Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1931 — Page 1

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SUES TOTAL WHUNDRED > CORN SHOW ■M Starts Grading Os H* Entries At Court KAiouse Today ■ | >| T SATURDAY th.ii 100 entries have Mgliiii'l'- i" the Adams corn show, which is ■nhi this week in the at the Court House. Hoopengardner of ■K will known corn is the judge of the ■»’' iv started to grade Kjf < : nt exhibits at noon KB a county nun, ul- - stated that the nimi- ■ as larg>' a,,se tiie si ’°' v wus to yellow 1. ~i year the corn show varieties. ■ tie . .uly corn exhibit, 33 en~Kw» C listed. In the late corn KU. are 22 exhibits. In! . class for early are made and in the Hear class, single ear. there HlAntries. Kart i and five boys have alKy In' the corn shelling . h will lie held 'Saturin the court house. I ■gelt I. siring to enter the ■test until Saturday even■itßeven o'clock to file. ■he f pstake winner will be Acted between the winner of ■ W.c.>r late corn and the 10 ■ party corn classes. ■ tie late corn exhibit of 10 ■> William Rupert, winner of show and his son Ulen. y » an exhibit. The judge| All»'h- difficulty in deciding ■ vilner of this exhibit. It is! — ~ ~ o N PAGF TWO’ —o Prices Drop Dec. 10.— (U.P.) — The ■te M milk in Chicago will be ■ll result of an agreement Been Chicago distributors and Milk Association, the will remain unchang'he pint price tor milk. ■■ announced. — I Warning Is Issued ■•Jslnbss men of this city are a.ainst purchasing adver■Kwe for a calendar tu be by a local Ladies Aid So■Mhl > the solicitor show - pro ■ «|<ientials. man received the pet ■**■ of a local Ladies Aid So- ; oldish calendar ■r #»):■■ ami obtaining local n--r advertising, but fail -d to ■« ri.io c .ntract or money contract. a number of business H ll -itnilar manner, receiving i or the advertising withUM consent of any Ladies Aid ■"■ Il is believed the same percontemplating workin-' ■OLUTION i IS ADOPTED — Pifnson Proposal To IFfobe International IBnking Is Adopted ■"•Kington, Dec. 10—(VP)—The ■■today passed by unanimous K soß * l and without debate the MB" r esolutlon authorizing an BMatlon of international bank- £' M ;>lfe States. finance committee to make the investigasale in this country of securities aggregating beBH $15,000.000,000 and sl7.t'"".that such bankers w. Lamont of J. I’. and Co., Otto Kahn, and [■ famous in the world of finbe summoned to testify g^B e lr manner of doing business Beir Profits.

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01. XXIX. No. 291.

