Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1932 — Page 1

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■ER WOULD ME COURT I PROCEDURES Hl) Message I rg e s Byes To facilitate Bnfteriim .lintice ■IDSI’EEH ■ ( RIMI ( \SES IngML I-!'- -■'- tuP ’ ■ix |b«e.. ' ' "'" 1 ■ important changes in ■ ' . • - .LT ID (i ■S/.y the ahnnnistraK justice. K| the message. he siil>K| a voluminous report ■j ■,■■• the at'-rney genthe bankruptcy act led- ■ msportanie ■ houses ill law II- pointed Kj mcs-.o" bankruptcy IK,. - and Urged ( , , .!■■ t • nieil ia 1 K. : Hihi.t. " have 'be ■t ." bankrupt." ■,.« jid.-rstood. finding- of th'- \\ icker■Mimes;.-.:: • -Sore-. ■(~ :i..'t••! i.il. ill ■kg his message. ■ i£b mention he made of a re:.>-wal ‘>f his pre- ■ ■f.j-.m.. : ' i hst rid of IP sugges■ti'but ■job. • aatiioi ily io federal agents m prolii-■nloi'-ihnr .... District be adopted. ■ bn-t long has had a de- ■)»£<■ Washington a model i bilinn enforcement ■teat the country. ■ hft.ui.-nt |>;..u urged that ■tl procedure slio u1 d he ■p up. He heid that the fed ■ins could example to ■ it! tils. .didal sys-■nttitesU-.l that tile laws be ■tto"limit tin time for niakON l>\<:K THREE) HR TRIAL Slum TODAY »inal Case Opens In dams Circuit Court; igles Has Attorney louse of State vs. Herman f, charged with violation of Wbition law was being heard 1 * jury in Adams circuit toiay. Judge D. B. Erwin ■Hiding. kk about an hour and a half kih a jury, and following a Weess evidence was presentI Mi believed that the case 11* concluded either late toss tomorrow. **utor Nathan C Nelson rep- * the State a n( t h m De . *” Wtorney for the defendHires Attorneys ‘ e Huggies, returned here Marion to face a ON Page FOOR) •®rt Takes Vacation Kington, Feb. 29.—(U.R)—The ta h C ?" rt today adjourned union f . after a 8h °rt opinion tee t" « ,llat rta,e court l« full complement with as j llßtice I ,IOr Conspiracies To Be Investigated 29 -<u.R>-twc 5 »«.. * Mquor conspiracy liar? before the Federal of in. ■ We,,t into ,ts third i", Z‘“’» ‘° d ‘r gin an I e , lury 18 ’ expected ftlscin,. n<!U ry lnto an allegwit,leJ at . Andertlon - Nuil) - 4*l?’ , aV * been called, it ii »» 3t er the Anderson Ikg ed PeCled t 0 de,y * tn, C bich neariv 9PlraCy at Muncteiv e been y ’ BCOre of w lt>iessItnes B SUn ” no ’ied. ®^i"ea S ™ a “ inW liq ”° r

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Two Hurt Fatally Winchester, Ind., Feb. 29 (UP) Two men were in u hospital here today with injuries suffered in an auto accident near here in which two other men lost their lives. I Herman Rowe 2S, was repixtcd In Ha critical condition Howard McGill 25. I.ynn. wus said to hs improving. The men who were killed' were j Robert Ilryne. .'l2, Terie Haute, and Carl Crabb, Win< heste.. The auto in which they were riding collided ■ i with a truck after it was struck by | la hit-and-run motorist. INSPECTION GETS DELAY Federal Poultry Expert Called to Another Part of State For 2 Weeks Dr. E. E. Cooßhow. federal veterinarian who has been making the I poultry tuberculosis survey in Adams county reported to County Agent 1,. E. Archhold today that he has been assigned to some, special work near Topeka, Indiana.) that would keep him there for prob-! ably two weeks. At the concilia-! ion of this work he expects to be back in Adams county ansi contin-j ue the survey. I’he survey in Adams County has' covered Union township and about two-thirds of Preble township. The percentage of infection in Union township was relatively low. al-1 though he stales that he found con- ( siderable infection of internal par-1 asites; round worms and tape j worm. The results so far in Preble township indicate double to! three times the infestation of tub-! erculosds. As reporied in Union! township, and a higher percentage of of internal parasites. There is also some need of feeding balanced rations in order to raise the egg production and be more conducive to general thriftiness among the birds. Pamphlets and copies of balanced rations can be had at the county agents office and are free for the asking. Risk Funeral Today I Lafayette, Ind.. Feb. 29.—(U.R)Funeral services were to be held here today for James Kirby Risk, S 6. state temperance worker and! twice candidate for governor on . the democratic ticket. Risk was associated with the Lafayette Daily Democrat from 19H2 to 19<M. He was county chairman and a member of the state democratic committee from 1906 to 1910. In 1920 and 1921 he was a candidate for gubernatorial nomination. Tax Deadline Today Indianapolis, Feb. 29.