Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1935 — Page 1

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ifEISE ASKS lismisshlof ■case 5 th time Iraeys For Defense ■Start Presentation I Os Evidence ■ dofen-e fi' 1 ’ the fourth time ■ Led for the dismissal of ■Lot* damage suit on the Kd> of misconduct upon the ■of the attorneys for the ■iff ('laid Ratliff who is suing ■S' MIS. Charles Caylor and ■Truman Caylo! for the loss ■ hndff "halt he alleges was ■, t h e careless operation of ■ r; v machine tn the Caylor Ith th» attempt Tuesday to I the judge instru’t the jnry itnrn a verdict for the defendthis makes the fifth request he defeus* to have the ease B from th- consul, ration of The fifth request was ir the statute of limitations. ic defense began Its case this ling. If they have as many MS es as did the plaintiff it Is cted tnat th > case will not be luded until th" middle or latart of next week. j an ,e 5 C. Walker of Dayton. t » bone surgeon at the Dayveterans' hospital where Rathands were amputated was first witness for the defense. Walker testified that he irmed amputations at the Ital at the time Ratliffs s » P re amputated but was sure whether he or a member Is-taff r ■tuaily amputated the itlffs hands. He was not which hand was amputated Walker testified that he adI Raillff soon after his admisto the hospital to submit to operation in which the scar i would have been removed i Ratliffs hands and new grafted over It. On cross liuauon he -testified that he not a specialist in this field could not say whether or not iff i hands would have been He after the operation. He d not say whether there w».s allgnant or cancerous growth th would have endangered his •he conclusion of his cross nination he was asked when was in the Mayo Brothers' e. He answered in 1917 or . during the war. To fix the he asked the court when the was over. he next witness was .Mrs. ths Caylor. Sh» testified that had assisted in the Caylor’s e ever sine* the physicians si to Bluftion. She stated l Dr. John Hickman of Petmt taught her the use of X-ray. also took a course at Chili. In 1918 she testified tha.’ did some work under Dr. n in Chicago. She took a four k's course under Dr. Jerman Chicago. She later took a th of post graduate w-ork and 1923 took a four weeks' course New York. She worked with Hickman after the war. These lw»nts were made in answer testimony of the plaintiff who *ed she was inexperienced in ty machine treatments. ke further testified that she i given the factors to use, by Physicians in the Caylor clinic I did not use her own experts as a basis for determining -"nount of X-ray treatments to *> r en. She stated that she was X-ray technician, rather than kysician. ik® distance from the patient Hie X-rav tube, she testified. 1 determined by markings on 'tube standard rather than a Muring stick. She also testl--1 that a clock was used to detwe the time and that the t® never failed to ring when of treatment ON PAGE THREE) I ■ 0 nator Lewis Is Reported Improved Sept. 25.-(U.R>-A “dis- * Improvement” in the condiSen. J. Hamilton Lewis, D., mil udT With bronchial Pneu»ro eon a v '*!t *° Moscow, m Wrted ;oday by hiß i>hysJ' * nator passed a fitful owed w- a mid(la y examination d tr>T 18 ' leart t 0 be stronger i w “ a dimin lshing. Lewis lount of n t n kl i n f an increa9in * r the nouri ’htnent He called y 8 "" Wa i>aPers of the last few I keened r . ead t 0 him " BifXr 81 *“ the ,nter ’ hereto^* 3p66khix “ urse arriv‘oday from Eerl’a by plane.

