Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1932 — Page 1

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BTEPHENSON IS DENIED SECOND TRIAL

■ES NAMED ! ■ HEAD NEW ■corporation lAn Will Succeed As! Parley Head, Announces named .hoi. 19. (UP); llooM'i to<l aV I lhe p.iriitil per-' Ins ne" two billion cHisirucliiui l iniince Ewlitioii. (>. Dawes, he rv-j will retire as head <»f t KHu< rii-.m delegation l<» conlt renc ' Kecrdt.jv i.f Slate Stimson will. I pa '.ves as head of the Meyer, governor of the I ■gßljese'"... Inlaid, win become: ( nt Hie 1.0ar.l of directors ! ■tkiytnaiK-e < orporation. t®fe>t- ' ' li;it 1 11,1 ' ianb ' ' the ■jg|B l .iii would lie announced BV"' "h a'*' to ■Mr!.:...; p;H-.iu. < of lhe fin■tip to ''ill in congress. —id that lie the ■ '. : that some of those ' the would be' will n>t leave with the tomorrow. Ku|m:._. out. Hugh Gibson. Io a fill u[l tile lining. ~(• in making the. said: - ('■•■ I— ot president; ■Bt? corpor. ' to ■W tovrttor ot the federal will also be chair-1 th>- hmit,; ot the recon-, corporation. i H^B'b' preserve I ■■ IB" .on tilt.,lion With | parties; ■W' 1 ' ' legislation. Dawes'! ON- PAGE TWO! I Bethel Rally Tonight —d'P)_ im P ' '■ 1 •'' Wayne state ■B Marshall fiV party lead- ■■ 1 lemocratie rally SB '' - ' "’I district here ' be Ered- ' Indianapolis. forByl.Mriet attorney. MB A |J b’lynn. Logansport. Be problem Ro BE STUDIED IK 1 Will A ct On Wage • Suction For City I I Employes °f salaries and " ! .v einph,y PS will ibe deregular meetEW" council, (>. L. Vance "i" electric light coin- ” met as a committee , bi executive session "'•siting ami discussed the , "arn. slicing program. No taken the matter being , ' Hl -' 1 the meeting tonight. by the council will not BBL?, wa Kes under SIOO , K&'» «o Employes receiving L.Ont) a y ear may be re- "*?. Cenl ' Smaller wages ut five per cent. KT' wa R ps will affect citv ■ do . ' Poli( ' p men. heads of 11 light and water de- ■»! ’ a "'' e "' pl °y p « “f the light jB e; plant.

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Nancy Miller Visits Parents In America New York. Jan. 11l (U.R) Nancy Miller, tlie American girl married ] |to an exMaharajah of India, who I lis worth s3ilo.ooo.mio, arrived in! .New York today for her first visit' jto her relatives in four years. | She arrived on board the Lloyd Sabadau liner Conte Blancamano, from Naple.i, and left immediately for her home in Seattle, Wash. McCLENAHAN IS CANDIDATE I ' Local Attorney First To Announce Candidacy For Prosecutor I H. R. McClenahan. local attorI ney, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nominaI tion for prosecuting attorney, subject to the decision of voters in | the May primary election Me- 1 Clenahan’s announcement is thej . first public political announce-! ment in the <-<ninty. In making public his announce-! ■ ment today. McClenahan stated. I “I wish to announce to the vot-l ing public of Adams county that I am a candidate for prosecuting attorney for the 26th Judicial District of the State of Indiana. “The office which I seek is an important one. tor it is through | this office that the safety of the [ public is preserved. This preservation of pubic safety and strict regard for all the laws of the ■ State of Indiana shall hte kept. first in my mind, providing I am! ! clothed with that important trust.! It is my pledge to the citizens ofi Adams county that if nominated; lin the primary on May 3rd ami j j elected in the general election in! ' November that the office with I I which I am entrusted shall be rei wpeeled wrth the highest regard ! and that I shall stand ready at ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) PAUL BAILER SEEKS PAROLE; Former Decatur Man To Petition Parole From Life Sentence Paul Bailer, former Decatur resident who is serving a life sentence at Michigan City state prison from Fort Wayne where he was convicted September 24. 