Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1933 — Page 1

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Lnerican Citizen Killed During Battle At Havana, Cuba 1 11 i.i ■ i.i ■■■ . i- '■ i ——

| IS KILLED “WING BATTLE ■CUBAN HOTEL ■ i.otH'it' !’• London, ;Wio, killed Watchinn Battle soldiers KiIHI j) \\ (H nded Ccba Oct. 2.—U.R’— t"e --be’!.OUS army of ‘ -»e.i themselves -n.,. Hotel and for s . - :-s withstood a machm- gun and artillery P .- ed. the Sec- ■ • est mated to war ►’ad pre admit Hatt H at more than of the attacking soldiers ( U.R> \ll ■ ill :i Icill'i Im !«• I'll ell; |||. d (I; Hillel |Hp \icliin wiv B I I otsin ' I ••■•« • 1,1 K " ’!• lie was killed i. bl- S ' hllildinil. • --i.lt. -s |B|. He was -1 had been a of i’ - <:nce 1906. ■ rebellions ' pa«R ■ '-x- - in and rifle ||Me ■ ■ •-ntfri- zone the famous S' di-’ri- f nl. where ■ battle between attacking - • .k.-n. ]■ wounded no !■ s ..I i: v of the via- ■ Three Killed !■ T" - 'odav between ■■>■<( hundreds ■ -i i i h‘- Nat ionon Maleeon. n..r wore kil'etl ■fc .'ties in -he behotel were uncertain. started at 6:10 a. m. ■'•■ S- nxcr* t’TW) ■ — _ Bk U ill Close I For Group Meeting ■ ’ F'.-.z.in. president of the State- Bank in this city. retha' .ns having busi- ■ ’<* •tb. i-.ic-t with the bank. il•’ ■ '- Tnesda. October 3. hank will he closed at 11 V,. .b..-da morning for the I- Indiana Rankers meetMrt Duean stated. ‘Those com■uTues.hv will have our thank'; ■transacting their , business so forte may be free to ■* the scssio non October 4.” pis COFFEE K SUDDENtY ifive Os Decatur Dies Suddenly Today in Sacramento, Cal. **[ s friffpp ' a native of this If ■ SU(ldpn| V at Sacramento. Mraia. according to word re-. „ 1P by relatives today. , Lollfpp was a barber in Sacra- •°. where he had made his ’ ft r the last twenty-three ■l ,* was a son of the late T. F. who died in 1929. The de- ’ ’■'“"itied in this city until JXthree years ago. He was er married giving are four sisters. Miss « Coffee. Mrs. F. J. Schmitt , ' Clem Voglewede of this a. ,s ' Albert Tersegge of apolis, and one brother. Ed |p 6 °f Deca'ur. I liberal arrangements have not r“ “oniplsted.

