Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1934 — Page 1

weather R ,in changino <" ,„ ow tonight and w e dne»dayl «l>ghtwarmer tonight, jelder Wednesday.

BARCE DESCRIBES BURNS’ CAPTURE

IMUROER TRIAL I FOR WOMAN IS 1 NEAR TO JURY trityl ;Mp e fen<' Attorneys Plead 1 ■ Eloquently For Won».| man’s Acquittal ’■prosecutor asks ■ IOR CONVICTION *"• Lebanon, Ind., Dec. 18. — _ attorneys 7»|e;»-1 with a jury in Boone cirKuh court today to free Mrs. Mkeomn Saunders from murdcharges so that she may P’f'Mgpenii Christmas with her 4 sons. ■ She is accused of plotting J?, Mine slaving of her husband. • /■favlord V. Saunders, former minister. A Victor Jose. Jr., and Elza Roger-; closing arguments i A defense. ,// ■ Jose asked the Jury to apply the ■,> to reason to Mrs. Saunders' ' IJr y and urged cue facts accordKiitly. He charged that Saunders used wife as "a club and a cloak to his purposes, both physical mental.” In pleading for her acquittal. said: ■ -We are only trying to salvage we ca u for this woman and children from the wreck <aus■td by her husband. )|H "There can be no further good from pushing the sins of * father upon the two hoys. H Mrs. Saunders has been in Jail told the truth." .lose charged that Mike Morn Indianapolis police chief. Pop.-, Indianapolis gave Mrs. Saunders th • diirree to obtain ■io■B The confession, admitted in evia: the trial, was obtained February 3, the day aitslaying. ■ In her statement Mrs. Salted-•: ■ ?■ (CONTINUED ON PAG? SIX) ■■riles for closing ■OFC HRISTMAS CLUB 1 The campaign will <1 ■ a' S p.m. sharp. Satori'iy nigh'. December 22. At that minu’-- ■ the doors will be lock-d and no „ one will be allowed to ent-” to deposit subscriptions th. rit ■ 2. A sealed ballot box will I ■ be in the lobbv of the I>- n.oc’ .i' M office the closing day so tliit members mav have the nriri■t leze of secret, •■balloting." no' 1 even the campaign manage S having knowledge of the S amount of their report. gS 2. Memners will enc lose ■ th<Mr receipts covering th s week’s collections together B| with checks, cash or monev • orders to cover, in a sealed BH envelono and deposit same in K the ha’lot box with their num-’ , on the outside of envelope. K 4. Members must not divulge VK ,n anyone connected with Hie Demnorat campaign, nor toato I one e'ee, the amount of en< 1 ■ s"r“ they have deposited in th-' HE ballot box. ■I 5. No personal checks from members of the campaign 1yond the five-yenr limit f’ l ' H their personal subscription that of a relative or friend will ■H be accepted. Subscribers' M| checks will be accepted, as heretofore. 6. The judges or their representatives will be on hand to ■B accept the sealed ballot box at the close and will canvass and ■| verify the contents, thereafter HB announcing their legal dec'-, slons as to winners, which will IE ’ ,p binding on all members IH 7. Any complaints or noti'-i-IB cation of wrong tabulations on J® weektv Itemized receipts must n be filed With the camnaign ■ manager on or before noon. ■ Saturday. December 22. Other--9 wise all figures will be accent- ■ ed by the judges as correct. B 8. The judges will ann nince H winners t>n earlv Saturday ■ night as their official and fu” M cheek win allow. Prize and ■ commission checks will l>e ■ available at 8:30 Motrdav niornS lug at the Democrat office ot B upon request will be mailed to S ■winners that day.

decatub. daily democrat

Vol. XXXII. No. 299.

