Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1931 — Page 1

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■UDS MADE >»|U-H CLUB'S llnnual meet l w: re County Youths Ei Judging Honors; EherWinners Named aIkI than 1.750 ATTEND Ind- May 8. —XU.RX ’ Eree Delaware c ount y Kt I ' pi'nved themselves Knj n livestock judges ■ : county teams which Ket at the 4-H club held at Purdue Uni- ' ’K Malcolm Milhollan, Kom Weaver and Harold Ktgomei'.v, scored 1,973 team was third, TippeKfoarth. and (’lay fifth. The teams were from Rush. Hendricks. Putnam and K counties respectively. -s of the Delaware W( .re high individual Milhollan registered 669 KI possible SOU. and Weaver ,ln i.al’orter youth. Laverne third with 659. ! - ni dairy judging went county team. comp.isPower. Carl Nickel, MEiSriie Gardner. K . of tlie roundup was the of charters to groups as standard clubs, an when all members their projects, the number of meetings have ,:.d other state regulaout. Charters were c ulis. The largest nuin_K:' to Marion county, which W ■ 1!6. Lake county was sec-1 16. I ai’orte and Rush had and Vigo and Wayne had Monroe. Noble, Tippe Sw tiz.orltind received 11. county's winning poul team, which carried li-ims. consisted of RobKenneth Jackson, and ||Kt'u't. all of Greenfield. The ■K county team was second. Hmvland, Remington, and Roth. Scottsburg, were « rst< ||K. Unto I. Dearborn county, returned pi rfect scores in ;u Hummel, teamed |*K|> the Dearborn group which ||K>|' 11 Hole among competI|KiN'UKD ON PAGE SEVEN) liiS — —° » Held For Probe Haute, Ind., May S.—(U.R) - Wilson. 36, Indianapolis, la id here today on a of vagrancy pending investiH" was arrested last night MM ".'-inc to fit a number of carried into the locks of ■ automobiles. I JURY F 0 R ■RKLANU CASE ■R rnc . ys Still Question IBWible Jurors In II Murder Case |jB parais °, ,nd - Ma y ß— <u.R) — 3K' attorneys today continued of men and women |M eir search for 12 persons willsit as a jury in Virgil Kirksecond trial on murder arising from the death of Arlene Draves, IS. party. sixth special venire of 40 ■■ was called as the trial en®T! its tenth day. A total of already had been quesand only 10 had been seated e jury box. It was expected Mr °f these would be accepted ® Bly ’ believed that the jury be completed today or toand the taking of test!started immediately. It was fWcted that two weeks will be p d for testimony. who crowded the during the first trial and M the Gary high school athlete ■janced to life imprisonment, still to attend the sessions. r interest has waned during ffsTTstioning of jurors, however, “° i°nger is there the daily M 1 w seats.

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Vol. XXIX. No. 110.

Defends Suicide 1 - ■t: ■ X -S u V "1® / Z. ■ Mrs. Marjorie Butke, sorrowing widow of Fred A. Butke, the Kane county, Illinois, auditor, who committed suicide while his embezzlement of $65,000 of the county poor farm funds was being investigated, plans to defend the memory of her husband and declared in an interview that her ' husband was an honest man. HOGG WILL BE CHIEF SPEAKER Fort Wayne Congressman To Speak At Monroe Township Meeting A Sunday School convention of Monroe township will be held Sunday, May 10, and Congressman David Hogg of Fort Wayne will give the principal address on “The Importance of Religious Training pf the Youth cf tlie Present Day.’’ The convention will be. held in two sessions, with the afternoon program taking place in the Spring Hill church, northeast of Berne, and the evening program in the Monroe M e til. odist Episcopa church. The program Sunday afternoon will open at 2 o’clock, and Rev. 1. G. Roederer of Berne will lead tlie devotional services. Miss Gladys Stauffer will act as song leader, and the Zehr girls will play special instrumental music. One of the special features of the day’s program will be a debate dur- • ing the afternoon, ajid a talk by Mrs. V. A. Eichenbdrger on “How to Successfully Conduct a Teacher's Training Class." The evening session at the Mou- ' roe Methodist church will open at 7:30 o’clock, and the Methodist church members will present special musical numbers. The devotionals will be in the charge of Rev. Vernon Riley, and Mennas Lehman will conduct the congregational singing. Congressman Hagg will speak at this session. l Both sessions of the convention are expected to be well attended, and both addresses during the day will be beneficial and instructive to those who plan to attend. o Dr. Patterson Speaks Dr. Fred Patterson, president of 1 the Adams County council on Child 1 Health and Protection gave an in- ’ tereeting talk before members ot ’ the Rotary club last, eveningi on the purpose and aims of the nac tional, state and county organiza- . tion on child health. Dr. Patterson, read extracts of the address deliver- ) ed by President Hoover at the ■ White House conference last year, t He stated that the local organlza- • tion wished to cooperate with parI ents, teachers and individuals in I bringing about condtions tor the I children. , — -—-o — Tom Mix Is Deputy . Indianapolis, May 8— (UP)-Tom ’ Mix, film star and wild-west, hero ! today is a deputy state fire mar- ’ took time off from the circus 1 troupe with which he is travel ‘ l “* ' which played in Indianapolis, to go 1 to the statehouse to be sworn in a • the supreme court clerk’s office. Alf fred E. Hogston, state fire ma™ l '* , decorated the cowboys cheet r a special badge which bears Mixs name.

