Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1931 — Page 1

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MICATION IS WIMPORTANCE' !| Beaker says a in e y Addresses j sJiiors At Annual t Commencement ■K members I in 1931 CLASS »i)r. H'li'f’ >’• Rainey, ol Franklin Col- • E9h':>nlJ'n, Ind., addressE'llJ I'.Cd Graduating class |pefliir school at the iXnnivcrsary Coinlent program in the chool auditorium, day evening. His was “Two Demands nc Supply.” Iney stated? “The gap beliving human being and whose soul is alive is a . K va X]i. and is far wider than "i ■■■ " human being and iJK'.Mlex. The bridge for Kissi'S a liberal education. A ' ■x-ralTediii .'i'>n is primarily for -’W gtW’tli of one's soul. It is the I the world's life "Wwlo'ii matmial progress is -.■hMsmii ill Our spiritual poverI • i continued, "The six "'■iWlt' l ' l seventeenth eenturi<>s to achieve for men retotisl liioTty. The eighteenth . Entnry sought political liberty. '*t p 11,11 rentury achieved ipKteUectual freedom through the '“■fientrtc movement. The twenfcihWitiiry should bring a goldK) agfefof spiritual transcendence trough a liberated imagination , I itself through the arts." stated that today the ... Breat Jjeed is for civic, spiritual, Jrrl moral intelligence in order to ■ubjeeßthe great mass of power ( > that this country can continue I I K bee©, e the great benefactor of ftis:iki”<t! He said that mechanical power has increased mult Iv physical power of one 177 times. For this ■titled power there is a corres■ondij® responsibility for leaderSBltin.®td his solution for this BroiMf is a liberal arts edttcaI Musilal selections were played ■y th» Decatur Junior band under Bie <ii»> tion of Dave Rice, in■Mß' of band in the Decatur L’ftt«Tl\'lTED ON PAGE FIVE) fflKt' Ransacks Hotel S " i,v 21—I UP) - Details UTMIH't nl $1,300 from three St. UUKs while guests at the sashEB O 1,1 1 1,1 French Lick, Saturday were victims here today. The s.iiil they understood sev■raj ed t l guests had been robbed. I Tfeiptii-iiins were Thomas L. Farvice president of an insurt ncß P‘ | i | > . a ” l ' Mr .and Mrs. H. E. ■’iliman They stopped in the Inwhile returning from the ■ ent Mr' (lerby ' 1 Attotler guest , the Trio said, B* a ’ Beved to have lost $20,000. I Thetici's were accomplished by ■wgltts apparently using a duplif lB jy and entered the rooms of » llPa ®vliile tbey sle P l - MIMING POOL ID OPEN SOON 1 rown W ill Be In 1 O ar s e °f City Pool I I This Season ■ I ”gß u . v Brown, principal of DeF gll S( 'bool and Miss Lillian Llv stlltlent at Indiana Uni■U’Jß will bave charge of the I! ><ncl])ul swimming pool this sum"er > It was announced today by i®,?® blic safety committee of the • pool will be opened asecond week in June, as °| )n » weather permits, it was improvements have at. the pool, including, the 3B* on ofa water system which cool water at all times. was in charge of the summer. A schedule of “ be announced soon, it today, and physical exa■'■"s at al] swimmers will be SBf.v for admittance to the

