Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1934 — Page 1

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4S»UEL INSULL cfISWQUITTED I UTE SfiTORDAY —- Son And 15 Oth!la*« era Are Acquitted Os g 1 Embezzlement iDtflr * > MwWffl SMfR CHARGES 1 Bl n BE DROPPED I Nov. 26— (U.R) — i Unless Attorney General Homer Cummings demands further lh protjcution, U. S. District Dwight H. Green to drop all further against Samuel Instill, I it ya' learnsd today. ■ off the docket, and I I außr, it's off to stay,” said one S of®reen's assistants in anto p uer j es regarding a case charging the 75ydkold former utilities mon_8 s® ,r!l Ptcy laws. B fy id l >. N<‘V. 26— <U.R) Kinßi I Insull probably was 1 the hoopicst men in |Afi «Ainei ic.i today, convinced jLC ■rthat it I'tl'ect lie already is ■rxoßrati'd of slate and f'edBeralJ charges of enibezzh*- ■ nieni and violation of banklaws pending against B* ® haired little martim-t iaUft ■ofßSalle street in better davs volubly at his acquittal ttti KSttaiday with his son and 15 of swindling investors •"" "00 Corporation SeBeeritfr < ompany, and predicted Beatific utly that other charges dismissed. trial—if there is anhe chortled. "That vergS#fct Batnrday was the beginning ■ complete vindication." Attorney Dwight K.Creen refused comment on the ■ laßi'iD 'hat a charge of violatbankruptcy laws by | ON PAGE FIVE) ME9T Cattle Truck I Destroyed By Fire I A ' 'O' truck belonging to Fred I completely destroyed by , I fire iturdav about four miles I ■ east Inf S'. Marys. Ohio Harley ' I ( ' a w f '' " f 111 'S city, was the driv- ■ «■ the truck and he was onj to Ohio to get some I (hinder stated that while Im I driving along he smelled fi. I ani! °l )ene<l t,le t,oor of I *W ’ ruck to see what it might be. B wßcab immediately burst into Two large tanks containGO gallons of Mr. Guilder was not I 3l a s! ’ orl in 6”* wiring system the fire. Illi CONTINUE JjIQUOR FIGHT 1 Injiana Anti-Saloon Leat I gue Will Lobby 2 Legislature ■ I lobbying of the state I BBlature to bring about complete I Jjßltilution of liquor traffic in In ■ Wi " I,e palt nf 1,16 An,i I Wn League's program in 1935. York, superintendent, said in | *®Jddress here yesterday. | ■'lm 1935 general assembly will I . y the choice of showing its inI 'Bat in humanity or the liquor after having had the opporI ftaity of seeing the appalling reS’gßh °f the traffic for the past 15 York said. tile last 15 months, more 1 have lost their lives in mot than all the Amer, killed in the World War, anil I M8 rge pe,r cent of t,lp accidents I ■ be attributed to drunken drivI Ws who patronize road houses amt where all kinds of liquor I We sold." severely criticized Paul state excise director, for the Seer's stand in favoring leglslaS legalizing liquor by the drink. | ■’ nrlt said that Fry had the pow- ■ -B to revoke licenses for selling • I

