Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1932 — Page 1

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(insull, JR. fSTRIPIS ST HOLIDAY Head Arrives In Kpuoi: To Baris Hiis Afternoon Bries move: Kiieah r \PH)IA ■pool- Entf.. OH. 3 ■j |V and «nd his trip! (I Illlli.klV thill v_ "ith ■Enon of the Insull oniv h\ coiiici Ki t ~,k thr bout train Khi.,ll. He planne.l to to Paris to join his mother this afterIsaid be had promised not s the affairs of the Insull « during his European Push Inquiries a Oct. 3 — (U.R>— State nt inquiries in the colthe Insull utilities moved with indications ■ tatrS Att-rm John A a county erand jury. would be studying the picture shortly. M interest centered on es- ■ ■ Io ol>voluntary c rorn to Amer (■j. v - and fnim France and the Martin J from Canada. has asked each to come ■igo to aid in clarifying dealings which pre■tb billion dollar crash. ■ .... has met his believed likely, however. Jr, son of the 73■t op.-ed • iities magnate, ■he hack in Chicago quickly, ■wire also was asked ley ■ District Judge Walter C. in whose court the federand bankruptcy ■liras of the defunct Insull ar» proceeding. handle app<-d by lack ■‘ io carry on an extensive ■f npr< >• J determination ■ r extradition proceedings ■ the I.ns-.'l brothers if nec-l —- —-o— fcssioners Hold ■ Regular Meeting ■ county commissioners met ■° rp Suiar session and allow- ■ during the morning. The Jot the state highway commis- ■ 11)11 right of ways on state ■ ind state road 27 will be ■ Tuesday, the board anwas held tills after■idi the commissioners and ■**»* trustee of Wabash reßalive 10 peying of a ■»r * patient at the Adams J Memorial hospital. An ■-m was reached and trans- ■ ltlf patient will be made SatlISH CLUB WORK FRIDAY I Chib Work For The f Will Conclude With I Meeting Friday I’ H club work for this year [* fon <’liided with a meeting F l ' e Friday evening, October F meeting will be held at 7:30 I )n the room above the MoPchery. Ftosttations by the girls [ ’to be the feature of the proI Jamium awards will be L th ’' ery ' H clu b members Li‘. * ho wo “ oue <l»y state hni The chib and 1 »lso be distributed al this F femonstratlons to be given «i»h. » M " nro * tw P. "wasili"pJ? ' I ' orene Rich and Esi Sai. *’ Poot ( wp -> "canning", rsun? 4 “' t lieihold; 3 ‘»P.. "I lain seams , Ruth twn " d Ila '’ K « tle Reef; iHartlu/”e , patt6ru alteration", JoiMdS,".. BW * pßrn . "P-. set. on patch”, Alice Marv n<l Pollyanna Lehman; I” Rus’L'* 1 *” *>ut a illen mary Itay an<J Kathryn

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John Engle Reported Greatly Improved John Engle, who was injured Friday night in an accident at Fort Wayne, was to be brought to his home near Decatur this afternoon I from the Methodist hospital at* Fort Wayne, where he has been confined since the accident. Reports today stated that Engle's condition is greatly improved. X-ray pictures failed to disclose any fracture of the skull. An infection has developed in one eye but it is believed this condition has been halted. Engle was injured when the car he was driving, owned by his father, William Engle, crashed head-on into a tree. HOLY MISSION OPENED SUNDAY First Week of Session For Women: Men’s Mission To Open Sunday The Holy Mission opened at the: St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday, special services being held at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. The first week of the mission is for the women of the congregation. The men’s mission will open next Sunday and anurouncement was made that several days would be ■ devoted to a mission for the child-, ren. A mission mass will be held at ■ six o'clock each morning, a short’! discc-urse being given by the Mis j sionary priests following the mass. Following the regular 7:30 o’clock' ' mass religious instructions will be I given by the Missionaries. ' The evening services consist of ! the reciting of the rosary, sermon ’ and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The bells will toll at the 1 conclusion of the services each evening, during which time a prayer . will be recited foe Mie spiritual suc- - cess of the mission Rev. Father Ernest Otto ami Rev. | . Father Cyril. Franciscan missionar-, ’ les from Cincinnati will conduct the • . mission. Father Cyril had charge of ■■ ■ the opening services Sunday and de-1 i Hvered the sermon last evening and I at the masses this morning. COMMITTEES MEETTONIGHT , Complete Plans For McNutt Rally at Democratic Headquarters » All committees for the McNutt ' rally Wednesday evening will ' meet tonight at Democratic head- ‘ quarters to check up on details ’ and to complete plans for the event. A reception brigade of ’ five or six cars will meet Col. Paul 1 McNutt, gubernatorial candidate 1 and party at Ossian at 4:15 o'clock 1 Wednesday afternoon. They will 1 come from Columbia City where 1 an afternoon meeting will be held and will arrive here about five o’clock. Dinner will be served to the guests, plans for which are being made by Norbert Holthouse and bis committee. Tile parade will form on Marshall * street north of the Elk’s home at 7:30 and will start about eight o’clock, marching south down Second to Adams, then west to Third, , north to Monroe and west to the auditorium. State Cnairman R. Earl Peters, who is in New York City today, stated that if he could gel back r in time he will come here for the t meeting. Others who will be in r the party will be Judge Fansler of I Ixigansport; Frank McHale, form- ■ er state commander of the Legion: Pleas Greenlee, Marshall Williams. i secretary of the state committee, - J. I. Farley, candidate for con--9 congress; Mrs. Hazel Luckey, 9 Wolf Lake, vice-chairman fourth 9 district; Virgil Simmons, Bluffton. 1 district chairman and a num iter of ■ others. ] CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE ’ Fort Wayne Group To Meet Friday t The Fort Wayne Orc-up of the • Woman’s Missionary Associations -of the United Brethren Churches : will meet for an all day institute 9 in the Calvary,Church. Fort Wayne ; Friday. Mrs. Carlton C. Yund of I*i fayette, a daughter of Dr. Charles 1 J. Roberts of this city, is one of the institute speakers.

