Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1931 — Page 1

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'Ant warns JtIINST WAGE 'JIEOIICTIONS le _ ■L Puts Won’t Aid In a 1 rom EconomNow i ()\E OF WORST' *%. Tlumuis L. Stokes, staff Correspondent. Oity, N. J., April: Secretary of ComKfioliert P. Lamont U. S. Chamber of IS (onvention here to■wlfit was generally interHed|a< an administration _, rp Knk against wage cuts as Kr£ of recovery from the depression. . did not mention specih'W h, ‘ <ui;iruversy over the ■ J.., mu theory, which has hut he said, very ,ll; " ,h, ‘ nloßt P ros P erous our industrial history tlmsu coincident with and shorter hours. to the retaliation of wage cuts in previous ■Jims through strikes and dis- — Ks. Ihsi iissing the course of Oil depressions he said, signifiKip yyers immediately diseanfßJi hundreds of thousands of Kers and ruthlessly slashed tie- first signs of trouble, responded by engaging letter and destructive Kt, involving destruction of | Krt riots and bloodshed." ( Kk Cs lengthy message, which! nlijßAe over carefully in Wash-1 President Hoover and l.‘'-KJfc-eti added significance, was | to li.utid representatives! business, who have canvass the economic thoimighly and seek some • i•<••• secretary, himself KBusi:,.*ss man of wide experK| not seek to minimize the economic slump, which he ■tierized as "one of the most of our business but he sought to assuage ie unemployment, said it with the return of business and told the busindustrial leaders frankthey must work out their „■ Blvation by controlling the !; bring on depressions. address followed the speech to tlie convention William Butterworth. «®TNrnn ON PAGE THREE) 0 jSobe Bank’s Affairs was expected to »<l> by ihe Lawrence county ■ Jury into the affairs of the IKt Oolitic State bank. n.iiiden, cashier surrendpleaded guilty to embezzcharges the day the bank .mil he is now serving 14 year term in the state 'B” 1 ' 1 - tockholders have in||B': they believe Rariden was to blame for the failure bank a fund was raised and John Robison, l lined States senator from was employed to make of the hank’s Kt ’ ~ o Id WOMAN I expires here S- Edith Pierce Is ■eath’s Victim Tues- | I day Afternoon Edith Foust Pierce, 22, ot Ohio died at 4 o’clock Tuesat the Adams County r ial hospital following an illabout two months. She was ip f or only t h ree dayg alH ] W a patient at the leal hosthat time. Pierce lived with her mother ■ Cora Foust, are the (husband, Pat the mother; two daughters, S“ * Louise, aged 3 years, and El- ■ Ma y. aged six months, and brothers and sisters. I “”y al services will be held FritHnoon at the residence and ■? Mc Gill Church with burial in ■ McOiu cemetery.

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On Way to Hear His Fate * WWfeglß II jr x Ri .>> JI Tv —jty? -r JIK. 9 K ---«U KB» wBl 1 I K J' U« ; / isd \i/ -tAt J H 'ThKat i a Jb . |h>- wTiU V® ■ . -M* Fred Burke (center, manacled, is shown here as he was marched from the jail at St. Joseph, Mich., to the court of Judge Charles E. White, who sentenced Burke to serve at hard labor for the rest of his life in the Marquette penitentiary. Burke ipleaded guilty to the murder ot Policeman Charles Skelly in December, 1929.

