Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1935 — Page 1

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IAUPTMANN SOBS AT VERDICT

§|rasfic Changes J»e Proposed In Ruling Os State

li( . ( ;oveinnunl Reorganization Ever Con"Knlated In Indiana’s Government Is Recom- , Committee Appointed By Governor; Os Committee Covers 750 Pages; Merit Proposed For All State Employes.

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UNLOAD TRUCKS REAR OF STORES 1 ■ City Officials Seek To ; Eliminate Traffic Con- > I gestion Here »j As a means of eliminating traffic f congestion on Sacond etreet. Mayor - Holthouse today instructed the po- > lice to all truck driveis <0 un--1 load merchandise at the reir of the 1 stores.’ ti A survey has shown tibat pracii--ically every local m.rchant uses the i alley or space hack of his store in | ■ unloading D. F ■ Te pie. who oper, tea >i freight and ’ truck line. ha.s for yeans unloaded ‘ all shipments at the rear of the ’ j stores. ’I Out-of-town tracks that call on I local stores frequently double-park on Second street unloading mer- , chandiee. Un several cases local J merchants have requested the drivI ere to deliver sh ipments at the rear !j of their stores, thus eliminating I the double-parking nuisance and ■ /traffic congestion on the street.) . Thu raquest he also madt> i.i -the in- 1 ’ tercet of public oafetv. I City offioila and police took the • matter up with local mer: .. ante and : they were quick to express far r : with the proposed change and se- , ■ era) asked that it be done. The cooperation of truck drivers j with the ruling will do much io i-ii-l miiyite congestion no r the Madison street crossing on Second I street. City officials hove no object-; icn to truck drivers ' tilling up along I side of the curb when parking spa- e . is available, as often is th. > case during certain hours of the day. The board of works and public , safety, to whom the (matter b d| been referred by the council, appe 1-1 ’ ed to truck drivers to comply with ) ’ the ruling. A city ordinance pro-; ■ hibits blocking of tie street for un-1 loading purposes and this rt-gu'a-j tion, will be enforced, members' stated. ! ,1- Q — Bockman Condition Reported Unchanged 1 Tbs condition of Walter J. Bockixan, Adams county recorder, was reported “about the same today. ■ He spent an uncomfortable night but he is r.sting easier todoy. OPEN PROBE OF BUCKET SHOPS Alleged “Bucket Shop’ Operations Os Fort Wayne Firm Probed ’ Fort Wayne. Ind.. Feb. 14. —(U.R) —Alleged "bucket shop” operations 1 of the M. E. Wilcox Co.. Inc., brokerage firm of Fort Wayne, are under investigation here following ’ the issuance of a permanent injunction against the company by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick in federal court here yesterdayThe injunction was issued to prevent withdrawal of company funds from the Peoples Trust and Savings Company and the Lincoln National Bank, both of Fort Wayne, and the First National . Bank of Richmond and also to prevent further operations of the firm. The Wilcox company serves clients in Indiana, Ohio and MichI igan. ') United States District Attorney i James R. Fleming, in charge of the I investigation, charged that the 1 firm is insolvent in excess of SIOO.,000. 1 The complaint charged that many 'lsmail investors had been "duped" I by the bucket-shop practices of the 1 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

