Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1935 — Page 1

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Rejects Btroposed Sewage xJ Disposal Plant

; M • Uithorizing Engineer To Draw a | Plans For Plant, be is 3 TO 2 11 Oct W ' ( . !■' - ‘UI 8, ‘ as - '' **v^K. s - ■ "i" —-aiithon/" engineer n I liini i "• prepare ,he Hi all < ;nul sp>-‘ iti« atioßH for I works ami sewer. of the council forethe rejection of the pubadministration s allocaR| a loan and grant of $132, lot 'l'-" 'instruction disposal plant, on the motion was two against the employ- . io prepare the . Andrew | an . Herman Gillig and Alz-| K\ ; no and CouncilK K Jporest El.’>-y and George K]v"ted “yes .otuicilmen who voted taking further steps in the of plans and ultimate of project, took the 1 ■F" :ha! "as ami that they did K, to vote an additional tax ' ,he i* ople - the contract which the |’ with Charles 11. llunl. of IndianapUjjßjßi. 1 preltminarv . til.d petition with - "lUiicil had to vote the engineer to • final plans and specias reipiested by the gov M Logan, acting state of the PWA. in informing ) A It Holthouse that Kin! of $132,727, had been the Decatur project, ad plam- ■ . . work could proceed. tn obtain approval cooi'.itl Last evening's stops all steps towards the of the project and is • Bi'tt ve of tin- council's rejec!ie formal offer front the i MCwESt 111 '" 1 ’ grant and loan allotment of federal funds "~W i " project, based on Is carried with it a grant The balance, $73,000. J have been financed by the a bond issue on a 24the money being obeither from the I’WA or otlier financier sources at to four per cent. Decatur project was the ® 9**" sewage treatment allocat- " th" public works adminisand was estimated to emJ loo to 200 men 30 hours for the next six months. U. the formal offer is receiv- — B«' >xr:Nt-i:i. on page five) o B s To Hold Party I | Wednesday Evening anil their families ar - to an--nd the chop suey dinparty and dance at the Dinner will be served at Bridge will be played s tart. An excellent orchestra Eb p " obtained to furnish music dance. Ik lijecatur’s PWA Grant ■ Jl.iy Be Allocated To ■Puffton Or Other City ; C. Hurd, associated with Charles H. Hurd, engiB**|fi>r the Decatur sewage treatforks, stated in all probaPWA would allocate the loan and grant which rejected to some other I Hurd stated officials a.nd p ns of Bluffton were anxious approval of their sewage |)roposa '- He stated he not *>e surprised if Deca- ** a "°tment was allocated to ton ’ since their project was nltnilar to Decatur's. wa.s the engineer on lial “ lflton Project. City offi|p 0 ' that c Hy conferred with B/' 1 M. Ixigan last week. K e allotment to Decatur car-1 K. Itl ] U 3 grarit of * 5 V27.00. | SRV Ina. largeat grant made to tTK t ' ' ana e,t y f or sewage treat-

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1 Held As Suspect r *’ . . ' > w K J I 1 ' 3 h '’W' ’ / IV ■ll ■ H ■b. Ji i Leo Rutlidge. above, who says I he is a San Diego. Cal., butcher. . was taken to Salt Lake City. I'tah jail for questioning in the killing i of three persons and critical . wounding of two others in a • shooting orgy on the main highway between Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah. PORTLAND GIRL KILLED BY AUTO 12-Year-Old Girl Killed Monday Afternoon Near School Portland. Oct. 15 — Jane Hummer, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. | and .Mrs. George Hummer of Port-J land, fifth grade pupil at General Shanks school in the couth end- of this city, was killed instantly Monday when struck by an automobile in front of the school. The tragedy occurred at the afternoon recess when Jane, failing to heed the approaching automobile of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. VanMere of Kalamazoo, Mich., pursued a ball into Meridian street, which is the route of U. S. highway No. 27. The automobile struck the girl | and carried her along for some distance on the front bumper. Van Mere then lost control of hi-r car and the automobile crashed into a tree at the roadside, crushing and mangling the body of the young girl between the radiator of the car and the tree. The tragedy occurred when the school yard was full of children at play and was witnessed by nearly the entire student body. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o CORDELL HULL STATES POLICY Secretary Os State Sets Forth U. S. Policies Toward W ar Washington, Oct. 15. —<U.R> -Secretary of State Cordell Hull, setting forth the American position, and policies toward peace and war. today literally laid down a golden rule for peacefully-inclined nations to follow. "This country has no aggressive ambition of any kind,” he declared. “We make no threat against the territory or the safety of any other country. We are prepared to defend ourselves against any threat to our own safety and wel- ' fare. We are determined not to enter into armed conflicts that may arise between other countries, and to enforce such policies as may be . required to-avoid that risk." Considered one of the shortest,! most complete statements of American foreign policy outlined by any secretary of state in recent times, this summation was given by Hull in an address on the program of the fifth annual New York Herald-Tribune forum on current (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

