Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1931 — Page 1

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■nese doomed ■devastated Hood district ■ Third <»l Population Homed By Water of ■ Yangtze Spread ■)I SAM’ killed ■hex in ke breaks ■nko". Chi!-. Aug. 22.— ■ .... refugees r! the Kai 'i u bar- ■ ,■ Win ha’id. across the ■. r frntr. Hankow, were "hen the Chang ■ Chi \h k< ollapsed and ■ ;! Hl d w;/<T- to sweep ■ the barracks and for ■ beyond. ■ ;U ps- let. Is ill Kankow ■collapse: i.n.u scores. ■ Covers Wide Area ■s d «. cimi.i v- 22.—(U.R) — ■;,,; of • . . noo' population ! a itcil \Vii-Hun ■ Illi.. liopo- ■ diseased. or is certain to ■ all ott's . it.-inent said ■ ■ - •!:>- three sister ■ of Hankow. Wuchang and ■n, s-parau ■: “> rivers which ■o make the main course of ■assize Th.- population of the ■ . . x mutely a mil ■ria hair. "du millions oth ■ -nr in ir il dm ■cue ships plying the YangH ' s -" A I the down ■ ports nf Kinkiang. Nanking ■gt'- ri-ities ■uamls bir 'ask of succor ■Ms 1., ion.l present re- . ■l Offi'ia - ougliollt China ■ been ord. r. I to raise relief ■nv o r .,r ■ - at.l -in' o. e ■ are transporting rice and ■nine refuges but so wide- 1 ■d is the area of devastation [ ■their efforts can avail little, j ■ over ’ ’.hi farmers are; ■el by th,- Hoods and between i ■d and a half this number is I ■fd to have lost their homes I ■ile the ni ist spectacular dis■t have occurred in the city ■. such as death of 1.000 in ■atii: tod a i wli.m a broken dyke I ■ed flood waters to crush a bar- ■ refuge, th.- scenes along the ■ are almost beyond descrip■W boats ar. finding families ■bole villages . lustered on tiny | ■of land not yet flooded, and ■r as possible they are picking ■ese survivors and at least ■porting them to higher ground ■is not possible to take them Ber One of the difficulties of ytuation is that most of the ■ry down river from Hankow ■rting of dikes in many inlOST'NUED ON PAGE SIX) I ■ — o— — tubing Spread In Havana Today Mna, Cuba, Aug. 22—(UP) — of bomb explosions in Haiduring the night spread alarm Kh the capital, uneasy after a dkht of rebellion. if bombings were believed part terrorist campaign planned by Nthiiers with the revolt a•t the regime of President (SerMarbado. ide damage was reported. One • exploded in the window of a 1 hi cent store, shattering the 1 and showcases. firs son MjOB DEATH food Fifieid, Son of Itto Fifieid, Charged *» ith Manslaughter J l7 ', ln <1., Aug. 22.— (U.R) —Elifieid, (jrown Point, son ’''®er Secretary of State Otto ’ was held today under $2,- ,'° n< charged with manslaughs the result of striking and a boy with hia automobile. re * Mucha. 8, Gary, the vie’led la 8t night. ,“ r ' 19. Griffith, Ind., as held under 92,000 bond on ""laughter charge. His autoiK I ,ruc ' t ai, d killed Anthony • V here yesterday.

