Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1935 — Page 1

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MT RULING ■fUUMPH FOR I HE NEW BEAL B rt of Appeals Rules H| ir Tennessee A alley I Authority B« Orleans. July IS— <U.R> - Bln! K»>*‘ velt 8 ,llan Tennessee Valley Krjs kk" fur P»wer prices today by a high Bruling that it is coMtituin , v <rv disputed point. of 'he fifth!’. S. B ~f appeals Nathan ' K, ' : " s l ’’ os,er ' ancl IW, K si'!'.' c.uieuiTed in an K iM.hleil d.iwl: late .Vest. I- ' K'edi gav. the new deal an i legal victory. ‘Kv overruled dkdri.'t judge |Kg„. i Crabb of Birmingham. ' ,j th, uox.inment had n<> M".[, -.11 • 10. iri.ity, and re Uh ease to l he lower f ,, r In Attorneys t Thiii Valley authorII 81. ’a'-.! case eventually * tested in 'he supreme i,, expired confidence _B.

two princit.< the new deal t .o. I Hili'lll I 'rtllpe il ion private bu-mess end rights— that T\ \ was B uilt >’ on coun’. "a di-' first of the new aiplujto-tu oi agencies. It >3^B r ...,< I >.f . ..tigress •« and authorized to |M ~v.r the war- line "white Wil.-vn I >am and the ; , Muscle Shoa.-. ijl.ino used during 'W-. explosives, in then facilities were the act. TVA only aeWilson Ham. but built '!IW . ■ . Wheel, r JBi- ~« ■« on in- Tennessee ■■>... - and flood Th surplus hydroelecHol u-eded ill peacewas ' b.- sold to tnunieiin the soutn. Roosev. it hopes to es’ab-'.l'.l-ti.k with the gov- ,• power program, by the fairness of electric Th- idea was tha’ was s.-lljng only the "suriiown from gigantic Tie - Inal put the TVA up •<- courts was a ..x definit io . power' TVA h «a- du: -. and to utisurplus the public Want Amendments u is <U.H> - |Bil--' .1 »,.» concernT I;:.- . . Valle) ailieii.lthan in tli- New Orleans 1 ' ■ - upholding i-mality of the “yardpower program. empowering surplus power passed bo'h the senate and ■*' dure Im .Judge Wil ■HJ i. rub!: d,., i-jop overruled 1, New Orb-ans court of aj>They are now in conferB lor adjustments. : ’"C’ delighted M" K latest | viif'.m'/. out that so far ns IB 11 -' IS <iiiK-. tn.-il it made ■ Mwnce. The amendit enacted, would confirm 3S* to sw|j surplus power. IB* Orleans decision, it will |, P appealed to T'l HI, f ,y pjyp.) ■pE PICNIC TO W BE HELD SUNDAY Moose Family Picnic Will W Hei ° Sunday At Sun Set ■ Park ■VT 3 , 1 Moose famil y p‘ cnic kid Sunday at Sun Set are bpjnK |na(]e tQ n several hundred men, |KI d Mildren. ke cream bn,., e ge ' Baaket dinners Bhl by 111,1 P-lcknickers. ft * M their famille « a “ ttMnol,i les are asked si. W ?° Ose home on North ft b<nXhed' nil " a,lspwatlon ft ’’Xitte" 11 “ Prs ot ,he to 8 extend an inviKnki le . ?. I,lwnij er to attend. Hftitvite ( i nn mettll) ers are cordft. make i “ effort 18 bel “K J©«ed ntl 11 ° ne of ‘he largest 8 n history of

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Recovery Measures Cost Ten Billions Washington, July 18—(UP)- Recovery and relief activities of the federal government have cost taxpayers tntore tl».u $10,060,000,000 t*> date, tire treasury reported today. Up to Tuesday the federal outlay for recovery and relief during the depression amounted to $10,081,689,780. This was in addition to about $3,500,000,000 annuully tor normal government costa. About $1,000,000,000 of the emergency expenditures were made by the Moover administration and the balance by the new deal.