■ a I Good Fellows (Hub Previous Total . sioo 2 ; Pai lota Xi Sorority .. . 25 00 Holthnuso-Sehulte Co. 3 $0 Friend 1 „„ Friend j Friend Total 3131.02 , The members of the Delta Theta Tau, sponeora of the Good Fellows Club, wish to announce that the money contributed to the Club fnnd will be used to provide food, clothing and toys for the needy families of Decatur. Other relief organizai tions will take care of the needy families of the county. The sorority desires to thank all organizations and persons who contributed in former years and made the project a successful one and hopes that they will continue to do so. Each cent given will be used to make some little child happy, and the parents are also remembered by the Good Fellows Club. 0 RECEIVE BIDS FOR SUPPLIES County Commissioners Receive Bids Today For Supplies The county commissioners received bids today for the furnishing of stone, .sewer 'pipe, gravel and sand, oil end tar. lumber and tires, required by the county highway department for 1936. All ot the bids wefe not epened until this afternoon and awards will not be made until liter in the day or carried ov r to Wednesday morning. Among the proposals submitted were the following: sewer pipe: Canton Culvert Co.. \V. Q. O'Neal <O., Vincennes Steel <\rp.. Lee Hardware Co. The Inlfiyendent Concraw Pipe Co., W on eom-rete pipe only. Stone blds were submitted by Hie following: Meshberger Bros.Stono Co.. John W. Karsh Stone So.. MidWest Rock Products Corp.. Erie Stone Co.. Blue Creek Stone Co. Gravel and sand: L. Lybarger, 1 Yost Bros. Oil and tar: Kuppers Products ICo.. J. P. Johnson Co.. Meshberger Bros. Stone Co. Lumber and planking: Adams ! County Lumber Co., W. P- RobinP °Auto tires: Main Street Filling station; Porter Tire Co.. Eastern Indiana Ooil Co.. R. N. Runyon and Son. Goodyear Service On the stone bids the price is given at the quarry and se.P ar * e prices quoted for delivery in ferent parts of the Christmas Tree In Decatur s City Hall A large Christmas tree, decorated A large cm hag I with several strings . oE been placed in the west t he city hall on M->"roe street The tree was lighted last «'S ht fore first and attracted much attention, first ana ai up Employes at t»e the tree. STUDY PLAN TO CUT RED TAPE Treasury Department Studies Proposal to Speed Recovery I Secretary 01 studje(l a 6lir .j s „res to ’ >ianlOt ® ftl X d tape" increase ' oaas ' , tten b y Dr. T l h bZer —t to Morgent!7 pr't’lSZ’o' H«rdy‘ r ßroo r kSluin’ Ch-go federal] a e 9 r : aie not lending sufficient “S of federal reserve banks 1 ?he Rnconstrncton Finance a " d hcharged to administer i direct loans to in(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

UTILITIES RND GOVERNMENT IN OPEN DISPUTE — ■ ■■■■■■ Administration’s Power Program Attacked By Utilities COMMISSION IN REPLY TO CHARGE Washington, Dec. 18—<U.R> —The long impending fight between the ’ administration and power interests over the Tennessee valley development project broke out today with an exchange of verbal bombshells. The Edison Electric Institute, ! representing powerful utilities j companies, opened fire on the govJ ernment’s power program and the federal power commhsion replied ! with a series of counter-charges. ! The institute told President Roosevelt it hoped it wouldn't be forced to carry the fight into the federal courts, but said it was "filled with anxiety over the 1 grave crisis." Thomas N. McCarter, president jof the institute, emerged grimly from a conference with Mr. Roosevelt. He made public a 'memorial' • which he said he left with tbe ' President. The President sent it immediately to the power com-m'-'Sion. The memorial, couched in ominous phrases, said utility interests would not submit docilely to "des'ructive punishment, loss of tax- ■ able properties, and the jeopardizing of a $12,000,000,000 industry. It directed attention to “the baneI ful influences of the government program." I Hardly had the statement reach- ■ ed the power commission than mimeograph machines began to . dick oft' copies of a TelJx. .signed i„. r. MeNine. chairman of i the commission. > "Thia memorial." said the com- • mission’s reply, "is a confession -of Hie abuses of the electric power (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EPWORTH PLANS ARE DISCUSSED II Deans Os Epworth Forest Institute Hold Meet At Muncie Tbe deans of the Epworth Forest institute, largest annual gathering of young people in the U " States, met in the Muncie X . - • ‘ a Monday to plan the program and lhe work for the 1935 session which begins July 15. 1935- Re *- : H R. Carson, local M. E. pastor, is dean of the second section and assisted in the day's planning. The institute is being divided into three sections next year, and each will meet for one week. The second section, mad - up of Epworth Leag„e,.s from the Fort Wayne and Warsaw districts will meet July 1 ‘>2 28. It is expected that approximately 1.000 y° un K P e °P le WIU register in each of the three sec- , " Talent of outstanding ability is being secured, and young peoples workers from the districts involved will be called upon to assist tn the varied program of study, methods, crafts, dramatics, music, supervised play, boys camp worfc sirls camp work, sports and life It is announced that the Epworth Forest hotel will open on Decoration Day and remain open for the summer. Further improvements are contemplated on the grounds and buildings and a successful season is anticipated The Msemb]y program opens Julv ' w camp meeting and school of missions and the school of religion and closes on August 4 with the final section of the institute. ——o Mark Center Line On Highway 52 7 Ora Baker of Bluffton, superin(undent of state highways in this Strict was in the citv tod a v and announced that a crew of men had placed a center line on new state road 527. The line white and is a new process, which is expected to last longer than paint.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 18, 1934.

