Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1932 — Page 1

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ESLIE WILL NOT VETO $1.50 TAX BILL

■ HOLMAN i ■BOERS TO ■AUTHORITIES B o f<mith Reynolds. ■Lrf With Murder Binders at Noon I EFFORT to ■ 081 \IN BAH. ■rtworth. N. C . Aug. B.— ■_Lbcy Hoir >" Reynolds. l!r toda* ordered Kkd c" «'!■ a,!er her at ’ K had pleaded for her w . t of hade is corpus. Bitworth. N Aug. 8. ■■■ I"”’ ■ surrendereeI •■•<tay\ ■th CarA' .• ■!."i l!lvs ■ she is larged with K, m the mysterious ■of her «>■;. ■ vang ■nd. Smith ttevnohls. K former Broadway K singer" gave herself ■ 3:55 p. m. 'BUT.I and into ( a hearing atioii tor bail. ■ton Sal-n AUK- s ' Kjin Holm.ii. -urrender Caro:::, Went ■ X C.. .< bo..’ ' l'r*'’' t’ 1,1 ,ll ' ■ ■te< corpu.in.:: ■ t M S(a< t” ■ter release .'..m front the ■ oftnurde. ■ ...i'il. Bnouncein>-ht was made by her in tile ■» of Alfred Holman, her ■< Reynold- li- r i oiinxel ■"will be 11: Went worth at 3 ■ She will surrender to the ■ <:' Carolina ■crdiatel. w. to Site Hi <.: 1n.:.. ■ before fltE M Start. oiahte: r ■ Bon bail That is all we can ■o - — i Wountß \nother. Then Kills Himself hWayne. Ind . Aug S—(UP)— ha L.ebert. 41. seriously ided Stephen Barva. 36, and killed himself by shooting at M air dance pavilion in a loBusement pirk then shot lull, a when he SAW atranged wif. at the dance loti and assumed she had aeMied Barva to whom she is lyrd as housekeeper. He shot * ia the head.

ientist Plans To Fly 10 Miles nto Heavens To Study Cosmic Rays

Pith. Switzerland, Aug. 8. — August Piccard, frail bushy-haired Belgian scientwmpleted plans today for Ms M ascent 10 miles into tens where he hopes to obtain I ■Oable data concerning the •ic rays, probably by Wednesof this week. j 8 huge balloon, with an im- ** gondola, to carry himself companion 50,000 feet or ' above the earth, is on the ’■« reported that King Al-1 I°f Belgium will come to] L v° *' ,ncss the professor's I • Mrs. Piccard and the five I children arrived yesterday; b Brussels. They will attempt I ollow the balloon's flight by woDile. t “dventure-for-science will I r, te l at dawn - The balloon. [not be brought down until ith , eßsor Piccard said toa he hopes to remain eight! 8 >n the stratosphere. ', m day ® f “tension depends | "'° Bpherie condi “ons, since! Ld th St 1S bopeful of drifting i ' ™ the A1 P«- It would be safer, ’. he absence of dangero land in the mountains ,«r currents there. ttLT' mldd,ea ge<i man who soaring. W ° rld iu May of 1931 c anv K o »'° a . height far greater tom/ 6 >. Ver before achieved by har»H beUlg ' went about his r 4m h ns , ’“iotly and methodiclatu, Be< ' ond takeoff only ho morl “° Urs away - he «eem■s ™ ' than if he I* 1 * country ’ m ° tOr tr,p | hi 9 1931 flight with his'

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXX. No. 187.

