Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1935 — Page 1

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: J [AS RENEW AL TOIOTINCIN ' O|P INDUSTRY . -— "Imi l Sv ' cn * >ers ° ns (’merit l ' ,n i ured At I B*he! ton. Ohio ", Nov. 21 (U.R) — ■ r!Hw g>. >ii i.mud. <1 th-' plant the Kcal of l| ' ,: " 1 "- :l " : "- L alnM) . ' " ;I ''»’2l hours. ■it least p. isi.n- l»i> ts one picket 11.' I u . -.; "I R ul " th '' ' h ' 1 ■nor inJu *'K 'wSt' ..:.-t---n< •• Ih4w.ii '■ice l!lk " lead. i' s failed a hail J KiJks >tm I lie plant ill return ■ a prot p.s>.'. I'ui picketn JKrk (M ''■ l ’ n l ’> gus K (he'ji .:np..i ;■ nnds. K rent around tli" plant Bards. «O 'I of 1 1 - 1 " depute workers <-.,ired the ■ Many In mt lie plant had Ken kHen by the stones and strikers. The Ksulitorll high tension wires. ■Burning ■!■ " the company m- ' Kir.pted |. pen its plant, conall day. and Kto tkntglit. “■ Floa4 i illnmii.ai urn llie "Kwfe-fe •’••<■•• .yimai: !..■■! mrflfe i *n the darkness' IB HINDUS I |K LENIENCY ■nnjG tite Robbers To ■ Seek - lemency From || Boi; (I Next Week |BgII9MK ■p“4 ftt \ ins a life s.m • the ■playing John Cook, Laport. BKttjr gr. ■ will seek a parole i- < ssion Nov. ■The ■- .., w - s ,on vj ( ted in .iicuit court Sept. r n K* ■>' :. to 20 years ea. h manty March 3u. a the robbery tliove Bank. chtar icy Nov. 25. Meredith, who -■> years ’■ with a holdup of the bank, ■ considered Nov. 25. Ijß W'.irreii H4r Jan - 14 . 1931. |||||[ — BrjjjP' l " ,in| l Wood w, re • March ■■ Jesse ('. Sutton m KB-' court. With them I tt D. Gaither and ■ Sinif, also charged with le Linn Grove bank. n all pleaded guilty and onced to 20 years in the tentiary. |.ma»as arrested in Fort Wayne IG ' 15 29. two days after Grove bang had been U’ W s2.lt)<>. a f ew days later ELW of ,hp Kang was apprefc&.B. F<l "I‘'' 1 ‘''' shpriff !,ari 111,11 obtained confessions the men before they I H9"‘ 111 lnl ° court. K — O Company | Employee Killed ,nd - Nov - 21 — (UP) — bSjHr"" ih<,r "' 4 °. Lewis. Ind., the U. S. Powder Co., instantly today when a L&nߣ' l)Ie "' "I’ in one of the near the main plant. , y Wae tlicovere d some h^KK 1 ' 1 " 11 'he building which LJt. lroyecl by the explosion. I Tftßs !lf ' l, ' asl was un hnown. fuiir"’<rfs‘ ,10ai0 ' 1 occured just before *<>>%?" employea fcr ( Bill i i

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“Mercy Slayer” 1 $ 3 \|W Br v Bl wf ® 1% ■ Mi i > Current debate about •’mercy killings'" turned the spotlight on i Dr. M. A. Warriner, 79. physician I of Bridgeport, Conn., who wae I reported to have “confessed" to ■ have taken the life, 4S years mto. i of a man so badly wounded in a • shotgun accident that he would have been a maniac had he lived. i APPROVE SALE OF PROPERTY 1 1 Burdge Building On Monroe Street Sold To Edgar Mutschler i ’ Judge Huber M. DeVoss late Wednesday afternoon apnroved ' ’he uale of the Burdge Ttuilding on West Monroe street to Edgar I Mutschler at $3,250. The sale had been male previously by Clark J. Lutz, special i ’•enresentative of the Old Adams I County Bank which owned the i hnHrhng. The sale was made subject to the approval of the court. Several weeks ago this building way offered, together with other property in the city owned by the bank, foi sale at public auction. It did not bring its appraised , | value. For thia reason it was reappraised. The bank has also obtained the approval of the court to sell three city properties and three fe.rms. • These will be sold at public auction on the premises of the varI ions properties. On December 14 at 1 p. m. the lames D. Stulls property on North Second street will be sold. At 2 p. m. December 14. the Roy V. Miller property on North Fifth street will be auctioned. At 3 p. m. the -same afternoon the Nettie Roop property on North Eleventh street will be sold At 10 o'clock. Tuesday morning. December 17, the Daniel Gerber. 