Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1932 — Page 1

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imffßQ Wil L ||| DIRECTOR KF WORLD HUNT - ; ' s fchl)lfai2 1,1 InvestigatEfo lie Settled At fh' () (l;i\\ Meet gives •WiI’i.BERSCLI E *i. N. ■••• May 16.--o!it s 111 die lll, 'i ; ' foi tin killers of the •lit. ! met here toEg who slitilji fl ' ollieinl quihh ! |r ' Al'' ’'- ; n(r Bovajh'i’ V Ilarrv Moore. lj s E ■<' 1 ' ,:| b)e<l lor his "ME rsk '’"' ease, called ' □ - Xmoiigthe attend ■ attori '-'' s n-presen'', ■ B, u,i<i a '''''’ Kutatft lb. department of |£4g> or. chief of tic ot 1,1 "" ' L is cli.iix-id > tie fl J . lit sei vice, thand posi [ police. Moore already has in■i:>' Colonel H. Norman ■< ip f. who directed the in their world wide Mhhe child while it lay Hidit of the Lindbergh ■ hild remain in charge of I _K ctivity. This action was rfE’W' " 1 U ; I*M Is result of “between the | VIHM| ■ BANDITS SIFM.SSO.OOO I 1 Hanker, Family, Rtef i <>r 10 Hours t ' a * < ’ I £ 18 (U.P) Five leld the assistant cashier ion National Bank and his three children prisoners ltrs, then looted the bank between $40,000 and $50.a time lock was released to get police out of the eporting a “bad accident" west of Streator a few before the time lock was vas partly successful, idits appeared at the home McNamara, the assistant t 10 p. m, yesterday. One nd the rest of the night McNamara and the three while the other four took a to jhe Itgiik and forced et them in. The bandits atnara spent the night at i Boys, bank president, other bank officials and were forced to lie on walked in to work. ■■•imiites after two highwaf ponded to the telephone an accident, the robbers money from the bank and torth out of the city in an le. It was presumed the tdit joined them after guard at the McNamara til the robbery was comMcNamnra nor members imily were harmed. He audits wore handkerchiefs ' faces and he was unable hat they looked like. o Destroys Home unknown origin completefed the house on the farm Lawrence Feilert of Fort vhich is located one mile Linn Grove. The fire was d aibout 2 o’clock Sunday >use was unoccupied but npletely furnished. The was burned completely to nd.

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! (’arl Schafer Suffers Severe Heart Attack , Carl Schafer, 520 Nuttman avenue. suffered a heart attack at the I Zion Reformed Church here shortI ’,y after 9 o'clock Sunday morning. I A local physician was called and Mr. Schafer was removed to the Adams County Memorial hospital. ‘ Mr. Schafer had assisted in carrying the casket of Rev. A. R. I Fledderjohann to the church at I nine o’clock where it was to lie in ' state until three o’clock in the! afternoon. I Shortly after reaching the | church, Mr. .Schafer fainted and for several minutes his condition was regarded as serious. He was' removed to the hospital, where his condition improved. He will be, returned to ids home late this; afternoon. FAST TIME TO I BE REPEALED — Council To Hold Regular Meet Tuesday; Peddling To Be Discussed The city council will meet in regular session Tuesday evening and one of the first acts of the body ; will be to repeal the daylight sav- j ing time ordinance. The ordinance, which had been in force for three years in Det'itur, provided that daylight saving time should be observed in the city from the last Saturday in April until the last Saturday in Sep-| tember. The question of repealing the i ordinance was put to a vote at the ■ primary election. Tuesday, May 3 and citizens of Decatur expressed themselves against the odinance. | The vote was 1.416 against and 844 in favor of the ordinance. Other matters to receive the. council's attention tomorrow night I will be the ordinance regulating peddlers and transcient merchants | and checking up reports on the ■ completion of the new electric dis- I tribution system in Deeitur. The job of construetiong the electric distribution is practically completed and another two weeks will , see most of the work done. o— Andrews Funeral Will I Be Conducted Tuesday | The funeral of John D. Andrews, i | who died- Friday night, will be I held Tuesday afternoon at I:3b .o'clock at the home of his daugh- ’ ter. Mrs. Enoch Eady, and at 2] o’clock at tlie Methodist Episcopal! ' church. Rev. B. 11. Franklin, pas-' tor. will deliver the sermon. The! Spanish American War Veterans, and the American Legion will con-’ duct a military service, to honor i the deceased who was a Spanish ■ American War Veteran. Tlie remains have been taken ' to the Eady home instead of the j Lobenstein and Doan Funeral Par , lors as was