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World Series Crowds Hail Roosevelt ... .. ■> <&■:.... .^ |r ■■.,-■■ »>-■- X-J -* <- Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt rode through lanes of cheering men and women Saturday to Wrigley j Field in Chicago where 50.000 fans greeted him with a wild demonstration as he took his seat in a box. I The governor is shown bere~as he tossed out the first ball to start the game. At the left is Mayor Cermak j ! and at right is James Roosevelt, the governor's son

GOV. ROOSEVELT RETURNS HOME — Arrives In Albany Today; Urges Lehman For New York Governor Albany, N. Y. Oct. 3 —(UP)— Governor Franklin D Roosevelt came home today from a PrrridenI tial campaign tour to line up with Jhffe rid friend and rival. Alfred E ( j Smith, in a fight to force Tammany i j Had to nominate Herbert H. Leh ( : man for Governor. Roosevelt was confident he would be elected in November. "How did it go Governor", a spec-1 tator shouted as his train pulled j into the Union station. "Well, I euess I brought home) the Bacon," he said. ■Lehman, a jew is Roosevelt’s lieutenant governor. He has supported financially and otherwise many campaigns in which Smith, was the , spearhead. However, he supported Roosevelet against Smith in the Chicago, convention contrary to Tammany Hall orders. Mayor Joseph Vincent McKee of New York : did the same I Taimmany ‘Hall ostensibly, is <>p- . posing liehman and urging the nom ! dination of John Boyd Thacher of . Albany as punishment for Lehman's f acti n at Chicago, despite the fact I that Smith also wants LeHnman > nominated. There are other, better reasons 1 for Tammanys opposition. continued on page three I o SEVEN BODIES ARE RECOVERED I ■ t Continue Search For Others Thought Victims Os Cloudburst Techachapi. Calif.. Oct 3. (U.R) Bodies of more than a score of j persons believed certain victims of , a cloudburst which turned tlie , deep, rocky canyons of the Tehacf hapi divide into raging torrents were sought under clearing skies today. A renewal of the storm, fcar- ’ some in intensity but failing to repeat the damage of Friday's rain when four and one half inches fell J in an hour, hindered work yesterday. f Cruelly mangled, the bodies of seven dend rested today In Bakers- . field mortuaries. Four outers were known to be dead, and 10 were listed definitely as missing. Railroad and highway oitieials r estimated that at least a dozen others, itinerants aboad a freight train > which was swept into the flood, , had perished. , Material damage was estimated s at nearly two million dollars. The Southern Pacific company j . estimated its damage would amount, i to $1,500,000. Thirty-one n.'.les of! f rails were damaged or destroyed and 16 bridges washed out.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 3, 1932.

