Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1935 — Page 1

XXXIII. No. 210.

IB? «is SaiiaiKKio ISIIWfffISONE George •<’ Kt> * S W( . (,reek I'hrone /■ After <,■ jOB; ' . ;.-g: aph<xi Klßg !,ack li" jggg&m ' ' 1 "'" ■ the •■ 1 ■ a HggK,. . ' '• ||||||B i, 1 nail"’"" ■ , r - r to 'l' l ’"*' ~...■; Koudj lis hour folresignation; iU ihr da) of the govern- I h<-ail"il h> I'.iii.ighitio Tsaiar? -‘lol air force. ’’ .. . - ' ':■■ did not Mp :-:'i:u nntii and Kondylis ■- ngfl KITH CLAIMS ■JOHN ALLEGER a Newspaper t Dies Wed--3 H nesdav Night sM ~— * Mmili ■ (»< I. 10- (I’PI !' A.: own-r and sK S I s "'’ ' I 'Vdii- Bn-dii-d his here lasi night of paraysis. ad h.en .:; health for the years. hr. n a resident of Allen since 1554 and in 1884 had Muiir i-ville wh re he purthe M .niwvi.b- Democrat. in.- Monroeville Breeze. ' : "d the newspaper busill - Hl health. His eon. Wil,^K Alleger. acting as , üblisher paper. are the widow, Mrs. of Monroeville, and a I Mrs. Elsie Battenberg of i Bend. services will be held Sat- 1 J aft’rnoon at j o'clock at the ■ Band at 2:30 o’clock at the ■ roeijiif. Methodist church with JK ’ K |, ' ini 'i fficiating. Burial '" t't th i. 0. 0. F. cemetery Monroe Men S Hurt In Accident Eobenstein, Monroe under- |® r Albert Coppes. Ralph Anj^K' s and Howard Brandberry, all |Br onrw - urp recovering from intecetved in an automobile Tuesday night. The acoccurred at the township ■ "'-St Os the Dan Kaehr farm. :K.™' es northwest of Berne. |SB r •' , ' l,p, ‘"tein was driving the ■ . , en ,11P accident occurred. ■ llw t 0 negotiate a job in the Bi dll ' ,lle car wel 't into the r • r Eobenstejn received an WL', 1 ’ < h pst - a broken nose ■ iv ..F in^”ries - Mr. Coppess 11 outs to his face and body M Brandyberry sustained cuts Ws escaped Injury. J"®” were enroute to B& ’enoh'f ,he William Ki »fer fire ■ h township, when the acl<LT ,W ‘ d - The - fla >nes causB estimated at nearly Hiner kt.\ ’ arge wooflßhe d and IWundM 1 he ”' Orlßin 0{ the flre B "“determined. I WEATHER B»outh Udy ' ,how * r » east and |H “ h ’ colder tonight; FriiKL. oeneri, "y f »in rising B peratu re northwest.

