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15 ARE KILLED IN AUSTRIAN RIOTS

WacCracken Is Held In Contempt Os Court

I» HOOVER MR FINED lltl Os FUDGE Jjminediatvl) Arrested Kj Taken To Senate For Trial IffiD AUTHORITY VOF i s. SENATE l eb. 12. 'U.PF K[ l: [>. MaeCrucken. Jr., .^E r idiniiiistiatioii assist r r<t.ii' "> coninune, s]ih> lodav 10l con((t court and was arri *t< <1 and taken bar <>t the senate ni contempt <>i a ■ >t’-.dmn - cfforis to keep brought before the r,.eight when Jus- - ' Ih-triet of Colnm the judge’s deciMart’i a, ken had obtainof habeas corpus by airlines was accused -::,..vu! of recon's in the mail contract in- ■ The senate charged him last week. Macdefied in* senate's authaßiitil a warrant was Issued to have him-. si. ... the senate was "'"-r week-end. He, Kihet to "i tain freedom on jMir;t.: hai’eas corpus and thus 4H • the senate from getting over him. Aho nad been lean in hi< i hair with a con expression. appeared as white haired quietly threw out the. ■k which th. lormer Hoover little cabinet”; Mu had raised in his effort to ■) front being brought before Haute admitted, in re■k to questions by O'Donno that Jurtioy never had laid Mb upon him and never had Mm that h. remain tn JurMl apartment. were fr>-e to leave Mr. jMays apar: . (I ,t whenever you "V PAGE FOUrT* ■Her Pigeon I Is Returned Home Ml Miller. living southeast of forwar :>-j the carrier pig■»hich was caught on his farm M*‘ie C. Swanson. Moline, 111. ■ Swanson wrote to Mr. Miller ■ stated that the pigeon which ■P r ‘" ( l had been sold to a man a-Hiut a year ago. It ■“*>' was on its way homo at the Miller farm. ■ Miller returned the bird last ■VENUE MAN I HERE FEB, 23 Bkrnai Rrv Pnue Collect- ■ or Wil) Aid Local ■ Tax Payers Peb ™ a ry 23. 1934. ■V Coll * clo t Murray Holliday ■. „'“ Decatur a t the Post Os ■. “e purpose of assisting tax'n rendering their Income returns. ■ 7 * erv ‘ce is without charge, iCity throu Sh the columns ■L Wlp *‘ r wi " t)e greatly apMb Hi’ n<>t ° nly by the writer ■ - 'he Bureau of Internal RevMMv*tn aXPayt ’ rs who have not 9 , their returns for the ■ Tho consult the dep-. Mks m 6 *h° have not received Bite obtain them upon re■ot t ? 111 H- Smith. Collet - ilMiana‘ al Revenue ’ Indiana ■ j 2‘ Io ** the final day for fll■i. “ ala corporation fed- ■ tax returns. I