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Vigilantes Hold Meet At Geneva — The Adams County Vigilantes held a practice shoot at the Stucky Golf Course at Geneva. Friday. Fred Schurger was the best in the pistol | shot and Ben Baumgartner of 1 Berne was the best on rifle shots. She: iff Burl Johnson was second in both events. Six men were entered in the practice events, Friday. These shooting meetings are held every two weeks and a final Elimination meeting will he held soon This Elimination shoot will be the last practice before going to the Fort in September. — REQUEST FOR FUNDS MADE County Council Is Asked To Appropriate $5,478 In September I The county council will be asked to make special appropriations totaling $5,478.16 at the regular meeting of the board to be held Tuesday. September 8 at the county auditor's office. One of the appropriations Is for SI,OOO for the special judge in the Wabash river dredge case. The special judge was named by Governor Leslie and is paid $25 per day. The county is later reimbursed for the amount by the state, but an appropriation has to be made to pay the per diem as tiled by the court. A request for $450 for the services of an extra court reporter in the case is also made. Another appropriation is S6OO for ■ additional beds at the Irene Byron . Sanatorium. Fort Wayne. The | county has maintained two beds there for several years and request has been made to engage two more. Appropriations of SSOO each are asked for a pauper attorney and *an assistant to the prosecuting attorney is defending and prosecutling Joseph Everett, charged with ; murder and the two men who tried Ito rob the McConnell and Son ' wholesale tobacco house. I The request for S4OO for purchasing bullet vests, a siren and other equipment requested by the sheriff is also included in the list. An appropriation for S7PO for the county infirmary fund and $515 for paying the balance due on the Smith bridge bonds is also asked. o . Babe Ruth Pays $lO For Baseball St. Louis, Aug. 22.— (U.R) —Babe Ruth hit the 600th home run of his major league career here yesterday, then paid $lO for the ball he had just knocked out of Sportsman's Park. After trotting around the bases in the peculiar lumbering lope with which every baseball fan in America is familiar, Ruth had the announcer make known that he would like to have the hall as a souvenir and would pay $lO for it. A few minutes later, 10-year-old Tommy Callico hurried into the park, handed the ball to Rnth and was given a $lO bill in exchange. o Goshen Man Makes Claim To Estate Goshen, Aug. 22.—(U.R>—A. L. Epstein. department store head here, is a claimant to a share of the $150,000,000 fortune held in a trust 1 fund by the Bank of England. Ep--1 stein said, however, that although he is certai nhe is one of the heirs, he can furnish no documentary evidence of his relation to the persons who left the fortune. Epstein explained that two centuries ago a son of a rabbi and a [gentile girl eloped front Russia to I Africa, where they made a fortune of $50,000,000. Angered at relatives, who had attempted to prevent their marriage, they placed the money in trust with the stipulation it should be shared by the fifth generation. Since then It has increased to $150,000,000. o [ Prominent Mason Dies In Fort Wayne 1 Fort Wayne. Aug. 22 (U.R>—Wil- . liam Ferguson.widely known among • Indiana Masons and members of the Eastern Star, died at his home . hero. His widow, past worthy mat--1 ron of the Eastern Stat, was in the ■ state legislature in 1927. r Funeral services will be held here Tuesday.

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ROAD LEVIES LOWER IN ALL TOWNSHIPS Townships In County To Have Lower Rate For Paying Road Bonds FEW IMPROVEMENTS MADE THIS YEAR Every township in Adams county I will receive a ent in the township [ ggravel read and bond interest fund next year, according to tlie budgets prepared by County Auditor Albert Harlow. In a few cases the cut in rate is equal to nearly 40 per cent. Kirkland township will receive the largest cut. the levy being reduced from 49 cents to 24 cents on the hundred dollars. In 1932 the 12 townships will pay on bonds and for interest thereon the sum of $119,299.17. This payment is less than a year ago because in some townships no roads were built this year. The proposed levies far next year and the rates effective this year follow: 1931 1932 Township Rate Rate Union 68 .50 Root 48 .35 Preble .51 .41 Kirkland .49 .24 Washington . .40 .37 St. Marys 41 .27 i Blue Creek 73 .50 I Monroe6o .45 French 57 .34 Hartford . .54 .40 Wabash 53 .40 Jefferson .67 .40 The Washington township rate goes to make up the total rate pay-1 able in Decatur. The Monroe