Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1935 — Page 1

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•■PE TO REACH Kreement in I COAL DISPUTE Kull'ey Control Law tiT"; ’<>">■' ®tii- |, ’ gah,y ° f . K al conma a* t. the udnrtnr 1 : { t •" a threatened strike (HL soft real niiti'TS. B’ hi " aH ■ ;t*, and hours ■’ .n—■" " ,p ■Xus-l Kt.whil*' ' K.a the t-.ntle.- law -reatmc M".,.. ... v , ■!,.. bituminous K'strv appeared to have colmomenta, dv as a result of M , Justee Daniel ODono- |„. "f t olutnbia sna temporary ■ , a- M' Cradt sought to K. -1-ment of th.' A aenerK. . ,-peared unless he s o reeds. ■punttg ’;>• ■ ,nor " argument on t of the law by i t K|errk H Wood. New York) ( . r who inducted the >■,!><,! lilting in a sticourt decision outlawing Then the jurist calmly dea a temporary Est ■ i . garded as a towfd snioot.iing out the bituminous industry. I . promised laleaders he w mid name the! -tni»- i lie bituminous is expei ted to aid ear'v . , th.- tight of labor for ■Ker »■»;. s mid shone; hours. * K k step would be. If the com-1 is named and a code pro- ■ u. he may re new his mo i for an injunction. O'Donoopinion left that course I Or Wood may move to ad-; the case for trial on its That would permit a dedirectly on the constituoi the law early in the ■'ua'o.. develops. O' ruling will prevent mu;.—: U by the Stat - -itpreme court on lOnstibi ioim.i'v of th*' law. a victory for governmeni .is well as a trminph lor John liickin■t. assast.it.• attorney general. helped draft the NRA and exchange act. ■B - " — ■ — Han Compromise ■ On Wage Scales |B"W Yorl Sept. 17 il’Pt A tlie prevailing ' ,>vcr«y on AVI*A all ~v r the nation Is be! ,.r by federal officials I ■ ->- ■ i-d shortly . Gen. '‘ ill WPA director. today. said that under pr out la- ■ tai m mt ,ly wage would !n <m th,, si ..called security but the number o r working w..uh, reduced to step up ■ hourly wage rate to prevail- ■ o- 1ndition Os Earl Rabbit Still Serious url Rabbit of Fort Wayne, who ihjured near Decatur in an •mobile accident late Sunday aflocn. is still in a serious condiat th- \daiiis county no . Hin physician this astern Btat ed that his condition was the same as yesterday. ■onroe Democrats I Select Candidates >em °crats of the town of MonI> met at the town ball Monday ■hing to select a sle.*e of canal P*» for the town election esday, November 5. Earl SaudMed as chairman and Otis Hocker secretary. -andidates chosen were A. D. st . councilman first ward; rln L. Hoffman, second ward h'niiaji; Otho Lobenstein, I “ ward councilman; Earl L. fders, clerk-treasmer. These ar e all present members of town board.

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LIST PROGRAM | OF CONFERENCE Complete Program For Meeting At Baptist Church Wednesday Following is the program of the ninety-fifth session of the Salamonie Baptist Association to be held with the Baptist church in this city tomorrow. Rev. Frank S. Kerner, moderator, will preside: 9:30 Devotions —Rev. J. E. Lehman of Dunkirk. 9:50 —Reading of Church Letters. Appointment of committees. 10:30 Address—" Financing the Kingdom"—Dr. S. G. Huntington of Indianapolis. Hymn -Congregation. 11:15 Annual sermon — Rev. J. W. Kinnett of New Castle. Theme. "I Am Recreating All Tilings— Our Part of That Task." 12:30 Dinner at the parsonage l served by the ladies of the church. Afternoon 1:15 Devotions —Rev. Morris H. Coers of Bluffton. 1:35 Address —“The Church tn T raining for Service"—gev. L. R. Berry. First Church. Fort Wayne. Hymn—Congregation. 2:15 Address -Miss Elsie Root—- " Echoes From the Mission Fields". 2:50 Business —Reports of Committees —Election of new' officers. 3:10 Hymn—Congregation. Adress: “World Evangelization" —Charles A. Wells, New York. Mr. Wells is representative of the Northern Baptist Convention and has spent considerable time in Russia where, through his contacts with artists and writers he was afforded a most unusal opportunity to study the Soviet scheme and idrals from a first hand viewpoint. Mr. Wells has had dose contact with Northern Baptist missionary (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PROMISE WORK AS RELIEF AIO Lessens Tension Among Relief Clients In LaPorte County Michigan City, Ind., Sept. 17 — (U.R) — A promise of employment and a works progress administration project today lessened the tension among striking relief