Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1935 — Page 1

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ISABMAMENT deSrbed until ARENDS ritbk Secretary Says JL.uAi.rn W a r Pre-WSKv-n!' Reduction MKjS i iu.R) cr.-a' ,i"i» 111 J ' n (,il . to be ■FTS ■ ilr < its-don ■PS|- '',,111 n - K lta t, made dimn. ell I lie ■Kin wti id '• 'alien said: Stop I ' i"" 1 h, ‘ k "" w ’ file delia'e. Hl - Hlhe Sl' n.nal in ■ far •*! ZKtb* "■" ■ " n sun< ' niue-ion of China ■he far '■kyyt' ' lependenee. ■ ■Ljh tO 'I" I bo' " I,lend J( I'/liiopiaii wai. i: ■Fundi stood today. t '" :l I'' ■ | . Sir saiim . t.il'eiua -fa let.o’. . K| I*V>" ' 'lie plan at a talk K anil tend it i|K>yriga’ 19.’.‘> by United I’a-s.a . Ssfca.e, 11 (U.R '■A ' lll ■ i" ki ' ! " l1 ' ■ Hill Able I iTo Walk Again ■George ill. city street departBnt (■:: ~ .ill.> was over om ■ gsiH : ■prove. He was able to walk Brand a■ til.- Adars County me■orfal *: itai. where he has been ■patient Is hue the accident. iiupi Bitntoh erne a week from S.r■Bfaj". ■ <-13 go d. hc.d a good ■petite and is daily gaining female At County I Infirmary Dies EWillian Stevens. 71. died this ■niHßit 2-40 o’clock at the Ad of old age ■i MBl' ties. He had been ill a ■K ■ Vh ‘ , ' s Wl,s bmn in Cui n ■vitship and moved to Decatur ■tan a j i; e mJ manual ■Pr'li t! 'i - city until he was adBitted to .io county infirmary on ■*■>:'.' He wa- n-ve.-married EFtmeml arrange.r.ents have not completed. o— —————— Wttii Auxiliary I ITo Sponsor Show B The gm.m an Legion Auxiliary B*l3t«'d the Adams theater for g Wt y' I '-' -iila.v and Thursday E; ’ " il! present the show. one of the curpapular films. Gary Cooper and Raiding are featured in the t * l, ‘ r f i ,nw . "The Perfect PjMßwith Chic Sale and "Water ?l it bring Pete Smith, will I i ■»>rnen of the auxiliary are or patrons may oba! t * le ' JOX for 25 iron the show will the auxiliary in Program in the interest of children and other by the organization. I ' ''' 'Sik' ’ —° |m|alth bonds * t«Ja^E y 8r °wn, president of the

Adams County Tuberculosis Association, today announced the purchase by the Decacatur Women's club of a $lO health bond. The money from the sale is to be used to assist victims of the disease and to give milk to undernourished children in Decatur.

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| Sew Born Bahy Tops 40 Pounds On Fish Scales ♦ ♦ Watertown, Wls., Dec. 5. -<U.R> 1 Hugo Briesemeister Is famous In | those woods for his wild fish stor- | leg—especially about the weight of 1 his catches. I Yesterday a neighbor borrowed I Hugo's scales to weigh a newly born baby. The baby weighed 40 pounds on the fish scales. HILF BILLION MORE IN TIME Christmas Trade Expected To Take $500,000,000 Boost This Year Washington. Dec. S.—(U.R)-Half hundred million dollars more in trade will go into Santa Claus’ pack this Christmas than in 1934. commerce department officials estimated today. The probable boost in Christmas trnd-i fv A . n J 4.000,000,000 in 1934 I to $4,500,000,000 in December trade tma year would, one business group estimated, put some 500,000 addi- , tlonal persons to work. Preliminary holiday trade reports from all parts of the country to the commerce department Indicated that retail trade already is running from five to 35 per cent | higher than a year ago. Christmas clubs will pay $312,i 000,000 to 7,000,000 members; much of this money will go into Christi mas trade. If present trade trends continue throughout December, officials predicted that $4,500,000,000 would be spent during the month as compared with $4,000,000,000 last year. This estimate was in line with a recent statement of Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper that Christmas trade would be between 1 10 and 25 per cent higher than last year. New York wholesale markets, where dealers from all sections of (CONTINUED. ON PAGE SEVEN) ■I - Wrv —B—=xa 3a-'‘ BIBLE PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN I Ministers Decide To Repeat. “Women In Bible” At Union Service | In recognition of the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first ! English Bible, the Decatur Ministerial Association plan.; to have the pageant “Women of the Bible” repeated at a union eervite of all i churchf 4 in Decatur. The pageant was very enthusiastically received when it was given for the first time at the meeting of he Decatur Woren'o club Monday night at the Zion Reformed church. The presentation of the play was decided at a meeting of the Decatur Ministerial Aeaociation held Wednesday at the Presbyterian Manse. Reports were made at the meeting in review of the anniversary which closes, fhnday, December 8, which is known as International Bible Sunday. The Community Leadership Training S'.hool, which is to open during the latter part of January, was the subject of a report made by the Rev. H. R. Carsun, dean of the school is rapidly nearing completion. An exchange of pulpits among all co-operating churches was arranged ■ for January. The purpose of this ' arrangement will be to prox'Cte the ' feeling of unity among the various chur.hes as well as to present cer--1 tain aims and purposes of the Ministerial Association to the various congregations. It was decided to place the “Chris- ' tian Century”, outstanding Christian monthly, in the public library, thus making it available to a larger group of readeis. Election of officers was deferred until the January meeting of the Association. Blue Lodge Will Elect Officers A business meeting and an election of officers of the Blue Lodge will follow the oyster dinner to be , given at the Masonic Temple hero i Tuesday night at 6:30 o’clock. Ovei ■ 150 men are expected to attend. , The Rev. Frank Rupnow, pastor of the St. John's Reformed church . of Fort Wayne, will be the speaker ■ at the business meeting which will . begin at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. Fred Pati terson, accompanied by Mrs. Carrie Haubold, will sing a group of songs.

