Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1933 — Page 1

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SUTURE S BATTLE ON ET QUESTION Skirmish of Session Lrs in Upper House I This Morning kl) ABOLISH [highway heads Lnapolis. Jan. 12.—’U.R) 178th Indiana Assembly bed its first skirmish on liquor question today [the senate adopted a lion memorializing eonftochange or repeal the j lad act. resolution was adopted Live voce vote after it kommended in a majorart ol the committee on pubby. kssage "as opposed by K. bait. Democrat, of Elkhart, Inorily report. Intended the need was greatbread than beer. (committee on county and Ip affairs recommended for | a bill proposing abolish If county highway sttpcrinb in all counties except laving a papulation exceed|(hi. It provides county surItake over the work. resolution and 13 bills were fed al today's session of late before adjournment at house also adjourned until Iw. after 12 bills had been Id for second reading and I ones had been introduced. Ig those offered today was b'iding that al! tax assessIppeals be taken to circuit I instead of the state tax | Advanced for second read h 1 bills providing for a morI until February 1934 on sale I delinquent tax property ping of i property tax restore obtaining licenses. [ Foley To Resign papolis. Jan. 12 - (U.R) I E. Foley of Indianapolis, f of the Indiana State prisrd of trusteei for nearly 25 hold Cov. Patil V. McNutt lhat he would resign. the Ir announced. I told the United Press he Id nothing to McNutt about r I o rowned In River payne, Ind., Jan. 12. .U.R) I* Vastan, 25. was drawnprday in the Maumee river I boat in which he was ridI drawn into the west roller bunicipal dam. Joe Yaney, bnipanion, was carried 150 fnstream hut swam ashore. Id been working on the [ — q Cabinet Resigns k Greece, Jan. 12—(U.R)— [binet of Premier Panayotj I lot med last November ■>. P today. Nt FREFD )Nssoo BOND kir Resident Pleads Guilty to Charge Van Wert, O. r e rt, 0., Jan. 12. —(Special I ltd Eiting, Decatur. Ind . lased on bond of SSOO I te pay afternoon when he apF n the Van Wert common prt before Judes Sumner E. I was indicted by the Van nnty grand jury on a charge piy. resulting from the alpft of an automobile trtiljtarl Miller of near Middles first week of December, pecatur man first appeared ptice of the peace court I upon his plea of not gull[case was Investigated by Jury, I Walters, at the time of |g the bond filed by Eiting. let a definite date for hetir-i he case.

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Knowledge Fatal The college education of Mrs. H. C. Moor, shown in her student attire, led to her death, according I to the prosecution in the trial in ■ Marshall. 111., ot her husband, who is accused of killing her last summer. The state contends Moor slew his wife because lie was i jealous of her superior learning. ARREST FORMER FOOTBALL STAR Los Angeles Man Is Charged With Plotting Murder Os Wife Los Angeles. Jan. 12. ;U.R) —Psi' lice held Gerald (Jerry) Craig, 39. former University of Southern California football captain and . i World War hero, here today charged with plotting the death of his socially prominent wife. Ethel, in order to collect $90,000 in com:|munity property. Craig denied the i charge. I Police said Craig fell victim of a police trap in which a detective, masquerading as a Toledo gunman. was hired to kill Mrs Craig. ■He was charged with attempted | murder. Detective Lieutenant Tom Bryan ; engineered the trap after police said they received Information of the plot. Affecting the dress and . speech of an underworld mobsman, , Bryan said he visited Craig in the garage where he is employed as J a foreman. “I'm Buckeye Bryan of Toledo. ■ Ohio, and 1 want to go buck cast,” 'lhe oper. live said he introduced i himself. I understand you want la job done and I'm your man." From Saturday until yesterday, Brvan said they discussed the plot and d'ekered over a fee. Finally, ihe said he agreed to accept S3OO. S2OO f which was to be paid before the killing and SIOO after • I Mrs. Craig was dead. , j The detective said he was directi led to .strip a valuable diamond ring I from Mrs. Craig’s hand. The rest > of her jewelry was to be tossed on top ot a chandelier, according to Bryan. All details were complete. he said. He was given the keys to the house and told where lie could And a heavy bar and a revolver which were to be used for '(the execution. | Brvan said they then separated, agreeing to meet again in the ufteruoou. Bryan am! other detec fives then went to Craig's home and arrested him. “I don't know what this 1s all about," lie ' remarked at police headquarters. "I was the most surprised man in the world when they arrested me." He flatly denied the | plot, declaring he only knew Bryan ' •as a pan-handler whom he had be- , friended. Mrs. Craig, who is 40, was shocked. “I can't understand it," she said brokenly. “1 simply can't believe it. It is such a horrible shock. Gerald was so well-mannered, a quiet, considerate husband." Police said Craig's father, the late Allan Craig, wealthy pioneer oil driller of Chico, Crltf., had left $250,000 to his widow who died recently, bequeathing her estate to her two sons, Gerald and Holland, and their wives. Craig captained the U. 8. C. football team in 1916. At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted as a lieutenant and served overseas where he won sever.; 1 citations for hraviery, including the Croix de Guerre. His wife is active in local social circles and is the daughter of Jim Morley, one of the organizers of . ... .... I CONTINUED ON PAGE TUXUCIiJ

