Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1931 — Page 1

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I S SOVIET LAN WORKS [it PERFECTLY |r of Communism I Five-Year System I Works Good lIVS TALK IS DEFENDED |c (UP) Soviet ltusI , ~;,r plan is working out j ■uii) ami exa< l lj ucording j 1j;,., - introduced years ago, L Hnkharin, one of the out-j E figures of the communist ■ told the United Press last I exclusive interview. ■ \ Stalin's recent speech I ■ ment of greeter repity of administrators, and I emphasis on the personal L of the worker diil not in; I nstitute an admission of r Hnkharin, who came to I lot the international con|i the history of science and kgy. said. ■lie contrary, the success of [-year plan was just why we 1 1 apply more strictly than ft principle introduced years hrin said the new phase in fenerely meant an intensiflea11he struggle for socialism; I anti-Soviet factions were Led by the five-year plan; t problem of economic crisb never be solved within the Is:: -ystem and that oppol> the Soviets in Russia had indamentally sliattered. prin, a forceful, red-bearded j lw is a member of the So-’ ptral committee of the com! [party and a former member! all-powerful polit-buro, has; rays lieen on the best of j kith Stalin, the ruling figure j Russia. Two years ago he member of the "right wing | k" who brought down upon j Ives the wrath of the Stalin [ but Bukharin recanted iu kd since has been re-estab-I himself in the party and ] ■eminent. lisctissed at length the Brit[ss interpretation of Stalin’s ! as acceptance of capitalism lies and failure of the fiveh'TINUED ON PAOK SIX o •man (Jets Children July 9 — (UP)—Mrs. |H Williamson Bed ford-Jones, » Hi- us Henry Bedford Jones was given custody of their tiy superior judge MM B' Buente scored the father ' hearing, saying he had ihe law in his own hands" two of tilt* children H'"' to California after an or- ' made them wards of the ■ ''"U'-s did not appear at Mis Bedford Jones still !• -al battle to obtain return ddren, now believed to be * (|l ifornia. If LAWYERS I TO BE TESTED Bime Court To Ap■mt Board To Conduct Examinations July 9.—(U.R) —Praclaw ln Indiana will be rehereafter to persons wlio an examination pro- , y tlie Supreme Court, it was |^B l h\ tile court in accordance I" a , c '' passe{ l by the last legisW- f ive lawyers, appointed by ■ lprt ‘ me Court will conduct the ■nations here three times each H rules providing for llcenslawyers iu Indiana culmin- ® 'ong struggle by the state ssociation against the loose 11 which existed under the constitution, whereby "any 8 of good moral character" tate l,tt * d t 0 practice law ln many years it was contend--1 ,hla Provision of the eonProhibited establishment Willcations other than moral nission to the bar. The last 'we. bowever, took the view wtinued on paohi sixj

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Injunction Is Filed Indianapolis, July 9.— (U.R) —An injunction suit to prevent the city of Indianapolis from enforcing its ordinance banning downtown parking; and providing for impounding of machines violating the rule, lias been filed in Judge Joseph K. Williams' Superior Court. A hearing of t lie petition will lie held Saturday. The suit, filed by Frank S. Fishhack, president of the Marion County Council, In behalf of numerous business organizations, contends that the ordinance is unconstitutional, unreasonable, discriminatory, probibities, oppressive and void. CARL SCHAFER i IS ARRESTED I Local Man F aces Two Assault Charges; Is Placed In Jail Chief of Police Seplms Melehi answered a hurried call to the j south part of Decatur today and arrested Carl Schafer on two I charges of assault and battery. One of the charges was preferred by Mrs. Schafer and the other by 1 Mrs. Jasper Bailer, whose husband is staying out his dog tax at the county jail. Schafer is said by Chief Melehi to have lost his temper and struck both his wife and their neighbor Mrs. Bailer. The affidavits were filed in Mayor George Kri< k's court and no date for Schafer's ariaignnient has been set. Schafer was taken to the Adams county jail where he will be j I forced to remain until his trial j [ unless he is able to provide suffij dent bond. DR.PATTERSON IS APPOINTED Local Dentist Named On State Committee of Association I)r. Fred I. Patterson, local dentist, was appointed a member of the eductional and oral hygiene committee for the Indiana State Dental Asso< iatiou, according to word received here today. The appointment was made by Dr. W. I. McCullough, Indianapolis, president of the organization. The work of the committee for the coming year will be important, and will consist of sponsoring pieventiv* instead or restorative dentistry . Various conferences will