Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1935 — Page 1

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Bj of Scientists V\ ill ELtigate Explosion ■Qjch Claimed Six Or Lives. | D AMA(.E million I <><t > <U.R> A UK A • '! ''" la > l,v fiank W .Aplosi.m in which, tdx I '"" wn ,|pail 45 inperhaps under pH' " r twisted I this 1 < ruslied masonry. ■r MtjßErtmen «-:• digging with il jn ,| the rill of the missing. '" KXected to live. —. , heniA'- and three engiinvestigate the secret The used in the plant to exfrom An < X«.i- '» 'he plant. shortly before ds ' ..... shut-down manufacture an ecg investigations have by fire attorney ■ J state's ■: and ■ department. >O9 HpV hop- de’ermine Um j_ die blast which lay a ill waste. shook the KI tl.ie.- ,'es distant, and s estimated damage of ’iWlßlilm 1 J O'Brien. vice presi0 •': . nn'miiy who came io«h f '" ni ileveland. :«,. BA' of -eV beans was not l r that hexane. ,ls benzine used ,l - ’'ti f'et from ' »s»»^^K Jr ,. st building. ' company ' and il eslt!^^B''""‘ l tllithf he Forty Hire astM^^B s 'h" id-int end in their : nearl,v were injured. i|ie blast just beshattered blocks around and miles away. Five o ' ll '' balked nearby were ~V rne.t.7 ' —' — Oates For Tax * wl . Hearings October 11 ’’ '* , ’ |p s,a l p tax board will me. t 1. ' 1 dates for hearing: form vlevir-i. Tax rat .» I in county are the ■'' d F h township and gg|^B' '"’Vu-liip levies. J»enc.‘ Reavers !■ At Pumphrey Store heavens has return d at ,hf ‘ p umphr»y Jewelry bn North Second street. Mr. was formerly employed at H- r places Jee.se Sutton, accented a position with Jewelry company in Fort i ■FI : — rwß ur t'd Man Is mI Reported Better 2 “B ffin Ml,l er. 61. of Fort Wayne ° rtPll '' S iniprjve,J today. He Ur ’‘ d in an aut omobile acciojß^ 3 *'' evening on U. S. high- , ■-' B °uth of the county line. He " a fractured left arm. a right wrist and a fraturbone. rat Ks .-■ 0 « ■other Os Adams bounty Woman Dies i Fineral services for Christian S. Kj’. nour ’ 60, of Columbus. Ohio. K her of M ra . Mary Houk of Adtf l c f. ' oun tV- who di dat the home 1|X Bhter ' Mrs - Ca ' l Tumbleson ■i“ J: ’ morning, will be held Wed- ?■ a,te '' noon at 1:30 o’clock at. M mdenwood cemetery chapel, ■ b “'>ul in th- cemetery. Iclm Rld6nour born in Allen anj billed in Fort Wayne nc y ear 4a? 0 w [, eil went "tubus to make his home with ■ daughter. D ath wae due to rt diseace. ■ndch-M 8 are the da ughter. three two sisters, Mns. n K Uk ot Adanw county and ■ ■ ebscca Youse of Fort Wayne ’■tlan^o 1 ;^^ 9 - 3 ” Riden ° Ur

