Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1934 — Page 1

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CHARLES MAKLEY IS KILLED

” _____ Assign Federal ® genfs T o Probe j Wanptmunn Life Held For Kidnaping And Murder Os LindBal'.' Withstands More Than 5(1 Hours Os ■Kriitllini: Questioning By Police And Federal ■Kitin': Seek To Build Air Tight Circumstantial i AgainM Hauptmann.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 227.

Seeks Co-operation Against Forest Fires Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22 —(UP) —IA plea for co-operation among Indiana citizens to help decrease lose from forest fires during the autumn menthe was made today by the state conservation department. The department pointed out that forest fires are most common durng the next three months when tourists are attracted to woods for picnics and outings. Particular plea was sounded to Purists malting trips to state parks forest and game preserves. While many fires are accidental, the department pointed out that carelessness of tourists who throw matches, cigars and cigarettes along roadeides has accounted for some of the most disastrous fires. O Thirty Counties Were Given Work Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 22—(UP) —<'onstruction work on state highways in 30 counties was provided by the state highway department during August, the highway commission announced today. Total c st of the highway and bridge work placed under contract during the month was more than 1760,000. Maintaining a plan of starting constru' tion work as soon as possible after bids are advertised, the commission reported it had all but seven projects advertised during August were under contract. MINE DISASTER IN COAL FIELD F’ear 250 Lost In Disaster In Coal Fields In Wrexham, Wales Wrexham. Wales. Sept. 22—(U.R) Blackened, broken bodies, raised one by one to the pit head ot the Gresford colliery while horrified, sobbing women stood by. today told the story of the latest disaster in the great Welsh coal fields. It was feared that more than 250 men were trapped hopelessly behind raging flames in the mine galleries, and that the shaft would have to be sealed, despite statements of mine officials that they believed only 100 men were imprisoned. A thousand men of the night shift were working in the pit when at 2 a. m. there was an explosion. Immediately afterward flames began roaring through the galleries. Seven hundred of the men reached the surface easily. Most of the rest were trapped behind fire swept debris. At noon 15 bodies had been brought up by rescuers. A 16th body brought to the surface was that of one of the many rescue men who braved the flames in an effort to cut away (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) • —• O Alley Improvement Hearing October 16 Hearings on the alley improvements back of'the business houses on the east side of North Second street, heiween Jackson and Jefferson streets and the intersecting routes between First and Second streets, will be held by the city bound], Tuesday. October 16. The improvement is petitioned tor under the name of the McConnell Alley Improvement. About a dozen property owners signed the petition. Objections are likely to be filed by property owners opposed to- the improvement. Plans and specifications for the improvement were prepared by Engineer Ralph Roop and adopted by the council last evening.

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Pick Hauptmann as Passer of S2O Certificates / wWb? ' iSHSHF si MIW’ - wa 1 ■ * 1 1 \L _ * kJ S ’ I' 1 "1 I ( r W U ISio. 1 OF, fc a These three witnesses summoned to the Bronx county courthouse in New 5 ork City identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann, suspect in the Lindbergh kidnaping, as the person from whom they had received s'-0 gold certificates for various purchases since 1932. They are, left to right. Miss Ruby Altman, market cashier; Max Rauch. Hauptmann's landlord, and Salvatore Levatino. fruit stand clerk. According to police, the $13,750 unearthed in Hauptmann's garage hearing the Lindbergh ransom money serial numbers ai ' treasury gold tranknotes. _

