Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1935 — Page 1

XXXIII No. 222.

Ifonroe Post Office looted By Thieves IParlu This Morning

K *— ~~— * I Ly ln <aSh ’ [amps A n d Money Lifts Taken; Safe b| mattered. LeRIENCE (;ang 'his morning stole 1 r ,„o in cash, money orders Kamp, from the Monro, pos ■ “ t r blowing the safe Just ■ 3() 0 < i.H k Pennsylvania Lent through the town Dam L th( > building and equipment Lmated »' o'er »100. L the post office robbery t".« broke into the Monroe K of the Berne Lumber com[,n,l dtd approximately SSO Los damage to the safe. AlL lb ey knocked the combinTs lh ey were unable to enter ilB Ltf Pallas Brown and state bman Burl Johnson InvestigatL case today it is probable I [federal operatives will also itigate the postal robbery. . " 9 methods used in the rob | « tend to point to the idea [the yeggs were experienced, possible, authorities believe, the robbery was committed Lunts Os either the BrewstL Foreman gangs, who took ( Lnds of dollars from safes in . Lrt of Indiana during the first , bis year. leer Johnson stated today that , one safes larking job.has been I (since the Brewster and Foregangs were arrested and cond to most of the robberies, jdently the lumber company I was entered first as a pinch lakHi from it was used to pry J a door and a window at the I office. The pinch bar was Kj outside the post office. ■trance to the lumber corn-} ■ was gained through the front ■ ■ A bar of some sort had been ! ■ed through the crack of the j ■to release the night lock. The ■ ■(nation was knocked off but . ■thieves were unable to pry up ■steel disk which covered the ■lers. Nothing was missed ■ this office. L thieves then entered the post t and filled the cracks of the of the safe with soap to build pressure for the explosive. A ye of nitroglycerine was then Ited into a small portion of Bsck around the door. A fuse put into the door. le fuse was then timed to e the nitro glycerine just as I train went through the town, fart that the yeggs were able Ime the explosion indicated were experienced, authorities re. This was the only moin the night that such a noise d not have aroused the town, few citizens of Monroe told lUthorities that they had heard Hast but had paid little atten-! to it. One woman stated that j had heard a car drive north I near the post office five min'after the explosion. ie force of the explosion broke windows in the small office. jONTINt’EO ON PAGE FOUR) reives Word Os Brother’s Illness f Motes of north Second street b received word of the serious tvt of his twin brother, John 1 of Howe, Indiana. Mr. Moses Offering from leakage of the h and hardening of the arteries. |~ - — -o— ■—— .. to Contagious Cases Reported f“ case of diphtheria and one r typhoid fever were reported L dams county for the week-end-Saturday, September 14. accordin the Indiana division of public p morbidity report. o——'tain Free Lime Friday, Saturday J l6 Central Sugar company will tnue to gj V<> away free I|me -nghout Friday and Saturday. “ 1 (alland, field manager at Plant, stated today. a company wil also furnish a ‘ £ree of charge to load the • >nto trucks or wagons. • was estimated that between ®nd 1,200 tons were removed I ‘he-company yards a day, and, ■ ove r the period o f a weak 7,500 4 0 "me will be removed. The 0 the lime is placed on Adame , ’ty farms.

