Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1931 — Page 1

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■: .■BANDITS Atenced to ill TEARS EACH B\iinniii Robbers UapST Hret! Yesterday Go in M y 0 p r i son E H\!. HELD ■ IN 5 HOURS Sun'iiiit, Ind., Dec. 19. >!"■' justice, which pursuit and capture . • bandits who robbed i Sun;ini! State Bank nt i yesterday, sent the i Hi- to Indiana state I .a-' ’light on sentences ’ years each. • live hours after the :r: .’i Mis. India l’io\ )■ I- U.I-. kidnap.'ll i d-■•' !. mill’s, tlie li.ndm -' ■ miles, t h - bandit . five pl- id'<l guilty to bank special niulit o * and start. I im prison ,|| Mb’i'.’.r ' save their n S’ AI t bur Xelsn'l •■: 1 and John Si I • i Although heavily ' the men Aii the money was re- :■ - U.R) '’■ instances in wlii.Ji a progressive ii . State today. -nit. chairman of :!i.committee of the Stat A-sic :at ion. ON PAGE SIX) Morehous Will Be .Buried Sunday - t vices will be titb’rnoon at 2 o'clock 10. E M'Uehotis, fomcr "I .Itfferspn town-hip. ‘ at his home Fort Thursday night at 11:4’ Th-’ funeral will 1.. hi id ’ P<>: Hand United Brelhr, with the Rev. Neal Ryan , ofltciating. Moridtous died Thur-d • ? the result of ii accompanied injur’ |^H'’l v -i four years ag() Ten days ago Mt suffered a stroke of ili’Cettsei] operated a conn ' Booher’s Corner, J^B s ”e township. Eight years | moved to Fort Wayne l ’ l ’ "as employed at the Gas company until he in a wreck. n^B* a<i l '°" 1 at poi,!a " l1 ’ ■ 1N74, the son of Mr and A. Morehous. Snrvis U^B rp ’be wif e an( ] following Russel of Portland: Harold and Mrs. D. I. j^B 1 ‘ ;s t' , r of Fort Wayne. His also survives, together brothers ami a -isle, ■ICE WORK |»N FEW CLUES ° nt L filler Sought Evidence *■ Is Being Found N Y - Dec - 19—(U.R) I|lKl,| ile license number, a | ei Pistol and the secrets rV^W’ r °adway show girl were th' 1 today from v hich police fB.. 1 " ’Give the killers of Jack Diamond. JW lar,, °n car, believed the Was seen leaving the gangrnoming house shortly e was shot to death in ids ee,lp d through Saugerties, J^B Beve fal hours after the slavP’stol, police said was used ■ ’booting was found on the St. Paul’s church here. Wra Pped in a silk handker KBl"'"’ a flash,iaht - Three * es bad been exploded number of shots fired ». ■’ 'Hinond’s head! S^B: on <"Kiki”) Roberts, former U eauty ' was sought tor B’-'ITINUED on PAGE SIX)

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‘Legs’ Diamond Slain I . i,,. r ~ A. i ' 1 t ■“* I J? i i ' AB 'Bx 7 r w 1 ix Mt •?»£-Ww tw <3l ■ ; ’ . t Jack (”I.egs") Diamond. New York gang chief, was shot and killed Thursday night at Albany billowing a wild party given by Diamond in celebration of his acquittal on a kidnaping charge. This picture, the last one ever taken of Diamond, was made Thursday following the acquittal of the gangster From left to right, Diamond. Mrs. Diamond and Judge Daniel Prior. Diamond's attorney.