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(Brotherhood Meets At Chureh Tonight • The Brotherhood of the Evangell- • cal Church will meet tonight at ■ 7;M o’clock m the i hun h be - ment. The October section of which Ed Warren is < hairman. will have , charge of the program. A reading. "The Devil’s Highway" will be given by a fellow Christian worker. An oyster supper will be ’ served In connection with th.- meeting. DECATUR YOUNG ' MEN SENTENCED ; Virgil Cook and William Lough Given OneYear Sentences •j Virgil Cook. 21. and William , Lough. 23, Decatur young men. • were given sentences by Judge H. 1 M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit • court this morning on their pleas of guilty to petit larceny charges. ' The young men were each sentenced to one year in the Adams I county Jail and fined $1 and costs. . The youths, after serving thirty days of the sentence will he re-1 leased under probation for the re- . mainder of the year. The local men were arrested near Bluffton last Wednesday morning | after attempting to dispose of stol- . en chickens and were brought to the local jail h Sheriff Burl Johnson Wednesday afternoon. They confessed to several acts of petit larceny in Adams and surrounding counties, including some thefts in Ohio, Activities of the pair have been . under investigation by local authorities for some time. Cook and txmgh sold »T?.?» worth of when* at the Willshire Equity Exchange ten days ago. They were afeo reported to have sold wheat, oats and chickens at other small towns in this vicinity in the past several weeks. — o vYouth Electrocuted At Covington. Ind.. Covington, Ind.. Oct. 2.—’U.R) — Harold Hunt. 19, was e ectrocuted Sunday while putting up a tent for the fail festival here. JACOB STAHLY DIES SATURDAY Hartford Township Farmer Dies After Two Months’ Illness Jacob J. Stahly, 58. died at his home in Hartford township Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock of , cancer and complications, following a two months illness. Mr. Stahly had been bedfast for the last eight weeks. He was born in Linn Grove on November 24. 1874 a son of Jacob and Diana Mqshberger-Stahly. On in marriage to Martha Speicher, and following their marriage made their home on a farm in Hartford township where they spent their I entire married life. Mr. Stahly was prominent in | church work and was a former deacon of the Berne Reformed church. Surviving besides the widow are the following children: Mar cus, John, Hannah. Naomi. Elizabeth and Joan at home, Esther of Chicago; Mary of Plymouth. Wisconsin. Two daughters, Mar tha and Ruth, preceded him in death. One brother. Ed. trustee of Wabash township, and two half sisters, Mrs. Hugh Johnson of ’ Fairbank. California, and Mrs Charles Mosher of Tulare. California, also survive. A brother. Albert, is deceased. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home in Hartford township and at 2 o’clock at the Reformed church in Berne. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Auto-Motorcvcle Collision Is Fatal — Huntington. Ind, Oct. 2 —(U.R)Injuries received in an automobile jnotorcycle collision were fatal late yesterday to Ray Griffith, 30.

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Sheriff and Captured Felon i P it - ’ 0 ' ' ..Be > ;W' ■ b/ > nSk J Held captive for three days, without food. Sheriff Charles Neel (above) finally was released by four of thd ten escaped convicts from Indiana state prison at Michigan City, and made his way to Gary. Ind. Shortly afterward James Clark (below), one of the convicts who held the sheriff prisoner, was captured in Hammond. They are shown as the sheriff related his story.

SCHOOL LIBRARY WILL BE OPENED Library Will Be Opened In Office Os County Superintendent Plans were completed this morning at a meeting of the Adams ‘ County trustees tor a school library which will be opened immediately in the county school superintendent's office In the court house. The meeting of the trustees was held in the office of county superintendent Clifton E. Striker and all trustees were present with the exception of Ed Stahly of Wabash, who was absent on account of the death,of his brothet. Each trustee in the county will contribute towards the library and all teachers in Adams County may get their supplementary material from the library. Several sets of the same books will be purchased for the convenience of th^teachers. The trustees voted to attend the Teachers Institute to be held in Fort Wayne October 19 and 20. It i« compulsory that all teachers in the county attend this institute. Evaminations will be furnished the schools as has been the custom. Trustees having high schools in their townships met in special session and discussed problems relating to attendance. The board voted to extend its thanks and appreciation to Arthur Blakey, who represented the trustees on the tax adjustment board, to Gkn Cowan and the other members. for their consideration. START WORK ON NEW BUILDING New Garage Is Being Built at Herman Dierkes. Nuttman Avenue Work -started this morning on the construction of a garage building at the Herman Dierkes garage and auto wrecking company. located on Nuttman avenue, west of Decatur. .A building .36 by 60 feet, constructed of brick and tile block is being erected. Mr. Dierkes, who has operated an auto wrecking company for several years, will enlarge hie business and operate a general auto repair shop. The building will be one story high and will be located in line with the building now located on the site and will face Nuttman avenue, over which U. S. road number 224 passes. ' Yost Bros., of this city have the general contract for the job.

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday, October 2, 1933.

