Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1935 — Page 1

XIII. No. 296.

ißjifain And France Reported Baching Down On Proposal

LJLnnation By Small I Refer- ,s LiMy 1 ° Re ‘ I suit In Abandonment ||' flEpuace Plan. ] R||><'i:r bombing I Louis F. Keemlc. I K? Fable Editor) I rritai oid I'ramo showed tintoday of bin kim E. X,. ■ has been < ond.-lato d reward to o his aggression LzsinlV’hiopia. K TheW)' ll ' ' powers were in open IrewitKt G<m’va, contending the 'he nation ■ Is®’ ■ ! ’" 1 l ’ ri,n ‘ "■ I "’ 11 ' |L| 2,. was strong . ■CrsnjKez - Premier Baldwin Kild 3ri- “'I protrai ted . ont- ■ Knees >i’l'- ’heir advisers on the EgtStns of backing out gracecalming the storm. arn Ejtar 'Oinoriow, at which lie will Krrsnsga defence of the governEg^Mar.d to be presented in tie f .'pillion Ol'S. s that Baldwin Ee b«l to the League of Nations End are that if the council disKgriKs if the plan. Britain will anion which the to take. ■ Laval appearing before the KK of deputies tomorrow. will adopt somewhat sim s. If he does not. there Ijppeare i grave danger his governIkfitt -fn dbe overthrown by the OttaKsition. headed by the powMrfui r&i-’a socialists and Edouard f The-Wr..la O British plan -a Idtfinitfiy doomed, in view of the ■hostile .ttitude of the small pow■n Mi probably Russia. It was Erea atoorted in Paris that Mexi, o Li jßpared to resign from the ■Mgaeki it is adopted. ■ played a waiting game. grimly the dissension MMSthe powers while he con - Ki.lf. opians. Be was not c.\ ®H®O reply to the Franco-Brit-m Matures before Thursday, and to accept them only as II basil for discussion in which, lie fMlJemand even greater con<C®I I N’t •ED ON PAGE I-'IV E I aW — —° - — Foraer Yoder Priest Hies Sunday Morning Funeral services for Rev. John Oberholz, 70, former pastor of St. Mo.® s' Catholic church, Yoder. *iß® held Wednesday morning d IM’clock at Yoder. Father CsWlifoi died Sunday morning a.t S’- Jiieph's hospital, Fort Wayne, liter J year's illness of carcinoma. Kev. Father Joseph Seimetz. Pistorl of St. Mary's Catholic dtunfli this city, will be one of ot honor to Most Rev. John F. Noll, who will celebrate the requiem high mass. Thejclergy from northern Indi*ts Till attend the mass. Rev. jJatin a. Bapst is pastor pro tern church. t ° i Bod Fellows Club 1 I Fellows club, Decacharity organizaannually by the I W The a Tau sorority, drew S2OO mark today with r d contributions received I ® Miltion to cash donations, tlu? a quantity of merfrom Niblick and comgroceries from the A AI r WflEMp. ' () than 250 kiddies attended Ts®®"’ at the Adams theater , W 8 '’ booming. The theater “•I’tites were donated by I Y^® Ver - proprietor, without a lt ol expense to the club. Eight and an Our Gang were enjoyed by the kidprice of admission ■ cen ts or a new toy. The ' ’’’’eased thanks to Mr. KaijSgl H enry Neirelter for his as operator, and the stnrft for ma '< ill -a il .'''jß 6 for Santa Cla.us to IBous total $147.83 show 11.60 &otal $162.93

