Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1934 — Page 1

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b*F!S POLICE I ■ay suspects I ■CONFESS PLOT Biplete Confessions ■bt.uiH'l I roin Assass- | in’s Aides REPORTED |F (X ugoslavia ill ■' l,l r> ’.' r h r they had <>b--1, •>•'l Hl the ■M- '■ K'.’ixr exand th< ■ ■ Petit, c.»n---f , inillation at and Nal'.s MB . _ l"tely Illi |er . tin' Mara tb , - the . ~ ■. - : . letei <>n Jugoslavia, liuoslavs would iwgeance on them. deeds. B nA-el> a :dn at)' I lit ilia' the lain “nd. had been ul,table Jtlg";,rr had taken in and had longT e>><- .goslav author■Hh police official a c 'u'-- board, captured the - ■ a-' aki-tiuiL' E m i-- - d hotel room after Jst sending the hotel keeper in steal their trousers. Root"- In Pelnrade ■ [ (Copyright 1934 by UP..) ■Bl- .' I 12 <U.P> MountMr MIX ON PAGE TURKE'. TWO KILLED IN I CHICAGO BLAST ■ia> Explosion In ('old ■ Storage Plant Kills | Two Men Ig Chicago ('•.:. 12 (U.R! — A gas ripped through the CetiLb,;.! s:nrage company plant killing two men and injurmore than a dozen others. El Many of tin injured were p‘*des. who were passing the buildMing when the blast rocked the ■tear-north side just across th? ChiMcago river from the loop. ■ The dead were: ■I John Gunia, 43. worker in the ■storage plant. R John Kilgora. who was passing ■ at the time of the blast. 11 The storage plant engineer. WaiI er Small 47. said that the explos- || ion and small tire that accompanied Hit reminded him of warfare in II France. He said the explosion ap- ■ Patently followed snapping of a I Uy wheel which hit a Section line ■ tarrying ammonia fumes. ! A commission house next to the ■ storage plant was wrecked. An ■ e evator shaft was torn out and I J? 0 * 18 s * oret * there were smashed. I Windows were smashed for blocks g wound. I Damage was estimated at ap- ■ Proximately SIOO,OOO dollars. I Jury Deliberates S9O Damage Suit A jury in the A'atns circuit court * as still deliberating over the S9O amage suit filed by Martin L. 'Pith against Clarence Ilabegger 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Pamage suit was filed following an aut.mobile accident in Berne on wcember 30. The jury was first called to hear e evidence In the case Monday, "‘is excused before all the evlsnee was hear 1 because of the p®th of Louis Dolch, a brother of &(o h I> ich, one of the jurors. The remainder of the evidence was ea rd today. The case was given 0 the jury at 11:45 o’clock today.

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Tells of Attack ■BIWIBf I yO I I ' ' Mrs. Fowler Woolet. 24. maid in i the Stoll home, telling a reporter ) of the ruthless manner in which , the kidnaper beat the victim, Mrs. Berry V Stoll. Mrs. Woolet, herself, was bound and gagged by i the kidnaper. PLEAD GUILTY GRAND LARCENY Ira Carpenter. John Seekings. Admit Theft Os Wheat — CanpßWN* an * John Seeking* , plead guilty before Judge Huber M DeVoss in the Adans circuit <■ dirt this .afternoon to • harges of grand larceny in connection with a series of grain robberies from farms in Adams county an! Van Wert c tin ty. Specifically they are charged with stealing SO bushels if wheat from the Franklin Myers form near the state line In Adans county on October 4 The two men have been held in the Adams county jail since their arrest last Tues lay. Seekings, when . ■ he was arraigned Tuesday plead not I guilty. Both men strenuously de-1 nie 1 their guilt until Sheriff Burl Johnson pilei up on immense a mount of evidence. The Btory cf their cap’ure reads like a mystery novel. The first thefts were rep rted September 7 At that time Carpenter was held tn j the lotal jail on a public intoxiea I tion sentence given him by Mayor George Krick in city court. He was released on September 20. At thot time the number of robberies began to increase. The first clue Sheriff Johnson found in the r bberles was the tin usual tire tracks left by the trailer. The treads were of a Simmons hard .pressure tire, which has not i b< en sold for 12 years. Heovy loads | * CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN RALLY DAY AT LOCAL CHURCH Rally Dav Will Be Observed At First Baptist Church Sunday Rally day will be observed at the I First Baptist church Sunday morn- ; Ing, October 14. The Sunday school 'Will op n .it 9:15 o’clock and the . I foil wing program will be presenti ed: Saxaphone solo —R bert Johnson. J Song by congregation. J Opening prayer. “ Welcome by Ralph Kenworthy. Sunday s hool superintendent. i Song by congregati ti. Junior church session. • Selection, male quartet—l'lar Id . Strickler, Raliph Kenworthy.‘Harve i Shroll and Harry Dod 1. i Message—Rev. A. B. Brown. Offering • | Male quartet. ~ Assembly of classes. ■ I Song — intermediate boys and > girls. 1 Roll < all of classes. . Sol -Jeanette Winnes. ! Secretary’s report i Song by congregation. Benediction.