STRIKE PEACE UP TO OWNERS Textile Workers Likely To Vote Favorably To End Strike Washington. Sept. 22. — (U.R) — I Peace ty Monday on the textile strike front- appeared certain today i if mill owners agree to the settlement of President Roosevelt's in- ■ I quiry board. The executive committee of the . ' United Textile Workers which has i dire, ted the new deal’s most ser- : ious industrial conflict were expected to vote today to end the strike. The one condition probably will be acceptance ot the peace plan by the industry. How much of an obstacle that condition will prove should be re-, I vealed today. A last minute flurry! I caused some worry. Statement by j president George A. Sloan of the . cotton textile institute on the peace i . plan drew angry protest from | strike leader Frances J. Gorman. The flareup came just after inti- i mations by the union of complete I willingness to follow President I I Roosevelt's plea for acceptance of [ the plant set forth by the board , headed by Gov. John G. Winant. Sloan failed to accept the plan, merely saying that the industry would give it "serious consideration” anl that he was "recom- , mending the closed mills open as soon as possible.” He failed to pledge reemployment of strikers without discrimination as "had been requested. | Gorman immediately retorted I that Sloan “has done many almost incredible things in the course of this dispute. Up to this hour he ’7cONTrNUED*ON PAGE SIX) o DECATUR LEVY COMPARESWELL \ Tax Levy Here Compares Favorably With Those In Other Cities The tax levy and decrease in | Decatur compares favorably to: those in surrounding towns and i cities in Indiana according to re- ■ ports made by county adjustment! . boards. j The rates which have been reported are: 1934 1935| : Decatur in Washington J 3.15 $2.71 J I Decatur in Root 2.88 2.48 ■ ■ Columbia City 2.76 2.64, Warren 2.78 2.70 i I Markle 2.75 2.551 . Ossian 3.06 2.751 , Bluffton in Harrison 3.58 3.25: i Bluffton in Lancaster 3.17 3.111 i Huntington 3.28 3.15, . Portland 3.06 2.86 Dunkirk 3.84 3.78 i Redkey 3.72 3.60 Bryant 184 1.92 ■ Hartford City 3.56 2.98 Montpelier 3.62 3.25

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 22, 1934.

Homecoming At Monroe Sept. 30 Rally Day and Homecoming will be observed at the Monroe Metho dist Episcopal church Sunday, September 30. it has heen announced. The district superintendent. Rev. Fribley. will be the principal speaker at the Sunday morning service. A basket dinner will be served at noon and a program of music, short talks, and readings will be presented during the afternoon. The regular worship service will be hel<l during the eveI ning.. Tire public is invited to at--1 tend the services. o —. Eleven Hundred Enroll At Muncie Muncie, Ind., Sept. 22 —(UP)— ( Eleven hundred students have reg I istered at Ball State Teachers' College for the fall semester. The eni rollment includes 400 freshmen, i Two advanced courses will be ofI t'ered in the Ball State graduate ' school, which opens today. Each '<■ urse carries four quarter hours lof residence credit to apply on a ■ degree of master of arts in educa- ; tion. I Classes will be held each Saturday afternoon < n the college campus. and a large number of Eastern Indiana teachers and principals are expected to attend. An applicant for the school must ibe a graduate of a standard college and h Id a first- grade teaching license valid in Indiana. Dr. Ralph Noyer, dean of the college, is executive officer of the graduate school.

Silas Hale Observes Ninetieth Anniversary; Is Still Active

“I don't believe the state legislature spent as much money, nor were taxes as high when I was a member," said Silas W. Hale of Geneva, one of the few surviving Civil war veterans in Adams county, who celebrated his 90th birthday Tuesday and feels that he is j getting younger every day. One of his greatest honors, Mr. ! Hale believes, is when he was permitted to shake Abraham Lin- ' coin’s hand in Indianapolis. Mr. Hale, although he was born lin Bluffton, where his father B. j Bowen Hale was one ot the organizers ot Wells county, lias spent most of his life in Geneva. He i moved there from Bluffton when j he was 26 and with the exception of four years spent at Portland lias lived there since. j Mr. Hale joined the Union army | when he was 16. His company was J the Fifty-Third Indiana infantry, which regiment was attached to ' the army of Tennessee. He served i three active years and at the end : of the war was given an honorable discharge. Mr. Hale then went into the grain business in Bluffton. Later he moved to Geneva and became the first telegraph operator on the G. R. & I. railroad which had just I been opened between Fort Wayne and Richmond. Mr. Hale is still able to understand telegraph messages over the wire and the air.

IMPROVEMENT NEEDS NOTED Many County .Jails And Asylums In Indiana In Poor Condition Indianapolis, Sept. 22 — (U.R) Many county jails and poor asylums in Indiana are in immediate need of improvements to halt escapes of prisoners and care of age and indigent persons, Wayne Coy. director of the state department of public welfare, said today. Coy's announcement came after a survey of 24 county jails and 33 county poor asylums, made by representatives of the public welfare department during the past few weeks. Need for greater safety in the care of prisoners m county jails was the principal recommendation in the penal survey. Coy said that improvements in the way of heavy screenings over otside, windows; curtailing freedom of prisoners within jail corridors. and more careful watch over inmates were badly needed in virtually every county jail visited. Despite escapes of prisoners from county jails in various parts of the state, few counties have made improvements in their buildings. Coy said. Only a few changes were noted in conditions of jail since the last inspection was made nearly a year ago, he said. Several counties have taken ad(CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE)

