Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1931 — Page 1

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IT ATE COMPLETES MURDER EVIDENCE

lOST OFFICE DEDICATION TUESDAY

WBUILDING • SECENTER lOFOAY'SMEET — I® Graham To Preside Formal "B Gathering ■qi et is IvK JI ESD.U M(.HT iful new post the realization covering many will l>e formally dediar.i opened for public Tuesday afternoon beginning at H. liraham.’ general and master of cerefor the day, stated tlld be announi ed Saturday. ■ G.-neral Ele< t fi rnisli music at the opening the program selections. th,c ..' in the I. V. snperintenK‘ G E. plant, securgj. i . lose the plant and operate on We t Gid irsday of this week. of the (1. E. band si rviies. David will be in charge of. program. .-. children from .. liial sclnu.!< ' m I pl |B:i: sing patriotic songs in of the building. ilnidr. n w ill march from repc buildings to the r sin- the parade being i 1 >.•, atitr Junior band Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. S' M in's Catholic church the invocation. Post No 43 of the Amer will lie in charge of . ,n, .. a quartette which will sing, ■otic songs. H The Speakers Gal’meyer, postmaster of and James J. I’atchell.' City, president of the Nat J principal addresses at. cion exercises. Tile >p ak . will be located on the house sidewalk, opposite the office. Bl To Present Building presentation of the new office building to the city of llr win ] )e made by A. W. Chicago, general con for the building. The ac for the city will be made ■layor George Krick and Post1-. A. Graham, will accept ■' n, inited on page fivei IfflS SEEKS I OFFICE AGAIN K Pres ! dent Will Ask At G. II 0. P. Convention Byington, Nov. 30.—(U.R)-Vice-B* 1 ent Charles Curtis announcB° a y that he will seek renomin- ■" Uie vice-presidency. ■ Ur,is 3a *d he had decided not to B" 'andidate for senator from ■E 8 ’ 3 , mat^er he has had under ■""’ration for many months. • ‘ i~ r care^u ' consideration 1 L '®cided not to be a candidate 1 ' nited States senate from F as in 1932, and further, that " next Republican national ." 'on nominates me for vice*'dent 1 shall accept." “te has been presented for han' s' 0 " tbe question whether t be a candidate for United I Benator from Kansas In 1932, not whether I shall accept it in bomlnati °n for vice-presi-being tendlc°NTy<UED ON PAGE SIX)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXIX. No. 281.

Second Annual Corn Show Starts Here December 9

| United Charities To * Collect Used Clothes I The United Charities organiza- | tion in Decatur has requested that 1 persons having wearable clothing, i shoes, underwear, or any wearing i apparel which they wish to donate ; ‘ to the poor and needy call 472 or I 572 anytime Wednesday. ] The clothing will be collected by I the charity organization, th rouzh I C. E. Peterson, chairman. PIONEER WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Amelia Niblick Dies At Indiana Harbor of Heart Attack Mrs. Amelia F. Niblick, 67, a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of Adams county and this city, died at 2:40 o'clock i.this morning at the st. Catherine! | Hospital in Indiana Harbor of i heart trouble. j Mrs. Niblick became ill Thurs- | ! day. November 12 while she was I visiting with Dr Stewart .Niblick and Mrs. Minerva Niblick at Chi1 cago. ( On Friday she was removed! ito the St. Catherine Hospital | where she underwent an operation) i that morning. Her condition I seemed improved until Sunday afternoon when she suffered a re-) lapse, heart trouble developing j and death followed this morning, ; Mrs. Niblick spent her entire life in Adams county and this city, and was well known here. She was a member of the St Mary's Catholic church, the St Vincent de Paul and the C. I. of C. societies. She was born in Adams county.! September 1. 1864, the daughter bf; George and Fannie Wetter-Spooler. Her husband. James K. Niblick. I (CONTINUED ON. PAGE IVE‘ . CITY OBTAINS BANK FIXTURES .Counters And Railings Purchased For Offices At City Hall The City of Decatur, through the Electric Light department, today closed a deal for the purchase of the marble counters, railing and | wall marble owned by the new Pe.,-| pies Loan and Trust company and located in the former banking house of that institution. The city paid $l,lOO forth • counters and other marble fixtures, including the slabs of marble on the not th wall of the bank building The counters and fixtures will be j moved t> the city hall building on Monroe street and used in the new [offices now being made on the first floor for the city clerk and‘ treasurer. The dea: was closed by O. L. Vance, chairman of the city electric light committee and a committee composed of Paul Graham.. Charles Bucdg and 111. F. Ehinzer, representing the stockholders ol the Peoples Loan and Trust c mt (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Tom Mix Improved Hollywood, Nov. 30—(UP) Tom Mix, famous cowboy motion picture actor, apparently had won his fight for life today, and was recovering from peritonitis which set in after an emergency appendicitis opetation a week ago. Dr. R. Nichol Smith, his physician, said he believed the actor would recover, unless additional complications developed. An official bulletin said. “We are very optimistic in being able to report a definite improvement in Tom Mix's condition

