Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1933 — Page 1

•faTHEP Lets probable E and Tues■cooler Tuesday ■ west central ■ n s tonight.

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[ENTY-TWO ■M LEADERS IRE ARRESTED ■ional Guards Make Additional Arrests In ■ I lowa District IfilJE COUNTIES |||\ M \RTIAL LAW In" o. May 1. ■'upl.ni H. E. Steatl|P coniiiiaiKlinti :■ detail ■s(l national I’liardsinen, | K|ere limn Le Mars to ■ alleged leaders of farm announced today he ■ a ins It 11 men. Eleven ■ he said were sought. I K jn Steadman said that those arrested were S. T. chairman of the county M holiday association: WilEilaiissiii.il. secretary; John • cirmer; his son. Judd Link, Hinz, who was ill in E Ed could not be moved. ■ | Continue Drive Kars. la.. May 1 (U.R) —Mar■Bw extended into a third today as national ten continued with militheir drive to arrest I of the corn belt’s farm ■ jetachnient of 50 troopers ■ iispatched to Primghar in county with orders to ■ nine townspeople and apin inciting the recounty seat of Plymouth and at Denison, county ■ <: Crawford county. K Glenn ('. Haynes, national ■ commander here, announcAssistant .Attorney GenetHon Powers and Judge AdvoM’rank Halligan are en route ■to determine whe'her the Hers will be subjected to ■rr court martial or will be ■ a civil trial. H guard was ordered out folB: the attempted lynching of Kt Court Judge’ C. C, Brad- ■ Denison, Gen. Matthew A. KtINI Hli l)X PAGE TWO) MAIS ENTER DECATUR HOME ■. Wertzberger Home Intered; Nothing of Value Taken |M. .1 Wertzberger residence |outh Third street, was enter- , •me time over the week-end •othing of value was taken, ■titered. | house was entered through •st window of the first floor. . •Mow w is pried open with a ■ which, together with several | ■dies, was found on the ground 1 ■ residence Is not occupied at •resent time as Mr. Wertzber- ’ ma ' i ' n S his home with his hter in Mai ion. ' | eopen window at the rear of ouse was discovered this i «« by J. M. Gaskill. local gar- j 5 who takes care of tht> ground i 1 the home, l( l Clean-Up Work Reported Finished I h'h Roop, county road auper- ’■ ’"nounced today that all Man-up work on roads in Won and St. Mary’s town ’ onc *’y the unemployed I ps was completed. In Wash"t* township 58 men were emai 'd in St. Marys township were 38 on the job. An . will hp niade t() aHol wor)[ 'tn on the roads somewhere ' .7 . county ' The county has 1 1 Wated 13.000 to be spent'ed c™ ri,a< ’ R by the unem- 1 ■ Small repairs were made. •' 8 cut and ditches grubbed out ‘be men. I - Q. ( y Scout Meeting To Be Held Tonight < g n ?**. tinß of ,Jov Scout execu- I /ttMl others interested fa) the ' "oftlie organization will belt th 8 .® TSI M nK at seven o’clock 1t d, I *™* baniber of Commerce i . p, ’® 'beeting was called by 11 ■ hrphrejr. (

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(ommands Troops in Farm Riot Area Col. Glenn Haynes. lowa military officer who is in command of troops in Plymouth County, lowa, where farmers attacked and threatened to lynch a district court judge. FATHER HENNES WILL PRESIDE Will Introduce Harry Thompson At Latter’s First Public Reading R v. Father Joseph J. Hennes will introduce Harry W. Thompson » Ms first public read) g of poetry to be held in the Dmalur Cuth.ilje Hitch SofTool auditorium Tueid y. May 9. The Alpha Phi Delta fraternity, which is sponsoring the program, has obtained the cooperation of young peoples groups in several Decatur churches. The Methodist, Presbyterian. Baptist and Reformed churches will participate in the sale of tickets. Also the St. Joseph grade children will help. Other churches may be added to the list later. Mr. Thompson Is don ting hi;? services. Half the n t profits will go to the churches assisting in the ticket sale. Tickets will be distributed Sunday. Mr. Thompson is one of the best known speakers in Northern IndI iana. He has appeared in the pulpit of a great number of churches be- ; sides tilling m my lecture engagements. This is th first time lie has read his poetry i.i a public ■ meeting. At the present he is teaching several classes in public speaking psychology latst Thursday he began the latest of his classes, a group composed of the Standard Oil sales men in this.district. He also was asked to continue his d iss of young Decatur business men for another five months. Apportionment Made The re-apportionment of the G-i---mer-Durr ditch in V- ion township was made Saturday by County Engineer Ralph Roop and interested property owners. Allotments were made for cleaning and the work will be done this spring. REPORT BAUMAN YOUTH MISSING Ervin Bauman. 