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LAWYERS CLAIM LABOR RELATION ACT IS INVALID — American Liberty League Urges All To Fight New Beal Acts Washington. Sept. 19 — (U.R) A vast "free lawyer" service for i firms and individuals bucking new [ d< al laws on constitutional grounds , was an indicated aim of the | American Liberty League m its legal talent today found the national labor relations act unconstitutional. The finding by a lawyers committee of 58 brought sharp criti- ; < ism from organised labor, de- | fending an act hailed as "labor's I magna charta,” and provoked a i charge from a high administration source that it amounted to "advice to clients to disobey the law of the land." The 132-page opinion, it was announced. would be available to | the public aud as an aid to law I vers with clients challenging the (labor act in the courts. Similar-, : opinions on other vital new deal i measures will lie handed down i later. I President Jouelt Shouse said the league was considering legal defense aid for persons and companies unable to finance litigation over new deal le ws which are ; found by the league’s lawyers to be unconstitutional. Such action by the league would be similar to that of the Civil Liberties Union which supplies; | lawyers for the defense in the } Scottsboro negro assault case. ' ' The opinion on tftf labor he’ ' I was written by a subcommittee of the lawyers committee headed by . I Ea.’l F. Reed, counsel for the I ' Weirton Steel company in one of | the most outstanding labor di pute eases during the new deal, i Chairman Raoul E. Desvernine of the "committee of 58” said he considered the group “impartial" and , drawn from the best practicing I legal talent in the country. Desvernine’s firm is counsel for the ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE), — -o Friday Final Dav To Pay City Bills Friday is the last day for paying city light and power bills. The utility office at the city hall will be open until 5 o'clock in the evening Enforcement of the shut-off policyon delinquent accounts ia being followed by the department. o MARTIN SEEKS LONG'S OFFICE Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Seeks Senate Seat New Orleans. Sept. 19. — (U.R) —' I Wade O. Martin, public service commissioner of Louisiana, todayannounced he will seek the U. S. senate seat vacated by assassin ation of Huey P. Long. Martin is a staunch supporter of the late kingfish’s program, and; will, presumably, have the backing of the entire state machine as built up by Long. Simultaneously. Lieut.-Gov. James A. Noe. wealthy north Louisiana oil and gas (operator. and an ini ( portant cog in the Long political machine, announced his candidacy for governor to succeed Gov. Oscar K. Allen. Decision to enter Martin and Noe in the race as leaders of the state ticket in the January elections came following a series of caucuses in Ndw Orleans and Baton Rouge immediately after the death of Senator Long at the hands -of an as sassin. Opposition forces also have been caucusing and announced they would have a ticket in the field to oppose the Long machine. The candidacies of Martin and Noe have the full support of the tßev. Gerald L. K. Smith, national organizer of Long’s share-our wealth movement, and Associate i I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

ROOSEVELT TO MEET LEADERS ON TRIP WEST President Has Designated Only Two Set Speeches During Tour Hyde Furk. N. Y., Sept. 19. — j <U.P.. -While President Roosevelt’s ' forthcoming swing wross the country ostensibly will be to inspect social and economic condl-} | tions. political observers pointed j out today that expected meetings with party leaders along the west- j ; ward trail will lend the trip a; I strong political touch. Although he has decided against I set speech!e, except at Boulder , Dam and Saji Diego, the chief executive has not by any means ; ruled out meetings with the Dem- | I erratic lieutenants who helped elect him in 1932. From them he lis expected to obtain first hand information that may be used in mapping strategy for the national elections. Mr. Roosevelt's plans are complete. The finishing touches were put to them after a summer white house discussiosi attended by present postmaster general James A. Farley and Charles Michelson, publicity director of the Democratic national committee. The fact that he contemplates only two speeches does not necesstrily mean, observers pointed out, | that he will remain silent for the rest of the trip. While his ochedule calls for a five-day crossing to ! California, it was argued he would have ample time for short, externooraneous addresses at several : important stops. To many, however, the journey (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) NAME DECATUR FOR MEETING District Federation Os Clubs To Meet Here Next Fall Decatur was chosen as the meeting place for the eighth district Inidiana Federation of Clubs next fall at the twenty-eighth annual Iconvention held Wednesday in Elwood. Decatr was also awarded the 'merit flag, and the presentation was made to Mrs. Ralph Yager. presTdent of the Decatur Woman’s Club. One of the principal features of the program was The address by Mrs. A. C. Hudgel of Yorktown, district president, who spoke on the subject. "Our Federation. What Shall We Make of It?” Mrs. George Jaqua of Winchester was endorsed for first vice-presi-dent of the state. The eighth district adopted as its project, the prevention of tuberculosis among the boys and girls in the state. Among the Decatur people who took part in the program for the (day were Mrs, John Heller, district chairman of the junior department; Miss -Evelyn Adams, who gave a I report of the junior department; I Miss’ Vivian Burk, chairman of publicity for Adams county, and the timekeeper at the convention; Mrs. John Peterson, who had charge of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Local Man Fined For Intoxication Cecil Bess plead guilty to a charge of public intoxication before Mayor Holthouse in mayor’s court late Wednesday afternoon. Bess was fined one dollar and costs, amounting to sll and ordered to jail until toe fine was raid or replevin bail furnished. Bond was furnished this morning and Bess was released. o Damage Suit Tried In Less Than Hour A record for speed was .made in the Adams circuit court Wednesday afternoon when a damage suit was filed, a verdict rendered, and a | judgment given in less than one hour’s time. The suit was filed by Dorothy Fleming, a minor, by her father, Russel Fleming. Henry and Rudolph Weitfeld were sued for S2OO for damages which occurred in an automobile wreck near Monmouth on July 9. The baby was injured and was a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital for some time. The plaintiff was awarded $125 , damages and a judgment given for the amount.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 19, 1935.