Winners of 4-H Club Awards Join in Sonjc ’ ' — <... r W 7 ♦ *> WMMMWB' * w < ! > I - “’ll j I ■■ . And »r« they happy now ' 1 — Winners of the 4-H club blue ribbon awards at the Internationa.'. Livestock exhibition in Chicago join in a song as they celebrate their victory. Seated at the piano is Jane Castine of Ridgeway, S. C. Others shown are, left to right, Marion McLaugh'in of Trenary. Mich.; .1. Alton Riffle of Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Frederick Able of Gadsden, Ala.; Howard Cobb of Greene, N. Y,; Charles Jordan of Beloit. Kas., and Eloise Garrett of Uriah, Ala., each distinguished for health and general ability.

U. B. MEETING IN FT. WAYNE St. Joseph’s Conference Will Be Held Friday At Calvary Church There will be a district meeting in Fort Wayne on Friday. December 6 at 9:30 a. m. of the St. Joseph conference of the United Brethren churches at the Calvary U. B. church in Fort Wayne. The Rev. S. A. Wells of Fort Wayne will be the district leaderthe Rev. B. H. Cain of Rochester, the conference superintendent will be the chairman. The general theme of the meeting is "Evangelism in Action", based on the eighth chapter of the Book of Acts. The program for the morning: 9:30 —Opening service in charge of the district leafier. 9:4o—Devotional address, “Spiritual Pre-requisites to Soul Winning.” 10:10—Superintendent’s period of special music. 11:00—Address, "Objl’cts of the Christian College”—by the president of the Indiana Central College at Indianapolis. 11:30—“The (“ristian Teacher as an Evangelist"—by the Rev. Dr. O. T. Deever of Dayton, Ohio. 12—Luncheon and social hour. The afternoon program: I:ls—Opening service in charge of the group leader. I:3o—Devotional address — Phillipp—a Lay Evangelist—Sixth to the eighth chapters of the Book of Acts by a layman. 2 — Address. "An Evangelistic Church," by Rev. Cain. 2:3o—Forum. "Educational Evangelism in the Local Church"—Consecration period by Dr. O. T. Deever. viiTTaig song and benediction. Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the Decatur U. B. church will attend the conference. o CHAMPION STEER BRINGSS3.ISO New Yorker Pays Three Dollars Per Pound For Blue Ribbon Steer International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, Dec. 5. —<U.R) —Pat’s Blue Ribbon, grand champion steer of the International Live Stock Exposition sold on the auction block today for $3 per pound, netting Cleo Yoder of Wellman, La., its owner, $3,150. The 1,050 poun” Afigus steer was purchased by the NaUian Schweitzer Company of New York, poultry house and processors of beef. The price was Jhe same as commanded last year by the exposition champion. A crowd of approximately 2,000 shivered under a cold December sun in the heart of the stock yards as sale of champion animals opened today. Bidding opened at nine o’clock under Roy G. Johnston. Belton, Mo., auctioneer, and pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE 1 ) I

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 5, 1935.

