Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1931 — Page 1

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■E RIGHT" IS Arning given MOR CLASS ■ Joseph .J. Hennes Is ■aker At Annual C. Js. Commencement BnTY-ON'E I are in class Kjvcring the address at ■ nth annual commence- j ■ exercises of the DecnIJjholic high school last j ■in. the Rev. Father J. J. i Hs. assistant pastor of ■ nys Catholic church, Kswer to the question, K Shall I Live?” cautionEb. graduates that the ■7 rtHisidnration is not how Kall get a living, but how he K|ve. for if lie lives rightly, ■~r is needful he shall easily ■ auditorium of the school ■filled with relatives and ■s of the graduates. Diplomas I ■awarded to 12 young women ■ine young men on the com- ■ of their high school work. ■9 were also made to the ,';4 ■ grade pupils and special K. to two other pupils. K Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, ■, of St. Marys Catholic E, distributed the diplomas ■ award; and presented the ■r. ■short musical program was ■ and a playlet. “Climb. Eh The Rocks Be Rugged.” ■enacted by the members of ■enior class, who appeared on ■stage dressed in cap and I In Jungle of Life ■ther Hennes in his prelimfn- ■ remarks defined the step ■1 the graduates now take as Kne leading into the jungle of ■ He viewed present condi- ■ citing tlm turmoil and hard- ■ in the world today and imBsing upon the members of the ■ that it took courage, right Kling and belief in Christianity ■tercome the barriers to a suc■ul life. | Life is Opportunity ■caking on life. Father Hennes Kd. “Life is opportunity and Before its whole circumstance ■ be made to serve the purpose ■hose who are bent on self-im-■ement, on making themselves ■ble of doing thorough work, ■t is more pleasant than to ■ of strong-hearted youths, who ■he midst of want and hard- ■ of many kinds, have clung Books, feeding like bees to ■ers." I Three Boquets of Life ■ther Hennes summed the pur■s of life in a boquet of three ■ers, which h,e asked each ■uate to take through the ■DNTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) foods To Serve Dinner ■iianapolis, June 6. —<U.R> —But■Vniversity coeds will serve din- ■ tor President Herbert Hoover ■ the 5,000 guests and members ■he Republican Editorial Asso■ion meeting here June 15, it was Bounced today. ■over will be the speaker at | Indiana Republican rally. ■tee hundred and fifty college ■ en will be needed to serve the ■ken dinner.” REMPLOYMENT IS DECREASED' rte Secretary Says ‘Back I To Earm’ Move Is I Responsible filianapoiis, June 6.—/U.RWn Boyment in Indiana has been P r, ‘d one-half by a "back to the Movement’’ from the Indusf renters, John H. Hewitt, secrer °f the state’s unemployment Pmisslon said today. I’"' number of unemployed in E s,atfl now is approximately L™’’ 1 wi! ereas last winter the Fw of idle workers was 200.000, t owitt said. The movement F industrial centers to rural ia as great as the trend on PAGE TWO)

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Train Crash Fatal Butler, Ind., June 6—(UP)—Two | men were killed here early today when their auto was struck by a Wabash passenger train. The victims were; W. H. Weaver and Milton W. Carey, school teachers of Ashtabula, Ohio. Rent, receipts in the pockets of the men indicated they lived at the Ashtabula Y. M. C. A. The train stopped after the ' crash and both men were found dead. The bodies were held here. It was believed the motorists became confused after crossing tracks of the New York Central trailroad, which run parallel to those of the Wabash. MEETING HELD BY CALF CLUB Peter Lehman Presents Awards to Members of Club’s Contest The Adams County Calf Club ! met Friday night in the Monroe I high school building. The meeting ! was called to order by the president | of the organization, Frederick Duff I and the roll was called by James ’ Moses, secretary. A novel way of calling the roll was used by hav-l ing each member rise to his feet ‘ as his name was called and give! some statement in regard to his calf, as to feeding, care or management. This plan brought out many ideas for the benefit of the new members. Noah J. Schrock gave a talk on the feeding and management of the dairy calf. Schrock has been an outstanding calf club worker and : was one of the winners of the Pur- J due trip this past season. 