Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1931 — Page 5

r<JISL»TORS I draft plank m i* i- a " :,^vrs thMMonsider I Per Cent. , ••“'W Beer Proposals ’~^^B f wark. *’ ■' • Sept - 28 <U - R>— legislators from this state <»Od^Kt.’mret Ixv today to draft 41 at :> .. reported >■> he a 4 per cent legislation as a federal , measure. .■“ V ar>' no-tins at ,h< * tnvita-i ■ . -, I-.i.x- Bach-j M ' S ' of Atlatitn City, ranking „f the house ways and I committee. attend the witch ” liarach adniitt-| had .alle.l hut whose pur-! he refused to divulge, were psidii W Morrow. SenHanitlt, '■ '■ Kean, and all Re-'"!'.cn>-onten from this l(P(^R«tl' ara ' ' ■ s ‘ n:l, " r Janies J. j p. : and Vice Curtis conferred last! on '!>• popularity of 4 per beer as a campaign issue. ' » ’its senatorial seat |] ■-■ " credited • cut stand on the wet n K dn !ss ,i. j n which he aligned with the wets. mind, politl- - |K, :-lay a move to provide the! . pc-., with a beer cam i . that would serve a _ pii:-;o —. please the wet < k /"..in adtninistra,'eri^BK ' ' ‘ removing the of a tax increase. ■o\ HINDENBURG ■ GREETS ENVOYS: doH LAVAL CHEERED PHOM PAGE ONE) ■Bl's..: i- ■■: police guarded the railway station! a.i; ■■ • -'nets before the ”t statesman I-!--- i-.-i mbled to greet anti l.aval despite the fact i about S h < a. tn. Sunday, wars" were, as crowd cheered the 1

I a YES—M€CHAAO COAL (Washed or Dry Cleaned) Will be offered in Decatur tlisfrief this year. VERY nBBf LOW PRlCE—high heat a 1/ real sensation. Many of your U local coal dealers will ann nounce this new low priced I net in this paper on Oct. 5. A WAIT FOR THIS FUEL W BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY!

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The latest theatre of war finds its apex at the ancient capital city of Manchuria, Mukden, which has been taken by force and is held by Japanese troops. Warfare between China and Japan in Manchuria, long a sore spot, flamed forth over dynamiting of a bridge on the Chinese Eastern Railway, an attack on Japanese railway guards, for both of which outrages Chinese soldiers are blamed, i and the execution hv China of a Japanese officer

j Laval received an ovation as they passed to their hotel. Laval appeared on a balcony at the Adlon Hotel and was greeted i by a new roar of cheering. The I only demonstration of hospitality, came from an unidentified German I In the crowd who shouted "down j with Briand!" Three policemen! | seized him before he could shout i anything else, escorted him to the! next corner, and told to leave the I neighborhood. Laval told the Press he would I suggest to the German government the establishment of a Franco-Ger-man commission to investigate the ! economic probems of both coun-! • tries. Lamb Found Swimming In Sea j Duncanhay Head. Caithness. Scot-1 i land.— (U.R) —Members of a coast-! 1 ing steamer crew found a lamb 4 swimming 15 miles out at sea. The .

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fas a spy. In addition to the assault on Mukden, another Japanese force landed at Tsingtao on the south coast of the Shantung peninsula. Photo shows Nippon troops marching into Mukden through rn? reat Kate °f city on a previous clash with China. Map depicts the area of fighting. Colonel and Mrs. Charles E. Lindbergh, in landing at Nanking, are more than five hundred miles from the scene of militarv operations.

lamb was one of a flock that was being shipped from Scalloway, Shetland Islands, to Aberdeen and ’ had jumped off a steamer. It had i been swimming in the open sea for ■ several hours when picked up. New Discord Noted Springfield. 111., Sept. 28.—(U.R) ! Discord within the ranks of organ- . ized miners’ unions appeared to ! have been renewed today with the I declaration by President John. H. I Walker of the Illinois district union ! that President John L. Lewis of j the United Mine Workers of America, was seeking to usurp authority of state officers. Walker’s charge was made in the Illinois Miner, official publicaI tion of the Illinois union which is I said to be the richest coal miners' union in the country. He was quotled as saying he planned to carry I his fight against tq the floor of a state convention which will i convene here a week from tomor- ; row. o Creek Retards Save Fish For Izaak Waltons Star, Neb.. —(UP) —Flood waters of Steel creek uo longer destroy the good fishing grounds. Retards anchored to trees along | the creek bed, are used by the fish as a place of refuge when the creek goes on a rampage, washing fences and al! obstructions away, experiment and have proved satis- I Retards were installed as an experiment and have proved satisfactory.

