Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1931 — Page 1

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Bay school ■ip TO NAME Im today Big At All jLKn- Os County Meet Het is 1 Illi I I) Tl ESDA’I lor the Adams Kjy Siri.l.v School Assonamed the ■K;, sMoll SM"'- at *’ u ‘ K# !t . d church in this ■ CT 1 " 11 ' 1 c,)llven ~ S’w l? ! 11 banquet formed church Tuesday evening? Vigkioiis were he'(l this ■L&?. afternoon, with the i might. Large i.-pr* s. ntce.x.-* K *»!' Sunday School ini HL t attending th"* Hpß I' 1 1, innc. president of College; E. T. AlEducation. ■ & £ ip.-rintt ndoni Kufe- I'h'S Division. Indi H*n<'il of Religious EducaKK ;*■ ’.in ipal speakers. E siriker. president of Kiwi:" "as chairman of KhHuc- and special musical KH« given by the th.* S litany Attend Banquet fcre than ltd persons from this | K UK \ cos county attended K {Bing banquet, held in thej ■ KtH evening at six o’clock.' m.-iil.-red the largest ■vd sat las ever attended an I Being meeting of, the Adams] Kim* E. Striker, president, ■ ctaige of the banquet pro■B,*ul Charles E. Teeple of the toastmaster. |lh»t Reformed church of ■Mr " 1P blessin. «as furniv||.-d |M nd by Carl I.'i.- n i.:> on page six. KIDENT AND ■ansi CONFER IB? Surrounds Sess■l Al White House ?»lhis Morning Nov 11 .over. Italian for. ign |B 1 ’ SHI conferred on w nri.l in lav fur two atld debts and repar wc; *• understood to h iv* attention. «, It was suriounded witl. arrived at the White '■ -I' A. M. escorted by sec state Stimson. He was late. A police guard achim. g r . eted Grandi in I of White House. then retired to the ,.\s far as was known was in tile onferetic.’ left the White House at " L company with Stimce kept everyone away ^ ite " ouse entrance. ON PAGE TWOI *o— ... jy ol ' Youth Faces Brge of Manslaughter Nov. 18 —(HP t Decker. 23, Bluffton man ' llv °luntary manslaughter today as a result of the W f William M. Jacobs, 65. killstruck by Decker's car durB ain storm last night, said the driving rain obhis vision and he was unsee Jacobs walking towards lle right door handle and knocked Jacobs down * B 6 died a few minutes later ; M fractured skull.

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beetTcreage i BEING PLEDGED E. L. Harlacher Calls on Adams County Growers This Week E. L, Harlacher of Winch ster. I formerly connected with the Holland St. Louis Sugar Company of this city as fieldman stated today I that he had seem ed pledges for | 100 acres of beets. Mr. Harlacher in volunteering his services to secure i beet acreage through the Indiana Farm bureau. More than 5.000 acres have been | pledged for tailing beets next year. Farmers near Monroe. M mmoulh, Decatur. Harlan and at Van Wert, Ohio, have pledged to raise beets next year on the 50-50 c intract. Several other former field men of the Holland St Louis Sugar company have donated their services to secure acreage pledges and explain the 50-50 contract to Interested farmers. A goal of at least 10,000 acres has been set and if this amount of acreage is secured the matter of opening the plant under th? management of the Great Lakes Sugar Co., will be taken up with the owners, j OUSTER SUIT IS DISMISSED Louisiana’s Governor Still Governor After Ouster Suit Shreveport. La., Nov. IS <U.R) — The ouster suit against Governor Huey P. Long of Louisiana, brought by Lieut. Gov. Paul Cyr. was dis-1 missed in Caddo Parish district ■ cdurt today by Judge T. F. Bell. The judge held the lieutenant governor, claimant to the governor's seat, lacked a right for ac-1 tion. Cyr, political enemy of Long, had sought to remove the red haired chief executive from office on grounds he could not be U. S. sen-ator-elect and Governor at the same time, t Cyr's attorneys were understood to be preparing an appeal. , Huntington Man Dies Anderson. Ind., Nov. IS.—(U.R) — Edwin Warkentlne, 20, Huntington, was killed when the auto in which he was riding collided with anoth er near here. Samuel Widner. 63, and Orville Hoover, both of Hunt ington were Injured.

