Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1935 — Page 1

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ft,ooo WMD ■HIS MORNING Ll Ratliff Awarded ’ ELnt Bln HPhysicians L -h.. - - .1... Ratliff ... <■ " I1 "' 1 “ r - a " d ''<*„ 1111,1 ~r ■ „.-. thud il.'itroe X ray ~. laybn- .lime which "wjf. " ,l n '' <, ' ss ' ..... |H hll ,', m the treatment of ...nsiilere.l bk"lv that the ■ will ask for new trial 1,,..,! If this effort .. that the case ...... derision. .!.,mazes assessed till nt th.' defendants. In his ..:.. Hither M DeK . | v. (diet for the verdict ...... two .ill of the de- ..... Thursday were taken . bailiff o'clock to hear I>.V..ss "'ad the instntc- . k they were lot k It 3:15 o'clock .. . The verdict was ■ : o'clock this .■.I:-'; s.-.ib il envelope I a-Voss, who I decision. •^^B.. 1 Mr l ' ! ’- v in Atlants was to JEfe-k' .• v tit. Vilnius court. ’<:■ I’.'tit. int Preble .) Kirchner, township: Edward J. « 'iitler. Herne; Si- ' •:. I Ilion township; .-. hwander. Wabash ;■ M Essex. Monroe Joseph L. Graber.! Marcellus Davis.. Ma ys township; John i ' "k township, and i -de, Decatur. ’ was prolonged over llowver. because of today was only the titty that the case actually the plaintiff were Emshwillor of Hartford ; Robert Stine. Bluffton; El Sturgis Bluffton. and I'. J. Decatur. for the defense wore Howard Townsend. Judge 1- Smith of Fort Wayne. V II Eichhorn. Bluffton. Bed By Mayor E l or Intoxication Haley plead guilty to a ' ' ' public intoxication before |^V n ' d It ibiihouse late yesterU* lt(, >ni>i>n. it was his second of- ■'" ln e the first of the year and .I'M.sseil fin,, of $lO ami amounting to S2O and a 15: fH* utence. The jail sentence ■ "nded. Haley proving to cnl|rt that l.e was working and ■ * a ’' also provided for the fine. was arrested on Monroe by chief of police Seph Mel■an,! lodged in jail overnight. Bmajic Suit Juror I Hints This Morning ■ n "”’ A. Lehman, of Union townML one of the jurors in the Rat-M-aylor damage suit fainted in BMeoint house after he wrenched ■ ai ‘kle on one of the steps. Dr. r Ps E' f'oylor, defendant in the ■ revived him. lad The Farm ■Netos On Page 5 ■!*.' result o{ the agricultural I laswt ait6n by the government! ■ nionths ago was announced KL the I nited States departErt°\ agriculture ' The detailed; ■ isn’t,/ 1 ' 6 A dante county .cen-i B w Published on the farm page, ■tatnr n° f ‘ o<iay ’ a e dition of the ■'•utui Reinocrat.

