Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1935 — Page 1

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■off Coal Miners ■Go On Strike As I Negotiations Fail

■ rb 100.000 Quit At Kdnight; Hope lor ■ Ear!.' Settlement Os ■controversy. ■m.y iew cents ■ do«n pea.etully tixlay as ■, leaders ami operators liarK ocrey om r new ■^and hour < outran*. ■.lais of Um United Mine ■ er . ,Mima ml that upward Dim miners quit work on |K S <, f "i' ll' •l"hll I- Lewis ML -* hiv '“ ■ • "IL ■ \pued a> ■bht. ■ev .lainiwt :hc entire indits■»oi:ld be brought to a stop. .... negotiations have not ■ broken ,h ’’ u,lion lea<U ‘ rs ■ inatong no particular effort) ■ enthusiastic support or; in the coal fields, i ■rpiefeiml not to regard th’ ■tion as a strike, but merely] r. <sati work pending i renewal. ■ Roo.-evelt. back from] Pick, was keeping in touch ■ the situation. There still ■ the possitility of presidential but for the time Mr Roosevelt was repre-I K] d as being reluctant to take | hand. F. W Grady, assistant I ef labor who has been i for the auniinistra.'ion in Htr to I ling tile warring groups ( called at the White I soon aftet the President's ;; u. w spapermen he had K to see Marvin H. Mclntyre, ttk-nt's apuintment seerc- ■ He went direclly to Mclnoffice. McC.rady left. Mclntyre) he liad sougiil no appoint-) ■t for himself or others and not even mentioned coal. j negotiations in progress . directly :<> the Appalachian where the U. M. W. claims i members. But contracts ■'••X i\fi: oN PAGE FIVE) lop CONTROL JAYMENTS HERE ■rn-Ho£ An d Wheat ■ ontrol ( hecks Total I Over $15,000 control and wheat con- ■ checks totaling $15,912.91 have received by the two county ■mittee treasurers in the last ■ days, it was announced today, j ■le county wheat control treasis John W Blakey of Union ■tsbip The county corn-hog ■ml tn-asur.-r is Kermit Bowen, ■th men today announced that, ■idiitil cards have been mailed ■h ron'riu ting producers whose have been received. To ■d confusion they asked that ■" who have not received checks ; ■ before calling for them until | ■ are notified that the checks I ■ arrived. B' u who have receiverd cards ■l° northern part of the county , ■ call for checks at their con■eace at County Agent L. E. i ■’bolds office. The place where . ■tks will be available in the j ■ltem part of the county will be bunced soon. I'hundred and sixty 1935 wheat Irol checks totaling $3,793 were Hved. a block of 106 1934 «t control checks totaling $!,- 11 were received here. A block •5 corn-hog checks totaling sll-, are now at the county agents e cks win continue coming 11 Washington for several th8 ’ it is expected. Delays * been caused by the great n of checking to be done on ibousands of contracts from “ section of the country, attracts with some irregularave also been held up. These e revised and checks mailed * oon as possible. “X of the farmers have used ch « c ks to pay taxes in adnmm tea lew 01d blllß have m >7 l and a luantity of new achinery, household articles h th Fes have been Purchased e government money.