'That’s For All of Us—Happy Birthday When W A Klepper, general- | manager of the Cloverleaf Creaml cries. Inc., came to his office this ' morning he was greeted with I "happy birthday." Today was Mr. Klepper's 46th birthday. Members of the office force presented their | general "boss" with a fountain pen desk set and wished him "many more happy returns of the day." COUNTY BUDGET TO BE COMPILED — Estimates of Expenses To Be Published: May Eliminate Highway Levy The job of compiling figures for the county budget will begin this i week. County Auditor Albert Hlar-i I low stated this morning. Since the fixing of many salaries . and levies will be determined by i laws passed by the present session of the legislature, county officials j will have to use last year’s esti-i mates and then let the county council change them in keeping with! limits and amounts fixed by the new | acts. The county levy this .war Is 23 ' cents on the hundred dollars. The , highway repair levy is eight cents: lon the hundred dollars. The county I I levy produced abont $73,000, figured ,cn the $32,000,000 valuation The: highway levy produced about >25,-1 . (too. ■| The valuation this year, on which, ■ the levy payable next year is figur- ‘ ed is about $>6,000,000. The county , levy of 23 cents wou’d yield only $60,000. If the gas tax and auto ‘ tax division law is passer it is not ' likely that a levy will be mi de for ' highway repair purposes. This wou’d cut the county rate eight l cents on the hundred dollars. prv£ P viding the county rate can be kept >!at the same figure on the new valu-| ilation. The levies and budgets will be ? adopted on September 6 and by e|that time county officials will know -| what laws passed by the legislature i I applies to their counties. Guards Maintained At Francisco Mine Princeton, find., i.Aiig. 8--IUPI Close Guard was maintained at the - cooperative Francisco mine near f here today following a midnight at - j I tack 'yesterday. Numerous shots' t were exchanged between union men ► and non-union workers but no one was reported injured. v Constant guard h-< been kept at e the mine as the result of disorder -1 at the Hoosier and Dixie Bee tpines. s! Threats against the’Francisco and II Somervile mines also near here, I have been heard frequently.

assistant. Charles Kipfer. he barely escaped death while his balloon hung high above Switzerland's mountain peaks for more than i day. due to a broken vent. YiJ_ his only apparent concern now is that the wind might carry him Into the Mediterranean. The new gondola, constructed at Brussels, contains many improvements Over the old, looking to the further cojnfort and safety of its occypants. It is built of aluminum. It has been whiteenameled so as to reflect the sun s rays. year Piccard and his assistant suffered terribly from the heat because this precaution had not been taken. Additional portholes, providing an unrestricted view of the bal-loon-bag as well as of the surrounding atmosphere and the earth below, have been built into the I gondola. All apertures have been : made watertight, in the event of a sea landing. Professor Piccard and Max Cosyns, of Brussels, who expects .to accompany him. will carry : parachutes as an additional precaution. A radio receiving and sending apparatus will be in the equipment? Piccard intends to wireless news of his position periodically, and to receive weather information from below. He has no desire, he said, to beat his altitude record of last year. Altitude interests him only in that it takes him into the stratosphere where he hopes to discover something of the secret of the cosmic ray. He believes that it will be necessary for him j to reach about 52,000 feet — the ; altitude he attained before.

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Planning Defense in Smith Reynolds Case t 1 fl A S' i& • I™ jflfe 4 i vw W s ■Sil™ JLfl £*-. 14 fei \ J r 4' Mp -*’• ’. a.- .V. ■ '■ 'Xv W- > v W WWW ■■»■■«■■■■■■■*■■««** Ab Walker (at left I is shown conferring with his attorney. Bailey Liepfert. after he was named in ' indictment for the murder of his former chum. Smith Reynolds. Alfred Holman (right! arriving in M Insl ton Salem. N. where he rushed to prepare defense tor his daughter. Libby Holman Raynolds, who was , named nF joint indictment for the murder of her husband. Smith Reynolds.

