Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1932 — Page 1

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' lIOOSEYELT" ?’|[HEEJST — — * iK. Republican I’roHon Stand As "EvasKe And Timid” ih OSI’LEA I’OR "mW; P TEMPERANCE JB i. y. ,J„ Aug. 27.— TWvrniklin !’■ Roosevelt camomM ~,;, hC net Republican ■v; with a V Igorous apSM? r ••true temperance Kjte right', attacking at Oa ß-, ’ ! ' r Inhibition ; (IK, of -he Republican » VKjdJ it< candidates for ■lHei't and Vn--President. •I il-li-an prohi hmdsigla." "evas- ; fearful. .iii'l "timid." "ti lri q r j tn the prohibition Democratic party 48. which he called ( and hontest." is direct attacks leadership of President ■. tus opponHU for the highthe nation, by contrast-■j|»lrsm:m-hip'' and "fore- < (■.. Weiidrow Wilson, former jersey, with what ’ the ■ hindsight" of "our ’ SHy.« Y-ik governor declar President Hoover, in his speeili deliberately at- , misrepresent the prolii■1?.,.i l s.-s of the Democratic , tailing Io protect "dry Republicans, he said, had j ine principles for i ■ ■jd dtt.-inptn.c congeal ; 3by the of pussycat ' j ■ • laughed at the a,IJ running mate. , B Curtis, whose bethe question h. the Repubwith one foot on a wet one t-s-t on a dry horse. the party tried to win , < state in 19JO. of the voters to that stunt.' he said, would be k pw-ple may differ as • !c >iii■ :pie of prohibition, nat state, they all will agree temporizing and insincere ■ is disastrous not only to the 5 ■"( prohibition but to that of as well. < BB" Present b-.ul- Tslnp stands _|Bt«l nt ac-nipting to evade this issue. The lionwill. 1 know, honor more wet than the shifty the four-square dry to wet. AU will join in a fearful and timid j of evasion." Roos,oell'S address was in the midst of a terri■levoted to Alfred E. Smith, he defeated tor the DemoHumiliation for the presi- , Sn| i'li partisans, it had been z Khl. still were resentful over All, however, have an- ! p ’' their support of the Demo- - ticket in November, and all, I^B* li C Prank Hague, New Jerleader who led the against Uooseve't, have an ■ ed their persona! support of candidate. ■was in such an atmosphere, ■"* the spot where Alfred E. ■ opened his sensational cam of 1928 against Herbert e Hoover, that the governor Turk opened his eastern ■'"* campaign for the office lost. upon a time an orator who |^W>escribin K the scenery of his ■ remarked that in the north it and that in the al classic description reminds the Republican national tic- ’ year--'high and dry' at one ■ nd at ’he other end increasing In 11 States ■ Agree To Moratorium Aug. 27 — (UP) — Frank Forte of the home ■ nil b ard announced today banking authorities of es alri> ady have formally no’■l ll ‘ m ° ( lheir wll Hngness to e in the proposed 6ti day «norium on foreclosure of mort-

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High School Students Register Next Week' — Registration of high scljool pupils may be made all next week, Principal W. Guy Brown annoum- ] ed today. The high school office will remain open from 9 to 12 o'clock in the morning and all-day Saturday. Students expecting to attend school this year are asked to get their class schedules and call at the office for locker keys. SISTERS HERE FOR OPENING OF SEMESTER Stall of Teachers in Catholic Schools Announced; Only One Change STAFF COMPRISES THIRTEEN SISTERS The teaching staff in St. Joseph’s Catholic grade school and In the Decatur Catholic high school was J announced today. School will open September 6th l for the fall semester and a staff of 13 Catholic Sisters, members of the; Order of St. Agnes will be the instructors in the grade and high! school departments. Only one change was made in the, teaching staff this year. Sister M 1 I.aniberta, taking the place of | Sister Maty Therese. who is at tending normal school this year. The Sisters and the grades they will teach are: Sister M. Helene, first; Sister M. Henrita. second; Sister M. Dominica. third; Sister M. Laurita. fourth; Sister M. Angelas, fifth; I Sister M. Letitia, sixth; Sister M Winifred, sevunlh; Sister M. Lam berta, eighth. Sister M. Vera is principal of the I school and also teaches in the high school. Other high school teachers are: Sister M. Helen Claire; Sister M. Berigna; Sister M. Regina; Sister M. Edwardine. music. It is expected that the enrollment will exceed 409 this year, the enrollment in the high school being more than 100. Pupils who wish to enroll in the music department may do so next week. o YOUTH DIES OF PERITONITIS Lavon Becker. 18, Dies at Local Hospital Following Week’s Illness Lavon Becker, IS year old son of Mr and Mrs. John Becker of near Willshire, Ohio, and former residents of Adams county, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 1:20 o’clock Saturday morning. Death was due to peritonitis. The young man had been attending the Northern School of Commerce at Lima, 0.. when he suffered an attack of appendicitis. He endeavored to remain in school until the vacation period. The appendix burst and peritonitis developed. The deceased was born in Adams county. December 14. 191.1, thp son of Mr. and Mrs. John Becker. The young man resided in Adams county for 10 years, moving to Willshire last February. He was a member of the Lutheran church at Chattanooga. Surviving are the parents, and one brother, Vernon, at home. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon and at 2:30 o’clock from the Lutheran church at Chattanooga. The Rev. Carl Yahl will officiate at the services, and burial will be made in the Chattanooga cemetery. —,, —, 0 — Musical Troop To Entertain Visitors An old time musical program will be given Tuesday evening in this city by an organization of clog dancers, yodelers and violin players from Bluffton. There will be seven members in the troop and the program is given as one of the features provided by Decatur merchants for the entertainment of visitors. The program will begin at. eight o’clock aud the public is invited to attend.

