Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1934 — Page 1
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Ifport young ■missionaries J SLAIN PUBLICLY JBno-)h»nsh-Old Daughter Americans Found S Safe At Wuhu continue !S \\PITS’SEARCH ' 6 ’H Shanghai. Sunday, Dee. 16. (j.pj _ John Stam, young missionary and his Were executed publicly Chinese communist b«n- --» jt was reported to the ■eadiiuarters of the China inmissions here today. I" of the executions lacking, missionary offisaid. I. 10.000 government pressed westward into tlor..r I's China in their chase f.>t bandits who kidnaped the t wo-month-old daughter. *’ SBt.'.o child was found abandon.-.1 ■.safe at Wuhu. near the Tsing- ; mission station which the han l,.i<l pillaged after the Status er '' executed. |H Other foreigners. frightened :> ■ ne« uprising against whit--are fleeing to Whirl uwi ■ aJ . washed out by rain and by the bandit depreda- ■»*. ■ sMrp representations from C General Willys Peck to government set in moti ■nnas 111 l,st intensive bandit // Under the direction Chiang Kai Shek )>■ ••.>■> t’oo-s took up tile . h.i-.- .1 Kh band;: band, estimated \.n. • ai between 1.000 and tt """ T”.--n. ■B .‘liv rang which murdered tic■an. numbered only boo >,i; waKit 01 a larger army win. it t K.ir nas been liartas-i: the" "■ China, destroying villages and carrying and wealthy men. EE The bandits, members of tin r- i ■mmen;-: armies roaming i-.ri'i '•r.i China, are believed headMed f..r rich Szecheuen provim ■ ’’■he ll “ art " f China . Tim > t.! ps. part of the toi > ,.■ killed 15,000 , I^E' il,lin u Inont li. hope lee: off. Meanwhile the inland an mpting to get the bodies of Gtam and ■^E’' : ‘e Vhi h were aband • from Tsingten. ■Another Victim Os ■ Fire Is Identified ■ Lansing. Mich.. Det. -UP.' Kerns fire rose to 20 today established that tin body of one of th- vicwas Charles O. Gunn. Hr The total known dead is now t v searching through of the hotel failed last to recover additional bodies SB Meanwhile investigations <>f ti: ■ fire marshal and the Ingham prosecutor. Dan M-Ciil-|fli"t>gli, continued with exam ■«f eye witnesses, hotel empi. firemen. Officials raid mo-: *•>“ statements taken imc Inflated the earlier informal, n tic' fire had started from a caretossed cigarette and tl’.ati ■ ’ne alarm was not sounded for time after the fire broke I Regular K. of C. ■ Meeting Monday ■ The regular meeting of ’lm of Columbus will be held ■ >,on day evening at the K. of C. ■ han. ■— — — ■ *BUYS HEALTH BOND* * ■ The Historical Club has plir.-ha-- ■ "'l a live dollar health bond troin ■ R II V the Adams Coun- ® U I ty Tuberculosis ■ Christmas Association, jB seals cording to an U* ‘■•irif announemmu' S ' Fis J l 93^ n ' !KS K this morning by ■ x W. Guy Brown. El ' president of JB . a 1 asso ci a ’ ’o" I ' M 011 '■ >' 1 ' I these ■ I used i;1 8 u r i - to stamp °". 1 n tL r tuberculosis ■| sight and is added to fl su,*«culosis5 u, *«culosis receipts fro in | ■ Christmas Seal sales.
