Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1931 — Page 1

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■SCHAFER, PST ACTIVE Hchanldies L>| Decatur Business Epics Sunday At ■| Hospital KF tL TO | k. \\ I ■l Kyh.it t I". SO. esteemed K o D< <.ll ur and a |>i< >- ini'i'cliant <>i Indiana, died at ■Mock Sunday night it . i oiinlx Memorial ■| (l s complications injuries which he auto accident M, . , v in.it west street at about six tin- , A few Kj ciinie to the Second street. ,<i . .... d the street to ■ Sul i rope had been the street. Conla Hight Mr. Schaf Q r ■ r tii- action and as signal switched to start drive across tii snapping back Id. In caking the glass in his face. ■ eye was severed by a and it was necesthe optic. developed and other ■■■on- due to advance ag° his condition grew fr' hope was extended up until last ■ b weaker and late sank into a Ming about three hours Since 1875 was engaged in ■ in Decatur since 1875 tntoughoul Northas one of the progres- ■ leading merchants in of the country. ■'rrp ON °AGE TWO) EMU BEER Im IS SCORED I . Speaker Savs ■re Will Be No ■Turning Back” ■tte. Ind . Oct. 26 —(U.R)— ■ted criticism of the con■that return of beer and* ■ties would relieve the de- ■ was heard here as Mrs. Warris Armour. Atlanta. Ga„ ■d the Women’s Christian ■nee I'nion convention. 1 drink yourself rich," ■ nour sai, l. "England and ■ would gladly exchange ■' r ’ 1 wi, h ns. and yet they ■alized sale of liquor.” BArmour predicted that ■Ni’ED ON PAGE THREE) h DENIED Second trial |’)n s Pal Sentenced from One To Ten I* ears In Prjson f ni Xfi nn, Marlon young ■OtlViofoH <n a J~-_ » la. L ’ ” ,u Adams circuit f-cently, on a charge of l g a building with intent to f a fe, °ny and who . later I ! notion for « new trial apI'n court this morning. r D B. Erwin overruled f, n for a new trial and F'' 1 Dixson to a term of I >o 10 years at the state rHixson will be taken Ln 1 ® l,lßtltut| on by Sheriff Johnson- this week. P"Jias been in jail since r v when he and Pearl f" were captured following L. emp 2 t 0 rob McConnell r wholesale house In this Houston already Is serving [" 'erm at Pendleton. kth ll <' Kht hls caße and fol ‘ [o jury's verdict he f|lpd hn» (Or a new trial - The ever, was denied today.

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Pioneer Dead 'v' '* 'x * \ ■ I > Fred Schafer - Who started in business in DeI catur in 1875 and built one of the largest hardware stores in Northern Indiana. Mr. Schafer’s death : occurred Sunday night of compli- ■ cations following injuries received ■ in an auto accident October 15. MANYATTEND M.E, PROGRAM Local Church Filled To Capacity Sunday For Birthday Program A record breaking crowd attended the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘ present building of the Methodist Episcopal Church which was observ j ed Sunday. A large number of out of town guests, former members and of the local church were present at -the service. I . The program opened at the regular Sunday School period, when Judge J. T. Merryman gave an address on “Sunday School 50 years ago.” Judge Merryman was the supenintendent of the Sunday School in 1881, and gave an interesting i talk on the church school at that time. Dr. J. T. Bean, superinendent of the Fort Wayne district, was the speaker at the morning worship service. The program held during that period followed closely the same one held at the laying of the corner stone in 1881. At the noon hour a basket dinner II was served in the dining hall o; the church. It had been planned to hold the Alden Tinies program in the dining hall, with W. F. Beery, act 1 Ing as toastmaster, but due to the extraordinary large crowd, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! Five People Killed When Airplane Falls Alliance, Neb., Oct. 26- (U.R)-- , Desire of four passengers for thrills, and willingness of their pilot, flying a borrowed airplane, ’ to supply them, todav was blamed for a crash which claimed' five lives. A Ryan monoplane, a wing sheared off in mid air, crashed from 500 feet, near here last night, carrying its entire human burden to death. The dead: William Dotal, Alliance, the pilot. William Parley, Alliance W. W. Tibhets. Alliance Dawes Hollibaugh. Chadron 1 Henry Beern, Ashby. Mayor Earl Mallory of Alliance, and his' pilot. Art Peterson, were the only witnesses. They said Doval appeared to be bringing the ship out of a wing-over or loop when it gave way. Mechanics said they heard the passengers urge Doval to "give , them some thrills this trip." > O Berne Man Arrested Berne Oct. 26—(Special)—John I J. Hendricks, of this place, was arI rested Sunday night by Marshall ' Dave Dubach at his home south of i Berne after shooting in the air with i a pistol and threatening the lives of ' members of his family. He also threatened to commit suicide. ■ Hendricks was placed in the I Berne jail, and today was brought : to the Adams County Jail by Sheriff I Burl Johnson, where it Is believed i an insanity hearing will be held. ; Mr. Hendridks was arrested several weeks ago by a neighbor for ■ sowing wheat on Sunday and a few I weeks ago Berne policemen were i called to his hoira where he was . threatening the life of his mother.

