Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1935 — Page 1

XXXIII- No. 299.

■irsf Witness In I Everett Defense I Gives Testimony

■pillion Completes ■vidence, (Jerald I'ne ■estities As Defense Hm ens Its ( ase. BjoCTOR testifies ■■ST —— —— .. < ' icf witness for ..... . k the stand at 11 ■■ ning as the pro.-.-|H , . :..-..|>11 Everett murrested its case. W ret . is 1 l >sed on a grand IVnrlr num of Imintt g’l't’y ,|ec:.e murder, volun and assault ■Liter)' with intent to com ■K feionv in connection with Heath Os !» "as Werlm- on |^K ar y’s river near Pleasant Hon June 29. 1931. _ morning two minor’"wit- ■ ( «st>t ! ed for the state. Onvreher. who helped Wertins to the ton of the s' Mary's river at’t.r been shot. Weber, local undertesrifbd to the entopsy in Black's Fnneril afmr Welling had died, lb(!>■.course of the bullet |K;,..:r. trend through one -el- - chest, through his u> the other side of the and ricocheted from th • (i„ 4 ., s towards thH- "aid that the found. afternoon Dr. J. M. of this citv was called tii.'iui'V i-roner bv form Dr. J C. Grandstall of who was taking a va< ■■ Dr. Miller was called to Mills to examine the He performed a "slight on the body as it ■t the ton of the bank of 'he river. He then ordo’autopsy. Miller stated that th- - the bullet was prob-.1. ■s b, recollection it • the fifth and sixth ribs right side of the chest, backward e.'id upward th" lungs piercing two of the heart and then and fractured the third or rib. The bullet was not said that to his be t a bullet through the ■1 would have caused nearly ■nt death. However, he had ■of a < ase where a man walk- ■ milr after being shot thia ugh ■heart. He could not reinein■whether there was anothm ■t hole in the body. ■. Miller also treated Evere’’ ■he county jail. He found a ■in his arm which could hav ■ caused by a bullet. The hoi ■ two openings indicating that ■object had gone through th- ■. He believed he noticed ■ bruises on Everett’s body, ■rl Johnson was called to th ■ ■d. At the time of the shoot■XTIVrEP OV P'GF-SEVEN) ■ —Be A Good Fellow—leighteh in I STORMGRIP ■an Allen With Crew ■f 45 Reported In Distress Near Yokohama Bn Francisco, Dec. 19. — (U.R) ~ ■ ships plowed through stormy B today, racing to the side of ■ 4,037 ton freighter Ethan AlP' reported in distress 670 miles ■beast of Yokohama with a B °f 45 men aboard. ■dlo advices said the Etlian B®, which left Corpus Christi, ■*B, early in November, had lost I rudder and was wallow~ig gessly in mountainous seas, ■be Dollar liner President Grant, I miles north of the Etaan Al- ■ Was reported to be the closest ■lie flv e rescue vessels prepart 0 aid the stricken ship. lher craft reported proceeding Ibe freighter’s side were the deaux Maru, the Norweigian! "her c. C. Proveg, the Dollar r President Jackson and the vi!| e Dollar. nrine agencies here said the an Allen departed from San ro ; Cal., Nov. 27, bound for "kuai. she was said to be the perty of Lykes Brothers, agents “i Ripley Steamship Co., of p Orleans. I