'The Leh-I man sisters, Pollyanna and Juanita sang a duet following which county agent I, E. Archbold complimented the committee on the program they worked up and on the splendid , manner in which they were carry- , ing on the work. Peter B. Lehman • distributed the checks to the winners of the production contest for I ’I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! Korte Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs. Ernst I Korte who died at the home of her j daughter, Mrs. Martin ililgeman at I Magley Wednesday, were held at' ' 1:30 o’clock this afternoon at the I 1 Hilgeman home and at 2 o’clock at | ’ 2 o'clock at the Magley Reformed i ’ church with Rev. I). Grether offi-1 ' dating. Burial was in the Magley 1 Cemetery. o I Site Is Not Decided , Washington, June 6— (UP)—Fini al selection of the site for the new fish hatchery in Northern Indiana must wait "several weeks” longer for completion of detailed topographical maps of proposed sites. ' Director James of the Fisheries , Bureau said today. The selection of the site has been narrowed down to three places, Rochester, Koontz and Angola, James anonunced. FIFI STILLMAN IS REMARRIED Prominent Society Woman Gets Divorce And Then Remarries New York, June 6—(UP)— The tempestuous martial life which has taken the James A. Stillmans through one court after another j I over a period of 11 V? 18 ’ nitely at an end today with the signing of a final divorce decree and the marriage of Mrs ’ A “" r quhart Stillman to Fowler McCor i niick son of Harold F. Met ormick of Chicago and grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Cyrus H. McCormick. . Mrs Stillmans divorce and her • marriage to McCormick, 20 years > her junior, were as surprising and > Is unexpected as her recent recon- ■ ciliation with Stillman after five • years of court litigation, charges t and counter charges of ,nf ‘ d ® lity which brought to light the most in- > timate details of their married set At that time Mrs. Stillman 1 i divorce action pending, but »'“■ , dropped 4his suddenly and sai.<d t with Stillman on the Olymp c 1 February 6, 1926. rosenh 1 Suprenie^j^rtjujticejfos eph ON PAGE SIX)

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CAPONE ARREST HAILED AS STEP TO GANG DEATH Gangster Surrenders And Posts $50,000 Cash Bond; To Be Arraigned APPEARANCE IS IN PERSON Chicago, June 6.—KU.R).—In-1 dictment and surrender of j ‘Scarface Al Capone on charg!es of evading income tax pay- ■ ments was hailed today throughout Chicago as marking definitely the downfall of jthe most powerful and elusive ’gang chieftain in local or American history. i Federal, state and city officials, jas well as all newspapers, agreed that Capone's chances of escaping conviction and imprisonment were slight. Such predictions were based upjon the record of United States Dis- | trict Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, who brought about Capone's ! indictment after three years of I work during which many lesser i gangsters were captured and many j stills destroyed and in which as many as 50 government agents engaged at times. Capone, the chief of all gang chiefs, was the ninth gangster indicted. Johnson has been successful in his proseccution of the previous eight. It was considered safe! to predict he would be successful in the ninth. I Capone’s surrender came late yes- | terday, three hours after indictments against him were made public. He was accompanied to the U. S. marshal’s office by his attorneys. A surety bond for $50.00(1. to cover the amount previously set, preceded him. He was in the office only a short time, signed his bends, then disappeared again into the underworld which he has conI trolled for several years. The two indictments, one of which was voted in March and kept secret, charged that Capone owed the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) POPE ISSUES NEW STATEMENT “God Is With Vatican,” Leaders Are Told In Short Statement , Vatican City, June 6—(U.P.) —God is with the Vatican in the present controversy with Italy, the Pope said today in addressing 80 members of the Milan Workmen's Recreational association. “We are undergoing great tribulations, of which the whose world is aware," said the Pope. "Nevertheless these are accompanied by great consolations.” Messages have come from all ovj-i the wori,l Containing filial expressions of gratitude and sympathy, he went on, saying: “It seems to everyone that we are fighting a battle for liberty of conscience and the good of all souls. This constituties the greatest solace to us in the sorrowful hours of these past days. Rome, June 6 —(U.R)— Despite publication of a conciliatory article IYv Arnuldo Mussolini, brother of the premier, which many interpreted as offering peace overtures in the Italo-Vatican controversy, 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) _o bulletin Valparaiso, June 6.— <U.R) — Ten of the jurors who served during the second trial of Virgil Kirkland, convicted the youth in the belief that he would receive the death penalty, they said in a signed statement brought to attention today of the Lake county attorneys. The statement was obtained by M. R. Halstead, of Hobart, Indiana, who interviewed the jurors on hie own initiative after expressing indignation that Kirkland had been sentenced to serve only one to 10 years followng the youth's second trial on charges of attacking and slaying his sweetheart, Arlene Graves.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 6, 1931.

