Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1931 — Page 1

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■REDNESS Ires peace, ■ER STATES - Kt Delivers Armis[■Address at MonuJpedication Today KrQGRESS ■ restoration! ■gton. Nov. 11.— UR) I K “more heavily arm- j ■v : before the great' ■ in which “men can J n attention and ■ine" by stirring hat-■t-xliorted by Presi■ver today to give demonstration ■ress is being made s’r, -< and strain so oppress the atnios- < of nations.” ; was making his ■z. -.peech. at tile dediv... hington mentor- ’ ts and Sailors of ■ War. ■eJ ■ , tlx- dangers facing) u t hat product of prepared-' wash of forces loosenwar," lie said, “has I ■j: during the past two I of many nations I shaken.” ■sssed a belief that pro-! ■ being made toward the, ■ good will and the res- ; ■t' < mfidence among na-' ■ of President Hoover s I itoliws: s in our national) reverent retnein- ■ t use who have given! ■' d glory to the -nation. ■ hr >nze, in their elo-| ■ silence and beauty, tell story of heroi-- deeds) country. ■ther here today to dedi-j B» shrine to those resi■t District of Columbia I Bi d in the World War. j ■1” will recall for all time 1 ■ices and sacrifices. Bparticularly fitting that I ■ ices should be held on ■ Day. when, throughout! ■l. our citizens pause to : ■ those who gave their ■>*' greatest conflict which Bengvlfed the world. B . j ■t’ED OX PAGE FIVE) ! ■Crawford Injured ■strived here Tuesday re- ■ B j( ‘" 11 Ciawford of Klam-! ■s. O.egon. a nephew of ■irtiiel of this city, and a ; ■siddent of Decatur, who I Busly injured in an automo■ent over a week ago, stat- ■'* was improving. The naBis injuries has not been ] ■awford together with an■n were en route to Redd-I ■ornia to attend a meeting ! ■ontobile association, when I ■omobile struck a tree, ■ Mr. Crawford’s companion ■awford has been removed Bote in ore’on. He is well f ri ' having resided here for B of years. He left Decatur | ago. [APED MAN TURNS HOME bder Berg, Rich Fur laler Released By I Abductors fuis. Nov. 11.—(U.R)—Alex-fj-'u. wealthy president of • Brothers Fur Company who Inaped in his limousine in I hundreds of homebound F s at six o’clock Friday fas i eturned to his home f ■ today through efforts of I Bogers, reporter of the pPatch, the family announcr "as the reporter to whom f a> Lee Kelley, socially fit and wealthy nose and FPeclalist, was returned by , rs in East Ct. Louis last I’Jrove alone to the Service Park Plaza N'UED on PAGE FIVE)

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Vol. XXIX. No. 267.

Court House Officials Observe Armistice Day All offices in the Adams County ' Court House were closed today in observance of Armistic Day. County officials took advantage o the holiday by getting all work in | the office up to date. o ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVED HERE I Frederick Landis To Deliver Address At Annual Banquet ■ Observance of Armistice Day in Decatur will reach a peak at 6 o'clock tonight with the annual Armistice Day banquet at the K. of C. hall. The affair is sponsored byAdams post, American Legion witli the Rotary club. Lions club and I Chamber of Commerce cooperating, i Hon. Frederick Landis, Logan- ' sport publisher and columnist, and prominent Indiana orator will be ■ the speaker of the evening. Mr. ! Landis arrived here late this after- | noon from Marion, where he delivi ered an address earlier in the day. The banquet at 6 o'clock will be I open to all men of Adams county. ! Dr. Harry O. Jones of Berne, pro- ) ininent Legionnaire will preside as | toastmaster. The dinner will b ■ I served by the women of the local I Presbyterian church. I About 200 are expected to attend ! tonight s banquet, compared to 50 [ who attended the first one several i years ago. Each year the event ' grows larger. | Armistice day also was observed I today in a number of the schools of i the county, where appropriate papers were read and addresses given. FIVE DEAD IN NEWYORKFIRE Fifteen Are Overcome By Smoke; Frame Building' Is Destroyed i New York, Nov. II —(UP—Five . persons were burned to death, some I were injured in thrilling -rescue attempts, and many were overcome when fire trapped 50 residents of a I frame building in Brooklyn today, j The dead: Mrs. Esther Chudow, ! 36, Natalie Chudow. 3; Lawrence | Chudow. 13 months, Mrs. Lena ! Webb. 35; Ethel Wel>V- four months About 15 persons wete overcome * four of whom were taken to a hosi pital. The fire, officials said, apparentI ly started in three baby carriages in II the first floor hallway of the build, ing and probably was of incendiary | origin. .‘Among the injured were three other members of the Chudow family. Morris Chudow, 41, husband ! of the dead woman, fractured his left ankle when he was forced to ' leap from a third floor window at'I ter a futile effort to save his wife and two children. Fanny Chudow, 4. and Beatrice 8, received slight burns. The structure, an outmoded wooden type prevalent in the “East Side" (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Liberty Party Splits Monte Ne, Ark.. Nov. 11—(UP) — An opqn break between W. 11. (Coin) Harvey, presidential nominee of the recently formed Liberty party and the party's national committee, was disclosed today in a statement to the United Press. ■ The fiction, Colonel Harvey said, was the outgrowth of a request by the committee that he resign as the party's candidate in favor of Senator George Norris, Republican, Ne- ) braska. Hoosier Found Dead Chicago, Nov. 11 —(UP) —Leo H. Rubsarn, 36. son of a Logansport, Ind., physician was found today in his room in the Shercombe hotel on Sheridan Road with a bullet hole through his temple. Police and the deputy coroner , said they believed it a case of suicide because powder burns were found on the temple, indicating the gun had been held at close range. The weapon was nearby. Police Captain McCarthy said he would continue investigation until convinced a murder had not been committed.