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Robert I'reeby Is Injured Last Night Robert Freehy, an employe of Zwick and Sons furniture dealers I of this city, 'sustained a fractured I left leg in Fort Wayne Thursday | night at 9 o'clock when he fell from j a truck while loading furniture. Mr. Freehy was removed to the i Lutheran hospital where the Injury was dressed and he was later re I moved to hie home in this city. The accident occurred while Mr I Freeby was loading furniture on Swinney avenue, preparatory to, moving it to Decatur for Herman ! Krueckeberg of this city. As he well 'from the truck, his trouser leg was caught, twisting his left leg. o CITY IS SUED BY EX-FIREMAN Ralph Bentz Files Action For Mandate And Accrued Salary An action for mandate and accrued salary demand of $105(1 was filed today by Ralph Bentz, through his attorney. Frank H. Vernor of Fort Wayne against the City of Decatur and the members of the boars! of works and safety, composed of Mayor A. R. Holthouse. City attorney Herman H. Myers and Councilman Andrew Appelman. This is the second suit brought In the case, the first being a cautm of action against the city and Mayor Holthouse, demanding that Bentz be r> instated as a regular member of the Decatur Fire department and that he be paid back salary for the time he did not serve. Jrae case wae tried before Special judge Hanson Mills of Portland in the Adams circuit court last June. The case was dismissed on motion of the plaintiff's attorney, following the reading of the spe. ial findings of fact! and conclusions of law as rendered by Judge Mills. Attorney Vernor moved that the case be “dismissed without prejudice” and consequently no decision was rendered i by the court. Bentz vacated his place on the i fire department. January 1, 1935.' I following receipt of a letter from A i R. Holthouse, then mayor-elect, who ! inrofm'ed the employe that his s<tr- ‘ ! vices would not be required after | | January 1. Mr. Bentzz did not re- ' port for work after that date. The suit brought today is simi-: lar to the first cause, except that the members of the board of works and safety are also named as defendants. Attorney Myers will represent ; the city In the contest. — o Clyde Wasson, Wife At Country Club Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wasson, Fort Wayne, have taken over manage meat of the Decatur Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Wasson formerly i managed the club, leaving Decatur last spring. o Methodist Minister Killed By Traction — Muncie, Ind., Oct. 11 —(UP) — The Rev. John J. McGreery, 25. Metho-, dist circuit minister, wae killed instantly last night when hia automobile was struck by an interurban six allies north of here. SLAYER HANDS SELF IN CELL Confessed Killer Os Two Step-Daughters Commits Suicide Pontiac. Mich.. Oct. 11. — (U.R) Ferrin Rowland. 36 year-old farm-er-carpenter, hanged himself in the county jail today 20 minutes after he told Prosecutor David C. Pence that he would plead guilty 1 to the murder of his two ba.ty stepdaughters. The body was discovered by | Lewis Burt, turnkey, who had gone to Rowland's cell to take him to justice court, where he was to appear on charges of murdering Katherin Woodin, 6, and her sister, Virginia, 2%. Dr. B. M. Mitchell, a member of the coroner’s staff, said Rowland was dead when his body was found hanging in his cell. No attempt was made to revive him. Jail officials said Rowland had I been isolated in a fourth-floor cell last night, ;to "think over" the tnatter of pleading guilty or not guilty ! to the murder charges. When Pence and Sheriff Spencer i Howarth questioned hi m this morning, Rowland said he had decided to plead guilty. Pence and (CONTINUED ON PACE EIQHT)

