal Life”. The text of the sermon was taken from the hook of St. Luke and was an inspiring appeal to all to obey God’s commandments and enjoy eternal happiness. Following the sermon Father Girardot answered about a dozen ques-

tions from the Question box. These were of a religious nature. Impressive ceremonies in keeping with the liturgy of the Catholic church mark the observance of Holy j week. On Holy Thursday the church ] celebrates the institution of the Holy Eucharist by Christ at the last supper. The three hours will be observed on Good Friday 'front twelve to three o'clock with private devotions and on Saturday the blessing of the Pascal candle. Easter water and Easter fire will take place, the service beginning at 5:45 o’clock in j the morning. On Easter Sunday three masses will be celebrated. The Rev. Leo jsponar C. P. P. S., will assist the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, pastor and the Rev. Joseph A. Hennes, assistant in carrying out the Holy week and Easter program of services. Calf Club Committee Meets Tuesday Night The 4-H Calf Club committee met at the home of Sol Mosser in Jefferson township, Tuesday evening. The

rules of the Calf Club were slightly revised, changing the third year division to a full year’s production record instead of a six month's per- ] iod as heretofore required. Those who attended the meeting ! were Rudolph Kolter of Kirkland township; Peter B. Lehman ot Washington township; David J. Mazelin and Osia Von Gunten of Monroe township; Sol Mosser of Jefferson township, and County Agent L. E. Archhold. Edward Cox, Editor Dies at Hartford City Hartford City, Ind., April I—<U.R) —Edward Cox, editor and publish j er of the Hartford City News, a daily paper, died at his home here , today of heart disease. He had • been ill five days. Cox had been active in politics . in the Democratic party and was a former postmaster here. The ■ widow, one sister, and tour child i dren survive. i Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

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STRICKEN CITY SUFFERS MORE DAMAGE TODAY — Shocks And Fire Add To Suffering And Terror In Nicaragua ORDER AMERICANS TO EV ACUATE CITY (Copyright 1931 by United Press) ] Stricken Mtnvigua. slittkcti ito pieces hv cnrlhquiikcs, ] suffered further tod ;i v us I sharp new shocks swaved the city and Games ate steadily I through what remained of j Nicarajiua’s capital of 35,000 ] pooulation. It was a citv of suffering \ and terror. There was hardly time to care for the dead estimated j variously from several hundred to ! more than 1.000 —as relief work- ' ers labored to help the thousands of injured and to care Tor the dazed and terrified survivors. Relief was on the way by ship and airplane, but there was immediate danger from th? lack of water, food, shelter, medicine and sanitation. The navy department was notified that conditions were such the American women and children, numbering about 175, must be evacuated. The thousands of homeless and shelterless natives, including wo- ! men and children, were herded in j the safest parts of the city, away ; from the fires, or in the outskirts. ] National guardsmen protected ! them from wandering into the ' danger zones. Men of the United States army engineer corps and marines worked heroically with the native national guard in relief work. ! Food and shelter was imperatively needed. The city was termed “totally destroyed” in official dispatches. To an aviator flying over the city, who radioed what lie saw. the steel skeleton of the new cat he- ] dral which had been under eonj struction, stood almost alone as l the capital's memorial. Miami, Fla., April 1 —(U.R)— A graphic aerial description of the stricken city of Managua. Nicaragua, was radioed to the Pan American airwayes office here bvq Pilot Alan Olsen, of the comgany's Mexican division, who flew the Pan American Ford plane “NO 9688” from San Salvador to ManI agua today. ] The message was tapped out by the pilot as he soared high™ over ■ the smoking crater of the dormant I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I O TT April Issue Os , Inklings Out Today ! The April issue of “Inklings”, the j monthly school paper published by jthe pupils of the Decatur Catholic ’'High School, was released today, and copies were distributed among ' the pupils of the schools and other subscribers. The issue of the school paper this month contains many interesting articles concerning the school act!viries, and a picture of the members o’, the newly organized I.itart Club is pictured on the front page of the t issue. 'PUPILS TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT S j Grade Pupils of St. , Joseph’s School Give Play April 12 1f The grade pupils of the St. Jo* 1 - y eph’s school will present their annual entertainment in the Catholic High School auditorium, Sunday evening, April 12. Tickets were placed on sale among the pupils of the ' school Tuesday, and may be procured from them for 35c for adults. ® The first and second grade pupils '■ of the school will enact a clever a scene entitled ‘Rainy Daisies”. A e playlet. “AH Aboard” will be preII sented by the boys of the third, fourth and fifth grades. s A three-act comedy, “Camouflage” s will be given by the pupils in the e sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, !- aud a rose drill by the third, fourth, and fifth grade girls will be an eni- joyable feature of the evening's entertainment.