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Officers Guests At Bluffton Fair Chief of police Seph Melchi and ! officer Ed Miller attended the Bluff- ' ton street fair last night m guests ‘ |of the city and fair association I I Mayor Franklin Buokner invited ’ I tihe police in Ytearby towns to attend | I the opening night program and | march In the parade. Abput 50 uni- i I formed officers from Decatur Hunt- | ington. Hartford City, Fort Wayne I and other towns marched. A dinner I was served the officers at the Bliss I hotel. PICKETINGIf MINE WORKERS ADDED THREAT Belief Felt, However, That Conferees Will Reach Harmony Washington, Sept. 25 —(UP)—I Threat of militant picketing by striking mjners was injected into the soft-coal negotiations today as union leaders sought to break the ; prolonged deadlock over the propoeI ed wage contract. Th? walkout of 400.000 miners, now In its third day. thus far has been peaceful and orderly. ■ An order from United Mine Work-1 I era headquarters here, however, i would swing the strikers into an agI gresslve movement designed to halt | the last vestige of activity in the mining pits. for the time being a question of nine ' I of crerators and union leaders con i tinued secret sessions through the day, having luncheon sent to its meeting room. , It was learned that it laid aside The negotiating sub-committee I cents per ton wage Increase dei niand d by the miners and was working on district details of the i proposed new Appalachian contract. | ■ The idea apparently was to clear up all other pointe so that the con- i i tract would be ready to sign the: i moment the wage question finally ' Is setiled. As the conferences dragged on, I 'ndTratlons were that an agree--1 mept would send th- miners back I to wotk was near. It was learned that contract forme were being drawn up yesterday, showing the I belief In both camps that the con- | fsrenee would not break up without a settlement of the wage contro- ; verey. The threat of active picketing i was voiced by John L. Lewis, U. M. i W. president who accused the operjr.tors of "thumb-twiddling" and en- - gaging in “mutual administration I meetings." Lewis, buvly of figure and in | a righting mood, slashed out with an ultimatum declaring the operaI tons could "take it or leave it" and | that the miners would make no ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ——OChild Falls From Window, Uninjured The three year old son of Mr. , and Mrs. Ted Sudduth of north Fifteenth street, was apparently ■ uninjured when he fell from the second story window of the Sudduth home about 9 o’clock this morning. The child landed on the | brick walk. No bones were brok-1 en and unless some internal in-, jury should develop there probably will be no ill effects from the fall. SERVICE CLUB ENJOYS PICNIC — Decatur Lions And Families Hold Unique Party Tuesday Members of the local Lions club and their families enjoyed a unique -party in the form of an old time ! picnic at the Kekionga Scout cabin I on Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp's farm, Tuesday night. W. F. Beery had charge of t,he meeting, and Mrs. Beery was chairman of the food committee. The members and guests arrived at the meeting dressed in costume* of 20 years ago. An old fashioned mulligan etew pas prepared in a large iron kettle arranged out of doors. Following ' the supper the gueets gathered in ■ the scout cabin and Fred Schurger I called square dances. Music was fur- ’ nlehed by Paul Whithouse on the violin. A taffy pulling was fnjoyed and pop corn was served. During the evening a radio was installed at the ' cabin and the members and guests I listened to the iprlz-e fight.

LEGIONNAIRES ATTACK SOVIET ACTIVITY HERE Annual Convention Demands Withdrawal Os Soviet Recognition St. Louig. Sept. 25—(UP)— Demand for immediate withdrawal of recognition of Soviet Russia was recommended to the American Le- j gion convention today by ite Americanism committee. The convention unanimously adopted the report. The report rftarply denounced communistic propaganda emanating from Moscow to America, despite Soviet Russian’s 'Molemn agreei inent" against such. Delegatee greeted the recommen-1 dation with a thunderous burst of ’ j applause. The same committee urged federal financial aid for antieubvensive legislative programs, itrg d greater attention to such programs by schools and colleges of | the nation, and pledged continued I active legion opposition to all subversive tendencies in the United States. Other recommendations of the Americanism committee, adopted by acclamation were: Cessation of all immigrations for ; 110 years. Deportation of all radical aliens now here. Deportation of all indigent aliens. ■ Compulsory finger printing of all 1 1 aliens. Unanimous approval was voted e resolution submitted by the foreign relations committee urging strict United States neutrality as contemplated by tie recent session of conjgress. Similarly, the Legionnaires approved a resolution calling upon the national commander to send an official note of sympathy to King Leopold 111 of Belgium in the tragic j death of hid queen. Astrid, in a re-1 i t ent automobile accident. It was a tired Legion that report-, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) G.E.RUNNING i THREE SHIFTS 40-Hour Work Week Adopted At Request Os Employes At Plant The General Electric plant is now running on three work shifts and employes are working 40 hours per week. The 40-hour work week was inaugurated at the local factory at. the request of the employes, through petition to the management by the employees council. More than 350 persons are now working at the Decatur works. All former employes have been called back to work. To increase production. employes asked the management to inaugurate the 40-hour week. Heretofore the work week was 36 hours. In addition to the four extra hours each week, the hourly wage ■ scale was also voluntarily increas- | ed by the General Electric company several weeks ago. i The 40-hour week will be observ- ‘ ed as long as conditions permit. Ordera tfor G. E. Motons have been increasing steadily and production has reached the highest point since I the building of the new brushless ■ i type motor which got underway at the Decatur plant in 1934. E. VV. Lankenau, superintendent | of the Decatur works stated that j everyone concerned was pleased with the new arrangements and that employes preferred the longer work ■week. Parent-Teachers Group To Meet The Parent-Teachers Association of the Riley building will bold its first meeting of the fall season at the school Friday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. A short business meeting will be held after which the teachers of the building will entertain i the parents. o Heavy Fire Loss At Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia. Sept. 25 —; (UP)—The greatest tire ir the hisI tory of this city raged in Darling harbor today, destroying the Goldsborough mart, wool stores and other : wool supplies. Eight fire fighters were injured ■ by falling debris. Damage was estimated at $5,900,-1 000.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 25, 1935.