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CLEVELAND IS ~ G.O.P. CHOICE Republican 1936 National Convention Awarded To Ohio Metropolis Washington, Dec. 16.—<U.R>—Tho Republican national committee, cheered by the report that the new deal is slipping, today selected Cleveland as its 1936 convention city. Chicago and Kansas City also had been leading contenders for the convention after Pittsburgh withdrew. i j "Let's put a premium on Repub- ' licanism and go to the\_Republican city of Cleveland," former postmaster general. Walter F. Brown, shouted to the delegates in calling attention to the city's G. 0. P. tradiion. Although it was not mentioned publicly, political leaders on both sides admitted that the 1936 contest for Ohio’s electoral vote wold be close. Suave, white-haired chairman ■ Henry T. Fletcher sent the commimttee off to a cheering start to- - day when he told the delegates tnat "we all know the new deal is lipping." The chairman addressed the committee as it met to select the time and place for the 1936 presidential convention. "We all know the new deal is slipping and that we've got the ' Democrats on the run," Fidtcher ’ said. The committee members, gathered in the ballroom at the Mayflower hotel, burst into a prolonged lemOnstration. 1 Presidential aspirants for the ‘ most part were mimssing. Rep. I Hamilton Fish, holding a Wisconjsin proxy, and Gov. Harry Nice ; took the place of a Maryland dele- ' I gate. Tho name of Theodore Roose- ' velt, Jr., was called as a proxy for a Puerto Rican delegate but he did not answer. The committee, apparently eager to forget 1932, dispensed with the reading of the minutes of tho committee meeting held that year in Chicago. No Statement St. Louis, Dec 16.—.d.R)—Former President Herbert Hoover arrived from California today to deliver an address tonight in which (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Geneva Residence Destroyed By Fire A fire caused by the explosion of an oil lamp completely destroyed the James Landis home in Geneva Saturday night at 6 o'clock. The fire had gained such headway that it was out of control by the time the Geneva fire department had arrived. All the household goods were destroyed. No insurance was carried on the house. JAMES MILLER BADLY INJURED Berne Man Critically Injured In Auto Accident Sunday James Miller. 38. of Berne is in ' a serious .ondition and not ex.pected to live at an Andenson hospital ' where he is a patient as toe result ' C f an automobile accident on sta.e road 32, 13 miles southwest of Andereon Sunday night at . o clock With Mr. Miller was Miss Ethel . wers, 34. of Berne, who is suffering from lacerations about the head Mr. Miller sustained a frac "'mTX »« “ : .„ P .nt Sunday in ndianapolis and were returning to their home n ’ Berne. The snow made 7*® They bad and the road was tdrppery. \ slid off the highway and struck ' bl Both Mr. Miller and Miss Myere ; windshield by the impact of the id employed at the Nussbaum Novelty company in B The automobile was completely dem