Patterson Home Is Destroyed By Flames The home of William Patterson | in Blue Creek township was com-1 pletely destroyed by fir - Thursday niiht. The fire is believed to have started from a defective chimney. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were at. home when the fire stated and] heard a cracking sound on the I roof. Neighbors w. re calli <1 and Mr. ] 1 Patterson states they all worked ' hard in an efort to save the 111-1 room home. The house was partly i covered by insurance. was in Decatur to-] I day and asked the Daily Democrat I | to express thanks to all his neigh-1 ’bos for him for their valiant es-1 fort to save the property. LOUL PEOPLES' SISTER DIES] Sister of Ben Amrine and Mrs. Catherine Stettler Expires Wo:d has been rec ived here of| the death of Mrs. Cornelia Cross, I 79, of Rockford, 0., sister of Mrs. : Catherine Stettler and Ben Am rine of this city, who di •! uddenly 1 at her home in Roeklo <i. Friday] night at 10 o'clock, tallowing a: short illness. Death was due. to indigestion,, with which Mrs. Cross became: quit ill Thursday night. Her con- , dition became worse and reuslted , In it >;■ death Friday morning. Surviving are the husband. Peter | Cross, and one daughter, Mrs. ( leni : Roebuck of near Rockford. Four 1 children are deceased. Mis. lath-| eriue Stettler and Ben Amerine of | this city are sister and broth r of 1 the dedeasd, and Mrs. Will Penning- ] ton and Mrs. Frank Fisher of Deca-1 tur are nieces. Funeral services will be held Sun-1 day afternoon at two o’clock in the United Brethren Church in Rock-1 ford and burial will also take place in Rockford. 0 Congress To Recess Dec. 19 -it'P) 1 lie house today passed a concurrent ] resolution providing for 11 l?on ] | gressional recess from December -- next Tuesday, to Monday, January 4. The resolution was sent to the Senate where It must be approved. — 0 — — Adams Is Sentenced Sullivan, Ind., D e. 19—(UP) Leslie Adams, 22, found guilty on a charge of ipanslaiighter as the result of the fatal stabbing of ills father last October, was sentenced to two to 21 years in the Indiana state reformatory today.

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RATE SETTING CASE ARGUED Attorneys Seek To Have Commission’s Ruling Upheld In Court — Indianapolis. Dec. 19 —(U.R) — Tlie municipality, not the com- ] plicated network of a utility, I should be the base for electric ] rate valuation, attorneys for the Public Service Commission argued llefore a three-judger federal court ] here Friday in the Martinsville ] electric case. Arthur L. Gilliom and George \V. Hufsniith asked the court to ; uphold the commission's policy ] in basing rates on property used 1 and useful to the city of Martinsj ville. Howard S. Young and John L. 1 laiwyer represented the Wabash . electric company, Insull subsidiary. with the plea that local rates should be based on valua- ’ tion of the company’s entire hold--1 ings, with a 7 or 8 per cent net I revenue figured. Young attacked the 1.72 cents a kilowatt hour rait established as 'the gateway price to Martinsville, 1 saying 2.2 cents would be a more equitable figure. He said the price was based on a total annual ] power delivery over a large loop, i Half of this delivery, 40,000,000 kilowatt hours, is to the Northern Indiana Power company, another Insull unit, at 1 cent. Young explained that the price ] must be maintained to the North--1 ern Indiana company or it would buy power elsewhere, then the I total burden of power cost would fall on the other consumers, ] doubling rates. He argued that tin present net return to the Wabash Electric company is only 4.5 per cent. Gilliom decried the contention j that Martinsville should be re- ■ quired to make up deficits in other I cities. Lawyers contended that to rc.UONT'NUED ON PAGE SIX) ——o Students Are Injured Indianapolis, Dec. 19 —(UP) — I Two of four Indiana university stu--1 dents Injured in an auto crash here last evening were reported to be in serious condition in St. Vincent’s hospital today. Solomon Miller, 20, Syracuse, with a skull fracture and chest injuries, and Joseph Yoder, 20, Goshen, with body cuts, were the most seriously hurt. Dan Yoder, 19 Joseph’s brother, and William Struckman, 19. also of Goshen were 1 hurt slightly. The auto in which they were returning to their homes for Christmas vacation collided with a truck at an intersection.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 19, 1931.