16, Is Reported Missing Since Saturday, April 22 Ervin Bauman, adopted son of Peter Martin of Monroe, has been missing from the Martin home since Saturday, April 22. according to information given Sheriff Burl .Johnson today. The missing youth, a son of the late Rudolph Bauman, is 16 years old, five fe.-t tall and weighs 100 pounds. When he left the Martin home, he was dressed in a gray cap. gray coat and blue overalls. The lad is dark complexioned amd has brown hair. Mr. Martin is at a loss to explain tire youth’s sudden disappearance, as he apparently has been well satisfied at. the Martin home. Few clues of any value have been obtained to date by Sheriff Johnson. I

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UNEMPLOYED i RELIEF BILL 1 PASSESTODAY , Senate Passes $500,000,j 000 Bill Without Record Vote Today ■ EXPECT HOUSE VOTE ; TOMORROW ON BILL 1 Washington, May I—(U.R)— The! I senate today passed after only a I few words of debate the adminis-1 I (ration’s 1500,000,000 unemploy-[ I ment relief bill. There was no I | record vote* j The bill must be returned to the ' house for concurrence in senate | amendments. A conference may be necessary. I Vote Tomorrow ! Washington, May I—(U.R) —A determined house Democratic leadI ership today battered down Republican opposition to insure a vote tomorrow on President j, Roosevelt’s inflation program. In a brief tumultuous session, j administration spokesmen failed to secure unanimous consent for immediate action on the provision of expansion-farm relief measure. However. Majority Leader Byrns immediately summoned the rules committee to report a special resolution to force a vote tomor--1 row. 1 The committee, composed of ■ party stalwarts, will bring in a special rule allowing no amend ments to the inflation section of r the bill, hut providing for considera'ion with several hours debate. Morgan To Testify Washington, May I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —J. P. ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 1 o— Unemployed Men Seek Fertiliser , Unemployed men working at the , Decatur community garden have f asked for eight or ten loads of fer1 tilizer. They hake hauled nine loads : from one farm and county agent . Archbold has estinpted thl it IS > louds will be necessary to adequate- . ly prepare the ground, iknyone wishing to cooperate is asked to , call Doris Stall r at the Adams County garage. The men will do ; the ti lick ing. ! o —~— LELAND FRANK IS PRESIDENT Decatur Postal Employe Named President of Association , Leland L. Frank, postal employe > of this city, was chosen president i of the Northeastern Indiana Dist- ; riit Letter Carriers’ association Saturday evening at the organiza- • lion me ting held in the Catholic Community Center in Fort Wayne A second meeting of the district organization will be held in Decatur July 29. The group meetings • ,ite held every three months. i Leo:ord Cripe of Goshen was ■ named vice-president of the organizition and O. G. Fields of Fort ■ Wayne, secretary and terasurer. The letter carriers from the Fourth Congressional district and those from Elkhart, Kosciusko and Huntington counties attended the organization meeting. D. F. Murray of Kalamazo, Michi- | gan, a member of the executive | committee of the National Associa- . tion of Letter Carriers, was the principal speaker at the meeting and he discussed the national or- ’ gainization and explained its puri pose. Robert Miller hod charge of the meeting. Postmaster Ernest J. Gali- ■ meyer of Fort Wayne was a guest speaker, and former Congressman , David Hogg, also spoke. An invitation to speak was also extended to Congressman James I. Farley but be was unable to 'be present. A luncheon was served following the business session, and wives of , the letter carriers were guests. Q Auto Catches Fire The local fire department was | called to the Bernard J. Keller rest- 1 i deuce at 345 Winchester street, | Sunday night at about 7:30 o’clock , when Mr. Keller's automobile caught fire. No damage was reporti ed. *

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 1, 1933.

