Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1931 — Page 1

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,000 CHILDREN ARE FAIR GUESTS TODAY

■ITS ARE ■ PART OF I ANNUAL FAIR ■xhibits Except '’'ow■sho* I' l * u " By Tonight # BY VISIT W SHOW TEXTS Bis ' i ' ar nl!ls ' an ex ' at leu-'. t.:c<l>: - ■•U, '' .C'ir I-'IV. Bl Fair in<li‘ .‘t-' t bat pe<>Bn- irniiy-r b' 'he theory BLwiinr then --t wares B»)< I■■ th< ‘ ■ nimutiHy. Bvari.-us displays and |Kpar<' lirawine a record of entries and even before lhe tents Bteibins- ■■oniph’tely Brt"' ,i K, K’,.... aiHl K^». n m >t.ry depart- '.. Ml ■ 'liil'Hs will blast tonight. Culinary Show Br- ’ na,b ‘ Kj, ,:i,I K >. : ,-nr t'HlllV. ■#» urti. i“s will be judged ■cc today. ■edic',. w mini's deis being made in the • s ..mi - .••ar. Miss in the work .• lessor '.he bv Mrs. Fred Linn. Mrs. and Mrs C. I). Lew- ■ entries i>e made and Hall today, ns Wednesday ariepP-d Hollowing the Dug of the entries in the dethe e\liii>;t will be open >ublie. wiibb is urged to ■s;!:> fine di-id.iy this year, ■krte number of quilts have ■ wwd in ilm exhibit this ■ :n,| one of tin- largest disof i-amied fruits and vegein recent years will be week. ■wn* »!io li,i,a made entries ■k woman s department are ■to rail for them Saturday, day <>;’ the street fair. ■ Poultry Show Big department of die Free street Fair which is “ th p City Hall building street, promises to be BtTIKr’Kl) o\ PAGE TWO) ■Theft Ring Broken ■mington, Sept. 15.— <U.R>—Six under arrest here today. ■ h >' state police with thefts ■Prous autos Ptdice believBsy were operators of a state■toto theft gang. But the suspects. John Poe ■iGray. live in Indianapolis; ■•tbers. Ray Poore, Darrel B Salters and his ■tadrew, ii VP near B| (>om i nx . Bin near Imre was believed headquarters for the gang. ykn autos were found there, ■Juliretnan reported. They be- ■ !*“* s *°' < ‘ n machines were reB >1 a shop owned by Gray, ■that other alterations were ■*t a workshop found on the M DEBRIS BUG CLEARED U R. epor t s Indicate H Lives Were Lost r Severe Hurricane L’ e 'r^ R ” Sept ' 15 —(By radio L "J ,e<l Press) — Further r 11 streets and wreckage Fes today revealed scores of k a ’"dies and lent strength k, ear that the total deadvin L„ ™ ne horror of last week [ a <'n well above 2,000. l, 1116 Quarters it is believed B " 7 any aa 2,500 residents of hives Honduran capital lost »Ith' u fW the lir,n K- threaten;iu ' Isease and lack of modiIhitlo 8 wa * er an >' common „ was relieved today, • TlNUi© ON PAGE SIX)

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Edsel Ford Is 111 Seal Harbor. Me., Sept. 15.—(U.R) — Edsel B. Ford, son of Henry Ford and president and treasurer of the Ford Motor Company, was recuperating today at his summer home here from a "temporary attack of indigestion” which forced him to leave a train at Newport, Me., yesterday and hire a taxicab to take him the 85 miles bqck here. Ford was taken ill while enroute to Detroit from here. H. F. Brown, the cab driver, did not recognize him and apologized because be didn’t have “anything but a Ford." Ford replied it was good enough for him.