FINE PHOGRAM FOR CONCERT Twelve Numbers Will Be Played; Miss Wolfe to Accompany Band — An excellent program has been arranged for the band concert to‘ ( be given here Tuesday evening i under the auspices of Decatur merchants. In addition to the twelce musical numbers to be played by the band. Miss Mildred -W.olfe. musb, cian and radio star of Willshire. | i fill accompany the band. She 1 I will play the xylophone. The concert will be the second of a series of entertainments to] be given during August and Sep-1 tember by Decatur merchants. The local band, composed of for-] mer G. E. band members, is under the direction Os Otis Danner. The program will begin at eight; o'clock and a number of the stores ( will remain open for the conven-] ience of shoppers. Following is the program: March. ‘ Hail, Hail the Gang's] All Here” —Schlabach i March, "New Friendship”—Jewell] Trombone Novelty, Runnin' Wild", —Fillmore Overture. "Western World” —j Chenette March. “lowa Band Law" — King CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o — B. C. TOWNSHIP FARMER DIES i John Hoblet,s6,Died Sunday Morning Following Extended Illness ' John Hablet. 56. Blue Creek town- * ship farmer died at his home eight ; miles southeast of Monroe, Sunday morning at seven o'clock. Death] , was caused by cancer. ’ Mr. Hoblet was a farmer in Blue f Creek township for 30 years. He was born in Mercer County. Ohio, ’ November 20. 1875 a son of Bos- , ton and Mary Hoblet. ! Surviving is the widow, Mrs. 01- , tve E. Hoblet; four children, Vercil Hoblet, Berne; Mrs. Ethel Be- ; bout. Willshite, Ohio; Homer Hoblet, Berne, and Kenneth, at heme] . five brothers and sisters, Benja] 1 min Hoblet, Convoy, Ohio; Mrs. > Mary Tague, Spencerville; Hibbard i Hoblet, William Hoblet and James f Hoblet. Willshire, Ohio. The deceased was a member of c the Union United Brethren church, s iFuueral Services will be held / Tuesday afternoon at 1:30-o'clock , (E.S.T.) at the hdme and at two 1 o’clock (E.S.T.) at the Union U. B. - church with Rev. E. E Bragg offij dating. Burial will be made at '- Rockford. Ohio. r o Pythian listers Will t Hold Tri-County Meet a A Tri-county meeting of the Pyth- j 3 ian Sisters lodge will be held at t Ossian, Wednesday, August 10. Re,p---g resentatlves will be present from , Blackford. Wells and Adams Couna ties. Several members of the local temple are planning to attend.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 8, 1932.

Rev. B. B, Uhl Family Move To Springfield Rev. iB. B. Uhl. retired Lutheran minister, preached the sermon at the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Lutheran church in North Balti j more Ohio Sunday. Rev. Uhl organ izezd the church 35 years ago and wjs its first pastor. He and his family have been living here the past year and today left for Springfield to make their home. — —o THIRTEEN DIE OVER WEEK-END Auto Accidents Claim Nine Lives; One Drown- j ing; A Murder, Suicide — By United Press Violenae took a toll of 13 lives jin Indiana over the week-end, a I United Press survey today revealI ed. i Auto accidents claimed nine of; ! the victims. One person was] I drowned and one committed sui-j | cide. A murder and suicide werei reported at Evansville. • Evansville. Ind.. Aug. 8. —(U.R)—| 'Michael Hayyes, ,52, Hopkinsville.' j Ky, shot and killed his estranged! | wife. Flossie, here after he failed; 'to effect a reconciliation. After, emptying his revolver into the] woman's body he re-loaded and i shot himself to death. Michigan City, Ind., Aug. 8. — ■ I (U.R) —Three persons were killed I and five were injured in a head-' , on collision on the Dunes highway i near here. The dead: Mrs. Joseph ZusmanJ 40, South Bend: her daughter.] Minnie. 22. and Mrs. Charles Ziker. 38, Mishawaka. Bryant Hanbey, 40, Chicago, | driver of one of the autos, was held under technical arrest in a i local hospital, pending a coroner’s ] investigation. Elkhart. Aug. B—(U.R>—A mothi er and her son were killed and two other persons were injured when the auto in which they were riding crashed into the rear of a parked truck near here. Mrs. Robert Patterson, 42. DelCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE O AUTOS CHECKED BYPOLICEMEN State Police And Local Officers Check Cars In Drive “Safety Test” Lieut. Guy Sears, Patrolmen Ed Stone and Harl Hollingsworth of the state police force and local police officials were checking automobiles for traffic violations Sunday night. About 500 cars were checked in this city, and 74 violations were reported. No arrests were made, but another check will be held in the near future and violators who ; fall to have the trouble corrected will probably be arrested, the state policemen announced. The police checked lights, brakes, driver's licenses, and license plates.