49 acre farm, in Kirkland township, on the Wells-Adams county (.CONTINUED ON PACtE EIGHT) McNUTT CITES BUSINESS GAIN Governor Says Reduced Taxes Bring New Industries Into State Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 21. —fU-Rb "Reduction in taxes Is bringing new industries to Indiana and other manufacturing concerns are ■ looking our way," Gov. Paul V. McNutt told a large political gathering here last night. In citing specific instances of new industries at Evansville and Kokomo and increased activity in the Calumet steel district, the governor pointed out that "the new deal is wholly responsible for Industrial recovery." "Our Republican opponents claim recovery is the result of a natural turn of events,” he said. “A comparison of the state ot affairs now with that of three and four years ago shows their statements are without foundation." “Not oiily has business been restored but there is a marked improvement in public morale. Bank deposits have increased to a point where there is $55,000,000 ticked away, protected by government in- : sur&iic6« i The governor sharply criticized partisan newspapers “which print anti-administration editorials on the front page and in the same issue publish financial articles ' which show business is staging a I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

SUIT IS FILED AGAINST COAL CONTROL BILL Pittsburgh Coal Company Attacks Validity Os Federal Measure Pittsburgh. Nov. 21.—(U.R)—The | Pittsburgh Coal Company, the nations largest independent bituminous coal producer, filed an Injunction suit today against t"ie Guffey coal control act. The suit, filed in federal court here, charged that the act would ' create conditions in the coal Indus try worse than it purports to cure. The petition for an injunction against imposition of penalties and taxes embodied in the coal legislation attacks the constitutionality ! of the act. J. 1). A. Morrow, president of the company, said his firm takes the position that "congress has no power under the constitution to regulate the bituminous coal industry , as provided for in the Guffey act." | The reason for not signing the code are stated in the bill in equity | as follows: That acceptance (of the code) 1 would burden, injure and destroy the company's business and propi erty rights That it would be required to sub- , mit the managements of its purely private business to a district board made up of its active business 1 competitors. That it would be deprived of . competitive business advantages it now enjoys by ownership and operation of its private water and rail transportation facilities. That it would be deprived of the benefits of many of its lawful existing contracts, at prices named therein, which contracts said act and code purports to render inI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o DEATH CLAIMS MRS. STUCK! Mrs. Wilhelmina Stucki Dies This Morning Os Infirmities Mrs. Wilhel.rina Engelmau Stucki I age 76. widow of the late Rev. Jacob - Stucki. for 46 years a missionary among the Winnebago Indiana of Wisconsin, died at 9:20 o’clock this ' morning of infirmities at the home ot Rev. and Mrs. D. Grether at Mag-' ley. , Since the death of her husband in May, 1930. she made her home with relatives in lowa and Nebrau:a, residing with her step-daughter, ’ • Mrs. Grether, recently. The deceased was born in Mcuel, • ’ Wisconsin. October 19, 1859. Besides Mrs. Grether, eleven other , [ step-children -survive. They are Mrs.! I C. F. Bopp, Johanna Stucki, Youngai town, Ohio; Dr. J. C. Stucki, tfirighton, Col., Rev. F. E. Stucki, Waukon, | Iowa; Rev. Benj. Stucki, Neillsville, ! Win; Jacob Stucki, Black River Falls, Wls; Henry Stucki, Neillwi ville. Four brothers also survive, namely. Rev. Otto Engelmann. Schaller. Iowa; Rev. Fred Engelmann. I Boston; August Engelmann, Beati rice, Neb., and Julius Engelmann I Slater, lowa. Funeral services will be held at the Magley Reformed church Sat- | urday afternoon at two o’clock, with Rev. Frank Rupnow of St. John's Reformed church. Fort Wayne, asI sioted by Rev. Grether in charge. Burial will be made at Black River | Falls. The body was removed from the Black Funeral home to the Grether residence at Magley late this afternoon. Wilentz Opposes Hauptmann Plea Washington, Nov. 21 —(UP) —Attorney General David G. Wilentz of New Jersey filed a brief with the supreme court today opposing the plea of Bruno Richard Hauptmann that the tribunal review his conviction and death sentence on charges of kidnaping and slaying the infant son of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Addition Made To Clerk Filing System An addition to the filing system at the county clerk’s office haa just been in-stalled, which is estimated by Clerk David D. Depp to be sufficient .for the next fi”e yearn. There are 90 sections. The files are used to keep records of cases which have been taken , off the docket at the circuit court. There are many thousands of cases.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 21, 1935.

