Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1931 — Page 1

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W CHICKEN W ENTER i ||LTY PLEAS Workinger Ar- -■ for Receiving Klen Property ° 4 S DEFERS M SENTENCING t 11 i eves .ml i man h'"' piircliasi il I'kmled not .hi'lae I>. B. |K \,i . circuit court anil Slteril! , initialled his EK |Hl .. thievery coiintv. wt t» receiving :ic:,.."r fltrilish■Kj, a,, of S2OO ami .■ l'i ~. • In ... i. .. i liiekens ■ . ..rkinger. who ■ ■ money ob-. 1 K : He was i ii on tli' the w sold to I Erw.i riiil sontenc- ■ nien until •'./•. » mill be puntheir crimes. i I - arraigned first' ox ’’AGE TWO! ■TING HELD | I LUTHERANS Biial Teachers Os ■hern Indiana At■d Session Today iVerlii teacher of the ' wheel this city left ■:■' \\ :r. where lie will annual i on ■ ithi-rn Indiana ' ' ''inference be- ■ 'h" I’.oil's Lutheran Harr street. ncii today and H ki Thursday and i M!< ■-. of Gary, chair fit'- riitr.-r.-nce will have . int n n all( i a pros '"■•‘it ;•);inned for each r of Crown Point of 'alparaiso University. f r ak.'i, at the Wednes- ■ r, ‘ ■" "m. Mr. Heidbredan Education an Seen ox PAGE TWO) till WHEAT ||s explained ■ ur (• utten, Veteran ■ k ft Operator Gives •elusive Interview Hamid E. Rainville r, ‘ ss s ' :,f T Correspondent hy the United Press ■ X " v 4-1 UP) •- Arthur P,e a " grain trader who ■N' wheat at one time " 1, ,IPI ,nan ’ today explain- ■ a nltP<l l>resK the rising Bkai* 1 Z 1 W *’lch has brought " n!Pr i<'an farmers in the j ' 0,1 basis of sup- ■* dp mand. rnil ' K Sports he had made ■ 'Hit of it ho wheat ma rket BL.*'' ( 'itten said he could ■ statement. toe market," B IXUEn on PAGE TWO)

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Found on Lonely Island T-uL* T.aw»' -rrremw, EFv« ■ bBRL i «■ « MMMRntMt < « vnraaaariMHßß The thtee American adventun rs who spent six months of a modern tobmson Crusoe existence on the Cocos Islands, photographed aboard tie l S. Gunboat Sacramento holding the distress flag which they hoisted on the island. Lett to right. Paul Stachwick, Huron S D • Gordon Brawner, Springfield, 111., anil Earl Pallister. San Diego. Cal. ’

TOWNS £LECT NEW OFFICERS Democrats Win at Monroe And Berne; Geneva Goes Republican ■Dermirats carried Wonroe and* Berne and lost Geneva in the town elections of Adams county held I Tuesday, complete returns show. At Berne Ferd Mettler, incumbent candidate for clerk treasurer and Paul Felber for councilman were J elected without Republican opposition. John Johnson was elected councilman of the first ward. Monroe over Harry Essex by a vote of 8273 and Martin Hoffman was elect-j cd second ward councilman by a vote of 89-57 over Otis Brandyberry. Earl Kauders. Democrat defeated Margaret Lewellen, incumbent, 78-1 76. At Geneva, a Democrat stronghold. Republicans captured the councilmanic seat and also elected a clerk-treasurer. Alvin Windmil ler. Republican was elected councilman of the first ward over Edwin Moser by a vote of 220-110. Forest Deitsch was elected clerk-treasurer over Harold Mattox, Democrat by a vote of 185-141. Geneva officials will take office January 1. ART WEMHOFF FUNERAL HELD Requiem High Mass Is Held Today For Decatur Young Man (A solemn requiem high mass was conducted at 9 o'clock this morning at the St. Mary's Catholic church for Arthur Wemhoff. who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning. Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. pastor, was the celebrant of the mass; Father Theodore F?ttig of Monroeville was deacon; Father Simeon Schmitt of Marion was sub-deacon, and Father Ambrose Kohne of Hammond was master of ceremonies. The Rev. Father J. J. lHennes, athletic director of Decatur Catholic high school delivered the sermon. Active pall bearers were Hugh Holthouse, Gerald Smith, William Gass. Andrew A'ppleman of this city, Bernard Myers of Indianapolis and Jerome Mylott of Detroit. Michigan. All members of past and present Commodore basketball teams were honorary pall bearers. Burial was in the St. Joseph Cent • tery. Sen. Watson To Speak Indianapolis, Nov. 4 — (UP) Senator James E. Watson will be speaker at the semi-annual meeting of Sigma Delta Chi, pournalistic fraternity. here Friday night. Newspaper men of the state have been invited.