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Edward Zwick Is Trustee Candidate Eciward Zwick. well known farmer of Preble township announced today that he is a candidate far the democratic nomination for trustee of his township. Mr. Zwick has been a menqlier of the Preble township advisory board tor the past 15 years. He is a well known democrat. LOCAL SCOUTS TO AID PLANS - — ■ - Boy Scouts Will t arry Out President’s Request Tor Aid Representatives of each scout troop in the city, tinder the leadership of Scoutmaster Ed Jaberg, attended the first annual Lincoln pilgrimage to a Lincoln memorial n» Fort Wayne this afternoon. The event this year was held be fore the Lincoln statue, "Hoosier Youth.” in front of the Lincoln l.lfe Insurance Company. Each troop in the AnthonyWayne area Council sent an evergreen wreath to be placed at the foot of the statue. The scouts of Fort Wayne attended iu a body. Those from Decatur who went are: Dick Girod, troop 61: John McConnel. troop 62; Don Bixler, troop 63. and Paul Schmitz, troop 64. The services began at 3:30 p. m. Scout officials stated today that the local troops will make every effort to conform with President Roosevelt's request to collect used furniture, clothing and article which may be wed fnr relief of the indigent. Pending more definite information no action or dale has yet been made. It is planned I to set a week-end for the work. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) CHARLES WARD HURTSATURDAY Cloverleaf Employe Injured W hen Struck By Automobile Charles Ward, age 29, was injured Saturday night, when the rear end of an automobile swerved and knocked him down as he was walk ing home along the old Piqua road, alongside of Bellmont park. Mr. Ward, who is employed by the Clorverleaf Creameries. Inc., of this city, was returning home with a supply of groceries at about 11:30 o’clock. He lives on the road near the park. An automobile was parked on the left side of the road and a car driven by James Webb of Ohio City was going southeast. Mr. Ward stepped out tor the parked car and as he did so, was struck by the rear end of the Ohio car. He was thrown about 15 feet and rolled into the ditch. Paul Wiseman, also of Ohio City, who was riding with Mr. Webb, received a head injury as the car swerved into the ditch. Mr. Ward was able to crawl home and.later was taken to the Adams County hospital where his injuries were dressed. Wiseman also was taken to the hospital where it was discovered that an artery was severed in the back of his head. Mr. Ward received a severe bump on the side of his head, above the ear and an injured rib. His right shoulder and leg were also badly bruised. He was later returned to his home. The Ohio men did not notify authorities of the accident and . Sheriff Johnson learned of it as he j was called to the hospital. The men stated that they had driven away from the Linco station and were headed for home. — —o — “Briz” Skiles Hurt In Fight Saturday No affidavits have yet been filed ’as a result of what was described as a free-for-all fight which occurred early Sunday morning in front of the Linco service station, east of i Decatur. Brisbin "Briz” Skiles was injured in the fight, it was stated by ofI fleers.

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A Joyful Reunion I j t Hlhulv y 1 j| I i » - a'x ■.* - <BMZSE^ESSSESSiuj»-... — Edward G. Bremer is shown with his father. Ad ... uremer. prominent millionaire brewer, and r. personal friend of President Roosevelt, telling of his experiences with the gang that held him captive. Young Bremer told his father that he had lieeu'Tair'y well treated” while he was held

MANY SAVINGS ARE EFFECTED Rate Reductions of Utilities Save Consumers Two Million Indianapolis, Feb. 12. —iU.RJ—Sav- . ings to Indiana utility users, resnll- . lug from rate reductions ordered jby the Public Service Commission during the past 11 months totalled 12,125,937, it was announced by the commission today. The largest single amount to be sliced from company revenue was that of the Indianapolis Power and ' Light Company which recently reduced its rates eight per cent enabling users to save, $525,000 annually. The sum is the largest total re- • duction, either voluntary or forced, in the history of the Public Service Commission. Rate reductions totalling $421. 010 went into effect in a score of towns in central Indiana Feb. 1. Northern Indiana towns numbering more than 60 also figured in a rate reduction action on the part of the commission. One of the outstanding accom- . plishments of the 11-month program was the recent ruling limiting pen--1 alty charges for delinquent pay- ' rnents to 10 per cent. The order will save Indiana patrons more than $300,000. the commission estimat(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , i o— — " PUBLICITY IS ■ CAUSE OF WIRE ! i i White House Says Lindbergh Protest Wire Publicity Move > Washington, Feb. 12— <U.R> — . Indications point to “publicity purposes’’ behind the telegram of , I Co’. Charles A. Lindbergh to , President Roosevelt protesting cancellation of airmail contracts, it was said at the White House , today. The making public of the Lindbergh telegram in New York City, before it had been seen by President Roosevelt brought forth to- ’ day from Stephen T. Early, White House secretary, a formal statei ment. 1 Early cited the method employed in making public the message from the flier and added that it would be referred to Postmaster General Farley and Secretary of Commerce Roper. Early’s statement: "Exqept when the senders of telegrams or other communications act primarily for publicity purposes, the common practice is to allow the President, when he is : addressed by them, the courtesy I of receiving and reading their I *7oONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) )

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 12, 1934.

