Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1931 — Page 1

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(UR’STAX I IS LOWER In average Krthern Indiana Ktes Are Lower ■n One Here ■\D HAS Kit. It EST RATE H’s tax rate payable ■ the third lowest in Hx nearby cities and ■ under the average Hie in those cities, ■i’v Democrat today K' table of the tax K ] e in 1932 in BluffBland. Huntington, ■Citv Columbia City Hirn and only two ■ington anil Auburn en- ■ rate. ■ rate next year will be ■ himdi'.'d dollars. Hunt■e is $3 11 and Auburn’s Hi' ■ for the seven ■<ling Decatur follow: ■ 1931 1932 1 B Rate Rate E $2.94 12.98 ■ 3.34 3.14 ■ 3.58 3.18 ■ 3.76 3.58 Kty 3.44 3.66 1 ■ i Not given 3.69 ■age in the six cities is ■ is 26 cents higher than I ■ate. ■ above table it shows ! ■r received the largest ■ tax rate payable next! ■re is a reduction of 40 ■rcn the 1931 and 1932 ■igton the ratetis reduc■s and in Bluffton the ■e mt 18 cents on the ■liars. ■n and Hartford City the ■ will be more than the I The 1931 rate for Port■t given. The later city ■ghest rate, $3.69 of the ■UED OX PAGE FIVE) |y Hole On Stand ■Hole of Jefferson town- ■ still telling the court ■ holes are in the Wabash Scribing the various pro■uig the route in the Wa- ■ drain case. Ho conclud■ct testimony .at noon and ■ cross examined this aft■uilge Kister will hold a ■slim tomorrow morning’ Bit o'clock to nine-thirty Bournment will be taken Bday morning. B- o I Program Planned fr program has been planfr Christian Endeavor orB of the St. John’s ReBhurch at Vera Cruz,, for Bvening, October 25. The frill begin at 7:ls.o’clock, frclpal address, will be givfrdinand Weins of Berne ■ Sprunger Brothers quarI furnish music. The public I to attend. fr o—fc JOBLESS WU,000,000 Commissioner f’fies At Inquiry I Os Group Rlon. Oct. 23.—(U.R)— The F senate committee inquirI >e feasibility of creating f economic council was U “y Miss Frances Perk r ’ork state industrial P’ner. that 7,000,000 perr Jobless ‘n the United [ te <l In support of her estiL estimates of the national F conference board that L * e J re unemployed and of Lio " Statißt i es Company | "umbered 6.300,000. In * tbree estimates were Lt:° ÜBh differen t methods Ration. fc* Payrolls in New York. * said, have fallen 37 per l(him legate loss of $2,000,The * CED 0?< PAGE THREE)

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Vol. XXIX

No. 251.

Thrilled ■» -'-w W' »H1 OB: Jg Ip J ’ ' -- 11 rw IfMRnRMMM Premier Laval of France and his daughter, Josette, photographed upon their arrival in New York. Botli were thrilled by first view of the metropolis of the new world.

DR. J. T. BEAN TO ' BEME. SPEAKER J1 — District Superintendent Secured For Sunday’s Birthdav Observance - —L_ I l Dr. J. T. Bean, district superin- ' tendeiit of the Fort Wayne district ! of the Methodist Episcopal church. . has -been secured to bring the i message at the morning worship. hour, Sunday morning, at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the building of the present Methodist church here. The observance of the annivers ! ary *vill open Sunday morning with) the regular Sunday School period, w hen an address on "Sunday School of Fifty Years Ago." will be given by Judge J. T. Merrymatfr The morning worship service will! follow, when Dr. Bean will give the address. During the afternoon.! O. L. Vance will give a short his- ; tory of the growtli an.l develop Iment of the city of Decatur and I also of the Methodist church. He has secured some very interesting I facts which will be a revelation to all present. Mrs. E. N. Wicks will speak on “The Choir of Fifty Years Ago," and Mrs. John Niblick will give a short talk on the “Women of the i Church Fifty Years Ago." The evening program will be the climax of the day with Dr. John | F. Edwards of Huntington. bring itig the address. Dr. Edwards is, the dean of the Epworth Forest | Institute and is a very popular, speaker. He will talk on "The Church of .Today," and the future church. Joseph Gunsett Dies Joseph Gunsett, 68. for many I years a farmer in Willshire township, Van Wert County. Ohio. I died at his home 12 miles oast of this city at 9 o'clock Wednesday night of complications. Death; followed an illness of 4 years. | Mr. Gunsett was born in Van Wert County, Ohio, April 30. 1863,1 the son of Joseph ami Hanna Gun sett, both deceased. Surviving is the widow. Clara ■ Schinnerer - Gunsett ; 4 children. Walter Gunsett, Chicago; Herbert , Gunsett, Akron. Ohio; Edward, and Lily Gunsett, at home; 3 sis ) ters, Mrs. George Weinman, j Schumm, Ohio; Mrs. Maggie Lampe, Van Wert. Ohio; Mrs., Katherine Tindall. Middlepoint, j Ohio; 1 brother. George Gunsett Humes. Mo., and 3 grandchildren One child preceded the deceased in death. Mr. Gunsett spent his entire | life in Ohio but was well known , in this city and Adams county. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Schumm, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock (E. S. T.) at the home and at 2| o’clock at the Zion Lutheran : church at Scliumm. Ohio. Burial I will be in the church cemetery.