ADAMS COUNTY NINTH LOWEST Percentage of Population On Relief 7.1 During April Adams county in April was the . ninth lowest county in the state 1 in respect to the number ot people l on relief, the latest bulletin published by the OCUR in Indiana stated today. Adams county, out of a population of 19,957, had 1.428 persons on relief, percentage of 7.1. The per cent of population in other counties on relief was: Crawford, 6.9; Decatur, 6.4; Dubois, 2.6; FranMln, 7.8; Hendricks, 6.2; Scott, 3.2; and Union, 6.2. The per cent of population in near-by counties on relief was: Allen, 13.2; Blackford. 10.1; Dekalb, 12.5; Huntington. 11.0; Wells, ■12.5; Whitley, 8.3; Jay. 8.6; Wabash. 11.1; Miami, 13; Grant, 12.7; and Noble, 11.8.

The administrative cost for the month of April tn tne county was $423.16. Thirteen counties spent less for this purpose. The report shows that under the [ new program the counties in this territory will be grouped to form district two with headquarters at Fort Wayne. Counties in this district will be Allen. Whitley, Wabash. Miami. Huntington, Wells, Adams, Blackford, and Grant. A decrease of 50,730 persons, representing 13,359 resident relief t cases in the state since January, i has been reported by the state i statistician. In the month of January, 131,810 cases were give* assistance, while in May the total was »»9.451 cases. During the intervening months there was a gradual fluctuation in each county, sometimes on.'y one or two cases. Seventy-five counties had a smaller load in May than in January. Legion To Elect Officers Monday

Officers for the ensuing year will ; be elected at toe r-’gukir meeting of i Adams post number 43 of the Ami eric in Legion at the hall on South Second street Monday night at 8 o’clock. Walter Gladfelter and Dee Fryba k ure candidate for post commander. Announcement was made that refreshments will be served ■ following the meeting. CHICAGO GANG KILLING TODAY One Os Last Guard Os Capone Gang Killed This Morning Chicago, July 18. — (U.PJ Louis (two-gun) Alterie, one of the last of tiie old guard of Chicago gangland as organized by Al Capone, was assassinated today in a typical gang killing. Alterie, who operated a dude ranch in Colorado when the "heat became too great in Chicago, d.ed on a hospital operating talbe at 9:45 a. in., an hour after he had been ambushed as he left his hotel home with his attractive wife, |> ||| Mrs. Alterie was unharmed despite the fact she was within a few feet of her husband when he was mowed down with machine gun and shot-gun buVets. Captain Daniel Gilbert, who with i other Chicago authorities has spent !years trying to obtain a conviction against Alterie on a niajirr charge 'of law violation, said the men who i finally ended his gangland career probably were rivals in the labor union racket. When Alterie was not in Colorado in the quiet seclusion of his ranch he was leading the Chicago Flat Janitors Tnion loca.l No. 25. Gilbert speculated that he likely had been trying to "muscle iu on > I other business and so Brou (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

ARTHUR KURBER IS DROWNED AT DELPHOS, OHIO — Young Man, Well Known Here, Is Drowning Victim Wednesday Arthur Kurber, 22, of Delphos, I Ohio, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William Schumacher of this city, and well known here, was drown'ed Wednesday evening in the Auglaize river, east of Delphos. Death occurred at 7 o’clock, eastern standard time, shortly af’er Mr. and Mrs. Kurber, his sisters, the Misses Margaret and Mary Louise Kurber, and hio brother, Urban, had gone to the river to swim. Mr. and Mrs. Kurber and Miss Margaret had gone into the water and the other sister and the brother were nearby, together with several other young persons. Mrs. Kurber first noticed that her husband was in dietress and called to the other members of the swimming party. Mary Louise Kurber, who had not gone into the waler, attempted to save her bro'her, but was unsuccessful. The waler in which Mr. Kurber drowned was six feet deep. The body was recovered 25 minutes after it disappeared and Delphos physicians worked for three hours to revive him. The coroner's verdict was “accidental death by drowning.” The victim was born east of Decatur in Adams county on September 21, 1912. He was a son of Frank and Louise SchurgerKurber. He resided in this county but a short time, moving with hie parents to Delphos, Ohio, about 20 years ago. He had visited here frequently and was well known. His marriage to Miss Catherine Schumhcher of this city took place September 1. 1934. They had made their home in Delphos (CONTINUED ON PAOE FIVE) URGES SPECIAL ASSEMBLY MEET Vincennes Representative Says McNutt To Call Legislature