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Kindergarten Pupils To Present Program The pupils of Mrs. Carrel Cole's kindergarten will give a program in the Public Library hall, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for their parents and friends. The program I will consist of songs, games and other kindergarten activities. The pupils enrolled in the school and who will take’ part in -the afternoon event are Marjorie Linn, Bob i August, Tommy Lose. Barbara i Lose, Bob I animiman, Rose Marie j Kohne, Rosamond Graham, Dan Cowan, Kenneth McConnell, Kathleen McConnell. Richard Saylors. Gertrude Banning. Richard Rood, Louise Rood and Mary Jo Butler. ADAMS GOES TO STATE PRISON Second Murder Charge To Be Dropped Prosecutor States Fort Wayne. Ind., Nov. 18—(UP) George Adams, convicted on a charge of manslaughter as a result of the fatal shooting of John Wilson. fedeial prohibition agent, was i sentenced to serve from two to 21 years in Indiana state prison at : Michigan City, by Judge C. R. Me-, i Naibb today. Several deputies started for the prison with Adams immediately after sentence was pronoun- ! ced. Prosecutor Walter Helmke said j the other charge against Adams in | which he is accused of murdering Walter Gilbert, also a Federal pro- | hibltion agent, would be dismissed. Wilson and Gilbert were slain on the Huntington road near here last (July 22. Adams made no comment as Judge McNabb pronounc'd the sentence. o z Seek Bicycle Bandit Vincennes, Ind., Nov. -B.—(U.R) — A bicycle bandit was sought here today. After looting a restaurant of S4O last night, the man confiscated a i messenger boy’s bicycle, leaning i against the curbing in front of the restaurant, and pedalled away. So far as authorities knew, he was still pedalling today, as they had not found either the robber or the bicycle. o Injuries Cause Death Muncie, Ind., Nov. 18 —(UP) —Injuries suffered by 9-year old Elizabeth Stewart, when she was struck by a truck while at play, caused her death. The truck driver was absolved of blame. j

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 18, 1931.

TRIAL WITNESS SOUGHT AFTER DISAPPEARANCE ■ Stanley Dailey Fails To Return To Court; Writ Is Issued NO TRACE Ol’ MAN LOCATED An interesting angle in the j case of state vs. Stanton I Dailey, charged with the theft of sheep from the Samantha Young farm in Blue ('.reek township which is be-j ing tried in Adams circuit court developed today when Stanley Dailey, a witness and twin brother of the man charged with the crime dis ' apneared. Stanley Dailey late Tuesday, threw the court room into a pitch | of excitement when he admitted to Prosecutor Nathan Nelson that he had been threatened. Judge Erwin ordered the jury to the jury room and asked the witness who threatened him. The witness refused to tell and Judge Erwin let it he known in plain words that he would not tolerate the threatening or intimidating of any witnesses. Shortly after the incident, court adjourned until 9 o’clock this morning and Prosecutor Nelson told Stanley Dailey to return for further questioning His name was (CONT'NUEU °N P4GE STXI o COUNCIL HOLDS Will Ohler Petitions City For Permit To Erect Dining Car A petition to place a dining car on th? Jess Rice lot on Madison street, was filed with the council last evening by Will Ohler. The matter was referred to the committee on public safety. Mr. Ohler wishes to place the car at the corner of the lot and permission will probably be granted after arrangements have been made with the council. The electric light committee reI ported that it had purchased the linoleum for the city hall offices from Lankenau's. The later's contract price was $511.50. The bid of Niblick and company 'was $524.75. , The finance committee reported that the city's assessment on the Krick drain in the south part of the city was $643.80. A special appropriation will be made to pay the assessment. O. L. Vance, chairman of the electric light committee reported that new locks had been plac 'd on the city's coal silos on North Seventh (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DRY SLEUTHS TO BE PROBED Youth’s Death Causes Concern In Colorado; Beating Is Prohed Denver, Colo., Nov. 18.