Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1935 — Page 1
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.lie LEADER feTHURSDAY ■AT HOME HERE Luas Kirsch Dies Huixia) Afternoon |H\itcr Long Illness Kirsch. 78, venerable ~ • n- tile Adams 1.-adillß < a ,,,| pr< an men Reformed Thursday nfH, a , lock at his home. ptieuKi.iand infirmities. ■ k-d: ’■•■came enfeebled months ago. Last January ..the Adams Conn■KMl'p pit al. ' .•iiiuiTiiiigr weeks A],rt'. ’ -’'”l ius condition |H,, ■ h. will i’e held IK. eon at 2 o'clock at ■ K\r years an i- he . ,- h, ::;■ 1 o'clo. k. Tile - \i K■■ ■ idem died with ip iml co lite ot I '■■- . t ■ : ■ Fiitzm . ■ HI lived !■■:■■ > 11. IS7S he man led A: I.angenliacher. of Adams county. BE I Born In Germany i ill Ito-mel! m 'll. Id Heidelberg. He - Christoph The HI in Preble u» nbeing 12 wh- ■ m '■Mr. K, .nil. mi: , ~i•■•■■i . .a ■ humber of years, hi Hm7 ■S'tttne affiliated with the i thl Cmmty Bank and served Bl hm: 1:>! 7,. „ |,en he ame ami director Bw t lime iater he was darted th.n the .bank started in It'Ti. ■ Many Activities was an officer mid ”t ■ ion-. For many years he as member of rhe local of the Hed Cross and tilled o — MMNDSTAFf Hies sodbeniy Os Preble Physician Suddenly In | California BHi'l: G I aidstaff. Ils of M eliaformerly of West Orange. EBBirrs. ; sll ddenly of lobar in a xilm, Calitorni i ■V 1 Monday, according to word ■ * d I'l his wife, Agnes Grand::iii', Park avenue. MishaWednesday evening. >a traveling salesas enroute to Oakland, C'ali- “■ o, t a business trio wh m lie F'T” ill. ■ M was a eon of Dr. John C. and ieiinng-C.tiindstaff, and W s Ciacinnati, Ohio on January II- was a piember of the BTf 1, iodge No. 571 F. and A. M„ Ed ’ Christian church of ElkI -survived by the widow, two Hath and Irene at home; ?n ts, Dr. and Mrs. John C K. ? SUaff Preble; and three Francis, Dr. Floyd, and will ,be brought to D - E ,3r 111 l Private funeral ser-mner-'i' 11 be held at the S - E ' Black EL d home and tburial will be H W n tlle Decatur cemetery.
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
Vol. XXXIII. No. 129.
Mathias Kirsch Dead jraaHsUßßii. r ' ■ ■ ' Mathias Kirsch, for years one of ’ Decatur's outstanding civic leaders. died Thursday afternoon after J ! an extended illness. Funeral seri vices will be held Sunday aftert I noon. t ■ MUSSOLINI TO ‘I INCREASE ARMY 11 50.000 Additional Men 1 Are Ordered To East i Africa Today I ’ Rome. May 31—(UP) — Premier ' Benito Mussolini ord red the mobi--1 lization of three new divisions for ’ l Eaot Africa today, totalling 50,000 1 I additional men. ; An uthoritlve source said the ’ I premier intends bj have more than ‘ J 1.000.000 men under arms this sum- ' 1 mer. He was report d as consider- ’ i ing the European situation so dis--1 \ turbing that he has decided to mans ’ ■ his armies tn preparation for any ■ eventualities. ' ' He wauls to show Europe that ‘ Italy can solve its own problems with other powers. The mobilization was regarded as d rrotective measure for the rapid efectration of Musaollni’e speech . i to the chamber of deputies lust Saturday, in which he said Italy was J ready to accept "Supreme respon■sibility” for the protection of her ' | territory nnd the lives of her citi- _' zen*. It was also said that order was ’ motivat d by news of further con- • 11- ntration of Abyssinian troops and I additional shipments of war materI ial from Europe to Ethiopia. Mue- ,' solini immediately took drastic mili- ■ | tary measures to me t any unex- > ipes ted developments in the East j African colonies, it was st.it- d. An I I official statement said: . I “Partial mobilization of Abyesin- . ’ ian forces, together with the arrival | in Ethiopia or additional war ma- [ terial. compels the Italian governIJ ment to adopt new defensive mea- ■! sures to guar ntee us from any at- ■; tack on the security of our colonies mnvTtWKn nN page stx) i o No Accidents Mar Holiday Observance Memorial Day was observed tjuietl ly in Decatur Thursday. No fires, arrests nor serious accidents were reported. A large number of persons attended the annual memorial driy ! .program. Several .made short trii.s. Portland Youth Is Killed Today > Portland. Ind.. May 31—(UP) • Russel Griffin. 