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ALTER MEASURE TO PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM PRICE Congressman W o u 1 d Guarantee Good Price For Farm Products PROMISES ACTION ON DEBT BURDENS Washington, Jan. 12 (CP) Th* house today wrote into the pending domestic allotment from relief bill i minimum “lair prices" for many important •agricultural products. I The alteration in the measure would guaranta? the farm virtually prewar levels for his output of wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, rice, , dairy products and peanuts. i The bse price for wheat was set , at 75 cents a bushel for the mark t . Ing period prior to the 1933-34 crop r year. After that tiui; the depart- , ment of agriculture would be given wide latitude in fixing basic prices for all eomodities treated in the bill as was originally intended. Promises Action Immediate congressional action on. drastic proposals to liberalize lithe bankruptcy laws and lighten II the nations crushing burden of debt was promised today by Speaker of th House Garner. . The speaker pledged himself to support the* LaGuardieu-Mi Keow.n bill and bring it before the house next we k. The exact date of consideration will depend upon time consumed by the judiciary committee in approving ! final draft. Push Investigation i Assets of the crumbling <iv*ar Kieug r enterprise were depleted 4 today before the s-nate stock marj bet invstigating committee as having been “progressively siphoned" , into Sweden “while liabilities were dumped" into America. f These intimations came as the committee turned abruptly toward the question of jailing bankers and accountants who permit the public , which lost millions betting on Krueger to risk their savings on foreign bonds of uncertain value.

; INTENSE COLD : STOPSBATTLE Severe Weather Prevents 1 Japanese Advance on Chinese City Peiping, Jan. 12. (U.R) Intense ' cold on the southern and eastern ’ frontiers of Jehol province brought ' fighting between Japanese and Chinese to a standstill today and delayed the anticipated Japanese advance toward Jehol's capital, ■ Chengtefu. ' Zero temperature made the use of water-cooled machine guns im1 possible and otherwise contributed ■ to the stagemate of military action. foreign military observers reported, Shanhaikwan, Chingwangtao. and Shiho were quiet. During the lull of military action, foreign diplomatic representrilves planned to go to Nanking to keep closer contact with the Chinese government during efforts at i conciliation Which the League of, i Nations will resume at Geneva ‘Monday. Premier Wang Chang Wei has been recalled from Ger- ' many, where he had been takfhg a 'cure, but it was not known here whether he would proceed direct ' to China or stop at Geneva for the 1 league discussions. United States Minister Nelson Johnson decided not to accompany the diplomatic delegation to Nanking, but to remain here and main--1 tain contact through the consulate general at Nanking. Local Boy In Cast Henry Busehe, 136 South Eleventh street, Decatur, a jurior at Indiana Cential College, Indianapolis, will play one of the major role.-t 1 In "Twelfth Night,” a Shakespearean drama to be given Friday night by the Collegiate Dramatic Club of the college, in the college auditorium. 'After its first presentation, the play will be given in schools over ' the stat. 3 . Henry is studying for a bachelor of arts degree. He is interested in music and is a member of the dramatic club, Greyhound quartet, the school band end the ‘orchestra.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 12, 1933.