— (U.R) — The death of a 20-year-old truck driver after being beaten by a federal prohibition agent during a scuffle over three ounces of wine was expected today to lead to a general investigation of prohibition administration in Colorado. Two special officers of the federal prohibition department, assigned by National Director Amos W. W. Woodcock, were here to investigate the fatal beating of Milford G. Sftiith and also it was believed to delve into the state prohibition problem. Henry L. Dierks, the agent charged with beating the young truck driver, is at liberty under $5,000 bond. He claimed he struck Smith on the head with a pistol butt in self defense. The agent was charged with murder in an information filed in the judicial court. By federal writ the case was transferred to U. S. | 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Achievement Program Is Scheduled Thursday Achievement Day will be observed by the Home Economics! Clubs of Adams county, Thursday | evening, November 19, at the Decatur high school auditorium. I The program will begin at 7:30| o’clock. | A pageant will be presented and I all clubs of the county will par-, ticipate, each giving an episode of the program. No admission will I be charged ami all members, their' families and friends are invited to! attend. KIDNAPED GIRL I STILL SOUGHT — Mother of 10 Tells of Cruelty Endured; Prays For Son’s Return BULLETIN Saljm, Ind., Nov. 18—(U.R)— Sheriff Milton Trinkle was notified by authorities at Watseka, 111., today that William Hunt, 28, and his half-sister, Cora, 12, were in custody there. Sheriff Trinkle prepared to leave immediately for Watseka to return Hunt and the’ | girl, whom he is alleged to have kidnaped from Livonia school last Thursday. Livonia. Ind., Nov. 18—(U.R) Mrs. Otto Hunt, 46. a cripple, tearfully told today of the persecutions her son William inflicted upon her family, and tn the next sob prayed that he would return home safely. , Eagerly Mrs. Hunt, mother of 10 children, awaited word from I William and his half-sister, Cora. I 12, whom he is believed to-have! abducted. William left home in a| fit of anger last Thursday morn-1 ing, got Cora from school on the' pretext that her mother was ill,! and only meager reports of' him- ! self and Cora have been received, since. Mrs. Hunt, worn with years of | heavy farm labbr, related in detail I the story of her son's career of i crime. She told of the constant I fear in which he kept the family. I , sometimes threatening to kill them. Twelve years ago, Mrs. Hunt (CONTINUED ON CAGE TWO> FARMERS VISIT LESLIE TODAY Demands For Legislature To Meet Grow At Farm Bureau Meet Indianapolis, Nov. 18 —(U.R) —A parade of farmers to the state * house to demand a special session i of the legislature to enact tax relief measures was planned by members of the Indiana Farm Bureau for this afternoon. Plans for the parade grew out of several | addresses at the farm bureau con-1 vention here in which special tax * relief legislation was urged. William H. Settle, president of the state organization, Lewis TayH. Sullivan, Indianapolis mayor lor. vice president, and Reginald II urged the farmers to ask fax reI lief. Less stringent enforcement of ' laws governing farmers' loans I from federal land banks was asked by M. s. Winder, Chicago, executive secretary of the American Farm Bureau federation. He urg- , ed farmers to oppose efforts seeking to repeal the federal market-1 ing act and disband the federal I farm board. “While neither sup-1 plies all that is to be desired,.they are better than nothing," Winder said. Glenn Montgomery, Shelby county; Robert Boggs. Elkhart county,] were named winners of the annual poster contest. BULLETIN Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower was Injured at noon today when the auto in which he was driving was swerved into a ditch to avoid hitting a cow. Hower was thrown against the dashboard of the car. and one leg was severely sprained. The Injuries were not regarded as serious.