18. was killed in- ' stantly tod; y when he last control 1 of his (motorcycle and stuck a tele--1 phone pole six miles east of here. ‘ He graduated from Portland high ’ school four days ago. Road Houses Close , Saturday Midnight l Indianapolis, Ind., Muy 31—Finis , wi n he written for Indiana road • houses and night club and all places , dispensing alcoholic beverages ait- , uatsd outside .corporate limits of -of cities and towns Saturday night. ,it mid night June 1. according to a > ruling of the alcoholic beverages commission today. . immediately and enforcement of > about 25 men will hike the field to 1 cooperate with local .enforcement officers to see that the law is en- - forced. Paul P Fry. state excise adminlotrator has ruled that this order in- ; SX ..ia..» ■■■» " yards outside corporate limits.
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RED MEN WILL HOLD MEETING Decatur Tribe Os Red Men Will Entertain Visitors Saturday On Saturday evening, June Ist, Pocataligo Tribe, No. 203, ot Decatur, will entertain the Great Chiefs of the Reservation, and members of neighboring Tribes, at a special meeting for members and former members. The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock. The U. B. church orchesta will furnish music. Huston J. Patterson, Great Sachem, of Indianapolis, and Edward C. Harding, Great Chief of . Records, of Indianapolis, will be present. Mr. Harding will speak on "Reinstatements and Adop- ' tions.’ In a message to the Democrat today. Mr. Harding gives a brief history of the order: “When the Improved Order of Red Men was 'organized, in the city of Baltimore, one hundred years ago a motto was adopted at that first conven- ( tion which has stood from that day to . his, as a guiding light to the Tribes of the Order and its members. That motto was. and is, “Freedom, Friendship and CharI ity.” The development of that motto is a beautiful story, bound up and in. erwoven into the history I lof our country, for the Improved Order of Red Men was the final outgrowth of those various organizations which played such an important part in tile period just prior to and during our American struggle for independence, and during .hat important formative per-, iod following the American Revo1. lution. “These organizations were vari- ' I ously called 'Liberty Boys,’ 'Sons of Saint Tamina," Saint Taniina 1 Society,' and 'Society of Red Men.' Their meetings were of necessity, ! secret : their motto was ‘Freedom.’ t' Following .the Revolutionary war. I (CONTINUED ON PAGW SEVEN) FLOSfOLLIS FEARED HEAVY Four Known Dead: Property Damage to Run i Into Millions Colorado Springs, Colo., May 31. . —(U.R>— Four persons were known - dead, at least ten were missing, i and property damage was estimat- ; ed in the millions today as this re- ; sort city mopped up after yester- - ‘ day's flood. I i Still unknown was the fate of . i several towns which were in the . path of the raging waters. The flood was fed by cloudbursts which began Wednesday nijffit and conJ .tini|ed through most of yesterday. All communication lines to Kiowa, Elbert, Eastonville, and Monument were out. Fragmentary reports indicated heavy property damage and loss of life. Elbert k was reported virtually washed away, with at least 12 business - buildings and several homes destroyed. Last reports from Kiowa. J given by a telephone operator just i before wires to the county seat . failed, said water stood 15 feet deep in 'the courthouse and the town’s 185 residents had been ordered to evacuate. r Denver, Colo., May 31. (UP) Flood waters flowed today tor .the - second time in two years in the - downtown streets of this mile-hlgh I metropolis of the west. Fed by cloudbursts in the rich farming area east and south ot the ' city, normally puny Cherry Creek, tvhich cuts almost through the center ot the city, and along one edge of the main business district, became a raging torrent. t But .the broad, deep channel cut for the creek, and buttressed with i concrete against such a flood (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Howard Habegger Severely Injured i Howard Habegger, nine yair old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Habegt ger of northwest of Berne, was sev- > erely injured Wednesday evening t when a roller was dragged over him. He suffered a gash on his head and severe bruises. The lad was . engaged in rolling a field prepara- - tory to planting .when he fell off • of t.'.ie roller and it was dragged over his body.
Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 31, 1935.
Girls’ Band To Give i Concert Saturday Tire Decatur Girl’s band, musical organization formed by Albert Selletn -yer, band director in the Decatur schools, will give a concert ut 6:30 Saturday evening In front ot the (Adaiins theater, in celebration of the theater's first anniversary in its new home. The l>and has 30 members. They wil assemble tat the high school building at 6:15 o’clock and march to the Adinus theater, West Monroe street. Following the concert | th'e girls will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. KHlver at the Saturday night show. DEATH CLAIMS DECATUR LADY Mrs. William Williams Dies This Morning of Complications Mrs. Louisa Wllliar.s, 68. wife of William Willi’ ms, died at 6:45 o'clock this morning at the home of her son. Albert Williams, 319 South Seventh street. Death was due to a strok'- of paralysis and com plications. Mrs. Williams suffered a stroke shortly after Christmas and another this spring. i Mr. 'and Mrs. Williams resided with their eon on Seventh street. Mrs. Williams was a .member of the First Baptist church. She was born near Monroe on January 12, 1867. a daughter of Mr. • and Mrs. Jimmy Johnson. She had ■ spent her entire life in this county. Surviving besides the husband ■'are the following children: Albert, Decatur; Jees, DecJtur; Bretton, ' Blue Creek; Fmnie Cook, Decatur; 1 Marie Alt, Kalamazoo, Michigan; • Elsie Springer, Vicksburg, Michigan; Myrtle Harker, Kalamaaoo, ■ Michigan; two sisters, Ella Haley and Susie Gross of Portland; a h’alf- ’ sister, Margaret McKean of Monroe and a half brother. Tom Johnson of Dunkirk. Twenty two grandchildren land six gixiit-grind hildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Sun- . day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Baptist church with Rev. W. 11. Franklin, pastor of the United church, officiating Burial will be made in the Reynolds cemetery. ■ The ihody will he removed to t.lie home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Cook on Patterson street, from the S. E. Black funeral home. Saturday morning and may be viewed until time ' for the funeral. ‘ o Children’s Pageant At Union Chapel U. B. [ A children’s pageant entitled, > “Who Bids,” will be presented at » Union Chapel United Brethren i church Sunday evening at 7:15 The story portrays the life of a child sold at auction. Life is the'juc- > tioneer, the church is the child's i counsellor and those who bid are r .pleasure, wealth, lune and Chrisr tian service. The public is invited to t attend. I j, Odd Fellows, Rebekahs Asked To Meet Sunday 1 All Odd Fellows land Rebikahs. 1 including sojourning members, are leqquested to meet at the I. O. O. F. hall Sunday afteNjoon at 1:30 o’clock. J Volunteer Firemen Will Meet Tonight r The Decatur volunteer firemen 1 will hold a special meeting at en- • gine house on Seventh street this • evening ut 7 o’clock. All members 3 are requested to be present. Conservation Maga Photograph The front cover page of the June issue of "Outdoor Indiana”, monthly magazine published by the Di- . vision of Agriculture and the DeI partment of Conservation, pictures Dick Heller, Jr., of Indianapolis, • starting on a fishing trip in com- ■ pany wi'h Norman Gordon ot the - state income tax department. f Dick is carrying a fish pole and • has his usual winsome smile cast 1 in the direction of his agreeable s companion and fishing pal. At the - bottom of the page is the caption, f “Do you remember your fishing trip 1 with dad?" Dick’s father, Dick D. Heller, ex-
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED HERE Clifton Striker Gives Memorial Address; Flag Poles Dedicated “We have thanks in our hearts 365 days out of the year for the soldiers who fought tor us, but one day we set aside in memory of the veterans," said Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools in his Memorial Day address at the ! Maplewood cemetery Thursday morning. The program here was sponsored ' by the American Legion with U-o Ehinger as general chairman. The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce assisted by obtaining the speaker and placing flags over the ' j graves of veterans in four cemeteries in the county. A parade from the business district to the Monroe street bridge where the short impressive rite of l throwing flowers in the waters of . the St. Mary’s river was held, ■opened the program. i One Civil War veteran was in I this part of the program. R. A. ’ Drummond of Root township. Several