Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1931 — Page 1

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jjTER says ■lifll CAPONE '■fflS KILLED IHSiSSi < Article Avers < jr Leader Is Substile For Real “Al” JERGETS « I M BIG LAUGH Uag<>. May l.—'U.W—Al ' steal! an illegitimate 11 Giacomo ('ala-' with a synthetic scar, uahervvorld under name, according to ngl * and amazing story to an incredulous , by t!>.' magazine. "Real * a Chicago publication. Jfrl artiel»-. captioned "Al <’adead'" and written by a..;.,., < hi, ago newspaperthe first of a series which, ( premises will prove that | HgjL-:id and a false "king" was t secretly, before it ends. ( SRi’. fcv over his power and his ( ■|fk a woman were given as the ( K for his assassination. The ( developfirst article. By line himseit got a laugh out .■ Press. ■A-- th’ 1 look like?" he asked ) u he actually were ( I hiok like Calabrese? That's ' n: honey." lie smiled and ( made hoodm..ami's knife - crinkled i left cheek. ' em think I'm dead." k i< est |^K. .smi also laughed think Al Capone's dead, crazy." - actually is a Giacomo Cala- - ' a minor gangChie.a'u Heights "and never shine like that." * story. as the magazine pubJ. M. Lansinger, promises it ■HB:?..' th*- Jim.* issue, runs ' hi'foi man polii e and thought was Al j^B> H was ai tested in I’hiladelBB»nd sentmii cd to a year on the minor charge of -a p. -toi. Capone really was for a ride" and murdered in manner so many ganghave met their death. t-ri-imlli-d by the mysterious - hand of Johnny Torrio, ■KiiNTINUED ON PAGE SIX. 111111 l () Bus Drivers ■ Must Observe Laws May I.— <U.R)* — bus drivers' licenses will jf drivers fail to obregulations for operation. Mayr Jr., secretary of state. Hr*' ' school superintendents and flu nighout the state todim regulations were issued \- Mentzer, safety di--111 Um motor vehicle depart HK o ■SON BOARD IWS MEETING ®f ,,r matory Board ReorWfranized; Probe Also ■ Is Conducted e h'lleon. Ind., May 1— Instate reformatory trustees ■ art tl ' e inst ‘ tu, 'on here yesterernoon in what was considan "informal meeting." Ustees discussed charges of , h ' ma, * e by Walter Arnold, . ” or t Wayne policeman. Olle tim '’ a prisoner in the « ,r ®atory, against W. A. Allen ■L rw| '’helps, who served long aS otricers °f the institution. A. F. Miles, of ■j, .. n " l ' ;it °i'y, held his men “not ■L y ‘n the matter. Bniz'l? 03 " 1 of trus tees was reor•lan n at the meetin E and D. D. K„„'.., e ns3e 'aer. a new member. Brins lnto office - Homer York, ■X ’ * aS electetl President. Besidnn^ 38 clloßen to serve as vice BtasurJ ’ I,aul Honan, Lebanon, Bn F m w" Dr ' H ' G - B™gge- ' t Wayne, secretary.

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“Wed” Thirteen Years; Forced To Remarry! Elkhart, Ind.. May I—(UP)—lt took 13 years for Bill Kozlowski and Mury Museznka, both of Michawaka, to learn that a marriage license does not constitute a marriage, hnt they were legally wed today, after living happily during the interim, and raising a family of two chldren. Kozlowski’s predicament was revealed when he made application for veteran's compensation. He produced the worn marriage license. 1 obtained just before he went to.war i in 1918. as proof of wedlock. He* had never filed it however, except ' ing at the clerk's office. POLICE KILLER i IS CAPTURED Mayor Cermak Questions Murderer; Policeman Was Lingle Witness Chicago, May 1. —<U.R> —Anthony Ruthy, the man of “visions” in the Lingle murder case, was killed at his post and another policeman was believed dying today as the result of a mad shooting spree which a fleeing bandit staged in the same loop section where Ruthy chased but failed to catch Lingle’s slayer on last June 9. Frank Jordan. 35, who confessed he was the man who killed Ruthy, critically wounded Policeman Patrick Durkin, and threw thousands of loop pedestrians into a panic at the 5 p. m. rush hour, was captured finally by a steamship line clerk, Ernest Schaeublin. Within an hour after the shooting, Mayor Anton J. Cermak per(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1_ o CLUB CHAIRMEN ARE ANNOUNCED County President Selects Aides For Various Departments Mrs. R. D. Myers, president of the Adams County Clubs, has appointed chairmen of the various departments of the clubs in the county, to serve during the present year. Miss Kathryn Hyland is secretary and Mrs. C. E. Peterson is treasurer of the county organization. Following is the list of chairmen preparer! by Mrs. Myers: Junior Membership, Miss Neva Brandyberry; Cooperation for the Blind, Miss Josephine Anderson; Reciprocity, Mrs. John Peterson; American Citizenship, Mrs. Homer Lower; Amercan Home, Mrs Dale Moses; Education, Mrs. Albert Mutschler; Conservation. Mrs. Sherman Kunkle; Art. Mrs. John T. Myers; Literature. Mrs. Roy Price; Music, Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse; International