Indianapolis, "nd., July 18 —(UP) A special session es the state legislature wil i>e called by Gov. Paul V. McNutt to fulfill a pledge to consider new tax legislation, Rep. John Na,:i r Dyer. D., Vincennes, declared in a radio addr ss last night. McNutt made toe pledge after he b d counseled against enactment of tux legislation during the regular session of the legislature last January, Dyer said. Dyer’s speech was the fourth in a series demanding a special session to revise the Indian i tax laws by repoiling the gross inomie tax, enacting a consumers sales tax and removing the emergency clause of the $1 and 41.50 tax rate limlntation statute. The governor h-JS maintained, however, thiit he did not promise legislative Laders a special session and that none would be called unless congress enacts social security legislation. “I still have faito in Gov. McNutt and I believe he will fullfill his pledge by calling a special session of the legislature in due time to deal with this tax .problem.” Dyer said. “The cost to the taxpayer under the existing order exceeds by millions of dollars the trival cost of a spe. ial legislative session. "It will take an incredibly short time to revise our tux lows to eliminate the fallacies, if and when the special session meets,” the representative concluded. o- — ■ i Two Cars Collide At Street Crossing No one was injured when a car driven by Mack Hopkins struck one driven by Russell Friedt ut the intersection of Fifth and Monroe streets Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Mr. Hopkins, driving south on Fifth street failed to see the stop sign and crashed iato the Friedt automobile which approached from the west on Monroe street. Friedt's cur was forced over the curb, knocked over a light standard and struck a tree. Both cars were damaged. oWEATHER Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Friday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 18. 1935.

Accused Girl-Slayer on Trial Me* •’* Ju wßumM ■ikvf’ Bl w.'. B MEwiLWB * A ■ " r ’■Hi SSSar KHaHi w ' wir i * •*SKml** • ■■■* k * «« « .... - Jr Jw * I Atty. B. B. Wolfe Merton Goodrich Atty. H. C. Hanley Seven men and five women were picked to serve on the jury at the trial of Merton Ward Goodrich, charged with the murder of Lillian i Gallaher, 11-year-old Detroit schoolgirl. Goodrich, seated in court between his two attorneys. Ben'on B. Wolfe, left, and Harry C. Hanley, right, was captured in New York after an U-month search. I He served time previously in the Ohio state asylum at Lima for an attack on a Youngstown, 0., girl.

STOCKHOLDERS PAYING SLOWLY Less Than Half Os Old Adams County Bank Assessments Paid Slightly less than half of the stockholders’ assessments have already been collected, according to ! a report filed in the Adame cirI cuit court today by Clark J. Lutz, special representative for the Indiana department of financial Institutions in the matter of the , liquidation of the Old Adams County Bank. A 1100,000 assessment was levi ted cn stockholders of the bank i on February 9, 1935 ■ Mr. Lutz and Robert Kramer. | J assistant, since have collected ■ $45,469 60 plus $43.14 as interest i I from the stockholders. From the total of $45,512.74 of, principal and interest, $37,679.821 I was distributed to depositors i I This amount was 8.3 per cent of [ : the money due the depositors and | was included in the last dividend. ; The difference between what j i has been paid to depositors and ; i what has been collected is . $7,832.92. This will be paid in a t later distribution to be mad. 3, ' when more of the assessments j ! and claims due the bank are col-' ilected. The report covers a period to I I June 30. A substantial amount | has been collected since that I time. This will be shown in the; ■ next semi-annual report. Interes* is accrueing on the ' assessments at the rate of six per (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O SIX HELD AS STILL OWNERS Men Arrested At Portland Bound Over To Federal Court Fort Wayne. July 18. — Once a I prohibition agent’s informer, Clarence Green, formerly of Portland but recently of Celina, 0., found himself on the other side of the fence following his arraignment with five other men before U. S. Commissioner William D. Remmel here yesterday on charges of possession and operaXion of an unregistered still used in the manufacture of untax-paid spirits. The six defendants were arrested by six federal agents Tuesday I night in a hlTge alcohol still raid on a farm one mile west ot Portland. Green, who admitted he was the owner of the still but said he was not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government out of funds from untax-paid liquor, was bound over to the United States district court under $3,500 bond. Clyde McGahey, owner of the farm on which the still was found, who admitted that he leased the place to “a Chicago man by the name of Frank” with full knowledge of "what was going on,” was bound over to U. S. district court under $2,000 bond. Asserting that they had no knowl-. edge of illicit liquor operations, J (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) |