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We’ll Hear From Him -•■l s yL— fe ik cl Walter K. Tanner (above) of New London. Conn., heads party of four Navy radio operators enI route to Addis Ababa to establish 1 short wave station for trdnsmisI sion of messages between Ethio- ! pian capital and U. 8. State Department. Regular channels will I probably be cut off in event of 1 hostilities. FERD LITTERER I IS TREASURER Decatur Man Elected Treasurer Os Reformed Church Classis Ford L. Litterer of Decatur was elected treasurer of the Men’s Congress of the Fort Wayne ('las- j sis of the Reformed church. The ' | election was held at the 11th an-' nuai meeting held in Bluffton Sunday. I Other officers elected were; , John H. Edris. Bluffton, president. i Willis Widner, Goshen, vice-presi-dent; Heiman Liechty. Berne, secretary. There were 473 men registered l from 14 churches. They were served dinner e.* the noon hour by the ladies of the Bluffton church. The visitors took an added interest in the Bluffton church due I to the tact that it was rededicated a week ago after having been ex- , tenalvsly remodeled, including the i , installation of a new $3,750 | Shanti pipe organ. i Outstanding features of the meeting Sunday were addresses by Dr. W. P. Dearing, president of Oakland City college. Oakland City. Ind., and Frank D. Slutz, a layman, of Dayton, Ohio. Dr. ) Dearing spoke on the subject, “A Book of Wisdom for an Age of Confusion.” and Mr. Slutz on “What Is the Kingdom of God?" Dr. Dearing stressed the fact ! that the Bible is the one book to guide the world in the true course in the present time of confusion. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) —— O —— FRED HUBBARD I SERIOUSLY ILL Former Sugar Plant Manager Reported At Point Os Death i Fred H Hubbard, first manager of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar plant here, the man who really was instrumental in bringing the industry to Decatur, is at the point of death in Hoebley hospital at Muskegon, Michigan. A card from Mrs. Hubbard, dated last Friday, says; “I thought possibly the few friends left in Decatur would be interested to know that Fred is in’ Hoebley hospital in Muskegon. We brought him here two weeks ago and is near the end of life. Angina pectoris is the trouble. He is not allowed to suffer, grows weaker every day, the girls have come on from New YBrk City. Rose ■ Hubbard.” The Hubbards resided here sev- , I eral years, leaving about twenty years ago for Ottawa, Ohio, and I from there to Florida. They have ■ always spent their summers in > northern Michigan. The news of Mr. Hubbard's serious condition i will cause sadness to many here ( I.where he was held in highest rejgard.

F.D.R. URGES f PRIVATE AID TO I RELIEVE NEEDY President Speaks To Several Hundred Welfare ' • I Heads Os Nation i ■Washington. Sept. 23 — (UP) — President Roosevelt today appeal- 1 ed to the nation for larger contri- ' buttons to private relief agenciet, J 1 asserting such support was vital despite federal re-employment 1 efforts and "brighter skies" gener-i 1 ally. Speaking to several hundred ! welfare organization heads assem-1 bled on (he White House lawn, j Mr. Roosevelt said "the problem ; demands the best that we can i give.” “I am glad to have the oppor- j ‘ tunily to pledge anew the u-te of j (he sinews of government in the ] services of the less fortunate of' the land," the president said, opening the third annual meeting of the mobilization for human needs conference since he took office. The president, just back from Hyde Park, spoke extemporaneously. He congra.lulatcd the welfare leaders on their “heroic work" i during the dvpresslcn. “You halted the retreat,” he said, "and now are headed once more toward the front. there be a general advance in every one of the 350 campaigns of welfare organizations scheduled for this autumn.” The president eaJd it was essential to restore public welfare work to its 1929 status. "Due to steps taken by the i United States government to save i homes and farms, in its loans to industry, lanks and railroads and | ether activities our purchasing power has greatly risen since the low point of 1932,” Mr. Roosevelt observed. "It means that the nation as a ) (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FORMER LOCAL ! RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Essa Baker Dies Sunday Morning At Fort Mayne Hospital Funerel services for Mrs. Essa B. Baker. 60, of 2011 Phenie street. Fort Wayne, widow of the late Ira 1 Baker and a former resident of i Decatur, who died Sunday morning at 8 o’clock at the St. Joseph hospital will be held Tuesday at . ternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home in Fort Wayne. Rev. Harry W. Thompson of Decatur, will officiate and burial will be made j in the Decatur cemetery. S. E. | Black, funeral director of this city, will have charge of the I funeral. Mrs. Baker s death was due to diabetes. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. | She was born in Adams county ; on November 22, 1875, a daughter; of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Andrews. Her husband, Ira Baker, preceded , her in death on May 27, 1935. Surviving are two daughters I and two sons: Mrs. Douglas , Haney. Walter Baker. Miss Edith I Baker and Richc.-d Baker, all of Fort Wayne; one grandson, Doug-! las Baker; and three •Listers and two brothers: Mrs. Robert Jenkins of Kokomo; Mrs. William ] Chronister. Fort Wayne; Miss Deborah Andrews. Decatur; Russel ; Andrews, Fremont, Michigan, and Thomas Andrews. Decatur. One brother, Frank Andrews, preceded ; Mrs. Baker in dea.th on June 8. 1935. Berne Democrats To Choose Candidates The Berne Democratic committee will meet in the town hall Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose] of nominating the town ticket for the November election. From present indications all pre- j sent town officers will be re-nomin-. ated. They are Chris Balsiger. Paul; Felber. Henry Winteregg and John Myers. —o- — Rev. H. E. Tropf Quits Berne Charge Rev. H. E. Tropf. pastor of the Missionary church at Berne for the ’ past five years, resigned Sunday to ] accept a call to the Grace Gospel Tabernacle at Mansfield, Ohio. I Rev. Tropf will preach his fare-' well sermon next Sunday evening.