1!»26 on a charge of , criminal attack, will seek a parole at the January 28 meeting of the state pardon and parole board, it was learned today. IBailef who lived here until 1925 when he moved to Fort Wayne previously had applied for a parole, but at that time the petition was rejected. The case will lie re-open-ed at the meeting this month. Besides Bailer, 88 other convicts are seeking pardons and paroles. This is the smallest number of petitions presented to the board in more titan a year. Twenty-two of the petitioners ate life termers. K. of C. Lodge Flas Interesting Meeting One of the most interesting meetings in the history of the local ■ lodge was held Monday evening by Decatur council of the Knights of Columbus at the K. of C. hall in this city. Following the regular lodge meeting a program was held. C. J. Lutz. well known Decatur attorney gave an interesting address at the meeting. Short talks were also made by the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church. 11. P. Schmitt, grand knight and M. J. Mylott. The program was in charge of C. J. Carroll and his committee. A committee to cooperate witii the Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus in observance of the fiftieth! anniversary of the Knights of Columbus was named by Mr. Schmitt. Tickets for the Clifford L*t>elle magic show to be given at the Catholic high school auditorium. Wednesday, January 20, were distributed to the members. The price of the tickets are 35 cents for adults, 15 cents for children. A two-hour program of magic and slight-of-hand will be given by Mr. Ijaueile and members of the great LaDelle troop and the public is invited to see them.

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POULTRY TEST IS COMMENCED: Federal Tester To Visit All Farms In Adams County Soon Dr. E. E. Coshow, Federal Veter-1 inarian and County Agent L. E. I Archbold visited a number of poul- ' try owners in Adams County Monday who have been reporting ■ trouble with their flocks. A number of birds were posted ! in each flock and 'he cause of j ■ trouble was located. Dr. Coshow ex- I pects to visit every flock owner in 11 Adams County and if owners wish j will examine the chickens at no cost. The primary purpose of these ! inspections is to determine w hether I or not the Book is infected with tuberculosis. > Inspection slaughter of swine has • shown a great deal of tuliercnlar in- j f ection of thy same type that affects j poultrj and also invariably these swine are traced back to the farm | of their origin and it is found that ; > the poultry on the farm is also. troubled with tie disease. When the ' disease is eliminated in the poultry j 1 it likewise disappears in the swine. | 1 Worl done n a few townships in j ! Wells County shows 40 per cent of ■ 1 the flocks wete infected with the!' disease. Dr. Coshow expects to start work-1 1 ing in Union township and if the farmers desire it he will gladly show his credientials and identify ’ himself. This service is free as * the federal veterinarian department 1 is interested in securing i n forma-> * lion so that plans may be made for 1 the eradication of this dreaded dis- ! ease. Mr. Archbold staled. RACKETEERS STOPFUNERAL; t Drivers’ Union Threatens Non-Union Drivers In Funeral Services < Chicago, Jan. 19. —(U.R)— A ’ Macabre conflict which has 1 brought threatened gunplay to the cemetery and police guards to ’ funeral corteges disrupted burial 1 services here today. ’ The controversy started from a ( ruling by the Chauffeur s Union ( that only union members shall drive automobiles in funeral pro- , cessions. ( Police guards today were assign- - ed to all funerals after a near 4 tragedy at services for Mrs. Spratejilla Economakos. Five automboiles in the proces- I sion that started to the cemetery ! were driven by members of the j family instead of. union drivers. I William Lilial. hearse driver. I halted the procersion, locked the I hearse and started to leave. Detective David Levine attract- I ed by tile crowd of 1,000 people I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 4

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 19, 1932.