DELAYED IN SENATE

J. H. HELLER IS NAMED TRUSTEE Decatur Man Appointed To Board of Indiana Colleges John H. Heller, editor of the Daily Democrat of this city today was appointed trustee of Ball State Teachers and Terre Haute State Normal colleges for a four-year term by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Mr. Heller will succeed the late Charles Greathouse on the board. The appointment became effective at noon today. The board of trustees is composed of four members, three Republicans and one Democrat. It meets each month at Indianapolis and has charge of administration of both Indiana teachers colleges. Other members of the board are Sanford M. Keltner, Anderson; Frank Ball. Muncie and Helen C. Benbrige, Terre Haute. Indianapolis. Dec. 19 — (UP) — Assurance that a $475,000 building program at Ball State Teachers’ col lege. Muncie, will start next year was given as the state budget committee approved the program. The committee sanctioned a loan of SIOO,OOO to the school by the Ball Brothers, Muncie to begin the work. Improvements included in the program are an addition to the library, remodeling of the Administration building, and an addition to the/heating plant. It is expected the work will be completed by September 1933. 0 Will Fight Merger Indianapolis, Dec. 19 — (UP) — Absorption of the Monon railroad by the B. and O. lines will be opposed by the Indiana state chamber of commerce in a hearing before the interstate commerce commission it was announced by R. B. Voapstick counsel and traffic manager folr the stat, 1 ? organization. Voapstick said a petition would be sent to Washington Monday and that points set out in it would be amplified orally before the commission by himself early in January. Voapstick said he would tell the commission that competitive trade would be restricted and Indiana growers and shippers would suffer if the merger plan was carried out.

RAIL EMPLOYES FACE WAGE CUT All Will Be Asked to Accept A 15 Per Cent. Salary Reduction New York, Dec. 19.—1U.R) —Railroad executives of the nation will serve formal notice on their 1,000,000 employes Monday that they "desire” to effect a 15 per cent wage cut. Later this month an executives' committee will meet with representatives of union labor in an effort to negotiate an amicable settlement of the wage question. This was announced last night by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio, chairman of a joint committee of nine representing all the major trunk lines in the country. The committee met here yesterday. A brief, three paragraph statement summing up the decision of the meeting was’ made public by Willard after the meeting: "Responsive to the invitation contained in resolution passed at the conference of the railway labor exexcutives association in Chicago Dec. 11, the eastern, western and southern railroad groups today arranged for the regional committee to meet Jointly with the committee of the chief executives of the Railway Labor Executives Association and negotiate to a conclusion (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— Hirschy Funeral Held Funeral services for Frank Hirschy, Union township farmer, who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Wednesday evening from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile Tuesday night, were held at one o’clock this afternoon at the home and at 2:00 o'clock at the Spring Hill church. Burial was in the Spring Hill cein-, etery In Monroe township.

Good Fellows Club The Delta Theta Tau Sorority, sponsors of the Good Fellow Club greatly appreciate the fine cooperation of the people in this city, the basketball players of the Cloverleaf team, and all others who attended and helped in any way in the charity basketball game, Thursday evening. The sorority received a total of $69.10 for the game, which is added to the Good Fellow Club total, today. Other contributions were received today making the total over $280.00. Those who intend to contribute to the club are asked to do so as soon as possible as the sorority has investigated all needy families and find there are more this year than in former years. Contributions received include; Previous total $204.17 Basketball game 69.10 Fri’>nd 50 Friend .50 Friend . .25 Mrs. Fred Schafer 5.00 Crist Eicher 5.00 Total $284.52 J. J. TONNELIER DIES FRIDAY Life-Long Resident of Decatur Succumbs After Short Illness Joseph J. Tonnelier, 71, life-long resident of this city and retired merchant, died at his home, 703 North Fifth street, at 3:25 o’clock Friday afternoon of pneumonia. Mr. Tonnelier became ill last Saturday and his condition was critical for several days. The deceased was well known ■ here where he formerly was engaged in the real estate and dry goods business. He was a member of the St. Marys Catholic church, the Moose Lodge, the St. Joseph Society, and the Holy Name Society. He was born in Decatur, December 28, 1860, the son of .John and Mary Suzanne Colchin-Tonnelier, both deceased. His wife, Mary C. Meibers-Tonnelier, preceded him in death on November 8, 1931. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rose Tonnelier, at home, and Mrs. Dick Boch of this city; a son, Richard Tonnelier, at home; two grandchildren; the following brothers and sisters; Peter Tonnelier, Fort Meyers, Fla.; Mrs Mary McFarland, Portland. Ore.; Henry Tonnelier, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Mrs. Margaret Garvey. Fort Myers. Fla.; Mrs. Anna Dwan, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Ed Tonnelier, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Miss Amelia Tonnelier, this city; Charles Tonnelier, Sheboygan, Mich.; Victor Tonnelier, Benton Harbor, Mich. One brother, John, preceded him in death. Friends may view the remains at the home after four o’clock this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Marys Catholic church with Rev. J. A. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph cemetery. o— Bullet Wound Fatal Indianapolis, Dec. 19 — (UP) — Mrs. Bernice Owens 22, died of a bullet wound inflicted yesterday morning by Arthur S. Long, 55, just before he shot himself to death in her room. Whether the tragedy was a mur-der-suicide pact or was brought about by unrequited love, police and relatives were unable to determine. Long had tor many years been attentive to the young widow, whose husband choaked to death on a chicken bone lodged in his throat three months ago.