JURORS MEET AGAIN TODAY Werling Killing Takes Up Time of Probers; New Witnesses Called The Adams county grand jury continued its investigation of the Doras Werling killing today and indications are that the probe will continue at least another day. Twenty-five more witnesses from near the scene of the killing were called today and each told certain phases of the tragedy. Prosecutor Nathan ('. Nelson said that an effort was being made to crowd all investigations into a two-week session, but that present indications are it will be impossible to investigate all things to come before the jurors in that time. It is believed that any violations of the law during fair week also will be turned over to the grand jury for immediate investigation. The management of the fair however asserted today that there would be no law violations permitted on the midway and tliat every possible effort was being made to keep the fair clean. The grand jury continued to meet in the sheriff's office at the Court House, because a civil case is being tried before the petit jury in the regular court room. Tomorrow when the special court convenes on the Wabash river drain case, every room on the second floor of the Court House will be utilized.

GANDHI TALKS AT CONFERENCE Gives His Opinions, At Round-Table Conference Today London, Sept. 15.— (U.R) — The Mahatma M. Kern Gandhi, wearing liis loin cloth, addressed the federal structure committee of the round table conference today and offered to withdraw from the negotiations if by so doing he would further tile efforts to reach an agreement on India. Gandhi, seated on a chair by the side of Lord Sankey in the red and gold entree room of the St. James’ palace, spoke 40 minutes. His tones were quiet, deliberate and low, and he spoke without notes. » He said he was participating in the conference "absolutely in the spirit of co-operation" and that he would strive to the utmost to find points of agreement. He assured the government and the committee that he did not de(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — 0 Five Youths Sought Warsaw, Sept. 15 —(U.R> — Five young boys were being sought here today for alleged complicity in gasoline station and store robberies during the past two years. Paul I»wman, and William Jenkins implicated the five others in their confessions, police said. ‘ Arrest of the man who purchased the loot was also expected. o Dry Officer Is Held Warsaw, Sept. 15—(UP) —Loren Relick, 33, Warsaw, former federal phohlbition agent assigned to the detroit river district, was arrested here today on a charge of conspiracy to violate the National prohibition law. The warrant for his arrest was issued in federal court at South Bend. Melick was sought during recent dry raids Ir Kosciusko county.

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Wilko Drenth (left), Dutch immigrant farmer of lowa, learns thqt Harm Drenth. the son he thought dead, is now facing murder charges in Clarksburg, W. Va.. under lhe alias of Harry F. Powers. Apprised of the terrible misdeeds of his offspring. Drenth cried. "Hang’him!” With him is his son-in-law, Evert Schroeder.

BALTES ILL; IS RELEASED Man Held In Jail Is Freed For Time Because of Illness C. A. Baltes, held in jail on two charges of issuing fraudulent checks was released today on his own recognizance by order of Judge D. B. Erwin because of the man’s serious physical condition. It was feared for a time that Baltes was dying this morning and as soon as he was able he was released from the jail until his trial date. The attending physician had fear that Baltes would not recover from the lung ailment with which he is suffering. Baltes was formerly the sub-contractor on the new post office building here. He was released by Anderson and Co., contractors. Tiecause he failed to hire Decatur lal«>r oni the brick-laying. At the time of his release, Baltes is alleged to have stopped payment on some of the labor checks. He already has served one term, being sentenced from city court. When released the man was immediately rearrested on a similar charge file<| in eircuirt court and | was unable to furnish bond. Judge Erwin, on learning of the critical condition of the man, immediately issued a release order. RITCHIE GIVES HIS OPINION Maryland Governor Is Against Federal Utility Ownership Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 15.— (U.R) — (For automatic release) — — Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland today aligned himself with those who oppose governmentownership as the solutioZi of the public utilities problem. Ritchie is arnonjt the more prominent favorite son candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He outlined his views before the Public Utilities section of the American Bar Association in convention here. “Tlie national policy, it seems t»> me.” Ritchie said, “must not be government-ownership. The capitalistic system has its defects, of course—periods of forced unemployment are perhaps the worst—but it has centuries of evolutionary growth back of it, aud under it we have come to .lead the nations of the world in every form of pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 15, 1931.

