Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1932 — Page 1

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ACTION FOR NEW TRIAL ARGUED TODAY

ate Catholic High Net Teams Barred From National Meet

UROL BOARD TS DATES FOR FATETOURNEV lesson Given For Acn; State Meet To Be February 26, 27 CTION IS AWAITED icago, Jun. 4. <U.R) school bsaketbail teams 1 membership in the Ini Catholic High School •tic association will he dden to participate in lationa! Catholic baskettournament held anv by Loyola I'niversitv licago. the board of control ? Indiana group announced i beard of control, however. I cognizance of boarding Is. and will allow Jasper stay, Jasper, Ind., to enter itional tournament. ( annual state Catholic high . I basketball tournament will , Id at the Armory, Indianapo- . 'eUruary 26 and 27. The ule will be formed February J Indianapolis. e action of the Catholic Ath- i assojiation'h control board eceived among sport fans here with amazement. Decatur Mie high school has had a .. At -flftttotfa! Catholic tourfor a number ot years, and —players and fans regret the of the state board. ■■ reason was given by hoard Vmers for .the action The regular net season j&nd this year on the Monday •R? the state tourney starts SOPPOSES IXTRA SESSION Ln ■ nmittee Is Against Abort Session: Views Are Expressed \ llanapois. Jan. 4 ti’l’t-The jaitive council of the state fed |g-in of labor today .was iligne 1 orces opposing a special tax ■m of the legislatui • Adilph WRitz, secretary and treasurer .the council's opinion was una us. tz said the decision was based ;T he contention that beneficial . • lation c.nild not be passed v ' tly. — he session should be called, he the state organization would ' ort u move for income tax. to . !de corporations, but would vi ; usly oppose a general sales; A tax on intangibles would be ' red by the board, he said, and X' on non-taxable bonds other United States bonds probably d be supported. itz said the council was con- • NTINTTED ON PAGE FIVE) ,'i,. ■ 0 ert man, Known Here Dies In Michigan 'ord was received by relatives » of the death of Mrs. I’ermelia ire er. 29, wife of Harold Miller. Charlevoix. Michigan, which Hatred at a hospital in Charle(Saturday morning. Death caused by pneumonia and fold an illness of a few weeks, f Miller was removed to the i Ital on Sunday, December 27. rittrs. Miller was the wife of old Miller, who is a nephew of 1 " Misses Annie, Jessie, and ie Wlnnes, Will Winnett, and . Harve Ummlman of this . She visited in this city a of times, the last visit ig Labor Day of last year. I’.trviving arc the parents. Mr. Mrs. Janies Dutton of Lore, Ohio, two children, Susan, nd Sally, 3, the husband, and sisters. ineral services will be held sday at Charlevoix, and burial $0 also be in that city.

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ENTRIES OPEN IN FARM CLUBS County Agent Receiving Memberships For Several County Clubs Tountv Agent L. E Archbold • announces that entries in the Hoosier Ton Litter Club were opened January 1 and will close March 15. To enter the Hoosier ton litter contest it is necessary to join the Indiana Livestock Bleeders association at a fee of fifty' cents a member. This member-; ship permits entry in the Hoosier top litter contest. Gold Medal sheep club. Gold Medal colt .club pnd the 1000-pound calf club. The contest last year was inter-. esting. The following eight men completed their work: E. S. I Christen, gold medal; Dan Habeg-j ger. Jr., gold medal; Benj. D. Mazelin, gold medal; Ardon Mosser, gold medal; John E. Heiman. Silver medal: Otto Hollo, silver medal and (’. W. R. Schwartz, silver medal. The heaviest litter was that of Ardon Mosser, a litter of fourteen purebred Hampshires with a total weight of 3.230 - pounds. John [ Schwab of Purdue stated this was I the heaviest litter produced in! the state of Indiana. Mosser has won the SchmittSilver Loving Cup for the second ! consecutive year and is to be the tCONTINITED ON PAGE FIVE) POSSE CLOSES IN ON KILLERS Ozarks Region Combed For Three Brothers M ho Escaped Springfield. Mo., Jan. 4. — (U.R) — Posses pressed forward through the Ozarks region today in the manhunt for the young gang, the I three hill country desperadoes | who killed six officers and wound-1 ed three others late Saturday, rather than surrender their leader, Harry Young, on a murder charge. Peace officers in three other states. Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, were watchful on chance that the murderpus trio had slipped through the ring of angry citi-i zens and farmers around Spring-; field. Reports that the young gang had j been seen still sulking around; Springfield spurred the possemen.i who have leave to "shoot to kill" I and warning that the fugitives would stake their lives against capture if cornered. The reports indicated that bul-i lets had found marks In one and i perhaps two of the murderers. Harry Young, the leader, who; killed Marke Noe, Republic, Mo„ | night marshal, to escape arrest twp | (CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX) *