BURKE BEGINS LIFE SENTENCE! Notorious Killer Gets “Dressed In” Tuesday Night at Prison Marquette, Mich., April 29. —(U.R) — Convict No. 5293 — otherwise known as Fred Burke, alleged professional machine-gun killer —today started the first 24 hours of a life sentence in Marquette slate penitentiary. Burke —who pleaded guilty in St. Joseph Monday to the murder of a policeman—was “dressed in" shortly after 7 p. m. last night, after officers had brought him here on a 500-mile automobile trip. He must spend at least the next, ten or 12 years of his life behind | the walls of the branch prison, known as one of the bleakest penitentiaries in the country. With good behavior, he will be eligible for parole in 12 to 15 years. “I’m glad it's all over,’’ he told his guards as the long trip neared its end and the walls of the prison were seen ahead. "I’m terribly sorry lor everything —not tha* I have to serve my time, I don t mean (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) KIDNAPERS ARE BEING SOUGHT St. Louis Police Scour City For Abductors of Dr. I. D. Kelley -St. Louis, April 29 —(U.R)—A police drive against known criminals was under way today as officers searched for suspects in the kidnaping of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, prominent and wealthy nose and throat specialist who was return-, ed home yesterday after being held captive for more than a week. Three former members of the Chikoo gang were understood to be the objects of the search. Police refused to comment. At the Kelley residence, Dr. Kelley refused also to comment upon whether a ransom was paid for his release. It was rumored that his wealthy wife paid the kidnapers SIOO,OOO. St. Louis, Mo., April 29—<U.R) — John T. Rogers, St. Louis PostDispatch reporter to whom Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, victim of kidnapers, was released, received an entire year’s salary as a bonus for his work on the disappearance case, it was learned today. Rogers long has been considered I one of the outstanding reporters I of the middle west.

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Bandit Is Shot By M ounded Policeman I Chicago, April 29. —<U.R> —A poj liceman who was visiting his , bruttei’Ls. uestajirapL while <>ffjdyt.V 'fought a gun duel with a holdup I man today and both were injured seriously. The officer. Detective Charles Kelly, stopped on his way home from work this morning at the restaurant of his brother, William. A man identified as Charles Ryan. 35, entered and ordered the Kellys to hold tip their hands. Tlie detective drew his gun and he and the bandit fired simultaneously. Both men fell, Kelly with two bullets ♦hrough his shoulder, Ryan with a hole through his leg. Ryan was captured by other police. FLOWER SHOW ENTRIES MADE i Local People Show Interest In Civic Section Flower Contest Several people have signified Lheir intention of entering the civic section flower growing contest to be held during the summer months. I Mrs. E. W. Lankenau, general chair- ! man announced today. Those who I plan to enter tlie contest are urged [to register with a member of the committee at once, and begin the work of planning the flower garden or display of flowers. The purpose of the contest is to stimuplate interest in beautifying yards and gardens and residents of this city are eligible to enter. The Civic Section of the Woman’s Club is sponsoring the contest, and Mrs. Lankenau is chairmart, Mrs. A. BAshbaucher and Mrs. Earl Butler comprise the committee for the north section, and Mrs. M. F. Harris and Mrs. A. D. Suttles will be in charge of the south district. Attractive prizes will be awarded for the best flower garden in the ’ city, also the best garden in *he north and south sections, the best flo.wer beds, flower baskets, porch boxes and flower pot arrangements Common seed flowers will ne judged such as petunas, zinias, marigolds, asters, nasturtiums, cosmos and other annuals. Observes 99th Birthday Mrs. Michael Eger, of Rensselaer great-grandmother of Mrs. Dick Heller of this city and great-great grandmother of Dick, Jr. and John Jr. observed her ninety-ninth birthday Tuesday. Mrs. Heller and Dick Jr., went to Rensselaer for the occasion. Mrs. Eger, who came to America from Germany in 1848 in a sail boat recalls that one time long before the Civil War she walked from Wabash county to Noble county and stayed all night in Adams county at a hotel in Monmouth.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 29, 1931.

EVANGELICALS OPEN ANNUAL MEET AT BERNE Delegates Arrive Tuesday Afternoon; Candidates Examined MANY SPEAKERS ON PROGRAM — The Seventy-ninth annual session of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church which is being held in the Trinity Evangelical Church in Berne, was form-' ally opened at the Wednesday afternoon meeting, with Bishop L. H. Seager of LeMars; lowa, as chairman. Delegates to the conference began to arrive in Berne tTuesdrfy morning, where they are to be the guests of the Berne Church and the Linn Grove Circuit Churches until the closing of the conference next Sunday afternoon. A committee meeting for the purpose of nominating the Board of Examination was held Tuesday morning, and at 2 o’clock in the hfternoon the annual meeting of that board, of which Rev. D. O. Wise is the chairman, met, and candidates for the ministry were examined. < Dr. E. W. Praetorius ot Cleveland. Ohio, general secretary of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

