Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1934 — Page 1

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[FOUR PERSONS 1 die in crash 4 0 r BOBCATS IVJ^# r -hter Sink* AsUffVroii.ion w i t h I Hjteanier Today I OT«K SHIP IS Raima damaged ! Akfti''• Mifli.. Nov. 21. I OJJB — Four lives wore lost ffejll'" lake freighter W. ■id b ; o pliii./ sank lorlnv alter rolli<lii); with tlu* S. S. Kil-w-ardp oomis in a dense 100 ; ufjSgh southeast of Slurin Lake Huron. ” The Loomis was hadlv dxiiuA*' I in the crash hut waa sK'i't'dim: slowly down tt. ■ \ Middle Island ami iv Island coast guards and®*' rt'sriu* ship, iSv S. Reiss Broth#*s of Sheboygan, Wis., £ *«■«► "?■ ftjilLoomis. carrying survivors of the Franz, was due at Harbor BeaehMMich.. this afternoon. Nauii of the men lost in the colHslan were not. included in the NHHpdiogram received at Rogers |it -ommercial marine staUomS#" i' ll told of the collision and tti d>osjii. nt sinking of t 1 1 I First news of the disaster was ✓ d in a jerky SOS call I sent out at 3:27 a. m.. and picked I afbffclari'eni radio in New York I gad Ks stations near here The I exact position was not given and I operator was forced to I end fie call for help abruptly I with J trembling SOS to take in m I lifeboats from the sinking vessel. I Coir •>, Was made dit I i oa! ®B enltiSj- weather conditions and ! ■ of commercial messages' flooded the air following period during th.e ■ Franz of 3.428 tons from San It rie. Out. She was owned by Myoma Central Steamship I Aleifilder Mclntyre Tier normal crdHh s 21 men. 1.0. m , lit is.a I She m a 4.279 ton steel screw g freigh cr owned hv the Great I (CON i INUBD ON PAGE SIX) IIH

Preacher Will I I Sneak Hero Tonight 8 T. \v. Bennett, pastor of tins -■B tfirfbtd J!r tlirctt church . f Wren. I l! "‘ principal speaker uM 4mw;"o iai .-■•■ ■vi-p m ho in :<i in the D ratur Baptist '"■BKt l,li ‘ s pvenin ?- 8 will bp furnished by the 8 people of the Wren church. "B cpi ill hide a vocal due! a comI Panied bv a guitar and mi accord--8 iaiMpio. if - o - I Graham’s Condition Slightly Improved Tj JBF ’ until ion of Paul Graham. 1 insurance and loan repr--n sfpofve. was reported as being a improved today. Mr. Graham f|«l at Lutheran hospital. Wayne, His condition has serious, but physicians §.sls let: eful of his recovery. Witnesses I Called By Jury Adams court grail i». gflf caUed in 20 wit icsses Tuesday I# 8 lS|B p first day of their session durj N'oveni'ber term I p grand jury is required to tmm the county institutions once a A They will furnish a report t during this session. <. Temperature Drop Is Predicted 1( HpMianapolte, Tnd., Nov. 21- itUM ~ HB sharp drop in temperatures ■ bringing the first enow of the sea- { Hgm to Indiana was forecast today 3 U. S. weather bureau here. I Mfcain tonight and Thursday turnj Kh enow flurries in the north--8 ■ portion Thursday," said the “Colder centra! and west BfMßions late tonight, much colder 1 Upr^day.’I fH. Armington. meteorologist, | B lie expected the temperature to 2 at least 20 degrees by tumor-1 9 BBW morning.

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| Gets Death Threat | Receipt of death threat by Danj iel Willard, president of the Halti- ' j more & Ohio railroad, resulted in arrest of former employe In Baltimore. Letter staled Willard and 1 r three others would be killed un--1 . less 16,000 men Were returned to 1 work. AUDIT OF CITY BOOKS REPORTED — State Accountants’ Audit Halances With Officials’ Reports T The state board of accounts' audit of the water and electric deparTThents of the municipal plant, balances to the penny with the rei ports compiled by M. J. Mylott, superintendent and .Miss Mary Mc- , Kean, bookkeeper for the depart- | rnents The audit was made last summe? by accountants J. H. O’Neal - ait* O. H. See. Copies of their ex. animation were tiled with the coun- ! cil iast evening. j For the electric light department the report shows the following totals for 1933: Operating revenue $137.102 44 Operating expenses 102,640.74 i Gross income $ 34,461.70 i Non-operating revenue 2.725.90 j Total income 37,190.60 ! Deductions, inc lading loss accounts, interest on bonds 9,679.38 Net income t 27,511.22 Total assets $762,280 82 The report for the water depart- ' ..iiniiia fnllnwinw totals