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°— o | Bernard .1. Wemhoff Is Named I nion DirectorWord was received here today that Bernard J. Wemhoff, freshman nt the University of Detroit was elected from the school of Commerce and Finance ns a member of the university hoard of governors. Wemhoff is the first freshman ever to be elected to the board in the more than sixty years of the university’s existence, records show. He also has been active as a staff member of the various pub-1 lications of the Detroit school. The board of governors has charge of two union recreational buildings and forms the direct contact between students and univers-1 ity officials. The term of office is for 1931-32. o FINAL AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Thirty-Six Pupils at Central Get Highest Scholarship Pins Final award pins were presen'ed | to 36 pupils of the fifth, sixth, sev- . enth, and eighth grades of the Central school building, who met the requirements for excellence in scholarship, at the close of the school year, Wednesday, Only students in the A sections of the grades may receive the final award pins, and the SA class led the others with 15 pupils receiving the awards. Six pupils in the 7A class received the pins; 9 in the 6A and 6 in the 5A class. The faculty of the school worked out a plan for awarding pins for encouragement in scholarship several years ago. and leader and digger pins were awarded to pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of the school, at the close of each six weeks' period, who met certain requirements. A pupil, to receive a leader pin must have not less than 5 A’s for the six weeks' period; must not fall below B in any subject; every grade on the report shall count; failure (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SCHOOL ANNUAL DISTRIBUTED “Deeds And Misdeeds” Is Published By Central School Pupils Deeds and Misdeeds, annual publication of the Central school, was distributed yesterday. The 1931 edition was written and arranged by pupils of Central school and the proof reading was supervised by Miss Grace Coffee, grammar instructor at Central. The book is dedicated to Gene Stratton Porter, and a full page photograph of the famous writer is carried on the first page of the book. A tribute also appears in the book to Superintendent M. F. Worthman, who is now in his twenty-fifth year with the public schools. Photographs of the school's instructors and all pupils are contained in the book, which has 32 pages exclusive of the cover. One Central pupil, Eleanor Werst, died during the school year and a memorial to her is contained on page 10 of the book. Other interesting articles concerning the school activities and chapel programs are contained in the annual. Martha Calland and Pauline Affolder were the editors of the book, and the 1931 edition is the first since 1929. The book was printed Ify the Daily Democrat job department. Bank Pays 7 Per Cent. Lebanon, Ind., May 21. (U.RJ Depositors of the Rosston bank, Boone county, which was closed November 12, 1929, will receive 17 per cent of their deposits under a court order made here yesterday for the Citizens Loan and Trust Company, trustee. The dividend represents most ot the salvage from the bank's assets, the trustee announced. It is the first dividend paid. After the bank was closed, a large shortage was discovered in the accounts of Perry P. Hancock, cashier now serving a prison sentence.

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PLANES SHOW AIR STRENGTH OF U. S. ARMY Chicago Is Point of “Attack” In Exhibition of 700 Planes REVIEW SEEN BY COMMANDANT Chicago, May 21. — tU.R> — The nation’s greatest peacetime air armada swept out of the north today and “attacked” Chicago. The battle planes — almost 700 strong ana manned by the army’s crack fighting pilots —streaked 50 miles along the Lake Michigan front in war array from Waukegan, 111., to Gary, Indiana. The heavily armed bombers, speedy pursuit ships and fighting attack units passed in review before the air corps commandant, Gen. Benjamin Foulois, at more than 100 miles an hour and then fell to "dog fighting" over the lake off Navy Pier, giving the massed thousands in Grant Park an idea of wiiat might happen to their city if (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. o Orphans Will Present Program Sunday Night Sunday evening May 24 at 7:30 o'clock standard time a program will be rendered at the Kirkland Community Hall. Rev. J. Tapy, superintendent of the Reformed Orphans Home at Fort Wayne will bring out i a jtroup of the institution's Bible j School scholars who have been inI structed by Rev. and Mrs. Thompj son. One feature of the program will be a concert by the Orphans Home orchestra directed by Mr. Hennley. The orchestra program follows: Serenade—The Old Church Or-gan-Chambers Idyl—Shepherds Morning Song— Zeanecnik. Cornet Quartet—Sextet from Lucia—Dannigetti. Fillmore. Medley — Billy Sunday Songs— Overture— Light Cavalry — Von Suppe. March—Stars and Stripes Forever — Sousa. The special feature of the program will be as follows: Vocal duets with harp accompaniment: "Walking With God" "Lead Me to Calvary” —Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. Bible Drill—Junior Department. Duet— "Hope, Blessed Hope" Vibraphone Solo — "Lead Me. Guide Me” "The Name of Jesus” Pantomine “Nearer My God to The”. An invitation is extended to the public. No admission will be charged but a free-will offering will be lifted. —o — — WILL CONTEST CASE CLOSED Parties Agree And Verdict For Defendant Is Rendered by Court The Lautzenheiser will contest case which started Wednesday in Adams circuit court came to an abrupt finish this afternoon when by agreement of parties the jury was dismissed and the court entered judgment for defendant costs to be taxed to the William Lautzenheiser estate. The case was scheduled to reopen at 1:30 o’clock and about 40 witnesses were on hand ready to testify. Attorneys started negotiations this morning for a compromise and it is understood that the defendant and plaintiffs agreed to divide the 40-acre estate. The case had created much interest in Adams county the last day (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Bible School Teachers Will Meet Friday P. M. AU teachers and helpers of the Daily Vacation Bible School are to meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Frank Downs, 333 Marshall street. This is an important meeting, and everyone should plan to be present.