Spanish-American war veterans were present. In the parade were also World War veterans, the American Legion, the American Legion auxil iary, Boy and Girl Scow’s, school 1 children, members of the American j Legion drum corps and others. The parade returned to the court j house square where a second ser--1 • vice was held. I The crowd then left for the St. 1 Joseph cemetery where abort ser- ■ ■ vices were held for the veterans ■ I and (the new 57-foot memorial flag pole purchased by living veterans i was dedicated. ■ After memorial services to vet-: , erans in the Maplewood cemetery! ' the program was closed with rites ■ and dedicatory services at the new I , , (GONTtNUEH ON PAGE SIX) 1 JOSEPH LINIGER ; DIES IN WRECK , Son of Mrs. Harve Kitson Is Killed Near Hartford City > j ' Joseph Liniger, 17, of Hartford City, son of Mrs. Harve Kitson of this city was fatally injured in an automobile accident early Thursday morning, one half mile north ’ of Royerton, on state road 3. Ermal Ray Henry of Kempton, j formerly a student at Ball State j Te' chers college. Muncie, was also ; killed in the accident. Eight others , were injured. The accident occurred about 4 3 o'clock Thursday morning when the s automobile in which a party of Ball State college students .had etart- , ed on a holiday trip collided with a car filled with Hartford high school punils enroute home from Muncie. The high echool pupils hud attended a dance in Hartford City and were returning from Muncie where r they had taken Miss Alto Zeigler of Muncie, a member of the party. ’ William Kunkle of Hartford City 3 was driving one car and Charles ' Humphrey of Muncie was driving * t.lie other. The Muncie car struck the one in which the Hartford City school (pupils were riding, when the driver failed to see the approachI ing <ar on account of the dense fog. Kunk'ie attempted to swerve to j avoid being hit by the other car, but the two cars collided almost head3 on. , Tire injured 'are: Georgianne (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) izine Carries i Os Dick Heller, Jr. 3 1 ecutive secretary to Lieutenant- ' governor Clifford Townsend, took him on a fishing trip recently and , the photo which graces the tnaga- , zine cover was taken. When asked why Dick was not 3 carrying a string of fish, his proud father replied, "That picture was 1 taken as we started out. You t should have seen the string we had a on the return treek from the fishing a grounds." , About 1,000 copies of the rnaga- ) zine are received by members ot Adams county fish and game con- ;• servation league.--
NRA DECISION ISDEPLORED BY ROOSEVELT President Says Government Will Be Deprived Os Powers Washington. May 31 — (U.R) The NRA decision by the supreme [ court deprived the national government of control over national ; social and economic conditions i and relegated the interstate commerce clause of the constitution back to the horse and buggy days, President Roosevelt said today. ISpeaking steadily for an hour to 200 newspapermen who jammed his office, the President said the decision was the. most important handed down by the court since the famous Dred Scott decision of pre-Civil war days. The implication of the decision, if carried to the logical conclusion, will strip the United States government of many of its powers. the President said. Mr. Roosevelt, in measured words, said the nation was facing a very great national and nonpartisan issue, and the people i must decide within the next five i or 10 years if they want to rele-1 gate to the 48 states all control of state and national economic and L'.cial condition regardless of the effect of the rulings of one state against another, or restore to the federal government the powers which are vested in national governments of every other nation — the right to legislate or administer laws that have bearing on or control over national economic problems or national social problems. Thia issue, Mr. Roosevelt warn- ' ed, must be decided. The implications of the court’s I decision in interpreting the inter- ■ state commerce clause of the con- ■ situation weere .by far the most lml portant part of the decision, the | president said. Its implication that mining, manufacturing, and farming are i intrastate functions can result, the president said, in 36-cent wheat and five-cent cotton, among other things. The whole tendency in review ' ing the interstate commerce I clause, he said, has been over the j years to view it in the light of present day civilization, but with one swoop the court has put ,it j back to