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Girl Scouts Plan To Observe National Week National Girl Scout Week will be observed by Girl Scout organizations over the entire nation, next week. The local Girl Scouts have planned special events for each day of the week, and the Tri Kappa Troop No. 1 will open the week !by attending the church services lat the local Presbyterian ciuu'dk ‘ Sunday morning. The girls will meet at the church at 10:15 o'clock Sunday morning, in uniform, and all members are requested to attend. ALIENS FOUND NEARLY DEAD Chinese Abandoned On Island Near Florida; Tell Weird Story Miami, Fla.. Oct. 23.—(U.R)—Ten starving Chinese aliens were rescued today from an uninhabited island 35 miles south of Everglades where they had been abandoned by I smugglers. They were hungry, thirsty, and badly bitten by swarms of mos- | q'uitoes. i One of the ten. speaking broken ! English, told how they had been ! landed on the island off aboat from ■Cuba Tuesday night. They were told they would be met there by [an automobile headed north. I They had no food or fresh watI er, he said. And they had paid from S2OO to S4OO each for transportation from ■Cuba to a point near Miami, the ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — -o . ♦— ; ♦ U. B. Women Plan Sunday Program | ■ ♦ —- — ♦ Woman's Day of Public Service ! will be observed by the Women’s ; Missionary Society of the United | Brethren Church Sunday evening, | October 25. i The special day’s program is I observed annually by the women's I organizations, and an especially ! interesting program has been planned for the observance this I year. The ptogram. which will begin I at 7 o'clock Sunday night, will be | as follows: Piano prelude —Mrs. Galie Hoagland 1 Call to Worship- Mrs. John Hill ! Solo _Mrs. Clarence 'Merryman Playlet by the Juisior Boys and Girls Address—Mrs. R. E. Vance ) Presentation of objects of offering —Mrs. Delma Elzey Offering 1 Playlet, “Birthday in the Air” Otterbein Guild Duet—Mrs. Ves Baker and MTs. Frank Fisher ; Benediction —Rev. R. E. Vance The public is invited to this I program, and every member of the | church is urged to be present.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 23, 1931.