-4 ■ ® ■ a - After working hours he managed a grain elevator which lie had established in Geneva. The next honor to come to Mr. Hale was his election as state senator to represent Adams, Wells and Blackford counties. Mr. Hale served four years, during which time his ability became recognized. After the expiration of his second term in 1890 he was appointed a member of the Indiana State | *(CONTLNUED* ON* PAGE FIVE)

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Gangster Slain; Pal Is Wounded In Break Effort ll■ - —

Two Men .Joined Dillinger Gang After State Prison Escape AIDED IN FREEING LEADER AT LIMA, O. Indianapolis, Sept. 22 <U R) Charles Makley and Harry Pierpont, shot in an attempt to escape from the Ohio state penitentiary todav. joined John Dillinger’s hank rohhing gang immediately after their escape with eight other prisoners from the Indiana state prison, September 26, I ‘133. Pierpont purportedly was the gang’s chief machine gunner and Mackley was advance man. planning details of their raids. Less than a month after the escape from the Indiana prison, in which pistols allegedly smuggled in by Dillinger were used, some of the fugitives raided the Lima. 0., jail ami freed the gang chieftain, being hold there on a bank robbery charge. Sheriff Jass S. Sarber of Lima was killed in the escape and it was for this crime that Mackley and Pierport were awaiting electrocution in the Ohio penitentiary. Witli Dillinger free ami the gang membership including approximately 15 desperate and hardened criminals, a series of daring raids on banks in Indiana, Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin. Illinois, and other mid-western states was started. Weapons, ammunition and bullet proof vests were obtained in raids on police arsenals in Auburn and Peru. On October 23. just 11 days after the Lima jail break, the Central National bank of Greencastle was rollbed of $74,000 by the Dillinger gangsters. Dillinger. Pierpont ami Makley were identified as three members of a gang that robbed the American Bank and Trust Co., Racine, Wisconsin, November 20. Other major holdup and several killings followed, most of them attributable to the Dillinger gang. LITTLE CHANGE OVER INDIANA Employment Situation In State Changed Little During August Bloomington. Ind.. Sept. 22 —(UP) —Little chance in the general employment situation was made in Indiana during August, the Indiana University bureau cf business research announced today. “The small gain in the number of persons employed was offset by an increase in the percentage of employes working on part-time schedule.” the bureau said. “The harvesting and packing of truck corps provided considerable employment. Whole.stale prices were higher on Sept. 1 than at any i ther time since Feb. 1931. Prives paid for farm products and foods have made the largest gains during recent years. "There was no general trend in department sales. In most cases the dollar value of department store trade was slightly above the 1933 figure, but the physical volume was *}c6ntjnued’on*page SIX) o — Landscape Gardner Is Killed In Fall Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 22—(UP)— Henry D. Seele. 83, horticulturist, and landscape gardner, who directed the work in laying out Winona Lake near Warsaw, died last night of injuries received in a fall. Seele devoted 15 years to development of the landscape work at the Lake, living in Winona between 1885 and 1960.