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I’BLUFFTON MAYOR LAUNCHES DRIVE City Officials Alarmed By Reports Children Using Narcotic Alarmed by repot ta that school children of Bluffton are becoming i addicted to the use of cannabis indi- ! ca, more widely known as Mexican I hay. Mayor Franklin Buckner, city I and county officials are conducting an intensive drive to round up men allegedly possessing and selling the poksonous narcotic. Two young Mexicans, Ban Armenta and Joe Crux. 19, both of'Chicago. have been taken Into custody at Bluffton. They admitted the theft of a euit of cloth s from an automobile Saturday night. Under further questioning, the young men confessed to knowledge of the gale of th- diug in Bluffton. The mayor then ordered the rearrest of Mike Hernandez, who had be?n released on SSOO bond pending hearing of charges of possession of cannabis indica. The young men pleaded guilty to ’ petit larceny and the mayor took the "ase under advisement, informI ing the defendants that any assistance they might render the officers tn thfer drive against the noxious weed woul dinfluenca their sentences. Hernandez entered a plea of i guilty to possession and his case was also taken under advisement, pending further investigation. Only a few days ago. two men were given 15 day aentences by Mavor Buckner in the Bluffton city court, after they pleaded guilty to nosriesidon of cannabis indica. They were arrested north of Magley in t Well* conty by state policemen Burl j Johnson and Ed Rose, who confki- ' chthfl SSOO worth of tti» narcotic. Elks Plan For Party Wednesday, Oct. 16 The Decatur lodge of the B. P. O. Elks wil Ihold a chop suey dinner, bridge i;arty and dance at the home on North Second street Wednesday evening. October 16. The dinner will be served at 6 1 o'clock. Bridge will be played from 7:80 to 9:30. Kenntth Beard is chairman of the committee 1 ncharge of arrangements. Other committee members are Don Gag.’, Hugh Holthouse, John L. Devos-s, Vincent Bormann. I J. L. Ehler and Bsrt Gage. Mrs. J. L. Ehler io in charge of the bridge ' partv. while H. A. Colchin will act as chef. o TWO VALUABLE PLANTS GIVEN Herman Yager Presents Plants To St. Joseph College Herman J. Yager, well known furniture dealer of this city, today presented to St. Joseph's College, Collegeville, Indiana, two valuable nlant-3 which he obtained from the Vatican Gardens in 1897, when he • ’."•tted Rome. Italy on a world tour, tour. One of the plants was a Cen- . tury and the other a cactus plant. tkov wer” tranv orted to St. Joseph's college by Reverand Father A. J. Scheidjer, one of the professors at the institution. The plants have b:en in the Yager family for 28 years and matured to fine specimens under the cars given by Mr. Yager. They were presented to him in behalf of Pope Leo by Msgr. De Walla and Rev. Father John Farrelly, April 19. 1897. The two plants were displayed at the Yager hpme and attracted much attention and admiration. Mr. Yager on his visit to the Vatican was so thrilled with the beauties of the gardens, r- cognized as among the most beautiful in the world, that he was presented with tho shoots of the plants and brought th. m to this country. The plants, now grown to large size will be displayed either in the chapel or in the science building at St. Joseph college. Father Scheidler while In the city called on Father Setmetz, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church, and alumni ot the col- ; | lege.

KIDNAP VICTIM TESTIFIES IN i COURT TODAY Wealthy Louisville Woman Cross-Examined , By Defense Attorney j Louisville. Ky„ Ort. 8— (U.R> — Looking directly at Mrs. Frances Robinson. Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll ’ I today said she “could not” be' grateful for anything Mrs. Robinson had done for her while Mrs. | Stoll wa.s held captive by Thomas ( H. Robinson, Jr. 1 Mrs. Stoll underwent a stern ■ cross examination at the hands of Jack Norman and Monte Ross. | 1 counsel for Mrs. Robinson and T. H. Robinson. Sr., on trial for com- : nliclty in the alleged kidnaping of j 1 Mrs. Stoll by the son and husband ■ of the defendant who still is atj I large. Norman sought to force Mrs.' ' Stoll to admit she had changed the story of her abduction and re- ‘' lease after uhe had conferred 1 with government attorneys. The attorney led her through ' the details of all the conversation ' from the time «he first learned ■ that Mrs. Robinson was to bring the ransom money to Indianapolis 1 and when she was set free. The government, headed by U. i 1 S. District Attorney Bunk Gard-, ner. has charged that the elder ■ > Robinson and hie daughter-in-law . knew the whereabouts of young • Robinson and Mrs. Stoll throughout the time' the society leader > was held for ransom, and that in - failing to communicate this in- • formation to authorities added ; and abetted the crime. f Mrs. Stoll identified a picture > of the junior Robinson as resembling her abductor. She told how lie struck her with a piece of [ pipe causing a long gash in her . head, which she said bled for 24 nw ping two) > | o— FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED —————— ; Adams County To Receive Over $4,000 From Intangibles Tax ' Indianapolis. Oct. S.—The state . government will begin its series of 1935-36 distributions of replacement taxes October 15 with the mailing to county treasurers of checks totalling $654,737.06 deriv- ( ’ ed from the general intangibles tax. Os the total amount to be distributed. one-fourth will be retained by the various county treasur- . ers for their general funds and the remaining three-fourths will be allocated to schools of the counties. Distributions are based on prop

