Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1935 — Page 1

KXXIII. No. 247.

so DICTATOR If AUSTRIA IS If ALT'S FRIEND | i ;l (h r N \ irtual Mu-'olini m» .. ■ i-'" BUB, * ’ ■ "‘■’7 |^K'. ■■H t ’ I1!l Spe'd , ■. \>:-1i I.' f , • < Il'.r. HH -h.idm»s III" HK ;i r.siinu rh.Kurt ■Mi,, - 1 ■V null" ' l,y HH, I H 1.-" "’ !"••'• r * s ■ |H. |H|.. V■ : ■ : mliergs a ROVernE*t .niiiniini (in- wbi'li said: Et ( ''III- ’!>.«« Hl" Bn« ( "Imb foreign policy 1,,. The policy alof Austria's indepenland promotion of the counKonomic insterests. This requires that, while friendlions with all countries are ile. other countries mainfriendly relations with Aushouhi fully recognize Aus- ' interests. . I.nation the opin Bn [trails in Vienna that Aus- - Siarheniberg's leaderwill display strong juliai leanings and consequently Ell b less friendly to England Ed tl: league. restoration of Archto the Austrian liiTone !y 11. ar. While lie has openly de< lured he is known to have avid of personal powhe has Nicholas Horthy rule lor many years as for a monarch in exile. M situation leading s seizure of power Mted somewhat beclouded toHlt > s ‘dear that rivalry beM Starhemberg and Major MFey. minister of interior in ■usted cabinet and leader of lIANAMUCK BHOW PLANNED — ■es Totaling $1,200 ■ ill Be Given At An- ■ nual Crops Show ■th Judson. Ind., Oct. 18.—(U.R) totaling $1,200 will be Bled at the sixth annual north muck crops show here Ta I «tent is sponsored jointly B e . Northern Indiana Muck B Association, the Indiana B avlv Growers' Association ■the Agricultural extension de- ] B lf ‘i , t of Purdue university, ■rogratn of instruction in pro- ■ B* 11 an( * marketing of crops | B on muck land will be held Bjjtmction with the show, with B* e f atu Hy members and other ■inent agriculturists as the , ■ers fr show will include classes | potatoes, cabbage, celI cauliflower, peppermint oil, »tst, parsnips, turnips, squash, pklns. and corn. I of the entries must have been n on the 300,000 acres of i soil in northern Indiana. J‘ Mitchell, Rochester, Is _ ilent of the Northern Indiana ■ Crops Association. Other I ■ include: Joe Luckey, Butusco, first vice, president; P“ n Gehring, North Judson. f d vice president; and Roscoe f er ’ i-afayette, secretary-treas-Irectnrs include M. P. Eicker. P® : Al Hollopeter, Arcola; Ora PKs. Auburn; L. Lienhart, Elk ; ’ w K. Gast, Akron; F. M. *-- ,tenSHe , l^ a LL J °' JohllHoniT'N I INUED ON PACE FIVE) le ™ Man Dies This Afternoon 'indlay Bryan, over 70 years of • died at his home in Salem ly after 3 o'clock this after- " toll °wing an extended Illness, services will be held Sun- * .™ 00n at 2 o'clock at the e 1 Methodist church.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

i Refuses to Salute i I r I ■ ■ JT |gy jq A J EtLi-'; A* Z ■ ■■ ■ |i|jM II . ! Principles of her religion, a sect , 1 known as “Jehovah's Witnesses," . were given by Miss Grace Estep. . •' teacher at Canonsburg. Pa., as the [ reason for refusal of herself and i brother, a pupil, to salute the flag, i When the question was raised as ■ to whether the school code re-' 11 quired such recognition. Mis- ■ Estep denied any radical tenden--1 i lies but stood by her religion. IRA WACONER HIT BY AUTO Monroe Ma n Severely Bruised Last Night; Driver Exonerated Ira Wagoner, well known resident of Monroe, suffered severe bruises ami cutu cn h'r body Thursday I night about 7 o’clo k when he was struck by an autom bile while walking along the highway at Monroe. Mr. and Mrs, Wagoner were en • route to church when the accident | occurr d. They had rossed tin* ; stre-t and were walking north along the road, when the automobile driven by George Engle of west of MenI roe, struck Mr. Wagoner. Engle was not hel 1 responsible for the i accident. Engle was driving north and was I blinded by an automobile approaching hi n. He was accompanied by , Harry Brown, also of west of Monroe. The fender is thought to have strut k Mr. Wagoner, dragging him i for more than six fei t. He was ' •aken to his home where his int juries were found to consist of eev- ! ere bruises, cuts around the eye. leg injuries and numerous small I cuts. o Russia Ratifies Italian Boycott Geneva. Oct. 18 —(UP)— Maxim : i Litinov. Rrssian foreign minister. I informed the league cf nations today that Russia has ratified and put into force the arms embargo and financial boycott Imposed on ■ Italy. o TEACHER WILL LECTURE HERE I Fort Wayne Teacher Will Speak To Woman's Club Monday Miss Mabel Thorne, a teacher in the Central high school in Fort I I Wayne will lecture on the subject, “Down North on the Labrador” at the meeting of the local Wdtnan's Club in the library audi-' torium Monday night at 7:45 o'clock. The program for the evening will i be in the charge of the Literature department of the dub. Miss Thorne spent four sum i mers in the northern country as teacher and community worker at White Bay. Newfoundland and at Georges Cove, Labrador. Her experiences have enabled her to de- : scribe the people and their cus- ! toms in an interesting and attrac- 1 ! tive manner. She will illustrate her lecture by pictures with the delineascope 1 and will display a seal skin, hook- 1 ed mats and other articles. The entire membership of the Woman’s Club is requested to be l present nt the meeting.

