Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1932 — Page 1

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Babe’s Hi neral Held Funeral services were hold this afternoon for Robert Dale, seven weeks old son of .Mr. and .Mrs. Leon Neuenschwander. residing one mile sou’ll of Herne, who died early J \\< du. -day moi iiinf. I'.dl.iw Ing short Illness with pneumonia. The baby was born January 12, 1932 and is survived by the parents, three brothers and four sist-l ers. Funeral services were com I i ducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon al the home with the Rev ('. Il I Suekan officiating. JAPS CONTROL ALLSHANGHAI; f PLAN OFFERED 1 Japanese Make New Proposals For Peace After i Winning Offensive CHINA IS RELUCTANT) t Shanghai, Mar. 3.—<UR> —| Japanese military operations . at Shanghai ended today with . the Chinese driven 12' : miles i back from the city and Japanese holding all territory con- , tested in bitter fighting here i since January 28. t Cessation of Japanese milii tary activities just after the Chinese declared that the ("tight li:is Just begun’’ and the Japanese < subniillt*d new drastic p. ue t proposals was revealed in a brief announcement by Consul-General I Kuramatsu Murai: "Japanese military and naval authorities, having accomplished . their avowed object of affording | protection to Japanese lives and f property, ordered all military oper . ations to cease forthwith " i The Chinese forts of Woosung." 1 and Woosung village were occu- • pied by the Japanese shortly before the operations were baited. \ ■ final Iwo-hour shelling enabled the Japanese to take the fortilicatious. The Japanese military and naval high command issued statements identic with that of the consul-gen , eral. Gen. Shirakawa, new com mander of the military here, said: "We have decided to order the halting of our forces for the time being at points actually held and ’ to stop fighting provided that the| Chinese forces do not resort to' further hostil actions." The end of the Japanese offensive found the countryside in ruins on au 18-mile battle line from the international settlement to the Lion Forest forts on the Yangtze river. At the doors of the settlement, the once prosperous Chinese city of Chapei was reduced to a mass of blackened remnants of homes and buildings. Fires still burned in the ruins of cotton mills in the district. With danger over, hundreds visited what a few days ago was a no man's land of sudden death and ON T'AGE TWO) OBSERVANCE PLANS MADE Good Friday Services To Be Held at M. E. Church In Decatur, March 25 Plans were made for the three 1 hour devotion service to be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church here Good Friday, March 25. at the meeting of the Decatur Ministerial Association, Wednesday morning. Rev. 18. H. Franklin and Rev. A. B. Brown will comprise a committee which will arrange the detaijs for the three hour service, to ex- < tend from 12 o’clock Friday noon to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The general theme of the service i this year will be "Glorying in the Cross," and each pastor of the local protestant churches will have an individual subject. All the local pastors will participate in the program as in former years. The complete program for the Good Friday service will be an- i nounced upon its completion.

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HEART ATTACK FATAL TO DR. E.G.COVERDALE Well-Known Local Man Dies At Home Wednesday Afternoon W AS ILL ONLY A FEW HOURS Dr. I.arl G. ('.overtltile, 52, I in'oniiiient phvsician and a i ieatlitv’ citizen of Decatur. : died stiddenlv of a heart ! attack at about five o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Ins home, 31(> North Second street. Dr. ('.ovcnlale suffered a slight attack of angina pectoris Sunday. He felt better I Monday ami was at his office all ! that day and on Tuesday. WedI nesday morning he did not feel so i well’ and members of the family | state he suffered from a slight i heart attack at that time. Ue i went to his office later and about . noon Became < oncerned with his i condition and summoned Dr. liarI ry Jones of Berne, an intimate I friend. He suffered a more severe attack nt his office at noon and was removed to his home. He ret lined in a chair for a few] hours anti about 3:30 o’clock de-1 cided to go up stairs and lie down. Mrs. Coverdale was with him and for an hour he seamed to be rallying from lhe earlier attack. Smldenly hfs condition boenmo worse and Mrs. Coverdale went '<> the telephone ami asked the operator to summon tm'dical help .-.t once She returned to his room and found her husband dying. Death followed in a few minutes. Native of Decatur Dr. Coverdale was born in Decatur. November 11. 1879. lie was 'he ,->on of Dr. Jonas ami Cather-l inc I'l. Coverdale. He attended | the Decatur schools ami wasgraduated from the local high' tCONTINL’ED OX PAGE I-’IVE) METHODISTS HOLD MEETING Rev. E. T. Franklin Is Banquet Speaker at Ft. Wayne Conference Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church, is attending the annual Fort Wayne Methodist district conference, which opened at New Haven. Wednesday. Dr. E. T. Franklin, superintendent of the Fort Wayne Methodist hospital, and brother of Rev. Franklin. spoke at the layman’s banquet held at 6 o’clock Wednesday night, and also at the service in the evening. For several months. Dr. Franklin, has resided in Decatur. Nearly 200 ministers and laymen attended the opening session of the district conference, and 42 churches of the district were repre(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX! o—— Peace Terms Rejected Geneva. March 3 —(UP) — The | Japanese terms for an armistice in Shanghai are absolutely inacceptable to the Chinese, W. W. Yen, Chinese delegate to the League, announced at an extraordinary session of the assembly today. Acceptance of the terms would be "Tantamount to surrender." Yen said. o Eicher Is Witness Chris Eicher, county .superintendent of roads, resumed his testimony , as a witness in the Wabash dredge ( case this afternoon. Mr. Eicher took , the stand yesterday. This morning, Mr. Eicher, Coun- ( ty attorney (Henry B. Heller and other oftfieiaVs want t» Wabash township to obtain measurements pertaining to roads and the propos- 1 ed routing of the new river chanel. ‘ Mr. Eicher testified at to the dam- 1 age to the roads if the new channel . was built.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 3, 1932.