the days of 1787 when it first was written to, prevent tariff barriers being erected in one state against another and to guard against general discriminations. The president started his discussion of the NRA as soon as the newspapermen had assembled. He said he was impressed by the rather pathetic appeals of the country for him to do something, adding that telegrams and messages that have poured in show a sincere faith in government. They are so sincere, he averred, that the country is realizing something has got to be done in the long run. Confirmation At Fuelling Church Confirmation (services will be held at the Fuelling church, north of Decatur, Sunday morning. Rev. L. F. Dornseif fe pastor of the church. The names of the three boys to be confirmed are Albert Kunkelhan, Herman Franz, Eugene Tieman. o Jury Trial On In Circuit Court Today A jury was selected in the Adams circuit .court this afternoon to hear the cnee in which American Casket coiripany of Cambridge City is suing William Welle, the surviving (partner in an undertaking firm in Geneva. The (plaintiff is asking payment of $181.78 for a casket whlOli is alleged to hive been sold to the undertaking firm and which has never been paid for. The defendant claims that the cask t was received on approval and that the .company was notified to take it (buck lint failed to do 60. The members of th<‘ jury are: Rolla Raudenbueh, David Roth. Roy Nidelinger, Floyd Ehrman, Carl Adler, Hiram Liechty, Jess Hurst, John Corey, Ernest Tumbleson, Edwin Krueckeberg, Walter Reppert and Edward Newihouser.
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- Wins Trip Abroad As winner of the ninth annual high school competition on the League of Nations, Mies Beatrice Ann iFrear, 16, of Evanston, Illis to go to Europe (his summer, stopping in Geneva to study the league first hand. NO WORD FROM KIDNAPED LAD Son of Wealthy Lumberman Has Now Been Missing One Week Tacoma. Washington. May 31 — i (UP) —The absence of kidnaped nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser , entered its second week at noon today without any indications that his return might imminent. His father was reported still holding the $200,000 ransom money. .Since the one ransum note received on the day of the abduction, the family has compiled with the directions of the note, assembled the cncney. inserted classified ads in a newspaper, and waited for further intdru. tions. The kidnaping today appeared to ’ be the work of the remmants of a ' . hardened gang of killers and labduc-! j tore. Sin * the origiMil ramVm del mand of $20,000 was sent the par- j I nts, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Weyer-: I hauser a few hours after the child • : was picked up along a street, no I word is known to have been received. The note, signed ‘Egoist ’ fe now ] believid the work of :.i gang, (probably headed by Alvin Kamis, rather than that .of a single individual. Young Weyerhaeuser was taken eight days ago at noon today, and ■ thus his detention for more than seven days brings the case under the federal Lindbergh law, (passed | by congr ss when the nation was ' aroused with horror and indignation at the abduction and slaying ot the first child of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. o — 242 Children Are Enrolled In School A t tai of 242 children were enrolled during th • first week of the vacation church school, leaders announced today. The enrollment will continue Monday. A moving picture show will be given for all pupils at the Central school auditorium tonight at 7:15 o’clock. By churches, the enrollment fe as folows: Baptist, 14; Christian, 15 Church of God. 3; Evangelical, 61; Lutheran, 2; Methodist Episcopal 62; Presbyterian, 6; Reformed, 40; United ißr. thren, 35; Union Chapel. 1; Eighth Street U. 8.. 1; Antioch, 1 unaffiliated, 1. oHuntington Mayor May Be Released Huntington. Ind., Muy 31 —(UP) — Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs believed today .he has a good chance of getting out of the Huntington county jail within a month and still keep his vow .net to post a $2,000 bond. Supporters of the mayor in his fight with the Northern Indiana power company were prepared to .subscribe n (bond for him. zßangs is in jail as result of a contempt conviction. He was found guilty of violating a court order prohibiting sale of current generated by the city electric plant. He plans to aqlpeal to thie state supreme court. Hearing on the .power company’s petition to make the order a permanent injunction is scheduled for June 19.
