Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1931 — Page 1

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■monstrances ■HIINST TAX | LEK FILED ■ I Mlr.l \nd Hit:h"ay Re■ir|'un<!> \nd HartK l( | Mentioned ■o PETITIONS B ARE I’KESENTED B a A :lins < tal I mid and the I hi-li'A n r- p.iir I mill; | A |) \ Humph'. and -1 other tax-1 ■ 'iiist the civil! It'" Hid tile school q.. i . | h ,, c ,mnty signrennins' ■ "t any apeither provided the state .. v ... ..f t lie A.I M • ■ \ssocia--train . < - Harlow today. ( ,>ui.i fund levy |Hp. . on the linnI.v county conncents under county high- ’ <ut from 25 ■ he hundred rat-rs A against . ■ .1 in Ilartford rural routes. p ■ ■ the fetter \ed .■•, dollars, an the ■in >•(!. ■ The school ' - t . \l year •- 1 and 2t* loud and 7» cents ' : This is an in- ■' of 1? the 1930 ■fie- remonstrances ■iTIXTKIi ..\ PAGE THREE) Bn Wav up Post Wins Bruit. So;.. .a (VPt p o rt *l' I'. "tl fifth, in the conh-st nt the Vmerican l,e- ■ ' y.-sterdas Mil p , 1 ’: won first. The ■>" Fort Wayne !i 1 '•■'? but th** figures Tn*h< <kt tl titer thp Milwau IB'L 'I -•!• protested. ■ Gang Ride Fails ■ ' 24 tl’Pi a gang «’<‘iit .wry in a shower of in.in two captors and the predawn dusk. I>rovblack sedan of ■" ,; i rides was parked p iiiili ]st|| a nd south Wa1 A'" l a few blocks from ■ li.r.-l where Searface Al" mill hos hj s time. a three men emerge B nt building. ghey ip,, middle one strugthe _ asp of the other two. ■MIE GEPHART IDIES TUESDAY ■ mt .' r Adams County Expires At || Home In Garrett ■ rs Mamie Cowan-Gephart of former Adams County rest*lif‘d at her home in Garrett ■ ■' pt.-mi,er 22,according to received here. ■ r * Gephart was horn in Adams the daughter of Mr. and H am ” s ( '<>wan. She remained in ■ until her marriage, B Bhe moved to Garrett. K'' ® o,hp r. Mrs. James Cowan. ■ tllSPt!lPr wf th a large num■ni rHla, ' VPS 1,1 ttlla coun tyB ’“ml services will be helll afternoon at 2 o'clock (DSTI ■ “ Mp ilmdist Church in Garrett will be made in the cemW' north Os Garrett.

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Vol. XXIX. No. 226.