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4 j * Andy Foos Operates Most Popular Hotel ♦ * Foos, engineer at the City Light and Water Plant, reported toI day that 170 registrations had been j made during the last 16 days of' October at "City Haven” hotel de- ; newspaper lied, where tramps and hoofers are given a place to sleep. I A stock room in the City Light ind Power building is made antitable for those who want a warm j place to sleep. Those who wish to I flop on the floor make their beds on newspapers and use their coat I or sweater for a pillow. One night last month 16 men were registered at “City Haven”, i CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BANDITS LOOT DAISY GROCERY Five Unmasked Youths Get $5.00 In Holdup East Os City Five bandits drove up to Job I Yaney's grocery at Daisy, midway between here and Van Wert about i 8 o'clock Tuesday night, walked I I into the store with drawn revol- ) vers and demanded the money | from the cash drawer. Mr. Yaney I handed it over, amounting to i about $5.00. whereupon the leader I of the gang ordered him to search the half dozen men who had congregated in the store. Job refused to do so. telling the bandits they would have to <lo their own I searching. They argued a few moments until one of the men said “Here's a nickel, its all I've got, you can have it if you want it." The hold up man, smiled and turning to his companions said. "Come on let's go." They proceeded out to their car and drove away. The men were unmasked, all ' young and all strangers to those in the store. About six weeks ago. ' the same crowd drove up to the ' store and staged a hold-up. securing sl7. The police were notified ’ but so far no clue to the bandits has been secured. o Seek Woman's Body . Brazil. Ind., Nov. 4 — (UP) — . Woods and ponds near here were beiin searched today for Mrs. Barbara Croy, 22. who disappeared j from her home yesterday after I threatening to end her life because an attempted reconciliation with her former husband Argil Croy, Piqua. Ohio failed. o Bomb Is Discovered Marion, 111., Nov. 4 —(U.R)~ A ? bomb that had tailed to explode ; was found last night on the porch - at the home of Shannon Holland, president of the First National i Bank here, which closed last December.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 4, 1931.

WHEAT PRICES HOJJSTEADY Values Fall Off Only Slightly In Face Os Heavy Selling Chicago, Nov. 1 —XU.R)— Wheat prices held to within the fraction of a cent a bushel of the previous level at the opening today. Trading on the Chicago board of trade, capital of the wheat marts of North America, started oil' with a rush. Buvers snatched un offers avidly in the first minutes after the pit opened and the price held. Then (he slight weakness of the Liverpool market and liquidation by big traders forced the figures down by from % to % cent. Prices on the Chicago board of trade at the opening were: December wheat. 61>,4 cents; March, 64%; May. 66%, and July 66%. At Liverpool, wheat sagged approximately a cent and a half a bushel. , Opening prices in) other American markets also showed slight declines from yesterday's levels, but the sensational gain from the extreme low’ figures of a month (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STATION GUARD IS ABANDONED City Removes Watchman From Comfort Station At Court House The city council’in session last evening moved that the city dispense with the special set vices of a watchman at the comfort station in the court house. The comfort station is maintained by the county and the city has been providing a watchman during the past summer. W. Guy Brown, manager of the municipal swimming pool at Water I Works park filed a report, showing I total receipts of $315.43, which includes a balance of $137.00 from I the last year and expenditures of I $258.19, leaving a balance of $57.24 in the swimming pool fund. The reI iH>rt was approved. A remonstrance was filed by An- | drew Steigmeyer against the sidewalk petition for MeCague on Nuttman avenue, between sixth and seventh streets. The street and sewer committee filed a report, permitt ing MeCague to build a walk in front of his property, according to I plans furnished by the city egnin- ! eer. Bills were read and allowed and | the council adjoprned. o_ 81-CENTENNIAL GROUP CALLED Washington Birthday To Be Observed Throughout Nation Next Year Letters callin'? a