Lobbyists Register Indianapolis, Jam 12. —(U.R)—The “third house" of the Indiana legislature has begun its work. Several lobbyists have registered in the secretary of state's office for the current session of the general assembly. They include M. H. Miller, Terre Haute, representing the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; E. 1,. Kenney, Terre Haute, tor tile Order lof Railway Conductors, and FranIces Diller, Fort Wayne, for the [Sate Society of Cosmetologists land hairdressers. SMALL AMOUNT OF STOCK LEFT All But SIOO of Stock In Farm Bureau Plant Has Been Subscribed Business is brisk at the Farm 1 Bureau Association produce plant, with eggs and poultry coming in from every part of the eight or ten 1 counties in the association and ‘ with the regular business of this old concern. H. R. Moltz. veteran produce man and founder of the Decatur Produce Company is in ' charge, with Miss Fan Hamtuell 1 as assistant. Tlie company issued SI,OOO worth of preferred stock, running three years and paying six per cent in- ' terest, thus giving Decatur residents an opportunity to invest in ■ the company. It has been sub- ■ scribed with the exception of about ' SIOO which may still be secured by ' seeing J. S. Peterson, chairman of the committee for the sale of the steck. Among those who have sub- ' scribed are the Mutschler Packing I Company, the Morris 5 & 10c Store ' and a number ot others. The plant provides a market for the farms who are cooperating from Randolph. Jay. Van Wert, Wells. Huntington. Allen, Noble, J DeKalk and Adams counties. To Hold Meeting The Adams County Medical Association will hold Its regular monthly

memeting in Paradise Garden Hall, 148 North Second street, Friday night. Dr. Rickeets and Dr. Graham, spei cialists of Indianapolis, will be the principal speakers. Dr. L. E. Somers >jand Dr. E. L. Mock are in charge of the meeting. Dr. G. J Kohne is secretary of the organization. II .—o Finish Tomorrow Washington, Jan. 12 —<U.R> —The ■ senate sub committee considering i beer legislation will complete its work tomorrow, Chairman Blaine I announced after a two-hour sesI si on today. , o Orders Acquittal i lAngola, t'.nd., Jan. 12 — (UP) — Judge J-men Harmon today ord r- . ed a Steuben circut court jury to acquit B. S. Walter, former LaGrange banker on embezzlement charges. Walter was charg-d with appropriating money i-.i.ied for a creamery project. He previously had be. n convicted with his son Rollo N. Walter, for met state senator on embezzlement |cliaige» In connection with failure of the LuGrang? County Bank and j Trust company. WILL SENTENCE LONG JAN. 20 Portland Man Will Be Sentenced By Federal Judge Next Week Fort Wayne, Jan. 12 —(Special) — Judge Thomas W. Slick in federal couit here today deferred sentencing of Joseph Long, former Portland millionaire produce operator to January 20. The cose was h?ard this morning and U. S. District Attorney Oliver Loomis asked that the charge against Miss Esther Brigham, former secretary of Long’s be nolle ■ prossed. The court granted the petition. j Long plead guilty yesterday to ■ the charge of violating the federal bankruptcy act in regard to omitti ing assets in his financial statejment.