INQUIRY BOARD STARTS PROBE INTO DISASTER Naval Board Opens Inquiry Into Crash Os Dirigible Macon BOARD CONVENES • ABOARD WARSHIP San Francieco, Feb. 14 —(U.R) — I A naval board of inquiry began | hearings today to determine why I the IT. S. Navy dirigible Macon 11 crashed and went down off Point 1 Sur. California. Tuesday night. The board convened aboard the U. S. S. Tennessee, but probably will remove quickly to Sunnyvale, the naval air base from which the Macon set out for tactical maneuvers with the United States battle fleet Monday. There the SI survivors of the • crew of S 3 will be available for . questioning. The other two mem- . bers of her crew. Ernest Dailey, • radio operator, and Florantino Edquiha. mess boy. went to their deaths when the $2,450,000 dirigi- ■ ble crashed and sank. I Hope for recovery of the bodies was given up last night with the I recall of cruisers assigned to the search some 120 miles south of 1 San Francisco. The board will hear the reports of Lt. Commander Herbert V. Wiley, commander of the Macon, . and the 19 other officers and 61 men who came out of the disaster . alive. The speedy recus of the SI was ; hailed by Admiral Thomas J. : Senn, commandant of the 12th .: naval district, as a ‘‘feat which . t probably will go down as one of ! the greatest in the annals of the , United States Navy.” A composite of stories told newspapermen by Lt. Commander Wiley and others indicated the I Macon, having fought adverse 1 weather all day in attemnting to ■ ict r-i the "eye” for 34 ships of ! the fleet en route from southern 1 waters to San Francisco, was ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o EXPRESS HOPE I OF SETTLEMENT Effort Made For Settlement Os Italian-Aby-ssinian Dispute Rome. Feb. 11— (U.R) —Efforts . for friendly settlement of the | Italian-Abyssinian dispute, and preparations for a fight, proceeded simultaneously today. Pacific statements were made by Italian and Abyssinian representatives. Italian mobilization of a possible punitive expedition into the disputed zone on the Abyssinia-Italian Somaliland frontier proceeded | briskly, and reports from iSomaliInad were that Abyssinia was reinforcing its frontier. Foreign Undersecretary Fulvio Suvich and Chevre Jesus. Abyssinian charge d'affairs, both expressed hope for a peaceable settlement of the dispute after a conference. It seemed possible that, in the end. the arbitration treaty which exists between Italy and Abyssinia might be invoked if direct diplomatic negotiation proved impossible. Alleged attacks on Italian native soldiers by Abyssinian tribesmen precipitated the dispute. o — District Meeting Os Moose Saturday A district meeting of the Loya! Order of Moose will be held Saturday. February 16 at the Moose home in Fort Wayne. Local members who wish to attdnd are requested to meet at the Moose home between six and seven o’clock. Transportation will be furnished those who do not have cars. Sol Ijord. dictator of the local , lodge stated that an invitation would be extended to the district , to meet in Decatur next month. Representatives from more than a half dozen counties will attend the meeting.

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Decatur, Indiana’ Thursday, February 14, 1935.

Bruno Guilty--Faces Death I ■ ' t ■ - Z / ' ’l3 RICHARD BRI >O H\( I‘IMANN

ARTHUR CUTTEN CAREER HALTED I r( Spectacular Grain Trading Career Is Halted By Government > , Washington, Feb. 14 —(U.R)~Ari thur W. Cutten's spectacular grain trading career was halted by 1 government order today. 1 The grain futures commission instructed all contract markets to refuse Cutten trading privileges for two years beginning March 1. Cutten was charged with violating the grain futures act by concealing operations in an attempt i to manipulate prices. The order followed a meeting of the commission Tuesday at which it reviewed the evidence presented at hearings here and in Chi- • cago. The commission consists of Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper. Cutten's was the second case in which the government has ordered grain exchanges to deny trading privileges to a member. .Adrian Ettingei and Ewing W. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) STATE NEAR END IN MURDER CASE Trial Os Wealthy Oklahoma Youth Proves To Be Sensational Pawnee, Okla., Feb. 14—(UP) — The state moved today to bring its direct testimony against Phil Kennam.r. charged witi'.i murdering John Gorrell. Jr., to an unexpected close by -mid-afternoon, using only a dozen cf its -00 witnesses. C nnty .attorney Holly Anderson r.iid the prosecution might finish its direct testimony by noon. He said most of hie witnesses would be used on rebuttal to combat the nlca Kennamer killed Gorrell last Thanksgiving night in self defence and while insane. Court openetf at 9 A. M. with Jack Snedd-en. Tulsa, on the stand. Snedden, oil fortune heir, received a p osing threat from Kennamer in the court hcuse hall last night. “I’ll fix you. you rat,” relatives quoted Kennamer as saying. The state brought forward its final group of witnesses to show: Kennamer’s alleged premeditation of the slaying, that the 21-year-I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) j

Asks Unused Lots To Aid Unemployed I John AT. Doan. Washington township trustee, today requested a donation of unused lots which can be used for community gardens by the unemployed. The CCUR is urging that the gardens Le obtained and planted early that the greatest benefit may . be obtained. The garden seeds , - will be furnished free by the comr mission. Washington township - will purchase seed potatoes if , ample garden space is obtained. , The community gardens have , 1 been planted and cared for by the 1 unemployed in the city for several , 4 years. WOULD ABANDON : PRINTING PLANT Abolishment Os State i Printing Plant Urged > By Legislators Indianapolis, Feb. 14. —(U.R) —The * ['state owmed printing plant, fought ' I several years by organized labor, , : will be abolished by the Indiana ] legislature, it was believed today- i An indication that labor union ; ■ forces are working toward remov- , lal of the state from the competiI tive printing field was made at a I joint meeting of house and senate finance committees during a study ' of the state budget bill. 1 The central duplicating department. which prints all the forms 1 and pamphlets used in the operation of the state government, is located in the basement of the ] ' statehouse. A branch is located at Indiana State Teasers .college at Terre Haute. The department had asked for a two-year appropriation of $30,000. 1 Sen. Thurman Gottschalk, D„ i Berne, a member of the budget 1 committee, said labor organiza- s tions would sponsor an amendment s |to abolish the $30,000 item from t (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) j Farm Page Tomorrow— 1 i The second regular Farm , Page—a weekly feature for the farm folks of , Adams County and vicin- ] ity, will appear in tomor- j row nights paper. This special feature will continue in the Democrat , indefinitely and contain t news and features of ] much interest to its read- , - ers. ; Watch for it! Read it ( each week. It Will be a great help to everyone.