town-1 ship rate is payable in the Jowii of Monroe and Berne, while the Wabash township rate is payable in the Geneva tax rate. Road building has not been so heavy the past year and consequently the levies for this purpose are lower. All the townships had a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX» CARDEN BOXES ARE DISPLAYED Samples of Miniature Flower Gardens Create Interest For Fair James G. Cowen, superintendent of the Flower Show, to be held in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair. September 15 to 19, has arranged several miniature flower garden exhibits in the window of the Sehafer Hardware building. The miniature garden division was added to the Flower Show this year, and any child 12 years of age and under may enter an exhibit containing either real or artificial plants or flowers. Mr. Cowen's display of garden scenes in the Schafer window is for the purpose of showing the children various patterns they may follow in preparing their entries. The gardens may consist'of pools miniature buildings or similar articles. with the gardens arranged around them. They may either be formal arrangements, or include only an informal group. The container in which the gardens are to be constructed must not exceed two square in area. The flower show will be held in the corridor of the court house. Master Barbers To Meet In Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne. Aug. 22. —(U.R) —The sixth annual convention of the United Master Barbers’ Association of Indiana will be opened here August 30 and continued for three days. A feature of the assembly will be a banquet to be held the evening of September 1. Officers of the association are: President, I'. W. Snowden, Huntington: first vice-president. O. W. Conner. Fort Wayne; second vice-presi-dent, D. Waters, Elkhart; third vice president, C. E. Taylor, Mishawaka; > four vice-president. Freeman Davis, Ijifayette; fifth vice-president. W. E. Kain, Hamniond, and secretary and treasurer, W. E. Bugher, Lafayette.

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LaFollette Cortege • - xnaMW x- an— as— asm «■ • 'Y iSE Jl ; i■ y ” ’ t a JmE .mF ok. 7 r ’ ; Bw L i " ‘ ■ Wr & K H i f wx lai i t H The LaFollette family photographed as they passed through Chicago ; on their way to Wisconsin with the body of Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette,! who died in/Washington. They are (left to right). Governor Philpi La-'I Follette of Wisconsin, son of Mrs. LaFollette; Mrs. George Middleton I and Mrs Ralph Sticher, daughters; Mrs. Sucher and Robert Sucher 6 i and United States Senator Robert M. Jr.

CRISIS ALARMS KING GEORGE • Hastens From Scotland To London To Attend Cabinet Meet London. Aug. 22 --(UP) —While the labor cabinet announced this afternoon that it ws finishing a plan which it believed would meet the present cruicial financial situation, King George abandoned his holiday in Scotland and prepared to hasten back to London. He will arrive tomorrow as the i cabinet meets to hear result of the final planning tor its solution of the crisis. After a day of meeting with conservative and liberal leaders and considering their ideas the cabinet adjourned until tomorrow evening and an official statement said it was “putting the finishing touches on a scheme which, it is believed will meet the sitution." o Kansas Orders Oil Fields Closed Topeka, Kansas today joined Oklahoma and Texas in an effort to curb production of oil and bring up prices by ordering that; the Rice county fields, remain closed. The order was issued by Thurman Hill of the Public Service com- • niissi on. The Rice Field has been closed, but it was understood that it was to be open. Hills action was taken under state propation laws. ACCEPTWHEAT AT FAIR GATE One Bushel Will Admit Farmer or Auto at State Fair September 9 Indianapolis, Aug. 22. — (U.R) — Wheat will be accepted as admission price to tlie Indiana state fair on Farmers’ Day, Sept. 9, it was announced by the fair board. One bushel of wheat will admit ■ either an adult or auto. Children • under 12 years of age need bring only a half bushel for admission. Regular admission be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents tor children. It was pointed out that by using wheat tor admission, farmers will obtain an equivalent of 50 cents a bushel for the grain, whereas the present best market price is under 40-cents. Levi Moore, Rochester, who suggested the plan, -aid he believed it had never been tried at a state fair. He said that trucks will be stationed at the wheat admission gate to take the grain to elevators, where It will be sold at the prevailing price.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 22, 1931.

