Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1932 — Page 1

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Biany might wept added ■IHENT DELAY First Will DetatM ( ancellatioii Accept Delay I |\ OPINIONS . ■,(, i( 19T-’ by United Press) tier®. lan- 11 (UR) G ‘ r * s * x extension of the if coneellntion of all payments is not at Lausanne said Germany will seek ■ 1> Kill 1 SB'''’" ' • H" 1 ’ Heinrich declaration that she is I urt’ier reparations, hesitates at defyag ' '""'is mid open- 1 if they insist conversations among ;. iro pJH reparations experts reently fought up a proposal to lx the®! -urn Germany must marks ($119.W.96®lßnnually. which is the which France is entitld unßnditionally under the mung pl The •ting plan fixed the Gernan at unity at 1.988,800.00)) narks ■til 1966, of which 660.W.uO<B as 10 I|lp naeonditioual plan, which was to a final and complete made the total German lebt's ■esent value, at 5Ai per ".000.000 marks ($lO,04,4(5j0«> I). The ■no" - l solution, howver, pißnnies France would allot wit at she 500,000,000 marks anthe United States and Pierre Etienne 'landin jFrench minister of fin] nee. (Brned on any such suggetton. sacrifice, in the otherwise would be t the of the United States, is counting on Mussoini's sui inti ut Lausanne in the '"iri'l- le and ni e and all swift ■he V however. reparaeager to El> ° N PAOR TWO) o — ... Rose Expires Rose. 64. home on ■ ' Fort Wayne, no mJudge Rose 'dams Circuit mmm month ago. the ceme:i. mid the Rev. W. N . „ ! 1 "!"■ "'id Dr. Samuel service. WED QUEEN itBEECEDIES 'o® 0 * Ex-Kaiser Os ! -yny Dies After A •nifthy Illness Germany, Jan. 14. — Queen Sophie of M h.,T'‘'' ( ‘ x Ki ‘iser Wilhelm, "'•k ' ,St after several during which an ing"’plW < mest tor permission to ,] llail been refused Wil An’’S in exile 13 years - children were when she died. They divorced wit,■WlStt' '’ l 1,1 R<,unia,lia i ex-King rlrT B GI PH ''e. Prince Paul, and Irene and Katherine. at Von Xoorden » W'" ha<l ,)e?n very weak days and was barely i t j[ fi)r Heveral !I °urs before suffered an lutesON PAGE TWO)

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Left to right George M. Harrison, grand president of Brotherhood of Hanway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers. Express and Station Employes- D. It Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, and M. S. Warfield, president of the order ot Sleeping Car Conduc tors, who ate among the representatives ol 1.900,000 railroad employes meeting in Chicago to disc uss wage and wotking conditions. s

SURVEYOR IS WITNESS TODAY Harry Morrison, G iv e s Testimony As Expert In Dredge Cause 'Har.y C. Morrison, county surveyor of Gibson county, was continuing his testimony in the Wabash river dredge ease in Adams Circuit court today. Mr.’ Morrison took the stand Wednesday a terbooii. > He was a witness for the petitionand gfrw twlmicnl mfwHwatiou* concerning flood conditions and river flow. Mr. Morrison has been . surveyor in Gibson county for 23 years. The petitioners will p.obably complete their case this week. Spe- ] cial Judge Henry Kiater of Prim-e-, ton who is hearing the case stared ] that if the evidence was completed ] j by the end of the week, lie would I adjourn court next week in order] to give the remonsirators time to prepa e their side of Hie case. Sessions of tile court were transferred to the Adams Circuit court I room yesteiday and will Im heard there for the present, which will ' save tlie county cotuideraide mon-1 ey. Judge Charles Sturgis, city attor-1 ney for Blu fton. one of the retnou- 1 stratots against the p opoaed dredg- j ing of the river was present at the hearing today. WEATHER PLAYS STRANGE PRANA California Has Snow; Midwest Swelters In January Heat By United Press It was spring, summer, autumn and winter in the United States today. The weather man dishod up everything from sub-Zero blasts to balmy breezes, from blizzarddriven three-foot snow drifts to ’b-degree sunshine, from cold mists to downpours. Snow fell on several California cities lor the first time in 50 years. Boys were swimming in Lake Erie near Cleveland and cows grazed in green pastures. The temperature at noon was 62. Blizzards raked the Rockies, stalling trains and marooning ranchers. Boston reported the warmest | Jan. 14 in history with a tempera-] ture of 64 and a predicted maxi-] mum tor tile day of 66 degrees. | A gale lashed the Oregon and' Washington coasts and a heavy] (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Association To Meet The Adams County Holiness Association will have the monthly meeting at the First Nazarene | church in Berne, Sunday afternoon , Sunday a ternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Eugene Hunter of Bluffton ] will be the principal speaker, and art interesting program has been | planned. The public is invited to attend.