Death Sentence Will Be Appealed To Higher Courts

Some Os Defense Witnesses Likely To Face Perjury Charges CLEARS OFFICIALS OF FALSE REPORT (Copyright 1935, by UP.) Clinton. N. J . Feb. 14.—(U.R) — Hunterdon county prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck. Jr., will seek perjury indictments against four and possibly five defense witnesses in the Hauptmann trial some time before April 1, he told the United Press today. “I have already started going over the testimony of these witnesses," Hauck said at his office here, “and I shall present the evidence to the present grand jury." He said he expected no difficulty in bringing certain persons here in the event of an indictment. “Perjury,” Hauck explained, “is an extraditable offense. To my mind certain persons clearly committed perjury on the stand.” Hauck said he expected to go to Florida wfulin the next week or so and that lie expected to reconvene the grand jury soon after he returns, probably April 1. The present grand jury’s term expires the first Tuesday of April False Report Trenton. N. J., Feb. 14.—(U.R) — Attorney General David T. Wilentz today cleared all court officers and attaches of any blame in connection with the false report of j the Hauptmann verdict which was sent out from Flemington last night by the Associated Press. Replying to suggestions that a “signal” might have been given, upon which the erroneous announcement was based, the attorney general said: "It is my impression that the premature announcement as to the verdict of the jury, and which announcement was an erroneous one to the effect that the verdict was guilty with a recommendation of mercy, was the result of over-en-thusiasm on the part of some reporter. No official and no juror (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o French Quinn Speaks To Fort Wayne Lions French Quinn. Decatur, delivered an address on “Abraham Lincoln” before the Fort Wayne Lions club at their weekly luncheon. Wednesday noon, at the Anthony Hotel. Mr. Quinn was accompanied to Fort Wayne by Dr. Burt Mangold and Judge J. T. Merryman of this city. COMMITTEE TO HEARSEN. LONG Huey Long Will State His Case Against Postmaster Farley Washington, Feb. 14 — (U.R) — Democratic senate leaders will announce this week that Senator Huey P. Long. D., La., will have an early opportunity before a senate committee to state his case against Postmaster General James A. Farley. He publicly charged that Farley was a dishonest official. Chairman Kenneth McKellar will call the post office committee to hear Long. McKellar told the United Press the complaining senator would be aeked to present to the committee evidence upon which he based his charges that Farley was dishonest. Long demanded a senate investigation of his charges. Political strategists agree Long would effectively capitalize a refusal by the senate to make -some kind of inquiry into his allegations against Farley. Some senators believe Farley wdll desire an opportunity to answer the indict(CONTINUIHD ON PAGE TWO)