HAUPTMANN IS GRANTED STAY FOR 30 DAYS Stay Is (.ranted To Permit Appeal To U. S. Supreme Court Trenton, N. J., Oct. 15 —•(UP)—| The court of errors and appeals, highest court of the state, today granted Bruno Richard Hauptmann, i condemned Lindbergh baby slayer, i a 30 day stay to permit an appeal ■ from his conviction to the United I States Hiipreme court. The same court last Wednesday upheld Hauptmann's conviction last ’ February 13 by a Hunlerdon county | jury at Fleming! m. The court's action served to stay I execution of the remittitur which would transfer the case from the I court of errors and appeals to the ' < ourt below, necessary before supreme court justice Thomas W. Trenchard can resen-tence Hauptniann to the electric chair. Egbert llooecrans and C. Lloyd ■ Fisher appeared as Hauptmann's counsel but the former presented the application for a stay. The request was not opposed by assistant .-fate's attorney Joseph Lanigan. The court specified that if Hauptmann's counsel had not carried the case to the supreme court within the 30 day period allowed, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Doermer Murder Trial Set For December 10 Fort Wayne, Oct. 15 — (U.R) — Notice to quash first and second degree murder indictments against Mrs. Imtira Doehrmer. 43. was overruled in Allen circuit court late yesterday by special judge Lloyd S. Hartzler and her trial was set for December 10. Mrs. Doermer was ijidicted on charges of administering poison in food prepared for her step- . daughters, Hernadene Doermer. 13, and Emogene Doermer. 15, I causing the death of the younger t sirl. o PEOPLES TRUST TO PAY FUNDS Distribution Will Be Made To Depositors On October 22 C. J. Lutz, special representative i of the department of financial institutions, in liquidation of the Peoples Loan and Trust company of this city, announced today that I he will make a distribution to depositors of the closed bank Tuesday. October 22. This distribution will be 10.5264 per cent of the total deposits at the time the liquidation was taken over by the state department. The total will represent four per cent of the amount of deposits at the time the bank closed June 14, 1930. Approximately $13,000 will be j distributed to the 1.100 depositors, j This is the third distribution of | this year. The last one on May 28 was for two per cent of the original deposits. Mr. Lutz stated that the Octo-1 her 22 distribution will make a total of 74 per cent paid since clos-1 ing of the institution. He estimated that a total of between 80 and 82 per cent will be received ! by depositors, contingent upon disj position of bank holdings. Numerous pieces of real estate are yet ' to be disposed of by the liquidating agent. Depositors are asked to call for their checks at the Lutz and Myers law office on October 22 or succeeding days. The office will be open from 8 a. m. until 4:30 p. m. No checks will be mailed. Depositors unable to appear for their checks may authorize another person to receive the checks. o Find Remains Os Nyack Millionaire Nyack, N. Y., Oct. 16 —(UP) — The skeleton remains of Charles D. Towt, 82, Nyack millionaire, were found in a kwaanp two miles from i the edge of town today, 110 days after his disappearance. Two local hunters, Arthur Harniman and Charles Rodriquez, happened upon the body at 10:45 A. M. Police said they found no signs of foul play. o WEATHER Increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight north and central portion.

