Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1934 — Page 1

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experts report on state prisons

MY RAINS 'ME GENERAL j I IN MIDWEST --Anpour Meaning MilDollars M <>ntinuinjj Today Lgs relief mKOMHEVI WAVE Au.U- <U R) ■ik that lias. poured of doll.US into the jMK-ned midwest in IX sP I - 1 ' 1 '" 1 happily /■J sodden fields. even this veal s staple «MK; a ' alrenih ;ii* ruined. » h I! I t: a an.) all 'l"' ' j.'ts Os ll<H .I.aits nf aa J in ;!li , .-a"'. .. S continue. » • a t many pom’- almost a Joseph. M i' iniimlatt <1 a3’ inch tm the first t>im- July '■ "as heavy to tneaoir.. Chicago! were f100d..1 by 1.851 .;G in. 'i.- wiii.ll fell in. K, than an h" ibii'iue. la.. - and Fort 'OU.L* lai east Washinet" . ito '■ i India'.. page two) BEER'S MOTHER I CREATES SCENE Mother Os Man In Local l-M Jail Creates Stir Late isl Last Night Ans i Special) — to ov. c. an over(leHo ee her son. county il at Decatur. a hew. 1 ;.»-tit lorceny Mrs. I. . •„, Stent, smith Bluffton. . re.i a great deal sicitentent about midnight by appearing in th' 1 session ~f Bluffton in a rain slorm Siu carried an ami she ran llirou.!, the city the of tm.iiermis persons attracted •.. , r . Office, Earl ar.it I'har’..- Mailers, matiagthe (,rand Theatre, accosted and asked Ina what was the! She ini., rmed them she I eu ™a to w alk to Decatur to her son. officer Rose sought I*^l.,de h-t pm to do so but |^B** lr uck him ~nd ran' away. notified chief of police A N. . and pros,.-utor George MIWN'TiXI'EIt ON PAGE SIX)* ■'an Wert Man Is il Defeated In Race senat r Pon J, Guneett of Mtniv m '. ,lar:wart “ dealer ami A t,°* n 1,1 5 l ity ' was d e featIS ra<H tlir tlle Dw'h'ocratkm IBtf fth, Ml '. n f '" '''‘""tenant govern) r Bt&n.°, n ,he : ' rilliar y election. H " r 1,1 G Mosier us Cle-I »"to nominated. 9 ' 0 I ’-D Appropriation i| Is Granted By State Aug. 16 - (UtPh--i IBtliti.n»i taX lMlar<l today approved ■io .; 1 a hHroprlations for Cans M The “ S Count'6B- - •k sAit T ‘ S a PP r oPriMion H’Wiitv »«. to be used ln general lp, ’ nsf ‘ s ' The Cass county ■'« ttL’m * s °° for fuel in Jack - schools. The ~~~ — ■ a l' , P |lc| P'’latitms were ■ ttj y the Adams County connI ‘ » mseting held .August 3.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 195.