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OFFICERSHOT I ON TRAIL OF NOTED GUNMAN “Pretty Boy’’ Floyd Escapes Alter Cun Battle With Officials BELIEVED ONE OF MEN IS WOUNDED — Moberly, M ~ Oct. 12 —(UP!— Three armed desperatoes thought | I to he Charles "Pretty .Roy” Floyd i 1 and two aides for whom police are j isearhing In centml Missouri, were, . reported near here shortly .before ; ‘ noon. A farm wife rep rted a car stopp- ; 1 ed and a man came to the house . and asked tor a towel and u pan of . wa'er. "One of my friends hurt his hand and wants to clean it up." the fel- i i low said when given the water and i | towel. One of the men in the bandit otr previously had ty>en r< ported wounded. After the two men helped their | companion they dr ve n :|h on highway tt*:. toward Cairo the woman said. The presence of the three men north < f Moberly would indicate i they had changed their courue and, were heading north ond west from when? they first were reported, south f Mexic Set Highway Traps Kansas City. Mo., Oct. 12 —(UP) —The law was close on the heels of i 1 "harles ((Pretty Boy) Floyd today. | Police of six states manned highway traps for the notorious htnk i robber and killer wh was believed , ! traveling s. uth through Missouri) toward his favorite hide ut in the ' Otrawmnr htnWtmfs. - - Floyd -ind two companions were believed to have been seen at Princet ti Mo., last night. Prince on is a. few miles below the 1 >wa line. They | w re in a small car speeding south ‘ i ward along U- S. highway 65 which bisects lowa and Ml’souri <tnd leads into Arkansas. The outlaw was. known o be armed with imchine, (COXT*NUED ON PAQE FOUR) CROWD ATTENDS SORORITY PLAY < Home Talent Show Will Be Presented For Second Time Tonight Pat O’Donnell, in the role of l news paper reporter. pla,yei by Her-! man Myers, well known attorney of this city, was elected mayor of Centerville by the People's Party, in the home talent play, “Crazy Poli- . \ tics”, given at the C.ith lie school j last evening. The play was largely attended. and will be given again tonight. It I Is sponsored by the Psi lota Xi sor- ! ority of this city and directed by Miss Wayne Allen of the Universal production company. A cast of more than 100 people I take part in the show, which opens • with the staging i f an . .Id fashionled political rally through the aisles of the auditorium. 'Choruses of beautiful young women. scenes in the People’s Party 1 politiotl headquarters, skits, mttsi- ■ cal numbers and song hits feature the delightful and entertaining iplay. The costumes worn are modern adaptations of the best seen in the , stage. In the first act Mr. Myers Impersonates Mrs. Von Dyne, who was , nominated for mayor. He P^F^ lle (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) —o — Young Democrats Dance October 19 Because of a conflict with the Ad- ; ams County Democratic Womans club the Young Democratic Club 1 of Adams county has pistp.ned its si dance from Thurs 'ay. October 18 to I Friday. October 19. Hal Teeter's orchestra has been obtained to play for the dance; | which will be held at the Decatur | country club. Fred Schurger han | 1 been named master of ceremonies j About 75 new members from Berne and Geneva were enr lled in the Young Deocratic Club at a meeting held in Berne Thursday night. The next meeting will be held at Geneva, Tuesday, October 16.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 12, 1934.