be [ held throughout sections of the state for the promotion of this objective. The Northern Indiana child healtl/ and protection conference being held at Winona Lake this week is one of the programs being sponsored hy the committee. The entire Friday program is in the charge of the educational and oral hygiene committee. o Charleston Is Fined Edward Charleston of near Geneva was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Chris Stengel at Berne late Wednesday afternoon on a charge of violating the Indiana fish laws. Mail Man Ends Life Goshen, July 9. (U.R) — Perry Cripe, 59, a rural mail carrier, ended his life with a shotgun at his home here today. Filing of a divorce petition hy Mrs. Cripe yesterday was believed the cause. —a —- , Gets Card From Do-X Indianapolis July 9 -r-(ITP) — A Postcard mailed on the Do-X, famous German flying boat, from Brandenburg Germany, on Sept. 11, 19l!0, reached the address here yesterday, just three days short of 10 months en route. It’s old insigna —"The Newest, Quickest way”— evoked a smile from Mrs. Retta C. Morgan, who received a card from a cousin. It had been planned to fly the boat to this country in one week, with only 34 hours actually in the air. f After many setbacks, the plane finally arrived in South America this summer, and maii was forwarded from there.

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COURT DOCKET STILL CROWDED JUSTICE SAYS — Chief Judge of State Supreme Court Tells of Important Cases ADDRESES BAR MEETING Lafayette, July 9. —(U.R)-- The ■congested docket of (he Indiana! | supreme court is as jammed today j jas it was a year ago, dpspite a change in personnel <rf the court! ■ due to election of two Democratic! I judges. Ghieif Justice Clarence It. I Martin told the state bar associaI tion at its mid-summer meeting iiere today. It has become an annual custom j of Judge Martin to indicate the ' progress of the high court. I Martin, however, expressed hope i that work of the court will be 1 j speeded in the future, although : even fewer cases were decided j this season than last. "An unusual number of cases j | involving important and novel j questions were decided," Judge I Martin said. "This seems to he confirmed by the fact that in the six volumes of the American law reports, published during the last year, twelve Indiana eases were I published and annotated. "The number of cases increased from 128 last year to 142, but the number which reached the court : fully briefed and ready for decision j decreased from 86 to 65." Martin read a tabulation show- ; ing that there are 191 cases now i pending, compared with 179 in July 1930, and 192 in 1929' The figures, however, did not Include the petitions to transfer from the appellate court, which brings the total to 306. “Members of the court realize! the importance of disposing of the; older cases and will devote in- 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Pigeon Located Here A pigeon bearing two numbers, j one 13 and the other on an alumi-! nflm tag AU2BLRCI62, evidently be ! came lost in this city and spent this morning at the rear of the Frank Schmitz home on First street. It is believed the pigeon was engaged in a race and became mixed in directions here. COURT ACTION CAUSES FEAR Mexico-United States Relations Impaired By Judge’s Action Mexico City, July 9.— (U.R) — A grave strain on relations between Mexico and the United States was feared today as a result of the arrest of Adolfo Dominguez acting Mexican consul in Chicago. Flaming headlines in the press j and indignant editorials recounted tills and other recent incidents in the United States involving Mexicans which have tended to arouse popular sentiment into hatred. Genaro Estrada, foreign secretary, told the United Press correspondent that he feared the incidents would "damage the relations between thd United States and Mexico." Foreign Secretary Estrada said he had filed formal protests to the United States through the Mexican embassy at Washington, against the action of Judge Thomas Green, of Chicago, who sentenced DominIguez for contempt of court. “I sincerely believe," Estrada said, "that repetitions of such incidents of abuse of authority will damage relations between the United States and Mexico." Other officials expressed their (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Mark Parr Injured Rente, July 9—(UP)—Mark Parr was injured and his automobile was badly damaged when he ran into a ditch, east of here, last night Mr. Parr was driving behind an Amish rig and served into the ditch to escape hitting the rift, which had no lights on it. His right leg was cut and lie received a number of other cuts and bruises.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 9, 1931.