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Decatur’s New Post Office fti infijFjßli - ' ... z. i Photo bv Edwards Studio The above picture gives the front and east views of Decatur’s new post office building. It is con-: structed of Indiana limestone. The building faces Liberty Way and is located at the corner of Third street and Liberty Way. It will be dedicated and op >n to public inspection Tuesday.

JOSEPH RASH TRIES SUICIDE Worries Over New Job Said To Be Cause; May Recover Joseph Rash, 39, newly appointed I janitor of the new posta fice, at- , tempted to end his life at 4 o’clock Sunday morning by slashing hia throat witli a lazor. Worry over his I new position, the posibility that he might lose it or not be able to do I the work satisfactorily, is believed to be the cause for the act. He was taken to the Adams Conn j ty Memorial Hospital where it was learned the razor did not sever the jugular v in. and the attending phyj sician stated he will t ecover. Mr. Rash who recently received the contiact i or janitor of the new postoffice, worried considerably ; over rumors that h? was going to lose his job. He arose at 4 o'clock I Sunday morning, told his wife that he was going for a drink of water, stepped outside of the house, and slashed his throat. His wife, M.s. Marguerite Rash, i follow, d him and found him in the I yard. She called a physician and he was taken immediately to the hos- ■ pital where his wound was treated and where it was learned that he j was not critically hurt. Mr. Rash is the father of three I children, and resides on Dierkes i street. He was formerly employed at j the IHolland-St. Louis Sugar Company in this city but i or a number of months was out of work. BERNE MAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM — Albert Neuhauser, 47, Is Dead Following Brain Operation Recently Berne, Nov. 30 (Special to Democrat)—Albert Neuhauser, 47. died at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning at his home in Berne. Several months ago Mr. Neuhauser had been taken to the University of Michigan Hospital at Ann Arbor, Mich., where he underwent a brain operation on October 20. A tumor was removed from his brain. He recovered from the operation but a week later suffered a relapse and was returned to his home in Berne on October 29. Pneumonia developed and caused bls death early Sunday morning. He had been unconscious for the last two weeks. Mr. Neuhauser was born in French township January 10, 1884, the son of John and Christina "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 30, 1931.

) | Young Man Injured In Peculiar Accident !; Howard Hajjegger, 15, son of John ) J. Habegger, county highway emI ploy residing north east of Berne has been taken to the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, after suffering an unusual injury F.iday. IHoward, who is a sophomore at the Pleasant Mills High School was I spending the Thanksgiving holiday . I at home. He was engaged in catch- , | ing some chickens in the barn, ‘ I when one of the fowls flew into a ’) glass window, breaking the glass, la particle of which struck Howard ; in his right eye, just above the eye ) ball. Dr. Mcßride of Fort Wayne dressed the injury at the Lutheran Hosi pital. and stated that it would take J 1 several days be, ore it would be ) known whether the eye sight would | be impaired. I j DRY CRUSADER I SHOOTS YOUTH I , I). J. Kilday Seriously W ounds Youth Trying To Help Him ' Chicago, Nov. 30.— (U.R) —A few hours after he had told police of his plans for a purity crusade, Danial J. Gilday, 65, special state’s at- ’ torney’s investigator and veteran L dry worker, shot and seriously wounded a youth who sought to aid hitn to his home. Herman Knoll, 17, told police today that he and his companion, Herman Alkema, 18. found Gilday staggering along the street. The pair sought to aid the reformer, but I) he drew a revolver, they said. Knoll struggled for the gun and was shot in the abdomen. Gilday for many years has been active as'a civic reform leader. To I Englewood police officers he had announced yesterday afternoon that he was preparing a "cleanup of the South Side.’’ > (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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GOOD FELLOWS TO START DRIVE Local Belts To Sponsor Drive For Poor Funds For Christinas I The Good Fellows Club, an orga- | nization sponsored by the Delta j J Theta Tau sorority of this city to i raise funds for the purpose of buy- i I [ ing food, clothing and toys for the I >1 poor and needy people of Decatur I at Christmas time, will open its I . I campaign. Tuesday, December l.| .' it has been announced. . | The sorority has sponsored the , Good Fellows Club for several IJ years and has been instrumental | I in making Christmas a happy time I i for the poor of the city. i Boxes, in which money may be I | placed for the good purpose, will [ be placed in several down town offices and everyone is asked to I i assist in the work. The boxes will ■ |be stationed at the Old Adams County Bank, the Decatur Daily j Democrat office, and Joe Lose's restaurant. The money from the boxes .will be collected each day and a report I of the day’s subscriptions will be | printed each night in- the Demo- ■ ■ crat. Envelopes will be arranged f l near the boxes so that anyone de.l siring to put their names to their . donations may do so. II The organization will accept . I any donations of good clothing I! and toys to be distributed to the I poor. A number of organizations • (CONTINUED ’’AGE THREE) AUTOS COLLIDE 1 NORTH OF CITY 1 ) ■■ —— ! J. G. Niblick Car And » Michigan Auto Hit On Smtih Bridge . Two automobiles collided on the Smith Bridge, north of Decatur at about eight o’clock this morning. The autos were damaged, but the occupants escaped serious injury. J. G. Niblick was driving south | and another auto driven by Phillip Lyttle of Ferrysburg. Mich., was going north. The floor of the bridge was wet and Mr. Niblick's auto swerved and struck the other car. Mr. Niblick was alone in his car, while in the other car the occupants I were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lyttle and I Orlle and Frank Swoveland, all of ■ Ferrysburg. The Michigan party | was driving home from Geneva Ky., j Mr. Niblick was driving home from | Indiana Harbor, where he was called on account of the serious illness of Mrs. James Niblick.