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I Former Monroe Resident Dead Word has been received here from Fresno, California, of the death of Mrs. Angellne Andrews, formerly of Monroe, who died Tuesday morning at 1:15 o’clock. Burial took place Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at Fresno. , Mrs. Andrews was the last of a family of nine children. Surviving are three sons. Paul, Lawrence and Claude, and a granddaughter. Dean Christy. A number of relatives reside in this community. Mrs. Andrews was an auut of Mrs. ! Ed Warren, Edward Deitsch. Mrs. Arbie Owens and Mias Edwina I Deitech of this city. WJLUCE SAYS SELL PRODUCTS J Purdue Expert Tells Os Value of Advertising To farmers “The greatest need of the farm ers todaj' is to “sell" their products," said E. T. Wallace, extern . i sion dairyman from Purdue uni- . versity, who visited in Decatur t this week in relation to the proposed agricultural and 4-H club' . show to be held here next summer. , “Other Industries are beginning ' to learn the need of advertising, i The farmer is only beginning to awake to its possibilities. "Perhaps one reason agriculture has lagged behind industry in this ’ field is that the effects are not i felt for from one to three years. The merchant can advertise and fill ( ■ his store the next Saturday. i "Agriculture could learn a lessI on from the advertising now ap- . pearing in the better types of magazines and the radios in which the . product or its use is dramatized." i W»llace complimented the pro- ■ posed agriculture show for its plan (TtnfDnmatfXe thh daTry products. “This chow will boost the con- ’ sumption of milk products in this - area by at least 10 per cent. The I effects may not be evident at first . but they will be there just the • same. i [ "Indianapolis recently had such . a show in the state fair grounds, i It was attended by large crowds of i whom the gieatest number were inI terested in the milking contestsAfter the show men were sent out I to visit the housewives to find i their reactions to the show. In , nearly every instance the visitors to the show found it both interest ins? and instructive. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce should be complimented on | its offer to put up * SOO for ‘ show if the dairymen will put up a similar sum. Every dairyman in • this district should be interested. 1 -— — I Moose To Conduct Service Tonight All members of the Loyal Order ’ of M „ se are asked to meet at the ' home at S o’clock tonight to attend ' iX services at the Paul Graham ; home. This announcement is mad t by the dictator. make progress TO CUT RATES President Washington. Dee. ‘ported PreSideUt maX p.'oJ^ s ,oward ' ,Oda> ’ XTnt wHh power company ra £ visit Os nt-XVouse' ’ pany officials to mdica-; this Wee \r aS w-mingness to “talk ’ tion of then president.] ’ things over w tie p 1( J The ' i3it ° r Hudsonr Wendell WIH-] ■of Niagara-Hudson * So(lther n. ' kie of Commo"‘ ] f Georgia • a nd Preston Aikwngm power. . t nrivate util The oon'ictmn ' W ‘' on,pa ” of cheap- ’ ministrav.c- P rd Blop in the ’ er P<> wer t st * a a f rd permanent econmovement t°" B ntly is held omic recovery apparen y ‘ b y Mr R °” a e pressing in conferences are p II t direction. ng bloc ks to One of the hlch the complete 1 *7c6NTIVnED ON PA*® S IX >
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i MURDER TRIAL IS ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY Saunders Murder Case Expected To Go To Jury Tuesday EAGERLY AWAIT SANITY REPORT — Lebanon, Ind.. Dec. 15 —(UP) —| Mrs. Neoma B. Saunders, Wabash, nervously pace! her cell in the Boone county jail today hoping this would be her last week-end behind I the bars. j | The 35-year-old widow, mother of two sons, io on trial in Boone circuit court here, charged with giv- ' ing to Theodore Mathers, 19-year-old Indianapolis embalming school student, to kill her husband, ll'iylord V. Saunders, former WabasCi Methodist minister. The trial will be resumed Monday morning with the defense plac- ■ ing a peycopathic expert on the stand in an effort to support Mrs. ] Saunders' special plea of tenrporary insanity at the time of the .slaying. The defense will rest immediately j upon conslusion of the testimony. Although the state plans to place two or three rebuttal witnesses on the stand in an effort to impeach the testimony of defense witnesses,! the most important testimony to be given before the case is concluded i will be the report of a sanity in- ] quest conducted on Mrs. Saunders at the start of the trial. Three Lebanon physicians, appointed by special Judge FViul E. Laymon conducted the examination and g ve a eeale.l report to the court. Finding of the inquest are expected to be given by Dr. W. IL Williams early Tuesday. Closing arguments are expected ’ to be concluded Thwdtty *Hh the case going to the jury sometime (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)
