Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1931 — Page 1

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•WE CHRIST” lldviceof WSUNDERMAN ’ft nu a I Baccalaureate Held Here i Night *>.ißeniors I ft [TEND SERVICE ft>Have < hrist a P d His truths ill you and yours is of life.” was the ■viceigiven by Rev. M. W. Endin’ d”. pastor of the it church to the |> failing class of Decatur at the baccalaur■teser ice held at the Methode. fctEpi copal church, Sunday ■ftK'nchanging Christ in a g) World." was the subject i Hop. ■ Rev. Sunilerman's address. He Christ as “the same tot tie! s one yesterday, and for”■Er’"wlll contrast gave ex- — Biples <>f P'c ' nlll| . v changes being (Uj. Kde* the world each day. E'Soinr people live so much in the Et that they are out of harmony ton J)* world and with themsaid. New truths, new NunJ|ys,iiew inspirations, and new discovered every day Hi must change. BjlevShinderman stated that eduformerly thought of as wSppotßmr in" process where the tiitmEtruJor or professor “poured in” iei®K kBO Hedge he possessed, but *ipKt,.titiay education is thought of ■■■tawing out” process where i merely opens new learning for the student s*»Ed h«ps develop the knowledge ■W,jl H. Ferntheil, president iAlt ß|M®Witiisteria| Association, pre■ed ii Rev. R. E. Vance invok- ■ the|l leasing. Rev. B. H. Frank- » B real the Scripture which was, ' Ebrew 1:1-12, Rev. C. R. Lan■an cßered a prayer, and Rev. A. ■ Brown saiil the beendiction. BmKavuii Burk presided at the ■PBjßml special music was fnrn■lied jy the girls’ chorus of the Episcopal church, nl I BULLETIN nnes ' May 18 ‘ —(tl.R) — Six ■undred miners were prevented pom (going to work today in |vn(®an No. 1 mine, west of Vin■ennei, by picket lines of protestJna workers. I Min | rs going to the coal field __ In autos, were stopped by the pick-_-.a'«r»9 numbering approximately fOO Bn. Autos which failed to stoned. I No serious violence was report- « ’ ■'hough feeling among min•rsinlKnox county was tense. ■Married Women Barred I Bloop ington, Ind., May 18.—(U.R) KMB*. .| women will not be emin city schools of Blooming- ■», anil teachers who marry withf’Hf first five years of employ- ' -|s teachers, will be discharge B school board has ruled. I followed the ex<>f Indianapolis and many ■ther.pities, in voting n’ot to effect j’ l,cr ®** < ‘« in pay of teachers this liuBLICANS PLAN MEETING F°|lh District G. 0. P. Rally Will Be Held I At Fort Wayne George Barnard of Indianabe 'he Principal speaker 1, n s . District Republican CW' 11 Fort Wayne Wednesday May 27. Ip.,]?' me eting is to be held in the Club Rooms located HV West Jefferson Street and F|^f ~ni »ience promptly at 8 o'- | Daylight Saving Time. gr essman David Hogg also ItaW 91>ealt ' Large delegations of |i -^fc V 0 From all parts of the OL, 3 Foilr ' 11 District are expected Q KSv ®' er Hinton, President of the * L Men's Republican Club of County, is in charge of the for the meeting. George H. Leonard and Mr. ft are chairmen of the Ba ers and entertainment com-

