Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1931 — Page 1

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»SESSION ■fc TODAY; fio ARE JAILED he the —• — ■J Trial In Hendrie Suit Asked; "''’■Smith Gets Bail x ■ Ali ' !> are issued a®j I). B. Erwin had a ■ jay in Adams circuit odds and ends care of before adihi> afternoon unfirst Monday in Sep“?iKer ‘’l'dc Leo Fugate '-.■WNi.ie H.-.iec were sent to indefinite periods for ■ ( ourt; Ora Smith .nJßfr e ,,i temporarily from . furmshiiiK bond of S3OO unvek]K trial larceny occurs in and a minitier of other drtails were disposed of. '"** - 'ted Friday night *'itg^K i . n ff Burl Johnson for a sec- ' bec.iu-e lie has failed to >'K t , j,, r in- children by his first ‘d He had a hearing this i. nr.- showed that is ■ .... was -Ode to make numer'rips in Indiana and s; -li in- ... ond wife he had nothing toward the of his children. ~ r Erwin gave the man a K lecture stating that "the had spent considerable bringing him back here ; til. o lie would be for. ed bim d'ugate) to jail until order." Halei was arrested this on a . nation for contempt lr u-dly had failed to for Im children by a form He was given a b- irscut ' jail "ilntil further the court." ill cases of Ora Smith ■ Ir,< Carpenter charged with ,i. . ction with the theft i.. tie-.- was reduced in Kinstan.. from SSOO to $3"" pr. \ ■ bond but Carpen Hr- unable io furnish bond and l forced to spend three in jail. Other Business for the plaintiff for interest and without was awarded in the case of liquidating agent vs. ■d Abr. et al. >case of W. S. Smith, liquivs. l.ieclity Brothers ■ ' corporation, a petition trained for authority of the ■>' 7 ■ cine eel-tain pi efet iii the suit. on PAGE SIX) ■E. White Purchases Building At Berne a hereby Ted E. Whit* i.e. ame the owner of tin- ■ Mini; in which the Nussbaum I- - atcil, formerly own. d Morand. XiisshaTm will continue his hav mg leased the building ■"■'ln. White, but the latter will charge of the gasoline Imsinstalling an additional pump White is well known in this his wife, Mrs. White was Miss Le| a Yost of DecaMANS AVERT ■ NEAR CRISIS ® lr, 'ai to Dissolve Cab- ■ M And Call Election H Saves Government Hurtin. June 13—(U.R) A threat Issolve the Reichstag ami cal! Sections was believed today r .“ Va aver ted a cabinet crisis. Heinrich Bruenina Riven semi-dictatorial power-. ■ Paul Von Hlndenlsirg a conference at the presivacation quarters at No i B The chancellor told the ■ ""irnt the apposition demand- , n * mt nediate session of the to consider the situation Br eii by th e calling in of short Bbitfr 0^^11 cred ' ts by foreign , re had been persistent ruma p ‘ ,! ' 3 lhle resignalion of the ■Continued on page four)

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Faces Life Term • ■ || ,a / •• i . Facing a life term in prison if ( he is convicted, Elliott R. Hatha-! way, son of State Representative ! . Lottis Hathaway, of Fall River,! , Mass., is shown in the Newport, R. . 1., courtroom where he is being | tried for the murder of pretty- 20- j . year-old Verna Russell, student' . nurse. The State charges Hatha- , way strangled Verna to death during an automobile tryst March 23. ,| COLE SPEAKS ! TO GRADUATES l 259 Eighth Grade Pupils Get Diplomas Today At County Exercises George C. Cole, state superin- , tendetlt of public instruction, de- ( livered the principal address at . the Adams County Eighth Grade . Commencement exercises held at . the Berne Community Auditorium, this afternoon. Clifton E. Striker, ( county school superintendent, was , in charge of the program and diplomas were presented to 259 . graduates by the various township trustees. Rev. J. L. Conrad of Berne gave I the invocation and Rev. C. H. , I Suckau delivered the benediction. Special music was furnished by an orchestra and a quartet. . The number of pupils graduated from each township was: St. , Marys township. 20; Blue Creek. 18; Monroe. 41; French. 28; Union 18; Root. IS; Preble, 24; Kirkland 18; Washington. 13; Hartford, 19; ! Wabash. 28; and Jefferson. 14. .1. Ham Lewis To Speak Indianapolis, June 13.—(U.Rb—Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Illinois, will be speaker at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association dinner and meeting in Gary, June 26, Democratic leaders announced here. 1 Anton Cerinak, mayor of Chicago, also will speak, according to plans. LIMA MURDER BEING PROBED l _— Former Suitor Grilled I or Information; All Knowledge Denied Lima. Ohio. June 3—(UP)— The alibi story of a 23 year old executor was checked today as autorities investigated the murder of Thelma Woods, 17. whose bruised and beatI en body rose to a surface of a quary | pond near here late Friday, ending ! a 2 weeks search for her. County detective Bernard Rooney hurried from Dayton, Ohio with a , brother of the girl's former sweetheart. The ex-suitor arrested after the body was found, was drilled through the night. He denied all knowledge of the crime. ; Meanwhile police continued o drag the 75 foot pond m un ettm to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Hoover Takes Rest Orange Va.. June 13 — (UP) — . Running trout streams which courM , near his Rapldan camp claimed . President Hoover's atte “ tion . as he sought a weekend o rela tion and rest in preparation for a 1 strenuous speaking trip into the 1 We Mr n HoovTr e «pected to spend . most of the day with rod and reek He motored up to his mountain ' camp from Washington last evening.

