Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1933 — Page 1

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Its dislike Jeer measure FftS TOO STRICT He With Disfavor On H]| As Prepared By <H Administration ■■III’ANION bill ||to repexl bills Jan. 11 u - p) n v wets were ilisaplodav with the beer M v hu ll administration its have prepared lor EWluction in the Indiana :l | mblv. ot the measure announeed by leaders R liijdtie- legislator--the bill as too stringent pn and they in tle-ir view by wot organin all parts of the state. wets in the genhowever, were infavor the rigorous liniiwhich embraced a “play on the patt of the leaders. bill regulatory and that bootlegging will not it was argued. uf tin provisions were on as too strict. Among those providing that: 1 B,®#|er= bo limited to one for population witli no all iwed on dealer's premthey can deliver. be P|Mu- at restaurants aim places of clubs, hotels. and boats with certain capacities. ESK brew making shall liemm. - of the bill, beaded gES: Jacob W eiss. Indianapolis M that the bill is a temper ox p-\c.E five ■HIS NAMED ■ MAU BOARD Cflwnhiu City Publisher to Indiana Highwa; Commission Today Jan. (U.R) Adams, publisher of the Fult®ia City Post, was appoint state highway comt.ii<Gov. Paul frill succeed Hugh Barnhart, ger publisher, who recently pointed ditector ofthecomB- Both are Democrats. ns was a candidate for the m for reprefrom the Fourth district He is a prominent busi■JH'i'. of Columbia City and i« in Decatur and n >rth-| Since he lives in ’.het Ots a part, Mr. Adams will srobability have this county• his supervision. -o[eNutt To Speak lapolte. Jan. 11—(UPj Indgovernor, Paul V. Me ill deliver the keynote addthe annual banquet of the Democrat editorial casocia'e Feb. 17. expected the governor will progress made by the legism the program outlined in sage. Present session of the >’ will almost be completed time. er feature of the banquet I the award of au editorial he writer of the best Demolitorial of the ■ or Kes Are Dropped raiso, Ind., Jan. 11—(U.R)— 1 of malfeasance in offico against Mayor Roswell O. 1 of Gary were dropped In county superior court tothe request of Prosecutor Estill, because of lack of es. claimed by the city of a* Johnson used city workmachinery to improve his property in the Dunes

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Held <’ MR CD Enrique Von Buelow. German i World War ace, also known by a ■ variety of aliases, who is held inI eommunleado at Newark. N. J., j following his arrest on a charge of delivering $30,000 in spurious, j United States currency to Montreal agents. Secret service men arrested Von Buelow on his arriv:al at Newark by plane from i Canada. GIRL SCOUTS GET CHARTER Tri Kappa Girl Scout Troop No. 1 Receives New Charter; 27 Members The Tri Kappa girl scout troop ' number one has received its new | charter fr-tn national headquart : e'rs In New York City. Miss Mary Kathryn schng and Miss. Klecla Oliver, teachers in the Central school, have been selected as the "■ w leaders for the year 1933. The troop committee members are Mrs Den Farr, chairman; Miss Isabel Hower and Miss Miriam j Parrish. The troop was organized in 19'17 with Mrs. Bryce Thomas as leader. Eight girls were registered at that time and the number has been increased to 27 for next year. The girls have enjoyed a week's outing and camping trip for each of the past two summers at Adam” lake and I.ake Webster. Miss Jeanette Clark assisted Mrs. Thomas a camp director. Eileen Burk. Kathryn Hower, Evelyn Kohls and <•- rtrude P-andyberry n tend’' ! arm with the Fort Wane g rl s outs for a period of i two weeks during which time . Evelyn Kohls won the official I u’-.'or life guard badge of the 'inert ae Red CMross. The sir's have done some fine work during the past year, th° most or's andins being the work done in passing the nature requirements. The girls prepared two note books containing at

CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE adams county LADY IS DEAD Miss Emma Hockemeyer Died Tuesday Night at Home Near Decatur Miss Emma Hockemeyer, 38, i died at her home five miles north-; east of Decatur, Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock from pneumonia. Her condition had been serious for the last week. Miss Hockemeyer was born in Root township, November 8. 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hockemeyer. Her father preceded her in death a number of years ago. She was a member of the St. Johns Lutheran church and had spent her entire life in Root town- ' ship. Surviving is the mother. Mrs. , William Hockemeyer, and the fol-11 lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Anna Bulmahn. Root township; : Mrs. Martha Witte and Mrs. Han- ] nah Scheiman of Preble township: , William Hockemeyer, Fort Wayne, , Mrs. Louise Stoppenhagen, Preble , township: Mrs. Bertha Franz. , Root township, Mrs. Clara Mur- . ray. Fort Wayne, and Herman Hockemeyer at home Funeral services will be held at the home, five miles northeast of , Decatur, Friday afternoon at 1 . CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE I 1