ment shows the tonowing roiais for 1032: ; Operating revenue $ 26.715.56 i Operating expenses 15.009.9 S ) Oross Income 8,705.88 Non-operating revenue 204.53 • Total income 8,910.71 , Deductions 7,091.69 ■ Net income 1.819 02 Total assets .$277,482.53 ' | The financial reports of the city . plant were published in full last i March. The state makes an examination of the financial records of ’ municipal plants every year. No I recommendations were made by the i accountants and no objections j were listed as to the method of bookkeeping. KRICK TO TAKE OFFICE MONDAY WalterKrick Will Assume Superintendent’s Duties November 26 Walter J. Krick. principal of the Van Wert high school will take over his duties as superintendent of the Decatur schools Monday. November 26. His resignation from the Van Wert school will take effect I- nday. November 23. A successor to Mr Krick has not yet been appointed for the Van Wert high school principalship. The school will be without a head unless the school hoard there is able to hire one this week. Mr. Krick was in the city Saturday afternoon and Tuesday j evening planning his new work, j i He is contemplating no changes j in the present school policy. I Krick will -succeed the late Martin F. Worthman. who died, October 20. after serving 18 years j as superintendent of the Decatur j I schools. I The school hoard, with toe i j assistance of the five school prln-j i ‘(CONTINUED ON PAG® FOUR)

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REPUBLICANS TO ASK REDUCTIONS IN TAX BURDEN State Legislators Outline Three-Point Policy For Session PROPOSE CHANGE IN LEGISLATURE Indianapolis, Nov. 21— (U.R> — Concrete reductions in the tax burden, removal of much of the power now in the hands of the governor and elimination of the spoils system in state institutions will constitute the three-point I policy of Republican members at ! the 1935 session of the state legislature. Meeting here with officers of the Republican state committee, j 43 of the 47 legislators who will comprise the G. 0. P. minority group in the general assembly ' passed the resolution embodying the three-point policy. The program is in keeping with legislative planks of the platform passed at the state convention of the party last June. The policy resolution, presented by Rep. James M. Knapp. Hagerstown. former speaker of the house I and prjspeetive minority floor ! leader, was as follows: 1. A concrete cut in the ta: I burden by the elimination or alteration of specific taxes enumer--1 ated in the platform by a reducI tion In the number of public offl- ] cials, bv a reduction in the salar- | ies of those an the public payj lolls. 2. Redistribution of administrative and appointive powtes I among the constitutionally-provid-i (CO NTIN U loirO N* P A GF." FO U R)" FILE PETITION FOR EXTENSION Root Township Petitions Extension Os Streets In This City Several residents of Root township appeared before the city council last night and presented a petition that either Tenth or Thirteenth street be extended north to connect with the river road west of the Pennsylvania crossing and switches for the Central Sugar company on the Archbold road. The petition was presented by; Phil Scheiferstein, Root township I trustee, and Chalmer Sheets, also of Root township. A school bus brings pupils liv- j ing west of the St. Mary’s river to j Decatur. The petitioners pointed out that if this improvement were made, the bus could make use of the guarded crossings at either Monroe or Adams streets. At present the school bus is compelled to cross the main tracks

and the switches near the Central Sugar company twice a day. In order to do this it would be necessary for the city to improve ] the present streets in the Home- ] wood addition. It would also be necessary to fill in a new roadbed across the commons north of the addition. The council discussed the matter at the meeting, but expressed the opinion that at present the city would not have sufficient funds to make the improvement. It was estimated that the improvement would probably take $5,060 or more which would leave the city without funds to keep the present streets in repair. The petition was referred to the street committee and Fred Fruchte, city attorney. Swimming Pool Report Is Filed W. Guy Brown, supervisor of the city swimming pool last summer filed his annual r>port with the council last evening. The report showed total registrations of 29,075 for 1934, compared with 24.490 In 1933. Rerelpts from the refreshment stand amountel to $212.18. Expenses were $199.59, leaving a balance of $12.60, which was turned over to the city. The expenses do no-t include the supervisory services.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 21, 1934.