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Chib Women To Meet Tlie leaders of the Adams County Home Economics Clubs will meet Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 ' o’clock, January 5, at the home of I Mrs. E. S. Busche at Monroe to make final arrangements for the ■ trip to the agricultural conference at Purdue during the week of Jan. |ll to 15. These ladies are Mrs. i Ernest Tumbleson, Mrs. R. O. J Wynn. Mrs. ;Hugh Nidlinger, Mrs f C. Barkley. Mrs Mary Teeple, Mrs. Chas. Nyffeler, Mrs. Fred Blum. Miss Florence Graber, Mrs. John Duff, Mrs. Ada Shoemaker, ; Miss Ruth Schwartz and Mrs. Virgil Wagner. The returns from I stunt night were not sufficient to allow the hiring of a bus and it will be necessary for the delegates to make the trip in private ' cars. KIDNAP GANG FACESCHARGES Death Penalty Will Be Asked For Men Arrested In Chicago Chicago. Jan. 4 -IUP) —How the 1 wiles of a beautiful woman held I handcuffed in a kidnappers' den led I to discovery o; a $500,000 abduction i ring and arrest of seven men was ' levealed today by chief investigator ! Pat Roche of the state's attorney's l office. The blonde and handsome woman is Mrs. Georgia Gecht who with her husband. Dr. Max Gecht, was kidnaped Dec. 10 and held captive more than 60 hours. The physician paid $2,000 for his wife's release. While state's attorney John A. Swanson. Roche, and several assistants looker! on, Mrs. Gecht and her husband led the officers to the isolated bungalow where they were held captive and there reenacted scene of their imprisonment. Meanwhile at the Congress hotel in a suite that resembled an armed camp were held Ward C. Swalwell, former assistant state's attorney, and six others. The state’s attorney I office announced evidence would I be presented to the grand jury toj day or tomorrow for indictment of tlie men. The death penalty will be asked, prosecutors said. In the ordinary appearing suburban house, Mrs. Gecht told of her captivity. “First I was put in a corner bed room" she said, “but they later mov- ; ed me to a back bed room where I there was only one window, ij was I never blindfolded, but they handI cuffed me to the bed by one hand. ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Church Pews Rented The annual renting of the pews ; in the St. Mary’s Catholic church 'took place Sunday morning followI ing the 9:45 o’clock high mass. The [ pew rentals go towards the upkeep i of the church. The annual election lof church trustees will take place . next Sunday following the high 1 mass.