Envoy Wins Release WgM ■&£& *** -* ■-$ ■ Adolph Dominguez (lefti, Mexican vice consul in Chicago, who was I sentenc ed to serve six months in jail for contempt of court after he had I defied Judge Thomas A. Green (inset) in the. South Chicago Police | Court to make him stop talking on behalf of a Mexican youth arrested j as a vagrant, is shown here with his counsel, T. Russell Baker (right). | Ssnor Dominguez was released after four hours in jail. The State I Department lias requested Governor Emmerson to investigate the case. (

MOVE TO FORCE I FALL TO PRISON Former Cabinet Member Faces Prison Terms As Part In Bribery Washington, July 9—(U.R) -Government counsel moved today in District of Columbia supreme court to commit former Secretary of Interior Fall to prison for his part in the leasing of the Elk Hills naval oil reserves to E. L. Dohney, Los Angeles oil operator. Frank J. Hogan, Fall's attorney, filed a motion to suspend sentence. The hearing was adjourned after argument by counsel pending submission of briefs. Atlee Pomerene, special prosecutor, countered Hogan's insistence that the sentence be served in an El Paso, Tex., jail with which the federal prison- board has a contract. Fall was convicted of accepting a SIOO,OOO Uribe from Doheny. The hearing was before Justice Jennigs Bailey. Atlee Fomerene of I Ohio, special prosecutor, appeared for the government. CEYLON WOMAN BURIED TODAY | Edna J. Pickett, 68, Is Victim of Death Tuesday; 11l Long Time Mrs. Edna J. Pickett, 68, a former resident of Berne, died at her home in Ceylon, Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock, following a long illness with sugar diabetes. The deceased was born November 12, 1862, and spent her entire life in and near Berne until last November, when she moved to | Ceylon, residing next door to her! daughter, Mrs. Frank Derrickson. Three daughters and one son sur- 1 vive. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home in Ceylon, and burial was made in the Crawford cemetery in Wabash township, east of Berne. Seek Youth’s Body Mt. Vernon, July 9. —(U.R)—Search j was being made here today for the i body of Melvin Redman, 10, believed drowned in the Ohio river. The boy disappeared after starting alone to swim. His clothes were found on the river bank.

Changes Are Ordered Washington. July 9 —(UP) I—Following 1 —Following revelations yesterday that five of the Navy's newest .and fastest cruisers are defective and at the present time unable to take their place in the line of battle, the United Press learned today that high Navy officials several months ago ordered a radical alteration in the Stein design of the seven cruisers of the Chicago classification not yet launched Rear Admiral George H. Rock, chief of navy construction, said the order was issued before the defects showed in the U. S. S. Chicago and its four sister ships. CONCORDAT IS TURNED DOWN Premier Issues New Statement On Catholic Organization , Rome, July 9. — (U.R) —Denuncia- | tion of the Italo-Vatican concordat jby the Italian government appears I imminent, it was learned from an I authoritative quarter today. This j followed increasing tension and publication of denunciatory articles jby Fascist newspapers. Official circles said the government was carefully considering the newspapers’ demand for denunciation of the concordat. It was understood the proposal was <yseussed at this morning's cabinet meeting, but if a decision was made, announcement will be withheld for some time. It was said the government’s attitude would be dictated by public opinion, which was now understood to be urging denunciation. Rome, July 9.— (U.R) —Premier Benito Mussolini ruled today that membership in both the Fascist party and in Azione Cattolica, the I Catholic lay organization, are inj compatible. I The, ruling was regarded as the j most drastic move yet taken in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) To Aid Eradication County highway superintendent Chris Eicher has agreed to aid in the eradication of the Canadian | thistle in Adams county along the ! public road right-ofways, it was | learned today. Eicher has instructed his men to receive reports of the location of thistles and obtain from him the solution which is used (o kill the growth.