previously announced. ' Friends may view the body until time of the funeral. ——o ——— DALE FACES > TRIAL TODAY I Muncie Mayor Goes On [j Trial Charged With Liquor Conspiracy Indianapolis. May 16. — (U.R) : George R. Dale, mayor of Muncie. * went to trial in federal court here i today on charges of conspiring to 1 violate national prohibition laws, i with him on trial were eight Mun- ' cie police officials and two alleged * bootleggers. * i Dale and the others were arrest- ■ ed after a federal investigation ini Anderson and Muncie. Twenty-one > of the Anderson defendants, includ- > ing several police authorities, eith-| t er pleaded guilty or were convict-1 I ed. Dale remained firm In his conten-l tion that he was the victim of a "frameup." He predicted the case may continue as long as “three weeks or three months.’’ In efforts to escape trial, Dale ‘ made two trips to Washington to , see Attorney General William D. Mitchell. He demanded that the J department of justice investigate circumstances of his arrest. Defendants with Dale are Police Chief Frank Massey; Fred Ellis. * member of the board of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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JAP PREMIER IS KILLED BY MILITARISTS Killers of Tsuyoshi Inukai | Face Execution; All Are Captured TERRORISTS’ REIGN BRIEF Tokio, May 16 —(U.PJ--Assassina-tion of Japans aged premier by' militarists planning a dictatorship I oi “fascist super party" and antipeace government left them facing execution today at the end of a brief reign of terror in which government property was bombed, several were wounded, and one policeman was killed. The assassins raced through Tokio streets in motor cars as they hurled their l.iombs, throwing the populace into a panhk. Seventy-seven year old Tsuyoshi Inukai, premier and tlie “old fox”, of Japanese politics, was executed , in his home by six men wearing ( military uniforms who battered: their way past police guards. They called Inukai from a room ' where he was chatting with a visi-1 tor. Two men held the premier, j Another fired twice, one bullet | entering the temple and another penetrating a nostril. The premier died at midnight Sunday. One policeman died of wounds j received at the premier's resi-, I dence. Two other policemen, a 1 j journalist, and a guest of the premier were wounded. The quiet of a sunny, warm Sun-, day in Tokio was disturbed by the roar of automobile motors and ex- { plosion of bombs. They did little damage and apparently were aimI ed chiefly at terrorizing the popn- | lation. when the extremists raced through the streets. Tlie latter ; hurled explosives at a dozen buildings. imludint- the bank of Japan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE ' IVEI DEATH CLAIMS • I EDITH BUCHER Local Young Woman Expires Early Sunday Morning At Residence Miss Edith Bucher, 30, wellj known Decatur young lady, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bucher. 515 West Madi!son street, Sunday morning at 112:45 o’clock* of pneumonia. Miss Bucher contracted pneumonia a j week ago Sunday and for a few idays her condition did not seem serious. Later in the week her j condition became critical. i She was employed at the General Electric company in this city for the past 10 years. Edith Bucher was born in Root township, December 12, 1901, a daughter of John and Minnie KnappBucher, both of whom survive. Surviving is also a brother, Edward Bucher, of Root township; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Woodward of South Bend; Mrs. Alvina Harkless of Root township, and Mrs, Frances Baumann of south of Decatur. One brother preceded her in death. Miss Bucher was confirmed in the St. Peter's Lutheran church in Root township and attended the St. Peter's schools. She moved to this city with her parents, 10 years ago, and since that time was a member of the Zion Lutheran church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church. Services in German will be conducted by Rev. |m. J. Frosch, pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran church, and the English services will be presented by Rev. Paul Schultz. The services at the home will be in English. I Burial will be in the Decatur cem I etery. Friends may view tlie remains at the Bucher home this afternoon and until the time of the funeral. Attending Convention H. P. Schmitt, grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and Dan M. Niblick, past grand knight, went to Indianapolis Sunday to attend the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus. The two men are delegates of the local council.