Ladders Used In Kidnaping I 1 ? X < * k■ " ♦ |J ‘ | I mm | ■*>•'l A policeman is shown examining ladders used tn the kidnaping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. (insert). The baby was 3 weeks old when this photo was taken. —

CASE TO JURY THIS MORNING — Workinger Case Is Completed; Jurv Retires At 11 o'clock The jury returned a verdict at 3:50 p. m., finding Workinger guilty. The jury assessed a fine of $5.00 and costs and sentenced him to one day in the Adams county jail. Everett Banter was foreman of the jury. The jury reported at 3:30 to the court that it had agreed on a verdict and when Judge Erwinf was informed what it was. announced that "it did not comply with the law” and ordered the jury returned to the jury room. The case of the state vs. William Workinger, charged with receiving stolen goods in connection with the arrest several months ago of a chicken theft gang, went to the jury in Adams circuit court this morning at 11 o’clock. Judge D. B. Erwin instructed the jurors and then ordered them to retire. Three verdicts might be returned according to the Instructions. Workinger can be acquitted; found guilty or found giulty and sentenced to not more than a year in jail by the jury. Arguments were presented to the jury by Prosecutor Nathan C Nelson for the state and by H. M. tCONTINCPH ON PAGE SIX) GILDAY TRIAL NEARING END Reformer Who Shot At Boy Facing Trial In Chicago Court Chicago, March 3 —(UP) —Crossexamination of Daniel Gilday, superintendent of the Englewood law and order league, today brought near a close his trial on charges of attempting to murder Herman Knol. 17, boy scout and good Samaritan. Knol’s story that he was trying to "Help an old man" and Gilday’s defense that his gun went off when he tried to scare what he thought were holdup men, were placed in the records yesterday. Gilday testified he was ’"looking or kidnapers’ the afternoon of the shooting and had visited a soft drink parlor where he had several drinks." "Were you intoxicated?’ he was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Delia Buckner Dies Louisville, Ky March 3 —l UP)J Mrs. Dela Clairbone Buckner, wid cow of General Simon Bolivar Buck- > tier. among greatest south southern . military leaders and Kentucky Gov- ; . ernor from 1887 to I’B9l died in a 'i Hospital here today Pneumonia deI velopcd after Mrs. Buckner broke . her hip in a all recently. Mrs. Buckner organized the so- I ciety of Colonial dames of Ken- ! lucky, serving as its first president. I She is survived by a son Mjr. Sim- j mon 11. Buckner Jr., stationed at the army war college, Washington; a brother Walter Clairborna, Rich-| mond. Va„ and two sisters. Mrs. ' George Erick. Baltimore and Mrs. I i Thomas Nelson Williamson of Rich- I 1 mond. DEATH CLAIMS AGED CITIZEN Christian Moeschberger, French Township Farmer Dies Wednesday Berne, March 3—(Special to Democrat) —Christian Moeschberger. 88. year old resident of French township, and one of the best known men in Adams County, died at the home of his son. Albert Moeschberger in French township at 7 o’clock Wednesday ntght. Mr. Moeschberger was a life long resident of French township. Death was due to pneumonia and complications with which h» had suffered for the last two weeks. Previous to thant time he enjoyed his usual good health. The deceased was born in French township. July 11. 1843, the son of John and Margaret Moeschberger. On June 2. 1872 he was united in marriage to Mary Beeler, who preceded him in death in 1902. . Surviving are 10 children: Levi of Linn Grove; John of Geneva; Mr.s. Calvin Gerber of Bluffton ; Mrs Edward Bauman. Albert. Nathan, and Mrs. Goldie Gottschalk of Linn Grove; Mrs. Charles Hawibaker of Berne; Mrs. Raymond Bluhm, and Mrs. Clayton IHolloway of Monroe township. Twenty grandchildren one brother. William Moeschberger of Fort Wayne, also survive. Mr. Moeschberger was a member of the St. Johns Reformed Church at Vera Cruz. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock at the home, Saturday afternoon, and at 2 o’clock from the St. Johns Church. Burial will be made in the Vera Cruz cemetery. Ship Is In Distress London, March 3—(UP) — The German steamer Bayern was reported by Lloyd’s today to be in distress off Portugal.