Mrs. Fred Linn Named President 23rd Time Mrs. Fred Linn. 355 Mercer avenue, was re-elected president of the Ladies Aid Society of th- Evangelical Church for the 23rd time at the all-day meeting of the organization held in the church parlors, j Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Linn has b-en president of the ladies organization for 22 years and has proved an able leader of the society, which lias been a financial aid ti the church since its organization. $1,780.45 COST OF TRIAL HERE Everett Case Cost Is Less Than Average In Murder Hearings The Joseph Everett murder trial, concluded Sunday morning when I the jury returned a verdict of guilty I against Everett for the murder of ■ Doras Werllng, cost Adams County i $1,780.45. The cost of the trial was lower than expected and under the average cost for a murder trial. A statement of expenses prepared I by Judge Dore B. Erwin, who heard the trial includes the following. items: Jury fees. $719.10; m als for jurors, $203.05; lodging for jurors and expenses, $125; special jury bailiff, $32.50; C. J. Lutz assistant procectiting attorney, $300; H M. DeVoss j pauper attorney, appointed by the i court, $300; sheriff fees in summoning witnesses and jurors, $100.80; total. $1,780.45. Members of the jury are paid three dollars a day and mileage to ' and from their home if they live outside of the city. The attorneys appointed by the I court to assist the state and to (CONTINUED ON °AGB TWO) JUDGE MOVES TO SPEED CASE W abash Dredge Case Is Re-opened at K. of P. Home Here Today The Wabash river drain ease was on again today, the evidence continuing as before adjournment save three weeks ago. Special Judge I Henry Kister of Princeton was on the bench and the witness was Elmer Gibson of Wabash township. Jay county whose testimony was to establish the benefits for property along that part of the river. Judge Kister has urged the attorneys for the petitioners to complete their testimony if possible before Christmas adjournment and they stated this morning that they believed this would be done. They have seventy parcels of land to describe yet and then the testimony of the engineers will require about* four days. The trial was resumed this morning at the K. of I’, home on Third street with Attorneys Whitaker. Whipple and Kloeb at the petitioners table and Attorney Lutz and Heller looking after the renionstrators side of the case. Leonard Merriman was again on the job as baliff. , —»o Entire Crew Rescued Norfolk. Va.. Dec. 10—It UP))— The crew of five of the fishing trawler Anna Mae, cf Portsmouth, I Va., was rescued from the masts of the vessel today by the coast guard life saving crew from Cape Hatteras, N. C. 'The 72 foot craft had almost disappeared in the quicksand on Diamond shoals. The crew had clung to the masts all yesterday afternoon throughout the night while the vessel was being swallowed by the shoals. New Transport Plan Washington, Dec. 10 —(UP) Formation of a "Great coordinated transportation service" to include all forms of transportation throughout the country was urged by Rep. Frank R. Reid, Repn., 111., In a statement issued today after he had called on President Hoover. Reid, whp is president of the National Rivers and Harbors congress, said that the waterways interests would make "no attempt to attack or to injure any other form of transportation."

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. Champion of Freedom —- •- ..Bssrw •. - /W7 WIM 1 V Jf I I “ A-;., ri ' - ‘ <■ po <l m ar<l HUr > ley J l l ft) ' former chairman of the United States Shipping Board, and Governor Albert ( Ritche, of Maryland Democratic presidential aspirant, photographed at the Illinois Manufacturers' Association banquet at Chicago Tuesday night. The governor, as principal speaker warned against the stealthy and steady encroachment of government in the field of private enterprise.

C. H. CUTSH ALL DIES SUDDENLY Fatherof HoraceCutshall; Mrs. H. McCienahan Expires Charles H. Cutshall, 63. of Huntington, father of Horace Cutshall ; and Mrs. Hubert McCienahan of this city, died about 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon as he sat at his desk in the offices of the Rose- ; braugh insurance agency. Mr. Cutshall had put on his hat ! i and overcoat in the agency office i ’ at Huntington preparatory to going 1 to his home. He sat at his desk to I spend a few minutes in looking over some work, when his head fell to one side. The coroner said death i was due to The deceased was born at Akron. | Indiana August 26, 1868, the son of I i William T. and Mary Jane Cutshall. I He was united in marriage to Cora ' Bello Nave of Huntington, alter which he was elected city clerk and I held that position six years. Mr. Cutshall was in early life a | printer's devil on the old Huntington Herald, and later became part 1 owner of the newspaper. He then i became afffiliated with the Price and Rosebraugh Insurance agency, which, following the death of Mr. Price, became the Rosebraugh agency. He was also manager of the [ Huntington theater for 20 yeais. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI JURY DEBATES POWERS’ FATE Mail Order Romeo To Know Fate Soon; Hearing Is Completed Clarksburg. West Va., Dec. 10— (UP) —Harry F. Powers, alleged bluebeard slayer of middle aged Dorothy Lemke, probably will know before nightfall the jury’s verdict on his confident story that she was killed by “two other men," addresses unknown. Powers is charged with luring the ' Massachusetts nurse from her home as a mail order romeo, then hanging her in his pill-box garage at Quiet Dell, near here. Not even 1 his counsel is optimistic over his chance of acquittal on the charge. “My feeling is that the Jury will ' find my client guilty.” attorney J. Ed Law admitted. “Our hope is that, since we were unable to have a fair trial in Clarksburg, we can rely upon the legal defense we have I built up to take our case to the 1 supreme court and obtain a rever- ! sal.” “Powers did not do this thing" ■ He continued. "His < <"••• is true, ’ however fantastic it seems and we ' had only one thing to do and that was to put in the truth as our de- ’ sense.” • With both state and defense rest- ’ Ing after three days of testimony, 1 only two or three witnesses rertiain(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 10, 1931.