LAST BARRIER TO RETURN OF KING REMOVED Greeks To Vote On Return Os King George II November 3 Athens, Oct. 11.-(U.R)—"In the name of the king” the royal Greek government, headed by Gen. Geo. i Kondylis. ruler of Greece as re-1 gent for ex-King George 11, today ' decreed annulment of the law of I 1924 which deprived members of I the exiled royal family of Greek I citizenship. Thus the military dictatorship established by yesterday’s bloodless coup d'etat removed the last legal barrier to George’s return to the throne from which he fled more than 11 years ago. The minister of justice in the Kondylis cabinet. M. Kloros, ord-1 ered the legal tribunals of the state ' to promulgate the decree resinding the law, thus observing constitu-' tlonal formalities. Tlte latest move toward restoration of the monarch, still in exile in London, was in keeping with Kondylis’ promise that his over- 1 ' throw of the republic would at once be legalized by popular pleb- i iscite. The national assembly yesterday fixed Nov. 3 as the date of the : plebiscite, thereby endorsing Kon | i dylis' bloodless coup d’etat. A few minutes earlier it had voted abolition oT the republic and restored the monarchial constitution of ! mu. The former king of the Hellenes learned of the overthrow of the republic on his return to his Lon don home from an automobile ride late yesterday. He told close friends, the United Press learned in London, that he would not ac- > cede to the request to return to, : Athens until the population has , openly indicated a desire to restore him. Soidiers with fixed bayonets pai trolled all public buildings in the capital today and sentries were I posted at all post offices and tele-1 .graph offices. Hut there was no disorder anywhere. As far as stir | (CONTINUED ON PAGE IIHtEE) o__ 0 __ PTA PLANS FOR FALL FESTIVAL Three Associations Will Hold Annual Festival October 25 i The parent-teachers' associations i of the South Ward. West Ward and J j Central building will sponsor a I second annual fall festival at the South Ward school on October 25. The money raised will be again lie used for improvements of the I educational and recreational prol grams of the three schools. An invi- ■ tation to the public has been ex- | tended to attend the festival. The proopsal to hold a second fall i festival was approved at a joint meeting of the associations Thursday night. Last year the money raised was need to help improve the South Ward athletic and recreational field. Complete plans for this year’s festival have not yet been made. One of the features of the program, however will be an amateur hour. A prominent Decatur man will substitute for Major Bowes. For the children, i;ony rides at five cents a trip will be provided. Many other forma of amusement will be arranged for the fair. Lunches, soft drinks and refreshments will be on the menu to be served early in the evening. The complete menu will be announced later. The festival last year was a great .success. The committees in charge have promised more entertainment ■ ! and amusement for this years event. o Author Speaks At Convention Indianapolis. Oct. 11.—(U.R) Lyman Beecher Stowe, author and boyhood friend of Mark Twain, will be the principal speaker at the annual convention of the Indiana Li-1 brary Association and the Indiana ) Library Trustee Association here Oct. 23-24. The subject of his address will be “Mark Twain — Self-Appointed Instructor of the Public." Among the books Stowe has writen are, "Harriet Beecher Stowe,” a biography of the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin," and "Saints, Slitiivin »iiu BerCuerS.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 11, 1935.

Insanity Defense Plea of Zenge (Mandeville Z.nge | Jozepli Green | __ . ■ As the prosecution opened its drive to obtain the death penalty ; against Mandeville Zenge. left, on trial in Chicago charged with the mutilation slaying of Dr. Walter J. Bauer, Joseph Green, right, defense attorney, indicated that a plea of temporary insanity would he entered in behalf of Zenge. Zenge ie accused of slaying Bauer in a fit of jealousy because of his love for Mrs. Bauer. Zenge’s childhood sweetheart.

YOUTH ADMITS I KILLING GIRL Confesses Choking Girl To Death After Refusal Os Marriage Monticello. N. Y., Oct. 11.—(U.R) —Glen Brasser. handsome 22-year-old son of a wealthy Rochester dairyman, confessed today that he I choked to death his 18-year-old sweetheart. Muriel Tlall. because she jilted him. He admitted, without a trace of emotion that in a race over the "position" the girl put him in bej fore his friends, he struck her , with his fist, wrestled with hetthrough several looms of her home ; with his fingers biting into her ' throat, and threw her, dead, on the floor. "I was mad.” he said. “She ' shouldn’t have done it." The youth was arrested late yes- 1 terday in nearby Liberty, because he was unable to pay for gasoline I and oil for a dairy truck with' which he had disappeared from • Rochester. The