Relations, Mrs. S. D. Beavers; Legislation. Mrs. J. C. Sutton; Press and Publicity, Mrs. O. L. Vance; Club Woman, Mrs Harry Moltz; 'Child Welfare, Mrs. Fred Linn; Public Health. Mrs. William Linn; Mental Health ,Mrs. Clifford Saylors. County Chairman of Economics Clubs, Mrs. E. W. Busche; Codnty chairman of Rural Cooperation. Mrs. J. M. Anderson. Other officers of interest to county clubs are District Chairman of Child Welfare. Mrs. Charles Knapp; District Chairman of Rural Cooperation, Mrs. E. S. Christen: First Vice-President of the District Mrs. E. D. Engeler. Pastor Wins Twice Marion, Ind.. May l-(UP)—Rev. Ralph Little, Swayzee Baptist minister, won two encounters in rapid succession here last ight one in court and the other in the courthouse corridor. Immediately after Rev. Little was acquitted on a charge of criminally attacking the 17-year-old daughter of Clem Bell, Kokomo, he was confronted by Bell in the corridor. He upheld his part of the ensuing battle, until the two were separated. Babe Escapes Injury Mishawaka, Ind., May 1. — (U.R> — Bernard, five weeks old son of Mrs. Lawrence Garden, 30. was thrown through the broken windshield of one automobile in a collision and landed uninjured on the fender of the other machine. His mother suffered from shock and an injmed eye and three other persons suffered minor injuries.

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FARM PROGRAM DEFENDED BY HEAD OF BOARD Chairman Stone Says Stabilization Plan Is Fully Justified IS REMEDY TEMPORARILY) i i Atlantic City, N. J., May I—(U.S)! —Chairman James C. Stone of the ' ! Federal farm board defended the | board's stabilization program. I which has been severely attacked iby business, as "fully justified" ( by agriculture's emergency in an address today before the U. S. chamber of commerce. “The hbard believes what was done to have been fully justified by the serious emergency that faced agriculture," Stone told the organization from which has come i the brunt of criticism. “Any losses that may be sustained by the revolving fund from these operations will be inconsequential compared to the benefits to our people." Stone, however, assured business that the stabilization activities in which 200,000,000 bushels of wheat have been withdrawn from the market to peg the price of the board would be used only for temporary emergencies. “Our experience leads to the definite conviction that these (stabilization activities) cannot J cope successfully with continuous overproduction, but can l>e resorted to only as temporary remedies in meeting an emergency situation,” he said. "They were intended to help protect the farmer’s market for I Iris products from extremtly -ser-1 ' ious consequences that threatened , a-s a result of the world-wide busiII ness depression. In the past two |! crop years our farmer has received i direct benefits from the stabilization operations and in addition, the country as a whole, particular- ’ ly banks and business men of the agricultural section, received very great indirect benefits." Stone reminded the business . men that the government had done many things for business, and said that agriculture had been taken care of at last. The farm board act, he argued, was in no way “class legislation.” He appealed for co-operation between business and agriculture. L (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o RESIDENCE LAW IS DEFEATED 1 Evangelical Conference Votes to Change Old Seven-Year Rule ; Berne, May I—(Special)—Delegates to the seventy-ninth annual , session of the Indiana Conference j of the Evangelical church voted in favor of repeal of the old law which stated pastors may stay in one ' church for only seven years. The vote was 83-41, and the new law ’ proposes that a pastor remain in ’ one charge for an indefinite period of time. In order for the ruling to become a law of the Evangelical church it '. must be passed by two-thirds of the 1 Evangelical conferences being held throughout the country. Business transacted at the ses sions today included appointments of Rev. J. L. Moser of Van Wert, Ohio as superintendent of the East - district, and Rev. C. P. Maas of Elk--1 hart as superintendent of the west s district. Both appointments are for - the eighth consecutive year of service. 5 Officers will be elected late this t afternoon and various committees r will be appointed. Rev,,M. W. Sunderman of Deca- ? tur will preside at the meeting to- . day, and special music will be furnished by the Decatur Evangelical choir. A’duet will be sung by the Misses Martha Jane Linn and Madeline Spahr of Decatur. o Attorneys Argue Case i f Final arguments by attorneys 1 were heard this afternoon in the I f case of Wagner vs. Hi'ggins, $5,000 r damage suit, venued to Adams cir--1 cult court from Allen county, The •• case was expected to go to the jury late today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 1, 1931.