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Big Increase Shown In Personal Property Values Assessor’s Report Shows Increase In Number of Autos, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, And Big Increase In Value of Merchandise; Total Is $4,891,388.00 If llic figures of the township assessors, compiled from the annutil assessments of personal property are an indication of sfdeguards against starvation, people of Adams county are living in “the land of plenty.’

The asscsadr's report shows increases in the number of automobiles, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, household goods and even in the number of persons owning diamonds and jewelry were made In 1931 as compared with the reports filed in 1930. While other counties show losses in the total valuation of personal property assessed this year, Adams county shows an increase of $419,044 or nearly 10 per cent over a year ago. The total assessments listed by the assessors, exclusive of hay and grain, improvements on real estate and household items listed separately. but not set out in the table of "facts and figures" is $4,891,388. Increase), of 600 automobiles, 600 horses. 24 mules, 1500 milk cows, 500 cattle, 1900 sheep, 600 sows. 4300 hogs. 900 dozen of poultry. 49 owners of diamonds and jewelry, 200 more farm implements and 85 more owners of merchandise are shown in the reports compiled by Assessor Felty for this year and compared with the 1930 reports. Nearly 700 more owners of household goods are listed in the final report this year. The number of people reporting

1930 1931 No. Value No. Value Automobiles 3810 $686,595 4401 $584,133 Horses 3526 282.837 4133 298,494 Mules * 186 15.020 210 17.528 Milk Cows 7336 456.959 8837 359.250 Other Cattle 5162 166.881 5617 134.<>72 Fheep 7915 80,533 9805 52,589 Sows 2839 71.778 3444 82,623 Other Hogs 12257 78,983 16577 87,325 Dozens Poultry 12655 132.972 13549 82.171 Household Goods 3766 628,347 4455 672.423 Diamonds and Jewelry 51 4,010 100 5,365 Money and Notes 727 1,147,493 650 1.125,852 Farm Implements 1236 172,603 1458 206,4t6 Merchandise 210 547,333 295 983,779 The average assessments this jear are below those of a year ago. due to the Increased numbers <shown.

INSPECT LIGHT. POWER PLANTS Local Committee Visits Three Cities To Inspect Systems A visit to Napoleon. Ohio, Kendallville and Auburn, Indiana was made yesterday by members of the electric light committee of the city to inspect the electric light plants and distribution eysteins in those cities. M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the City Light and Power plant, O. L. Vance, chairman of the commit-1 tee. H. M. Gillig and Joe Hunter made the trip. The trip of inspection to these cities was made to se6 the work done by the engineers who are seeking the job of drawing the plans and specifications for the new electric distribution system in Decatur. Two Indianapolis firms and Toledo firms have submited propositions to the city council for drawing the CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXI EXTRA SESSION IS DEMANDED Sen. LaFollette Says Unemployment Could Be Greatly Aided Washington, May 21—(UP)—Demand for an extra session of congress to (relieve distress among the unemployed was made today by Senator Lafollette Repn. Wis. Basing his conclusions on a preliminary report of Dr. Isador Lubin chairman of the subcommittee ot( unemployemnt and distress survey of the recent progressive conference, LaFollettei said President Hoover "must act soon it the dire consequences of a third winter of unemployment for many millions ot our citizens are to be avoided.’ The report said little Improvement could be expected in the rest of 1931.

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money and notes on hand this year were 650 as compared with 727 last year. The amount reported was $1,125,852 as compared with $1,147,493. Despite increase in numlters, a loss in valuation of automobiles, horses, live stock and other stock listed is shown. The increase in the value of merchandise brought up the total this year. This item was increased more than $300,000 according to the figures in the reports. This year’s report also shows that 600 tractors were assessed at a value of $69,358. Lftst year traetois were listed under farm implements. Following is a table showing the number and the value of properly assessed this year and compared with tiie final report made by the assessors last year. Assessor Felty cautioned th.it the increases shown this year might not be all gain as the repo, :s last year might not have been divided into groups as this year. The exact figures will be obtainable after the board of review checks them. The figures given below are subject to correction. Mr. Felty stated:

