Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1932 — Page 1

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■MS ARE MEM iIE DISTRICT Injured When Attempt io Pass "Bs DISPERSE Ki MEV WOMEN jßvilk'. 11l , Oct. 13 nun injured i>iin< - pickets' ■Efyilr nib mpHii” t<> run ol national ■• -lopped i.v 'K bib . driven l>V Bernard. Gillespie ills was bent on oiH'i.itions at the ,nning lie ■B >. paid no h--cd. [ the windshield and I tire. I mompson. another GillesI, was cut on the wrist bv M. the first instance of in the na 1 i nal guardsto preserve order coal fields. - ■ occurred ■" ' house. Isaac. miner, shot 1 .ion who tried HHlum ti mi ling to work. di’ from hie, .. -niiill boy in the' did .Tionsly jnture Went home, olrtained The urnBBwonndeil slightly in the H| i shots were fired near fc. j ■ «- n Ibwettville, a HH er guardsmen mill any details. . al women who; ■ today to ticket the 'wo thia district i or.o by troops. Til” ■M had fi -I orders ofj P( | flip don>tn retreat to point!! ■• mile distant from the ye-,i,.id iy i,;,,] ri ,railed ■Wrt< in the Christian i house when they re dispels”, The group later instructions ON PAGE SIX ' ■ Chorus To Give ■oifram Here Sunday ■•ms (’horns of the Union nfted Brethren church will ■ a musical program at the p d Brethren church in ■ Sunday evening. The puh■iioted to attend this pro-1 ■•tkh will start at 7 o'clock. |TE LEASERS I CONFERENCE ■ na Officials Survey | !e Relief Needs; tiiunch Campaign I ■’apolis, Oct. 13.—(U.R)—Of- ■ or every community In the ■•aembled here today to sur■><li«na's relief needs and 1 " concerted campaign to |"S"ht during the winter. " K , in the House of Reprechamber under direc-' the governor and state remore than 250 mayi‘fl representatives of large poor relief plans. l| u s debt-free condition was »y Gov. Harry G. Leslie as , Plans to utilize the Re‘"ion Finance Corporation ie«t advantage and so long ' ’ of the state or local gov--8 won't i>e increased." He ' gainst "pauperizing a «dy y ln att6mptß to care ■* e referred to the $1,000,000 . < * n , tly asked by Lake counI aAu ttlat before he sanc- ’ Proposals, tie desired 1 ’on PAGfl' SIX i

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ICondition of Landis Boy Reported Fair The condition of Clifford Landis, 17’tnonth old boy who was accidentally shot at his h m? near Monroe •jWednesday morning, was reported ifair today. The child suffered the I loss of two fingers on his left hand la wound to his lower jaw and several shots also lodged in his eh‘st. • The accident occurred at the home of the child’s parents. .Mr. and .Mrs. Earl Landis, northwest of M nroe. — o ABUSE CAUSES , ELIMINATION I i Members of Tax Board Give Reason For Cutting Appropriation 'I n was an abuse of a privilege 'which prompted the county board ’ of tax adjustment to eliminate the ' $3,000 appropriation for county' patients at the Irene Byron Sana-i • torium. Fort Wayne, several mem-j bers of the local hoard staled today. j This appropriation had been $2.- ; 1400 a year and a request that it be I (increased to 14.500 was presented) io the county council who reduced I :it to $3,000. The tax board recom I mended that It be cut out entirely. ] The charge at the Sanatarium for each patient is $22 50 per week, less I , eight per cent., making the net i ; charge $20.70 per week. The com , missioners were notified that next I year the reduction should be figur-( (ed at 10 per cent., making the net ’ charge $20.25 per patient. I County officials point out that the privilege of going to the Sana- | torium was abused by many people, who .petitioned that they lie con- , sidered county patients. Informa- . tion obtained later showed that they had property and means to pay for their own care or at least a part of it. Many counties in the northern . part of the state subscribed a fund i for county patients and Adams ■ county has been doing it for a numl bor of years. The commissioners have endeavored to extend the j CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO 'I o EARL EVERETT i DEMANDS POST •I I' Man Appointed as Muncie Mayor Will Go To Court If Necessary I Muncie, Ind., Oct. 13. — (U.R) — A i formal demand on Mayor George R i Dale for his position was to be iniade here today by Earl Everett, •appointed by city council as the convicted mayor's successor i Dale, meanwhile, who spent all lyeateiday it; his office expecting •Everett to claim the position, preI pared for a bitter struggle before ■ I relinquishing his fort. Everett, who is Democratic county chairman, explained he spent ' vesterday arranging a qualification bond and other details. It Dale opposes him, Everett said, [quo warranto proceedings will be instituted. Judge L. A Guthrie of 'Delaware circuit court, who issued la temporary restraining order against council and then dissolved lit Tuesday, said the proceedings would be speeded through court. Council named a successor for Dale after declaring his office va cant because of his conviction and sentence last spring on federal liquor conspiracy charges. Asks Dismissal Indianapolis, Oct. 13—(U.RI —Ummissal of Earl Everett, newly elected mayor of Muncie, from his position as Delaware county Dem- | 'cONTTNITFTD ON PAGE RIX Seven Parties Listed On National Ballot The national ballot on which voters will mark their choices next month will list seven parties who have tiled candidates. These parties are Democrat, Republican. Prohi--1 bition, Socialist. Socisllst-Labor, ’ Communist, National. Seven parties also were listed in the 192 S elec--1 tion, the Workers party being listI ed at that time but not filed for this year’s election An eighth party, the Liberty, failed to file petitions I I with the prescribed limit. | Milton Werling. Adams county ' clerk, received this morning the 1 i certification of the parties from the ; office of Governor Harry G. Leslie.