TAX RECEIPTS I ARE BEING MADE More Than 1,000 of 1933 Receipts Have Been Made To Date More than 1000 of the 1932 tax receipts, for tlie taxes payable in 1933. have been made out and Miss Alice Lenliart, deputy treasurer stated that tlie job of making them out would be completed in the next couple of weeks. A total of about 10,000 receipts are required in Adams county. . The spring and fali receipts are ( made out at the same time, the , receipts being in duplicate form , for each payment. The description of the property and the amount due in taxes is shown on the receipt. The tax rates payable in the different townsh'ps are printed on th** back of the receipt. Several taxpayers Lave already ■ paid their spring inst?.’’m°nt of taxes this year. The total bi*l in the county is less than 8400,000 this year, or a reduction of more than 40 per cent as compared with the 1932 total. The spring installment of taxes is due on or before Monday. May 1. 1933 . 0 Deputy Sheriff Killed Jackson. Ky. Jan. 12 —(U.R) —A ! deputy shqj'ff and his prisoner were shot to death here today, from ambush. Tlie victims were Deputy Slier- ■ iff James Marshall, 40, and Rich-; . aid Jett. 60, a farmer, whom i Marshall was taking to the Breat- . hit county jail on a minor charge. , The slayer escaped without be- . ing seen. It was believed Ma' 1 - shall was slain for revenge and Jett was an innocent victim. Freed Under Bond ’v - ? Rushville, Ind., Jan. 12.— (U.R) — Robert L. Newkirk. 30, former secretary of tlie Farmers Trust Company. was free under $5,000 bond today to await trial on charges of embezzling $7,599 of tlie institu- ' tion's money.

CLAIM iNSULL HAS MILLIONS Greek Newspaper, Printed In New York, Says Magnate Has Money New York. Jan. 12 —(UP) — The Greek National Daily Henaid, Greek language newspaper here, features an article asserting that Samuel Instill, fugitive Chicago utility mag nate, arriv d in Greece with $10,000,000 in SI,OOO hills. The article quoted a customs gent who examined Insull's I aggago when he arrived in Greece. Lnsull displayed reluctance when the agent asked to look into a small bag he had not permitted to leave his hand. F'nally lnsull handed it or-r lilt’d the agent found it tightly packed with SI,OOO bills, the article said. The newspaper recorded this conversation: Agent: You are foiluiiate in having this bag examined. Otherwise you would not be permitted to take it out of the country again. lnsull: Don't worry. >i am not going to lake It out. Athens, Jan. 12 —(UP) — American Jttthorities here were understood today to be considering the possibility of seeking fresh warrants for the extradition of Samuel lnsull, former Chicigo utilities magnate wh-oae extradition on embezzlement charges was refused by the appeals court. Assistant state’s attorney Bellows of Chicago has returned to the United States, but his partner. Vlachos, is remaining here. * * RED CROSS BULLETIN | Further distribution of Red | | Cross garments will be made ■ I in the Chamber of Commerce i i rooms Friday morning from 9 ■ 1 to 11:30 o'clock and Friday asternoon from 1 to 4 o'clock and I i Saturday afternoon from 1 to I l 4 o'clock. Those who are to re- | I caive trousers must know exact | ■ j sizes. ♦ ♦

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BLOOD STAINS FOUND IN HOME OF SLAIN MAN Police Seize Home of Edwin Schildhauer, Murdered Bandmaster MUCH EVIDENCE CONTRADICTORY Chicago, Jan. 12.- (U.R) — Blood stains on a staircase led police today to seize tlie home from which comely Mrs. Frances Schildhauer said she watched two men kidnap her husband, Edwin, a short time before his slain body was found on a lonely Cicero road. Tlie stains were found on a stairway leading to the street. A section of tiie staircase was sawed out and taken to the police laboratory where chemists pronounced the stains to be blood. Several days will be required to determine whether it is human blood. Bluff Capt. John Stege, whose dogged inquiry in tlie slaying lias been pressed for a month, immediately placed guards over the home. He sent experts to ransack tlie I three-apartment house. Tlie detective were making a minute scrutiny of the apartment occupied by the Schildhauers, that of Mrs. Schildhauer's parents and a floor let out to roomers. They , were ordered to bring in any clues i that might support Stege's latest theory that Schildhauer. a high school bandmaster, possibly met death in his own home. Several wall drapes, pieces of carpet and pieces of plaster bearing s ains apparently similar to those found on the staircase were removed to the police laboratory for scientific examination. Police chemis’s said the stains found on the stairway apparently i had been subject to washing. They : had been noted first at lhe time of the slaying of the handsome bandmaster. Dec. 10, but were disregarded because of Mrs. Schildhauer’s story that she was watching from a window of her home and saw her husband kidnaped by two men in an automobile.

