Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1933 — Page 1

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•WITS KILL iMMANAT sJinoianapolis [, Killed While AtTo Halt A or« Holdup Today , BiEVF. ONE of iJiWmhts wounded will j^BxhanapcilS. Feb. f—.’J.R.' — .^■ r . s F. Shephard. 32, of *^K cn unio. was arrested as a suspect in the of Sergeant Lester |ntl.a' apobs policeman was shot down by a gang during a holdup was held under $2,000 for questioning. Police (' nct disclose their reason him. Feb. 7. —'U.P)— E IJones, 52, ■ ■;' the Indianapolis K' ;■■.' |,, r jo years, wa; 5 ne.. hire gun bandits |K today while attempting a holdup at the Peoples Bus Company, policeman’s s 1 a y e r s IK me men btained $2,000 in a holdthe Capitol Dairies plant te yesterday. also are suspected of holdthe Polk Milk Company and ■ genieier packing plant last Patrolman Willard Hawkins McAllen. Sergeant enter-d the bus company whih- the robbery was in ißgh- lb- was met with a v<>mi'i h'tie gun bullets anti did bat■ • thance to draw 1 - were Just preparing with rl.Stiff in their stolen when th:- officers enin response to a radio call •' *■- in argument in the the officers they behiml the ear and opened tn- Hi. hinc guns. Their t,,nv.bite was blocked so hi foot after Sergeant Eifl fell dead. of th ■ li indi’s was believed ’on pare’ SIX> B’ECT CAPTURE |i MUTINEERS Officers Expect To W'aptuie Mutinous I Sailors Today H gue Feb. 7. -<U.R> Xai > am! marines aboard sioamer Adelbaran >'. to overtake today the ci'ilisZeven Provini ien, mantle I (■irew ■■' mutinous Suiuati am . to advices from Batavi mutineers, who captured ’hip .u.<l put out to se i whim |HM officers were ashore. in a wireless message Ina’ K*"'' ready to surrender on dial they would not be They said they seized in protest against recent cuts, .md would put in at where 4t«) men are tin ■•rtesi for refusing to obey ord tin cuts were announced Alderbaran was reported ij^V 1 five milts of the cruiser aL it since Monday Mean agitators were said to be to create unrest in Dutch Mtn. South America, and at chief home station of marines in northern HolSB Meetings were forbidden a' and all persons nearing station were lia ted ami ministry of defense told the Press the cruiser was head |Mot>thw.>rd along the Sumatran while a squadron command- \ ice Admiral Ostein com of the East Indies fleet, ■■“ teaming from the Celebes meet the ship. hS admiral expects to contact Wednesday or early ggf day," it was said at the minH "A squadron of seaplanes is B^f uv, iring with the warships." ■■Ports that the mutineers had PBhdered were denied at the EJ ,r - v nf colonies. Officials of said there was no tinDenheler or at Sourabaya.

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Ask His Aid N <■'-ij Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana. to whom distressed Hoosier farmers have appealed for congressional aid. Many are delinquent on land bank loans RECEIVE BIOS ' FOR MATERIAL (ountv Commissioners Had Not Awarded Contracts Late Today The county commissioners received blds today for the furnishing of material to the county highway department. Bids were received on stone, stone screenings. lumber and bridge planks and culvert pipe. None of the contracts had been awaulejl ax two o cluck tliiv after-. About 20 proposals were submitted to the board. The quotations were being compiled by County Attorney Henry B. Heller mid awards will be made late today or Wednesday. The price of stone will be So ■ cents per ton. a reduction of 10 cents on a ton compared with tlm price last veir This nrice is 'or stone at the quarry five of the onarries submitting *h > same price. Stone screenings were priced nt 50 cen’s a ton The co'ntv huvs about 40.000 tons of stone a year. Each bidder submitted m i-es on -.tone delivered at different railroad station-- in rh» coni’” r d by truck on the reads in the different townships. The stone bidders were: Blue Creek Stone Co., Adams county: M'd Wes’ Rock Products Corn. Ridgeville Lucius Somers. Hoagland; Erie Stone Co.. Bluffton and Huntington: PI y m nut h Rock Crushing Plant. Bryant; Mesh- , berger Bros. Stone Co.. Linn Drove The bid of Earl J. Sherburn was not. considered as it was not filed on the required bidder's blank and no bond accompanied covnvi'En o-v pac. f five KIONAPERS