Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1933 — Page 1

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ss K |xperfe Foresee U.S.Recognition Os Russia

I IGNITION OF W RUSSIA i Bpears close | Experts Foresee !^Ku r nition \s Result ((inference Hia jubilant ' | Hi. PROSPECT Mw.oii <>et. 21. — lU.R) ..i.-tacles in the -i a- recognition i;. w ill confront n > R di and Maxll'.csian foreign ■ utie’i tiiey meet in to bring the after IS estrangeX*\ . I y . . be talks proposed ,i::>I who also ■ ... piton- . \. hange of am- - W.ichmirton a:,L ' stimulation of E the • Russia s ti the United States k:..<i~: <l>. The de’ made from .1 -nskv >2 Some $90,600,000 of given Anter ,e czarist governc 1 iilnal claims of ■ property ’ totalling about .:: |Rftj ■'■ i Soviet I nion. to with the >' interfere in the doin’ - affairs. vinoff's < and Russia may :> mimereial treaty. _ the I’ S. g t . necessary to slim- ■ REC ulvanee of $75,600,111 •• Hase here by itasd urn-ferrous met1 )' '.nit repercussions world were foret'able resumption a- relations. One was ~n Japanese the Ear East. Both a ”- bi" United States have .lai an's Asiatic policy, because of its interests Mongolia, the t'nitaßJ“ j ' ■ -rise Ilf the Philippine il!l, l 'ii" American rummer|Market in China. Russia Jubilant ’^R e "" ' 21. (U.R) Russia !f ' l oncealed jubilation Hi prospect of recognition L ' M d Slates, and regard IR~' '"'-b.iiice of letters between. Roosevelt and President most important event recent history. wear openly enthusiasON PAGE SIX) •Bell Smith Will ,1 Speak To Leaguers Ri f — Epworth League of the First Church will hold the I i meeting at 6 o'clock- Sung^B eni "K. Barbara Krick will.be t l *,.!.' er - bowell Smith will speak t • Ia Worth Working For." sic w *" 1)6 p reeeiite <i- ■ i B ur Voglewede Is ■xanied Bank Attorney • ■ Ait. 1 — V °K’ewede of this city. ■ , wn younK 'awyer, who I his work at Georgetown R^^R»^, eri attorney for the I . s ' State Rank of Berne and < |EL ,ng R- R- 'Schug. liquidat- . ent ; in losing the affairs of y tu tion under regulations ig W M ‘ ate inking department, i

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Miners Picket Illinois Capital IWhr.-' ’ ' . . ’■ f 4 f V - --SF * F •' V ? '■ *■'. ' ' h. . .rs ’. luWtSnW -1 MMn» ' ■•- «au Ten thousand striking Progressive miners, whose leaders rejected NI’A peace proposals in conference with Governor Henry Horner, massed in Sprit ;fie!d. 111., and planned to picket mines. Photo shows i some of the striking miners as they appeared before the State Capitol Building at Springfield. The miners kept themselves scattered so as to avoid a gas attack by city and state police. |

Padlock Cases Are Settled With Speed fkmih Bend. Ind., Oct. 21 —<U.R) — • The Northern Indiana Federal district court docket was clear todav of 134 padlock cases growing out of violations of the liquor laws. The cases were erased with almost unprecedented speed as part of the campaign of District Attorney James R. Fleming and Judge Thomas W. Slick to rid them ' selves of liquor violators. A liberal policy was adopted with defendants assessed only court costs in most cases. The Hammond division of the cour will open Nov. 6. SENATORS HOLD OPPOSITE VIEW _J Indiana’s Senators Differ On Question Os Russian Recognition — Indianapolis, Ind . Oct. 21 fl I’ l j —lndiana's two Senators, both ] members of the Senate Foreign re- | lations committee, expressed entirely opposite views today on possible recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States. •Negotiations toward recognition of Russia would be foolhardy and would be inimical to the best interests of the American people." said Sen. Arthur K. Robinson. Republi- | van. “Recognition of Russia is like putting a gun in the hands of an enemy with which to shoot us. The i avowed purpose of the communist I regime is to destroy the government.” Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat, took the oppolste view. “I am not only in favor of the latest move of the White House relative to recognition of Russia. | but I am thoroughly in favor of early and complete recognition of [ that country," he said. "If for no higher motive than the Commercial advantage attendant upon our recognition, that of itself , would prompt me to favor recognition.” o Cemetery On Road 527 Not To Be Molested — ' Several inquiries have been had concerning the cemetery loca'ed ■ on road 527, as to how the new - road would effect it. Mr. Hoffman, who has been in charge of secur-' ing right-of-ways informed us to-1 day that there would be nothing| done along the cemetery to effect i it in any way. so that those having friends inlternekl thei<e need not worry about the graves being molested.