Shoppers Throng Decatur Streets Saturday Night j Local merchants report a heavy business last Saturday, making the week one of the best in the point , of sales in the past several months. A large crowd was here Saturday night and shopping at the stores continued throughout the evening. Automobiles were parked on every street for several blocks in the uptown territory and the crowd was estimated as one of the largest of I the year Special bargains were offered i shoppers by local stores in a city ! wide sale and trading was heavy. Several of the stores had the largi est day of the year. The advantages of Decatur as a shopping center are becoming better known every day and shoppers came here from a wide territory. Ail stores are operating on central standard time this year and every consideration is given those who wish to make their purchases here. o MANY EVENTS ABEPUNNED Varied Program Will Be Presented At Athletic Program Tuesday A number ‘of interesting events have been planned for the Civic Seclion benefit basketball game and gymnastic program to be presented by the athletic department of the Decatur high school In the gymnasium Tuesday night. The program is sponsored by the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club and the proceeds from the evening's entertainment will be used for construction and upkeep of (he city tennis courts and play grounds and la the beautification program in Decatur, a project of the department. The Civic Section has been instrumental in developing more pride in beautifying the city and has constructed city play grounds and tennis courts. It has conducted a clean-up week here for a number of years, and in many ways has improved the appearance of the city. Admission to the program Tuesday night will be 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. (CONTTNTTFD GV D'CF rot'Ttl Donates Shrubbery For Athletic Field E. B. Williamson, who had charge of the Schafer Store nursery sale, has donated to the new athletic school grounds a number of shrubs co’sisting of currant, Bersiin Lfi lac, white and red snowberry, flowering quince. Hota hedge and other varieties. Mr. Williamson who is well known in this city said that he wished to have a pirt-in the beatification program in Decatur. CHILDREN TO BE ENROLLED 33 Boys And Girls Will Make Their Holy Communion Sunday A class of 19 girls acid 14 boys will make their solemn Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday morning. The communion mass will be held at seven o'clock and Rev. Father Joseph Selmetz. pastor, will be celebrant o f the solemn high mass and deliver the sermon. Impressive ceremonies will mark the services. In the afternoon the children will he enrolled in the scapular of Mt. Carmel. The members of the Communion class are: Rita Braun, Phyllis Coffee. Dolores Geels. Helen Kintz. Phyl-1 lis Ann Lose, Joan Miller. Mary Miller. Catherine Miller. Virginia Spangler. Dorothv WemhofT, Elizabeth Kohne, Clara Lengerich, Florence Mever. Vera Schultz, Yvonne Smith. Joan Wemhoff, Ann Cowen. «. Richard Briede. Lee ( Edward Gage, Thomas Lengerich. Eugene Miller. Charles Rauch. Elmo Rumschlag. John Voglewede. Anthony Faurote, Joseph Kortenber. Robj ert McClenahan. Charles Shell, i Edward Raudebush. Ralph Ulman, i Joseph Wolpert. Elizabeth Grail-, ker, Margaret

COUNTY BOARD HOLDS MEETING County Commissioners Meet In Regular Session Here Today i The board of county commls- ' I sinners met today in regular ses- ’ sion, devoting the forenoon to checking and allowing of hills. This afternoon the board in--1 spected ditches in Kirkland and Blue Creek townships and made a tour over certain roads in sev- , era] of the townships. The board will be in session Tuesda;?. Later this month the commis--1 sioners will make a tour over the unimproved roads in the county, preparatory to working out a program for the stoning and irnprov--1 ing of mud roads. They will work in cooperation with Ralph Roop, county highway supervisor. The improvements will be made out of the gasoline money received by the county and as many roads as possible will be built this year. The commissioners will endeavor to get every farmer “out of the i mud." by building connecting links to improved macadam roads. ! Bonds will not be issued for this , work. The matter of issuing bonds for poor relief in Washington and several other townships