Glass Show Feature An unusual attraction at the De11 catur Free Street Fair being held I in this city this week, is the glass blowing, which is cjone by Henry j Myers of Kent. Ohio. : • Mr. Myers is an expert glass I blower and even spins glass fabrics by means of a spinning machine operated by electricity. Mr. Myers has placed his concession on South i Second street, in front of the Ford ; Garage. Another of the accomplish- ( nients of the glass blower in VeneI I tian glass work, which is made !j through the process of fusing var‘Hous colors into glass. o ADAMS COUNTY I RESIDENT DIES l . I ) Mrs. Margaret France, 68, Dies At Home of Daughter In Pleasant Mills 1 Mrs. Margaret France, 68, life 1 ; long resident of Adams county, • died at the home of her daughter, ; Mrs. Myrtle Daniels at Pleasant I Mills. Monday night at 7:45 o’clock | (C„ S. T.) of complications. Mrs. France had been ill since last l March and was bedfast the past |l2 weeks. She resided with her I • daughter for the past eight weeks. The deceased was born in Adams county. January 19. 1863. the daughter of Jacolt and Mary Jane I Yager. Her husband, Edwin! France, preceded her in death, January 18, 1926. Surviving is an adopted daughter, Mrs. Daniels at Pleasant Mills; three grandchildren; two sisters. Mrs. S. E. Hite and Mrs. S. E. Shamp of this city and a brother, Charles Yager of Angola. ' Mrs. France was a member the Pythian Sisters lodge of this city and the Baptist church at Pleasant Mills. She spent her entire life iiif and near Pleasant Mills. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock (C.S.T.) at the Baptist church at Pleasant Mills. Rev. 1 Henry Day, pastor, will officiate and Rev. A. B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, will assist. Burial will life in the Decatur Cemetery. Attend Closing Service , Father Julius A. Seimetz and Father Joseph Hennes of this city attended the solemn closing of the . 40 hours devotion, Sunday night at the St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Hessen Cassel, of which Rev. Frid- , olin J. Hasler is pastor. ( Eighteen priests participated in . the impressive services. Rev. Father Seimetz assisted in chanting of the Litany of all saints, and Father Hennes acted as subdeacon.

Harm Drenth, alias Harry F. Powers, as he looked eighteen years ago. The picture was obtained from the aged father of the Bluebeard. The god-fearing old man wan’s justice done —no matter what tlie cost.