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AL SMITH IS GUEST AT FAIR Famous New York Democrat Is Guest Os Century Os Progress Chicago. Oct. 21—(U.R) —AI Smith arrived today in a downpour of rain to be guest of honor of the world's fair. The former New York governor and presidential candidate refus--led to discuss politids, except to - speak jokingly to George F. Getz. | newly appointed treasurer of the Republican national committee. ' who supported Smith in his 1928 race against Herbert Hoover. He and Mrs. Smith hoped to i escape the crowds long enough to see the fair as ordinary citizens. Smith said. He planned to speak this afternoon in the Hall of Science, hut declared that the I NRA and politics would not be I "before the house.” More than s.obb persons greeted the governor when he stepped i from his train. I When the weather failed to improve, it was announced all the former governor's addresses scheduled for today at the fair had been postponed until Monday *"*(COVTTXTRb ON PAGE SIX! SAMUEL INSULL INCOURTTODAY — t Former Utilities Head In Greek Court On Extradition Hearing — Athens, Oct. 21-lUP)— Samuel li Instill, 74-year-old American utili- 1 ties magnate, appeared before the; court of appeals today to oppose i 1 efforts of the United States govern- ■ ment to extradite him, to Chicago i 1 for alleged violation of the Anteri- ■ can bankruptcy laws. ' ilnjmll. backed by a staff of bril- j liant lawyers, arrived under a po- 1 lice escort from the hospital where ; he has been detained. instill sat in the middle of the | I < ourtroom before the eeats of Chief 1 Justice Emmanuel Panykirakis and 1 ! his associates. Around Insull were i grouped his lawyers—Pericles Rai-: ' list, noted crime lawyer. Dennis LaI zarimos and Christos I-adas. Assistant Attorney General For- 1 J | rest Harkness arrived to represent j . j the United States. Carrying a huge ] file of papers, he paused to ex- ( change greetings witfi Insull and , ** CONTINUED ON PAGE 3IX) !

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 21, 1933.