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DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL GETS HIGH RATING Local School Is Named Member in North Central Association RECEIVES 20H. CERTIFICATE For the twentieth consecutive year, Decatur high school, [has been accredited by the’ (North Central Association of (Colleges and Secondary (Schools, according to word received by Principal W. Guy Brown from officials of the association. The new accrediting certificate expires March 20, 1932. Decatur high school is the only school in Adams county which received the honor this year, it was pointed out by school authorities. The certificate received for the next school year states that the local school’s academic rating is “high." One of the great advantages of being a member of the North Central Association is that graduates of a member high school can enter almost any college in the United States without taking entrance examinations. A school, to receive a certificate, must first be accredited by the state association and then must meet added requirements. Laboratories, equipment, teachers, salaries of teachers, buildings, moral conduct and several other less important factors are taken into con-, sideration by North Central before a school is invited to membership. Application for membership is VpluntarjxJmt. after I s filed, the school must subnTn Ttsself to various examinations and inspections by North Central officials. Decatur high school is one of the few schools in Indiana which has been a member continuously for 20 years. DIVORCE CASE IS SETTLED Louise Haugk Gets Decree From Husband In Circuit Court Here Mrs. Louise Haugh was granted an absolute divorce from Julius Haugh in Adams circuit court today. After a financial settlement was made and agreed to. the defendant withdrew his cross-complaint. The entry on the docket showing the granting of the decree also showed the following settlement: That defendant pay $4,000 alimony. That defendant pay an additional $l5O to plaintiff for attorney fees. That defendant receive deed for lots in west part of Decatur wheie he has built houses. That defendant receive a garage building on plaintiff’s lot, to be moved within 60 da? B - „ That defendant pay all costs. A jury in Adams circuit court today was hearing, the case of Warner College of Beauty College vs. Louise Mann and Harlow W- Mann, suit on note. The case was expected to go to the jury this afternoon. Ed A. Bosse represents the college and John T. Kelley is attorney for defendants. Hoosier Heads Druggists Norfolk, Va.. May 8 — (UP) — Nicholas H. Noyes, Indianapolis, today had been elected President of the American Drug Manufacturers association, at the organizations convention at Virginia Beach. Sign Wage Agreement Terre Haute, Ind., May B.—<U.P>Agreements to employ union miners at a wage of $6.10 a day have been signed by seven Indiana mining companies not members of the Indiana Coal Operators’ Association, Abe Vales, district union president, announced today. The Kings Station mine, near Princeton, employing 300 men. was expected to resume operations today. Owners of the mine signed the union agreement at the offices of John L. Lewis, International president, at Indianapolis, after it was agreed that the company would be permitted to operate a night shift.

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Local T. P. A. Delegates Attend State Convention John S. Petereon, Siin Burk 1 and Leigh Bowen left today for Anderson where they will attend the state convention of tlie T. P. A. as delegates from Post X of this city. The meetings will lie held this afternoon and tomorrow. Mrs. Peterson is a members of the State board of directoie. Mrs. Peterson accompanied him to Anderson and they will go to Indianapoli for an over Sunday visit with J. D. Peterson and family. PLAT PLEASES LARGE CROWD — Faculty Members Prove To Be As Good Actors As Those of 1917 The public school faculty play “The Deacon’e Second Wife” met with unusual success at the Decatur High Schoo] auditorium, Thursday evening, and the play will be repeated at the school auditorium tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock, daylight saving time. Tickets are being sold by members of the Junior Band, and that organization will receive the proceeds from the play. Admission of 40 cents for adults may also be paid at the door. "The Deacon’s Second Wife.” boasting one of the finest casts of charai ters ever to take part in a stage production of its kind in this city, was well received by those who witnessed the three act comedy. The players who appeared in the same roles at the Bosse Opera House in 1917, pleased the crowd with their clever lines and professional acting. Younger members of the Decatur school faculty also added much to the success of the production. _ Ttui story wkes. pUce in, Lhe sitl; ing room of Deacon Fitz’s farmhouse during Roosevelt's administration, and Mrs. Malvina Fitz the Deacon s wife, played by Miss Eva Acker who detests summer trash, in preparing to leave for a visit. During her absence her niece. Kate Rollins, Jeanette Clark, who learn-