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Shoots Woman And Commits Suicide South Bend, Ind., Sept. 23. —(U.R) —Mrs. Va<Ta Price, 36, rooming house proprietor, was in a serious condition here today from wounds inflicted by James Davis, 53, who committed suicide after the shoot-1 Ing. A note found in Davis’ pocket indicated he had intended to kill a ! roomer named Carpenter. He had mistaken his victim for Carpenter when she answered the door at the rooming house. Davis and Carpenter had quar-' reled over ownership of some furniture, authorities learned, and the former was ejected from the house. A peace warrant, signed by Carpenter and Mrs. Price, recently was ] served on Davis. ANNUAL LEGION MEETING OPENS AT ST. LOUIS National Convention Is Opened; Gov. McNutt One Os Speakers St. Louis, Sept. 23 —(UP) —The Am erican Legion took over St. Ix>uie today for ita 17th annual conven- | tion. Unofficial eetimates placed the attendance at the highest in the history of tihe organization which had its birth here in 1919. Scores of special trains rumbled In over the we k-end. delivering something like 200.000 "buddles” and their ladies. National commander Frank N Belgrano, Jr., of San Francisco, reopened the convention to order in i St. Louis’ mammoth municipal audiI torium at 9:30 A. M. That was the signal for four days of deliberations expected to result in ringing declarations of policy on many controversial matters. A ding-dong battle over the exact shape the soldiers bonus proposal shall take was an outstanding probability. To the question of "why?" j uae had but to point out congressman Wrig.it Patman of Texas ansi congressman Fred M. Vinson of I Kentucky, both here for the convention. The Legion sponsored the Vinson bonus bill in the last session of congress. as opposed to the Patman bill, featured by currency inflation provisions. Both failed of final enactment. Commander Belgrano in his annual report denounced the inflationists for loading down the bonus bill with a proposal more I controversial than the bonus itself, i “The bonus will be -passed at the next session of congress, and actual payments will begin by next March 1” Belgrano predicted. Scores of distinguished giusts are here. A feature of the opening session I was the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink. During the world war she had three sons in the Am- ! erican army, one in the German navy. Far into last night, the typical | brand of whoopee made famous by the Legion in other years was spun - (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PEARL MAULLER DIES SATURDAY — Mrs. William Manlier Dies Saturday Night At Local Hospital Mrs. Pearl Mauller, 49, wife of William Mauller of near Wren, j Ohio, died at the Adams county meI mortal hospital Saturday night at 10 o'clock of complications. Mrs. Mauller had been ailing for two years and had a patient at the local hospital for the past two, ] weeks. She was born at Spencerville. Ohio on April 14. 1886 a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Miller. She was a member of the United Brethren ! ch urob of Wren. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. ' Miller of near Wren, Ohio; and the following brothers and sister: Mrs. William Hackmeyer, Edward and John Miller of Fort Wayne; Ralph Miller of Knoxville. Tennessee, and ; William Miller of Adrian, Michigan. Funeral services will tie hzld ! Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock EST. at the home, two miles north of Wren, and at 2:30 o’clock at the United Brethren church at Wren. ] Rev. Lloyd W. Magner will officiate and burial will be made in the De- | catur cemetery. The body was removed to the ! Mauller ihome from Zwick’s funeral home Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.