i MERCHANTS TO MEET I All members of Decatur Chamber of Commerce are requested to meet at the Chamber of Commence rooms in the i Peoples I. >an and Trust Co. building tonight at 7:30 o'clock. I The meeting is an important | one and every member is urged to attend. MEN'S CONGRESS TO BE SUNDAY Berne Reformed Church To Be Host To Members of Fort Wayne District The seventh annual Men's ConI gress of the Reformed churches in the Port Wayne district will be held in the Cross Reformed church at Berne, next Sunday, September 27. There will be two sessions, one in the morning at 10 o'clock and another in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. Both sessions will begin on central standard time. The speakers for the congress are Dr. Ernest N. Evans, executive secretary of the Federation of Churches of Indianapolis and Dr. E. G. Homrighausen. also of Indianapolis, pastor of Carrollton Avenue church | and the newely-elected president of I the Mid-West Synod. The Community Male Chorus of Berne, which recently won first place in the Chicagoland Music Festival will furnish special music in the morning and the Orphan Home Band and orchestra in the afternoon. This meeting is for all the meh and young men of the church and it is hoped that all the men of the local ghurch will plan to go. There will be no worship services at the local Reformed church. Sunday School will begin at 8:30 o'clock (central time) and dismiss at 9:30 so that all may arrive at CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! GIANT AIRSHIP “IS AIRWORTHY” U. S. S. Akron Succeeds On Maiden Voyage Os Wednesday At Akron Akron, 0.. Sept. 24 — <U.R> -The If. S. S. Akron, unanimously acclaimed “airworthy” after a ful maiden voyage, was made ready for further tests today to prove its right to become the flagship of America's lighter-than-air fleet. Expressing himself as "satisfied" with the first flight, Lieut. Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, skipper of the giant airship, was to confer with the naval board of inspection and survey on the date and route for the second trial trip aloft. He indicated the "test” would be made either tomorrow or Saturday. "The Akron lifted a load of 113 men. Fhe largest number ever car- ■ ried in an airship, on its'first flight," the skipper said. “We cruised for ' three hours and 47 minutes, and are well satisfied with the performance ■ of the ship. The ZRS-4 is an innovation in airship design and construction. but there is every reason to believe this type of ship will be a successful one.” Secretary of Navy .Adams, who ICONTIVCEIi ON “AGE TWO Attorney Is Arrested Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 24—<U.R) — Cliarges of counterfeiting were fil- ■ ed today against George S. Rainey. 45, Lafayette attorney and Nickel Plate railroad telegraph operator. Rainey was arrested last night by federal operatives and laifayette f police. Bond was set at $3,000 in ■ the court of IT. S. Commissioner '■ Morris R. Parks. > Authorities said Rainey turned over to them more than 12 plates ’ used in printing false $5 bank 1 notes, a printing press and printing i supplies. . Rainey would split a bank note, making two faces from a single • bill, authorities said. The two legal • faces then were pasted to a false bill. The finished note was genuI ine on one side and false on the ) other. I Rainey admitted passing 20 of - the counterfeit bills in Lafayette, police said.

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The U. S. S. Akron Off for Test Flight ...w. I ■ I n ap ». -w. . x : Sk ■■■ . ir r. * Photp shows the V. S. S. Akron just after leaving the mooring mast and starting on her maiden flight. A crowd of 125.000 spectators were on hand at the Akron airport to witness the flight.

RUSSIA WILL I PROTECT ROADS Soviet Government May Enter Chinese-Jap Controversy To Protect Mukden, Manchuria, Sept. 24 (UP)—Japanese control of Chinese rail heads in Manchuria and occupation of the South Manchuia railroad zone today brought the possibility of Soviet action to protect Russia's railroad interests. Capture of Ttmhiia by Japanese without serious resistance completed control of Chinese rail heads. Japan and Russia were believed being drawn together, before the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, by the growing threat of all-Chinese railways. Three Russo-Japanese railway conferences were scheduled for this I fall at which it was hoped to settle rate disputes and liquidate the struggle to divert shipments from the Japanese port of Airen to the Soviet port of Vladivostock. Two of the conferences will involve the Chinese Eastern railway, theoretically controlled jointly by the Soviets and China but actually dominated by Russia since the "little (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Rally Is Announced The annual Rally Day and Home Coming of the Mt. Pleasant church will be held Sunday, October 4. at the church. Special music will be furnished by the John Singleton ' family of Albion, and well known speakers will be present. A Iwsket dinner will be served at the noon ' hour at the schoolhouse. TWO HELD IN PIRATE MURDER Widow To Attempt To Identify Men Answering Descriptions ' Mineola, L. 1., Sept. 24.— (U.R) — The attractive red-haired widow of Long Island Sound's “pirate” murder victim was expected to view here today two men believed to fit descriptions she gave of the "pirates" who killed her husband, attacked her. and abandoned her ■ baby on the yacht Penguin. 1 The two men are in Mineola police station here, not under arrest. ! but resting in cells "voluntarily of their own accord" until Mrs. Lil--1 lian Collings, the widow, attempts to identify them. Just outside the door of their cell a jailer rested 1 during the early morning hours. ’ One of the two men is Timothy 1 Quinn, released earlier in the morns ing by authorities after District Attorney Alexander Blue of Suffolk ■ county questioned him, and in a terse statement said Quinn would 1 not be detained. Quinn apparently had convinced ' Blue he was not the man sought in “ connection with the murder mystery. Blue led reporters and court ' hangers on to believe Quinn was (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 24, 1931.