Held for $50,000 Ransom • Il I iuR ‘ z Xi v v 1 SS FL il aa*' - » **• Mrs. Berry V. Stoll. 26 years old. wife of a wealthy Louisville, Ky„ oil man. who is being held for $50,000 ransom af’er being abducted from her suburban home. She was severely beaten before being dragged away. Berry said he had ready the $50,900 demanded for his wife's release.

EIGHT PERSONS ESCAPE INJURY Two Autos Collide At Intersection South C-f Decatur Thursday Eight persons escaped with only , minor injuries in a collision of two automobiles at a road interI secion on U. S. highway 27, south of Decatur, at 5:30 o'clock Thursi day evening. Harry Kinwald, 2404 Woodland avenue, ('leveland. Ohio, was driving north on the highway, apI proaching the turn at Chick’s ! place. Joe Villa, son of Ernest Villa, living near Bluffton, was driving east. Kinwald stated that he thought , Villa would he unable to make the turn and said that he intentionally ! drove on the left side of the road Ito avert a collision! His auto ! struck the Villa car. turning it on its side against a fence. The seven occupants of the Villa car were helped out of the auto. Katie Villa. 17. and Mrs. Ernest Villa. 40, were brought to the local hospital but were released a few hours'later when examination disi closed they were suffering only I from minor cuts and bruises. Others riding in th’e car were Joe Villa, the driver, Cruz Villa, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOTTT) o Three Contagious Diseases Reported Two cases "of scarlet fever ■ind, one case of typhoid fever were reported in Adams County for the week-ending Saturday, O’tober 6. uccorCiing t the morbidity repor' published by the Indiana Division of Public Health.

Sparkling Crystal White Sugar Goes On Sale In Stores Today

Sparkling Crystal White sugar. ■ me de at the Central Sugar factory in this city, went on sale today. Every grocery and so d store in j Decatur and the local traling terri-i tory sells this Indiana-made sugar, re' gnized as the finest granii'ited sugar made in America. During the present run of the local factory, the only beet sugar processing plant In the state, approximately 20.000.000 ponnds of sugar . will be mode. Indiana consumes about 300,000,000 ipcunds of sugar annually. The production of the Decatur factory could easily be consumed locally, based on the average consumption of 100 pounds annually per person. The Decatur Chamber of C •m-

Clubs Making Drive For Local Hospital Mrs. E. W. Busche, , unty home {economics efralrman. has a»n*««aced | I that >t drive to colic t edibles fori the A.lams ' unty memorial hospital is being iput on again this year, i All economics chib members are' asked to bring vegetables, fruit or ther articles of food to the next club meeting. If the county chairman is notified, arrangements will! be ma !e to have the f od calk'd for anj taken t> the hospital. o FURTHER DELAY IN TEST CASE .Judge Baker Refuses To Sit In Case Against i Townsend Inddlanapolis, Oct. 13. — (U.R) — Further delay in disposition of a! suit brought by the Republican state committee testing the legality of Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend to hold his office resulted today when Judge Frank Baker, chosen as special judge, refused to preside in the case. Judge Baker had been selected upon agreement of the state com-; mittee and attornys for Townsend. Baker announced he would not pre- < j side because he is a candidate for reelection. The suit originally was filed in Marion circuit court of which Earl R. Cox, is judge. Cox disqualified himself because he had ruled in a! previous suit similar to the Town- ’ send case. '/Tree attorneys, Milton Hottel. ! Henry Seyfried and Judge Dan White of Indianapolis municipal court were named by Judge Cox. j CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN |

merce, in today's Daily Democrat, asks housewives to buy and use ' Crystal White sugar, pointing out ; that the beets from which it is ’ made are grown by local farmers and employment given to ncorly 400 people in the mill during the processing campaign. Last year growers received nearly $450,000 for the beets s Id to the ■local plant. The operation of the mill also means the expenditure of i several hundred thousand dollars i for labor, trucking, materials, freight coal ’nd supplies. Crystal White sugar can be bought in five, ten, and 25 pound i bags. Today’s quobiti ns on sugar range from five to five and one•l third cents .per pound.