erty valuation. Adams county will receive $4,056.31, of which $3,042.23 will be used for school purposes. Estimates of the amount to be distributed from the intangibles tax as well as the gross income and the beer or excise taxes, have been provided local Officials in order that 1936 property taxes might be reduced by the amount to be received from the state. Last year, distributions amounting to approximately $12,000,000 were ■”ade from the three replacement taxes. The next distribution will be made from the beer or excise tax in December, when both schools and civil units will receive payments. Allotment of gross income ♦ax Toney to the schools will take r.lace in January. Money now being received in gross income tax for the third-quarter payment period, which ends October 15, will be included in the fund from which the January distribution will be made. First Ru’e Issued Under Utility Act Washington. Oct. B—(UP8 —(UP) —Honestly conducted power companies have nothing to fear from the new i utility act, chairman Frank R. McXinch of the federal power commission said today in teuing the first r,ule for adminstration of the law. The rule forbade utility company officers to hold position with securities companies, without specific ■ ermiusion from the power commission. "Power companie which are conducting their enterprises legitimately and in th? public interest have no reason to be aunnehensive of ' the new utility act for its adminiaj tration by the federal power commission," McNinch said.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 8, 1935.

Victims Os Plane Crash .-c . > -j® v <i ’”~ . % A j /J ' JHHLa— . . __i_ —_ Twelve persons were killed early Monday when a coast-to-coast east bound transport plane crashed into a hill 15 miles west ot Cheyenne. Wyo. Two of the crash victims are pictured left to right, John F. Cushing, president of the Great lAikes Dredge and Dock company of Chicago and Pilot 11. A. Collison, of Salt Lake City, Utah.

LEGION PLAY GIVEN TODAY First Presentation Os Home Talent Show; Repeated Wednesday — The friot presentation of "The First Commandment,” a play sponsored by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion was given this at a children’s matinee at 4 o< lock at the Decatur Catholic high school. The second performance will he given by the cast of 80 prominent local people at the Catholic school at 8 o’clock this evening. Another performance will be given Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. Tickets for these performances may be obtained at the door at 40 cents for adults or 20 cents for | children. All proceeds of the show will be . used in the fund being raised to purchase a memorial home for war veterans and their families. The play is an illustrated narrative oi stories from the Bible told by a grandfather to his two grandchildren with their parents listening. The grandfather gives the story of the first commandment, “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods. Before Me.” The action of the play begins at the time of Joseph and his brothers in the Old Testament and continues to the scene of the Nativ- ' ity in the New Testament. The first scene deals with the selling of Joseph by his brothers to the Egyptians. The next scene is at the time of Pharoh’s dream. The action shows how Joseph was made governor over Egypt after Interpreting Pharaoh’s dream and how his brothers were compelled to kneel before him. The next scene deals with Ben-

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O MODERN HOME IS COMPLETED — Butler Home Is First Completed Under Federal Housing Plan The first new house erected in Decatur under the FHA finance plan is completed and will be open for public inspection from 9 a. m. until 8 p. m. Wednesday. The home is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Butler and is located on the east side of North Second street in the 600 block. The house is of English architectural design and is modern in every respect. It contains seven rooms, in addition to the solarium on the south side of the house. The most modern types of kitchen and bathroom have also been built. - The public is invited to visit the house Wednesday. In addition to Mr. Butler’s invitation, ’ George Krick, FHA director in this city, also invited the public to inspect the house. Among the firms furnishing material and equipment for the new home are: Charles Robenold, general contractor; Holthouse Drug Co., wallpaper; Yost Brothers. excavation and cement work; The National Mill Supply Co., plumbing fixtures; Decatur Lumber Co., lumber; August Walter, ’ plumbing installation; Holland . Furnace Co., furnace and air conditioner; Kocher Lumber Co., ineullation; Schafer Store, building (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I