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MRS.JUDD TO FACE CHARGES SHE ASSERTS Denies She Wrote Alleged Confession Addressed To Husband NEW THEORY IS ADVANCED Los Angeles, Oct. 26.—(U.R) —A startling new theory as ito how Mrs. Ruth Judd received a pistol wound in her hand was advanced today as the “nerveless blonde” from i Phoenix threw her own defense camp into confusion by agreeing tentatively to return to Arizona and face murder i. charges. While her husband and attorneys I j made almost frantic efforts to prevent her extradition and to sup- ■ i port her claim that she killed two | girl friends in self defense, Mrs. Judd told Sheriff James McFadden of Phoenix she was ready to go I I back "whenever he said.” It was McFadden who advanced I ’ the new- theory regarding the j wound which Mrs. Judd claimed (she received defending herself , against Miss Hedwig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Leroi. the two women she is accused of murdering and whose bodies, one dismembered, were shipped here as luggage. "The bullet that passed through the heart of Miss Samuelson was the same slug that was embedded in Ruth Judd's hand," declared McFadden. "She shot the girl twice, then probably supported the body with her left hand while firing the final shot with her right. The bullbt | passed through Miss Sa mu el sou's ■ body and stopped In Mrs. Judd’s i hand. I “If that bullet hadn't hit anything ' before it struck the hand, it would have gone through. But it had every appearance of being a spent bullet,” Mrs. Judd was ordered arraigned today on a fugitive warrant charging she fled Arizona after ) ... : (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) • o JUDGE ERWIN NAMES BOARDS Four New Members On Two Important Boards Os Adams County Two important Adams county ’ boards were named today by Judge D. B. Erwin, Mrs. H. F. Ehinger was named to succeed Herman Gillig 1 on the board of children’s guardians and Cal E. Peterson succeeded ■ Mrs. Jane Everett; Dr. F. I. Patter--1 son succeeded Herman Gillig and E. W. Baumgartner of Berne succeeded Otho Lobenstein on the J lioard of charities. Other members 1 o? both boards were reappointed. 1 Mrs. Ehing-r will serve under the 1 new appointment until March 24, 1933; Mr. Peterson will serve on the charity board until March 24. ’ 1933; Dr. Patterson was appointed until March 24, 19.33 and Mr. Baumgartner will serve until March 24. 1934. The board members and the dates on which their terms now expire ■ are: ' Board of guardians: Mrs. Sarah 1 Krick. March 24, 1933; Mrs. Ehin- > (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 —— Albert Dittbeiner Dies Berne, Oct. 26 (Special)—Albert Dittbeiner, 65, step-father ot Fred Kamholtz of this place died at his home in Woodstock, Illinois, Suni day evening of cancer. Surviving is the wife, one son, one daughter,, I two stepdaughters, and one step son. Funeral services will be held i Wednesday at Woodstock. . I’ STORES TO CLOSE ’ I A. R. Ashbaucher, president ’ | of the Decatur Chamber ot I | Commerce today issued a rei quest that all Decatur stores i close from 2 o'clock until 2:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon I during the funeral services of ' 1 Fred Schafer, Decatur's oldest i i active business man. . 4 4

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 26, 1931.