—(U.R) —To day is the deadline for payment of 1930. 1931 and 1932 chain store faxes. L. C. Johnson, in charge of collections, warned. Approximately $600,000 has been collected to date, Johnson said. The penalty for failure to comply with the new tax law is a fine of front $25 to SIOO for each day the tax is delinquent. ELLA PEOPLES IS CANDIDATE Root Township Woman to Seek Office of Recorder In Adams County Mrs. Ella Peoples, well-known | Root township woman, today announced her intentions of being a candidate for the Democratic nomination tor county recorder subject to the decision of the voters at the primary election May 3. Mrs. Peoples made the race four years ago and stated today that she would make a thorough campaign for the office this year. She said that she favored a single term for four-year office holders and if successful this time would adhere to that principle. Mrs. Peoples- was born in Root township and with the exception of several years in Decatur, she has resided in Root township all her life. She said she would start at once ■ to make a campaign of Democratic voters. Mrs. Peoples has been ac ' tive in Democratic politics for many years, I

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WHITE WOMAN IS ATTACKED IN HONOLULU — Situation Is Tense As Talk of Violence Becomes More General FIVE NATIVES ARE ARRESTED Honolulu, T H.. Fob. 29 —(U.R)- — News of another brutal assault i on a white woman, the wife of a i naval man. and a threat to assault a neighbor, created a tense situation here today in a city already inflamed by a series of such | attacks. Mrs. H. W. Hope, wife of a sub- : marine machinist's mate, reported to police that a niah broke into i her Waikiki leach home and ' attacked her after demanding money and threatening her with death. The man also broke into the ■ nearby home of Mrs. I). W. Curry,! | wife of a chief petty officer, and] | threatened her but did not attack I her, police said. Five men, whose identities poI lice refused to reveal, were round(ed up as suspects. Police first announced Mrs. Hope had identi-l fied one of them as her attacker, loiter then said she had not recognized any. as the intruder had blindfolded her with a stocking ' before attacking her. Mrs Hope is a partial cripple. ■ suffering from a leg deformity. ; Her husband is en route to San ] Diego on a submarine. The tn- ; trader seemed to know that husI bands of both-women were not at 1 home. The man first entered the home of Mrs. Hope, police said, demon 1ed money, and when she could produce none, threatened to kill her. Then he went to the nearby home of Mrs. Curry. He seized a small amount of cash she had. and stripped her "of her clothing but did not attack her. Returning to the Hope residence. he seized Mrs. Hope, blindfolded and gagged her. and criminally assaulted her. The two terror stricken women iPONTtNI'ED ON I'AIIK FO(Ht) A O DEATH CLAIMS SAMUEL MAATI Aged Retired Farmer Is Death’s Victim; Funeral To Be Tuesday I’. M. Samuel J. Martz. 82, retired Adams county farmer died at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Perry Johnson. 1003 West Monroe street, at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Martz tell last September 28 and broke his hip. He was bedfast since that time, and later suffered with dropsy and other ailments. Mr. Martz spent the greater part of his life in Adams countv where he was engaged in farming. Ho also worked as fireman at the C. W. Hocker saw mill in Monroe | for several years. The deceased had been retired for several years and made his home with his granddaughter since July. 1931. He was born in Adams county, September 22, 1849. the son of Jacob H. and Suzanna Martz, both deceased. His wife, Mary Jane Baker-Martz preceded him in death. July 26. 1931. Surviving are two sons, Jesse Martz of Van Buren. W. B. Martz of Monroe: 10 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; 2 sisters. Mrs. Ella Hocker of Berne. Mrs. Angie Hendricks of Monroe; 3 brothers. John Martz and George Martz of Berne, and Frank Martz of near Monroe. A daughter preceded him in death. Mr. Martz was a member of the Friends church at Monroe for many years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock at the Johnson home, and at 2 o'clock at the Friends church at Monroe. Rev Vernon Riley, pas.(or will officiate and will be assisted by Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city. Burial will be in the Spring Hill cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Munday, February 29. 1932.