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AWARDS READY FOR WINNERS IN EACH CLASS Decatur Chamber of Commerce to Sponsor Second Annual Event VICTOR BLEEKE IS IN CHARGE i The second annual Adams iCounty Corn Show, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will open in this city, Wednesday, December 9. The show will be held in the corridor of the court house )and the exhibits of corn will | be arranged on tables placed in the space provided. Judging of the corn Tvill com- ! mence on Thursday. The 4-H club i boys will show in the open classes. ) Yellow corn only will be shown. I Victor Bleeke is general chairman of the corn show. In addition to the display of corn, there will be a shelling con- | test for boys and men on Saturday ) evening, December 12. An additional prize of $lO is ofIfered by a local citizen to the per- | son who wins first prize at the j show this year, other than the per--1 son who won last year. The prize lis offered as a friendly wager to create competition in the show. ) William Rupert of Monroe won the title of corn king at the show last i year. County Agent L. E. Archbold i issued the following statement, governing the show: "The 4-H Club Boys will show iin the open classes. Yellow corn only will be shown. Two classes for 10-ear samples were made, one ! class for early corn and one class ; I CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PROBE OF DRY AGENTS STARTS Woodcock Goes To Colorado To Personally Conduct Probe Denver, Colo., Nov. 30 —(UP) — Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock, National prohibition director, came to deliver today to investigate personally the alleged slaying of Midford G. Smith, 20, by a piohibition agent. Smith died after an alleged beating by Henry Dierks in a scu'fle Over three ounces of wine. John F. Vivian, regional prohibition administrator, was criticized at a mass nieetng and by individuals for having Dierks on the Department’s payroll. Col. Woodcock announced on arrival today that he would remain in Denver until the first of the year if necessary," to make his investigation. He said he would inquire (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Farmer Shoots Self Reports circulating through the north part of the county that George Berning, of north of Decatur shot himself Sunday afternoon, have been confirmed but no of the incident were made public. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon and the attending physician said Berning would recover. ' ♦ I LEGGION TO AID — All members of the American | Legion are requested to meet at Legion Hall at 1:30 o'clock I Tuesday afternoon, to take' , j part in the dedication of the I new post office. The drum j corps will meet at 1 o'clock. I ;

