Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1935 — Page 1

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[th relates Ile of being lelo captive L Bollenbacher KidLd On Eve of Wedd|ing Ceremony is. «n ofl F g Boß’* n^u< '* h ‘ r a,r^e< *i I ho me of hi» fiancee. PaulLert !«• of Bryant ’ SatUr ’ I E*. at n o’clock with a t f bat he had b e '“ n kidnaped Es captive in hi’ °* n aut<h ; ■ for 28 hours. Lbacher and Miss Rupert; ■T lia ve been married Satur-. Egd had already obtained ' Karriage license from the luntr clerk. Lbacher was not missed; L home near the state line . ISatordav morning. He did ; L' in his bed Friday night E,family presumed that he. Eyed at the home of his t When they learned that ’ E M t been at the Rupert laioce early Friday evening Erme suspicious. ■ father found an old RevolnL »ar musket-loading pistol K floor of the youth’s bedroom | I first floor The ho’ster was La on the floor Two holes E the baseboards, caused by [ police were notified and a ■was broadcast from Fort i L The state police were al■ted to search for the youth. Lar night the youth re-' ■ He stated that he was in Lj room Friday night when Lrd some one come un on the [porch. He became suspicious | licked on the old gun which kt in his room as a family [it went Into the front hall Ke stated he raw the doorI open and a gun pushed Eh. He fired twice but miss|e man both times. By that ■e claimed a second man had [through the back door of the I | aid came un behind him ■ailed. “Don’t do that any | f The second man covered . lid forced him to drop his i Bit. He could identify nelth-1 k took him to his car. which I larked In the yard. He was I ■IM to ride down the road ' ■rt distance, seated between two men in the two pas- ■ car. When they got down had a short way thev saw a ■ car. He state it was a I automobile with one tail I He conld not see the license Inter, then taped hie eyes. He ■turned to his own car and . ■ b’twoen the two men ) Later in th.? evening or Itnorning he was given a Pich and a bottle of soft ■nbacher al'eged that he pen a shot and while dope! I prntritD ov page five) PE WOMAN DIES fL’ R DAY MORNING r*' Mo «r Died Late Saturday ernmg at Berne After an Extended illness rMoser, "0, a resident of r "O'tnty almost all her life, Riiirdiy morning at 10 o’clock r “OBie in Berne. Death was of the bowels. She P” ill for some time. f laide " ’name was JudJth and she was born in e <uunty, Ohio, September 6. . brighter of David and MarILiechty Winteregg. to this county with Ms when she was six years marriu 8? to Levi Moser on S’Ptcmber 26. 1886. [ raided on a farm north«■«> RK&r* as ° L'‘". R are husband and Itiso, 1 ” 6 Chil(iren: Mrs - Edwin hi!? dW ’ orßn Moser, Mrs. kkeJ ey, J MarCUB M< * er ’ Ml * l« Be Marcua iui>*; Tw ° chlldr <?n. HarK X W ‘ n L P - H “ >e « 6r ’ bta a’.>r, S ‘ ‘-'Shon, North; [ ' •«> survive heia k and at »l?°, ® elock at the h b »rch’ B ± k at the Mea ‘ ma<le in

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Vol XXXIII. No. 66.