BRITISH SAVE PASSENGERS ON ITALIAN LINER Six' Members Os Crew Killed In Boiler Room Explosion Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 18—(UP) British warships save passengenv and crew of the Italian liner Auao-1 nia today after an explosion which •set the ehip afire and killed six members of the crew. The ship steamed in here in flames and British picket boats took , ( off the last passenger just as the t'ii ' reached the cabins. The fire; subsequently destroyed the whole 1 interior of the liner. The six dead I were all members of the boiler room crew. Three of them died in the hospital. The cause of the explosion could not be determined, because the en tire boiler room staff was killed. The Ansonia carried 33 passeng- ' ers from Haifa, Palestine. The 12,895 ton Lloyd Trieetino steamship, on its regular weekly passenger run from Trieste to Alexandria. was in the outer harbor this morning awaiting quarantine formalities when there was a ter- , riffle explosion in one boiler. British warships in the inner har- i , bor heard the exiplosion and at once j dispatched picket boats te the res-1 I cue. i It was seen that the fire was I spreading fast. Half an hour after the explosion, the last passenger was taken front the strick: n ship just as the flames reached the tabins. Hence the first “incident” in an ; international crisis that threatens a clash b. tween Italian and Brit- 1 ish fleets was one of friendship. All victims of the boiler explosion were placed aboard the British navy hospital ship Maine. Tlte United Press correspondent. < ONTINI lilt UN PAGE EIGHT) TAX HEARINGS ARE HELD HERE State Representative Hears Objections To Three Levies Hearings were scheduled to be-1 gin at 2:30 o’clo k this afternoon for three township levies on 1935 assessments payable in 1936. The i hearings were set by the state tax board who sent a representative to ; preside. The information is to be collect-; ed here and a decision will be ren-' dered by the entire tax commission in session in Indianapolis. The hearings were held in the county ' auditor's office in the court house. . Remonstran cs were filed against increases in three levies. These . are: Hartford school and civil township increased from $1.90 in 1935 ; to $2.58 in 1936; Jefferson school and civil township, increased from 1 $1.37 in 1935 to $2.03 in 1936. and ; the Root township school township, in reased from 30 cents in 1935 ' to 50 cents in 1936. The remonstrances were tiled in the county auditor’s office after the county tax adjustment board had approved the proposed budgets with minor changes. Levies against which no remonstrances were filed are considered final. The remonstrances were sent to , the state tax board which notified i the county auditor and the first 10 ! (petitioners when the hearings would be set. The county auditor notified the township trustees, ad visory boards and school officials to attend the hearing and defend the increases in levies. A large delegation of tax payers from the remonstrating townships were present for the hearings this afternoon. “Woman In Red” Granted Appeal Chi,ago, Oct. IS —(UP)— Anna Sage, “woman in red”, of the Dillinger case, today was granted an appeal from the federal court ruling which upheld the government's move to deport her to her native Roumania. Judge John P. Barnes granted Mrs. Sage 30 days in which to file a bill of exceptions with the circuit court of appeals. Thomas Johnson, Jr., her attorney. protested failure of three East Chicago, Indiana, policemen to testify in her case to substantiate her claims that she was promised im- ) munity from deportation in return i for her work in the slaying of John , Dillinger.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 18, 1935.