| On Strange Trip I ______ Chubby four-year-old Jackie Gibbons, above, is hack at Lexington. Ky„ home after being missing . four days. lie was found at • Chattanooga. Tenn., with girl 1 hitch-hiker who claims he followed her. She is held as kidnaper, j RENT BUILDING FOR TRANSIENTS City Council Rents Old Ladder Factory To House Transients The city council tliis morning made arrangements with the Old Adams County Bank to rent the old Ladder Factory on the Arcli- ; hold road for transients’ headquarters. . For the last several years the 1 city has permitted transients to i . make their headquarters in the city water department. A ’room j there over the boilers is warmed j by the heat of the plant. Occa- ; sionally the transients have been ' permitted to sleep in the city hall. | This was done to keep the transients from local industries where j I j they have slept in the past. This arrangement has been unj satisfactory because of the fre[iquent need to “delouse" tile i j rooms. By renting the ladder factory! I building the council hopes it has I i solved the problem. The city will ': pay $lO a month rent. The building lias a stove and! toilet facilities. The city will buy I the coal and provide police patrol. Members of the council stated j this morning that if the transients | cooperate with the city the ar-' i rangement will he kept up indefinitely. If not the police will order ; transients to leave the city before i nightfall. ! o Regular Meeting Os Elks Tonight ! I The regular meeting of the B. P. ! 1 O. Elks lodge will be h id «it thej home on North -Second street to- j night at 8 o’clock. All members arp i urged to lie -present, as business of ( importance will be transa t. d.

I 0 CHURCH PLANS II FOR BANQUET * I Father And Son Banquet At United Brethren Church Thursday j A father and son banquet will be held at the First United Brethren I church Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock. It will be iprin.-ipally a rab- : bit supper but chicken will also be served. No charge will be made hut an offering will be taken. ■A committee from the Otterbein brotherhood of the church will cook and serve the meal. The meeting will be opened by John T. Kelley president of the'brotherhood. After the banquet. Rev. W. H. Franklin, pastor of the cliun.h, will act as toastmaster. , iShort talks will be given by Otis Baker, as a son, on "can I be better than my dad;” by Jesse Hurst on “dad’s responsibility;” by Robert Drake on "how to please my dad;” and Dick Shafer on "what makes a ha'ppy dad.” E. A. Crider will speak on “how the churr h can help the dad and the lad". Following an address by the Rev. S. M. Hill, the meeting will be closed with a prayer.

CITY COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY Many Business Matters Discussed At Regular Council Meeting The city council transacted a - grist of business in session last evening, several reports being tiled and groups of citizens appearing before the body relative to improvements. Harry Staley. W. H. Zwick and Bob Rumachlag, asked the council to take over the Weber lot, north of the Zwick building on North Second street, for a municipal parking lot. The vacant lost Is 62 by 140 feet. The committee informed the coun oil that the lot could be leased for a minimum of SSO a year, or more if the taxes exceeded that sum. : They asked that the city till in the lot and esablish a public parking space. j The council held a discus/bin on the matter. Members voiced tlie j opinion that they thought the lot j too small for a parking space. They i estimated that not more than 3o ! cars could he parked on the lot, with two rows of about 15 cars each, allowing eight to 10 feet on | the sides for each side and a road--1 way in the center so the cars could tie driven out. The driveway is on Second street The matter was rei ferred to the public safety commit, -tee for further investigation. Other Council Matters W. H. Zwick complained to the council about the stench front an ! open,catch basin in front of his home on North Second street. The matter was referred to the street and sewer committee. The building of concrete walks at the west and sotfth sides of the city swimming pool through the FERA labor plan was referred to • * • • * ♦ • • *- * •> * * ♦ * • • (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) PROPOSE MORE PARKING SPACE Proposal Is Made To Widen Madison Street For Parking Purposes ■ Shall the north side of the court ! house sidewalk be cut off six feet, the street widened and more space furnished for parking automobiles? The county commissioners have; expressed a williness to cut the walk from 12 to six feet wide, be. j tween Second and Third streets, i the additional feet being added to Madison street for the parking of autos. Miles Roop, FERA project manager, proposed to the commissioners that the labor required for the sidewalk revamping and street widening could be furnished by the unemployed, providing the city of Decatur, or the county furnished j the material. E. A Beavers, chairman of the j city street committee, informed the ! council last evening that the coun- . . I, 1

ty commissioners would furnish the concrete necessary for the rebuilding of the walk. The city was asked to cooperate by furnishi ing the material for the street widening. , The suggestion was made that if the sidewalk was cut down and the six feet added to the street, autos ; C ould be parked diagonally with the curb, increasing the space for cars. This arrangement would still leave as much space for the street as provided now. ’ The matter was referred to the street and sewer department for 1 investigation as to cost and practicability. o Municipal Plant Report Sent In Martin J. Mylott, superintendent of the electric light and power department of the Munic'ral Plant, has completed the compiling of ex tensive reports and data require 1 by the federal power‘commission. , Washington, B. C. Some of the information asked ! covered a 10 year period. Complete .! reports of op-ration, production. I costs and earnings were given for the past five years. Two copies of all existing contacts for furnishing current to rural lines also had to be sent to the federal commission. The federal govern-ment is making a national survey of the utility business.