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i On Honeymoon | r-1 *l—- — 'T' Jo aft Prince Alexis Mdivan: and his American heiress bride, the former Louise Astor Van Alen, as they appeared on boanl the ship which took them to Europe on their honeymoon immediately after one of the most quiet, simple weddings in eastern society history. The groom is a brother of the Princes Mdivani, who n.arried Mae Murray and Polo Negri, film stars, the latter being since divorced. DEATH SUMMONS ALBERTGRABER Well-Known Local Man Dies Saturday; Funeral To Be Tuesday Albert W. Graber, 52, well known Decatur man, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, Saturdday evening at 7:35 o’clock, following a two weekis illness from influenza and acute neuphritis. Mr. Graber became ill with influenza two weeks ago at his home, ' 116 Ninth street, and several days ' later was removed to the local hos--1 pital where his condition gradually ’ became worse. He is well known ’ in this city having been employed at the Schafer Hartware store for 1 the last 34 years. The deceased was born in French Township, Adams County, November 15, 1878 the son of Jacob R. and Lydia Graber. Mrs. Graber, his mo- • ther. survives, and now resides in ■ Berne. Mr. Graber’s father served as (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) WEEK-END TOIL TOTALS TWENTY Violence Claims Many Lives In Indiana Over Week-end Indianapolis, May 18—(U.R)—Indiana’s week-end accident toll today stood at 20, the largest in many months. Twelve fatalities were attributed to auto accidents. Shooting, suicides, asphyxiation, drowning and an auto race casualty accounted for the other deaths. Cecil Smith, 4, was run down by an auto at Clinton. Zelma Montgomery, 16. died of injuries suffered when a truck on which she was riding overturned near Rosedale. William Woods, 24. negro, was shot to death in Indianapolis by another negro. Injuries suffered when the auto in which he was riding collided with another proved fatal to Roy Scott. 40, near Mt. Auburn. William Johnson, 17, Cincinnati, died in an auto accident near Seymour. Sidney Mason, 8, was killed when the auto in which he was riding with his parents overturned , near Princeton. A collision between an auto and a buggy killed Enos Schrock, 18, driving the buggy near Lagrange. Michael Murphy. 65, died a lew hours after an auto crash near , Brazil. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ’

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GO-DEFENDANTS TELL STORY OF LIQUOR PARTY Kirkland Pals Waive Rights And Testify Against Him PAUL BARTON TALKS FIRST Valparaiso, Ind., May 18 —(U.R)— Two of the youths who attended; the wine ami alcohol revel where! Arlene Draves. 18 year old school-> girl, was fatally injured, waived their constitutonal rights today and turned state's witnesses at the second trial of their co-defendant. Virgil Kirkland, who is charged with Arlene’s murder, and faces a mandatory death sentence if convicted again. Without reservation, Paul Barton, 21 year old steel worker, and Henry Shirk, his married companion, admitted their actions at the party, and accused Kirkland of leading the attacks which state medical experts declare led to the girl’s death. Barton was nervous. He looked only once at Kirkland, then kept his eyes averted from the defendant’s steady and expressionless stare. , Judge Grant Crumpacker advised Barton of his constitutional right to refuse to testify for fear of incriminating himself. This was done at the request of Barton’s attorney, Robert Moore, who op(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) K. of C. Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday Night The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus will lie held tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. All memujers are requested to be present. At this meeting a report of the convention will be given. Plans will also be made for the initiation which will be held May 31 with Huntington, Fort Wayne and Decatur. Word has also been received from Martin Carmody, Supreme Knight that he will attend the initiation in this city. COVER MG CLURE DIES SUNDAY Local Man Expires After Long Illness of Tuberculosis Cover McClure, 48, died at his home at 924 Winchester street, Sunday morning, May 17, at 2:10 o’clock. from tuberculosis. Mr. McClure better known to his many friends as "Babe” McClure, had been confined to his bed with illness for the last four and one half years. Previous to that time he had been employed as a motorman for eleven years, on the interurban between Fort Wayne and Decatur, which has been removed. ’The deceased was a member of the Knights of Pythiae lodge and the Methodist Episcopal Church in this city. Mr. McClure was born in Van Wert, Ohio, February 13, 1893, the son of Smith and Jane Boyd McClure. When he was a small child, his family moved to Decatur, and his parents, who survive, live here. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Winters on September 14. 1914. and five children were born to this union, three of whom survive. Two children died in Infancy. Curviving besides his wife are the three sons, Cover Jr. Robert and Morris. One sister and two brothers survive: Mrs. Rose Amerine of Mt. Clemens, Michigan; John and Roy McClure of Decatilr. Two sisters and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be field Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock (D.S.T.) at the home, 924 Winchester street, and at 10 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. B. H. Franklin will officiate, assisted by The Rev. M. W. Sunderman, Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery o K. of P.’s To Meet Members of the Decatur lodge of Knights of Pythias will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the Home for the purpose of making plans to attend the funeral of Cover McClure

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 18, 1931.