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RID DAT FOR AUTO PLATES I Local Bureau Sells 300 Sets Saturday; Deadline Drawing Near Three hundred automobile license plates were sold at the Adams County Auto License bureau, on Saturday, it was announced by J. L. Ehler, manager, today. This was one of the biggest days in the history of the license bueau, Mr. Ehler stated, and more plates were sold on that day than on any one day last year. No official word has been received at the bureau from the Secretary of State regarding the deadline for securing the 1932 license plates, and and Mr. Ehler urges everyone to get them at once. All applicants 'for licenses must furnish their certificates of title and their poll tax receipt before the license can be issued. Extra help was seceured to take care of the heavy business last Saturday, and for the next week or two. It was estimated that more than $2,500 was taken in last Saturday. o BEET CAMPAIGN TO ENDTUESDAY Total Acreage Reaches 9,798; Fricke To Manage Drive Finish beet acreage this morning totaled 9,798. The solicitors met this morning and concluded plans for today and tomorrow when they expect to complete the drive. A number of contracts are still out and these will be collected in and added to the total which is expected to swell two or three thousand acres and if the Ohio territory is secured, wll' reach the coveted 13,000 acres. The Indiana Farm Bureau Sugar Beet Growers Association has been completed through the coopeiative organization of that body, the permanent operating committee being composed of Andrew Fuelling, chairman; E. W. Busche, vice-chair-man a,id these will be named in the contract representing the glowers. Others on the committee include J. D. Winteregg, Berne. Rufus Clark, Diberty Center; Charles Scheldt, Ohio City; C. C. Palmer, Albion and J. B. Cummins, Portland. E. J. Fricke was selected to act as general manager to complete the campaign for pledges and to take charge of the educational campaign to induce consummers to use beet sugar and to immediateley start a campaign for new sugar factories in westeren Indiana. • o HOAGLAND LADY DIESSATURDAY Mrs. Ellexy Reynolds Dies Following Operation Here Saturday Mrs. Ellexy Reynolds, 46, wife of Dwight M. Reynolds of Hoagland tiled at the Adams County Memorial Hospital at 6:50 o'clock Saturday evening following an operation she underwent Saturday morning. Mrs. Reynolds was born in Madison township. Allen county. December 3. 1885, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Clayton. Surviving is the husband, and three sons, Glen; Charles and Howard all at home; the mother. Mrs. Clayton; three brothers. William Clayton of Plainville, John of Hoagland, and Charles of Newark; three sisters, Mrs. John Britton of Indianapolis; Mrs James Farley of Sollsberry, and Miss Nellie Clayton of Indianapolis. Mrs. Reynolds was a member of the Antioch Lutheran church at Hoagland. iFnnernli services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock at the home in Hoagland and at at 1:30 o’clock at the Antioch Lutheran church with Rev. Fabeinsky pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 4, 1932.

Board Meet Postponed The regular monthly meeting of the township trustees was not held today, the meeting being postponed so the trustees could complete their annual reports and meet with their advisory boards iruesday. C- E. Striker, county superintendent of schools stated that the meeting might be held next week. The rural schools opened today following the Christmas vacation and the trustees were also busy getting school affairs started for the new year. o EIGHTH GRADE TOGIVE PLAY Annual Presentation Is Scheduled For Thursday And Friday The annual eighth grade play, sponsored by the Central school, will he presented in the Decatur high school auditorium. Thursday and Friday nights, January 7 and 8. The play chosen this year is entitled, "Meet Uncle Sally," a comedy in three acts, and an able cast has been selected to present the production, which promises to be one of the best plays presented by the school in recent years. Miss Grace Coffee, a teacher at the Central school building, is directing the play. The curtain will rise at 8 o’clock each night, and admission will be 10 cents for school pupils and children. and 20 cents for adults. The public is urged to witness this interesting comedy. The entire three acts of the play are laid in the living room at the Blayne's home hi a small mid western city. The time is early autumn. Following is the cast of characters: Ben Blayne. a young lawyer Harry Moyer CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. DEATH CALLS PAUL MILLER Retired Farmer Expires At Local Residence; 111 Three Weeks Paul Miller. 79, retired Root township farmer, died at his home, corner (Seventh and Jefferson streets, at 12 o’clock, midnight. Sunday, following an illness of three weeks. Death was caused by complications. Mr. Miller had resided in this city for the past eight years, and before that time was a farmer in Root township. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and the St. Joseph Society. He was born in Bavaria. Germany, June 6, 1852, the son of Andrew and Margaret Letcher-Miller, botli deceased. On February 5. 1878 he was united in marriage to Mary Geimer, who survives. Mr. and Mis. Miller came to America from Germany when the deceased was 26 years of age. Surviving are the widow, the following children: Paul. Jr., at home; Mrs. George Appelman, Decatur; Leo Miller. Fort Wayne; Anthony Miller. Kalamazoo. Mich; Miss Katie Miller. Fort Wayne; Ed Miller, Decatur; Mrs. Harve jHilyard, Akron. O.;» Otto Miller. Decatur; Mrs. Jake Heimann, Decatur; Gertrude and Leonard Miller of Fort Wayne; 26 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchil(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI o Traveller Stops Here .A young man who gave his name as Jack Kenney stopped at the city hall today and asked City Clerk Alice Christen to put the city seal on a certificate he had. Kinney was riding a bicycle across the country. He gave his home as Chicago. He stated that he was attempting to find work and so far had been able to wash dishes for his meals. His clothes were torn and shabby and his general appearance Indicated that he had traveled coniderable distance. Over his hands he wore paper sacks.