Calf Club Members Select New Jackets Members of the Adams County ; 4-H calf club and the general committee met at the office of the' I Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., Friday evening and selected jackets which, I will be worn by the members. Mem- 1 I bers of the committee who attended the meeting were Peter 13. Lehman, i ! Osia Von Gunten, David J. Maze-' ' lin and Sol Moser. Norbert Holt-' ' house. Carl Klepper and Amos Graber of the Cloverleaf Creameries > met with the committee. The jack-' lets and a style of lettering for them i were selected and the contract' awarded to the Berne Manufacturing Company for making them. o COL LINDBERGH DELAYED BY FOG — Famous Fliers Reach Shana Bay But Are Unable To Continue Trip Tokio. Aug. 22—(UP)—Col and | Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh alighted at Shana Bay, Iturup Island, at 4:50 p. ,m. (11:58 p. m. Friday, PSTi. They were forced to halt thpir flight to Nenpiro by dense fogs prevailing over the Pacific. After they had been en route slightly more than two hours, Mrs. Lindbergh radioed that they were northeast of Iturup Island and making 95 miles per hour at a height of 2,000 meters. The Lindberghs took off from Muroton Bay in the Kurile islands at 2:14 p. m. on the 400-mile flight and Mrs. Lindbergh then radiod that all was well. From Nemuro, they will fly direct , to Tokio, objective of their 7,000mile trip from Washington. D. C. The fliers had been expected ; Wednesday, but midway between Petropavalovsk, Siberia, and Nemuro, they encountered storm clouds which forced them back to seek a haven in the Kuriles. They landed at Ketoi Islet and for three nights and two days were forced to re- ■ main in that isolated section. Motor trouble developed after the landing which had been made in dense fog among the volcanic islands. Yesterday the plane was towed to Muroton Bay by a Japanese steamer. There it was dragged up on the beach and Col. Lindbergh made the necessary repairs. o Funeral Without Sermon Or Flowers — Noblesville, Aug. 22.—(U.P.) Funeral services devoid of sermon or flowers were held here for George Bacon, 85. Bacon had requested that only brief rites be held. They consisted of two songs. "When I Take My Last Vacation," and “My Last Move," selected by Bacon, a prayer, and a brief Scripture reading.

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WAR DECLARED I ON NEW YORK GANGSTERS Murder of Two Patrolmen And 3-Year-Old Child Arouses Public VETERANS READY TO TAKE GUNS New York. Aug. 22. — (U.R) —New j York citizens today declared a new j i war on gangdom—a war to “make the streets safe for civilization." ■ The action followed the most outi t ageous assault on society ever per- | petrated by crime-crazed bandits in j greater New York. I Thirty thousand veterans of the 1 western front in France stood ready to match shot-guns of the underworld with rifles, revolvers, bombs and bayonets. A hundred thousand private citizens. preparing for a mass meeting next Monday, were ready to offer themselves to avenge the killing of two patrolmen, one three-year-old i child, and the wounding of 11 other ■ innocent spectators along the 15- ! mile bloody trail from Manhattan I to the Bronx yesterday. Newspapers joined the cry. I In the mad chase of the two guni men who opened their orgy of gun- ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FIVE MEN SEEK LEGION POST State Commander To Be Selected At Anderson; To Redistrict Posts — Anderson, Aug. 22. — (U.R)—-Five I Hoosier World war veterans were in the race for the leadership of ithe American Legion, Indiana de- [ partment. at the opening of the Legion meeting here today. Those seeking the commander's post now held by Floyd Young. Vincennes, were Jay E. White, South Bend; P. T. Haas. Fort Wayne; James J. Patchell, Union City; JoIseph Zimmerman. Indianapolis, and I Ralph F. Gates, Columbia City, i The war veteran's group was I faced with the problem of rearrang- ! ing the Legion districts to coincide I with the state's new 12 congressionlai districts, fixed by the 1931 legislature. While the convention proper will [not open until Monday, when Brig-adier-General Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the U. S. air force, and Colonel George E. Ijams, head of the U. S. veterans bureau, will speak, legionnaires will be entertained tonight by Forty-aad-Eight, fun-mak-ing division of the Legion. Registration and the band and drum corps contest is scheduled for tomorrow, with nearly 40 entries competing. PLAN FLIGHT FROM BERLIN — U illy