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Coolidge Praises Hoover "wbi amoMMHi L .y 2K ilk w- v J I ■ST* ' hwr»'m>, t Ar-. Fl MJQMTITW . •„ <F VM/k 1 Former President Calvin Coolidge at the microphone at Madison Square Garden, New York, where he i made his first political speech since he left the White House, nearly four years ago. Over forty thousand | persons jammed.the hall to hear the former President praise his successor.

PLAINTIFF IS AWARDED SETS — Otto Sullivan Is Granted Judgment Against Allen Co. Board i 'A jury in ,the Adams circuit court returned a vertict for the plaintiff awarded damages of $675 in the suit ■of Otto Sullivan, of Fort Wayne, ’against the board of e -mmissioners ( oif Allen county. The case went to i the jury shortly before " o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the verjdict was rendered a few minutes be- ! fore 8 o'cl ek Wednesday night, j The plaintiff had alleged that a epunty truck was responsible f r i the death of nis s n. Leo Sullivan-; aged 18, in January, 1931. The cane opened before Jttdg C. L. 'Valters and th° jury Monday morntixj, two (full days being occupied with hear- ) ing of testimony given by many witnesses. Arguments .in the case I were heard Wednesday morning and an-1 ."i part -f the afternoon ses- ( si'e-n, following which the court's i instruct!, ns were given to the jury. One of tine witnesses iq this city (was William Schwink. whose son, Howard, was also killed in Che (wreck. William Schwink’s suit ajgainst the commissioners was .heard i in the local court last May. when a jury Mitered a finding for Die <le(fendant. Members of the jury were: A. J. Lewt n, foreman; John W. Schaefer |.Tchn W. Blakry, Jacob C. Bixler, Charles D. Hawbaker, Charles 'Bentz, Fred W. Beeler, J 'ltn Losche J. O. Tricker. L. C Annen, Harvey j(’. Titikham and James Glick. BERNE SCHOOL TRIAL FRIDAY Suit of School Town of Berne vs. Wabash Township Opens Friday A case which promises to attract( I considerable interest is scheduled! Jfor trial in the Adams circuit court i Friday. This case is the school town i of Berne vs. Wabash township. The .plaintiff has filed suit against the Wabash school townsbip demanding $1,782 for money which the plaintiff claims is due for the transfer of twenty-two children who attended the high school and grades at Berne during the scho 1 year of 1929-30. El Stably, the trustee, and the advisory board of the township are also made defendants. The cost of taking care of the children is fixed at $45 in the grades and «90 in the high school. This makes a total of $1,620. The complaint recites that the transfers were made at Hie instance and request of the trustee. Eichhorn (Gordon and Edris of Bluffton, are attorneys tor the plaintiff. 'Attorney Fleming of Portland, and Clark • J. Lutz of Decatur, will represent the defendant*.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 13, 1932.