Fort Wayne Man To Ask New Trial Soon Fort Wayne, Dec. 5— (U.R) — Motion for a new trial for Paul Diederich, 47, Fort Wayne, found guilty yesterday in Allen circuit ‘ court of involuntary manslaughter. will be filed in the near future, defense attorneys announced today. Judgment in the case was de-i terred by special judge William P. Endicott, of Auburn, until Dee. 11, to allow attorneys time to file the new trial motion. The charge carries a sentence |of one to 10 years at the state prison. .i — o SCHOOL HEADS WILL MEET HERE District Meeting of School Superintendents To Be Held Friday t . TW* quarterly meeting of the county superintendents of schools . of the Fourth Congressional District. will be held in the Decatur ■ court house Friday morning. The principal addrees will be delivered by Harry E. Elder professor at the Indiana State Teachers' College at Terre Haute. John Jolief of Fort Wayne, district head of the National Youth Administration will -speak also. i Ths topi'? of discussion at the ' meeting will be "Teachers’ Training." A. R. Fleck of Huntington : county will be chairman of the meeting. School superintendents of the counties outside the Fourth Dis- ■ trict will be invited to attend the ■ meeting. Clifton E. Striker, Adams county ’ superintendent will be host to the •, visitors.

i Wyoming Breeder Opines On i Importance Os Farm Horse

Union Stockyards, Chicago, Dec. 1 , 5—(UP)— T. J. Malloy of Chug- ! water, Wyo., who has been breeding J and showing purebred draft horses ! | for more years than moat men ican remember, sat on a feed box today and indicated he still had enough pepper left to fight any man who . oaid the horse was "through on the ; farm.” he snorted. ' i "Why, boy, there’ll still be plenty ■ of horses at work in the fields a : long time after you and I are gone. : Tractors may be all right in big fields where they can ipull lota of | equipment, but a horse can beat ' i ’em all hollow on the average farm." i And should the militant Wyoming ■ man ever have to fight for his '; views, he’d probably get a lot of I help from other horsemen at the international livestock exposition. I These men, representing the beet I breeders in the country, have been ' at the ehow since it opened Satur's day. Nearly every day some of their horses have been in the show ring. ' Jhey've currl d them, icombed • I them, and then trotted up and down ': the ring with them while they showjed off their pacea to the judges. When they’re not allowing they’re

SOUTH BEND IN COAL TIE UP Truck Drivers Go On Strike And Pickets Patrol Yards Today South Bend. Ind., Dec. 5. —(U.R) — Pickets patrolled several South Bend and Mishawaka coal yards today to prevent movement of coal from the companies which have refused to accede to union demands for higher wages for truck drivers. Truck and wagon drivers walked out yesterday morning with the temperature only 12 degrees above zero and companies faced with rush orders. Several minor clashes between union and nonunion drivers resulted in only minor damage. One youth was reported injured and given hospital treatment when struck by a piece of coal during one of the clashes. Ira E. Gift, business agent of the union, claimed 22 dealers had agreed to union demands. Those dealers were permitted to haul coal today. Other dealers were being picketed by union strikers who patrolled nearby streets in automobiles. Several truck drivers who ventured into the streets were ordered back to their home yards. J. E. Kanottse, president of the Coal Dealers’ Association, would neither confirm nor deny the report that a certain group of deal(CONTINUED ON PAGE" SEVEN) OK. Os P. Officers To Be Nominated There will be a meeting at 7:30 o’clock of the nekionga lodge No. 65, of the Knights of Pythias at the home for the purpose of nominating officers for 1936. A good attendance is requested.

. back in the stalls preparing their ■ entries for the next appearance. Ind in between times they’re disi cussing the value of their charges to the farm —their value, particularly In the fields of southern Canada i and the middle weat. i Malloy’s home is 58 miles north . of Cheyenne, out ir. ths country , where there used to be more wild .; horses than a man could shake a '■ti k at. There aren’t so many any more. They've been wiped out one way or another, some of them even . being cut up and canned for dog meat. Malloy admitted this later count sadly. ■O. E. Purciful of Frankfort, Ind., was of the same opinion. He had , just returned from the ring with two huge Belgians. They pranced along ths board alleyway between the stalls, their necks arched and their footsteps echoing. “I’ve been handling horses for a long time,” he explained, “and I couldn't see anything else In the depression that ke t on paying as well as my hortea. They didn’t dei predate in value and the demand for them picked up righ: through (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