Talking Things Over ii i ii— •■MniT-min — w—aw .« ' W I ■F« ■ ? ■ awwuM- T-A -. Jg '.rvi'T M ' Jr 1 y dr ’ « lb*. 11 I '** ■ X /KfO M Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt oil Nev| York* Democrat,, and Governor Gifford Pinchot Pennsylvania, Republican, talking things over in a quiet nook at French Lick, Ind., where they attended the governors conference. two executives are frequently mentioned as presidential possibilities of their respective parties.

BIBLE SCHOOL I SETS RECORD 1 Kirkland Township Has Enrollment of 302 In Annual Summer School The Kirkland Township Daily Vacation Bible School today completed the first week of its summer term with an enrollment of 302 children. The school opened last Monday and the enrollment this year is the largest in the history of the school, which started six years ago. Eighteen pupils will be graduated at the close of the term. Friday, June 12. At that time a closing program will be presented at 7:30 o’clock and all parents and friends of the pupils are invited to attend. All children meet in the Pleasant Dale church for the devotional services, after which children above primary age meet at Kirkland high school for their class work. Children from every church and Sunday school in Kirkland township attend the school, and pastors. Sunday School teachers, superintendents and community leaders are in charge of the classes. On next Thursday evening the Alumni of the school will enjoy a social meeting in the community building at 8 o'clock. AU who have graduated from the school are urged to be present. o FIVE WORKMEN THOUGHT DEAD Philadelphia Tragedy Occurs 70-feet Below Street’s Level Philadelphia. June 6. —<U.R)r —Five workmen were beliieved to have been killed by a cavetn as they were working in an excavation here today 70 feet below the street level. Four others were injured and at least 40 workmen escaped. A policeman. Elmer Patterson, was killed when a patrol wagon in which he rode collided with a truck while speeding to the scene of the disaster. The excavation was being carried on at the corner of 12th and Market streets for the construction of the 32-story building of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — —o Auburn Girl Is Killed Fort Wayne,—June 6 —(UP) — Geraldine Lower, 24, South Bend, was burned to death near Auburn today, after the auto in which she was ridin® with Harold Smith, 26, Toronto, Canada, collided with a parked auto and burst into flames.

Refused More Consul I Anderson, Ind., June 6—(UP) — ; Attorneys for Herbert Cameron, 18. i Marion negro, companion of the ' two negroes lynched at Marion last I August, yesterday filed a hill of exI ceptions to a court ruling which I denied a motio nasking for addition- | al counsel for the defendant, chargI ed with complicity in the murder of Claude Deeter, 24, Fairmount. Deeter was slain August 16. while parked on a road near Marion, and his girl companion attacked. The two negroes were hanged as an aftermath of the affair. Judge Carl Morrow, of Madison i circuit court made the ruling. Trial has been set for June 26. LAWOFFICES ARE OPENED Herman H. Myers Will Practice Law Here; Is Local Man l Herman H. Myers, of this city, has opened law offices in the Eri win building on South Second street i it was announced today. Myers has the suite of rooms formerly occu- . pied by Ed A. Bosse who moved in- , to the rooms in the same building . vacated when D. B. Erwin became , judge of Adams circuit court. Jan- . uary 1. Myers attended West Point Military academy and later was gradual ed from Indiana University, For a number of years he was associated with his father John T. Myers in the clothing business. Ho resigned from the clothing firm and sold his I interest to Robert Mills and entered Cumberland University law school. He was graduated from Cumber- . land with an LLB degree in May of this year. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have been back in Decatur the last two weeks and Mr. Myers has been supervising the remodeling of his new > rooms. He stated today that he > would conduct a general law prac ■ tice. ! 0 Storekeeper Is Killed Seybert, Ind., June 6. — (U.PJ —B. , C. Frye, 58, storekeeper, was woundi ed fatally by bandits when he re- : fused to surrender his money dur- > Inga holdup at his home hero. Mrs. Frye, who witnessed the shooting, ■ was forced to give the day’s receipts I to the robbers. i LaGrange officials today joined ■ in the search for the gunmen, who fled in an auto. o BULLETIN i Pittsburgh Pa„ June 6 —(UP) — One man was killed and another injured when an airplane crashed at the Thornburg Country Club near . here today. i The dead man was H. P. Ludwig ■ Pittsburgh. The plane crashed as it was ati tempting to take off after It was about ICO feet in the air.