Woman Testifies In Robbery Trial Hartford City, Ind., Oct. 13.—(U.R) ■ —Testimony of Mrs. Hazel Green, I Muncie, an alleged member of a ( bank robbery gang in Indiana last I year, was against Mrs. Elmer Gen- • ’ try here today as her trial on bank • robbery charges was resumed. Mrs. Green, who testified for the ■state identified Mrs. Gentry, accused of conspiracy in the second . robbery of the Citizens State Bank of Hartford City on July 8. 1931. She declared that Mrs. Gentry and .her husband, who also is under in dictment on bank robbery charge,) . had plotted to rob the bank. ' Free! Hall, brought here by the I state from the Indiana reformatory. ’, testified that Gentry had talked to him about a proposed robbery but ( ( said he did not participate. MISSIONARIES GIVE LECTURES :i : i I Instructions Given By Franciscan Missionaries Wednesday Night Two lectures were given by the 1 Franciscan Missionaries at the' Men's Mission at St. Mary's Catho- ' lie church last evening. ( The Rev. Father Ernest Ott spoke Ito the married men in the church (and the Rev. Father Cyril Georgel ■ spoke to tire young meh and unmarJried men in the auditorium of the) I Catholic school building. ! Father Ott sp ke on the Sacra-) 1 meat of matrimony and the keeping ! ;f the marriage vows and Father ( 'George! talked on principles of • Catholic igentlemen. Pieiedlug th' sermons the litany; (was recited followed by Benediction ! |of the Blessed Sacrament. The services were largely attended. Tlic Missionaries 'iso give short ( instructions f Bowing the two mission masses held every morning at six and six forty-five o’clock. The blessing of mission articles will take place tonight, the goods being .(sold at the Catholic scho I build- ' ing Hearing of confessions for the i close of the mission started today. Lay Cornerstone Os Supreme Court Home ( Washington. Oct. 13 (U.R> — Be-) • fore a distinguished assemblance' | of leading American and foreign '(lawyers, officials and diplomats, ■| President Hoover today laid the' ■ cornerstone of the supreme court's ’ new $10,000,000 while marble home. ' Mr. Hoover made no address at the ceremonies. Introduced Hy . President Guy Thompson of the American Bar Association, Mr. (Hoover bowed to the assemblage( | and laid a trowelful of mortar on >' the base of the cornerstone. The i ( band played the Star Spangled i Banner. Mr. Hoover shook hands t with Thompson and Chief Justice • Charles Evans Hughes and re- : turned immediately to the White House. Rain fell Intermittently during the ceremonies.

SUNDAY SCHOOL • MEETING OPENS — Adams County Convention Opens at Berne With Conference W ednesday The Adams County Sunday School convention opened at Berne Wednesday ev.ning with a young 'people's conference at the Mennonitc Church. A large number of I young pe pie from Decatur attended the opening session and were al--Iso present at the y ung people's banquet which was served in the Auditorium at 6 o'clock. C. I). Teeple of Decatur is county . superintendent! <V the young ople's division. County and township ofIficers. teachers, leaders, superintenI dents and pastors were invited as 'guests to the banquet. | The evening .program opened at (7:30 o’clock and the principal address was given by H. G. R we of (ilndianapolis. superintendent of the (young people's division of the IndJana Council of Religious Education. I The Zion Reformed men's chorus Inf Decatur, under the direction of J. Henry Graber, and the Missicn- ! ary Ladies' Chorus of Berne, furjitished musical numbers f r the program. The Misses Mildred and Corinne Ilabegger also sang a duet. Conferences in training so rleadership were held Thursday forenoon and afternoon. Rev. Rowe and Miss Nellie Young ij-resided at the I meetings. • Thursday evening. Miss Nellie C. jYoung of Indianapolis, superinten(dent of the Children's Division of the Indiana Council of R< ligi ns (Education will dellaer the prim (cipal address. Report of the nomin(atlng committee will also be give.n (at the cioeing session, SENATOR BORAH DELIVERS TALK Tells Idaho Farmers Candidates Must State Views on Bonus Malad, Ida.. Oct. 13 —(U.R)—SenI ator William E. Borah, who has | refused to support Herbert Hoov- . cr for reelection to the presiden- ,( cy. told a rural audience here that (no candidate was “fit'' to hold , public office unless he announced (| his views on the soldiers bonus—l before election. The statement was interpreted as directed at Franklin D. Roosevelt although the Democratic presidential candidate's name was ( not mentioned. “The American legion like ( many other organizations Is conI trolled by a comparatively small ,) group of men." Borah said, “and l> it was that small group that was j responsible for the bonus resolu i tion passed in Portland. Ore., reI cently." J Borah's speech repeated an out- ‘ line of his economic program, and coNrtNutnroirpAair stS.*"**