12,000 Arabs Attack British Policemen Jerusalem, Nov. 21 —(UP)—The Tritlsh superint f ndent of police at Haifa, a British officer, and several I British constables were injured toIday when 2,000 Arabs attacked thi* i central police station at Haifa. The attack occurred during the funeral of five Arab bandits killed yesterday in a fight In the Gilboa j I Hills between police and the mur1 derers of a Jewish policeman. One British policeman was killed ' in the hill clash. SAN FRANCISCO POISON DEATHS STILL MYSTERY Two Men Released Under Bond As Police Probe Strange Deaths San Francisco, Nov. 21 —(UP) — j After 48 hours of investigation by | police and health authorities, the mystery of the deaths of three persons from poisoned baking soda continued today to defy solution. Virtually every new discovery added to police suspicions that poison in the two-pound bags of baking soda sold at a "cut rate". department store was not there by accident, but by design. Police estimated approximately son families had purchased quantities of the cooking agent, unaware that some packages, at least, contained lethal quantities of arsenic and fluoride. Os the number who purchased the soda, three were dead and 21 others suffered various degrees of illness after using' it either in cooking meals at home or for relief of upset stomachs. Additional casualties were not I expected because of a newspaper and radio campaign of warning speeded by Dr. J. C. Geiger, San Francisco city health officer, after | the cause of Mrs. Katherine Ogle’s i death became known, j Mrs. Ogle died Nov. 7 after dinJ ing with a woman friend. After some delay, it was found her death was due to fluoride poisoning. : Then the investigation got under way, speeding to a certain point, ; I and then reaching sudden stalemate. Mrs. Bessie Shuie?.. 53, and her father, Alfred Terry. 81, died i meantime. Cause of the sudden afflictions was traced. The poison, it was found, was contained in the baking soda sold in retail lots from bulk I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) '• 0 Announce Dates For State Police School Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 21 —(UP) j The oicond annual -state police i ti.lining school will be held here January 6 to Feb. 1, Donald F. Stiver, -safety director, announced j t day. Advanced training courses for i state police, sherifiii. city police and other law enforcement officers will be offered. LOCAL CHURCH PLANS PROGRAM United Brethren Church To Observe 11th Anniversary Sunday The 11th anniversary of the building of the new United Brethren church will be observed in a series of special programs Sunday, | the Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of j the church, has announced. R. Earl Peters, of Indianapolis, state director of the FHA, will be the chief speaker on the afternoon program. Mr. Peters is a former member of the local church. The program will begin at Sunday School. This opens at 9:15 o'clock. Roy Mumma is the superintendent. At 10:30 o’clock the special recognition will be paid the 11th anniversary in the regular church program. At this service the Rev. B. H. Cain, D.D., St. Joseph Conference, superintendent, will deliver the main address, entitled "Why; Unite With the Church.” A special program will be held at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon at the church. At this time Mr. Pet- 1 ers will speak. His subject has not been announced. The Rev. B. H. Cain, will speak again at the evening service on “Life’s Richest Offering." The complete program for the day will be announced later. A number of special mtisFcal numbers are being arranged.