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COUNTY ROADS IN GOOD SHAPE Superintendent Either Has Crew Working Each Day W ith Scrapers Adams county roads are reported to be in the best condition of the last several months and hundreds of motorists are taking advantage of the county-maintained rbads for “short cuts” and less traffic off of state highways. County road superintendent Chris j Either has a crew of men busy every day scraping the roads and filling in the rough places. Mr. Either lias taken an active jiart in the work and every day he spends part of the time with his men on *he roads and the rest of the time at his office. The Decatur-Pleasant Mills road has been oiled and road men say the oil will be completely soaked into the road in another few days. At present there is some oil on the surtace, which causes stone and oil to splatter on automobiles. The dust has been completely eradicated, however. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Chamber of Commerce Board Meets Tonight Members of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold an important meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Directors Will Meet A special meeting of the directors !of the Decatur Adversising Asso- | ciation will be held Friday evening |at eight o’clock at the Decatur i Chamber of Commerce rooms. DISBARMENT IS SUGGESTED I Chicago Court Recommends That Nine Attorneys Be Disbared Chicago, July 9 —(UP) —Another chapter to the "Whoopee Memoirs” of the Sanitary District payroll scandal was written toda„v in a 175,000 word report recommending disbarment of nine attorneys and suspension of 38 others. The report was returned by circuit Judge Thomas Taylor who spent months studying evidence of graft and irregularities in the Sanitary District under the administration of Timothy Crowe, He recommended that the state supreme court take the action against *he attorneys. Charges against the lawyers were that they either received salaries and fees for doing little or no work or that they knew of payroll padding and allowed it to go on without i interference. Investigators of the famous Scan-1 • CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX# OPERATORS AT FEDERAL MEET Commerce Secretary Is Chairman of Coal Operator’s Conference Washington, July 9.—(U.R)—Eleven bituminous coul operators met today with Secretary of Commerce Lamont and Secretary of Labor Doak in an effort to solve the problems cf their distressed industry. it had been reported that approximately 150 left wing miners from West Virginia would be on hand to picket the meeting, but at 10 o’clock when the meeting convened, there was none in evidence. Tlie meeting was held in Lament's office. It was understood that no definite action to relieve the industry was expected to result immediately, this being in the nature of a preliminary fact-finding session. The meeting was secret. In addition to the two cabinet j members and the 11 operators there was present C. P. White, chief of the economic branch of the bureau of mines. The operators who at(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Wiecking Is Honored Fred Wiecking of Bluffton was elected grand esteemed lecturing | | kinight of the B. P. O. Elks at the 67tli annual convention of the lodge I held at Seattle, Wash. Mr. Weick-1 ing is a former president of the I Indiana Elk’s association. He also I served as district deputy. John R. Coen, Sterling, Colo., was elected grand exalted ruler of the lodge. The Decatur lodge did not have a delegate at the convention this year. CHINCH BUGS INVADE COUNTY Corn Endangered, According to Reports of Farmers In Some Areas Infestation of chinch bugs in Adams county corn fields have been reported to County Agent L. E. Archbold the last few days and an investigation is being made. The number of chinch bugs is large this year and unless control methods are adopted it is probable there will! be much loss to corn growers in the | county. Archbold said that the investiga-l tion showed that the bugs are mi- j grating from the wheat and barley to the corn fields. The bugs suck tlie sap from the stalks and cause them to become lifeless. The ordinary method of control, is spreading a thin line of creosote oil is not sufficient when the bugs are in large numbers, the county agent said. A new method of control is work* ing satisfactory at the Dan/ 1 Kauff man farm in Monroe township it was learned. Mr. Kauffman is spraying his corn field with a nicotine and soap solution and reports a SO percent kill. The solution must strike the bugs, and the kill occurs in about two minutes. Mr. Archbold has urged all farmers to use some control method to I ! protect their corn ami to get rid of! j the bugs early before the increasing I | number makes control impossible. Plan Ice Cream Social The