[County Contest Will Be Conducted Sunday The Adams County Bible memory and story telling contest will be held next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock (cst) in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Monroe. The winners of the various township contests will compete for county honors, and the winners in the Sunday contest will represent Adams County In the regional event which will take place in the Marion College Chapel at Marion, Sunday afternoon, May 31. at 2:15 o'clock. The following counties will be represented in the regional contest: Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wells Adams, Jay. Blackford, and Grant. LOCAL MAN ON SERVICE LIST Charles Baxter Has Served General Electric Company 10 Years In the group of 37 employes ot the Decatur and Fort Wayne plants of the General Electric company who will observe long service records this month is Charles Baxter of Decatur who has completed 10 years of service with ths company. Mr. Baxter has been employed continuously since May 5, 1921, according to an announcement of the company. August Kayser of Fort Wayne completed 40 years of service on May 5, starting with the concern in 1891. Following is the list of long-time employes from the two plants: August Kayser, 40 years, May 5. 1891; 25 years, Ray J. Hoffman, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Body Found In Furnace Calumet City, Ind., May 21. —<U.R) —The body of Samuel Murray was found inside a furnace here, into which he had climbed to make repairs. Charleg Fendress, a fellow workman, who found the body, believed Murray bad been electrocuted. He had carried an electric light and cord inside the furnace.

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COURT RULES ‘LIE DETECTOR’ OUT OF CASE Kirkland Trial Continues At Valparaiso As Defense (Joes On COURT RULES ON MOTIONS Valparaiso, Ind., May 21 (U.R> The “lie detector” today was definitely ruled tail of the second trial of Virgil Kirkland on charges of murdering Arlene Draves, his sweetheart. Most of the morning was spent (juestioning expert witnesses regarding the accuracy of Leonard Keeler’s instrument which he claims detects falsehood hfr guaging the blood pressure of the subject. Following the testimony, during which thejury was excused. Judge Grant Crumpacker overruled two defense motions, one asking that results of a lie detector test on Kirkland be admitted into evidence and the other that the instrument be applied in the court room. Keeler, psychologist of Northwestern University ami inventor of the detector, testified that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Decatur Boy Is Fifth In State-wide Contest The returns from the state wide contest in mechanical drawing, as given by Purdue University, were received this afternoon by Amos Ketchum of the Decatur Higii School. James Engeler of this city was awarded fifth place in the contest, which was considered a special honor for the local school as thousands of entries in his section participated. Any high school boy who had had one year or more of mechanical drawing was eligible for the contest. STREET FAIR DATES CHANGED Decatur Event Moved Up Week; State Fair Scheduled September 8 The dates for Decatur's Free Street fair have been changed to September 15. 16. 17. 18, 19 it w:w announced today by Perry Short, secretary of the Association. The dates were changed today because of the fact that the Indiana state fair will l»e held during the week of September 7. the dates originally selected for the Decatur fair The general committee of the fair association did not wish to have dates in conflict with the state fair and it was thought best to change the dates at once. Many persons from Adams county and vicinity attend the state fair and several of the free acts and concessions secured for the Decatur fair will be exhibited at the state fair. In order to obtain these it was necessary to change the dates of the Decatur fair to the following week. Many of the concessions are already booked for the Decatur fair and notice was sent out today that the dates had been changed from the week of September 7 to the week of September 14. The fair opens on Tuesday September 15. Mother of Owen 1). Young Expires Today Van Hornesville N. Y. May 21 — (UP> —Mrs. Ida Brandon Young 93, mother of Owen D. Young died at her home here tills morning from the effects of. a fall downstairs more than a month ago. Young, noted financier and chairman of the board of directors of the General Electric company, was at her bedside when the end came. A fractured skull, combined with shock and old age caused death, her physician, Dr. C. E. Slater, said. She was in a coma for the past two days.. Funeral services have not been announced, but it was believed Mrs. Young's body will be placed in the family mausoleum here.