I Hunsicker Funeral Services Tuesday I Funeral services for Mrs. Mary j ) Hunsicker. 76. widow of David | I Hunsicker, who died at Springfield, Ohio. Saturday, will be held Tues-; ! dayMd'ternoon at 1:30 o'clock from: l„.Uie 8. E. Black Funeral Home on , Adams street, and at 2 o'clm-k at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. C. P. Gibbs, pastor of the church will officiate and burial will • be made in the Decatur cemetery, s Mrs. Hunsicker died at the P Springfield. Ohio, hospital shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday morning. | following a several weeks illness. > The body was brought to Decatur j Sunday afternoon and removed to 5 the Black Funeral Home CHURCHES MEET ; HERE TUESDAY 1 1 Sub-District Rally at First Methodist Church Here Tuesday 5 The sub-district rally of the 1 Methodist Episcopal Churches in t Adams County will be held at the 1 local Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon and evening. 1 i The pastors’ retreat will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock. Supper i will be serfed by the women of the church at 6:30. Rev. H M. ' - Frakes, superintendent of the: Methodist work in the mountains : t of Kentucky, will speak at the ’ supper hour. The evening service will begin! . at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. John Wen- • gates of New York and Dr. E. R. Fulkerson of Philadelphia, will speak. Dr. J. T. Bean, district superintendent of the Fort Wayne district will be present. Rev. C. P. Gibbsb. pastor of the host church, is the sub-district chairman. The I public is invited to these services.

Man Hunt Near Monmouth Sunday Night Creates Great Excitement

A man hunt in the vicinity of Monmouth created quite a bit ol excitement at aliout 8:30 o'clock Sunday evening, when members of the Phil Schieferstein family, Joined by neighbors and officers from Deatur tried to apprehena a man who was peeping into a window at the Schelferstein home. Members of the -Svlieit'erstein fa-' tnily were seated in the front win- ' dow and noticed a man's face at (be window. A cry of alarm was given and Mr. Seheiferstein and ton Marlow, age 26. started outside to apprehend the window peeper. They scouted the premises, but i could not locate him. Later tlie man returned and the chase was taken up. The man ran across the road into the fields. Marlow Scheifestein coming near enough to hin I that blows were exchanged between [the two.

LE. ARCHBOLD i IS RE-ELECTED - Present County Agent Is Given Two-Year Contract This Morning • Lawrence E Archhold was reelected Agricultural Agent of Adams County at a meeting of the I County Board of Education held this morning at the office of C. E. Striker, county school superintenI dent. Mr. Archbold was given a two year contract effective January 1. ’ 1934. He is now serving this fourth I year as County Agent and satisfacition with his services was expressi ed by members of the board. His i election was made unanimous. Mr. Archbold is a graduate of j Purdue University and as County Agent has been very active in promoting 4-H club work and other activities in the county, including the colt and corn shows and the county 4-H club shows. The contract with him was made without any increase in salary, the board fixing the salary at SI7OO a year, of which the state pays half and S3OO a year for traveling expenses. Tlie office of the County Agent is located in the basement I of the Postoffice building, the federal government providing quarters | free of charge to the county. 0 Berne Banquet Is Cancelled The banquet which was to have been served Friday night. October 13. at Berne, in connection with the fall festival, has been cancelled. Lieutenant Governor Clifford Townsend was to have been the speaker.

A call was sent to Decatur and D puty Sheriff D. M. Hower and Night Poliietnan Ed .Miller went to tlie scene and lead the man hunt through a several mile t-rritorry. The window-peeper was lost in a corn field and the hunt ended about 11:30 o'clock. It was believed that the man got 1 out of an automobile and that his companion drove north, returning later to pick hime up. This fact was given credence because tlie auto was noticed several times going north and south over the same territory. Neighbors thought that the men might have been a couple of the escaped convicts, but this was merely a supposition but helped to wax interest as the limit continued A large crowd joined tlie man hunt | party.