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i LEWIS YARGER ADMITS GUILT Hartford Township Youth C onfesses To Cashing Bad Checks Lewis Yarger. 21. of Hartford ' township comessed late Weunes- ' day night to the forging of at least five checks in and near Adams county in the last six weeks Yarger succeeded in cashing a check at a Berne store last Wednesday afternoon. He was traced to the store in Perryville in Hartford township. He was found sitting on a bench at the store and when he saw the officers in company with the owner of the store at which he had cashed his last □ad check he said, "well, you finally caught up with me. didn’t you.” Sheriff Dallas Brown. Marshall Dave Dubach of Berne and William Bell accompanied the 'Berne store keeper. They traced him through a bad hand which was easily identified. He admitted cashing bad checks at the Economy Store and Dr. Bixler’s in Decatur, at Tyndall and Masterson in Bluffton, at the Gamble store in Portland besides the Berne store. Sheriff Brown relieves he may have written several other checks reported at Portland. Celina and Berne. He may be arraigned sh the Adams circuit court today. Authorities have been attempting to trace the man who has signed many different names. He has posed as a farm boy. He works as a farm hand in Hartford township. —Be A Good Fellow— School Christmas Program Friday The Christmas program t > be given at the Decatur public school auditorium Friday will be held at ; 1 o'clock instead of 1:30 as first announced. All alumni are invited to I attend. —Be A Good Fellow — City Experiences Heavy Fall Os Snow Sn w which fell this morning lay 1 almost an inch deep at noon. Indi-1 . cations are that it will be the heav|itst of the seas n. The weather . bureau predicts colder temperature . and snow flurries. —Be A Good Fellow— Citv Council Will Meet Friday Night The city council will meet in continued session on Friday evening at seven o’clock at the city hall. Several matters of unfinished business will come before the body, adjournment being made Tuesday until Friday in order to dispose of the matters before the first of the year. —Be A Good FellowCantata To Be Held At Magley Church The cantata "Angelic Tidings, under the direction of L. H. Worthman, will be rendered by a mixed chorus of thirty-six voices at the , Magnley Reformed church Sunday . evening, December 22 at ■ 01 lIH ’■ I The children's Christmas p, gram will be held Wednesday evening, December 25 at 7 o clock. Be A Good Fellow— Ba ti ts To Publish Anniversary Edition Owensville, Ind.. De?. 19— (UP *7’ ■ The general baptist messenger, pu 1 lishedhere by J- P. Cox. will teiva ial edi'ion in January In honor * the r übllcation’s 50th annhei Hary Cox. aleo editor of the Owens-. IXi echo, has edited the church publication smos it wau, Board Os Guardians W ill Meet Monday The Board of Children’s Guardwin meet at the John Tyndall | Sdence Monday evening at seven / —Be A Good Fellow— WEATHER Cloudy, snow flurries and J colder tonight; Friday cloudy | colder east portton.

LEAGUE DELAYS I ANY ACTION ON , OIL EMBARGOES Vote Down Peace Plans; French, British Leaders Resign Geneva, Dec. 19,-<U.R>-The leagin- s general staff committee of 18 ■ today indefinitely postponed action ion the threatened oil embargo I ' against Italy. The committee agreed that the ■ league should continue to insure [ ' the application of the financial and i economic sanctions which already iave been voted. It was believed the oil embargo ! question would not arise again un-, til after the debate on foreign pol- i icy in the French chamber of deputies Dec. 27. The council, formerly voting down the abortive Franco-Bnusa i peace plans without debate, sought to delay further sanctions until, the new year. The public session It was decidI ed to play for time to enable the . . league to recover the public confidence which the peace plan i threatened. Hoare Resigns London, Dec. 19.—w.H)—Britain i .ill retaliate if Italy attacks her. ; Sir Samuel Hoare, retiring foreign icretary told the house of comnons today in explaining that only I the fear of another world war prompted the ill fated AngloFrench plan for settling the Ethiopian conflict. Sir Samuel, who resigned from ie cabinet in face of bitter opposition to the plan which he negoated in Paris, made his defense and explanation to a packed parliament in what many regarded as one of the most historic sessions : m moddrn times. "We are entering a much more dangerous phase of a new chapter il war," Sir Shmuel said. Britain, he added, has been alone : in taking precautions against it. i "Not a ship, not a machine and not a man has been moved by any other member of the league," he ; ,( (CO.VTTNTEP ON PIWTWbI —Be A Good Fellow— BOY ADMITS STEALING HOG Dimas Gutteirrez, 18-Year Old Mexican Takes Fat Porker From Farm Dimas Gutteirrez. 18, a Mexican, living near Decatur, is being held in the Adams county jail, pending sentence by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse. He confessed to stealing and butchering a hog. The Mexican plead guilty before Mayor Holthouse Wednesday afternoon to a charge of petit lareny. He stole a 275-pound hog from Harve Gibson, who filed the iffidavit. The Mexican admitted stealing a hog, skinning it and taking it to his home where he hid it in a ,runk. He was traced by Sheriff Dallas Brown by his tire tracks. Glood was found in his automobile. When questioned by Sheriff Brown he admitted his guilt and told where the hog could be found. Authorities were questioning the ' Mexican today in an effort to implicate him in other nocturnal utcherings which hav? occurred ! in Adams county in the last few i weeks. Gutteirrez admitted that his par- i I ents were not naturalized and he I ! has not taken out citizenship pap-! ■rs The hoy stated he was one 1 of five children, the youngest beng six years of age. He lives with his mother. | > The possibility of deporting the family back to their native home will be investigated. —Be A Good FellowChildren Meet At Moose Home Sunday All children who Wish to take art in the Christmas program at , h-. Moose h me are requested to neet at the Moose hall Sunday to : complete final arrangements (or : I the party which will beheld at the ' i home Monday night at 7: 30 o’clock. _Be A Good Fellow— Woman Juror Suffers Slight Heart Attack Mrs. Curt Moser of southwest of Decatur, a member of the jury ' whi-h is trying Joseph Everett, suf-: sered a slight heart attack this ir on Her physicians said that her 1 ~a se was not serious and she was < able to continue with her duties < when court opened this afternoon- 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 19, 1935.