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Exhibit Awards Made 0 0 The Boys' Hobby Exhibit, will h was hold at the Library during the past two days, has been pronounced Interesting and succt-ssful. Five hundred and forty people saw the exhibit. County Superintendent D. O. McComb of Allen county schools selected the winners this morning. The following -awards will be issued by Enau Lankenau and Amos Ketchum, who hail charge of the Boys' Exhibit. Ribbons will be awarded on twenty projects. Cedar Chest First, Orval Reed; second. Paul Clem; third, Maynard Butcher. Mechanical Drawing General First. Harold Mumma; second, Ival Newhard; third, Tom Burk. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o CLUB LEADERS HOLD SESSION Purdue Instructor Is Here Today; Third Lesson Is Explained The leaders and presidents of the Home Economics Clubs of Adams county met with their teacher. Miss Aneata Beadle of Purdue University for the third lesson in the Domestic Science room of Decatur high school at 9 o’clock this morning. Mrs. E. W. Rusche, county chairman had charge of the meeting. After the opening song and club creed, she appointed each club leader a member of the Better Homes committee of which she is chairman. Each leader is to have charge of her home community. Each club leader responded to the roll call with a report of the last meeting, giving thfe number present and the number reached with the last lesson on "Foods for the pre-school child." It was learned that over 200 mouiers of Adams county heard this lesson. The third lesson, presented byMiss Beadle today was on the subject, “Food Preservation." She told the importance and how to practice economy in canning. This can be accomplished by getting the product into the can from the garden as quickly as possible, by thorough sterilization, by following directions closely, and by always using new jar rubbers. Miss Beadle advised the leaders to test the jar rubbers by stretching them to see if they go back into shape (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Planes Pass Over Berne Berne May 21 —(Special)—Sixty airplanes for the peace armada at Chicago which left Fairfield Air Port at Dayton Ohio at 9 o'clock (CST) this morning passed over the south part of Berne this morning enroute to Chicago. o MORAN DENIES HE IS WANTED Man Believed to Be Wanted For Murder Denies Charges San Francisco May 21—(UP) — Frank J. Moran who has been tentatively identified as the George W. E. Perry wanted in Wisconsin on charges of slaying of one of his five wives continued today to deny that he was the man for whom a nation-wide search was made. “It's all a mistake” he said "I’m a respectable married man.” His finger prints and photograph were sent to Wisconsin authorities invesi;fgating the death ,t>f Mrs. Cora Belle Hackett-Perry at Lac Du Flembeau last July and police here today awaited positive identiffication. Mrs. Hackett was shot to death after she left on her honeymoon with Perry who had deserted a wife and three children iu Milwaukee. Perry also was said to have other wives iu Ohio, Illinois and Missouri Moran, secretary of a welfare association here, was arrested bydedectives on his resemblance to pictures of Perry In a detective story magazine. He claimed he was in New Orleans at the time Mrs. Hackett was killed.

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COLD WEATHER MIXED THROUGH MANY STATES Pacific Coast Reports Heat Wave; Snow In Some States SOME DAMAGE IS REPORTED New York, May 21.—'U-R — The western half of the United States experienced today an odd assortment of weather conditions with rain in some places, snow in others, a heat wave on the Pacific coast and temperature so low in some regions that crops were menaced. Throughout the eastern half of the country normal or nearly normal conditions prevailed with light storms in some sections. San Francisco. May 21. —(U.RA— A record May heat wave in northern California was broken today by cool ocean breezes as an army of fire fighters brought under control hundreds of brush and grass fir s started in the last 48 hours. The third major fire in San Francisco in as many days swept a large mercantile building and climaxed a series of blazes that caused damage exceeding $1,000,000. Oakland brush fires which destroyed several homes and threatened many more, and others in Tahoe National forest, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Santa Cruz and El Dorado counties were under control. "Fire weather” prevailed over southern California, although lower temperatures were forecast. Denver, Colo., May 21. — (U.R) — zYpple and cherry blossoms and tender young crops in this section were covered today with snow as temperatures skidded to all-time record lows for May. The storm area stretched from Montana to New Mexico, bringing rain in some sections and snow in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o CONFIDENCE MAN IS HELD Chicago Police Seek to Return Alleged Swindler To City Indianapolis May 21 (UP) —Chicago authorities were to arrive in. Indianapolis today to claim Louis S. Cottlieb 52 who was arrested iu a local restaurant, after a purported relative recognized him as the suspect in embezzlements aggregating some $200,000 Richard V. Jackson, attache of the state's attorneys office Ln Chicago, told local police by phone that Gottlieb was suspected of complicity in a second-mortgage swindle "racket” in which prominent Chicago Jews were his principal victims. Authorities said that Gottlieb fled to England after obtaining a fortune in Chicago. Gottlieb denied to local autorities that he was the man wanted in Chi(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CHECK FORGER ACTIVE HERE Sheriff And Police Are Investigating Several Forgery Incidents Sheriff Burl Johnson and local police officers have secured several clues concerning the issuance by some person of a number of forged checks in Decatur and Willshire, O. A further investigation is being made today and every effort will be extended to locate the forger, officers stated. Several names have been used by the man passing the checks and some believe that perhaps two men are working the game in this community us descriptions vary considerably. A number of checks totalling more that" SIOO have been passed on local business men and gasoline filling stations.