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Striking Miners Retreat i sSe' -,ss rrss? ' I ’’ " " W '''•■• y?ar- ? 1 ft'' ■ Iwi * I -WWiff b jL. i Sr A * ' A i ’aV nV ♦ With the strike of the coal miners in protest against the $5-a-day wage scale broken up, the thousands of discontented men from whom great trouble was feared in the Illinois fields, returned to their homes, ! and peace reigns. This picture, taken at Coulterville, 111 , shows state police directing strikers out of town.

KRENN WAIVES 'I ESTATE SHARE . Business Partner of Mrs. McCormick’s Will Not Accept Interest Chicago, Aug. 27 —(UP) — The I Chicago Tribune said t day th it (under provisions of Mrs. tMtth Rockefeller McCormick’s last will approximately five-twelfths of her estate would be left to her friend and business adviser, Edwin Krenn. The Tribune, owned largely by members of the McCormick family said the will, not yet filed, provides’ that four-twelfths of the estate go to Mrs. Elisha Dyer Hubbard, a daughter; two twelfths to Mrs. ' Max Oser, another daughter; and the remaining one-twelfth to Mrs. McCormicks son, Fowler, who was married last year to Mrs. Anne (Fifi) Stillman. "But" said the Tribune, “Mr. i Krenn has elected to waive his i | share of the estate, it was learned.” J An ann uncement to this effect ; was made last night by Edward I Dato, Krenn’s partner in the real I estate firm of Krenn and Dtto. Dato ■'said Krenn had renounced all claims to the estate and the firm in lieu of a $2,000 monthly income for life, guaranteed to him by Dato. ! Under this agreement, the newsf paper pointed out. the five-twelfths 1 of the estite left to Krenn will come under Dato's control and I gives him control for the present of I the estate as well as of the real , state firm and the Edith Rockefeller McCormick trust, of which he Krenn and Mrs. McCormick were I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO _O_ - GARNER ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION I Democratic Vice President tial Candidate Accepts Nomination In Letter k Washington Aug. 27 — (UP) — I Blame for the depression is heaped on the Republican Party by speaker : John N. Garner in a letter formally . accepting the democratic nominai ti n for vice-president. The speaker accused the adminI Istration of failing to meet the I emergency "courageously at jts ini ception". He said the "temporary measures offered by the administration have not been adequate to insure anything approaching general relief, 4 ' ■ ’ He also defended the record of the hi-use under his leadership; re- ' affirmed his stand for appeal of the 1 18th amendment and return of li- ' quor control to the slates, opposed 1 War debt cmediation; and promis--1 ed a reduction in federal expenses 1 under a democratic administration. ’ Garner dispensed entirely with the usual notification ceremonies. Instead, he made his acceptance 1 "sDeech"ina letter to Senator Birk- ’ ON PAGE SIX

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 27, 1932.

