Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1931 — Page 1

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S|p miller I*fILLY HURT; -PIT BY AUTO Hri Death, CoronVerdict; Death SHmost Instant mo Ili'lDMi Al TO ""'ftidrtt' Miller, 82, wellBenr • ■ c | farmer, died of , .ed when he was automobile drivS. Leveridge a' h: 15 o’clock Wedng. The accident ahoul a mile south on state road 27, >& Hsi the Miller farm, ■r/lciri idge was driving Mr. Miller, who I' "All I" ills homo at' - - Casper Miller. :p brakes, skidart ml tor the Left side of li - wheels locked, the . i .mk and > 1:11 >H> sideswip.il whose body hit the B s£r h tile Leveridge autoHit,A ikoia the glass ill the B Vi ■reived a fractured Bttfg rant are of tile I,l’ •’ ankle, and several - He died asreaching iiiity Memorial Hos BUr (' Crandstaff, county Hint .a- •: death was aceidetttBe de .1 was a well-known Bli kitio • living for the past Bye*!* at 226 South Fourth B i.o.m walked to his old He, St> eupied by ltis sou. | Ber, ’ a lai la solllli of the Hue I railroad track, on east I Bas t road. At the time of H**# 11 ’ m was returning from Bind it’d was walking on the HpAhouse. Kr.Bv who is manager store at Berne, was BilllMior’’a Casper Miller and ■DSTIM-KI) on PAGE TWO) i ■ilDriver Admits HBilling A Passenger BiißpoHn Nov. 19— (U.R)— A that baffled police , was believed solved announced that ■il d’ wn a confession from police said, admitted B> 10-eph Steinberger. argument over a taxi ’■ I '"tuber IS, according confession, Stein-! pfused to pay the bill and the auto. Wilson pur-1 tight in an alley and theni ip something hard and hft j e head," Wilson is said to police. “He fell and I against a shed. I took its pockets and fled,” po)d Wilson. tger’s body was found alley. He died In a hosv hours later, said he quit his job as 'er shortly after the slayI CHECKING AN PRAISED or Leslie Says InSystem Is One Nation’s Best Nov. 19^—(UP)—The syshecku, provided by law, ih'ipal and state officials dth spending public monade the Indiana plan of nte of the molt effective Lion, Governor Harry GLhat state said In an addtoday. Leslie spoke before England Council, n has been In operation )l years, Governor Leslie proof that it is successful 1 the fact that the state 11 L has no bonded Indebtd the outstanding bonded ess of all its subdivisions ment is smaller than any e when compared upon a •opulatlon and wealth. atureg of the plan, as desUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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Sen. Robinson Speaks Marion, Ind., Nov. 19.—(U.R)—A I belief that Japan is "in Manchuria to stay" was expressed by Senator Arthur R. Robinson in an address here. * “Japan signs many treaties but ; , keeps none of them," Robinson I said. He explained that Japan was j I forced to seek ground for expansI I ion and consequently moved into Manchuria. He "Beards the Manchurian railways Us the key to tile entire Manchurian dispute. MAGLEYADMITS BREAKING JAIL Gets Part of Sentence Suspended; Tells of False Charges Elmer Magley, 26. who is serving a five to 21 year term at tlie state reformatory for rape returned to Adams circuit court today and pleaded guilty to breaking away from the Adams county jail, March 23, 1930. Magley's plea of guilty was entered by Attorney Ed A. Rosse. Magley was placed on the stand following his plea and admitted that the story which he told some time ago that he was aided in his escape by Harl Hollingsworth, former sheriff of Adams county was false and that he escaped from the jail unaided by other persons. Magley then tol# how he lifted the latch with a steel wire and escaped in Sheriff Hollingsworth's automobile. He said that he concocted the .false story because he feared that he would be punished .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX* RAILROAD FUND PROPOSAL MADE Executives Would Create Credit Pool For Weaker Railroads Washington, Nov. 19. — (U.R) —1 Creation of a railroad credit cor-1 poration to help the weaker roads! through their present financial <1 if-! Acuities was proposed today by the Association of Railway Executives in a petition filed witli the interstate commerce commission. The petition was the answer of ithe nation's railroads to suggestions made by the commission last i tponth in denying the request for, j a flat 15 per cent increase in freight[ I rates. The commission at that time granted certain increases in freight . I rates which it estimated would | ! provide additional revenues of j from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000. j ! provided extra earnings where segregated for the relief of carriers failing to earn their interest