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I’ood Solicitor Dies Indianapolis. Jan. 14 —(UP) —Old Clrailes Conroe 76. although poor I ami needy himself, was a daily solicitor in tlie ranks of God's Army ] mission. Each morning ire left the shabby little ro ni where he lived , alohe and all day long gathered : food, clothing ami money, which he himself distributed among needy ' families. Last night he had collected a basket of groceries. He knew of a family that needed it right away. They lived down by the railroad tracks. As Conroe stepped across the I rails, a cut of passenger cars rolled into view. Conroe screamed and Uwaped, but tripped on a ,swjtc)l and was crushed beneath 'The wheels. DEMOCRATSTO OINE TONIGHT Fifty Victory Dinners To Be Attended By Parties’ Notables i New York. Jan. 14 —(U.R)—Demi ocrats of the nation will gather at 1 more than 50 “victory dinners" in I 33 states tonight to inaugurate a I drive for $1,54)0.000 to "put tlie I party in fighting shape" for tlie , coming presidential campaign. Tlie party's most prominent I speakers will attend. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, I John W. Davis. Senator Robert ,W. Wagner, and Representative I Henry T. Raineq of Illinois, will I be the chief speakers at the New I York dinner at the Hotel Astor. 1 for which 3.000 reservations have : been made. Tlie speeches will be ] broadcast by WOR and WMCA, ] over a national hookup. In Chicago Melvin L. Traylor, I Jouett Shouse, and Robert F. Carr. Illinois chairman of tlie fund-rais-ing committee, will officiate. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York will be the leading figure at Boston's “victory dinner." Other points which will cele(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ARSON, BOMBING RING CAPTOREB Ten Now Arrested In Lake County Roundup of Big Gang i Gary, Ind., Jan. 14.— (U.R)—Two I additional arrests were made today iin connection with the investigaitlon of an alleged arson and bomb,ing ring in and Porter counities, bringing to ten men and two , women tlie number held. Two men of those in custody were under gurd at a Valparaiso hospital with burns they were, said to have re-, ceived when a bomb they were carrying exploded prematurely I there. Charges against the ring were 1 bombing s at the Family Theatre and DeLuxe cigar store in Gary and , the Chris Spiros vegetable store in Valparfso, and Hicendiary fires in tlie M. & B. shoe store and the iCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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SEMESTER WILL CLOSE FRIDAY : IN THIS CITY : ' ( Schools To Start Second ' Term Os Year Next ' Monday Morning , FOURTEEN TO HIGH SCHOOL , The first semester of the I school year for the public' grade and high schools of! this city will he completed. Friday, it was announced today. The new semester will open on Monday morning ] i with the regular classes taki ing place. ’ Children who will be six years of age on or before February 1, 1932 may enter school on Monday I morning, it has been announced , by M. F. Worthman. superintendent. At Decatur high school three pupils will complete the four year 1 high school course, but will con- • tinue to attend school as post ■ graduate students, and will receive their diplomas with the ■ graduating class in May. At that I time 55 pupils will be graduated. I with the commencement exercises ‘ I bing held on May 20. Announcements and inslrui thins relative to the work of the now i semester will he given at D-.-atur i I high school by W. Guy Brown, principal, at the regular chapel I hour Friday morning. The report cards will be issued Frf lc.y after- , noon. 14 to Hign School I P. B. Thomas, principal of Cen- ] tfal school, has announced the , names of the 14 pupils who will enter high school from the eighth grade. These pupils will meet at Decatur high school Saturday forenoon at 9:30 o’clock for registration and instructions from W. , Guy Brown, hgih school principal. Regular classes will be held Monday morning a thigh school. A special program will be pre-1 sented at 11:00 o’clock Friday ( morning when diplomas will be' issued the eighth grade graduates, i and writing awards will be given out. Special recitations will also be a part of the program. Those who will be graduated! t Friday are: Robert Aeschliman. 1 i Joe Beane. Russell Butler. Russell j Friedt. Robert Fuhrman, Paul Hil- . yard. Leroy Huffman. Robert E. 1 s Johnson. Robert C. Johnson. For- 1 est Kenworthy. Robert Krugh, 1 ‘CONTINUED ON RAGE TWOi o CAPITAL, LABOR : IN CONFERENCE 3— - ■ Railroad Executives And ! Laborers Determined to Settle Problems Chicago, Jan. 14.