Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1931 — Page 1

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feLiSHER IS lefendant IN I DAMAGE SUIT |it\ Leader Seeks $12,■OO,OOO Damages In Libel Suit I CAUSES I are started; Insas City, Mo., July 10.! Kri _ Henry L. Doherty, | ■ of the billion dollar w Service organization, Bk back today at the KanBjty Star with a $12,000,- , Hbel suit. , . Be suit was tiled in the Eon county circuit court ■ng the Kansas C ity Star Eanv. George B. Longan, ■her.' Roy A. Huberts, managEtor. ami Fred C. Trigs. KanBale editor, as defendants. J causes of action were cited B suit, each asking for $1,000,Bctual ami $1,000,000 punitive wes. K suit was based on statements ■ by the Star in its fight to ■ reduction of natural gas rates Bd by subsidiaries of the Cities Be organization in Kansas. B article, it was charged, was ■ted to mean that Doherty was Bally and unlawfully collectin') receiving fees for his own Bid benefit from the gas users ■nsas City, Kans., and was “in I stealing money from such Bse statements, Doherty dell. were false in that the plain■ollected no engineering or ■gement fees from the gas ■of Kansas City, Kan., through Wyandotte County (lag Comlor otherwise. ■ engineering and management ■aid by the Wyandotte County lompany were for the account I ftenefit of Cities Service com- | the petition said. B other five causes for action j I based on that many articles Bring in the Star and Times. Ip suit set forth that the de-1 nits published the Kansas City land the Kansas City Times Bdentifiecl Doherty as president fciief managing officer of the Intinced ON °AGE TWO) B o Ik Engineer Ends Life In New York I* York. July 10—(UP)—TrauI f. Keller, chief engineer of lepartment of docks, who was f subpoena to appear before 1 P wl< * e investigating commit- 1 leommrted suicide today by 1 P n g In front of a south-bound 1 I 8 ® train In the Bowling Green IT. Subway station. t Pier, who had been with the deP" ; 1902, as regarded as P the chief sources o finforF" concerning the administra- 1 |of the dock department, it was ; | at ,he offices of Samuel Sealeounsel to the legislative com- ' r His salary was SIO,OOO a ' prding to attaches of the Sea- ■ [headquarters, Keller had been 1 If 'h* l ‘nquiry offices for the 1 [two weeks. IPSY LEADER I IS ARRESTED [ i I i f , of , 30, M)00 VajfaNs Held In Michi- J P an CityJFor Police July io.—(u.R)— ! h self a °" e ° f Who ® ls T i"e L ah o„f POlnted k ing of 300,. Sng United Slut-. L % held here today for authorities H,u n \ . ,ues wno BUBDect The’ B oth ity ‘ n BeVeral bornbhuted 9 ? er Was Pete Tene, < lev we, aCCOrnpl * ce °' Bimbo. . k 2 yiuZ* ie i While pasa- [ sail] t0 ‘ n ‘ Ban Clty en wmte. i K Steve R | tr °. t- Police were l kited i n J®** 0 ’ Tlne ' s brf >th- i f n «Plring , n 80 on a c barge t he Birnhr/ 0 comrait murder. t lin connecH 48 SoUßht in c »i- < iypsy f or .\ 100 with bombings i it|„ *f, helieve <l to be im- I , were t n < f tin * 8 w hich. police I Bimbos f,^ Pnße th ® deatb or 1 808 fa ther. slam last May I ]