charges. The railroads now ask that the funds derived from the rate increases be distributed as loans and propose the machinery of a credit corporation for administering them. The railroads’ petition argued that to treat advances from the funds as loans would remove serious legal obstacles which rail executives feel are put in their way by the commission's plan. "The commission's essential pur- 1 poses is to prevent, by means of the fund to be created, defaults in fixed charges and consequent finan-. dal disturbance and receiverships," the petition stated. "It Is obvious that to treat the advanced as loans rather than gratuities does not in any degree increase the amount of the indebtedness of the recipient carrier. With the amount received, it is to pay off and extinguish its indebtedness In anoNier form to an amount exactly equal to the amount received. It simply changes tlie form of Its indebtedness from an obligation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Dreiser Hires Counsel * New York, Nov. 19.—(U.R)--J«l*n W. Davis, former Democratic presidential candidate, lias been retained to defend Theodore Dreiser j against charges of criminal syndi- j! calism. Indictments were return- i ed against Dreiser in Kentucky I where he Inquired Into mine field;] conditions, in Karlan and other 11 counties. >

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STRIKER AGAIN | HEADS SUNDAY ! SCHOOL GROUP C ounty Delegates Name Officers At Closing Session of Meeting ALL SESSIONS WELL ATTENDED Clifton E.- Striker, Adams ; Countt school superintendent, was re-elected president of the ' Adams County Sunday School j [Association at the closing I meeting of a two-day conven-j tion held at the Zion Reform-] ed church in this city, Wednesday evening. Other officers chosen were i Mennas Lehman, Monroe, vice' president; Miss Martha Depp, of Berne, secretary-treasurer; Miss Frieda Lehman, Berne, Children’s Department Superintendent; C. D. Teeple, Decatur, Young People's Division Superintendent; Miss Inda Sprunger, Berne, assistant Young j People's Division Superintendent; j Ray Smith, Decatur, Adult Divis--1 ion Superintendent; M. F, Worthman, superintendent of the Decatur schools. Administration Division Superintendent, and Miss lads Fuhrman, DecaHtr, Educational Department Superintendent. The report ot the nominating committee was given by Cal E. Peterson of this city. Chris Lehman of Berne had charge of the song service, and special music was furnished by the Decatur high school Girls’ Glee Club under the direction of Miss Gladys Schindler. Music was also presented by members of the Berne school. E. T. Albertson, secretary of the Indiana Council of Religious Edu-1 cation delivered the evening ild-1 dress. He gave suggestions for a , 'challenge to the twentieth century I youth, recommending that relig- ' ious education be made more ChrisI tian. that all educational projects I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO** Adolph Schamerloh Hurt Adolph Schamerloh, well known ! farmer living east of Decatur sufj sered a painful Injury this morning I crushing the little finger on the right hand. Mr. Schamerloh and son weie moving an old stove, when the stove slipped catching Mr. Schamerloh's inger against the door He had the finger dressed at a local physician’s office. JEALOUS MAN KILLS COUPLE Ohio Man Then Turns Gun on Self; Jealousy Said to Be Motive Denison, O. Nov. 19—(UP) —The body of Thomas Wheeler, 34. was found slumped beside his car early today, a short time ater lie had shot and killed a young married couple In a fit of jealous rage. Police attrl-.iuted the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Scheidigge, to Wheeler's love ror Mrs. Sclieidigger, which had been spurned. I They said he had forced his attentions upon her and had been repulsed. The couple was killed as they returned from a movte with their 12 year old son Russell Jr. Wheeler drove up to (he curb, fired a revolver at tile husband and a shotgun at Mrs. Scheldigger. The boy fled unharmed. After killing the couple. Wheeler drove into a country road and shot himself. Bain Faces Charge Chicago, Nov. 19.—(U.R)— Robert A. Bain, son of John Bain whose bank chain collapsed in a $13,000,000 failure was in jail today on a contempt of court charge ordered as a result of his testimony in an inquiry into his father's affairs. He was ordered to serve 10 days in county Jail by Judge Michael i Feinberg who is conducting a I search of assets of tile defunct j banks. The contempt order followed an admission by Bain that he had given untruthful answers in his testimony.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 19, 1931.