Rody And Two Men Prepare To Fly To United States Berlin, Aug. 22—(UP)— Willy Rody nd two companions were believed on their way to New York today on a projected non-stop flight to the United States. They left Ternpeluof airdrome outside Berlin at 7:03 A. M. for an unannounced destination ove rthe ocean. Rody. it was learned, obtained permission to fly over Newfoundland. Canada and the United States and New York—Not Brazil—was believed to be his goal. Earlier information indicated the fliers planned to fly to Brazil, flying a route over Lyons and Marseilles, in France, and thence across Spain and Portugal out over the Atlantic. Rody, of Ems. Germany, was accompanied by Christian Johansen of Hamburg, his pilot; and an unidentified Portuguese. The plane is a single-motored Junkers formerly owned by Charle A. Levine, of New York, in which Levine and Bert Acosta. trans Atlantic fliers, had planned an Europe-to-America flight.

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[standard Oil To Spend 10 Millions Hammond, Aug. 22.—(U.R)-A 10 million dollar improvement program, of which two million dollars will be spent at once, was announced here by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Machinery in the I Whiting refinery, and old equip i inent, will be replaced, officials of the company said. Work will be done by employes of the company and will continue throughout the winter, according to plans. Many who otherwise would have been laid off will be given work by the project, it was announced. AUCTIONEERS LEAVEFOR HOME Twenty - nine Graduates Receive Diplomas From Reppert School The 25th term of the Reppert 1 Auction School came to a close here Friday with commencement exercises, a banquet, and presentation of diplomas to 29 graduates. Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg, an instructor in the school, delivered the commencement address on “As A Man Thinketh In His Heart So Is He." Col. Guy L. Pettit of Bloomfield, lowa, an instructor, also gave an address and Col. Fred Reppert of this city, president of the school, presented the diplomas. The banquet was served at noon' in the Knights of Pythias Hall by i the Pythian Sisters. Each of the' [graduating auctioneers gave short! informal farewell talks, and the in- 1 structors responded with several remarks. Songs were sung between the courses of the dinner. The auctioneers presented Miss Evelyn Miller, secretary of the school with a gift in appreciation of her cooperation with the school. She responded with a short talk. The instructors present at the commencement banquet were Col. Fred Reppert of this city; Col. Earl Gartin. Greensburg: Col. Guy L. Pettit. Bloomfield. Iowa; Col. H. W. Sigrist, Fort Wayne; and Col. Roy D. Hiatt, Portland. Members of the graduating class included; G. Carl Butler, New Tazewell, Tennessee. Michael Duffy, Springfield, O. Fred A. Wright, Aurora, Neb. Phil Glick, Paris, 111. Emmet C. Duffy, Springfield. O. H. E. Horst, Chicago, 111. E. C. Orr, Oshkosh, Neb. H. L. Willits, Bryan. Ohio. Albert I. Fischer, Augusta, Wis. Iru Cook, Ord, Nebraska. Glen Cook, Ord, Nebraska. A. M. Florea. Midland. Ohio. Howard H. Durham, Cisne, 111. Ed Luther, Wisner, Nebraska. W. M. Stem, Greenville. Tenn.' Leman Jennings, Casselton, N. D. Elmer Middendorf, Jacksonville, Illinois. Reed L. Logan, Bluffton. Homer II Ross, Richmond. J. D. Laird. Rockwell City, lowa. I R. S. Brookie, Indianapolis. Arthur Duffy, Springfield. Ohio. George I. Eisele, Graymont, 111. L. V. Day. Charlotte, Michigan. C. M. Smith, Dayton, Ohio. John W. Attkisson, Cherryvale, Kansas. Clifford Hedge, Frankfort. Fred D. Haak, Strong City, Kas. Herrin Brown, Shelbyville. Funeral For Bryant Man On Sunday Funeral services for Andrea. D. Pence, Bryant, retired farmer who died suddenly at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Friday noon, will he held at 9:30 o’clock Sunday morning at the Methodist church in Bryant. Rev. N. Smith will officiate. The body will then be taken to Whitley County where funeral services will he held at two o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Blue River church. Interment will be In the Blue River church cemetery. o Rev. Ferntheil To Give Legion Sermon Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city and State Chaplain of the American Legion will deliver the Sunday morning sermon at the State American Legion convention over radjo station WHBU. Anderson. The sermon will lie broadcast at 10:30 o'clock (Central Standard time). “What Price Glory?" will be the subject of the sermon.