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SCHILDHAUER MURDER STILL DEEP MYSTERY Few Valuable Clews Have Been Unearthed by Police After 32 Days GET INFORMATION OF HIRED KILLERS Chicago, Jan. 11.—(U.R) —Mrs. Frances Schildhauer, pretty widow of the s'ain bandmaster, Capt. Edwin O. Schildhauer. submitted today to questioning that will determine whether a Mann act charge is filed against 1 her. i She appeared, with her attorney, her mother and a friend, at the office of Melvin Purvis, chief of the federal bureau of investigation, to tell about a trip to Memphis with i Carl Bradberry, former deputy sheriff with whom she has adi mitted having intimate association. Chicago. Jan. 11. —(U.R) —A weird drama of deceit and death unfolds day by day in Chicago as the , Schildhauer ease advances through successive high points of suspense. I No stranger cast of characters ever were assembled for a mystery thriller than those who played ; parts in the every-day life of band--master Edwin 0. Schildhauer and : his comely wife. Now. 32 days ati ter his bullet-riddled body was found in a desolate area in Cicero. > where killers flung it from an automobile, the mystery deepens and the atmosphere of the case grows • increasingly bizarre. i It is a slaying unique because out 1 of a multiplicity of minor motives • none powerful enough to explain . why anyone should take Schild- ' hatter’s life has been disclosed. CONTINT'En ON PAGE FIVE SEEK FEDERAL : AID FOR CITY 1 Crawfordsville Plans To Apply For Federal Loan To Rebuild City Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 11. — f (U.R) —Unemployed were given work > today, clearing away the debris of [ Crawfordsville's $750,000 tire. . Tons of brick and tangled steel wore removed . The fire, which started in the • Goodman department store on a : corner, destroyed an entire quarter - section of a downtown business i block. Six stores were ravaged by . the flames. Fire departments from Indianap-

I oils, Frankfort, Lebanon, and Dan- ■ ville, 111., succeeded in helping 10. . cal fire fighters keep the flames from destroying even a larger portion of the city. Dentists, physicians and attorneys with offices above the stores lost all their possessions, including i documentary evidence in the office 'of Prosecutor George Brubaker, iHe had intended to use the evidence in the murder trial of Morris Green, scheduled to start at Covington tomorrow. Mayor Thomas L. Cooksey plan- ( ned today to make application for ‘ a fedeial Reconstruction Finance ' Corporation loan of $250,000. The ; money would be used to rebuild ‘ the stores and help the merchants ; get started in business. It federal aid is denied, an at-’ tempt will be made to raise local capital, the mayor said. O II Two Fliers Injured — Princeton, Ind., Jan. 11 —(UP) — ' Two United States army fliers were injured late yesterday when their airplane crashed osie mile north of 1 here. Capt. L. A. Lawson, 37, Johnson, Mo., was the most seriously hurt. He is believed to have suffered a fractured skull. His companion, private Tracey Nance, 23, Fayettesville, N. C„ was knocked unconscious in the crash but his injuries were slight. Nance said they were flying from White Sulphur Springs. Va., to St. ; Louis, Mo., The plane topped a tree and crashed while they were attempting to land with a stalled i I motor. The plane was wrecked. ( i

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 11, 1933.