GARY YOUTH FACES TRIAL Death or Freedom Is Cry of Alleged Attacker of Girl Valparaiso, Ind., April 29 —(UP) — Choosing definitely to stake his life against possible freedom rather than accepl a life sentence, Virgil Kirkland, former Gary high school athlete, today faced his second trial on charges of murdering Arlene Draves his 18-year-old sweetheart who died after a drinking party last November. The youthful defendant, sentenced to life imprisonment on the count that Miss Draves had died as the result of his hitting her, faced only two charges in the new trial—Murder by attack and murder by attempt to attack. Conviction on either count carriers a mandatory death sentence in Indiana. A panel of 59 men and one woman, Mrs. Ella Shelburne W. C. T. U. worker, was called for prospective jury duty. The defense said last night that Barratt O’Hara, former lieutenant Governor of Illinois and chief of (CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX) TOCSIN WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Lida Hunt, 60, Is Victim of Pneumonia; 11l , Several Weeks Mrs. Lida Iflchey Hunt, 60, wife of James Hunt of Tocsin died at her home at 3 o’clock this morning of bronchial pneumonia and plications. Mrs. Hunt was ailing for several weeks and contracted the pneumonia two days ago. She was born December 5, 1870, in Tocsin, the daughter of Izan and Fannie Archbold-Richey In 1900 she was united in marriage to James Hunt. Surviving is the father, husband, and four children: Raymond, Ralph Violet, and Mae all at home. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon 1 o’clock (C. S. T.) at the Tocsin United Brethren church with Rev. A. S Elzey of Ossian officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie View Cemetery at Tocsin. Dr. Neptune Is 111 Dr. J. G. Neptune has been confined at his home on North Third street since Monday because of illness. Physicians have diagnosed the ailment as influenza. Dr. Neptune will return to his dental office either Thursday or Friday.

Civic Group Names Officers For 1931-32 Officers for 1931-32 were nominated by the civic section of the Decatur Woman’s club at the regular meeting Tuesday night. Mrs. Harvo iShroll was re-elected general chairman. Other officers are: Mrs. C. L. Walters, vice-chair-man; Mrs. Charles K. Chamberlin, secretary: Mrs. B. 11. Farr, treasurer; Mrs. Alva Buffentlarger, ] fine secretary. Mrs. Peter Vitz is general fine secretary. Following the nomination of officers, tlie flowei* show which the group is sponsoring was discussed. LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND MEET Mrs. Al Burdg Attends Honor Banquet Held Tuesday Noon The District meeting of the Pocahontas lodge was'held in the Knight of Pythias Home in Marion. Tuesday afternoon and evening, and a number of Decatur people attended the session. More than 40b persons from the Pocahontas chapters in the local district attended the meeting, and representatives were present from Wabash, Decatur, Warsaw, Bluffton, Muncie, Indianapolis, Hartford City. Richmond, Newcastle. Anderson, Portland, and Elwood. At the noon hour a luncheon was served by the entertaining chapter lor all past and present great chiefs and Mrs. Al Burdg of this city, past Great Pocahontas, was a guest at the luncheon. A welcome address wa/c given by the Mayor of Marion in behalf ot Marion Council to the great chief i i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) _ . r =- 0 ___ . Funeral To Be Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Emcline Wolfe, well-known Monroe woman who died at her home at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon will be held at the home, four and one half miles southeast of Monroe, and at 2 o’clock (C. S. T.) at the Pleasant Valley Friend’s church. Rev. Isaac Hollingsworth of Lynn, Indiana, former pastor of the Friend’s church will officiate and burial will be ir, the Tricker Cemetery, one and one-half miles southeast of Salem.

SCHOOL COONT NEARS FINISH May 1 Is Deadline For Enumeration of Children of Adams County • Enumeration of all school children of Adams county will be completed by Friday, May 1, and a report will be made to Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent, by each of the township trustees and special enumerators. Mr. Striker will make his report to the state department May 15. Township trustees have taken the enumeration of their respective townships, and Freeh C. Hower and Miss Rose Christen were appointed to take care of the counting in this city. Several of the reports have already been filed with Mr. Striker, it was announced. Children who were six years ot age on or before Friday, April 10 and including children of ages up to 21 are included in the list. o — ■ — Collections Higher Gary, Ind., April 29.—(U.R)r -Higher tax collections are reported in Lake county by Hazel K. Groves, treasurer, and interpreted by him as a sign of economic improvement in that area. The number of persons who have paid county taxes since January 1 is twice aS great as the number at a corresponding time last year, Groves said. o — Decatur Girl Honored Miss Vivian Thomas, a junior at Franklin college, has been elected president of Pi Beta Phi, national college sorority, and tlie Y. W. C. A. organizations at business meetings held recently. Miss Thomas is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. 11. A. Thomas of this city. She is popular and prominent in botli scholastic and social organizations at I Franklin college