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DR. BOYERS DIES SUNDAY IN SAN DIEGO Former Decatur Physician Dies Sunday of Heart Attack PRACTICED HERE OVER FIFTY YEARS San Diego. Oct. 2—(Special)— Dr. James S. Boyers, age 81, for over fifty years a practicing physician of Decatur, died peacefully in his sleep here yesterday afternoon. Early Sunday morning he had been seized with a heart attack A physician' was called and gave him treatment. About noon he went to sleep. Mrs. Boyers thought he was resting until she became worried about the length of his sleep. She found he was cold and immediately summoned a physician who said that he had been dead for some time. Dr. Boyers was active about the citv as late as Saturday evening although on Saturday he had complained about feeling stuffy. He thought his feeling was merely an attack of indigestion and passed Saturday peacefully. The attack became acute about six o’clock Sunday morning and from it he never rallied. Dr. Boyers was born In Jamestown. West Virginia, near Morgantown. July 17. 1852. After attending the schools there and the University of West Virginia he took his medical training at Jefferson Medical College at Balti- ■ more Before finishing his educa- * (Ton he accompanied a party to : (he which surveyed what is ‘ now the present Santa Fe line through Colorado and New Mexico. Before getting his medicaj diploma he also taught school in Decatur, and returned there to practice his profession after get ting his medi<al degree. In the course of his fifty years of practice in Decatur he was president , Cnvi-TKUKD OK PAGF FTVFI CONVICTS ACE STILL AT LAHGE One Os Escaped Michigan City Prisoners Killed Saturday Indianapolis. Oct. 2 (U.R) —A list of equipment needed by the state police to carry on its search the state prison last week was for convicts who escaped from being drawn up here today at a conference of Al G. Feeney, state director of public safety, and Ct.pt Matt Leach and Lieut. Chester Butler of the state police. An attempt will be made to borrow the equipment from the national guard. Feenev said. Only two reports of the probable whereabouts of the eight fugitives still at large were received at state police headquarters over the weekend. State patrolmen were sent to : investigate a report from a girl, whose name was unknown but i who gave “her address as Indian- : apolis. that she was attacked by CONTINUED TO FACE FIVE o Commissioners Meet In Regular Session The county commissioners convened in regular session at the Au ditor's office. The morning was devoted to the checking and allowing of bills and disposing of routine matters. The board will be in session Tuesday at which time several matters will come up for action, including the selestion of a matron of the ladies rest room in the court house. o Native Os Geneva Dies At Elkhart Claude Church. 45. a native of Geneva, died at liis home in Elkhart Sunday. Death was due to pneumonia. Surviving are the wldlow, two sisters and two brothers. | Funeral services will be held in Elk hart Tuesday.

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Delay New License Law Until Oct. 15 Indianapolis. Oct. 2.— (Special)—With a last-minute flood of applications for barber and hair cuttI Ing licenses still to-be acted upon, a delay of 1.1 days in putting the ' new barber law into effe< t was an nounced today by Arthur <’. Wil son. president of the Barber licens > Ing board. It is estimated that all applications for licenses will have been filed and acted upon by that date as more than 3.1H10 licenses have already been issued, he stated. The law was scheduled to go into 1 effect on Sept. 1 but delay in obtaining supplies resulted in a 30day extension being granted by the ' board. With an enlarged staff of . assistants the board is handling the applications rapidly and will have the licenses in the hands of , the barbers by Oct. 15 when enforcement of the law will be start-. I ed - EARTH TEMBLOR IS FELT TODAY IN CALIFORNIA Sharp Earthquake Shakes Major Part of Southern California DAMAGE REPORTED AS VERY SLIGHT Ix>s Angeles. Oct. 2. —(U.R) —One woman died of a heart attack, six ‘ persons were injured and minor damage done throughout metropolitan Los Angeles today as the ‘ result of a sharp earthquake ’ which rocked Southern CaliforII nia at 1:10 a m. ’ Mrs. Sophia Kanapow. 73, died a few minutes after the quake of a 1 heart attack, which physicians said was induced by fright. ' Two walls fell in Los Angeles, and scores of windows were broken. Tlie damage was surprisingly small for the force of the temblor which aroused almost everyone in the districts which suffered from similar disturbances lyIn Los Angeles people rushed from Inqnes and apartment houses as windows crashed and pictures , tell ftom the walls. Early reports failed to mention any deaths although minor injuries were- told by the score. Police said that a wall of the city jail building, condemned after tl:e quake of March 19. fell, but that nobody was injured. laetig Beach, center of the terrific quake which caused approximately 100 deaths last March 10. said that tlie shock was felt severely but that no damage resulted. Santa Barbara, scene of a drastic temblor in 1925, suffered no damage. Huntington Park, hit hard by the disturbance of March 10. .reported only broken windows. Dr. Harry Wood, director of the Carnegie Institute and head of (CONTIKT T F,r> OV PAGE FJVE) —o LABOR’S FIGHT IS CONTINUED Ficht For Organization Continues: Food Supply Endangered By United Press Labor's fight for organization and better working conditions I continued on many fronts today, developing a new strike in Now York City which endangered the food supply of (lie nation’s iarg- ! est city. Tn Washington, the American Federation of Labor assembled for its annual convention, placing its objective at bringing 25.0(h),0n0 workers into trade unions. At Edgewater, N. J., officials of the Ford Motor company nlanned i to hire men from unemployment relief rolls to replace strikers j estimated at 500 to 1.200. The ’ picketed plant was surrounded by a heavy guard. In the Pennsylvania coal fields, the soft coal code wen* into effect ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE/"*