♦ < AFTER EIGHT YEARS Eight years ago. while R. A. j Drummond of Root township, j | was attending to business in | ' | Decatur, he missed his pocket- t j book containing approximately i | I’3. He advertised for the purse ; l and money but received no re- : , i sponse. Tuesday, the pocket- > book was returned to him, and j ; instead of sl2, it contained $25. | Mr. Drummond wishes to i thank the unknown party who | I returned the purse to him. , I ;♦■ — ♦ FILES SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE Clark ,L Lutz Also Seeks Receiver In Action Filed In Local Court Clark J. Lutz. Decatur attorney, has filed suit in the (Adams circuit court against Paul Schulte, Emma Schulte. Frank Jovien and Mrs. Frank Jovien, asking foreclosure of a mortgage and appointment of a receiver. The land on which the ’ mortgage is held is the site of the ' Decatur Country Club. ’ The complaint alleges that on 1 Jone 1. 1926, Paul and Emma ■ Schulte executed a note to the 5 plaintiff for SB,OOO, due on June 1. ' 1928. It is allegel that of this a--1 mount. $4,500 remains unpaid. The complaint further alleges 1 that on August 16, 1932, the defe.n ' dants. Paul and Emma Schulte sold ’ the above property to Frank Jovien. ■ Jovien and his wife are named par- ' ties to the suit. The complaint also ’ alleges that the defendants agreed ’ to carry adequate insurance on the property, and failing in this, the 1 plaintiff has been forced to pay for ’ such insurance. The plaintiff also 1 alleges that taxes on the property • have been allowed to become delta ■ quent. Two Decatur business firms are also named defendants in the suit, ithe Mutschjer Packing Company Meat Market and the Holthouse Drug Company. These firms are f holders of liens agtirst the property involved in the suit are named as defendants, the complaint alleging that these claims are junior and subsequent to the mortgage claim. I OOXTTNTTEn nx PACE TWO o Eiting Is Indicted Van Wert. O. Jan. 11 —(Special) ’ —Bernard Eiting, Decatur, was inJ dieted by the Van Wert county' 1 grand jury and will be arraigned in Common Pleas court on a charge of stealing a trailer on or about December 3, from Carl Miller of * near Middleberry. Eiting is out on J bond and his case may be called this week. He plead.d not guilty be- ' sons the local Justice of Peace and the charge was then filed before the grand jury.

GIRL INJURED IN ACCIDENT Five-Year-Old Girl Is Accidentally Shot at Home Near Rockford, O. I “Billy" Krick, 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Krick, residing on route 4, Rockford, Ohio. is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where she is suffering from a gun wound, inflicted accidentally by her brother. The little girl was shot under the right eye, the bullet ranging straight back, across the nose under I the bridge, and laying at the base lot the brain. The child is conscious, although 'she is suffering a paralysis about the eye muscles. The accident occurred when an older brother of the little girl picked up the gun, believing it to be unloaded, and fired it. One of the Kriak boys hiad used the gun in hunting and had not unloaded it upon his return home. o Drum Corps To Meet The drum corps of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will hold an important meeting at the Legion hall Wednesday -night at 8 o'clock. A feed will be held after , the meeting.

JAP SOLDIERS ARE PREPARING FOR INVASION 10,000 Japanese Reported Massing For Drive On Chenc-Te-Fu SEVERE WEATHER RETARDS FIGHTING Peiping, Jan. 11. — (U.R) —Japanese troops, tanks, armored trains, airplanes, artillery, and cavalry were prepared today for an invasion of Jehol province, witli the capital. Chenc-te-lu, as their goal. : While unusually cold weather re- i tarded fighting between Japanese' and Chinese at the strategic pass ■ through the great wall at Chiomen-: kou. the chief of the telegraph administration at Cheng-te-fu advised Chinese officials here than 10.000 Japanese were massing for a drive ■on the capital. The Japanese were consolidating their positions along the great , pass at Choimenkuo. This a new front was created with the great wall, scene of invasions and repulsions for centuries, running between the Japanese and Chinese positions. The Chinese dug in between iChiomenkuo and Shihmenchai, despite the Japanese statement that I they did not intend to operate ini side the great wall. Meanwhile, the encircling movement of Jehol province continued on the eastern and southern frontiers, with the Japanese troops along the great wall expected to hold their positions and prevent Chinese from attacking the forces moving on Jehol. Soong Hung-Chun, chief of the Jehol telegraph administration, reported Japanese military activity on all highways leading to Cheng-te-fu. He reported that Japanese troops, fully equipped, were assembled at Kailu, Chaoyang, SulchCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE LIBBY HOLMAN HAS BABY SON —

Widow of Son of Rich Tobacco Magnate Has Son Tuesday Night Philadelphia. Jan. 11.—(U.R1-A son wa.i born to Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds, widow of Smith Reynolds, at the Pennsylvania hospital Tuesday night. The terse announcement of the advent of a new’ actor on the stage where the parents played tragic roles, came at the end of an exciting day. Reporters assembled at the hospital when it became known Mrs. Reynolds was a patient. Dr. Norris W. Vaux, her physician, sought to send them away by saying she was there for a routine examination and the baby was not expected until February. Later he issued this statement"Mrs. Reynolds had a baby boy, born at 6:48 p. tn., and her condition and that of the baby are satis- i factory." Beyond that nothing came from Mrs. Reynolds’ suite. She had announced previously that regsrdless of the sex, her child would be named Smith for the father. Most lawyers agreed the child would inherit his father’s share of the trust fund created by the elder Reynolds' will which made no provision for the widows or widowers of his children. Smith Reynolds would not have gone into his share until he was 28. Settlement of his estate has been held in abeyance pending the birth. Reynolds was found wounded in his Winston-Salem mansion last July. Mrs. Reynolds and his best friend. Ab Walkker, took him to the hospital where he died without CONTINUED ON PAOE TWO ♦ ♦ RED CROSS BULLETIN Further distribution of Red Cross garments will be made in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday morning from 9 to 11:30 o’clock Friday afternoon from 1 to 4 o’clock and Saturday afternoon from 1 to | 4 o'clock. Those who are to receive trousers must know : exact sizes. !♦ ♦