Exchange Views i flgtxg&l HBBL a y,, - wr-. *-. ' >.****■ -4 Secretary of State Stimson (left), Italian Foreign Minister Grandi and President Hoover, who conferred on subjects in which Italy and the United States had a common interest, at Washington Wednesday. |

BERNE Mil IS BADLY INJURED — Chris Zuercher’s Car Htts Bridge Bannister; Falls 10 Feet — - Berne, Nov. 19—(Special)—Chris j Zuercher, 36, Berne man, is in a serious condition today suffering | injuries received in an auto accident which occurred 3 miles nortli j of Berne on state road 27, at 9 o’- : clock Wednesday evening. It is believed Mr. Zuercher, who I was riding alone at the time of the j accident, fell asleep and ran into a ] bridge banist ?r, north of Berne. The j car upset, and plunged into a creek j on the east side of the road, falling i 10 feet below the pavement and ! landing on the left side. Mr. Zuer-1 | cher was pinned in the car, and was I not discovered for at least an hour ! Charles Getz, a real estate man j from Fort Wayne was the fi.st to j i discover the wreck. He summoned ! several neighbors who took the in- i jured man, who was still conscious i to a Berne physician. Mr. Zuercher! suffered a ciajshed left knee cap, a bad cut above his right eye that required 10 stitches to close, a cut i CONTTN I’Ei: ON ° AGE TWO WALKER PLANS TO INTERCEDE New York Mayor Will Plead For Release Os Thomas Mooney New York, Nov. 19.—<U.R) —Mayor James J, Walker, deeply moved by the plea of an 80-year-old mother for her son, has told friends here he lias decided to go to California to plead for the freedom of Tom Mooney. Official announcement of this decision was anticipated today. The mayor had received from "Mother Mooney” an appeal "in the name of God and his Blessed Mother" to go to California to make an appeal to Governor Rolph to free Mooney now serving a life term for the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombings. The mayor will go to the U. S. C. Notre Dame footbal lgame at South Bend and then leave Chicago Saturday night for the coast, there to appeal to his friend Rolph that he let Mooney out of prison and thereby end a case which has been a sub- i ject of deep controversy for years.

County Group Meets A meeting of the Superintendent ’ and Principal’s .Association of Ad-1 anis County was held at the Berne High School Wednesday night. O. R. Bangs, principal of the | j Bluffton High School was the prill- [ I cipal speaker, and music was furnished by the Girls and Boys Glee Clubs of the Berne School. I Mr. Bangs talked on the subject I | "Committee Organization of the Bluffton High School," A resolution I I was passed by the Adams County ] | Association of Superintendents and | Principals, endorsing the election | of O. R. Bangs to the High School | Athletic Council. The next meeting of the assocla-1 tion will b held December 8, at. j the Decatur High School. CONTROL BOARD IS APPOINTED Albert Miller Named To District Athletic Board Os Legion Indianapolis, Nov. 19.— (U.R) —A board of control for athletics conducted in Indiana by the American Legion was announced here today by Dale Miller, Indianapolis. Miller, state athletic officer, and four I others will comprise the board,' which will be asisted by athletic i officers in the 12 Legion districts. Other members of tbe hoard are [Everett Dean, Indiana University; Raymond Neal, DePauw University; | Alva Staggs, Anderson high school and Deke Noble, Kokomo. The district officers are: First, * A. B. Whaley, Hammond; second, John Rosser, West Fafayette; third, Richard Chapman, Napanee: fourth, Albert Miller, Decatur; tiftli C. W. Martin. Frankfort; sixth, Ben Watt, Nohlesville; seventh, Glen [ [Curtis, Martinsville; eighth, Frank Spiegel, Evansville; ninth. Coulter 1 Montgomery, Seymour; tenth, Michael Winandy. Richmond; 11th, ( Roy Nlnkle, Anderson, twelfth, John Kelley. Indianapolis. —————o r — Cleared of Conspiracy ] Bedford, Ind., Nov. 19.— (U.R) — ( Roger Cannedy was cleared of bombing conspiracy charges today , as die result of an acquittal verdict j returned by a Jury in Lawrence , j circuit court. The Jury deliberated ( seven hours. Cannedy was charged with con ( spiracy to commit a felony and with illegal use of explosives after I, a dynamite attack on a barber shop I last summer.

