Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1935 — Page 1

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>« STATES LEGISLATION re®rms done ■ommele Secretary De■lares •hlreathing Spell' r isb*' |nu,nent , Yon > Lis W# >•’ haVe hW ’ a l''"“ Val EmMf ,!i se( ' rp,ury busin - < i I .•forms .in '* >U L,JB Hi- "breatliing I ' Mr mi'" ll month* is Permanent. " Eouer ■< ■ Alh<"lWhen h’ bad concluded. 1 (( > Presi' I.liftin’ Francis ' Can# 1 ”" ls Corporation, sstmasto ■ '< <. < that | ■' « oin « 10 **’ b'sak. ■ " 11 1,1 Ur Yc ,llr "'operation | -his i#i > ■The «#' ' secretary said I profit‘| 11S r p< ’ piv, ‘ all | ailnu® Em and b ' assured big bnsiI. (hat , t in be penalized E I igne»r recalled PtesiI !i E »E C breathing spell" in Eortn ler J. I a!®! 1111 wtth a nev ■ ■»!, w jl| i ailed that til ■ ■ add ■ the* lli'e. " Roper said. Kwspaper dis nurse and comE th; the breathing spell' ■orally tr Kp of f o-ntal i- nt 'ion ■J regal; n. ■ "In his Mi Howard said. ( I thet can be no real recovB"' i>e»T allayed through the ■ranting fc:' a breathing spell to i ■itotry.' Please keep in tnind ■it Mr.Bowaid. and not the first the Breathing ipell,’ and in this light #me n aii th” President's ■ords: ■ This -’riii i :i i-anie into ■lde table gislative program, x x j to ■Etter U <bi. ve these objectiv.-s ■s exped ously as possible in not only business Bic puhii generally might know ■■Bldi! . ci ions in the condi■ons and of economic enter■rise whii li were involved in our This basic program, ■owever, | lias now reached subcompletion the Breathing spell’ of which yon j* -very decidedly ■ ‘This cb .i ll ation is clear cut business no longer ■feds to feel .my uncertainty." - - IDecatir Laundry I Winner Os Suit H Muselman in the jus- ■ ce of 1 peace court at Berne ■rand fc defendant, the D-ea-■«f Uan ;1 a suit for the collec- ■ n of laym.-ut of goods -.old by ■ e ®' H: own ManillaHiring ■wnpany " d: “ clCl ?ed ’hat the uidry and al” made to one absence of the i. artner rejected and the goads were not E., by the concern when ■'■nipped. Mils found the made contingent upon the by the other partner. 1./!' . rea ' son he found for the |™fend|nt. purtk Dinner At Elks Friday Night ld»L • Shiner, bridge party and fcV " bP held at 'he B. P. O. II e E,,day evening The dinIbrU* be Berved at 5:30, with Iw'li *F ai ' ,ing at k o'clock. Dancing r*h*»ri at 9:30. |ian» r *T ViPCking ' jud ß« of the - n dLci,,,;. B,l '' enate °° urt and district Lal iJs ?' 9 ' odge ’ made the anIwedn *' ' ' ° nnr the tocal chapter Hbs?' evening - A c, a*6 of 10 DeeX. , " aa ,niti ated. with the r'red e egre ® team, headed by LteX ‘ Urßer ’ actlllg as exaulted le initiatory work.

