Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1931 — Page 1

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ftN RUPERT |HES TITLE ■fromfather A Exhibit' I‘raised By Corn Show Wpraw' Attendance Baers are ■ NAMED TOD.U ; ; member Ad ins today iliited ~ i ■ -i n won first prize . first plat e the : judge r lining held r . house hi:- scored St.l. - ■ tile ;:, He is He assisted ms ■ entered in the show. i: ■ I' . I H elull boys . \ ■» ■ ■ • .the five lliffel < in show follow A—’O-ear Sample. Early Yellow Corn Blum. M. l.aisure. Doris Laisure. Reinhold Koldewey. E. W. Busche. ■ Take. ON PACTE SIX'! ■Berne Bets Bureau ■ bra:, License Hu ■bs located in Berne, in the. : a the east side of In B:\ ■ ofiiee on Mai itshalk .if He app ' J bran h manager ■kpent- |' or Shooting ■ir»,.a I,„1.. Dec. 11 —l UP ' ■»"'. . repentiftll a" Charles while th. two inintnca rewarded him with sen ace in court her . shot Baker after the la: ■'? 'I •" d coy din ks iwn. d Io is was feared Hake; would sight of one eye. •»>>'. who said he was sorry for ■hasty action, took Baker to an ■ •Peiialist in Chicago ami In ■ wa s saved. ■- court fined Seeley $5 ami ■™ him a suspended six-mbiith ■°» term on his plea of guilty tn ■ charge. lOMTORIUM FIRST ORDER fr n . Pr Says Organization I ill Be Completed I Soon Billington. Dec.- 11. — (U.R) Garner of the house of said today the 146 would complete organiza"°f Its committees and be dy for consideration of legis“n by next Tuesday. he Hoover one year morator--Imi European debts will be en U P first, he said, probably "day or Wednesday. ‘ tax bill, he believed, would °* consideration of the morautn. * fax bill, however, may be in reaching the floor o,| gh the necessity of bolding : m, ttee hearings.

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| Legion Program to Hoover fiß Sts IM *1 V-v I law s .1 J 1 w >| a , I ™'’ ma,l ’ b - v "" A ""Legion, at its recent convention 11 wt. '■ ,h ‘. it T"' ' " ll " b ' about prohibition, had its aftermath i wnen Henry L. SteM-ns. youthful commander of the veterans, laid the I Legion program, calling for a prohibition referendum and a treaty t navy, before President H .m.. r The Legion also asked for an addition- ‘ TLr t X , l> ‘ “ , t l I ,t " r “ ’U ■""" r ’"' ve,pran reliet - p hoto shows Stevens lit tt i a ith the 1 ip-idci.t op the* occasion.

WESLEY D AGUE DIES THURSDAY Pleasant Mills Ma n Is V ictim of Apoplexy After Short Illness John Wesley Dague 62, Pleasant i Mills laborer died at his home at 6 o'clock Thursday evening of apoplexy. rollowing an illness of five . days. Mr. Dague suffeed a stroke . of apoplexy last Saturday night and his condition was critical since that time. He was born in Van W it County Nov. 27, 1869, the son o John W. Dague. and Mary E. Kiley-Dague both‘deceased. In November 1902 he was united in marriage to Blanche May. who preceded him in death in 1919. Surviving are tour children: Th odore, at home; Mis Flora Okeley. Pleasant Mills; Charles and Homer, at home; one grandchild: 3 brothers. Thomas of Fort Wayne James of Decatur, and Sidney of Pleasant Mills. Four childr -n preceded the deceased in death. Mr. Dague resided in Blue Creek township, on a farm, until about 14 yars ago when he moved to Plea(CONTINUED ON f v;i TWO, POWERS TO HEAR FATE SATURDAY Hanging Mandatory For Mail Order Romeo; to Appeal The Finding Clarksburg, West \.<. D> > 11. e-(U.fb — Brass bands martial music on st re, - near the jail last flight, and gave Harry F Powers convicted murderer of Doyothy Lemke, a restless night as he awaited an appeal that may say his life. The mail order Romeo who played his knowledge of femme psychology” to the last to a mandatory sentence to death by hanging was scheduled to be sentenced Saturday. He was convicted by a jury short-1 ly after 5 o’clock yesterday, and ■ the townspeople .seemed to sigh with relief. They did not demon-1 strate against the man who lured | the middle aged nurse from het home in northern Mass., and strangled her in his quiet Dell garage, but they did discuss the ease. And the music o fthe parading bands enroute to a town festival was accepted as a demonstration of confidence tn the jury of fat nt (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Church Willed SSOO The sum of 1500 has been given to St. Marys Catholic church in the will of Celina Hessler, admitted for , probate in Allen court number 2. The will sets out that the money be given to Bishop Noll who li g to turn it over to the local I church.

