Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1931 — Page 1

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■GIL CUTS ■y TAX LEVY; ■PTS BUDGET ■uneWiil Be 71 Cents ■npared To 75 Cents ■ This > ear ■i'CTION IS ■Ell H I IVI’ 1932 ■ ( .;; V session ■ '•• l-teiget ■ ' < ivil city Si "'\t veal at K; nil' ' OfrJ. (101-i ■ ■, iL r,.r ■'!-( published adopted K from the estimate made. W- ,■■■ ■ mtn»i ->f W. ■ . ■ ■ 3 ' (b-duct-|,v l.iVl 1 s l *■ 1 an, l Odd I li.lt ■t, based 011 a valuation of ■ll7. ■ - . loss in city revenue for of the appropriations were ■<. : . anil tin 1 only item lib'll in the apw:l< i int SI. ’>"** for in the engine house fund. ■ Riis Asked To Enroll tin li.-uitur High principal will be open for M'h'ich .v. ■ i .di-rnoon mid ■Ot fin- w.. k W I iny Itrown Mpa H ■ ; il .1-- t'l change hinf si hool work for the ■t~t. ur miik. i • nt s.-lec Mmav il.i -,, . ailing at Mr. ■ < office any afternoon or Bir of the i> inaiinli-r of this ■prinrjell ■ ■ „ill be open Blav aftenn. n and evening to ■dilate the rural pupils. ■ster Marries 65- ■ Year-Old Missionary Banapolis. Sept. 2 (UP) —Car■cost chutih, was Issued a li ■to marry Mrs. Hattie French ■Mam in same church ■rr here Bland said it would be his first ■monial venture, but his bride, ■ar- his senior, said she was ■’"•I in 1929 front Melvin W. ■

■ 0 MTMACADAM MEETS OILED Ask Council To Macadam Roads I In City Limtis ■'•’ral citizens appeared before E tv council last evening and V that the macadam streets in ■ of their properties be oiled, w' matter has been turned E i the street and sewer comfr with power to act. Council|H. F. I,inn | R chairman of the ■tiittoo am! an investigation f’ cost of the oiling was f made today by Mr. Linn. f Linn stated that if it was Pod to do the work the city J 1 Pay for the cost of doing it. ! i« estimated that about six rnf macadam streets would F' 'i "Oder the present proP' ’hat amount of mileage F" in tlie principle unsurfaced f' ,s in the city. Fshberger Bros., Linn Grove, l an oilil >K outfit and they I in? .? ' ll ’*■ '“’nP'oyed to do I job f ’ he City decides ,0 do "man Stranded Here ponian giving her name as L la !' ( '* ey reported to police late F? night in this City that she L'"" thrown out of her hus- [’ rar near Chicago and was t 0 Ri chmond. She said Lu > 0 n ° ,non ey and asked k) s' ’ lodKing The story was I provki offlcera ’ but lodging city tolly and the woman left

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Frankfort Bank Closes Indianapolis, Sept. 2. —(U.R) —The First State Hank of Frankfort was closed today by order of its board of directors, who announced that the process of voluntary liquidation was undertaken to protect depositors, the state banking department announce!!. W. T. Sidwell was president and 1 O. G. Symons, son of Luther Sym-i ons, state banking commissioner, was cashier. Deposits were about ' $700,000 and the bank was capitalized at SIOO,OOO. J. W. Parett, state bank examiner. took over affairs of the bank, it was announced. GERMAN FLIERS i REACH CHICAGO Second Flight Ends As Dornier Plane Lands In Lake Michigan Chicago, Sept. 2.—(U.R)—Captain Wolfgang von Gronau of Germany took a much needed rest today after completing his second airplane flight from his home country to Chicago. Capt. Von Gronau and his crew of three men landed their odd looking twin motored. Dornier flying boat in Lake Michigan, off Grant Park, at 6:10 o'clock last night at-1 ter a 600-mile flight from Ling Lake. Ontario. Canada. The famous German's second trip to Chicago was completed almost a year to the day after his first. He is the only man ever to fly twice from Germany to this city. A year ago he won the distinction of being one of the few aviators ever; to fly across the Atlantic from east I to west. Now he has done it twice.' A gteat crowd of German born Americans and their friends weleomwd the captain and his crew. Hundreds of persons stood on the shoreline, waving German and American flags, as the big Dornier came to rest between a breakwater and a ramp. Von Gronau was delayed a while by customs officers, then came CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! WATSON FIGHTS FOR LIMESTONE Indiana Senator Asks Memorial Group To Reconsider Contracts