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Berne WPA Project Is Given Approval A (project which will employ 37 ■ men han been approved by the Fori Wa.Mie office of th.- WPA tor the extension of the water mains, re I pair of main sewers and the install '[ation of a "re hydrant, at Berne. The estimated coet of the pro-! t jeet is $6,164 of which the government will ip*y $5,164 for labor and the town of 1-erne $l.O o for mater iale. It ie eetimated that it will ta <• three months to complete the pro ject. Work is to be begun in the' near future. - — o ITALIANS WILL I STAGE PROTEST ON PENALTIES Fifteen Thousand Students To Stage Protests Monday (Copyright. 1935. by VP.) Rome, Nov. 14.— (U.R) — Mass .demonstrations of protest and defiance will be held before embassies and legations of League of Nations members Monday when the league's new penalties become effective against Italy, it was learned today. Even small scale demonstrations in past weeks have caused disorders which embittered Italian-Brit-ish relations, and the mass protest 1 planned for Monday is on a grand scale. | Fifteen thousand students are making plans for the demonstra tion. They represent both private and government schools. It is planned that half the students shall march past all em | bassies and legations of league . countries. denTonstrating as they ' go in protest against the boycott ; of all Italian products, and the denial to Italy of selected key products. which becomes effective at one minute after midnight Sunday | During the parade and demon- : stration, the othter half of the I protestants go from house to house. : collecting scrap iron for govern--1 merrt nse in the manufWfltre of 1 war munitions to strengthen the ' army which Premier Benito Mussolini says is ready to defend the country's interests in Africa or elsewhere. The collection of scrap iron and other metals is to become a permanent duty of fascists. The work will be assumed after Monday by i boys of the balilla. the pre fascist organization. The sober determination with which Italians are making ready to aid Mussolini in carrying out policies opposed by 52 world nations cooperating in league penal(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) . Seven Working On WPA Sewing Project Seven women are now working on a sewing project at the ffice of townehY? trustee John M. Doan in this city. Their time is paid by the WPA. The women are making shirts, baby clothes and other articles which will be distributed among the relief caecs in Washington township. o MORROCASTLE CHARGES AIRED Officers Os Tragic Vessel Charged With Cowardice, Neglect p > New York. Nov. 14 — (VPI - 1 Widow-;, orphans and husbands of t 136 persons lout when the liner i Morro Castle burned in September. 1934, joined government attorneys • today in accusing the ship's officers * of cowardice and criminal neglig- . ence. > Federal district attorney Francis W. H. Adams called more than a score of survivors and relatives of victims to begin testimony against two officers of the ship and an exI excutive of the operating company. The defendants are William F. . Warms, acting captain of the Morro Castle on the night it burned off ' Asbury Park, N. J., chief engineer Eben S. Abbott, and Henry E. Cab- ' aud. evecutive vice-president of the ’ New York and Cuba mail steaship company, parent company of the , Ward line. While black garbed widows, co ■ 1 emn children and men with black arm bands filled a federal court J room yesterday, Adams described 3 Certain Warms as "manager of a I! floating I (CONTINUED ON RAGE SEVEN)

GERARD SWOPE | VISITSG.E. j FACTORY HERE President Os General I Electric In Decatur This Morning Gerard Swope, president of the i General Electric Company, New York City, visited the Decatur works of the company this morn- | Ling and also made a trip to tile 1 Sulsistenie Ilomestead division. Mr. Swope was accompanied to this city by Walter Goll, general j manager. P. C. Morgenthaler, i assistant manager and C. H. Mat-1 son. superintendent of the Fort Wayne works of the General Elec- ' trie. A meeting of the G. E. executives was held with E. W. lamkenau. superintendent of the local i plant in the company's offices on North Ninth street. Mr. Swope and party of G. E. i officials, accompanied by Ferd L. Litterer, local attorney and Mayor A. R. Holthouse, made a trip to the Homestead division, a proi ject of much interest to Mr. Swop •. Mr. Swope was shown through the James Strickler home and was furnished information relative to the building of the houses, i their cost, monthly payments and utility improvements, such as water, electricity, gas and telephone. This was Mr. Swope's first visit to Decatur within the past four years. A luncheon was given in his honor by Mr. Goll in Fort I Wayne this noon, followed by a | meeting of plant and departmental heads. Decatur Girl Ranks High In Scholarship MMs Helena Rayl, daughter of Dr. C. C. Rayl of this city, was ranki ed 10th in scholarship at Stephens College at Columbia. Mo„ Miss | Rayl io in her second year at the college, which has an enrollment of, more than 900 students. I wa.obip GREAT BRITAIN VOTING TODAY British Voters Choosing Members Os House Os Commons London, Nov. 14.