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Will Attend Mass Members of the Holy • Name i society of the St. Mary's Catholic I church will attend mass and re- | ceive holy communion at the seven o'clock mass Sunday morning. The members are asked to meet ' at tlie Decatur Catholic high school I building and march to the church. Monday evening the monthly meeting of the society will be held at the K. of C. hall. Memorial services for deceased members will be held and an addresh will! be delivered by the Rev. Fatheri J. A. Seimetz. pastor. FOUR CONVICTS ELECTROCUTED Illinois Prison Has Quadruple Execution Early This Morning Chester. 111., Dec. 11. (U.R)—Four mm died in the electric chair at the southern Illinois penitentiary! here today, one of the convicted | murderers singing a song of his own composition as he died. At 1:43 a. m. Hazel Johnson, negro, Decatur, 111., was pronounc,ed dead. He was followed by Henry Pannier, 57, farmer of Evansville, 111., Willie Green, 31. negro, East St. Louis, and at 2:15 a. :m. the body of James Jackson. 31. negro, East St. Louis, was lifted \ from the chair. Jackson was singing as he died a hymn which Deputy Warden ! Oscar Miller said tlie condemned (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o (Jiris’ Glee Club Has Program This Morning Tlie Decatur High School Girls' Glee Club presented a musical program at the regular chapel period held at tlie Central School building this afternoon. The Glee Club sang "Love's a ] Merchant." by Carew; "Prayer Perfect." by Stevenson; ants “Chit ! Chat," by Moffat. "t’amtique de Moel," by Adams I was sung by Miss Rosamund HoagI land, a.ter which a trio composed ! the Misses Edwina Shroll, Sara ! Jane Kauffman, and Betty Franklin I sang ::The First Noel,' "We Three j Kings of the Orient Are," and "It ! Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Miss Louis? Hamliold accompanied the | group at the piano. Tlie club then closed the musical program witli "Silent Night," ami ■ Jingle Bell." A pep session was held following the chapel period ofr the boys eighth grade baskethull team which met the St. Jos- ! eph team at 4 o'clock. Health Bond Is Sold

The Phi Delta Kappa fraternity purchased a $5.00 Health: Bond from the Adams County' Tuberculosis