JAPAN SEES POSSIBILITY OF WAR SOON War Threatened In Northern China If Pact Is Violated (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) Tientsin, Dec. 5. —C.R) —War between China and Japan is possible iif China violates the Ho-Umezn agreement, Maj. Gen. Hayao Tada, commander of Japanese troops in North China, said today in an interview with the Tinlted Press. (The Ho-Umezu agreement was negotiated after Japan’s bloodless “invasion" of China last spring. The chief negotiators were Chinese War Minister Ho Ying-Chin and Lieut. Gen. Y. Urnezu, former com- ! mander of Japanese forces in China. Its full terms were never tnade public, but it left the Japanese in a dominant position in the former province of Jehol, now virtually annexed to Manchukuo, demilitarized a zone between Manchukuo and North Caina and bound the Chinese government not to send troops into a large area of northern China.) It this agreement should be broken, Tada said, Japan would at once send unlimited troops into 1 North China. (Chinese say the Japanese military command have more thdn 50.000 troops available and point out that the agreement makes it impossible for Nanking to check the autonomy movement, which they say is Japanese-fostered, by force of arms. Gen. Ho Ying-Chin is now in Peiping, as emissary of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, , China’s strong man. in an effort to halt separation of Hopei, Chahar, Suiquan, Shantung and Shansi from China). l Tada said the Kalian mines in ; North China, the railways and 1 other foreign interests would be . protected if Sino-Japanese fighting 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O I

HARVEY JAMES DIES SUDDENLY War Veteran And Well Known Resident Os This City Dies In Michigan Harvey L. James, 64. distinguished war veteran I'.ud citizen of Decatur died suddenly at Kalamazoo, Michigan, Wednesday night from a heart attack. Mr. James went to Kalamazoo. Wednesday morning a.nd was stricken with the heart attack while riding in an automobile. He was rushed to a doctors office and died a few minutes later in the presence ! of two physicians. Mr. James was born in Hil'sdale, Indiana, in 1871. He was i married to Miss Ida Crumblev who survVes him. There were four children born to the union. One son preceded Mr. James in 1 death. He is survived by one son, Lloyd of Kalamazoo, Michigan, i and two daughters, Mrs. Wilber May and Mrs. Fred Evans, of Decatur. There are two surviving brothe-,1. Carl at Clinton and John of Energy, Illinois. A sister lona, of Phoenix, Arizona, a,’.so i survives, Mr. James was a sergeant in Comnany H of the Third Regiment lot the United States Infantry j from April 7, 1877 to November ! 21, 1898. He served five years in the same regiment as a sergeant beginning April 7, 1892. He served three years as a private in the I 110th company of the Coast Artillery beginning on March 15, 1900. He received honorable discharges (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, light rain or snow beginning late tonight or Friday central and north portions; somewhat warmer tonight. 0 t Good Fellows Club Members of the El'-a lodge joined the ranks of Good Fellows with a contribution of $25 to the fund. The money was voted at the lodge meeting last evening and the check was placed in the fund today. This is the largest donation, aside ' from the Delta Theta Tan's contribution of SSO to the Good Fellows i fund. The receipts now total SBS. Previously reported S6O ) B. P. O. Elks 26 Total ... SB6

