Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1931 — Page 1

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■fiTORIAL |E GRANTED [parliament ■ *' et ' I’ower Fo ■ Order' 1 or One ■th, Body \ otes ■ V S CRISIS ■xOT EXPECTED I Oct (UR) ■nljin governed s, Illi lll< I'll'isllill to- ■ r . >, m.il lime since ■d war. ■>,. b\ both houses of ■nil mill giant ol rov- ■ n t in tlx national ■ lull gait’ the g(»v- --■( of ten men the ... couni it K . ;l l.im-t, withns parliament. may •-. on on deemed adnational in■l«.|i... immigration. 1111 ■ m-iram ami road strike of 1926 was ■ other on which ■o- • r-ii-d by orders Mil since the world war. ■ ci-. ■. ■ M -lister RamMb- : 1 !< ministers. Mn s.iiied the long list Mo -le- »ar either by parMu including Ktin R Turkey. Po-Mmu-.ev Persia Lithuania, ■ia Alban and recently Mnr.-a.- ' orders in council ■effective at midnight Wed ■n<! !v . a'.- to many Brit-j ■ope for the early estahili■f the po-itul sterling at a t ■r high economic level, ■e »a> i. s, ,| chiefly on the ■ given the government to ■ a>i; • Hinds between ■ting statutory funds. ■ considered noteworthy ■Donald n a recent speech ■t the real test of democ- ■ th- ability to accept die■in a temporary emerg- ■ th-r. ■■ vert to democracy ■ incident at the end of the' | ■ Quasi do tutorial powers ■lahle only for one month ■ British public ia not likely ■ne alarmed during the ■ no uisis was expected to ■ from the emergency! ■n police were prepared toBQ UfJ II further demonstrafrtNUED ON PAGE SIX) ■ Pi'ing Son Found Ind.. Oct. I.—(U.R) A B° ni Mr. and Mrs. Henry ■ had not heard from since ■*<l in the army during the ■ ar. has been located on a ► r Port Huron. Mich. He ■rd. 31. ■ a job and didn't suppose ■rried about me," Howard ■ -o—■to Strikes Store kfolis. Oct. 1. — (UP) _ y r ' u Q s and other jewelry ■'»n over the sidewalk and ►re today as an auto crashf front of a jewelry store. I'l-r. arrested on an Intoxi- |" a rg>-, said he lost control ►aclilne. The front of the | a ' demolished. [ERS MEETS V.ROOSEVELT krat ( hairman Says | lan;i Is For New pork s Governor P" 1- —(U.R) —Coverpxlin I). Roosevelt, en route [" Springs, Ga., today carI 1 him the assurance of R. f , democratic state chalrI'ndlana. that Indiana demr". 100 P er cent for him for Fdential nomination. F» conferred with the Govr °re the latter's departure f south. "The Indiana state k’t> vlßlt ’ 11 18 known, re*lo°sevelt followers of a |or uncertainty regarding Inr "c that state is regarded P > ’ 3toUe of the middle west. 1

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Vol. XXIX. No. 232.