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I ♦ A LIONS TO MEET The Decatur Lions club will ' | join in the Post Office dedica- 1 i ation banquet and will meet i 11 Tuesday night at the K. of C. | . I Hall. This meeting will be L . held in place of the regular weekly meet, it was-announced ; | today. • | ♦— 4 gJpleaderT HOLD SESSION i . House Leadership Is Hot- , ly Contested As Members Convene BULLETIN Washington. □. C. Nov. 30—(UP) ) Representative Bertrand Snell of • I New York today won the republican i nomination for speaker of the house or representatives. ’! In eight ballots by a party conference the New Yorker overcame and wore down his chief rival, RepI resentative John Q. Tilson, Conn- . I ecticut. ’ Washington, Nov. 30 —(U.R)—Republican members of the house of representatives met today to settle the bitterly contested race for leadership between Rep. John Q. ! Tilson of Connecticut and Rep. ! Bertrand Snell of New York. ,) An initial roll call showed 189 | of the 214 Republican representa- , tives on hand. II The conference for half an hour 1 debated proposals for liberaliza--1 tion of house rules. The propost als were offered by Snell, who was chairman of the powerful / rules committee in the last coni gross. A decision this issue was s postponed and th? conference took ? tip the leadership race. s Tilson was nominated for the speakership by Rep. French, Idaho and Snell by Rep. Reed. New York. Several “favorite son” candidates were entered by other state delegations. Rep. Carl Mapes. Mich., was I nominated by Rep. James C. Maci Laughlin, Mich.; Rep. Frank ' Clague, Minn., by Rep. Harold Knutson, Minn; Rep. Homer Hoch, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Faculty Has Team The Decatur faculty basketball team will meet the Monroeville independents in a basketbjall game 1 here Tuesday night as a preliminary to the Decatur CloverleafBippus Independent Wabash Val- ' ley league game. The faculty lineup will include a number of former high school and college stars. o JAPAN CLOSES U. S. INCIDENT r — ‘ Stimson Declines to Take Public Notice of Statement 9 Tokio, Nov. 30. —(U.R)— The 3 “Stimson incident” appeared clos--1 ed today both as an' International 3 affair and a domestic political 0 issue, as the story behind the incident became known. Y War Minister Gen. Jiro Minami ' said after a cabinet meeting at which he asked Foreign Minister ► Baron iShidehara for details of I his conversations with Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes regarding the Japanese agreement not to attack Chinchow that he, Minami, considered the matter closed. This was interpreted to mean that efforts of the opposition to embarrass the foreign minister over the Stimson incident had ended. > (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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DEFENSE GETS RECESS UNTIL TUESDAY AJ. State Surprises Other Side By Resting In Murder Case Today DR THOMAS LAST WITNESS The sidle surprised (he defense in the Everett murder case when they rested at 1 : 5l> i o’clock this afternoon and attorneys for the defense discovered that several of their important witnesses were not present. Adjournment until Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock was asked bv the defense and to this the stale's attorneys agreed. Adjournment was taken at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon. The defense will begin offering evidence tomorrow morning. Adjournment came just after crossiaxaminaiton of Dr. P. B. Thomas was concluded. Attorney Walters asked the doctor if it would not be possible that the burns on Mr. Werling's breast could have been caused by a shot six inches away and the doctor said “No. for the burn would have been more severe." “That’s all," said Attorney Walters. Attorney Lutz and Prosecutor Nelson conferred a moment and then Mr. Nelson said, “1 think the state rests.” The jury being recalled after a short intermission was told by the court that a disarrangement of witnesses for the defense made it necessary to adjourn until tomorrow morning and that the attorneys for the state had agreed to this, following with the usual instructions as to their demeanor during absence from the court room and they filed out with the bailiff, Freeman Schnepp. Mrs. Werling Called Mrs. Mary Werling, wife of the deceased Doras Werling was a witness in the case of the State Vs. Joseph Everett, murder, at eleven, o’clock this morning. Mrs. Werling made a brave effort to maintain her composure and did (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WHEAT KING IS NAMED TODAY Recuperating Athlete Elected North American Wheat King International Livestock Exposition, Chicago, Nov. 30 (U.R)— b Herman Trelle, of Wembley. Alta., Canada, former champion college athlete now broken in health, is “wheat king" of the North American continent. He was chosen :.t b the hay and grain show of the International Livestock Exposition today. Trelle twice before took the grand championship in wheat. Ha now is entitled to keep permanently the international wheat cup. Most of the supervision of ' Trelle's crop of Durum wheat from which the winning sample was taken fell to Mrs. Trelle. To her management of his 1.900 acre farm he gave the credit tor his victory. Second, or reserve championship, was won l|y C. E. Edson Smith, a tall gray haired Montana , farmer who has been growing . wheat “all his life." Smith's 400 acre farm is near Missoula. [ "Mrs. Trelle gets most of tha (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I __ o Study Cut Proposal t Chicago,. Nov. 30 — (VP)— Tho proposal of a 10 per cent reduction . in the wages of railroad union em- | ployes came before the association of Western Railways today. Need for further economies in ad- ! dition to cuts in operating expen- ( ses was the reason advanced for the . proposal at a recent meeting of rail- ! road executives In New York. The western executives were called into conference here to discuss the sectional application of the problem.