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Go to Sons* Graves ■J^**’** - *** ~, * — ;l .|L .. mgy L—MI.V.IWII 11.- - W SiKii W 1 ’ft' jfB I r 4 I Ji ] -Ift » / - a -A ■ 1 — ■ / kA twVT&a ■R 1 * HL ■"I /'HE ■MI \ I «o —III M» •' Ir» -- The world at large may have forgotten the great sacrifice, but not these Gold Star mothers whose’sons died in France. Left to right are Mrs. Elizabeth P. Anderson, Mrs. Mary T. Mealy. Mrs. Annetta Lein and Mrs. Chester D. Howenstine, all of North Dakota, photographed as they arrived in Chicago while on their pilgrimage tt> their sons' graves in France.

FLEDDERJOHANN I FUNERAL HELD Decatur Friends Pay Final Tribute To Reformed Church Minister I Dr. F. H. Rupnow of Fort Wayne(delivered tlie sermon at the funeral services held for Rev. A. R. Fledderijohann, pastor of the Zion Reformed church here, who was fatally injured in a crossing accident at! i Hamlet. Ind.. Thursday night. : Funeral services were Ireld at 9 ■ o’clock Monday morning from the .; Reformed church. The body of the well-known -pastor lay in state at, -the Reformed church Sunday. Local , business houses cl.sed one hour' this morninlg during the services, j Following the services held in : this city this morning, the body was I taken to New Knoxville, 0., the j birthplace of Rev, Fledderjohann.! where a short service and burial took place. Decatur ministers and visiting I pastors took part in the funeral services for Rev. Fledderjohann, and words of comfort for relatives I and tributes to tlie departed pastor i were spoken. Dr. Rupnow of Fort Wayne took las his text the 17th verse of the! !second chapter of Acts: "And it ehall come to pass in the last days. I saith God. I will pour out of my [ spirit upon all flesh.’ . i Rev. M. W. Sunderman. representing the local ministers said: , | “The influence of Rev. A. R. , Fledderjohann extended far beyond ,'the reach of his congregation. He (I identified himself with the prob- . lems of the community. His leadership existed in quiet, wise unas- [ stinting suggestions. He was so . clear in his thinking that others unconsciously adopted his conclusions, as a choise of wisdom. His l (GONTINUE'D ON PAGE TVVOI . o NEW COMMITTEE ' IS UNCOVERED - Senate Wild Life Commi1 tee Spends Thousand ; Dollars On Fishing ’ By Raymond Clapper, United Press Staff correspondent (Copyright 1932 by United Press) 1 Washington, May 16 —(U.K) —Taxc payers out in the country who are ’ gruml?ing about extravagance at 1 Washington possibly do not under- ’ stand the situation. For instance, they may not , realize how hard a committee of i senators has to work sometimes. There is the special senate committee on wild life — animal, not human which is slaving away and right now is trying to get SIO,OOO more out of the senate contingent ‘ fund to keep it alive through the coming fishing season. After seeing how this committee has worked in the past, there is little doubt but that the senate |. economy committee which now is trying to squeeze useless expendi- ‘ tures out of the federal budget , will give the wild life committee what it ought to have even if it ( means taking a few idle relatives (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Margaret Mellett Dies Indianapolis. May 16. —(U.K) —Mrs. Margaret Mellett, 7S, mother of eight sons, seven of whom were en-. gaged in newspaper work at one, time or another, died here Sunday at tlie home of a son. W. L. Mel-1 lett, after a three-months illness. Mrs. Mellett . was the widow of Jesse Mellett. who once published, the Elwood. Ind.. Free Press, and later the Indiana Bimetallist, a ! Democratic publication, which took their residence to Muncie. Survivors are the son, Jesse H., - Mayor of Anderson; John C., Indianapolis. author and advertising , and publicity man; Lowell, editor 'of the Washington, D. C., Daily I News and the Scripps-Howard news-! paper alliance; Homer J., R. L. and W. L., Indianapolis. Don C., an- ■ other son. was slain by gangsters! lin 1926 while the Canton, Ohio. ' Daily News of which he was editor.! conducted a campaign against vice. 1 o MANY ATTEND ’ CLASS PLAY t Auditorium Crowded For Presentation Sunday Night The Decatur Catholic school auditorium was filled to capacity - Sunday night, when the senior class