Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1934 — Page 1

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■jEL INSULL IIIAIGNED IN [federal court ■r Industrial Czai'l fcays lie Cannot Furn- | ish *200,000 Bond I- AR COLLAPSE AT foil AGO ARRIVAL I’hicii;". Ml,v s (UR) Instill. :i tottering old > wined but ;t ijhost ■ the null listed industrial fc r ®l"' a -" n iueiobered. El loin dud 0e etiiild not EfiiJ flu S2OO (MM) bond Enanebl d" ~is liberty and Eikl i[o l<* iail- ... who Elved back in the city of his I and tribulations earlier] ed that lie was to to jail after federal I Barnes had apt ..uioirnt Eaad tor bond of $200,000. •ni.-iit. given to news-, by his son. Samuel. veiled warning that ■anyth nt happened to him behis imprisonment the I ■remftut would be held respon-. make no specific reany favors." he said authorities are refor my treatment and while I am held in cusa trim commentary on ■ talk i fori ones of a man who himself so powerful men nor fates could I “ ■rsul whose personal fortune at a hundred mil j ft do! us ibree years ago. said Hint he "didn't know , ■are oi the world he could raise ■Dhtrii Attorney Dwight H. Bern,lb a b-ngthy statement be■ft tkje court in support of his for $200,000 bond, said j Rttaßeaw amount of bail was Reenswy to insure the detention Rlkefti'oner pending trial. ■He •viewed Insult's two year ■He. thii li sent him in hounded | fcbt .jfroir. ihe law to France., t ftwe, ml th, nee to Turkey. RTarßx no.nths the government to extradite Instill and Rumftti. to the United States ■■ X'rr’i’ nv i-icc «st\’r |° fft<! Banquet I Thursday Night and daughters’ han I- at the First Unit - < liuri h Thursday ■ at 1:30 o’clock. .K’-'JSk' ~° ■ Speaks I■ ° '' avne Chib ■*»■>•••• s " lil1 ' Knapp addressmeeting of the KiwaR Cft in Fort Wayne today on ftobMiui" i n keeping with ProbaMrs. Knapp was intro- ■ Reed J>. Judge Clarence K. Me- ■ Meek hurt nh' EXPLOSION l u £e| St. Louis Elevator ES-h Damaged By I HBlast And Fire — May X. (U.R; Fifteen were Injured, some poss- . ■ and tire at the 2.000,0001 grain elevator operated by itinental Export Co. The 1 is one of the largest in the s reported without official ' ion that two persons were *i non of the elevator, which ted on the banks of the PPi river, was blown into Rin and floated away, ximately 2.000,000 bushels wheat oats and rye were in the elevator. Property ! was heavy. Mayer, vice president of ‘ Pa-ny, sped to the scene and 1 an investigation, tight it was an earthquake,” fma Flannagan, who lives! block of the elevator, told i M'ed Preu. I

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Vol. XXXII. No. 111.

The Return of Samuel Insull ■unarm— ww Ok Ml Ml f. 1? Illy wßl^ft* jkJIjffixF, 3? !W r ■’ ■Bm™ h iSSaI —Bi ——i—fcW" 4 Samuel Insull Sr. as he was helped down the ladder of the S. S. : Exilona to the United States customs cutter Hudson in lower New I York Bay. A prisoner of the federal government, the one-time head ! of a $2,000,000,000 utility empire was raced back to Chicago for trial, i