EARLY REPORTS CLAIM 20,000 QUAKE VICTIMS Many Europeans Are Reported Among Earthquake Victims Karachi, India, May 31. —(U.R) — A devastating earthquake demoled (the Quetta region on the northwest frontier today, burying thousands of natives and Europeans in lhe ruins of a once prosperous city and countryside. Unofficial estimates placed the casualties at probably 20.000. It will be a long and difficult task to deterfiiine the number accurately, however, since most of the victims lie under the debris. Earlier unofficial and unconfirmed reports of a possible 30,000 dead were .regarded by authorities as probably exaggerated. British and Indian troops toiled feverishly, extricating literally thousands of dead and injured from the ruins of the vanished city ot 17,000 inhabitants. The fertile and beautiful district, in the plains 5,500 feet above sea level and ringed by mountains, was a scene of utter destruction. Camps for the injured and destitute were established on the race j course and at the British residency. The greatest loss of life occurred in the native quarter of the city, where the teeming population was trapped in the ruins of flimsy, shattered houses. The rescue work was greatly impeded by constantly collapsing walls. The dead, it was officially announced. included 44 white members of .I he Royal air force. Despite the number of air force casualties, the military station, which is some distance from Quetta City, was not demolished. The station, set high in the beautiful and healthful hill country, is one of the prize stations of India, i Newspaper and telegraph offices here were beseiged by fearful inquirers after news. Quetta is the holiday hill staition for Karachi, and is frequented by British military and civilian servants of all i ranks. Direct communications are nonexistent. There is no way of getting any news from Quetta except fragmentary reports being picked up from the official radio, which is confining itself to essential messages concerning relief, and is not carrying general news. Early fears ot starvation were (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Executive Committee To Meet Monday Night Members of the executive committee of tlv Decatur Chamber of Commerce, in general charge of arrangements for the cattle and club sh'iw to be held in this city in August. will meet at the Rice hotel at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening. (All ■omniittee members are urgently requested to be present. - —-o —— ‘ MAN ARRESTED HERE INDICTED Forrest Harwick Indicted In Ohio On Charge of Burglary While Armed Forrest Harwick, 23. Dalian, Texas, who was arrested here Monday morning by local officers, was indicted by a grand jury in Putnam county, Ohio, Wednesday on a I charge of (burglary while armed. Conviction on the charge carries a • penalty of 5 to 25 years. I Sheriff Dallas Brown and city po- ■ liceman Ed P. Miller gave evidence ' before the grand jury Wednesday. i Harwick was arrested here Mon- . day morning when he was found i seated in an automobile parked i near the public high school. The > car had been stolen from C. O. Butler of Leipsic. Ohio, Sunday night. He had forced Mr. Butler and his I daughter to ride with him for sever- - al miles before he released them I near Leipsic. Harwick also took t about S3O in cash from Mr. IButler. » Evidence before the grand jury disclosed that Hlirwick (had broken i Jail at Defiance. Ohio, May 18. When - apprehended here, the escaped r man was carrying a gun stolen from the sheriff at Defiance.