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SCOUT TROOP GETS CHARTER American Legion Will . Sponsor New Troop In This City A new Roy Scout troop with Ed. Jaberg as Scoutmaster came into existence in Decatur today, it was announced by Commissioner Bryce Thomas. The new troop will be known as American Legion troop, i Decatur. | The executive committee, all I members of the Adams post, of the Legion, is headed by James Staley who has been interested in boys' work in this city for several years. Other members of the executive group include C. O. Porter, J. C. Laurent and Chris Lehman. The members of the troop at present include: Donald Arnold. Monroe Fuhrman. Lawrenc? Johnson,' Harry Moyer, Ralph Peterson. Lewis Smith, Dorus Stalter, Arthur ( Heller and Lawrence Anspaugh. J Several other members will be takien into the organization and the troop will meet soon to outline a program of activities in line with other Scouting organizations. MISS HARRIET FAUROTE DIES Sister of Local People Dies Suddenly At Fort Wayne Funeral services for Miss Harriet Faurote, 49, of Fort Wayne sister 'of William and Henry Faurote, Mrs. . Fred Wagner and Mrs. Alfred Rauch of Decatur, will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home, 2947 Bowser avenue, and at 9 o’clook at the St. Peter's Catholic Church. Miss Faurote died suddenly Thursday morning at 6 o'clock, as she prepared to leave her home on a nursing case. She had apparently been in good health until she became ill suddenly Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. The deceased was a life long resident of Fort Wayne, and tor many years was engaged as a nurse there. I She was a member of the St. Peters Catholic church and the St. Agnes Society. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faurote with whom (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SPLIT LOOMS ON TAXATION Democrats Differ In Opinions Over Taxation Proposals Washington. Dec. 11 —(U.R) — A liberal-conservative split was developed in the Democratic ranks over tax legislation. The question in brief is: Shall the rich be spared or shall the poor man "get a break." This difference will be the subject of debate when house and senate party leaders get together in their "policy committee" meeting Tuesday to draft a tax program. Because of the controversy agreement on a substitute for the $2,000,000,000 Mellon-Hoover proposals will bfe delayed. It appeared certain today that the house, where such measures must originate,' will not take up tax legislation before the first of the year. Democratic Leader Rainey said the customary committee hearings probably would last several days because of the numerous interests affected. The controversy is epitomized in the conflicting views of Rainey and Senate Leader Robinson. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI mi ... — ~ 11 o —— Rainfall Over Inch Miss Mary Yost who has charge I of the water guage located at De- | catur announced today that the ! precipitation here since Thursday was 1.20 inches. She also stated that the river had risen 2% feet since yesterday morning.

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j Good Fellows Club H ♦_ j 'The Good Fellow Club today recieved a contribution from the Ge--1 code Club of the General Electric Company, it was announced by the Delta Theta Tati Sorority, sponsors of the club. Much more mon»y will be needed by the sorority for the relief work at Christmas time, and it is desired ' that those who intend to donate to the club do so as soon as possible. Contributions to date are: Previous total $77.88 decode Club . 5.00 Total $82.88 o SENIOR PLAY IS PRESENTED Crowd Attends Opening Night Presentation of “Easy Pickin’s” A good sized crowd enjoyed the presentation of “Easy Pickin's," a ' three act comedy presented by | the Senior class of Decatur higli' school at the high school auditor-1 ium, Thursday evening. The play will be presented again tonight and the curtain will rise promptly j at 8:15 o’clock. The play centers around Mr. and ' Mrs. George Brackton, played by Edward Martz and Doris Cook, j ( who built their home of dreams and gave a house party for a number of their old college friends. Many amusing and inter-! esting scenes develop as the. 1 guests arrive and the various i changes that have taken place in ■ their lives, makes the group a confused and uncongenial crowd. Both Miss Cook,and Mr. Martz! ’ played their parts well, and were 1 the perfect and charming hostess j ■ and host. The part of Amelia Del-! (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) | o INDIANA HAS ! WARM WEATHER — Records Shattered As Spring-Like Temperatures V isit State Indianapolis, Dec. 11.—(U.R)—Two j records were shattered by a tor-, ' rential rain which struck Indian- : 1 apolis last night and the springlike weather which followed the storm today. During the 12-hour period ending 1 at 7 o’clock this morning, the i United States weather bureau here! recorded ts heaviest rainfall in that length of time. Precipitation I was 2.7 inches. I At 10 o'clock the mercury mount ! ed to 03 degrees, the warmest DeI cember 11 temperature in the history of the weather bureau. The previous record was 62 degrees, , set in 1873. Momentary danger of flood was felt here as White River and Fall creek rose rapidly. Officials allayed fears, how’ever, explaining that 1 rainfall in other parts of the state I i (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Gibson Is On Stand i Elmer Gibson of Jay county - was still the witness on the stand ; I in the Wabash river dredge case: ’ today, giving his idea of benefits! - and damages which would acrue ' - as a result of the improvement.] ' Attorney Whipple of Muncie has] s been given a vacation of a week I - or so to permit him to attend to | some matters in his office and! . Attorneys Whitaker and Kloeb are i taking care of the petitioners side , of the case for the present. . CHRISTMAS/'U Lbbwmbmni I ■ 1A Shopping days Iv till Christmas