Hughes Funeral Rites Are Held Funenil services for Percy Hughes, 24 of Anderson, son-in-law of Mrs. M.<ude Dorwin of this city who died Monday u. on at an Anderson hospital, were held Wednesday aiterno n at 3 o’clo. k at the Albright funeral home in Anderson Fiurial whs made in uti Anderson cemetery. The widow, formerly Mies Helen Dorwin of this city, survives. Among the relatives who attended the funeral services Wednesday were Mrs. Maude Dorwin and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gehrig of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks and son McGee of Monroe. BOARDS NAME I BUS DRIVERS I School Bus Drivers Are Named For Several Townships I ; Sever .1 townsdiip trustees and ud- : visory boards have announced , school bus drivers for the next I school term. Jeus Mann, trustee of Wabash l township appointed Arch Houghton ias janitor of the Geneva schools ' and nuide three ot five bus driver | oppointments as follows: WilliJm 1 Fravel, No. 1. Chris Llechty, No. 2 and Roy N-evil for No. 5. Nos. 3 and ' 4 remain to be named. D. D. Habegger, trustee of Blue Creek township, named Leo and Frank Merryman us the drivers in his township. Edwin Beer, trustee of French township n.med Sam Minger and Levi Schwartz as bus drivers for that township and Eli Dubach ot Hartford township named the following six men us drivers: Raymond Yoder, Roy Dubach. Roy Fields, Charles Pusy, James Pusey und Edward Meshberger. Mrs. Myers, Boothby Are Taken To Prison | Mrs Loma Myers and Herschel I Boothby, convicted in city court i Monday, were (aken to state institui tions today by Sheriff Dallas Brown ; and night officer Floyd Hunter to sturt serving their sentences. Mrs. Myers was sentenced to 39 days at the women’s prison at Indiauapolis on a public indecency charge, and Boothby must serve 66 days at the state penal farm ut Put- | namville on a public Intoxication I charge. Both were involved in a taI mily brawl Saturday night. j 17LJ. Days Till The FREE STREET FAIR and Agricultural Exhibit i