of the high school presented the three act mystery and comedy, “Has Anyone Seen Jean.” The play was ably presented the students of the senior class and the story was one which held the interest of- everyone present. Between acts a special musical number was presented by Carl Geels and Lawrence Heimann Miss Dorothy Lengerich played the piano solo, ".Mountain Stream." A piano duet was also played by the Misses Ethel Kleinhenz and Marjorie Brown. They played. •“Qui Vive Galop." The play was in three acts, and the first was laid in a railway depot where the topic of interest is the kidnaping of Jean Mallory, a twelve million dollar heiress. The part of Jean is played by Patricia Holthouse. The train dispatcher who first appears on the stage is Roman Lengerich. Just as Jean’s sister. Mrs. Maida Del Ray, who is characterized by Miss Thelma Cook, enters the station with a policeman, thay see a train disappearing, on which is seen a blue dress and bed hat in which Jean disappeared. The second and third acts take place in a den of crooks where Jean is held captive. Acey, an amateur detective, self-appointed imvnvi'pn nv r-AGM -i noEEt Revue Coming Here The Violet Reinwald Review which is bein)- given at the Shrine auditorium in Fort Wayne Friday evening, will come to Decatur Tuesday June 7, at the Decatur Catholic auditorium. One of the talented young artists appearing on the program is Miss Marjorie Elaine Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Butler, former residents of Decatur. Forty Decatur Children from the School of the Dance here will also take part in the program. Miss Patsy Fallenkamp is instructor of the Decatur School of Ihe Dance.

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PASTORS NAME NEW PRESIDENT; I Rev. M. VV. Sunderman Is : Chosen to Head Ministerial Association I Rev. M W. Sondermann, pastor | of the First Evangelical church of, | this city has been elected president ■ of the Decatur Ministerial assocla- ! tion to fill the vacancy caused by i the death of Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. Rev. Sunderman is the third lo'cal 1 minister to fill the office of president this year. The late Rev. H. H. i Ferntheil was president of tlie asso- ; elation, elected last year. He died December 24. Rev. Fledderjohann then was elected to complete the I yeai. Rev. Fledderjohann was killed last Thursday night in an autunio- , bile-tr’.iin accident at Hamlet. Indiana. Rev. Sunderman is well-known in county and state religious circles. IHe stated that tlie same policies w mid lie foil >wed tlie rest of tlie year in the local association. BACCALAUREATE ’ HELD SUNDAY — Rev. R. E. V ance Urges Graduates'To “Be Too Big To Be Little” Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of the Decatur United Brethren Church i delivered the baccalaureate sermon 1 ta the 57 members of the 1932 grad- ■ I uating class of the Decatur high | school Sunday night. The baccalau- • I reate service took place in the Zion I Reformed Church which was filled • to capacity for the occasion with II parents, relatives and friends of tlie .-members of the class. -I As the "March Processional" was i played by Miss Lulu Gerber at the I organ, the 57 y ting women and I men entered the church auditorium l led by the class officer;:, guardian | and si hool officials. • j The theme of the baccalaureate sermon was "Better Than —" and I the text was taken front Proverbs 122:1 and Ecclesiastics, 7 :1. which I read “A good n'arne is rather to be ’ chosen than great riches and loving favour rather tha i silver and gold." “A good name is better than j prei-i ms ointment.” J Respects were pai(l to Rev. A. R. . Fledderjohann. deceasel pastor of . the Zion Reformed Church in which I the services were held, and who was . to have presided at the program, j The invocation was given by Rev. I A. B. Brown and the Scripture les- • son was read by Rev. M. W. Snr. 'lderman, followed with prayer by 1 j Rev. B. H. Franklin. The Young Men’s Vested chorus 'of the Reformed Churth, under tlie [direction if Noel White and J. Henry Graber, sponsor, sang the selecj tion,“l Want to be True Every Day” Iby Gabriel. The choir also sang (CONTINtTten ON PAGE TWO) DELEGATES TO BE SELECTED Roosevelt Appears to Have Edge On Opponents This Week ’ New York, May 16.