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IMPEACHMENT OF MELLON IS IN RESOLUTION Rep. Patman, Texas, To Introduce Motion For Probe of Affairs HOUSE MUST GIVE APPROVAL — Washington, Dec. 11 —(UP) —A I | resolution calling for impeachment I lof Secretary of Treasury Mellon i i will be introduced in the house in | about ten days, representative Patman, Dem., Texas, said today. Patman said he had nearly completed gathering data to back up his charges against Mellon. The charges will be based on an old law forbidding the secretary of the treasury to engage in business. The Texas Democrat several ! I months ago announced his intention ! I of seeking Mellon’s impeachment. ! | Secretary Mellon's friends explain-1 ed then that a similar charge had ' been brought against the treasury I head when he first took office and ! Mellon was exonerated after investigation by a Senate committee. | Mellon, when he became Trea- ] i sury head, gave up his directorship i in the numerous corporations in whicli he holds an interest. He had | lawyers look into ths matter and L ! they informed him he could legally ] [ retain his stocks in these compan- | ies. The secretary's holdings extend !ed to all parts of this country as ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o August Heim injured | The condition of August Heim, : Fort Wayne retired business man | and father of William Heim of this I city, was reported as unchanged toI day. Mr. Heim was injured when I struck by an automobile Tuesday I ' night in Fort Wayne. He suffered | I five broken ribs and his condition I ! is regarded as serious because of I his advanced age. — Bluffton Woman Dies Mrs. Frank G. Thompson, 43, of j Bluffton, died at 9:30 o'clock this ' morning at her home, after an ill-1 ness of several months. Surviving are the husband, the | | patents, Mr. and Mrs. David Swaim | i one brother; Roger Swaim, and two ! I children, Barbara and David Thompson all of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at ! |l:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at ] the home in Bluffton. CANCELLING OF DEBTS OPPOSED Poll Shows Sentiment Strongly Against Cancellation of Debts By Paul R. Mallon. UP Staff Correspondent (Copyrght 1931, by UP) Washington. Dec. 11. (U.R) —Senators of al hues, Republicans, Pro-1 gressives, Democrats and Conservatives are of nearly one mind on debt cancellation. They are against it. Halt of the 96 senators were pollled indiscriminately by the United | Press today for a cross-section view on tlie question: I “Don you favor debt cancellation?" I The replies showed: 43 noes. 1 favorable. 3 doubtful. 1 non-committal. The decisive result virtually was a senatorial shout of “no," but the expanatory answers revealed there is a strong relief among senators that reduction and possibly cancel- | (CONTINUED O?,’ PAGE THREE) Officers Are Elected At the annual business meeting of the Calvary Evangelical Church, Thursday night, the following officers of the Sunday School were elected for 1932: Superintendent. Mr. Eldred Shlfferly; Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Charlmer Miller, secretary; Miss Thelma Darr, i Assistant, secretary Miss Esther ' Harmon; Treasurer, Mr. Fred Harmon, pianist Miss Doris Shlfferly. 1

