Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1935 — Page 1

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 37.

“Revolt" in Kentucky | J HHbl bHI Kentucky politics were thrown into confusion when Lieut. Gov. A. R. Chandler called a special session of the state legislature in the absence of Gov. Ruby Las soon. for the purpose of passing a compulsory primary law in opposition to Laffoon’s wishes. The governor promptly hurried bac I from his business trip to Washington. D. (’., and rescinded i Chandler’s order. RECORDERS FRACTURED HIP X-ray Examination Os Walter Bockman Today Discloses Fracture An X-Ray examination of Waite- ! J. Bockman today revealed that he ijj suffcrlug tram a frat-lured ; left femur or hip bone. An injury to hisineck which is causing him ! severe pain is not believed to bo ) 1 serious. A severe scalp wound and numerous bruises and laceraj tions over the body are not serious. Mr. Bockman, Adams countyrecorder, was injured when his automobile struck the cement base of the stop light at the Five I Points intersection Sunday night He is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. His phyaician stated that he would be compelled to remain in bed for several weeks. Mr. Bockman's automobile was found to be almost a total wreck. A local garage estimated that perhaps |SO could bo salvaged from it. Mrs. Harry Knapp, deputy re- 1 eorder and a sister of Mr. Bockman. has charge of his office dur < ing his alienee. Mr. Bockman was driving north h on Winchester street when he hit' the cement base. The car turned I completely around but did not 1 overturn. Mr. Bockman was pull-1 ed out from under the rear seat cushion in an unconscious condition and rushed to the hospital. Because of the nervous condi- . tion brought on by the shock of the accident he was not X rayed i until today. , FREE LUNCH TO LODGE MEMBERS Lunch Will Be Served At K. of P. Home After Inspection i A free lunch will be served th' i members of the Knights of Pythi s 1 lodge Thursday evening after the regular meeting. District deputy grand chancellor Ernest Grey of Fort Wayr. • will inspect the lodge. T ils meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. After the inspection a class of , candidates will be given ths work , for the third degree. The candidates os well as . L | members will be invited to remain . in the lodge room for a free luncheon and card gam’s which will fol- ! low the initiation. Dr. 11. V. DeVor, chancellor commander of the local lodge has e 'lied , a specbil meeting of all -officers for Wednesday night at 7:30 o’- | clock. At this time preparations I will be made for the inspection.

CIRCUIT COURT CALENDAR SET Dates Are Set For Hearing Os Cases During February Term The calendar of cases to be tried or heard in the February term of the Adams circuit court was released today by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. All but a few minor cases have been set down. The calendar is: February 13 — Luella Braun vs Oscar Braun, divorce. 14— Carl C. Howe vs Dorothy I. Howe, divorce. Wells County Bank vs Charles S. Niblick estate (Motion to dismiss), claim. George Ohler. ex parte, appeal to vacate road. William J. J. Bell vs Ruby I. Bell, divorce. 15— Lena Gay va Verena Miller estate, claim. 16— Marion Reber et al vs Nancy E. Bowman et al, partition. 18— Cloid B. Ratliff vs Charles E.. Truman E.. Bessie E. Caylor, damages, jury. Weil Realty Co. vs Henry C. Crawford, rent, jury. 19 — Edwin L. Slagle vs Edward I. Hall, alienation of affections, jury. 20— Amos Hirschey vs A. D.! Suttles, note. jury. 25 —Russell Wello vs Arthur C., Myers, damages, jury. Margaret Wells vs Arthur C. Myers, damages, jury’. 27— Sophia Smith vs Richard E. and Rose D. Tonnelier, damages, jury. 28 — Industrial Ixtan and Investment company’ vs Ralph J. Miller! estate et al, note. March I—Edward 11. and Geneva Kruse j vs Reo Fort Wayne Company,! datuagcs.Jury4— Old First National Bank vs I Romey, possession of real estate and damages. 5 — Florsheim Shoe Company vs (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) RECORD IS SET I IN FIRE DRILL Riley Building Has Rest Record In Fire Drills This Morning The Riley building tod-y set th-’ record for fire drills among the wtrd schools by emptying the entire building in 40 sec >n<Ls. The te-st was given under the supervision of the Decatur fire department. First prizes were awarded to the following rooms in the three schools: first grad? at the Riley building taught by Winner; second grade at th’ North ward, taught by Della Sijllemeyer, | nd the second grade -at the South I ward, taught by Eva Acker. The prizes were given on the J speed and lack of confusion with [ which each room marched out of j the buildings after hearing an unannounced fire drill ala-m. The members of the three winning clitssea will be permitted to attend the "Night Alirm", a picture sponsored by the Decatur fire de-1 partment at the Madison theater for ' five cents. The other <lasses may I witness the special matinees at the j customary pritfe for children ol , 10 cents. Similar tests will be held in the Central and St. Joe schcols Wednesday. The show Is being presented at the Madison theater under tho auspices of the Decatur fire department Wednesday and Thursdaynight. The proceeds will be placed in the fire department's funds. o Decntur Fire Chief Undergoes Operation A major operation was performed j on Charles Robenold. Decatur fire: chief at 9 o'clock this morning. His condition shortly after noon today 1 was rerouted goad. a Study Lincoln In Catholic Schools The life of Abraham Lincoln was studied by the history classes of the ; De-atur Catholic high school and grade schools today as a part of j lhe Lincoln day observance.