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K. Os C. Members Given Invitation iFrancis Costello, grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, today received an invitation from the Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus, inviting loc.il members to attend the 35th anniversary program in Fort Wayne, Wednesday. Nvv. 28. A banquet will be served and about 1.400 men are exupcted. Tickets are selling for 75 cents per plate. Reservations cnn be made through Mr. Costello. — o TO TRY SHOUSE IN OmEATH Edward Shouse To Stand Trial For Murder Os Sheriff Sarber Lima, 0.. Nov. 26 —(U.R> —Edward Shouse. 34. under first degree murder indictment, will be brought here from Indiana state penitentiary to be tried in connection with the slaying of Sheriff J. L. Sarber in a raid on the Allen county jail Oct. 12, 1933, officials said today. Sheriff Donald Sarber, son of the slain officer, was to confer today with Prosecutor E. M. Botkin on plans for Shouse's transfer within the next few days. John Dillinger, late public enemy, was freed from tlie Lima jail when Sheriff Sarber was killed. Harry Copeland, another Dillinger gangster under first degree murder indictment here, also is a prisoner in the Indiana penitentiary but it is uncertain whether he will be brought here for trial. The Lima Jail will be guaded carefully during the trial of Shouse, who was an important state witness against Harry Pierpont and Russell Clark, convicted of the sheriff's death. Shouse testified he and two others stood guard outside while three companions went in the jail to release Dillinger. He identified Pierpont as the ‘trig, ger" man. Pierpont was executed and Clark is serving a life sentence. LOCAL CHURCH IS DEDICATED United Brethren Church In Christ Is Dedicated Sunday Delicatory services were held for the newly constructed building of the United Brethren Church in Christ, Old Constitution. The new church is located on Eighth street between Monroe and Nuttman avenue. It has a seating corn; tty of about 250 persons, and a beautifully decorated interior. A capacity crowd attended the morning services in the church Sunday. Tlie Goapel Volunters of Hunt’ngton College were in charge of the program. Rev. R. W. Tbish of Huntington preached the In the afternoon a special song service was heli!. The Rev. and Mrs. W. !H. Tyndall of Huntington. sang several songs. Bishop A. M. Johnson preached the afternoon sermon. Solemn dedicatory servi e-s were held and the sum of $554.01 was announced raised for the church fund. The Rev. W. H. Tyndall conducted the evening services. Commun(CONTINUiEID ON PAGE FIVE) o — Condition Os Paul Graham Is Improved The condition of Paul Graham, patient at Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, was reproted to be improved. He has been resting easier the last few davs. Visitors are not allowed to his room and the attending physicians say the complete rest is helping him considerably. — o Sugar Officials May Meet Tuesday A meeting of representatives of the sugar section of the department of agriculture may be held in this city Tuesday, it was announced today. The purpose of the proposed meeting is to discuss the beet acreage allotment or sngar heet production in this territory. Officers of the locol comipany have not yet been advised if t lle government officials will be here.

Insull And Son Acquitted z Im ** j —— MH at -II'W "Fill I I'iwywyi Samuel Insull Jr., (left) and Samuel Insull Sr., (right) with their attorney, Floyd Thompson, following their acquittal by a federal court Jury on charges of using the mails to defraud. Tlie jurors reached a verdict on the third ballot after two hours' deliberation.

GENEVA WOMAN RETURNSHOME Mrs. Bert Reasoner Returns Home; Marshal Still Missing j Mrs. Bert E. Reasoner, wife of the missing town marshal and sup- ■ erintendent of the water department I of Geneva, returned to her home in Geneva late Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Reosoner stated that she i had bten visiting in Fort Wayne. She denied having knowledge of her I husbaud'a whereabouts. The books of the Geneva water; j department are still missing, al-1 though the town board does not beI lieve Reasoner’s accounts are short.! The books were audited in July and the usual amount turned in for this • quarter. i However, the destruction of the I j bodks of a munv ipal corporation is I a statutory offense. It was understood from the families of the mem-' b,rs of the town board that they j I had been called as witnesses before I the A ’ams circuit court grand jury now in session. From this it was ! presumed that the case is being I investigated by the body. Efforts To Locate Ellis Squier Futile Efforts of Decatur police to 10-1 cate Ellis .Squier, 17. missing for’ nearly a w e'k, have been futile. I The boy youth disappeared from the ' home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Squier, last Tuesday night. o INTEREST RATE TO BE SLASHED State To Legislate Against Automobile Mortgage Dealers Indianapolis, Nov. 26. — (U.R) — Regulation of automobile mortgage dealers to eliminate "excessive interest rates." will be sought by ad minlatrattiou forces during tha 1935 state legislature, it was learned today. Data to be Included tn such a bill is being collected by the state I department of financial institutions ’ under the direction of Herman B. | Wells, bank director, and Homer, j O Stone, of the division of research j land statistics. At present, dealers in automobile , mortgages are outside the provisions of any state laws and are charging confiscatory rates, according to administration leaders. By employing "loan shark" finan. cial system, interest -rates some- | times reach as high as 50 per cent, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . —aGrand Jurors May Reconvene Tuesday H I ■( The grand jury of the Adams circuit court, which convened last week, was not in session today. Several matters are still being investigated by the jurors and they likely will reconvene Tuesday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 26, 1934.