LAUNCH DRIVE TO RAISE FUNDS Annual Drive For Boy Scout Activities Is Launched In Decatur — The annual campign to obtain funde for Boy Scout activities in the ! Anthony Wayne area council was I launched( in Decatur Wednesday i evening at a banqquet held at the I Rice hotel. More than 40 Ictal men attended the meeting and the actual drive j for funds was started this morning, i Harold McMillen, chairman of the | cam>;aign, presided at last night’s meeting. DecatrV, quota for this year has been set at SSOO. A total of $16,000 is required for expenses of conducting the area council, which embraces nine counties. The Fort Wayne Community Chest fund contributes $13,000 of this total, with the $3,000 balance raised in the other counties o fthe area. The local drive is scheduled to - close Saturday. Any amount raised above the SSOO will be placed in a I special fund to be used only for scout work in Decatur and Adams county. L. L. Hotchkiss, secretary of the area council, and Glen Fuller, sec- - rotary of the Fort Wayne Commun- . ity Chest, attended the local meeting, explaining the work of the Boy j Scouts and the value of th 1 organization in character building and training for citizenship. Decatur has four Boy Scout troops, all exceptionally active. These troo.jo are Rotary troop numjer 61. Harry Dailey, scoutmaster; Liens number 62, Lowell Smith, ■ scoutmaster; American Legion number 63. Ed .laberg. scoutmaster; ( St. Joseph number 64. James Murphy, scoutmaster. Bryce Thomas is Adams county | scout chairman and Sylvester Everj hart, county commissioner. CALL MEETING FOR NOV. 27 Corn - Hog Compliance Meeting Is Scheduled For Next Week Homer W. Arnold. Henry I. Rumple, and William 11. Patterson members of the allotment committee, and L. E. Archbold, county agent, attended a district corn-hog complirtce meeting in 1 Portland, Wednesday. They are calling an instructional meeting for the local larm supervisors at 1 p. nt. Wednesday. November 27 at the Central school building in Decatur. The hog i count will start on Monday, De- ! cember 2. and it is expected to be : completed in ten days. The cornhog control office force is busy putting the forms in order forth ■ count. It is important tha.t every cornhog contract signer have his evidence for sale of hogs, and for purchase of feeder pigs in order. It will save time and money if this is done. There are twe things that will cause cancellation of contract: first, a producer must have produced for market or made the effort to produce for market i 25% of his base Failure in this will cause cancellation and a return ot' money already paid. Se :- ond, producing over the base and not disposing of excess pigs will also cause cancellation and return of money paid. Excess pigs in Adams county | are to be turned over to Harve LaFontaine, superintendent of the ■ county infirmary. Mr. LaFontaine I will issue receipts for the pigs. : He is authorized to dispose of the pigs in any manner he sees fit so j long as the meat or the proceeds from the sale of such pigs is used | for charitable purposes. Pigs 1 must be delivered to him before I November 30. Any producer who is in doubt on any of these points should get in touch with the local committee. - .' ■ ~O’~~ — U. S. Court Orders ‘Tobacco Road’ Closed Chicago Nov. 21 —(UP) —The U. S. Circuit court of appeals today sided with Mayor Edward J. Kelly in his fight on the famed stage play “Tobacco Road," and ordered the play closed on the mayor's contention that it is obscene. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; colder tonight, with considerably colder central I and north.