will be taken up with County Attorney Henry B. Heller at the present session. The State Board of Tax . Commissioners has approved the issuing of $16,00(1 worth of bonds, . to be charged to the townships ■ when the money is spent. The money from the sale of bonds ; will replace the amount advanced , to the townships bv the county , and give the townships a balance , to carry out the relief program this year. i ~ ® ; Woman Serious After Attempting Suicide Mrs. Homer Ginter of near Pet'erson is reported to be in a serious condition, following an attempt to take her own life Friday. Mrs. Gin- ’ ter jumped into a cistern on the Henry Klopfenstein farm near Monroe, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Klopfenstein witnessed the act and was , able to remove iter from the cistern. Mrs. Ginter lias been in poor h.alth. JOHNWERLING DIES SUNDAY Adams County Native Dies At Home In W’ells County Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for John Chris- , ian Werling 72, who died at 4 o’clock Sunday morning at his home six miles southeast of Ossian, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, standard time, at the Werling Imm-. and at 2 o’clock at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Rev. Karl Str iiisburg wiR officiate a>nd burial will he mad*e in the churt h cemetery. Mr. Werling di d Sunday morning following a four month's illnei s with heart disease. He was born m lAdants t otinty March 20, 1861 the son of Andrew and Minnie Gallmeyer Werling who cumo to this country from Ger-! many. He resided in Adams County until a young man when he mov-; ed across the county line near Os- , sian. He spent his entire life In and near Adams County. He wis united in marriage to Miss Mary , Schueler November 25. 1886. Surviving are thq widow, two' daughters, Mrs. John Witte of Hoagland and Mrs. Charles Dettmer of near Ossian: a son, Otto Werling of Fort Wayne; two broth- , ers, David and Andr-w Werling of near Ossian; and a sister. Mrs. Ernest Bauermeister of near Os- | stain. ° M. J. Wertzberger Reported Serious The condition of M. J. Wertzber ger of this city, who has suffered two strokes of paralysis and is seriously ill at the home of his daughter, Mr.?. Delia Walter at Marion, is reported to be about the same. The sons, Ed of Elwood. Will of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Clay of Oklahoma City and Dal of Tulsa,; I Oklahoma are with their father. ■ They visited with friends in this city today. I

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RIGID MARTIAL I LAW DECLARED AFTER KILLING President of Peru Is Victim of Assassin’s Bullet Sunday ASSASSIN SLAIN BY PERU GUARDS Lima, Peru. May 1— (U.R) —All I Peru was under rigid martial law! today as police sought possible ac- j |complices of Abelardo Hurtado de Mendo A, who assassinated Presi- ’ dent Luis M. Sanche Cerro. Hurtado de Mendo A was killed ■ by a volley of bullets fired by members of President Cerro’s guard, after the murder of the president! i yesterday. One soldier was killed and three otter soldiers and two civilians were wounded in a flurry of gunplay. General Oscar P. Benavides,. elected president at a hastily convened session of congress a few ’ hours after Cerro was killed, began 1 his administration by refusing to j accept resignations of members of ’the Cerro cabinet. He suspended horse racing, closed .theaters, ordered all sports events postponed , and prohibited public assemblages. I Reports here indicated that all of j 'the country was calm. Hurtado de Mendo A’d act was believed to have been on his own inspiration in revenge for Cerro’s rigid suppression of the A. P. R. A„ i (American Popular Revolutionary 1 Alliance) a political party of which he was an ardent member. He was arrested recently on a charge of distributing subversive propaganda. Many Peruvians hoped General Benavides, who will serve out Cerro’s term expiring in 1936, would i bring an amlcabls end to the najtious quarrel with Colombia over | the Ama on the river port of Lettica. Cerro was engaged in furthering 1 the undeclared war wlubi he was killed. The Santa Beatri race track was crowded with citizens IGONTTNITWr? OX PAGE TWO) o 17 Memberships Given To Pilot James Staley, adjutant of Adams Post No. 47 of the Am ric n. Legion presented Tom Mi Connell of Fowler, former state L gion commander, with 17 memberships