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JOSEPH A.LONG PLEADS GUILTY IN COURT TODAY Former W ealthy Portland Produce Man Interrupts Federal Trial CHARGES AGAINST WOMAN DROPPED Fort Wayne, .lan. 11 (U.R) —Joseph A. Long, former wea thy Portland produce dealer, interrupted his trial in federal court today by pleading guiltv to charges of i violating the bankruptcy law by concealing his assets. Judge Thomas W. Slick announced he would pro-i tiomtee sentence tomorrow. : When I.ong's plea of guilty was received the court dropped slmii lar charges against his former I secretary, Miss Esther H. Brigham. Long's trial opened in federal i court here Monday morning. The government had not com-' ple'.ed its presentation of testimony against Long when the • Pci 1 land man b hug'llt the trial to a conclusion with his guilty | u'ea. Alien P. Rice, Long’s son-in-law. Walter Hill, a Union City real estate dealer, and Louis J. Turckes, former farm manager for Long, took the stand as government witnesses Tuesday to tell of the alleged conversion of Long's property a few weeks before he filed bankruptcy proceedings. Both Rice and Hill, indicted with Long and Miss Brigham, hdve entered pleas of guilty. Officers Re-Elected All of the former officers of the I Decatur Savings and Loan Association were re-elected at the annual meeting of the directors held at the I company's office in the Graham J building. The officers are; Mathias Kirsch, president, C. E. Bell, vice-president; C. C. Pumphrey, vice-president, Paul Graham, secretary-treasurer. The directors were elected at the

I meeting of stockholders last Monday. o Denied New Trial Marion. Ind., Jan. 11 -’U.Ri Th" motion for arrest of judgment atid i new trial for Mrs. Elizabeth Springer, former superintendent < of Huntington county hospital was I overruled today bv Superior Judge Owen W. Dickey. Mrs. Springer is at liberty under $2,000 bond following her conviction on charges of embezzlement of the institution's money. The defendant's attorneys were given 120 days in which to file all bills of exception. GALE STRIKES CALIFORNIA Crops Are Reported Damaged Heavily In Southern Part of State ——- Los Angeles, Jan. 11. — (U.R) —A heavy gale, In some sections reaching cyclonic proportions, lashed southern California early today. At Ontario, 37 miles southwest of here, the gale reached the velocity of 80 miles an hour, unroofi ing houses and creating what was -feared would be extensive property damage. The storm apparently extended as far south as the Mexican border. No rains were reported. The naval radio station at San Pedro reported a 50-mile gale was blowing there. The coast guard station at the same port expressed fears for the safety of moored shipping craft it the wind storm increased. Initial reports indicated the gale centered at Ontario. S:reels were filled with uprooted trees. The gale broke here late last night and was reported increasing in intensity early today. Citrus crops suffered heavily, it was feared. Communication Hues were down . in some areas.