DECATUR DAIET DEMOCRAT

Would Wed Slayer jflßr * 'B ' 1L An appeal of Helen Baker, 24-year-old orphan, to lie allowed to marry her childhood sweetheart. Norman Peacock, 22. before he went to jhe electric chair for a double murder near t'ineinnati. O„ was refused by sheriff George A. Lutz of Cincinnati. Warden James Woodward of the state pen- | itentiary at Columbus also ex I pressed his disapproval of any ; plan to marry the couple before I Peacock goes to the chair Jan. 16. LOCAL COMPANY GIVEN PRAISE Citizens Telephone Company Praised For Progressiveness The Telephone Engineer, a monthly magazine devoted to the telephone industry, contains an article relative to the construction of the underground system in Berne by the Citizens Telephone company and the reception im- | received by Berne efti- ■ zens. I .The magazine article follows: “In spite of unsettled business conditions, H. F. Ehinger. general manager. Citizens Telephone Co.. Decat r, Ind., has rebuilt the outside construction of the company’s property in Berne, Ind., by installing armored cable underground. In making this improvement, Mr Ehinger shows his confidence in the teiephone industry and in the support of his company by the Berne public. ‘‘Citizens of Berne were so pleased by the removal of poles, that the editor of the Berne Witness, Edward E. Liechty. gave the com pany a front page compliment and i the City of Berne inserted and paid for a display advertisement testifying to its appreciation of progressiveness of the telephone company.” The editorial and the advertisement referred to were published in the magazine article. The underground cable was completed several weeks ago. providing Berne with one of the most modern telephone systems in the | state. 0 BOOTLEG RING MEMBERS HELD Officials In Prominent Companies Among 13 Under Arrest Chicago, Oct. 10. —(U.R) —Thirteen persons, several of them officials in nationally known companies, were named today in federal warrants sworn out by treasury agents charging they supplied material for bootleg liquor and stills. The warrants were sought by District Attorney Michael I Igoe and E. C. Yellowley. head of the liquor tax revenue division of the treasury department in the mid•west. Yellowley said that the conspiracy indicated in the warrants constituted the biggest liquor law violation since repeal. Operations of the principals, he said, extended throughout Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Information leading to the issuance of the warrants was obtained from persons arrested in a succession of raids on stills in the middle west in which approximately 20 persons were arrested and questioned. Yellowley estimated that if the illicit stills which file alleged conspiracy controls were to operate for a year the treasury would lose $5,000,000 in tax rev- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUB)

RATLIFF CASE NEARING JURY — Arguments Os Attorneys And Jury Instructions To End Case The $75,000 Ratliff-Caylor damage suit will probably be given the jury late this afternoon. The I arguments by the attorneys were I being concluded today. It is expected that all seven of the attorneys will be heard before the case Is given to the Jury. Both attorneys quoted liberally from the instructions which were approved by Judge Huber M. DeVoss Wednesday afternoon and which he will give the jury before the case is turned over to them for decision. Attorneys for the plaintiff stressed the statements made in i the complaint and testimony supporting the allegation that Ratliff was given too much X-ray in the treatment given him at the Caylor clinic for eczema. The attorneys altto stressed the allegations that as the result of the treatments Ratliff developed third degree X-ray burns which le<l to cancer, which he claims necessitated the amputation of both his hands. The attorneys for the defense stressed the testimony given in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Say Kidnap Victim Aided In Escape Louisville, Ky„ Oct. 10 —(U.R)— Testimony was given in federal i court today that Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, pretty kidnap victim of Thomas H. Robinson. Jr., now al large, “traded'' with Robinson whereby the kidnaper was permitted to escape. The trade, it was said, was that Robinson agreed, in exchange for his liberty, that he would not force his young wife. Mrs. Frances Robinson, to accompany him. Mrs. Robinson and the kidnap-: er's father. T. H. Robinson. Sr.. | are on trial charged with complicity in the kidnaping. GIRL SCOUTS J GIVEN AWARDS — Attendance Stars Are Given To Decatur Girl Scouts At a meeting of the Tri Kappa! Girl Scout Troop 1 held at the | Central school building Wednes-j day evening, attendance stars were awarded for attendance last year to Zulu Porter. Maxine Martin. Katheryn King, Wilma Miller, Evangeline Fuhnnan, Katheryn Knapp, Anna Jane Tyndall, Helen Jean Kohls, Patsy Schmitt. Flora Belle Kohls, Ramona Oliver, Joan . Brunton and Barbara Duke. The girls have a German or Sun-' bonnet girl quilt to sell. Mrs. P. B. Thomas had charge of [ the meting. She will not have ac- . live part in the organization this winter but will assist with the Girl ■ Scout work. Mrs. Thomas organized the first | I troop of the Girl Scouts, known as I the Tri Kappa Troop 1, in 1927,1 ■ with eight Central girls enrolled. The troop grew to have a member-, ship of over 40 members and so ; many girls at the Central school I were desirous of taking part in the i girl scout work, that other organ-1 izations were asked to sponsor - | troops and three years ago Mrs. Thomas assisted in organizing troop 2, sponsored by the Psi lota Xi sorority and troop 3. sponsored by the’ Woman's club. New leaders for this winter will be Mrs. Albert Gehrig, former teacher at the Central school, and Miss Evelyn Kohls, a girl scout since 1928. Miss Kohls has attended the girl scout camp every year except one and won a trip of two weeks duration at the Fort Wayne girl scout camp and at this camp i she was aw-arded her junior life saving badge. o Final Performance Given Wednesday The last performance of “The First Commandment’’ wan given; Wednesday night at the Decatur I Catholic auditorium. The production was very well received by the audience. An unusual feature of the show was the lighting arrangement which eliminated the neieseity of a curtain. The Adams poet number 43 of the American Legion today issued a statement thanking the large: I cast and choir as well as the Deca-1 | tur merchants for their part in the I Clay.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 10, 1935.