BULLETIN Indianapolis, Sept. 2.—(U.R) — The George Rogers Clark Memorial commission will meet late in September to hear evidence contending that granite to be used in the monument is a Canadian product, it was announced today by Christopher B. Coleman, commission secretary. Indianapolis, Sept. 2—(UP) — "Senator James E. Watson, who voted for Indiana limeston for the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes, announced today that he has requested senator Simeon D. Fess. Ohio, chairman of the Federal Memorial commission to call a meeting of the commission to reconsider t)ie contract, which calls for use of Stanstead granite. Watson based his argument for reconsideration, on information from tlie U. S. Department of Labor that the granite would be mined in Canadian quarries and shipped on Canadian railroads. The Stanstead quarries did not obtain incorporation papers iti Vermont until seven days after the contract was let to the W. R. Heath company. Greencastle. Watson said he had learned. The labor department's announcement that the granite would come from Canadian quarries upheld a contention to that effect raised by the Indiana limestone company immediately after the contract was let. The limesone company protested that its product could be obtained at a saving of mote than SIOO,OOO. Work on the memorial started yesterday. o Queen Marie Is 111 Vienna, Sept. 2 —(UP) — Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania is seriously ill and must be operated on as soon as possible. The Telkomp News agency reported today in a dispatch from Bucharest.

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TEACHERS HERE FOR INSTITUTE; MANY PRESENT — Annual Meeting Starts This Morning: Thursday Is Organization C. E. STRIKER HAS CHARGE A near 1(H) percent, attend- ! anee marked the opening of the annual Adams County' 'Teachers' Institute at I)eca-i | tur high school gymnasium I this morning. Besides the I 125 teachers of the county a number of guests and out-of-I county teachers attended. C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, presided at the session. C L. Murray, director of state school inspection from the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, gave a short talk, in which he told of the nevi' rules and regulations of his department. Miss Ruth Mahoney, instructor I at Gerieva, led the singing and j Miss Dorothy Sprunger of Hartford presided at the piano during I the morning music period. This nfternoon W. F. Beery. Decatur, led the singing and Miss Sprunger presided again at the piano. During the morning session Dr. George H. Tapy, professor of psychology at Waleisb college delivered the first address. This I was followed by an address by Dr. I I Jesse E Adam.-., department of I Education. University of Kentucky. Both Dr. Adams and Dr. Tapy spoke at the afternoon session of the Institute. This year’s program was rhnnsred from previous Institutes inasmuch as the entire program this year was held today in two sessions. Thursday al) teachers of the county will meet with Superintendent Striker to make fina.l arrangements to teach and to present their credentials. County schools will open next Monday morning. AH rural schools and schools at Berne and Geneva will (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) THREE YOUTHS HAVE BANQUET Decatur Boys Break Into Home. Have Meal And Land In Jail Three Decatur youths went to the Homer Gauze farm home yesterday afternoon; broke into the home while Gauze was away; killed a chicken, dug some potatoes and had a meal. Following the meal, the three boys are said to ■ have broken some of the furniture. ' They were arrested Tuesday night ■ by Night Officers Arthur Clark and Burg Womack and taken to the Adams county jail. The three boys are Raymond 1 Evans, 17; Paul Hilyard, 15, and i Chester Debolt. 18. They all ad- - mitted their part in the escapade ( but denied other petty thefts in and near Decatur when questioned by officers this morning. i No affidavits have been filed yet, • but it is understood that Prosecuti or Nathan Nelson has taken the i matter und e r advisement and I charges are likely o be filed late • today. i Martin Arrested > Lewis Martin was arrested yes- - terday on a charge of fraudulent marriage, filed by the state on be- ■ halt of Emma Martin. The man ■ was released later Tuesday when i his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther • Martin signed a SI,OOO bond. The - trial probably will be held in the , September term of court. o Mutineers Take Charge i Santiago, Chile, Sept. 2 —(UP)— 1 Mutineers who seized control of the Chilean battle fleet and made prisoners of their officers served a 48 hour ultimatum today on the government of provisional president • Manuel Trucco. They demanded that the governi ment rescind a proposed 30 per > cent reduction in sailors' pay and i find a solution tor the economic and financial crisis.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 2, 1931.

National Amateur Golf ('hampionship r i t JT. • M « W , g ; w-: | -8 •- *■ I I '' ' * I I I a** I .. < X" i • A.’l ■ i • * ■ 4 °" » . i • ' - ■ f J I lx- / j-■■ ■ - - - •' - - - ■ few ... - ..a.. - Johnny Lehman of Olympia Fields, Chicago, whose grand total for the two days' qualifying rounds oi the National Amateur tournament at Beverly Country Club Chicago, was 148. is shown here with his caddy, Ed Kletcke. Just after finishing play on the second day Kletcke drew from Lehman's bag a horse shoe which he found and carried through the two grueling days.

