Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1931 — Page 1

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IHER RATES ■PPL Y TO ALL [COMMODITIES loads’ Petition To lost Kate 15% Ap■ies To Everything ■mission is ■jrMEDOF action Igo. Juii'' 25. -->U.Ri—The railHus. rm.ni the interstate comfl oriiimission today that their fl.i of a 15 per cent increase ■ght rates applies to all coniK, but that adjustments as fl certain commodities prob■ill be made later “to meet ■tition and other situations." ■iteiiniit to that effect, una■ly agreed upon by the rail■at a meeting here yesterday, ■ide public today and filed in ■ngtoti as an answer to the ■sioiis request for specific ■nioii on the commodities Bill be affected by the petitionBr ...-■■ Bcontmisnion nad directed the Bs to supply information as ■ether the increase would apB such classes of freight as ■ and grain products, cotton ■her agricultural and hortiB1 products, including live- ■ nou-lerrcftis metals, iron and ■ articles, petroleum and its Bts. lumber and automobiles. Bly every one of the nation's Bis was represented when the B was drafted at conferences Bago. Presidents, traffic ofI and other executives of rail■in the eastern, western, south’Bd Mountain-Pacific sections ■ country voted in favor of the ■grease. ■ railroads petitioned the com B on June 16 for authority Be all rates by 15 per cent, ■proposal met with objections. B railroads later stated that , ■ increase were allowed they Inot make it applicable to all lodities. ■ commission then requested ■ specific information concernMat commodities would be inHon the increased freight list, lew petition was in answer to ■equest. ■ referring to the suggestion lit may be decided later to I adjustments on the rates on ■n classes of freight, the rail Intixued ON PAGE FIVE) bt-Day-Old Hilton Baby Dies bra Alice Hilton, 8 day old Iter of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. HilIjied at 7 o'clock this morning l p Adams County Memorial ■’al of heart trouble. ■ baby was born at the hospi■rdnesday, June 17. Surviving ■r parents, a sister, Mary Maxlad grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. [■Hilton of east of this city, and F-ii Mis. John Sovine of ’his fa-ral services will be held FriFtf'iKmn at one o’clock (DST) I Hilton home 336 North Ninth ■ with Rev. C. R. Lanman, pas-' fthe Christian church, officialBurial win r c ;R e Bo| )() reine |tASTORUN FORSENATE ke Advocate of Legion ksigns Post To Enter Politics hnapolls, June 25. — tU.RiI tnation of Scott W. Lucas, HaHI., as National Judge Advo°f the American Legion announced at Legion headers here. Lucas said he wish- ■ devote more time to his law Jvss.and announced that he " seek the Democratic nomi- ” ( or the United States senate 1 Hlinols in the next election. . “tiidates for political office nut hold Legion positions, acto the organization's conlion. C4B was appointed Judge Adte in October, 1927. Previous- , ■ *'M national chairman of the a, i°n committee in 1926 and , Lucas served in the regular for several years, and since i ’’-harge has served in the re- i 1 corps.

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Vol. XXIX. No. 150.