Board Membership To Remain At Sixteen Indianapolis, May 18. (U.R)I — Membership of the state board of agriculture will continue at 16, 13 selected from the 13 congressional districts before the reapportionment, and three appointed by the Governor, Attorney General James M. Ogden ruled in an opinion handed down here today. E. J. Barker, secretary of the agriculture boars, requested the opinion, asking whether the membership would be reduced to correspond with the 12 districts as provided by the reapportionment made by the last legislature. Ogden ruled that when one act ; is passed pending on another act, | lit holds throughout regardless of changes made to the original act. CONTESTS TO START TONIGHT Bible Memory, Story Telling Contests To Be Conducted The Bible memory and story telling contest for Washington township churches will be held at the Presbyterian church, tonight at 8 o’clock ID. S. T.). Representatives from the Sunday Schools in the township will compete tonight, and a winner in each division will be choeen to enter the county contest to be held in the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church Sunday, May 24. At that time winners in each township will compete for the county honors. The regular business of the Washington township association and election of officers for the coming year will also be held tonight. The following Sunday School pupils will participate in the contest tonight: Bible merory, Robert Reber. St. Paul cWurch; I-ois Mann, Presbyterian; Jeanette Winnes, Baptist; story telling: Lois Sovine United Brethren; Robert Engeler, Presbyteran; Ano|a Walters, St. Paul church. Lions In Convention South Bend, Ind.. May IS. —(U.R) —lndiana Lions Club representatives gathered here in state convention today, and were to climax their gathering with a celebration near South Bend of the 250th anniversary of LaSalle’s council with the Miami and Illinois Indians. Under sponsorship of the Lions Club of Indiana, it is hoped to build a million dollar memorial to LaSalle on the St. Joseph river bank where he stopped 250 years ago to make peace with the Indians, and Portake to the Kankakee river, en route to the gulf. Earle Hodges, New York, president of Lions International, will speak tomorrow at the closing session. MELCHI GETS IDEA AWARD Local G. E. Employe Is Paid S2OO For Suggestion on Motor Eugene Melchi, employe of the Decatur General Electric and a number of other local people received awards for ideas, given by the General Electric Co., according to a bulletin issued by that company. Melchi’s award of S2OO was for a suggestion concerning a possible saving in material in ture of fractional horse-power motors. It was the largest award paid either in-the Decatur or Fort Wayne plant. Awards given to other Decatur employes included: Charles Baxter, $25; Paul Castle $25; Harry Magner, $10; Robert Gass $5.00; Cecil Franklin, $5.00; Leon Gass, $5.00. Race Driver Killed At Fort Wayne Speedway Fort Wayne, May 18 —(U.R) —Raymond Myers, 31. Indianapolis, plunged over a 28-foot embankment during an auto race here yesterday. He died en route to a hospital. The casualty, the first at the new track here, occurred as Myers was qualifying in the time trials. Track authorities said the spindle on a front wheel crystalized, hurling the car over the hill.

BRIDGE WORK EMPLOYS MEN Railroad Co. Uses ‘Hand Method’ of Constructing New Bridges Charles Robenold of thie city H superintendent of a gang of workmen who are constructing a new 3(1 foot bridge across Yellow Creek three fourths of a mile north of Monroe for the Pennsylvania railroad. All of the work is being done by ; hand labor and 14 men are employ-, ed on the job. Mr. Robenold stated. Work started two weeks ago and it will require 60 days more to complete the job. A trestle-bridge was first erected for the trains to pass over and then the old bridge and abutements were removed. The new bridge will be constructed at the same point an.l when completed the trestle work will be removed. The new structure is called a one slab bridge. By doing the work by hand labor Mr. Robenold estimated that it would give 30 days longer employment to the 14 men. The excavating was done by hand and the dirt hauled away in wheel barrows. The Pennsylvania railroad company is giving employment to many men through this plan and Mr. Robenold stated that much repair and replacing work was being done by the company this year. Kills Police, Then Ends His Own Life Washington, May 18 —(U.R) —A socially prominent young New Yorker killed a policeman, seriously wounded another man, and then committed suicide early yesterday in an exclusive night club here. The young man was Robert Shaw Montgomery, 26, son of Col. Robert W. Montgomery, New York accountant and tax expert. The policeman he killed was Patrolman Jesse L. Taylor, shot as Montgomery dashed downstairs from the Club Chantecler after shooting Charles Garbett, the manager. A taxicab driver narrowly avoided being shot by dodging behind his cab. Montgomery then killed himself. FARMERS URGED TO JOIN SCRAP Farm Bureau To Fight Cooperative Marketing Organizations Chicago May 18 —(UP) —A call to battle was issued to the Nation's farmers today by Edward A. O'Neal president of the American farm bureau federation, who outlined a campaign to combat the enemies of cooperative agricultural organizations In an address before the representatives of farmers’ cooperative enterprises organized under the agricultural marketing act. O’Neal said that the losses being suffered by farmers through lack of distribution facilities for their products made necessary a determined campaign for more complete cooperation. The program he outlined included a more general acceptance of cooperative principles by farm people coordination of farm organizations to fight an offensive battle against groups opposing farmers’ cooperative efforts, and a deeper analysis of the marketing act to give farmers fuller benefit from it® provisions. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — — oJulian Resigns Post Oklahoma City, May 18-(U.R)--C. C. Julian resigned as sole trustee of the C. C. Julian Oil & Royalties company during hearing in district court today on application for a permanent receiver for his reputed $10,000,000 oil company. C. W. Mason was appointed trustee. Rev. Schenck Preaches Rev. John Schenck, Duluth, Minn., son of the late Rev. B. J. Schenck, former Blue Creek township minister, delivered a sermon at the Pleasant Mills Methodist Episcopal church Sunday. Following the sermon Rev. Schenck left for his home.