Daily Democrat's Christmas Club Will Officially Close Saturday

The Daily Democrat’s Christmas Club campaign will be officially closed at 8 p. m. Saturday night, ' December 22. A board of official I judges, composed of Decatur busi iness and professional men will officially tabulate the credits and ' certify the awards to all winners, their work ot tabulation starting promptly at the dose. It is expected that official final statement : will be available as to their awards [ not later than 10 p. m. Saturday l night, and checks tor all prize . | winners will be ready at the DemoJcrat office early Monday morning. December 24. _ i Among those checks will be one . for the sum of five hundred dollars, a nice Christmas check tor anyone to receive on Christmas eve. And from present indications, the ’’winner of that big check is still . very much an indefinite matter. , The award of the prize ballots last I; week, supposed to set someone out | ahead with a clear margin, only i brought them doser together. The ,' winner ot the first prize ballot. ( while leading very slightly from a . dollars and cents standpoint, had , not turned in the largest amounts during the early b'g-credlt periods. ' neither had turned in as many now , subscribers as another member. , . Therefore the award of the prize ■ ballot only evened things up and , made the finish doser. Members who are really anxious to maintain their good standing

HOUSE ROOFING BEING PUSHED .1 — Homestead Houses Likely Will All Be Roofed By January 1 LL ’ Roofing of file houses is being 1 pushed at the subsistence homesteads grounds, A. A Watrous stat- ' ed today. About 20 houses are now roofed. At the present rate of progress [ the houses will all be roofed by j about January 1. This will enable i the men to work indoors for what I probably will be the worst weather of the construction period. | The flooring is being installed in I the first of the houses. Each house will contain hardwood oak floors J in every room. The installation of the wiring t was begun Monday morning. The I installation of the roughing in plumbing is also progressing. The contractors, Hoggson Brothers, are keeping up with their ; schedule and will have the houses ' done in the contracted time unless something unforseen arises. Ac- ' cording to the agreement with the government the houses must be 1 completed and ready for occupancy ' bv about March 1. ' ’ „ Adams County Man Is Given Sentence i, [ Roy McClure of east of town was . ' sentenced to 30 days in the Adams I, county jail Monday night by Mayor . George Krick. McClure was arrest- .■ ed Sunday night by night police- , man Ed Miller on a public intoxiI cation charge. YOUNG STABBER LEAVES SCHOOL - Fort Wavne Youth Who Critically Wounded Friend Is Dropped 1 Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 18 —(UP) 1 —The withdrawal from school of Ralph Schwartz. 16, who stubed a ■ fellow bnnd member here in a heat- ' ed argument last Friday night, was ' announced today. 1 'Nuimerous protests were filed in ’ the high school principal’s office by students and parents against the return of the drummer who had seriously wounded Elmer Webb. 19. Webb is still ia -1 critical conditlon in the Methodist Hospital here I although a elight improvement was ■ reported yesterday. His stomach i and Intestines were pierced by the I pocket knife of his assailent. i! Solrwartz. released under SIO,OOO ■ bond on a charge of assault and bat,l tery with intent to kill, wns advised ■ not to return to his classes at least, until after the holidays. I