Capone on Way to Jail «——S— J WSMMMMMSMI fir WYV 1 Os r 1 ■ - IWw S’ f Jk ;ip 1 Al Capone (left), most notorious of America's gangsters, is shown : here cs he was led by Deputy United States Marshal Lies Ibenfaldt from the Federal Building in Chicago to the county jail in that city, after be had been sentenced to serve eleven years in prison.

MEETING SET FOR TONIGHT Rc-opening Os Sugar Factory To Be Discussed By Merchants Plans are completed for the Chamber of Commerce meeting at the court room this evening at 7:30 o'clock at which time the advisibility of re-opening the sugar factory next year will be discussed. The meeting is especially for the members and those interested in the future of the community but several delegations of farmers who have investigated the plans used in Michigan this year will be here to tell about it. The committee which visited the Blissfield plant last Friday and Mr. Gallagher of Toledo will attend the meeting. If this session develops proper interest, a meeting of the farmers of this locality will be held next week at which time organization will probably be made for securing the desired amount of acreage. The proposed plan will be explained tonight and efforts made to ascertain tlie i feeling of the people. As one of the workers stated this morning. "Unless the farmers want the plant reopened and the merchants will support them it of corse cannot be done. “So it is up to the people of this community to decide and it is believed every one will be enthusiastically in favor of aiding. FATHER KILLS BABE AND SELF Wife Is Wounded When Auto Salesman Runs Amuk This Morning Jefferson, O. Oct. 26 —(UP) -Jay E. Orford, 40 year old automobile dealer, beat his 18 months old baby to death with a blackjack, seriously Injured his wife and then shot himself to death in a sudden burst of insanity at his home here today, A second boy, Norman, 13, escaping the blows of his father, leaped through a window just as a stove overturned in the struggle, ignited the house. Questioning Is Resumed The Wabash river drain case was resumed this morning but with nothing unusual. The evidence continuing to prove the flow and overflow of the water through Adams county. Elmer Gibson of Wabash township, Jay county who was on the stand sevetal days ago was again the witness today.

Institute Is Planned All rural teachers of Adams 1 County will attend a teacher's institute at the Central school building. Saturday October 31. Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent, anI nounced today. Miss Julia Frazier, assistant instructor at Indiana University, ' Mloomington, will lecture on "Hirds ot Indiana," at the morning session j beginning at 9 o’clock. Mrs. Flor- | ence Riddii k-Boys, state probation i i officer from Plymouth, will speak i at the afternoon session, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. SON RECALLS FATAL PICNIC Mrs. Simmons Defended By Son’s Story Os Fatal Party Lebanon, Ind., Oct. 26—(U.R) — George Simmons’ description of I his mother, Mrs. Carrie Simmons, . as a heartbroken and griefstrii kI en woman for several days after . I the poison murder of her two , | daughters, was re-painted in court I today before George was turned over to the state for cross-exam-ination. . The defense questioned George f blriefly as the fiftli week of Mrs. ( Simmons trial opened. Mrs. Sitn- . mons is charged with inserting strychnine capsules in picnic sandwiches, causing the death of her daughter. Alice Jean, 10, at a picnic here June 21. Prosecutor Bon Scifres, In 1 charge of cross-examination, drove 1 forcefully at George's recollections of events nt their home near Greenfield on the morning the sandwiches were prepared. Sitn--1 mons said he remembered definitely that he and his father. John, a brother, Dale, and a sister, Elizabeth, all were in the kitchen • while Mrs. Simmons prepared the ■ I handwiches. Scifres attempted to • show that although George recallr ed thqse as facts, his Impressions . of other occurrences that morning f were hazy. Scifres also touched upon the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — i Clark Infant Expires Dorothy Junat Clark, infant daughter of Lewis Clark died at 7 o'clock this morning at the home, i 9 miles south ot this city of contplii cations. The baby was born in Mon- ■ roe township. July 15, 1931. Funeral services will lie held i Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock i . at the home and at 2 o’clock nt the i Spring Hill church with Rev. I. W. ■ Clark, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