FEAR DELIVERY OF CRIMINALS BY GANGSTERS Law Enforcement Officials Take Drastic Steps Os Prevention SPREAD TERROR IN TWO STATES Indianapolis. Oct. 21 — (U.R) — ! Fearing a wholesale delivery of I underworld characters in Indiana jails and prisons, law enforcement officials today took drastic steps to combat a roving band of desperate criminals. The band contains at least tive of the ten convicts who escaped from the Indiana state prison Sept. 26; John Dillinger, who was freed from the Lima, 0.. jail last week: .Merritt Longbrake, who escaped from tlie jail at Bellefontaine. 0.. and Harry Copeland, a paroled convict from the Irtdiana prison. Striking first in Ohio and then in Indiana, the bandits have killed ‘ a sheriff, raided two police stations of arms and ammunitions and spread a reign of terror throughout 'the two states. Their latest move was to hold up the Peru police station last night and raid the police arsenal. A week ago they conducted a similar raid on the jail at Auburn. In freeing Dillinger they killed . Sheriff Jess L. Sarber of Lima, O Officials believe that the supply of weapons is being gathered for use in some desperate plan, poss ibly to free companions from the . stale prison or Pendleton reformatory. It is also believed that an at- J ON PAGE SIX) Q Local Girl Will Broadcast Monday Miss Winona Fleming, student at the Decatur high school, will sing over radio station WOWO in Fort 1 Wayne. Monday, on the Guest Artists' Revue. Miss Fleming will turnieh her own accompaniment, a tiple UTILITY HEADS WELCOME PROBE N.LP.S.C. Officials Ready To Go Before Grand Jury Hammond, Ind., Oct. 21. — (Special) —Officers of the Nortrern Indiana Public Service Company of the Midland” United Company are willing to go before the Lake county grand jury at anytime their presence is desired in the investigation of the charges ot irregularity made by .Howard Duncan, former assisttreasurer of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company. This was the announcement Friday night of John N. Shannahan, president of Midland United and chairman of the Northern Indiana Public Ser-; vice Company. Mr. Shannahan asserted that Duncan could not dis-1 close anything that was not already a matter of public record. Duncan’s hope, Mr. Shannahan observed, was that he might make ’ some accusation which would lighten his punishment for his admitted ! theft of $132,000 from funds in his possession as assistant treasurer. Mr. Shannahan's formal statement follows: "Howard Duncan, self confessed embezzler of $132,000 from the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, now attempting to show financial irregularities by the company itself, cannot disclose any(CONTI*NCITf7oN*PAGE THREE)* O Council Committee Met Friday Night The finance committee of the city council met last evening to discuss the proposition of purchasing a site in the south part of the city for the purpose of drilling water wells. The matter was referred back to the waterworks committee without action and further consideration. will be given the matter at a later date.

Rev. Thompson To Preach At Ft. Wayne Rev. Harry W. Thompson will be the guest preacher Sunday In the I Central Christian Church at Fort Wayne. Mr. Thompson was invited to supply the pulpit because of the absence of the pastor, Dr. E. A. McKern. who was called to Des Moines .lowa to deliver an address on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of ' the First Christian Church of that city. o FOUR DEPUTIES FILE MANDATE Washington Twp. Deputy Assessors Sue County Council Members Four deputy assessors of Washington township, Adams county this morning filed mandate suits against the Adams County Council, seeking payment of money allegedly duk them for their services as assessors during the 1932 assessing period. The four filing the suit are: A. Lee Stults, Jonah A. Cline, Charles E Marshand and A. Leigh Bowen. Defendants named in the suit as members of the Adams County Council are Henry Dehner. Benjamin Eitlng. James Kenney. Everett Banter, August Conrad, Mathias Kirsch and F. G. Eichenbarger. The complaints, all alike, state ; that the four plaintiffs were duly appointed, according to law, to serve from March I to May 15. 1932 as deputy assessors of Washington township. The complaint alleges that at a meeting of the county council in i September. 1931. the council failed to appropriate sufficient money to ' pay the salaries and expenses of I the deputy assessors, as fixed by law —notwithstanding the tact the township asse-sor filed an itemized statement of the amount necessary jo meet such payments. The complaint further states that ample funds were in the office of the county treasurer for such payments. At subsequent meetings ot' the balance due these deputies was brought up and appropriation asked but the council refused to make such appropriation. The complaint further states that the estimate of the township assessor was sufficient to said payments and that sufficient funds are on hand in the treasurer's office to make such payments. The complaint states that these deputies put in 65 days of lull time discharging their duties. The sum of $174 was appropriated by the council to pay each deputy assessor but the council refused to pay the balance of s2l due each deputy. The complaint petitions the court to mandate the county council to make appropriation, witli all proper relief. Summons issued to the council members are returnable November i 3, 1933. C. L. Walters is attorney i for the four plaintiffs. FILES ACTION IN ANNULLMENT W ife Os Marion Manufacturer Files Suit For Marriage Annulment Marion. Ind., Oct. 21— (U.R) — ’ Mrs. Betty Gerke Lindley. 30, former secretary to Gov. James Rolph, Jr, of California, filed suit in Grant county circuit court today for annullment of her marriage to R. Lindley, 57-year-old Marion manufacturer. In addition to the annullment, j Mrs. Lindley asks a cash settle- | ment of $30,000 plus $2,500 attorneys' fees. The couple was married in Chicago May 13, 1933. after an air- ! | plane flight from California. Mrs. Lindley charged that she! ) was tricked into the marriage and i | that their marriage contract was | based on false representation She said her husband promised her $5,000 immediately after the , | marriage and SI,OOO a year there- , after but that he never paid the money and had no intention of, ■ doing so. | She further charged that Lind- ] (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) !