Political Leaders Hold Parley ■ 1 o ■ 1 ii Considerable political significance was attached in some quarters i to the conference in Chicago of Joseph B. Ely, left, former Democratic | governor of Massachusetts and administration critic, and Col. Frank ( Knox, right. Chicago publisher who is being boomed for the Republi- ( can presidential nomination in 1936. They met during ceremonies ( marking the 148th anniversary of the signing of the constitution.

C. C. PUMPHREY COMMITTEE HEAD Chairman Os Committee To Launch Plans For 1936 Centennial Carl Pumphrey, local jeweler,. was appointed chairman of a committee to write letters to all civic and social organizations in the city, urging them to participate in Decatur's Centennial next year. J Arthur Voglewede was appointed as assistant. The appointments were made at a meeting of the general committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to organize the centen- . nial. The meeting was held at the Rice Hotel Wednesday evening. ' On the general committee are Dan Tyndall, E. W. Lankenau. , Arjhur Voglewede, Dan M. Niblick ' and C. C. Pumphrey. | The organizations will be invit-1 ed in the letter to appoint two} members to sit on a permanent ad ■ visory committee. From this organization and from the general I committee appointed by the Cham-} ber of Commerce, which is upon , soring the event, a number of com- ' mittees will be appointed to direct the various activities of the centennial. The chairmen of each of the committees will form the Centen ' nial commission directly responsible for the entire celebration. The letters to be written the or ganizations will be submitted to the next meeting of the general committee for approval. This meeting will be held Monday night. Efforts are being made by the organizing committee to have all plans worked out for the Centen(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o DEATH CLAIMS MRS. CHILCOTE Mrs. Roy Chilcote Dies Wednesday After Illness Os Four Days I Mrs. Iva Gertrude Chilcote, 32, wife of Roy Chilcote of 335 South Fifth street, died Wednesday evening at 5:45 o’clock at her home. Her condition had been serious for the past four days. Death was due to coronary occlusion. She was born in Monroe township. Adams county on September 6, 1903 and was a daughter of Ambrose and Anna Elizabeth HerronDurbin, deceased. Her marriage to Mr. Chilcote took place in December, 1925. She had resided in Decatur for the past five years and was I a member of the local Church of God. Surviving besides the husband, are two children: Ann Lou, eight, and Jackie Lee, 17 months old; three sisters and one brqther, Mrs. Ona Cook of Washington township; Mrs. Oca Springer, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ora Mitchell, Decatur, and Orva Durbin. Watervliet, Michigan. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at; the home on Fiftii street and at 2} o’clock at the Church of God. Rev. ; Glen Marshall wil lofficiate and burial will be in the Decatur ceme-} tery. The body was removed to the' home from the S. E. Black funeral home late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight. '

t High School Students i Elect Class Officers < Members of the sophomore and 1 freshman classes of the Decatur public -high echool elected officers 1 at organization meetings Wednes- ( l day afternoon. Mies Eloise Lewton was named 1 class sponsor for the sophomores 1 Thomas Andrews was elected‘presi-.' dent; Audry Crosby, vice-president; ■' Frank Grether, secretary; Don Death, treasurer. Miss Clara Reppert is sponsor of ‘ the freshman class. Ofi'icers are 11 Gladys Miller president; Jam<* ! Highland, vice-president; Jack Trie-; 1 1 ker, secretary; John McConnell.; treasurer. 11 — O TESTIMONY OF DOCTOR FOUGHT }l Defense Attorneys Attack Testimony Os Fort Wayne Physician — The defense began today ite first 1 ; maj r attack against the case being 1 'built up by Cloid B. Ratliff to collect $75,000 damages from Dr. and ' Mrs. Charles Caylor and Dr. Trit- 1 man Caylor of Bluffton. The attorneys trho are attempt- * ing to prove that the Bluffton clinic ; f was guilty of neglect which resulted i in the loss of both Ratliff’s hands concluded this direct examination , I this morning, of Dr. Warn' ’ Duem- ; J I ling. Fort Wayne skin specialist. Although both Mr. and Mrs. Ratliff were (permitted to go with the mo-4 perfunctory cross examina- i tions. Dr. Duemling was piled with < guestions by the defense in an effort to break down his damaging testimony given on direct examina- ; tion. In answer to a hypothetical case, j' identical to the Ratliff case. Dr. I < Duemling Wednesday afternoon } testified that the conditions of the hands were probably caused by I third degree X-ray burns. Dr. Duemling also testified that . X-ray treatments for therapuetic ; purposes were not, as a mattew of common practice, given by anyone except physicians and experienced X-ray operators. The Skin specialist also testiI fied that it was the common praci tlce for a physician to examine the spot treated by X-ray before a second application was given. In previous testimony Ratliff had testi- ( fied that to the best of his know- , ledge Mrs. Caylor, who gave him the ( treatments, was not a physician. He also testified that neither of the ( physicians in the Caylor clinic had examined his hands between treat- ‘ ments. Dr. Duemling is the physician . (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 O f Two School Groups Form Organizations The Pep Champs and the Howling ; 1 Hosts cf the Decatur high schooi [ were organized at a meeting held ’ this afternoon. Miss Jeanette Clark ‘ was selected sponsor of the Pep Champs, organization of the girls, and Hugh Andrews was chosen } sponsor of the Howling Hoste, Mi.se Lucinda Borne was named ; president of the girls organization; Mies Katheryn Kohls, vice-president 1 Miss Florence Brandyberry, secre- ' tary, and Miss Zulu Porter, treasi urer. Clarence Walther was named } ' president of the Howling Hosts; ■ ‘ Dale Myers, vice-president; Ralph Peterson, secretary, and Leroy Hoff-, ' man, treasurer.