clients of Springfield township, in La Porte county. Construction on a fish hatchery, north of Springfield, will be start ed tomorrow, tinder supervision of the Gary district of the WPA, it was reported. Workers in Springfield township went on strike Sept. 9, protesting the “starvation" wages paid by. Alex Anderson, trustee, who instituted his own work-relief plan. He told strikers they could “take or leave" the work offered. In petitions to President Roosevelt and Wayne Coy. state, relief director, the strikers charged that Anderson paid an hourly wage scale of 20 cents, payable in gro eery orders, and allowed only 12 hours of work a week. “There will be room for every unemployed man in The township under the works progress adminis tration,” a federal works official was reported as saying. “That should end the entire dis(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

STAR BASERAIL PLAYER KILLED IN AIR FIGHT Len Koenecke Os Brooklyn Dies In Desperate Battle In Plane Toronto. Sept. 17. — (U.R) — Crown authorities announced today they were investigating reports that Leonard Koenecke. major league baseball player, who was killed in a mid-air battle with two aviators, planned to commit suicide because he had been sent back to the minor leagues. Koenecke, who was detached from the Brooklyn Dodgers' squad at St. Louis last night, was sent to Rochester of the International league in a deal which gave Brooklyn Buster Mills and Eugene Moore, Rochester outfielders. Toronto. Ont.. Sept. 17 —(U.K) Three men waged a desperate hand to hand battle in a pilotless airplane several thousand feet above Toronto early today. Len Koenecke, star outfielder of the National baseball league, was killed by Joseph Mulqueeney, , the pilot, who said that only by I that means did he prevent a crash a.nd the death of all. Koenecke, heart broken by his I dismissal from the Brooklyn Dodgers at St. Louis Sunday, arrived Intoxicated in Detroit last night. He chartered Mulqueeney's plane to take him to Buffalo and took Irwin Davis, a professional parachute Jumper, along a.s his guest. Over Toronto Mulqueeney felt the plane quiver and jerk, though it was a calm night, perfect for flying. He looked back. Koenecke and Davis were flaying one another with their fiats. jumping around tn the narrow, frail cabin Mulqueeney screamed com(CON'TINUED on PAGE FOUR) o LONG LEADERS CONTROL STATE Huey’s Successors Have Powerful Control Over Louisiana (Editor's note: There has been much talk since the assassination of Senator Huey Pierce Long of hts dictatorship in Ixruisiana. The following dispatch is a resume of the chief laws that concentrated unusual jrower—powers inherited by his all powerful political organization that controls practically every elective and appointive office in the state.) By Earl B. Steele. (UP. Staff Correspondent) New Orleans. Sept. 17. — (U.R) — Huey Long, the dictator, is dead, but — More than 70 state department heads collect and spend public funds, independently of the elected treasurer. The attorney general can supercede any district attorney in Louis- ' iana at his pleasure and quash any prosecution. No city in the state may hire or fire a workman, be he garbege man or dog catcher, without permission from the state's civil service commission — governor, lieutenantgovernor, secretary of state, attor- ; ney general, superintendent of education, superintendent of state bureau of criminal identification — Every city's policemen and firemen must obtain state warrants for their jobs. Gov. O. K. Allen appoints every ballot counter, watcher and policeman at the polls, all the armed guards he wants at the locality's | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Christian Churches Conference Thursday ' The county conference of the Christian churches of Adams county ! will be held at the Decatur Christian church next Thursday. The meeting will be in three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening. The speakers at the meeting will include Edwin Marx of Nanking. China,' who will be the missionary speaker; Mrs. Martz of Tipton will speak on woman’s missionary work; Maurice Pullin of Alexandria, will <peak on r?ligious education, and state evangelist Charles E. Shultz of Nc-w Castle will speak on the work in Indiana. Rev. J. M. Dawson, county president, will preside over the sessions for the day.