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‘NOT GUILTY’IS I JURY’S VERDICT Stanton Dailey Acquitted On Theft Charge In Circuit Court Stanton Dailey, charged with grand larceny in 'Adams circuit court was acquitted by a jury in a sealed verdict returned at 11 o'clock Wednesday night after six hours deliberation and read in open court at 9 o'clock this morning. The verdict read: "We the jury find the defendant not guilty. •Herman Gillig, foreman.” Judge D, B, Erwin read the verdict and then recessed the regular jury panel until 10 o'clock. The trial lasted two days and was climaxed by the disappearance Wednesday morning of Stanley Dailey, twin brother of Stantoit. The former had testified in the case Tuesday afternoon and failed to return Wednesday morning. A writ of attachment was order- [ ed hut tlie man had disappeared from his home southeast of Decatur when officers went after him. The writ of attachment is still in force. Dailey was accused of stealing sheep from the Samantha Young farm in Blue Creek township, hut the evidence brough out by defense attorneys J. Fred Fruchte and Fred Litterer showed that Dailey went to the Young farm and took his own sheep and the Young sheep and later released all except the ones he thought were his own. The case went to the jury at 5 o’clock Wednesday evening and later in the evening Judge Erwin returned to the court room and ordered a sealed verdict. The jury | then retired again and was out unI til 11 o’clock. CIVIC SECTION PLAY MONDAY — "Her SteD Husband” To Be Presented at D.H.S. Auditorium;One Night j Those who have read the text to i the play, "Her Step Husband" comedy to hep resented by the Civic Section of the Woman's club Monday November 23 at Decatur high school auditorium, say the play is I one of the finest presented by De- | catur talent. An all-Decatur all-star cast has I been chosen for the various parts j and a crowded house is anticipated, j | "ickets a e now selling at 50 cents [ for adults and 25 cents for children. •ny member of the Civic Section I , can supply tickets, and it is pre- [ ,icted that a sell-out will be in c.'fect by curtain time. The comedy centers around the fact that Mary has told her aunt that she and her husband are living in great luxury and extremely wealthy. The aunt plans a sudden call and Mary is forced to call on her husband to act as butler and because her aunt has never met her husband and desires to, Mary is (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) DEMOCRATS TO MEET TUESDAY Committeeman Will Be Selected To Succeed Charles Greathouse Indianapolis, Nov. 19. — (U.R) — A successor to the late Charles Greathouse on tlie Democratic National committee will be chosen at a meeting of the state Democratic committee next Tuesday, R. Earl Peters, state chairman, announced. Urgent requests for immediate selection of a successor, in preference to waiting until the national committee meeting next Januury, resulted ,in Peters' decision, he said. Thomas Taggart, French Lick, son of the late senator, and I.ew Ellingham, Fort Wayne publisher, appeared as tlie strongest candidates, After Taggart formally entered the contest last Tuesday, his adherents claimed certain victory. Stephen Fleming, Fort Wayne, established headquarters for EIIing(CONTINUED ON TAGE SIX) J

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Gas Filling Stations Must Pay Store Tax Indianapolis, Nov. 19 —(UP) — The Standard Oil Company of Ini diana must pay station operation ! fees under the chain store tax law, the attorney general’s office ruled I I today. The decision was given L. C. ! Johnson, head of the chain store tax division, by Joseph M. Hutchinson, deputy attorney general, at held that a fee of $25 must be paid for each filling station in operation. Enforcement of the law is retractive, and the fees must be paid for 1929, 1930 and 1931, thus enriching the state by several thousand dollars. FRANK MUNCH BADLY INJURED Monroeville Man Hit By Motorist Who Fails to Report Accident Frank Munch, 65, of Monroeville is in a critical condition at the Adams County Memorial Hospital here suffering with a compound fracture of his leg and a fractured skull, as the result of an accident near Monroeville, Wednesday night. Mr. Munch was walking along the newly paved Monroeville-T>ixon road just outside of the city limits. Wednesday night about 3 o'clock, when he was struck by an unknown driver. He was removed to the local hospital where *i!g condition is regarded as serious. Mr. Munch receided on the Mon-roeville-Dixon road and was returning to liia home from Monroeville when he was struck. The driver did not stop following the accident. Investigations are being made to, ascertain the driver of the fateful car. i Grape Concern Quits New York, Nov. 19—(UP)—The Ukiah Grape products company j with stores in 15 cities, announced suspension of business here today through its attorney, Benedict