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OBSERVANCE OF~’ FLAG DAY URGED Elks Ask Residents to Display Flags All Day Sunday, June 14 The flag day committee of Decatur lodge No. 993 of the B. P. O. E. requests residents to display the flag Sunday in observance of national flag day. Since flag day j falls on Sunday no program will ibe held at the Elks home this year, the observance being held in ‘ J connection with the regular lodge I ' meeting on Wednesday. The committee issued tly? follow-! ing history on the flag: "Flag Day, will this year direct I the thoughts of every good American to the future as well as to the past. The patriotic citizen will !be reminded that June 14, 1931, marks the 154th anniversary of : the day when the Continental ConI gress passed the resolution offi- | cially establising, as the emblem |of the United States, a flag “of i thirteen stripes alternate red and white," and “that the union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation." “But every patriot will also look forward to next year, when Flag Day will take on a still deeper meaning as one of the key days in the ten months’ nation-wide celebration of the Two Hundredth Ani niversary of the Birth of George ! Washington. According to the j plans of the United States George , Washington Bicentennial ComI mission, every American, in every state and city of the country, will ■ then be encouraged to honor the flag with appropriate ceremonies i ■ and with a new devotion, linked as - it is with the life and labors of I I George Washington. , I “Historians mav regard ns tin- ’ supported by fact the story of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o SCHOLARSHIP >! IS AWARDED 1 Cedric Voglewede Is i Graduated From Marquette University Miss Grace Coffee and Mrs. 1 Clem Voglewede have returned ■ from Milwaukee where they attenI ded the fiftieth annual commence- | numt exercises of Marquette University. Cedric Voglewede of this I city received a Ph. B. degree from the college of journalism. , I Rev. William At. Magee, presi- • | dent of Marquette University prei sented the diplomas to the gradn- . j ales am] also made a short address .! in presenting the principal speak- , er. Rev. Magee said. “Graduation should mean the consciousness of difficulties overcome, a clean heart ! and a ready hand to take up life’s | work. Education at Marquette is distinctive, especially in its ideals" His Excellency iSamuel A. Stritch I Archibishop of Milwaukee, was the chief speaker. He said in part: "In leadership, we must have ■ culture, refinement and technical ability, but we must also have the proper outlook on life. Sound thinking is the basis of all constructive work. The Uhivers'ty realizes its obligations to society. It stands for what is constructive In principle and in truth. Be courageous! Never yield a principle! Never succumb to the level of your environment! Work on and on. that you may realize the ideal of your graduation." Voglewede received two distinctive awards during the commencement week activities. He received S2O for writing the best short story during the school year for the Marquette Journal and he also received a $650 scholarship. He will return next year to obtain his Master degree in Journalism. Marquette is one of the few universities in the world which maintains a college of journalism. — oInmate Ends His Life Logansport, June 13. (U.R) I uacob Olken. 34. admitted to tlie state hospital here from St. Joseph county, ended his life by leaping into the path of a Pennsylvania passenger train. He escaped from hospital authorities guarding a group of patients working in a field near here, and flung himself across the tracks as the train approached. The body was sent to South Bend.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 13, 1931.