TREE ELUERIT WOMAN Los Anpeles Woman Is Freed 21 Hours After Being Lured From Home Los Angeles. Feb 7. —(U.R) With Mrs. Mary B. Skeele safe home after 24 hours in tfie hands of kidnapers. Lds Angeles police today sought four men and a woman ss her abductors. Lured into an automobile by a faked accident call and held under threat of death tar SIO,OOO ran-, som. the wife of Dr. Walter Skeele. dean of music at the University of Southern California, was set free, without explanation, near her home last night. j No ransom was paid. Dr. Skeele said, and detectives were at a loss to understand the sudden decision of the kidnapers to release their victim. Sent at once to bed to recuperate, the slight, gray h iired 05-year-old woman was able to give only the sketchiest description of the gang which abducted her Sunday night after she had received a telephone call saying thai her husband had been injured in : traffic acci- ” ’continued on page five

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RECOMMENDS DISMISSAL OF DAVID BARRY Senate Committee Makes Recommendation Against Employe SENATE VOTES LATE THIS AFTERNOON Washington, Feb. 7—(UP) —The senate judiciary committee recomme.:ded today that sergean’ at arms Ta vid S. Barry he removed from office for writing in former governor Alfred E. Smiths "New Outlook" that some congressmen sell their votes for money. Chiirman Norris announced the i ommittee action. He said consideration of the Walsh resolution looking to libel adtion against Barry | and “The New Out look" would lie t iken up by the committee Thursday, The senate agreed to vote on the dismissal motion at 4 p. m. today. Washington, Fell. 7 —(U.R) William Crane Johnstone, Jr., youthful assistant professor of political 1 science at George Washington I University, today denied before the senate judiciary committee that he had taught his students. that congressmen were corrupt. Johnstone was tlie final witness in the committee trial of David S. Barry, sergeant-at-arms, whom senators seek to remove from office because he asserted members of congress sell their votes for money. After hearing Barry. Johnstone and a student in Johnstone’s class. William Cheatham, the committee went into secret session to determine Barry s fate. ‘‘No statement was made" by’ myself i,i class regarding corruption in congress," Johnstone told POX’TTNT’En ON PAGE FIVE INDIANAPOLIS PRIEST NAMED Rev. Joseph E. Ritter Is Appointed Auxiliary Bishop Vatican City, Feb. 7—(U.R) -The Rev. Joseph E. Ritter. Paris priest of the cathedral at Indianapolis. has been appointed auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis, it was announced oday. Father Ritter also was given the : title of Titular Bishop of Hippo. Indianapolis. Feb. 7 —TU R) —The Rev. Elmer J. Ritter, S. T. D., rector of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral here. was formally notified today of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Indianapolis Catholic diocese. Official appointment was received from Vatican City through, Archbishop Peter Fumsoni Biondi, apostolic delegate at Washington. Bishop U tter will assist the IU. Rev. Joseph Chartrand, bishop of ■he Indlanaiiolis diocese.. Porn in New Albany Feb. 2d. IS9I. Father Ritter is one of the youngest Catholic bishops in America. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1917. His parents live In Louisville, Ky. He has three brothers, eng.aged in the practice of medicine, another who is in business at Louisville and a sister teaching school at Louisville. Bishop Ritter was appointed Titular Bishop of Hippo, an honorary gesture. Hippo is an extinct See on the north coast of Africa. o— ; — Leaders Lose The Decatur Leaders were' eliminated from the Markle independent tourney Monday night, j losing to the Roanoke A. C.’s in a rough and hard fought game. 38 to 21. The locals lost two men on fouls and were forced to pity the last four minutes of the game, with four men. Up until this time, only two floints separated the two teams. In other games Monday night,; the Huntington Amcos defeated the Zanesville Independents 32 to 21. and the Warren Rexalls eliminated the Union Independents «i to 21. The Decatur A. C.’s will , mod the Union All-Stars at 8:30 ■ tonight. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 7, 1933.