UTILITIES TO FIGHT MEASURE ON REGULATION Companies Defy Deadline Set For Registration Os Utilities Washington, Nov. 21 — (U.R) — A general offensive against the public utility act of 1935 gathered speed today with utility companies defying the deadline —Dec. 1 — tor registration of holding companies and starting appeals to the ■ supreme court, to declare the act unconstitutional. The holding company measure was one of the most bitterly fought issues of the new deal pro- ' gram in the last session of conj gress. The most direct challenge to , the law came when the United Gar; Improvement company at Philadelphia filed suit to enjoin the government from enforcing the act. This case was received generally a.s the direct test which - will be fought out in the supreme i • court, probably as the most sen-1 sational battle since the “trust busting" days of Theodore Roose-; ’ | velt. In addition, the Delaware Elec-1 ’ i trie Power company filed a bill ' i in district court attacking con>sti-' tutionality of the act and asking ; I the.' the government bo enjoined I from enforcement to avoid "irre-. parable damages" to the company. 1 Also, in an amendment to the! registration statement of bonds of ' the New York and Queens Electric Light and Power company, , • the company said the company it - | self was not a, holding company • but was advised that neither Consolidated Gas Company of New ’ York, its parent, nor any eubsi- ■ diaries which are holding companies, intend to register tender | i the act. Tiie amendment also said these : companies would not apply for exemption from the axt. The comI pany also said it was advised that • proceedings would be instituted . 1 by the companies to obtain an adjudication as to t|ie constitution-,' I ality of the act. ' - Still another phase of the battle | came Baltimore in a case which ■ was decided in the lower court ' against the government, but which [ ' the SEC officials consider as not a I , direct test of the law. In this • case, request was filed in behalf J of Burco, Inc., to appeal a decision declaring the act unconstitution- : al. i j a Hungarian Students Manhandle .Jews Budapest, Hungary. Nov. 21 — : j Polica- clubbed several and arrested ■ j about 100 anti Semitic -students who I j invaded the music .school today and , ranhandled Jewish students. Simi- ' lar excesses were reported from i Szeged. The interior ministry warned that ■ j it would use all possible means to | , enforce order. FL WAYNE MAN IS GIVEN FINE Trap Drummer Fined For Forcing Girl To Smoke Doped Cigaret Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. 21 —(UP) i—A trap drummer who admitted inducing a 17-year-old girl to smoke •: doped cigarettes was fined SSO and i costs in Allen Juvenile court late, i yesterday. The drummer, Carl Girtler, 22. j Canton, 0.. was arrested recently with three other persons who had allegedly attended a party where Marijuana, or "tea stick" cigarettes were served. All were charged with contributing to the delinqquency of the 17-year-old girl, whose name was not divulged by polite, by "forcing” her to smoke one of the cigarettes at the party. The other persons arrested, Harold Bohatn, 22. his wife Margaret Mohan, 24, and Doris Martin, 20, ail of Fort Wayne, (pleaded not guilty when tried recently in Juvenile court. Judgment against them was deferred and they were released without bail. Trial of Philip Litfy, 27, Fort Wayne, whe is charged with having .sold the cigarettes used at the j party, has been set for December I 5 ’ Police have Indicated that several 1 more arrests in connection with | dope (parties may be expected in the | near future.

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Crusader Threatened K fl HHI —— i Nervous shock occasioned by' ; threats received from the underj world over her crusade against • gambling made it necessary for Mrs. Albert Dahlby, wife of a| i Kansas City. Mo., pastor, to go into hiding for her health. FIGHT SPREAD OF PAGANISM Catholic Women To Fight Birth Control And Sterilization Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 21 —(UP) — Cc.nmitted to a battle against birth control, sterilization and religious persecution, d legates to the I convention of National Couhcir <>f Catholic women went home today > | to .spread their goecel. The council climaxed a rising crescendo of Catholic tomplaint against the “paganism" and “Im- ' morality" of birth control in two I resolutions. To direct the campaign, the council chose Katherine R. Williams of Milwaukee, who succeeds Grace S. Hooley of Kansas City as president. Mit i Williams did not attend the i convention. Miss Williams will be national spokesman for virtually all Cathoi lie women's groups in the United ! States and through the council’s 2,300 affiliated organizations will head a dteermined drive against the spr a ( | of contraception. !