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Decatur, Indiana, uesday- February 12, 1935.

Charge Conner With Violation A complaint has been filed in the Adame circuit court, with an affidavit signed by Victor Hood, a member of the Indiana barbers' commission, charging Willis Fonner with violating the state barber’s law. The complaint alleges that he has been guilty of operating a barber shop without a license. This is the fifth time in less than a year that cases have been brought against Fonner on this charge. Sev•ral weeks nga ne was acquitted by ’ a jury in the Adams circuit court on the same offense. STUDENTS HEAR FRENCH QUINN Decatur Attorney Speaks On Lincoln And Washington Today French Quinn. Decatur attorney, historian ami orator, addressed the members of the Decatur high school on the subject of Lincoln and Washington in the Lincoln day chapel program this morning. His talk was: "Our two greatest heroes are I Washington and Lincoln. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are admitted to be inspired I documents by all thoughtful per- ; sons. These ideals and purposes,: it may well be assumed, have the ! continued support of the God of Nations, else high endeavor has not nor never bad the sanction of Divinity. A thousand times in our country's history His influence appears to have been exercised. • Washington's character as the leader emphasized strength and : 'courage; boldness and energy;: steadfastness and sternness —a : I leader like a patriarch of old. iThfttw* strong characteristics predominated over his softer side. A lesser exercise of these qualities, by him and his times would have I meant disaster to the new nation. "Lincoln manifested the softer side. His predominate characteristics were tenderness, kindness, forgiveness, sacrifice, conciliaion, unselfishness, gentleness. an d I humbleness These qualities that ’ i were so overshadowed in Washington’s charaster in turn overshad- i owed the sterner qualities in Lin- | coin's nature. "Thoughtful persons apparently agree that during our formative period and its great purposes onlyone endowed as Washington could have been lhe Moses to have led his people out of bondage. And these same persons also apparently agree that when this nation fornd itself with brother fighting brother and hatred rocking its very foundations that no leader less endowed with these nobler, gentler qualities of Lincoln could have made friends out of enemies and brought lasting harmony to a distracted people. If Washington fathered his people, by the same : token Lincoln mothered them. "These two great leaders did not just happen. There is a Destiny (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) REDUCTIONS IN ELECTRIC RATE Northern Indiana Public Service Company Patrons Benefitted Indianapolis. Feb. 12 — (U.R) — Electric rate reductions estimated to save $332,000 annually for 73.400 patrons of the Northern Indiana Public Service company were ordered last night by the public service commission. The new schedules, filed voluntarily by the company, affect residential and commercial consumers in 193 cities and towns in 21 ! northern Indiana counties. The new rates become effective March ! i. Principal cities served by the company and the respective annual reductions expected to be affected by the order include: Hammond. $42,409; East Chi- ! cago, $30,874; Whiting, $6,900; ! Crown Point. $6,000: Michigan i City, $44,700; Valparaiso, $19,200; Culver. $4,200: Plymouth, $12,000 Angola. $8,500: LaGrange, $3,700; Waterloo, $2,600; Fowler. $1,600; Kentland, $1,400; Monticello, $2,I ON PAGE TWO)