Many People Visit Completed FHA Home (Nearly 600 people visited the J new home built by Mr. and Mrs. | Clyde Butler on North Second! street under the FHA plan. Open house was held all day I Wednesday and last evening a continual string of people visited the home. Charles Robenold was the general contractor on the Job. A seven room modern house, with a solarium and basement was constructed. It is the first FHA bouse completed in Decatur. LIST PROGRAM | FOR CONCERT Scottish Rite Male Chorus Will Give Concert Here Friday One of the outstanding pianists of the middle west will be presented as soloist when the Scottish 1 Rite male chorus appears at the; Presbyterian church, Friday night.' The pianist is Miss Nondas Rudig, j ac< ompanist witn the choir. She is known as an artist of unusual ability. In 1932. she was acclaimed the winner of the Chicago Cities contetst, in which there were 124 contestants. Miss Rudig has also appeared as solist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Frederick Stock. A well-balanced program has been prepared by Frederick G. Church, director of the chorus. Miss Rudig will present two solos. The following is the program for the concert Friday night. Winter Song Bullard Comrades in Arms Adam Swor dos Ferrara Bullard Choir Etude Opus 25. No. I Chopin Etude Opus 25, No. II Chopin Miss Nondas Rudig Art Thou Weary? Parks' Saviour, Comfort Me Gottschalk ' Lead Thou My Soul "Peery , ■ Crossing the Bar Crowley ' Choir Tenor Solo Mr. Archie Spice On the Road to Mandalay Speaks Rolling Down the Rio German Hells of St. Marys Adams Choir j The Blue Danube Concert Arabesque ■ Miss Nondas Rudig Tenor Duet ..In The Garden I Mr. Spice and Mr. Kaade I One Sweetly Solemn Thought Johnson I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Stolen Postal Money Orders Are Recovered Raymond McCaren, residing one I half mile north of Monroe, hae reported that he found a small wood-. en box containing all the peat oftice money orders stolen from the | Monro? post office a few week« ago when the safe was blown. Mr. McCaren found the small box along the railroad right of way near , I hie home Wednesday evening. The i money ordetw were returned to the postmaster, Adolph Hanni, who, : stated that they were of value to I him on account of the records he has to keep. PLAN NEW FIGHT FOR HAUPTMANN Bruno’s Attorney Will Carry Fight To Supreme Court Trenton, N. J.. Oct. 10 —(U.R) — Attorneys for Bruno Richard i Hauptmann began a fight along new and apparently hopeless lines today to save him from the electric chair. C. Lloyd Fiaher. chief counsel for the German carpenter who kidnaped and murdered the infant son of Col. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, announced he would carry an a.ppeal denied yesterday by the state court of errors and appeals to the United States supreme court. “Hauptmann was not guilty of murder and we’ve just begun to fight to prove it,” he said. “I told Hauptmann so and he bore the decision of the court of errors and apneals like a ma.n.” The errors and appeals court, ' the state’s bench of final resort, dispelled almost the last justifiable hone of reprieve Hauptmann had. Thirteen justices eligible to I vote on his appeal, presented last June, were unanimous in declaring his allegations of an unfair trial baseless. They ruled rather, that evidence | presented during his trial made a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