Asks Stores To Close J mps Elhersnn. president of i the Chamber ol Commerce today requested local merchants to close their place of business Wednesday morning from nine to ten o'clock during the funeral services for Dr. Frank W. Lose. Funeral services for Dr. Lose will be held at nine o'clock from St. Mary’s 'Catholic church, the Rev. Father J. J. Herenes, officiating. Burial will be made in St. Joseph's cemetery. Dr. Lose died Sunday morning of blood poisoning. PROF. SCHUTZ SPEAKS HERE Manchester College Professor Talks To Decatur Woman’s Club "A little disillusionment is an excellent thing," J. Raymond Sclntz. of Manchester College. North Manchester, and a well known lecturer, educator, preacher and traveller, said in his address before the Woman’s Club of the city Monday night. "But too much disillusionment will tend to ruin the moral welfare of the people.” Professor Schutz talked on the subject of "An Adequate Life of Philosophy for an Age of Disillusionmeiii.” The Literature department of the duh had charge of the program, and Mr. Schutz was introduced by Robert Heller of this city, a student of the professor. Mr. Schutz stated that the economic conditions of the present time are reshaping our thinking. "There are three distinct classes of people molded by the processes and forces of the present disillusionment. First, the determined optomists; second, the deterministic evil who ; thjnk that po good can come of it and third, the mediorism class.' Interspersed in the lecture were a number of interesting experiences in Professor Schutz’s life. He said tha: "there are three stages we all pass through, lilusionment which follows disillusionment and the period of facing realities." He urged the people tn keep up GnXTTNtTRn ON PAGF FTVF Brotherhood Meets The Evangelical Men's Brotherhood met Monday night in the church, and the meeting was in the charge of the newly elected officers. They are Earl Fuhrman, president; Eugene Runyon, vicepresident; Charles Knodle, secretary, and Joe Linn, treasurer. There were 25 men present at the meeting, and Martin Zicinierman.. retiring president, gave a ta k and presented a medal to T. L. Becker, who won the story telling i contest. Talks were also given by Eugene Runyon. Mr. Becker, Rev. M. W. Sunderniann and Mr. Fuhrman. Two new member were accepted. Plans were made for the Sunday night service with Kenneth Shoemaker of Geneva the speaker. The men's chorus will sing. SUSIE HUSER. 41. DIES SUDDENLY Blood Clot Causes Sudden Death of Adams County Woman Monday Berne. Ind.. Feb. 7 (Special)—; Mrs. Susie Huser, 41, wife of Amos Huser of east oi Berne, died suddenly Monday evening i.i 5:50 o'clock at her home. Death was due to a blood clot in the brain. Mrs. Huser had been ill since Wednesday following an attack of the flu. Her condition had not been considered serious however. Mrs. Huser was born in Adams county. Apiil 12, 1891 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Clark. ; She was united in marriage to Amos Huser in ltlls. Surviving besides the husband are seven : children: Helen, Alvon, Edison, Junior, Velma. Raymond and Rosalyn, all at home. Three brothers and two sisters also survive. Mrs. Huser was a member of the Springhill Church northeast of Berne. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1. o'clock at the home five miles east of Berne and at 2 o’clock at the Mennonite Church. Burial will be 1 made in the M, R. E. cemetery. •

THREE ARRESTED ON TRUE BILLS Indictments Returned By Grand Jury Are Served Monday One Adams county man and two i residents of Willshire. Ohio, were arrested by Sheriff Johnson and ' Deputy Sheriff Hower late Monday and early this morning on in- ' (iictments returned by the Adams ; county grand jury during the November. 1932. term. August Schlickman, of Kirkland township, was arrested Monday afternoon on an affidavit ehargitlg disposing of mortgaged property. Schlickman is alleged to have disposed of property on which a mortgage of $1,199 is hold by Samuel Barger. The defendant was released on bond of SSOO after entering a plea of not guilty. Hayden Cully and Roy Davis, both of Willshire, Ohio, were arrested on indictments charging petit larceny. The Ohio men are alleged to have stolen six gallons of gas. valued at $1.50. from Frank Fortney at Pleasant Mills February 2, 1932. Cully appeared in court late Monday and asked further time to enter a pleja. He was returned to the county jail pending release on bond of SSO. Davis, who was not apprehended until early this morning, was scheduled to appear in court late this afternoon. .— o — Meet Tonight Members of the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name society ■ire asked to meet at the K. of C. hall at eight tonight and go in a body to the Dr. Frank Lose home to recite the rosary. The men were also requested to meet at St. Mary's Catholic church Wednesday moi".:.ing before nine o’clock to form a. guard of honor in front of the church a d then attend the funeral services for Dr. Lose. MORGAN FIGHTS TO HOLD PLACE Republican State Chairman Prenares to Fight For Retention Indianapolis, Feb. 7 —'U.K—lvan C. Morgan. Austin canner. was prepared today to fight for retention of his Tenub'ican state chairmanshiT. An eft'ott io remove him is scheduled to be made this afternoon at a meeting of district chairmen and women. "I will not resign and that's definite." Morgan said. “I will resist every attempt on the part of any selfish group of the Republican party to oust me from the position." The fight against Morgan is '■' ng led by Tohn Scott. Gary, first district ch-irman. The letter hones to have Don B Irwin. Fran! fort, fifth district diairm in, e’e-i d 'o he state chiirm 'nsliin. O hers mentioned for the posiion n-e Ra'ph Gates. Columbia City, former state commander of the American Legion, and George B. Coffin. Indianapolis, who claims at least three votes. Morgen's friends say that Sen. James E. Watson is hack of the move to oust him because the veteran politician wishes to retain eon'rol of the Republican party in Indiana Morgan said he was proud of the campaign which his party conducted In the state last No- • onjijor and that the election was lost because of the unusual trend .of the times. Special Meetings Rev. Frank L. Engle of the Union Chapel United Brethren Church will deliver a group of continued sermons this week, bised on Christ's Sermon on the Mount. The services will start each evening at 7:'3() o’clock and the series will be as follows: Tuesday evening. Blessings on Thee, My Little Man; V/ednesday. Devils Half ■ Brother; Thnrsdiy, Who is My Brother; Friday, Snakes in the Graos; Sunday niornlng. Judge Not Lest Ye be Judged; Sunday even--1 iug. Painted Devils.