YOUNG KILLER ENTERS PLEA Perry Swank Pleads Not Guilty; Insanity May Be Defense | Crown Point Sept. 28 — (UP) — i . Perry Swank, surely confessed boy fi killer, pleaded not guilty today to a .! charge of murdering Eugene Duck- ‘ worth, 70, Creston, Indiana filling | station attendant. i ■ The 5-year-old boy entered his , plea before Judge Marcus L. Smith , whom he had characterized as a ‘"tough guy that I'm afraid of." in I Lake county criminal court. Previously Perry had said he would ■ ■ plead guilty of the slaying which he 1 has said followed robbery of $45 from Duckworth, $44 of which he i gave to Alma Ixtng. young unwed , mother, and $1 which he dropped in I a church collection plate. | Trial was set for October 12 befor Judge Smith attorney John Halier of Chicago, representing the boy ' indicated an insanity defense. Prosecutor George Estill, who had announced he would seek imprisonment if the boy pleaded guilty, said he probably would ask the death penalty. POSEPH SIPE DIES SUDDENLY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i Merriman and, Chancey Sipe of | Blue Creek township: Mrs. Jeff . Snyder of Muncie, and Mrs. Frank Brewster of Berne. A daughter, a ; in death. ' son, and 4 brothers preceded hintl He was a member of the Evan- j gelical church at Berne. Funeral I arrangements have not been com-j I pleted. i FOSTER CHARGE WILL BE PROBED | CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE) Foster from office, citizens charged that he had accepted bribes from | bootleggers. Both petitions were . I filed with attorney general James M. Ogdon who informed the petitioners that the matter was not I within his jurisdiction. SIMMONS TRIAL STARTS TODAY I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) state. He Indicated that the state may ask the death penalty. The question was raised, however, as to whether such a penalty could be enforced against a woman, since the death chair is at Michigan City prison and women pris- ■ oners are sent to the women’s | prison In Indianapolis. Seven'yt-five prospective JuryI men reported today and an equal J number had been ordered by Judge John W. Hornaday, who is presiding, to be available on call. Former Lake County Banker Pleads Guilty Crown Point, Ind , Sept. 28—(U.R) —Paul Liplnsky. fomer president of the Northern Trust and Savings Bunk of Hammond which failed last summer, pleaded guilty today in Lake county criminal court to making unauthorized loans and personal overdrafts of $15,000. He was sentenced by Judge Marcus L. Smith Io two years in state prison and fined $30,000. Liplnsky said he would not appeal.

MEMORIAL WAR FLAMES AGAIN Limestone Supporters Take Steps To Halt Vincennes Project Washington, Sept. 28 —(U.R) Rep. Wood. Repn., Ind., said todav he would bring before the federal memorial commission meeting here the question of using Indiana limestone instead of granite in the George Rogersr Clarke Memorial at Vincennes, Ind. The meeting was postponed until this afternoon because of the funeral of Mrs. Everett Sanders, one-time secretary to President Cooledge, is a former representative from Indiana. Senator Fess, Repn., 0., chairman of the commission said he would permit discu-|sion of the material question but would not permit a vote on it. He said contracts have been signed for use of Vermont granite. It has been asserted that the A ermont contractor would use Canadian granite but a special committee headed by Luther E. Smith has prepared for the commission a report that domestic granite will be supplied by the contractor. Fess has been a strrong advocate of the use of granite. o STEVENS SAYS CHARGES ARE “UNDIGNIFIED” ' (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) been drunkenness among the Le- | gion men at the convention and he . I expressed the opinion tha(*the vote did not reflect the views of the entire Legion membership. “I wish everyone could have been there in the committees and on the floor," Stevens continued. "He would have seen a very sober bunch of men working night and day on the Legion problems. “I think Dr. Wilson could have been more dignified and more accurate in his statements.” Referring to Wilson s attack on' the convention, Stevens said he would make an effort to set an example for dignity for Dr. Wilson by refraining from further comment. , Stevens said he did not discuss business with Mr. Hoover, but merely came to repay the President's call upon the Legion at Detroit and to invite him to sjieak ez <Z> * Our value to this esteemed community is what we make it with better ideals in service. W. H. Zwick & Son FUNERAL DIRECTORS Mrs. Zwick, Attendant Funeral Home Ambulance Service 514 N. Second Tel. 303 and 61

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at the Legion Armistice Day meeting here Nov. 11. Stevens said he would go from here to his home, W arsaw, N. C., where a homecoming celebration has been arranged for him. Washington, Sept. 28. — <U,R) — t Prohibitionists today announced a • campaign to consolidate dry sentiment within the American Legton land labor, legal and medical or--1 ganizations which voted for a Change in the liquor laws. The campaign was outlined by Ernest H. Cherrington, chairman ’ of the board of strategy of the conference of organizations supporting the 18th amendment. Cherrington asserted the Legion's vote for a referendum on prohibition was not representative of the , views of the bulk of its member- ' ship, but was an expression of its — ——‘

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leaders’ opinion. "The great body of these ex-sold-iers who have not found opportunity for expression through their organization will be reached by special endeavors to be made by those organizations which are fighting today’s battle against alcoholism and against the liquor enemies of the constitution," Cherrington said. “Special campaigns will also be directed toward the hundreds of thousands of members of local labor unions whose support of this national policy is being ignored by professional labor leaders who assume the right to speak for the workers of the country without making any serious attempt to ascertain the will of the millions who constitute the local labor groups."

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Bandits Arc Sentenced Hartford City, Sept. 28—(UP) — Lewis and Lester Walker, 20 year old Hartford city twins and Paul Garwood, 25 also of Hartford City, were each fined $25 and sentenced to 2 to 14 years in prisoii in the Jay County Circuit Court this morning on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony for their,part in ’ the attempted robbery of the Pennville State Bank on August 12, . 1931. Garwood and the •-Walkers , were arrested a short time following the attempted robbery with Garwood making a confes- ■ sion.. He entered a plea of guilty to i charges of robbery with a deadly weapon. The court refused to seni tence Garwood on the more seri ious charge. o Get the Haon—Trade at Home