—(U.P.)—State ’ j conventions and primaries this 1 week will affect 108 votes in the 1 Democratic presidential nominating convention and 59 in the Republi- ! can. ! In New Jersey primaries Tues--1 day. 32 Democratic delegates, with ' 32 convention votes, and 35 Republican delegates will be chosen. Republicans all are expected to be for President Hoover, who already is assured of renomination. The , Democrats unpledged, will be con,l trolled by Mayor Frank Hague of . Jersey City, a supporter of Alfred E. Smith. In the Kansas Democratic convention the same day, Governor , Woodring will seek an uninstruct- ; ed delegation of 20 votes friendly ,to Roosevelt. Tlie Kansas Anti- [ Saloon League is against Roosevelt. Roosevelt seems assured of tlie ( 'eight Democratic delegates to be selected by a Montana convention, ' also on Tuesday. Anti-prohibition-ists will seek to put the Montana (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Herman L. Center Here | — Herman L. Center, treasurer of Lake county and former Decatur |resident is spending a few days here to rest up from the recent pri[inury election, in which he was reinomimted by 12.000 votes, (’outer .is tlie first Democrat treasurer of Lake county, having been elected two years ago. He carried every town and city In Lake county at tlie Y> primary this year, and Indications are he will be re-elect-'ed next fall by a large majority. o HARVEY JONES HURT IN WRECK Auto Turns Over Several Times; Man Suffers Broken Leg Harvey Jones residing on route 5, Decatur, suffered injuries early Sunday morning, when lie lost control of his automobile three miles west of Decatur. It is reported that the car turned over several times. Mr. Jones received fractured ribs and his left side and his right leg was broken. His tonbue was also badly lacerated and he was cut about the face. Jones was alone in his car at the time of the accident. As lie was I driving on tlie narrow road on which w.is a layer of crushed stone, he struck a gully in tlie road which caused the car to swerve. The machine was badly damaged. Jones was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where his injuries were dressed. *o Garner Renews Attack Washington, May 16. — (U.R) — Speaker Garner today renewed his attack on President Hoover for liis economy statements with an offer "to buy a new hat” for anyone who can find "that tlie President in any ten days period does not contradict himself.” W( B. GUTELIUS ENDS OWN LIFE Fort Wayne Man. Formerly of Bluffton Is Suicide Victim Fort Wayne. May 16.—(U.R)— William B. Gutelius, 60 .executive vice-president of the Citizens Trust Company in Fort Wayne, shot himself to death this afternoon, at 2 o'clock (DST), in tlie basement of tlie bank in Fort Wayne. It is understood tliat Mr. Gutelius had been in ill health for some time but that lie had kept at his duties at tlie bank despi-e tins fact. The banker went to the basement of tlie bank, where he is reported to have walked around holding his hand over his right bi east. He was approached by tlie janitor of the imilding who asked what lie was doing. His body was found 10 minutes later. No one heard the shot. | Gutelius shot himself through the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Judge Erwin To Speak Judge Dore B. Erwin of the Adams Circuit court will deliver an address before members of the , Berne Chamber of Commerce this , evening. State Senator Thurman , A. Gottschalk, president of the , Chamber of Commerce will preside [ at the meeting. The meeting will be held above the People’s restaurant. —I ■ ■ -O —• Former Resident Os Adams County Expires i ’ Funeral services will be held ’ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock for " William Nahrwold, 88. Civil War Veteran, who died at the heme of ' his son,, Fred Nahrwold, 2115 Brooklyn Avenue, Fort Wayne. The deceased had miide his home with the son for the last two years. Nahrwold was born in Adams County and moved to Fort Wayne ‘ when a youth. Funeral services will be held at ' tlie home of tlie son at 2 o'clock ' Tuesday afternoon and at 2:30 ■ o'clock at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. William Moll 1 officiating. Burial will be made In the Concoi dia cemetery.