Engine Breaks Axle An engine on a Southland-Flor-Ida passenger train on the Pemsylvania railroad broke down as it entered Decatur at 3:30 o’clock this morning. The axle of the engine was broken and it was necessary to have a wrecking train bring the broken engine to this city. A new engine was secured from Fort Wayne, and the passenger trait continued on its way after being delayed for 3 hours. Tlie broken axle was first noticed as the train slowed down to enter Decatur. MARY BURKETT EXPIRES TODAY Berne Woman Expires After Week’s Illness; To Be Buried Thursday ■ Berne. Jan. 19—(Special)— Mrs. Mary Burkett. 73, died at tlie home of her daughter. Mrs. Sam Yoder of near Berne, at 12:50 o'clock; this morning. Mrs. Burkett had lived alone on her farm, three miles north and one and one-half mile | east of Berne until a week ago when she .became ill. At that time she was removed to tlie home of her daughter. Mrs. Burkett was horn in Wayne County, Ohio. August IS. 1858, the daughter of Peter and Anna Hilty Liechty. She was united in marriage to Ben Burkett of Berne, who was killed in an accident tour years ago. Surviving are two children, Rev. Harve Burkett of St. .Marya. Ohio and Mrs. Yoder of near Berne. Funeral services will 'be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock | at the Yoder home, and at 2 o’clock ! at the Berne Reformed church. Burial will be in the Springhill cemetery. o Anniversary Observed The Rutaced CliiH of this city! observed its second anniversary | with a banquet and card party in I the Elk’s Home, Monday night. A three course banquet was served to the twenty members, and between courses short talks were given by the various members. A business meeting was also conducted, after which card games were enjoyed. The committee in charge of the arrangements included I}ob Eiting, Carl Sheets and August Kelly, y — —-j ON REVIVALS | Starting in today's Daily j | Democrat a column will be de- | voted to notes of the two j Church Revivals in progress in | this city at the Evangelical ; and Methodist churches. Interesting notes, and announce- | ments will be found in this . | column. ♦ ♦ i

NEW OFFICERS AREINSTALLEO Local I. O. O. F. Lodge Has Installation At Hall Monday Night i j . i The local I. (). (>. F. lodge held • installation ceremonies at the regular meeting Monday night 1 ceremony was in the charge of D. L. Drum, district deputy grand master I and his staff. [ Alva D. Baker was installed as nolble grand of the lodge for a term of six months and M. S. Venis took I o.fice as vice grand for tlie same [ term. I Fred Major, Walter Lister and .James Gattshall were placed in Hie offices of recording secretary, finlancial secretary, and treasurer. I respectively. I ltey ' will assume these offices for a period of one year. S. E. Black began his duties as trustee of Hie lodge for tlie next three years. The various appointive officers were also installed at Hie meeting last night. Mr. Baker announced that he would appoint various committees to carry out the fraternal j work during his term at the next regular meeting of the lodge. — 0 Dr. Neptune Removed To His Home Today Dr. J. C. Neptune who has been a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital for the last 10 days today was removed to his home on North Fifth street. Dr. Neptune's condition is greatly improved. LESLIE SCORES HARTZELL PLAN Governor Says Cutting j Teachers’ Wages Not Advisable In State Indianapolis. Jan. 19. — (U.R) — I Slashing the minimum teachers' wage is not the proper method of economizing in governmental operations, Governor Harry G. Leslie said today. Answering an economy plan proposed by State Senator Lee J. Hartzell. Repn., Fort Wayne, Leslie took the view that the "public school is not the place to begin the practice of economy." Hartzell, president •pro tern of the senate, called the I "secret” meeting of senators here I Saturday in an effort to draft a tax relief program for a special session of the legislature. Leslie pointed out that the present minimum wage for teachers is SBOO annually. “A member of the legislature, meeting 90 days, recieves $610,” Leslie noted. "Tills is more than two-thirds of the minimum wage of a teacher for nine i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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MURRAY URGES STATE CONTROL AT DRY MEET Famous Oklahoma Governor Throws Word Bomb In Denunciation OTHER SPEAKERS FAIL TO AGREE Washington, Jan. 19.