City Receives Offer From Government On Turbine Project

PLAINTIFF WINS $5,250 AWARD Jury Finds For Plaintiff In Damage Suit; One Defendant Not Guilty Verdicts for the plaintiff and one def endant were returned by a jury ■ in the Adams circuit court at 4:30 o’clock Wednesday evening in the SIO,OOO damage suit venued here from Jay County. Fred H. Howie, the plaintiff in the oult was given a verdict of ■damages which were assessed. against on defendant, Arlet Walters, i The jury found for the other defen-1 dant Leonard Pense. absolving him if negligence in the accident. The case was given to the jury at 2 o’clock Wedn?sday afternoon. The eight men and four women de'iberated two and a half hours. In his final argument, the attorney for the plaintiff, stated that no effort had been made to “make a case" against Pense and that it was the desire of the plaintiff that the jury find for his defendant. Pense, the attorney said, was named a defendant only to give the jury a more perfect picture of the accidnt. Several weeks ago in the Welki circuit court Ponse was awarded a ■9OO verdict in a damage suit against Walters, which resulted from the same accident. The accident happened on September 15, 1933 between 6 and 7 o’clock when Walters, driving a truck, ran out of gasoline. He left lis truck standing partially on state J I lighway 26 three miles northwest i of Portland. Mr. Walters went to the Rowls’ horn-' and borrowed some fttel oil.: Mr. Rowls returned with him and was standing in front of the truck when cars approached from both i directions. The rear car. driven by Mr. I I Pen.se. struck Walters' truck and knocked it over the body of Rowls. Witnesses for Mr. Rowls testified that he sustained a number of serous injuries which have prevented him from earning the $1,200 a year as he did before the accident. He spent over S9OO in medical bills and suffered considerable pain accordng to the testimony. Walters admitted he did not set out flares and the question was raised as to whether it was dark enougli to necessitate them. o Revival Service In Progress At Monroe A special revival service is in I progress at the Monroe Friends church. The evangelist is the Rev. j Paul Todd, who brings a message | each evening at 7 o'clock. There is also special vocal music. The public is invited to attend the services which will continue for the next two weeks. o LODGES ELECT NEW OFFICERS Royal Arch Masons And Decatur Red Men Hold Annual Elections New officers of the Decatur Royal 4rch Masons, who were elected recently, will take office after January 1, 1936. The officers are: Floyd Acker, high priest; ewis C. Helm, iking; I Bernstein, scribe; Arthur D. Suttles, treasurer; E. B Adams, secre- j tary; Wilson Lee, captain of the J host; Arthur D. Suttles, principal sojourner; Herman Lehnhart, Royal Arch captain; George H. H. Squier third vail; Tom Vail, second vail; Dan Sprang, first vail, and Charles A Burdg, guard. Red Men Elect At the meeting of the Red Men held last evening the following officers were elected for six moons; . Fachen, Carl Hower. Senior Sage- ■ more, Tom Johnson, Junior Sagamore, Jacob Musser, Prophet, Charlie Cook; twelve moons; Chief of Records, A. N. Hilton. Keeper of Wampum, Charlie Burdg Collector of Wampum, Frank Aurand. The : new officers will be installed by' | District Deputy J. M. Breiner at | the first regular meeting in January.

Price Two Cents

PWA Grant Os $49,800 Towards $110,500 Plant Improvement Received WILL BE ACCEPTED The City of Decatur, late this afternoon, received the formal offer of the United States government of a $49,800 grant for the purchase of a 2000 KWH turbine, ’ condenser and other equipment and the building of an addition to the city light and power plant. The copy of the grant ajid other documents were received by Mrs. Ada Martin, city clerk-treasurer and turned over to Mayor A. R. ; Holthouse, chairman of the board iof public works, who have been j empowered by the council to aci cept the grant and sign the acceptance blanks. A meeting of the council will be held at eight o’clock this evening for tlie purpose of executing the papers. Bids for the turbine, condenser n.nd other equipment and the building of the addition, will be received by the council at 11:30 o’clock, Friday, December 13. The contracts will be awarded by December 15. The total project is estimated at $110,500. City officials have been informed that a PWA representative will be in the city to attend the letting and assist in awarding the contracts. The installation of the new turbine will give Decatur one of the best equipped municipal plants in the state. The canaclty will be increased to 6500 KWH. giving a reserve at all times of approxi- ! mately 3500, sufficient to ta.ke care of the needs of the community for a number of years. The turbine project was one of the major improvements petitioned tor by Mayor Holthouse and the city council. Anti-Saloon League Adopts 1935 Program St. Louis. Dec. 5 —(UP)— The Anti-Saloon League's 28th national conventio nwas adjourned today following adaption of a new campaign program for 1936 and a challenge to Preaident Roosevelt to abolish use of liquor at White House functions. lin resolutions adopted (by the league the president was called upon as "tlie leader in the repeal ! movement which promised the saloon would not return,” to stop the serving of drinks at the White House and public functions. o County Assessors To Meet In Indianapolis Indianapolis, Dec. 5. — (U.R) —• County assessors of the state will hold their 35th annual conference with members of the state tax board here Dec. 18-20, Philip Zoercher. tax board chairman, announced today.

Sj-SUY CHRISTMAS i 11X 1935 4-t FTXJmI At !east 1200 years ago Japm an had post fi ~ « carriers. I A SHOPPING DAYS 111 TO CHRISTMAS In Japan messages written on scrolls of vegetable fibre paper were carried by messengers at least 1,200 years ago. These couriers also bore their messages in a. cleft stick but later, when the volume of mail increased, it was carried in baskets tied to each end of a bamboo rod resting across the shoulders much as a dairy maid i carries two pails of milk. It prob--1 ably would not be wide of the mark to imagine the couriers carrying also a paper lantern to light their • j way over dangerous mountain | trails.