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GANDHI JAILED BY BRITISH IN CONTROL DRIVE Leader of Commoners Urges Followers To Continue Drive CHIEF AIDE IS ARRESTED Bombay, Jan. 4. — (U.R) — Mahatma Gandhi and his chief lieutenant, Vallabhai Patel, were in jail today as the govj eminent planned further I strict measures to crush an imminent “non-violence” was on Great Britain. But before Gandhi went to jail, he issued instructions “to guide tire faithful in their non-viol-ent war for Independence." First observe prayer and fasting, follow with civil disobedience, and fulfill the resolutions of the working committee, he urged, "even if hardships include injury or loss of life or property." "India, awaken, from your sleep; discard foreign cloth; spin khaddar (native cloth); discard narcotics and intoxicating liquors; discard violence; | "Protect Englishmen. English women, and children even it they are provocative; withdraw from the government all cooperation in'dividually and collectively; fulfill Ithe working committee's resolutions j even if the hardships include injury or loss of life or property; "Begin by hartal, they by civil disobedience according to the circumstances and the locality, like the unlicensed manufacture of salt, picketing of liquor shops and foreign clath sh:ps; disobey prohibitcrv murders except when breach jot peace is apprehended; “Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit or the congress; when leaders are arrested. Individuals must become leaders and maintain the spirit of civil defiance; "Handicaps imposed by internal dissensions and opposition of Indians themselves will dissolve in the fire ot suffering without hat(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) News Equipment Will Be Placed In Adams Mr. I. A. Kalver, of the Adams Theatre stated this morning that the theatre would be closed Wednesday anfi Thursday of this week to install several of the latest improvements in talking and sound effects. With the completion of the equipment Mr. Kalver stated that his theatre talkie appaiatus would be greatly improved and equal to any In the country. DUPLICATES BEING ISSUED Treasurer Kept Busy By New Poll Tax Receipt Law In State About 150 duplicate receipts for poll tax have been issued at the county treasurer's office since December 15. Applicants for auto licenses and hunting licenses must show that they paid their 1930 poll tax. same being payable in 1931. A special receipt has been printed by County TreasuierJohn Wechter and where the peison requires a duplicate one of these cards are issued. Several persons have paid their delinquent poll for 1930. Miss Alice Lenhart, deputy treasuier estimat ed that alrout 50 persons have been put on the tax duplicate or have paid their delinquent tax since December 15. The poll tax must be paid, plus a 10 per cent penalty and a $1.50 fee for making out the receipt. In Decatur the 1930 poll tax is $3.50 a yea . With the penalty and fee added the total payment amounts to $5.35. Wabash and St. Mary’s townships are the only townships in the county where poll tax is assesed The state poll Is $1.50 a year.