Decatur People Slightly Hurt Mr. and Mrs. George Sprague. 922 Line street, suffered injuries in an automobile accident which occurr ed Sunday while they were en route !to Monroeville. Mr. and Mrs. Spra-1 , gue were driving north on the Monroeville road. Just south of the] Dent schoclliouse. a man who gave his name as Pierce Hackathorne, bilked out of the driveway, striking ■ the Sprague car. Mrs. Sprague suffered a gash on | her lip and several stitches were ‘required to close the wound. Mr. ’ Sprague’s back was wrenched and (he suffered an injury to his left leg He was able to be about today with ■ I the aid clt crutches. Both automo- ] biles were damaged. — o ADAMS COUNTY FARMER DIES Christ Stoppenhagen, 68, Dies At Home In Preble Township Christ Stoppenhagen. 68, lite - long resident of Adams county, died Sunday night at 5:30 o’clock; at his home in Preble township.: eight miles northwest of Decatur.; Death was due to complications, i Mr. Stoppenhagen had been ill for the last four years. His condition had been worse since July. The deceased was born In Preble township, February 1. 1864. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Stoppenhagen. both deceased. He was united in marriage to Maria - | Zwick, who survives. He was a | i farmer in Preble township, and was a member of the Freidhelm : Lutheran church. Surviving are tlie following children: Herman and Huida of Preble township; Mrs. Anna Rebber. Mrs. Charlotte Stegman, and Mrs. Martha Torbeck of Fort Wayne, and F C Stoppenhagen of | Cleveland. O. One brother and one Bister, Ernst Stoppenhagen, and Mrs. Christ Eickhoft both of PreliJe township also survive Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock (sun time) Wednesday afternoon, from the home, eight miles northwest of Decatur, and at 2:15 o'clock from the Freidheim Lutheran church. Rev. C. B. Preuss, pastor of tlie church, will officiate and hur al will be made in the church cemetery. —(, Joint Meeting Is Held At Linn Grove A joint meeting of the Hartford Township Young Peoples Association was held in the Christian Church at Linn Grove Sunday niglht. Three ch it reh associations were represented. lAn interesting program was given during the evening. Dr. Coopeof Wiarren was the principal speaker and Instrumental music was fur- ’ 1 nished by young people from HuntI ington. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Teeple of Decatur attended the msecing.

FRED NICHOLS HIES SUNDAY Mutschler Employe Dies At North Tenth Street Home Early Sunday Fred Nichols, 82. well known resi- ■ dent of Adams County, and an employe of Uhe Mutschler Packing company here for 20 years, died at his home, 304 North Tenth street, Sunday morning at 6:30 o’clock. Death was due to complications. Mr. ! Nichols bad been oiling for the last two years, Ferdinand Henry Nichols, son of Martin and M ithildia Nichols was born February 15. 1850 in Lancaster, Ohio, Fairfield County. His parI ents settled on a farm east cf Decatur. in 1876 he was united in ! marriage to Samantha Rachel Hower. who survives. To this union three children were born: Alva M., of Decatur; Mrs. Clark Sphar Os Royal Oak.. Michigan and Clyde Nichols, deceased. There are five grandchildren and three great grandchildren surviving. Mr. Nichols was engaged as a butcher during his residence here. I being one of the oldest butchers in (Adams County He was employed at I the Fred Mutschler Packing com- ' pany for 20 years, retiring two years ago on account of poor health. The deceased was the last of a family of seven children. He was a member of the Decatur Methodist CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE NEW COMPANY TO BE FORMED Farm Bureau Co-operative Company Will Be Organized At Once The Farm Bureau Co-Operative Company, with $100,009 capital stock is to be organized in Indiana immediately, it was announced today by E. J. Fricke, who lias Just returned from a meeting with the manager of the National Farm Bureau and a representative of the Farm Bureau P ultry and Egg Assocation, in Chicago. The sale of stock will start this week and plans are to be worked out as rapidly as possible. Decatur has an excellent chance to secure the plant which will he centralized for Dekalb, Allen, Wells. Jay. Randolph, Van Wert and Adams counties. A representative from Purdue will be liete this week to make a survey nad he will be followed by a government expert from Washington. D. C„ much depending on their findings. This particular section of the state, it is claimed, is the best In . the middle west for such a marketing plant, due to the fact that the soil contains a large percentage of lime rock, producing better , eggs and poultry. Such a market CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE *

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REBELLION IN BRAZIL ENDED BY FEDERALS; I Revolt Which Started Early In July Is Brought Under Control REBEL LEADERS SURRENDER ARMS I Rio De Janeiro, Oct. 3 —(U.R) —I i Brazil’s costly civil war has ended; j with collapse of the revolt in the I state of Sao Paulo and surrender! I of the rebel leaders. The rebellion began July 9. Reb- | els and federals in the field ex- : (-ceded 159,000. Commerce of Sao i Paulo, richest state in the Union, | was paralyzed and the world's I greatest coffee port. Santos, was blockaded causing an enormous i increase in world coffee prices. | The federal drive against the rebels during the last week crush- i ed the opposition on ail fronts. Peace overtures were held two days ago. The government was in j a sufficiently strong position to I demand complete surrender. The revolt collapsed when the , weakened rebels lust the support of Col. Hereulano Carvalho, commander of the state forces of Sao Paulo. He notified the rebel commander, Gen. Klinger, that the state troops could no longer support the rebel cause. Col. Carvalho was appointed provisional military governor of Sao Paulo by the federal commander. Gen. Goes Monteiro. Federal j authorities expected to resume charge of the Sao Paulo adminisi tration immediately Unconfirmed reports from Sao ' Pauio said Gen. Klinger, who surrendered with his staff, was under arrest. Provisional President Getulio Vargas had promised amnestly early in the fighting to all rebels who would lay down their arms. The altitude of the government was not expected to be severe. a The Paulista rebels wanted Var- * CONTINUED"o>T pA?, e’tHRE'E * CHRIS RICH, 66, I DIES SUDDENLY — Prominent Berne Resident Succumbs to Heart Attack Sunday Berne. Ind., Oct. 3 —(Special to Democrat) — Christian Rich. 56, prominent business man of Adams county, died suddenly Sunday morning at 4:30 o'clock at bis home on East Main street, Berne. He had been sick bui one day, having been in good health previous to the heart attack which resulted in his death. Ho Was born in French township, February 24. 1866, the son of Joseph and Anna Rich. He was married to Rosa Moser, April 19, 1902. Mr. Rich was a prominent business man. having worked as a salesman for the Decatur Montii mental Works. He also had a hardware store in Woodburn, but for the last 18 years be lived in Berne, having retired from business He was interested In var- > ions business concerns, and was a 1 director of the Peoples State i Bank Surviving besides the widow are t the brothers and sisters Nicholas ‘ Rich and John Rich. Berne: Mrs. t Mary Myers, Vera Cruz; David 9 Rich of WoodMurn. Three brothers t and two sisters, and the parents, preceded him in death. s Funeral servees will be held I Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock - at the home and at 9:30 o'clock - from the Reformed church. Burial - will be made in the M. R. E. i. cemetery. 1 o & < Liquidating Agent Asks Cooperation I,eo Yager, liquidating agent for the Old Adorns County bank is urge,ing those who have not brought in 11 ,their bank books to be balanced, to do so at once as this is necessary e in the work of liquidating. These e Ibcoks must be checked amd the ac--1 count closed. If this is done at once '.it will be appreciated. Mr. Yager ” I stated.

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i Local Men Attend Veterans Reunion I A reunion of the 139th Field Artillery of which Company A of | Decatur was a part, w-as held , Saturday and Sunday at Rushville |AU > lit 100 men att-ended Those from Decatur who attended the reI union were Leo Ehinger. Joe Laui rent, H. L. Kern and Ed Jaberg The reunion next year will be held in Marion in October. The election of officers was held with the following men selected: C. A. Martin, Marion, president; Harry Wells, Marion, first vice-president: E. S. Hulgan, Marion, second vicepresident; Floyd Andersen, Eliza- ! bethtown, secretary and treasur-J i er; and H. 1,. Kern, Decatur, pub-1 i licity manager. HOOVER LEAVES CAPITAL FOR FIRST SPEECH President Leaves This Afternoon For Speech at Des Moines, lowa WILL DELIVER HIS ADDRESS TUESDAY Washington, Oct. 3 — (UR> —I President Hoover prepared today to carry his case to the voters. I He arranged to leave by special; train soon after luncheon for Des • Moines. There in the heart of the' disaffected corn belt, where more: I Ilian a decade nf low prices, heavy] , mrotgages, rising taxes, and eeo-, nomic depression have made men and women critical of their public officials, President Hoover Will try ’ his hand at a difficult pfcce of j political campaigning. He makes his main address tomorrow night Numerous other * appearances are contemplated dur- ’ ing the day he will spend in lowa. 1 Details were uncertain until shortly before Mr. Hovoer was to board ’ his train. Opens Campaign This marks the opening of the! high pressure counter attack which Republicans have planned as an answer to the western trip which 1 Governor Roosevelt has just completed. i President Hoover has chosen to make bis first thrust direct in the center of much hostile sentiment.] Roosevelt campaigned in lowa last, week. It marked his second cros-l , sing of the farm belt. He won the support of the dean of senate insurgent Republicans. Senator George Norris of Nebraska. Sentiment in lowa is reported to be > more strongly Democratic than in years. Poll Completed The Des Moines Register and Tribune, owned by one of Presi--5 dent Hoover's close friends and . advisers. Gardner Cowles of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, has just completed its regu CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO DECATUR MAN’S MOTHER DIES 1 ' Arnold Werling’s Mother Passes Away Near Tocsin This Afternoon — ’I Mrs Andrew Werling, 61, of 1 near Tocsin, mother of Arnold Werling of Decatur, died at her home northeast of Tocsin at 12:45 ’ o'clock Monday afternoon Death ’ was the result of a major operation ‘which Mrs. Werling underwent 1 last Decern tier. ’ The deceased was horn in ■ j Lahde, near Linden. Germany, the I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred 1 i Franzmeier, January 14. 1871. She came to this country with her { mother in 1889 ,Her mother and 1 father preceded her in death. She was united in marriage to Andrew- Werling. November 10, 1891, near Tocsin where they made their home. Surviving besides the husband are the following chilI dren: Theodore, Fort Wayne; Walter, Frederick. Victor, all of r near Ossian; Andrew, at home. - and Arnold of Decatur: Mrs. Osi * wald Volz of Salri Bault, Minn. |, ] One son preceded her in death, y. Fourteen grandchildren and a e sister and brother also survive: Mrs. R. C Fechner of Mishawaka, e and Fred Franzmeier of Germany, r Funeral arrangements iiave not I been completed