CONFERENCE AT BUTLERTUESDAY United Brethren Conference V» ill Be Held At Butler Church A one day conference of the Fort Wayne district of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ | of the St. Joseph conference will l be held at the Butler United Breth-1 re n church. Tuesday. December, 18 Rev Benjamin 11. Cain is dis-! trict leader and the theme for the j inference will be "Evangelism . and Church Union.” j Rev Frank Engle of the Union] Ch-pel United Brethren church and Rev. H. W. Franklin of the Decatur U. B. church will attend .he meeting, which will be in two sessions, forenoon and afternoon. The morning session will open ; at 9’30 o’clock with hymn, Scripture reading and prayer by Rev. (’ W. Price, followed with an address. ‘Why and How Shall the Pastor Plan for the Year's Work in the Local Church" by Rev. Franklin. . A brief review of the quarter a '■ achievement by pastors and charges will be given and a devotional message will be given by Rev. M. W. Sundermann, pastor of the Decatur Evangelical church. A luncheon and fellowship period will be held at the noon hour. The afternoon program will open at 1 o’clock with the devotions in charge of Rev. C. W. Moose. A business session will be held. The proposed union of the Evangelical and the United Brethren churches “ R1 be diecussed by Rev. N. Me I coy and Rev. Sundermann. A consecration service will be one of ; the features of the afternoon session which will close with a benediction by Rev. H. H. Blackburn. - o — Ask Donations Os Toys And Clothing The members of the American Legion Auxiliary have requested that f arsons wishing to give toys-, or old clothing to be distributed among the families of ex«erv ce men, are asked to bring them to the . I Scbnitt Meat Market. . The auxiliary has a list of 11 fa , miP M and 50 children which they wt 3h to make happy at Cnrlstmas time with clothing and toys.
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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 15, 1931.
Plan “War” on War Profits jg(S|ii2ww* : K -aw ft f . . .■ ? ’ Gen. Hugh S. Johnson Bernard M. Baruch Leading members of a committee of nine appointed by President i Roosevelt to draw up a plan to end war profits, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. , left, former NRA administrator, and Bernard M. Baruch, financier and | ! chairman of the new committee, are pictured leaving the White House . I after a conference with the president. Baruch formerly served as , ] chairman of the old war Industries board. j ( . . !
ROLES AGAINST SHAREHOLDERS Shareholders In Private Bank Liable To Full Extent Shareholders of a private or partnership bank are liable to the full extent of the bank’s liabilities, including claims of depositors, and their liability is not limited to an assessment equal to their share holdings as in t’he case of stockholders in banking conroratlons,
according to an opinion issued yes- | terday by the Indiana Supreme Court. The decision was written by' j Judge Walter E. Treanor and was I made in connection with an appeal, from a Wells county case growing lout of the receivership of the 1 Bank of Tocsin in that county. | Sues For Depositors Grover Essner, a depositor, I brought suit against the bank ■ [.shareholders on behalf of himself I and all other depositors, demanding a settlement in full of their deposit accounts. The Wells Cir|cuit Court decided that the share-] [holders were liable under the comInion law liability of partners for debts of the bank, but held that leach depositor must act independently and that Essner was not entitled to sue on behalf of the other depositors. In deciding the case the Supreme I Court upheld the judgment of the Circuit Court in connection with the liability, but reversed it in connection with the decision that Essner could not sue tor "all oth(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) i MONROE SCHOOL PLANS PROGRAM Christmas Program Will Be Given At M. E. Church Thursday A Christmas program will be presented by the pupils of the Monroe school Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Methodist church auditorium at Monroe. The program will be in two parts, the first a musical playlet, Nativity Story" by the grade children, which is a dramatization of the Christmas story. The characters will be as follows: Mary—Gromanlu Ilannie Joseph—Lofton Rich. Angel—Eleanor Filliman Reader —Calvin Hahnert. There will also be three kings, angels, shepherds and the chorus taking part in ithe program. A Christmas cantata, “ The Adoration" by Nevin will be presented by seventy boys in the mixed chorus. The soloists will be as follows: soprano, Vera Schwartz: alto, Betty Sprunger; tenor, Earl Lehman, and bass, Ramon Liechty. Miss Virginia Ray, instructor of music in the MonroS school will direct the presentations.