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Ether to Test Einstein Rule rr ■ -- fl K Jll K n fowl ifflL / wt flp i ■JDMaaHMMI With the complete overthrow of Einstein's relativity theory as his reward if succuessful, Dr. Dayton C. Miller, noted physicist of Cleveland. is about to begin an exhaustive six-montb test in an effort to prove the existence of an ether drift in the stratosphere. Dr. Miller points out that the Einstein | relativity theory is based on conclusions that there is no ether drift and that conclusive proof of the existence of such a drift would force revision of the German scientist’s belief. Dr. Miller plans to! have one hundred thousand readings taken on the interferometer j at Cleveland, and his conclusions' will be based on the findings from all the readings. EXPECT FILING OF PETITIONS — Board May Require a Cash Bond With Road Improvement Requests — It is expected tnat several petitions for road improvements will be presented to the board of coun-. ty commissioners Tuesday and - action on them will be determined . later. Due to the uncertainty of carry-1 ing the improvements through to completion, pending action of the state board of tax commissioners in allowing the bond issues, the commissioners may require a cash bond ified with each petition that, is ordered published. Until the proposed improvement 1 is acted on by the state board about SIOO of preliminary expense is incurred on every road and this 1 cannot be paid by the county until the bonds are sold. Before the bond issue is acted I on there is legal advertising, printed notices and viewer’s fees ’ on the proposed improvement and in order that these be paid in case' the state board refuses to permit the issue. Hie commissioners will probably require a cash band on the part of the petitioners guaranteeing the payment of this expense. Each of the 12 townships have a credit available for road building this year. Last year the state Jtoard rejected several bond issues, including petitions for three hard surfaced roads. Fred Dubach Is 11l Berne, Jan. 4—Special)— Fred Dubach. 63, Linn Grove fanner and well known marksman suffere da stroke of paralysis at his home Saturday morning. His entire left side is paralyzed and little hope is held for his recovery. Dr. Miller Re-Elected Dr. J. M. Miller of this city was reappointed county physician at the jail and county infirmary. Dr. Miller has served as county physician for several years. He was the only applicant for the place. His salary was fixed at S3OO a year. The board did not appoint a member of the board of trustees of the Adams County Memorial hopsltal today.

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ATTORNEYS FOR JOE EVERETT PRESENT CASE Judge Erwin To Decide Motion Before End of Court Next Week 89 REASONS ARE SET OUT The motion lor :i new trial in the Joseph Everett murder case was argued hv attorneys before Judge Dore B. Erwin this morning, an hour and a half being required to discuss the 89 reasons offered by the defense. H. M. DeVoss, counsel for the defendant, presented the matter and after referring briefly to the instructions proceeded to take nu those reasons assigned for a new trial which pertained to the refusal of the court to admit evidence which would show that tha Halberstadt boys had planned to “beat up Joe Everett." He also discussed the evidence of a number of the witnesses briefly and the fact that they were not permitted to show in impeachment of testimony that several witnesses told different stories out of court than in court. Mi. | DeVoss took the position that anv evidence about the family of Mr. Werling or the fact that Doras Werling left an unborn child was | not material. He concluded by declaring that the verdict shows ; the jury was not convinced that the defendant was guilty of first, degree murder and that a new trial should be granted. Nathan! Nelson, prosecuting attorney followed He declared the I ' nv n ( (;ir <JT\ 0 Schools Open Today Decatur grade and high schools, I the Catholic schools, and the Luth- | eran school opened today after a several day’s holiday vacation. All Adams County rural schools and , high schools also resumed classes this morning. —o Local Peonle Spend Holidays In Florida Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. IH. B. Macy returned Sunday night from a ten day's moj tor trip to Florida. They motored I to Atlanta. Ga„ byway of Lexing- | ton, Ky., and Knoxville, Tenn., and I were met by Mr. and Mi. J. R. I Blair of Americus, Ga., former residents of this city. The party visited 'at Radium Sprngs. Ga.. Gainsville Ocala. Tampa, St. Petersburg. Tarpoon Springs, plant City, and Bolt Tower at Lake Wales, Orlando. . New Smyrna. Daytona Beach, Revieria, St. Augustine and JacksonI ville, before returning Io Americus. I They motored to this city byway o* i Montgomery and Birmingham. Ala. JAPAN ATTACK INVESTIGATED American Badly Beaten When Stopped By Japanese Guards Mukden, Manchuria, Jan. 4 • (U.R) —An attack on an American consular official by a Japanese armed guard was investigated by Japanese officials today The investigation was requested by American Consul General Myrl Scott Myers, after a report by Culver Bryant Chamberlain, eu route to Harbin to assume the post of American consul there. The guard challenged Chamberlain as he was being driven to the railway station in a consular automobile bearing regular consular identification. The guard did not understand English. Chamberlain, who has been an interpreter in China for ten years, spoke to him in Chinese, after exhibiting bls credentials. The guard then struck Chamberlain in the face, Chamberlain was not seriously Injured, however, and proceeded to Harbin. Myers protested to the Japanese consulate. Chamberlain is a native of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)