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SAYS NEW YORK BANK MADE BIG SUMONLOANS Millions Made, President Os National City Company States SENATE PROBE TO CONTINUE Washington, Dee. Itt (U.P)' —The National City com-j pany of New York made! $13,392,502.01 net profit from its floating of foreign loans, Charles E. Mitchell, president of the company, told the senate finance committee today. He was resuming his testimony in the committee’s I investigation of post - warj foreign -financing in the I United Slates. Mitchell said that the total of foreign loans floated by his company was $1,071,955,000. The estimate of net profit, he said, did not include the overhead of the affiliate of the National City bank which had a large part in the financing. Rents, taxes, salaries of salesmen and other overhead should be deducted from the figure. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and company described loans totaling $1,105,398,000 made by his firm. Added to the National City financing it shows that the two Wall Street firms floated a total of $2,777,353,000 in foreign loans since the war. Replying to questions Mitchell told the committee that “it is general knowledge that Germany has made some advances to Russia." He said he knew nothing “specifically" about them hut that he believed they were ‘very small' in amount. He did not make it clear whether Germany had used American credits to make advances to Russia but Senator Harrison, Democrat., Mississippi, who ' did the questioning, left that | impression. Mitchell spoke forcefully, in a loud, clear voice. He wore a pearl stickpin, in a red and black tie. As he talked he waved his right forefinger at his questioners. KIDNAPERS ARE STILL AT LARGE Attorneys Will Demand Death Penalty Provided They Are Caught Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 19 —(U.R) —Kidnapers of Mrs. Nell Quinlan Donnelly, released with her chauffeur on a Kansas road unharmed, still were at liberty today despite an extensive police drive. The $75,000 rat.som demanded by the kidnapers was not paid. If they are captured former U. S. Sen. James A. Reed, the Donnelly attorney, will demand the full penalty—hanging. Paul Donnelly. the millionaire garment maker's husband, concurred with Reed’s statement. Chief Louis M. Siegfried said police were doing all in their power to apprehend the men. He said, however, he believed the men would be found dead on so|ie lonely road “because they violated the code of gangdom.” Siegfried said lie believed the kidnapers were either from out of the city or outlawed by the local underworld. He said the release of Mrs. Donnelly was proof enough of the pressure brought to bear on the criminals. The kidnapers held Mrs. Donnelly and the chauffeur, George Blair, negro, captives for 36 hours. Both were unharmed. Three Are Arrested Indianapolis, Dec. 19 — (UP) — Three men who had 35 chickens, chloroform and a shot gun in the auto in which they were riding were arrested by police here today. The men gave their names as Henry Lane, Jeffersonville, and James Matheny and Paul Stinger. Indianapolis, Matheny told police he bought the chickens and had ' ofered the other two a ride near 1 Greenfield. Police said Lane re-: 1 cently completed a prison sentence. |.