Official Board To Meet Tonight The official boarJ cf the Methodist Episcopal chur.h will meet tonight at 7:3(1 o'clock for the consideration of important business. Every official. Including newly appointed unit lenders.* is urge 1 to be present. In addition to regular business, two items of major importance will be discussed. Thi y are preparations for settlement day, which marks the close bl the first six months of the fiscal year; and conservation of I the results of the revival meetings. I — o OATES ARRANGED ’ FOR INSTITUTES Four Sneakers Are Obi tained For Annual Township Institutes County Agent L. E. Archbold (odav announced the speakers, i chairmen and dates for the seven i farm institutes to be held in Adams county next February. Four speakers hnve been engaged for tlie institutes. Morris Lafnse. one of the speakers, lives in Liberty. He is I a college graduate and a fanner, iHe has been interested in five lar re farm projects for some time. I Mrs. Calvin Perdue will be with Lafuse on the nrograms. She is a farm home maker of Acton. Last venr she was superintendent of the Indiana state fair school for girls at Indianapolis. Char'es W. Masters of Connersville will be on the second series of programs. He "has successfully farmed 570 acres in Fayette county for a number of years. Mrs. L. G. Vannice of Danville will be one of the speakers. She was for nine years superintendent i?f the Indiana state fair school tor girls at Indianano’is. The institutes will bn as follows: February 1 — Monmouth. Fred Crosby, chairman; Mr. Lafuse and Mrs. Perdue, speakers. Feb. 2—Plearant Mills. Wilson (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Myers Farm Is Sold At Public Tuction The D. C. Myers farm of 66 acres, located weet of Pleasant Mills on State road 527, was sold at public | auction by ifol. Roy Johnson SatI urday. The farm was purchased by Albert Manlier and son Irvin for $2200 or $33 an acre. j There are a few buildings on the ■ farm.

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t HARTFORD CITY HOLDSMEETING Delta Theta Tau Annual Convention Held Saturday And Sunday 1 i 1 The annual province convention 1 of the Delta Theta Tau sorority was ‘ held in Hartford City. Saturday and ’ Sun Jay. Miss Helena Wehmeyer ■ was a delegate ta the convention from the local sorority and others i from this city who attend a! the affair were Miss Mary M Vuglewed • Mrs. J. L. Ehler an.i Miss Jeanette I Clark. Tlie convention opened with a I business meeting at 1 c clock Saturday afternoon, in the American ' Legion Homs. All province officers . were present at the meeting. A dinner’was served in the IHotel Hartford, tiie convention lisa iquariters, Saturday evening at 6:30 o’I clock after which a formal dance was held in the Elk's home. Elabor[ate decorations of fall flowers were i used. A mock wedding was a sea--1 ture of tlie breakfast which was i served Sunday morning at 11:30 . [o’clock at the Intel. Twenty two | towns and cities were represented Jat the convention. South Bend was chosen for the 1'235 meeting of Alpha province at the close of the meeting. Miss Cleo'n Lord of .Hartford City, was elected pr vince officer. —o CRASHES TAKE LIVES OF TEN I Automobile A c c i d e n ts I Take Many Lives Over Week-end (By United Press) At least ten persons, including the mother of three small children, were killed in automobile accidents ’ in Indiana during the week-end. Mrs. Delbert Burgard, 29-year-old Peru mother, was killed in- ‘ stantly when she stepped into the path of a car in downtown Peru The cur was driven by John Allman. 26, Peru. The Marion county accident toll ' for 1934 was swelled to 118 when three persons met death in auto accidents. John Kramp, 35, died an hour ’ after suffering a fractured skull in an automobile collision; Mrs. Effie Griffings, 66, was killed in another collision of cars and Lester Spangler, 21, was found dead in a west ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