—(U.R)—British i voters chose today the men and ! women who will shape the country's destinies in the house of I commons tn months or years to ; come. It seemed certain that the conservativenational liberal-national labor coalition of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would win a comfortable, it reduced, majority, on a platform which calls for loyalty to the League of Nations covenant. pursuit of the present policy Jin the Italian-Ethiopian crisis, and a big rearmament program which will cost between $500,000,900 and j $1.000,000.0000. Something more than 20,000,000 of the 14.780,261 men and 16,525,246 women voters were expected I to cast their ballots between 7 a. I m. (2 a. m. ESTi and 9 j). m. (4 p. m. EST). The first results will be known soon af w . the polls | close: an accurate forecast of the complexion of the new house should be iposeible tomorrow morning. There are 615 seats in the house. Forty have been filled in advance of the election because only one ■ candidate stood for the district in question. Hence 575 seats are to be filled today from more than . ! 1,300 candidates. The forecast was for varialile i weather, occasional rain in all districts but with considerable per- ! iods of sunshine. The forecast ■ brought predictions of heavy poll-ing-favorable to the government’ I coalition whose main fear is lest its friends stay home, confident of ' victory, while all- its enemies vote . despite the weaTTier. ' Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin 1 was returned unopposed for his Bewdley district, as was Walter Runciman, president of the board ’ of trade—a cabinet post. ’ But all other commoners in the cabinet were opposed and seven of them had hot fights. The seats ’ of Ramsey Macdonald, national la--1 bor leader and president of the 1 council, and Sir Godfrey Collins, 1 national liberal and secretary for 1 Scotland, were in real danger and f their election was considered most I doubtful.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 11, 1935.

Visits Decatur I * J Gerard Swope, of New York City, president of the General Electric company and party of Fort Wayne G. E. officials, visited the local plakit this morning and also made a trip to the Homestead division, south of Decatur. LOADED TRUCK IS OVERTURNED Truck Loaded With Beets Overturned In Accident This Afternoon A truck driven by Edwin Hammond. Middlepoint. Ohio, and laden with eugar beets for the Central | Sugar company was overturned ’ shortly after 1 o’clock this after- ■ noon in a collision with a passenger tar at the intereoction of North Second street and federal highway Witnesses to the accident stated that the driver cf the passenger car i enroute south, failed to stop for the traffic light at the intersection. In an effort to avoid a collision, Hammonds swerved hia truck. He ■ struck the rear of the auto, causing his truck t i overturn. Virgil Campbell, an occupant of j the passenger car. was taken to the i Adams county jail. Campbell asserti ed that he was the driver of the auto but several eyewitnesses to the crash stated that George Raver was the driver. Raver ran from the scene of the accident, according to evidence given police by these witnesses. Campbell and Raver live on ths F. nner farm, north of Decatur. No one was injured aut both the truck and passenger car were slightly damaged. No one was injured but both the truck and passenger car were slightly damag’d o— — Culver Man Victim Os Hunting Accident Culvrr. Ind.., Nov. 14 —(UP) — George Bush, 55, died late yesterday after his right leg had been shot off in a hunting accident. The ae.ident occurred while Bush and several hunting companions were talking. A gun discharged accidentally. The victim is srvived by two sisters and four brothers. o TEACHERS MEET IN CONVENTION English Teachers Os Nation To Meet At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Nov. 14. — (U.R) — English teachers from twenty-two states are expected to attend the 25th annual convention of the national council of teachers of English here Nov. 28-30. Teaching English in a changing curriculum will be the general topic for the