UTILITIES MAN TELLS STORY OF BURNING WIRES Admits To Committee De-

struction Os Telegraph Records Washington, July 18 — (U.R) — R. P. Herron, young Warren, Pa., utilities representative, revealed to the senate lobby committee today that he "destroyed all records relating to more than 1,060 telegrams he dispatched to congress protesting against the Wheeler-Rayburn utilities bill. The records were destroyed. Herron revealed, at the order of security sales representatives of the Associated Gas & Electric I Co., at Ithaca, N. Y. Herron, bond salesman for the ’ Associated Gas and Electric Co., ■ which spent $700,000 fighting the I utilities bill, said he destroyed , the record relating to “my legis- [ lation work" because he thought L he should get it out ot the way L before the congressional utilities [ investigation got under way. “If you have anything left, it’s a mistake, isn’t it?” Sen. Lewis B. Schwellenbach, D., Wash., I asked. “Yes, sir,” the young man replied. He denied however, that any of the documents were in any way "incriminatory.” He eaid that the A. G. E. paid for the telegrams, signed by names taken from a citv directory. “I used the city directory in this way,” Herron said. "I knew many people in Warren and bv looking at their names I could tell who would be for the bill and who against it.” Herron said that all the messages either bore an actual signa- ■ ture or typewritten names for which authorization had been re- [ ceived. “Why was it that so many of the names begin with A. B. and C. and none down in the R’s and S’s?” asked Sen. Hugo Black. D., Ala. I “Perijaps his acquaintance in Warren is limited to the first i part of the alphabet,” interposed I Schwellenbach. The disclosure of the destruc-| (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Searing Heat Wave Sweeps Midwest (By United Press) Stifling heat settled down over [ the middlewest again today, with tempera'ures climbing into the high nineties with no relief in the sight of weather forecasters. The second searing heat wave of : the summer will hold the general [ Mississippi vnlley area in its grasip indefinitely, according to the wea- | ther bureau at Chicago. The (possibility loomed that there will be another huge casualty list, ■ comparable to that of k:st week. I when nearly 200 persons succeumbed to the heat or inactivities seek- ■ ing relief from it.

Q RULES TENURE LAWS INVALID Rules Contracts Under 1927 Act Made Invalid By 1933 Law Brookville, Ind., July 18. —<U.R> — Permanent teaching contracts established under the 1927 tenure law were invalidated by a 1933 amendment, according to a ruling on tile today in Franklin circuit court. The ruling was made by Judge Roscoe C. O'Borne in upholding dismissal of Ernest Lock, teacher in Craig township, Switzerland Lock, dismissed by Clyde K. Drake, Craig township trustee, demanded reinstatement under his tenure contract, Drake insisted that the 1933 amendment, which made counties the tenure unit rather than townshipsT tnade It necessary for teachers to begin establishing tenure contracts on the new basis. The case was brought here on a change of venue. Judge O’Bryne upheld Drake’s contention that township teachers who established their tenures between 1927 and 1933 are subject to dismissal without hearing notice or charges until they have established new permanent contracts by five years' service 'T.T.der the new law. Attorneys for Lock said they would appeal to the state supreme (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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WORKMAN CASE IS HEARD HERE Fred Evans Seeks Compensation For Injury While At Work A case filed by Fred Evans of this city was heard before William A. Faaist, a member of the Industrial Board of Indiana, in the county court house this morning. The case was tried under the workmen’s compensation law. Mr. [Evans was working at the MutschJer Packing nouse at the time of [the alleged injury. I, He testified that while lifting [motors and pumps at the local ' company he suffered a strain of ' abdorqlnal tendons which later deive'oped into a bi-lateral hernia. He further testified that the strain was augmented by later driving trucks tor the company. He is asking for an operation for the correction of the hernia and compensation for the period of total and partial disability during his recovery. Several statements signed by Mr. Evans were Introduced by attorneys for the defendant. The defense counsel also raised doubt as ■to whether Mr. Evans was working at the time of the accident. The company is insured under the workmen's compensation law. Mr. Faust will take the record of the proceedings of the session today with him to Indianapolis. The finding will be made by the board at a future date. oSTATE FIGHTS RELEASE MOVE Indiana To Battle Any Attempt To Free D. C. Stephenson Indianapolis, July 18. — (U.R) —D. C. Stephenson’s best chance to obtain release from the state prison : lies in a petition with the state I clemency commission, stat ehouse I officials indicated today in commenting on the former klan leader’s latest court move at LaPorte. The LaPorte circuit court was asked to issue a writ of habeas corpus. but Judge Wirt Worden temporarily delayed action when he gave Stephenson until Aug. 12 to file an amended petition. Stephenson is serving a life sentence on a murder charge in con- | netTion with the death of Miss 1 M >ude Oberhaoltzer in 1925. He hue made numerous legal moves to obtain release, including an appeal to the state supreme court.

Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr., who represented the state in the LaPorte hearing, said that in his opinion, Stephenson has "little chance for freedom" through the courts. He added that the state is ready to combat all court moves to release Stephenson from his life sentence. Gov. Paal V. McNutt indicated. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Coal Control Bill Is Again Delayed > ! Washington, July 18 —(VP) —The : Guffey bill to stabilizze the bitum- ■ inoue coal industry appeared today to have been sidetnicked in the 1 house ways and means committee ■ until the President's tax iprogram is out of the way. 1 President Roosevelt has urged ' early passage of the bill to avert a threatened walk-out of 400,000 bitu1 mimous miners. John L. Lewis, president of the ' United Mine Workers of America, already h s postponed the strike three times at the request of Mr. ’ Roosevelt. The latest truce expires July 31. oReport Dixie Queen Stores Bankrupt It was reported here that the Dix-'.e Queen stores had filed bankruptcy proceedings. The store in this city was closed this week. The Dixie Queen operated fruit stores in a number of Indiana towns. The home office is located at Union City. The local store ' was established last year. Ralph Elliott was the store manager.

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Accuses Mussolini Os Responsibility For Threatened War Os Two Nations. URGE CONFERENCE (By United Press) on a hospital operating table at or Haile Selassie I addressed the Ethiopian parliament in a fighting speech which declared that “Ethiopia knows how to fight to preserve its independence and its soverlgnty.” The emperor said he would lead his troops personally floor. On the bed was an autoIf necessary. He accused Premier Benito Mussolini of direct responsibility for the threatened war. London. — Great Britain urged conference of Britain, France, and Italy as preliminary to League of Nations council meeting on ItaloEtblopian situation. The three powers would work out a diplomatic deal to justify Italy’s drive against Ethiopia and give Emperor Haile Selassie the choice of war or unconditional surrender. Rome. — Italy comp'ains of two alleged attacks by Ethiopian tribesmen on the frontier of Eritrea in East Africa on May 31. (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. July 18. —(U.R) —‘ Gl >d will be your rampart and your shield!’’ Emperor Haile Selassie I told his parliament today In an earnest, inspiring speech in which he urged his fellow countrymen —and women —to fight with him to the death if Italy attacked. He had announced previously his intention of leading his men in the field if war broke out, and he told the members of his parliament, assembled from tM mountains and torrid lowlands of his empire, that he had prepared himself to die, it need be, with them. Roused to fervor by the emper- ‘ or's speech, the Somali chief of Ogaden province, boarding on Italian Somaliland, and the Mohammedan chief at Addis Ababa rose and told the parliament that Hale Selassie’s subjects would fight beside their Christian brothers. it was a scheduled speech in which the bearded 44-year-old emperor of the ancient dynasty found(CONTINUED ON I’AGE FIVE) Complete Shut-Down At Fort Wayne Mill Fort Wayne, Ind., July 18 —(UP) A complete ehut-down of the Wayne Knitting mills here within the next ten days wae announced yesterday by John J. Kronenberg, Chicago, vice-preeident of the mills, following his failure to negotiate a settlement with employes who have been out on strike for four weeks. Kronenoerg stated that sales and genenil (offices of the company will be closed indefinitely as soon as

completion of business on hand permits. The announcement came as the last move on the pirt of tihe management in itu rejection of demands of strikeru. The strikers sought a closed shop and the check off system of union dues collections. An.iroximately 1000 persons were employed ut the mills at the time ' the strike was called. , DEATH CLAIMS 8.0. MILLER r _ ’ Former Decatur Business i Man Dies Wednesday i At Lake George Funeral services for B. C. Miiler 72, Lake George, former Decatur business man, will be held Friday afternoon at 12 o’clock at the residence. Mr. Miller died Wednesday morning from a heart ailment. The body will be brought here for burial in the Decatur cemetery, arriving about 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. Mr. Miller at one time operated a moving picture theater in this city, known as the "Mecca." He also was in business with hia brother-in-law, Dallas Hunsicker. The deceased was born in Hoagland, August 16, 1862 and had he . lived until August 20, would have I celebrated his fiftieth wedding > anniversary. He was married to i Miss Jennie R. McWhirter, who survives.