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TWO ARRESTED ” FOR LARCENY Ora Smith And Ira Carpenter Arrestetd Here Today Ora Smith and Ira Carpenter were arrested today by Sheriff Burl Johnson and arraigned in Adams circuit court before Judge I). B. Erwin on a charge of larceny. Both men pleaded not guilty and bonds were fixed at SSOO each. Neither was able to provide bond and the two ■ men were taken to the Adams I county jail to await trial. i Both were arrested in connection I with the alleged tneft of some work harness from the Earl Reber farm northeast of Decatur, Evidence is ) being gathered against the men by Sheriff Johnson. Smith at present is on parole from the state reformatory at Pendleton. Both are known to county officers and both have appeared in court before on minor charges, j o Grandstaffs Plan Trip Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff and Mr. and Mrs Gerald Grandstaff and daughter Donna Ethel will leave Sunday mornipg on a motor trip to Santa Barbara, California, where they will spend an eight week’s vacation. Enroute to California, they will visit the Black Hills in South • Dakota, Oregon and Washington. During the absence of Dr. Grand- ! staff, county coroner. Dr. J. M. Miller will act in that capacity. ROAD LETTING ; DATE IS RESET State Road 27 Will Be Paved; Bids Received June 30 1 Bids for paving the two and a 3 half mile stretch of unpaved road i on state road 27 between Decatur and Berne, near Monroe will be 1 received by the state highway com--1 mission June 30, according to notices sent out today by the highway commission with orders to publish same as legal notices June 10 and June 17. The first notice was for letting I the contract on June 16, but a ean- | eellation came later. A new type of pavement has been added to the other three, contained in the first notice and bids will be received 11 on the following types of pave- ! ment: • Portland cement concrete: rock asphalt; bituminous concrete; asphaltic macadam surface. The ’ notice states further that the road j I will be sold to the lowest and ' i best bidder and that the commission reserves the right to reject finy and all bids. 1 The letting will be held in cong nection with the selling of four ! other road contracts in other parts of the state. The width of the new pavement will be 20 feet, according to the notices sent out. — o ' TAX EVADERS ; ARE WATCHED ’ Government P lans To « Press Capone Charges With Utmost Speed V r 6 Washington, June 6 —(U.R) - Indictment of Al Capone, Chicago gang leader, on •chargps of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws, thus striking directly at his far-flung bootleg racket, is expect1 ed to follow the federal government’s first blow in securing in- ’■ dictment for alleged income tax ’■ law violations. ’• Government agents, it was (• learned today, gathered a mass of » evidence about the gangster’s liquor operations in the investiga1 tion which brought the indictment 0 yesterday at Chicago on charges of 22 income tax law violations. Officials believe a successful move agaiust the giant liquor - racket which the chunky little '• Italian lias built up, on top of the 4 income tax move, would wipe out r tile organized bootleg ring which has made him known from coast 9 to coast. The indictment on the liquor 1 ‘ charges is expected momentarily, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Woman,Known Here Dies Mrs. Mollie Burwell Reilly, 57, of Fort Wayne, well known in Decatur died at St. Joseph Hospital Friday night, from sleeping sickness which followed an attack of influenza. Mrs. Reilly had served as a linotype operator in Fort Wayne for a number of years. She was born in Bluffton, Febraury 9. 1971. the daughter of George W. and Jane Reid Burwell. Surviving are a sister and brother Mrs. Roy Balyeat of Van Wert. Ohio and Frank Burwell, whose home is in the west. Funeral services will be held Sunday. and burial will be made in the Fairview cemetery at Bluffton. YOUNG PLAN IS TO BE CHANGED Germany Unable To Continue Present Scale Decree Declares Berlin, June 6 —(UP) —The government’s first official pronouncement that the Young Plan must be revised was issued today. A manifesto, supplementing president Paul Von Hindenburg’s dictatorial decree drastically reducing government expenditures, declared that the reparations can no longer be paid out of Foreign loans, as heretofore. The Presidential decree provided that the Reich’s railways finance, a gigantic project calling for the expenditures of $300,000,000 marks (about $50,000,000) It was estimated that this would help relieve unemployment, providing jobs for 120,000 persons. The government, in a broad move to counteract the sharp salary reductions provided tor in the decree, will introduce a 44-hour week in all its own workshops in the railways. This was expected to offer employment to thousands. Power to impose a 40-hour week in private indusrtial concents also was provided in the momentous decree. However, the United Press understood the president does not intend to use this power at present. The manifesto, regarded as one. of