Three Blue Eagles Ordered Removed — Indianapolis, May 8— (U.R) — Removal of NRA Blue Eagle in- , signias from cleaning and dyeing establishments in Bloomington and Michigan City was announced today by Fred Hoke, state NRA I compliance director. i The companies ordered to re linquish their Blue Eagles are the Quality Cleaners and The Campus I Cleaners, Bloomington, and the i Sunshine Laundry and Cleaning I Company. Michigan City. Investigation disclosed that all , three were violating provisions of ' the cleaners and dyers cede. A I total of 15 Indiana concerns have ’ been ordered to give up memberI ship in the NRA. SECRETARY IS TO BROADCAST Secretary Wallace Will Report On Corn-Hog Program Signers of the agricultural ad- ' ju-stment admlni.stration”s corn hog ; reduction contract who are anxious to know the status of the campaign 1 will be given a complete report on the progress of the corn-hog reduc-1 tion program by secretary of agriculture Henry A Wallace Thursday noon. May 10. when he will broadcast during the National Farm and Home Hour over the N. B. C. radio chain, it was announced here today by county agent L. E. Archbold. In Ilana producers and corn-hog I committeemen who have been working hard at tabulating and che- k-1 lug data reported by farmers who have signed the reduction contract ( have progressed as far with the program as have those of any state, j according to A Black, chief of, the corn-hog section of the AAA who visited corn-hog headquarters ; jfor ndiana at Purdue University ! recently. Secretary Wallace, in his report, will tell of the status of the program all over the country, and will explain many of the factors which are making the campaign i successful. I State Employes Go Home To V ote Indianapolis, find.. May 8— (UP) With Im t: itctlons to support county and state Democratic organization slates, state house employes were given a holiday to vote in the pri- ' maty election today. Gov. Paul V. McNutt and other ■ elective officers voted in IndlanapoI lis where they are required to ee- ' tablish legal residence during their, j terms of office. Lesser officials returned to their . I homes to vote. }

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STOLEN GOODS ARE RECOVERED Tobacco Stolen From Truck Last Week Recovered Late Monday Burl Johnson, sheriff of Adams county, and David Dubach, Berne policeman, recovered approximate-1 ly SSOO worth of tobacco,* which is I believed to be the main portion of I the loot stolen from a truck oper-1 ated by a Fort Wayne firm for the Kroger Grocery company, I last Wednesday night. The officers discovered the tobacco in a hay mow near Berne, but did not divulge the name of ! the owner of the building, pending further investigation. Twelve burlap bags were filled , with chewing tobacco and about a i . fourth of a sack was filled with t smoking tobacco. The merchandise was stolen ! i late last Wednesday night on U. 1 S. road 27. south of Berne, while i the truck was enroute to Fort Wayne. A large hole had been cut in the tarpaulin covering the truck and the thieves climbed on the truck, throwing the tobac-, co along the side of the road. A carton of chewing tobacco and one of smoking tobacco were ! i found by Sheriff Johnson that | same night while he was return- | ing from a trip to Geneva. PRIZE AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Pulitzer Prize Awards For 1933 Are Announced Today New York. May 8— (U.R) —The Pulitzer prizes for 1933, beset by argument between juries assisting in selections and tlie Columbia University advisory board which makes final choices, were an-1 ( nonneed today. The award for the best novel | i was given Caroline Miller, author, 'of "Lamb in His Bosom.” The] i drama award went to Sidney ; 1 Kingsley for 'Men in White." Hints that controversy had aris!en over the drama and novel | awards wore given last week . when it was learned that the ad-' visory board had reversed recommendations of the juries. An-; nouncement revealed a third dis-1 ' pute. The jury assisting in selection of the winner for the best history work of the year did not agree. ! The prize was given Herbert ! Agar, an attache of the American [ * \g3n TIN Yklii; SLY). 1 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 8, 1934.

CONFESSION IS BRANDED FAKE BY OFFICIALS — Purported Solution Os Robles Kidnaping Is Branded Hoax BOTH SUSPECTS ARE RELEASED Tucson. Ariz.. May B—(U.R),8 —(U.R), Department of justice agents today branded as a cruel hoax a purport ed solution to the kiduaping of June Robles which took three officers into Mexico and aroused hope that the child could be returned to i her family. TKe fate of the little heiress to the cattle fortune of Bernabe Robjles, her aged wealthy grandfather. ; again became the object of apprei hensive speculation. j Whether she was dead or alive ■ remained a question department of justice agents would not or could not answer as they returned here from the border town of Nogales. They did say, however, that what they thought yesterday was a solution to the kidnaping had collapsed. The so-called confession by an American kidnap suspect which inspired a widespread search into the northern Sonora wilds, • they said, was a take.. One remaining hope that June I still would be found alive depended ion the outcome of an official mission into Sonora by Cliief Deputy i Sheriff Oliver White. While and I two federal agents drove into the , rugged interior Sunday and upon 1 returning seven hours later, the j deputy stated witli assurance: "I can say with a clear conscience, that the girl is still alive •«« • • I CONTI NURD ON PAGE SIX) ——o —' — Bob Rnmschlag Buys Partner’s Interest — Bob Rumschlag today announced that he has purchased Carl V. Gattshall’s interest in Carl’s Con-1 fectionery, located at 250 North Second street. Mr. Rumschlag. who has been in the store for the' I past year, will be the sole pro- | prietor. In the future, the busi- | ness will be known as Bob’s Con- | fectionery. HARRY MILLER HOME BURNED Farm Residence Completely Destroyed By Flames Monday Fire completely destroyed the Harry Miller home, the first house, north of the Dent schoolhouse. Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock. The household goods were also destroy- j I ed by the flames with the exception ■ of three pieces of furniture. The fire started suddenly and the tbehouse hadieaught. tire within the 1 neighbors and members of the Miller family could remove articles of clothing or furniture. This was the fifteenth time that house had caught fire within the last two weeks. The series of fires started a week ago Sunday when the house became ignited three times. The following Monday the] house caught fire and shortly after | the flame had been put out the barn , located nearby, caught fire from a ■ spark and burned completely to the ground. All the grain in the barn, an auto- j mobile and three pigs were burned. The series of fires continued for CCONTINfJBD ON PAGE SIX)