convention, it was announced by Charles Swain Thomas, Harvard universiTy, president of the council. More than eighty speakers are 'included on the three-day program of the silver-anniversary meeting of the organization. Among them are Miss Marjorie iGullan, chairman of the speech fellowship and institute of London and director of the London verse speaking choir, Dr. Claude M. Fuess, biographer and headmaster of Philips Andover Academy, Dean Henry W. Holmes of the graduate school of education, Harvard university, William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana university, and Professor Franklin T. Baker, Teachers’ "college, Columbia university. General and sectional sessions (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

JUDGE DEVOSS ! DELAYS RULING Takes Under Advisement Decision In Huntington Case Huntington, Nov, 14.—The question of whether the city of Huntington may continue in the electric business pending a ruling from the Indiana supreme court on a permanent injunction granted the North ern Indiana Power company, was taken under advisement until next week in circuit court here late Wednesday by Special Judge Huber M. DeVoss of Decatur. This issue is raised in a plea to abate renewed contempt proceed-' I ings of the Northern Indiana com pany charging Mayor Clare W. II Bangs and 10 others with violation of the permanent injunction Judge DeVoss heard arguments all day on demurrers to the plea in abatement after denying City At torney Claude Cline's motion to | separate the affidavit and infor- ; mation from the court record of previous litigation. Suspension of electric service to 1 650 private consumers would create a moot question cn the municipality’s right to appeal. City At-' torney Cline argued, referring to a recent court decision which he considered in point. ’ Attorney Fred H. Bowers for the power company deplored the “law lev«” attitude of the city government throughout the litigation and declared that the administration had "spat in the face of the court." . He charged that the prohibitory I provisions of the permanent inl junction became effective with ■ Special Judge David E. Smith’s final judgment last August 16. i W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton, co- ■ counsel for the defense contended in his argument that the private [ utility has no vested right in the . extension of electrical service in . | the community. M. J. O'Malley, co-counsel for the power company, declared that .the state legislature had given ,! municipalities no stay of execution in court judgments during an apr peal as claimed by the court. . Milo N. Felghtner, attorney for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ! . : o ) NAVIN FUNERAL RITES ARE SET » ... — Detroit Baseball C 1 u b Owner Will Be Buried Saturday Detroit. N v. 14 (UP) —Funeral services for Frank J. Navin, who died of a heart atta k six weeks t after his Detroit Tigers baseball club won the world championship, will be held at Blessed Sacrament ' Roman Catholic chinch Saturday, t The requiem mass for the dead , will be held at 10 A. M. 1 A large funeral is expected. ) Friends of the 64-year old ball club ■ owner in every walk of life are expected to attend. His death tame ■ as a shock to the city that celebrated his greatest triumph with him , such a short while ago. The pallbearers will be members' of the question mark club, a social organization of which Navin was a I mem'jer. I Intimate friends recalled today that Nevin had been warned five years ago ta sell his ownership in the lub. . “I’ll hold on until we win a world’s championship,” he told them at that time. And death came yesterday after he had achieved his ambition. It came while he was engaged in ' j the pursuit of one of his favorite I 3 sports — riding. ’He suffered the . fatal heart attack while mounted on j - his favorite mount. Masquerade, at the Detroit riding and hunt club. He r was pronounced dead less than an I hour later at Detroit Osteopathic . hospital. o Special Judge To Decide Bank Case i d Bluffton, Nov. 14 (UP) —Judge ' J. F. Decker Wednesday nominat- ’ i ed three jurists and from this list 1 a eipecial judge will be selected to 1 j preside in the Wells circuit court in 3 a case involving questions in the ■ , receivership of the 'Bank of Tocsin. r Those nominated are Judge Harry 1 W. Muller of Allen superior court; i Judge Clarence R. McNabb of the " I Allen circuit court, and Judge W. ’ J R. Endicott of the DeKalb circuit i '' court of Auburn. The matter Im- ’ | mediately pending before the court is that of objections to a current ' report filed by the Old Adams coun- ’ | ty bank of Decatur as recevier for the Bank of Tocsin.