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Return From State W. C. T. U. Meeting Mrs. H. W. Franklin and daughter | Frances, Miib. Thomas Dague, Mrs. Leota Beery und Mrs. Delton Passwater of this city have returned 1 from Frankfort, where they attended the state convention of the Wo- . men’s Christian Temperance Union. | The convention opened October 11 and continued throughout Monday October 14. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley was reelected state president of the organization for the 15th. consecutive year. The 1936 convention will be held in Fort Wayne. o FATHERS, SONS MEETING HELD About 500 Attend Meeting Sponsored By Holy Name Society About 500 fathers and sons attended the program and meeting at the K. of C. hall last evening, sponsored by the Holy Name society of St. Mary’s Catholic church. Leo Ulman, president of the society presided at the meeting. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's church, gave an inspirational talk 1 during the evening and Father Joseph Hennes, j assistant pastor and athletic director of St. Joseph's Catholic school, told of local athletic activities under the sponsorship of the CYO. Father Hennes recited the. CYO code, which is as follows: “All actions unbecoming a Catholic gentleman are to be strictly : avoided. “All language unbefitting the lips of a Catholic gentleman is to be severely condemned. “All unnecessary disputes, involving personalities or entered into with the expressed intention of delaying or disrupting a game or tournament, are to be dealt with as evidence of poor sportsmanship. “The CYO winner is modest and generous in victory and among the first to applatiu his opponent. “The CYO loser is sportsmanlike and generous in defeat" and among the first to congratulate his opponent. "The CYO player always rememI hers that he represents an organization which is under the direci lion of the Catholic church and I that the public ordinarily does not make a distinction between the CYO and the Catholic church." New Members Enrolled j Six new members were enrolled iin the Holy Name society. They | are Vincent Lengerich, G. Remy , Bierly, Robert Keller. Jerome De- | Bolt. Edward Deßolt, and Eugene Mayer. Father Hennes told of athletic

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Howard Cable At Van Wert Tonight E. Howard Cadle, founder of the Cadle Tabernacle at Indianapolis, 1 and speaker at the morning broad- ] cast over WLW, will be in Van Wert. Ohio, tonight and will address a meeting at the fairgrounds at 7:30 o’clock. EST. Several of his workers will also accompany him and will present musical selections. —o ZENGE NOT TO CONTEST GUILT] Counsel Reveals Guilt Os Client Will Not Be Contested Chicago. Oct. 15—(UP) —Counsel for Mandeville W. Zenge revealed in judges chambers today that they will not contest their client’s guilt I in his trial on charges of the emas-culation-murder of Dr. Walter J. Bauer. The state had built up a strong circumstantial case but Zenge had remained adamant in the face of intense questioning by investigators, and today’s admission by his counsel was the first intimation that he actually was the man who abducted Dr. Bauer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, brought him to Chicago and performed the pen-knife operation that resulted in his death. "The defense will not contest Zenge's guilt," defense attorney Joseph Green told Judge Cornelius J. Harrington in the judge’s chambers as attorneys argued over the defense strategy of keeping Zenge oft the witness stand. “We will i.-rove. however, that the crime was committed as the result of an etno-| tional shock that rendered the de-1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

JOE EVERETT I TO APPEAR IN CIRCUIT COURT Convicted Murderer To Appear Before Special Judge Mills ' j Joseph Everett who is alleged to have killed Doras Wnrling at Pleasant Mills four years ago, will make his plea in the Adams circuit court before special Judge Hanson Mille of Portland Wednes- | day morning at 9 a. m. I Three grand jury indictments were returned against Everett They are: second degree murder; , assault and battery with intent to commit a felony, and voluntary manslaughter. The penalties for these offenses which are the mandatory sentences for the judge in case of convictions are: second degree mur- . der, life imprisonment; voluntary manslaughter, two to 21 years im- • prisonment, and assault and bat- • tery with intent to commit a felony. one to 10 years imprisonment. At the hearing Wednesday. ’ Everett will have the right to • j plead guilty to one or all of the ■ charges or to plead not guilty to • one or all of the charges. If lie were to plead guilty to one or all of the charges he would 1 throw himself on the mercy of the court, hoping that the court might be lenient With him in view of the fact that he has already . spent about four (-ears in jail and the state prison, and give him a ' suspended sentence. /He may plead guilty to assault and battery with intent to commit 1 a felony or to voluntary man--1 slaughter with the hope that the charge of second degree murder 1 would not be pressed. If the 1 court gave him an indeterminate sentence he would soon bo eligible ’ I for parole by the state parole i ' board. If he should plead not guilty to all of the charges he would have ; ' to stand trial. In that case he 1 may demand a jury trial or may ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 YOUNG SLAYER IS EXECUTED (Jerald Thompson Pays W ith Life For Cruel Sex Murder Joliet, 111., Oct. 15-(UP)— 80l-