, Lincoln’s Birthday Is Observed Today The 125th anniversary of the ( birth of Abraham Lin- oln was being observed throughout the nation i today. The First State bank was ' closed in observance of the holiday. Short programs were held in the schools in observance of the holiday. jwy acquis went to "wayne this afternoon to place a wreath at the foot of the Lincoln state in front of the Lincoln Life Insurance building The scouts also visited the Lincoln exhibit in Fort Wayne. DENT BALTZELL ISCANDIDATE St-Marys Township Farmer Enters Race For County Sheriff Dent Baltzell, well known farmer of St. Marys township today announced that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Adams county, subject to the decision of the voters at the primary on May Bth. Mr. Baltzell is a son of Thomas Baltzell. former county auditor and pioneer of this township and county. Dent is a graduate of the Davies Tree Institute and for some years has worked at the business of treating shade trees. He is a successful farmer and is well known over the county. He served nineteen mouths as a soldier in the World War, is a worker and has numerous support--1 ers. He will make an active campaign and his announcement was made after consulting with acquaintances all over the county. Mr. Baltzell is the sixth to enter I the race for the Democratic nomination. Others who announced previously' are Ed Miller, F. J. Schmitt and Joe Colchin, all of Decatur, Arthur A. Lehman, Berne, and Louis Reinking. Preble township. o Muncie Police Head Is Denied Hearing Indianapolis, Feb. 12 —<U.R) —The Blue Eagle of the NRA was removed from the College Cleaners at Muncie because every effort to induct the plant to remain under the code failed, Fred Hoke, state director of the national emergency council said today. j The Muncie plant yesterday was ordered by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,) NRA administrator, to turn over all Blue Eagle insignias to the Muncie postmaster. The plant was given orders in a lengthy telegram from Johnson, a copy of which was sent to Hoke. The case has been turned over i to the department of justice, Gen. {Johnson said.

DEATH CLAIMS MRS. GILLIOM Mr=. Chns Gilliom Dies This Mornintr After Extended Illness Mrs. Chris Gilltom, 70, a resident of Berne for many years died at ’’er home at 5 o’clock this morning, following an extended illness of flu and complications. Mrs. Gilliom resided on Bryau street. Berne. She was born one mile north of Berne on March 30, 1863, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Christian Sprunger. She spent her entire life in Adams county with the exception of several years in which she resided in Hickory county. Missouri. Her first marriage was to Ezra Neuenechwander. deceased. Two children, by that marriage survive. Robert Neuenschwnader of Fort Wayne and Ada Wai of Fairmead, California. Her second marriage was to Chris Gilliom. Three children were born to that union, Clifton Gilliom, Howard, editor, of the Berne Witness and Mrs. Clara Flueckiger, all of Berne. Surviving besides the busdam and children, are the following step-children, Mrs. Dan Winteregg. Mrs. William Rawley. Mrs. Abraham A. Lehman. Mrs. Jeff Liechty, Mrs. Jonas Sprunger and O. F. Gillion of Berne, and Mrs. Charles E. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) YEARIYBANOUET MONDAY,FEB. 19 Chamber of Commerce Will Hold Annual Banquet Next Week The annual banquet of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Masonic hall next Monday evening. The Eastern Star women will serve the banquet and tickets I will be sold at 50 cents per plate. Arrangements are being made to I entertain more than 100 guests. Robert Helm is chairman of the ticket committee. I The election of directors of the organization will also take place at the meeting. Three new directors will be elected. Dan Tyndall, chairman on arrangements stated today that word had not been received from the . speaker invited, but that he expected an acceptance in a few days. Carl Heckman Is Trustee Candidate Carl Heckman of Preble township today announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for j trustee of the township, subject to I the May primary.