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' Cost Os Lindbergh Case Is Estimated More Than $600,000 Flemington. N. J.. Feb. —(U.R) 1 From the night of March 1, 1932, until the present day, the Lindbergh case has cost the government and the various agencies en- . gaged in tracking down the perpetator, more than $600,000. I In. luding the $50,000 mnsom he ! paid—of which he will receive . back nearly $15,000 found in BruI no Richard Hauptmann's garage— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has , spent at least $75,000. His friend ’ Col. Henry C. Breckinridge, has , spent another SIO,OOO. The efforts [. to run down false clues, such as •'those presented in the John Hngh- , 'es Curtis hoax, cost at least $15,Jooo. The government, including the 3 ' three branches, federal, state and k .' New York city, had 28 workers on . i the case for 30 months, at an expense estimated at $254,000. ul A conservative estimate of the r I various costs would show’ approx- ■ imately the following figures. f Cost to Col. Lindbergh $ 75,000 Cost to Col. Breckinridge $ 10.000 '■Cost of police & detecives $284,000 Telephones, telegrams, cables $ 20.000 - Trips to Europe by officers $ 5,000 I- Cost of handwriglit experts i- and charts $ 50,000 II Cost of wood expert and exf| hibits T . $ 10.000 s j Federal expenditures SIOO,OOO ' j Cost of trial $629,900 YOUNG PEOPLE ■ TO GIVE PLAY St. Peter’s Society Will Present Comedy Saturday, Sunday 1 The St. Peter s Young Peoples Society will present a three-act comedy, “Whittin’ ”, Saturday and Sunday nights. February 16 and 17. The play is one of mother love and j home influence, but withal a simple story of the plain people. Following is the cast of charact- . ers: . Dr. Adam Good, "Doc Yak” ...Otto Boerger. Ruth Wilson Marie Franz. Mrs. .Josiah Wilson Helen Bust ickj Dave Petterman, the village crab Erwin Franz. Annabelle Dee, a giggling girl Vera Franz. . Jimmie Edwards, “Dopie" Elmer Franz. “Gip", an old friend of Jimmie I AVilbert Fuelling. | Johnny Dee. a village boy Alvin Bohnke. The action takes place in the , sitting room of the Wilson home. The cast has been rehearsing for the production which promises to be enjoyable entertainment for the public. o 1 Holiness Association Plans Three Meetings 1 Dr. C W. Butler, Cleveland, 0.. president of the National Holiness ' Association and the Cleveland Bible Institute, will speak at a week-end meeting at the Monroe M. E. church. Dr. Butler will speak at 7:30 p. m. Saturday and at 2 ' p. m. and 7 o’clock Sunday. ’ These services will be conduct- ! ed by the Adams County Holiness - Association. A quartet from Tay--1 lor university will sing at the serl vices. o - ! Two Decatur Truck Drivers Are Fined , Ralph Kbeinknight ,nnd Donald Koos. Decatur truck drivers, were each fined $1 and .”osts for operat1 ing trucks not equipped with flag and flares. The fines were assessed by city judge William 11. Schannen in Fort Wayne.

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Bruno Breaks Down Last Night For First Time Since Arrest EXECUTION LIKELY TO BE POSTPONED Flemington, N. J., Feb. 14 —(U.R) —Bruno Richard Hauptmann is “beginning to take it hard,” his guards reported today as they kept watch over the man sentenced to death for murder of the Lindbergh baby. Officials confirmed that Hauptmann wouid be removed to Trenton state prison tomorrow. i Flemington. N. J.. Feb. 14—(U.R) j—Bruno Richard Hauptmann clung I with tho tenacity of desperation 1 today to hope that the higher I courts would nullify the sentence i of death in the electric chair imi posed on him for the murder of ; the Lindbergh baby. “Kruno is a long way from the ! electric chair.” Edward J. Reilly, , chief of defense counsel, eaid in j commenting on appeal of the sent-ence-death in the week of March i IS —passed last night by Justice ! Thomas W. Trenchard, after re--1 ceiving the verdict of guilty without mercy from the jury of four women and eight men. "We’ve got plenty to work on and we haven’t given up by any means.” For Hauptmann, restlessly pacing his cell, this day was outwardly like almost every other he has spent in the Hunterdon county jail. But inwardly, his guards reported. he was obviously fighting a terrific battle for self-control. His first outburst — tears and collapse on his cell cot —had faded into the icy calm of other days. ■ but he walked like a shadow back and forth under the brilliant electric light which glares on him 24 hours a day. He pulled deeply on cigarettes; ate all of his breakfast. paced again and occasionally lay dow’n for a nap. Through the windows of the jail came only the gentle noises of a small town, where last night Hauptmann had heard the roar and jibes of a rowdy mob. Beating through his burning memorywere the words of the jury: “We find tho defendant guilty as charged.” Hauptmann cannot be removed to r the state prison at Trenton until 48 hours after the verdict but he must be moved within ten days. Officials said they would remove him secretly, but added that they were in no hurry. Reilly arranged to confer with Lloyd Fisher, of defense counsel, at Fisher’s office in Flemington on plans for the appeal. Other defense lawyers were called for the conference. However contrary the verdict may have seemed to the defense, it was eminently satisfactory to Hauptmann’s prosecutors. And the American public’s approval was reflected in the hundreds of congratulatory telegrams which showered down today upon the jurors. The defense would not concede the verdict solved the mystery of the kidnaping and murder of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s infant son. The prosecution Insisted it proved conclusively that Hauptmann alone committed the crime which shocked the world on the night of March 1, 1932. and kent all of civilization guessing for nearly three years thereafter. Tomorrow- Hauptmann will be taken secretly to Trenton to await execution. But it is unlikely that he will be put to death before the middle of May as the filing and hearing of any appeals his lawyers may prepare will cause automatic postponement of the electrocution date. The jury which found Hauptmann guilty was out for 11 hours (CONTINUED ON PAG® SWBI’