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SHERIFF NABS BIG QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA Jesus Veles Arrested On Charge of Illegal Possession Os Dope WHISKEY ALSO TAKEN IN RAID . Jesus Veles, Mexican, residing west of Decatur at Currwille, was arrested late Saturday and a large quan-i tity of cannabis indict) better known as Mexican Hay or Marijuana, a smoking narcotic, was confiscated in aj raid at tbe Veles home con-i ducted by Sheriff Burl Johnson, Deputy I). M. Hower and Chief of Police Sephus Melclii. A gallon jug of moonshine whiskey also was seized during tlie raid. The narcotic was found in large quantities in the Veles home and also in the garage and another small house on tlie farm. ■ Veles claims that he raises the plant to feed the seeds to a large number of fighting roosters that he raises and trains. The cannabis indica was brought j to the Adams county jail and | Veles also was locked up. For j some time tiiere have been reports that the weed is being smoked by many Adams county residents, and it was not known until recant(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LOUISE GAGE DIES SUNDAY Well-Known Local Girl Dies Following Illness of Two Weeks Miss Louise Charlotte Gage, 18, | well known beauty parlor operator died at 11:15 o’clock Sunday night at the Adams County Memorial Hospital of complications following an operation she underwent, Sunday. Miss Gage became ill' about 2 weeks ago. and on. Thursday, October 15, she underwent an operation. A second operation i was performed Sunday, from which she never recovered. Miss Gage has been a beauty 1 parlor operator for tlie past year, having been at the O. K. Beauty shop for the last 3 months. She was graduated from Decatur high school in 1930. and a year ago was ‘ graduated from tlie Betty Jean 1 School of Beauty Culture at Fort ' Wayne. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city. She was boruj in Decatur. DecernI her 12, 1912, the daughter of Charles H. and Gertrude Kitson Gage. She spent the greater part of her life at Monmouth, where her family has resided since 1915. Prior to that time they resided at Mott. North Dakota. ’ Surviving are tlie parents, and r (CONTINUED 6?: PAGE THREE) SAYS SHERIFF KIDNAPED MAN Indianapolis Judge May File Charges To “Kidnaping” Indianapolis, Oct. 26. — (U.R) — Criminal action against Lake coun- , ty authorities who purportedly "kidnaped” a man wanted there on extortion charges, was threatened In municipal court here today by i Judge Clifton R. Cameron. Henry Berrman, former Lake county tax collector, was arrested here Saturday night on charges of t vagrancy and being a fugitive. He . was released on bond. Judge Cameron was informed that Behrnian ’ was taken from the city by two men representing as being Marion county deputy sheriffs. Judge Cameron said he was In- ‘ formed that Behrtnan was taken from ids home by Sheriff Holly, ! Lake county. When Behrnian faiI((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Halloween Party Is Planned For Tuesday The Men's Brotherhood of the I Evangelical Church will hold a Halloween masked party in the church basement, Tuesday, October 27, for the members of the organization, their families, and friends. The party will begin at 8 o'clock with a grand march and prizes will be awarded the winners for having the best costumes. Prizes will be p.esented to the snappiest couple, the lady with the most avoir du pois, toughest boy, oldest boy, dumbest girl, and ugliest man. Contests will be enjoyed and spcial features will furnish entertainment during the evening. RefreshI ments will be served. The women l are asked to bring pumpkin pies. The committee in charge of the j party includes Amos Ketchum, I Carl Noll, Arbie Owens, Ed. WarI ren, and Martin Zimmerman. FINANCES AND PEACE TALKED Statesmen Confer Over Week-end In Many Nations On Subjects New York, Oct. 26—(U.R)— : International statesmen conferred in many parts of the world over the weekend in efforts to aid world peace and financial rehabilitation. Conflicts in other parts of the globe remained unsettled. Premier Pierre Laval and President Hoover concluded their conversations at Washington on international finance and disarmament. The president stressed the vital necessity of world ipeace and - armament reduction in an address j broadcast to the Methodist Ecum- | enical Congress at Atlanta. Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grand! conferred with German statesmen at Berlin while Premier Benito Mussolini urged revision of peace treaties and reparations in i an address at Naples. Tokio insisted that there was no possibility of war witli China over the Manchurian situation hut | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) YOUNG MAN IS j BADLY INJURED Denner Poffenberger Is j Hurt When Auto Turns Over Sunday Night i Benner Poffenberger, 18, Fort . Wayne, was badly injured when : tbe automobile he was driving overturned three miles north of Borne late (Sunday night. Some . sharp protrusion of the car was ! forced in the young man's face, cutting it wide open. He was , brought to the Adams County Memorial hospital where physicians dressed the wound and it Is believed he will recover. I Poffenberger was returning from Portland last night and was ' driving on state road 27. He failed to see an Amish rig which was going north ahead of him. The rig, driven by David Schwartz however had two ligiits on the | rear. When Poffenberger saw the rig I he turned his car off the road and the car turned over a number of times. Schwartz lifted the young man from tlie automobile and accompanied him to Berne. Later he was brought to the local hos(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Establishes New Record Louisville, Ky., Oct. 26 —(UP) — Ruth Nichols of Rye, N. Y.. was believed to have set a new world's distance record for women by flying ' here from lakland, Calif., without ,’a stop. Confirmation of her claim she flew more than 2,000 miles without stopping awaited examination of sealed instruments by the fed--1 eral commerce department. The ' present record, 1,810 miles is held by Mlle, Maryse Bastin of France. o — Adjournment Date Set i Washington, Oct.) 26 —(UP)--J < hies Justice Hughes announced toI day that the supreme court will ad- ' journ Nov. 2 until Nov. 23.