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M. E. Men’s Brotherhood | Plans Picnic Monday The Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal church will have a picnic, Monday evening, July 13, at six o’clock at Bellmont Park, it was announced today byVirgil Krick, president. The same committees will have charge of the program and every man of the Brotherhood organization is asked j to bring a boy to the picnic. If the weather prevents an out-of-door program, the picnic will be held in the church. BERNARD CLARK ' RESIGNS POST Charles Waddell New Manager At Decatur Country Club Bernard Clark, manager of the Decatur Country Club since March 1928 today tendered his resignation to Paul Schulte, owner of the local golf course. He will be succeeded by Charles Waddell of Chicago. Mr. Clark stated today that he would remain at the club for the next two or three days until Mr. Waddell had an opportunity to be- ! i ome acquainted with the members. ! Mr. and Mrs. Waddell will make their home at the country club building. Mr. Clark stated that he was undecided what he would do in the future. He expects to leave in.a few days on a two or three week's motor trip and on his return will engage in some business in this city, according to his present plans. The change in managers will not alter the club program, it was said at the course today and tourneys and parties will continue as sched uled. It is probable that Mr. Schulte will come to Decatur for several weeks soort, it was said. FLIERS PLANNEW ATTEMPT Robbins-Jones Undaunt-; ed By Failure To Span Pacific Ocean Nome. Alaska, July 10.— (U.R) — Undaunted by failure on their first attempt, Reg L. Robbins and Harold S. Jones said today that they will try again to make a non-stop refueling flight from the United States to Tokio. “We just didn’t get the breaks, that's all,” said Robbins, a 28-year-old Texas pilot who set a world’s endurance record two years ago in I a rickety second-hand plane and | undertook the flight to Japan on a dare. Jones, a wealthy oil man who always hunted for adventure and took up flying as a hobby, said that he and Robbins will undertake the flight again. “We're not licked yet,' 'he said, “and we're entitled to another chance at the job.” The attempt of Robbins and Jones to fly 5,100 miles from Seattle to Tokio without a stop ended yesterday when their yellow and white monoplane, the Fort Worth, was forced down by fog and rain. They had completed almost half of the flight and had kept their plane aloft continuously for 26 hours. Bad weather prevented them front refueling the Fort Worth properly from their supply ship and they feared worse weather might be encountered ahead. Jones and Robbins hoped to win a $25,000 prize offered by a Tokio newspaper for a westward crossing of the Pacific. They took off from Seattle at 3:59 a. m. PST., and were forced down at 6:50 a. m. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Ford Gets U°. S. Contract Perry Short, manager of the Decatur Sales and Service, today received a telegram that the Ford Motor Co., had sold to the Post Office department of the government 1.500 new model A Ford Automobiles; 500 are three-quarter ton trucks and 1,000 are one and a half ton trucks. The new cars will be distributed among the larger post offices of the nation. The telegram stated that it was the largest single Ford order since the model A auto has been manufactured. Mr. Short returned yesterday from a state manager's meeting at Indianapolis.

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GERMAN NEEDS ARE PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE Reichsbank President Presents Cause To Government of France I MESSAGE ASKS QUICK RETURN j Paris, July 10.—(U.PJ—Germany’s dire need for immediate credit to bolster her tottering financial fabric was presented to the French government in strong terms today by Dr. Hans Luther, president of the Reichsbank. Dr. Luther, seeking a long term foreign credit of possibly $400,000,000 to meet Germany's present needs and the $100,000,000 short term payment due the Federal reserve, the Dank of England, Bank of France and World Bank next Wednesday, negotiated all day long with French officials. Urgent messages were received from Berlin asking Dr. Luther to return to Berlin, where his presence was needed, but he cancelled his reservations for the 4:30 p. m. train to continue his conversations with Pierre Etienne Flandin, the French finance minister. Luther's task was made difficult by the request of the French for politicial guarantees, which, if granted by the German government. might imperil its position at home and cause a serious internal crisis. o Bandits Kill Man Calumet City, 111., July 10.—(U.R) —Fatally wouuded by a bandit who robbed him of SIOO, Frank Palko, 41, Calumet City saloonkeeper. • died today in St. Margaret’s hospital at Hammond, Ind. Palko was found by his wife dy- t ing in a rear room of the saloon I with a bullet wound near his heart, j He had been held up and, shot during her absence of only a few min- ] utes. o j Wage Scale Maintained Washington, July 10 —(UP) —Acting secretary on navy Janeke an noirnced today that the present wage scale for civilian employes in navy yards and shore stations will be maintained for the next year. Tbiff action was taken, Jalinoke said to help stabilize wage levels during the current economic depression. CONTEMPT CASE IS WITHDRAWN Mexican Controversy Is Believed Settled In Chicago Court Chicago, July 10—(UP)— Danger of serious international complications was believed averted today through the action of municipal judge Thomas Green in ordering stricken from the records a six months jail sentence against Adolfo Dominguez acting Mexican consul in Chicago. Judge Green sentenced the Consul on a contempt charge, saying Dominguez had created an uproar in his court room. The Judge said Dominguez had dared him to sentence him to jail. “I wish,” Judge Green said in rescinding the, sentence, “to remove any possile Ifclief that my act was an Indication of my feeling toward Mexico or the Mexican people, or to cause any unfriendly relations between Mexico ami the United States. “It was my belief that I was dealing with an Individual rather than the Mexican government. I regret any complications which may have developed,” The jail sentence against the Consul had prompted a series of diplomatic exchanges between Mexico City, Washington, Springfield 111. and Chicago. Hoosier Loses Life Chicago. July 10—Raymond Jacksoin. 10. Indiana Harbor, Ind., was drowned when he fell from a raft he had floated ou an abandoned clayhole ou the far south side. i