I Maynard Brewster Is Given Sentence Judge H. M. FfeVoes this morning [ sentetnied Maynard Brewster to six | months in the state penal farm at I i’utnamibllle mid fined him one dollar and costs a>n#»utiding to about ; |2O. Brewster pleaded guilty to a' charge of petit larceny. He was I accused of stealing five bushels us wheat and three gallons of gaso-j line from William Gunder on July . 25, 1934. He was caught In Auburn. <and returned to this city Saturday ( | by Sheriff Burl Johnston and deputy i 'sheriff Dallas Hower. •He has been held since Saturday [ In the Adams county jail. THINK BREWER HELD CAPTIVE ‘ BY RACKETEERS ■■ Authorities Think U. S. Gangsters May Be Holding Labatt OFFICERS THINK RELEASE IS NEAR — Toronto, Ont., Aug. 16. — <U.R> — I Canada's first kidnaping case apparently sped toward a climax today through a series of swift but guarded movements in which the full strength of dominion police' ( forces combined with private nego-1 tiators for release of John S. Labatt. The wealthy brewer is held by a gang, believed to be United States ' racketeers, for >150,000 ransom. A break in the kidnaping appear-; ed near, although there was little j definite information from the head- ! quarters set up in a hotel by Hugh , ' I.abatt. who has the ransom money ; ready, and iswhce offieteis. whn sent their forces into the investigation after first efforts to contact 1 the abductors had failed; Developments inchfderl: 1. Disclosure that Ontario police were investigating activities of a nian who is well-known in sport-' i ing circles at Windsor. Ont., and at | Detroit. It has been suggested that Michigan racketeers seeking to levy a ‘"protection” tax on the legitimate • ’CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) j -Q .. ... ■ . Former Decatur Man Is Defeated ; Frank Kunber of Delphi s. formerly of this city, was defeated for the i i Democratic mimanation for Allen icounty sheriff in the Ohio primary election Tuesday. Allen county ocmprises Lima and Delphos. Dfmald F-1 Sarber, present sheriff was nkanlnlated ever Kurber, runner-up in the race. Sanber Is the son of Sheriff Jess I Sartber who was shot down iby Harry Pierpont and his gang when John Dillinger was freed from the .Liana jnil. In Delphos Kunber re- ; cei' ed 2779 and Sartber 2890 votes. SETTLEMENT!)! STRIKE HALTED Federal Mediators Await Orders From Washington On Election Minneapolis, Aug. 16. —(U.R> —Negotiations for settlement of the bitter strike of 6.000 truck drivers i were halted today while mediators | awaited orders from Washington for an election of bargaining representatives among employes of 166 firms. Employers who have held out for | five weeks against union demands | capitulated sufficiently to request , the election, which union leaders i have asserted from the beginning 1 would result in a victory for their I organization. The Rev. Francis J. Haas, specj ial mediator for the notional labor ' relations board, said after forward- | ing the request to Washington that i he expected almost immediately an 'order fixing the date of the elec-, , tion and rules for its conduct. Despite the strike and continu- ■ otion of martial law. proclaimed after two strikers had been killed and 40 others wounded by police, approximately 9.000 of the city s 12.000 trucks were operating. Only the operations of department stores, transfer companies and warehouses are affected.

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UNION DRIVERS OPEN STRIKE AT CHICAGO TODAY Bus Drivers Walk Out In Dispute Over Discharged Employes OTHER WORKERS MAY ALSO STRIKE I Chicago Aug. Ifi —(UP) — More than 200,000 Chicagoans rodebusea . k f the Chicago Motor Coach com-1 ■pany under the tense surveillance of armed police and parading strike | ' pickets today following a walkout I •of Union drivers. i 'Service appeared to be normal as '7OO heavy green buses, many of i the double-detfk or "rubberneck''. tyipe, rumlbled through the loop and i along boulevards. 'Omirt us tension — carrying the threat of a transportation tieup affecting nearly 4)000.00) persons—prevailed after reports that operators of tit Ileys and the elevated lines might join in the strike. Should the elevated and street car workers abandon their cars the I city and suburbs would be in the grip of a transportart.l' n paralyses, -commuters would be dependent i upon a few electric and steam line roads. I There were conflicting claims as , to the number of bus operators on sTike, climaxing a f ur-month-old 'puttie over the motor coach company's blue eagle and the discharge • of 24 union employes. Benjamin Weinstraub, vice-presi-dent of the cvnvpany, eaid that only I I 30 or 25 Operators had walked off I I the job and that their plates had •been filled with extra men to main- { tain 100 per cent normal service. 'Ralph Stoltzman, president of 'Heal 1022, Amalgamated assxrkttffin ~f . 'riilwST- and • motor coach employes of America, I claimed that more than 400 regular ; employes were on strike. The Un-' ’(CONTINUED* ON PAGE TWO) FIGURE LEVIES FOR ROAD BONDS County Auditor Lists Levies For Bond Redemption And Interest County Auditor John Tyndall has ( figured the levies necessary for • the redemption of road bonds and I i interest in the 12 township. In Washington township the road fund will be overdrawn $1,203,051 at the end of this year. Five of I the townships will have a balance, which amounts are deducted from the totals necessary to be raised. The total amount necessary in the 12 townships for the payment of bonds and interest thereon, as-1 ter the balances are deducted, or, overdrafts added, is $73,100.14. The proposed levies on each • SIOO for next year and those payable this year follow: 1934 1935 Township Levy Levy j Union 18 -28 I Root -44 .34 I Preble -18 -22 Kirkland 12 .15 Washington 55 -43 St. Marys 10 .11 Blue Creek -48 .50 Monroe 38 .36 French 14 -22 Hartford -20 -82 Wabash 55 .33 Jefferson -20 .29 Amounts To Be Raised The amounts that the above rates will raise in each township follow: ' Union ( 2,600.01 Root 6,848.90 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o Decatur Man Is Fined By Judge — Frank Strauib of this city was I Bound guilty on a change of drunken driving by Louis H. Dunlteff, judge .pro Itemr. in the Fort Wayne city Icourt, Wednesday and fined $25 and dosits and given a suspended sen- • tente of 3,0 ays in jail. His driver's license wae (Ordered suspended until January 1, 1935. Strauib was arrested in the 3,900 (block on Lillie street Wednesday, as he was zig-zagging across the street. Police started hunting f r the car after Strtaub narrowly avoided a collision on Rudisill boulevard.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 16,1934.