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'FORD PREDICTS I ‘NEW RECOVERY ] AS PERMANENT' I F a m ous Manufacturer Views Present Panic From New Angle SAYS SYSTEM IS AT FAULT Editois Note: Henry ford, the man who wrought miracles with mass production, sees new and I “real" prosperity ahead. Multimillionaire and master of a business which admittedly has playI ed a tremendous role in America's business life, and employer of thousands, he has been pondering on the depression, its causes and cures. In the appended exclusive interview with Raymond Clapper of the | United Press, the Great Dearborn ; I industrialist thinks out loud, pictur-1 ; inj for the world a new business ; I regime shorn of articicialty and the \ . disturbing fluctuations of the past. | He points out a road to prosper- i I ity and progress, which whether : I one agrees with his ideas or not, has the value of emanating from a I source high in the business life of , the nation. Bulletin By Raymond Clapper United press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1931, by United Press' in all countries. Reproduction in i whole or in part prohibited). Detroit, Mich., Nov. 18 —(UP) — Henry Ford foresees the coming of ' “real prosperity”—not “feverish, speculative false ]i orperity, but real prosperity such as you can { keep.” I lu his opinion, as expressed to | the .United Press in an exclusive interview. it will be such as “to make all previous prosperity look small.” He does not look for "recovery” I but for something better, and he hopes “we don’t i ecover the old sys- ! tern" with a “bigger and better pan- ] ic in, say, 1940." Incidentally, he expressed the ] view that business men woftld be ! better off it there were no tariffs j anywhere. We have quit looking for Santa Claus, he Says. We have quit waiting for miracles. And we are ready to go to work. And we are making progress. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi o Whiting Man Injured Where Brother Died Whiting, Ind.. Nov. 18. — (U.R) — I Leslie Richardson, Whiting fire-1 man. was in a critical condition today suffering auto crash injuries re i ceived at almost the same place on the Dunes highway where his brother, Maurice, 28, was killed Sunday. Leslie was returning from Mich-1 igan City, where he had gone to, arrange for his brother's funeral, when his auto collided with another machine. MOTHER FACES MURDER CHARGE — . Illinois Woman Charged With Poisoning HeY* Young Daughter Delavan, 111.. Nov. 18.— (U.R) — Mrs. Alice Mason. 50, mother of | Mildred Mason. 12, whose death by, j arsenic poison last summer was I disclosed by a secret autopsy was arrested today and will be charged [with the poisoning, Tazewell coun-1 ty authorities announced. “If Mildred died of poison, my son-in-law Harold Reese is responsible,” Mrs. Mason told Deputy Sheriff Ernest Fleming. "He made me divide SI,OOO insurance I got ifrom her death and she took sick at his home." Fleming said he would arrest Reese for questioning immediately. Clinton Armstrong, said by neighbors to be an admirer of Mrs. Mason. also was ordered apprehended for questioning. Mrs. Mason also said her son-in-law forced her to divide a similar insurance award made on the death jot her husband a year ago, Fleming said. An autopsy of his body was to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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POLICE SEEK WOMANSLAYER Middle - Aged Woman’s Body Found in Chicago Causes Concern Chicago, Nov. 18.— (U.R) — Police discovered the body of a grey-hair-ed elderly woman, apparently .beaten to death and then tossed from a moving car at the side of a littletravelled road just outside the city limits today. A purse was found near the body. It contained letters to Mrs. Louise Sulk. Chicago, who was believed by officers to be the slain woman. One letter apparently from her son upbraided the woman for giving money to companions “so they can play big shots." Police believed the woman about 55 years old. She was wearing a brown dress, black rain coat, and grey cotton stockings. One shoe I CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COMMISSION IS DEFENDED iCuthbertson Declares Critics Are 111-linform-ed, Unfair Peru, Ind., Nov. 18—(UP)—A de- , tense of the Public Service Commission against persons who would "use it as a political football” was made by Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson in an address here. Although Cuthbertson did not mention the names of his “critics," whose attacks he branded as un- | fair and ill-advised, he was interl preted as referring to a recent state ' i tnent by Paul V. McNutt, candidate I for the Democratic gubernatorial 'i nomination. In a political address at Columbus, Ind., McNutt said he would "change the Public Service personnel 'en toto’ if elected governor. ’’ Cuthbertson, in a several-page , reply, charged McNutt with being ;a “political demagogue" and chaiI lenged him to a debate. The com- | tnissioner suggested that they dis- | cuss “How much consideration should be given politicians who, by I demagoguery, were destroying confidence in the government." MeNut did not answer Cuthbertson’s challenge. Expansion programs of large pub(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 — Stork Visits Tunneys New York, Nov. 18 — ((UP) --A son was born today to Mr. and Mrs. James Tunney at Sloan's Hospital, medical center. Tunney, the former heavyweight boxing champion, told the United Press: *• ’’l am certainly mighty happy. The boy undoubtedly will be the next heavyweight champion." Mrs. Tunney is the former Polly Lauder of Greenwich, Conn.