—<U.R) -Capital ( and labor sat down across a con- | ’ ference table today determined to - ’ provide dividends for railway in- , vestors and work for unemployed j rail men. At the table were nine presidents vested with authority to speak for the carriers of the entire I country and 21 union heads representing the 1,900.000 union rail ' I workers. The decision expected, as predicted in an exclusive United PressTiispatch yesterday, was a 10 per cent general wage cut for union worki -ers. This will save railroads $250.000,000, sufficient to meet interest requirements and provide work for many of the industry’s 700.000 job . less. > Unlike some controversies of ' capital and labor, cooperation was J • the keynote of the conference. On f ■ each side was a spirit of concili- < ■ ation and understanding of the oth- t > er’s problem. f i Two white-haired leaders, each f 8 , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) , — , o—————— Seek Amendment Vote f c Washington, Jan. 14 —(U.R) — i Leaders of Republican and Demo- , , cratic anti-prohibition blocs in the t i house today agreed unanimously f ( to seek a congressional vote this ! session on a proposed constitu- t , tional amendment which would x resubmit the 18th amendment to - a popular referendum.

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Gypsies Loot Bank Goshen, Ind.. Jan. 14 —(UP) — Four Gypsies snatched SSOO from I lhe vault of the Millersburg branch | of the Salem Bank and Trust Com- I pany of Goshen and escaped in an auto. Orlin J. Schiock, cashier, who , was alone in the bank, said one of I of lhe gypsies detracted his at ten-i tion while a gypsy woman snatched ] the money. The auto in which they escaped bore a license plate reported to have been issued to Leo Squint. South Bend. BEETACREAGE NEARS QUOTA Friday Is Deadline For Solicitors; More Than 12,000 Acres Expected The beet acreage this morning I totaled 11,689 acres and the boys I we e all pepped up to go over Hie] top by tomorrow night which lias | been fixed for the deadline of 12,000 ; The solicitors were out again to-1 day and will spend the next day in cleaning up as much as they can so that word can be sent to Col. T. J. Gallagher that the agreement made by the Farm Bureau to secure the requited 12.000 acres has been kept. It is not expected that definite I word can be received as to the | plans for financing the mill before I February Ist but every indication is favorable and the work of arranging for seed and other necessaries are going'forward. The outlook for | operation of the factory is very good. The Chamber of Commerce, i the Farm Bureau will gladly meet ] such requirements as they can ami , as are necessaty to bring this about ! representatives of these organizations stated. EXTRA SESSION GROUP NAMED 10 Indiana Leaders Are Placed on Committee By Settle, Indianapolis. Jan. 14.— (U.R) —A I committee of 10 persons, selected ] to draw up tax relief plans for pre-] sentation to a special session of the general assembly, was ready] for sanction of state officials today. The committee was selected by I William H. Settle, president of the) Indiana Farm Bureau, and John R. I Kingham. Both will be ex-officio members of the committee, which ] will be announced by Walter Mey-] ers, speaker of the house, and Lieu-1 tenant Governor Edgar Bush. Governor Harry G. Leslie has long taken the stand that he will not call a special tax relief session unless a definite program has been prepared. Persons who have been considered for membershii> of the tax, committee include T. N. Taylor, Terre Haute, president of the Indiana Federation of Labor; Joseph R. Beckett, state senator; Liwisj Taylor, vice president of the Indi ana Farm Bureau; John E. Frederick. Kokomo, president of the ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) NORTH WOODS MANIAC FREE I Bush - Crazy Trapper Is 1 Able To Withstand Efforts of Police Squad ■■ i Aklavin, Northwestern Territory, Jan. 14. —(U.R) —Secure in his Arctic fortress, a mad trapper waited to- I day while the Royal Canadian I mounted police fitted out a third expedition to follow the two which fought unsuccessfully with guns and dynamite td capture tli e maniac. , A weary squad of eight halffrozen officers brought the story of the latest tight—a 15-hour gun battle in the twilight of Arctic winter —to this little outpost more than 150 miles north of the Arctic circle. The officers said Albert Johnson, the “bush crazy’’ trapper, poured volley after volley at them from a .CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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EVERETT GOES TO PRISON AT MICHIGAN CITY ———— Starts Life Term Today at State Prison For Werling Murder LEAVES EARLY THIS MORNING Joseph Everett, Adams ] eountv num convicted of the murder of Doras Werlint< ] and sentenced by Judge I). I B. Erwin last Monday to snend the "rest of his natural life” at Michigan C.itv state prison, today entered the prison. Everett, accompanied by Sheriff Burl Johnson left Decatur at 6 : o'clock this morning arriving at i Michigan City at 10:15 o’clock. I He was immediately transferred | from the care of Sheriff Johnson . to the prison guards. The work which the Adams county man will be assigned is not yet known, but his number and labor assignment will be made late today or tomorrow Everett was up early this morn-1 ng and appeared at ease when] | Sheriff Johnson notified him he] | was ready to start. Everett is I confident that the supreme court will grant him another trial.' according to those who have visited him at the jail since sentence was imposed. The rest of today at the prison | was consumed in weighing in an I | preparing Everett for the pris ,n I labor. He is the only Adams i county resident serving a life , term at the Indiana state prison. [ and the first man for 45 years to j be convicted of first degree mur- ■ dor in the county. Miss Fuhrman Is Home Miss Evangeline Fuhrman, daughter o( Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fuhrman of ] this city who underwent an operation for removal of her appendix ] several days ago. today was remov- | ed to the Fuhrman home on North ’ Filth street. Miss Fuhrman is re-] covering rapidly. Double Funeral Planned Greensburg, Ind., Jan 14 —(UP)—] I A private, double funeral will be ] held tomorrow at the home of the I victims of a murder and suicide, i Mr and Mrs. James H. Parks. | Parks, who became insane, killed I his wile, set fire to their farm home, then ended his own life. POLICE SCOUR THREE STATES Woman Clubber Evades Identity As Authorities Widen Search Washington, Jan. 14. — (U.R) — Washington. Virginia and Maryland police united today in one of the biggest manhunts in the history of this section. They sought the murderer of Mrs. Spencer Haley, wealthy society woman, and her aged maid, Mrs. Minna Buskner. at the Ilsley estate in Middleburg, Va. Early today Washington police were on the trail of two suspects, George Crawford, 45, a negro exconvict, and another unidentified negro. The negro section of the capital was closely guarded. A negro giving the name of Melvin Crawford was picked up early today by Washington police. Detectives said he was not tlie man wanted in connection with the Ilsley murder,' but they continued to hold him for investigation. He is 28 years old. The automobile in which the slayer escaped after assaulting and < 'ON'TINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ♦ ♦ SOME WEATHER | Marietta, O„ Jan. 14.—(U.R)— ] | An unofficial reading of 95 degrees above zero at noon, by I far the hottest ever recorded | j for this time of year, was reported here today. The tempI erature was still rising. ; 4

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Found Slain J Mrs. Spencer Illsley, socially prominent in New York and a Winter resident of Middleburg, Va., was found murdered in her home at Middleburg Wednesday. In the same room with Mrs. Illsley was found her maid, also dead. Both women had been beaten to ] death and the house ransacked, i Poice said it was evidently a case | of murder and robbery. PASTOR URGES GREAT FAITH Big Crowd Attends Wednesday Night Revival Services Here > The Revival meeting at the First 1 Evangelical church Is growing in interest and attendance. A large audience last night, enjoyed greatly the spirited, congregational singing under the leadership of Ernest Foreman, backed by a choir that filled every chair in the choir loft. A duet: “The Lord is my Shepherd” was sung by Mrs. Ada Martin and Miss Grace Elston. The pastor. Rev. M. W. SunderI matin spoke upon: “The Blessing ] o Endurance." Moses endured as | seeing Him who is invisable. This faith gave unto Moses a victory n i every time of need. His needs were | many but his resource was infinI ite. He saw light when the skies weie dark. Every inventor, every I explorer, every artist restless with di earns unto the realization of his task. Jesus can bring victory to any life. Righteousness always brings victory, sin and doubt alway brings death” are excerpts from the sermon. The sermon them" tonight will again be preceeded with a rousing song service. Beginning