The Daily Democrat will hold open house in the Erwin Building South Second street TONIGHT where the Election Returns will be gathered and given to the public. You are invited to attend. If you can't be there in person call Phones 1000 and 1001.

Monmouth Dramatic Club To Give Play The Monmouth Dramatic Club will he present a play entitled, "The Mystery of the Thirl Gable" at the i Monmouth Community building J Saturday and Sunday nights, May , 12 and Ul. This will be the first dramatic .presentation of the club which was organize I Ibis spring with ?2 mem- | hers. The organization aims to de--1 velope the dramatic ability of Its members and expects to use all financial proceeals above expenses for i school or community Improvements. 11 This play is a mystery play of lan entirely different character from I the ordinary comedy The public is I I invited to attend. Admission prices ’ are 10 cents for children 13 yeare of age and younger and 20 cents for ' adults. DBSERVEWEEK OF PROBATION — This Week Has Been Designated Probation Week In Indiana The Indiana State Probation Commission in conjunction with the Indiana Probation Association,l | has designated this week as Pro j bation Week. It is fitting that It should immediately follow "Youth j Week." An effort will be made to inform and enlist the interest of I the people of the Hoosier state in I the values of probationary treat-1 ment for juvenile delinquents and adult first offenders. Our prisons are oven rowded. and I the problem of delinquency and crime calls for a careful analysis 'of its causes and a sane modern 1 approach to a solution. ’’Suiting the penalty to the crime" has not lessened crime. Those states that j have made use of good probation! find that each year fewer prison commitments are necessary Massa- , chussetts. for instance, has not I atWed one prison in the last twenty years. The cost of administering proba | tion in Indiana in 1933 was $8.90 ' , each probationer, compared with I $272 per year to keep prison walls! about a person. The state proba- 1 I tion department is calling the peoi pie of Indiana to awaken to the economy of this method of treat ment, as well as to a profound con- , sideration of the social values to he considered in the rehabilitation ! of the offender. President Roosevelt, in his re cently published book. "Looking i Forward," writes the following! (OONTINnWD ON PAGE SIX) o — Daniel Morand Is Fined At Bluffton Daniel Morand, Berne, entered a 1 plea of guilty on a charge of reckless driving in the court of justice lof the peace M W. Walbert at Bluffton late Monday afternoon, and was fined $1 and costs totaling 99.30. I The specific charge against MorI and alleged that he drove a milk ! truck through the funeral proces- ’ ' sion of Mayor John W. Kelley last 1 week. GIVES CONSENT TO NEW PROGRAM President Gives Assent To Program For Expanded Silver Use Washingt Washington. May B—' I (UP) —Definite White House assent I to a three point program for expanj ded use of silver was reported to-;' ! day at the capita! after a conference with President Roosevelt and mem- 1 l,bers of the senate silver ibloc. The points on which the presi-i 1 jdent wsa said to have given con- 1 I sent were: 1. Nationalization of silver. 2. Reestablishment of silver as a . ! basic money. 3. Silver purchase by the treasury until 25 per cent of the metallic re- ! serve Is in the form of silver. ( The silver senators were told to ] i prepare legislation which would ( accomplish the three told program | ] which was expected to emerge as a national policy. ( The White House conference was , attended by Senator William H. ! King. Demo-, Utah, chairman of the ] silver bloc steering committee, Sen-j j tCONTINUBD ON PAUL SIX) >