Mrs. Sophie Witte Dies At Ft. Wayne ‘ Mrs. Sophie L. Witte. 73 of Fort 1 i Wayne, died at 1 o’clock Friday ( afternoon at the Lutheran hospital ( following four weeks’ illness. Sur- ( , vivors include two sons, Albert of , Monroeville and August of Fort s Wayne; three daughters. Mrs. Lola , Rose. Mrs. Edith Leir and Mrs. ( Eleanor Waldman of Fort Wayne; 17 grandchildren, one great grand- , child; a sister. Mrs. Carrie Busse ] of Fort Wayne, and four brothers, ( Henry Marbenke. of Vancouver, | Washington; Edward of Adams , 1 county: John of Chicago and Mar- ( tit) Marbenke of Fort Wayne. o E n■ i n I n 1 llm ■
LOCAL rULlut REPORT THEFT Watch, Purse Taken At | Stalter’s; North Ward School Entered Sheriff Burl Johnson, aided by local police officers, is investigating two acts of thievery committed in this city Friday night. A watch and a purse were stolen from the home of Clarence Staler, 412 South First street, sometime between midnight and early this morning. The watch was taken from a mantel in the living room of the house. The purse. ■ taken from Mr. Stalter’s trousers, did not contain any money, but his driver’s license and hunting permit were taken. Entrance to the Stalter home was made through an unlocked I window. Last night's depredation I recalls a series of similar thefts l in Decatur several months ago I when a number of homes in the I city were entered and considerI able money taken. The North Ward school also was entered last night but nothing of value was missing this morning. Officers think this work was that ; of hoys. Entrance to the school was made by breaking in a grate door lin the basement. The marauders I ransacked desks of teachers and I pupils but nothing of any value I was taken. The break-in was discovered early this morning by Delma Elzey, janitor of the school. Plan To Visit Shut-ins Sunday It is planned to visit the sick and ; shut-in member- of the Decatur M. i E. ChurcCt between the hours of [2:00 and 4:00 P. M. Sunday after- i noon with the sacrament of the i ; Lord's Supper, according to the an- , nouncement of Rev. 11. R. Carson, I the 'pastor. This is a part of the i every member communion service. Those desiring the pastor to call i are requested to notify hint by tele- i phone. Membens of the local church will assist in the home visitation. 1 c ~ ~ ~ A| ( Good Fellows Club * — ♦( [ Previous total $85.27 i ( A Friend 3.00 A Friend I < I Total ...J?89.27
APPOINTMENTS TOCITY JOBS INDETERMINATE All City Appointments Indeterminate Under New Act BILL ENACTED BY LAST LEGISLATURE Appointments to city offices now being made by Indiana mayors elect are for indeterminate terms, because of an act passed by the 7Sth session of the state legislature. Section 10 of house bill 529, concerning the classification and government of civil cities, provides that all appointments made by the mayor, beginning January 1, 1935, shall “serve at the pleasure of the mayor, who may terminate their office or employment at any time." The section of the law pertaining to appointments and employment reads as follows: “AU appointive officers, deputies, employes, assistants and departmental and institutional heads not provided for under the provisions of this act, but which are provided for by laws or authority of law nowin effect, shall not be considered as abolished by this act hut sm-h appointments shall be made by the mayor within his discretion as to number and positions mimed under laws or authority of law now in effect and such officers, deputies, employes, assistants and departmental and institutional heads shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, who may terminate their office or employment at any time.” Mayor-elect A. It. Holthouse, when asked about the appointments he is making and will make after the first of the year, stated )ie was aware of the provisions of tJie new law and that appointment to any city office or employment would be done accordingly. The same section of the law also ■ declared an emergency and provid-