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Missing Co-ed - . ' ■ I■* s ar. V a v_ n Friends and relatives of 2l) yearold Esther Pitts, pretty University of Vermont co-ed, who vanished from tlie home of Rev. H. O. Tatum. where she was boarding while attending the university, fear that the girl has been stricken by a nervous ailment that kept her from school last year. A posse led by the missing girl’s father is searching the vicinity of Burlington, Vt., for any trace of the student. judgFmoves”’ TO JAIL MEN Divorced Men With Dependents Warned That Road Work Awaits Judge D. B. Erwin today reiterated his decision to place divorced men, who tailed to pay support money when ordered by the court, under supervision of the county highway superintendent and compel them to work for SI.OO a day until payments are completed, when George F. Manns was called before him for contempt today. Manns was cited because of his failure to pay a weekly allowance for the support of a minor son, who is in the custody of the divorced mother. Judge Erwin stated that he would not “tolerate disregard for the court’s orders”. He gave Manns until next Monday morning to pay the back money or start working for the county at SI.OO a day and spending his nights in jail. There are three or four other men | under court orders who have failed Ito comply with the orders and Judge Erwin said that these men i would be brought before the court as soon as they are located. Earl Bientz was called before ; the court recently and when given j several days to arrange for the payment to his former wife, he failed to return. The sheriff ordered him I brought into court as soon as he is ! located and he will be placed at work on the highways. Bienz has disappeared from the city, it was said today. o Spencer Is Sentenced Robert Spencer, who was arrested in Frankfort on a charge of complicacy in robbing a wholesale house at Frankfort, entered a idea of guilty Thursday and was sentenced front 1 to 10 years in tlie state prisos. Spencer testified that William Dixson and Pearl Hogston, who were sentenced in the Adants County Circuit Court last July tor robbing the McConnell Wholesale Tobacco house here, had assisted him in a series of robberies. He also confessed being with Dixson and Hogston when a wholesale house in Hartford City was robbed some time ago. Arrest Motion Delayed Motion for the arrest of judgment and a new trial in the Joseph Everett case have not been filed yet and ! H. M. DeVoss, chief counsel for Everett stated this morning that they will not be tiled until the first of tlie week. The delay has been caused by the fact that Miss Anna Smith, official court reporter is busy during the day time in the Wabash river drain case and must prepare the transcript in the evenings. It is necessary to have this because all objections must be cited in the motion for a new trial or they cannot lie used f >r an appeal. Jurist■ Erwin lias not placed any limit on the time for filing the motions.

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LEAVENWORTH PRISON WARDEN BADLY WOUNDED Riot, Whi c h Follows Break of Six Lifers Finally Quelled FREEDOM FOR FOUR HOURS BULLETIN Leavenworth. Dec. 11—(U.P.) | —Three of the escaped convicts of the federal penitentiary were reported foi nd dead I on the Salisbury farm west of here this afternoon, after pos ses had surrounded the house in which they were hiding. Reports said that the three men had been holding the farmer. Salisbury, as hostage. They were said to have thrust j him out of the farmhouse as guards advanced upon them. When the guards entered, the convicts were dead from gun shots, according to reports received here. The reports did I not indicate whether the men had shot themselves or had been hit by bullets which the possemen fired. Leavenworth. Kansas. Dec. 11 - (U.R) six convicts in a ] ruthless gamble for their ! liberty en joyed but four ; hours of freedom bes or c : they were captured by posses. ! Their caoture came, how[ever, only after they had shot and dangerously wounded Warden Thomas D While of the Leavenworth Federal . penitentiary whom they had taken I with them as a hostage. Announcement of the capture was made I'ly S. 11. Eekhohlt . secretary to the warden. Eekhohlt told the United Press at 1:05 pin: "Word has just been received of the capture of the convicts.” The announcement from tlie i warden's secretary was not supj (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! , ■ —— o JAPAN CABINET RESIGNS TODAY — Coalition Is Expected As Result of Interference To Plan [ Tokio. Dec. 11. - (U.R)—The eabi|net of Premier Rejeiro Wakatsuki ' | resigned today. 1 I Tlie resignation was tendered to ' I Emperor Hirohito at 5:30 p. m. The formation of a coalition 'I regime was forecast, as the fall of ' i the government was caused prinicipally by the demand of Home I Minister Kenzo Adachi for cooper- ' ation witli the opposition part to meet Japan's domestic and international problems. | The grand chamberlain to the I emperor. Admiral Kantaro, consult--1 ed with Prince Saionji, former pre- ■ |mier and one of Japan's oldest dipdlomats, regarding offers of the . | premiership in forming a new gov- ■ i eminent. ■ I In file event that the Seiyukiit (CONTINUED °N PAGE SIX) TEXAS SWEPT BY WINDSTORM — Two Killed And Several Are Injured; Rain Follows Twister Texarkana, Tex., Dec. 11 U.R) - Two persons were killed today when a windstorm descended one and one-half miles south of Texarkana and shattered houses into kindling wood. Ed Hardin and Mrs. Harvey L. Perry were killed. Six other per- ’ sons were injured. Tlie wind wrecked three houses. The storm's trend was from northwest to southeast. After the wind had subsided, a torrential rain Hooded tlie section. The twisting winds dipped in the vicinity of tlie Richardson Dalr, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)