District Conference At Bluffton Tonight Members of the Young Peoples Society of the local Presbyterian church will motor to Bluffton tonight to attend the Fourth district conference, sponsored by the presbytery of Ft. Wayne. Six churches are to be respresented from this district, including Fort Wayne. Huntington, Ossian. Decatur. Bluff ‘ ton and Garrett. A banquet is be- ■ ing planned by the Sunshine Aid : of the Bluffton church. Dr. R. J. McLandress, Indianap olis, will be the principal speaker . at the evening service. He is director of religious education of the synod of Indiana and also the present moderator of the synod. Dinner will be served at “:30 o’clock with Miss Elizabeth Melsheimer of Fort Wayne, presiding. Members of the local society are asked to meet at the church at 6 o’clock. o START FUND FOR BOND PAYMENTS — Fund Started To Pay Bonds On Knights Os Columbus Building A fund for tho payment'of the bonds on the Knights of Columbus building will be created with the three dollars a year special assessment dues unanimously voted by the members of Decatur Council No. 864 in meeting last evening. The assessment of three dollars a year will apply to all members, except honorary members and to priests. It is estimated that approximately $750 a year will be ; raised, Elmo Smith, grand knight I of the K. C. announced. All of the money raised by the i special assessment will be ear

marked for the payment of bonds and will not be placed in the general fund of the council. The interest payment on bonds is met from revenue from the building. Under this plan, beginning January 1. 1936. the total dues of members will be increased from $7.50 to $10.50 a year. About 150 members attended the meeting last evening and after the reading of the resolutions a standing vote was taken. The 1 result was a unanimous vote in favor of the assessment and the amortization of the bonds. The Knights of Columbus building is one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the city. The building is three stories high, with a frontage of more than 40 feet on Second street and extends west 132 feet on Madison street. The lodge occupies the entire third floor with its modern council anT lodge quarters. It was announced at the meeting that pre-Columbus day celebration would be held at the K. of C., i hall on Thursday evening, beginning at 9 o.clock’ There will be a dance for members, their wives and sweethearts. Arthur Voglewede was named chairman of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ♦ ♦ DISPLAY FLAG I I A request was made today | | by Elmo Smith, grand knight | | of the Knights of Columbus, j j asking merchants and others j I to display the flag on Saturday. 1 | October 12, in observance of j | Discovery Day. The public was | | also invited to listen to the i 1 special Columbus Day programs I | to be broadcast Saturday eve- | | ning over national hook ups. It I | is a National holiday. *

Ethiopian Army Makes Foray Into Eritrean Town; Italy Declares Raid Is Repulsed

League Os Nations Will Inflict Penalties On Italy Next Week For War On Ethiopia. MEET WEDNESDAY (Copyright 1935 by United Frees) I Geneva, Oct. 8— (U.R) -Specific penalties against Italy for warring on Ethiopia will be put into effect early next week, league of nations delegates predicted today. Viewing Italy as already virtually a.n outlaw among league nations, statesmen arriving here for i tomorrow's assembly meeting, indicated that there was no means left of impeding the imposition of financial and economic penalties. It is the first time the league ' over han tried to use the crushing machinery its covenant pro-, vides for punishing a nation which attacks a league member. It was but a few weeks ago that league men themselves were discussing the possibility that an effort to penalize Italy would wreck the league. Vet the statesmen of 50-odd nations who were arriving on i every train today left no doubt i that they were ready to a.pply to fascist Italy the ,penalties of the : covenant. When the assembly — tho congress of the league at which all members are represented — meets tomorrow, it is foreshadowed that a big committee will bo named at once to recommend specific economic and financial penalties which all members will : be asked to apply. On this committee, all of : Italy's neighbors will be repre- j eented — Greece, Jugoslavia, Austria. Switzerland. France and Spain—according to plans. On them will hinge the failure I or success of the league’s first ; P effort to penalize a warring nai tion. for if Italy can not be cut ' I off from land, it can not be sue- i cessfnlly penalized. j£ven as delegates gathered to-1 day the Greek government tele-1 graphed its chief delegate. Foreign Minister Demetriot Maxiinos, that Greece, mindful of its obligations, will participate nn(CONTINUED ON PAOG FOUR) o Fine Transient On Vagrancy Charge Ike Smith, a transient, was fined S 5 and costa amounting to sls Moni day afternoon after he plead guilty to a charge of vagrancy. He was ar- 1 , rested by city police Monday after- ! noon. The case was heard by Mayor : Holthoune in city court.