stored by his newly-found faith in religion, Gerald Thompson, 26-year-old sex slayer of pretty Mildred Hallmark, met death in the electric i chair today with a prayer on his ] lips. Behind a glass partition were ! nearly 500 witnesses, including John Hallmark, father of the 19-year-old girl who died defending her honor. He nearly collapsed when i the fourth charge of electricity took the last vestige of lite from the slayer’s sagging body at 12:16 A. M. Guards helped Hallmark from the chamber. When he had regained composure, the man who had taken : a vow over his daughter’s coffin t ] to see her avenged, said, “the fa- | mily is satisfied. We would have | been satisfied with nothing less." Thompson walked the 25 steps to I the death chamber with a firm step , after reading a letter from Lola j Hughes, Peoria, the one girl for , whom he professed real love. His diary contained the names of 16 girls he had attacked. The letter which Miss Hughes re(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Bernard WemholT Is Given Advancement Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff of this city have received word from their son. Bernard, who has been employed with the Detroit Free Press at Detroit, Michigan stating that he has accepted a position as Detroit manager for Variety, a New ! York publication devoted mainly to news of screen, stage and radio. The new position id an excellent advancement so the former local young man. o Install Additional Seats At Theater Jess and Don Le Brun, managers of the Cort theater, today announced that work has been started to ] provide approximately 50 more seats at the theater. The seats are | being added in the rear of the theater, and the foyer is being removed.

Report Ethiopians Suffering Heavy Losses In Efforts To Cross Into Italian Lines

REBELS BATTLE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICAN STATE Insurrectionists Seek To Overthrow Sonora Leaders Nogales. Sonora. Mex.. Oct. 15 — (UP) — Sporadic raids by armed groups on interior Sonora towns convinced Mexican border officials today they were dealing with organized insurrectionists bent on the overthrow of the state government, headed by Gov. Ramon Ramos. With two towns already fallen, the insurrectionists were reported organizing for other attacks. Fears they would strike at this customs port diminished, however. The town, resembling an ' armed camp, was protected by 70 customs guards, armed citizens and scores of police and special deputies. Tlie garrison was expected to be augmented later by 50 federal I soldiers, returning from Santa Ana. scene of a rebel raid yesterday. Tlie insurrectionists, in quick descent on Santa Ana. 66 miles south of here, shot down Manuel Caudillo. municipal presidente. and police chief Manuel Diaz. A second armed group seized Magdalena and killed a police-] man. Both towns subsequently | were abandoned. The Yaqui Indians are understood to have cast their fortunes with the insurrectionists. Armed i with matchetes and rifles, the tribesmen were reported to have . raided the town of Vlcam, killing j the mayor and eight federal sol ; diers. Tonihi. in the same vicinity, waii reported to have been invaded in the same manner witty the town commissario slain. Rumors varied as to the leadership of the movement but the most credited report was that Gen. Estulio Yharba was directing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) - O John Lewis Leads Labor Liberals Atlantic City, N. J.. Oct. 19.— ' (U.R) —-President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, making a dramatic appearance on the j floor of the American Federation iof Labor convention, today led #n open break of liberal forces against conservative elements within the labor movement. Lewis introduced two resolutions, one aimed at the National Civic Federation and the other designed to shut off open shop advertising in the American Federationist. 0 LIST PROGRAM FOR MUSIGALE Evangelical Sunday School Class To Give Program Wednesday The program for the musicale to be presented at the Evangelical church Wednesday night by the members of the Christian Live Wire clasts of the Sunday school, has been outlined. The program will open at 7 o'clock and the public is invited to attend. No admission will he charg ed. The numbers will be as follows: Organ prelude — Miss Arline Becker. Song—Congregation. Devotions—Miss Esther Sundermann. instrumental brass quartet. Reading — Mrs. Amos Ketchum Violin solo — Miss Agnes Foreman. Instrumental brass quartet Offertory—Miss Dorothy Spuller. Vocal solo —Patsy McConnell. Piano solo —Phyllis Kolter Instrumental quintet. Violin solo —Donald Gage. Whistling number —Mrs. Alfred Hanni. Organ selection — Miss Arline Becker. Benediction.