Rotary Governor > Speaks To Chib J. Ralph Thompson, Seymour, governor of Indiana Rotary, was! the speaker at the weekly meeting I of Decatur Rotarians Thursday i evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Thompson spoke on the, aims, objects and Ideals of Rotary,! stressing the ways In which llotnr lans may extend better service to the community. The governor also told of some 1 of his experiences at thte International Rotary convention at Mexico City last summer. Following the regular meeting, I Mr. Thompson met with directors] and committeemen of the dub, out-; lining a program for the balance ■ of the year and suggesting various I ways to extend activities of the; ! local club. o STATE DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERER I “Emasculation” Murder Case In Chicago Nearinjf Jury Chicago, Oct. 18— (U.R) —Attor- 1 neys for Mandeville \V. Zenge made a final desperate effort to- i day to win for him a verdict of ■ acquittal in his trial on charges 'of performing the emasculation that brought death to Dr. Walter J. Bauer. Answering the demand of tile state in closing arguments that the death penalty be imposed. Attorney Joseph Green for Zengn I made a dramatic plea to the jury in which he told them a guilty verdict could be returned only: 1. If they arc convinced that Bauer died by Zenge's hand; 2. If it was proved that the | crime was committed in Illinois; 3. If it was established that it was the actual emasculation and not “the intervening of an independent agency” that caused : death; 4. If the jury is convinced that ' the crime was committed by i Zenge with a sound mind. The third point of the plea re- ] ferrod to the possibility that Bauer died through lack of proper medical care. But it was upon the fourth point that Green; laid principal stress. He bolster- ! ed the testimony of defense alienists and attacked that of state , ] alienists and concluded witli the ' plea: ; ; “If there is any reasonable doubt of Zenge’s sanity it is not only your privilege but your duty to find him not guilty." The case is expected to reach ' ■ the jury shortly before sp. m. 1 o ———— Ed Goldner’s Barn Destroyed By Fire l i Ed Goldner’s barn in Preble was . ■ destroyed by fire Thursday after- . noon. Mr. Gcldner was burning i leaves near the building and it is ■ , I believed that one of the leaves was , ■ blown to the top of the barn, sett- , I ing fire to the wood shingles. Mr. , Goldner had time to remove his two automobiles before the barn burn-; ( ed to the ground. Appeals Against , Burning Os Leaves , i 1 Ralph Roop, civil works commis- ! 1 sioner, made an appeal today to 11 residents not to burn leaves on t black top streets. Fire damages the asphalt top an ( | causes the pave-1 i 1 ment to crack. 1

See The New A UTOMO BILES Several of the new 1936 auto models are on display this week at local sales rooms. Among those advertised in the Daily Democrat and now on display are:— (IL Thompson Chevrolet Sales hevrolet 114 N Third st . Al D ' Schmitt Motor Sales , rOIll 203 S. First St. Ponfinn Acker Motor Sales I UIILIau Cor. Third & Monroe I Oldsmnhilo p Kirsch & Son 1/1(1MIIOI»1IC Cor. First & Monroe I -■IIIIB ~ ~ *»' You Are Cordially Invited To See The New Cars

COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPROVED WPA Men Working To Increase Safety On Roads Os County The 40 WPA men are working out a iilan under County Highway Engineer Walter Gillfom to increase the safety of the county toads. Three bridges, 16 feet wide are now being replaced by 24 foot wide bridges. These new bridges have 24 feet of road-way over which cars may pass. These bridges have an average span of about 10 feet. The average cost to the county is about S2OO for each bridge. This includes supervision and materials. The labor is all done by WPA workers. Wherever possible steel and other materials are salvaged from the old bridges. The county’s share Is taken from the portion of the gas tax given the county. None of the cost is raised by local taxation. If built in the usual manner, under a contract, they would cost about double. Bridges will be built this fall as long as the weather continues favorable. Next st. ring others will be built if the county still has a WPA allot t ent. Three all concerete bridges are being built. Two are in Monroe township on the county farm road. One is in Washington township on the Mud Pike, south of Decatur. A corrugated arch bridge is being built wist of Berne on the Hartford and Wabash township line. A gang of six men is now repairing Preble township bridges. They i will work on other bridges later. A crew of 10 men is working on railroad crossings on county roads, taking out the “humps.” A crew of four men is repairing side ditches ami making other improvements in the county. ROBBER LOOTS ECONOMY STORE Approximately S2OO Taken From Local Store Thursday Night A thief stole $229 in cash and checks from the Economy Store Thursday night or this morning. Loren U'.ke. city merchant policeman found the back door to the store open Thursday night when he made his rounds between 6:15 and 6:45 o'clock. He entered the store, locked the back door with the night latch and bar and went out the front door, locking it after him. Mr. Ijftke stated that he did not see any one biding in the store at the time. The store was closed at 5:45 o'clock Thursday evening as all the employes went to the home of , Sam Brooks, the proprietor, where they were entertained. Local police believe that the thief ent-1 ered the store after business ; hours. The money was in the cash register. There i« a combination of keys which opens the cash register. As it was not broken it is believed that it was opened by some one who knew the combina-1 tion. The theft was first noted when the store was opened for business this morning.