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SWEETHEART OF TORCH SLAYER HELD BY COURT Catherine Keller, Friend of Fred Smith In Michigan Case Held ACCESSORY AFTER FACT IS CHARGED Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 22. —(U.R) [ —Catherine Keller, 25 sweetheart of Fred Smith, convicted slayer, toI day was ordered held as an accessI ory after the fact in the four Wil- | lis torch murders. Miss Keller was held by order of Circuit Judge George W. Sample, who sentenced Smith, Frank Oliver and David Blackstone to four life terms each as the killers and burners of two young couples at Willis, I Mich. Washtenaw county Prose- ' cutor Albert H. Rapp had been preparing to release Miss Keller when the order was issued. Sunday School Elects Officers The Winchester Sunday School, located southxvest of Monroe, has been re-organized. Ira Wagoner was chosen superintendent, and Mrs. Alfred Bollinger, assistant superintendent. Other officers are Mrs. Fred Zur- • cher, treasurer; Louise Zurcher, [assistant secetary; Mrs. Alfred 801 - l inger, chorister; Mrs. Gordon Burk[hart, assistant chorister; I.ois Zurj cher, pianist; Mrs. Gordon Burkhart, assistant pianist ; Reuben Zurcher and Eli Hirschy, librarians; and Mrs. Herman Meyers, cradle roll superintendent. Berne Men’s Chorus Goes To Chicago The members of the Berne Community Men's Chorus motored to Chicago, Friday afternoon, where they will compete in a men's chorus contest and participate in tlie Chicagoland Music Festival, Saturday » afternoon and evening. The festival is sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. o Claim Bank Bandits Will Be Identified Chicago. August 22 —(UP)—Polio announced today that a gruesome and detailed story of the slaying of Mrs. Ann Patterson, Chicago “whoopee woman" found strangled Thursday, near Silver Lake, Wise., had been told them, by Mrs. Alma Ledbetter, one of three eye witnesses. and that Mrs. Ledbetter had named a half breed Indian known as “Blackie” as the killer. o Claim Story Os Murder Is Told Indianapolis Aug. 22 — (UP) — Charles Bolte, investigator for the State Criminal Bureau, said today that state officials believed they could identify bandits who y\iterday robbed the Twin City state bank, Gass City, of $5,400. Bolte, who returned from Gass City, said he believed the bandits had not left Indiana, and intimated that an arrest would be made soon. DO-X ARRIVES IN FLORIDA German Flying Boat Completes Leg of Trip; To Fly To New York Miami, Fla., Aug. 22—(UP) —The DO-X German flying boat, arrived, over Miami at 10:20 A. M. today from Antilia. Cuba, en route from South America to New York. ' It circled the city several times 1 and was expected to alight at Key Base about 11:30. Shortly after reaching New York ' the Huge plane will embark on a return flight to Germany via New ' foundland, the Azores. Lisbon and France, according to advices received here from Dornier company Germany by its representative E, M. Appleglt.