will no doubt work hard this week with the prospect in view that the margin between the big winners and the small winners will be so close. The official rules for the closing, which must be observed closely by the judges appears in • this issue and should be carefully 1 ' read by all members. There cannot be the slightest deviation from these rules in favor of anyone. Attention also is called to the' ■ fact that the rules published at the ] beginning stated that a member to | be eligible for either commission or prize must remain active until ‘ the end of the campaign. There- I fore anyone pot making a cash , report in th? official “ballot box " i ( this Saturday night will bs ruled out as not entitled to any reward whatever. The following will be the ached- j ule of credits this week, which i.s just ten per cent less than last ’ than last week: New Old I credits credits | 1 year 9,000 4.500 ■ 2 years 27.000 13,500 3 years . 54.000 27.000 4 years 90.000 45,000 ; 5 years 144.000 72.000 Members may see that a very' few long term new subscriptions .would do wonders toward putting anybody in the race far in the lead for the big prize, and it is the . time to call on one’s closest relatives or friends for such help to win the big prize.

Asks Governors To Help Speed Recovery I Washington, Dec. 18—(UP) —PreI sldent Roosevelt today dispatched letters to the governors of 44 states calling frr state legislation to help . speed recovery through the housing program. Mr. Roosevelt suggested to the executives amendments to existing stale laws in order to make titles. : II and 111 of the Notional Housing . Act more effective. This section deals with mortgage guarantees and new construction. The President wrote the governors on recommendation of housing administrator ’ James A. Moffett. VACATIONS TO START FRIDAY I j ; Decatur And Ad am s County Schools Will Reopen January 2 The seniors will have charge of I the Christmas program to be held in the Decatur public school Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock. The ' program has not yet been announc- ' ed. I Similar observances of Christ,mas will be held in the other pub-i I lie schools Friday afternoon. All the city schools will be dis-! missed immediately after the proi grams and will not take up again until Wednesday. January 2. Father J. J. Seimetz today an- ■ nounced that the city Catholic schools will be dismissed at the ■ regular time Friday afternoon. The Catholic schools will also reopen ; : Wednesday, January 2. Examinations Ln the county 'schools will be held Wednesday and Thursday, it was announced at a meeting of the county school principals in this city Monday night. I I The first semester will end FriI day, when the pupils will be disI missed for the annual Christmas • vacation. i School and the second semester I will begin Wednesday, January 2, I 1935. *BUYS HEALTH BONDJ The W. C. T. U. Society has purchased a $5 Health Bond from Bi | y the Adams CounU I ty Tuberculosis Christmas Association, acseals cording to au Sa n no uncement this morning by j W. Guy Brown, president of the a s s o c I a t ion. Money from these bonds is used in the fight to stamp out H E L P tuberculosis, rIOHT and is added to; tuberculosis receipts from [Christmas Seal sales.