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FINAL TICKET SALE DRIVE TO START AT ONCE Committees Busy With Final Details For Demoocratic Banquet, Rally IHUGE ( ROW!) IS EXPECTED The final drive for sale of tickets for the Democratic! banquet and rallv to be held here Monday night, March 14 was started today and J. L.! Ehler stated that after this drive no tickets would be I sold. This action was taken ini order that those preparing to] feed the guests would know how many to prepare for. Word has been sent to all counties of the date change and the executive (ommittee has been assured that all speakers will be here on March 14. A number of candidates for state offices also have written (heir acceptances to invitations and a big meeting is anticipated. It is the fiist Democratic banquet and rally (CGNTINCED ON PAGE FIVE) JURY REPORT IS EXPECTED Federal Grand Jury Is Probing Alleged Liquor Conspiracy Rings Indianapolis. March 3. (U.P) i With only a few witnesses rernaining to be heard, the Federal grand jury was expected to report either late today, or tomorrow, upon its I investigation of alleged liquor conspiracies in Anderson and Muncie. George R. Jeffrey. U. S. district J attorney, said the Jury probably I would com hide its present work |by tomorrow then recess until late I in April. Forty Delaware county residents] I were summoned before lhe jury lyesterday and several said theyl [were prepared to testify concernling liquor conditions in Muncie. Some of tlie witnesses said their testimony concerned operation of a liquor ring in which were involved city and county officials. An allegedly similar situation in Anderson and Madison county also was said to be under investigation. o Contract Is Awarded Indianapolis. Mar. 3. —(U.R) —Contract for construction of a glass and concrete entrance to the hotel at Dunes State park was let by the conservation commission today to the Mustard and Curry Company of Bloomington on a bid of $4,683. The project is to Be completed by May 1. NO STRADDLING UNION DEMANDS I — W. C. T. U. Takes Stand Against Straddling of 1 Prohibition Question Evanston. 111.. March 3—(UPI — A united stand against "the intent to straddle .the prohibition question by many politicians" was announced in a statement today'by Mrs Ella A. Boole, President of the National W. C. T. U. She added that 2B regional conferences which began decemiber 4 in Washington have marshaled the dry army “for the most aggressive political action ever seen on this continent." “We have exploded the wet propaganda for beer and have produced the evidence of the best economists that the liquor traific dispels instead of invites prosperity," Declared Mrs. Boole. ”‘We have held these conferences (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Mrs. Mast Expires Services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at lor Mrs. Adam Mast, u former Berne resident, who di"d at her home in Shipshewana Tuesday night. Mrs. Ma.-t suffered a paralytic stroke about 18 mouths ago ami since that time had been practically helpless. Her husband, Mr. Mast survives. Mr. and Mrs. Mast resided iu H Tne until about eight years ago when they moved to Shipshewana. LETTER TRACED IN KIDNAPING Woman Sends Note To Col. Lindbergh From Boston; Disappears Bulletin Boston, Mass. Mar. 3—(UP) —A description of a house where, it was stated, “the Lindbergh baby will be found,’' was contained in an air Ynail letter addressed to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and posted by a woman here today, police announced. “It looks like a very good clew to me,” police superintendent Michael H. Crowley said. Superintendent Crowley declined to divulge the exact contents of the messive. — Boston. Mass.. Mar. 3.- -(U.R) -A j woman who stepped from a touring car bearing New Jersey reglw!t rat ion plates J-6989 entered the [south end postal station today anil I posted a letter to Col. Charles A. ! Lindbergh at Hopewell, N. J. 1 "I want this sent to Colonel | Linff’.ergh," the woman was quot i ed as saying. Before she could lie stopped for questioning she tied from the post office and left in the touring ear, a late model. It was understood one or more men were in the machine. Contents of the letter were not immediately divulged. Harry Downes was the postal (CONTINCED ON CAGE FOI’lt) C. W. F. DAVIS IS DEATH'S VICTIM Former Salem Resident Dies at Warsaw; Lived Long Time in County C. W. F. Davis. 