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Victim of Fiend ■ With the finding of the murd- ' ered body of 19-year-old Rose Me-1 I Closkey (above), on a gravel dump near Fairmount Park, Philadelphia a new mystery was dumped into the laps of the police in the City 'of Brotherly Love. The girl's! I throat was slashed and her head crushed in after she had been : criminally attacked. Dennis Boyle, ; believed to have been her compan- ' lon, is in a critical eonditon, hav- | ing been badly beaten. FORMCHARITY~ ORGANIZATION City Charity Groups Organize As Emergency Relief Association Th? various oranizations in the ' city interested in charity work met in the Chamber of Commerce room . Tuesday eveaiug. where a report pertaining to Decatur charity was read. Superintendent M. F. Worthamn acted as temporary chairman. I It was decided that during this present depression this charity organization would be known as the Decatur Emergency Relief Association. A nominating committee composed of Theodore Graliker, Miatt Breiner and Dave Adams presented names for the officers. Dr. Burt Mangold was named president; Eno Lanbenau, vice-president; Mrs. G. E. Myers, secretary; and T. R. Noll treasurer. The officers will constitute the Executive committee. Within a few days all representatives will be called together to consider ways and means concerning charity in Decatur. Twenty five representatives of charitable organizations were present at the meeting held Tuesday night. It was decided that in order to avoid duplication, each individual organizatio doing charity work, is to report the name of the person or receiving such charity and to re-1 port the extent and nature of relief. This charity shall be limited to local needs with the exception of the following: “If a transient Legionnaire asks for immediate aid let him be referred to the local Legionnaire charity committee for an . approval statement.'' The secretary of the Emergency Relief Association wllil authorize investigations when a.ud where needed, and when possible, needy people shall call for help nt the charity headquarters. u Wechter Is Better The condition- of County Treasurer John Wechter was reported much better today. Mr. Wechter has been battling an attack of the flu and his condition- was serious last Sunday. He was able to sit up last evening and believes that with a little progress made each day during the next week he can be out in about 10 days. Deptuy treasurer Miss Alice Lenhart is in charge of the office. Arrives In Florida Robert Voglewede, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Voglewede of this city writes from Palm Beach, Florida that he arrived th -re safely and has begun his duties as the uiditor of the White Hall Hotel ot that city. Bob is associated with he G. W. Rossetti r Company of Chicago, and tor the past two years has taken charge of the White Hall Hotel during the winter season. I

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mai:y bills are INTRODUCED IN HOUSES TODAY Legislature Adjourns Until Tomorrow Morning To Permit Study APPROPRIATION MEASURE PASSES Indianapolis, Jan. 11—(U.R) ! —Committees of both house and senate today took up th ■ j task of studying all bills inI troduced since opening of I he session. Both houses adjourned un- ] til tomorrow morning Io give the committees lime Io work. I'he first nari-mutual b’tHng bdl of the present legisi| lature was among 22 measures , introduced in the house today. J It limits horse racing to 30 days ■ a year in not more than two i! meetings for each racing assOcia- [ tion or corporation. It provides i license fees of $2,000 a day for tracks within 25 miles of Chicago . and SI,OOO a day for all other . tracks. The senate passed the $129,000 appropriation for expenses of the session and received a resolution memoralizing congress to take action toward liberalizing the I liquor laws. i A concurrent resolution signed I by 46 representatives memoralizing congress to declare a five-year I moratorium on all mortgages ’ held by federal land banks and federal joint stock land banks was introduced in the house ami sent to committee. Sponsors of 'he measure said 5.000 mortgages ' on Indiana farms were foreclosed ’ : 'n 1932. ' Two tax moratorium measures L I were introduced in the house, ’i One would cut penalties on all ‘i 'axes now delinouent to 2 percent ' nor annum with the opportunity ’! ’o pay in 20 installments begin, ■- nfng next year. Its authors in’'"ded Ren. Frank G. Thompson '! -f Bluffton. I Four senators united in preparal' Hon and introducing two bills ' -«Hing for abolishment of tho i ifrjep of county highway superin'endent and fixing salary of the , | countv surveyor who would suci need him. One bill provides that the -rm”‘v surveyor ns nart of his rlntipq v-i|] have charee of county roads and will receive a salary not 'o exceed $2 per year per mile ; o f county road. j —he n*he- h'" wv-ld abolish the -I’f'cp n f counfv h'ghwav sunerin- ' Undent in counties of 15,000 to 93 000 ponulation. All but six counties in Indiana are under this classification The exceptions are Vigo, St. Joseph, Marion, Lake, Allen and Vanderburg. GOV. PINCHOT MAKES DEMAND — Asks Senate to Discipline Senator Reed For False Statements j Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 11.—(U.R)— i Governor Gifford Pinchot unexpectedly appeared on the floor of the senate today and demanded that body discipline Senator George L. Reed, of Dauphin county, for the reference Reed made to Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot. wife of the * governor, in an attack on the ad--1 ministration Monday night. 1 "I cannot properly horsewhip a ' senator, however, much as 1 may desire to, and however much the ‘ senator may deserve it,’’ the governor declared. Members of the senate were startled by the sudden, unheralded -appearance of the chief executive. They sat quietly while the governor. white-faced and with tightly I drawn lips, denounced “this coward- , ly system of striking at me through , a woman." The governor charged , a "dastardly attack',’ instigated by ,- "men high in the Republican organization.” No one could recall a similar i occasion in the past when a chief , executive of the commonwealth , had appeared before the senate to I