o “ PLAINTIFF ON WITNESS STAND Rebuttal Testimony Is Given Today In $75,000 Damage Suit The plaintiff began rebuttal testimony today in the $75,000 damage suit brought by Cloid Ratliff against Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Caylor and Dr. Truman Caylor for the loss of his hands which he alleges was due to the careless operation of an X-ray machine at the Caylor clinic where he was treated for eczema. The first rebuttal witness was Dr. Doster Buckner of Bort Wayne. He was questioned as to a seveninch spark gap used as one of the ■ factors in the treatment of Ratliff. The defense had testified that a seven-inch spark gap would produce 80 kilowatts of current. He testified that it would produce 110 kilowatts. He stated that the difference, 30,000 watts, would have been harmful. He stated that the defense was in error in making the statement that 80 kilowatts were the result of the factors testified to. Cloid Ratliff, the plaintiff, was next called to the stand. This morning he denied the time and place of several events testified to by the defense. It is possible that the plaintiff may conclude its rebuttal in the next day or so. In this case arguments would be heard Thursday or Friday. It is possible that the case (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

GUARD TRAINS FROM VIOLENCE IN MILK STRIKE Special Federal Deputies Guard Trains From Vandalism Chicago, Oct. B—(UP)—SeventyB—(UP)—Seventy five special federal deputy marshals riding Wisconsin Central and I Chicago and Northwestern trains ’ were armed today with riot guns against violence In the farmein milk strike. United states marshal William H. McDonnell obtained from Fort Sher- , ' idan a temporary ars nal of 45 calI ibre pistols, riot guns and shot guns to be used to protect mail carriers. The deputies were sworn after railroad officials charged "vandalism” along the right es way endangered passengers and railroad property. The strikers whose demand for higher prices has resulted in a milk famine coupled with violence and sabotage, met at Elgin today to draft a definite answer to Gov. Henry Horner's proposal of a 30-day truce. The vandalism, in whicji one sec-1 tion of a track an the Chicago and | Northwestern railroad was blown . up, a 48-foot wooden bridge burned, I and another trestle set afire, followed closely on the announcement: that representatives of the waning factions had agreed tentatively to I (CONTTNUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 RIGHT-OF-WAYS TO BE BOUGHT Commissioners Approve Paying $350 For Right Os Ways The county commissioners today approved the payment of $350 fori, right-of-ways so ra road to be built j , as an extension of North Tenth , street from the Archbold Road to I the River Road. The recommendations for this J, sum were made by reviewers ap- | 'ointed by the commissioners court. < Th s reviewers were August Con- , tad. Jacob C. Miller and Harvey ( Smith. i Two properties wculd be damag- , ed. One ie owned by David W. Sum- i