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REMODELING OF CITY BUILDING MAY COMMENCE Councilmen To Discuss Plans Tuesday Night At Regular Meet WOULD GIVE SEVERAL JOBS The city council in session i Tuesday evening will take up the i matter of remodeling the city hall building on Monroe street and in- 1 stalling offices for the electric light and water departments on first floor. The council will probably employ an architect to prepare plans for the building and will fix a date on which sealed bids for doing the work will be received. The remodeling of the building was postponed last year, but members of the council are convinced that this is tire time to go ahead and do the work. Employment will be given to local labor and the councilmen will insist that only local men he employed on the job. It is not known if the addition at the rear of the building will be built at this time. The bids received last year were considered too high and were rejected by the council. The council wishes to have the work done before fall and it is likely that work will begin next month on the project. The moving of the electric light I and water department offices to the first floor of the building will prove a great convenience to customers of the city plant and will give the city a modern business office, dieplay room and headquarters for transacting business. o First Bridge Party Is At Elks Tonight The opening party of the Bridge Tournament sponsored by the members of the B. P. O. Elks No 993 oi this city will be held tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock in the Elk s Home on North Second street. The tournament will lie in a series of three parties, the first to take place tonight and the remaining two will be on May 25 and June 1. Single tickets will be sold for the series will be one dollar. Tickets may be procured from the committee in charge of the arrangements for the tournament or admission may be paid at the door of the home on each night of the parties. The committee in charge of the party includes the Mesdaines L. A. Holthouse. R. C. Whinger, G. F. Eichhorn, A. M. Anker, and the Messrs. L. HoNhouse, R. C. Ehinger, R. A. Stuckey and Dr. E. G. Coverdale. TWO DIE WHEN WALLS GAVE IN Walls Collapse Following Fire In Gainesville, Texas Gainesville, Tex,, May 18. —(U.R) —The walls of two burning buildings crashed today around a dozen spectators, killing two and injuring the others. The victims wera standing on a sidewalk, watching the flames when the walls of the Trew Brothers Motors company and the Kinnerley hardware store crashed. The dead were H. C. Talley, Texas Power and Light foreman, and Wayne Williams, M-K-T ticket agent. None of the injured was in a serious condition. The blaze started, presumably from spontaneous combustion, early today and destroyed the two buildings. '■ ■' Assessors File Reports County Assessor John Felty stated today that all of the township assessors, except Wabash township had made, their reports. The latter report is expected today or tomorrow. The totals of the annuai assessment of personal property in the county will be available in a few days Mr. Felty stated. He was unable to give any figures today because the totals could not be completed until the Wabash township report is made.