MAYOR MAKING EFFORT TO END BITTERSTRIKE Extensive Violence Marks Los Angeles Street Car Strike 20 PASSENGERS HURT IN CRASH Los Angeles, Nov. 26. — (U.R) — Mayor Frank L. Shaw, strike leaders, and company officials met today to name a board of arbitration in an effort to settle quickly the ! strike of union raction employes of J the Los Angeles railway, which supplies street car and bus service to 200,000 patrons. The strike, 48 hours old. already has been marked by extensive violence. Mayor Shaw appealed to President Roosevelt to intervene. Previously company officials had rejected arbitration proposals of the regional labor board and asked [that the dispute he submitted to the state railroad commission. Tlie union would not agree. [ The union asks wage increases and a 48-hour week. The company says its revenue does not justify the demands. Nearly two-score casualties had been reported, six serious enough [to require hospital attention, as the I strike entered its third day today. Efficiency of the strike was de. nied by company officials, who said Only 100 of the 2,500 traction employes had struck and that normal service was continuing. Strike leaders said 2,200 employes had walked out and that the company was able to maintain only "spotty" schedules. Union heads disclaimed responsibility for sporadic violence. I Most serious incident of the strike thus far was an unexplained collision of street cars in which 20 were injured. Police were investigating. DRIVER FOUND DEAD IN AUTO Indianapolis Taxicab Driver Is Found Shot Through Heart Indianapolis, Nov. 26. — (U.R) — The body of Arthur Alexander, a taxicab driver, was found in his cab on a west side street today. He had been shot through tlie heart. The body was found by residents of the neighborhood who investigated when they found the automobile parked almost in the middle of the streets as they started for work. The cab had been there since early last night, police were told. Coroner John E. Wyttenbach said Alexander had been shot in ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) p Badertscber Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Emil Badertscher. 61. of Berne, who died at the Adams County Memorial hospital (Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock were held this afternoon at the Reformed church in Berne at 1:30 o’clock. Burial was made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Word was received Saturday morning of the death of Mrs. Jacob Moser, 57, sister of Mrs. Emil Badertscher, who died at Orrville, Ohio. She was formerly Sarah Nussbaum of Berne. Surviving is the husband, also n former resident of Berne, 10 children, two sisters and two brothers. Former Decatur Resident Dies Mrs. Joel Revnol Is of this city receive! word Sitndav morning of the d ath cf her aunt. Mrs. Rose «nr’rew.s-Slagle. 68, of Los Angeles, California, a firmer resident of De((’itiir, who died Sun''av morning at 4:57 o’clock. Mrs. Slagle was a sister of the late John D. Andrews. A brother William Andrews of Now Mex'.-o survives. Mrs. S'agl' had resided in California for the past 20 ycors. Previous to that she lived in Decatur and Marion. She had visited in this city frequently after moving to Los Angeles.

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Assumes Office J ■ ~'u’ ' i ® —— Walter J. Krick took office as superintendent of (lie Decatur public schools this morning, succeeding the late Martin F. Worthman. Mr. Krick, until Friday principal of tlie Van Wert, Ohio, high] ; school, announced that no change I is contemplated in the present ! school system. i | : WALTER KRICK i TAKES OFFICE ■ THIS MORNING —————— Assumes Duties As Superintendent Os Decatur Citv Schools * NO C HANGES IN SCHOOL SYSTEM , Walter J. Krick, new supei in I tendent of tlie Decatur high I school, took over his duties today. . i He spent Saturday afternoon- in this city planning his work. Mr. Krick slated today that he i did not expect to make any ’ changes in the present system set i up by the late Martin F. Worth- ’ ! man. who died on October 20. | "The first thing I will have to , I do," Mr. Krick said, “is to clean I iup the large number of reports j ■ and bills which have piled up on , ( ! the superintendent’s desk since ! ! the illness and death of Mr. I ' Worthman. “I exnect this to lake mv time j ; for several weeks. I will then be ; ’[ in a position to consider the ' superintendent’s duties." I Mr. Krick said today that Mrs. i H. B. Macy, who served as secre-1 ' tary under Mr. Worthman, will l continue her duties. 1 [ W. Guy Brown, principal of the [ i high school introduced Superin-1 i tendent Krick to tlie high school ■ ' students this morning. Mr. Krick complimented tlie ‘ I football team for its undefeated season. He also mentioned the’ ’ fine record made bv the basket-1 1 ball team so far this season, stat- j 1 [ ing that he had had tin onportnnI ity to see the squad in action Fri-1 day for the first time. Ho urged ’ n bet ter support by the school for I the teams. I He then discussed scholarship. ■ j urging a scholastic standard as i high as the school now has for I athletics. 1 Tonight the faculties of the five i city schools will meet in a banquet i at the Rice hotel to honor Mr. ■ Krick. The dinner will be very i informal to give the teachers an opportunity to renew acquaint7cONTINUEID"*ON’ PAGE* FIVE? ; — St. Marys Townshiu Woman Dies Sunday ' -1 Mrs. Felisitas Jouregui. 49. wife 1 of Tecfilo Jauregui of St. Mary.s | township, died at her home at 111 o'clock 'Sunday night of tuberru- ’ losls. ; Mrs. Jauregui was barn in Mexico j Marcli 4, ISSS and had resided in j . Adams county for a number of i ’ years. Surviving in sides the hits- [ i band are six children. Emanuel. { Jessie. Ralph, l.upe, Dolores and . Josephine. Three brothers and a sister in Mexico survive. Mrs. Jauregui was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church in f this city where funeral services will he held Tuesday morning at 9 o’- . clock. Burial will be made in the i Catholic remetery. The body will I be removed to the home in St. - Mary’s township from the W. H. - Zwick funeral home at 5 o'clock this evening.