i Good Fellows Club *! ♦ -♦ Two local organizations donated ; $lO each to the Good Fellow Club, which is being sponsored by the I Delta Theta Tau Sorority of this , city, today. The money to be derived from the club will be used to make poor children of this community happy at Christmas, furnishing them with necessities they could not otherwise have. The contributions to date include Previous total $57.88 So Cha Rea 10.00 Tri Kappa Sorority 10.00 i Total $77.88 NOBEL AWARD IS DIVIDED Jane Addams, Nicholas: Murray Butler Awarded 1931 Peace Prize New York, Dec. 10.— <U.R) — The famous daughter of a Quaker Miller and an infant prodigy who became the storm center of political, |6ducational, and pacifist movements | in America shared the world's high-1 est honor today for their contribution to world peace. Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House. Chicago received word I while she lay in a hospital bed at ! Baltimore that the Nobel peace prize for 1931 had been divided between herself and President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university. She will devote her share of the award, amounting to about $23,000, to the activities of the Women's International League for Peace of which she has been president for many years. The 71-year-old social worker was admitted to Johns Hopkins hospital yesterday and probably will undergo an operation for an unannounced ailment. Miss Addams was pleased, she said, with the award, and said her work with the Peace League probably was responsible for the high distinction given her by the Nobel committee of the Norweigian pailiament. President Butler in New York regarded the award as a "most distinguished honor.” “This honor is as great as it is unexpected,” he said. "My gratification can be ex(CONTINUED £N PAGE SIX’ < yA*^^**^*^*i 1 I X joceTiHos JUSear . ' IWWWWfR 1 n Shopping days till Christinas i