Home of Missing Brewer . ... -'i "WMt -T! z 4 v "■«»««> Jl. Sr ft OBEjI taJI a! sanfeJß. BrrelW idjysL The London, Ont., home of John S. I-abatt, kidnaped Canadian brewer, where members of his family await word from the kidnapers. This is the first Canadian kidnaping for ransom, and local police, , aided by Northwest mounted police, are scouring the countryside.

citybenefTts BY HEAVY RAIN 1.68 Inches Os Rainfall Here Last Night And This Morning The rainfall in Decatur since Wednesday noon of 1.68 Intchee makes a total of 2.44 incher, in the last two days W. E. Gladfelter, weather observer said today. The rain this ml Tning at Berne i measured 1 42 inches. This makes a . totlal of 2.29 inches for the city in I the last two days. The St. Mary’s river here has | risen to over three feet. The water I rose over two feet since noon WedI nesday. State Benefits Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 16 — H r the first time since sprints, Indiana rivers and streams were reported rising today foil 'wing down- ' pours of rain in almost every section if the state. Every station reporting to the V. S. weather (bureau here showed precipitation while 15 cities recorded more than one inch. Wheatfield had the heaviest downli ne with 3.27 inches while Logansjl rt had 3.19. Other cities reported as fellows: Indianapolis 1.01 South Bend. 1.56: Rochester, 2.32; MUrf n, 2.52; Lafayette, 1.93; Cambridge City, 2.42; Fort Wayne 2.1*6; Terre Haute, 1.42; Bluffton, 2 33; Ndblesville, 1.15; Winona I.ake 1.14. Kokomo, 1.47 and M nti--1 cello, 2.68. The rain Ini light a definite end to the draught which has ravaged *(*<X>NTINUW ON PAGE TWO) CONFESSES TO GAS ROBBERIES Indianapolis Man Admits Robbing Nine Filling Stations Anderson. Ind.. Aug. 16 —<U.R)-—. | A confesson to nine gasoline rob- ■ beries in Anderson, Knightstown, Richmond and Tipton was claimied by police today from a man , giving his name as C. Frederica 1 Davis, 23, Indianapolis. Davis was arrested last night :on information of Elmer Baker. , filling station attendant, who said i he recognized the suspect as the I man who robbed him June 13. Police said they found a .38 calibre revolver in Davis' posses sion. several stolen license plates in his car and one stolen plate on the car. Robberies reportedly confessed j by Davis included three holdups iat one Knightstown station in which loot totalled sllO. Two holdups at a Newcastle station gained a loot totalling S6O; two robberies in Richmond which netted him more than S4O, and one in Tipton in June which netted S6O.