Leerburger. Withdrawal ot au appeal from a $15,000 fine assessed in Federal court in Kansas City, Mo., for sale of its product there also was announced. The raid in Kansas city last January and the subsequent court action wa3 given as the cause for accompany suspending 'business. FESS RETAINED ASG. O.P. HEAD — Leaders See No Change In j Chairmanship Before Next June Washington. Nov. 19 — (UP) — Prohibition thunder bursting about the head of chairman Simeon D. Kess of the Republican National committee will bring no change in the committee chairmanship before June, the most influential party leaders said there today. Fess will remain at his post until the time the administration has j set for his retirement. Meanwhile, postmaster general Brown was mentioned in some quarters as a probable successor to the post. His resignation from the comjnittee or divorcement from the an-ti-saloon league was demanded in a statement issued last night by Rep, Fred Britten, Repn. 111., and endorsed by Rep, Laguardia, Repn., N. Y. and Schafer, Repn., Wife, all antiprohlbitlonlsts. 'Britten complained against the letter Fess sent to James W. Wadsworth of New York stating "I shall use my Influence to prevent the party from committing a fatal blunder in asking for the repeal of the (CONTINUED ON I'AUE TWO, Local Auto Stolen The automobile owned by Barney Wertzberger was Btolen some time during Wednesday night, it was reported today. Mr. Wertzberger placed his car in the garage at; his home on Mercer avenue, Wednesday night. This morning he found that the car had been stolen. Local authorities have begun invesI tigations.

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LEAGUE WILL TAKE DRASTIC j STEPS, BELIEF { United States Asked To Enter Agreement; Reconvene Friday SITUATION IS CRITICAL Paris, Nov. 19.— (U.R) —An economic blockade of Japan, with the United States asked to participate, was reluctantly considered by League of Nations officials today as a final resort to end the conflict in Manchuria. Today’s council adjourned until tomorrow with both Japan and China adamant in their demands, and with the Chinese delegate, Dr. Alfred Sze, demanding a "showdown" on the attitude of the great powers preparatory to invoking the punitive articles of the League covenant. Aristide Briand, acting president of the council, was reported to have suggested at today’s session that if tomorrows meeting does not develop a conciliatory solution, the council should proceed immediately with Interpretation of articles 15 and 16 of the covenant and decide to formulate "sanctions’’ or penalties. The articles permit the council to Invoke strong international action, including & complete economic blockade of the offending nation. Briand arranged for a conference this afternoon with Charles G. Dawes, United States ambassador to London, who is here in an advisory capacity and has not been attending the council’s sessions. It was understood Briand would formally invite Dawes to sit in with the council. Briand was asked by the United Press today whether independent action by the United States, specially invocation by the United States of the Kellogg treaty, as has been suggested, would interfere with the League's course in Manchuria. He replied; "As I have maintained since the beginning of the Sino-Japanes question, intervention of the Uni; (CONTINUED <>\ )' > ' o Faces Electric Chair Springfield, 111., Nov. 18.- (U.R) — Though only 17, Russell McWilliams faces electrocution as a mui derer unless the state board of pardons and paroles intervenes. Such leniency was urged by Clarence Darrow, noted criminal attorney; former Governor Frank O. Lowden, and Miss Julia I-athrop, , head of the National Child WelI fare Bureau, at a hearing before the board late yesterday. McWilliams was sentenced to die on December 11 after he pleaded guilty to killing Williams Sayles, 64, Rockford street car motorman, during a holdup of several passengers in Sayles' car. His age should be considered as a nitigating factor, Darrow pleaded before the board. The attorney came to Springfield at his own expense. LOCAL LADY'S MOTHER DIES Mother of Mrs. Fred Patterson Dies This Morning, Report Says Word was received here today of the deatli of Mrs. Sarah King, 91, of Terre Haute, mother of Mrs. Fred Patterson of this city, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rose King in Terre Haute this morning at 9 o'clock. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Klnz became suddenly ill Sunday and her condition gradually became worse. Mrs. Patterson left Wednesday to be at the bedßide of her mother. Mr. King preceded his wife in deatli about 25 years ago. Surviving ure the following daughters and son: Mrs. Fred Patterson of Decatur; Mrs. Rose King of Terre Haute j Mrs. Elizabeth Balch of Indianapolis; and George King of Indianapolis. Funeral services will he held Saturday atfernoon at 2:30 o'clock in Terre 'Haute.