—(U.R) i —Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma slept late this morning after his exploit of last night, when he dropped a large and noisome bomb in the kip of the Anti-Saloon League. The lanky plainsman, dressed for the occasion in funeral black, stood before the national convention of the league and ! bluntly advocated a plan of liquor' control a3 a substitute lor national prohibition. flearlded as a diw champion, with the "Go} bless you Bill" of William ! David Upshaw of Georgia resoundi ing in his ears. Murray proposed a , system of treaties between states ■ or groups of states and tlie federal ! government. These treaties would . regulate interstate commerce in liquor, barring it from such states as chose to retain prohibition. As soon as Murray had finished Il his speech tlie league's executive committee met in excited session to draft a reply. This was to be I made public today. The frock-coated Governor made I ,| it clear he was not advocating immediate change. His plan, he said, is a “possible plan” well within the constitution. He would not repeal | the 18th amendment. I The speech was a total surprise to tlie delegates, but apparently not to the dry leaders. There was evi- * A (fence that they had advance information on what Murray was go-1 ■ ing to say, since virtually every (CONTINUED G.\’ PAGE THREE) I NEW TAX LAW IS CLARIFIED ——— Attorney General Relates Opinion On Law Amended In 1931 Indianapolis, Jan. 19— (UP) -In the midst of the clamor for taxa- ' tion relief. Attorney Genetai James M. Ogden today called attention to a law passed by the 1931 legislature whith he believed would prove a boon to heavily taxed property owners. T lie law. amending the 1919 tax statute, relieves tax payers from paying their 1931 taxes, as well as ' delinquent taxes, if their property is listed for sale lor delinquencies ' next month. 1 Previously the taxes payable during tlie current year were added to lhe delinquent taxes and interest. Under the amended act, only taxes that aie delinquent may be assessed against tlie property. Ogden pointed out. Hence, persons wishing to redeem their property, need not be burdened at the present time with tlie 1931 taxes, which may be paitl later in the year. The attorney general’s observation was made in answer to numerous requests from county treasurers who were puzzled over the new law. In Wabash county, 700 notices of delinquency were mailed out, assessing the 1931 taxes against property as well as delinquent 1930 taxes, before Ogden's opinion clarified the situation. 0 A. Fred Thieme Will Seek County Office ♦ 4 A. Fred Thieme, well known Union township farmer today announced that he will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for commissioner of the first district of Adams county. Mr. Thieme is the first to officially announce his candidacy for the office in the local primaries which will be held May 3rd. Fred has lived on his farm in Union township since he was a year and half old. he has never held office or been a candidate but has been a political worker ever since he attained his majority.

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Brands Prohibition Law As Impossible Washington, Jan. 19. (U.R) Prohibtion could not be enforced even by the “whole army,’’ Represent--1 alive Samuel Dickstein, Democrat, New York, asserted today before [the senate beer committee. Dickstein was the first of six ! Democratic congressmen to appear before the committee to urge favorable action on the Bingham four per cent beer bill. BODIES OF SIX RECOVERED IN j VIRGINIA MINE Rescue Squad Battles Through Night; Death Believed Instant BLAST OCCURS MONDAY NIGHT Parrott, Va„ Jan. 19 —(U.R) Bodies of six men killed in an explosion deep in the Pulaski anthracite mine were recovered early today by a rescue squad which had I battled for hours against debris and gases to reach their entombed comrades. The dead: Frank Seffered, Dewey Seffered, Harvey Seffered. none of them I brothers. Earnest Snead and FosI ter and Artie Boyd, brothers. The I positions of their bodies indicated all had died instantly. Cause of the blast, which roared through the main shaft only a few minutes after the 20 men of the night shift had entered the mine I probably never will be known, a mine official told the United Press today. "The cause of the explosion han ■ been lost forever with the deaths I of the six men in that isolated sec- | tion of the mine.” he said. ’ The ; explosion appeared to come from i that part of the mine and the real facts were lost when the men died.” The remaining 14 men of tlie late shift managed to reach the surface safely, though several wore so dazed and stupefied by tlie mad rush over the debris and | through tlie deadly gases in the i shaft that they stumbled and fell as they reached the outside. Tariff Is Increased Berlin, Jan. 19.