SORORITY PLANS FOR STYLE SHOW Psi loti Xi Sorority Plans Show, Card Party Friday Night The Psi lota XI sorority will give a style show, bridge and card party Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the Decatur Country dub. The proceeds from the party will be I used in the sorority’s charity fund. | Tickets for the affair may bo obtained from members of the j sorority at 25 cents a person or | they may Ve purchased at the door. I The doors will open at 7:30 o’clock. I Fifty Decatur merchants have | ! contributed door prizes. In the style show will be the fol- | 'lowing women: Sara Jane Kauffman, Helen Haubold, Mary Margaret Klepper, Corolene Townsend. Patricia Fullenkamp. Cathryn Fritzinger, Mary Jane Fritzinger, Mrs. Alfred Beavers, Effie Patton, Mrs. Harry Knapp, and Mrs. Vincent Bormann. Clothes have been i furnished by E. F. Gass and com- ! pany. The men in the style show are: Hugh Holthouse. Don Gage, Melvin Collier. Carl Sheets, Dick Sheets and Dick Steele. The clothes have been furnished by Holthouse, Schulte and company and Vance and Linn. Dr Fred Patterson will be master of ceremonies. At nine o’clock the bridge and card games will begin. Prizes have been obtained for each table of four. There will be a dance at the Country Club following the card party. The general committee in charge of the affair is composed of: Mrs. Charles Hite, chairman; Effie Patson. Mrs. Ben Duke and Mrs. Charles Briener. The chairmen of the other committees are: soliciting committee, | Mrs. Alfred Beavers: prize wrapping committee, Mrs. William i Schrock: modeling committee. Bernice DeVoss; bridge arrangements 1 I committee. Bernice De Voss; decorating committee, Mrs. Robert Zwick; ticket committee, Mrs. Rob ert Freeby. PERFECT BRIEF TO APPEAL CASE County Attorney Heller To Appeal Wabash Dredge Decision County Attorney Henry B. Heller is spending several days in Indianapolis, perfecting a brief of i the ajipeal of the Wabash ditch : case to the state appellate court of Indiana. Several months ago Special j Judge Henry Kister of Princeton decided against the remonstrators' ito the proposed dredging. They filed an appeal with the appellate court. In the meantime an effort was made to have the government sponsor the project under the' PWA program by which a 45 per cent grant would be made. This proposal was rejected. Attorney Tod Whipple of Port- 1 land is making an effort to have the project approved by the gov 1 eminent and is asking for a rel consideration of the PWA officials j i decision. He consulted with the I I county commissioners on the sub-1 ject this week. The appeal is now being pushed by the remonstrators in case the government finally disapproves the project. The case has been in the courts for several years and the litigation has been very expensive to the petitioners, remonstrators and Adams county. It may be a. year or more after the brief of the appeal is filed at the appellate court before a decision is rendered by the body. ■ o-— Fail To Identify Two As Thieves Sheriff Dallas Brown. Mrs. Frank Brewster and son Joe Brewster of Berne drove to Legonier Wednesday to attempt to identity two strangers who were thought to have stolen s2l from the Brewster home. Mrs. Brewster and her son were unable to identify the strangers as the ones who had stayed overnight at their home Mon day night. When the atrangera left Tuesday the sum of money was found to be missing, and a description of the two was broadcast over the radio. The Ligonier ipolice reported that two suspects were held in that city and that they bore the description broadcast