75. a resident of Salem for more than 45 years, died at his home in Warsaw, Tuesday, Marell 1. Mr. Davis resided in Salem until about six months ago when he and his wife moved to Warsaw to make their home. The deceased was born in New York state, January 16, 1857. For more than 45 years he resided in Salem. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Davis and three sons. John W., Fenton, and Lester F. Davis, all of Warsaw. Two sons, Ervin and Harvey are deceased. Mr. Davis wassi member of the I O. O. F. lodge in Decatur. Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church in Salem Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in the Tricker cemetery. ——o _... G. E. Employes Will See Feature Movie All members of the General Electric Club who have not called for their tickets to the free mo- ' tion picture show given for the employes of the local General Electric plant and their families, Friday night, are asked to do so sometime during Friday afternoon. it was announced today. The free motion picture will be given Friday night. March 4. at the Adams ThAatre. and is being sponsored by the General Electric 1 Club. Employes are asked to get their tickets at the plant not later than Friday afternoon. The feature picture will be Buster Keaton in the "Passionate Plumber." The first show of the evening will begin at t> o’clock. All employes and their families arc cordially invited to attend.

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EMPLOYES ARE PROBED:CLUES PROVE FUTILE Nursemaid Questioned by Officers; Troopers Are Kept On Guard - LINDBERGHS KEEP COURAGE BULLETIN Hopewell, N. J. Mar. 3—(UP) —Col Charles A. Lindberg and hir, wife, tortured by many anxious hours, waited vainly today in their Sourland mountain home for news leading to the recovery of their kidnapped baby, Charles A.. Jr. Gov. A. Harry Moore visited their retreat this afternoon and returned with word that they had not heard from the kidnap- , ers today. From within the home, the United Press received similar word of the discouraging situa tion. "'Nothing has hapened.” Hopewell. N. .1.. Mar. 3. I (U.R) Stale police today ! sought Io obtain from present or past einploves of Col. ■ Charles A. Lindbergh information that might heln solve ' lhe mysterv of the kidnaping i of Lindbergh's son. C.harles A.. Jr. Hope continued strofig that the i child, seized from its crib Tttes- . day night, would be returned for , | ransom, safe and unharmed But I silence settled over the Sourlau l , I mountain estate and police cleair eq the vicinity as the Lindbergh's kept private any information they may possess. John Tooliey. secretary to Governor A. Harry Moore of NonJersey. and press liason man. told the United Press today that Miss Betty Gow. nursemaid in the Lindbergh’home, had Been questioned yesterday and again today in the hope sh-) could give some information leading to finding the kidnapers. There was no indication she could amplify her original story that site found the baby's crib empty Tuesday night about 10 p. m. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, grandmother of the stolen baby, was I among those wh<* held the theovv I that the kidnapers were pesaonalIly unusually familiar with the habits of the Lindbergh family, the location of the nursery, and the fact that, contrary to custom, the Lindberghs extended their weekend stay in the country instead of stopping with Mrs. Morrow at Englewood, N. J. This theory kept state troopers active. They had questioned ail available persons who had had employment around the estate, but it was said this question had developed no real information and cast no suspicion. Meantime, mystery covered tho Lindbergh family's movements. The colonel and his young wifa still bore up courageously under the strain of uncertainty and iC'iiNTINI Itli ON PAGE SIX) DEKALB COUNTY OFFICER HELD Constable Charged With Robbing Civil War Vet of Pension Money Indianapolia, March 3 —(UP) Accusations of robbing an 88-year-old G. A. R. veteran have been made against Fred Kreiger, DeKalb county constable, E. L. chief of the state criminal bureau said today. Osborne said that Kreiger and Erwin Burkhman, Kendallville, were arrested hy criminal bureau investigators last night. According to the information received here. Albeit Austin, victim of the robbery, was bound with wire while alone in his homo near South Milford November 25. and robbed o $75 pension money ami oilier funds by two men. The veteran was badly beaten, it nas alleged. The Criminal Bureau chief said Austin lias identified Kreiger ami Burkhman as his assailants.