PROGRAM Will OPEN TUESDAY Zion Reformed Church Anniversary Program ] Opens Tuesday Night Tuesday night the Founders Day ; program will be the feature of the ■ opening day of th-' 7bth anniversary program of founding of the Zion Reformed church of this | city. , l The program will begin at 7:30 j o’clock. The r.nniversary marks the 75-11 year since the local congregation I was founded as a part of the ! Salem Reformed church and the I | 50th year since it became a separate organization. The Rev. N. E. Vitz of New I Bremen. Ohio, will be the speaker !of the evening. Rev. Vitz is a I brother of the first pa.stor. the i Rev. H. W. Vitz. Several reki I tlves of the first pastor will also . Ibe present. A section of the auditorium will be reserved for the members of 1 (he confirmation classes under the Rev. H. W. Vitz. In this sec tion will also he the members of the church under the first pastorate from 1885 to 1887 During the program gifts will be presented the church by three organizations, the Phoebe Bible j class, the Missionary society, and the Christian Endeavor. The gifts will not be announced until they are presented. Wednesday the program will he ' conducted by the Decatur Ministerial association. This program will 2>e known as Decatur night. The confirmation classes of years 1953 to 1935 under the Rev. Charles M. Prugh will be the ‘ guests of honor. Visitors from out of the city during the week will be entertained by a committee of which Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher is the chair- j me.n. CHURCH HEADS . AT CLEVELAND Thousands Throng City For National Eucharistic Conference Cleveland. Sept. 22—(U.R>-Awe-inspiring ceremony transformed Cleveland into the Catholic cathedral of the United States today as countless thousands streamed into the city for the opening of the seventh national euchariatic conj gress. I Dozens of band blared forth martial music, in deep contrast to the ' solemn, worshipful music of the! I organs and choir boys in the cath|edrals and churches. Brilliant uniforms of the papal knights of the Order of St. Gregory mingled with the drab garb of priests and nuns of the various Catholic orders. Hundreds of thousands of visitors — lay and cleric — were I here to profess anew their sincere belief in the church’s teaching that th6 holy eucharist is the true body and blood of Jesus Christ in the form of bread and wine. The congress was officially open ed shortly before noon with the | ceremonial arrival of Patrick Card- ! inal Hayes, archbishop of New j York, the personal representative lof his holiness. Pope Pius XI. Huge j crowds gathered in the union termi inal and nearby public square to welcome the cardinal and his suite, arriving on special trains from NewYork. The official welcoming committee was composed of the Most Rev. Joseph Schrembs, bishop of Cleve(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o 350 Expected At Sugar Co. Banquet Approximately 350 persons will attend the banquet to be given by the Central Sugar company at Decatur Catholic high school auditorium this evening. -Thoae invited are the plant and office employes and those who will be employed in the yarda and mill when factory opera tions start. Dale W. McMillen, president of tie company, will act as toastmaster. 0 Historical Society Will Meet Tonight The Adams county historical society will meet this evening in French Quinn's law office at 7:30 o’clock. Plans will be made for the organization of the society's work during Decatur’s Centennial cele-) bration in 1936.