Home of Missing Brewer

Decatur People Attend Meeting Several members of the J cal Pythian Sister lodge attended the tri county meeting held at M ntpelier Wednesday. Sixty seven members from the three counties, Bia- kford, Wells and Acli.ms, were (present. An interesting program was presente 1 during the day, and at noon a pot-luck lunch was served. The next meeting will be held in Nov-; ember at Roll. Those fr in Decatur who attended the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. .lames Bain. Mrs. Sam Stamp, Mrs. Je.sse Burdu., and Mrs. Delton Passwater. i—o DEATH CLAIMS NOTED HOOSIER Grafton Johnson. Member of Pioneer Indiana Family. Dies Today Greenwood. Ind., Aug. 16. —(U.R) —Grafton Johnson, 69. descendant , of one of the most prominent pioneer families in Indiana, died at his home here today. He was the son of Grafton Johnson, Sr., and Julia Anna Noble Johnson, the latter a niece of Noah Noble, twice governor of Indiana An uncle. James Noble, was one of the first U. S. senators from the 1 ' state. After graduating from Franklin college in 1887 Johnson became interested in vegetable canning, real estate, power laundries and hardwood and lumber veneer. His real estate holdings Included estate holdings and additions in 63 cities and ten states. In 1913 he built the tirst chain of steam laundries in Toledo, O. and gradually increased them. His canning factory holdings were in Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin and in 1918 he control! ed 15 out of 100 veneer sawmills in . the country. He organized the Indianapolis and Greenwood suburban railroad . which operated the first electric car out of Indianapolis and was president of the Greenwood National Bank for several years before ! he retired. _o Proposed Budget Is 16 Cents Lower An estimate of the Root township budget and proposed tax rate, prepared by Trustee Phil L. | Schicferstcin. asks for a one cent reduction in the 1935 levy. The rate, asked is 45 cents on the hundred dollars in comparison with the 61-cent rate applying this year. The 1935 budget is $7,854 in comparison with the 1934 levy of $10,467. The levies proposed in Root township next year are: township fund. 5 cents; tuition fund, 12 cents; special school fund. 20 cents, and poor fund, 8 cents.