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VETERANS GIVE GREAT OVATION TO PRESIDENT Roosevelt Pleads For Legion To Aid Toward National Unity CHICAGO STADIUM IS PACKED FOR SPEECH Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 111., Oct. 2.—<u.R)—-A mighty ovation, comparable to campaign days greeted President Roosevelt today as he met with his old comrades of the American Legion to plead for national unity and to reaffirm his policy of economy in government. Nearly 30,000 persons packed the huge stadium as the Chief Executive Began his address. which pointed out emphatically that while America would give justice to the veterans that group would not be given special privileges. The Legionnaires settled back to close attention as the President swung into his address. Occasionally they punctuated his remarks with applause. Mr. Roosevelt wasted no time in introductory formality. Concerned deeply over the Cuban political crisis, he planned to review that subject in detail as soon as his obligation at the stadium was completed. Before coming to the stadium lie remained alioard his private car for half an hour to receive word from the state department at Washington on the newest developments in the island republic's strife. The veterans cheered heartily as Mr. Roosevelt laid before them the facts of his economy program, even though they, themselves, felt the slash to the tune of a lialf billion dollars. Hearing some talking in the audience Mr. Roosevelt slopped his prepared address and laughingly remarked: •'My' you're a young looking bunch." Then he drew laughter from his audience as he elaborated on this theme to add, "and we certainly have not one foot in the grave.” CONTINUED TO PAGE FlVfi LEGIONNAIRES AT CONVENTION Local Legionnaires And Friends Leave For Chicago Early Sunday A happy crowd of Legionnaires and friends left on the Decatur Special via tlie Pennsylvania -railroad at 2:55 o'clock Sunday morning for Chicago to attend the annual convention of the American Legion. The drum corps, members ■ of Adams Post No. 43 and others numbering 109 in all boarded the special at the Pennsylvania station. Tlie train was expected to arrive in Chicago about 7:45 Sunday morning. Many of tlie Legionnaires were accompanied by their wives. The train was made up of five coaches, three of which were reserved for the Decatur Legionnaires and their guests. The other two coaches carried Legionnaires from Richmond. Two baggage cars were nooked to the train. The Decatur Legionnaires and drum corps under the leadership of Walter B'ockman will march in the giant parade to be held Tuesday. Tlie local post has also entered a float. "Memories of No Matt's Land" in the parade. The float was taken to Chicago last week by Otto Yost and Lloyd Baker, members of the committee I on transportation. The crowd was in Joyful mood Sunday morning and old war songs were sung and a few selections were given by the drum ' corps before the train pulled out. Added interest was given to the ; convention and parade with the announcement that President and Mrs. Roosevelt would attend today. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt left Hvde Park Sunday 1 evening for Chicago. The President will address the Legionnaires 1 at the opening of the convention today.