Slayer Executed ■wFjl wQIal KW J Gerald Thompson, 26, confessed sex slayer of Mildred Hallmark, was executed shortly after midnight at the Illinois state peniten- | tiary. BUILD NATURAL I GAS LINE HERE Part Os Trunk Line Will Extend Through Adams County Tlie Indiana Gas Transmission I corp, a subsidiary of the Columbia Gas and Electric company is obtaining easements for approximately 10 miles of natural gas lines in Adams county. Company officials estimate] that easements and damages cos* them about $1 a rod which will mean that Adams county will get approximately $32,000. W. F. Baker, a representative of the company, announced today that the natural gas would be wholesaled to other gas companies near the trunk line which extends front Texas and Oklahoma to Indianapolis and is now being completed to Detroit. Michigan. Mr. Baker stated that the line from Indianapolis to Texas cost the company approximately $11,000,000. The rest of the line will cost millions of dollars more. "Natural gas has three or four more heating units in it than artificial gas and is much cheaper", he said. "At the present the gas is being burned at the oil fields while artificial gas is being manufactured.” “Indianapolis. Detroit and the cities which are near the trunk line will have natural gas available as (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) • ♦ I ! Many Interesting Things Revealed In Bible Display Some very interesting things have been revealed about various copies of the Bible in the hands of Decatur people, since the display window was started in the Democrat. The celebration of the four hundreth anniversary of the printing of the Bible is a most notable affair. Nothing else in the history of the European peoples has equal significance. Its influence upon human life cannot he adequately evaluated. It is the real source and inspiration of the best element of modern culture, of modern progress and human achievement. Everything good and great in the life of today can be traced to this wonderful event, in itself a most brilliant achievement of human kind. Perhaps nothing in the history of humankind has ever contributed so much towards its progress as the translation of the Bible in the English language. Other books become old and stale but the Bible is most modern, teeming with the freshness of new truth and life as well as revealing the ancient springs of civilization.

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Report Several Hundred Ethiopians Surrender; Laval Asks Withdrawal Os British Fleet. LEAGUE PROCEEDS Rome, Oct. 15—(U.R)— Ethiopians along the Setit river on the northwestern front tried to cross into the Italian lines and suffered grave losses, an official dispatch from headquarters at Aspra. said today. , 'Several hundred Ethiopians sur« rendered, the dispatch said. Italian bombardments caused heavy losses and demoralized the enemy in the regions of Tafara, Gheberna and Girem. Italian newspapers reported several thousand Ethiopians undef Ras Seyoum were planning to attack the Italian right flank and recapture Aduwa. Use Dum-Dums (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Harar. Ethiopia. Oct. 15—(U.R) ■* Dr. Robert W. Hockman of Wheaton, 111., heading a Red Cross unit stationed at Jijica, formally reported today that Italian airplanes are shooting down Ethiopian troops from ajrplanes using machine guns with duin dum bullets. Dr. Hockman said he is» forwarding what he purports to be photographic pr<x>f to the emperor at Addis Ababa. (The dumdum is a soft-nosed bullet which expands on contact, making an ugly wound. They have been much used in African campaigns because the ordinary bullet fails to stop the rush of fanatical tribesmen. Their use is ] decried internationally and they j were outlawed by a declaration of , the second Hague conference in j 1899). Dr. Hockman said his proof of I the use of dum-dum bullets by the Italian invaders was established by a medical analysis of Ethiopian victims. Dejaxmatch (General) Nassibu, commander of the Ethiopian forces on the southern front before Harar and Jijiga, heard Dr. Hockman's report shortly after he bad ordered a new offensive along the Ogaden front. He was reported to be preparing to throw’ 150,000 men into battle against 50,000 or 60,000 Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziani, moving up from (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Receiver Is Asked For Berne Concern A suit for the collection of notes, interest and attorney fees totaling $2,200 hats been filed by the Western Newspaper Union against the Economy Printing concern of Herne publisher of the Berne Review. The plaintiff also asks the appointment of a receiver and a court order re-* quiring the defendant’s books to be brought into court. No answer has been filed. COURT TO RULE ON NEW DEAL Supreme Court Jurists In Center Os Political Whirlpool Washington, Oct. 15—(UP) —The venerable justices of the supreme court today found themselves in the center of the already whirling political maelstrom of 1936. The elderly jurists, never anxioue to consider political questions, agreed to rule on the constitutionality of two pillars of the New Deal — the agricultural adjustment act and the Tennessee valley authority. Their decision will provide a potent weapon for one of the major parties in the next campaign. The court acted while new protests against President Roosevelt’s farm program rang through its lavish chamber. Two new appeals were brought to its attention, one from fiery Gov. Eugene Talmadge / of Georgia, vigorous New Deal critic/ and presidential aspirant. Georgia asked permission to ' an original suit to invalidat' bankhead cotton control a z Talmadge complaint deno* law as an infringeme/ rights and as crop cot/ (CONTINUED OF '