Husband Sees Rival Kill Wife and Self With Poison ' OWN I " . yBEgiP j j Ihin ' t nMBs JZ. Y. ' W iXV £ i 'i’ W ( Mrs. Catherine Garrison (left), wife of Ralph Garrison (upper, I fight), who died with J. H. Hartung, her lover (inset), in the hotel < room in Chicago when Hartung gave her poisoned drink and then drank I poison himself while Garrison looked on. Garrison, a magazine circula- ( tor of Kalamazoo, Mich., had gone to the hotel with his wife to tell | Hartung of their reconciliation. Hartung offered Mr. and Mrs. Garrison poisoned drinks. Garrison refused to drink, but Mrs. Garrison drank with Hartung and they both fell, dying almost immediately. Hartung was a traveling salesman of Colon.bus, Ohio, and has been living at the Chicago hotel with Mrs. Garrison for several days, where they were registered as man and wife. Gatrison. heartbroken over the tragedy, is shown here as he testified at inquest.

CONVENTION IS PLANNED |Monroe Township Sunday School Meet To Be Held Sunday, May 10 The Monroe Township Sunday School convention will he held Sunday May 10, with the afternoon session conducted in the Spring Hill church northcast of Berne, and the evening session in the Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church. Several good talks are featured on the program. and special musical numbers will be given. The afternoon session at the Spring Hill Church will open at 2 o’clock, with Miss Gladys Stauffer acting as song leader. Instrumental music will be furnished by the Zehr girls, and Rev. I. G. Rpederer of Berne will lead the devotionals. Special music will be furnished by Evangelical Church, and a debate will be enjoyed. Mrs. V. A. Eichenberger will give the pricipal address at the afternoon meet(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Tractor Mishap Fatal Indianapolis, May 1. —KU.R>—J- L. Massey, Marion county farmer, died in a hospital here of injuries suffered when a tractor which he cranked while it was in gear, crushed him. o SURVEY MADE BY DEMOCRATS Fourth District Leaders Cast Eyes Toward District Organization Democratic political leaders of the new Fourth congressional district are casting their eyes about, surveying the situation and completing an organization for the first congressional contest, still a year distant. Two names are mentioned at present as possible Democratic candidates for congress to oppose David Hogg, Fort Wayne, Reifublican congressman of the old twelfth district. They are Fred Wiecking, Bluffton, former state commander l of the American Legion and present president of the Indiana Elks Association, and Samuel Jackson Fort Wayne, who made the race in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Col. Reppert Speaks At Rotary Club Meeting | Col. Fred Reppert who in the past I six weeks has conducted livestock sales from California to New York gave an interesting talk before the ( , Decatur Rotary club last evening. ' Col. Reppert stated conditions were good in the livestock business and that every individual should become optimistic. r "Business is just about what you make it", the famous auctioneer stated. The merchant or manufacturer who doubles his advertising, 1 renews his efforts to please the ’ public with better merchandise at ‘ the new lower prices, is the one ' who is making a success of it today ‘ Col. Reppert emphasized. t — 0 15 PRISONERS ARE PAROLED i Board Refuses Number of Parole And Pardon Petitions At Meeting Michigan City, Ind., May I.—<U.R) ) — Fifteen convicts in Michigan state prison here today were awaiting Governor Harry G. Leslie's sig- ! nature on paroles recommended for . I them by the prison pardon board. 1 ’ Ten were recommended for out--1 right release and five for tempor- » ary clemency. The cases of 19 other convicts were continued and one prisoner received commutation of sentence. The board heard 129 pleas in the session, which lasted late into the night. it was held significant that five of the paroles were recommended 1 for men who had no representatives appear before the board. Os 51 men convicted on murder charges - who appeared for clemency, one was recommended for parole and another for temporary parole. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) f 0 . Comedy-Drama To Be Presented At Kirkland t "Tumult ’, a three act comedy r drama, will be presented by the Young People’s Class of the Pleat sant Dale Sunday School in the i- Kirkland Community Hall, Saturday e night. May 2. The play will begin 1- at 7:45 o’clock, and admission will h be 25c for adults and 15c for children. r The cast for the clever comedy j. have been practicing for several! s weeks on ■‘the production, which I lt promises to be of unusual interest. a The public is invited to witness this - presentation given by the young people of the Pleasant Dale Church.