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PEACE LOOMS I IN MANCHURIA REPORTSAVER -Japan May Withdraw Its Troops Within 4 Days From Nonni River ‘AGREEMENT THOUGHT NEAR Mukden. Manchuria, Nov. 11 <U.R> The Japanese military announced today the possibility of withdrawing their Nonni river expedition , within four days. Such withdrawal would end for the present the grave threat of war in northern Mtnchuria. close to the sphere of the Russian infhi- , ence, where a force estimated at close to 12.000 Chinese has been 1 i opposing some 2,000 Japanese. The Japanese announced the withdrawal might be effected after repair of the Nonni bridge, recently ’ ( | lestroyed, but emphasized that : the expedition would be sent back ' ; if the Chinese again destroy the I bridge or interfere with traffic. I The Japanese clarified their 1 ) policy of protecting all railways ; built by the Japanese and of dis--1 i persing all Chinese irregulars near I the railways, who have been threat--1 ening to combine into dangerous •) strength. I ' The immediate warfare there1 fore appeared likely to be with the irregulars rather than against I I organized Chinese armies. Clashes with the irregulars have been almost constant in the last ten days, and more than 1.000 casualties have resulted. I IThe Japanese held an ' day celebration in Mukden tmlay. i Other foreigners held separate i 1 celebrations. , ■ Tokio, Nov. 11—(U.R)— Exactly 113 years after the world war (CONTINUED A N PAGE SIXI ———o Ed Ashhaucher Still Reported As Serious The condition of Ed Ashhaucher, who has been a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital since Sunday night, remains about 1 J the same today. —— o CAPONE GROUP IS ACCUSED 1 Kidnapings, Robberies And Other Crimes Are Laid to Gangsters Chicago, Nov. 11.—(U.R)—The Ca--1 ( pone syndicate today was pictured by Chicago's “secret six" as cent- .’ I er of a criminal spiderweb which is blamed for 100 kidnapings and bank robberies totalling $5,000,000. The revelations of nation-wide 1 connections of the syndicate which heretofore was supposed to deal largely in liquor and gambling rackets came as police announced outbreak of a revolt against the Capone gang rule. With Al Capone and other leaders of the gang, in jail or under sentence through efforts of the U. S. Government in cooperation with ' i the committee of six unnamed business leaders, police said gangsters ' had launched a drive against the Capone monopoly. 1 Slaying of Raymond Kane, 23, bodyguard for Edward “Spike” O’- ■ Donnell, last night was believed by ' officers to be part of a fight being waged by O’Donnell to regain terri- '! tory lost in the heydey of the Capone regime. Meanwhile officials struck another blow at the gang with the arrest of “Dago Lawrence" Mangano, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o i Adler Funeral Held t j Funeral services were held this afternoon t.* 2:30 o'clock from the r Zion Reformed church for Lewis - Otto Adler, son of Mrs. Christina - Adler of Kirkland township, who - die I at the Agnes Memorial Hospital in Denver, Colorado, Saturday ’ afternoon. Mr. Adler was a formI er teacher in Decatur and Kirk- - land township, and served as cash- - ier of the bank at Preble for a number of years.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 11, 1931.

