Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1931 — Page 1

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i lone HIGH It GRADUATE luOCE CLASS Ly-One Students Ap'“■’nts l or Diplomas; K In Eighth Grade = n®EM I MENT MAY JKe HEI D JUNE sth students are for diplomas from, jMera'dr Catholic high: JBtL' "car, the largest; school. pupils will eomEighth grade in the Catholic school will be awarded 7 cn . andidates at the exercises to be • t ,a th- commencement KMs has been tentatively set ■frKy, Jm - 5. the Rev. Father pastor of St. Mary's and superintendent j schools stated this Tins <late may lie ehangSeimetz stated, but as —■ slay the exercises Klheld on that date. —K Father Joseph A. Henpastor of St. Mary’s church will deliver the address. Father ls an able and interesting is very popular among of tite congregation. Bt large class this year will be t lie graduated from the high school, the State _®bf eilu< Pion two weeks ago .omims- nil to the school. besides receiving inin ail studies required state in an accredited also have the privilege •’ -• ami universities issued from the He e - B Catholic high, school. one of ine finest buildings the Decatur Catholic Kt!.- s uh,, of the outstandschools in Indiana < la-- tins year is evidence - made at the school years. School Graduates of the high school üßtinir class are: Teresa RakBl- Dowling, Robert Kiting, (lass. Flothilda Harris, Hobble, Monica HeiRobert Holthouse. Mary ON PAGE TWO) if ■ o ■ Who Claims To ■ I Be 109 In Trouble 'B nian wlm maintains that his 9r vas 10 appear in court ■jt'xlay mi charges of disturbpeace. is Theodore Quillen. who after an alleed fight Hoecklefnan, 87. Boeckcharged that Quillen attackon the street with a knife. 1^B a<lmi, ted that the Inutile, in •■ Boeekleman defended hima can, was the renewal old religious dispute. of Quillen said he is 1111 and that he came here ■ Oars ago from Michigan. o -27*— ■EE opposing Directors win y s Eaton And Asso- ■ es Who Oppose Steel Burger Are Elected ■"ngstown, Ohio., April 28 — < yrus S. Eaton -and three lates who opposed the YoungsB 911eet and tube-Bethlemem Merger today were reelected t>Oar<i of directors of the “’OOO Youngstown concern. e tneeting, the annual session and directors, was ■•re-electing Eaton. S. Living- ■ Mather, Hugh B. Wick and B^j” 0 Bra,nard . who had been hy rumors for removal. B^ n on 'y Change, In the board B*" llll!1 was the election of Fred B. ° re P* a ce John Tod, who is B" °, n vacation. 9? stockholders were preBs2o g Were entruß ted With 9~ shares of "common unstamp Bui ° Clt8 ' proxles > which unani--9 V authorized retention of Ea- ■ 8 associates and the present S

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City Truck Rammed By Detroit Truck The city street department truck nnd one belonging to Edward Ciesliga, Detroit, were damaged when the latter ran into the rear of the city truck, on st/lte road 27, between Berne and Monroe, at 9:30 o’clock today. Joseph Trepczynski of 192(52 Gallagher street, Detroit, driver of a truck load of copper wire was enroute to Detroit from Richmond. George Hill was driving the city truck. The Detroit was thrown from the road into a field and was badly damaged, but the trailer was not harmed. The city truck was j only slightly damaged. Both drivers Escaped injury. FREE CLINIC TO BE HEID HERE Local Association Arranges For Tuberculosis Clinic Next Thursday A free tuberculosis clinic will be conducted by the Adams County Tuberculosis Association in the Decatur Public Library Hall. Thursday. April 30. The clinic will be held from 10 to 12 o’clock Thursday morning, with the afternoon examinations continuing from one to four o’clock. Free examina’ions of all persons in Adams County, including children, will be made at the Library, and Dr. Williamson o£ Fort Wayne will conduct the examination of the patients, and then refer them »o their family physicians for treatment. The association is wot king, with the local physicians in attempt log to drive out the disease, and no prescriptions will be issued at the clinie; - — - The free clinic has been made possible through the work of the officers of the association of which Mrs. C. V. Connell is the president; W. Guy Bro A-n, vice-president, and Albert Scheumann. secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Oscar Lankenau will be the nurse at the morning 'session of the clinic with Mrs. George Flanders acting as hostess. The patients of the afternoon group will be taken care of by Mrs. Charles Holthouse, and Mrs. John H. Heller will he ti e hostess. Miss Barber, Dr. Draper, superintendent of the Irene Byron Sanatorium of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Margaret Cramer, secretary of the Allen County überculosis Association, will attend the clinic here Thursday and assist in making it a success. The doctors of the city, and the general public are invited to