ed to cook and “act plays” in New York has come to the farmhome to care for Milton George Washington Fitz, the prime scholar in declamation and Nancy Melissa Fitz, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) - ■ O Flier Completes Plans Le Bourget, France, May B.—“U.R) — Arrangements were completed here today for the proposed flight from New York to Paris by Ruth Nichols, American girl aviator. The government promised that Le Bour- < get airdrome, where' Col. Charles A. , Lindbergh ended his flight to Paris, , would be illuminated if Miss Nich- ( ols arrived after dark and that the , i Paris-London night guide for air mail fliers will be in operation to ( aid her. 1 i o MARION BANKER DIES SUDDENLY 1 J. W. Stephenson, Prominent Hoosier Dies at » Chicago Hotel > Chicago, May 8. — (U.R) J- " ■ Stephenson, 52, president of the 1 Marion, Indiana, Association of - Commerce and prominent banker, died unexpectedly today at the | Congress hotel. i . Stephenson, who was a director of the Anaconda Wire Company - and of the Peerless Automobile - Company, had been here ten days t taking treatments for heart dis- ’ ease. He was accompanied by Dr. s E. O. Harrold of Marion, who was with him when he died. The banker became ill about 6 a. m„ and despite efforts of Dr. Harrold to revive him died an hour ■ later. Stephenson was president of the b First National Bank at Marion and • also was head of the Indiana Truck B Company. He had been ill for sev : ■ eral years and for the last two 1 years made frequent trips here for treatment. r He spent part of last winter in 3 California, came here 10 days ago - and met Dr. Harrold, who remain--1 ed here with him. H© was prepars ing to leave for home when he bel came ill. t The banker is survived by his 1 widow, Mrs. Edith Bodey Stephent eon and four daughters, Helen, Dorothy, Louise and Mildred.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 8, 1931.

BAPTIST WOMEN ATTEND MEET Mrs. C. E. Bell Is Named Treasurer of EastCentral Division Mor? than 350 women of the East Central District of the Baptist churches attended the missionary meeting' whiih was lield in Muncie Wednesday and Thursday Churches in the state of West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana are’ included in the disdrift, and representatives from all churches attended the meeting, i wth Indiana receiving credit for having the largest delegation. 'The convention closed with a banquet in the Methodist Episcopal church in Muncie, Thursday evening which was attended by 300 women. Mrs. Clayton Eulett of Chicago was the principale speaker and Mrs. H. A. Ray of Fort Wayne acted as toastmistress. Tlie Indiana organizaton was awarded the loving cup for the high- ; est standard of missionary educa-1 tion for the third year, and was allowed to retain the cup pernianen’ly. This state also received the Silver Shield Standard for the greatest achievement in missionary reading. The state of Ohio received the largest number of points in the standard of excellency set up by the district, and West Virginia received the travelling library award for having, the largest number of individual readers. Mrs. C. E. Bell of this city was re-elected treasurer of the East (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Cottrell Funeral Will Be Held Saturday P. M. Funeral services for Mrs. Clarence Cottrell, 428 Mcßarnes street, who’dietf XVedneScTa? eve'fiWpTV'iTT be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, daylight saving time, at the residence. Rev. M. W. Sundernian. pastor of the First Evangelical Church will officiate, and burial will take place in the Decatur cemetery.