Case To Be Heard ByJohn T. Kelly ‘ •n the case against Jesse A. Ray seeking surety of the peace. Ed A.’ Bosse, attorney, who was appointed ' special judge, today declined juris - I diction and by agreement of parties John T. Kelly was selected and as summed jurisdiction. The affidavit was filed Tuesday afternoon by prosecuting attorney, Nathan Nelson with justice o’, the Peace A. C. Butcher, who resigned jurisdiction because he has acted as counsel for the defense. The case will be tried Friday. COURT REPORT FILED BY CLERK Report Shows 55 Civil Cases Listed; Docket Is Cleared Miss Bernice Nelson .clerk of the; Adams Circuit Court, today filed i a report of the business transacted during the April term of court which closed June 13. The report I covers all- cases filed and disposed ' of from the beginning of the April term. April 13, and the week of vacation preceding the opening of the term. According to the report there were 55 Civil cases filed that originated in Adams County and 8 cases were venued here from other counties. Eighty cases were disposed of during the April term of court, including 8 miscellaneous, 12 vanned to other counties, 21 dismissed, 28 judgments rendered, tour decrees of foreclosure, three adjudged of unsound mind (incapable of managing own estate), four divorces three to wives, and one to a husband. The report shows there were 21 new estates opened and 38 old estates disposed of; 10 new guardianships opened and four disposed of. There were 11 criminal cases filed during the past term of court and 25 criminal cases were disposed of. Disposition’ included 14 criminal cases dismissed, one acquitted five sentences suspended, four received fines only, and one jail entenee was rendered. A comparison of the cases filed during the * February and April terms of court, representing one half of the year’s court poceedings, indicates that more cases are being disposed of than are being filed, thus shortening the docket and clearing it of a number of long standing cases. The Civil cases filed thus far in (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Attend Funeral of Former Decatur Boy Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Huffman of Fort Wayne stopped in Decatur, Wednesday, on their return home frem Cincinnati, Ohio, where they attended the funeral of Bobby Dicer who was fatally shot by one of his playmates Monday afternoon. Bobby was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dicer, who formerly lived in this city. Shriners Meet At Hammond Today Hammond, June 25. - t.U.R>—Shriners of northern Indiana were here today to participate in the Hammond jubilee celebration. Pageants, depiciting American armies in the nation's five wars, were planned by the visitors. A dinner, given by the local lodge, will conclude the affair. — o — Lobenstein Funeral Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Lewis 1 Lobenstein, well known Monroe man who died at the home of his son. Monday forenoon, were held at 130 o’clock (CST) this afternoon at the Otho Lobenstein residence in Monroe and at two o clock (CST) at the Friends church. Rev. Vernon Riley, pastor, officiated ami burial was in the Ray cemetery. Miss Kern To Speak At Calvary Church Miss Gladys Kern, missionary to Red Bird Mission in Kentucky, a former resident of this city who is enjoying a several week s vacation, will speak at the Calvary Evangelical Church, north east of the ci . tonight. Miss Kern is an inteies ing speaker and the public is >*' this evening’s service to hear message.

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IFINEO FOR NOT PAYING DOG TAX 1 nree Men Arrested Today Pay Fines of sl6 Each For Evading Tax Three Decatur men were arrested today by Nathan E. Nelson, prosecuting attorney, for failure to pay their dog taxes. The men were Andrew Bailey, Robert Evans and William Evans. They paid their fines and costs which amounted to $16.00 plus the regular dog tax. The cases were heard by A. C. Butcher, justice of the peace. The arrests were made after eight affidavits were filed with the prosecuting attorney, Monday morning by the township trustee. The other five arrests will be made soon, Mr. Nelson stated today. and other affidavits are expected to be filed against delinquent tax payers in the 11 other i townships in Adams county as soon as they are reported to the I prosecuting attorney. Payment of dog taxes should have been made 10 days after the assessments are made or before June 2. when the first extension of time terminated. A special extension of time was given and those who failed to pay their taxes will be prosescuted, the prosecuting attorney stated. —-—-— -o “Shucks” Schumacher Patient At Hospital Frank “Shucks'' Schumacher, well known man of this city, was removed from his home, 416 South Fifth street, to the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning. I He took ill Monday and his condiI' tion became worse today and the I attending physician advised that I ‘ he be removed to the hospital. o A 221-Acre Farm Donated To DePauw 1 Greencastle, Juue 25 —(UP) —A 1 221 acre farm near Spencer in Owen 1 County has been given DePauw I University here by Mrs. Sarah Rogers Whitecomb, Indianapolis who esI I tablished a chair of Sociology at the 1 school with $75,000 three years ago. ‘ o —’ AUTHORITIES RESUME INQUIRY Effort Made To Solve Mystei'y of Two Girls Who Were Poisoned • Greenfield, June 25. —(U.RIrThreads of the investigation of the poison mystery here were pick- ■ ed up again today by authorities, who had halted their inquiry while . funerals were held for Virginia and Alice Jean Simmons, victims of strychnine-filled sandwiches. i Officials from Boone county, scene of the reunion at which the deadly food was served, returned here to aid Hancock county authorities They planned to again question Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons, parents of the victims. The ques- ' tinning was to be held either in ' Indianapolis or at Lebanon, it was said, away from the community ■ where the Simmons family is ! prominent and popular. The inquiry also was expected to bring the approximately 25 other persons who attended the reunion under renewed questioning, including Lester Carr ami Horace Jackson who, with Simmons, were made ill by the poison. Another line of evidence to be followed was the testimony given by a druggist east of here (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Municipal League Meets At Huntington Bloomington, June 25 (UT’) The thirty-third annual convention of the municipal league of Indiana will lie held in Huntington September 16 to 18, it was announced today by Prof. Frank G. Bates, of the Indiana University political science department, executive secretary ot the league. ■ The organization is made up of municipal officers of Indiana cities. Addresses on subjects of current interest and discussions In which city problems will be considered, will make up the program, Bates said. Offices of the League, which is non-politlcal, are located here.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, .June 25, 1931.