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SAMUEL INSULL WILL NOT GIVE j UPPASSPORTi i Former Utility Head Re- ■ fuses to Give Document ; To American Consul MAY BE REQUESTED TO LEAVE GREECE Athens, Oct. 13—(UP)—’Samuel llnsull refused today to surrender his pas,purt when the American consul called on Insult personally and asked for the document. Insull's passport is visaed for a 30-day stay in Greece. Until tliat period expires, Greek officials are exipected t regard bis papers as beinig in order. ■Less of a passport would leave | the indicted utilities magnate subject to arrest or deportation for lack of proper papers. That would lead to deportation to answer the Chicago indictment. I Insult it was understood will tell Edwin A. Plitt, united States Con-sul-General, that the passport is in the possession of Insull's lawyer. W>hen Plitt visited Insull personally at the hotel today and asked for the passport, Insull was reported to have had the document with him but hurriedly arranged to hand it to a Greek-American friend in the 1 hotel. Insull asked Plitt to call (again tom rrow. as he desired to 1 : consider the matter. To Ask Departure Athens. Oct. 13—(UP)— Samuel ■ Insull, indicted Chicago utilities ( magnate, will be requested to leave ) i Greece although he cannot be reI arrested, the minister of the inter- . ior told the United Press today. ( Insull is awaiting the arrival here . of his wife and son from Paris. It ■ was understood he would be re- , (quested to leave the country after I their arrival. There was n immediate indication where he would go. The Minister of the Interior con- ( iferred with the general director of the Foreign office before announc|ing that Insull would be asked to 11 CONTTNI "e*D ON PAGE FIVE i ARREST YOUTHS FOR ROBBERY) ; Two Indiana Youths Arrested For Theft of Postal Money Orders ' Hollyw'od, Oct. 13 —(UP)—Two ■ Indiana youths were in jail here to|day charged with the theft c.f $24.IWU) in Money orders. The suspects. Harold Fasig, 23, i and his chum, Kenneth R. Coker, I 22, both of Terre Haute, were ar- ■ rested late last night in an exclusive Hollywood apartment house. Detective Chester Lloyd said Fas- ■ ig was employed as a postal mest senger in Terre Haute last Sept, i'll when he absconded with the monncy rders, t't iling $24.00 i. Coker - was accused as his accomplice. i Thr ugh the cashed Money orders which police said they distributed ( with a lavish hand, the yourns were : traced from Terre 'Haute to San Itieoo ami llieii to Tijuana. A few [ days ago they came to Hollywood. i Start Action Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 13 —(UP) i Action for immediate return tn Terre Haute i f two youths arrested in Hollww od. Calif., last night in . connection with the theft of $24,000 in tn• ney orders from tile local postoffice last Sept. 11 were to he instituted toduy. The youths, Harold Fasig, 23 ’ postoffice employe, and 'his chum, ’ Kenneth R. C ker, 22, both of Ter- ‘ re Haute, were traced to Hollywood tl CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX 1~ " " i Liberty Party Threatens Action 1 Charles A Weiler of Fort Wayne, whose petition to file as e Liberty candidate for Congress s from the fourth district, arrived at Clerk Milton Werling’s office B too late to be placed on the bal- '■ lots, was here on business today. '| Weiler was accompanied by ' four other men of the Liberty s ■ party. These men stated that '"i they were en route to Indianupoliß, ! ’i where they will protest failure of i I officials to file the party on the | '' ballots. If necessary, they threat | en court action to have the party! “ [ listed on the ballots.