Immanuel Walther League of Union township will give an ice cream social at the U|eeke school, Sunday, July 12. A program will be presented in the by members of the Walther League, The public is invited. j Bribing Child To Eat Is “Immoral Practice” New Yoik, July 9—(U.R)—Bribing a child to eat his spinach is an "immoral practice,” in the opinion of Prof. William H. Kilpatrick of Columbia University, who believes the child should be taught understanding of and obedience to the act. Moose Picnic Planned The members of the local Moose | lodge will entertain their families I with a family picnic at Sun Set Park, east of Decatur, Sunday, July 19. The picnic is an annual affair and is largely attended each year by the families of the Moose members. A basket dinner will be served at the noon hour, Sunday, and during the afternoon, games will be provided for the children, and games of horseshoe will furnish entertainment for the men. All members of the lodge are urged to attend this picnic and to bring their wives, children, or! sweethearts. o Auto Electric Garage Changes Its Location The Auto Electric garage has moved from east Rugg street to the Boknecht building, corner of Third and Monroe streets. Announcement of the formal opening of the business in the new location is made in tonight’s Daily Democrat. The garage occupies the entire new brick building erected by Chris Boknecht and son Ed Boknecht, who operates the Standard Filling Station at the corner. Tlie Auto Electric Garage is owned and operated by John Bright, mechanic and James Shepperd, his son-in-law. The Boknecht building now covers the entire lot at tlie corner of Third and Monroe streets. The Decatur Auto Laundry is also located in the building.

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FLIERS HAVE TROUBLE WITH REFUEL PLANS — Fog Causes Some Delay But Plane Remains In Air For Flight NOME GIVES BIG WELCOME BULLETIN Nome, Alaska July 9—(UP) — The attempt of Reginald Robbins and Harold F. Jones to fly from Seattle to Tokio ended today when they were forced to land after circling Nome for hours in a futile attempt to make a refueling contact. The Fort Worth landed at Solomon, 35 miles east of here at 6:50 A. M. Pacific Standard time after dense fog and rain made it impossible to refuel in the air. The fliers had completed 1900 miles of their flight from Seattle to Tokio with almost clocklike precision when they hit rain and fog after they leftFairabnks early this morning. Nome, Alaska, July 9—(U.R) — After making a 1,900 mile flight from Seattle to Nome on their way to Tokio with clock-like precision, Reginald Robbins, “old man endurance from Texas," and Harold S. Jones, flying oil man, ran into their ifirst bad luck here today when they encountered rain and fog. For two hours they circled over this last outpost of North America without being able to make contact with their Wg refueling plane. The trim yellow and white monoplane appeared over Nome first at 2 a.m. (5 a.m. Pacific time) and headed toward the northwest and the Bering Strait. It had been reported erroneously I that a refueling contact had been made at Soloman, 35 miles east of here, and observers believed that the Fort Worth had left Nome for the treacherous 2,800 mile trip down the coast of Siberia to the Japanese capital. latter, however, the Fort Worth reappeared in the fog and the refueler came over from the east. They circled slowly over Nome, trying to get the refueling hose attached to the Fort Worth bu s two hours later this had npt yet been accomplished. The fog was heavy and vlsibil* (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Ex-Congressman Dies Houston, Tex., July 9—(U.R)—R. L. Henry, 67-year-old former congressman and wet candidate for the United States senate in the last election, died today from a pistol wound. Henry was found shot through the head in the bathroom of his home. He was found lying unconscious on the floor and never regained consciousness. A pistol lay by his side, fired once. He had been ill for more than a year. SKELETON IS POLICE PUZZLE | Bones Found In Air Shaft Os School At Muncie Today Mancie July 9—(UP)—The skeleton of a hoy about 14 or 15 years of age, was taken from an airshaft of Central High Sehol here today, by plumbers who opened a door that thad been locked for three or four years. Identity of the body, and the means by which it reached the shaft mystified authorities who said that it aparently had been there for from six to ten years. A calendar issued in October 1920 indicated that the boy had met his death nearly 11 years ago A jacknife was found open near the body. Doors to the air shaft were closed and locked a few years ago when si bool authorities learned that boys had been going into it to smoke cibarettes. Nothing was found to indicate how the boy met his death.