A new contradiction in evidence by witnesses was brought forward today. The bandmaster's beautiful widow had told police she ran scream- ' Ing from the house after witnessing the kidnaping. ‘I screamed the loudest scream , of my life," she testified. Several neighbors were located by police today who said they had noted nothing unusual at 8:20 p. m., the night of Doc. 10, fixed by the widow as the time of the kidnaping. Dr. Miner Richards, a dentist living a few doors away, said he was sitting at his front window in a position to witness the events .described by Mrs. Schildhauer but 1 saw nothing unusual. A neighborhood butcher told police ihe couple walked past his shop shortly after eight o'clock of the fatal night. This conflicted with Mrs. Schildhauer's story that her husband practised his music for half an hour after reaching the , home before leaving for the last tiem. o WADES RIVER TO ESCAPE ARREST Thief Eludes Wells County Sheriff And His Deputy Wednesday Bluffton. Ind.. Jan. 12. — (Special) —Sheriff Luster Bowrn n and Deputy Sheriff Harold Bowman return.ed to Bluffton late Wednesday after having participated in a futile search for a thief who made his escape after having been trailed by the proprietor of the Nusbaumer filling station at Montpelier. ' overtaken when an automobile h > had s.olen In Muncie became stalled and took to flight across fields. The fellow became a fugitive when he drove from the filling station and failed to pay for gasoline for his stolen car. Overtaken when his machine stalled, he was found to be unarmed and Nusbaumcr ordered him to drive the machine ahead of him bock to Montpelier. The start was made and when .he machine stalled a second ’ CONTINUED ON PAGE* FOUR**

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James D. Adams I* *-■ 1 jk * *■ law jfIBMI Jo uinbia City newspaper pubsher, tvho was appointed to the e highway commission Wednesday by Governor Paul V. McNutt. Adams was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congtessional representative from the Fourth district in the primary ' ast May. PETERS DENIES ANNOUNCEMENT Democratic Chairman Ref u t e s Announcement ! | Os Senate Candidacy .I' ' — > Indianapolis, Jan. 12—(U.R) — R. Earl Peters of Fort Wayne, Democratic state chairman, denied today that any announcement had : been made of his candidacy for * . U. S. Senator in 1934. Statements of speakers at a Democratic banquet at Flora, Ind., last night were interpreted as ’ announcing Peter's candidacy for ' the post now* held by Senator Arthur Robinson. Republican. Peters did not deny he would be a candidate but said carrying out of the new Democratic adniin--1 istration’s program was the only ' thing to be considered now. i Indianapolis, Jan. 12 — (UP) —