In to Stay I I z - a I * Al Capone, czar of Chicago's under world, whose conviction and sentence for income tax I law violations was affirmed by I the United States Circuit Court of Appeals Saturday.’ Capone was sentenced to serve eleven years in prison. DEADLINE FOR AUTO LICENSES State Police Ordered To Tow In All Cars Operating on ’3l Plates Today is the last day for auto! ■ ownt'rs to drive their cars wi.ncut the new 1932 license plattei! 1 and instructions have been given| ! the state auto police to pull in all' autos not displaying the new tags. I Frank Mayr, Jr., secretary of; state, extended the time for secur-! ing the license plates from February 1 to March 1 this year. Ord- 1 era were given the state police; Saturday that today would be the last day of grace and that persons drfvinig autos tomorrow without the new plates would be subject to arrest. Plans were made to enforce the order. J. L. Ehler, manager of the! local license bureau stated today, that 2.322 plates have been issued : this year. Mr. Ehler stated that: this was about 35 per cent short] of the number that should be! issued at this time. Many cars] do not yet have the new plates. A total of 324 licenses for ( trucks have been issued at then license bureau. Mr. Ehler stated. The truck licenses show a better percentage than tie passenger licenses. Day of Grace ■ Indianapolis. Feb. 29.— (U.R) —One day of grace was granted by Secretary of State Frank Mayr, Jr., today to motorists who have not yet i purchased 1932 auto license plates, i The deadline, which was to have i been tomorrow, was moved up to i Wednesday. Hundreds of persons crowded i the statehouse today to buy liven- I ■ ses. RAILROADS TO I BORROW MONEY I Eight Lines Granted Per- ; mission to Borrow From Re-Finance Group Washington. Feb. 29—(U.R) —The 1 interstate commerce commission i today authorized eight railroads to i borrow money from the recon-. ; struction finance corporation. The I loans authorized were: To the Southern -railroad, which asked for $10,000,000. an immediate loan of $7,500,000. To the Chicago and Northwest- t ern, which asked $26,000,000, an immediate loan of $7,600,000. < To the St. Louis, San Francisco ] railway, which applied for sl7,- s 998.542. an immediate loan of t $4,458,000. To the New York, Chicago and ( $2,805,175. < To the Erie, which applied for j $10,350,000 an immediate loan of , St. Ixrnis, which applied for a loan ( not to exceed $33,000,000, an im- t mediate loan of $9,300,000. j (CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE) '

TEACHERS WILL GET MINIMUM, TRUSTEES VOTE Commencement Dates Set At Board of Education Meeting Here Today OTHER WAGES ARE CHANGED All Adtiins county school j teucluTs will be pniil the ! minimum salary as specified in the slide teacher's salary law, starting next September. it was decidi'd at a meeting of the Adams county i board of education held in i the office of Clifton E. Strik- ! er. countv superintendent, this morning. All of the 12 township trustees were present. According to the state law elementary teachers can not be paid less than SIOO per month, and the trustees voted to determine the salaries for the coming year according to the law. Elementary teachers may receive more than $199 per month, that depending on the kind of license i and the years of experience. High school teachers throughout the county will be paid‘from: $125 to slso per month, and high school principals will receive about s2uo per month. Several teachers in Adams counIty are already being paid the minimum salary, but in 1932 ill] ■ will come under this jurisdiction.: ■ it was stated. Other Salaries Lowered The salary of Mrs. Maybelle 1 Myers, county attendance officer. ! was changed from $3.1)0 per day ! to $3.51> per day. effective immed- ! lately. Mrs. Myers will be employj ed by the county only 10 months ' of the year, while in the past she I worked the entire year. The same allowance for mileage ; will be granted, it was stated, i Mrs. Myer's salary is regulated I by the board of education, com- > prising the 12 trustees and Vilas Schindler, president of the Berne ! school board, and Dr. Burt Mangold. president of the Decatur school board. The salary of Mrs. Margaret I (CONTINUED OX' PAGE THREE) LATIN