Opens Convention I" f'liiilw I Nationa.l Commander Frank N. Belsrano. of San Francisco, Is i shown opening the seventeenth annual convention of the American legion in St. Louis. Mo., the city in which the organization was foundled in 1919. A vigorous fight for the adoption of resolutions calling ! lor cancellation of American recognition of Russia for combating ' communism in the United States, and for the immediate payment of j the bonus was indicated.

F.D.R. CALLS ON CLERGYMEN Seeks Counsel;Rev.Harry Thompson Receives Letter Washington, Sept. 25. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt today disclosed that he is seeking counsel of the nation's clergymen on the progress of the administration’s social security and works programs. The White House has addressed letters to religious leaders in a number of communities asking tly?m to report on local conditions. how many letters have i gone out, President Roosevelt did not say, but clergymen in widely scattered places reported their reI ceipts. Mr. ’"Roosevelt said he had directed the letters to clergymen in , section of the country in the hope that they would give him first hand reports of how his program is working out. He said he was interested in their views because they were entirely unconnected with the govi ernment as well as being very close to conditions in the individual communities. "Because of the grave responsibilities of my office,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote one pastor, "I am turning to representative clergymen for counsel and advice — feeling confident that no group can give more accurate or unbiased views. "I am particularly anxious that the new social security legislation jusjf enacted, for which we have worked so long, providing for old age pensions, aid for crippled children and unemployment insurance, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PLAY CAST TO BE SELECTED Choose Cast Tonight For American Legion Production The cast of characters will be chcaen tonight for "The First Commandment," home talent production sponsored by Adams post number 42 of the American Legion. The e.how will be presented at the 1 Catholic high school auditorium Tuesday and Wednesday nights. October 8 and 9. A special matinee i for school children will be given on the first afternoon. Miss Rykeman, representing the American Educational company, arrived in Decatur today and will I supervise the production, with re-: hearsals likely to start Thursday, i “The First Commandment” is a : Biblical dramatization of unusual i i educational value. It portrays the I most important events leading up, to and connected with the giving of i the Ten Commandments. T.'ie production is different from the ordinary home talent show, as the characters will take dramatic ■ parts rather than comic parts, as in ; most shows of the type. The complete cast ot characters | and further details concerning the I legion production will be announced later.

Youth Council Holds Monthly Meet Tuesday I The Youths Council of Christian I Education held the regular monthly ! meeting at Mt. Victory church Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. The meet-; • ing was opened by the president, i Chauncey Clem, and two musical numbers were given by the Mt. Vic- I tory and Clark’s Chapel. The regular business meeting was held after which a special number . was presented by Mt. Pleasant. The , meeting closed with prayer by Rev. ' J. L. Brunner. Games were played out of doors. The next meeting will ba held at I the Pleasant Grove church October i, 29 ’ ,' o MARYHACKMANN DIESTUESDAY Lifelong Resident Os Adams County Dies At Home Os Daughter Mrs. Mary Hackmann, 79, life- ■ long resident of Adams county, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:35 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Victor Ulman, east of Decatur. Death was due to a heart attack ' and complications. Mrs. Hackmann had been ailing ! for several months and became ’ seriously ill a few hours before her death. She was born in Adams county on July 27, 1856, a daughter of Anthony and Louise Kurber-Spul-ler. She was united in marriage to Barney Hackmann, who preceded her in death about 30 years ago. Survivors include two sons and two daughters: Mrs. Victor Ulman,: Mrs. Sylvester Staub, Anselm Hacki niann of Decatur, and Anthony i Hackmann of Delavan. Wisconsin; 'and five sisters: Mrs. Isabell Meyers. Mrs. John Steigmeyer. Mrs. I Mathias Thomas of Decatur; Mrs. ' Eve Starost of Fort Wayne and; I Sister M. Frederica of Fon du Lac, i Wisconsin. One son died in infancy and two sisters preceded her i in death. I Mrs. Hackmann was a member !of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, ' the St. Mary’s Society and the Third Order of St. Francis. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church and [ burial will be made in the Catholic 'cemetery. The body was removed to the j Victor Ulman home, east of DecaI tur. this morning, from the Yager i Brothers funeral parlors. o , Roosevelt Designates “Implements Os War” i Wac.’iington, Sept. 25 —(UP) — President Roosevelt today issued : his proclamation designating those I “implemente of war” on which an ■ embargo would be enforced against warring countries in event the neutrality act should be invoked. The list generally included all types of guns and amunitions, tanks and armored care, war ships, aircraft, as well as gas. It was drawn up by the new muni- 1 tions control division of the state - department and approved by a com-, mittee of cabinet officers headed by secretary of state Cordell Hull.