BUSINESS MEN SUGGEST PLAN FOR RECOVERY National Leaders Advise Cooperation With Government — WOULD ESTABLISH CENTRAL AGENCY White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. Dec. 18.—-(U.K) -American business proposed today to cooperate with the government through a central agency, located in Washington and presenting a united front on recov ery problems. The proposal was discussed in the councils of the 90-odd business and industrial leaders here for a Joint business conference for recovery. A feature of the plan which has met with general approval is the opportunity it affords business for recapturing power and prestige in Washington. I The subject has been handled with extreme caution, business leaders wishing to avoid any suggestion they are about to embark on any lobbying program of great magnitude. Neither do they desire to let the rank and file of Am- ' eiican business feel that the men ‘at the top are attempting to imI pose their views without adequate I backing throughout the country. The plan has not been formally adopted, but lias aroused enthusiasm among those who believe the time has arrived for business and industry to settle their internal conflicts and present a united front on recovery problems. One plan calls for a central agency to consist of about 15 men drawn from tlie Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers, Hie organizations sponsoring Hie present conference. Any such committee could speak with a powerful voice in advising the government of its yiews, it was said. "One of th? reasons for business ‘ difficulties.” C. B. Ames, conference chairman said, “lias l>een that i so many business men go to Wash(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Kelley Residence Damaged By Fire Damige by fire to the Ed Kelley ' residence on South Thirteenth I street, was estimated at SSO. The ' roof of the house caught fire shortly before 11 o'clock this morning and was quickly extinguished by the local fire department. The fire was started by a spark from the chimney. o Lodged In Jail For Non-Payment Hinshel Busby was lodged in the Adams county jail Monday evening , for non-payment of a fine cf $1 and I costs, totaling sll. assessed by Mayor George Krick last April. At the time of his arraignment and plea of guilty Busby stayed the docket. The fine has not been paid. LEO GILLIG IS NAMED REPIiTV Dec«f”r Mr” To Bo Deputy Sheriff Under Dallas Brown Leo Glllig. 421 Johns street, employed at the General Electric factory, today was named denutv sheriff by Sheriff-elect Dallas Brown. Mr. Gillig will begin his duties, January 1. 1935, when Mr. Brown takes office as sheriff. The law provides for one deputy, I sheriff in this county and under ar- ! rangements to be carried out 'by, Sheriff Brown. Mr. Gillig will assist ‘ the sheriff with (part ot the office ■ work and outside duties. Mr. Gillig Is a well known young man of this city. H? has beer, am.cloyed at the General Electric plant for several years and comes from a family always identified with the Democratic party in this city and county. Mr. Brown is one of three county officials who will take office next month.

Price Two Cents

Decorate G. E. Plant For Season The General Electric, plant on North Ninth street. Is decorated for the Christmas season and the dis--1 pluy of colored lights has attracted i the attention of many. Hundreds of j white, green, red and blue lights are I strung across the front of tho buildI ing and on the ornamental light ! posts. Two large evergreen trees jin the yard are decorated with lights and several ornamental ! pieces are place I in front of the of- | flee building. The lights will he turned on every evening during the ; holiday season. THREE ROBBERY SUSPECTS HELD LaPaz Bank Holdup Suspects Are Held For Questioning Plymouth, Ind.. Dec. IX—(U.R)— 1 Three suspects arrested at Kokomo yesterday' in connection with l :the robbery of the Farmers' State ! Bank at Lapaz Saturday are being , held in Marshall county jail here' today for questioning. Two of the suspects, Jim Dorkis, I 27. South Bend and Peoria. 111., , and John C. Merryman, 33, Kokomo. were tentatively identified as ' two of the four bandit* who robbed the Lapaz bank of $3,500 last Sat-1 , urday morning. : Mrs. Erma Boomershine, alias . Sally Carlson. 33, Kokomo, who was arrested with tlie two men in Kokomo is also being held here. She is alleged to have joined the gang shortly alter the robbery when they divided into two automobiles and fled. Sheriff Charles Keller and state t police from the Ligonier barracks ' are searching northern Indiana to- ' day for Jacob Kizer, 29. South Bend, who escaped from poUee when they attempted to arrest him at Kokomo yesterday. He lias been identified froai a photograph as one of the robbers. Dorkis was identified by Lester (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