Moose Speaker | ’W ‘ y '-£* a? -j®. 1 William Anderson of Indianapo- » Us. regional director and supreme t prelate of the Loyal Order of Moose, delivered the principal ad- t dress at the district meeting of < Moose held in this city Saturday 1 night. DISTRICT MEET ’ HELD SATURDAY[ —— I < Moose Officer Speaks At District Meeting Here Saturday Three hundred Moose, including [ visitors from a dozen cities, attended the district meeting of the I l»yal Order of Moose at the I Moose home in thia city Saturday i night. '• William Anderson of Indianapo- l lis. regional director and supreme i prelate of the lodge delivered the : principal address. The address of welcome was given by Mayor - Arthur H. Ho+thnnwr Sot tarnt.-r dictator and staff of officers open- 1 ed the meeting. The Huntineton decree and drill team conferred the initiatory work ion a class of 1G candidates. Fol- , ! lowing the lodge meeting, a social session was held. , The class of candidates in- , clnded: , i Cal Yost, who represented the ( class. Elmer Darwachter, C. C. | Gause, George Daniels. Hubert , I Cochraj. Earl Whitehurst. Chalmer E. Miller. Walter Eicher, Bernard J. Braun. Mr. Anderson spoke on the record. benefits and ideals of the Loyal Order of Moose. He said in part: “The Loyal Order of Moose has spent almost twenty million dollars 1 in the last quarter of a century in the endeavor to accomplish its , objective. Bv far the greater nart I of this sum ha*» been invested — ( that is the right word — in its Child City of Mooseheart, in Illi-!. (CONTTNt“En OK p \GE THREE) , GRADE SCHOOL PLAY CAST IS ANNOUNCED ; Annual Central School Play Will Be Presented at Hiflh School Friday. March 22 The cast of characters for the annual Central eighth grade play, which will die presented Ut the D. H. < S. auditorium Friday evening at S ' ( o'clock, was announced today. The action of the play will take plaoa. in the living room of Mns. McLean’s home la Fort Wayne. The three acte will take place on "A ' Spring Afternoon"; “A Little Later ' In the Same Day”, and ‘‘Still a Little loiter in tlfe Same Day.” The admission for 'the play will be 15 centß for adults and 10 cents for children. The mat in the order of appearance fellows: Mns. Shepherd McLean —Young Widow Gladys Miller Mt-inle —Cok>re><! Maid Anna Jane Tyndall Mrs. Matilda Blackburn—Mrs. McLean’s Mother .. Rachel Mickley ! Mrs. Carlotta. Anglin —A Friend of Mrs. McL.an’s .... Annabelle Doan Shepherd McLean — Mama's BabyBoy Billie Joe Spabr i Luther Long - Young Widower < James Highland i Juliet Long—Luther Lang’s Daughter Flora Mtirbe Lankenan ; ! Cynthia Anglin Dorothy D dd Wilbur Warren — Sheyherd’.s Boy i Friend John McConnell Sylvia Kline—Wilbur’s Friend i Mary Jane 'Beery > Max Mooro— Real Estate Salesman

CONGRESS AT STALEMATE ON I LEGISLATION None Os Administration’s Important Measures Acted On Washington. March 18. — (U.R) — I This session of congress is In the twelfth week und none of the ad- ! ministration’s recovery or reform 1 legislation has been enacted. Only one of the 10 routine appropriation bills has been disposed of. | Observers are puzzled by President Roosevelt’s reluctance to . press for action on important legls- ■ latlon either drafted by new dealers or proposed in executive messages to congress. i Assuming tliat this congress will adjourn In June, the session is half over and the new deal program is headed for a log Jam in the late spring in which some pet White House Mll4 may founder. The best Mr. Roosevelt can ex- 1 pect to obtain under the legislative conditions expected to develop in May and June will be compromises on such propositions as extension of NRA and social security. The Roosevelt plan for coordinated regulation of all forms of transportation — busses, trucks, i steam carriers and such —already | is considered by several well In-1 formed legislators to be dead for! this session. A vote on the soldfern bonus is coming «3on ulthough I the White Honee oppasas it. Mr. Roosevelt’s plans for legisla-; tlon to take profits out of war anil for social security went to congress two months ago. In February new dealers proposed regula-1 tion of the various agencies of transportation, changes in the AAA ’ and farm credit act. and in the | I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) j _O— — 1 Father Joseph Green Will Deliver Sermon Farmer Joseph Gr en. assistant ( pa-stor of Precious Blood chureh. Fort Wayne, will deliver the third of a series of Lenten sermons on the “Parish church”, at St Mary’s Catbclic church in this city Tuesday evening. The services will begin at 7:30 o’clock. OAVIO SBONNI BORNEO FATAH) I Farmer Residing Near Wren, Ohio, Accident Victim Sunday David Brunni. 