PAPER STATES BRUNO WITNESS NEARLY BLIND New York Daily Mirror Says Principal Eyewitness Blind Trenton, N. J., Dec. 16—(U.R) The death warrant for execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann during the week of Jan. 13 was signed today by Attorney General David T. Wilentz while the condemned murderer's lawyers planned new efforts to save him. New York. Dec. 16—(U.R)—The | I New York Daily Mirror said today | ( ’n a copyrighted story that Bruno I Richard Hauntmann is prepared to , nrove that the princiual evewit- . ness against him in his trial for | murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., had sworn previously tba.t he i u-a« noarlv blind. A Now York lawver Is nrenar-J 'ng a suit ns a citizen and taxnay- • er. the Mirror said, to obtain ' records of an aunlication by 4 mandns Hochmuth, the witness, for a city pension. Hochmuth, RO-vea.v-old veteran of the Franco- ' Prussian war. swore in his appli- ' cation in 1930 that he was so ‘ nearly blind as to be unable to l work. 1 He testified during Hauptmann's trtni tn Flemington. N. J., that lie saw Hauntmann. driving a motor 1 oar. skid into a ditch less than 1 a mile from the Hopewell home of the Lindberghs at approximate- ' 'v the time their infant son was ' kidnaued. Vigorous and combative on the witness stand, he denied he had poor eyesight. The man 1 he saw skid into the ditch, he ' said, wa.s 30 or 40 feet from him. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 16—(U.R)— Attorneys for Bruno Richard j Hauntmann. sentenced to die in j I less than five weeks, will decide ! tonight what effort next to make t, —' - (COVo-rvuEn nv PAGE r-'IVE) 0 PROPERTIES ARE SOLD SATURDAY Three City Properties Owned By Bank Are Sold Here All three iprotperties in Decatur sold by the Old Adams County Bank Saturday afternoon brought more than the appraisals. The first house sold is known as j the Jamen D. StulW property and is located at 408 North Second street. It is a seven room house on a lot 41 by 120 and was appraised at $Li 000. The high bid was offered by 1 Hazel 1). Hunt at $1,075. Ths second house is known as the ' Roy V. Miller property and is locat-1 ' ed at 512 North Fifth street. This was a five room house appraised at $1,200- Roy C. and t:da N. Lehman, offered the high bid of $1,525. The third house is known as the Nettie Roop property at 231 North Eleventh street. It is a six room semi-n.odern house appraised at $709. It brought SBSO. All houses were sold for cash subject to the approval of the Adams ! circuit court. Roy Johnson cried the sale. Clark j J. Lutz, special representative of 1 the Department of Financial Insti-1 tutlons for the bank; Robert Kiamer, asistant special representative, I ! and Henry B. Heller, attorney, offiI dated at the sale. A large erod'd of interested peri sons and buyers attended all three .! sales. Tuesday the bank will sell three Adams county farms. They are. ’ Daniel Gerber 80 acre farm In Kirkland township at. 10 a. m„ the Wil- ‘ Ham Drake 40 acres farm in St. | Mary’s township at 1 p. m., an-d the! Herbert Rodenbeck 80 acre fat m in Union township at 2:30 p. m. | These sales will be for cash with the same man acting as officials at tho sale. I ° Junior Department To Present Program The Junior Arts Department of the Wotran's Club will present a ; very interesting program this even-j . tng at Library Hall at 7:15 o’clock. > A plav entitled "Christmas .At Casev'a" will be given, followed by > Christmas carrols and a representai tion cf Christmas In other lands. Every girl 1” lhe d e P artment is tak ’ . mg part and the urogram should be I well attended.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 16, 1935.

Vote Athletes Pay W ■' 7 IV - I V f Vote of 11 of 13 members of the Southeastern Conference of which Dr. John J. Tigert (above) president of Florida University, is head, to allow athletic scholarships, may be solution to county-wide problem of subsidizing deserving college athletes who maintain high scholastic standings. SANTKLAUS VISITS CITY Visits Decatur By Airplane; Here Again Next Saturday Santa Claus dropped into Decatur Saturday from his latest airplane to meet thousands of children from the city and surrounding towns and communities. _JJr. CUus flew into Decatur at 1:25 o’clock Saturday afternoon and after making several circuits of the town dropped from his plane and parachuted to earth at the city dump. In his efforts to avoid striking a cotton wood tree, an old quarry and the St. Mary's river lie narrowly missed a small thorn tree The ropes of his parachute were caught in the tree and it was necessary to cut down the tree to untangle them. Mr. Claus announced that liecause of the generosity ot Decatur merchants and industries he will return to Decatur next Saturday afternoon. The merchants and industries contributed more than enough to pay his gasoline bill from the North Pole to Decatur. Saturday Santa Claus returned uptown at 2 o'clock and first met the children at the court house yard. A police officer was necessary to keep the children from tearing the wool trimmings from his coat. Santa Claus took thousands of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MAJOR VICTORY WON BY LABOR National Labor Board Orders Reinstatement Os Seven Men Washington, Dec. 16 — (U.R) — Organized labor won a major victory in its fight for representation and recognition today when the national labor relations board ordered the Fruehauf Trailer company of Detroit to reinstate seven employes allegedly’ discarged because of union activities. The order, issued after exhaustive inquiry in Detroit early in November, constituted a victory also for the Wagner-Connery labor disputes a/tt, the applicability of which was challenged by attorneys for -the trailer firm. They maintained that the activities of the discharged employes could not be construed as in interstate commerce. In addition to the reinstatement order, the board ruled: 1. The Fruehauf company must “cease and desist from interfering with its employes in the exorcise ot their rights to join la,bor organizations or to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.” 2. The company must end employment ot detectives to report on union activities or become members of any labor organization for the purpose of obtaining (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