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GIRLS' BODIES FOUND SUNDAY UNDER BLANKET Deaths Are Linked With Deaths Os Man And Woman Nearhy BODIES STILL UNIDENTIFIED Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 26 -<U.R) The mystery of three young girls found dead beneath a blanket in the South Mountains appeared near solution today with circumstances pointing dramatically to a second tragedy 100 iniles away — the death of an unidentified woman near Altoona. Pennsylvania. While detectives traced the ' origin of garments found on the | golden haired ' babes in the woods" a bus driver was sped by ■ state police car to Altoona, to con- ’ firm his partial identification of ’ a woman who was shot to death | last Saturday. He believed she was the coniI panion of children brought |bv him into Pennsylvania from i New York five days ago. The chief lines of investigation , pointed from Carlisle toward New I York Citv and possibly from there I to New England. Paul W. White, the bus driver. J identified the photograph of the i woman, who apparently was the | victim of a murder-suicide pact. ’ns a passenger who rode, with ' three children resembling the ’ girls found dead Saturdav, from New York into Harrisburg on Wednesday. November 21. Their : tickets, he said, called for trans- ! portation to Pittsburgh. A second bus driver remember- ’( cd carrying the four passengers farther Pong on their journey to ■ Pittsburgh, and said he believed [ thev left his bus near Altoonn. I Labels on the children's coats al- | so were traced to New York City. Another report of the possible wanderings of the family was re- ’ reived from Boston, where it was [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) * — Reginald Clifton Directs Orchestra | Reginald Clifton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Clifton, formerly of this city, is directing an or hestra composed of blind musicians. The orchestra is from Columbus. Ohio, and a [concert will be given Friday night, j November 30, at tlie Wren high I school auditorium. The orchestni is composed of j about 20 members. The public is inj vited to attend the concert. o LEGION LEADER TO HEAD FIGHT National Commander To Lead Fight For Cash Bonus Payment Indianapolis, Nov 26. — 4U.R> — Frank N. Belgrano. Jr., newly elected national commander of the American Legion, will be in Washington when congress convenes Jan. 3 to direct the veteran' fight for immediate payment of the bonus. Belgrano made public his plans at a conference of Indiana legionnaires here yesterday. Support of the bonus battle also was asked of the national executive committee last week. In pledging the Indiana Legion's support to Belgrano, Glen Hillis, I Kokomu, national executive comI mitteeman, said "there can be no | division of loyalty to the Legion : in Indiana. John Thompson Taylor, Wash--1 ington. national legislative vice i commander, told the conference (CONTINUED ON PA*Gf*F»\T)" I I • ( - — ■ ——— Huntington Mayor Visits Decatur Mayor-elec t C. W. Bangs of HuntIngton and the newly elected coun- ' ' il members of that city visited In j Decatur Sunday. They called M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the city light and power plant and were ' shown through the piece. They also visited over sites Os taterest here,