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FACTOR NAMES TWO SUSPECTS AS KIDNAPERS Two Men Arrested In Baltimore Identified As Gang Members CHICAGO SEEKS CUSTODY OF MEN Chicago, Feb. 12. (U.R> -Identification by John (Jake the Barber I Factor, of Basil Banghart and Isaac \ Costner as two member of the gang which kidnaped him for s7o,om> ransom today led to swift action by authorities, seeking to return the pair from Baltimore to face trial with three other Touhy gang- ‘ sters. “I can identify both Banghart and Coster.’’ said Factor on learning federal operatives had taken the pair into custody in Baltimore in connection with a Charlotte, North Carolina, postal robbery. Arrested Sunday Baltimore, Feb. 12. — (U.K) —Basil Hugh Banghart, alleged jailbreaker and kidnaper, was questioned today in an attempt by authorities to ; obtain a confession that he participated in the kidnaping of John Factor at Chicago. Banghart was arrested here Sunday, attempting to drive aw-ay in his automobile after learning police and federal agents were waiting for him in his apartment. He refused to talk. Also arrested were May Davis, with whom he had been living under the names of Mr. and Mrs. J. E Stewart; Mrs. Jesaie Touhy. whose brother-in-law, Roger Touhy. has been named as a public enemy ’CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES William Murphy, 30, Dies This Morning At Fort Wayne Hospital William David Kenyon Murphy, 30, of 303 East Lewis street, Fort Wayne, a native of Decatur, died at the Methodist Hospital in Fort Wayne at 2 o'clock this morning. Death was due to blood poisoning. Mr. Murphy had been ill of the poisoning for the last three months and had been a patient at the hospital for three weeks. He had been engaged in Work on the CWA project in Preble township when he became ill. The deceased was born in Decatur, June 9. 1903, a son of Lewis W. and Clady E. Murphy, He resided in and near Decatur until 13 years ago when he moved to Fort Wayne. He was engaged as a railroad switchman. He was united in marriage to Elva Beard of Fort Wayne, and one daughter, Maxine, was born to the union. He was a member of the United Brethren church. Surviving besides the widow and daughter, parents, grandmother, Mrs. Charles Helm, are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Tresella Prugh, 303 E. Lewis street, Fort Wayne; Eva A., Harold U. Murphy, Mrs. Mary Rupright, Catherine and Lewis Murphy, Jr., of this city. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Black funeral home and at 2 o’clock at the Union Chapel United Brethren church three miles east of Decatur. Burial will be made jin the Decatur Cemetery. Rev. Frank Engle will offipiate. The body will remain at the S. E. Black funeral home on Adams stree*. where the remains may be viewed until time for the funeral. New Furniture At Auditor’s Office The new’ steel furniture, counters and desks for the county auditor’s I office in the court house arrived here today. It will be Installed this week. The redecorating of the office s about completed and work will start soon on cleaning the linoleum and patching the covering where desks 1 and partitions had been moved.

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Earl Vining Is z Kicked By Horse Il ' Earl Vining, farmer of route ... Decatur, suffered an injury to his 1 chest and stomach Saturday afteri ■ noon when he was kicked by a, horse, at the Community Sale barn l on Monroe street. Mr. Vining was attending the I horse sale Saturday and was kicked i when a horse became enraged. He was taken to the Adams County ; ■ Memorial Hospital and was rernov-; ed to his home Sunday. STRIKE BRINGS MORE RIOTS IN FRANCE TODAY ‘ I Communists Riot In Paris On First Day Os General Strike REVISED DEATH TOLL IS NOW 21 Paris, Feb. 12— <U.R) —CommunJ ists riots broke out in northeast Paris today, first manifestation of disorder in a crippling one day ’ strike of highly unioned workers through France. 1 Strikers in the strongly communist St. Denis section in the northeast part of the capital de1 stroyed two street cars which ’ officials were trying to etart. ’ The rioters looted stores during a fight which resulted. Steel helmeted police, dispatch- ' ed to the trouble center, dispersed the communists. Night was expected to bring further communist disorders. So- ■ cialists and other strikers were obeying their leaders’ orders to remain quiet. Three of those hurt in last week’s riots died during the weekend. The revised casualty list was 21 dead, 2.420 injured. I An attack by communists on i the Paris suburb of Gennevil- ' liers was so serious that police opened tire at 2:30 p. tn., shooting in the air after rioters had , overturned the municipal garbage trucks. Scattering their efforts, communists at 3 p. m. began trouble in a dozen widely-separated points ■ of Paris and the suburbs. A bus was burned in the Place D’ltalie. 1 Columns of workers marched in 1 the suburbs and calmly ordered • shonkeepers to close. One thousand government postal s workers at the main branch in the i Rue De Grenelle, near the Soviet - embassy, walked out, singing the I Internationale. . The strike was in token of the s expressed determination of union leaders that there would be no ■ move toward Fascism in France, 1 ! * ”<CONTTNT T Rn ON PAGE SIX) • | o MRS. KLENKER ; DIES SUNDAY • i Mrs. Ralph Klenker Died Sunday Afternoon At Local Hospital Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Klenker, 22. . wife of Ralph Klenker of route 7, Decatur, died Sunday afternoon at , 2:50 o’clock at the Adams County Memorial Hospital of pneumonia. ’ Mrs. Klenker was admitted to the local hospital Saturday afternoon as a medical patient. > Mrs. Klenker was born in Mon- j * roe township, Indiana, on June 30, ' i 1911, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson. She was unit-. ' ed in marriage to Ralph Klenker ’ and one daughter, Louise Marie. was born to the union. Surviving are the husband, parents, and daughter, one sister and five brothers. > Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock s at the home in Adams county and i at 10 o’clock at the East Liberty I United Brethren church. Rev. R. i D. Smith will officiate and burial will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemI etery at Monroeville. t The body was removed to the 1 Klenker borne this afternoon from j the Painter Brothers funeral parlors at Monroeville.