FIRE DESTROYS COLLEGE HOME Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House At I. U. Is Destroyed Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 12 —(U.R) —A new home for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter at Indiana university, to replace the structure destroyed by fire last night, will be ready at the opening of the school term next September, it was announced today. Members of the fraternity will live at other fraternity houses and dormitories on the campus for the remainder of the school year. Dean C. E. Edmondson estimated loss In the fire at approximately $90,000. It was completely covered by insurance. The fire started in the basemen! and was discovered by the house ■ cook. The intense heat melted a ) defective gas pipe connection and j the escaping gas carried the flames through the entire house. I Only six of the 41 resident members of the bouse were at home when the fire broke out. Rapid spread of the flames frustrated I their efforts to carry out furniture. Thorid Johnson. Attica, chapter treasurer, saved SI,OOO in cash from th° house safe. The other 35 members of the chapter were attending the Indi-ana-lowa basketball game nt the ! university gymnasium three blocks away. Virtually the entire student body gathered at the fire at the end of the game. Personal belongings made up apnroximately SB,OOO of the loss. Raymond Fox. Michigan City, quarterback on the I. I', football team, reported loss of SBO in cash. Mrs. John Schug received a tele- ’ gram early this morning frAni her son. Richard, who is a Delta Tau 'Delta, stating he was unharmed i and was eucressful in salvaging his (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O mari Mcelroy RETURNS HOME Girl Kidnaoed Two Years Ako Under Great Stress After Conviction [ Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 12. —(U.R) . I —Mi ss Mary McElroy, who has suffered great emotional stress • since she was kidnaped in 1933. was back home today with her . father, H. F. McElroy, city manager, after an effort to “get away . from it all." Miss McElroy, who on a sudden . impulse started for Chicago by bus Sunday night, although she had > but 20 cents after buying her ticket. flew back to Kansas City last night with her uncle, William B. McElroy, and Matt Murray, a friend of the family. She was located at Normal. 111. after she wired her father. McElroy, his son. H. F. McElroy. Jr., and the latter's wife were at the airport when Miss McElroy 1 arrived. She appeared composed, and kissed her father and greeted ' the others. A moment later, as she started across the ramp, she collapsed. She recovered quickly, however, and then Mrs. R. F. Me-' Elroy, Jr-, collapsed. Her husband carried her to an automobile and she was taken to a hospital. Miss McElroy went home with her father. Near hysteria. Miss McElroy was put to bed and visitors were denied 1 admittance to the house. Judge McElroy, patiently relieved at her safe return, permitted a short interview at the airport, however, when Miss McElroy brushed aside her tears and smiled as she spoke i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) i o Expect Larije Crowd At K. Os C. Party , Everything was-in readiness today for the card party and entertainment to be given at the K. of C. hall this evening for members ! of the lodge, members of St. Mary’s parish and friends. Besides cards and dancing, the entertainment will include many features of a festival and booths will be open during the evening.. Plans are being . made to entertain several httnd1 red people.