New Bible Issued ■M I W " • La-Si -I W.;"' . ’W 'W ‘ ’ IM ‘ - site ' * - .• || , mwnimißimi w The new American Bible is out. Printed like a modern book, with single column pages, and using quotation marks to distinguish conversation. it has just been published by the University of Chicago. It is the work of Professors Edgar J. Goodspeed and J. M. P. Smith. This picture shows Walter Linn, bookbinder at the University of Chicago Press, delivering first copy of the new Bible to Miss Nancy Kennedy.

CIVIC SECTION TO GIVE PLAY Comedy To Be Presented Here November 23 By Local Women “Her Step Husband," a three act comedy will be presented at the Decatur high school auditorium, Monday, evening, November 23, un der the auspices o fthe Civic Sec- : tion of the Woman’s Club. The per formance will begin at 8:15 o'clock. The plot is an interesting one and the play promises to be entertaining with lots of fun and laughter. A cast of characters comprising the best local talent has been chosen and rehearsals have been held under the direction of W. F. Beery. Proceeds to be derived from the production will be used for the upkeep of the city tennis courts, and other means of beautifying Decatur. bThelwpkischosen SHR SH SHI SR The public is urged to plan to attend “Her Step Husband.” o — Get Restraining Order Sullivan, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) — A restraining order preventing the United Mine Workers of America from interfering with operation of the Ebbw Vale mine at Sullivan was in effect here today. A hearing for a permanent injunction against the U- M. W. of A. will be held in Indianapolis before Federal Judge Thomas slick next Saturday.

Bargains For Shoppers In Twin Dollar Days With practically every store in the city co-operating. Decatur merchants shoppers hundreds of bargains in tiie big Twin Dollar Days, Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14. A perusal of today’s Daily Democrat gives the thrifty shoipper an idea of the many timely offerings available in the city wide sale. Shoppers are invited to take advantage of the exceptional seasonal 'offerings. Every courtesy will be extended by the merchants. There will be nothing to detract the shopper's attention in the way of entertainment, the entire two day's devoted exclusively to shopping and seeing that customers are waited upon and served in the stores. Read the following advertisements in tonight's paper:

Advertiser Page John T. Myers Co 12 E. F. Gass & Son 9 Holthouse Schulte Co. 6 W. H. Zwiek & Son 11 Lee Hardware Co 7 Niblick & Co 8 Lankenau's 7 Pumphrey Jewelry Store 11 Teeple and Peterson 5 C. A. Douglas C 0.... 4

» I Faces Heavy Docket — Hammond, Ind., Nov. 11. —(U.R) — ) The large civil docket facing Judge Thomas W. Slick in Federal court probably will delay hearing of criminal cases until November 23, it appeared today. Consequently, it was believed, the East Chicago conspiracy retrial and the Ralph Bradford narcotic case will not be heard at the present term. It was considered possible, it further delays occur, that Judge Slick may devote the time to arraignments and decision on pleas I only, before moving to Fort Wayne. TAX INCREASE IS ADVOCATED I Investment Bankers In Convention Advocate Mild Increase White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Nov. 11. — (U.R) ■— A moderate increase of taxes au the coming session of congress was urged today by the Investment Bankers Association of America. The increase should be mostly an emergency measure until revenues return to their normal level and should be so spread out that the burden will not be heavy upon any particular industry or class, the association held in adopting a report of its federal taxation commission. The association advocated immediate repeal of the federal es(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Advertiser Page Nichols Shoe Store 11 Economy Store 10 Schgfer Hardware Co. 3 Beavers, Flyback & Beavers 5 Yager Bros. 8 Vance & Linn 9 Morris 5 & 10c Store 10 Carroll Coal & Coke Co.. 8 ' Farr's Laundry ...» 4 Newberry's 2