ZION REFORMED CHURCH OPENS ANNIVERSARY Decatur Ministerial Association In Charge Os Service Tonight Invitations have gone out to all ■ churches in the city to attend the j Decatur night program to be held [ this evening at the Zion Reform- | ed church as a part of the 75th I anniversary week. The Decatur Ministerial assoI elation will be in charge of the ' service, the Rev. O. O. Walton, I pastor of the Presbyterian church I and president of the association, j ' presiding. The speaker for the evening will be the Rev. D. R. Moss, pas-, i tor of the Christian church at; : Kendallville. Special music will be furnished by local churches. The program for this evening will be: ! ' Organ prelude i Invocation Address of Welcome — Rev. C. M. Prugh ! Response —Rev. G. O. Walton Hymn "Yc Servants of God" Responsive reading Prayer Quartet: ''The Wondious Cross’ "Rolling". Negro Spiritual —The Franklin Sisters Scripture reading A'ocal Trio: "I Will Magnify Thee O God" —Miss Helen Haubold, Mise Sarah Jane Kauffman, - Mrs. Da.n Tyndall, j Address: Rev. D. R. Moss Hymn. “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." ; Benediction Doxology Organ postlude. Crowd At Opener A large crowd of members, visitors and former members of the church attended the opening ser-1 vice Tuesday night. The program I commemorated the ordination and . Installation of the Rev. Henry W. Vitz as the first pastor of the j church, which event took place on , September 24. 18S5. t The Rev. N. E. VUz. a. brother j of the first pastor, was the speak|°r of the evening. He snoke from , the text I Peter 2:6, "Behold I I ’ay in Zion a chief eorner-ston.:. i I elect and precious; and he that ; | believeth on Him shall not be j confounded." Music was furnished by the vested choir of the church which sang “Great and Marvelous" by Farmer. Miss Della Scllemeyer rendered a vocal solo “O Lord Be (COVHVT'Vn ON Pl GE PTVE) o Berne Democrats Name Candidates ■ Democrats of Berne met at the town hall Tuesday evening, and 1 nominated candidates for the town election Tuesday, November 5. The three present councilmen, Chris Balsiger, third ward: Henry Winteregg, second ward; and Paul 1 Felber, first ward were re-nomin-ated. David Stauffer was named for the clerk-treasurer's office, re- 1 placing John Myers. o jl SOCIALISTS GO ON TRIAL TODAY — Powers Hanejood And Two Others Face Court At Terre Haute Terre Haute. Ind., Sept. 25 —(UP) —Powers Hapgood, Indianapolis, and two other socialist organizers i who participated in a vigorous campaign against the “military dictatorship" in Vigo county faced trial ; in -city court here today. Hapgood, socialist candidate for governor in 1932, and Aaron Gilmartin, national executive secretary of the socialist and labor defense league, and Leo Vernon, 23-year-old Madison. Wis., socialist, were arrested Sept. 5. Vernon and Gilmartin, who were arrested by civil authorities on vagrancy charges and held “for invest!- , gation,” were released on SSOO. j bonds. Hapgood was taken when he demanded reasons for the arrest of his ; •companions, and he was charged with interfering with an officer. His bond was set at SI,OOO. The men were taken at the head- ! quarters of the league at a restau-1 rant owned by Max Schafer, vice--president of the Vigo County Central labor union. ' Vernon and Hapgood have been (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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CHILDREN HEAR POPE'S MESSAGE Thousands Os Children At Eucharistic Congress Today Cleveland. Sept. 25 —(UP) —Un-; 1 counted thousands of children listened today as the personal blessing ! | of Pope Pius Xi was conferred upon , them. Gathered in the big lakefront ■stadium tor Pontificial high mass in connection with the seventh national Eucharistic congress, myriad youthful voices lifted in song and prayer as tihey heard the benediction of Patrick Cardinal Hayes, papal legate. "Behold the lambs of My flock, the delight of My Sacred Heart. Care for them as .precious jewels of my father in heaven.” It was thus that the Cardinal legate quoted the Christ whose body and blood the faithful believe to be present in tihe Blessed Eucharist. The vast assemblage was in deep contrast to the crowd which 'massed in the same stadium last night to hear Catholic leaders dedicate the church to unending war on communism. Gone was any thought of politics, of world affairs. There was only re-ligion-religion of the simple, unquestioning sort which appeals most to little -childrfn. Tier upon tier of youngsters, trained for the event by nuns and priests of t.he Cleveland diocese and dressed uniformly in the papal color ■ of gold and white, gazed upon the ’ cardinal as he stood under a lofty ; crucifix in the center of the amphi(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RURAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Total Enrollment Os Rural Schools In County Is 2,712 The total enrollment of the pub- ! lie schools in the county, exclusive of Decatur and Berne, is 2,712, Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent announced today. There are 2.101 enrolled in the township public grade schools and 606 in the township public high schools. The enrollments in the township public grade schools is as follows: Union, 93; Root, 103; Preble, 53; Kirkland, 159; Washington. 