in tire ' local post, when the former legion officer arrived in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoco on his airplane round up of the state. Mr. Staley stated that Adam:? Post now had a membership of 176 an?l that its quota was 86 per cent se. tired. Davjd Adams, post cominlander, L. V. Baker, chairman of the membership committe? and N. R. Holthouse of the local post accompanied Mr. Staley to Fort Wayne. , . ———o RHODE ISLAND ELECTS TODAY 31 Delegates Will Be Chosen Today For Repeal Convention Providence, R. 1., May 1. —(U.R) — Rhode Island, one of Hie two states which never ratified the 18th amendment, elects 31 delegates to ■a prohibition repeal convention to day. and drys were hopeful of obtaining at least partial represent ation because of reaction against the return of the saloon. ■ Although the state tr iditionally is wet —it repealed the slate enforcement act by a three-to-one vote in i 1930 —repeal advocates feared that overconfidence might keep wet vot- ' ■ ers away from the polls and that it developments since the return of < <1.2 per cent beer had won some 1 potential wet voters to the dry, i side, in the two elections on re- I peal already held in Michigan and 1 Wisconsin, the drys have elected only a single delegate. i A Rhode Island state commission I appointed to draft liquor control < regulations after the return of i beer, provided for sale at saloons. ' Governor Theodore F. Green and ; Mayor James E. Dunn of Providence predicted a wet victory but i [urged wet voters to go to the polls ; to offset dry activity. A swing to- < : ward the dry side in recent days i I was admitted by wet leaders. i

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Mobbed Judge District Judge Charles C. Bradley, ; of LeMars, la., who was dragged from his court by a mob of 600 l farmers who mauled and choked him with a rope in an effort to [ [ induce him to swear he would sign no more farm foreclosures. When i the judge refused, they told him ; to pray before they hung him. His prayer, asking ’“justice for all men,” sobered the mob ami he was released. CROWD ENJOYS PRESENTATION Catholic Senior Class Play Will Be Repeated Tuesday Night. A large crowd enjoyed tile first presentation of “Amazon Isle" Decatur Catholic senior class play held at the D. C. H. S auditorium last night. The plav will te pre-' senteil again Tuesday. The show was different from ! any th t has been shown here for some time —featuri ’g. savage, head hunting Amazons on the war path for their monthly quota of heads. Oifly a timely eclipse of the sun. predicted by an astronomer, who posed as a mighty medicine man. saved the little group of treasure hunters. The buried treasure itself was fou’<l in the large chest ' the par’v sat on while they rested from digging. Clever dialogue and humor, combined wi ll good acting made the show’ interesting. The story opened in the United States with Cyrus Quackenbush, self-made millionaire, played by George Schultz, ic possession of a map. purporting to show the location of an ancient pirate's treasure chest. Rose, his daughter, played by Delores Klepper, is in love with a young astronomer, played by Roman Lengerich. Reggy Rexford, a social idler, plaved by Mark Schurger, also fell' in love with Pansy Sikes, one of IPONTTNTten lIV PAGE THREE) Equipment Os Cort Theater Is Moved The equipment of the Cort Tteater was moved from the Morrison building to the Rice building oi North Second street, preparatory to opening the itheator in its new location in the near future. Jos Lt-Brun, manager of tlie theater is remodeling the room and many new features found in modern theaters will lie installed. ♦ - ♦ Fisher And Harris Grocery Is Moved To New Location fe ♦ - The Fisher and Harris grocery was moved Saturday night from tlie Erwin building on South Second street to the Joseph and Lang building on tlie west side of North Second street. The building was formerly occupied by the Cntshall Drug Store. Established in 1915 by Mat Harris and John Fisher, the local firm is one of the eldest grocery concerns in this city. In I!U9 the firm moved to the Erwin building at which place it was located for 14 years. New shelving and counters and a modern arrangement of stock of goods is carried out in the new store, making It convenient to wait on trade and offering the proper display of merchandise.