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ATTORNEY FOR INSULL PLEADS > FOR ACQUITTAL Defense Lawyer Says i Government Failed To Prove Its Case i DRAMATIC APPEAL IS MADE TO JURY i 1 1 Chicago, Nov. 21. — (U.R) — The [ Prosecution of Samuel Instill and i his 16 co-defendants was described I in closing defense arguments today as "an attempt to crucify character upon the cross of prejudice." Charles S. Lounsbury concluded .! a dynamic plea to the jury hearing , mail fraud charges with this dramatic appeal and the further xugges- . tion that the prosecution was un,l dertaken “to appease public clam- ’ j or.” Whatever may have been the , reason for the prosecution, I-ouns-bury continued, it has failed utter- ; ! iyi “Please consider these factors,” ; he asked the jury as lie drew his i case to a close: i! “1. The failure of the govern. .; ment to prove their case. I "2. The high type of witnesses [ who have appeared on behalf of . thq defendants. i “3. The loss of personal profits !to the defendants —a loss which ! j was sustained only because of their i jabiding faith in the future of their j enterprises. “In the light of these facts 1 un- 1 hesitatingly put the fate of the de-' fendants in your hands." In building up his linal plea j ! Lounsbury recited the economic j ’ history of the past tive years, beginning with the lush period of | 1929. "One of the difficulties we all ~ (CONTINUED*- ON* PACE* SIX) * lierno Group To Present Play The G. M. G. of the Berne Reform-! i e-d it hurch will present a missionary - play. "Standing By,’’ at the church I Sunday end Monday evenings, Nov. . 25 and 26. The plot is woven around , ; three girls who wish to enter the I missionary field against the wisnes j i of -th-cir -motliers. The time of the | play is the present, and is staged in a small town. Portland Man To Head Local Branch D. D. Mollenkopf of Portland will ! | be the manager of the new International Harvester company factory branch and sales room in this city. 1 Mr. Mollenkopf were here today j looking for a house. He will move ■ jhie family here. L. M. Sherry, who has been a looel representative of the Harvester company, will also remain here. The international Harvester comjpany will occupy the new building] [being erected (by F. McConnell and ■ son on North third stre°t. A com-1 ■plete line of farm machinery and: equipment will be; arried hete.

i | —o— PURDUE MAN IS CLUB SPEAKER i 1 W. O. Mills Gives Interi estins Talk To Lions Club Tuesday » W. O. "Brick” Mills, field repre- ' sentative for Purdue university. ' gave a very interesting and inspiring talk before the Decatur Lions club at the regular meeting : Tuesday evening at the Rice hotel. I His speech was based on the 1! subject, "The Other Fellow’s Job.” He used for his material statistics gathered by the university in a nation-wide survey which showed ’ that 98 per cent of all fathers encourage their sons not to follow in the same occupation in which they engage but rather to try the other fellow's Job. || Mr. Mills pointed out that edu--1 cation helps fit a man to reason | out the problems which life pre- . sents to every man and that if we will all plan our jobs a little " further Into the future and then bend every effort to realise those plans we won't have time to worry about the other man's job. Care(OONTINUEJ) ON PAGE SIX)

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Takes Murder Blame ■0 .><•• # In an attempt to save her brother. Charles, from murder charges, I Anna Melli, above, 16-year-old l Kenosha, Wis., high school stui dent, confessed to police that she had shot and killed Matt iSchuI macher, state dry agent, during a liquor raid at her home. The girl, who said she fired the shot when she saw the dry agents mistreating her mother, made her confession on the eve of her brother's trial for Ihe murder. COUNCIL NAMES ; TOWN MARSHAL Geneva Town Council Selects Harry Kamman To Succeed Reasoner Harry Kamman was named Tuesday night by the Geneva town council to succeed Bert K. Reason er as town marshal amt superintendent of the town water department. No word has been heard from Reasoner since his mysterious dis- ' appearance over a week ago. Erl' forts to locate the water department books have also failed. Neither the town council nor th-» family have made any effort 'trace Rpasoner through the local police channels. Sheriff Burl Johnson stated today that they have I not asked him to cooperate with j them. Last Sunday members of the \ town council requested Fort Wayne police to apprehend Reasoner if j possible. It was believed that he j might still be in that city where !he was a former city employee. I Fort Wayne was the last place he | has been seen. Kamman has not had regular j employment for the last several years- He came to Geneva about 115 years ago as manager of the Geneva branch of the J. A. Long 1 company. After this concern clos. ed he was unable to tind steady employment. Mrs. Bert Reasoner and the small daughter imogene are remaining 'in Geneva. They have not expressI ed any great concern over Reasoner’s disappearance. I No reason can be given by the Geneva residents for lleasoner's J departure. Although the town I tiooks are gone there has been no