Dr. C. H. Branch Will 11 Begin Duties Monday'! Dr. C. H. Branch of this city lias been appointed a deputy state bee inspector and will begin his duties next Monday when C. O. Yost, inspector of apiaries for Indiana will come here from Indianapolis to give the doctor the necessary instructions. Dr. Branch’s position, while only temporary, will probab- ! ly last through the’season which is about four months. The study of bee life, as to cmbriology, maturity and races has been a favorite one with Dr. Branch 1 1 for fifteen years past and he is one I of the best posted men in the state I ion that subject. He should prove of valuable service to the departjment. He will continue his prac-l jtise of medicine as he can. 1 OFFIGIALSFOR BANK NAMED Charles G. Dawes Named Chairman of New I Chicago Bank Chicago, June 13.—(U.R) —Philip R. Clarke will be president and 1 Charles G. Daw’es, ambassador to England, will be honorary chairman of the $350,000,000 Central Republic Bank and Trust Company, it was announced today as merger of the Central Trust Company of Illinois and the National Bank of the Republic into the one new institution was completed. Merger of the two loop banks was I announced last Monday at the same time the Foreman banks were taki en ove rby the First National Bank in the biggest financial upheaval in the city’s history. Officials of the new banks as well as of other loop institutions agreed today that all excitement caused by the mergers had passed. Thirty neighborhood banks were forced to close because of runs that followed the mergers, but predictions to-J day were that many of these would reopen. Besides Dawes and Clake, some other officials announced today for the new bank, are John A. Lynch, chairman of the executive commit-1 tee; Joseph E. Otis, and David It ! Forgan, co-chairmen of the board of directors; W. R. Dawes, Ward C. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Hundreds At Services Several hundred persons attended the Friday evening prayer hour and special services in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at the St. Mary’s Catholic church last evening. Rev. J. J. Hennes recited the litany and rosary and Rev. Father J. A. Selmetz gave a short talk, followed by congregational dedication to the Sacred Heart and Beiediction of the Blessed Sacrament. FARM LEADER DIES FRIDAY August Scheuman, Prominent Presble Township Resident Expires August Scheuman, 61, well known Preble township farmer and formft' Preble township trustee, died at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayue at 7:47 o'clock Friday evening of angina pectoris. Mr. Scheuman became ill last Tuesday and his condition was serious until his death. The deceased served as trustee of Preble township for four years, from 1923 to 1927. He was a well known farmer, residing on a farm, 10 miles northwest of this city since 1896. He was a member of the Friedheim Lutheran church. Mr. Scheuman was born in Preble township, August 29, 1869, the son of Conrad C D. and Mary Scheuman. The mother died several years ago and the father died last April 28. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Jakie May Is Injured Chicago, June 13. — (U.R) — Jakie May. Chicago Cubs' southpaw pitcher, was reported recovering today from minor injuries received in an automobile collision yesterday. May was taken to a hospital but was allowed to go to his hotel when it was found that his injuries were not serious.

NEW DIARY IS BEING STUDIED IN MURDER CASE Murder Theory Is Stronger Following Discovery of Later Diary MANY MEN OF NOTE MENTIONED New York, June 13 —(U.R) —The discovery of a new diary, which I details the swiftly-moving love affairs of Starr Faithfull virtually up to the pve of her strange death, gave promise today of bringing forth the most sensational turns in the case. Described By investigators as "of overwhelming importance," this second volume, narrating in lurid phrases the experiences of the beautiful Greenwich Village girl, strengthened greatly the theory that she had been murdered before her scantily-dressed body was cast up by the sea—a theory which lagged momentarily yesterday aa the mystery grew more and more undecipherable. Detectives, taking advantage of yesterday’s grand jury hearing to make top-to'ljbttom search of the Faithfull apartment while the family was away, found the volume in a remote corner. District Attorney Elvin E. Edwards of Nassau county, head of the investigation, has been convinced from the first that Miss Faithfull was murdered, dpsipite many indications of suicide. The sensational nature of the diary was not revealed until today. While an effort was made to guard its contents closely, the new volume was understood to have! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WILL PRESENT RAIL MERGER I Four Trunk Line Consolidation Plans Revived By Leaders New York, June 13 —(U.R) —The $450,000,000 four-trunk line merger* plan agreed to tentatively by the major eastern railroads last December is expected to be presented to the interstate commerce commission for approval soon after the commission receive the joint petition of the country’s railroads asking for a 15 cent increase in freight rates. The few minor difficulties still remaining in the merger plan were ironed but at a meting at Pennsylvania station yesterday attended by the presidents of all the major eastern lines. The plan was given President Hoover’s approval December 30, 1930. Those attending the meeting yesterday included O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen of the Chesapeake & OhimNickel Plate lines; W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania; Patrick E. Crowley, president of New York Central, and Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio. No official announcement was made following the meeting, but it was understood that the agreement essentially is the same as that of last December. If the commission approves the plan, the railroads are expected to spend between $450,000,000 and $500,000,000 within three years in effecting the mergers. The allocations of the various lines under the plan are as follows: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Hoosier Salesman Freed Chicago, June 13.—<U.R>—Clarence A. Finn, Plymouth, Ind., bond salesman, was free today to live where he pleased for the first time this week. Henry Fioletti gave Finn $2,000 worth of bonds to sell last week, he told police. As days passed without any report of a sale, he demanded that Finn return the bonds. Finn put him off. Early this week, Fioletti and his brother “captured" Finn in a loop hotel and forced him to go home with them and live there until he produced either money or bonds. Yesterday Finn gave back the bonds.