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ALLEGE JUROR PREJUDICIAL TO DEFENDANT Trial Is Halted Dramatically At The Opening Os Third Week WITHHOLD ACTION AGAINST JUROR New York. Oct. 3.— <U.R) — The trial of U. S. Senator ! James J. Davis of Pennsylvania accused of violating the federal lottery laws, ended today in a mistrial. The mistrial was declared after Chief of Defense Counsel Charles J. Margiotti had given Federal Judge Frank J. Coleman information concerning one juror and an alternate ] juror. The juror, Henry J. Moore, a I fraternal brother of Margiotti, told i the defense counsel that the alternate, Abe H. Weintraub, had mado i remarks to the jury in recess which: ! were prejudicial to the defense. Weintraub vigorously denied the 'charge and other jury members dejnied hearing such remarks, i Judge Coleman said the preponderance of testimony exonerated Weintraub. I "As to juror seven, Mr. Moore, I find his conduct improper,” the 'judge said. "I find the motive not I evil or mercenary. It w’as a violation of my instructions to the jurIqrs. It was a violation of the prin- . clple that any ten-year-old hoy i could understand." . I Court then adjourned, the judge ■ withholding a decision on action f against Moore until 10:30 a. m. to- | morrow to "give you time to con- . suit witli counsel." ■ I Moore was placed in his own cus- . I tody until tomorrow. | The trial was halted dramatically at the opening of the third week of II the hearing in which the political • future of "Puddler Jim” Davis, dom- | inant figure in the Loyal Order ot .(Moose and candidate for re-election ' I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o : TAX BOARD SETS I I 15-CENTRATE Tax Limitation Is Officially Set In Gov. Leslie’s Office > Indianapolis, Oct. 3 —(U.R) — DisI regarding the contention of Phil , 1 Zoercher, veteran tax commissiou- * er, that there will be a deficit in ? the general fund of nearly $1,590.000, the statutory 15-cent state tax was officially set in the office of Gov. Harry G. Leslie today. For the first time newspaper reporters were barred from tlie conference when the decision was made. Zoercher's fellow commissioners, Chairman James E. Showalter i and Pliny Wolfard. recommended I the 15-cent rate. They said that no other would meet approval ot Gov Leslie and F’oyd E. Williamson, state auditor. Tlie 15-cent rate, which is part of the $1.50 property tax limitation law enacted by tlie special session of the legislature, was upheld in an opinion of Attorney , General James M Ogden ' Zoercher told the conference ! that adherence to tlie lu-cent rata ’( necessitates setting a 4.5 cent 1 limit on the general fond levy which is scarcely sufficient now at CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR Official Board Meeting Tonight 1 The Official Board of the United Brethren Church will meet f r the regular meeting in the church to- ’ night at 7:30 o’clock. L ; o — Benito Mesa Dies i- At County Hospital -f Benito Mesa. 43, dies at the Adi. ams County Mem. rial hospital at i- 6:40 A. M Monday, after a week’s i ] illness of paralysis. He was born lln .Mexico, moving to Curryville in a Ad Jins county in 1926. He was em- : ployed as a laborer. i,! The deceased is survived by the r. parents. wl»o reside in Mexico. Funit]eral arrangements had not been (completed this afternoon.