EVERETT MAY FACE MURDER Reliable Information Indicates First Degree Murder Charge It was learned from a reliable source at the Court House this morning that the grand jury, now in i session, would return an indictment I Charging Joseph Everett. St. Marys ■ township farmer, with first degree murder. It was pointed out that j with an indictment of that sort, j then a jury could find the man | guilty on any of three counts first degree murder, second degree murder or manslaughter. It is understood that ihe indictment has not been prepared against Everett, and wpuld not be until all evidence was heard. More witnesses in the case are to be called Wednesday, it was learned. Everett is alleged to have shot and killed Doras Wedling 27. following an argument over swimming ! and fishing in the St. Marys river at Pleasant Mills last June 29. Werling had gone to the river with two younger boys and Everett at the time was running his set lines. The argument followed when Everett . | came to shore. Everett surrendered immediately following the shooting and has , been held in the Adams county jail ,: since the incident. o CONDITIONS i ARE SOUGHT — Bankers To Aid President In Canvassing To Find Needs Washington, Sept. 15 —(U.R) — Representatives of the nation's i banking interests canvassed financial and economic conditions today in a meeting with the federal re- , serve board at the treasury. ■ The dozen members of the federal reserve advisory council, , composed of one banker from each federal reserve district, discussed today with the board and Secretary Mellon the problems dealt with in their conference with President Hoover at a White House dinner last night. These included unemployment, i the hoarding of money, the need of expanded credits, particularly to aid agriculture, the concentration of gold in the United Slates and its effect and the possible organization of some agency to cooperate for preventi6n of morti gage foreclosures. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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PROGRAM MADE FOR WEDNESDAY; MANY FEATURES Legionnaires To Share Day With Old Timers; Big Crowd Expected TWO PARADES ARE ARRANGED Wednesday's program for the Decatur Free Street Failwill be crammed full of enjoyable features. The day will he designated as American Legion day, but the exsoldiers will share the program with a number of other cuuallv interesting events. The Legion parade, with all its thrills ami with several visiting drum corps scattered through the line of march will close the day’s program at 9:30 o’clock Wednesday night. All exhibits will be in full swing and a big part of the judging will be completed by Wednesday afternoon. The first feature of the day will be at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning when the horse and mule pulling contests will be held at | Nillick field, east of the Monroe | street bridge. The exhibits will open Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock, and thousands are expected to visit the displays, which are the largest in the history of Decatur Street Fairs. At 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon the preliminary livestock I parade will he held. The Decatur Junior band will lead the parade and following it the band will play down the midway, featuring the various shows and free acts. The three free acts on the first half of the week's program will be presented twice Wednesday. The time schedule is: 3 o’clock (afternoon) a"hd 8:30 (night) Rndke Sisters, corner Second and Jackson streets. 4 o'clock (afternoon) and 10 o’clock (night). Friscoe Seals, corner Second and Jefferson streets. 5 o'clock (afternoon) and 11 <CONfINUED ON PAGE SIX» o FORMER LOCAL LADY WOUNDED Eva Dorwin, Lafayette Teacher Is Found With Wound Below Heart Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 15.—Miss Eva Dorwin, 45 years old. a school teacher in the West Lafayette grade school for the last twenty years, was taken to the local hospital in a critical condition late yesterday with a Pullet wound below the heart. 11l health for a number of years and witli family and school worries are believed to have caused the teacher to attempt suicide, but authorities are investigating a possible murder theory. The bullet was fir'd at close range. The condition of the woman has made it impossible for doctors to find where the bullet is lodged. Miss Dorwin left the home of friends in a taxi and a short time later the city ambulance was called to the home of her father, C. T. Dorwin, where, the partially nude body of the teacher was found. A .22 caliber pistol lay near the body, but the wound seemed too large for such a small size weapon. Miss Dorwin formerly lived 111 Decatur und visited here last July at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. o Probe Forged Checks Indianapolis, Sept. 15.—<U.R) —The federal grand jury here today continued Its investigation of alleged forgeries of government checks payable to war veterans. Testimony of secret service operatives and special witnesses was heard. The jury was told of instances In which relatives of veterans had applied for the loans aud forged names of veterans to the checks. An Anderson veteran said his former wife had received and spent his entire loan check. Ernest E. Volmer, Vincennes, is foreman of the jury.

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John Held Divorced Cuernavaca, Mexico, Sept. 15.— ! (U.R) —John Held, Jr., American cartoonist, famous for his depiction of the flapper and the postwar jazz age, was divorced by Mrs. Ada Johnson Held August 19, it was learned today. The Helds were married in 1918 I whei} the artist was in the navy and Mrs. Held was in the ambulance service. They have three children. ENGLAND MAY HAVE GENERAL ELECTION SOON Labor Newspaper Says Election Will Come In Month’s Time ISSUE TO BE TARIFF ONLY London, Sept. 15.—(U.R) —A general election on a straight tariff issue, possibly within a month, was forecast today by the Laborite Daily Herald. The Herald said the Conservatives were preparing for a "tariff (election” with polling day in OctoIber, possibly Oct. 15, and that tlfe party was planning to force the dissolution of parliament next week. Proponents of a tariff program to overcome an adverse trade balance envisaged the resignation of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CLARK FUNK‘S HORSES WIN Farm Mares Awarded First Prize In Less Than 3,000 Contest Clark Funk’s team of farm mares won first prize in the horse and ■inle pulling contest staged at Niblick field, east of Decatur this morning. The contest was for teams weighing less than 3.000 pounds. His team, weighing 2,930 pounds pulled the dynamometer the required distance of 27 and one halt feet with the machine set at 2.500 pounds, equivalent to a load of 32, 460 pounds on brick pavement. His team was only one of six teams entered in the contest to successfully complete the test. Four teams entered the third and final round of the contest. The first load was equivalent to 23.360 pounds, the second 28.698 pounds and the third 32,360 pounds. Dan Lehman of Berne who won first prize in 1929 and 1930 won second place in the contest today. His team weighed 2950 pounds and pulled the dynamometer 23 feet four inches. Third prize was won by Chalmer Brodbeck whose team pulled the dynamometer a distance of seven feet, three inches. The team was driven by John Durbin and weighed 2.480 pounds. Fourth prize was won by Elmer Beer, his team making a pull of three feet, two inches. The team weighed 2.900 pounds. First prize was S4O, second S3O; • third S2O; fourth $lO. Other teams which were entered and completed ' the first round belonged to Marvin Haines and Harold Martin. The contest was supervised by G. O. Hill and F. M. Daugherty of Purdue university extension department. The contest for teams weighing (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o : Will Abandon Plans — New York, Sept. 15—(U.R) —Miss Ruth Nichols, who was injured in a crack-up at St. John, N. B. this summer on an attempt at a transAtlantic flight, lias abandoned her , plan of flying the ocean this year, . it was learned today. I The imminent end of favorable ! flying weather over the Atlantic . was given as the reason for the , change of plans. —o Lightning Hits Do-X I New York. Sept. 15-XU.R)—The . DO-X, giant German seaplane landbound at Glenn Curtiss air- ’. port. North Beach, while its motors I are being overhauled, was struck i Ity lightning late yesterday but was undamaged.