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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN ELECT WARSAW LADY Mrs. S. A. Siewert Maned President of Missionary Conference I SESSION WILL ADJOURN TODAY Mrs. S. A. Siewert of Warsaw was chosen president of [the Woman’s National and i Foreign Missionary Society [of the Fort Wayne Presbytery lat the Wednesday morning l session of the fifty-fifth anI nual meeting of the organization, held in the local Presby'terian church. Mrs. Siewert I will succeed Miss Isabel! W. I Cooper of Howe, Indiana. Other officers chosen were Mrs. |C. H. Hettsmanperger of Fort I Wayne, first vice-president; Mrs. T. : Pliny Potts of Fort Wayne, second (Vice-president; Miss Flora E. Puriviance. Huntington. treasurer; Mrs. [George L. Clark, Columbia City, .corresponding secretary; Mrs. Edjgar Atkinson. Auburn, recording I secretary; Miss H. Lavon ChapI man, Fort Wayne, Mission Study Secretary; Mrs. S. W. Knott. Auburn, literature secretary; Mrs. E. ' H. McKee, Avilla, hand work secretary; Miss Ruth Harden, Elkhart, i Young Peoples secretary; Mrs. I Leon Arnold, Elkhart, Intermed[iate and Senior secretary; Miss I Florence Wilden, Goshen. Chili dren’s secretary. The report of the nominating committee was given by Mrs. C. A. Young of Fort Wayne, chairman of the group, and the officers were installed by Mrs. C. L. Mac Kay at the afternoon meeting today. The Fellowship supper which was (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE', . o Dairy Group Meets At Monroe Tuesday Night The ’Adams county Dairy Herd Improvement Association met last evening in the high school building of Monroe, and* following a short business session, decided to sponsor a one day breeding school to be held some time this coming winter under the direction of the extension department of Purdue University. Members «lso discussed and favored the joining of Delaware county in making a dairy | [ legume tour this year, and then ask the Delaware county people to | join an Adams county tour the I following year. I E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue then discussed the tour made during the day in company with County Agent L. E. Archbold, Roy Price, cow tester and D. J. Mazelin. He then outlined some suggestions that would tend to give a long time outlook to the breeding program in the , county.

COMMUNISTS PLAN MARCH State Officers to Aid In Preserving Order At Indianapolis Indianapolis, April 29. —(U.R) — Indiana communists will be met by the concerted attack of city and state authorities, United Mine Workers’ officials, the American Legion and Associated Employers of Indianapolis if they carry out their / announced demonstrations May 4, it was apparent here today. Communistic groups in Hammond, Fort Wayne and numerous other Indiana cities, have revealed their intention of sponsoring a “hunger march” to the state capi(CONTINUED ON P*GE THREE) o Thomas Souders Dies Thomas A. Sauder, 78. of Wells county, a brother-in-law of W. A. Kunkel of Bluffton, died Tuesday morning, following a long illness. Mr. Souder had several relatives in Adams county. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Souders home, 217 East Arnold street. Bluffton. Burial will be made at Fairview cemetery.

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Freed by Kidnapers * 6 ' ’■ i! I • I I I ■' I** V’ I *’ i ' I v » l /“M «■ I / •,2 W < This photo shows Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, rich St. Louis physician, upon his return to his home today after having been held by kidnapers for eight days. He was released after his family had paid his captors SIOO,OOO ransom.