i Reformed Church Names 1 Sunday School Heads The Sunday school officers and | teachers of the Zion Reformed I church met in the etiurch parlors last night for their annual business session and election of officers. Final plans for Rally day to be held next Sunday were made and a program was outlined for the coming months in the interest of the Sunday school work. The following officers were elected fbrj the ensuing year: Superintendent. Prof. M. F. Worthmann; assistant: superintendents, F. L. latterer and Chris Lehman; secretary. Harry Knapp; treasurer, A. R. Ashbauclier. Primary superintendent, Mrs. Dallas Ooldner; Cradle Roll superintendent, Miss Matilda Sellemey- < er; chorister, Chris Lehman; ! pianist. Miss Lulu Gerber; visits-1 tion secretary. Miss Bernadim-■ Kolter; ushers. Mrs. David Adams, | Charles Beineke and A. R. Ash I baucher. PLANS ARE MADE FOR RALLY DAY Reformed Church To Observe Annual Event Here Next Sunday Next Sunday, October 4, will be Rally and Promotion day at the Zion Reformed church. Plans for a special program were completed last night at the teachers and officers meeting. A program will be given by the primary department of the Sunday School. Classes in this department will receive their certificates of promotion. In the worship hour at 10:30 o'clock the pastor will speak on the [subject, "Our Obligations to the Church,” which is a special mess-1 ( age for all the families of the • congregation. in the evening at 7:Jo o’clock! will be "Christian Endeavor Rally."! This service will be in charge of ! the young people of the church. Mr. Louis Kibiger of Fort Wayne. I the past president of the Indiana State Christian Endeavor will be I present to speak to the young peo-. pie, together with two delegates from Fort Wayne who attended the 'Golden C. E. convention in San | Francisco last summer. All the 1 young people of the church should be present at this service. Both Junior and Senior C. E. societies will resume their regular group | meetings at 8:SO o'clock. The program for Rally day as : arranged by the superintendent of I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I BERNE WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. A. A. Sprunger, 78, Well Known Woman Os County Expires Berne, Oct. 1 (Special)—Mrs. Abraham A. Sprunger. 76, one of the best known residents of this place, died at 8:15 o’clock this morning at her home on West Franklin street. Death was sudden and was caused by a heart attack. Mrs. Sprunger had enjoyed good health until a week ago when she suffered with rheumatism. Her condition seemed to be greatly improved Wednesday, but this morning she suddenly suffered a heart attack. She was born in Putnam County. Ohio. February 19, 1855, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham I Neuenschwander. Her maiden name was Magdelena Neuenschwan'der. On May 3, 1873 she was united in marriage to Abraham A. Sprunger. who preceded her in death on September 24. 1905. The family -esided near (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Squad Is Commended Indianapolis, Oct. 1. — (U.R) — A squad from Company K. 152nd Infantry. Indiana National Guard. Fort Wayne, was commended in a letter from the chief of infantry. U. S. Army, to Adjutant General Paul Tombaugh, for its performance as a combat team squad. Memkfirs of the squad were Corporal Erwin M. Kaiser, and privates Oscar F. Helgren. Harold E. Keller, Charles A. Reddin, Floyd S. Renier, Bernard L. Smith, Dale G. Waldrop and Howard Richmond.

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DECATUR WOMAN HEADS W.C.T.U. COUNTY GROUP Mrs. C. E. Hocker Elected President At Annual Meeting Today i . | GENEVA WOMAN VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. C. E. Hocker of this j citv was elected president of the Adams County Women's! | Christian Temperance I nion | aka countv meeting held at ; Geneva, tiwlav. She will succeed Mrs. Clovis Oberli of j Berne who served during the [ past vear. Other officers elected this morning were Mrs. Hester Vorhees, Geneva, vice-president; Mrs. L. L. Yager. Berne, secretary, and Mrs B J. Rice, Decatur, treasurer. The meeting was held in the Geneva United Brethren church and Mrs. Oberli. past president.' was in charge. A morning and I afternoon session was held and at [ the noon hour a dinner was served by the Geneva Union. Rev. Piety of Geneva conducted the devotionals this morning, the president gave reports, and special music was furnished Ity the Berne organization. Rev. Fallis of Geneva had charge of the afternoon’s devotionals. and reports were made by the county directors. Mrs. C. C. Sprunger of Berne talked on "Where Liquor Flows in I Mexico." and Mrs. Eugene Runyon ! and Mrs. Henry Adler of this city! ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI NEW BUS LINE IS ANNOUNCED Marion-Decatur Service To Be Started On October 15 Decatur is to have a new bus line and Will, beginning October 15. become the terminal for the Thomas Line, extending from j Marion. Indiana to the Rice hotel . here. Jesse Rice received notice today I of the completion of arrangements ! and he will go to Columbus, Ohio I tomorrow to arrange with the Valley Public Service Company for proper connections. The newline will also connect here with the A. B. C. line. Fort Wayne to Richmond and will be a valuable adjunct to the bus line traffic conviniece for people in this territory. The Thomas line starts at Marion and follows the old traction .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —— Q — —, Suffers Fatal Burns Anderson, Ind.. Oct. 1. — (U.R) — John W. Wagner, 48, suffered fatal burns here when his motorized confectionery and popcorn stand was demolished by a gasoline explosion. COLLINGS CASE IS MYSTERIOUS Series Os Events In Case Lead Probers To New Quarters Huntington. L 1.. Oct I—(U.R) — An Incomprehensible puzzling series of incidents linked with the Collings “pirate murder" grew today as the physician who performed the Collings autopsy was committed to a sanitarium and investigators let it be known they "didn’t want" two men held in Florida for questioning. The two men were Dr. Leslie D. Richie, 51. and his son. William 23. both of South Norwalk, Conn. They were detained by Daytona Beach. Fla., police after receiving news of their friendship with William Smith, believed to have been a second victim of the "pirates" who hoarded the Collings cruiser, killed Benjamin P. Collings, attacked Mrs. (’oilings and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 1, 1931.

STREET AND MACK MEET I I The rival managers. "Gabby" Street and Connie Mack.