MINERS PARADE AT PRINCETON About 2,000 Union Men March In Parade to Fair Grounds For Meeting Indianapolis, Aug. B—(U.R) — Branding recent outbreaks in the Indiana coal fields as “outbreaks of communism", Federal Judge Louis Fitzhenry of Illinois, today continued the petition of the Dixie Bee Coal corporation to convert a restraining order against picketing of the mine into a ternl porary injunction. Fitzhenry said “The entire matter of settling difficulties arising at Indiana mines will be left to the governor." Fitzhenry set September 19 as the date for arraignment of 68 union miners and officials on contempt of court charges. Princeton, Ind.. Aug. B.—(U.R) —| , Approximately 2.000 union coali ] miners from southern Indiana and] ■ Illinois marched in a parade here I today, headed by Thomas B. Mor- | ton, Somervll, who is now free] under a SIO,OOO bond pending an] ' appeal to the supreme court from I his conviction on a charge of • dynamiting at Somerville last] "I fall. ’ Several lands were in the par-i I * ' CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO FINGERPRINTS POINT TO DANA ,i EccentricNephewof Great .Journalist Held In .Jane Merrill Death i Natchez. Miss., Aug. 8. — (U.R) — Bloody fingerprints tentatively . identified as those of tli< hard Dana. I eccentric nephew of the great jourI nalist, Charles A. Dana, may help . authorities solve the strange kill- ; ing of 72 year-old Jane Surget Merrill, once a belle of the old south. Those prints —and the discovery • of a feud over goats owned by Dana's housekeeper, a former society figure—gave authorities what they regarded as something tangible to work on. The killing already has bared to the world twin romances ftt which II the slain woman and the recluse's housekeeper played roles 40 years ago in New Orleans, only to sink into oblivion as the women and the I men of their 'choice retired from the social whirl and settled here. The fingerprints, according to J. E. Chancellor, an expert, were . those of Richard Dana, gifted pianist. heavily bearded recluse who has been known as the “wild man” ]to this community. They were found in the rooms of Glenn Burne, the Merrill estate where the aged spinster was slain. The goats were the property of ’ Octavia Dockery, 60, once pretty ]|and popular daughter of General ‘ Dockery, a girl who spurned so- , clety to become the housekeeper of ] Dick Dana, the man she loved. She Is Dana's guardian now, named at her own request when the eccentric » CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

Fiirnfatord By l aitrd Prraa

CANDIDATES TO DECIDE DATE FOR MEETING Meeting To Name Democratic Candidate for Judge Up To the Candidates COUNTY CHAIRMEN CONFERS WITH MEN The meeting of the Democratic Central committee for i the purpose of selecting a I De m<>c r a t candidate for | judge, will not be held this i week, it was announced last evening by DjU’k Heller, county chairman, after conferences here with 11. M. DeVoss, Henry Heller and others. Mr. Heller is chief clerk in the i legislature and this being the last I week, with night sessions prob able, makes it next to impossible

for him to get away. The session must'close next Monday and adjournment may be taken sooner, There seems to be no question that the nomination does not have to be certified longer than sixty days prior to tire November election and since there is no method for delegating authority from the county chairman, the meeting cannot be lield until Mr. Heller conies home and completes arrangements. His formal call will be made as soon as possible. In the meantime he has asked Mr. DeVoss and Mr. Heller, who CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