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FREE CLINIC IS HELDTHURSDAY Twenty-five Examined At Tuberculosis Clinic At Library Hall Here Twenty-five patients were examined at the free tuberculosis clinic conducted by the Adams County Tuberculosis Association in Library Hall, Thursday. Dr. W. R. Williamson and several nurses from the Irene Byron Sanitorium, Fort Wayne, had charge of the examin- ( ations. The patients were given complete examinations at the clinic and ! those found with the disease were advised to see their family physicians for treatment. No prescriptions were issued at the clinic. The patients examined Thursday will be given a check-up examination at the next tuberculosis clinic, which will be held in this city in I the next month or two, it was stat-1 ed today. The condition of patients will lie compared with the examination held Thursday. This was the first tuberculosis j clinic that has been held in this city for 10 years, and the association was well pleased with the cooperation given it by local physicians and people. Mrs. Oscar Lankenatt was in charge of the morning session, held from 10 to 12 o'clock and Mrs. George Flanders acted as hostess. Mrs. Charles Holthouse was in charge of the afternoon session from one to four o’clock and Mrs. John H. Heller was hostess. Dr. Draper, superintendent of Irene Byron Sanitorium, Dr. Williamson. Miss Barber, Mrs. J. Barss, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CLUB WINNERS AWARDED TRIPS Several From County To Go To Lafayette Next Week For Round-up Word has been received at the county agent’s office of the reservations made for the 4-H Club lsoys and girls who are to go to the Purdue Round-Up next Tuesday from this county. The group will leave Decatur at 8 o’clock (standard time) Tuesday morning and will arrive at Lafay-I ette at about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The girls in company with | Erma Gage are. Leah Griffiths, Mildred Koldewey, Betty Fritsing-1 er and Mabel Borne, and the boys in company with County Agent L. E. Archbold, are, Noah J. Schrock, Raymond McAhren, Frederick Duff and Homer Huser. The trips in the girls club were made possible by the contributions from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The Calf Club trip was made possible by the joint contribution of the Cloverleaf Creameries and the retail dairymen of Decatur. The corn club trip was contributed by the grain elevators including Burk Elevator Co., Reed Elevator Co., Preble Equity, Berne Equity, Berne Hay and Grain Co. and the Egly Elevator Co. of Geneva. The Holland St. Louis Sugar Co., sponsored the sugar beet trip. Q_ DEATH CALLS GRACE KENNEY Former Decatur Girl Is Victim; Dies Today at Richmond Hospital Miss Grace Kenney, 28, former Decatur girl and niece of James Kenney, well known Adams county farmer, died at the Richmond State hospital at Richmond early today. The body will be brought to the James Kenney home, northeast of Geneva, this afternoon. Miss Kenney was the daughter of Pat and Mary Kenney, both deceased. She attended Decatur high school and later moved with her brothers and sisters to Fort Wayne. Surviving is a brother and several sisters who reside in Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the St. Marys Catholic church, 8 miles east of Geneva,

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Seek Aid In Fighting Indiana Forest Fire) Indianapolis, May 1. — (U.R> — A call for stale aid to fight a fire sweeping over more than 1,0001 acres of land in Jackson county, was answered by the state conservation department here today. Ralph Wilcox, state forester, dispatched 15 men from the preserve, at Henryville to buttle the flames. ( It whs reported to Wilcox t)iat I the fire was spreading rapidly through heavy pine timber on knolled areas. Flames were within a mile of Brownstown, Wilcox was ] told. The loss to date was estimated lat between $6,000 and $7,000. DRAMA PUPILS 11 TO GIVE FROLIC Miss Bitner’s Dramatic ! Art School of Decatur To Give Program Miss Corienne F. Bitner, who con- ' ducts a school of dramatic art in , Fort Wayne, and who has also been conducting a school here for the 11 last six months, will present her : pupils in a "Footlight Frolic” a* 1 the Decatur Catholic High School > auditorium, Friday evening, May ’ 15, at 8:15 o’clock. < Rehearsals have been in progress . for some time and Miss Bitner is anticipating a successful presentation of her pupils. Readings, mono- * logues, songs and dances in cos-11 turne will be featured. “Dutch Kiddies", one of the musi- i cal numbers will be colorfully costumed. likewise "The Haymakers and the Dairymaids." "Here Comes, The Sun” and “One Umbrella Built, for Two" will be given by the smal-l ler boys and girls. A group of 15 boys and girls will | sing“l'm Yours,” which will be led I | by Marjorie Scheumann and Flora I I Marie Lankenau. Another of the; principal numbers to take place, will be “Maybe It’s Love” by Albert j Keller and Margaret Hoffman., Mary Helen Lose will sing “Would I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Ladies’ Quartet