the most vital documents issued (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 COURT TERM IS NEARLY OVER Present Term Will End Monday, June 13; Old Cases Disposed Os One more week of the present term of Adams circuit court remains and if the present calendar is carried out Judge D. B. Erwin will have a busy week. The term ends Monday, June 13 for the annual summer vacation. Several civil cases and one criminal case ane scheduled for next week, and it is said that a number of actions on old suits will be filed before the term is completed. The April term has been a busy one and a numbpr of jury cases have been disposed of already. The present petit jury has been I called in almost twice as often as juries in past terms, according to a check-up of records. Indications are that Judge Erwin wants to keep the docket business at a minimum and he has disposed of many old casei some that have been on the docket for a number of years. In addition to disposing of the old cases many new cases also have been filed and disposed of during the present term. Case number 14,000 was filed this week. Bank Plans Liquidation South Bend, Ind., June 6.—*(U.R>— The Union Trust Company, South Bend, one of the largest northern Indiana banks, today was open only to receive 90-day notices of intention to withdraw deposits, it was announced. The action was approved by Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner, who announced from Indianapolis that frozen assets caused suspension of regular business. Resources of the institution were $9,000,000 and deposits, $4,500,000. The president, Arthur L. Hubbard, committed suicide nearly a month ago. No irregularities have been found in the institutions ' books, according to Symons’ announcement.

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$25,000 BOND SALE ORDERED BY TAX BOARD Two-year Fitfht Ends With Approval; Bids Haye Been Received * BOARD ORDER IS RECEIVED ■ The state board of tax commissioners hns approvetl a bond issue of S2S,(MM) for the building of a new bridge, spanning the St. Marys river in Preble township, replacing the old Scheimann bridge. Thus ends the long fought I battle to build a bridge replacing one of the historic landmarks in Adams county. The old Scheimann bridge built in 1878, is one of three wooden, rootled bridges in the county. The state board however reduced the bond issue from $30,000. ; s petitioned for, based on the engineer’s estimate of cost of construction, to $25,000. following receipt of bids from contractors last Tuesday. Bids received by the county commissioners for the building of I the bridge ranged from $27,666.86 to $23,835.75. It is presumed that the state board intends for the county commissioners to award the contract to one of the contractors who agreed to construct the bridge for less than $25,000. The order of the board received by County Auditor Albert Harlow reads: "the board now finds that a necessity exists for the issuance of bonds but only in the sum of $25,000 and that bonds in that amount should be approved.’’ "Therefore, the board now approves the issuance of bonds or evidences of indebtedness b|y the board of commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, not exceeding $25,000, with interest not exceeding four per cent, in the denomina- . tions desired and maturing in the manner provided by law, for the purpose of constructing a bridge over St. Marys river in Adams county, Indiana.” The Bids Received P. B. Putman, Fori Wayne contractor submitted the low bid on the bridge job. His Bid was, $23,(CONTLNUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 -2Hold Flower Week Starting Sunday, and for the entire week following, Van Wert, Ohio will hold open house at its many flower farms in and near the city. Peonies, Iris, Orental Poppies and ■ Columbine will be shown. Each year thousands of motorists attend (lie 1 week at Van Wert, where some of i the most widely known flower gard- ■ ens in the middlewest are located. — o BULLETIN Yokohama, Japan June 6—(UP) —Graciano Bilaz, 40 year old PhilI lippino who became insane aboard the steamship Empress of China • j and killed two sailors besides s wounding a score of persons, was held in irons today as the ship pre* i jared to depart for Hongkong. ; Bilaz, a stearage passenger, sud- , denly went wild Wednesday and dashed about the ship hacking and , slashing with a huge dagger. He . was finally captured by officers t and collapsed as the ofifeers started , to shoot him. RATE INCREASE ) TO BE OPPOSED Railroad Leaders Seek Unanimous Approval of Higher Rates Washington. June 6.—<U.Rl—While eastern railroad leaders who initi--1 ated the campaign for increased freight rates are seeking to enlist the support or all lines in the country, it has become evident that the proposed 10 per cent increases will be vigorously opposed before the ■ interestate commerce commission. The National League of Commission Merchants, representing shippers of 1,000.000 carloads of pro--1 duce yearly, asserted (hat freight ’ charges already are excessive and ’ announced a program of "strenuous (CONTINUED ON U AOE TWO)