59. farmer residing west of Wern. Ohio, on the IndianaOhio state line., was burned to! death at hi.s home Sunday evening | about 5 o’clock, it is belioved that Mr. Brunni’s deatih was caused : when he attempted to kindle a fire . . with k rosene. H’s body was found near the en-1 I trance of the house, which was I .burned completely to th? ground Mr. Brunni was alone at his home when the fire started. Neighbors i passing the home noticed smoke , pouring from the door and * inI dows and investigated the fire. The ! flames had made so much headway tliat none of the contents of the house w-as removed. Mr Brunni’s 'body w/us found in the yard, the clothing burned away. Coroner W. E- Berth of Van Wert. , Ohio was called and returned aver-1, diet oi accidental death by burning. Mrs. Brunni <bad gone to Van i Wert Sunday, to be at the bedside | of her aged father. ' Mr Brunni is survived by his, wife. Caroline, four stepchildren, |; Fred and Howard Pence of j i "TcONTINUED GN PAGE FIVE) ! ( Report Andy Foos Is Critically 11l ‘ Andy Foos, chief engineer at the ' Municipal light and power .plant, is in a critical condition at his home , on North Seventh street, suffering from a heart ailment. Mr. Fooce took ill Saturday night and Sunday his condition Physicians, however, have, not given up hope of his recovery. ( Complete quiet has been reoom- ( mended by the doctors and visitors are not allowed to see .him. ( Mr. Foos has been employed by . the city for 27 years.

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Johnson Mobilizes Ij fiGEWPS Gen. Hugh S. Johnsen, former NRA chief, was gathering material for an early reply to the Rev. Charles Coughlin and Senator Huey P. ixing in their three-cor-nered "war of words’’ when this photo was taken at Johnson’s office in Washington D. (’. STATE LIQUOR LAW OBSERVED Sunday Closing Is Generally Observed In Decatur SundaySunday .closing of places selling alcoholic beverage-s was generally 'olmerved in Decatur yesterday, comI plying with the new state law. Several of the places had the ! doors locked, while others that also l engaged in serving food and sale of ' other merchandise were open for business, but refused to sell beer or alcoholic drinksBeer was sold ut only on? place I in Decatur, except at dubs, local police stated. And the two roidhouse.s and the Country club operated Sunday, observing the closing hurs. Although an emergency clause was appended to the new state liquor control net, general enforcement of the law has not yet gone into effect because local officials have not been advised as to provisions of blie law. It is expected that word will be received during the week and that state-wide enforcement will begin next Sunday. Chief of p lice Seph Melchi rej ported "everything quiet in Decaj tur Sunday". The alcoholic bever(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o K. Os C. Meeting To Be Held Tonight The Knights of Columbus will ■hold their monthly meeting at the K. of C. hall tonight. REV. COUGHLIN ATTACKS BANKS Father Coughlin Attacks Bankers And Newspaper Editors Detroit, Mar. 18.—(U.R)—With an attack upon bankers, whom he accused of influencing the press to “discredit him” the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin yesterday offered to “cease broadcasting" if the proposition of the National I Union for Social Justice of nationalizing the federal reserve banking system can be "proven unsound.” The priest asserted no newspaper had "dared discuss" existence of "sixty billion tax exempt bonds, control of credit by individuals, the absurd economic system depriving agricultural classes of just profits, nor had they courage to crusade for a just, annual laborers wage or an honest dollar or conscription of wealth in war time." "It is ours to choose,” Coughlin said, "either to remain victims of an economic system forcing existence of want in the midst of plenty or adopt a system which carries hopes of better things to come." Addressing news editors the priest said: “The reading public is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 18, 1935.