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Rudy and His Bride Rudy Vallee. the crooning idol, and his bride, the former Fay Wehb, movie actress, who weje secretly married Monday night in West Orange, N. J. posed for this picture in New York Thursday morning. The news of the marriage did not leak out until Wednesday night.

REMODELING IS POSTPONED Council To Make Final Decision At Special Meet Monday The city council in session last night did not award the contract for remodeling the City Hall building on Monroe street. Although not definitely decided it is likely that the council will reject the bids and not remodel the building this year. A special meeting will be held Monday night at which time definite action will be taken. Two proposals were submitted to the council by contractors. W. E. Moon was low bidder on the job. His bid was $5,895 and that of Charles Kobenold was $5,964. Bids for remodeling the building were rejected last year by the council and several of the councilmen are of the opinion that the cost is yet too high. In addition to the remodeling of the building, furniture and fixtures for the clerk and treasurer's office would have to be purchased. The council will arrive at a decision Monday night. O. L. Vance, chairman of the electric light committee stated. It is planned to pay for the improvement cut of the earnings of the city water and light plant. Friedheim Picnic Sunday The Lutheran Congregation at Kriedheim wil lcelebrate its annual Mission Festival next Sunday July 12, in the Adolpli Doehrman grove one half mile east of the church. Missionary services will be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Addresses wil! be given by the pastors, Karl Strasburg of Osslan, and Karl Wyneken of Fort Wayne. Both pastors will speak on Missions. Musical numbers will be given at both services by the Friedheim Band. A collection will also be taken for missions at each service. Refreshments of all ikinds will be served on the grounds, and the public is Invited to attend tills festival. Hain Funeral Held Funeral services were held at 9 o’clock this morning from the St. Mary's Catholic Church for Mis. Louisa M. Hain, who died at the home of her stepdaughter, Mrs. Michael Miller, Tuesday night. Burial was made in the St. Joseph cemetery.

Local Woman’s Nephew Dies At Winfield. Kas. I Word has been received of the death of Arnold Luginbill. nephew of Mrs. Mary Stncky of this ci*y, who died at Winfield. Kansas, Suu- | day, July 5. The details about the 1 death were not learned. The young man had been employed on road construction work, and death was sudden. t The deceased was a son of Samt uel and Katharine Wedel Luginbill. - His father and one brother preceded him in death. He was united in 1 marriage to Miss Elda Westerman 1 who survives him, together with • four children. Several brothers and - sisters also survive. The deceased was a nephew of David Luginbill, Mrs. David Bixler and Mrs. S. F. Sprunger all of Berne 1 and Mrs. Mary Stucky of this city. ITALY URGES DISARMAMENT 1 ' f Secretary Stimson Is Encouraged by Statement Os Leaders Rome, July 10. —fIJ.PJ — Colonel Henry L. Stimson, American secretary of state, has been informed . by Italian government leaders that the world is faced with war and j communistic chaos unless the powers agree to disarm. In lengthy conversations, formal and informal, at offices and at a dinner, Colonel Stimson was told that two routes r ace the world, as I Italy sees it: I—One1 —One leads to peace and econ- ! omic recovery through disarmament. Nobody means disarmament when they say that, but merely the effort to seek limitation of pr- ent armaments 2—The other leads to war and communism through failure to limit armaments. Premier Benito Mussolini told Stimson that Italy chose the road to peace and was willing to etnblark on that path at the world arms conference at Oeneva next (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Chinese Riots Spread Shanghai. China, July 10— (UF*) Anti-Chinese riots spreatf today in Korea, Chinese newspapers reported. Disturbances occurred at ShingIsnu a large Korean city, the dispatches related, and more than 100 Chinese merchants were given refuge in the consulate there.