MYERS,SHEETS BONDS SOLD [Local Bank Purchases Two Sets Os County Improvement Bonds Bonds for the improvement of the Myers and Sheets macadam roads were sold today by County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher to the Old Aifams County Bank of this city. A premium of s2l was paid for the Myers road bond issue of I S2OBO and a premium of $26. was i paid for the Sheets issue of $2600. | The Myers road is located in St. ! Marys township and the Sheets road is in Union township. The bonds pay four per cent per annum, the interest rate being reduced from four and one-half per cent to four, by order of the state board of tax commissioners. Two other bids were received by County Treasurer Ashbaucher. On the Myers road the bids were. First State Bank, par and $lO.Bl premium; Peoples State Bank. Berne, par and $9. premium. The bids on the Sheets road were, First State Bank, $16.11; Peoples State bank. Berne. $13.25. Contracts for improving the road have been awarded and work on the roads will start at once. o YOUTH ADMITS KILLING WOMAN Returns To Scene To Commit Another Crime And Is Captured Chicago, Oct. 23 —(U.R) —A 16-year old boy who police said returned to the scene of his first crime and com mitted another, then returned again and was caught, was accused today of killing one woman and attacking a second. The youth, Vernon Royals, was said by police to have 'confessed 1 killing Mrs. Agnes Lavander, 35 at a lonely spot near Forest Glen, during a holdup on Feb. 18. 1930. Mrs. Jane Meyers, 53, also has identified him as the boy who atlacked her near the same spot last Tuesday night. The attack on Mrs. Meyers led to Royal's arrest. Detectives John Cline and Philip Doherty loitered an entire day in the vicinity, dressed in rough clothes, hoping to catch a youth answering the description given by Mrs. Meyers. Royals finally w’alked past them. He filled the description,, they said, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX ENGLAND SENDS TROOPS TO ISLE Riot And Burning of Government House Are Cause Os Concern London, Oct. 23 —(U.R) — British troops were reported rushed from Egypt by air today to Cyprus. Island possession in the Mediterranean where natives demanding a union with Greece rioted and burned the government house. The troqps, numbering about 200, were expected to reach Nicosia, capital of Cyprus, this morning. Meanwhile other forces in Egypt entrained for Port Said to proceed to Cyprus Ity boat. The admiralty announced that the cruisers London and Shropshire and destroyers and Achates had been oidered to Cyprus from Sulu Bay. Advices said mobs had beseig“d and closed all cable stations on the island except at Larnaca, third largest city of Cyprus. About one-fifth the population of the island, which formerly belonged to Turkey, is Moslems. In 1930 many of the islanders petitioned the British government to allow Cyprus to be united with Greece, or to be granted responsible constitutional government. Advices to the colonial office here said that a large procession organized by three members of the Cyprus council Wednesday demonstrated ini front of the government house more than three (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

* TO ATTEND GAME I I State Police Officer, Harl ; { Hollingsworth, today received orders to report at South Bend | Saturday morning to assist in ' j directing traffic to and from ; | the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh | football game. Captain Rex Risher will be in charge of I | traffic and will have six police ! | officers stationed around tlie | stadium. morFtestify IN POISON CASE i I Mrs. Simmons Not To Be Called Until Next Week, Belief Lebanon, Ind., Oct. 23—(U.R)— I I Prosecution and defense prepared I ■ to continue their sparring today) ;In the trial of Mrs. Carrie Sim-! j mons, charged with poisoning to! death her 10-year-old -daughter,! Alice Jean. Indications were that more witnesses \would describe events surrounding the picnic last June 21 when chicken sandwiches containing strychnine capsules proved, fatal to Alice Jean and Virginia Simmons, 14. and made several 1 others violently ill. Mrs. Simmons had been expect 1 ed to testify today but defense I counsel indicated she might not! I be called to the stand until next I 1 week. h At yesterday's session 16-year-1 1 old Elizabeth Simmons testified | j she stood beside her mother as' the sandwiches were prepared for 1 I the picnic. "Mother could not have placed the poison in the sandwiches without mv seeing her." Elizabeth . declared. Miss Evelyn Whitten. Who. accompanied George Simmons, i Elizabeth’s brother, to the picnic, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o STEEL BARONS OPTIMISTIC i Believe Better Times Are II Approaching In All 1 ! Industries 11 - | New York, Oct. 23.—(U.R) —Execu- ’ lives of America’s steel companies ‘ igathered at the annual meeting of the American Iron and Steel Insti- ■ itute today were unanimous in the ’ belief that sentiment in business I generally and the steel industry in particular had turned for the better. Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and president of the institute, found j this change in sentiment due mostly to the improvement of credit brought about by President Hoover’s plan to aid banks impeded by illiquid assets. Schwab urged industry to face its difficulties in the knowledge “we are on the upward path.” Eugene C. Grace, president of t Bethlehem, found sentiment better ! and was particularly impressed with a recent rise in commodity . prices. ; T. M. Girdler, president of ReI public Steel Corporation, said the steel industry was lading the foun- ( dation for a better 1932. Expressj ions of confidence were made by ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 4 , < <

’ I I t ; EDISON CITY! I ' West Orange, N. J., Oct. 23. | I —(U.R) —West Orange may be ■ renamed Edison City. I Town commissioners are considering Commissioner Frank | G. O'Connor’s suggestion to change the name of this town ! j in honor of the late Thomas A. j Edison, its most noted resident. t “There should be no nesita- | tion on the part of the resij | dents to a change from the j j prosaic name of West Orange i to the illuminating name of | Edison City, providing of s | course, the consent of the Edi- i , | son family is obtained,” O’Conf | nor said. , | Town Attorney Alfred Grosso is to report next Tuesday on , the procedure necessary to effect the change in name.