NEW CAMP IS ESTABLISHED Band of 262 Bonus Marchers Lease Camp on Old Gettysburg Field National Camp. Gettysburg. Pa, Aug. 8. — (U.R) — The “left wing” ’ embers of the bonus army were en- | camped today on the battlefield .where North and South fought the I crucial battle of the Civil war. This small group of 262 standI patters'broke from the leadership |of W. W. Waters, national cornI mander of the B. E. F, and refused ]to disiband. The Gettysburg colony will be the basis of a new Ismjus army to march on Washington I next December when congress reI convenes, according to present plans. "We are well fixed here,” Elvin J. Munce. Portland. Ore, camp commander, told the United Press. "We | have leased this camp site for an indefinite period and are going to stay here until congress meets again. “Meantime we have leased another site nearby to accommodate 300 additional men. Watch us ■ grow and return to Washington. "We have shower baths and all sanitary accommodations,” Munce said. “Our exact count today is 247 men, seven women and eight children, everyone of them is clean and well fed.” The national camp was policed by men of the B. E. F. No stragglers were allowed to leave and enter the business section of the town. There has been plenty of food at CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX CHAPINTAKES OFFICE TODAY New Commerce Secretary Pleads For Effort to Restore Better Times » ————— Washington, Aug. B—(UP)—8 —(UP)— A I iplea for united effort toward the ’ return of better times was made to- > day by Roy D. Chapin when he , assumed office as secretary of com--1 merce. Chapin was sworn into office, f succeeding Robert I. Lamont, who r resigned last week in a brief cere--1 mony at the secretary's office in - the New Department of commerce f building. 3 Only a few attaches of the departt ment were present. The oath was ? administered iby Edward Liblbey, CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

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'Spanish American Vets | To Hold Annual Reunion Members of the 160th Indiana I Volunteer Infantry, Spanisn American Veterans, will be guests of ■'Company 1” at a reunion to be I held In Tipton, Sunday, August 14. There are about 860 of the 1300 men who served, still living. Glen Griswold of Peru will be the speaker. A good dinner is assured those who attend. JAP ADVANCE CAUSES WORRY IN WASHINGTON Invasion of Japanese In Peiping Area Considered Delicate Problem TR()OI*S GATHER ON MANY FRONTS Washington, Aug. 8 — (UP) — Threat of a Japanese advance into the Peiping area is causing fear and apprehension in the Legislation 1 quarter of the ancient Chinese capi- ' tai, it was reliably reported today in advices reaching Washington. Foreign diplomats in Peiping are 1 discussing the dangerous interna- ‘ tional situation that might be brought about should the Japanese ' legation guard there be ordered in- ' to service against the Chinese out--1 side the city. They are alarmed too, lest Jap--1 anese forces, advancing from Peip- ’ ing should be driven back, fighting into the city. The situation is considered pir-

ticularly delicate from the American standpoint. Col. R. C. Hooker, commandant of the American Mar-j ine legation guard. Is the senior for-, eign officer. As such, custom might I make him comander of the entire | foreign forces in an emergency. Since the legation quarter of Pei-: ping was beseiged by the “Boxers" early in the century, nearly all foreign powers have stationed troops their to guard their diplomats. The United States has about 500 marines. Reasons for apprehension among! foreign diplomats are reliably summarized thus; Heavy Japanese troops concern' nations have been reported in; southern Manchuria, southeast of: Peiping, and also along the Man-; churian Jehol border. If these troops should advance toward Pei- : CONTINUED OX PAGE FIVE '

Congressmen With Relatives On Government Payroll Being Retired

Washington. Aug. B—(U.R) —Con-1 gressmen who carry relatives on I the government payroll are being retired at a rapid rate. At least 23 have fallen by the wayside thus far. Fifteen were defeated for renomination by their own parties. Eight saw the handwriting on the wall or for other reasons retired without attempting to come back. Numerous others are due for retirement, as barely half of the states have held their congressional nominating primaries. All survivors must run the gauntlets of the voters in the general elections in November. The casualty list spread over more than a dozen states. It reaches into every section, including North Dakota, Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana, Pennsylvania and several other states. Minnesota turned up four casualties, Mis-* souri three. The issue arising from the widespread existence of the family payroll racket has figured in numerous congressional contests since the house payroll records were throws open to public inspection as a result of United Press dispatches last spring reporting the fact that more than 100 members of congress were supporting on the government pay- . roll, wives, daughters, sons and in-laws, some of whom never ap- . peared in Washington. One of the hardest fights occurred in Tennessee. Rep. J. Ridley Mitchell, Dem, has just been re- ] nominated by a close vote. He introduced a Mil in congress last i spring to abolish nepotism and to punish it by dismissal. By a close vote, which may be contested, he defeated Rep. Ewin L. Davis. Dem, who was charged with hav--1 Ing sent two daughters to college ’ while carrying them on the congressional payroll, Davis is a