FUND IS ASKED FOR NEW BOILER Ask Appropriation From Council For Boiler At Intirmary The county council will fee tanked to appropriate $4,125 or a new boiler at the county Infirmary in addition i to the approval of the $6,296 high- ( ' way budget and a number of other , requests when it meets Friday.:. March 29. i The meeting was made necessary , because of special legislation passed by the state assembly regarding , the use of gasoline tax money- The ' council must approve the budget j set wp by the county highway sup-,, erintendent. , This budget is for the year 1935, for which the road building pro-1 gnim has already begun. The $96. •' j 296 budget is divided as follows: ' .! personal service $19,800; operating ’ expense. $7,780; material. $.’9,150; | current charges. $1,700 current ohli- ' - gations, $24.416.'7; properties, $3.- ' . 450. , I The h ating iplant at the county ' ; Infirmary was Installed over 18: ! y- tirs ago. Harvey L. LaFonntain.: i . superintendent of the institution, : stated that U:e plant is in ne d of ' 'repairs and replacements. Nothing ; has l>een done to it for a number I of years. | Other appropriations which have been ask d tire: publt? health ; nunses. supplies and expenses, S6O 1 court house matron, salary. $120; , county agent, adding machine. $155 | Irene Byron sanatorium, $1,000; H (county assessor. 0' ok s and station-' 1 ery. $200; cl rk dei. uty hire, $450; ! ! clerk, fees and costs payable - ut of. - . - - ; • l (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) r O Dr. Kohne Purchases Residence From Church ’■ J Dr. G J. K. hue has pun based j r the residence at the corner of Third and Jefferson streets, where he has been living and where he lu:e had , his office. I The property was owned by the St. Mary’s Catholic church of this ; city. The deal was completed today. , The lonsid-ration was reported to ’ be $4,000. ST. JOSEPH'S PROGRAM HELD School Children Give Annual Program At School Sunday Evening ’ j The annual St. Joseph’s day proI gram was given at the Catholic high school auditorium Sunday evening : by the St- Joseph school children, a t large crowd attending. The program was given in observI ance of the feAits of St. Joseph, . wblA occurs March 19 and in honor of the Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, ! pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church ; whose patronal name’s day is also : celebrated TuestJiy. The children from the first to j eighth grades inclusively took part 1 1 in the program. There were nine 11 numbers, including a three act farce comedy given by the seventih. and eighth grade boys. > The following program was given: Opening Chorus Girls (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED SATURDAY ; j Mrs. Amos Shoemaker Dies of Heart H Attack at Home Near Geneva 1 1 Late Saturday Afternoon i Mrs. Amos Shoemaker, 71, was found dead in her feed at 5 o’clock ’ Saturday evening at her home west f of Geneva. Death was due to a heart ■ attack. ’ Mrs. Shoemaker had gone to her > room to rest at noon and was found •I at 5 o’clock by th.er son, Homer. ’! She was a life kng resident of the 1 1 community. ’ I Surviving are the husband and I following children; Mrs- R. E. Barns 'of Muskegon, Michigan; Forest, ' I Harry and Homer Shoemaker of ’ l Genera ; Clair of Bryant; Robert of "j Indianapolis and Mns. Walter Blair ' of Fort Wayne. ' Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock ’ at the Union Chapel church west 1 of Berne and burial will be made in Westlawn cemetery.