Candidate ■ IF* L El ■ HF ■■■ ....’ t \ Lw ® Mb ’ 9BfIBHHHHHBfIR ' Paul V. McNutt, former national commander of the American Legion, and who is an active candidate for the Democratic nomina--1 tion for governor of Indiana, is ■ expected to take a prominent part at a Democratic rally to be held at Madison, Ind., next Tuesday. PROGRAM TO BE HELD TONIGHT ■ Closing Exercises of D. V. B. School to be Held At High School The closing exercises of the Daily Vacation Bible school will be held in the High School gymnasium at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The pupils are i asked Jo meet at the Central School promptly at 7 o'clock, alter which - they will march to the High School • building. The principal Mrs. I' rank Downs ■ together with the staff of teachers, have arranged a fine program. One more number has been added to the program given in last night’s paper that of a piano duet by Rachel I Lehmann and Jean Bright. An exhibition of posters, hand work and maps will be shown at the high school building tonight. Following the devotionals Friday • morning, a picnic will be enjoyed by all the pupils and teachers in the American Legion Park. All pupils are requested to bring their luncheon. The school will be dismissed as bout 11:30 o’clock Friday morning, . and in case of rain, the picnic will be held in the High School gymnaa sium. Isuspectfaruer OF POISON PLOT Authorities Believe Farm- ' er Placed Strvchnine In Well New Palestine, June 25 —TU.R) — 1 Search for the person who poured 5 strychnine into the well at the 4 home of Thomas Martin, farmer I living near here, today had result- . ed in suspicion being centered on one person, Shelby county authori5 ties revealed. The suspect, it was I believed, was a farmer with whom > Martin had business dealings. It was decided that the strychnine was piaced in the water the night at June 13. Enough was used to kill 500 persons, officials said. The plot was discovered by Mrs. Martin, who became alarmed when she saw powder on the pump handle. . An attempt to link the local case with the strychnine poisoning of Virginia and Alice Jean Sim--3 mons in Hancock county, adjoining » Shelby county, has Brought no reI suits, authorities said. Martin told officials that several f w e e<k s ago an unsuccessful attempt had been made to burn i his home. Corncobs, saturate! i with kerosene, were found war the home, Martin said. He believi ed they were left by a person who i was frightened away before he could ignite the oil-soaked cobb.