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FARLEY TALKS TO DEMOCRATS AT BERNE MEET Townsend, Heller, VVeicking Among Other Speakers At Big Rally URGE SUPPORT OF DEMOCRAT TICKET "The farmers of the United I States through their representatives on the various farm organizations wrote the agricultural adjustment act, not the so-called brain trust," said Janies 1. Farley, United States representative from the Fourth district and candidate for re-election, who was the chief speaker before a large crowd at the Democratic rally held in the Berne auditorium Thursday night. I Nathan Nelson, county chairman. I opened the meeting. He introduced C. H. Musselman, Berne editor,; who acted as chairman of the meeting. Mr. Musselman, in turn intro- I duced Dick Heller, secretary to the lieutenant governor, and formerly of Decatur, who introduced the i county and township candidates. Mr. Heller discussed the two per 1 eent club in Indiana which, he said, "makes it possible for the first ' time for a political party to he i free from the control of wealthy I citizens and corporations who have ; contributed to campaign funds be- : fore election." Frank Thompson, 1 candidate for joint representative! i front Wells and Adams counties talked briefly on Democratic pol. I icies. Senator Thurman Gottschalk of Berne, who was recently voted by the state senators as the most out- ; I standing member of that body.! j made a short talk, seconding Mr.! i Heller’s suggestion that citizens i vote the straight Democratic tic- ; ket. Abram Simmons of Bluffton, vet- ; ; eran Democrat, talked briefly, giving a description of some of the campaigns in the past when Wells i and Adams counties were among ; the few in the state to vote Demo-j cratic. Fred Wiecking. former assistant I attorney general, who recently ! took Sherman Minton's place as I public counselor for the public ser-! I vice commission, gave an address , on the state administration. “The opposition charges this administration with spending 6D millions of dollars," he said “We ad-; mit it. But the opposition did not; tell you that 23 millions of dollars ! j of the money was sent hack to the I county auditors to be distributed, for county expenses. This means ! a saving this year of about 13 millions of dollars. “Every pledge the state adminis- ' ! tration made you before the elec- ! tion has been fulfilled. We prom- : ised you that the tax base has been broadened to alleviate small home owners.” James I. Farley was then introduced. He stressed the improve(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) UNION CHAPEL PLANS SERVICE Rally Dav Will Be Observed At Church Sunday Morning I 'Rally day will be observed at the | Union Chapel United Brethren ' church Sunday morning. The proj gntm will open at 9:15 o'clock and will he as follows: Piano .prelude—Miss Treva Alli- [ son. Hymn—f‘Come Thou Almighty King.” I IHymn — "Praise Him. iPraise ! Rim.” Lord's Prayer in unison. March —Miss Allison. Adjournment to class rooms. Leason study 9:30 to 10 a. m. March —Miss Allison. Assemble in auditorium. ■Hymn—"Onward Christian /.’oldiers.” Announcements, secretary's report and comments. Special music —Jess Burke Cocal solo —'Paul Lehman Address- E. M. Webb, superintendent i f the Berne schools. Closing song—congregation Benediction.-Pastor. The goal of attendance is set at 225. Everybody welcome.