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REACTION OF I STATE VOTERS TESTED TODAY Reaction of Indiana Voters To “New Deal” Will Be Decided Today RECORD NUMBER OF BALLOTS EXPECTED Indianapolis, May 8. (U.R) —Ro ' ! action of Indiana citizens to the, ,"new deal” was tested today as voters cast their ballots in the , spring primary. By comparing the total vote with ! that of tlie 1932 general election. ! Democratic leaders hope to refute Republican claims that their power is on the wane. The primary is being held to nominate Republican and Demo- | cratic candidates for congress. ' state legislature and county, city and township offices. Delegates to the state party conventions next I month also were being named. While inter-party issues will not become important factors until after the primary, the campaign was enlivened by Republican charges ' that tJie state administration of Gov. Paul V. McNutt is responsible ; for the escapades of John Dillinger. | notorious Indiana outlaw, and the escape of 10 members of his gang i from the state prison last Septem- . , her. The Dillinger case will have a direct bearing on the political ambitions of Robert G. Estill, Lake 1 county prosecutor, who is seeking i re-nomination. It was from the Lake county jail that Dillinger escaped with a wooden pistol after having been captur- i ed in Tucson. Ariz. Estill is being opposed on the , Democratic ticket by State Senator Fred Egan. Gary, who has made the Dillinger escape one of his fore- i rrnNTTNTTET) GN PAGE SIX) Brotherhood Will Serve Supper May 19 The Christian brotherhood will serve supper in the First Chris-! I tian church Saturday evening. May i 19, from 5t07 p. m Price will be '25 cents per plate. The public is j invited. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. SULLIVAN Mrs. James IL Sullivan Dies Monday Night of Complications Mrs. Nancy Eizaheth Sullivan. 85, ' wife of James 11. Sullivan, residing . at the corner of Adame and Twelfth I streets, died at her home Monday evening al 5:30 o’clock following a ! : three year’s illness. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Sullivan was born March 27. 1849. in Ohio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Culler. She was the j last surviving member of a family of 14 children. She was first married to 'Alec Smith and two sons were born to the union. Will and Charles E. ' Smith both of Decatur. Her second marriage was to James H. Sullivan on May 21, 1890. Mr. Sullivan sur- j viresMr. and Mrs. Sullivan resided in j Decatur following their marriage with the exception of one year in Missouri and several months at Hammond. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the S. E. Black Funeral home on Adams street and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the Black Funeral home until time for the funeral home until time for the eralo— Arraign Portland Men Here Tonight Ronald Betz and Kenneth Glassford. both of Portland, will be ar- ■ raigned 'before Mayor Krick in city court this evening on charges of ' public intoxication. The two men were taken into custody by Sheriff Burl Johnson ] Sunday morning after the auto in which, they were riding left the road south of Geneva and plunged.' into the river. Neither man was ser-l iously injured in the accident. •

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Bishop Here * y The Rt. Rev. Bishop Francis J. Noll. Fort Wayne, who will confirm a class of about 150 children and adults at St. Mary’s Catholic! i church this evening. Tlie services will be held at 7:31) o’clock. Bishop I Noll confirmed the last class here ■ | four years ago. i |