Italian Newspaper Charges Great Britain Is Preparing To Wage War Against Italy

RENEW SEARCH FOR KILLER OF FT. WAYNE MAN John Smith Is Again Reported As Returning To Fort Wayne The hunt for John Smith, alias Eari Jacobs. 20year-old gunman wanted for the murder of Arlie H.} Foster, Fort Wayne restaurant. proprietor several weeks ago, cent-} ered again today in this part of Indiana. Pictures of the killer were identified by Leigh Sweeney, 19, of Lima. Ohio, a taxi driver, who was compelled at the point of a gun to bring a man looking like Smith to . Fort Wayne Wednesday evening. Since Smith eluded Fort Wayne police, who saw him at a Decatur home several weeks ago, the trail had been lost. Today, convinced that he is hiding With one of his friends in this vlncimty local police. state police and federal “G" men renewed their hunt. The passenger was picked up on a etreet corner in Lima about 5:45 o'clock last evening by Carl Wood, day driver of the cab. The man said he wanted to go to Van Wert, O. Since it was about time for Wood to go off duty he returned to the cab stand where Sweeney was waiting. Wood asked the night driver if he wanted to start work a little early, explaining that he had a passenger that wanted to go to Van Wert. Sweeney agreed and took over the cab. After leaving Lima. Sweeney passed two Ohio state patrolmen whom he recognized. He waved to the officers. “Don't be waving at any policemen," was the curt command from the passenger, Sweeney told the officers. He said his passenger then drew a gun and ordered him to keep on driving. “I don't want to go to Van Wert, keep on driving to Wayne,” the man ordered. This remark also leads police to believe the passenger was familiar with this city for strangers seldom refer to the city (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Medical Society To Meet Friday The Adams County Medical society will meet at the hospital Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Dra. Duemling. Sparks and Vanßuskink of Fort Wayne will be the speakers. Import-1 ant medical qquestions of the twelfth district will be discussed. This is the first meeting after the summer recess. CONVENTION AT LOCAL CHURCH Christian Churches Os Adams County Hold Annual Meeting The annual convention of the Christian churches in Adams county was held at the local Christian I church on South Second street to-1 day. Rev. J. M. Dawson, pastor of the Decatur church, and county president of the organization, is (presiding over the sessions. The convention opened this morning, and two addresses were given. Business relative to the county organization was also conducted. Rev. David McNelly of Fort Wayne, pastor of th-e West Creighton street church, addressed the group and suggested standards for the rural churches. Rev. Maurice Pullin of Alexandria, gave phases of religious education work in the state. The election of new officers for the county organization was scheduled for late this afternoon. The evening session will open at 7:30 o'clo.k and Edwin Marx of Nanking, China, a missionary and professor in schools in China, will be the principal speaker. His subject for tonight will be "Building a Christian World." The public is invited to hear this address and a capacity crowd is expected at this session. Mr. Marx also addressed the afternoon session of tihe convention, 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