DROP GAMBLING CHARGES FILED FOR GOVERNOR Vice-C r u s a d e r Had Charged Gov. Herring For Football Wager Des Moines, Ia„ Nov. 14 (U.R) Gov. Clyde L. Herring narrowly escaped arrest today in what | threatened to become an embar-, ragging anti-climax to a football [ wager made in jest. A warrant charging Herring with gambling because he bet a , pig with Gov. Floyd Olson of Minnesota on the Minnesota-lowa foot-. ’ ball game was tossed into the . wastebasket. It was explained that Governor Olson, retained by Herring as his attorney, had convinced law enforcement officials that there was no gamble involved. “Olson contended." Herring said, “that there was no bet because I never had a chance to . win." He further informed officials here that "the bog I took him was a worthless, underfed, no-good swine, and tliat consequently nothing of value changed hands as a result of the wager.” The lowa governor told reporters he might have a private argument with his counsel concerning ’ those assertions. “But that’s what my counsel says and for the present I'm in his hands." Herring said. More technically, it was explained that Hie charge wa.s dropped on advice of assistant attorney general Lehan Ryan, after consultation with assistant counI ty attorney C. E twin Moore, who authorized issuance of the warI rant. The complaint, it was pointed i out, was filed in Polk county, whereas the bet was made by Governor Olson in Minnesota and I accepted by Herring in Johnson county, lowa. i “Local courts,” the attorneys I explained seriously, "were clearly i without authority in the case." o S3OO Damage Caused By Fire Last Night Fire originating in a chimney caused damage of SSO to the home 1 an.d $250 to the furniture at the Atos Stauffer residence on North Eighth utreet at 7 o’clock Wednesi day -vening. The city fire departI ment extinguished the blaze. The fire was believed caused by papering over an opening in the chimney with out first putting in a “thimble." Woman Flier Makes Trans-Ocean Flight Rio de Janeiro. Nov. 14. —(U.R> — Jean Batten. 25-year-old New Zeal- ; and flier, who yesterday completed the first solo flight across the South Atlantic ever made by a \voman, took 6ff from Natal for ! Rio de Janeiro at 10:05 GM.T (5:05 a. m. EST) today. ABANDON HOPE FOR TWO MEN Captain And Seaman Os Wrecked Ship Given Up For Lost Manila. P.Nov. 14—(UP)-The story of the’British freighter Silverj hazel became history today, entered in maritime records as an incident which .might have .been a major disaster but for the courage and heroism of the victims and seamen of the U. S. Navy and merchant marine. Per a time at least, the books were closed on the etory of shipwreck, privation aud death in a battle with a raging tropical sea which claimed four lives but spared those of 52 othera of the Silverhazel’s passengers and crew. The dead were Mrs. Neil Williams Pasadena, ,Cal„ and Bernard Charles MacPherson, 19-year-okl apprentice seaman from Groucester, Eng. Their bodies were brought here aboard the U. S. S. Peary from the wreck scene off the southern coast of the island of Luzon. After probing the gloom of a heightening tropical storm for hours, the U. S. S. Bulmer abandoned ho;e of recovering the bodies of Captain H. A. Lennard, the Silverhazel’s master, and a Hindu sea(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Rioting Against Britain Flares Again In Egypt

SAY RECOVERY IS ADVANCING Bankers Commission Reports Recovery Advancing Rapidly New Orleans. Nov. 14.—(U.R) —Re- ■ covery is advancing rapidly but unemployment still is widespread and the volume of industrial production fails to gain, the economic policy commission of the American Bankers Association reported to the association's convention today. The bankers resumed theTr annual meeting in an atmosphere of harmony in contrast to yesterday's battle over the election of a vice , president which indirectly involved new deal banking policies. Orval W. Adams, vice-president of the Utah State National Bank of Salt Lake City, and outspoken enemy of the new deal, will be installed today as second vice president. He automatically becomes president in 1937. His opponent for the office, E. G. Bennett, presi- . dent of the First Security Bank of Ogden. Utah, and a friend of the I new deal, withdrew his candidacy i "in the Interest of harmony." The economic policy commission found, in a broad sense, that individuals were buying but corporations were not. High wages, increased farm income, and large , governmental expenditures have ( greatly increased consumer purchasing power. While noting strong improve- ( ment in the automobile industry, in gasoline, tobacco, rayon, and ice-1 ' less refrigeration industries, the j commission found that construction and the durable goods industries 1 , lagged. This lag. it said, was the cause of continued widespread un(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) DELAY RULING ON CLEMENCY d i Clemency Board Delays Decision On Weber’s Appeal Indianapolis. Nov. 14— (U.R) — i Decision on the appeal of J. ' Stephen Weber, former Fort Wayne banker, for a parole from 1 a 5-56 