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TWO INJURED BY DYNAMITE BLASTSTODAY Two Persons Injured By Explosions Occurring Early Today POLICE GUARD ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS (’.hie:i, "d. May 1- (U.R) Ail public buildings in Chicago were ordered placed under guard today a lew hours alter live terrific May Day explosions rocked the loop, [injuring two persons and ' alarming citizens over a 20mile area.. Police Commissioner Allman, notified that the blasts were directed at large dowr. own corporations, ordered precautions at all buildings to guard against other May Day violence. The explosions, all caused by dynamite bombs, came at minute intervals shortly after midnight. The detonations in the loop were deafening. Scores of calls poured into police and fire stations and for the first few minutes frenzied excitement prevailed as dozens of pai’rols rushed to the five scenes. The buildings boomed were: The Illinois Bell Telephone ! campany main office, the Hibbard- | Spencer-Bartlett Hardware company, the Willett Bus and Teaming company, the Sprague-War-ner Wholesale Grocery company, and the MarshalHField company uniform division.. After a hurried checkup, police estimated the aggregate damage at $50,000. Hundreds of windows and (loots were shattered. Within a block of the telephone office, where .the heaviest damage occurred, virtually every window was broken. Hans Nelson, watchman at th° Willett company, world’s largest cartage firm, was cut as debris was hurled with terrific force. Arthur Mason, watchman in the Marshall Field plant, was knocked unconscious. Equipment in the telephone (CONTINUED ON' PAGE THREE) o Chop Suev Sunner At Elks Wednesday The Decatur chapter of the Elks Lodge will give a chop snev supper for all members at the home on North Second street between the hours of six ai d nine o’clock Wednesday evening. A nominal sum will be charged and all members re urged to attend. Roy Johnson Opens New Business House Roy Johnson local auctioneer, has opened a place of business un>diT the name of Peoples Supply Company, <in the building formerly occupied by the Decatur Auto Top and Paj t shop, south First street. [ The concern deals in farming imp! ments and certain household goods. EXTRA CLERKS HELP IN RUSH Taxpayers Line Up At Office of County Treasurer On Final Day Taxpayers were Hal'd up from the County Treasure’s office to the east door in the corridor of the court house today, waiting to pay -the spring installment of taxes. Today was tlie list day to pay taxes without a penalty being added. Extra clerks were employed by County Treasurer John Weehter to accommodate the taxpayers, but at times the rush was so heavy that rnainy liad to wait their turn. Many taxpayers were pleasantly surprised when they learned that their taxes had been reduced 50 percent or more over a year ago Tlie total tax bill In Adams County tliis year is about $388,000. as comp ini witli $7,10,000 a year ago, which latter amount was $150,000 less that) the 1931 tax bill. Tir treasurer’s office will closed part of the day Tuesday so that the work of balancing accounts can be done, Treasure) Weehter auaounci ed.