FEAR WEALTHY YOUTH IS HELD BY KIDNAPERS Crude Ransom Note Only Clue To Disappearance Os Youth New York, Dec. 16.— <U.R> — A crude ransom note pieced together from words clipped from newspapers in the best fictional tradition was the sole clue today to the disappearance ot Caleb J. Milne, 4th., would-be mystery story writer and grandson of a wealthy retired i Philadelphia textile manufacturer. Young Milne last was seen Sat- j urday when he left his apartment telling his landlady he was en route to the Graefe Square section to accompany a “doctor Green - to the bedside of his grandfather, Caleb Milne. Jr., wbo was supposed to be seriously ill at his home lin Germantown. Pa. The grandfather is in good health and police and department of jus tice agents have not been able to , locate ahy "Dr. Green” in the vicinity of Grade Square. The ransom note, accompanied by a Christmas greeting card, was mailed to Frederick Milne, a brother, from Poughkeepsie early Saturday evening. It read: "Your brother isn't in Philadelphia. We've got him out in the country but he will be returned living if you will follow the letters we will send you. Available cash must come from New’ York. Keep in touch with your grandfather by telephone. Letters will be signed Zwilter.” Although there was at first a disposltoln to treat the ‘'kidnaping" lightly continued absence of the youth alarmed relatives. It was reported that a money order for an undisclosed sum was telegraphed to Mrs. Frederica Milne, mother of the youth, who came here from her home at Woodstock. N. Y. Adding to the serious aspects of (CONTINUED ON PAG!-; t&WO) ILEWIS DEVOSS j DIES SUDDENLY Brother Os Local Judge Dies Today In Houston, Texas Judge Huber M. DeVess received a telegram today stating tliat his brother, Lewis Arlington DeVoas about 60. died suddenly this morning at 6 o’clock at his hotel in Houston. Texas. Mr. DeVoss was a son of the latei Mr. and Mrs. L. C- DeVess of this city. He was born in Randolph counI ty moving here when a boy. He ati tended the Decautr public schools. He left the city after the completion of his schooling and located for several years at Shreveport, Ea.. where he was connected in the -oil business. His business later took him to Houston. Texas, where he had lived since. Mr. DeVoss is survived by one I daughter, Erma Loena, one brother, Judge DeVoss of this city: two sisters. Mrs. L. A. Graham of this city I and Mrs. J. W. Hendricks of St. : Petersburg, Florida, and one halfsister, Mrs. ingle Harris of Sheridan. Indiana. Judge DeVoss left for Houston this noon and will arrive there' Wednesday, when funeral services j will be held. Judge DeVoss wilf re- ' turn with the body and expects to | be here Saturday. Funeral services will probably be held in Decatur Saturday at the' i Judge DeVoss home. The Rev. B. O. Walton will officiate. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

Christmas Greeting Edition Dec. 23rd The Decatur Daily Democrat has under preparation the annual Christmas greeting edition which will be published i next Monday, December 23rd. It will not only contain the Christmas greetings of all the , merchants and industries but many Christmas features as well. Watch for this Greetings ' Edition next Monday. Phone 1000 if you desire an ad in this Issue. ' '■

Joseph Everett Goes On Trial For Second Time On Charges Os Murder Committed In 1931