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PROPOSED TAX LEVY FOR 1935 8 CENTS LOWER County Tax Rate Os 57 Cents Is Proposed For Next Year GENERAL FUND LEVY LOWERED The proposed tax rate foi Adams j county, payable in 1935 is 57 cents i on the sii)<), based on a valuation of. $22,193,668.00. The proposed levy Is divided two | ways. 52 cents fur the general fund ' and five cents tor the bond and int-1 ere.st fund. The proposed 1935 levy is eight 1 cents lower thtin the rate this year and 15 cents under the j propped levy a year ago. The Ad-, ams county tax adjustmen* board' reduced this years estimate of 6’ cents to 60 cents for the general fund and left the bond fund levy at I 5 cento cn the hundred dollars. , The general fund for next year i totals $128,357.75. The bond and Interest fund amounts to SII,OOO, of which SB,OOO ;s for payment of princj>al and $.1,600 for interest. Tluj county bonds outstanding are for | the Aiams County Memorial hospital -.nd the St heiman bridge. The general and bond fnr.ds to-1 tai, $139,357.75. The 52 cent levy I will produce only $126,503.90, the balance being made up in the I amount of money on hand, other tax receipts and miscellaneous re- • ceipts received by tne county. No levy is made for the counly ' highway iepartnr.ent. The 750 mil ts i of gravel and re-surfaced r ude a id , bridges are repaired and maintain-1 ed thrtough the state gasoline tax, estimated at about SBO,OOO for next The county budget will first be examined 'by the Adams county council and the appropriations made ny this body. Final action on the budget told appropriations will I be taken by the county tax adjustmen* bo il’d whi h meets Monday. ‘ September I.’. The county aAincil , meets September 4. The total budget for next year is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i — o Eckrote Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Daniel | Eckrote « f Mercer avenue, who died | at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Monday morning, were held Wednesday afternoon. A number of out of town r-ela- j fives and friends attended the funeral, including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Neuenswander land family, Mr. and IMrs. Dave Neuenswander and fatmily of Grabil; Mr. and Mrs. John Burkholder and family of Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Neuenswander and family of Findlay. Ohio: Mr. and Mrs. Cle phus Neuenswander \ and family cf Pandora, Ohio; Mr. ! and Mrs. Frank M rrow of Muncie; | Mrs. Hattie Walter an I family of Anderson; Mr. ex nd Mrs. Valley Palmer of Toledo, Ohio. o 1 CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED Geologist Urges Improvement In Water Conditions In CCC Camps Bloomington. Ind., Aug. 16—-<U.R> ■ Recommendations for improvement in water conditions at civil-1 lan conservation camps throughout Indiana have been made by Dr. W. N. Logan, state geologist and Indiana University professor, it was announced today. Reports on camps at Lincoln City (Spencer county); Loogootee, (Martin county) and Ferdinand (Dubois county) were made today. The problem at Lincoln City is one of construction of a dam to impound water for vegetation purposes during dry seasons, Dr. Logan said. Suitable materials for construction of the dam were found, he said. Dr. Logan pointed out that an adequate water supply was necessary due to extensive vegetation in the vicinity of the Lincoln memorial. A large water supply at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Price Two Cento

Geneva Man Asks For Naturalization Amos Allen Walker of Geneva sent a petition flor naturalization papers to the department of naturalization tat Washington D. C. through the cto nty clerk's office here this morning. iMr. Walker is a native of Geneva, latter he moved to Canada and there became a British citizen. He returned to Geneva in 1913. Thia is the first request for natuiiilizatli n papers made in .Adams county in more than a year. o LIBRARY BOARD FIXES BUDGET — Decatur Library Asks Five Cents From City; Two In Township i The budget set wp by the Deca- | tur LHbrtiry board for next year j calls for a tax levy of five cents in ' 1 the civil city and two vents in Washington township. This levy is the same as last I year in the civil city, while the I | Washington township library levy was one cent last yelar. This levy is expected to vield *2 ] 611.84 next year in c mparisun to $2,366.72 this year. Part of the increase in collected taxes will be due to the increased valuation of I Decatur whi. h is $67,781!) higher. The budget asks for salaries and wiges as follows: Salary, librarian $600; salary, assistant, $240, and wages, janitors and others $360. A total of S4OO will be asked for books and SSO for .periodicals. i Other items in the proposed budI get are; C mmunication and trans* ! portation $45; helit, power and i water $370; printing and advertisi ing, S3O; repairs. $200; office supplies, $28); insurance premiums, S 110; tax and assessments. $2; misce'laneous. SIOO, and total, $2,527. The budget is based on taxable valuation of $4,363,223 in Decatur- ! Root an I Decatur-Washington and ' $2,151,150 in Washington township. A comparison of the taxes collect- | ed f.ir the last f. tir years is: $3,410; | 1932, $2,825; 1933. $2,342.65; 1934. $.*.367.72. and proposed levy for i 1935, $2,6111.84. —o , RALPH ROOP IS NAMED MANAGER County Surveyor Is Chosen Manager Os Legion Drum Corps Ralph Roop. Adams county sur- j veyor. was elected manager of ■the American drum corps, ' of Adams post number 43 at a meeting held Wednesday night at j the legion hall on south Second i street. He will succeed Herb Kern. Other drum corps officers chos- ' on last night are Herb L. Kern, ■ assistant manager; Ed Adler,! I secretary-treasurer; Charles Baxi ter. Ollie Schnepp and William ; August, members of the executive ; committee. • Adams post voted recently to i provide funds for the drum corps i to attend the Indiana state coni vention. which will be lield at - Gary, August 25 to 27. The organization has been holding rehearsals twice weekly under I the direction of Tillmon Gehrig, i drum major and Dallas Brown. ! drill sergeant. Members of the drum corps are I Tillmon Gehrig. Ed Coffee, Harry I Knapp. H. B. Macy, Orville Grimm Lloyd Kreischer, Harry Miller, Ed Bauer, Dallas Brown. Herman Uleman, Russell Weldy. Color guards are Otto Gase, Vincent Bormann. Ferd O'Brien and Floyd ; ” ( cont "*SIX) * | ♦ ♦ HUSBAND BEATER |l I | Omaha. Neb., Aug. 16. —<U.R> | ' —Oscar Arnston's charges that | | his wife beat him with a mule | I whip, a ball bat and a golf club I | were erroneous, Mrs. Arnston ' | told the court when she asked | I for temporary alimony after j | Arnstron sought a divorce. | “All I ever beat him with were | | my fists, a limb off a tree and ' a strap.” Mrs. Arnstron said. | I “He flirted with the women on I | his mail route.” |