• r latit’im was outlined in I resoltions which d'ecried the liberality of an age in which morality i "is tegarded as a mere matter of ' social convenience." "In several national mixed groups.” one resolution sa>d, “there is being forced upon their meniber- | ships corporate action approving I such matters as contraception and I sterilization, which are against the } i conscience of Catholics.” The reference to mixed groups, officials explained, was imeant to I in; hide th? American federated women's clubs, which went on record at its convention this year in favor of the dissemination by phy-1 | sicians of Bith control information. This action followed closely that of the Catholic Daughteiv of Am- ! erica at their convention in Seattle last summer. That organization | major affiliate of the council of i which condemned the American federation women's clubs directly, is a I Catholic women. The convention also condemned alleged religious (persecution in Mexico, and denounced the American newspapers and news services for failure to provide accurate reports of Mexican conditions. "Numerous instances of a sinister (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Deplores Deaths From Childbirth Indianapolis, ilnd., Nov. 21 —(UP) —Death has resulted in one out of each 169 childbirths in Indiana dur-1 ing the last 10 years, Dr. C. O. McCormick, Marion county medical society maternal welfare committee chairman, told representatives of 87 parent-teacher organizations in a conference here today. Marion county has lost one mother each week during the 10-' years period through unnecessary childbirth deaths, he reported. The conference was first a series! planned to disseminate information on pernatal and postnatal care. |

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Plans To Cut Off Supply Os Oil, Coal, Iron And Steel; New Riots Against British. EMPEROR BACK By Louis F. Keemle, (UP. Cable Editor) The military situation in Ethiopia remained quiet today but tho , “war" on the European front gathleredIered speed. Most significant was Wallace Carroll's dispatch from Geneva, reporting that the league was considering ways of cutting off Italy’s supply of oil, coal, iron and steel. Such a step would Ire something real in the way of sanctions. Depriving Italy of oil and coal especially woTTiu hurt. The league apparently has taken heart from I President Roosevelt’s warning to j exporters against capitalizing on the war. and believes the United States and other neutrals may tacitly cooperate to an extent that may make the embargo effective. Sterner action by the leaguo has been expected all along by stu--1 dents of the European situation. | The present sanctions obviously I are not strong enough to stop ' Mussolini. Even the embargo on I coal. oil. iron and steel may not lie effective. So the possibility ot the application of the final sanctions, a naval blockade and dosl ing of the Suez Canal, still exists. ! And that means war. Mussolini showed his determination to fight it out today when ho • decided to release from military duty 100,000 ot the men he has i mobilized in Italy. They will be employed to bolster agriculture and industry in an effort to offset the effect of sanctions. In event of trouble, they can always be recalled io milUary service within 24 hours. Another significant development was the London Nets Chronicle’s statement that Italy is tying up British funds in that country and suspending payments. It seems a I logical move on Mussolini's part in retaliation for Britain's leadership in sanctions, but probably will enrage Britain. I The Italian armies in Ethiopia are more or less marking time. Haile Selassie visited his troops in the eastern central region and urged them to resist the invader, to the last man. Some of the recent sensational stories about great “battles" and staggering casualties began to come unstuck. It was announced in Addis Ababa that only 30 Ethiopians were killed and 50 wounded in the recent Italian bombing, not 2,000, 5.000 or 6.000 as excitedly reported by various agencies. Rome also denied emphatically a story that the Ethiopians had ambushed an Italian convoy on tho southern front and captured 53 trucks in a fight in which there were 450 casualties. Carroll reported from Geneva that league leaders will consider probably within a weeS a plan to deprive Italy of oil, coal, iron, and steel in hope of paralyzing her war industries. Chairman Jose De Vasconcellos (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O JUNIOR CLASS GIVES PROGRAM Catholic High School .Juniors Entertain Infirmary Inmates Wednesday eevning the inmates of the county infirmary were entertained by the junior class of the Decatur Catholic high school. Taking part in the program were M. M. Terveer, M. C. Holthouse, L. R. Lose, Mr. Wolpert, V. Borns, E. Rumschlag, Mr. Brown, M. J. Foos. F. Loshe, J. Wolpert and G. Ripberger. A song, "Bells of the Sea" was sung by the girls. Mary Martha Terveer gave an Interesting monologue entitle. “Betty at the Baseball Game." Joe Tricker, the yodeling schoolboy With his guitar, | sang several selections. A short play “Embarrassing Sister,” was presented by the following girls: M. Foos, I. Lose, G. RipI berger and E. Rumschlag. After the entertainment the pupils were shown through the | building.