mere, the other by Ernest and Lil-! lian Tope. Th? proposed road would be about 77 rods long and 40 feet! wide. Each of the damages was estimated at $175. The road was petitioned in order to permit school buesee to eliminate crossing the railroad twice. The board also approved the repair of a chimney at the laundry ’ house at the county infirmary. The chimney was tracked and th? commissioners decided that it is dangerous. The superintendent of the institution was ordered to make the repairs, which it is estimated \ \ will cost from S2OO to $225. The commissioner late this I afternoon will consider the bids of : food and surplice for the county in-! firmary as well as for other special i equipment for the institution. The Monday sessions and this) ! morning’s session were devoted to . the allowing of the bills. Today a number of applicants appeared before the board to ask for • old age pensions. Several others ap- ! neared before the board to request increases in monthly old age pen- '. sions already being paid. o— Distribute Fish From Hatcheries Members of the Adams county, fieh and game conservation league are distributing fish received from the federal hatcheries in quarries here and at Pleasant Mills. The league received 1.2 >0 crappies and 200 large mouth bass. o i WEATHER Increasing cloudiness northeast, occasional showers west and south tonight and Wednesday and northeast Wednesday; slowly rising temperature Wednesday and east and north tonight.

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Rome Admits Attack But Declares Invading Army Repulsed; Italian Use Os Gas Charged. PLANS EVIDENT Addis Ababa, Oct. B.—(U.R)— It was reported without confirmation today that the Ethiopians had recaptured Aduwa and taken "thousands” of prisoners. It also was reported, without confirmation, that the Ethiopians had posted forces on three sides of Aduwa and that Minister of War Ras Mula Getta was proceeding there to assume charge of the sector. New York, Oct. B—(U.PJ—Ethiopia gave every indications today of making plenty of trouble for the Italian invaders, as Emperor Haile Selassie has promised. Having permitted the Italians to occupy Aduwa, Adigrat and perhaps Aksuin in the north witTonly nominal resistance, the Ethiopians announced that their leading general had made a successful foray Into Eritrea proper. Rome admitted in a communique that an Eritrean border town had been attacked but said the attack was replused. The communique added that Ethiopian caeualties in the campaign already had been heavy and that hundreds had been captured. The plan of campaign on both sides began to be more evident. The Italians obviously will concentrate their main efforts In the north, driving slowly toward Addis Ababa at a rate which will permit the steady maintenance of communications and service of supply i io the rear, with a minimum risk I of allowing any main body to adj vance so fast as to be cut off. Therefore no smashing spectacuj lar drives may be expected for the j present. On the part of the EthiI oplans, it is likely to be a war ot I attrition, avoiding mass attacks on the Italians, in which they would be at a disadvantage. Swift, stinging flank attacks, sudden forays and ambushes are more likely. As the Italians penetrate further into the wild hills and gorges of the northern plateau, their present early advantage is likely to diminish somewhat. Operations in the arid, tropical Ogaden plain in the south probably will not be so extensive. The lowlands present more military difficulties, and a formidable force of Ethiopians waits in the region of Harar and Diredawa. the Italian objective, which are more easily reached from the north, through southern Eritrea.

Says Gas Used (Copyright 1935 by UP.) With the Ethiopian Army, Har- , ar, Oct. 8. —<U.R> —Dedjazmatch Nassibu, commanding the southern : Ethiopian army, charged today that the Italians were using gas in their invasion of Ogaden. Bursting aerial bombs, he told the United Press, had blanketed a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) SCHMITT SELLS CHOICE CATTLE Local Man Delivers Choice Cattle To Farmers In Vicinity H. P. Schmitt, well known livestock breeder and meat market proprietor of this city has delivered several shipments of choice Hereford and Shorthorn cattle to Adams and Welle county farmers. Twelve extra good were delivered to the Martin Smith farm, southwest of Decatur, which Mr. Smith recently purchased from the Fred Mutschler estate. The cattle will be fed by Pete Losche, tenant and well know’n farmer of this community. The farm comtprisee 160 acres and in one of the beet in the county. Mr. Schmitt also delivered 25 head of Hereford® to the G. T. Burk farm in Wells county and 15 head of shorthorns to John Franz and son, also in Wells county. The demand for good cattle ie heavy this year, Mr. Schmitt. AU of the cattle sold by him were raised on the Schmitt farms eouth of Decatur. The Schmitt (stock farm also includes several of the best colts and horses in this section.