SENATORS ASK FOR REDUCTION IN RELIEF RILL Petitions From 19 States Ask Probe Os Huey Long’s Record Washington, Mar. 18. <U.R>— The efforl of conservative senators to reduce the work-relief appropriation from $1,880,000,000 to $2,880,000,000 opened in the senate today. The proposal was offered by Sen. Alva B. Adams, D„ Colo., with the backing of senators who believe that federal credit would be impaired by the larger appropriation. Adams said his amendment not only would reduce -the appropriation but would limit the time of the bill from two years to one. “I have come to the conclusion that the bill is unsound in principle and that the cost of the expenditure will impair the credit of the United States." Adams said. Before the Adams plan was presented. the senate without debate adopted the Glass amendment to extend the life of the PWA for two years, until June 30. 1937. The amendment was proposed in order to make it possible for the PWA to carry to completion the program started under the national recovery act of June 16. 1933. Probe Record Washington, March 18. — (U.R) —! Petitions from 19 states today ask- f ed the senate to investigate the Louisiana record of Sen. Huey P. Long as a counter-movement to his anti-administration attacks. Senate leaders hoped the petitions would give Long something | to worry about while they pushed , the $4,886,000,000 work-relief bill —- i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o NEW LOAN COMPANY REPLACES FRANKLIN H. O. Earnest is Manager of Company Purchasing Local Office Os Franklin Security Company The Ixidil Ix>an company has purchased the Decatur office of the Franklin Security company- H. O. Earnest its now in charge as manager and will move to this city from Muncie, where he han resided for the pant several yctir-s. The new manager of the Local has had many years of experience in the personal finance field. The Local Loan company offer has complete and confidential loan service up to S3OO. It will retain the same office in the Schafer building and also tie same telephone of the Franklin Security company. R. W. Freitag, who has been the manager of the Decautr office of the Franklin Security company, will be transferred to another office of tae company. The Franklin company has been in busin <* in Decatur since 1929. DAVEY. HOPKINS IN BITTER FEUD Ohio Governor And Federal Relief Head Dispute Over Relief Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio today filed a charge of criminal libel against federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins who charged the Davey administration with “corrupt political interference” with Ohio unemployment relief. The action followed publication Saturday of a letter in which Hopkins told Davey he was taking over entire control of Ohio relief administration on grounds Davey's campaign committee had solicited funds from firms doing business with the relief commission of the state. “Your letter released for publication Saturday made a cowardly and malicious assault on my integrity,” Davey today wired Hopkins. “In defense of my good name, I have sworn out a warrant for your arrest on a charge of criminal libel in the municipal court of Newark, Ohio”. The governor said he realizzed Hopkins could not be extradited (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Indicted in Scandal n Arlette Stavisky, above, beautiful widow of the international I banker, Serge Stavisky. whose | suicide threw all France into turmoil, was one of 19 indicted in Paris courts in connection with ■ the Stavisky scandal which in- ' volved many high government officials. BILL ENACTED _ AGAINST CRIME Dillinger (Jang Escapades Cause Legislature To Enact Measures Indianapolis, March 18. — (U.R) — With the second escapades of John Dillinger, the escape of 10 convicts from the state prison and numerous county jail breaks still fresh in their minds, members of the Indiana legislature lost little I time in enacting a long series of I bills to strengthen the state criminal code and curb oiiflaws.” Probably the most important ’ anti-crime measure enacted was state police bill. , It places the department on a merit system and provides that | force can be increased from 60 to' 100 during the first year and to! 200 by the end of the second year. Approximately $700,000 was ap- ' propriated for the force during the biennium. Much of the money will I be used to complete and operate tbe state police radio system now under construction. The number of barracks will be increased. The radio system will be controlled from a central broadcasting ' station at Indianapolis. Relay stations will be established in each of; . ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PROMINENT RETIRED FARMER DIES SUNDAY George B- Geels Dies Early Sunday Morning, after a short Illness Os Pneumonia — Georg? B. Geels. 74. prominent ' retired farmer of Adame County, dii d at the home of hi.s son-in-law and daughter.-Mr. and Mrs. Julius Brlte, west of Decatur. Sunday . morning at 4 o’clock of pneumonia. ] Mr. Geele had been ill since test ' Monday. He was born in Ootmarsum. Province Overyis 1, Holland on Septem- ’ ber 2. 1860, a eon of George and Johanna Alink Geels. He came to America when a young man and resided in Fort Wayne, moving to Decatur following his marriage to Miss 1 Anna Kohne of this city on Octo--1 ber 20, 1885. Mrs. Geels preceded '[him in deatfe last April 27. 'i Mr. Geele was a member of the I St. Mary’s Catholic church, 'the i Holy Name Society, and the Third : Order of St. Francis. Surviving are four children: Mrs. Julius Brite. Joseph and John Geels ’ of Decatur; and Sister M. Ernestine ' of Muncie. One sister, Mrs. Alphi onse Kohne and two brothers. Her- '[ man Geels of Bluff'on and Bernard Geels of Scranton, Arkansas, sur--1 vive. Eighteen grandchildren also ' survive. A solemn requiem mass will be ’ read Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at b'.ie St. Mary's church and ’: burial will lie made In the St. Mary’s church and burial will be [ made in the Sit. Joseph cemetery. '! A nephew of Mr. Geels, Rev. Ambrose A- Kohne of Goodland, will ’ be the celebrant at the mass and ■[he will be assisted by Rev. J. J. Seimetz and Rev. Father Hennes. 1 The body was returned to the [_ i Brite home Sunday evening from 'I the S- E. Black funeral home.