truck belonged to his father. He attempted to drive away! i from a filling station without pay-i ' ing for his gasoline, was arrest-' ed, and a few minutes later ad- i i mitted his identity and confessed • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 | William Fritzinger Fractures Left Arm William Fritzinger, 16 year old 1 son of Curt Fritzinger of route ■ 3, Decatur, fell out of an apple; ; tree a t hiu home this morning' and broke his left arm. He was : brought to the Adamis county me-' mortal hospital for x ray. o NAME FRANKS AS DELEGATE City Mail Carriers To Attend District Meeting At Fort Wayne Leland L. Franks, eecretary and treasurer of the local city mail carriers, will act as a delegate to the annual fourth district meeting of: I the National Association of Letter! j Carriers to be held in Fort Wayne I ! Saturday, October 26. Three other city carriers, M. S.' Peterson. M. A. Frisinger and J. A.! Swartz, and one substitute, Robert l Frisinger, are also planning to at-1 tend the meeting. Approximately 200 mail carriers' are expected to be delegates to the i meeting ami will come from towns | 'n the 12 counties of the district which have city mail delivery. The: counties in the district are Elkhart.! Lagrange, Steuben, DeKalb, Noble,: Whitley, Allen, Kosciusko. Wabash. I Huntington. Wells and Adams. Efforts are being made to pro-, cure W. C. Doherty of Cincinnati. Ohio, chairman of the board of directors of the National Sick Benefit Association, as the principal speaker. Trips of inspection to several points of interest are planned. A theatre and Halloween party will probably be given for the wives and children of the curriers

Katherine Biberstine Dies Thursday Night Katherine Biberstine, 78. died at 5:25 c’.lock Thursday evening at (he home of Mr. and Mrs. David DuBach in B j rne. Mrs. Dubach, a nurse, had been curing for the deceased for several weeks. Death was causd by cancer. The deceased was born In French township. January 7. 1857. a daughter of Abraham and Katherine Biberstine. Surviving are a son, Edward Kratzer, Berne; and three brothers. Noah, Fort Wayne; Peter. Monroe and Abraham. French township. Several brothers and sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at the Dubach home at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, and at S o'clock at the Evangelical church, with Rev. M. O. Herman officiating. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. DRIVER TELLS i ZENGE'S STORY — Taxi Driver Says Accused Emasculation Murderer Confessed Guilt Chicago, Oct. 11 — (UP)—Mande- ! vilie, W. Zenge told William Lein- . lert. taxi driver, that he emgculated ! Dr. Walter J. Bauer when the latter ' told him he had been intimate with ' Louise Schaffer. Zenge’s boyhood ! sweetheart. Leinnert testified to a I criminal court jury today. Zenge told Leinnert Bauer made ! this admission when the two men were riding from Ann Arbor, Mich- ; igan ta Chicago, Bauer under the ! impression that he was being kid- ’ naped by a hunted gangster in- • stead of the former fiance of Louise, ! the girl Bauer had married two weeks earlier. : Liennert. sole companion of Zenge i during his nerve wracked wanderj ings in Chicago before and after 1 I the savage crime of which the Mis-' ! souri farm youth is accused, said J Zenge broke down two nights after i the story of Bauer’s death was re--1 vealed. i “I didn't mean to kill him,” Liennert quoted Zenge as saying. "If the doctors had done their work he wouldn’t have died. “He told me the was intimate (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Albert Beer Wins Pulling Contest I In the light weight team pulling • contest held on the Nussbaum dia'mond at Berne today, in connection I with the annual colt show, the team i owned by Albert Beer won first ! prize amounting to S2O. The team [ pulled 5.176 pounds a distance of j one foot and three and one half ! inches. I Marvin Haines team was second, i winning a prize of sls. Th? team pulled the weight one foot and two •' inches. The tectis owned by Mrs. iEd Beer and Otto Lehman won ! third and fourth place respectively. I The third prize was $lO and the I fourth $5. A pulling contest for heavy teams took place late this afternoon with Jeff Liechty in charge. 0 WEATHER Mostly cloudy and unsettled to-1 right; Saturday partly cloudy, ris- ' ing temperature centra! and north.