CONTEST HELD AT BERNE [County Winners To Take Part In District Contest At Muncie The Adams County Latin contest was held at the Berne high school building, Saturday morning. The winners of the county contest will compete for district honors at Muncie on Saturday. April 2, and later a state contest will be held at Indiana University, it was announced. Decatur high school .le.'ferson township high school, and Berne high school entered representatives in the contest. Winners in division one were Dorothy Summers of Decatur, first; Helen Huser, Jefferson, second: in division two. Chester Smitley of Jefferson received first, and Etna Lehman of Berne, second and in division four Minnie Moyer. Decatur. received first, and Mary Grace Zimmerman, Decatur, received second. Both first and second winners will enter the district conteiU, it. was stated today. Mush interest has been shown in the latin contest this year, and the local contestants are working hard to make a favorable stand in the future contests. • o Banker Dies In Prison Hammond, Ind., Feb. 29.—(U.R) — Arrangements for the funeral of Walter Meyn. former vice president of the First Trust and Savings Bank, who died in the Indiana state prison, were being made here today. Meyn, who was taken to the prison early in February, was sentenced to a two to 14-year term follow ) ing a plea of guilty to charges of embezzlement in connection with closing of the bank owned by his father. Peter Meyn. Meyn became ill with pneumonia a tew days after he was admitted to the prison

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!♦ Dan Cupid Sees No Depression In County I In spite of the depression there have been 19 couples from Adams > county who Heeured mariage liveni se during the months of January • and February 1932 It was announced I by Milton ('. Wcrling, county clerk, i today. This is an hmreav of 4 over ti the first two months in 1931 and an | in< rease of 3 over the first two montlis ol 1930. According to the clerk 13 couples received licenses in January, 1932 and 6 in February. A year ago 8 I couples secured licenst - in January and 7 in February. I —. Roosevelt Takes Office Manila, P. 1.. Feb. 29 (U.R)—Col. - Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurI ated governor-general of the Phll- ■ ippines today with a rousing rel; ception from a large crowd. I Roosevelt said he would be im-1 partial on the subject of Philip-! • pine independence. His adminis- ; tration will concern itself with ■ health work, sound laws and edu-| ■ cation, lie said. . “I have great respect for the! - Filipino people, for their achieve-; ; inents and for their character and valor." Roosevelt said in his in- ‘ augural address. "No part of the civilized globe has seen as much ■ progress during the last 311 years as these islands." o SPEAKER WILL BE SELECTED 'i —— School Board To Name Commencement Speaker at Thursday Meeting 'The speaker for the annual t c4>mi»u , *i<'ement exercises of the! Decatur high school will be sele, , -| , e,| at a meeting of the school I Ijoard to be held Thursday even-1 , ing at the school building. M. F. Worthman. superintend ) i ent. stated that this year a professional lecture would give the , address. Negotiations have been i , taken up with a man in Cleveland. Each year a speaker representing, . a particular profession or line of I usiness lias been selected to deliver the address. The annual commencement exercises will be held on May 20.) Mr. Wotthman stated. A class of 57 students are applicants for di-| plomas. The 1932 class is larger] in number than last year's. The employing of teachers for next year will also be discussed at the Thursday meeting. The question of consolidating subjects , under one teacher will be discussed and the wage scale will also be brought up. The tuition bill this year is about $64,000. of which $48,000 is raised by the tuition tax levy of 75 cents and the balance paid out of the special fund. In view of the lower city valuation expected next year and the tendency to reduce tax levies, the subject of teacher's pay has been given some consideration by the board. The matter will be decided before the new contracts are made with the teachers for next year. 0 JAPS THREATEN RAIL SYSTEMS Give Chinese