FINAL APPROVAL NOT YET GIVEN SEWAGE PLANT Presidential Approval Given; Final Action Still Awaited Presidential approval of a. loan and grant for $132,727, from the public works administration for I construction of un interceptor j sewer and sewage treatment plant in Decatur, does not mean that i the grant has finally been made,. I Forrest M. Logan, state PWA di-1 j rector, informed Mayor A. R. J Holthouse by letter today. The loan and grant was announced from Washington September 30 and a letter formally notifying the city of Decatur that the PWA had approved the application was received by Mayor Hollhouse under date of Oct.. 3. Similar letters were sent to Indiana mayore where projects had been approved. Before the loans and grants are made, the application, plans, azid entire project must be approved by comptroller-general McC a r 1 and the federal director of the budget. In the meantime the consulting engineers must prepare the final. plans and specifications, wage scales in the local community must be determined end every detail disposed of by November 1. The project must be readv for construction by Decentber 15, the date set by President Roosevelt for the nation wide drive to relieve unemployment. The letter received by Mayor Holthouse from Mr. Ixtgan follows : “This office informed you by letter, dated October 1, 1935, that an allotment had been approved ' for the above project (sewage I treatment plant) for a loan and ■ grant in the amount of $132,727. “The above mentioned letter! was intended as a notification ’ only and does not constitute the I formal offer which the govern-' ’ ment will make for your acceptance. “This letter is written for the purpose of clarifying a misunder- : standing which exists relative to | ! the above mentioned letter. “Please do not take any proceedings accepting the offer until you are in receipt of a formal (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ♦ 0 Liquor Board To Hold Four Hearings Four hearings have been set by' the Adame county alcoholic beverages board to be held at the county court house on Tuesday. October 28, at 9 a. m. All hearings will be on applies- ; tions for renewals of beer retailers’ , licenses in Decatur. They are: Harry O. Staley (Staley’s Confectionery); The Columbian Club (Knights of Columbus); Lose I Brothers (Eats Restaurant), and " Herman Myers (Riverview GardI ens). NEGRO SOLOIST TO SING HERE Hubbard Harris Will Give Sacred Concert Sunday Evening Hubbard Harris, negro tenor who has appeared several times on N. B. C. programs, will give a sacred concert at the Decatur Methodis Episcopal church Sunday evening at 7:00 P. M. He is a graduate of Clark School of Atlanta, Ga.. and of Howard University of Washington D. C, He continued his work in Boston University and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Boston Conservatory of Music. Last year he was awarded the Johnston scholarship for a year’s study abroad, the first one of his race to be thus honored. He appeared before the Fort Wayne district W. F. M. S. when it was in convention in Decatur last week and so pleased his audience that a return engagement was offered him. No admission will be charged at the door but an offering will be received. Mr. Harris is I both an accomplished pipe organist and soloist. His iprogram is as follows : Organ numbers: "Still Night" by Mozart and “The Storm” by Moszoski. “Merciful Father” by Vessallion,” “1 Thank You Jesus” by Petrie,” All God’s Children Got Wings” by (ICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

League Os Nations Today Votes Italy 'An Outlaw Nation

Warden Resigns r K 'IJi Koit -,:S OM? ft. I His resignation as warden of the Joliet-Statesville prisons in Illinofe. effective one minute before execution of GeraJd Thompson, sentenced to die Oct. 14 for the slaying of Mildred Hallmark, 19-year-old Peoria case hostess, was submitted by Warden Frank D. Wliipp, above, who explained that I each of the five executions at which he had officiated had completely unnerved him. SUGARCOMPANY TO ENTERTAIN Local Company To Entertain Wholesale Grocers Saturday Wholesale grocers and salesmen I from towns in 25 northeastern Indiana counties will be the guests of the Central Sugar Company in this city Saturday afternoon and I evening. More than 200 executives and I salesmen of wholesale grocery conicerns in this area are expected to attend the event. The visitors will begin arriving j about o’clock Saturday afternoon’ and a trfp of inspection through 1 ■ Indiana’s only beet sugar factory will be held between 3 and 5 o’clock. At 6:30 o’clock the guests will be entertained at a banquet at the Decatur Country Club. Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company will act as toastmaster. Dr. J A. Brock, of Saginaw, Mich., educational secretary of the Farmers and Merchants Beet Sugar Association, will be the principal speaker at the banquet. J. Ward Calland, field manager for the Centra! Sugar company will also speak. The Winner Chord Octet of Berne, under the direction of Carl Habegger, and the Crystal White I Sparklers from WOWO will sing. An orchestra will furnish music during the dinner. riarold McMillen, assistant field manager for the company, stated retail grocers in the Decatur area would be entertained by the company in this city on October 18, 23 and 30. 0 Tobacco Warehouse Damaged By Fire Murray, Ky., Oct. 10 — (UP) — Fire which raged throughout the huge government warehouse of the Western dark fired tobacco growers association cased damage estimated today at $125,000. The building and approximately 1,300,000 .pounds of tobacco from the 1934 crop were destroyed. _o Alaskan Coast Hit By Storm Washington, Oct. 10 —(U.R) —The worst storm in 50 years is raging on the Alaskan coast near Bethel, the army signal corps reported to the war department. Houses in the town have been swept away and high tides have damaged piers, the report said. A coast guard boat, the report said, has been ordered to the scene from Savoonga. 1