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ADAMS HEARS | ! TESTIMONY OF lEYEWITNESSES I' : — I Defense Fails To Alter Story of Four Who Saw Slaying ADAMS’ WIFE ATTENDS TRIAL Fort Wayne, Nov. 11.—(U.R) —Testimony of four witness- 1 es started yesterday as a surprise element by the state in ' its effort to send George Ad-!' ams to the electric chair for! the murder of two Federal prohibition agents, was continued up to adjournment of court this morning. Defense attorneys, in cross examination of Harold Cutter, 19, and John Potter, failed to shake their story that they saw Adams crawl from his car, walk to the ] side of John Wilson, the agent whom he is accused of murdering, and fire several shots into him. • I •This story, with virtually no ‘ variance, was also told by David j Gillie, driver of the machine occu- 1 pied by Cutter and Potter, and by 1 1 Aipheus Potter, 17. brother of 1 John. The defense was to cross- j < examine Aipheus Potter at resumption of court at 1:30 this afternoon. 1 It appeared that the state was ! I concentrating its case on the four) i occupants of the Gillie machine,! whose presence at the shooting! 1 scene was not revealed until yes- I terday. AU testified that the first shots they saw were fired through the windshield of Adams’ car. None saw any firearms 'displayed i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LOCAL PEOPLE i IN ACCIDENT Automobile Plunges Into Ditch When Rear Tire Blows Out The Misses Dolores Elzey, Ber-' nadine Shraluka, and Margaret Kitson. and Robert Shraluka escaped serious injuries Tuesday night, when a tire on the Brock! Store truck in which they were riding, blew out, causing the car to make two complete revolutions on the wet pavement before plunging into the ditch. All occupants of the car receiv-! ed a number of cuts and bruises, and the young man driving was ‘ pinned under the truck until passing autoists stoppea to assist in removing the truck from his body.! The party was returning from Fort Wayne where they had visit-! ed with Mrs. Bertha Shraluka, mother of two of the occupants of the truck, who is seriously ill at the Lutheran hospital. The accident occurred about a mile north of Miller's Bend, north of Decatur. o Marries Eighth Time Noblesville. Ind.. Nov. 11 — (UP) Richard Denny, 90, today prepared to launch on his eighth marriage venture. All his other wives died. The prospective bride, Mrs. America Moody, accompanied Denny to the county clerk’s office to obtain a license. She gave her age as 81. Local Women At Meet A tri-county meeting of the Pythian Sisters lodge was held in Roll. Tuesday, all-day. Mrs. Fred Linn. Mrs. James Bain, Mrs. Grant Fry and Mrs. E. B. Macy attended the meeting. The counties included in the convention were /plains, Wel’|t and Blackford. Five temples in the district were represented. A dinner was served at the noon hour, after which the business session was held. The election of officers resulted in the following: Mrs. Esther Kelley, of Roll, president; Mrs. Bennet of Montpelier, vice-president; Mrs. Grant Fry of Decatur, secretary; Mrs. Olive Kreigh of Tocsin, treasurer. Mrs. Fern Beaber. Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Brunner of Fort Wayne were guests at the meeting. The next tri-county meeting will be held in Bluffton.