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IDENTITY OF SKELETON IS PARTLY MADE Victim Believed To Be Perlie Guelsby Who Disappeared In 1922 PROBE WILL BE CONTINUED Muncie, Ind., July 10. —(U.R) —The ; skeleton of a youth found in an abandoned air shaft of Central high school was identified almost conclusively today as that of Perlie Guelsby, 16, who went to school on the morning of December 16, 1922, and never again was seen. Authorities said the boy either had fallen into the shaft from the second o rtlrird floor or had been | killed and his body hidden there Ito lie undiscovered for more than! eight year^. Charles Cooper, an uncle with whom Perlie lived, looked at evidence found in the bottom of the dark shaft and said he was convinced the victim was his nephew. He said he recognized a pair of , heavy work shoes and a jack knife found near the skeleton as having ' belonged to the youth. “Perlie was carefree and happy when he started out to school that ■ morning," Cooper said. “He was thinking of Christmas vacation only a few days away and the good times he could have hunting. “He didn't have any enemies that I knew of, and I don't believe any- , body could have killed him. It ’ I 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CARL SCHAFER FOUND GUILTY Local Man Chooses To Stay 22 Days In Jail Instead of Paying Carl Schafer, arrested yesterday by Chief of Police Sephus Melchi ; on two charges of assault and bat- , tery, one filed by his wife and one ( filed by a neighbor, Mrs. Jasper Bailer, was arraigned in Mayor's [ court at 10 o'clock this morning. Schafer was found guilty on each , charge and was fined SI.OO and costs in each instance. The fines and costs totalled $22. Schafer was unable to pay the fine and was returned to the Adams county jail where he will be compelled to spend 22 days. Prosecutor Nathan Nelson stated today that there was a possibility 1 that prisoners committed to the county jail on minor law violations might be used to work at the county infirmary or on county roads, as is provided by a state 1 law’. It was pointed out that using prisoners on streets, roads and at the county infirmary a savings could |be made in labor. No definite action, however was taken on the matter. o—— Allen County’s Value Shows Large Decrease Allen county's assessed valuation of personal property shows a decrease of $3,007,870, as compared with the 1030 total. The city of Fort Wayne showed a loss of $2,860,810 as compared with last year. The township's outside of the city showed a decrease of $147,260. Personal property assessments in Fort Wayne total $37,742,275. ■- C ■■ Cork Arm Ls Stolen From Parked Automobile Some one played a serious joke on J. M. Brinker, well known Pleasant Mills citizen. Several years ago Mr. Brinker burned his right arm so severely that later it became necessary to amputate it just below the elbow. He purchased an artificial arm whic h cost him S2OO and which he has learned to use fairly well. On extremely hot days however it becomes heavy and the other day '♦hen he drove over to Monroe he decided to rest his arm by taking the artificial part off. He left it in the rear seat of his car and when he returned some one had taken it. Officials are investigating and have a clue and If the arm is not returned at once, prosecutions will follow.