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DR JUDD URGES WIFE’S RETURN TO OFFICIALS I ■ Trunk Slayer Fails To Heed Appeal Os Husband, Lawyer POLICE HUNT IS CONTINUED I.os Angeles, Oct. 23 ~(U.R) Mis. Winnie Ruth Judd, described ns “the blonde ! without n nerve,’’ evaded j hundreds of petice officers in | several states today and disi regarded her husband’s im- ; passioned plea to surrender !on charges of killing two I women whose bodies were ! shipped here from Phoenix, Ar>z.. as luggage. “If this comes to ths attention i of my wife." Dr. William C. Judd, i the husband, said in a statement I he asked newspapers to broadcast | “I beg and implore her to come to ; me or my attorneys and she will be protected in every possible way.” Hilt the Santa Monica physi-1 ■ clan’s request brought no better! I results that did the police hunt! made for Mrs. Judd since Mondaynight when the bodies of Mrs. I Agnes Leroi and Miss Hedwig | Samuelson, the latter dissected, j were found in two trunks and a 1 i suitcase in the Southern Pacific! ! railroad station. Dr. Judd's appeal was not the j ! first of its kind, for her father, the ! Rev. H. J. McKinnell, retired Free I Methodist minister of Darlington, I Ind., previously hail asked that i i she give herself up and “disprove i ! these charges.” In, the face of her failure to ! heed these calls it seemed more | apparent that her brother, D. J. I McKinnell, student at the University of Southern California, had i made the most accurate predictions. “Unless she already is dead, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Plan World Flight Rome, Oct. 23. — (U.R) — A flight around the world and over some of the most hazardous sea routes on the globe is planned for a squadron of 24 Italian seaplanes commanded by the Fascist minister of air, Gen. Italo Balbo. Balbo's original intention to fly to the United States via the Azores has been changed to include Africa, North and Central America, Canada, the Orient, the Phillipine Islands, India, and the Near East, the United Press learned. JAPAN ACCEPTS LEAGUE PLANS Conditional Agreement Relieves Tense Situation In Orient Geneva, Oct. 23 —(U.R) — League of nations members were greatly 1 relieved today by Japan's conditional acceptance of the council's formula for compromising the ■ Manchurian dispute. 1 The council’s embarrassment ■ was not ended, however, and it ' was feared China would block complete agreement. Although Japan was prepared to attempt the withdrawal of her troops in three weeks, China contests the validity of Japan’s claimed treaty rights in Manchuria. It was considered certain Dr. Alfred Sze would be unable to accept the resolution without consulting his government further, and that Nanking’s consent was improbable. China might ask for an opinion on the treaty rights, on which the league would be reluctant to commit itself. Furthermore, examination of the treaties would require months and even years. Consequently, while modification of the draft of the council’s resolution in conformity with Japan's concessions was expected at this afternoon’s council meeting, the resolution probably would be accented only by a majority vote. As Article XI of the league’s covenant, under which China appealed, requires unanimity, the result will (CONTINUED ON °AGE TWOJ