Few Hours to Cease Re-inforcement At Battle Area Shanghai. Feb. 29. — (U.R) — The Japanese threatened today to blow up all railway lines leading to Shanghai and destroy troop trains unless the Chinese cease bringing up reinforcements. The Chinese considered the threat to be an ultimatum. The Chinese were given until 2 p. m. Tuesday to meet the demands otherwise the Japanese will dis- , patch their aerial bombing planes , to wreck the'Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow lines over ) which the Chinese may move troops from Nanking and Soochow and from Kiangs! and other southern concentration points. Meanwhile, hope for an early 'truce dwindled. The Japanese J claimed important gains in Chapei , and the Chinese raked ruined Kiang- ) wan, turning their own deadly artillery fire on a village they had (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Many Attend Revival Th" opening sc. vice of the revival ul Hie Chureh of God Sunday nigiit, was well attended, and Miss Nellie Hawkins gave an interesting address on the Scriptures Rev. Luke 1,. Bennett of New Albany will arrive in tills city today land will preach each evening of the revival. Rev. Bonnett was graduated from the Anderson College I and Seminary. He is a foiceful speaker and preaehi • the old time i Gospel. | Services will begin each evening at 7:30 o'clock, and the public iscordially invited to attend. SCHOOLS PLAN TO GIVE PLAY — South Ward, Riley Pupils To Present Patriotic Play Thursday Night i Special attractive dances will | be featured in the play "When i Betsy Ross Made Old Glory," to ,be given by the pupils of the South Ward and the Riley school building at the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. A child's minuet will be given by the following children in colonial costumes: Dixie Miller, Mary Ann . Johnson. Thelma Smith. Mary Kathleen Fryback, Mary Ann Ferntheil, Lavon Dell jolt, Roliert Porter. Harold Nares,| I Paul Baumgartner. Billy Brown. I Robert Collier and Ralph Hawkins. | A pantomime, "Columbia, the I Gem of the Ocean." will be one of I the special features in the musical playlet. The children who will take part in this number are Samantha Drake Columbia; Elva Boring, Betty Krugh, Betty Shook, - Esther Baumgartner, Pat* I rish and Mary Lovellette. Ten cents admission will be j charged for the musical playlet in | which more than two hundred children will participate. The public is urged to witness this clever I produi tion by the children. Bandits Get Big Haul Davenport, la.. Feb. 29 —(UP) — Four men entered the home savings hank shortly before it opened for business today, hound and gagged I four officials and a customer, and i escaped with $31,000. ADAMS COUNTY M E N TESTIFY Wabash River Case Is Nearing Close; Engineers To Testify Witnesses for the county of Adams will probably take the stand in the Wabash river dredge case Tuesday, C. J. Lutz chief of counsel for the remonstrators stated today. County Attorney Henry B. Heller will appear for Adams county and question the witnesses. Facts concerning the cost of the proposed improvement to Adams county will he introduced by the witnesses I Engineers will testify as to the estimated cost of the new bridges required by the p.oposed dredgting of the river. Charles Alshire of Wabash township, Adams county testified this | morning in the ease. Thf} -proposed I charge of route of the river cuts Mr. Alshire's land in two. He owns 130 acres in Wabash township. Other witnesses today ware Walter, Hugo and Otto Hofstetter, also of Walxash township. Mr. Alshire and the Hofstetters were presented hy Attorney Link Lesli of Muncie. o Peace Is Prayed For Vatican City, Feb. 29 —(UP) — Pope Pius XI has invoked "God's help to the great nations" in efforts toward settlement of the far eastern warfare, caused, he said, hy greed. The Popes prayer for peace came as part of a worldwide radio broadcast last night in connection witli of the heroic virtues of Venerable Maria Palotta, a missionary Nun ot' the Franciscan order. "Mankind is seeking nothing else I.ut flesh satisfaction, riches and wickedness," the Pope declared. “These are the three great ills, which with other vices, are contaminating individuals, families and peoples, drawing them to ruin.”