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MANY LEADERS CLAIM STRIKE IS A MISTAKE National Farm Strike Is Called To Go In Effect At Noon DEMAND HIGHER PRODUCE PRICES Chicago, Oct. 21 —<U.R> Farmers of the middlewest, desperate because of failure of farm produce prices to respond to the national recovery program, struck today in an effort to force federal relief. Farm organizations claiming a membership of 2.000.000 farmers in 27 states called on their members to halt movement of livestock and food to market, and to boycott merchants until farm prices reach cost of production. Tlie declaration of "economic warfare" was issued by Milo Reno, militant president of the National Farmers Holiday Association, j effective at noon today and to continue until farmers receive a "fair price” for their products. Opinion as to the support which the movement will receive from the great majority of farmers not affiliated with the association differed. Leaders of other organizations withheld comment. Support of efforts to focus federal attention on the plight of farmers came front at least five governors of mid-western states —, North Dakota. Nebraska. Wisconsin. lowa and Minnesota. Endorsement of the strike as a method of obtaining relief was not given by all the governors, however. The lowa Farm Bureau Federation. with a membership of more than 1.000,(160 fanners, announced it would not participate in the strike and predicted not more than 10 per cent of midwest farmers would take part. Leaders described the present strike as “a mistake.” Reno and other leaders of the Farm Holiday Association, however. were confident of success (CONTINUED ON CAGE THREE! BEATTY INFANT IS FOUND DEAD Threo Month Old Boy Is Suffocated: Funeral This Afternoon The sudden death of Richard Beatty, three months old son of Mr and Mrs. James Beatty of Indianapolis, who died at the Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison home. 41S West Jefferson street, early this morning, came as a shock to the many relatives and friends of the ■ i family. The infant's death closely fol- i lowed that of Mrs. Morrison, a great grandmother of the child, who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Thursday morning. The death of the child was due: to suffocation and was discovered ! shortly after 7 o'clock this morn- . ing when the mother went to the i bed of the infant. The baby had t I turned face downward on the bed ; i and had smothered to death. Richard was born Jnly 31. 1933. ; < a son of James and Harriet Wal-lace-Beatty. Surviving besides the parents, is a brother. James. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty were call- i i ed to this city on account of the illness and death of Mrs. Morris- ; on. grandmother of Mrs. Beatty. Double funeral services were hold for Mrs. Morrison and the baby. Richard, at the Morrison home at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ( Rev. G. O. Walton,, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. Local Girl Pledged To School Sorority Word has been received here that Miss Mary Maxine Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Brown of this city and a student at Wittenberg College. Springfield, Ohio, has been pledged to the Alpha Nu chapter of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