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Safe Back Home Mrs. Nell Quinlan Donnelly, wealthy Kansas City dress manufacturer, who was kidnaped for I $75,000 ransom, but was returned [to her home unharmed without I the money being paid. Mrs. Donnelly was held by her captors for thirty-five hours. MESHBERGERS GET CONTRACT Pavement Between Here And Monroe To Be Constructed By State Indianapolis, Dec. 19 — (UP) — Three paving contracts and one bridge contract were let by the state highway commission, it waa announced by John J. Brown, director. The projects include: Two bridges in Putnam county and one in Hendricks county on U. S. 36 near New Winchester; to C. Elmer Garrard. Montezuma, $lO,957.07; paving of 2.4 miles of road 27 in Adams county, to Meshberger Brothers stone company Linn Grove, $37,591.30; paving road 49 from Dunes state park to the Dunes relief road, .9 miles in Porter county to M. D. Heiny, Gary, S3B, 410.71; paving road 16 from U. S. 41 to road 53, 14 6 miles in Newton and Jasper counties, to the Gast Const; action coniiiatiy, Warsaw. $203,705.92. — o * DON’T QUOTE ME ■ ♦ (U.R) ♦ By United Press Washington. Dec. 19 —(U.R) - Whimsical anecdotes, or better still. the spontaneous "wisecracking" type of httmerous comments made by the great and neargreat who call at the White House frequently break the somewhat sonorous routine of heavy political pronouncements. , It is “verboten," as everyone knows, to quote what the President has said during a conversation with a caller. No one, be he a cabinet member, a senator, a representative or a small town banker from fat inland, may reveal directly what the President has said or even give his official attitude on any subject. It all “must come from the White House.” As a result, the callers when pressed by reporters for an inkling of the nature of their visit resort to dodges of one sort or another on their way through the I lobby from the executive offices and into the freedom of the outdoors. Speaker of tlie House John Gaiter was a breakfast guest at Lite I White House on Friday. The! president had called Democratic and Republican leaders in for an important conference over the grape-fruit. On leaving, Garner was tackled. "Can you tell us what the president called you in for’’’ he was asked. “The breakfast was excellent, boys," Speaker Garner spoke. "Did you discuss the morator(CONTINUED ON PAGB SIX) 0 — , Health Bond Is Sold

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SEN.JOHNSON BALKS AS BILL IS PRESENTED General Belief Is That Bill Will Become Effective Early Monday COMMITTEE ACTS QUICKLY Ai’asliington, Dec. 19 (U.R) Ratification of the Hoover war debt moratorium struck ! a snag in the senate today . and action was delaved until | Monday. Senator Hiram Johnson. 1 Republican, California, frus- ’: I rated plans of the adniinis- , (ration leaders to pass the ! 1 measure today. 1 Ratification was voted by the | house last night by 317 to 100 with 1 a reservation expressing congressional opposition to reduction or cancellation of the debts. Johnson prevented action under tlie rules of the senate which require unanimous consent for immediate consideration of such measures. The administration forces, however, managed to roll tile bill through the senate finance com- , mittee with unusual celerity. Only 15 minutes consideration was given the measure by tlie committee. As soon as the senate met. Chairman Smoot of the committee presented his favorable report. ■ As he arose a clerk brought over ■ from the house the measure pass- * ed by that body last night. Smoot jockeyed the house resolution into a position of priority before the senate by sulwtitiitfng , it for his bill. , “I s hall ask that the senate , take it up later in the day,” said . Smoot. I Johnson was conversing with a . I senator but overheard Smoot and J marched to tlie front of tlie cliainII her. . I “I shall most strenuously object J to taking this bill up today." he said. "If I am not present in the I chamber when it is brought up. 11 request that I be notified, so I . can object to it." •Smoot said Johnson’s present objection was sufficient. He agreed that one objection could block ) him. so hi announced he would let the bill go until Monday. At thrt | time Smoot will be in a parliamentary position to force the | matter before the senate. . I Smoot said lie "most certainly” 1 expected to get action on the mor- | atorium before the Christmas 10J cess. Sheriff Loses Life West Plains, Mo., Dec. 19—Sheriff C. Roy Kelley. 45, of Mowell ’ County, was killed today in a gun ’ battle with three bandits. I One of the bandits was captured. The other two escaped. 1 lArmed posses of citizens and of--1 fleers searched throughout Howell and adjacent counties for tlie fugi- ' fives. MOONEY CASE REPORT ASKED Resolution to Seek Report of Wickersham Experts Washington, Dee. 19. -(U.R) —SenJators Costigan. Democrat, Colo- | rado; Walsh, Democrat, Montana, and Cutting, Republican. New Mex- . ico, today Introduced in the senate a resolution calling on tlie President to submit to the senate the report of the experts of tlie Wickershatn commission on the Thomas J. Mooney-Warren K. Billings case. Mooney and Billings are in prison in California as a result of con- • Vidic’! in connection with the Sun Francisco preparedness parade bomb explosion of 1916. An exhaustive report was prepared 011 the case by Wicketsliam commission experts hut never made public. - „■ n .1 .i Senator Is Injured Washington, Dec. 19.-9U.R) Senator Tasker L. Oddie, Repn., Nev., was thrown from ills horse while riding In Rock Creek I’ark today and suffered a broken collar bone.