attend. t—o Helen Wills Moody Not To Enter Movies San Francisco. April 28 —(U.R) Helen Wills Moody, Track today from the Ojai Valley tennis tournament and a visit to Hollywood, definitely set at rest reports that she would relinquish her amateur standing and enter the movies. “I have had many offers in the last two years,” the American tennis star said, “but I have not accepted any of them. 1 am going to continue playing as an amateur for the present.” Mrs. Moody conferred in Hollywood with Stanley Bergerman. an official of the Universal Studios, and it was rumored that she would take up a film career. , She intends to play in eastern tournaments this summer but will not attend the European events in June, she said. — o Funeral Is Held Funeral services for Conrad C. D. Scheumann, Preble township farmer, who died Friday afternoon, were held at 2 o’clock (sun time) this afternoon at the home, and at 2:15 o'clock at the Friedheim Lutheran church with Rev. C. B. Preuss officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. — * Corner Stone of Rotary Unit Laid Indianapolis, April 28.—(U.R) — Delegates from most of Indiana s 57 Rotary Clute attended ceremonies attendant upon laying the cornerstone of the $250,000 James Whitcomb! Riley Hospital convalescent home here this afternoon. The principal address was given by Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International, with Dr. M. Ashby Jones, St. Louis, as principal luncheon speaker.

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PRESBYTERIAN ; SOCIETIES OPEN MEETING HERE More Than 175 Women Attend Opening Session 1 of Presbytery Groups TO ELECT OFFICERS ; AT MEETING TODAY I i Approximately 175 persons •iattended the opening meeting today, of the \V oma n’ s National and Foreign Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne Presbytery which is being held in the local Pres- ' bvterian Church. i ‘This is the fifty-fifth annual meeting of the organization, and the sessions will continue through- .! out Tuesday and Wednesday, closing with tire afternoon session tomorrow*. The meeting this morning was opened with prayer by Mrs. C. L. ' Mac Kay, president of the Synodical Society, followed with the executive meeting preluded over by Miss Isalfell W. Cooper of I Howe, president of the Presbyterial Society. ( Short talks were given by Miss Hora Purviance of Huntington, treasurer of the society; and Miss 1 Helen Streeter, field secretary for the National Missions. The clos- ; ing talk, the theme of which was ' “Acceptable Service” was given by Mrs. A. P. Bourns of Fort ' Wayne, after which the meeting was adjourned for luncheon, at * which the members of the Deca- ; tur Missionary Society were hos- , tosses to the guests. "The Urge tables were arranged , about the church parlors, and decorated with spring blossoms. i A delicious luncheon was served to the one hundred ten visiting I delegates. i The afternoon session opened at 1:15 o’clock with a service of ■ prayer conduucted by Mrs. S. A. > Siewart. Mrs. D. B. Erwin, presi ident of the Decatur Society delivf ered the welcome address to the i visiting members of the organiza- , tion, and committees were appoint- * ed. The report of the nominating - committee and the election of - officers will take place late this ■ afternoon, and a Fellowship Sup- - per will be served by the ladies of . the Zion Reformed Church this ’ evening at the church. . o BURKE ON WAY TORRISON Auto Caravan Takes Notorious Criminal To Serve Life Sentence St. Joseph, Mich., April 28- (U.R) ’ —Guarded and protected by eight , policemen armed with machine , guns which he had owned once ’ himself, Fred Burke was taken today from St. Joseph jail on a long . automobile trip to the Marquette ! penitentiary where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for I murder. There were three cars in the i caravan which left at 4 a. m. to I take to prison the man who was i accused of more than 20 slayings, including the massacre of seven gangsters ih Chicago on St. Valentine’s Day, 1929. Burke was in the second car with Sheriff Fred J. Cutler and Under-Sheriff Bryan Wise, to whom ’ he gave his clothes because he i "wouldn’t need them any more”, a ’ few hours after he pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of killing ' Patrolman Charles Skelly. 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — —o Chicago Gangster Dies of Injuries Chicago, April 28-(UP)—Benny ’ Butler, a gangster and beer runner 1 and close friend of Leo V. Brothers ’ who was convicted of killing Alfred ( Lingle, died today of injuries rei ceived in an automobile accident. According to the Chicago Tribune, for which Lingle worked, Buti ler was the gangster whose tele- ' phone wires were “tapped”? and . through whom investigators learn- ■ ed where Brothers was hiding out after the Lingle slaying.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 28, 1931.