LEGION FLOAT TO CONVENTION — Adams Post Plans to Take State Winner To Detroit. Mich. The Adams post American Legion floit. "Memories," w inner of; the state award at the 1930 and 1931 state conventions will be tak en to Detroit this month to the nat- i ional convention of the Legion, it ! ' was decided at a meeting of Legionnaires yesterday. The float, which is built on a large truck, provided by Yost Brothers of this city, will be taken by motor, to the convention. Several mem-1 liers of tlie local post *ill accompany the float, which pictures a bat,l tie field, with soldiers, guns and trenches. Those in charge of transporting the float, stated today that it would ; cost about $175 to take the float to I JDetroit and return it. This includes! I the amunition and expense of transporting. Several local stores already have contributed to the Le-1 gion fund to meet the expenses 1 and it is hoped that enough money ■ can he raised voluntarily without ■ making an extended campaign. All merchants desiring to coni tribute toward the transporation ’ of the float are asked to give their 1 donations to Vincent J. Bormann or Leo Ehinger in the next few; : days. The committee pointed out: ! that the float, not only stood a good | ‘ chance of winning national honors. but also would be an advertisement I for Decatur. ’ I ; o Black Phantom Dies Canon City. Colo., Sept. 2 —(UP) —The Black Phantom, stage coach robber, road agent and killer, one of the last bad men of the old west, is dead. I The Blai'k Phantom'was Allen H. , Downen, 82. The white-haired old man, whose benevolent attitude and jovial spirit believed his past died at the Colorado state penitentiary where he had been since 1896. He was the oldest convict both in years ! and in time served. ( () Argument Ends Fatally • South Bend, Sept. 2—(UP)—Arj gument over a door draft between a tenant and his rooming house operator was thought by police to have started a quarrel which resulted in the fatal shooting of Edward . Wyroslag, 39. the operator. , Anton Ciesllk 52, was charged . with he slaying when he surrender- ( ed ty police. . o i Injuries Are Fatal Lafayette, Sept. 2 —(UP) —Wayne - Redding, 7. son of Mr. and Mis. • Cecil Redding, living near BrookI stou, died here of injuries suffered ■ when he fell under a wagon being driven by his father.

File Damage Suit I Indianapolis, Sept. 2 (UP) —The | ! accident at the Indianapolis motor j speedway during the 500 mile race ; , last May 30 which claimed the life jot' Wilbur Brink, 11 resulted in a ! damage suit for SIOO,OOO in superior! ! court here against the speedway j ’ corporation. The suit was filed by Mr. and j Mis. Harvey Brink, parents of the victim. It charged the speedway cor ; poration with negligence in connec-' ' tion with the accident. The boy was killed when a wheel from the auto of Billy Arnold hurt led over the retaining wall and j crashed into a soft drink stand, i operated by the Brinks' in their j , yard just outside the grounds. Arnold and his mechanic, Spider Matlock, were injured in the crash. : Petition Resubmitted County auditor Albert Harlow to-: j day resubmitted the petition to is-j i sue $3660 worth of bonds so rthe im- j j provement of the Albert Huser road I |in Blue Creek and Monroe town-1 j ships to the state board. By taking j credit for the bonds paid this year ' lie bond indebtedness is decreased j below the two per cent limit. In sub- ! i mitting the issue the first time credit was not taken for tire payments : this year. The indebtedness in Blue ! I Creek township will be reduced | from $32,383.44 to $2ff,692.i:s and in I Monroe township from $111,178.04 to $80,469.12. The papers were turn-' I ed over to James Showalter, repre-1 I sentative of the- state board toj day. « mT° Postage Rates Higher The attention of the public is called by postal officials to the adi vanced rates of postage from the United States to Canada. Following are tlje new rates: Letters for each ounce, or fia< : tion, 3 cents; postal cards, 2 cents I double postal cards, I cents; letters I air mail, each ounce or tracion. 6 | cents; additional ounce or fraction (6 cents; additional ounce or traction by air mail, 10 cents. o Will Repair Alley The street and sewer committee of the city council filed a report with the council last evening recommending the repair of the alley west of the Catholic* school building on Monroe sreet. The alley will he repaired by the city street department ami the work will be done at once under the supervision of Amos Fisher, city street commissioner. To Establish Grade The city council in session last evening instructed the City engineer to establish a grade line along the alley at the post office site. Conti actors on the post office job wish to build the curb along the federal lot and asked the council to have the city establish the grade. Engineer Orval Haruff compleed the job today.