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Noted Speaker Coming Bishop S. P. Spreng, of Naperville, Illinois, will preach in the First Evangelical church Decatur, Monday night, October 26 at 7 o’clock. Bishop Spreng has been in Decatur at several occasions, and his coming is ' hailed with great interest. He is an eloquent preacher and lecturer. He has appeared frequently on the proI gram at the Winona Bible Confer- | ence. He is a profound student of | the word of God, and a firm beI liever in its truth. His vast trav- | els enables him to think broadly lin terms of humanity. He is thej . author of several very popular book i ! especially within the Evangelical church. The public is most cordially invited to hear this man of God. M.F. WORTHMAN IS RE-ELECTED I Decatur School Superintendent Honored At Teachers’ Meet M. F. Worthman, superintendent of Decatur public schools was reelected secretary-treasurer of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers association at the business meeting held Thursday afternoon at Fort Wayne.Worthman has been secre-tary-treasurer of the group ever since the organization. At the closing session of the two day meeting this afternoon, the 50 piece all district orchestra played a special composition by Prof. Rex Arlington of Huntington which was dedicated to Mr. Worthman. Other officers elected for 1932-33 include Milton Northrop, North Side. Fort Wayne, president; Thomas Mahan., Huntington. vice-presl- ) dent. Included in today's program is a musical program by the Harmonica band, which has attracted much interest throughout northern Indiana. Today was devoted entirely to mass and group meetings and the final session was held this afternoon. More than 3,000 teachers registered at the two day meet. Women At Institute A number of women from Decatur attended the institute of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne Classis of the Zion ' Reformed church which was held ’ in the Salem Reformed church in - Fort Wayne, Thursday. ' The institute Was in two sess- ’ ions, morning and afternoon. In the absence of the president, Mrs. t John Balzer of Huntington, the t vice-president, Mrs. Chris Lehman : of Decatur, presided over the meeting. > Miss Greta Hinkle, a represent- ’ ative of the Women’s Missionary • Society of the General Synod, and ■ Mrs. Calvin Staudt of Bagdad, Mesopotamia, a returned mission1 ary, were the principal speakers. ' The following Decatur women at- > tended the meeting: the Mesdames Fred Heuer. Fred Sellemeyer, Ed ■ Miller, Martin Miller, Mary Keller, Charles Beineke, Floyd Arnold, 1 John Leimenstoll, O. L. Kirsch, and - Chris Lehman and Miss Eleanor ■ Reppert. 0 . Indiana Bank Closes 1 Huntingburg, Ind., Oct. 23 —(U.R) — Run on The Citizens Trust Bank ! here yesterday afternoon resulted ) in closing of the institution today. Officials of the state banking department took charge. C. B. Dowell is president of the bank, F. W. Limp vice president ) and Leo J. Hoing, Cashier. Capitalization was $25,000, deposits $393,000 and loans $242,000.

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LAWYERS ARGUE ON MOTION TO STAY JUDGMENT Judge Hears Issues; But Does Not Indicate His Opinion CASE CALLED FOR SATURDAY I Chicago, Oct. 23. —(U.R) i Sentence of Al Capone, convicted on charges of defrauding the government of $215,000 in income tax. was delayed until 10 a.m. tomorrow Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson ordered the continuance shortly before noon at the close of extensive arguments on a defense motion for an arrest of judgment. Judge Wilkerson gave no indication of what moves he would make when the hearing is resumed tomorrow. Capone shrugged his shoulders as the ruling was made, got up an.l walked out. At his side was Miihael Ahern, defense attorney. The Gangster blushed aside reporters who tried to question him. He appeared white of face and ill. The scars his cheek stood out against the palior of his skin. Jacob Grossman. assistant United States district attorney, and Albert Fink and Ahern, attorneys for the gangster, consumed the entire morning session with argn- ! inents. Grossman contended the verdict, I reached by a jury last Saturday ; night after eight and onehalf ’ i hours of deliberation and finding Capone guilty of three felony counts of income tax evasion and two misdemeanor charges, was “consistent with the indictments”. Fink and ' Ahern went over, phrase by phrase, the long indictment on which their client was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— —— May Close Houses Indianapolis, Oct. 23 —(U.R) —'IndianaipoLis’ six community houses may be closed this winter as a result of efforts of the state tax board to fare expenditures, the city’s park commissioners announced today. It the community houses would be deprived of centers at which civic welfare programs could be pre sented.. the commissioners said. (The park officials criticized the tax board for “wrecking the municipal park system.” o Democrats Gain Power New York. Oct. 23—(U.R)—Death ' of Representative Fletcher Hale of ‘ New Hampshire last night in New York has given the Democratic party a majority in congress. The division in the house now I stands: Democrats 214, Republicans 213 Farmer Labor 1, vacancies 7. Hale, Fourth-term Republican re- • I nresentative, died in Brooklyn ? 1 Naval Hospital of pneumonia, and il cerebral complications. He was 48 I years old. i■ o — W.C. LU. HEAD ; SCORES WETS Mrs. Stanley Urges Edui cation Os Children As Best Defense Lafayette. Ind.. Ort. 23—(U.R) — - Attainment of world prohibition i by “observance and enforcement” 1 was the keynote of an address by , Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley. Liberty , president of the Indiana Women's 1 Christian Temperance Union, at r the organization's 58th annual convention here today. « Mrs. Stanley formed her address as an attack on contentions that employment would be aided materially and that revenues would be , vastly increased if light wines and [ beer were legalized “The ‘wets’ tell us that they will employ 2,000,000 idle men and women if booze is returned," Mrs. Stanley said, “but we recall that ' in the palmy days of liquor business, according to their own, figures, they employed 498.901 per(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)