yei'.r state prison sentence, was delayed by the state clemency . j board today pending a study of . the records of the state banking . departmen;. , ’ Weber pleaded guilty to a t j charge of embezzling funde from • ; the Home Loan & Savings Co.. ; ’ Fort Wayne, of which he was secretary. He has served nearly four years and lias been denied clemency once. He was accused of embezzling ’ approximately $200,060. He adI mitted juggling funds to obtain I $30,000 to protect friends caught I in defunct auto sales companies, > i authorities said. Conflicting statements of Weber stand Prosecutor W. E. Ilelmke as ' to the exact amount of the embezzlement led the clemency commission to delay a decision of the parole petition until after a study of the banking department records. The department made an audit of the loan company's books when the shortage was discovered. Appearing before the commis--1 sion yesterday were the inmate's ’ wife, and his two brothers, Leo ' and Donald Weber, all of Fort Wayne, and his attorney, G. J. 3 Pierre, also of Fort Wayne. They ' appealed to the commission on the 1 grounds that Weber should be re- ' leased beca.use the penalty for 1 bankers embezzlement has been ■ reduced since his incarceration. o 3 New Baptist Pastor Visits In Decatur Rev. Homer Aspy of Whiting, ’ newly chosen pastor of the First 1 Baptist church of Decatur, was here today meeting local people. 1 Rev. Aspy will assume the Decar tur pastorate December 8. He and ‘ his family will occupy’The Baptist *• parsonage, 224 South Fourth street. Rev. Aspy is resigning as pastor jof the First Baptist church at Whiting.

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One Student Killed And Many Injured In Fight With Police In AntiBritish Rioting. REPORT BATTLE Addis Ababa, Nov. 14—(U.R)— The most lurid atrocity story of the war was contained today in an official statement which said that subjects in Ethiopia and territories occupied by the Italians were rising in revolt because of- “scandalous and immoral” acts by the Italian troops. The government statement included such as “violating women and even the wives of priests and nuns from convents without distinction,” By Louis F. Keetnle (United Press Cable Editor) Britain's behind hei» stand in the Italian-Ethiopia.n dispute became clearer after the outbreak of violent anti English rioting in Egypt. Egypt is vital to the empire, its trade routes and domination of the Mediterranean. Britain without doubt would sooner go to war than lose control of Egypt to a foreign power. The fine Italian hand of propaganda may be seen in the Egyptian disturbances. Italy has used the newspapers and radio to encourage the Egyptian nationalists in their demand for complete independence. About a month ago. Britain protested to Rome against Italian broadcasts in Arabic from southi ern Italy, and arranged to open I her own radio station in Palestine ; to counteract them. Britain's status in Egypt is • this: After the world war. she released Egypt from Turkish domination and set up a protectorate. In subsequent years, she proclaimed Egypt a sovereign state, but reserved the right to maini tain troops there, to defend Egypt from foreign aggression, to protect British communications and I to protect foreigners. More important. Britain retained ’ the vast Sudan country, watered by the Nile. That tints the map of Africa a British red from Egypt down through the entire length of the African continent to the Cape of Good Hope. And. under present arrangements, even Egypt could be tinted at least a little pink. Student Killed Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 14— (U.R) —• Anti-British rioting flared out today in a spectacular battle between police and striking students on the Abbas bridge spanning the river Nile, in which one student, was killed, an undetermined number wounded and a British officer injured. The students, shouting antiBritish slogans and urging a national boycott of the British, advanced from the suburb of Ghizen, across the river. At the bridge they encountered a strong force of Egyptian police, mobilized to put down the rioting. British troops were not involved. A British officer named Lees ’ was passing and was caught in the melee. He was slightly injured about the head. Heavy Casualties Rome, Nov. 14— (U.R) —An important battle with heavy casual--1 ties on the Somaliland front, and ' various engagements in the north were announced today in an offi(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) l O State Department To Survey Blue Creek ■ Berne members of the Adams ■ county fish and game conserva- ’ tion league have received a letter ' from the state department of conservation, stating that a survey will be made soon of Blue Creek. Sewage has been dumped by the town of Berne into Blue Creek, •I which empties into the St. Mary's river. The) state department is , making the Berne survey to help : in the location of the cause of the i death of fish in the St. Mary’s . river. o I WEATHER t _ ,| Unsettled tonight and Frl- ■ day, probably some local t| light rain or snow flurries’, I colder Friday.