preliminary meeting of civic and club leaders of Adams county for the purpose of of organizing for the Bi-Centennial celebration of George Washington, were issued today by Judge D. B. Erwin. The meeting will be held Friday night. November 6 at the Adams county Court room at 7:30 o’clock Mrs. M. A. Doran, Muncie, district chairman of the George Washington celebration will explain the purpose of the organization. Judge Erwin sent letters to presidents of all clubs, service organizations, school officials and other Interested, and has asked them to meet Friday with Mrs. Doran. It is understood that a county organization will be perfected at the time. Will Probe Council Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 4 —(UP) — Actions of the city council here will be investigated by the Porter county grand jury, which was again in session today. The investigation is the result of a charge by life state board of accounts that Valparaiso has the most mismanaged municipality in Indiana in 1930,

Will Receive Bids On Road 27 Improvement } Bids from contractors for the ' improvement of the stretch of road on state road number 27, including the cut off at Monroe, will be received by the Indiana state high-1 way commission on November 24. | Bids will be received <<fi concrete, i bituminous concrete, brick, asphalt 1 macadam and rock asphalt, as shown on the plane on file in In- | dianapolis. The stretch of road to lie improved is 2.375 miles. INJURED YOUTH DEATH'S VICTIM I Raymond Benner, Hurt Near Berne Dies At Hospital Tuesday Raymond itoss Bender, 19. son of Mrs. Gladys Poffenberger, 1715 East Wayne street, Fort Wayne, died at the Adams 'County Memorial Hospital here, Tuesday night at 1 6:15 o’clock, from injuries received in an automobile accident three miles north of Berne, Sunday, October 25. • The young man was critically injured Sunday night, October 25. on state road 27, north of Berne, when he swerved his car into a ditch to avoid hitting an Amish rig which he had failed to see. Mr. Bender was returning from Portland and was driving north on the pavement north of Berne when he approached a horse and buggy driven by David Schwartz. Although the rig had two lights on it. the young man failed to see the rig, and turned his car into the ditch to avoid hitting it, and turned over a number of times. He was brought to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he has been a patient until his death Tuesday night. A protrusion in the car struck the young man’s head, fracturing his skull. The body was removed to the Scheuman and Son's funeral parlors in Fort Wayne, and arrangements for the funeral services will be made today. ADAMS JURY IS BEING CHOSEN Another Day Expected Before Final Passing By Both Sides Fort Wayne, Nov. 4 —(Special to the Democrat) —The jury murder trial of George Adams, bootlegger, accused of slaying two federal prohibition agents, in the Allen Circuit court, was continued this afternoon, after 35 tentative jurors. who had been placed in the juror box, were excused by the state and defense councils. Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock. National Prohibition Director from Washington, D. C., arrived here Tuesday to attend the case. Hi was in the court room all day, and was scheduled to leave Fort Wayne at 4:20 o'clock this afternoon. Indications are that both the defense council and state's attorney will have the jury completed by (he time court adjourns (his evening. The time Thursday morning will be engaged in reexamining jurymen tentatively acquired Tuesday. Tlie court room was crowded throughout the day and hundreds of persons waited in the corridors and were admitted to the court room by special deputies and police by twos and threes during tha sessions of the trial. The trial will be continued Thursday. Judge David E. Smith, formerly of Decatur, and R. (*. Parrish, are the defense council, and both took prominent parts in the Burns trial held in the Adams Circuit court here recently. o — Lloyd George Resigns London Nov. 4 —(UP) — David Lloyd George wrote to Sir Herbert Samuel today resigning the chairmanship of the parliamentary liberal party. His letter attacked “The disastrous course into which the party has been guided.” Lloyd George's action formally ends, for the present and probably forever, his leadership of the once great Liberal party, now a distinctly minor element in the house of commons.