EARNEST PLEA FOR PEACE IS MADE BY POPE Pope Pius Expresses Hope in Address To College Os Cardinals Vatican City, Dec. 11l —(UP) — Pope Pius, in an earnest address to | ),,, of cardinals at a secret' consistory today, expressed hope for peace with justice, truth and I charity. The consistory was upon the occasion of the elevation of 20 preite’ nt the Roman Catholic church to cardinal rank. The Pope spoke most quardetEy in his wish for peace, and referred only indirectly to the Italian-Ethio-pian dispute which it concerned. I he said: "We do not want to refer to thos" conflicts which for long have preoccupied not only Europe and Africa but indeed the whole world. 1 "We do not desire to refer to them because amidst the great uncertainties in the minds of men' and the course of events there is ' danger that any words of ours might even be distorted. "We know our words, pronounced in various circumstances, have been •o widely published in the press that could not have failed to become known to those who not only desire the truth hut who sincerely, with deep interest await it from us. "Let this be taken as an admoni- ’ nition by those especially who have seemed surprised and have taken .offense, as if we had not satisfied e p >». an (i s of n le office of teacher which has been devincly committed ’to us. “Ws ardently desire peace conjoined witli justice, truth, and char- ! ity for all men of good will. We snail with all our powers seek to obtain it, and in frevent prayer we I have besought it from the great good God.” I The Pa;e made his reference to I peace just after saying: "Among the sad events are esI ipecially those concerning Russia, Mexlot), and to a certain extent (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Regular K. Os C. Meeting Tonight — The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held at the K. of C. hall tonight at 8 o’clock. Au members are urged to attend DEATH CLAIMS AMELIA LOSHE Mother Os Adams County Residents Dies Sunday Os Infirmities Mis. Amelia Loshe, aged 92, of St. Anthony, Ohio, mother of several prominent Adams county residents, died Sunday morning at 111:15 o’clock at her home of infirmj ities. Mrs. Loshe is the mother of ' Frank, Peter and John Loshe ot Decatur. The deceasedf was born in Geri manv, June 15, 1843, and came to ' this country when she was one year old. Her parents settled in Seneca county, Ohio. Following her mar-] 1 i fag? she moved to St. Anthony, Mercer county, Ohio and was a resident there for 72 years. Her hus-i band, John Loshe, died 30 years ago. I Besides the eon? in this county, j eeven other children also survive., They are, William and Henry, Leslie, Mrs. Joseph Kahllg, Mrs.] August Satining and Mrs. Theodore May of Coldwater, Ohio; Joseph and Charles Loshe of St. Anthony. Two hildten preceded their mother in death. Two sisters, Mrs. John Gass, To--Ido and Mrs. Lizzie Weber of Michigan, 38 grandchildren and 36 great .grandchildren also survive. Four brothers and two sisters are, dead. Funeral services will be held from I the Catholic church, St. Anthony, Ohio, at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning- Burial will he made in the church cemetery. |

NAME CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE Orchestra Committee For Birthday Ball Is Announced Today Edwin Kauffman and Virginia Dolili have been named co-chair-1 monos Hie orchestra committee for the Birthday Ball for the President to be held in Decatur on January 30. The appointments were made by David B. Heller and Dorothy Young, general chairmen ot the affair. Other members of this committee are Ruby Martin. Dr. E. P. Fields, Helen Holthouae, Tom Burk. Mildred Acker, Patsy Ful-i lenkamp, Mary Margaret Klepper, 1 Jeanette Clark. Frank Wallace and Melvin Collier. Seventy per cent of the proceeds collected in Decatur will again be placed in a fund now on deposit in the First State Bank to be used for care of infantile paralysis victims in Adams county. The other 30 per cent will be sent to the national committee to provide a fund for research work in an effort to find cures and preventatives for the disease. The Birthday- Ball'in the last two years at Decatur as well as In other cities in the country have been well attended. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who himself is a victim of the disease, had again agreed to loan his birthday in the fight to stamp out infantile pajalysis. The president will again address the country on the night of the Birthday Ball over the radio. STUDENTS WILL GIVE PROGRAM Christmas Program Will Be Given At High School Friday A Christmas program in the 1 form of a "radio broadcast” will be staged by the members ot the. Decatur high school Friday after-, noon at ’ 30 o’clock in the school ] auditorium. The alumni are urged to attend the production which was writ-| ten. directed and will be presented | by pupils in the school. The program as published by the producers is: Glee Club Directed by Miss Haubold Moso Robert Engeler Tobias Harry Moyer, Announcer Albert Keller j Mrs. Wendell Smith Naonii Ruth Franklin! Mr. Wendell Smith Robert Ashbaucher Mns. Louis Smith Ruth Porter Mr. Louis Smith Junior Drake Quintuplets Eileen Jackson Elizabeth Meihls June O’Donnel Wilma Miller Ruth Raudenbush Santa Claus ?????’ Time —Any time except the past, future, or present. Place —Station D. H. S„ Brown's Tower. Decatur, Indiana. Authors — Commander in Chief Harry Moyer, Dictapatoress Harriet Fruchte. Lieutenant Phyliss Krick. General Rosemond Harte, and Maior Gladvs Harvey. Comments — If you don’t know how to take a bad play seriously. ] vou had better leave right now. 'We didn’t ask you to come anyI how. In case this play gets too rotten, please do not throw rotten (CONTTNUFn ON PAGE STX) O Army Aviator Is Killed In Crash Miami, Fla., Dec. 16—(UP)—Sec- ] ond lieutenant Robert L. Carver, 28, 1 army flier, was killed near here today when hie plane crashed during gunnery practice. Carver was attached to the 55th pursuit squadron, Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La. WEATHER Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight; Tuesday cloudy, not much change in | temperature.