BANDS SECURED FOR DAIRY DAY Music to Be A Big Feature i Os October 14 In i This City One of the big features of Dairy . Day to be held in Decatur all day October 14 will be band music, j which will start at 7 o’clock in the morning. The bands, including the -, Grant County 4-H club band of i j Marion and the Decatur General [, I Electric band and probably the [, Decatur Junior band, will parade through the business section of the city until 9 o’clock in the morning , of October 14. The center of attraction then will be transferred to Legion Memorial park, directly across from the Decatur plant of the Cloverleaf i [Creameries The Dairy Day acti- ! vities including judging of cattle' . will be held near the park. Bands will continue to play ■ throughout the day and again at i the close of the program various musical organizations will (bring the people back to the business ' section of the city where more j entertainment will be held. Local retail merchants are cooperating with Cloverleaf Creameries and are issuing invitations ‘ to thousands of farm M-s of the I community to visit local stores on that day. A complete program for the | entire day will be announced soon ' , | (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO) | BANDITS LOOT I CARTHAGE BANK Obtain $2,500 In Daylight Hold-Up Shortly Before Noon Carthage, Ind.. Oct. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) Two young bandits, shabbily attired, stood in the lobby of the Carthage State Bank shortly before noon today and held three persons [ at bay while they gathered up ’ $2,500. They escaped in an auto. The two men entered the bank I while Howard E. Henley, cashier.' and Mabel Phelps, assistant cash-, ier, were waiting upon Dr. William S. Coleman, a customer. “Stick ’em up!" tlje two crisply ( commanded. Their order was instantly complied with. The bandits remained standing in the doorway as they ordered j Miss Phelps to hand out all the cash. When she complied, she | was ordered to open the vault, and took from it some additional funds, j Henley said the bandits spent' from five to eight minutes in thej bank. Then they walked to their 1 auto, without further threats, and I departed southward. No clear description of the auto [ used in the escape could be obtained. because of variance in reports of those who saw it depart. No attempt was made to give chase to the robbers, the alarm to state and nearby city authorities being the only move in that direction. Has Odd Cucumber Wilbur May. Decatur route 2 brought an odd shaped 3-deck cucumber to this office today which was grown in his own garden. The cucumber is on display in the window of the Daily Democrat.