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G. E. Club Picnic Is Held Today at Sunset Headed by tile G. E. Band, the G. E. club members of the Decatur plant, their families and friends paraded thorough Decatur today on their way to Sunset park tor the annual General Electric club picnic, which is primarily for the children. Lemonade, pop, ice cream corn and everything that goes to make a picnic dinner was served at noon and a program of games music and contests was held this afternoon. RIOT STARTED BY VILLAGERS Church Order Halting Procession Causes ProTest From Many Rome, June 13 —(U.R) — A riot occurred at Nicascro todav when ■i the populace protested against al church order prohibiting a proces-| sion in honor of St. Anthony, the ' newspaper Giornal D'ltalia said.’ Eight soldiers, two Carabineers and two demonstrators were injured slightly. The Vatican recently issued general instructions that there should be no more outdoor church processions in Italy while the gov- ' ernment crisis continued. When the church’s order was re-1 ceived cancelling the celebration of the Feast of St. Anthony, who is the villagers' patron saint, thou- , sands of men and women surged . into the streets demanding suspen- , sion of the order. Police and soldiers formed a , cordon around the chief religious . institutions but the crowd was uncontrollable and started an assault , on the bishop’s palace, demanding , permission for the customary pro- , i cession!. The crowd became so violent, reports said, that police fired several shots into the air and the rioting started. Military forces were sent from St. Anzaro but the crowd disperse 1 without furter incident. Giornale di Italia said "for the present we shall not comment and shall not I search for responsibility for this grave incident," which was interpreted as meaning that the papdr , considered the Pope to blame for •prohibiting religious processions. o War Vets End Session ’ Connersville. June 13. — (U.R) — Final business sessions of. the Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars L convention were begun here today. Election of officers was scheduled ’ for this morning, followed by installation. The first meeting of the | ! new council of administration was to be held this afternoon. A resolution adopted by the convention provided that each post 1 sponsor a Boy Scout troop, the ac--5 tion being taken as part of the or- ■ ganization’s attack on communism. 1 o CAPONE CROWD GETS HARD BLOW . Federal Indictments May Break Up Once Strong f Alliance 3 Chicago June 13 —(UP) —Governt ment attorneys and investigators - declared today (hat by indicating 3 Scarface Al Capone and 68 followers on liquor charges they had 5 loaded the proverbial “last straw” 5 onto the broad hack of the Capone 1 gang and had forever broken its i reign of lawlessnes. His confidence that Capone's r gang was "wrecked" was evidenced by U. S. Attorney George E. O. Johnson when he ruled that the ' underworld leader need not post a new bond on the liquor indictment. Capone last week posted $50.- > 000 bail on charges of evading in- . come tax. Johnson held this was 3 sufficient to,cover the new charge 5 also. The Capone gang already is "practically insolvent." declared , Johnson, because of raids and high bonds, and he believes one bond suf, j ficiently protects the government. An idea of the power which Capone once held was given In the In dictments charging that his beer industry earned upwards of $20,000,000 annually for 10 years, dating ' back to ’he time when Scarface Al was a "minor Hoodlum” and took orders from leaders whom he ' later “muscled" out of the way (CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX)

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Sent to Chair Ji? I/ * I Convicted at Jefferson, Ohio, of the murder last year of Mrs. Clara ■Smith, wife of her sweetheart, Mrs. Maude Lowther, 23-year-old West! Virginia mountain girl, with Indian ancestry, has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. This is the first time in the history of Ohio that the death sentence has been imposed on a woman. Her paramour, Tilby Smith, is awaiting electrocution August 17. Mrs. Lowther is shown above. ELOISE LEWTON TO GO ABROAD Local School Teacher To Spend Summer In European Travel Mlbb Eloise Lewton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewton and teacher in the Decatur schools, will take a two months trip abroad this summer. She will be a member of the Homer Davisson party, which includes twelve people from Fort Wayne. Mr. Davisson is an outstanding Indiana artist, and has appeared before the public of Decatur in a lecture course, and many of his paintings have been displayed here. Mrs. Davisson will act as hostess on the trip which promises to be one of great interest. The Davisson party will sail Friday. June 26, on the S. S. Belgenland of the Red Star Line, from New York City, and will arrive in Cherbourg. France, July 3. The countries of Italy, Switzerland, Germany. Holland. England and France will be visited, and several days will be spent in London, Paris and Rome. Some of the special feature of the trip will be motoring in the Shakespeare Country, Excurson on the Dutch Canals and Zuider Zee, a steamer down the Rhine River, a trip on the mountain railways in Switzerland, a drive over the Simplon Pas, a night on the Italian Likes, the upper Corniche Drive in Riviera. Amalsi Drive in Southern Italy, and a visit to the Island of Capri in the Bay of Naples. 