o BUS TRAGEDY ' CLAIMS FIVE ] Train Hits Bus Loaded , With School Children In California Merced, Calif., May B.—(U.R>—Out of a school bus tragedy that claimed the lives of five children, emerged today an 8-year-old boy hero, who staggered 10 blocks with a I fractured ankle so he could notify 1 his teachers that the motor stage carrying his chums had been hit by a train. Tlie boy, Leland Belaine, was one of 44 school children on the bus when a Santa Fe freight train ran into it at the G street crossing, killing five and causing serious injuries to 23 others, six ot whom were near death today. “The screams of the children were drowned out liy the awful crash of the engine striking tlie , bus,’ ’said W. E. Wickland, whose automobile was just behind the stage. “Some of tlie children were scattered along the tracks while others were trapped inside. It was horrible.” Although seriously hurt, the Belame boy staggered away from tlie scene, hobbled back 10 blocks to the school and notified the teachers, who sent him to a hospital, then hastened to join doctors and nurses in caring for the other injured. Some of the children, all between 6 and 10 years' old. were crushed inside tlie bus. Others were thrown under the trucks of the locomotive. The others fell beside the tracks, only 19 escaped with minor injur(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) — o Play To Be Tonight Tlie first performance of the four act play, “Trapped” by the pupils of the Catholic High School will take place in the Catholic school auditorium. tonight beginning promptly at 8 o’clock, daylight saving time. Tlie second presentation of the comedy will be made in the school auditorium, Sunday night, May 10. Preceding the play, orchestra numbers will be played. Admission to the auditorium will be 50c for adulte and 35c for children. The public is cordially invited to witness this comedy play.

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HENRY KISTER SPECIAL JUDGE IN DRAIN CASE Princeton Attorney Is Named by Governor to Hear Evidence TAKES BENCH HERE TODAY Henry Kister, attorney at Princeton, Indiana, has been I appointed by Governor Harry Leslie as special judge in the Wabash River dredge case and arrived here this morning to assume jurisdiction in the CaSl> - , . .K Judge Kister overruled the motion that the local court had purisdiction in the case and set the case for hearing on September 9. Judge Kister succeeds Special Judge George Leonard of Fort Wayne, who declined jurisdiction in the ease, following the petition of the remonstrators asking for a change ot Special Judge Alonzo Bales, Winchester, who had jurisdiction of the case for a few years. It was necessary for Governor Leslie to name a special judge in the case, following Judge Leonard's refusal to assume jurisdiction. The case, petitioning for the dredging of the XXabash river from a point in Ohio, west through Adams county to a point near the bridge at Linn Grove, Hartford township, was docketed in the Adams Circuit court, March 26, 1926, with Judge J. C. Sutton. Preliminary costs in the case amounting to more than $5,000 were allowed by Special Bales. "(CONTINTFED ON PAGE SEVEN) Mishap Claims Life Peru, Ind.. May 8. — (U.R) — William Girrard, 45, was killed and RC. Raymer, 42. injured severely when the auto in which they were riding collided with a truck. Mrs. Anna Burley, 34, Is Victim of Death Geneva, May B—(UP)—Mrs. Anna Clouse Burley, 34, wife of Harper Burley, residing three miles east of Geneva, died at her home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Burley died from thronbus following the birth of a boy baby a week ago. The husband and three children survive. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Short funeral services will be held Saturday morning* at 9:30 o’clock at the Mt. Carmel Church for Mrs. Burley. Rev. Habey of NewCorydon will officiate. The body will be taken to New Albany, Ohio, for services Sunday. OGDEN DEFENDS LEGISLATURE Reapportionment Bill Is Attacked; Claim Town Was Omitted Indianapolis, May B—(UP)—Attorney General James M. Ogden and two members of the state board of election commissioners today were prepared to defend the 1931 congressional reapportionment act, held invalid by Howard Mayer, attorney for Woodruff Place, an incorporated town within the city of Indianapolis. Mayer: In a request to the commissioners for an interpretation of the reapportaionment bill, contended that Woodruff Place was disfranchised by the act. The town, he said, in which 1,216 persons reside, was not included in the apportionment, thus making tlie act unconstitutional. Fred C. Gause, a member of the commission, said he believed Woodruff Place was included in the eleventh district. This view was concurred in by W. XV. Spencer, also a commissioner. Ogden said it would be a “violen* assumption" to think the legislature intended to disfranchise XVoodruff place, and that it plainly was meant to be included in the eleventh district. He said the bill could be attacked if a citizen brought court acton, in whch case Ogden's office would defend the apportionment.