LEAGUE MEETS ! MONDAY NIGHT — Countv Conservation League In Regular Monthly Meeting • The Adams county fish and, I game conservation league met in i the American Legion hall Monday l night with 250 members attending.! Charles Knapp, vice-president of! the organization, told of the I ‘ efforts being made to obtain fish ; I for re-stocking purposes and of the ; i rearing ponds for fish. Willis Hanlin. Portland, state | I game warden, detailed game violaI tions and requested that' everyone f ! have his hunting and fishing li-1 cense when fishing. The league will hold an outdoor I l picnic July 1. A committee was ‘ appointed to select a suitable: place for the party, which will be' I attended by club members and ! their families. The league’s board of directors: appointed as deputy game ward- i ens the following men: Harold' | Harvey. William Patterson, Chari les Baxter and Herman Lengerich. These men ask tlie cooperation of the public, and especially the’ ! sportsmen of the countv in renorting game and fish law viola-1 tions. Milton Wvsong, North Webster, gave ths principal address. He! , told of activities of the state de-' | partment in nutting into effect I new laws and the changing of, i game laws according to the dicI tates of the sportsmen and out-' ' door men. The speaker explained that ; there are Ifi district representa-' , fives, appointed by tlie county '' representatives, who in turn are ' appointed by the individual con-1' ! servation clubs. The last meet-' ’ ing of district representatives!- 1 I was held at Turkey Run state 1 tCONTTNTrwn ny page SIX) i JOHN DILLINGER IS SEEN AGAIN: — — £ Ace Outlaw Is Renorted ! Sighted At Whiting, Indiana Chicago May B—(UP8 —(UP) —A general , alarm went out to all police squad care today to watch for two auto- ' mobiles northbound on the out- 6 skirts of Chicago, believed carrying 8 John Dillinger and his gang. Whiting and East Chicago. Ind- ! diana. police who took up the chase c reported they had indent if ied one of ' the occupants as Dillinger. They ! pursused the car along Stony Is- J land avenue in the southern part of r Ch>- ago as reenforcements were 11 mobilized from among Chicago po- . licei?n the bustle of traffic, the two c suspected cars were lost. Police- 1 men Don Moynihan and George Ka- * minky of Whiting were on duty before the Whiting public school ( when the two cars sped around a corner and swept past at a high rate of speed. Moynihan said he recognized the Hoosier desperado c as one of those in the cars. , Shortly after the alarm reports j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) c

HEAVY VOTE IS BEING CAST IN ADAMS COUNTY Estimate More Than 50 Per Cent Voted By 1 I’. M. Today EXTRA BALLOTS ARE PRINTED FOR BERNE With the many interesting contests voters generally were asking for the Democrat ballot in the election today, tn •’B" precinct in the town of Berne an extra supply of ballots had to be printed at two o'clock this afternoon. At one o’clock this afternoon it w;is estimated that more Ilian all per cent ol the 1 registered vote had heen cast -in Decatur's and Attains i county’s biggest primary I election. Voting places in Decatur were as busy as bargain ; counters. Work er s , card I passers and candidates were on I the Job and greeted the voters as I they arrived at the precincts, j Women predominated at tlie Lwurious voting precincts and were i kepTGmsj. -handing out cards or polling the vote. | Candidates and workers assist- ! ed in transporting voters to the j voting precincts. At the larger precincts in the city from 15 to 30 workers were seen and voters got a hand full of cards by the time I they walked through the ropes in- . to the voting places. No irregularities were reported i up to noon and a spirit of t'riend- ! liness prevailed among the candii dates and workers. Each one was trying to get out the vote and it j was believed that the total would jbe near that cast in the 1932 | presidential election. Due to the wide selection of I candidates on the county ballots, j voters consumed more time than : usual in voting. Those who had 'their selections made before-hand 'got through with tlie job of mark- ; ing the ballots in quick order. Others probably read the list of names and then picked their (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BLUNK'S TRIAL IS ADJOURNED Resume Case of Officer Who Aided Dillinger Wednesday Crown Point, 'nd., May B—(UP) —Trial of Ernest Blunk, fingerprint expert at the Lake County jail who is charged with aiding tlie escape of John Dillinger March 3, was adjourned today for the primary election Testimony will be resumed tomorrow before special judge Maurice E Crites in criminay court. Lew Baker, warden of the jail, was the chief witness called by the state yesterday. Baker testified that contrary to the general belief, Dillinger could not have locked a cell door on jail attendants and trusties because he was not near the lever box at the time. The witness related how he was ordered into a cell by Dillinger who “shoved something in my back." "The door must have been cloned by someone else," he explained, "because it has to be operated by a lever box at the end of the hall way and Dillinger was standing in front of the cell all the time." Blunk’s case is being tried without a jury. The fingerprint expert was forced to accompany Dillinger in an automobile stolen by the desperado from sheriff Lillian Holley. Blunk was released in Illinois, about 50 miles from Crown PointFurther testimony in the case is expected to reveal how Dillinger obtained the wood with which he fashioned a toy pistol to intimidate the guards. o Called Meeting At K. Os P. Wednesday A called meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodge will lie held Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the K. of P. Home for the purpose of conferring the first rank.