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LAWYERS FOR GANGSTER TO GET HEARING Supersedeas Filed And Set For Hearing Tuesday In Federal Court FLEEING IS DISCUSSED Chicago, Oct. 26. — (U.R) — “Scarcafe Al” Capone’s journey to Leavenworth penitentiary was ordered delayed temporarily today by the circuit court of appeals. The order halted Capone’s scheduled removal from the county jail to a train late today to start for the prison where he is under a ten-year sentence after conviction of income tax fraud. Decision on defense plea for a writ of supersedeas and bond was set tor 2 p. m. tomorrow’ by Circuit Judges Samuel Alsphuler, Will M. Sparks, and Evan A. Evans, after the plea had been argued. Capone was not present at the hearing. He remained in his jail cell. After the ten-year peniten- . tiary sentence is completed, he would have to return to jail for another year to satisfy the 11-year total imposed by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson. ' For two hours defense Attorney Albert Fink and Assistant U. S. | District Attorney Jacob Grossman | disputed the questions of super- , seades and bond in Judge Alsphul- . er's office. Grossman urged that if the I judges considered freeing Capone I on bond, the amount should be ( "considerable” and should include the $50,000 he was fined. Tlie prosecutor referred to the gangster’s "illicit source of revenue'' ' and his peculiar type of associates. “You mean this man might attempt to flee this country?” asked Judge Alsphuler. "Yes." “Well,” said the judge, “there’s a question as to whether the country or Capone would be better off (CONTINUED ON PAGE THRSK) o Many Attend Service The St. Mary's Catholic church was filled Sunday afternoon with members of tlie congregation who attended the prayer hour service and reconsecration to th > Sacred Heart of Jesus, held in observance of the Feast of Christ tbe Kiiu Ben- ’ edietion of the Blessed Sacrament was given following the prayer service. Q Baker Funeral Held i : Funeral services for Phillip Bakf er, aged Adams county farmer who ! died early Saturday morning, were < held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock . at the home, two and one-half miles ’ west of this city, and at 2 o'clock ' at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal - church. Rev. B. H. Franklin officiati ed and burial was in the Decatur Cemetery. Members of the I. O. O. r F. lodge acted as pallbearers and i conducted ritualistic work. MURRAY BRIDGE : WAR THREATENS I r ; Controversy May Be Re--1 newed In Oklahoma By Gov. Murray Durant, Okla., Oct. 26. — (U.R) — Governor William H. Murray’s bridge “war” threatened to break out anew today, this time with a . Federal court’ authority at issue, . when Oklahoma national guards- . men were sent t 6 the state's free , structure over the Red river with L orders to keep it open to traffic. , At the same time, operators of . the toll bridge over the river, which , lost its business when tlie state's free bridge was opened, were in , United States district court at Mus I kogee, to press their fight against the state's competition. The developments brought a new crisis in Governor's Murray’s efforts to keep the free bridge open to traffic. If the federal "court grants tlie toll bridge operator's plea for an injunction against the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)