Banker Ends Life; Records Are Examined Logansport Ind., Sept. 24 —(UP) 11 State bank examiner scanned records of the Logansport Loan and Trust bank today seeking a possible motive for the suicide of its president. George E. Hilton. 50. The I bank will be closed until Monday pending completion of the examination it was announced. Milton's body was found in his ■ auto near the city. One bullet had . penetrated his head, there was an I exploded cartridge in the revolver - which lay near the body. Hilton had i disappeared shortly after conferring with examiners earlier yester- , day. B. F Long, attorney for the $2,-i OOO.Otm bank, said examiners had re ported to him that thus far their I investigation had revealed no irre- , i gularities. PHIDELTSSET DATES FOR PLAY 1 , ’I ’ Local Fraternity Will Give Home-Talent Show Here Oct. 15-16 ' • Arangements were completed this week between the local chapter of ■ the Phi Deita Kappa fraternity and I A. H. Schurr. representing Intenl national Productions of Groton. N. i Y. whereby the Phi Delts will present the scintillating musical farce, t "Why Not" at the Catholic auditort ium. Thursday and Friday evenings B October 15 and 16. 1 This melodious and laugh provok--1 ing musical comedy is not a home * talent, but a real amateur theatri--1 cal professionally produced. "Why Not” is in three acts and will sea- ■ ture a large cast of Decatur's very I best talent in a wealth of gorgeous silk, satin, velvet, georgette, and taffeta costumes. The production j is embellished in beautiful settings. | "Why Not" is a happy youthful romance with just enough plot, col or, mystery and comedy to make it the event of any season. .■ o ——————— Three Narrowly Escape Two Ohio men and a boy narrowly escaped injuries Tuesday ass ternoon at 4:30 o'clock when a car in which they weye riding ran into r a telephone pole, just this side of ’ the Pennsylvania railroad crossing, north of Monmouth. The men were talking and failed to see the train r which was approaching from the north. They swerved the car into the telephone pole in time to es- ' cape being hit. f The boy was only slightly injur- ! ed, but the car was badly damaged. M Mrs. Calvin Kunkel, who resides near the scene of the accident, was I a witness. y i- BULLETIN tk The state board of tax com:1 missioners late this afternoon II approved the bonds for the (1 resurfacing of Second street nJ and other streets in this city, j. Approval which will be formt 'ally sent to the county auditor s | soon reached here by a telephone call from Senator Thur;man Gottschalk.