. R. Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, chairi man of the Democratic state comunittee, became a candidate today . for the Senate s t occupied by Ar- . thur R. Robinson, Indianapolis, Re- . i publican. Robinson’s t rm will expire in i two years. Peters' candidacy was announced I by Alex N. Pursley, Hartford City, I at a meeting of the Carroll County . Jackson Club last night at Flora. Two yars ago McNutt selected Ithe srme gathering to mak'e the ioriginal announcement of his candidacy for Governor. Ever sine? Peters guided the Democratic barty to an overwhelming victory in the November election there have be n rumors that he iwould b? the party's choice for rTiNTTvi’Tin nv rinr '"tttitte 0 _ Rule Misunderstood ——— -I Considerable misunderstanding has arisen from the ruling made at the meeting Tuesday night of the Decatur charity organizations. This irul? was: If a transient Isgionnaire asks for immediate aid let him be referred to the 10-ea! legionnaire charity committee for an approval i statement." This rule applies only to all war veterans from outside Decatur and Adams county who may happen into this city. Il has no connection with , local war veterans or legionnaires. o PARENTS! All children who are 6 years of age on or before February 1. should . be enrolled in school Friday after- . noon at the respective wards for . the second semester of school. , Superintendent M. F. Worthman. o Forbids Acceptance Berlin. Jan. 12—(UP)-— Former Kaiser Wilhelm, in exile In Holland has strictly forbidden his son, August Wilhelm, now in Germany, to accept command of the Hitlerite ’ "storm troops,” it was learned in Berlin today. The former kaiser expressed liis 1 displeasure at the suggestion that a member of the Hohenzollern family might become involved so ' deeply in the Nazi movement headd by Adolph Hitler, a fore of imperialism, and sternly ordered Au igust Wilhelm to reject the offer.

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SUBURBAN BANK IS LOOTED OF $30,000 TODAY 7 o r m e r Councilman Wounds And Captures One of Holdup Men THER ESCAPES WITH ENTIRE LOOT Berea, Ohio, Jan. 12.—(U.R) —Two bandits today invaded h* Commercial Savings Bank of Berea, a suburb of Cleve--1 nd aid looted it of $30,000. In a gun battle with citizens one of the gunmen was wounded and cantured. The other escaped with the entire loot.. The two men forced employes into the vault as they entered the bank. As one of the bandits stood guard tlie other me h"dically scooped all the caslt Into a large bag. Clarence E. Fox. former councilman, arrived at the bank door and finding it locked, began to pound on it. One of the gunmen opened the door, telling him the “bank examiners have taken it over." Fox was suspicious and ran tn call police. As the robbers fled Fox and a drug store proprietor fired at them. The bandits fled down the street and Fox chased them. He caught up with one of the gunmen and grappled with him. He jerked tlie gun from the robber's hand and ' emptied it. The bandit fell while the other fled. i Firemen To Meet ; Bluffton fireman are planning to entertain at a dinner at the community building Sunday evening. 1 Jan. 15, aud guests will include city : officials and members of the board ' of directors of the Northern Indiana fir?m«n’® association. Preli-i minary piling will be made for the anntnl firemen's convention to ba held in Bluffton next summer.

Wechter Improving ——■ - T — ... lohn Wechter. county treasurer, 'was reported to b 3 improving today. He was able to sit up again yesterday and talk with friends. Mr. We ht-r has been ill at liis home southeast of Decatur for more than two w, eks. suffering from the flu and n relapse following his getting up too soon, o „. AWARD MEDALS AT STATE SHOW D°caturMen Are Presented Medals In Colt Division Last Night Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 12 —(UP) - E. J. Barker, president of the Indiana State Fair association was tlio principal speaker at th ■ annual banquet of the Indiana Livestock Breeders’ Association here Wednesday night. L. O. Chasey, new secretary of the fair isssoclatlo rand former slll- - to ex-Governor Harry G. Lesli?, acted as toastmaster. The banquet was hid in connection with the annual state agriculture conference. Medals were awarded entries in - the calf, hog and colt divisions at the banquet tonight. Decatur men were awarded med- . als in the colt division. A gold m flat was presented Dan Kauffman for a colt that gained 650 pounds or more in one year and survived district elimination contests. A silver medal in this division was awarded Gale Cook. Decatur; and bronze medals were presented David I). Habeggerand Teeple Brothers. Other awards presented to prize i winners in this section of the stale ' Include: Walter Heldfgger, Portland i for the heaviest litter of 10 pigs or more. This entry 12 Duroc Hampi shire Crossbreeds, weighed 1,612 : pounds. In this division. Herman Miller of Bluffton was also award- | ed a gold medal, with two entries. In the colt division, Charles D. Gavin of Bluffton was presented a gold medal, R. W. Stinson, Markle a silver medal and a bronze medal.