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' ‘The Last Man’ | 11 I B i Rd? r ' ill< ' I " L > fl' K H ? 1 B' b I A bIS i ( 1 v ® i ||||| ‘ < Sole survivor of the Last Man's j Club, which was composed ot mem- l bers of B Company, First Minne- ( sota Voluntary Infantry, Capt. , Charles M. Lock wood (above), 89, ( photographed in Chicago where he ( stopped oft for a brief stay before ( leaving for Washington to attend ( memorial exercises at Arlington , Cemetery, his first visit to that city since 1861. , FORMERLOCAr WOMAN DIES Mrs. J. Fred France Is t Death's Victim; Mas t Native of Geneva ‘ Mrs. J. Fred France, former resi- ‘ dent here, died at one o’clock this morning at her home at Hunting- t ton, after a long illness from can- t cer. SJie had been in declining 1 health for two years and her con- f dition became serious about two , months ago while at their winter , home in Bradenton, Florida. She . rallied however and was much bet- ' ter until about a week ago when her condition again became serious and she sank gradually until this morning. She was a native of Geneva until her niarriagie to Mr. France and ' resided here a number of years. Her husband who survives, served ' as mayor of Huntington and as clerk of the supreme court of Indiana. In the past several years 1 they have spent much of their time at Lake James and in Florida. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Presbyterian church at Huntington. The news was received here by F. E. France, brother-in-law. o Police Seek Extortion Plotters at Marion, Ind. Marion, Ind., May 8(UP) - A rep- ' resentative of the state criminal bureau was he.re today assisting ( Marion police in a search for the perpetrator of an extortion plot against a wealthy Marion resident. ( A trap was laid for the plotter last night hut lie failed to appear. A blackmail letter written to the intended victim demanded $5,000 ’ deposited at a designated spot on a country road. Officers waited in ambush while ’ a dummy package was dropped at the spot but no one came to re- ! treive it. The letter said the son of the intended victim would be harmed if the money was not placed as ordered. > o Liner Goes Aground New York. May 8. —(U.Rl^—The big j Cunard liner Bercnguria, inbound - from Europe, went aground in a I heavy fog today off Sandy Hook, t The big liner pulled into soft i mud at the point of the harbor .- where Gravesend Bay and Ambrose channel meet.

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LEO BROTHERS MUST SERVER YEARS IN JAIL Court Allows 60 Days For Appeal To Highest Court In State OPINION IS IN WRITING Chicago, May 8. — ’U-R) — Judge Joseph Sabath refused today to grant a new trial to Leo V. Brothers, convicted slayer of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, and sentenced him to 14 years under the verdict a jury returned one month ago. Brothers’ attorneys, Harry Cantwell, of St. Louis, and James C. O’Brien. former assistant state's attorney, served notice of an appeal to the state supreme court. Judge Sabath granted a 60-day stay of sentence for perfection of the appeal. O'Brien entereel the case with the withdrawal of Brother's other attorneys, with the exception of Cantwell. While a prosecutor, O'Brien was known as "Ropes” because of bis hanging verdicts. Judge Sabath departed from his usual custcm and read a written opinion in refusing the new trial. He said that because of the unusual amount bf publicity given to the case, the charges that propaganda was spread in an effort to influence the public and the sharp difference of opinion among citizens on Brothers' guilt or innoccßce, he had taken unusual precautions to see that .the St. Louisan obtained a fair trial and was given every opportunity to present his defense. When Brothers’ attorneys said he was without funds. Judge Sabath revealed he had taken the steps which provided them with a complete transcript of all testimony at the state’s expense. The jury. Judge Sabath said, was above tlie average in intelligence, saw the witnesses, heard the evidence, and returned its verdict after length deliberation. He pointed out that under the law, the jury fixed the punishment as well as determining the guilt. Sabath said he had been moved to listen patiently to the arguments, to give fullest consideration to tlie defense points of law. but found none of sufficient importance to grant a new trial. Brothers was in the courtroom when the decision was read. He was visibly disappointed when Judge Sabath denied the new trial motion and pronounced sentence. o Prisoners Make Getaway Indianapolis, May 8. —7 (U.R)| — Muncie authorities today were told to watch for Gene Stamper, 23, and Helen Bennett, 27. Muncie, who escaped from the state women's prison last night. o W. H.LAUGHREY DIES THURSDAY Blue Creek Township Assessor Succumbs to Long Illness Willis H. I.aughrey, 57, life long resident of Blue Creek township ami township assessor, died at his home near Willshire, Ohio, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, from cancer. Mr. Laughrey had been ailing for the last several years, but his condition did not become serious until two weeks ago, when he was confined to his bed. The deceased was born in Blue Creek township, September 16, 1874, the son of John and Margaret Laughrey. His father died in 1898 and his mother survives, making her home in Dixon. Illinois. On September 24, 1896, Mr. Laughrey was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Hunt, who also survives. Mr. Laughrey served as assessor of Blue Creek township for 17 years, was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Union church in Blue Creek township. Surviving are two children, Mrs. Ethel Ray of Pleasant Mills, and Clarence Laughrey of Willshire, Ohio. Two sisters. Mrs. Nannie (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)