Eire Department Makes Two Calls The loeal fire department answer ed two calls in the city today. The ; first fire occurred at 10 o’clock this ■ I morning when a grass fire on North | Tenth street was repirted. The department was called to the Decatur Foundry and Machine Com- 1 pany on Elm street at 1 o’clock. this afternoon where a short in the i electric light line caused a small . flfie. Hunt Assured of First Place in Race, i I Akron, O„ Aug. 27 — (U.R) —Ray , ■I Hunt of Norman. Okla., virtually ■ was assured of first place in the' if Cord Cup Derby race today when | Jhe led the 60 derlA flyers into) H Akron after the dash from Cin-1 J einnati. John N. Hardesty of, [ ■ Taft, Calif., was second to land.' | After luncheon the pilots will take . off in the final lap to the National ( Air races at Cleveland. TO INVESTIGATE PRINTING JOB I i 'i — U. S. District Attorney Receives Testimony In Printing Investigation II Indianapolis, Aug. 27.—<U.R> —Evi- ', dence procured by the special in- !' vestigating committee of the House 'of Representatives in the recent 1 special legislative session regarding the printing of 2.000,000 auto drivers’ licenses in 1929 when Otto jFifie'd, Crown Point, was seere|tary of state, was submitted today [to U. S. District Attorney George .Jeffrey for investigation by the ' federal grand jury. I When the committee reported i back to the assembly, the minority report which called for further investigation by federal authorities with the aid of the attorney general of Indiana was adopted. The ma- , jority report, intended to exonerate Fitield, was voted down. Statements received by the committee allege that the contract, let for $82,000 to the Olhaver and Burkhart Co., Aurora, 111., was sub-let to the Haywood Publishing Co., La- ’ fayette, Ind., The iHuywood Company, it was charged, printed the licenses for SIO,OOO. Appearing before the committee. Fitield related that the contract ’ had been let to the Illinois firm but ■ denied knowledge that the Lafay- ■ ette firm was prepared to do the ■ printing for less. i! William T. Cosgrove, deputy state I auditor, was one of the chief wit- | loesses. He testified that two 'lchecks were drawn tor payment of ■ | the printing. One. he said, was for ■i $40,000, the other for $42,000. Cos•grove told the committee that the voucher for the $42,000 had been jlost. This was called to his attention. he testified, when government , I representatives asked to see the i'voucher early this year. Bank employes testified that a > draft for SIO,OOO, obtained when . the state paid the Aurora, 111., print- *” CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

FEAR SPREADS IN MINE ZONE Report That New Army of Strikers Was Forming Spreads Terror in Area Zeigler, 111., Aug. 27.—(U.R)- -The i shooting of a mine examiner, ex- | pulsion from the union of 20 men, • and reports that a new army of i strikers was forming for another i attempt to picket local pits spread [excitement and terror over Franklin county coal fields today. | Frank Moulin, examiner for the l No. 2 Zeigler mine, was shot last I night while standing in his front [yard. Two men fired at him as | they drove past in an automobile. • A charge of buckshot struck him in the arm. Physicians said he i would recover. Authorities were not certain that jthe shooting was connected with Ithe labor trouble which have kept j (the coal regions in an uproar for 1 days, but believed that it was. Tlie incident added to the excite[ment aroused earlier in the day [when the 20 local men were put out lof the union for leading a revolt i last week. Also, there was the constant fear that miners from northern counties would form a new protest march and possibly bring about another battle such as that in which several persons were wounded early this week at nearby Mulkeytown. Reports from Benton. Taylorville, and Gillespie were that the new march was being planned secretly. Tlie plan, it was ssid, was to bring only a small group this CONTINUED ON F’AGE TWO UTILITIES LEAD IN STUCK RISE Trading Was Active Today And Prices Rise; Shares Over 2 Million New York, Aug. 27 <U.R)—Utility shares today led the stock market into new high ground for the recovery that got under way July 8. Gains ranging to more than 4 points were recorded in tlie utilities and other divisions followed at a lighter pace. Trading was active from the outset when blocks of 1,000 to 8.900 shares were turned over as overnight buying orders were executed. Overshadowing the soaring stock market was the cotton market where futures were whirled u > to gains of more than $2.50 a bale. All positions were well above the 9-cent a pound level and some of the far positions were nearing the 10-cent level. Improvement In tlie textile industry together witn weevil devastation provided the stimulus for the rise. Wheat also scored wide gains, aiding other I CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX

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NO WORD FROM I’ NORWAY FLYERS ■ CAUSES ALARM | 1 Fate of Lee and Bochkon, , I Bound For Oslo, Uncer- ; tain; May Be Down GAS SUPPLY WOULD ] BE EXHAUSTED t London, Aug. 27 —(UP)-- 'Flying fields in England and Norway that. I burned flares and beacons all night; I long, reported no word today from ' the Trans - Atlantic monoplane- " Green M untain Boy,’ 1 flown by; two young American bachelors. The plane’s fuel supply was long | since exhausted, and it was feared I that its pilots. Clyde Allen Lee and John Bochkon, who took off from Harlbor Grace at 5:01 A. M. (EST) Thursday, had been forced |l down at sea. The two carried fuel to keep them in the air 37 hours. That deadline was passed early last night. Continue Flight 11 Port Menier, Anticosti'lsland Aug! 27—(UP) -Col. George R. Hutchinson and his "flying family' ’hoped to resume their air jaunt to Europe today in thier 10 passenger Sikor-1 1 sky Amphibian. 1< They were to fly from Antocosti > to Hopedale, Labrador, before pro- ] feeding to Greenland and Iceland ( I enroute to Europe. , Oslo Watches Oslo, Norway, Aug. 27—(UP) —A < Crowd of several hundred waited all , last night at Kjeller airdrome, i though airdrome officials expressed l ; » | CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Ollie Davis Named Adjutant of Legion Indianapolis, Aug. 27—(U.R) —Re- : appointment of Ollie Davis of Tipton as adjutant of the Indiana 1 American Legion was announced hete today by William O. Nelson ' of Anderson, commander elect of i ti e state department. Harry Hail i was named state service officer, t The appointments are subject I to approval of the state executive department scheduled to meet ’ here October 2. o I BUSINESS MEN PLAN PROGRAM 1 ~ To Rout Depression And Provide Jobs Is Purpose Os Hoover Committee . i Washington. Aug. 27 (U.R) —A | general staff composed of leading 1 financiers, industrialists and heads i of powerful government agencies ( will direct the business improvement offensive launched at President Hoover's conference. The general staff is the central committee of banking and Indus- | trial committees of the 12 federal ( reserve districts. Henry M. Robinson. Los Angeles banker and ] close advisor of Mr. Hoover, is . chairman of the central commit- ] tee. The central body will coordinate and stimulate the work of the business expansion committees operating in each reserve district. , It will seek to bring to maximum effectiveness the policies and operations of the powerful federal reserve system, the $3,000,000,om) reconstruction corporation and the new home loan bank system. • Six special sub-committees will • work under the central group. Each is charged with a specific objective in the drive toward better i times. These objectives and the ■ chairmen of the special commitI tees are: I—Expeditingl—Expediting the- flow of credit 1 to business — Owen D. Young, > chairman of General Electric comi pany. > 2 'Stimulating railroad expenditures for maintenance and equip- ; ment—Daniel Willard, president, - Baltimore & Ohio, and George H. > Houston, president, Baldwin lajco- . motive works. • 3 —lncreasing industrial expenr ditures for replacement ami mod- ; ernization of factories A. W Robt ertson. president, Westinghouse i Electric company. j 4 Increasing employment bv > dividing Joi* among more workr ers—Walter C. Teagle president, •"•"CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX

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Sister Mary Grace Is Named Sister Superior Sister Mary Grace, formerly Miss Katherine Holtliouse of this city, has been named Sister Superior of the Sister's home and school at Beloit, Wis. The promotion was given her about 10 days ago and she has taken up her new duties. Sister Mary Grace who is a member of the Cathc-lic order of Sisters of St. Agnes, joined the order aibout IS years ago and for a number of years was stationed at Victoria, Kansas. She is a sister of L. A. Holthouse of this city and is known to a host of people In this community. o '■ PICKET LINES TIGHTENED IN TWO STATES lowa and Nebraska Farm-; ers Concentrate Strike Effort on Milk Trucks GROUPS IN TWO STATES ORGANIZE Omaha, Neb., Aug. 27.— (U.R) — lowa and Nebraska farmers tightened picket lines on highways leading to the Omaha and Council Bluffs market centers today in a determined effort to increase commodity prices. The strikers concentrated their i strike on milk trucks to cause a serious shortage of milk and cream. One of the largest dairies here was forced to ship its products by rail from Dubuque, 350 miles away. All trucks attempting to reach Council Bluffs, la., across the Missouri river from here, had been ' stopped The city was cut off from its sources of live stock, produce and dairy products. Steps were being taken to isolate Omaha from the rural sections. Court action was expected to develop today from the first casualty in the strikers’ ranks. A 24-year-old farmer, Raymond Miller, was seriously injured when he sought to halt a speeding live stock truck. He was thrown from the motor when guards kicked him loose. The picketers threatened to file charges against the driver whose identity, they said, was known to them. The campaign against milk trucks came after the Nebraskalowa cooperative milk producers and distributors met hut failed to reach an agreement increasing milk I'rices by 45 per cent. The strike at Sioux City so far has resulted in a new scale of $1.90 a hundred weight for milk testing 3.5 per cent butterfat. With the new scale, farmers there were expected to allow a resumption of milk traffic. John Fletcher, attorney general of lowa, so far has not given an opinion on whether Sheriff Percy laxinson of Pottawatomi county could place deputies among the strikers. The deputies ostensibly would be there to enforce order, but strikers asked for their presence in the belief (hat the sight of badges would make blockade runners more willing to stop when tlie pickets attempted to parley with them. Authorities said they no longer CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX o Jacob Bartlett To Hold Auction Sale Col. Roy Johnson today announced the first general farm sale of the season to be lield September 12th by Jacob Bartlett, two miles east of Decatur. Mr. Bartlett is arranging to move to Angola and will sell at auction his live stock, farming implements, crops in the field and other personal property. At the same time he will offer for sale one acre of ground on which a neat cottage was recently remodelled from tn old brick school house, located at the east end of the Bartlett farm. —'■ o New York Legion Demands Payment New York Aug. 27—(UP) —The New Yoi*k department of the American Legiin today demanded immediate payment of the soldier's i b. nus in a stormy session of Its' annual state convention here. It likewise approved resolutions calling for the repeal of the 18th ameudment aud immediate modification of the Volstead act.

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MILTON WERLING BRINGS MAN TO DECATUR JAIL Gives Name of Clarence Wilson; Says He Murdered Richmond Couple BELIEVED INSANE; WAS HITCH-HIKING (’.larencu Irvin Wilson, IX, elaiming Richmond, Indiana, as his home, is being held in jail here, pending ;m investigation of his confession of a series of crimes including burglary, banditry, rape and murder. Oflicers believe he is demented although he insists on the truth of his stories, and other than nervousness gives no signs of insanity. He was picked up last evening north of Monmouth, by County Clerk Milton Werllng, who waa returning from Fort Wayne and noticed the man waving for a ride. As he got in the car, Werling searched him for a gun and the youth immediately became very nervous and started to get out of the car. Werling pulled him back and urged him to tell ills story, adding that he might be able to aid him. Wilson said he had robbed a residence at Richmond and when Werling doubted that story as the cause of his fright, the lad ' broke down and admitted there was more. The boy said that several months ago he assaulted a little girl at Marion, and a few weeks ago, lie and two companions, “John Rice" and "Freddie Fredericks" 1 held up a car at Richmond, murdered the man, Clarence Boger, assaulted his wife ami then muroesed her. He says they took the bodies to Earlham cemetery, four miles east of Richmond, buried them in a new grave, replaced the dirt and the wreaths, took Boger's car and drove to Fort Wayn“. They went from there to Buffalo he says, where the other men gave him the slip. He finally worked his way back to Fort Wayne and was trying to get to Richmond, and said he "was desirous of getting the affair off his mind by telling officers his story." Arriving here Mr. Werling took: the man to the county clerk’s office and summoned Chief Sep'a Melchi, to whom the young man told the same story. Richmond police when called said that* while the streets and addresses were correct, they could not or the Wilson boy and were inclined to believe the youth had escaped from an insane hospital. Further investigations are being made there and at Marion, while the youth is held here. Wilson says they got $1.50 from the man they murdered at Richmond. He was fairly well dressed and was smoking a cigar when picked up by Mr. Werling. WATSON OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN U. S. Senator Seeking ReElection Speaks At Winona Lake Winona Lake. Ind., Aug. 27. —(U.R) —Defense of the Smoot-Hawley tariff act and opposition to a movement for an international tariff congress were expressed by Senator Janies E. Watson as he launched his campaign for re-election at the second district Republican ra’.- * ly here. "Internqtional bankers who have financed loans to foreign countries are now seeking a tariff congress to lower the United States tariff rates,” Watson said. “In this manner they hope foreign countries may sell enough produce here to pay their debts. Why should we lower our tariffs simply to pay these obligations?” The Home Loan bank bill, passed during the recent session ot congress, occupied the spolight intermittently throughout the day as [early speakers lauded the work of 'Senator Watson in enacting the > measure. Senator Watson took no stand on i' prohibition. i More than 1,000 persons, includ- • ing G. O. P. leaders from throughout the state, attended the rally.