INFORMATION I OBTAINED ON RELIEF PLAN Coordinator, Board Os Five Officials To Administer Program GEORGE L. BERRY IS OFFERED POST (Copyright 1935, by UP.) Washington, Feb. 12. —(U.R)“The first authentic information on President Roosevelt’s plans for administering his work- ' relief fund, showing he intended to select a coordinator and to operate it through a board of five officials, : was obtained today by the United Press. Mr. Roosevelt, it was learned, has offered the post of coordinator : to George L. Berry, who came up from the ranks of organized labor to assume an important position I in Hie new deal’s recovery machin- j ery .Berry is now an NRA division administrator. The work relief organization has been worked out by the President after considerable thought and close attention to all the details involved in his determination to , get the government out of "this busines of relief." President Roosevelt plans to administer the relief fund through a board of which he himself is to be chairman The other members are to be Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, administrator Harry Hopkins of the FERA. administrator James A. Moffett of the FHA, administrator Arthur E. Morgan of the Tennessee Valley authority, and director Robert Fechner of the j ccc. In addition to the supervisory board, which Mr. Roosevelt be- ' lieves should be called the works ' board, there will be a coordinator and a secretary. While no definite selection of a secretary has been made it has been believed by some that Admiral C. J. Peoples, who aided in I preparation of the work program, might be offered the job. Berry is president of the Inter- ■ national Pressmen's union and a leading figure in the American I Federation of Labor. i The coordinator key position in the work relief program—will be the president's principal agent in carrying out the administration's purpose of taking 3.JJ0.000 persons off the relief rolls and putting them back to work. Berry, it was understood, has not (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o No Prayer Meeting At Church Wednesday There will be no prayer meeting 5 at the First Evang! lical church Wednesday night, beiause of the quarterly conference Tuesday night. The r.holr will practice Wednesday night at 7:3’0. o —-—- CAPTAIN STAYS WITH SCHOONER Phillips Lord And Four Os Crew Stick With Disabled Ship .i (Editors note: The following dispatch was received by radio direct from the schooner Seth Parker to I the United Press in San FranI cisco.) (Copyright 1935. by UP.) Aboard the Schooner Seth Parker, in the South Seas, by radio to the United Press. Feb. 12. —(U.R) ~ Capt. Phillips Lord and four of his crew refused today to abandon the schooner SeTh Parker in the South Pacific in the face of a renewal of the tropical storms which since Feb. 5 have lashed the four-masted round-the-world ship. Those who elected to remain aboard with the captain when the British warship Australia came to our recue were Carey Sweeney, radio engineer of the National Broadcasting Company, and seamen Flink, Payes and Reuschele. The other nine members of the crew, most of them young college boys from New York and New England. were taken aboard the Australia last night. Two hours after the rescue a ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _

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Denies Kliler’s Story A -Mfr*' X Denial that she was "the woman in tli<- case” was made by Miss Grace Curran, above, of Kalamazoo, Mich., whom Clarence Frechette claimed was the cause of the fight in which Robert Brown, of Kalamazoo, was slain. Frechette; wae captured in California after having driven across the contin- ! ent with Brown’s body in a trunk. ■ ITALY DEMANDS FORMAL APOLOGY Demands Apology For Attack Made Bv Abyssinian Soldiers Rime. Feb. 12—(UP)—Italy De-! manded of the Abyssinian Government today a formal salute of the I Italian flag in apology for attacks on native troops by Abyssinian' tribesmen. Demands made on Abyssinia were announced as members of the supreme defense commission, called only in emergencies, gathered for a meeting under premier Benito Mussolini to consider political end military phases of the crisis. The i demands included: I.—Formal salute to the Italian ’ flag 2-Formal diplomatic apology. 3. Indemnity for the attack. 4. —Appointment of a mixed commission to limit the Abyasinian-Ital-: ian Somaliland frontier. 5- A guarantee that the frontier | would be respe ted. As mobilization proceeded, Italian outposts in Somaliland reported that SO.OO-O Ethiopians were massed : on the frontier where preparations ! for war seemed being rushed. Mussolini appointed general RuI dolpho Graini commander of the ! Italian expeditionary force. He is , ! former vice governor of the Cypre-! ' naica colony in Africa. General . Emilio De Bono, high commission- j i er for the colonies of Eritrea and ! Somdikindd will be in general! charge. :t was believed that Italy would demand from Abyssinia a money j indemnity cf $5,000,009 with .part of j which provision would be made for’ families of Italian native sold.c-rs killed by tribesmen. The money. might be used ot repair damage to i Italian outposts also, unless spec!-' tie demand were made for contpen-1 sation as regards them. The indemnity demand was b >sed on a .computation of 200 men killer, | with a demand far 1,030 Abysslan- : (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ! L o Geneva Lions To Organize Scouts L. L. Hotchkiss, Anthony Wayne I area scout commissioner, Lowell Smith, Decatur scout master, and Walter Krick, superintendent ot the , Decatur city schools, will attend tire | meeting of the Lions club in Geneva Wednesday in the interest of organizing a troop there sponsored by the Lions club. Lowell Smith will give an address on scout activities locally and nationally. Geneva has one active troop nowsponsored (by community leaders there. Dan Grile ie the scoutmaster and it is Limberlost district troop number 66.