FIRE DAMAGES FARM PROPERTY — Barn, Clover, Horses Destroyed In $4,000 Blaze Near Here Fire, which destroyed a barn and a quantity of personal property, did damage estimated at $4,000 at the farm of the Jesse Stoneburner heirs, southwest of Peterson early this morning. Origin of the fire is unknown lint it is believed that spontaneous combustion was the ' cause. The property is farmed by O. V. Dilling and Victoria Stoneburner and her sister reside at the place. The fire was discovered by Victoria. Stoneburner at 2 o’clock this morn-1 ing. About 300 people gathered at the I farm and aided in getting the flames I under control. Besides the ham. 30 ton pt soy bean hay; 10 ton of clover hay; tool shed; two straw stacks and two horses were destroyed. The loss is only partly covered by insurance, according to the owners. More than an hour elapsed before control was gained of the flames. For a time the blaze was so hot that volunteer fire fighters were unable to get within range of the fire. o Elzey Girl Struck Phyllis Jean, four year old I daughter of Mrs. Vilas Elzey was struck by a machine driven by Robert Frisinger at the corner of Nuttman avenue and .Seventh street Wednesday evening. The child escaped serious injuries but was badly bruised. STATE TAX RATE IS UNCHANGED I 29-Cent Rate Set After Stormy Session; More Funds Are Needed Indianapolis. Sept. 24.—(U.R)—• • Indiana's tax rate for next year i will be 29 cents, the same as fori ' this year, it was decided by the 1 , state tax board. ■ Hopes for a reduction collapsed i as Philip Zoercher, member of the . board, announced that, even with > the 29 cent levy, supplementary funds would be required. An "economy program" submitted by Floyd E. Williamson, auditor on behalf of Governor Leslie, was rei jected by the board. , As a means of obtaining additional funds Zoercher proposed that the board collect $2,000,000 from the highway commission as a refund for money used from inheritance tax collections in 1923, • 1924 and 1925. William P. Cosl grove, deputy state auditor. Arthur > Sapp, of the highway commission, j and Zoercher, were named a committee to work out a method for • obtaining this money. It was pro- ' posed that the commission refrain r from taking the $2,000,000 from the ■ general fund, where its funds are (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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LEADERS STUDY REACTIONS OF WAGE GUTTING Administration II op e s Cuts May Stabaliz.e Basic Industries MANY FEAR GENERAL CUT Washington. Sept. 21 <U.R) Administration officials regard the wave of wage cuts just announced in the steel' and other industries as de- ■ nlorahle in their individual hardships but thev hone some t comnensating benefits will v result to heln the general t business situation. I Organized labor, however, is far , less resigned. President William Green of the American Federation , of Labor issued a bristling state- j ment declaring the wage reduc- j tions "indefensible,” proposing e that the tariff protection Ike taken , from the steel industry in retalia- a (ion. and throwing some pointed a barbs at the huge salaries and : stock dividends which have been spooned out to higher executives , and stockholders. t Green indicated bitterness tha* ( the workers, excluded from the t melon-cuttings in times of prosper- j ity. are being asked to sacrifice < ten per cent of their wages in time j of adversity. ( Railroad labor loaders are watching the situation uneasily because 1 they are the next big group ' which might be hit. The interstate commerce commission is completing hearings on the railroads’ application for a flat 15 per cent freight rate increase. Though officially denied as the intention of the roads, it is persistently re I ported that if the roads do not get higher rates they will have to pay lower wages. I The whole wage situation, which j (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT l t OBJECTION IN CASE IS FILED j Attorney Lutz Says Evidence Is Repeated; Recess Is Taken When court opened at the K. of 1 IP. home this morning where 1 Special Judge Henry Kister is hearing the Wabash river drain 1 case. Attorney Lutz, representing the general remonstrators offered objections in writing to the burdening of the record by the repition of evidence. The attorneys for petitioners asked “time out" to discuss plans, reportii\g back at 11:30 with the announcement that they desired to cooperate with the court that the record not lie made any larger than necessary. The court indicated that while he believed the petitioners had a right to introduce the same evidence from each of the four counties as to records I and reports, it was unnecessary and it was finally agreed that the original papers filed in Adams county together with the report of the joint drainage commission should be offered, this covering the identical records from other counties. Mr. Whitaker for the petitioners withdrew the offerings made yes(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Orr Receives Apology Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 24—(U.R) —William V. Payne, superintendent of Monroe county schools, was satisfied today with the method by which state aid funds are handled by Hwrence F. Orr. chief of the state board of accounts, and apologized for former criticism. ! Payne, w-lio figured in a contro- ( versy with Orr over state aid. said he was "sorry this difference arose beween Orr and myself." “T checked some of my own claims, . and found that they brought the same results as obtained by Orr's system,” he said. “This method . is correct and every school corporI ntion will get all that is honestly t ' due it." , j Payne said he believed school , corporations "would not fare so badly and receive more than was at first reported.”