i — o REPORT SHIP I IN DISTRESS t Heavv Seas Hamner Efforts To Rescue Crew Os Freighter New York, Dec. 18 —(UP) —The , crew of the criipple.l Norwegian freighter Sisto asked to be taken , off in mid-Atlantic today but the seas are too heavy to risk launching life boats, the S. S. Mobiloil, which is standing by .reported at 9:30 A. M. in a Mackay radio mes- '■ eage to all ships. The Sisto had lest all of her own i life boats in a severe storm and her bridge had been washed away, ac- ■ cording to earlier reports. The latest message from the Mobiloil declared the Sißto’s crew of 30 was in no immediate danger. The Mobiloil asked “what is the j earliest that any vessel with oil ' can arrive?” due to having poured ! mest of her own fuel onto the waiter ' during the night in an unsuccessful attempt to calm the seas so life ' boats could go to the Sisto. Other ships in the neighborhood of the Sisto in the mid-Atlantic ship ! lanes will not go to the rescue unless •mother emergency develops. • These include the liner Manhattan I and the 'President Harding. The Mackay radio message from the Mobiloil said: "Standing by Sisto whose crew ’ asking to be taken off. Understand ■ crew in no immediate danger. Have not sufficient oil to pimp on sot 1 and this vessel (The Mobiloil) te difficult to handle in present weather. What is earliest any vesI sei with oil can arrive?” — Announce G. E. Holiday Schedule E. W. Lankenau, superintendent ! of the General Electric plant in this . city, announced today that the factory would not operate Saturday. Monday and Tuesday, of next week , and the same the following week, [ because of the Christmas and Now Year holidays. More than 315 persons are now employed at the G. E. factory. A night force of about 35 is working.

cool

STENOGRAPHER AIDED OFFICER TO NAB BURNS Barce And Girl Spent Two Months In Chicago Underworld GANGSTER DEFIES HIS QUESTIONERS Indianapolis, Dec. 18—<UR> — .1. Edward Barce, deputy attorney general of Indiana, described reluctantly today I how he and a blonde sten- : ographer spent nearly ,t' vo months in Chicago as intimates of the underworld. Their ruse resulted in the capture of Josenh (Jerry) Burns, escaped Indiana prison convict and suspect in the $427.0(10 Brooklyn. N. V., armored car holdup. Clutching a blue steel revolver which he personally took away from Burns, Barce answered questions carefully and modestly shortly after his return to Indlan- ‘ apolls. A stubble of beard which he wore as part of his disguiso atill was on his face. "Tie strain of being subjected to constant danger for nearly two months was I e.vident. In an adjoining room sat Miss Genevieve "Jack" Roth, u stenographer in the attorney general's office who accomnanied Barce on his underworld visits. She referred all questions to Barce. “1 can't say there was anything unusual about the whole affair. Barce said when urged for details of his metliodi in finding Burn:', hideaway. ’ "I contacted women acqualnt--1 ances of Burns and Tom Touhy, another gangster we suspect of the Brooklyn robbery while Mia. 1 Ro'h contacted the men. l i "She went around with Burns a good deal. “One afternoon I wae sitting in the Burns bungalow on the south side of Chicaeo with a woman 1

thought was his sister. "She tuned in a short wavs radio in the apartment to listen to police broadcast about a holdup in which Burns at that moment was engaged. "When I went to the apartment I asked for ’Jerry' and the woman told me 'Jerry' was out on a job. ' She said he left about 2 p. m. and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o ———— Lions flub Will Entertain Youths The Lions club wil entertain a number of Decatur youths at a Christmas party and dinner at the Rice hotel, tonight at 6:15 o’clock. Santa Clauo will arrive at the party to distribute the Christmas gift«t among the boys. French Quinn will give the address of the evening. Step-Father Os Local Woman Dies Mr. and Mrs. Fred King will go to Ken’allvllle Wednesday to attend funeral services to be held for Jc.'in Houser, 65, stap-father of Mrs. King, who died at Oliver Lake Monday morning. Services will bo held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Houser was attenibint at the Wayneright Band Camp at Oliver Lake. His home was in Youngstown, Ohio. o Santa Is What You Make Him Thoughtfulness in the selection of gifts makes a gift much more valuable than the mere price you pay. How often has some little gift meant more to i you because of the extreme thoughtfulness back of it. You, too. can give gifts that please much beyond their cost. ‘ Just study the suggestions in the advertising columns of the Daily I Democrat and apply these sugs i gestions to the people on your •, Christmas list. . It is hard for you to think of c' the most appropriate gifts oy . yourself, but when others help v you, the problem is simplified. The suggestions in the advertlsvi ing in the Daily Democrat are U the ideas of scores of people. Avail yourself of these ideas.