Price Two Cents

Diplomatic Relations Os Italy And Ethiopia Are Formally Severed; Many Ethiopians Killed. ALBANIA BALKS Rome, Oct. 10—(UP)— The official government press bureau said today that it has received no official confirmation of a report that Aksum, Holy City of Ethiopia, has fallen to the Italians. (By United Press) Today’s war developments; Geneva: Fifty-one nations of league of nations assembly formal:ly vote Italy an outlaw nation. Financial and economic penalties ito be applied within few days. I Italy’s delegate in eloquent defense accuses league members of insincerity, but only Austria, Hungary and Albania stand with Italy. Rome: Italians on northern front prepare mass drive on Makale, important city 50 miles south of Adigrat. Addis Ababa: Ethiopia formally severs diplomatic relations with Italy by ordering minister and staff from country. Ethiopian minister in Rome to receive his passport today. London: Ethiopian diplomatic officials fear Dedjazmatch Haile ■ Selassie Hugsa, son-in-law of emperor. killed in battle. Dispatches j indicate Ethiopian guerillas harassing Italian forces. Addis Ababa: Dispatches from I Ogaden front tell of many Ethiopians killed in extended Italian I bombing raids. One bombing piano i reported to have crashed on moun- ’ tain side, killing two occupants, mortally injuring two others. Paris: Newspapers report Britain planning to blockade Red Sea and isolate Italian troops in Africa. Geneva. Oct. 10 — (U.R) —Almost the entire family of nations joined today in proclaiming Italy an outlaw, subject to international penalties to force her to halt the war against Ethiopia. Members of the Italian delegation simultaneously said that if the penalty—expected at first to be merely mild economic ones —• ehould eventually lead to a blockade, Italy would consider it a 1 military measure and an act of war. They cited Premier Benito Mussolini’s recent statement that he would meet military measures with military measures, and acts of war with acts of war. The assembly of the league, after 52 nations had accepted a committee report branding Italy as an aggressor, then agreed to form a committee of approximately 50 members to devise and regulate sanctions under the pnnitiva article 16. Os the 55 powers represented. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O DELEGATES AT CLASSIS HERE Fort Wayne Classis Os Reformed Church Closed Wednesday Approximately 40 delegatee attended the fall meeting of the Fort Wayne claesie of the Reformed church. Twenty churches were represented here Wednesday. The most important feature of the classis was the approval of the report made by the social service committee. This committee was composed of the Rev. Charles M. Prugh. Decatur, chairman; the Rev, A. Stienecker, Fort Wayne and Elder E. W. Baumgartner of Fort Wayne. The rest of the session was taken up by the approving of routine committee reports. Dinner and supper were served at the church by the ladies of the congregation. The session concluded at 3:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The delegates were then taken on a tour through the Central Sugar and Soya factories and to the Decatur homesteads project. The next session of the classis will be the spring meeting to be • held at Fulton, Michigan.