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Judge In Drain Case By , 1 - Attorney Henry Kister of Princeton, Indiana. Gibson county, who was appointed by Governor Leslie to act as special judge in the Wa-| bash river drain case now pending, in the Adams circuit court. |( Mr. Kister was selected in recog- ( nition of his ability and long ex- 1 ( perience in drainage matters, be- . ing well known as a drainage lawy-j, er, having been connected with'] many large projects in Gibson and I ( adjoining counties and witli drain- t age litigation in Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas and Illinois. |, Mr. Kister is a member of one j of the oldest families in the south-', ern part of the state, has lived in' ] Gibson county all his life and prac-l tised law there the past thirty jj years. He graduated from the In- L dianapolis Law School in 1900. The I judge is married and has two chil-! dren, a son and daughter. | ’ WEBB ELECTED - ! TO HEAD GROUP County Principals And Superintendents Meet At Monroe Wednesday E. M. Webb, superintendent oi l the Berne schools was elected president of the Principals and Superin-' tendents < lul> of Adams county at the first meeting of the year held, at Monroe high school Wednesday' night. Miss Caroline I. Hirschy of Berne was elected vice-president. John R. Parrish of Decatur was | named secretary of the club. Miss I Eva Acker, retiring vice-president I of the club presided at the meeting I until the new officers were elected. A musical program was given by pnpT.s of Monroe high school under the direction of Miss Christener, supervisor of music in Monroe I township. Principal Lloyd Heller! of Milton. Indiana, delivered the | chief address of the meeting. Plans then were completed for the year and the next meeting will be held at Geneva October 14. Almost every eligible member attended. o Club Leaders Meet Twenty-six women, leaders of the Home Economics Clubs of Adams County, attended the fourth nutrition lesson presented by Miss Aneta I Beadle state nutritionist from Pur-1 due University, today. The lesson | was presented in the Home Economics Department of Decatur high school. The ladies were entertained at dinner, today noon, at the Rice Hotel by W. A. Klepper, of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. The afternoon meeting was belli in the Masonic Hall, where the ladies were given instructions concerning a pageant j they will present in the near future. Two Sentenced To Die Denver. Colo., Sept. 24 —(UP) — Albert Carlson, 21, and William Piskoty, 23, both of Gary, Ind., today were under sentence of death for the slaying of a Denver policeman. On the morning of August 31 patrolman William Keating caught them as they attempted to rob a safe in a local garage. Keating was escorting the pair to a police call box to summons a police patrol when Carlson suddenly produced a gun and shot the patrolman. Mortally wounded, Keating returned the fire, but his shots went wild. Carlson fired a second time and struck the officer in the foot. Even before their victim had died the two were under arrest, captured in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A.

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VOTE IS 1,008 TO 394;80NUS DEMAND KILLED Indiana V otes For Bonus 40-1; Congress To Be Petitioned CONVENTION NEARING END BULLETIN Detroit, Mich., Sept. 24.—(U.R) Henry L. Stevens, Marsaw, N. C., today was elected national commander of the American Legion by acclamation after the first ballot. Detroit. Mich., Sept. 24.— (U.R) — The American Legion convention today went on record on two momentous national issues, voting for a nationwide referendum on prohibition and killing a move for cash bonus payment to World War veterans. Amid cheers, the veterans adopted, 1,008 to 394 a resolution calling upon congress to provide a referendum on repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment. The "dry belt” delegates, largely opposed the resolution but its backers overwhelmed them. Having adopted this measure, the Legioiihaires turned to the bonus question. On this, they heed led President Hoover's stern warning against piling up new governI mental costs and by a vote of 902 |to 507 killeil the proposal. The Indiana vote was 40 for the proposal I and one against the proposal. — | Detroit, Sept. 24. (U.R)— Ready to (plunge into the important prohibition and bonus debates at once, the American Legion convened this morning and shortly after took a I short recess w hen neither the reso.CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) HYDE PLANS INVESTIGATION Will Ascertain Affect Os Prohibition, If Any On Farmers Washington. Sept. 24 (UP) — ■ Secreary of Aerieulture Arthur M. I Hyde, it was learned from him to- ! day, soon will undertake an investigation of the economic aspects witli regard to agriculture of proposals to permit manufacture of beer. Hyde said lie had received numerous inquiries concerning the possible effect on farmers of resumption of pre-probibition production of hops and barley, lie said his inquiry would be directed toward determining how many farmers would be thus employed if the prohibition act should be modified. "I am undertaking it purely as a personal matter,” he said. Tlie information was obtained | from Hyde after he had called at. the White House upon another matter. Apparently mindful of the speculation causeil when a White House (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) MCNABB RULES ON ADAMS CASE Fort Wayne Bootlegger Must Stand Separate Trials, Rule Fort Wayne. Sept. 24 'U.R) George Adams must face separate trials on charge of murdering John I. Wilson and Walter M. Gilbert when the officers sought to arrest him recently on a liquor 1 charge, Judge Clarence R. McNabb 1 of Allen circuit court ruled today. Attorneys for Adams sought to 1 have the trials consolidated. ' Adams will be tried on September 28 on both first and second degree murder charges, for the 1 Wilson slaying, and in event the ‘ state is not satisfied with the • judgment nt this trial, he will be 1 (ried later for Gilbert's death. I The charge for Gilbert’s slaying, Is second degree murder.