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ADMINISTRATION BILLS ADVANCED IN BOTH HOUSES Measures Advance Smoothly Toward En- • aetment In Assembly TALK SUBSTITUTE FOR SALES TAX Indianapolis, Feb.. 7. —<U P)—Bills intended to carry out Democratic campaign pledges moved smoothly toward enactment in lioth houses of the Indaina legislature today. At the same time Gov. Paul V. McNutt announced tentative provisions for a poor relief bill which is being prepared under administration supervision for introduction in the senate. The senate acted to reduce the tax payers burden by passing two economy hills. . One would abolish the office of township assessor in townships of 5.000 population or less and transfer his duties to the township trustee. It is estimated to send nearly 900 township officials into the ranks of the unemployed at a saving of ’close to SIOO,OOO annually. Another economy bill passed by the senate would abolish the use of election marshall for collecting the presidential electoral vote. ’County clerks would be required to send the vote to the secretary of slate. Three important bills having administration approval were advanced to second reading in the house. One would liberalize utility laws . to make it easier for municipalities to acquire and operate their own gas. light or water works. The old age pension bill was advanced after drastic amendments which reduced the maximum amount payable to each pensioner from $25 to sls a month and increased the age limit for eligibility from 65 to 70 years. The administrations , bank code bill was moved up without argument. Flat Tax Considered Indianapolis, Feb.. 7. — (U.R) — A turnover tax plan was considered today as n possible substitute for iCONTINI El> ON PAGE FIVE) o ■ — Station Friday The baby health station in Adams county will be held at the Decatur high school Friday. February 10. it has been announced. Mothers are cordially invited to bring their children from birth to two years to the station. Registration hours are from 9 to 11:30 a in. and 1 to 4 p.m. Those who plan to visit the station are asked to use the southeast entrance to the high school on Adams street. The baby health station service is made available to mothers by the Child Hygiene Division of the State Board of Health. The mol to for the baby station is "Keeping the Well Baby Well." GIVE RECEPTION TO REV. SEIMETZ Knights of Columbus Hold Reception For New Catholic Priest The K Jglils of Columbus extended greetings ind a hearty welcome to the Rev Father Joseph Selmetz, new pastor of Si. Mary’s Catholic church, at a meeting held at the K. of 'C. liall last evening. More than 75 members of the local eowncil attended the program. Words of welcome were extended to the new pastor by Clayson J. Carroll, grand knight of Decatur council. Father Seimetz made a short talk expressing his appreciation for the fine spirit of corporation shown him since assuming the duties of the local parish. The new pastor is well known hi Kuigt.ts of Columbus circles. He served three years us state chaplain of the Knights of Columiius ■ and grand knight of the Logansport ' council several years ago. Fit'.er J. J. Hennes, assistant i pastor, was also called on tor a short talk. Following the program • a luncheon was served in the reception room.