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■ Dry Chief Is Cop fEsiSl Reno, Nev., familiar with sensations supplied by its exclusive divorce colony, gasped the other day when the Rev. E. F. Jones (above). State Superintendent ot ; the Anti-Saloon League, became a i city blue coat with a regulation beat to pound. The "bone dry’s” appointment by Major E. E. Roberts, re-elected on a dripping wet platform which included the suggestion that l|arrels of corn whiskey be provided on every street corner, has set even blase Reno by the ears. ARMY AIR SHOW IS IN ACTION Strength Could Be Mustered In 24 Hour*?, Commandant Says Fairfield Air Depot. Dayton, O'.'. I May 18—(U.R) —In event of war. the army’s entire aerial defense could be concentrated at any point in the nation within 24 hours. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, commandant of the annual army air maneuvers here, told the United Press in an interview. Asked for an explanation of the technical purposes of the maneuvers, Gen. Foulois said that since the possibility ot war is never extinct, the United States has found it increasingly necessary to be pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) MRS. ARTMAN IS RE-ELECTED Decatur Woman Is State Officer of Ben Hur; Many At Meeting Mrs. A. D. Artman of this city was re-elected state secretary of the Ben Hur Lodge, at the two day convention held in Evansville, Friday and Saturday. The morning and afternoon sessions of the convention were held in the Vendome Hotel, and the special programs Friday and Saturday nights were presented in the Ben Hur lodge rooms. A spectacular degree work program was given Friday night for 50 candidates, and a large number of persons were initiated into the Meltor degree by the great Meltor team. Approximately 200 delegates from Ben Hur lodges over the state attended the twp-day meeting and enjoyed the final program Saturday night, which was in the form of a ball. The newly elected state officers are as follows: State chief, Moses Harry of Evansville; state judge Carrie Sorrenson of Fort Wayne; state teacher, Blandh Fwal|s of Terre Haute; state secretary, Mrs. A. D. Artman of Decatur; keeper of tribute, Bert E. Kimmell of Indianapolis; state captain. Gertrude Shirley of Terre Haute; state guide, Louis Ugent of Washington; inner gate keeper, M. L. Eliott of Evansville; outer gate keeper. Louis Cook of Kendalville. o Mrs. Jeffries Injured Word was received here today by friends that Mre. Maggie Jefferies, Chicago, former Decatur woman. had two bones broken in her right ankle in a fall a week ago. Mrs. Jefferies was taken to a hospital and will be confined there until next Wednesday. She makes her home with her son, Dau Jefferies, Chicago.

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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE LICENSING LAW Law Was Passed By General Assembly In 1929; Effective That Year IMPOSES FEE ON RETAILERS Washington, May 18.—<U.R) —The Indiana “chain store” tax law which imposes a license tax on retail merchants which is graduated upward in accordance with the number of stores operated was today declared constitutional by the Supreme Court. The chain store license fee tax i law was passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 1929 and was signed by the Governor March 16, 1929. It provides for the payment of a fee of $3.00 for a single store to lie paid to the state tax board and the tollowing scale for more than one store. Two stores and not exceeding five, $3.00 each. More than five and less than 10, sls each. More than 10 and less than 20, S2O each. More than 20 stores, $25 each. The penalty for failure to pay the amount is not less than $25 nor more than SIOO a day taxation on each store in which the act has been violated. The state boanl of tax commissioners was authorized by the act to secure all necessary help for the ' carrying out of the act, and all ■ funds over and above expense are to be turned over to the school relief fund. The act went into effect Jnly 1, • 1929, and it is believed that all back license fees will be due immediately. 1 ——O — Fire Damages Rauch Residence At Berne Berne, May 18 —(Special!—Fire damaged the Calvin Rauch home on Sprunger street at 1 o'clock Sun day afternoon with a loss amounting to SI,OOO. An over heated ele£ trie iron which had been left attached to the electricity caused the fire which damaged the entire interior of the house, leaving only the charred outside walls standing. Mr. and Mrs. Rauch and fnmily had gone to church and foutyj the burned remains when they returned a little after 1 o’clock. Mrs. Rouch had left the iron attached before leaving for church, and the fire was well under way before neighbors noticed it. The local fire department was called. The loss was not coveed by insurance. o — Abner Elzey Improved The condition of Abner Elzey, Junior, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Elzey ot Ossian, who is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, was a little improved today. Abner underwent a maj- , or operation Tuesday, and his condition became critical Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Elzey are well known here. o HOBBY DAY TO BE OBSERVED Boys’ Exhibit Will Be Held Here Tuesday at Public Library M. F. Worthman, chairman of the boys' week activities s-tated to- , day that the hobby day exhibit, postponed from boy’s week would be held Tuesday at the Decatur Library. Boys having exhibits are asked to bring them to the Library for exhibition Tuesday afternoon ami evening. The exhibits are to be original designs of the boy and are to bear . his name. Ribbons will be award- ■ ed to the winners and the public is , invited to view the exhibits Tuesday. The exhibits will include manual i training work, airplanes, drawings and those articles which boys like to build and design.