Two Miners Are Freed Princeton. Ind.. Oct. 1. — (U.R) Two of the 12 Bicknell men on 1 trial here charged with rioting at i the Liberty mine June 8 were ord-1 ered dismissed by Judge Claude A. : Smith. Judge Smith instructed the jury, after the state had com : pleted its arguments, to find Charles Holl and Leonard Lewis not I guilty. Neither Lewis nor Holl had been identified by victims of an attack at the mine. Eight of the other defendants were identified. Loren Mathis, a defense witness, told the court that he had been [ identified as William Purcell. The court took under advisement a motion that charges against him be dismissed. Hearing of evidence by the defense continued today. JOINT MEETING HERE FRIDAY V I Adams, Wells County Christian Churches to Hold Conference I A joint conference of the Christian Churches of Wells and Adams [ Counties wil be held at the First Christian Church here Friday. The | conference will include delegates ■ from the Christian churches at ; Bluffton. Domestic, Uniontown, ! Decatur. Maple Grove, and Geneva, i The conference is held annually ! i to discuss the cooperative work in I the counties. There will be three ! sessions, morning, afternoon, and j evening. The morning session will i | begin at 10 o’clock, and at the I close of thefinorning program, the I women of the local church will [ serve a luncheon for the delegates. 'in the church basement. The conference will be in the charge of Rev. Hubert J. Buchanan evangelist of the Northeastern District and Rev. C. R. Lanman, pastor of the local congregation. Following is the complete program for the three sessions of 1 the day: Forenoon Session 10:00 —Devotional Period. 10:15 Introductory Statement, — ! We are Here. For What Purpose (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LEBANON DEATH I TRIAL STARTS Jury Is Selected To Try Mother For Murder Os Children Lebanon, Ind., Oct. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) The state will show that Mrs. Carrie i Simmons administered deadly poisI on to her daughters. Alice Jean i and Virginia, two weeks before they died of eating stryebninefilled sandwiches at a family reunion here June 21. Prosecutor Ben Scifres promised in his opening statement to the jury today. Scifres' statement was the first of several surprises promised by the state. He gave no indication in his statement, however! As to how the state would bring out the evidence against Mrs. Simmons in her trial on a first degree murder charge, for the death of Alice Jean. Scifres completed his opening statement as the court went Into (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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RESURFACING STARTS MONDAY ! Second Street Improvement To Start; Mack-lin-Zehr In Charge Work on the improvement of Second street will begin Monday with O. W. P. Macklin, the contractor in charge. The work will start at the north end of the street, including the section between Marshall and the north end of the :brick pavement. This part will be i <losed Monday and swept preparjtory to putting on the Precoat mai terial which is expected to start coming in by that time. Mr. Macklin said this morning that with good weather he hopes to complete Second street in thirty | days. This is to be surfaced with Kentucky Rock asphalt which was [ordered yesterday and should ar[rive within ten days. Marshall and several side streets will also be improved during the next six weeks, these receiving only the precoat with a layer of extra : fine coating of the same material. (Washington street is to be condi- [ tinned under the same contract i with a sprinkling of fine crushed stone. The work, according to Mr. Macklin will employ about 35 to 40 men for a period of six weeks or two months. —o Kahn Gives Testimony New York, Oct. 1. — (U.R) —Otto H. Kahn, capitalist whom Lydia Lindgren, opera star, charged failed to “replenish" a trust fund of $150,000 he established for her “to redeem himself", may have to testify again in the trial of the $500,000 breach of contract suit the "Swedish Nightingale" filed against him. Kahn touched upon no essential points in the lawsuit during the flew minutes he was on the stand yesterday. He answered a half dozen questions concerning his residence and concluded his testi- ! mony by saying he was happily I married and had four children. 0 Joint Meeting Tonight A meeting of the drectors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the program committee for Dairy Day will meet this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. A final draft of | the big program for Dairy Day, ; October 14. will be made and all I members are urged to be present. SMITH CASE IS ! BEING TRIED Truck Driver, Charged With Reckless Driving Faces Court Gerald Ray Smith, truck driver for Schlosser Brothers of Fort Wayne was being tried in Adams circuit court today on a charge of reckies driving, appealed here from the court of Justice of Peace Chris Stengle, Berne. Smith is alleged to have driven past a stop light at Berne several weeks ago. He was found guilty in the lower court and through his attorney appealed to Adams circuit court. Prosecutor Nathan Nelson is repI [ resenting the state and R. C. Parrish of Fort Wayne is attorney for the defendant. A jury was selected immediately after the trial started this morning and witnesses were called. It is expected the case will be completed in one day’s time. Members of the jury are Frank ’ Spade, Jesse Michaud, John Ever- ‘ hard, A. J. Beaver, D. Tinkham, W. - M. Hartings, David Kauffman. Mari tin Bultemeyer. W. M. Krueckes burg, Charles Magley, and John - Chilcote. . o Board Faces Contempt t Rockport. Ind., Oct. I.— (Ut*)— , Contempt of court charges were on file in circuit court here today a--1 gainst the School Board of Christ- ’ ney. It was charged that the Board violated an injunction prohibiting it from paying interest or principle r on school building bonds. William H Carey, Henry Kratz : Jr., Harry Beasley and Stephen J Egnew are the board members. . They were ordered to appear in Spencer circuit court Saturday.

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SERIES FACTS St. Louis, Oct. 1. — (U.R) — j ; World series facts follows: Contenders: Philadelphia j j [ Athletics vs. St. Louis Card- . inals. How decided: Best four out | of seven games. Schedule: Oct. 1 and 2 —At [ | St. Louis. Oct. 5, 6 and 7 —At Philadelj phia. Oct. 9 and 10 (if necessary) at St. Louis. Rival managers: Connie : Mack, Athletics. Gabby Street, ; Cardinals. Seating capacity: Sportsman's | Park, St. Louis, 39,500. Shibe j Park. Philadelphia, 35,000. Series standing: League W L Pct. i American 17 10 .630 | National 10 17 .370 ; Starting time: St. Louis, 1:30 p. m. CST time. Philadelphia, [ 1:30 p. m. EST. Betting: Athletics, 2to 1 [ favorites to win series, and 5-3 favorites to win the first game [ if Grove pitches. Leading batters: Athletics, Simmons .390 Cardinals, Hafey .3488 ! Teaming batting averages: Cardinals .287 | Athletics .285 [ Team fielding averages: Athletics .979 [ Cardinals 975 I |» -- - ♦