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Convicted In 1931 And Sentenced To Life; Recently Granted New Trial On Charge. EXAMINE JURORS Joseph Everett, 58, went on trial this morning for the murdor of Doras Worllng of Pleasant Mills four years ago. Special Judge Hanson F. Mills of Portland is presiding over the case. Judge Huber M. DeVisa declined jurisdiction in the present case because of his having acted as an attorney for Everett when he ] was convicted on a first degree murder grand jury indictment charge December 6, 1931 in the Adams circuit court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. This morning's session of the court wa.s spent in the prelimin* | ary examination by Prosecuting Attorney Edmond A. Bosse of tho prospective jurors. Three of the regular panel aud one of the special venire were excused premptor or for cause by Prosecutor Bosse this morning. The members of the regular nanel are; Theodore Becker, Henrietta Oerkc, Bessie Cates, Martha Dettinger, Bertha Runyon. Carrie Moser, Calvin Dubach. Reed Caston, Jacob Alt, Charles Hawbaker. Clinton Hart and Calvin Hamrick. Bertha Runyon, Jacob Alt and Calvin Hamiick were dismissed. Four members of a special venire of 25 persons were called. They were Frank Habegger. William Grandlinard, Lulu Swearingen and Aalr;h Clevinger. William Grandlinard was dismissed by the state iust before the close of tho morning session. It is possible that tho state will complete the preliminarv examination of the jury this afternoon. Defense attorneys, the former Judge C. L. Walters and John L. DeVocs, will then begin examination of the jurors. Considerable difficulty is anticipated by counsel in the selection I of a jury because of tlie interest in the case in Adams county. In the first trial the late Judge Dore B. Erwin, seriously considered ordering the sheriff to go to surrounding counties to tind possible jurors who were not "prejudiced or biased" for either the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Nathan Nelson To Peside As Judge Judge Huber M. De Voss appointed Nathan C. Nelson as special judge of the Adams circuit court during his absence. Judge DeVoss left tl> is noon for Houston, Texas, where hfe brother. Lewis Arlington DeVoss, died. Judge DeVoM I expects to return Saturday. o WOMAN DENIES KILLING GIRL Mrs. Doermer Denies Giving Poison To Her Step-Daughter Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 16 —(UP) Mrs. Laura Doermer flatly denied citi the witness stand today that ehe poisoned her 13-year-old step-daugh-ter. Bernadene. Attempting to establish the cause ot the girl’s death, defense attorney Frank Emrick 'brought out in Mns. Doermer’s testimony that a small packet of iparis green and a quantity of poisoned wheat bad been kent in the Doermer home. Obernadene died last April 11, little more than a week after she and her 16-vear-old sister, Imogene became violently ill. The state contends that her death was caused bv arsenic nut into the cottage cheese by Mrs. Doermer. Mrs. Doermer stuck to her story that it was sugar and milk that she i”ut into the cheese rather than noison. as the state contends. Mrs. Doermer followed her husband Henry Doermer, on the witness stand and was expected to be the last witness to be called by the defense. The case probably will go to the jury this afternoon after cross examination of the defendant by deputy prosecutor C. Byron Hayes and final agruments by detesse and I prosecution counsel.