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. Sentenced Here Uharles Makley was sentenced by former Judge Jesse C. Sutton in the Adams circuit court on June 23, 1928, after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of bank banditry in connection with the $3/713 rob- • ibery of the Bank of Linn Grove n March 24, 1927. 1 After forcing Cashier Muri Lybar- ’ ger and Mrs. Lybarger to lie down, I Makley and his partner escaped. ' Makley was captured early in June I of 1928 in Hammond with two other ■ men and two women. Makley was the only one tried. MRS. LENGERICH • I DEATH'S VICTIM ■| . i ‘ Mrs. Anthony Lengerich Dies This Morning Os Complications -! Mrs. Gertrude Lengerich, 50, wife j | of Anthony Lengerich of Washing-! 1 ton township, died at her home at ’ll o’clock Saturday morning of com- ' i plications. Mrs. Lengerich nad'been ’: ill f r the past week. ■ 1 She was born in Washington ? j township on September 29, 1883, a '■'daughter of William E. and Rosetta. '* Peler Kirrtz. Her mother preceded s | her in death. '■ ■ She was united in marriage to r i Anthony Lengerich, aud thirteen j children were born to the union, I- j two of whom are deceased. Mrs. i Lengerich wan a member of the St. i| Mary’s Catholic chur h, St. Mary's S ciety and the Third Order of St. s , Francis. c Surviving are the husband, the i- father, ami the following children: v Sister M. Bernadine. St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Am- • br ee, St. Joseph’s College, Colleges ville; Bernadine. John, Roman. - Naomi. Laurine. Gerald. Rosemary '. Alvera and Norbert, at home. The following br.there and sis- - ters also survive: Louis Kintz and i Ellen Junk of Fort Wayne; Orville r Kintz of Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Eugene Kitz of Van Wert, Ohio; Elizabeth Kohne, and John Kintz of Decatur. Three brothers and a sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held i Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the I St. Mary's Catholic xhurch with the I Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. 1 The body will be returned to the home, three miles southwest of Decatur this evening from the S. E. IBlack funeral home, and may be viewed after 7 o'clock tonight. ) o ‘ Seek Legislation i For Safety Glass Indianap lis, Ind., Sept. 22 —(UP) f —Recommendation tor a law requirti ing all new automobiles be equippi- ed entirely with safety glaift will . be presented to the 1935 state legislature by the Hoosier Motor Club, f "Safety glass ha-s saved many B lives and prevented many lasting s soars.” Tod Stoops, secretary-man-v ager of the clulb, said in announcing s the proposal. s "Safety glass cf a good quality ■- now is bein.g manufactured and there is no longer any reason why a the motorist should subject hime self to the dangers cf flying glass.” e he concluded. 3 ——7~ o ; s State Penal Farm ’ Guard Is Stabbed Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 22 —(UP) —William Tab< r, Cloverdale guard 1 at the Indiana State Penal farm, was in the Putnam county hospital - today rec vering from a knife :, wound in his chest inflicted by a - prisoner at the farm canning fazi tory. t Farm officials declined to reveal identity of the assailant, who was i- overpowered by other guards. a The attack occurred when Tabor ti reprimanded the inmate for a minor rule infraction, it was said.

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Attempt To Bluff Way Out With Wooden Guns Is Failure MAKLEY SENTENCED FROM LOCAL COURT Columbus, 0., Sept. 22.— (U.R) — Copying their dead leader’s methods, Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley, Dillinger gangsters, tried to bluff their way out of the Ohio penientiary death row today i with wooden guns and were shot. Makley was shot in the ! spine. He died within a few ! minutes. Pierpont was shot in the ■ head, but it was not immediately determined how serious his wound | ■ was. Botli were under sentence to be j electrocuted for the murder ot ' Sheriff Jess Sarber. Lima, com- | mitted when they freed John Dillinger from the Lima jail. They were shot by a specially armed and trained riot squad. ' I Rushed to death row by a buz- ! zer signal, signifying trouble, the I riot squad met the two gangsters |as they came out of their cells, I pointing the wooden guns. 1 I The guards immediately opened ! tire. Tlie two gangsters dropped. 1 j A cordon of police and guards 1 , immediately was thrown around L the penitentiary to await develop- * ments that might lead to the discovery of confederates. ’ W. O. Spriggs, a member of the 1 riot squad, said he shot Pierpont • in the head at a distance of 20 ’ feet. Both Pierpont sud MakHy con--1 fronted the riot squad with wooden ' pistols and shouted: "Stick 'em up,” as the squad ‘ rushed into "L” block in response to the alarm. The alarm was given by a guard (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , o Auto Overturns South Os Decatur i ——’ . A party of Richmond people turned over on U. S. road 27, south of the Trout farm, at about five o’clock ■ last evening, when their car wan . crowded off the pavement, skidded and upset. I Miss Gladys Duemer of Richmond . R. R. 1. suffered a dislocated right . elbow. Sire was taken to the- Ad- . ams County Memorial hoe-pital for ( treatment. Others in the car were Robert . Norris and hie sister Maxine Nor- . ris, 808 st uth Seventh street, Richmond. They were not injured. The . party remained in Decatur last evening and were able to return home in their auto. INDIANAPOLIS MAN IS KILLED Joseph Calvert Is Slain W hile Sitting In Beer Tavern Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22 —(UP) —Joseph Calvert, 35, died today of 1 a bullet wound suffered while sitting in a south side beer tavern. Police were investigating a theory that the bullet was intended tor Clyde Hoffa, 33, one of the owners of the cate. Hoffa admitted having a quarrel I with several men shortly before the shooting and was standing beI hind the counter near Calvert when 1 he was hit, police said. . Lawrence Lewis, 47. living near 1 the Tavern, was arrested and ads mitted being a memlber of the group i with which Hoffa had quarrelled, ■ according to police. One other member of the group was being sought. 1 'Calvert was a native of Scottss ville, Ky., and had been working here 10 years. Survivors include the r Mrs. Martha Calvert, r Scottsville, and several sisters and brothers living in Kentucky.