URGES CENTRAL ELECTRIC PLAN i Electric Light Group Hears L. B. Andrus At French Lick Meet French Lick, Ind., Oct. I.—(U.R) —Defense of the power pool, or in-ter-connected network of electrical distribution systems, was made here today by U B. Andrus. Indianapolis, vice president of the Public Service Company of Indiana, at the opening of the three-day meeting of the Great Lakes division of the National Electric Light Association. Andrus, president of the association, agreed with contentions of Instill interests now attempting to fix electric rates for southern Indiana cities on the basis of their southern electrical system as a whole, rather than upon the situation in each individual city and town. “We must recognize that unless any single plant is so situated as to be a success financially, there is no proper way of keeping it in operation as a going concern," Andrus said. “It naturally follows that since individual political units I neither could support inter-connect-ed service by themselves nor could (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Man Killed Instantly Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 1. —(U.R) —Floyd Hershberger, 35, Elkhart, was killed almost instantly when struck by an auto on a highway near here. He was standing beside his parked machine. Glen Luster, Detroit, driver of the other auto, was hurt slightly. o— Will Level Field Macklin & Zehr have been awarded the contract for levelling the Decatur high school football field and will begin, work tomorrow morning, expecting to complete the job within a week. The contract includes cutting down a small hill and making a fill so the ground will be as level as a floor and it is estimated will require the handling of about 1,700 yards of dirt. The field is located at the corner of Thirteenth and Adams streets and when in condition will be as attractive a spoits field as any school in this section can boast of. o Values Are Testified Henry F. Post was still on the job in Judge Kistler's court this morning, testifying as to the value of Mercer county real estate effected in the Wabash river project and to the benefits which in his opinion would be derived. The case is just getting well started and so tar has apparently attracted but little interest though this is expected to be added to as the matters pertaining to Adams, Jay and Wells county are taken up.

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'SIMMONS HITS HOME RUN WITH MAN ON BASE Philadelphia Goes One Up On Cardinals Before Large Crowd FINAL SCORE STANDS 6 TO 2 Score by Innings: RHE ! Athletics 004 000 200— 611 0 Cardinals ._ 200 000 000—2 12 0 TODAY’S LINEUPS Athletics Cardinals Bishop, 2b. Adams, 3b. Hass, cf. Roettger, rs. Cochrane, c. Frisch, 2b. Simmons, If. B-ittomley, lb. Foxx, lb. Hafey, If. Miller,’ rs. Martin, cf. Dykes, 3b. Wilson, c. Williams, ss. Gelbert, ss. Grove, p. Derringer, p. Umpires: Klem and Stark, National league; Nallin and McGowan, American league. Sportsman Field. St. Louis. I Oct. I.—<U.R)—Connie Mack’s j world championship Athletics of Philadelphia defeated Gabby Street’s crippled St. Louis ;Card team by a score of 6-2 [in the opening game of the 1 1931 world series played before a wildly excited crowd of 38.529 fans here today. The game came out almost ex1 actly as most of the experts had predicted it would. In the first place Connie Mack did not cross up the experts by choosing another pitcher than his famous Lefty Grove to work the opening game. Gabby Street used young Paul Derringer just as everyone said he would. First Inning Athletics — Bishop struck out. Haas struck out. Cochrane out, Gelbert to Bottomley. No hits, no runs, no errors. Cardinals — High struck out. Roettgers singled to left center. Frisch drove a single to right, Roettger advancing (o third. After missing two. Bottomley singled off Grove's glove scoring Roettger. Frisch halted at second. Hafey fanned. Martin cracked a long drive against the right field screen, scoring Frisch, Bottomley stopping at third. Wilson was out, Williams to Foxx. Two runs, four hits, no erros, two left on bases. Second Inning Athletics — Simmons grounded out, Gelbert to Bottomley. Foxx swung at three straight. Miller fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. Cardinals—Gelbert filed out to Miller in right. Derringer out, Williams to Foxx. High singled into short right past Foxx. Roettger sent a high fly to Haas. No (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) oFiles Month's Report i The total precipitation for the - month of September in the city of Decatur was 3.58 inches, according to Miss Mary Yost, keeper of the precipitation gauge, located in front of the Yost Brothers Company of this city. SULLIVAN ASKS SPECIAL MEET t Indianapolis Mayor Is > Leading Request For Legislative Meet ’ Indianapolis, Oct. 1 — (UP) — 1 Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Indianapolis, was aligned today with factions urging a special session of the state legislature to enact tax relief. Sullivan outlined his plans in I address before the state tax board, t Two measures, one an income i tax law and the other a proposal - to limit the levy on real estate, I were urged by Sullivan. He sugt gested that these be drawn up in 1 advance so that they could he i passed in a one-day session. No ■ other bills would be Introduced. s Sullivan said his plan was the ! only one whereby Indiana real estate could be saved 'from confiscatory taxes.