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PEACE THOUGHT NEAR AT HAND. LEAGUE IS TOLD [Both Nations Agree To Withdraw From Shanghai In Near Future SETTLEMENT IS PROTECTED (Icnevti, Feb. 29 (U.R) Hie I council ol the league ol ivti lions was informed ala pub- ; lie session tonight l»v Sir I John Simon, British foreign i secretary, that ,la|>an ami (.hina had agreed in principle on “mutual and simultaneous" withdrawal from the Shanghai area. The agreement was reached at a two and one-half hour conference on the British flagship Kent. Sir John said. Prior to the announcement, it was generally understood an agreement had been reached, although the Japanese delegation had not yet been advised. W. W. Yen, Chinese delegat ■, informed the United Press: "I believe the Chinese have accepted the proposal at Shanghai, but we still maintain a conservative attitude at Geneva. It depends on the conditions reached at Shanghai, although the Chinese are willing to accept a bonafide arrangement!" An attempt to postpone a general meeting of the general assembly on the question failed, the meeting still being scheduled for Thursday. Washington. Feb. 29- (U.R) -secretary ot Slate Stimson eiitAiitai'ied new hope today that the world wide negotiations for peace between Japan ami China at Shanghai might tiring favorable results The state department received optimistic reports from Consul Genetai Edwin S. Cunningham at Shanghai. He said “it is certain that both disputants (Japan and China) are making some effort to prevent serious harm from outside the settlement to that part of the settlement which is south of Soochow creek." Cunningham stated the likelihood of an extreme emergency requiring evacuation of the settlement was “very remote." During the past 4S hours. Stimson has kept in close touch with world capitals where dipluinius are discussing the Japanese fw-n.-’ proposals. Past failures of’such peace efforts have preV4*nted Stimson from being too hopeful, but he was represented as feeling that the Shanghai situation has taken a turn for the better. Minister Hugh Wilson at Geneva is keeping the stale department informed of negotiations there and Stimson himself has been talking with Japanese Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi. First reports of the Japanese proposal were to the effect that Chinese troops would be asked to withdraw from Shanghai while Japanese would not. On the basis (CONTINL'I'TD ON PAGE TWO) LOAN RUMOR NOT VERIFIED Shanghai Defenders Reported To Have Received Loan of Millions Tokio, Feb. 29.—(U.R) —Sensational reports of a $50.000 ( 00t) American loan to the defenders of Shanghai were received by the government today and overshadowed two other developments in the far East crisis: Arrival of the League of Nations commission appointed to investigate the Manchurian situation. A government spokesman’s statement that peace efforts and truce negotiations were progressing at Shanghai and Geneva witli “fair prospects" of success. The report of the American loan or credit came from the Japaneae consul general at Shanghai. The loan was negotiated, it was said, liy Chiang Kai-Shek, resigned head ot the Chinese government, and commander of troops now defend ing Shanghai. Japanese Consul-General Mural at (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)