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I Dr. Poling Address Cancelled Wednesday The address of Dr. Daniel C. Pol- | ing, scheduled for the Decatur high ischool auditorium Wednesday night, | was cancelled late Wednesday af(ternoon. Rev. M. W. Sundernian I received a telegram stating that Hie airplane carrying Dr. Poling had developed motor trouble, necessitating a stop at Peoria, IT., and that Dr. Poling would be unable to appear here. Many local people were disappointed by the forced cancelation of the address, as Dr. Poling is a nationally prominent speaker. o TARIFF RATES NOW IN FORGE HURT BUSINESS Drastic Changes in Rates Mean Huge Cut in Exports of U. S. AFFECT IMPORTS FROM ALL U. S. Ottawa, Ont.. Oct. 13. — (U.P.) Drastic tariff changes expected to eliminate from $75,000,000 to $150.000,00 in sales by the United States to this country went into effect today. They affect agricultural and manufactured product exports from all sections of the United States, and accordingly all wage earners dependent upon such exports. The business, it is intended, will be transferred to members of the British commonwealth of nations. The new rates are the result of agitation which became widespread with passage of the Smoot-Hawley tariff act in the United States more than two years ago, which Canadians and others said reduced their market. The principal products affected are: Iron and steel, agricultural, tex tiles, chemicals, drugs, glass, automobiles. tobacco, vegetable oils, leather, canned fruit, toilet acces Isories. aluminum products, asphalt, (rubber boots and shoes, China and | porcelain ware, electrical appar(atus such as radios, anthracite coal, land others of lesser importance. More restrictions on United Statles exports are to come, these from I Great Britain and other empire (units. Britain's changed schedules ■will be announced next week. Probably half the loss in export business to lie ailected by the tariff change in the United States will be in steel and iron products, some estimated. Two hundred sixty-two items were changed, about one fourth the total number on the Canadian schedule. Changes effective today, not including those to be made by Great Britain next week, may he summarized briefly for the principal broad groups of imports as follows: Steel and iron: rate boosted to $8 on narrow plate and $6 on wide plate; 5 to 15 per cent on black and galvanized sheets; rates on tin sheets and sheets to he tinned are CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE HOOVER SPEAKS AT BAR MEETING President Addresses Bar Association Convention Last Night Washington. Oct. 13. — (U.R) — President Hoover's arrafgnmetrtjof “false prophets of a millenium” in his Bar Association address last night as well as ids warning that “our very form of government is on trial" indicated he will continue to carry on his campaign for reelection with appeals against “radicalism." Tlie Interests of (he people, “often in history." the President told the American Bar Association convention in his Constitutional Hall address, had been betrayed by "false prophets" who offered “se.'ductive but unworkable and disastrous theories of government." He warned tliat “the menace is doubled by the fact that these vain , allurements are today being offerled to our harassed people by men (of public reputation in ecom nucr, 'and even by men in public, life" I CONTINLu,!. ON PAGE TWO

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BANDITS HOLD UP LAPEL ANO LYONSBANKS Only Small Amount Os Loot Is Obtained In Either Robbery NO ONE INJURED IN EITHER HOLDUP Lyons. Ind., Oct. 13—(U.P.) — The Lyons Bank and Trust company was robbed o f approximately $1,500 when two unmasked bandits entered the bank shortly before noon today, scooped up money from cashier's booth and safe, locked Jesse Schantz, cashier, who was alone in the bank in the vault and escaped through a rear door. Miss Helen Stalcup, assistant cashier, found Schantz upon returning from lunch about an hour later. There are no clues. Lapel, Ind., Oct. 13 —(U.KThree men held up the Lapel State Bank today and escaped with an undeter in in e d amount of cash. No one was injured. Bank officials refused to sav how much money was taken until after they made a complete check. Officials of the state criminal bureau at Indianapolis were noti fied and asked to send a finger- , print expert here to aid in apprehending the bandits. William Kerr, cashier, and his > assistant, Glenn Turner, were the i only persons in the bank when , the gunmen entered. s Kerr told authorities that all the , men were armed and that one of ■ them carried a submachine gun concealed beneath his coat. Kerr and Turner were forced into a back room. There Ilin bandits gave them newspapers and told them to “read a while.” The bank safe was open. Kerr said, and the bandits took virtually all the money in the safe and in the bank tills. The men fled in a blue Dodge CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE AUTUMN MEET AT FORT WAYNE Porter District Convention of Christian Endeavor Oct. 15 and IB The autumn Christian Endeavor convention of the Porter district will be held in the St. John's Reformed church in Fort Wayne, Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and • 16. The district comprises Adams, Allen, W<!!?. Ituntfngton and Whlt- ' ley counties. The opening session of tile convention will be held Saturday as- ( ternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and the president. Homer ('. Augsburger of Berne, will have charge. Dr. D. L. Foster, who is a member of the faculty and dean of men at the Moody Bible Institute, will be the principal speaker at (he Sun- ■ day afternoon program. The . Mennonile Ladles Chorus of Berne ' will furnish music. Miss Inda Sprunger of Berne, state officer of the Christian En- • deavor, and superintendent of tho Quiet Hour department will preside at one of the conference group meetings on Saturday afternoon and evening Miss Elizabeth Coop- • er of Indianapolis. Indiana field 1 secretary, will lead the discussion 1 on prayer meeting, and Miss Pault ine Roth of Fort Wayne, actively : engaged in training young people i for Christian work, will lead con- ‘ lerence on lookout. 15 Men Injured In Mojave Desert ' Los Angeles, Oct. 13. —(U.K) Ftf- ' teen men were injured, two ser--1 iously. when they fell into a huge ’ siphon of the Los Angeles aqueduct near Indian Wells, in the, ' Mojave desert today, and dropped 300 feet down the shaft. 3 Crews working nearby tore away 1 a section of the aqueduc' at the bottom ol the drop and h moved " the injured, who were taken to Los Angeles for treatment, according to word received by the Los Angeles " (department of water and power.