Coming The Ladies Qaurtet of the Fort' Wayne Bible Institute will give a I musical program here Sunday nigh l May 3 at 7:3:1 o'clock at the Baptist church. The public is invited to attend the services. Following the program the pastor will deliver j | the regular Sunday evening sermon, i BIG AMOUNT OF * WHEAT BOUGHT Federal Board Purchases 23,061,0'00 Bushels In Minnesota Today Minneapolis, Minn., May I—<U.R>1 —<U.R> —The Federal farm board today took control of 23,061,(100 bushels of wheat stored in terminal elevators at Minneapolis and Duluth, completing purchase of grain bought in recent months for May delivery. Officials of the Minneapolis chamber of commerce, which handled the transaction, said it was probably the largest exchange of grain ever completed in one day on any world market. The chamber of commerce clearing house turned the grain, most of which was owned by elevators, over to the grain stabilization corporation, a farm board subsidy. The transaction was for cash. Payment was made on the basis of the wheat price at the time each individual purchase of wheat for May delivery was made. The payment totaled about $18,000,000. Today’s transaction brought the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX’. Plane Makes First Trip Fort Wayne. Ind., May I—(UP1 —(UP) — An east-bound plane inaugurating the trascontinental *and Western Air, Inc., passenger service between New York and Chicago through 1 Fort Wayne was scheduled to stop here at 2:38 this afternoon. A west- • liound plane was due at 5:25. Final test flights over the route ; were completed yesterday in tri-mo-tored ships. Pilots who will fly his ■ route have completed preliminary - ships each being required to make i the trip five times before beginning regular service.

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POLICE, TROOPS (LN GUARD IN MANY NATIONS Germany Reports Sharp Clash Between Celebrators And Policemen FEW HURT IN DISORDERS New York, May I.— <U.R)i — International labor day was celebrated in all parts of the world today with police and troops on guard in many countries to restrict disorders to a minimum. A sharp clash occurred in Germany, where communists and fascists engaged in a gun fight in which seven were wounded. a United Press dispatch said. In Berlin a policeman was critically wounded and about a score of extremists were arrested. French officials arrested or deported a similar number of agititors but maintained the calmest atmosphere of any May day since the war. Hundreds of persons were reported arrested in Japan to prevent demonstrations. Police clashed with demonstrators at Adelaide, Australia, arresting half a dozen. A clash was threatened in New York between communists and socialists demonstrating at Union (square, and in Oklahoma Governor [Murray called out 5,000 National I guardsmen to prevent disorders. Other cities took similar precautions against violence. ! New York, May I.— IU.R> —New 'York's annual May day celebration (marked by three distinct groups in I demonstrations in Uniqn Square, 'got under way promptly on sched'ule and with no disturbance today. The Veterans for Foreign wars. • 10,000 strong, including women land children, started their parade [from Madison Square at 11 a. m. and 11:30 found them at Union Square, a halt' mile further down town with bands playing and numerous flags and banners on display. Extra policemen numbering 350 I maintained watch over the celes brators and thousands attracted by the oratory and music. The veterans will hold forth until 2 p. m., when the socialists are to have the square. They in turn will lie succeeded by the eommuuHsts at 4 p. m. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Bandit Suspect Sought Indianapolis, May 1. —(U.R)' —A third bank bandit suspect, believed to he an accomplice of two men captured after robbery of the Oaklandon State Bank, was sought by police here today. The two captured men, who gave their names as James Cordell, Detroit, anil Charles Leroy Palmer. Cleveland, were being held at city prison in default of $30,000 bonds. Cordell told police he had served a term in the Michigan state prison, lonia, Mich. The two were captured a few minutes after the bank was robbed of $3,000. SALARIES ARE NOT INCREASED Government Adopts New Policy For Employes; None Are Released Washlngon May 1. —(UP) The government is increasing the wages of its employes only where required by law, it was stated officially at the White House today. Tlie usual program of increasing salaries voluntarily when funds were available was abandoned some weeks ago, It was said. At the same time the White House said much was being done by the government to carry out President Hoover's policy against curtailment of employment or general wage scales. A number of employes for whom work has slackened are being kept in the service ,it was pointed out. Likewise the government construction program has increased tlie total number of employes since before tlie depression. It is Mr. Hoovers intention to comply with the law in the matter (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)