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Holy Name Speaker I J w The Rev. Father P. M. Butler, j chaplain of St. Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne, will be the speaker at the Holy Name breakfast to be ' held Sunday morning at the Cath- ' olic school. Father Butler is a world traveler and an eloquent l speaker. The breakfast will follow the seven o'clock mass at which | all of the men and boys of St. Mary’s parish will attend and re- ! ceive Holy Communion in the annual Father and Son Communion ; Sunday observance. About 500 are expected at the service. ROTARY CLUB ENJOYS TALKS Rev. Father John Dapp, Seaman Kenneth Kessler Address Club Members of the Rotary dub I were carried around the world in ! I the talks given last evening by ! 'he Rev. Father John Dapp. pas-1 ■tor of St. Jude's Catholic churcn. Fort Wayne and Seaman Kenne’lt Kessler of Monroe, member of the ' crew of the S- S. Houston, the ship on which President Roose- j velt made his trip to the island ! countries. Mr. Kessler gave a five minute talk, largely devoted to a description of the magnetic personality! of President Roosevelt. Mr. Kessler told how the President mad.' himself feel at home on board. ship and his common American! . ways. He said the navy men ■ loved the big. smiling, happy look-1 ing man. who today seemed the , i greatest personage in the world, i Father Dapp gave an excellent , talk, describing his recent voyage) abroad. He visited England. Ger ! many, France. Italy. Switzerland,! Holland and other countries. “Conditions in America are so! much bet'er compared with those, in European countries that people j over there would believe we were j enjoying the heights of prosper- ■ ity. They have had a depression ! there from 15 to 18 years and apparently take present conditions j for granted." Father Dapn stated. Father Dapp made his talk very enter'a’ning and instructive by I giving his personal impressions or | | conclusions. He said the people I ! in Europe expect less in the way . ;of conveniences and luxuries in ) . life. Most of them are satisfied to . 1 have a small home, an acre or two! ; of land, a horse and a couple of . cows and probably a bicycle. ’! The average farmer in this] country with large herds of cattle,) ! horses and other livestock and automobiles would be considered very wealthy. Father Dapp viewed conditions in Germany and a few of the 1 other countries as very unsettled. I There is a feeling of unrest about government, not so much by the neople as a whole, bub by the : heads of government. Someone I said. Fa'her Dapp declared. "That ,! it seems we are sitting on a powder keg. not knowing when things will blow up.” Father Dapp stated that although Hi’ler was to be giv=>n credit for what he was doing, he could not be . compared with (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Worthman’s Condition Is Much Improved The condition of Martin F. Worth- • I man was rep rted as "considenibly improved” at three o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Worthman's condition was a little better yesterday aftert noon. He spent a fairly restful night and to.’uy seemed brighter.

AMOUNT ASKED BY KIDNAPERS REPORTED PAID Husband Os Kidnaped Woman Issues Formal Statement Today SUSPECT IS HELD IN WEST VIRGINIA Louisville, Ky., Oct. 12. (U.R) 'Hie SSO,<X)O ransom demanded for the return of beautiful Alice Stoll has been paitl, it was learned today. Berry Stoll, frantic husband of the beautiful Louisville society woman, issued this brief statement this afternoon: "We have carefully followed instructions, met all ransom requirements. and are waiting fulfillment of promises. The party may act freely without fear in hindrance." Stoll refused to elaborate on the statement but it was generally interpeted as meaning that the $50,000 which had been ready for the kidnaper since a few hours ! after the abduction late Wednes- ■ day afternoon, had been paid over. The family, taking every possible precaution to guard against ■ harm coming to the 26 year old society leader, guarded jealously i their future plans. As the announcement came ' that first definite progress had been made in the negotiations be- | tween the kidnaper and the fam- ! ily. a suspect was held at Charles- ! ton. West Virginia, but the development here seemed to lessen the possibility that this man was , involved directly. The suspect was Walter Childi ress. in whose second hand autoi mobile police found tufts of what . seemed to be a woman s hair. Mrs Stoll. 26 year old brunette, was beaten over the head with a piece of lead pipe and carried I ’(CONTINUED*ON PAGE FOUR) o—* City Observes Discovery Day I Discovery day wa-s being observed here today. It i.s a legal holiday in Indiana and banks were not ! opened for business. The day marks the 442nd anniversary of the dis- | covery of America by Christopher ' Columbus. _ o — — Hijrh School Chapel Program This Morning Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp and her ■daughter. Mis« Katheryn appeared i on the chapel pr gram at the Decatur higlt school this morning. Mrs. ' Knapp red several poems concerni ing autumn by Riley. Guest and Gillilan. Miss Katheryn gave two readings “Betty entertains an encyclopedia salesman” and “fish for dinner." LIST PROGRAM OF COLT SHOW Annual Adams County Colt Show At Berne Saturdayseveral thousands of visitors are expected in Berne Saturday for the annual Adams county colt show. One hundred colts have been entered. They will be housied in a large tent on the vacant ; lot east of the community auditor, ium. The judging of colts will start at 9:30 a. m., and will be concluded before noon. A school children’s 1 parade will be held at 1 o’clock, with hundreds of children expect- ’ ed to be in the line of march. 1 A 4-H club achievement program ‘ will be presented at the auditorium 1 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.'ffl. All prizes for the club work during the past year will be presented at this meeting, under the direction of L. E. Archbold, county agent. I All colts entered in the show will parade through the business - district at 3 o’clock. A tug of war r will be held at 3:30. During the evening, a short band i concert will be presented, followed . by an antique dress revue. Stunts 1 and contests for older boys and girls will follow the revue.