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PARADE OPENS 1931 EDITION OF STREET FAIR Free Tickets Add Joy To Children’s Day At Big Carnival EXHIBITS ARE BIG FEATURE “Kiddies” ruled the midway today tts the 1931 Decatur Free Street Fair opened formally at 2 o'clock with the annual children's parade. An unusually large first dav crowd was on hand al 2 o'clock this afternoon when (he Decatur .Junior band led the parade down the midway, followed by 1,000 school children. Free tickets for the varicuz rides on the midway were given to each child marching in the parade. The tickets were given l>y the American Legion and J. E. Gooding. owner of the rides, and prominent in the carnival world. Each participant in the parade also received a ticket, good for an icecream cone or sandwich, presented by Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Rides started operating about 2:30 o’clock; stands and concessions opened and show’s got underway a little later. Forecasting from the opening afternoon, record crowds are anticipated and contrary to the opinion of many, visitors were spending money and visiting the rides and shows. All exhibits were open this afternoon and hundreds of children I and adults visited the tents and buildings, inspecting the displays. More exhibits will arrive this evening, superintendents astated this afternoon. The free acts started at 3 o’clock and the greatest array of free shows ever in Decatur was opened. There will be a complete change of program Thursday, Paul H. Graham, general chairman said today. Many visitors stated that _this (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o OCEAN PLANE IS PAST DUE Portugal to America Plane Fails To Arrive At New York New York, Sept. 15—(UP) —A Junkers monoplane manned by Willy Rody, Christian Johannsen and Fernado Costa Viega, attempting a nonstop flight to New York from Lisbon, Portugal, was several hours overdue at 7 a. m. It was feared the ship might have been forced down in the fog off tire American coast. The monoplane, christened the ’’Esa” in honor of the youthful Rody’s bride, carried gasoline sufficient for a 45 hour fight. It left Portugal at 4:30 A. M., New York time. Sunday morning. Since its departure, the monoplane has been sighted only twice, first at the Azores, and again at 2:40 P. M. yesterday, 395 miles (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o G. A. R. STARTS NATIONAL MEET Veterans Talk Over Old Times At Des Moines Session Des Moines, Ia„ Sept. 15.-—(U.R) — A remnant of the Grand Army of the Republic reminisced proudly of younger, sturdier times at the annual national encampment today. The uniforms of faded blue hung a bit more loosely from the stooped bodies of the 1,200 veterans of the 60’s who met to signalize another year of victory against the ravages of time.’ The 1,200 are almost a tenth of all who remain of the I nearly 500,000 wariors who once filled the G. A. R.’s ranks. The average age of those remain(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)