uectareu an eiiii'isvi"? I-'-- — es, "that where an emergency ex- j iets for emploment cf assistants in any office, board, commission, department, institution or utility maintained or operated by any civil city and specific provision for such : ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Bluffton Man Is Freed By Jury Harry W. Isler of Bluffton was found not guilty at 11 o’clock this ] morning by a jury in the Adams circuit court on a charge of petit larceny preferred against him by Ed Ahr of near Decatur. Isler was chart'd with stealing a cow valued at about sl7 from a community sale held in this city last summer. Ahr charged that he drove off with the cow and in the confusion no one noticed that the cow had not been paid for. Idler slated tlfat he had purchased the cow. He also said that the cow was not a registered Guernsey. Isler sold the cow for beef shortly after ho took it to his home. TWO RANKS ARE ROBBED TODAY Banks In Norwalk, Ohio. And LaPaz, Indiana, Are Held Up Norwalk, 0.. Dec. 15— (U.R) — After setting oft seven charges of explosives and firing seven shots at James Garrett, a carpenter, a gang of burglars said to number, 12 escaped with $2,000 from the.. North Fairfield Savings Bank Co., at North Fairfield, near here. I, early today. The bandit gang remained in the village about three hours. completely isolating it. Telephone and street light wires were cut. i The first explosion awakened ■ every resident, but the villagers remained indoors with the excep- ■ tlon of Garrett, who was fired upon when he ventured forth. He was not etruck by any of the bullets. The bank’s vault was demolished by the blasts. Pieces of the vault were blown 100 feet. The ] bandits fled in automobiles after > taking all the cash in the vault. The robber gang was believed j ON PAGE SIX) 1
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Legionnaires To Conduct Services All members of Adams poet number 43 of the American Legion are requested to meet at the legion 1 hall on South iSecond street Sun--1 day afternoon at 2 o’clock. The 1 local post will conduct military I services at the funeral of Paul 11. i Graham, a former commander of ’ | the post. DISCUSSWORK ON HOMESTEADS Conference On Subsistence Homesteads Is Held In Decatur A conference is being held over the week end between officials and interested parties in relation to the 4S subsistence homesteads being constructed in Decatur. The men who were in town today were: J. Edwin Quinn, architect for Hie project from Chicago? E. L. Middleton, regional supervisor of the homesteads in the middle west; G. Clayton Irwin, Jr. vicepresident of Hoggson Brothers, the contractors who are building the homes. They met with Austin A. Watrous, Sr., project manager. Tiie men discussed the routine construction projects common to the development of any such project. The progress on the local houses was declared satisfactory. ; About 15 of tile houses are now complete with red cedar shingle roofs and side wall composed of either shingle, bevel or drop sid-1 ings. If the weather should suddenly become inclement the men would ] be able to work inside. The super-! structure of the other houses is being rushed. The roughing-in plumbing is being installed in the first of the houses. This is the plumbing which is laid between the walls from the second floor to the basement drain. The fixtures can lie installed later. Dining tiie cold weather last week some of the flooring was laid
n v r nuiii' iiiv siwvimij, ”V, ■ in two of the houses. HOLD GRAHAM RITESSUNDAY Funeral Services Will Be Held For Paul Graham Sunday Afternoon Scottish Rite ritualistic services will be held 'it the funeral of Paul H. Graham, Decatur business man and former commander of Adams Post of the American Legion, Sunday afternoon at the Graham home, 215 Jefferson street. Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city will read the scripture and deliver the aermon. The services will be held at 3 o’clock. Military rites will be conducted at the grave in the Decautr cemetery by the American Legion, Active pall bearers will probably i be chosen from the Legion .post and i honorary pall hearers will be per- [ sonal friends of the deceased. Covered with the American fkig. the b dy was returned to tho Graham home last evening. Friends •may view the remains of the world I war veteran anytime up to two-two-thirty o'clock Sunday afternoon. Members of the Moose lodge will go to the home in a body at eight o’cl ck this evening and conduct ritualistic rites. Legionnaires will stand guard at the flag standards near the casket and color guards will be on duty outside of the residence during the funeral hour. Mr. Graham's death occurred at midnight Thursday night of pneumonia. following an extended illness of nephritis. —o $250,000 Damage Caused By Fire ——— Elmsfoffl, New York, Dec. 16.— (U.R) Fire destroyed a wax factory, an eight family apartment house and a hotel early today. For a time the blaze threatened to sweep through this historic village. Damage was estimated at $250,000. Spread by a strong wind, burning embers and bits of pitch fell over a half mile area. Most of the 3,000 residents of the town used garden hose, sticks and brooms In extinguishing the embers, before I the\' homes caught lire. Burning I wax fell in the streets.