As the Babe Came Home ’ft ? Ww&Jk-~ ■ ” 1 i * / b I ci 'lf If « x Lv. /■> R I jB Mae ag i *• W s K SmllWM If 9 > Ik IIH iHL Bill Y '' J" i Slightly crippled but still cheerful, Balje Ruth was greeted by sev- - eral hundred fans as he arrived at Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Mrs. ’ Ruth is shown wheeling the King of Slam to the family auto. Babe i expects to get back in action in a short time despite his injured leg. '

CASHIER OF BANK CHOSEN II i Raymond Riley, Marion. ! to Be Cashier of Peoples State Bank, Berne f Berne, April 28—(Special)—The • board of directors of the Peoples ' State Bank of Berne held a meet- ’ ing Monday night for the purpose “ of appointing the personnel of the ‘ new hank, the opening date of " which has not definitely been announced. r Raymond Riley of Marion was f chosen cashier of the bank, and l\e » and his family will move to Berne, - following the closing of the Marion f schools. Mr. Riley has been in the ’ banking business for 20 years, and has served as cashier of two Marion banks. For the last six months he has been associated with the State Banking Department. The assistant cashier of the bank I has not been appointed, but an experienced banker from Fort Wayne • will take charge of tlw duties following the opening of the bank for a week or two. ’ Gordon Liechty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Liechty, residing north of Berne, was selected teller of the bank. Mr. Liechty is a capable ) young man, having been graduated (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) REVEAL COSTS OF TEACHING [ Costs $235.02 To Teach A ’ Student At Purdue Dur1 ing One Semester Lafayette, Ind., April 24. —(U.R) 1 — ' It costs $235.02 to teach a student 1 in Purdue University for one sem--1 ester, the financial report for the 1 1929-30 fiscal year reveals. 1 Only actual operating expenses ’ of the university were taken into account in determining the educational cost, R. B. Stewart, controller, said. No allowance was made for interest or depreciation of buildings and equipment. The student pays only $46.59 of I the cost of his education for a semester, the report shows, the remain- • ing $188.43 coming from other ■ ftinds. Instructors and professors i receive $166.82; $34.26 goes for supplies; $19.22 is required for equipment, and $14.72 for repairs, inventory stores, and miscellaneous • items. During the 1929-30 school year the equivalent of 4,292 students attended Purdue for the year, and instructional expenses aggregated (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Another Reduction In Gasoline Price I Chicago. April 28 —(U.R) — Two | leading oil companies which rei cently brought out new grades of , gasoline to sell for 9 cents a gal-; I lon reduced the price to B'4 cents ' a gallon today. The companies, Standard of Indiana and Sinclair, made the reductions as a result of competi- . tion. partly stimulated by heavy i production. The competition started when , i Standard announced its “blue” J grade of gasoline at nine cents a C gallon and Shell reduced the price J of its regular 11-cent gasoline to i 10 cents a gallon. , | Sinclair brought aut • a new > I grade Jo sell at 9 cents, then rej duced it to B'4 cents, which i Standard matched with its “blue” ,! trade. Shell's price continued [ ■ unchanged. SHERIFFS AND MINERS CLASH > I Battle at*Black Mountain i Coal Mine Lasted More Than An Hour i Harlan, Ky., April 28 —(UP) — I Several men were reporter! wound- ■ ed in a clash between deputy sheriff and men believed to be striking moners at Black Mountain, near here. More than 200 shots were reported fired before the deputies with I machine guns repulsed the attackj ers. None of the officers was wound ' ed but the attackers were reported uninjured. Sheriff J. H. Blair said the officers were fired on by men who sought to prevent the mine workers entertaining the Black Mountain Cnpl Mines. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Monroe Woman Dies Late This Afternoon ' Mrs. Emeline Wolfe, 84, well ' known Adams County woman died ’ at 3 o'clock this afternoon at her home, four and one half miles ’ southeast of Monroe following an ' illness of several weeks. Mrs. Wolfe was born July 25. ’. 1846 at Rcfckford, Ohio. For the ■ past 64 years she resided on the • same farm on which she died. Her ' husband Jacob Wolfe, preceded her i in death several years. Surviving are the following child- • ren; Mrs. Emma Gilbert, Craigville • J. L. Wolfe. L. M. Wolfe. Ranza i Wolfe all of Willshire, Ohio; Mrs. Myra Springer, Rockford, Ohio; • Mrs. Lanta Davison, Willshire. ■ Ohio; 12 grandchildren, and one I brother, Isaac Sanst of Rockford, I Ohio. Funeral arrangements will be anI nounced later.