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MEASURE WIL BECOME LAW IF NOTRECALLED Senate Has Chance to Recall It; Would Be Law Without Signature NEW SALARY CUT BILL INTRODUCED Indianapolis. Aug. 8. (U.R>—i Gov. Harry G. Leslie an- | nounced this afternoon that :he will not veto the bill setting $1.50 as the maximum tax levy per SIOO of assessed valuation in Indiana. Thus it became assured that unless the effort to be staged in the Senate later this afternoon to have the bill recalled succeeded it would become a law at midnight tonight. “I told the legislators that the, bill would not meet with my approval," said. "I will not sign it; it will lie on my desk until midnight tonight at which time, unless the authors have recalled it, it will become a law.” Indianapolis, Aug. B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —The much debated $1.50 tax limitation ■ bill passed by both houses of the ' legislature had not been signed Ikj- Gov. Harry G. Leslie by noon. • today. Technical expiration of the 3 day limit for the governor’s signature was at 10:40 am. today. ; An unofficial ruling from the office of Attorney General James M. Ogden, however, held the sig-

nature would be valid if affixed before midnight. It was believed the governor j would withhold his signature to I afford the senate an opportunity i to recall it. New Salary Cut Bill Indianapolis. Aug. B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —Morn than $8,700,000 would be cut" from the $50,000,000 public payroll of Indiana in the salary bill, as revised by a sipecial senate comCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE o Phi Delta Kappa Will Meet Tonight The Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity , will have an important meeting at ; the Phi Delt Hall, tonight at 8 o’I clock. Mem'bers of the Celina,-Ohio . chapter will be guests. Pledge serj vices and initiatory work will be 1 conducted.

I brother of Norman Davis, a memI ber of the American Geneva disarmament delegation. Under the reapportionment act, the districts of Davis and Mitchell were merged. They fought it out with odds strongly favoring Davis until ths vote was counted. The most striking upset due tq the issue of nepotism was the defeat of Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Repn, lowa. In Oklahoma Rep. Swank, Dem, who has had his wife on his (payroll, squeazed through by a handful of votes on a recount after the first count favored his opponent, O. B. Motheread, who stressed the family payroll issue. In Texas, Rep. Williams. Dem , who has had relatives on both of his clerkships retired just before the primary in face of a bitter fight in which the nepotism issue was being pressed. Rep. Christgau, Repn, Minn., who was defeated for renomination, not only carried relatives on both of his payroll berths but listed his wife under her maiden name. Congressmen defeated for re- . nomination who have or recently have had relatives on their official i payrolls are: Burtness, Repn, N. • D.; Barton. Dem, Mo; Chindblom, I Repn, Ill; Christgau, Repn, Minn; . Davis, Dem, Tenn; Villen. Dem. Ind; Goodwin, Repn, Minn; Hall. - Repn, S, D; Kuntz, Dem, III; r Maas, Repn, Minn; Magrady, - Repn, Pa; Nelson, Dem, Mo; j Romjue, Dem, Mo; Norton. Dem., t Neb; Yon. Dem.. Fla. > Congressmen retiring voluntar--3 ily who have or recently had rela- » tives on the payroll are: Brand, , Repn.. O; Clague, Repn, Minn; - Gilbert, Dem, Ky; Larsen, Dem, j Ga; Wingo, Dem. Ark; Williams, - Dem, Tex; Wright, Dem., Ga; x Stull, Repn, Pa.