SAYS AMERICA FACES PROBLEM Charles Wells, In Interview, Discusses Serious Problems “America must choose between the man with a bomb and the man with the cross,” Charles A. Wells said in an intervTffw Wednesday. [Mr. Wells, a New York City feature writer, artist and traveler spoke at the Salatnonie Baptist association held here Wednesday. Mr. Wells, who, while writing for a New York newspaper has (traveled to many of the countries of the world, is convinced that America is facing one of the most serious problems it has ever known, unemployment caused by machines. “Eventually some sort of techno-; I cracy must be developed by which ' the amount of energy which will be required to run the country will be known. The work would be divided among the people who would in turn be given a minimum wage.” The arts, crafts and professions could not be regimented in any I such way, he believed. Mr. Wells was opposed to war not only for the great loss of life but for the huge profits made by a few owners of steel and munition mills. Discussing the possibility of war in Italy he stated that he belived Mussolini could conquer Ethiopia (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O MURDERS THREE, TAKES OWN LIFE I Four Bodies Are Found In Blood- Spattered Apartment At Newark Newark, N. J., Sept. 19.—<U.R>— At 12:37 a. m. today an agitated young man told the telephone operator to ring police hi-adquarters. When a voice answered he screamed : "Come over here. I’ve just killed three men." He banged up the receiver, lock- j ed the door, and then wired it shut. I A minute later another muffled shot could be heard in the apartment house corridor. A few minutes later, police raced up the stairs and poutfued on the door. “It's the police! Let us in!” No answer. ; Axes crashed against the door. It fell in splinters and police entered an apartment splattered with blood. On the floor of the kitchen were the bodies of three men. On the couch in the living room was the body of a fourth. Whatever passions had motivated the tragedy, there was not a living witness to tell the tale. The body on the couch was that of Charles Russell Geary, 35. He had died from a .45 caliber bullet fired from the pistol at his side into his heart. The bodies in the kitchen were those of Orlando LeVan, 50, his. brother, Benjamin, 45. and Geary’s brother, John, 41. All had been killed by shots from the doublebarrelled shotgun that leaned (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Historical Society Will Meet Monday A meeting of the Adams county} historical society has been set for Monday evening. At this time plans will be made to extend the scope of the organization into the townships. The society expects to become very active in the next few months in view of the preparations for Decatur’s centennial celebration next year. 0 Cleveland Quintet Sings Here Sunday The Cleveland College Quintet of of Cleveland, Ohio, engaged at the Monroe Holiness Tabernacle this week, will sing at the First United Brethren church here Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. The quintet recently returned from Europe and is known the, world over. The public is invited to i attend the morning session and I hear the singing.

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League Peace Proposals Are Unacceptable To Italy; Ethiopia Ready To Accept Plan SHOWDOWN NEAR Rome, Sept. 19 — (U.R) —Co-inci-dent with announcement of a government spokesman that the league’s peace proposals are "absolutely unaz-ceptable” to Italy, the influential newspaper Giornalo D’ltalia charged today that Britain is preparing to fight Italy. Giornale’s editor, iVirginio Gayda. usually regarded as representing the views of the regime, said recent utterances in the British press manifest "a deliberate determination to fight Italy.” Regarding alleged references in the British press to closing the Suez Canal and Gibraltar, and to I Italy’s inability to stand against the British fleet, the editoriaJ continued: “It is incredible yet true. In fact, it is not only provocative and threatening but a deliberate expression of the will to fight.” Italy’s determination to reject the league’s peace proposals was expressed earlier in a statement by the official spokesman. After reading a.n unofficial summary of the league plan, the spokesman said: “Although we have not received the official text, the apparent spirit which dominates the proposals make them absolutely unacI ceptable to Italy.” He said further that the nature of the proposals, providing for international control of Ethiopia, supports Italy’s’ thesis that ’ Ethiopia is unable to govern itI self. Little doubt remained that re- | Section of the proposals by Premier Benito Mussolini and the |' cabinet on Saturday would be a mere forma.lity. Proposals Acceptable Addis Ababa, Sept. 19 — (U.R) Ethiopia moved half the road to peace with Italy today by agreeing to accept almost entirely the proposals of the League of Nations for a compromise. Officials told the United Press tha.t the proposals are completely acceptable except for the proposal making possible the granting to Italy of paramount Italian inI terests in this country. Even that reservation, however, was expected to prove a stumbling block and officials here had (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Initiatory Work At K. Os P. Tonight Third rank initiatory work will be given at ths regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodge this evening. The meeting will begin at | 7:30 o’clock and the initiation will l follow. 0 — TAX RATES IN OTHER CITIES Tax Rates In Nearby Cities Much Higher Than In Decatur Tax rates fixed by county tax adjustment boards in nearby towns, payable in 1936, follow: Town Rate SIOO I Columbia City $3.06 ; Churubusco 3.68 I Wabash - 3.28 Bluffton 3.875 Kendallville 2.64 Ligonier - 4-50 Huntington 3.40 In comparison to these rates, Decatur's 1936 rate will be $2.81. o Local Grocery Is Given Beer License Indianaipolis, Sept. 19 —- (UP)— Liquor, beer and wine licensee issued today by the state alcoholic beverages coimmiasion Included: Decatur—A. and P. Grocery, wine and beer. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday, except local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight central and north portions; cooler northwest tonight and central and ' north Friday.