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Women Invited To Cluh Meeting All members of the Adams county Woman’s Democratic club and women interested In the club are invited to attend the opening meeting of the club for the fall and winter season, to be held at Lehman's Park in Berne Thursday night. A supper will be served at 6 o'clock and each person is asked to take one covered dish. A committee comprising Miss Betty Macklin, Miss Mary Harris and Mrs. Miles Roop will have charge of the Decatur attendance and arrange for automobiles for all who wish to go to the meeting. The membership committee with Mrs. Dan Tyndall chairman, will have charge of the annual enrollment of old and new members. o NO OBJECTIONS TO TAX LEVIES County Tax Adjustment Board Will Likely Adjourn Late Today At noon today no objectors had appeared against any of the proposed 1936 tax budgets and levies being heard before the Adams county tax adjustment board now in session. The members of t*he board have announced that tentative approval has been given to most of the budgets. In a few instances errors were made by the officers in listing the revenue to be received and in the amount of unexpected appropriations for this year. In cases of the kind the board Ls making corrections. The total Decatur levy after all ; budgets of the taxing units which levy upon Decatur property are examined will probably be .between G 2.78 and $2.80. The rate now effect is $2.71. Increases have been asked in nearly all townships in the poor relief fund. Several of these funds are already overdrawn —the money being borrowed from the county. Other trustees are expecting decreases in the amount of money to be given by the government in the form of work relief. It is .probable that the board will adjourn late this afternoon. However, the board may not complete ’ its final draft today and may re- | turn at a later date to do this. The board has until the first of October i to make its report. The three tax units which were not examined at the conclusion of j this merning’s session were St. Mary’s township, the Berne library (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Church Conference To Be Held Wednesday The second quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Fremont E. Fribley of Fort Wayne will conduct the devotions | and preside at the business session. Members of the quarterly conference are urged to be present and the meeting is open to the general public. o SEVERE STORM i LASHES COASTS Worst Hurricane In History Sweeps English And Irish Coasts (Copyright 1935 by United Press) London, Sept. 17 —(UP)— The most savage hurricane in the memory of modern mariners was ravaging the southern coasts of England and Ireland today, raging through the English Channel and across the Bay of Biscay. Distressed ships, battered by mountainous seas piled up by a 100-mile-an-*hour gale, were stuttering out SOS calls all along a path of destruction over more than 500 miles of crowded ship lanes. In the entrance of Bristol Channel the crippled Elder Dempster steamer Mary Kingsley. 4,017 tons, with a crew of 50 and a few passengers aboard, wallowed dangerously after an all-night battle against the etorin. Most of her crew were injured and everyone on board was mena ed by the danger of a deck cargo of locomotives breaking loose. Later in the day the vessel’s owners announced in Liverpool that the Mary Kingsley's position had improved and that she was on her way to Falmouth. The announcement did not state whether the vessel was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

STUDENTS HEAR FRENCH QUINN — Local Man Speaks On Constitution At High School Chapel A talk on "Anglo Saxon Justice 'and the Constitution" was given by French Quinn to the members of the Decatur high school this morn- i jing in a chapel program. Excerpts from Mr. Quinn’s talk i are: j “The people of the United States i 1 . have two marvelouk heritages—the 1 Sermon on the Mount and the Coni situation of the United States. These two great ideas are being seriously attacked all over the world. It J took centuries of struggle, sacri- j ;fice and holy purpose for the Eng- ' ' lish speaking race to win partial • freedom in Magna Charta and through long centuries the concep I tion of Christian justice and Angloi Saxon justice slowly came into being. “These two great heritages are being threatened. Do we realize that more than two hundred mil lion people in so-called enlightened Europe, people who proudly proclaim that their civilization is of the highest, are actually casting out Christianity and holding up to ridicule and bitterest denunciation the American idea of the rights of 1 man? “It is plain that In the next decade the citizens of the United States will be called upon to protect both their principles of religion and of government. “To so protect and cherish those priceless possessions will require a faith, hope and courage comparable to the efforts of the founders of this Republic in establishing them. "The Constitution and American ideals of justice are a vital factor in the life of every one of our people. It is the protector of our liberties and the watchful guardian of our opportunities.” GOVERNMENT TO ANSWER ATTACK Power Interests Attack Validity Os Utilities Measure • Washington. Sept. 17 — (U.R) — j ; The government today prepared | an answer to a court attack bypower interests on constitution i ality of the Wheeler-Rayburn 1 utilities holding company regula- | tion law. New deal attorneys studied the suit filed in Baltimore yesterday by John W. Davis on behalf of the American State Public service | coiporation. charging the act violated the fifth, eighth, and tenth constitutional amendments and declaring it could not be enforced. The suit, which eventually will go before the U. S. supreme court, was the first to question the validity of the utilities act. The ce.se was referred immediately to the solicitor general and the department of justice. The American States Public Service corporation is a Delaware ; holding company for public utilities throughout the country. It is now being reorganized under the national bankruptcy act. Its petition argued that if it were required to register with the securi- '■ ties a.nd exchange commission, as I porivded in the new law, it would suffer heavy expenditures and possibly fail of reorganization. The act provides that all utility companies must register with the securities and exchange commission by Dec. 1 or lose their right to use the mails. Davis’ petition declared this was a violation of constitutional rights. —o James Euland Thomas Dies At Union City James Euland Thomas, 22. son of the late L. A. Thomas, formerly of Decatur, died at the Union City hospital Monday, according to word received here. Mr. Thomas under- ' went an operation last Friday. Mr. Thomas was a painter and had resided with his stetjr, Mrs'. Ed Bosse near Union City. The mother ’ and three sisters survive. The body was removed from the Brooks funeral home In Union City, to the residence of the sister, Mrs. Boese Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services wil Ibe held Wednesday. A short service will be conducted at the home at 1:30 o'clock and at the Lutheran church at 2 o’clock, CST. Rev. H. 'A. Barth will officiate and interment will be in Steel’s Cross Road cemetery.