COUNTY GROUP HEARS TALKS Krick, Icyda Deliver Interesting Addresses At Meet Here • — Two interesting addresses were delivered Wednesday night at the regular meeting of the Adams county Superintendent and Principals' association held at Decatur high school. Walter J. Krick, principal of Van We t, O„ high school delivered an address on “The School System of hio" and Mr. I. Icyda, a Japanese, gave an address on "Conditions in Japan and Manchuria". Almost every member was present and both addresses were of great gene.al interest. Prof. Krick, | formerly of Decatur dwelt largely on the Ohio system and compared it with the Indiana system of public schools. Mr. Icyda, who now resides in Chicago gave a geographic survey of Japan and Manchuria and then explained the various causes of unrest in the present crisis in the I Orient. The Decatur high school girls' choruj entertained with a series of vocal numbers under the leadership of Miss Gladys Schindler, Miss lAlice Vance entertained on her musical saw. The next meeting of the group will be held January 11, 1932 and the place of meeting will be determined later. _o McNUTT RAPS COMMISSION Says If Eleceted He Will Change Personnel Os Group Boonville, Ind., Dec. 10. — <U.R) — Paul V. McNutt, candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, reiterated a statement that for the nomination, against Frank tire personnel of the Public Service Commission,” at a rally of eighth district democrats here last night. Harry Cuthbertson, a member of the commission, who launched a verbal battle against McNutt when he first made the statement mort I than a month ago. hearts McNutt re-issue the challenge last night. Thomas Tdggart. recently elected democratic national committeeman, made the first public appearance since his election “My only desire is to promote harmony in democratic ranks and strive for a democratic victory," Taggart told the more than 500 democrats present. The faction supporting McNutt for tht nomination, against Frank Mayr, Jr., secretary of state, was strongly represented. Philip Lutz, Jr., chairman of the old first disi trict presided. The Bosse-Spencer [faction from Evansville, regarded as opposition to Lutz because he is a supporter of R. Earl Peters, state (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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FORTY INJURED I WHEN BALCONY Wedding Guests Rush To See Fight; Balcony Crashes NONE HURT SERIOUSLY Hnraliun, La., Dec. 10. (U.R) Guests at a wedding i celebration, who rushed to a | dance hall balcony to witness a fist fight, overloaded the balcony and it collapsed early today, injuries 10 persons. Seventeen of the more seriously hurt were taken to New Orleans hospitals in ambulances. Several women, witli babies in their arms were in the group. i The festivities were in honor of Peter Loreno and the bride he claimed yesterday. Several score friends of tlje couple gathered to feast and dance. The cry, “there’s a fight outside”, was shouted in the midst of the merrymaking. There was a rush from the dance floor to an oU'Side balcony which overlooked a driveway. Tiie balcony’s supports gave way under the weight of the jostling spectators, throwing them, screaming. to the ground. 25 feet below. From the tangled mass of humanity, the most seriously injured were separated and sent to New Orleans. The others were able to go home after first aid treatment. Physicians reported none of the injured was in critical condition. Thev said the injuries consisted clrtefly of fractured limbs, lacerations and confusions. Because of the fortunate circum-1 (CONTfNUED ON PAGE SIX) BELIEVE MAN | KILLED WOMAN Suicide, Murder Theory At Attica Approved By Coroner Attica, Ind., Dec. 10.—(U.R) —A | theory of murder and suicide was accepted here today in the deaths of Clyde Smith, 31, and Mrs. Dorothy Woods. 28. as it was learned tliat two tablets, found near the liodies, contained five grains of strychnine each. Physicians said i that one-half grain of tiie poison is sufficient to cause death. Smith's stomach, which was sent I to Dr. Rollo N. Harger, of the Indiana University of Medicine, for examination, was returned to Coroner Clifford Crumley today with a report that strychnine in large' quantities was found. Smith and Mrs. Woods were found dead in Mrs. Woods' room here Monday. A note, written by Smith, said that Mrs. Woods was dying of medicine taken to cure a headache, and that lie was planning to kill himself because he could not live without her. Authorities in Danville, 111., reported they had learned that Smith purchased one-half ounce of strychnine at tiie Harding drug store there last Sunday afternoon. He said he wanted it to kill rats, authorities learned from the proprietor of the store. Funerals for Smith and Mrs. Woods were held yesterday. , ' o — School Bus Collides Warsaw, Ind., Dec. 10. — (U.R) — Lives of 12 school children were periled when the bus in which they were riding collided with an auto at a street intersection near War- , saw high school today. None of the pupils was injured. Mrs. H. Li. Rader, Moore Park, Mich., riding in the auto, was injured slightly. o Health Bond Is Sold The Research i club purchased ' ' ! a »5.00 Health fr m the | i i 1 Adams County | ! Tuberculosis !I j - | Association, it j was announced by W. Guy Brown, secretary, today.