GREAT BRITAIN PROTESTS HUDE ARMY MACHINE New German War Machine May Reach A Total Os 600,000 Men (Copyright, 1935, by United Press) Ixmdon, Mar. 18 (U.R) —Great Britain formally protested to Germany today against creation of a Reich conscript army and indicated she would seek the advice of the United States as well as other powers on means of preventing war. A strong note was drafted by the cabinet and forwarded to Berlin. where it was delivered at 6 p. m. by Sir Eric Phipps. British ambasMdor. “His majesty’s government of the United Kingdom” the note informed Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler. “feels bound to convey to the German government their protest against the announcement made by the latter on the sixteenth of March of their decision to adopt conscription and increase the peace time basis of the German army to 36 divisions.” The note expressed the view that Germany's flouting of the Versailles treaty is “calculated seriously to increase the uneasiness of Europe.” It plainly reflected the British government’s anxiety and desire that Germany should cooperate with the other powers for peace. It expressed the strong hope that the proposed peace mission to Berlin of Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, and Anthony Eden, lord privy seal, still would he carried out. Huge Machine Berlin, Mar. 18—<U.R>—The new German war machine, already built on paper and already conducting “research” on land, sea and in the air. may reach a total of 600,0t)0 fighting men. the United Press was informed today. Germany will retail freedom to rebuild her fleet, it was said, although reconstruction of the naval fighting machine must necessarily (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) New Church Organ Dedicated Sunday The First Evangelical church was filled to capacity for the dedication of the new pipe organ and the recital at the church Sunday afternoon. The three Sunday services drew capacity audiences. The churcih dei sires to thank the classes of the Sunday sch .ol and friends who .sent beautiful floral pieces for the decoration of the altars of the church. E. B- Bohn, organist and organ builder of Fort Wayne, presided at the organ during the Sunday services. Dr. Fred Patterson of this city sang. Rev. M. W. Sundermann. paator of the oliurch, had charge of the dedication f the Gottfried organ, the console of which is (provided with all arrangements for i Cathedral chimes, which may lie j added in the future. n —— RURAL GRADES UNITE IN PRESENTING PLAY Rural School Public Speaking Clascer will give One-act Plays On Friday March 29 One act plays will be given by the public speaking classes of the rural schools on Friday, March 29, it was announced today by Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of spools. The iplaces where the plays will (be presented have not been determined. The monej’ derived from the .plays after the expenses have been paid will be used for scholastic awards. A small’ admission wil. be charged at each place. The purpose of the acts will be , to give the .students some experience before the public, Mr. Striker : said. i The public speaking classes in. the Monroe. Kirkland, Pleasant Mills and Monmouth schools will ■ unite to give one program:. The schools in the southern half of the • county, Jefferson Hartford and WaI bash, will unite to give the other. I On the following Friday, the . schools from the northern half of the county will go to bhe south halt ( and give their plays while the i schools from bhe southern half will givetheirs in north half.