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South Ward Parents And Teachers Meet Mrs. W. Guy Brown had charge of the program for the meeting of the South Ward Parent Teachers Issociation at the South Ward school Tuesday afternoon, following school. The subject for the program was “Developing Initiative and Responsibility in Children.” Mrs. Brown led the dscussion on the education of the children and the education of the parents, and H. H. Ferntheil, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Joe Linn, Mrs. Oscar Hoffman and Mrs Dee Fryback took part in the program. The pupils of the first grade at the South Ward school furnished a musical number. The next meeting of the association will be held December 16. 0 COLLECTIONS BEAT ESTIMATE Money Paid On Taxes In Greater Than Estimates For Year The November collection of taxes and for the year 1931 were better than estimates made, Miss Alice Lenhart, deputy county treasurer announced today. The November collection totalled $411,061.48, which includes $19,907.21 of delinquent tax. The current tax paid was $391,154.27. On Monday, the last day to pay the tax without a ten per cent, penalty being added, $103,830.10 was paid in, a record in the treasurer’s of- , flee. * The 1931 tax bill in Adams county totals $878,464.40, including $lB,i 027.91 of delinquent tax carried i over from the previous year Collections for 1931 total $844,398.77, I leaving a balance unpaid of $44,1065.73 for the year. This is less j than the amount which went delinquent in the spring. The last day’s receipts brought |up the total to normal and Miss ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Firemen Will Meet There will be special meeting of | all Decatur volunteer firemen at the i Fire Department tonight. The meeting will begin piomptly at 7 o’clock and all volunteer firemen are requested to be present. SAMUEL DURBIN EXPIRES TODAY Retired Adams County Farmer Dies At Home Os Son Early Today — Samuel J. Durbin, 66, well known retired Adams County farmer died at 3 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Harry C. Durbin, 2511 Oliver street, Fort Wayne, of paralysis. Mr. Durbin had been | sick for the past six months and resided with his son the past five weeks. Mr. Durbin was a farmer, residing near Pleasant Mills the greater part of his life. He was a member of the Union Chapel United Brethren church for many years. The deceased was born in Adams County, near Pleasant Mills, May 19, 1865, the son of John and Hannah Durbin, both deceased. Surviving is his wife, Lydia Martz-Durbin, and the following children: Mrs. Laura Gehres of Osseo, Wis.; Mrs. Bessie Watkins, of Pleasant Mills; Harry C. Durbin, Fort Wayne; seven grandchil(UONT'NUED ON PAGE SIX) o Shock Proves Fatal Indianapolis Nov. 11 — (UP) — Shock sufered in an auto plunge was blamed today for the death of Alonzo Wine, 60, of Chicago in a hotel here. Wine’s auto plunged more than a hundred feet over a clift. Wine was apparently uninjured, but died in his hotel room a few hours later. Red Cross To Meet There will be a meeting of the Red Cross in the Chamber or Commerce rooms, Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. AU members and especially those appointed for the drive are requested to be present.

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LOSS OF LIFE IS FEARED AS STORMS RAGE Ships Are Wrecked at Sea; Tornadoes Sweep Across North Europe SPAIN FEELS STORM’S PULSE London, Nov. 11.— (U.R) — High gales, tornadoes and snowstorms crashed across the British Isles and northern Europe early today, battering ships at sea and causing fears of heavy loss of life among the coastal fishing fleets of France, England and Spain. The Greek steamer Georgios was abandoned 220 miles south of Brest and the Italian steamer Chibjera sent out an S. O. S. call from the same area, but later repaired the damages. The French costal vessel Iroise was under full steam en route to aid the Georgios after a message from the French cargo boat PLM 22 reported that seven of the Greek ship's crew had been rescued. After the rescue the Georgios became lost in the storm with 118 men still aboard, the message said. Several sailors were found in a life boat later. Many fishing boats were reported lost along the French coast, particularly near Lorient. Loss of life was believed heavy. Boats at Dishung broke anchorage and were dashed to pieces. A tornado-like (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MARION PROBE GROWS BITTER Grant County Prosecutor Charges Intimidation Os Witnesses Marion, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) —A . cross fire between prosecutor Harley Hardin and special prosecutor George Hufsmith. who is investigating Hardin's office, loomed here today. As Hufsmith, with several assistants, was gathering evidence to “seething in corruption. ’’ Hardin an nounced he had obtained affidavits j showing that Hufsmith attempted to intimidate several witnesses. Hardin ordered the Grand Jury to be in session tomorrow morning, . but declined to say if the affidavits would be presented to the jury. Hufsmith, a deputy attorney general, emphatically denied the intimidation charges. “I have never i used third degree methods in my I lite,” he said, “And Ido not intend (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO» i Funeral Held Today i . Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. Tonnelier, wife of Joseph J. Ton- . nelier who died suddenly at her . home Sunday night, were held at . 9 o’clock this morning at the St. I Marys Catholic church. Burial was in the St. Joseph Cemetery. ! o BECK SCORES FARM RELIEF Congressman Urges Repeal Os Federal Measure By Coalition Chicago, Nov. 11—(UP) —Deplor- . ing the Federal Farm Relief sßheme , as the "greatest legislative tolly in j the history of America,” congressL man James M. Beck, Pennsylvania, told 1.500 national business leaders t in an address here that both parties s must combine their efforts to rej peal the agricultural relief bill. Beck’s attack on the farm relief theory was made at-the Chicago Board of Trade dinner to business and industry. He characterized the , scheme as having plunged this ’ country into a socialistic, bureau- ) cracy which if allowed to continue L in its present course would place i the nation in a position similar to i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)