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Floyd Brittson Guest of Local Rotary Club Floyd Brittson, a former superintendent of city schools in Decatur and for the past 25 years a success--1 ful business man of Dallas, Texas, gave a short talk to members of the 1 Decatur Rotary club at the meeting Thursday evening. Mr. Brittson and wife, and Jacob Schafer, also ■ of Dallas are visiting here with relatives. Mr. Brittson cited improvements that had been made in “old home town" in the last 25 years and stated that Decatur and community was one of the finest places on the 1 map. O. L. Vance had charge of the program. POST OFFICE” CREWWORKING 34 Men Now Employed at New Federal Building In Decatur Theodore Swimmer, superintendent in charge of (he construction of the Decatur Post office building for Anderson and Company, general contractors on the job, stated today that about 34 men were now employed on the project. Twelve brick and stone masons are working on the building today. Four carpenters are also employed and 18 laborers are on the job. The steel frames for the windows are being installed and much pro- , gress has been made on the building . in the past three days. Mr. Swimmer stated that he did not look for any delays from now on and that every effort would be made to complete the job early In the fall. The electricians will be here next week, Mr. Swimmer stated and the plumbing contractor will also complete part of bis work. The general contracting work is now being done by Anderson and Company. John I Baltes Company of Fort Wayne, did have a sub-contract for part of the work, but Anderson and Company took over the job last Monday. Legionnaires To Meet There will be a meeting next Monday night at 8:30 o’clock of Adams post. American Legion hall in the Paul Graham building. Several important reports will be made and all members are asked to attend the meeting. — O Man Is Electrocuted Washington, Ind., July 10.—(U.R) —Charles Cook, 45, Bloomingdale, was electrocuted near here when the steam shovel on which he was riding came in contact with a high tension wire. OPERATORS IN GENERAL MEET Coal Mine Managers At Capitol For Session With Secretaries Washington, July 10. — (U.R) — Right and left wings in the soft coal industry, returning home toduy after an invasion of the capital, were agreed on one thing—that a national coal conference would accomplish little good for anyone concerned. Stern-faced operators met yesterday with Secretary of Commerce Lamont and Secretary of Labor Doak. They came at the call of Lamont to air their views on the distressed condition of the industry and on possible remedies. They reached no conclusions, but exuded an air of pessimism generally. Stern-faced and shabby miners, with their wives and children, came in trucks from their homes In the Pennsylvania coal fields. They marched around the White House and presented a petition to the President through Theodore Joslin, his secretary. They denounced the operators' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) To Present Parable "An Old Fashioned Mother,” a dramatic parable of mother's love in three acts will be presented by the Young People's class of the East Liberty United Brethren church at the Monroeville high school auditorium, tonight and Saturday night. The performance will begin at 8 o'clock each evening.

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OTHER NATIONS HAVE AGREED ON PROPOSAL 1 ) German Financial Condii tion Still Regarded As “Critical” MANY RIOTS ARE REPORTED London, July 10. (U.R) jTlie British government ;mI nouneed that the Hoover plan 1 was effective today, as far as jj Great Britain is concerned. I! England is the first gov- ] eminent to actually place injto operation the war debt ; | payment suspension for a period of one year, hut till j nations concerned have agreed to ' the postponement. France was the last nation to - accept the proposal, bjut did so i ; after several major changes were : j made in the original plan. Berlin. Germany, July 10 —(U.R) — 1 I Germany’s financial situation was I regarded tonight as more menacing ; I than ever, despite the Hoover plan. In the absence of formal anI nouncements from Paris, it was feared Dr. Hans Luther’s whirl- , wind trip to London and Paris for sorely needed credit may have , failed, because of the French po- ; litical demand which Chancellor . Heinrich Bruening refuses to I I accept. , I Arthur HenAlerson, British for- ] eign secretary, consulted Dr. Con--1 j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) HOOVER PROBES STORY SOURCE President Irritated Over Leak of News In Official Family Washington, July 10 — (UP) — 1 President Hoover feels that all news 1 about hint should come from a I source he designates at the, White ! House, his secretary, Theodore Joslin, made known today as an accompaniment of an investigation by the White House of the source of recently published personal in--1 cidents concerning the Executive 1 and his family. Mr. Hoover, himself, was reveal--1 ed as having actuated the investigation now under way to determine the source of some 15 recent stories by newspapers and press associations. Mr. Hoover has no desire to im- ! pose censorship upon the press, Joslin said. He indicated the Executive is merely irritated over stories which have been appearing without his authorization and is determined to find out whether any member of his staff has been talking out of turn to newspapers. Joslin is the officially designated press publicity representative of the White House. He declined to confirm or deny the latest story—that Mrs. Walter (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ASSOCIATION' IS CRITICIZED State Bar Has Lost Leadership, Speaker Says In Talk Lafayette, July 10—(U.R) —Indiana lawyers heard Ell Seebirt, former mayor of South Bend, criticize the state bar association today as a l'pdy which "exerts almost no influence ifor good upon its own members.” Seebirt advocated a compulsory l>ar association, and Milo N. Feightner, Huntington, moved that a committee be appointed to investigate similar bodies in other states. "Advertising, ambulance chasing and all other kinds of solicitations go on undisturbed and unchecked” Seebirt asserted. “Exorbitant fees are collected from the criminal class under the pretense of fixing honorable judges and prosecutors. (CONTINUED ON PAQE TWO)