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TESTIMONY IS GIVEN BEFORE GRAND JURY Dick Heller Testifies Before Grand Jury on Passage of Bits Bill STATE FILES SUIT DENYING CONSPIRACY I — Indianapolis, April 28 —(U.R) —A] ' Contradiction to the story given , by Governor Harry G. Leslie lie-! fore he testified before the grand i jury regarding the passage of. House Bill 6 was heard by the in-: vestigators today from Richard! Heller, clerk of the House of! Representatives. Gov. Leslie said he had never I refused to return a bill to the ! legislative bodies. Heller said to- ■ day that the Governor had told I him “he did not like to return a I bill wittf my signature on it.” While testimony was being ! heard, in answer to the suits, which charge that the bill was altered and passed through conspiracy, was filed by thq attorney general’s office. House Bill t> removes control of truck and bus lines from cities and towns, and an injunction is sought by Indianapolis and Muncie to prevent Frank Mayr, Jr., secretary of state, from publishing the bill as an Indiana statute. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX> o COMPANION OF SCHANKCAUGHT * i "* Charles Hamilton. Driver of Death Car Arrested at Muncie Muncie, Ind., April 28. — (U.R): — Charles B. Hamilton, 33, Indianapolis, companion of Lawrence Schrank, 32. who, with Troy Clevenger, Winchester police chief, is I dead as a result of a gun battle' Saturday night, is in custody here. In a statement to police, Hamilton said he met Schank while both were convicts in the Indiana state prison. Hamilton was released March 4. Schank had been free more than a year.. Their acquaintance was renewed in Indianapolis, I where Hamilton worked as a bar-! ber. “After stealing two automobiles, one of which they wrecked, the former convicts robbed a grocery in Richmond Saturday and tied to | Winchester. They halted at a stop light and Clevenger began questioning the fugitives. Schank opened a door and fired. The officer fell, but shot and killed Schank. Hamilton wrecked his auto attempting to escape and went to a farm house about a half-mile dis (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o PORTLAND MAN NAMED IN PLOT |Similar Names Might Have Brought Death To Dr. Geo. Perry South Bend, Ind., April 28.—(U.R> — A belief that Mrs. George L. Perry must have been the man who killed her husband was expressed today by police after an empty revolver shell was found a few feet from the spot where Mrs. Perry said she was standing when Perry was ambushed and spot down. Mrs. Perry has contended she did not see the man although she ex pressed an opinion he probably was cne of two who aided her husband last Jan. 22 in swindling Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge of $50,000 in a faro game at Springfield, 111. Police were convinced that both Mrs. Perry and her father, John Caniff, knew more of the slaying than they had told. Caniff. whose record as a cambler waif as well known to police as that of his son-in-law, admitted, officers said, that he could “tell more,” but that he did not care to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Trial qf Stanford Is Set For June 15 Valparaiso, Ind., April 28. —(U.R> -1 Loon Stanford, one of the four youths indicted with Virgil Kirkland for the alleged murder of Arlene Draves, 18, at a liquor party in Gary last November, will be tried in Porter circuit court June 15, Judge Harry Crumpacker announced. The date was set despite protests of the prosecution, which sought to have the trials of Paul Barton and David Thompson follow the trial of Kirkland here tomorrow. The prosecution said the case against these two is stronger than the ones against Stanford and Henry Shirk,' the fifth youth indicted. FRATERNITY I MOVES ROOMS Phi Delta Kappa to Occupy Third Floor of Morrison Building The local Phi Delta Kappa fra'ernity will move its club rooms from the location above the Atlantic an.l Pacific Tea Company Store on North Second street, to the third floor of the Morrison Building, above the Cort Theatre, on Thursday. April 30, it was announced today. The rooms into which the fraternity will move were formerly occupied by the Elk's Lodge, prior to its moving into the Elks Home on North Second street. The new rooms have been redecorated and furnished with new furniture. The hall includes two rooms the large one to be used for the meeting room, and the other for a billiard and card room, there is also space in the rear of the building tor a kitchen. The larger rooms were expedien* on account of the large membership. I there being more than fifty active members in the organization, at the present time and due to the number of social events which have been planned by the fraternity for tife summer. The first meeting to be held in the new fraternity home will be I Monday, May 4. following a banquet ' which will be served at the Rice Hotel. A speaker has been engaged to speak at the banquet, and the members are anticipating a splendid program for the evening. Some outstanding features of the summer program will include a May Dance for the fraternity members and their wives and sweetj hearts, and the anniversary celebia- | tion of the founding of the local chapter. This anniversary celebration will be in the form of a stag banquet at the Decatur Country Club to which all the Phi Delta Kappa chapters in the surrounding cities will he invited, and a large attendance is expected. Goshen Newspaper Owner Is Dead Goehen, Ind., April 28 —-(U.R)—George W. Kinnison, 87, Civil war veteran and for 30 years owner of the Goshen News-Times, died at his home here. Until his recent illness he was a daily contributor to the paper. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. One son. (). M. Kinnieon. editor of the NewsTimes, is the only survivor. Elks To Give Card Party For Guests A card party will be given hy Decatur lodge B. P. O. Elks at the Elks home on Monday evening, May 4. The party will be forj Elks, their families and invited guests. Each member ie privileg-1 ed to invite two guests for the party and plans are being made to entertain more than one hundred persons. Prizes will bie awarded to those having high score. Legs Diamond Is Slightly improved Albany, N.Y., April 28.—(U.R) — Jack (Legs) Diamond is "slightly improved,” according to an official bulletin announced at Albany hospital at 7:30 a. m. The bulletin contained no other information on the gang leader’s condition. Diamond awakened only a few times during the night. Dr. John J. Copeland, superintendent, said. Sleep was produced with the aid of opiates. He still is unable to take nourishment, except for a small quantity of liquids. Dr. Copeland described the racketeer's condition as "reasonably fair.”

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OR. KELLEY IS RELEASED BY KIDNAPERS Claimed That Reporter Completed Deal For His Release PHYSICIAN GONE A WEEK IS UNHARMED — St. Louis, Mo. April 28 —(UP) — I Dr. Isaac Kelley, wealthy physician i returned to his home at noon today ; more than a week afte rbeing kidj napped, and ten hours after his rej ported release from the abducting ! gangKelley jumped from an auto that I drove up in front of his stone mani sion. ran through a crowd of repor- ! ters to a rear door, and entered it, ; Hamming the door behind him. St. Louis, Mo., April 28. - (U.R)—The St. Louis Post Dispatch iu a copyright story today said that Dr. Isaac 1). Kelley, wealthy . physician, who had been missing more than a week, had been found by .John T. Rogers, reporter for that paper. Thie story said Kelley admitted he had teen kidnaped and quoted him as saying no ransom had been paid “so far as I know." Kelley was described as unharmed. The middle-aged ear and nose specialist had been mysteriously missing since called from his home at 10 p. m.. April 20. on what he supposed was an emergency case. The copyrighted story said that Kelley “was turned over by his captors, at 2 a.m. on a St. Clair county roadside on the outskirts of East St. Louis.” “Rogers was conducted to the spot by a man whom he met near his home after receiving an anonymous telephone call that a friend wanted to see him,” the story continued. “The physician was unharmed. He declared that as far as he knew, no ransom was paid for his release. He had teen in the hands of his kidnapers a few hours more than seven days when Rogers found him. "Except for the lack of a bath and a change of clothing," he ap(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 I ■ Motorist Injured By Stone From Road C. A. Simmons of Indianapolis was brought to the Adams Countv Memorial Hospital by a passing motorist this afternoon .suffering from an injury caused by a stone which was thrown through the wind shield of his car by the wheels of a passing automobile. Mr. Simmons was driving on the Berne-Dei atur Road, north of Monroe, shortly after noon today, and as an approaching car passed him, a stone was thrown by the wheels of the car, broke through the windshield and struck Mr. Simmons on the forehead, cutting an artery. The injured man succeeded in slopping a car driven by a Mr. Skinner. who brought him to the local hospital and the injury was dressed. PLOTTER FREED ON DEGESION Paul Kassey Who Tried to Wreck Naval Dirigible Is Released Akron. 0.. April 28—(UP) —The Ohio Syndicalism laws under Which Paul F. Kassey is charged with a plot to wreck the U. S. Naval dirigible, “Akron,” was declared unconstiti'tional today by common pleas Judge Walter Wanamaker. The ruling, handed down us Kassey was prepared to go on trial, freed the young Hungarian rivet inspector who has been held since his arrest on March 19 by Federal department of justice agents. The ruling had been besought hy Kassey’s counsel. Mrs. Yetta Land, representative of the labor defense, league of Cleveland, in filing a demurrer to the indictment which charged that Kassey "by spoken word and word of mouth” had communicated to Federal agents asserted designs to wreck the giant. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)