DEFENSE MOVE TO HALT CASE - IS OVERRULED Judge Overrules Motion To Dismiss $75,000 Damage Suit Today A motion by the defense that the cause be dismissed for misconduct was overruled shortly before the J noon recess today by Special Judge I Hanson Mills, who Is hearing the case now being tried in the Adams I circuit court, in which Cloid B. Ratliff of Wells county is suing Dr. and Mrs. Charles Caylor and I Dr. Truman Caylor for $75,000 dam- : ages. The case venued here from Wells 'county, is one of the largest damage suits ever tried in Adams county. The jury selected late Monday afternoon contained the first wo-. men in the history of the Adams circuit court. The regular panel was accepted with the exception of Mrs. E. N. Wicks, who was dismissed by defense attorneys and replaced by Lawrence Voglewede. The members of the jury are: Joseph K. Yoder. Hartford township: Adolph Bultemeier, Preble township; Charles J. Kirchner, Kirkland township; Edward J. Rumschlag, Washington township; Cora Neuenschwander, Berne; Merle Essex. Monroe township; Leon Neuenschwander, Wabash township; Simon A. Lehman, Union township; Joseph L. Graber. French township; Marcellus Davison, St, Mary's township; John Teeple, Blue Creek township, and Voglewede, Decatur The opening statements of the attorneys for the plaintiff were made Monday afternoon. The opening statements for defense attorneys were made this morning. The first witness was Mr. Ratliff, the plaintiff. His direct examination was not concluded early this afternoon. Mr. Ratliff testified that he first began treatments under the Caylors in 1920 for exzema. X-ray treatments were given him in 1921 and were continued from time to time thereafter. Most of the treat--1 ments were given him by Mrs. Charles Caylor. The treatment, which he alleges caused X-ray cancer which necessitated <e amputation of both of his ' hands, occurred in 1928. He stated that Mrs. Caylor did not use the {timing device. He believed that the treatment was Thuch longer than previous treatments which lasted only two or three minutes ; Although ass amended complaint stated that this treatment lasted, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Mission Band Plans Program Wednesday The Mission Band of the Evangelical church will hold a summer Christmas tree program at the churcfi Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. A miscellaneous program of readings and instrumental numbers, will be presented. The public is invited to attend. An offering will be taken for missions. o RENEW SPECIAL SESSION RUMOR Reports Say McNutt Believes Special Session To Be Inevitable Indianapolis, Sept. 17— (U.R) — A special session of the Indiana general assembly, probably in late j November and early December, is contemplated by Gov. Paul V. MeNutt. it wae reported here today. Although the governor Meadily has refused to affirm or deny the report, he is said to have admitted to several of his close advisors tha-t such a move is inevitable because of the federal social security program. The delay in announcing the special session will prevent antiadministration forces from agreeing on political legislation that might be embarrassing to the Me/ Nutt forces in the 1936 campaign, | It was pointed out. Under the constitution, Gov. McNutt can not bind the assemblymen to any set legislative proj gtam, but social security legislation would have a prominent place on the session calendar. A special session is considered inevitable for two reasons, according to the report. The present state old-age pension setup is considered an 1m(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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REV.ALLISON GIVES SERMON • Ft. Wayne Pastor Speaks At Concluding Presbytery Service “The condition of the church today is not different from that of former times,” stated the Rev. George William Allison, pastor of the Firet Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne in a sermon Monday night at the concluding session >■ ' the Fort Wayne Presbytery, held at the First Presbyterian church in this city. i The Fort Wayne Presbytery is the annual meeting of Presbyterian churches in this part of Indiana. During the day the annual business of the Presbytery was transacted. In the afternoon the reports of the commissioners to the general assembly were made. Lisle Ho- ; dell, elder of the Bethany church in Fort Wayne and the Rev. T. Pliny Potts of the Westminster church in Fort Wayne spoke. The minutes were read. A communion service was conducted by the Rev. A. P. Bourns. Supper was served in the church dining room to the delegates a.nd I visitors, by members of the local ; church. A large crowd attended the evening service which