120; St. Mary's. 182; Blue Creek. 122; Monroe, 341; French, 173; Hartford, 257; Wabash, 375; and Jefferson, 123. The enrollments in the township public high schools are: Monmouth, 56; Pleasant Mills, 85; Kirkland, 76; Monroe, 111; Jefferson, 60; [Wabash, 116; and Hartford, 92. The figures were compiled from the reports made by teachers and principals. These are not used in the naming of the amount of money to be received. The state money is prorated on the basis -of average daily attendance. The attendance of parochial schools are not reported to the county superintendent. The average daily attandance of parochial schools is used, however, with the average daily attendance of the public schools to determine the amount of state money to be given to the county for the schools. o Mother Os Two Is Reported Missing Brookville, Ind., Sept. 25. — (U.R) —Authorities today hunted for Mrs. Thelma Hubbard, 22-year-old mother of two children, who disappeared after leaving on a shopping trip. Mrs. Hubbard, wife of Carl Hubbard, came here yesterday with her father-in-law, Roscoe Hubbard, Billingsville, to attend a sale. WEATHER Unsettled, probably thundershowers northwest tonight and southwest Thursday; somewhat warmer northeast tonight, cooler central and north Thursday.

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Lessened Tension Report Is Linked To Rumors Os Secret Negotiations Between Nations. ASK ADHERENCE (Copyright 1935 by United Press) London, Sept. 25—(U.R) —Reports ' over an area spreading from Singapore to London indicated today that a major development i was imminent in the ItaJian-Ethio-I pian crisis. I There talk of “lesssened tension” between Italy ahd Great Britain and hints from London, Rome and Geneva of secret Brit-ish-French-Palian negotiations. But there also were reports, some factual, some rumors, which showed that much more than negotiation was afoot. From the diplomatic angle, tho situation as outlined in unimpeachable quarters is: London —Tension lessened with Italy but the government will pursue its policy of asking strict adherence to the League of Nations covenant. Rome—Door is left open to all possibilities; public feels there ha.s been a degree of relaxation in contrast to last week's nervousness. Geneva —Premier Pierre Laval of Fiance continues to seek a peaceful solution and has not abandoned hope, but is deeply discouraged by Benito Mussolini’s attitude; hence French and British leaders continue to discuss 1 possibilities of penalties if Italy ■ attacks Ethiopia. I Here are a few reports which ’ enlarged and clarified the obscure diplomatic situation as outlined ’ by cautious spokesmen: Singapore — Prince line steamships will avoid the Suez Canal henceforth and will steam byway of Capetown. (Silver line decided to divert all ships to Capetown, including one actually bound for ■ Naples. Peninsular and Oriental i lines call attention of passengers j to clause in regulations permitting i diversion of route of steamships ■. without notice. Athene—British fleet arrived in Navarino harbor this morning. (This visit was announced Sept. 17 in Athens. It was said then that the fleet would number about 70 ships.) Paris — Newspapers suddenly start discussion of possibility Mussolini might fall; quote Brit(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) °’ Deininger Rites Friday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Deininger, 46,, 212 Line3ireet, who died suddenly at her home Tuesday morning, will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. The body will be removed to the residence on Line street from the S. E. Black funeral home late this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight. — o DEATH CLAIMS FRED HUBBARD Former Manager Os Local Sugar Plant Dies This Morning Fred Hubbard, age about 72, manager of the old Holland St. Louis Sugar company when it was established here in 1912, died at four o’clock this morning in a Mus- ' kegon, Michigan hospital of heart trouble. Mr. Hubbard had been seriously ill for sometime and members ot his family were not hopeful of his recovery. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning from Whitehall. Michigan the family home. Mr. Hubbard lived in Decatur several years and was active in business and civic affairs during his residence here. Later he and his family moved to Ottowa, Ohio, where he managed the sugar factory. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Ray Frichen and Mrs. Carl Stelle ot New York City. /