promptly at 7 o'clock. Saturday night will be known as Sunday school night. Howard UUery, the lyric tenor singer of South Bend will be present on Saturday night and all day Sunday. Pleasant Mills Junior Class To Give Play The Junior Class of the Pleasant Mills High School will present I its annual glass play, in the school auditorium. Friday night. January 22 it has been announced. Tlte title for the play this year is "Done in Oil," and is a farce comedy. The curtain will rise at 8 o'clock and admission will lie 25 cents for adults, and 10 cents for grade pupils. The production is in three acts, and takes place in the Braun summer home near Ladyfern Lake. NewYork. The cast of characters is as follows: Robei t Braun, his father's biggest worry Clair Carver Emil Braun, Robert's father, a retiied old man Elton Archer Vera Nyce, a persistent book agent Myrtle Walters Frieda Braun, Braun's wife with social aspirations Mary Moser Lena Hofberg, Braun’s cousin from Dusseldorf I). Chronister Elsie, the maid at Braun’s Genevieve Noll Karl Pumpernlckle, Braun’s former partner Ralph Burke Marmaduke Foisythe, valet and teacher par excellence Emory Whittredge Anita Brann. Braun's daughter Jean William Gregory Reynolds, a successful I young writer William Davis Oi ville Brookins, a soldier of fortune Noble Rauden'bush Manuel Florado, a revolutionist from Honduras Harold Dolch.

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HOOVER AWAITS ENACTMENT OF LAW BY HOUSE Action Promised Friday After Thorough Prohe of Finance Plans DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN Washington, Jan. 14.—<U.P.) —Machinery has been virtually completed for putting the $2,000,000,000 (billion) reconstruction Finance Corporation into operation immediately after congress completes the pending bill authorizing it. President Hoover, it is understood, probably will appoint the following as directors : Henry M. Robinson, California, ] Republican. Bernart M. Baruch. New York, ] Democrat. Edward N. Hurley, Illinois, Dem- ] ocrat. Angus McLean, North Carolina. ] Democrat. In addition three ex-officio members are provided for by the bill: Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury: Eugene Meyer. Jr., governor of the Federal Reserve hoard; Paul Bestor, head of the Federal Farm Loan hoard. Meyer is expected to be chairman. The White House said Mr. Hoo- , ver has not finally made up his mind and that some changes might, be made before the selections are '.announced. He has however, been in communication with most of them and their appointment is regarded as likely. Mr. Hoover, it is learned, is de- . voting practically all of his time to preparing for the inauguration of the Finance Corporation, the government’s greatest financial organization. Final details must he held up pending minor changes which may be made in the bill by the house. It is expected to lie passed this (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! 0 Rev. Bridge Resigns Wabash. Jan 14 —The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge former supet intendent of the Wabash district M. E. churches has submitted his resignation as pastor of Hie First M. E. church at Noblesville, on account o fill health and he will be succeeded by Rev. J. H. Porter who last year tesigned as pastor of the local First M. E. church. Rev. Porter ami Rev. Bridge both moved to Noblesville last spring following the annual conference at which time Rev. Porter's resignation here was accepted and Rev. Biidlge was removed as district supenintendent. he having served the limit under church rules in that capacity. According to word received here Rev. Porter has been away from his pulpit since last August on account of his health. If his condition I improves he plans to resume his work when the conference convenes next April. Rev Bridge formerly was pastor of the local Methodist church. LAVAL HEADS NEW CABINET French Face Problems of Reparations With New Cabinet Group Paris. Jan. 14—(U.R)—Pierre La. val headed a new French cabinet today formed rapidly to solve the deb|s. reparations and disariminient problems. Laval succeeded himself as premier and also became foreign minister, replacing Aristide Briand. He appointed ex-Premler Andre Tardiett minister of war to head the disarmament delegation to Geneva Tardiett performed a similar duty as premier at the London naval conference The new cabinet was identical with the old Laval regime except that Pierre Cathala succeeded faival as minister of the Interior and Achille Fotild succeeded Ta>(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)