PREMIUM PAID FOR ROAD BONDS Issues Totaling $14,960 Bring Premium of $533.77; Banks Buy Them Bonds for the building of three Adams county roads were sold to the high bidders today by County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher. The Old Adams County Bank of this city paid a premium of $226.80 for the Henry Koeneman road bonds. The Bond issue was for $6,480.00. The Bank of Berne, purchased the bonds for the William P. Barkley road in Union township with a bid of $150.59 and also the bonds for the Bart Boice road in Washington township, paying a premium of $156.38. The amount of the bonds for the Barkley road is $4,160.00 and for the Boice road is $4,320.00. Bids received on the Koeneman road were: Fletcher Savings and Trust, Indianapolis, $216.00; City Securities, Indianapolis. $201.00; Fletcher American, Indianapolis, $5.00; Peoples State Bank, Berne, $145.50; Bank of Berne, $219.67; First State Bank, Decatur. $201.25. Bids on the Barkley road were: Fletcher Savings and Trust, Indianapolis, $136.00; City Securities, Indianapolis, $141.00; Peoples State Bank, Berne, $91.00; Ohl Adams County Bank, Decatur, $145.60; First State Bank, Decatur, $128.25. Bids on the Boice road were: 1 Fletcher Savings and Trust. Indianapolis, $141.00; City Securities, Indianapolis. $151.00; Peoples State Bank, Berne, $95.80; Charles Arnold, $51.00; Old Adams County Bank, Decatur, $151.20; First State Bank, Decatur, $144.25. Local Men Attend Classis Meeting Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann and J. Fred Fruchte of the Zion Reformed church attended the special meeting of the Fort Wayne Classis at Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mr. Fruchte is the delegate elder to the meeting and Rev. Fledderjohann is president ot the Classis. STEPHENSON DENIED WRIT Court Blocks Effort of Freedom For Former Klan Head Indianapolis, June 25 —<U.R) —The state supreme court here again blocked efforts of D. C. Stephenson, former klan leader, to obtain freedom from the Indiana state prison, by granting a temporary writ of prohibition preventing the Laporte superior court from hear-l ing his ‘petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The supreme court writ was to l)le served on Judge Harry Crumpack,er in Laporte circuit court today. Judge Crumpacker was ordered to appear before the supreme court Wednesday to show why the writ should not be permanent. The petition for the prohibitive writ was filed by James M. Ogden, attorney general, on behalf of Warden Walter Daly, of (.lie state prison. Daly was named defendant in Stephenson’s plea for a Writ of habeas corpus. The ruling cited other refusals of habeas corpus writs and contended that the Laporte superior court lacked authority to consider p petition such as Stephenson had filed. It also pointed out that another appeal by Stephenson, seeking release from the life imprisonment sentence given him in Hamilton circuit court on conviction on a murder charge in connection with the death of Madge Oberholtzer, was pending before the supreme court Chief Justice Clarence R. Martin disagreed with the court's ruling. He was to tile a memorandum outlining his dissention. o — Methodist Church Destroyed By Fire Chandler, June 25—(UP) —Fire at the Methodist church here, started by lightening during the electric storm yesterday afternoon, destroyed the edifice, with a loss estimated at $20,000. The parsonage and other buildings were saved.

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Banks Consolidate At Logansport Logansport, June 25 —(U.R)—Purchase by the First National Bank here of the State National Bank & Trust Company, was announced today by John Brookmeyer, president of the First National, thus forming a six and a half million dollar institution. Capital stock was listed at $250,000; surplus, SIOO,OOO, and undivided profits, $96,000. MOTHERTAKES 5-YE AR-OLD SON “Doesn’t Love Him Any More,” But Is Forced to Take Him Home Hammond, Ind., June 25—(UP) — Mrs. J. G. Timmons and her five-year-old son, Howard, agreed today that she “did not love him anymore” but he remained under her care because police said that he must. Howard was found two nights ago wandering the streets. He was taken to the police station. He told his name and where he lived, but said he did not want to go home. “They don't love me and they don't want me anymore,’’ he said. Police kept him overnight, then 'called his niother. “Yes.’’ said Mrs. Timmons. “I told him I didn't want to see hinx again, and I don't. He has run away and run away, and I can't do anything with him. I have my own life to live and my husband means more to me than my child.’’ Despite the agreement between mother and sen. police said he must return home and threatened to prosecute Mrs. Timmons for child abandoument unless sire took him back. The mother, however refused to go to the station after Howard, and his stepfather, Timmons, called for him and said he would take care of him. Before leaving to go back to the home where he said he “wasn’t wanted” Howard confided to police matron Harriet Voorheis that he really liked his mother. “1 like her,’’ he said, “but she doesn’t like me. I likte my real dad best of all though, but he doesn't live with us anymore.” o ISpencer County Has Big Storm Damage Rockport, June 25 —(UP) —Heavy damage resulted front yesterday afternoon’s storm in Spencer county with small buildings unroofed, trees blown down, and crops ot wheat, oqts and barley flattened to the ground. Communication was disrupted when telephone poles were blown over. Greatest damage was believed to be to the wheat crop, which was nearly ready for harvest. EDITORS OPEN SUMMER OUTING Democratic Editors Meeting At Gary to Hear Senator Lewis Gary, June 25. —<U.R> —The annual summer outing of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association opened here today. A tour of the Calumet section and a dinner were scheduled for the first day. George W. Purcell, of the Bloomington World, will preside at tonight’s dinner. A welcome to the editors by H. S. Morton, president of the Gary Chamber of Commerce, with the response by Claude G. Brodhecker, president of the association, were on the program. The first business meeting will be held tomorrow, with Clarence Wolfe, New Harmony Times, presiding. Frank Finney, Martinsville Democrat, will be in charge of the luncheon tomorrow noon. Scheduled for addresses at the two sessions are John E. Allen, New York, editor of the Linotype News; N. E. Shearer, Chicago, and Prof. Joseph A. Wright, Indiana University. Tlie principal talks of the convention will be tomorrow night, when Senator J. Hamilton Lewis. Illinois; Mayor Anton Cermak, Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former governor ot Wyoming, will be speakers at a dinner. The affair will be closed with a smoker at the Lake County Press Club.

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Superintendent Is Installed Fort Wayne, June 25.—(Special) —The installation of Professor W. J. Gernand, newly elected superintendent of schools of the Central District of the Missouri Synod, was a feature of the Wednesday session of the Lutheran conference here. Mr. Gernand succeeds the late Mr. O. E. Schroeter as head of the Christian Day School system of the district. A brief address was delivered by the Rev. W. Nordsieck of Indianapolis and the installation was conducted by the Rev. Paul Dannenfeldt of Fort Wayne. Awarding of contracts for the erection of a Lutheran chapel and manse at Indiana University to cost! ' $50,000 was authorized by the convention Tuesday afternoon. More | than $44,000 of this sum has already been raised. Rev. Frank Lankenau, Napoleon, Ohio, first vice-president of the Missouri Synod was present at the convention Tuesday. In a statement Pastor Lankenau said, “A marked difference between our convention and most other church conventions is the absence of all attempts on our part to give economical and political advice to our industrial leaders and government officials." o ' MELLON HOLDS FATE OF PLANS President Hoover Turns Holiday Debt Plan Over To Secretary Washington, June 25 —(U.R) —- President Hoover today rested the fate of his momentous war debt holiday plan on the shoulders of Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury. Mellon was ordered from London to Paris to negotiate with France in an effort to persuade Iter to relent from a stubborn desire to compel Germany to continue partial reparations payments during the year in which President Hoover proposes all payments be suspended. At the same time the United States Federal reserve board joined with the Bank as England, the Bank of France and the Bank of International Settlements at Basle, Switzerland, Ih extending a credit of $100,000,000 to the strained German Reichsbank. The credit will be effective tomorrow. Os the major creditor powers involved in the Hoover moratorium plan, only France remains to he brought into line. England and Italy are whole-heartedly supporting the proposal. For the critical task of negotiating with France, Mr. Hoover abandoned the conventional channels of diplomacy and chose his secretary of the treasury—one of the most famous and richest industrialists in the world, who until he entered the cabinet ten years ago at the age of 66 was a stranger (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Q ißob Heun Elected Rotary Director Vienna, Austria. June 25 —(UP) — Rotarians of the world, at their international convention here today, called on the nations to speed progress towards disarmament, in the interests ot peace. The convention passed a resolution which read: "‘We view with disquiet present armaments because they are a serious threat to peace. In the name of 158,000 important business men in 67 countries ,we guarantee to support measures taken by any government to help the 1932 disarmament conference." Tlie following Americans were elected directors of Rotary International: : Frederick Schaffer, ot Globe, Arizion; Robert Heun. Richmond, Indiana; Dr. Joseph Jackson, Madison Wisconsin; Col. Abit Nix. Athens, Georgia; Walter Walthall, San Antonia, Texas. Woman’s Hair Caught In Electric Wringer Indianapolis, June 25—(UP)—An electric washing machine wringer caught tile hair of Mrs. John Logan 33, and was slowly but steadily tearing it from her scalp when Iler small son ran from another floor of the home, in answer to her screams and shut off the power Her condition was not considered serious.