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POLICEBATTLE SOCIALIST MOD DURING STRIKE General Revolutionary Strike Is Aimed At Overthrow Os Government ORDER MARTIAL LAW ENFORCED Vienna, (Bv telephone via | Berhn and London) Feb. 12. — <U.R) — Troops and police with machine Runs and artil'erv battled social'st mobs in Austria today..killing and woun<*i.ng scores in. a revolutionary general strike aimed at overthrow of the government. The death list was estimated unofficially to have reached at least 45, with an undetermined number of in lured. Official casual it les were not announced. Os the dead 24 fell at Linz, a city of 70.000 and caoltol of unper ’ Austria where socialists and members of the band Sehutzbund semimllitarv corns, battled savagely with nolice. It was believed 20 or ' more fell in Vienna as authorities raked the streets with machine gun fire and stormed socialist 1 stronghold. Martia' law was proclaimed in Vienna. Linz and Graz and the government announced that those realeting authority would be shot. The battle of Ting entered tts ninth hour with ?0 known dead and numerous missing. Fi f tv socialists. e'ad in forbidden Snhutzbimd uniforms, entrenched themselves on Mount Freinberg. and at 3 p. m. renu's“d an attack of ’ronns kYtltne six of them. The trooos with the Sehutzbund forces began setting un machine guns. Meanwhile, aojdiers stormed the Danube bridge at Linz. ki'Hng two sootAHsts. Sno’a.ltsto beta the hridgoh-ad all dav and allowed I citizens to ’eave the ettv bn- not to enter it. Scbultzbund reinforcements were marching to Linz from neighboring villages. Socialist headouarters in the Hotel Schiff, heart of the battle of Linz, capitulated after po’ice threatened the 60 vonng oeounan’s with howitzers. Hand grenades damaged many- buildings in Linz. Martial law was extended to Graz, where there was sporadic fighting. The government broadcast the martial law proclamation and added: ‘Martial law means martial 'aw Anvone onnosipg Hie forces j of the state wilt he shot." With machine guns and barbed wire surronnd’ng the heart of Vienna, fighting continued in *he outlying districts. Polina erected barhod wire in the Ringstrasse and two other streets converging on the center of the citv. dispersing demonstrators hevond the en- , tanglements. Those trying to cross the harrier met machine I guns. There was no accurate est'mate of casualties here. Al] railways in Austria were re- [ ported na rot wed. The crows ran I tra’ns to Vienna ibut refused to I take them out. Build To HunHnerton Plant Huntington. Feb. 12 —TSnecial) — Work on the construction of a new | S2O 000 addition to the Huntington p'ant of the Cloverleaf Creameries Inc., will start as sooti’as the weather permits, it was announced by Carl Klenner. manager of the Hun’neton division of the company. The new building unit will be used to manufacture a product to be known as ’’Kraco,’ a dried whey to be given as feeds to hogs, chickens | and other livestock. ■ o Indianapolis Man Shoots His Wife Indianapolis. Feb. 12. — (U.R) —Insanity resulting from domestic troubles was blamed by Claude B. Mandlin. 48, today as he confessed slaying his estranged wife and attempting suicide. Mandlin shot his wife, Essie, 37, while they walked along a street near her home yesterday. Then he ran into an alley and fired two shots at his head. Both went through his cap but he was unharmed. He fell to the ground and was lying there when police arrived. Mrs. Mandlin died a few minutes later.