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!key city is REPORTED TO BE CAPTURED Chinese General Begs League To Stop Japan Assault in Manchuria CASUALTIES REPORTED BIG By Frederick Kuh United Press Staff Correspondent. Copyright 1931 by United Press From Nonni River Front, Nov. 18 4U.R)— (via Harbin, 7 p.m.)—(U.R)—The Japanese army, battering a demoralized Chinese force with artillery, machine guns and aerial bombs, broke through the Chinese lines toward Tsitsihar today, leaving a vast i number of dead and wounded in their wake. ' i The Chinese were utterly routed ’ in an all-day battle that began at 4 am. in bitterly cold weather of four below zero. Icy blasts swept the bleak plains as the Japanese started their general offensive along a five-mile front on either side of the railway along the Nonni river. The Chinese tried vainly to hold their irregular lines of well conj structed trenches, but were driven I back by a withering fire from the ! land and air. ‘, When the offensive started, numerous Chinese were scattered in the no man's land stretching for ten miles between Che Japanese , and Chinese trenches, and casualties among them were particularly heavy. The Chinese were operating I nine guns oft their left flank in ' advance of the main lines. Scouts lurked in fox holes through no man's land. Harbin, Manchuria, Nov. 18. — ] (U.R)—Gen. Ma Chan-Shan sent a wireless message to Chiang KaiShek, nationalist president of China at Nanking, today asking j him to appeal >o the League of Nations to eml hostilities in Manchuria. Ma's message was dispatched at 10 a.m. It said: “Japanese troops have started (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO> ■■■ 1 ■ o~~— No Comment On Case Mobile, Ala., Nov. 18. — (U.R) —• Amos W. W. Woodcock, director II of prohibition enforcement, today 11 showed interest in the conviction i in Fort Wayne, Ind., of the slayer |of a federal prohibition agent but , * refused to comment personally ’ about the jury verdict. “I want to say that 1 hope justice has been done." the national prohibition chjef said. “We of the . enforcement are deeply interested . in the principle of vindication of I justice, regardless of consequences, i We are making our agents obey the law and I sincerely hope the law will protect them." UNEMPLOYMENT IS DISCUSSED Problem Is Great One Stevens, Legion Commander Declares Bloomington, Ind.. Nov. 18.—(U.R) —Cities and states must accept the responsibility of caring tor unemployed in their dominion, Henry L. Stevens Jr., national commander of the American Legion said in an address before tile Bloomington post. “It’s easy to tell a man to stay in his own community and not go away to burden other communities,” Stevens said, “but if he stays home, then his own community must find work for him" Stevens said it was as much the duty of the Legion to care for unemployed comrades as It was to keep a constant watch over the organization's disabled. '■'The American peopie do not want charity,” Stevens asserted. “They do not want a dole; they want work, and are entitled to an opportunity to earn a decent livelihood." Stevens urged Legion posts to join with existing relief agencies, (CONTINUED ON °AQE TWO)