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Escort of Dead Girl I o. - I L Albert Russel Erskine Jr., son of a millionaire manufacturer, the . escort of Miss Vera Hayburn, who . took her life by leaping from the thirty-third story of a Chicago club. The couple had parted earlier in the evening after a quarrel over Erskine’s attentions to another girl. NAZI MEMBERS HALT MEETING Committee Meeting Investigating Scandals Broken Up By Nazis Berlin. Feb. 7—<U.R)—Nazi members of the reichstag permanent committee for safeguarding parliament's right broke up a meeting 1 of the committee today after 1 Ciiancellor Adolf Hitler’s legal expert. Hans Frank, delivered a tirade against Jews. The committee adjourned indefinitely and was not expected to meet again, because of fear of violence between Nazis and other members. The adjournment marked the end of parliament’s efforts to investigate alleged scandals in connection with agricultural relief and deprived parliament of one of its few remainlug guaran tees. In dealing the latest blow to the emaciated form of the German parliament system, the Nazis refused to meet under the chairmanship of Paul Loebe, rotund and jovial socialist leader. Frank’s anti semitic tirade did not apply to Loebe, who is a Gentile, but was directed against the Socialist party which has mam’ Jewish members. The committee met today to continue its investigation into the aJleged misappropriation of government funds in meeting the financial wishes of big land owners of eastern Germany. In the last election campaign, Loebe referred to Hitler in a sneech in the state of Lippe ns “Adolf, the Slovak with bloody fingers." He referred to reports that Hitler is of Slovakian origin, which Hitler branded as slanderous. Frank quoted from Ixiebe's speech and announced that the Nazis would not meet under his chairmanship. Loebe left the speaker's chair amid an uproar, automatically adjourning the ses- ; sion. One Nazi was killed, and half a dozen were wounded, when Hitlerites returning from the funeral of a comrade kilted at Homberg were fired on from ambush ' last night. Another Nazi was ■ slain from ambush neai Hombcrg. Otto Brann, former premier of ’ the Prussian government, whose last trace of power was removed ' by an emergency decree which ■ gave his place on the Prussian 1 state council to Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen. announced that he would ask the supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of : the decree. After Papen was ’ made a member of the state coun--1 ell. dissolution of the diet was I voted and elections set for March Feed Wednesday * F. J. Schmitt, chairman of the 1 eats committee of the Elks Lodge, announced today that at the week- : ly feed at the Elks Home. Wednesi day night starting at six o’clock, i pig knuckles aind saner kraut would • be served. All Elks arc urged to be present. I

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SEVERE STORM STRIKES WITH SUDDEN FURY No Relief Is Promised From (’old Before Thirty-Six Hours BLIZZARD STRIKES WITHOUT WARNING (By United Press) A blinding blizzard howled across mid-America today as the major storm of the winter struck with the full fury of ice-barred wind and freezing cold. The howl of the wind spelled death to many a jobless unfortunate. It meant suffering to millions. The wintrv ordeal, dreaded in homes all over America., came all at once. From the Rockies to the Albghanies, snow rode roaring gales, mounted in street and highway, trapped automobilists, grounded air craft, slowed trains. Beyond the margins of the day’s storm map, rain chilled the mid-south and the Ohio valley. Cities awoke tn an Artic scene. Street cars ran into drifts. Hundreds of workers with shovels and plows got temporary employment. In Chicago, while a 34-mile-an-hour wind whipped the snow through the streets, 130 snow plows chugged through a six-inch fall of whiteness. Work was slowed in the loop because the city could afford to hire only 100 workers. 36 Below Temperatures sank to lowest levels of the year. It was 36 degrees below zero at Mrles City, ■ Mont., equally cold at Bismarck, N. ; D., and 40 below in a few spots in ' I between. 1 Forecaster C. A. Donne! of the Chicago weather bureau offered nu hope of relief before Thursday. Ha said the snow would Keep railing ■ over the mid continent until then and probably would spread to other sections. Death acconipaniec the storm in 1 the usual tragic manner. Automobiles skidded in glass slick streets, fires broke oil* in hovels, homes and apartments, people died from exposure and Ovei-exertion. In Kansas City, where the mercury touched 50 degrees .it 2 p. tn., yesterday, the weather bureau thermometer recorded zero weather today. o Burns Self Fatally Madison, Ind., Feb. 7 —(U.R)--Burns received after she had ignited her own clothing wets fatal to Mrs. Henry Miles, 32, mother of a nine-year-old son. ‘ Tin going to put myself out of the way," she told her husband, Henry, and Uien poured keroi sene on her clothing. Miles said his wife had not seemed dispondent and that they had never experienced doineslie troubles. o TO GIVE ANNUAL REPORTS HERE Reports of Decatur City Plant Will Be Given at Meeting Tonight The annual report of the Decatur city plant, both for the electric and water departments, will be filed with the citv council at its regular meeting tonight. The reports set up in detail tha financial operations of the city plant, including a profit and loss statement and balance sheets for ■ both departments. The net profit in the electrio light department tor 1932 will ba ' a little more than SII,OOO and tha i water department will show net earnings of around $7,000. A dei crease in producion and heavier i losses in book accounts, were given as reasons for the smaller profit in the electric department last year. A total of 4.171,750 kwh. were generated in 1932, compared with ■ 4.951.310, a decrease of about 15 , per cent The total income of the - electric department was $ 113,928.50 - compared with $130,618.11 in 1931, Following custom, councilmen I stated that the reports of the two ■ departments would be published in I full.