i iiuuivn ui r guuo nine nan urrii uu ‘(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Madison Theater Is Closed Tuesday The Madison theater, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rice for about . three months was closed Tuesday night by the owners. The motion picture house is located in the Julius Hauglk building on west Madison street. ■ | It is possible that the theater may 1 reopen soon under another management. No definiate arrangements have been made about a sale of the theater. Council Will Amend Improvement Petition The counctl will seek to amend the petition for the Improvement of the alleys hack of the business houses in the east side of Second street. Last evening William Bowers, . Herman Colchin, J. .1 Heed and August Walter, property owners . north of Monroe street, appeared , before the council and voiced ob- , jections to the improvement of the alley back of their properties. The council informed them that they expected an amendment to the original petition, eliminating the east and west alleys and probably the stretch north of Monroe street,

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CHARGES MADE BY GEN. BUTLER TO COMMITTEE Smedley Butler Says He Was Offered Leadership Os Revolt ALLEGED LEADERS RIDICULE CHARGE New York, Nov. 21 (U.PJ — Gerald P. Maguire, Wall street bond salesman alleged to have broached the idea of a Fascist revolt to General Smedlev D. Butler, has identified himself as the ‘cashier’ . of a dictatorship movement, Rep. Samuel Dickstein de- [ clared todav. Maguire, who has denounced as "utterly ridiculous" charges that he acted as the agent of a group ’ of wealthy New Yorkers In an ] effort to induce General Butler to head an army of 600,000 veterans ] "is hanging himself,” Dickstein said in discussing the salesman’s , testimony before the congressional committee investigating unAmerican activities. "I will cross-examine him very thoroughly this afternoon," Dickstein added. He said that Maguire had admitted to the committee yesterday that lie had been to Italy and Germany “and other ' countries where fascism flourishes” this year. Robert Sterling Clarke, a stock 1 broker named by Butler as involved in the alleged plot, also has handled large sums of the money for the conspirators, Dickstein said. The investigation led today to 1 allegations that an army of - 500.000 veterans was to have - been mobilized at an Elk Ridge, Md., CX'C., camp for a march on ' Washington. The alleged plot was brought before the congressional committee investigating un-American activities by Gen. Smedley Butler 1 yesterday, when lie aired charges ' that Wail street figures had suggested he become dictator —a suggestion he declined. All persons mentioned by Butler ridiculed his charges. The proposed Elk Ridge base was disclosed as the congressional *1 oont*nued*on*pagt?~sixT* o Democrats Expended $1,318.13 In County The report filed by the Democratic central committee with David D. Depp, county clerk for receipts and expenditures during the last campaign shows a deficit of $19.18. The report was filed as required by law by Nathan Nelson, county chairman, and August Heiman, treasurer. The expenditures amounted to $1,318.38 and were used for secretory hire, office expenses, stamps, envelopes, printing, advertising, rent and hall and election day expenses. The receipts included contributions from candidates and other in-

dividuals. They amounted to $1,239,20. The Republican Central committee lias not filed its reiport. AUTOMOBILE IS STOLEN TUESDAY Car Owned Bv Chester Kleinknight of Tocsin Stolen Here City police today blamed the theft of an automobile owned by Chester Kleinknight of Tocsin to a band of thieves active in the state during the last several months. The car was parked in front of the Decatirr high school Tuesday 1 evening while Kleinknight refereed . the General Electric basketball game. The owner stated he had locked the ignition, put on the emergency brake, Closed the windows, I and locked the doors, i The car is a Chevrolet 1934 coach l with a black boy and yellow wire - wheels. Its license plates were nums her 427,1677. Kleinknight had owned the car only about six weeks. 1 The polk-e today stated there has • been a gang of automobile thieves ? active for some time. The thieves • are specializing in new Fords and . Chevrolet*.