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NO REFERENCE MADE TO MANY PRISONBREAKS Nationally Known Penal Experts Recommend Important Changes ONE SENTENCING COURT SUGGESTED Indianapolis. Aug. 16—<U.R> Substitution of nnxltiii correctional methods of antiquated punitive systems was recommended as the solution for Indiana’s penal problems today, by the special commission on public welfare. The commission, composed of nationally known penal experts, made the following major recomI mendations: 1. A consolidated department of public welfare. 2. A semi-independent central I sentencing, parole and clemency court. • 3. County units of public welfare coordinated with public wel1 fare. 4. A state safety or highway police system. 5. Interstate agreements covering police, safety, probation and parole activities beyond the boun- | daries of the state of Indiana. The report made no specific mention of the state prison where two major escapes and a score of minor escapes have occurred in the past year. Criticism heaped upon the a<lministration for permitting the escapes was one of the major 1 reasons prompting Gov. Paul V. McNutt to call in the commission I of experts. The commission recommended the “erection of a new modern women’s reformatory to he located in the country and developed on the cottage plan; and con- , struction of an Intermediate re- ' formatorv for the better class of the young offenders now committed to tlie reformatory at Pendleton or confined improperly, in county jails.” Members of the commission were Lurdette G. Lewis, field | (CONTINUIEID ON PAGE FIVE) o Many Invitations Sent Out For Bids Over 60 invitations to bid on the Decatur Homesteads have been sent <n»t <by the local office. Os this I number Ibeitween 25 and 30 have sent for the Tians and sipecifiva--I>ii;ns. ft is probably that several bi<s ' will be made by local concerns Three or four general contracts and dealers in supplies have requested • anff received plans. The bide will ibe opened about September 1. It is possible ‘.hat it will take several weeks to asc»ritain the successful bidder or bid- ■ ders as the bids have to be anproved by the project manager, the local Hard of direct rs and Washington. o PRICE OF HOGS HITS NEW HIGH Best Hogs Sell At $6.50 Per Hundredweight At Chicago Market Chicago. Aug. 16— (U.R) —Hog iprlces boomed on the livestock markets of the nation today, a combination of light receipts and the drought started the sensational advance more than a week ago and today the market continued i strong with no immediate pros- ' pect of a break.* Traders had seen no such boom in the livestock markets in many years. Best hogs sold for $6.50 per hundredweight on the Chicago market today. That was approximately $1.75 higher than last month and $2.85 above the minimum of last June. It also was 30 to 40 cents higher than yesterday. When today's quotation is translated into the net figure that packers figure as their cost when they are computing the price of breakfast bacon, it amounts to ’(wntinuSTon* p ageTt WO )