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SCHAFER WILL IS PROBATED Widow And Son Share In Estate of Prominent Local Man The last will and testament, of Fred Schafer, wealthy Decatur citi-1 zen and hardware merchant who I died October 25, following injuries received in an auto mishap, was pro bated today in the Adams Circuit court. The document was written Nov-! . ember 13, 1916 and was witnessed : by HI. N. Shroll and John B. Mei-, | bers. A life estate in one-half of all the property was bequeathed to the widow, Sarah B. Schafer, who survives. The entire estate, both real . and personal is bequeathed in fee i simple to Chalmer C. Schafer, only ; son of the deceased, subject to the | lite estate in the undivided onei half part thereof. | It was willed that if the widow ' remairried she should receive “such portion of my estate as the laws of I the state of Indiana grants to the widow” Provision was made that in the i event of the death of Chalmer , Schafer, before the death of the testator,” then the 'property shall go to the children of said son Chalmer Schafer living at the time of my death, share and share alike". | Chalmer Schafer was named exe- j J cutor of the estate with full author-' i ity to sell, convey, direct and man- i . age the propefty and to sign deeds : ! or documents in the transfer of I ■ same. The executor was directed . to pay to the widow the net profits i from the undivided one-half share 1 ' I of the estate quartely or as often as i I her necessitites may require. ’ i No value was placed on the es- , take and executor's papers will he ' issued later, i Miller Still On Stand Adam Miller of Jefferson town- i i ship and Geneva was still the wit-J ness in the Wabash river drain > 1 .ease this morning, testifying as to I the present fair cash values and (the probable value if the improvei ment were made, through the Kinney "hills and hollows." How much more time the case will require | I cannot be estimated and it is apparent that seevral more weeks ' will be occupied. o—Petitions Prepared Indianapolis, Nov. 4—(UP)—-Pe-I titions seeking a special session of > legislature to consider farm and tax . I relief problems, circulated by the ! Indiana farm bureau, will be pre- ' I sented to Governor Harry G. Leslie I j soon, Lewis Taylor, of the farm buri ' eau, said today. Taylor said the pe--4 titions bore several thousand sig- . natures. ■! BRITTON CASE AGAIN PUBLIC II Court Orders Doors Opened As Arguments Are i Commenced ’ Toledo. Nov. 4—<U.PJ—The courtroom of Federal Judge John M. . Killitsf was opened to spectators today as attorneys began final I arguments in the trial of Nan ( Britton's $50,000 libel suit against , C. A. Klunk, Marion hotelkeeper. I Newspaper men were the only . ones on hand to take advantage > of the open session which followl ed two days of closed court, ordered by Judge Killits “for the pro- , tection of public morals.” > His action in rescinding his ord- : er came as a surprise and no I spectators were in the corridors t ■ when court convened. Attorneys Immediately began arguments. Opening for the defense, Attor- . ney Donald Melhorn addressed the Jurors: “Your task as Jurors is clean cut and simple. This is a libel 1 i suit. Nan Britton wants you to give her $50,000 from Charlie Klunk. The only thing that Klunk , > admits is selling a book that an- ’ i other man wrote. The book “The Answer to ‘The Piesident's Daugh- ' i ter'," was written) by Joseph De Barthe. now dead. Klunk admitted selling it in his hotel. Nan ‘j Britton has no fault to find with | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Priest Makes Rul)ber The quarter century’s labors of a priest had reached the point where synthetic rubber, the fruit of his inventive genius, was about to be manufactured in commercial ■ quantities. Father Julius A. Nieuwland (above), professor of ' organic chemistry at Notre Dame University at South Bend, Ind., 1 is credited with the basic invention. — ( FORTY HOURS' SERVICE ENDS Local Catholic Congrega-1 tion Completes Obser- I vance Tuesday Impressive ceremonies marked . the closing of the Forty Hours De-1 votion at St. Mary's Catholic churcll | Tuesday evening. The service was largely attended and 11 out of town priests, including the Very Rev. Msgr. H. J. Kroll, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic church, Fort Wayne were in attendance. The litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was recided by Rev. Father Fred Rothermal of Kentland. The Rev. Father Bernardine, O. M. Cap., delivered the sermon, it being the third of a series he 'gave each evening during the Forty Hours. Procession with the Blessed Sacrament, the priests members of the vested boy’s choir, the candle carriers, bell ringers incense carriers and school children marching in the j procession. The men's choir sang during the service. The priests who attended the service were, Rev. Anthony Kroeger. Lowell, celebrant; Rev. Theodore Fettig, Monroeville, deacon; Rev. Simeon Schmitt, Marion, subdeacon; Rev. Ambrose Kohne, Hammond, master of ceremonies; Rev. John Dapp, Fort Wayne, chanter; Rev. Rothermal; Rev. Bernardine; Rev. Charles Girardot, Fort Wayne ; Rev. Ferdinand Hassler, Hessen Castle, Rev. 