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Kelly’s Nemesis ■ f,. jUkj luaaw x Geraldine Arnold. 12-year-old nemesis of George (Machine Gun) Kelly and his wife. Kathryn, is I shown here just before she appeared before the federal grand ' jury in Chicago Friday and told a story which government agents. believe will involve more than a dozen of Chicago's biggest gang chiefs in indictments. It was Ger aldine who gave the authorities ’ the tip-off that led to Kelly's capture in Memphis and his subsequent conviction in the Charles Urschel kidnaping case. EMPLOYMENT IN INDIANA GAINS Employment Gained 2.9 Per Cent In State During September Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 21. —(U.R) —Employment gained 2.9 per cent ~ in Indiana during September and at the end of the month was 25.8 per cent higher than a year ago, the current issue ot' the Indiana Business Review reported today. The survey is made monthly by the Indiana University Bureau of Business Research. The general business situation in the state was irregular during September but several retail lines and factory employment continued upward, the report said. "The general trend in industrial output was downward. Total activity in all lines of trade and industry was about equal to a month ago, 18 per cent above a year ago; and 13.5 per cent under September. 1931 "New passenger car sales were I far above a year ago and 16.9 per; ; cent under normal. The total numliier of sales were 20.5 per cent under the recent peak set in June; but. seasonally adjusted. sales were better in September i than during any other month since J I the spring of 1931. With the ex-1 [ ception of September, 1929, more ’ i used cars were sold in the past ! month than during any other Sep j tember on record. “Clothing sales were well above ' la month ago. Substantial improve-! ment in sales was reported by several stores located in industrial centers, blit preliminary reports in-' , dicate that total Indiana depart-‘ ! ment store sales made less than I the usual seasonal upturn. “Drug store sales were slightly I above a year ago. “Retail hardware sales were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 German Withdrawal Delivered Today Geneva. Oct. 21 —(UP) —German consul Krauel today delivered Ger- j many’s notification -of her withdrawal from the League of Nations to the League secretariat. Krauel was dressed in solemn black coat and derby hat when he I arrived at the secretariat at 9:50. He conferred with Ernst Trendelenburg under Secretary General, until the arrival of Joseph Avenole. French Secretary General, at 10:30 | Then he delivered the notice.

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CHAS. MAKLEY IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF BANDITS Two Other Bandits Identified As Dillinger And Longbrake ARSENAL CLEANED OF ALL FIREARMS Peru. Ind., Oct. 21 <UR> Three members of ;i bandit tfanj* which raided the Peru police arsenal last night were identified todav as Merritt Longbrake, John Dillinger and (’harles Maklev. all notorious criminals and escaped prisoners. Longbrake escaped from the Bellefontaine. 0..-jail where he was being held on bank robbery charges. Dillinger was freed from the Lima. O„ jail last week by confederates who killed the Lima sheriff. Maklev was one of 10 convicts who escaped from the Indiana state prison Sept. 26. Longbrake was recognized by Kokomo police when the gang went through there. He was arrested at Kokomo early last summer, taken to Kosciusko county jail at Warsaw and then turned i over to Bellefontaine authorities. Maklev and Dillinger were rec» ognized from photographs shown t<f" patrolmen. Eldon Chittum and Eddie Roberts. victims of the police station holdup here, and Ambrose Clark, a merchant policeman who was in the station at the time of the robbery, also recognized the two men from photograph". It is believed that five men InI stead of three were in the gang which raided the police sta’ion One bandit herded the officers into the chief's office and held them prisoner with a machine while his companions cleaned out the arsenal. The loot included machine guns, rifles, sawed-off shotguns, tear gas guns, long bar- ' reled shotguns, bullet proof vests, three police badges and ammunition. Before leaving they robbed the patrolmen and Clark of their badges and revolvers and locked them in the basement. The bandits sped out of town on highway 31 and went to Kokomo where they changed from their heavy automobile into a small maroon sedan with red wire wheels. Kokomo police caugh' a glimpse of them and said there were five in the gang. It was then that Longbrake was recognized. Deputy Sheri” Robert Til’et’ of Pern drove up to the police station just as the bandit gang was leaving. He did not know of the robbery but was suspicious. He said he followed the car about six miles out of town on highway 31. He obtained only the first (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EXPLODE BOMBS IN MINE AREA Two Bombs Exploded In Illinois; No One Reported Injured Springfield, 111.. Oct. 21—(UP) — Two bombs exploded near the homes of working miners here today as factional Mine Union warfar broke out anew. The bombs were characterized by police as loaded with ususually powerful explosives. They were set 5 off in the rear of homes of United Mine workers of America in a miners' community in southeast Springfield near the Peabody Coal comj pany mine which resumed operations under a wage svale contract, with the United Mine Workers of America today. There were no pickets at the Pea- ; body mine from the ranks of the Progressive Miners of .America ■ which have been combatting opera- ! tions of Mines working under U. M. \V. of A. agreements. None was injured by the bombs but state soldiers and county and ' city police were mobilized in the vicinity. No arrests were made. Meanwhile a diminished army of progressive demonstrators who marched on the capital Thursday j with their auxiliary remained in the city as a gesture of protest.