League Drafts Penalties On Italy, Including World-Wide Arms Embargo, Goods Boycott

Report Mussolini Plans New Startling Move As Answer To League’s Latest Action. TROOPS ADVANCE (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Rome, Oct. IL—(U.R) — Premier Benito Mussolini is contemplating a new move which may startle the worTS and it will be Italy’s answer to the League of Nations penalties. an unimpeachable source said 1 today. As this statement was made, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, chief of staff of the Italian army, and Ales- | sandro Lessona, under secretary of 'colonies, were steaming toward ■ East Africa in the fast liner Conte Biancamano. Badoglio’s departure—from Naples late last night, without prior hint of his plan—was believed to foreshadow a new, big scale offensive in Ethiopia. What developments were pending here, the United Press informant would not say. There was a screen of secrecy as to all official moves in the cris- ! is confronting Mussolini as the result of Italy’s formal, severe condemnation by the league assembly. There were many indications, however, that Mussolini did not ! intend to remain passive under i the blow of penalties by League i I of Nations. The government is said to be , considering secret plans under which—if all goes well—the penalties themselves would speed a solution of the crisis along unexpected lines. It is known that the government for many months has been planning counter moves to possible league penalties. Mussolini had counted on the refusal of Austria and Hungary to join in them. Also, many here foresee that the work of the league penalties committee ! will prove difficult when it comes ’to concrete boycotts because of the penalization of foreign importers and exporters —go less than Italy—by any stoppage of trade. It is the foreign office contention that “the Italian people" are not in the slightest degree impressed by the league’s hostile attitude. The die has been cast now. Italy’s army is advancing in Ethi-1 opia, diplomatic relations with | Ethiopia were formally broken last I night when Jesus Afework, Ethiopian minister, was given his pass(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Township Trustees To Inspect Ditches The township trustees will make their final inspection of ditches early next week. Very few of the located ditches have been cleaned as required by law. Trustees, acting as deputies to the county surveyor, are required to hire men to mow weeds and clean the ditches 1 and charge expenses against the tax duplicate. o FATHER-SON DAY PROGRAM Fathers And Sons Will Be Honored By St. Mary’s Church The program for the father and son day observance at St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday was an- ; nounced today. Sunday at 7 o’clock the fathers and sons will attend mass and receive Holy Communion in a body. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, will be celebrant of the mass. Monday evening at 8 o’clock the sons will be entertained at the Knights of Columbus hall. The committee composed of Charlie Voglewede and James Murphy has arranged an entertaining program for the boys. Several reels of comic pictures will he shown and other entertainment furnished. Father Joseph Hennes, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s church and director of the C. Y. O. organization in the local parish, will talk to the boys and tell of activities planned for the coming year. Guests of honor at the meeting will be the members of St. Mary's i softball team, three times the cham- | pione of church league. Plans are being made to entertain about 500 i. men and boys.

ITALIAN ARMY IN CONTROL OF NORTHERN FRONT Correspondent Reports Italian Casualties Far Over-Estimated (Editor's note: After four days of silence from the Italian front, Webb Miller has been able to deliver the following picture of what is happening in the Aduwa region, sent to the cable-head from the interior by native runner). By Webb Miller, UP. Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Aduwa, Ethiopia, Oct. 8 and 9. — (By courier to Asmara. Eritrea. Oct. 11.) —(U.R)—The Italians are in control of the northern Aduwa front, massing their forces for a steady drive into the interior, via Aksunt on the west and toward Makale on the east. Scattered sniping by the Ethiopians is the only sign of resistance. i I was surprised to hear in a Ber-' | lin trans-ocean news broadcast a story datelined Addis Ababa purporting to as 2,000. Everything I have seen here indicates that the figure prob-! ably would not reach 100 dead and 1 wounded, of whom only a few are [ dead. I would be surprised if the 1 casualties exceed 27 Italians and their native Askari troops, with the Askaris predominating. I visited several hospitals. The largest number I saw anywhere in ■ them was from 15 to 100, mostly I under treatment for illness. Likewise 1 was surprised to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DUSTY MILLER CLUB SPEAKER Prominent Humorist Speaker At Rotary Ladies Night Thursday The Rotarians, their wives and sweethearts put aside business problems, worries and household duties last evening and for an hour just laughed at the sparkling wit