'Henry Horstman, Fort Wayne; Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz pastor; Rev. Father J. J. Hennes, assistant pastor and the Very Rev. Msgr. Kroll. More than 3,000 holy communions were distributed during the three days and about 1,500 confessions were heard. — o Lions Hear Hartzler The members of the Lions Club met in the Christian Church basement. Tuesday night, and the program for the evening was in the charge of Clifford Saylors. Lloyd Hartzler. a Fort Wayne attorney, addressed the meeting, and spoke on the new automobile liability law. o Case Still Probed Phoenix Ariz. Nov. 4 —(UP) — Authorities have not entirely surrendered the idea that more than one person participated in the slayings of Agnes Anne Leroi and Hed vig amuelson, despite the fact that preparations are under way for the trial of Winnie Ruth Judd on a charge of first degree murder. — o Charged With Murder La Harvq, 111.,, Nov. 4—(UP) — State's attorney Homer Williams filed a murder change today against i Dr. C. L. Caseyn, mayor of Laharpe ' despite the fact that a coroner’s' jury returned an open verdict in the slaying of Oliver Peck, 28, jobless mail carrier.

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DEMOCRATS TO NAME SPEAKER AND OFFICERS Have Numerical Majority Os Two In House; Win Three Seats TWO GOVERNORS ARE DEMOCRATS — Washington, Nov. 4.— —Democrats gained a numerical majority in the House of Representatives in yesterday’s elections and looked forward to electing a speaker and taking control of committees when congress meets December 7. Some doubt still remained, however, as to which partj' would actually gain command on the show-down. It is yet possible for the Republicans to create a tie. In this case the result might turn on absentees and private deals for individual defections impossible to foresee. “The election of Michael J. Hart, Democrat, in the eighth Michigan district, makes me doubly certain of a Democratic house," Rep. John M. Garner, Democratic candidate for speaker, told the United Press at his home in Uvalde, Texas. The elections resulted in the fol lowing house strength: Democrats, 217. Republicans, 215. Farmer-Labor, 1. Vacancies, 2. I Democrats were cheered by the results of the scattered voting j throughout the country despite the 1 fact it was not regarded generally 'as conclusive as to the drift of senitiment In relation to next ynr's presidential race. In New York state. Democrats failed to get control of the assem bly though they needed to gain only six seats. They also failed, in :» hard fight, to seize the old Longworth congressional seat in (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SIMMONS JURY STILLIPONDERS Woman’s Fate Rests In Hands Os Jury; Return For Instructions Lebanon, Ind.. Nev. 4 —<U.R) — The Jury weighing the case of Mrs. Carrie Simmons, charged with the murder of her daughter, Alice Jean, returned to. the courtroom this morning to ask Judge John W. Hornaday to re-read a portion of his instructions. The call for instructions came at 9:45 am., just 16 hours after the jury began its deliberations. Ora Brown, who was nanv'd foreman of the jury, asked Judge Hornaday to repeat all the instructions. When: Judge Hornaday came to the portion dealing with credibility of testimony, Brown rose ami said: “Your honor. I don't think we got that page very well." Brown’s statement was interpretted as meaning that the jury (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) JAPAN DRIVES ON MANCHURIA Jap Troops Continue To Exercise Strong Hold On TerritoryGeneva, Nov. 4—(U.R)—-The Japanese army is "steadily extending and consolidating its grip on Manchuria” and arousing anxiety in Soviet Russia, the League of Nations counsel was informed today in a communication from Dr. Alfred iSze, Chinese representative. Sze charged Japan had made no move toward withdrawing troops of occupation from Manchurian territory before Nov. 16, as de- | manded by the league. I In his latest communication, the Chinese representative said: "Since the adjournment of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)