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Calvary Ladies Plan Supper Friday Night The Calvary Ladies Aid Society i will serve a chicken supper in the | church basement, Friday night from 6:30 to 7:30 o’clock. Following the suppe.', members from the Zion Reformed Church will present a I two act play. “That Pill Box." 'The characters in the play are as follows:! Mrs. Gomer Mrs. Chris Lehman. Mr. Gomer—'Charles Brodbeck. Mrs. Emmons—Mrs. Albert Mutschler. Emmie Lou — Letha Fledderjohann. Katie, an Irish maid—Mrs. Carl ’ Schafer. Dr. Grey—Chris Lehman. Mrs. West, secretary of Thank I Offering—Mrs. Floyd Hunter. Mrs. Rhea, secretary of literature —Mrs. Charles Brodbeck. The public is cordially invited to witness this play and to attend the supper. DROEGE BURIAL AT ST. JOHNS Funeral Services To Be Conducted Sunday At Church Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Droege, 74, who died at her home in Root township, 4 miles north of this city on state road 27. at 2:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, will l(e held at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home and at 2 o'clock at the St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. R. Treulzsch, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Death was caused by complications and followed an illness of two weeks. ( I Mrs. Droege was born in Root i township. March 19, 1857. the I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Heckman, both deceased. Her I husband, William Droege, precedI ed her in death on April Ifi, 1912. Surviving are four daughters. I Mrs. Lillian Schroeder of Allen ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I o Resolution Is Placed Washington, Dec. 10 —(UP) — Senator Smoot, Repn.. Utah, today introduced into the senate a joint resolution to make the Hoover oneyear debt moratorium effective. It ' will be considered by the senate finance committee. o Bluffton Man Dies Bluffton, [nd.. Dec. 10—(UP) —- Clem Kain, 60. former member of I the state hoard of accounts and forI mer auditor of Wells county died I at Lansing. Mich., at midnight, it was learned here today. Kain, in recent years, was a road sewer contractor. The body will be brought here for burial. —o LEAGUE PLAN IS ACCEPTED China, Japan Accept Pro-1 posal For Peace In Manchuria Paris, Dec. 10 —(U.R) —The League of Nations' formula for halting the conflict in Manchuria was adopted unanimously by the council in its final plenary session today, both China and Japan voting for the resolution. The resolution provides that the Japanese withdraw their troops within the treaty zone as speedily as possible, that both sides agree to refrain from starting further fighting, and that a neutral commission of five be appointed to investigate the situation. The league, after weary weeks of efforts to find a formula that both sides would accept, in the face of their conflicting demands, finally achieved a compromise which it was hoped would halt further conflict and enable peaceful negotiations to be started for settlement of the dispute. Japan's demands that the Chinese withdraw south of the great wall into China proper, that MarI slial Chang Hsueh-Liang lie definitely discarded as ruler of Manchuria, that a "neutral" zone be (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I

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REVISION OF WAR DEBTS IS BEING SOUGHT Foreign Affairs Message To Congress Is Delivered Today FOR APPROVAL IMMEDIATELY By Raymond Clapper, UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Dec. 10.— <U.R) — President Hoover today asked congress to open the way for revision of the war debts owing the United States. He urged the house and senate to face the “obvious fact” that in view of world condijtions temporary relief must be granted in addition to the recent one-year moratorium. These debts have an estimated present value of $9,000,000,000 (billion). Congress was asked to revive the World War foreign debt commission with authority to go into the problems and report. Congress would have the final approval. This request was presented in a special message of foreign affairs. Tiie message did not refer to debt cancellation but the request was generally regarded as directed at scaling down partially the huge World War debt which has hitherto been paid by the allied nations of the World War largely out of proceeds of reparations collected from Germany. Mr. Hoover also asked for prompt ratification of the one-year war debt and moratorium which went into effect last July. He urged that no discourage(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BANK BANDIT IS IN CUSTODY Man Cashes C h e c k s In Canada Taken In Madison, Ind., Robberies Madison, Ind., Dec. 10. (U.R) —- Theodore Benz, alias Richards, 28, was held under heavy guard in tiie Madison count)’ jail today while authorities sought evidence to link him witli a double bank robbery here last November 12. Benz was arrested in Calgary. Canada, after he cashed S3OO in checks at the Royal Bank of Airdale, a short distance from Calgary. Bank officials became suspicions of Benz, wired Madison officials and learned that the checks corresponded with those taken- in tiie $40,000 robbery of tiie National Brandi Bank of Madison and the Madison Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Authorities said they found $2,1689 in American bank notes, sl.521 in Canadian bank notes, $3.|sss in Liberty Bonds and 100 shares of stock in Benz' possession. Sheriff A. M. Taft, of Jefferson county, returned Benz hero from Calgary. Taft refused to say whether officials of the local banks have identified Benz as one of tiie eight men who rollbed the adjoin(CONTINUED ON i-AGE TWO, TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED Alleged Murderers Are Removed From Jail And Hanged Lewisburg, W. Va.. Doc. 10.-— (UR)—Tom Jackson and George Banks, negroes charged with the murders of Constable Joseph Myleo and Jeff Brown, were taken from the Greenbrier county jail here today, shot to death and their bodies banged from trees nest the city limits. Myles and Brown were killed two weeks ago while attempting to quiet a disturbance at a negio dance. Plans of the lynching party inn l | iCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)