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TEACHERS ARE I NAMED; START j WORK MONDAY Trustees of 12 Townships Name 91 Teachers For 1931-1932 ALL PLACES ARE FILLED Niiictv-oiie Adams eountv j l)if>h school and tirade school teachers were named todav to start work in the schools of the 12 townships next Mondav morninti. The teach-, | ers todav are attending the' animal Adams county insti-l lute beitifi held al Decatur| high school. The appointments made by the I ■ various trustees with the sanction! | of the county superintendent are ■ for the school year of 1931-32, ! ending next spring A few changes! : wore made in some of the town- i ships. Most of the changes were ' made because of the teachers' i tenure law and not because of unsatisfactory work. Following is a list of the teach-' i ers by townships and school i names and districts: Union Township District 1, Elizalseth Leyse; , district 5. Bessie Carter; district 6, Paul Spuller. Root Township R. A. Eudaly, principal, high i I school; Thelma Cogan. Nellie' Parrish. Grades: Harve Haggard,! I Margaret Schenck. District 7, i Lois Fuhrman. Esta Fleming. Preble Township District 5. Dan O. Roop; district | 6, R. M. Houck. Milton Werling. Kirkland Township Robert Mann, principal, High school. Wm. Bryan. Albert CopI pess, Gleninys Arnold. District! | 1, Leo Strahm; district 2, Pauline i Buckmaster: district 3. Edna , Borne: district 4, Nella Coppess; | district 5. Margaret Arnold; dis- | trict 6, Wm. Griffiths. Washington Township District 3. Dorothy Spuller; district 5. Clyde Troutner; district ‘6. Elmer Ehrsam; district 7, W. jO. Little; district 8, Marguerite | Lewellan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ! SEEKS MEANS OF EMPLOYMENT Highway Group May Use Surplus Fund To Employ Laborers — Indianapolis, Sept. 2.—(U.R)-Ex-penditure of s7s(i.(H)i) surplus in the state highway fund, to provide i work for between 3.000 and 5.000 i men, was urged today by Albert J. | Wedeking, chairman of the highway commission. More than 100,000 working days, or 30 days for I eaclt man, would be provided, Wedeking said. The $750,000 surplus was built up | becaue the commission had fewer I expenses than customary for such I contingencies as floods and frosts, Wedeking explained. Although the balance at the end of the fiscal year, September 30. is automatically I turned into a construction fund, Ati torney General James M. Ogden ruled that it could be used for "construction incidental to maintelIPB ”

i nance. Under Wedeking’s proposal, work would be done on roads now in the highway "dotted line” system. Roads in this system, he pointed out, are those upon which repair is planned in the near future. Tlie 1 work would consist of ditching, I dragging, cleaning of weeds, and application of gravel and stone. Nearly 300 miles of roads in tlie state would benefit. Wedeking urged that the coni- . mission place the work in areas where unemployment was the greatest. He said that workmen should be obtained through relief agencies, the custom followed in an emergency program last fall. It was pointed out that township - taxing units would be enabled to ; make substantial preductions by the placing. Since a major portion ) of the state maintenance program -for the year is completed, equip- ) ment would be available imniediate- . ly for the relief work. Wedeking 1 believes the plan could be placed in effect within two weeks.

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Controversy Over U. S. Hatchery Nears End Rochester, Sept. 2.—(U.R)—Termination of the struggle over an option on land for the proposed fed eral fish hatchery here was expected today. Franklin Carrlthers, whose land is included in the proposed site, I said he would be willing to surrender a portion of his property if the government would permit him to use the remainder as a bird sanctuary. Federal representatives were to confer with Carrlthers. Carrithers had protested against execution of the option which, he said, was obtained under intimiidation and duress. If the government should refuse his offer, lie ; threatened court action. DEATH VICTOR OVER RESCUERS Man Buried In Well Dies 15 Minutes Before Aid Arrives Columbia, Pa., Sept. 2 —(UP) — I Eight Hours frantic digging failed I by 15 minutes today, physicians esI timated, to save the life of William I Bowers, 32. trapped by a fall of earth in a 35 foot well. Bowers was caught in a standing position, above the water. His head was free within a circle of rock. Highway workers went to his aid. two men at a time worked in the , well loosening the rock and lifting 1 it to the surface. They labored in i two-hour relays, spurred by the i man's cries to "get me out of here.’’ j Within six hqnrs his head was j free. Then an arm was released. "My God. Hurry- I'm dying” he ! cried. Then he lapsed into unconsciousness. Within eight hours, he was free | to liis hips. A doctor whs lowered i into the opening. He administered restoratives but futilely. Finally Bowers was brought to the surface. He was rushed to the hospital here. He had died just before the doctor reached his side, physicians said. BERNE WOMAN IN ACCIDENT Mrs. H. O. Jones Hurt When Her Auto Hits Ditch Near Here Mrs. Harry O. Jones, wife of Dr. IH. O. Jones of Berne, escaped serious injuries when a sedan in I which she was riding ran off of j the road into a creek, a mile south of Decatur on state road 27 near the Bert Johnson farm. The ' accident happened at 11:30 o’clock today. Mrs. Jones was coming to Decatur ami was the only occupant of the car. Her automobile skidded on the wet pavement, ran off of the road between a fence and bridge abutment and landed in the stream. Mrs. Jones got out | of the car and was later taken j to her home in Berne. I I She received minor injuries, in- ■ eluding a cut on her forehead. The ' car was only slightly damaged, 1 there being no glass broken. A rear fender was torn off of the car together with a rear wheel. ' and other minor damages.