concluded the Presbytery. The sermon was delivered by j Rev. Allison on the general subject, “The Church." Commenting on the changeless problems of the church Rev. Allison said, "the things people are fearing today have always existed.” He supported his statements with illustrations taken from hisI tory. o Local Man Is Arrested For Public Intoxication Cecil Bess of this city was arrested Monday night on a charge of public intoxication. The arrest was made by city night ipolicemen who took Bess to the Adams county jail. An affidavit charging public intoxication was signed today by Prosecuting Attorney Edmund A. Bosse. The case wil Iprobably be filed in Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse's court. _, o Nation Observes Constitution Day Washington, Sept. 17 — (UP) — The nation paused today to honor ' its 148 year-old constitution. For some, it was an occasion for vigorous attack on legislation sponsored by President Roosevelt. For others, it was a time to ipraise the New Deal. For all, it was a day to study ana pay tribute to the historic document. . o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; not so warm Wednesday central and north portions.

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British Navy Masses In Mediterranean; Italy Expresses Worry Over Consuls’ Safety. DENIES FIUHTING (By United Press) Evenls in the Italian-Ethiopian crisis moved swiftly toward a climax in Europe today. Outstanding events follow: The British navy masses in the Mediterranean in formidable force, including some of the largest fighting units in the home fleet and others from a.s far away as China. Forty thousand British troops, with 300 tanks and scores of airplanes start maneuvers in the south of Englund. Statesmen at Geneva showed their nervousness by extreme agitation over reports of fighting on the Ethiopian frontier, although Rome officially denied the reports. All members of the British cabinet available near London called in special session. Premier Mussolini, in an interview with the Paris Matin, charges Britain with bad faith, indicating that enforcement of penalties against Ite.’y might involve “recasting the map of Europe" and ninting that Italy might seek ! the support of Germany and other I countries deprived of colonies. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands — which has a colonial empire — informs parliament that the international crisis necessitates “special defense measures” for the Netherlands. Italy is uneasy over the safety of its consular staffs in Ethiopia. Masses Navy (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Loudon, Sept. 17 — (U.R) —Great Britain was massing her naval ’•might in the Mediterranean today for the most impressive show of strength since the world war At least part of the home fleet, supposedly engaged in maneuvers off the English coast, is being sent south to reinforte the powerful [ Mediterranean fleet. Perfunctory statements to the contrary were belied by advices from Gibraltar. Formidable units of the home fleet arrived there headed by the battle cruiser Hood, the world’s largest warship. The Hood was accompanied by the Hattie cruiser Renown and the cruisers Orion, Neptune, and Achilles. They were joined by a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o 4 STATES ARE VOTING TODAY No National Issues Involved In Four Primaries Being Held (By United Presßs Four states—New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, and New Mexico —held primaries to nominate state, county and municipal officers and party leaders today. No national iseue was involved but observers hoped, as usual, to obtain an insight from turnouts by the two major parties, into public sentiment toward the Roosevelt New Deal. New York expected to record .offyear vote for nominees to the assembly and local officers. Battles in New York City over party leadership. especially a fight for control of Tammany Hall, sent 12,000 policemen and assistant attorney generals to poll duty. The sales tax was a major issue in New Jersey. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman fought an apparently losing battle for nominees to the legislature who would vote against an almost certain movement in the next legislature to repeal the tax. A proposal to call a constitutional convention to revise the Pennsylvania constitution made an issue between Republican and Democratic parties of that statte. Democrat generally favor it, Republicans oppose it. Voters in New Mexico balloted on a constitutional amendment to allow property owners to deduct $2,500. from the value of their holdings for tax purposes. The Philippines voted for the first time under the new laws which, in 10 years will make them independent.