- (U.R) —President Paul Von Hindenburg used his emergency powers today to increase tariffs on goods from countries off the gold standard and those not having trade treaties with Germany. Under article 48 of the constitution which grants tlie President dictatorial powers Von Hindenburg authorized the following automatic tariff increases effective today: First, goods originating in countries off the gold standard are subject to a sliding equalization duty. Second, goods originating in countries which do not haVe trade treaties with Germany, or which are levying higher tariffs than other nations on German gooffs, are subject to a straight increase in duty. JUDD TRIAL IS OPENED TODAY Former Indiana Woman Faces Murder Charges In Arizona Court Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 18.—(U.R) — The trial of Arizona’s most widely publicized murder case opens here today with Winnie Ruth Judd, attractive daughter of a retired minister, fighting tlie hanging penalty the state asks for the deaths of two of her former girl friends. In the small courtroom of Superior Judge Howard (’. Speakman. state attorneys and Mrs. Judd's expensive legal staff were ready to select a jury to decide whether she will lie punished for the shooting of Agnes Anne Ijeroi, nurse who came here from Alaska in search of health. Mrs. Judd also is accused of the murder of Miss Hedvig Samuelson but will not be tried on i that count unless the state falls Io convict on the first charge. The Leroi case was chosen be(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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FORMER KLAN ; BRAGON MUST REMAIN LIFER r l Supreme Court Rules On Six-Year-Old Appeal Case Today [CLEMENCY IS ONLY CHANCE Indianapolis, Jan. 19.— (U.R) I). ( ;C. Stephenson, one time klan dr.tg- ! ion and political leader, must remain ■ in his murderer’s cell at the Indiana state prison for life, the Supreme court ruled today in affirm- , ing tlie decision of tile Hamilton ’ circuit court. The case had been pending for more than six years. Clemency of the Governor alone can alter Stephenson’s fate. ( In affirming tlie lower court decision, tlie Supreme court judges ruled out a petition for a writ of ■ error coram imbis which would • have allowed Stephenson a re-lriai ■ in Marion county. This was one of a long series of 1 legal moves made by Stephenson's ’ attorneys while the original ap--1 peal was pending. The last attempt to obtain freedom for him was the filing of habeas corpus . proceedings in LaPorte superior 1 court. This was halted by a temp- • orary writ of prohibition ordered ' by the Supreme court. ' Stephenson was found guilty on a charge of murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28. by a jury at Nob- ' lesville on Nov. 14. 1925. The youngwoman had died at her parents' home, in Irvington, on April 14, 1 1925. ' The most exhaustive, expensive [and dramatic vigil in tlie history of Indiana newspapering, came to an 1 end today with tlie Supreme court decision in tlie D. ('. Stephenson 8 case. J For more than six years repre--1 .CONTINUED ON PAGE TWu> o— TO TRADE CUT FOR MORE WORK I Railroads Reported To Be Near Agreement In Labor Conference ■ Chicago, Jan. 19. (U.R) If railroads will guarantee their 1.900.(too union employes as much work a.s . they had in 1930, the workers will • agree to alO per cent wage cut to t revive the impoverished industry. ; That appeared today to lie the ■ status of tlie negotiations of the conference of nine railroad presidents and 21 union executives over ■ the light of the railroad business. Tlie question put to tlie rail executives by David B. Robertson, 1 chairman of the union executive committee was: “Would the railroads agree to ■ guarantee, during tlie period for i which they have proposed a payroll reduction, tone year) to maintain as a minimum amount of wou lc not less than Hie total man hours worked by each class of employes in 1930? "Tlie distribution of this work [would be made by mutual agreement of each railroad, contemplatI ing tlie full observance of existing | schedule rules unless otherwise agreed by tlie parlies to the existing agreement. (As to tlie Pullman Company this suggestion contemplates restoration to service of conductors in service as of January 1, 1930, so far as the lines remain in operation.)’’ Labor leaders intimated that acceptance of this plan covering their principal demand for stabilized employment would lie followed by agreement of lite wage slash. Robertson pointed out that there were considerably fewer rail employes in 1930 than in 1929 and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O — Gottschalk Is Elected (Berne, Jan. 19—(Special)—Senator Thurman Gottshalk was elected , president of tlie Berne Cliamper of Commerce at tlie January meet- . ing held Monday evening. Sen. GottI schalk succeeds O. F. Gilliom. who was named vice-president of the ! organization. Other officers elected were Fet'd Wiems, secretary, and | Henry Reusser, treasurer.