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FRENCH LINER, ON FIRST TRIP CATCHES FIRE Passengers Flee Ship And Are Rescued Out Os Life Boats CASUALTIES ARE UNKNOWN Marseilles, France, May 16. [—tu.R) —Rescue liners nave saved nearly 600 passengers from the steamer Georges Philippar, abandoned in Hames in the Gulf of Aden, the Jetee wireless station was informed today. No information on the number of dead was available. The station reported tour liners and threp freighters arrived mar tlie burning vessel and picked up the passengers as they took to the boats. Tlie Georges Philippar was a new vessel returning from her maiden voyage. It was of 21.502 tons, capable of 17 knots and built especially for tropical travel. The disaster was neffr tlie scene of tlie burning of tlie French steamer Asia, laden witli Mecca pilgrims, in 1930. Aden, Arabia, May 16. — (U.R) Five liners rushed to the aid of 600 passengers of the French steamer George Pliillipar today after tlie ship was abandoned, on fire, in the Gulf of Aden and five miles off Cape Guardatui, Italian Somaliland. Tlie Japenese liner Hakone Marti reported it had passed on empty lifeboats from the French ship. Tlie British ship Mahsud reported that all passengers had taken to lifeboats, tihUt three were burned, and that it was feared I’.uU some were dead. The British and Japanese ships and an unidentified soviet vessel answered the Georges Phillipar’s wireless request for aid in picking up the survivors. It was understood that the Mahsud rescued 134 passengers and that | the Britisii ship Contractor picked up 129. Both were reported enroute here. The Orient liner Otranto and the Russian ship Sovietskaia Nest were reported to have picked up other survivors. .The captain of the Georges I’hillipar was aboard tlie Russian vessel. The abandoned ship w.is of 17.000 tons, an oil burner, and. the newest member of tile Messagerles maritime fleet. She was enroute from China to Marseilles, her hornport. The ship was built at St. Nazaire in 1930. —o Legion Members Will Attend Andrews Burial AU members of \dams post 43, American Legion are asked to attend tlie funei’il of John D A'l drews, Spanisli American war vet eran. JAP MUTINY IS REPORTED Navy, Part of Army Reported In Uprising; Censor Formed London. May 16 (U.R) A mutiny has broken out in the Japanese navy and *ti part of tlie army, private advices from Tokio said today. General censorship has been established in Tokio. The private advices in question gave no details. Direct messages from Tokio describing yesterday's rising among an army and navy group who assassinated the premier and tombed public buildings, however, said everything was tranquil today. It was Ixilieved therefore, that the private advices may have referred to yesterday's events. o Mrs. Madden Expires Word was received here today of the sudden deatli of Mrs. K'lthryn Madden. 94). of Fort Wayne, wh > died at 4 O’clock, Monday morninl; Mrs. Madden made her home with her son. Jaedb Madden on Fourth Street, Fort Wayne. The deceased was a grandmother of Mrs. Dwight Kimble of this city.