TRIBUTE PAID BY TEACHERS TOWDRTHMAN O. R. Bangs Os Ligonier Named President Os Association A tribute in the form of a resolution was paid to the Kite M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the Decatur schools for many years, at the Northeastern Indiana Teachers Institute in Fort Wayne Thursday. The institute will close to- ] day. Mr. Worthman was a charter member of the association and served as its permanent secretary from its organization in 1921 until his death shortly after the institute last year. Superintendent Gwen R. Bangs of the Ligonier schools was elected president of the association an a “dark horse” candidate. Mr. Bangs is a former principal of the Bluffton high schools. He is a brother of the mayor of Huntington. Miss Mary E. Hallowell, principal of the Aetna township high school. Whitley county, was elected vice-president, thus, it is said, setting a precedent as she is the first woman to be elected to an executive office in the organization. Superintendent Frank E. Day of the Wells county schools was reelected secretary-treasurer of the association. Superintendent E. M. Webb of Berne was a me.mber of the nomij nating committee. A constitution committee is to ' be appointed on the recommenda- : lion of Superintendent A. M. Dixon of Kendallville to investigate a proposal for inclusion of city school units, such as those of Bluffton, Decatur, Auburn. Garrett, Angola. Kendallville and Ligonier as official units in the a"sso- ' elation. At the present the city i of Fort Wayne is the only unit. E. M. Webb of Berne, chairman of the auditing committee, reportled that an examination of the ,1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUB) Monroeville Civil War Veteran Dies Thursday Andrew Batson, 90. last survivor of the Monroeville G. A. R.. died i at his home late Thursday afternoon after an extended illness. ' Survivors include a son, two daughters. 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 p. m. Saturday. o Baptism, Communion At Church Sunday The sacraments of holy baptism and holy communion will be administered at the Zion Reformed church at the worship service Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. This is the regular fall communion and i all members are urged to be pres- ; ent. BANK TO TAKE PROPERTY BIDS Properties Not Sold At Public Auction On Sale At Bank The properties of the Old Ad- ; ams County Bank which were not ; sold at public auction Thursday will be offered at public sale at the bank to the first bidder who will meet the appraised prices. The two bids which were accepted by the bank officials will be 1 submitted to the court for approval today. Mrs. I. W. Macy offered ' the high bid for the Pumphrey building on North Second street, j at $7,150. Joseph Malley offered i the high bid ■ for the Andrews 226 [ acre farm at SII,BOO. The highest bid offered at the auction for tne Burdg Barber Shop building was $3,500. It was appraised at $4,000. The top bid for the Maly Conveyor company building and the five acres it is located on was sl,550. It is appraised at. $3,000. Bank officials stated today that in their opinion these properties were worth their appraised value. They expressed confidence in Decatur and the worth of its real estate. It is their belief that the properties can be sold, at a higher value which would be of benefit to the depositors. Bids will be accepted at the Old I Adams County Bank building for: these two properties. '