and humor and stories of Dusty; Miller, newspaper editor and nationally known after-dinner speaker. The Rotary club entertained the wives and sweethearts of the members at dinner at the Rice hotel i and Mr. Miller was the principal 1 speaker. The Misses Helen and Louise Haubold, accomplished musicians of this city, entertained the crowd with piano and vocal numbers. Miss Helen Haubold sang a group of three songs. C. E. Beil was chairman of the party. In newspaper parlance. “Dusty" had a whole galley of new stories and witticisms and kept the crowd I laughing for an hour. “Don’t take yourself too seriously and for pity sakes don’t be negative. I like the person who is positive and has opinions and expresses them," said Dusty. “Be a nut, if that means being for something strong. Be for your town and its people and even it they call you a nut tor your opinions. have the courage to stand for what you believe in." About 75 men and women attended the dinner. Mr. '.filler was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell at their home last night, leaving today for Wilmington, Ohio. o Chicago Man Dies In Auto Accident Plymouth, Ind., Oct. 11 —(UP) — J. Taylor Sanford. 35, Chicago, was killed instantly and his wife and brother, Ed Oliver, also of Chicago, were injured when the automobile in which they were riding crushed head-on with a truck driven by J. O. Johnson, Bourbon, on U. S. Highway 30 near here last night. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford and Oliver were en route home from Punxsutawney, Penn., where they had attended funeral services of a relative, when the accident occurred,

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Present Arms Embargo On Ethiopia To Be Lifted As World Powers Seek To Punish Italy. REFUSE CREDITS (By Unitetd Press) Latest war developments: Geneva. — League drafts drastio penalties against Italy, including world wide arms embargo, boycott of Italian goods, and refusal to extend credit or loans. Miller, war front. —Italians control northern front, massing for steady drive southward. Corresponubnt visits Aduwa, finds few casualties occurred. Rome. — Italian detachments reported penetrating deeper in north, preparatory to general advance. Addis Ababa. — Ethiopians claim to have shot down Italian plane. No other confirmation is available. Report that Ethiopians have recaptured Aduwa discredited evenj here. Approve Resolution Geneva, Oct. 11 . -(U.R) The lea. gue’s sanctions committee of 50 nations approved tonight a resolution providing for a world wide arms embargo against Italy, part of a drastic three part program of penalties, suggested by Great Britain. Moving swiftly and decisively, , the committee of 50 approved part of the following program, prepared by its sub-committee of 16: 1. A world wide embargo against Italy, while Britain, France, Bel- , gium, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden ! lift their embargo against Ethiopia. 2. A world wide boycott of Italian goods. 3. World wide refusal to extend loans or credit to Italy. With part one of the program approved adop- | tion of the others was expected i shortly. It was believed the committea 1 may decide tomorrow on the re. t’usal of credit and early next week on the boycott of goods. In the adoption of the arms embargo. only Hungary abstained from voting. Austria assented by (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Sarah J. Tricker Dies This Afternoon Mrs. Sarah J. Tricker, 74. died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the homo of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bautserman, two miles west of Petroleum, after an illness of two days from pneumonia. Born in Decatur on January 15, 1951. Mrs. Tricker was a daughter of Abraham and Nancy Zimmer. 1 man Robison. Her marriage to George Tricker took place in Adams county 51 years ago. He died on March 5, 1930. Surviving are the following child, ren: Mrs. Joe Zarifes and Mrs. ! Robert Bowman of Bluffton; Mrs. Roman Parent and Jesse Tricker of Decatur; Morris Tricker of Leavittsburg, Ohio; Lawrence Tricker of Farmdale, Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Bauserman, near Petroleum. Two brothers. Andrews and Earius Rob. ison of Decatur, also survive. 0 ENROLL IN GCC * BY OCTOBER 16 Only One More Enrollment For Adams County Eligible This Year There will be only one more en. rollment for CCC camps in Adama . county this year. Miss Margaret Patch, social service director o£ the WPA for Adams and Wells* •counties, announced today. The deadline for filing applications is October 16. There is no limit upon the number of young men to be accepted ; from Adams county this time. They must all oome fro mfamilies on relief, however, and must return at / least $25 of the S3O a month they receive as pay to their families. Young imen between the ages ot 17 and 25 are eligible to enroll. Those who have served more than four months and less than 18 arq eligible to re-inlist. Those who are interested may obtain more information as well at* ■ the application blanks from the lo- • cal relief officer on Madison street. The young men from this county - will be sent to a CCC catnip in Indiana, probably the one at Bluffton.