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DANISH FLIERS BELIEVED LOST ARE IN GERMANY Hillig and Hoiriis Thrill Crowd As They Land; To Continue Trip POST AND GATTY SAFE AT MOSCOW Copenhagen, Denmark, I June 25 (U.R) Gloom was turned to wild joy tonight when news was received that the airplane, Liberty, almost given up for lost had made a safe landing in Krefeld, Germany. rhe message announced that Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis, the fliers, expected to resume their flight from Krefeld about 9 p.m. News of the landing at Krefeld created the greatest sensation in years. Thousands, who had left the airdrome after an ail day wait, hurried back and 15,000 were on hand to give the adventurers a stirring reception. Hillig said he lost his bearing over the North Atlantic and flew for hours ignorant of his whereabouts. He did not know what part of Europe they were passing over, or that they had come as far as Germany when they were forced to land. From Krefeld to Copenhagen is 380 miles. The fliers were expected to make it in about 3% hours which would get them here about 4 p.m. E.S.T. In Moscow Moscow, June 25.— <U.R> — The monoplane Winnie Mae, clipping off another thousand miles on its 15.000-mile flight over land and sea around the world, landed here at 5:40 p. m. from Berlin, completing one-third of their journey in less than three days. The American, Wiley Post, and the Australian, Harold Gatty, speeding on with a determination to set a record by circumnavigating tha globe in less than 10 days, left Berlin at 7:38 a. m. (1:38 a. m. EST). After halting here to refuel, tho fliers planned to push on to their next scheduled halt. Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal in the mountains of northeastern Siberia, Irkutsk is 2,600 miles from Moscow, the longest single jump tlie fliers have attempted so far. At an average speed of 140 miles an hour, the trip would take niore than 18 hours. When they reached Moscow, tha filers had covered 5,000 miles from New York. The flight from Berlin was made in eight hours and two minutes, tlie plane landing here at 9:40 a. m. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Eleven Roadhouses Are Raided Today South Bend. June 25 —(U.PJ—Fifteen persons arrested in raids on 11 roadhouses and alleged speak1 easies at Michigan City, were airaigned before T. M. Talcott. United States commissioner, here today. BUS PASSENGERS AREHELD-UP Bandits Make Get-a-Way With About S3OO Loot; No Shots Fired Indianapolis, June 25 —(U.R)— Three men who boarded a Greyhound bus at New Palestine, Ind., today, stopped the bus at the citv limits of Indianapolis, drew revolvers and took all tlie money from the 12 or 13 other passengers. Four or five passengers left the buls without telling their losses, but it was estimated the total loot did not exceed S3OO. ■ Loses reported, al! cash, were: Virgil Jones, 3336 Bernet Ave., Cincinnati, $5; Lee Webster, Milford, Ind., $65; Irene Smith. 3341 McHenry St., Cincinnati, SSO; Miss W. Eberhardt. 213 Washington St., Bellevue. Ky„ $5; Margaret Saylor 454 Claylfabrae Ave., Chicago, $25; E. W. Haytter, 310 E. Main Cross ■ St., Findlay, 0., $18; and L. A. Lee, Calbert, Ind., $23; total reported losses sl9l.