HOME TALENT PLAY PLANNED Pleasant Dale Young People to Present Comedy-Drama The Young People’s Class of the Pleasant Dale Sunday School will present a three act comedy drama, “The Tumult” at the Kirkland Community Hall, Saturday night, May 2, at 7:45 o’clock. An admission of 25c and 15c will be charged for adults and children, respectively. The first act of the play takes place in the private office of John Chadwick in Steelton, Pennsylvania in June, and the second and third acts are laid in a room of Mrs. Benson's Country Home, six weeks later. The play is a clever comedy, and a fine east has been chosen to present the play. Following are the characters: John Chadwick, President of the Chadwick Mills and Most Prominant Man in Steelton Herman Griffiths Mary Chadwick, Daughter of John Chadwick Elizabeth Leyse Tommy Benson, Clerk in office of Chadwick Mills Robert Beery Nita Chadwick, Mary’s Seventeen Year Old Sister Anna Baumgartner

(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ o — Test Flight Is Started Roosevelt Field. N. Y. April 29— Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn departed for Porto Rico today in the cabin monoplane in which they plan later to make a flight arround the world. o_ Light Frost Predicted Indianapolis, Aprl 29 —(UP) — Possibility of a light frost tonight war, predicted by the weather bureau here today. Fair and cooler weather was the forecast for Indiana, with the same conditions to prevail Thursday. __o Jury Probe Held Up Indianapolis April 29 — (UP) — Grand Jury investigations of charges of conspiracy in connection with the passage of House Bill 6 was delayed today as Ascar Hagemeier, deputy prosecutor; Herbert Wilson, prosecutor, and Edward Knight, Indianapolis corporation council conferred on the case. Find Many Mushrooms Henry Heckley of Tocsin, Dale Brookhart and Pat Halsiuger of Huntington were unusually lucky Monday morning when they found 620 mushrooms growing in a woods near Tocsin.

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EIGHT KNOWN TO HAVE DIED; IS UNCHECKED Fire Fighters Unable To Approach Flames Because of Heat H. F. SINCLAIR GOES TO SCENE Ciladewatcr, Tex., April 29 - <U.R) A column of flames roared 200 feel into the sky today from the wild oil well which came, in unexpectedly yesterday with death-defiTing and destructive force and flamed on under terrific pressure in defiance of all human efforts to slop it. The bodies of five workmen were removed from the flames i after the Sinclair No. 1 Cole well, four miles from Gladewater, flared up from a spark caused by the clash of metal; two other charred forms were visible at times through the smoke clouds and heat waves, and three more men were known to be missing. Harry Sinclair, multi-millionaire president of the Sinclair Oil company, ordered the two most famous oil field fire fighters to the ; scene today, before leaving himself from Dallas, Tex., in an airplane, to take personal charge of efforts to conquer the hlaze. The roaring of the fire, fed by a flow of 10(1 cubic feet of natural gas a second and 18,000 barrels of oil a day. was heard a mile away. ' The sheets of flame were so intense that workers could venture I no nearer than 100 feet without I scorching their unprotected hands I tind faces. En route by airplane from Tul- | sa were two noted brothers. M.M. and F. T. Kinely, who have extinguished oil and gas well fires (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Commencement Held At Pleasant Mills Commencement exercises held at Pleasant Mills high school Monday night completed the gradua- [ tion services for the seven Adams county rural high schools. Ninety- ■ one pupils were graduated from I the rural high schools and commencement exercises were held each evening of the week of April 20 to 27. Dr. Lewis C. Hessert, of Ply- ; mouth, Wifi., former Decatur pastor, delivered the commencement addresses and County Superintendent Clifton E. Striker awarded the diplomas. o Lions Hear Hogan I John G. Hogan of the State Automobile Insurance Association. Fort Wayne, delivered an address on automoMle insurance to the members of the Lions Club at the regular meeting. Tuesday evening. Ralph Yager had charge of the program which followed a dinner served in tlie Christian church basement. Chris Lebtfian was welcomed into the club hs a new member. The meeting next Tuesday evening will be Mother's night and a special program will lie given.

CHINA REVOLTS AGAINST REIGN Personal Rule of Dictator Meets Disapproval of Hundreds of Natives Shanghai, China, April 29. —(U.R) —Open revolt against the “personal dictatorship’’ of General Chiang Kai-Shek at last has broken out in China after months of substerranean rumblings. Powerful political figures, supported by military war chiefs throughout the land, have joined in an attempt to overthrow Chiang by bloodless means if possible, but by fighting if necessary. Although Hu Han-min, deposed chairman of the legislative Yuan and one of the leading figures of lhe country, remains a prisoner in Nanking, where he has been kept (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)