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STATE LAWYER UEMANDSDEATH FOR DEFENDANT Attorney General Holds Attention During Bitter Tirade MOST DRAMATIC DAY OF TRIAL Flemington, N. J„ Feb. 12.— (Up) —Attorney General David T. Wilentz concluded his summation of the evidence against Bruno Richard Hauptmann today with another note of drama, when a clergyman was led struggling and trying to shout, from the courtroom. The interrupter, said to be the Rev. Vincent Burns, of Fort Lee. N. J„ rose just as Wilentz had turned fro>m the jury, and said: “Your honor ” Bailiffs rushed to him and clapped their hands over his mouth. In the uproar the man was trying to say either “I want that man to confess” or “a man in my church confessed — Those closest to him disagreed as to his actual words. Justice Trenchard pounded for order, and the deputy sheriffs rushed him, struggling. to the door. Flemington. N. J.. Feb. 12—(U.R) —Attorney General David T. Wilentz demanded the life of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., who, he declared, was slain before his kidnaper left (he Lindbergh I nursery. Flemington. N. J.. Feb. 12 —(UP) Ju-stise Thomas W. Trendhard 'told the United Press today he had not yet decided whether he would . charge the jury late today after ! completion t f Attorney-General David T. Wilentz’ summation, or ! wait until tomorrow morning. It hod been reported that the justice would wait until Wednesday to permit the jurors a full day in which to deliberate the fate of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. “I have not yet made up my ' mind,” he said. The prosecutor, vibrant with emotion, whipping himself to a frenzy in his demand for the death | 'Penalty-, called the Bronx man j "this murderer in whose veins runs ice-water —this man who is so cold.” And he demanded to know- whether he would thaw j “when the switch is turned." Hauptmann, the stolid defendant. his face flushed to a deep crimson, looked at him with rage and hate in his eyes, but never stirred a muscle of his powerful (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — -o HALT ACTION ON UTILITY BILLS Action On Two Imoortant Bills Delayed For Further Study Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 12 —(UP) j Action on two important utility I bills pending in the houses of representatives was postponed by the House ways and means committee , today pending further study. Two 'lndiana mayors, M. Vincent j Youkey, Crown Point, and Harry ! (Baldwin. Anderson, appeared before ; the ways and means committee to ! urge recommendation for passage. They said the measure,' would en- ! enable communities to "break the [strangle hold of large private utili!ties.” One of the bills would exempt [ municipally owned utilities from [ payment of state and local taxes. “Last year our Anderson plant paid a gross income tax and a tax !on bank deposits,” Baldwin said “This year we will have to paj- pro- [ perty tax." The other bill would be on particular assistance to Mayor C. W. HBangs of Huntington since it would legalize his past actions in extending facilities of the Huntington municipal plant to private citizens. Municipally operated utilities could aocquire, operate and extend (CONTINUED ON PAG® S7X) _