Britain Remains i Unmoved In Stand Concerning Fleet

To Succeed Landon? ■ * dlil i I —k ' | Leslie Edmonds, Wichita bank- ’ er, sportsman and Legionnaire, was the finst to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination as governor of Kansas, an , office now occupied by Alfred ; Landon, prominent candidate for' | the G. O. P. presidential nomina-, i tion. BURY ACCIDENT VICTIM SUNDAY Shifferly Funeral Services Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Eldred V. Shifferly. 22. son of Mr. and Mrs. I Otis Shifferly of east of Decatur. ' who died Thursday afternoon at 2:02 o'clock at the Adams county in• -:rii■ r>;<i hospila? of illjurit ceived Thursday morning while working at the Central Sugar factory will be held Sunday afternoon. A short service at th? home at 1:30 , ] o’clock, standard time, will be fol-] lowed with a service at the Calvary Evangelical church at 2 o’clock. I Rev. M. W. Sundermann will offi- : Hate and burial will be in the De-, catur cemetery. The body was returned to the Shifferly home late this afternoon from the S. E. Black funeral home ! and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight until time for the funeral. The young man was prominent in I church and civic activities. He had ] served as superintendent of the] Calvary Evangelical Sunday school for two years and at the time of his ] death was president of the board of stewards of the church, was teacher of the young people's class and chorister of the young people's choir. He had been converted at the ; age of six years. He took an active part in 4-H I Club work and was a member of the j Grange lodge at Wren, Ohio. He had attended St. Mary’s school and was graduated from the Pleasant Mills high school three years ago. Following his graduation he had taken I a correspondence course in engineering. He had been employed at the sugar factory in this season for three campaigns. Eldred was born in Adams county on August 18, 1913, a son of Otis and lona Hart-Shifferly. Surviving besides the parents are two sisters ] and a brother. Doris, Eirnil and Mildred. o — —. Mental Disease Cure Predicted Detroit, Oct. 18—(UP)—Permanent cures for mental cases were predicted today by Dr. Charles H. Mayo, veteran clinical physician, before the annual meeting of the inter-state post graduate medical association of North America. "Within five years I think we will be able to restore feeble-mind-ed and insane patients to full use of their faculties,” Dr. Mayo said. Dr. Alfred W. Adson of the University of Minnesota has had miraculous i results from the use of an experimental drug. WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; cooler east and south portions i tonight; somewhat warmer north- ' west portion Saturday.

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Major Battle Involving 300,000 Men Expected In Ethiopia; Blockade Os Seas Likely. SPARE RAILWAY Paria, Oct. 18—(U.R)— France'i reply to Great Britain's question of whether France will cooperate with Britain if the latter is attacked by Italy in the Mediterranean is a plain, “yes,” it was announced officially tonight. The British embassy stated that Premier Pierre Laval feels he has given the British satisfaction in their demands. (By United Press) Latest war developments: Alexandria. — British- warships gave passengers of Italian liner Ausonla, afire after explosion iti which six were killed. Paris. — Britain, awaiting pledgo of naval co-operation from France, refuses to move a single ship from Mediterranean unless Mussolini withdraws from Ethiopia. London. —Britain, seeing rift itt Franco-British relations rapidly closing, expect mutual action to end war quickly. Geneva. — League circles believe blockade of Red Sea and Mediterranean probable if economic sanei tions rail. Rome. — Italian commander ex- ' pect major battle soon on southern front, involving 300,000 men. Harar. — Ethiopians report Ital- ] lan advance in south slowing up because of rains and elusive Ethi- : opian tactile. Addis Ababa. — Agreement be- : tween Italy and Ethiopia to spare ' railway to Djibouti reported possi ible. No Concessions (Copyright 193a by UP.) Paris. Oct. 18.—<U.R> Great Britain, confidently awaiting a pledge . from France early next week that I she will co-operate with the British fleet in the Mediterranean, to--1 day firmly maintained her attitude of not making the slightest con- | cession to Italy unless Italy halts her war in Africa. Premier Pierre Laval of France, although finally willing to back Britain, nevt’rtheless continued his ! efforts to keep the way open for peaceful negotiations. To that end, he tentatively suggested fTiat Britain remove a few big warships ifi i Italy removes "excess" soldiers I from Libya adjoining Egypt. Laval, the newspaper Intransi--1 geant said, has asked Premier Mussolini to state his minimum demands for the ending of hostili ities. but insisted that subsequent I negotiations be carried on within I the league. Britain, it was learned officially, ' refused to do so, contending that Libya is “not concerned” in the i controversy. The British position amounts to an ultimatum to Italy that the only gesure which would cause reduction of Britain's Mediterranean fleet would be the Italian withdrawal from Ethiopia. Expects Attack (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) Rome, Oct. 18. —(U.R) -Field Mar(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) JOSEPH GRABER INJURED TODAY French Township Farmer Hits Bridge Abutment North Os Monroe Joseph L. Graber, prominent) French township fanner, was injured shortly after 8 o’clock this morning when he crashed into a bridge abutment one-half mile north of Monroe. Graber was going north, driving the star mail route for his son-in-law, Lewellen Lehman. He stated that he struck the bridge in an attempt to avoid another auto, whose driver did not stop after the accident. The car was then forced into the ditch but was not badly damaged. Rev. Elbert Morford of Monroe aided Mr. Graber in completing hie trip to Fort Wayne. On the return trip. Mr. Graber complained of pains in his head and Rev. Morford took the injured man to a Berne physician. The attending physician stated <hat Mr. Graber evidently was suffering from a slight concussion but that bis condition is improving.