DAMAGE SUIT ' CONTINUED IN CIRCUIT COURT Defense Attorneys Attack Testimony Os Fort Wayne Physician The defense in the $75,000 damage suit being tried in the Adams circuit court continued today to batter at the testimony given by Dr. Doster Buckner, specialist cf Fort Wayne. Dr. Buckner took the witness stand Thursday and at noon today was turned over for the third time to tlie defense. He is testifying for Cloid B. Ratliff, who is suing Dr. and Mrs. Charles Caylor and Dr. Truman Caylor for loss of his hands, which he charges was due to the careless operation of an X-ray machine at the Caylor clinic. | Before court adjourned Friday Dr. Buckner had testified that mechanical rectifiers were out of date today in X-ray machine manufacture and are now considered variable in operation. The defense pounced on this on ! cross examination today and ' cited numerous users of mechani-. tai reciifiers on X-ray machines in Fort Wayne and Chicago. On re-direct examination Dr. Buckner stated that none of the four leading manufacturers of X-ray equipment now makes mechanical recI tifiers. The question of whether meI chanlcal rectifiers were in common use in 1928 was also argued by the attorneys. The plaintiffs efforts to prov > I ihe.- Mrs. Caylor was guilty of neglect when she was all ‘ged to ' have failed to use a measuring I stick to determine the exact distance from the X-ray tube to Ratliff's eczema infected hands were | also attacked by the defense on • cross examination of Dr. Buckner. I i Dr. Buckner testified Friday I that the difference of one inch in the distance of the lube to th- - area treated would make a difference of approximately 12 perl ' cent in the strength of the X-rays. Dr. Buckner was asked by the j defense if in deep therapeutic] X-ray treatment of the abdomen the patient was permitted to breathe. Dr. Buckner a.nswered in the affirmative. Defense attorneys then asked if H>e abdomen ! moved when a person breathed. Dr. Buckner again answered in the affirmative. The defense then asked if tbs distance of the tube from the patient was "such an ' exact -science as he pretended." The attorney for the plaintiff objected to the word "pretended" but was overruled. Dr. Buckner replied that it was an exact science. On re-direct examination Dr. Buckner testified that in case o’’ deep internal therapeutic X-ray ) treatment the abdomen was strapped tightly to prevent movements ca.’ised by breathing. The plaintiff after considerable , arguments between attorneys was able this morning to have an j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O SCHOLARSHIP TO PURDUE U. Essay Contest Will Be Held For Purdue Short Course A scholarship covering the regis tration fee of ten dollars for any of the 1936 eight weeks short, courses in agriculture at Purdue University will be awarded in Adams county to the winner of a county essay contest which is to be conducted this fall, it was announc ed today by Roy L. Price, county advisor of the Purdue agricultural ! alumni association. The scholarship, which is offered by the board of trustees of the university, will be awarded for the best essay written by a county resident on any one of the following subjects: “The Value of Farm Records on the Farm." "Cooperation between Father and Son in Farm Projects” and "New aiiH Successful Practices in Agriculture.” The last named topic, according to (he committee, may include such innovations as light liming, erosion prevention, new soil testing methods, etc. The rules of the contest provide that the scholarship award will be made only if at least nve or more contestants participate in the county contest, and if the essays are deemed worthy by the judges. Con i I 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

League Committee Drops Efforts To i Avert War Threat

Beauty’s Envoy A " ■ F n if A real beauty. Miss Prunella Stack, heads the women’s health ] and beauty league of England. She is shown arriving in New York enroute to Canada to eetabI lish branches of her organization there. EVERETT PLEA SET OCT. 16 Joe Everett To Appear Before Judge Mills To Make Plea Joseph Everett will appear before Special Judge Hanson Mills of Port- | land in the Adams circuit court on October 16 to make hie plea to the 1 grand jury indictments returned against him for the killing of Doras Werling at Pleasant Mills four yeare ago. Mr. Everett appeared before 1 Judge Huber M. -DeVoss in the Ad- ] ams circuit court Saturday. Septein- ] ber 14. He ;;1 aded that he was; without funds to hire an attorney. Judge DeVoss then appointed C. L. ! Walters to defend him. Judge DeVoes declined jurisdic- ' tion in th? case because he had defended Everett when he was first tried for murder four years ago. Judge Mills was appointed to hear t'be case and he assumed jurisdie- ] tion Monday, September 16. Three grand jury indictments will; be read to Mr. Everett. They will 'be second degree murder, mani