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■ NINE MEMBERS OF GREW SAVED FROM FREIGHTER Lifeboats Used In Rescue Capsizes; Two Rescuers Drowned > WORST STORM ON I NORTH ATLANTIC Liverpool, Dec. 15 -<U.P.)— Seventeen seani e n we r c drowned during the rescue of the crew of the British freighter t’sworth in the North Atlantic yesterday, a message to the Cunard-White St;>r headquarters said today. The Cunard,White Star : A«cania. which raced to the I aid of the Usworth 800 miles off , Ireland, radioed that a lifeboat launched by the S. 8. Jean Jadot , 1 capwized after the crew lhad been taken off the sinking vessel. Fif- ■ teen Usworth sallons were swept into the stormy sea and two from > the Jean Jadot were plunged to - death with them. The Cunarder reported she sav;ed nine men from the freighter, ■ including the captain J. J. Reml. >, Other radio messages told tho tragic story of the fight to rescue the crew from the stricken vessel. The Ascania. bound for Southampton to New York, answered the Usworth’e SOS early yesterday. Speeding through the year’s worst storm on the North Atlantic I the ship arrived to find the freighter wa’lowing helplessly. Its decks were awash and the wear torn free by the terrifiu force of the wind. The vessel was listing badly and its seams were ’ beginning to open. i Tiie Jean Jadot had been standing by the Usworth since yesterday night, but in the early hours of yesterday morning it apparently became separated from the ! freighter. Mountainous waves ha 1
prevented making fast a tow line, i When the Ascania reached the i scene the Jean Jadot had reestablished contact and was trying to put over a lifeboat. The I Cunarder steamed to the windward and began pumping oil to | calm the waves. The effort was unsuccessful. Then apparently the Ascania got a boat lowered although radio ■ messages were not clear on this point. It was assumed that later I the Jean Jadot also succeeded in i lowering a boat as two of her crew were among those drowned. Cunard-White Star headquarters here were not informed how the rescued seamen were placed aboard the Ascania. The liner merely reported it had saved eight men and the skipper of the , Usworth. The Ascania. commanded by Caps. J. G. Bisset, was expected to reach Halifax Monday and was duo at New York Wednesday. The Jean Jadot sailed from NewYork Dec. 5 for Antwerp, and it had inten 'ed to .stand by the Usworth until the storm abated to tow tho freighter to tho British Channel. Vera Porter One Os Student Musicians Muncie, Ind., December 15. —Mias Vera D. Porter of Decatur will be on of the student musicians in tho vocal and instrumental quartets at Ball State College that will welcome the approaching Christmas season all dly next Wednesday with old • English Christmas carrols. Classes will dismiss for Christmas vacation Wednesday afternoon. ■ Carols ringing through collego halls and mixing with classwork at Ball State in anticipation of Christmas in an annual custom on tho campus. Miss Porter’s part in the | program will be that of a player in : a brass quartet. , Tremp Funeral Rites Monday ' Funeral services for Charles Tremp, 56. of Woodburn, who died at his home Friday morning at 11 i o’clock following a week’s illness of pneumonia, will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Woodburn Mennonite church. Rev. I E. J. Oyer will officiate and bur- ■ ial will be made at Vera Cruz. I Mr. Tremp was born at Vera 1 Cruz and married Rebecca Augs- > burger, who survives. A daughter. ; a son, four brothers, and two sisters survive.