Extradition Is Honored Lafayette, Sept. 2—(UP)—Extradition papers from Indiana for the return of Samuel Baxter from Albuquerque N. M . to Lafayette, have been honored by the New Mexico governor, it was revealed in a telegram from John Kluth police chief, and Arthur Eversole, Tippecanoe county sheriff. Kluth and Eversole will bring Baxter here immediately for trial on a charge of slaying deputies John Grove and Wallace McClure more than three years ago. Kluth said he learned from Baxter that he had a wife and seven months old baby. Baxter is recovering from a bullet wound inflicted by police when he attempted to escape arrest. —o Return Flight Starts Krasnojark. Siberia. Sept. 2 — (UP) —Amy Johnson, British girl flier, arrived here at 8:1b a M. today on a return flight to England from Japan. She continued her journey after 20 minutes for rest and refueling her plane.

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INVESTIGATION OF ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE Hnnimond Woman Admits Being Robbed of Fortune By Powers USED ANOTHER NAME IN STATE Clarksburg. W. Ya., Sept. 2 <U.R) Questioned tor the second time by police investigating the “Bluebeard" marriage agency activities of j her husband, Harry F. Pow- ■ ers, Mrs. I.nella Strouthers I Powers todav denounced him as a “fiendish wretch" but ! denied knowledge ol his aci tivities notice said. Mrs. Powers, who previously had reiterated her belief in her husband's innocence when he was arrested in connection with killing two women and three children, said today; "1 realize how he betrayed ms, and what a terrible creature he really is. I'm through with him forever. I wouldn't have him out of jail for 100 million dollars." Chief of Police C. A. Duckworth went to her home a»d questioned iter concerning alleged discrepancies between her statement and those of her husband. She denied she knew anything of Powers’ one-man matrimonial bureau. Police unable to understand how Powers carried on his correspondence with scores of women In all parts of the country, without her knowing it, decided to send City Detective Carl Southern. active in the investigation, to question Mrs. Powers again late today. Duckworth intimated that unless satisfactory answers were received the woman might face charges of being an accessory in the slayirigs. A nation wide check of Powers’ activities was continued as police sought what may prove a key to the entire case- his diary. Police are confident Powers ; kept a diary but so far all efforts to locate it have failed. Search for more bodies of possible victims was abandoned temporarily after deputies reporte i that Lymes found on what" was believed a second burial "pin ‘e were those of sheep. The plot of ground near Reynoldsville. was searched closelv and f ' psh digging was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AMBROSE CASE IS INJURED Iron Shot Into Lad’s Hand; Injuries Not Believed Serious Anibirose Gase, 15 yean old son, of Mr. and Mrs Philbert Gase of Route 8 was slightly injured at 7 o'clock Tuesday night when a companion. Jack Holthouse, accidenlly shot a piece of iron the Gase laj was holding in his right hand, shattering bits of the iron into his hand. The mishap occurred in a woods on the Gase farm. The lad was brought to a local physician where the iron was removed from his hand and where it was learned the injuries w. re not serious. The Holthouse lad was practicing marksmanship with the g un . • attempting to hit the iron being ■ held by the Gase boy. when ho accidently shot a part of the iron : too near the lad's hand. H ould Oust Prosecutor Indianapolis, Sept. 2—(UP)—A ' petition demanding remove! from office of R L. Foster, prosecuting attorney for Whitney and Steuben counties, was received by Attorney General James M. Ogden today The petition, bearing pine signa - titres, asked ''lnvestigations aS to II character and acts committed" by . Foster, a resident of Lagrange. I Ogden said he could do nothing • about the matter, and advised com plaints that they must follow customary Impeachment proceedings.