slaughter and assault and battery with intent. A first degree murder indictment was not mad? against him by the grand jury. On the first trial he was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury in the Adams circuit court ] and sentenced to life imprisonment ' by Judge Dore Erwin. The stat? ! supreme court granted him a newtrial several months ago and he was returned to the Adams county jail ! where he is still imprisoned. It is possible that when he is ar-1 raigned before Judge Mills he will I plead guilty to one of the lesser] charges and throw himself upon the mercy of the court. The strategy ol I | this proceeding is that in view of his already having spent nearly four ■ years in prison or jail the court] might free him on a suspended sen-1 ] tence. In an effort at vindication Mr. Everett might plead not guillty and fight the case. A conviction would ] ’ be more difficult at this time bei cause of the scattering of the witnesses. Prosecuting attorney Edmund A. Bosse has received a transcript of all tihe proceedings of the circuit and supreme courts' actions. The transcript has 879 ipages and was ) presented the grand jury when an indictment was made two weeks ago. Liquor Hearing Held Here Today The Adams county alcoholic beverages commission heard a petition this morning in the county clerk’s office for Charles Franklin Brown, who has a contract to purchase the Jefferson Lunch room in Berne. Mr. Brown requested a beer retailer’s license. The petition will be referred to the board for final approval. o WEATHER Generally fair south, showers northwest portion tonight and north portion Tuesday; somewhat warmer tonight and southeast Tuesday.

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Committee Gives Up Work As Hopeless; Throws Peace Efforts Back To League Os Nations. GREECE PROTESTS Addis Ababa, Sept. 23—(U.R) 1 — The Italian legation reported today that an Italian consular courier traveling between Gondar and Aduwa had been seized by Ethiopians. Details were lacking. Continued failure to obtain a permit for the consular staff at Gondar to leave for safety caused the legation to order its departure by Saturday, with or without a permit. (By United Press) Today’s developments in tb.o i Italian-Ethiopian crisis: Geneva—League's peace committee gives up work as hopeless; throws peace efforts back on league council. Athens —Government to protest strongly against visit of Italian naval tajiker. London — British "reassurance” to Italy on fleet concentration re- | veals real gravity of Italian-Brit-ish relations. Alexandria, Egypt—Defense pre- ! parations speeded; civilians evacu- | a.'.e air base to make room for soldiers. Djibouti—British warships scrutinizing seas from Egypt to Aden. Abandon Task (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Geneva. Sept. 23—<U.R) —A committee of five nations named to seek a solution of the ItalianEthiopian crisis gave up its worn as hopeless today. It decided to report to the League of Nations council that its effort had proved futile. The council then must fa.ee the dreaded task, the most serious in league history, of deciding its ! course in event Italy goes to war. Just before the committee ended its efforts of compromise. Ethio- | pia accepted the committee’s peace plan—which Italy rejected Saturday—as a basis for discussion. At its meeting the committee unanimously rejected as “unacceptable and not susceptible of discussion within the framework of the league covenant” a series of , Italian demands presented secretly and informally yesterday—tho first occasion on winch Italy ever had consented to specify its demands on Ethiopia. The committee of five will meet finally tomorrow morning, to consider its report to the council which members began drafting to(CONTINUB7D ON PAGE TWO) 0 Board Os Guardians Will Meet Tuesday The Adams county board of child- ; ren’s guardians will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home ! of Mrs. D. D. Heller. Members are ! requested to attend. o • NOTE INCREASE IN RED BOXES Number Os Rural Mail Boxes Is Increasing In Adams County Washington, D. C. Sept. 23 — (Special) — The number of RFD boxes in Adams county is increasing, a report made by the poetoffice department shows. At Decatur the increase is from 1,228 to 1,245, indicating that new family groups are being set up, with a net gain, counting in, of course, migrations. For some sections of the county, the same report, shows a drifting away of families. Boxes are promptly taken oft the active list when persons moved away and thus any gain under the more rigid requirements Is an indication of stability, contrasted to shifting occurring in less fortunate areas. Postal receipts at the Decatur otfice have also increased, the report shows. Receipts at the Berne office increased likewise. Postmaster Phil L. Macklin stated a "steady increase has been noted at the Decatur office during 1935" i