0 Weed Meets Planned A great many farmers are asking about the methods of using and the effectiveness of spraying Canada thistle and quack grass with sodium and calcium chlorate. In order to get them this information result demonstration meetings have been planned for Tuesday, the 16th, and Wednesday, the 17th of June, on farms where spraying was done last year. O. C. Lee, extension weed specialist of Purdue will have charge of these meetings in cooperation with the County Agent. The first meeting will lie held Tuesday afternoon on the P. D. Schwartz farm located 3 miles north and 2 miles cast of Berne ht 1:30 p. m. The second meeting on Tuesday will be at the Geo. Ringger farm in French township at 3 p.m. The first meeting on Wednesday morning will be at the Harry Rolfinson farm at 9 a. in. This farm is located one mile north of Bobo. The second meeting will be on the Gelmer farm near the Schnepp Filling station on road 27 one mile south of Decatur at 10:30 a.m. The afternoon meeting on Wednesday will be held in Preble township at the Wm. Myers farm, one mile north of Preble |at 1:30 p.m. Anyone having any plants they wish identified, please bring them to the meetings.

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PENNSYLVANIA TROUBLE GETS VIOLENT TODAY Attempts Are Made to Derail Train; Several Hurt In Battles TWO UNIONS LEAD SCRAPS Pittsburgh, June 13. — W-R>' —Open fighting between two rival miners unions and an alleged attempt to derail a train carrying strike-breakers marked the strike of more than 10,000 bituminous miners in western Pennsylvania today. The violence flared out again as federal and state labor mediators and others pushed plans I tor a settlement of the two-weeks strike. Two members of the United Mine Workers of America were beaten by about 600 members of the National Miners Union, Who allegedly attempted to break up a meeting at Coverdale. A train bearing more than 60 strikebreakers from Cleveland to the Kinloch mine near New Kensington was stoned by miners after a tie had been placed across the tracks near the Kinloch mine last night. Windows in the coaches were shattered, and three men were injured as state police battled with the strikers along the tracks. The Cleveland train was switched to a siding at Parnassus to make the two-mile run from there to the Kinloch mine, owned by the Valley Camp Coal Company. State police were on guard. Four plain clothesmen on the train manned a machine gun, it was reported. While state police directed their attention to a bridge a crosstie was said to have been placed across the tracks. The train drew to a halt. Immediately rocks and other missiles rattled against the train. Two hundred men were estimated in the attacking party and every window in the coach in which the workers rode was shattered. Officers charged the attackers, swinging riot sticks. Miners and police battle along the embankment while the obstruction was removed and the train moved slowly out of the danger zone. None of the strikebreakers was injured. Three men were treated for enfs and bruises. They gave their names (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o ——— Ponder Over Arrests Terre Haute, Ind , June 13.—(U.R) —Operatives from the office of the U. S. marshal were expected in Terre Haute today to confer with Prosecutor Charles Whitelock concerning disposition of the cases of members of an alleged liquor manufacturing and hijacking gang. The gang was rounded up this week during police raids, when parts of a 1,000 gallon capacity still were uncovered in a house. It appeared likely, however, that the five men police said were leaders of the gang—Jake Clark, James : Holleywood, Dormont Jackson, Oval Stevens and George Small—would not be turned over to federal authorities. Besides the liquor law violations, they are charged with robbery. DOUMER TAKES FRENCH REINS New President Assumes Post At Quiet Ceremony In Paris Today Paris, June 13 —(U.R) — Gaston Doumergue turned over executive power as president of France today in a simple ceremony through which Paul Doumer. former Senate president, became thirteenth ' chief executive if the republic. Transmission of power consisted of a handshake between the two 1 presidents. without oaths or pledges other than those contained ! In a speech by the new executive. 1 Doumer was accompanied by Premier Pierre Laval from the Luxembourg palace at the senate to the Elysee. the presidential palace. Two squadrons of cavalry (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)