Released by Kidnapers i | -Ji ' Mb m MPS - : **■ - Caleb J Milne Caleb J. Miine, IV, 22. grandson of the wealthy retired Phlladelhia textile manufacturer was found in a highway ditch early this ruing after being released by kidnapers. The youth is fighting an attack of pneumonia, due to exposure. It was said his grandfather, aleb Milne, Sr., paid the re.nsom money.

WILLIAM LANGER IS ACQUITTED Former Governor Os N. Dakota Acquitted In Third Trial Bismarck, X. D.. Dec. 19 —(UP) — Former governor William banger of North Dakota wan acquitted by a jury In fed rial court today In his third trial on charges of conspiri acy. Political experts believed linger would immediately announce his i candidacy lor Governor in the 1936 i lection. He was ousted from that ■ office when the charges on which he was acquitted were filed. The jury also acquitted Frank ’ Vogel and R. A. Kinzer of similar charges. Th’ jury received the case at 5:30 p. tn. yesterday. A third defendant, state senator Oscar Erickson, was acquitted on a directd verdict by .Judge A Lee Wyman. The acqquital today was a complete triumph for the fiery North Dakota executive in his long battle against government attemipta to rend him to prison. Langer was removed from the gov rntrship in June. 1933. climaxing a stormy career in North Dakota politics. He was nam ed with five others in indictments charging that fraud had entered into handling of relief funds. Relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins alleged that campaign funds were solicited from (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —Be A Good Fellow— WELLS COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Bertha Frauhiger Dies At Home Near Craigville Last Night Mrs. Bertha Frauhiger, 70, lifelong resident of Wells county, died at her h.me on.’ and one-half mile north of Craigville at 5:30 Wednesday evening after a long illness of complications. She was a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Mosure-Meyers. Her husband, Philip Frauhiger, died July 29, 1916. Six children surviving are: Noah Frauhiger, Goshen, a former Wells county sheriff; Mrs. August Shelickman, Bluffton route 4; Mrs. Lewis Take and Mrs- Forrest Mankey, b:th of ecatur route 2; Harry higer, Toledo, Ohio. Three daughters are deseased. Brothers and sisters surviving are: Mrs. William Frauhiger, Craig-j ville; Dave Meyers, Bluffton; Albert, Jonah and Jake Meyers, Mrs. John Weinland and Mrs. Lewis Baumgartner, all of Vera Cruz. Thirty-eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday at 9 a. m. and 10 o’clock at the Christian Apostolic church. Burial in the church cemetery. I

A. N. Hilton Named District Official Officers for the Great Sun of the Imperial Order f Red Men in this district for 1936 include A. N. Hil- ■ ton of Decatur, newly elected secretary. At her officers named at a meeting at Bluffton Monday are: Sam i Luger of Warren, chairman; Mr. Stockman of Huntington, vic?-chalr-man and Oscar McAgue of Bluffton, treasurer. The next meeting of the tribo will be held on January 13 when a cla. s of '‘Palefaces’' will be ad pti’d. —Be A Good Fellow — EARLY ACTION | ON BONUS BILL Speaker Byrns Hopes To Dispose Early Os Bonus Issue Washington, Dee. 19—- (U.R) — Speaker Joseph W. Byrns, returning to the capital today, said administration leaders would try to dispose of the bonus issue by IFeb. 1. He said he believed an anti-inflation bonus bill would stand the best chance of passing over a presidential veto. At the same time Byrns in his first press conference since his trip to the Philippines said that he did not believe "unless the minds of members have changed since la>st session" that the Townsend old age pension bill would pass the house next session. i Such legislation must originate in the house due to its revenue i character. Byrns said tha.t he wouri have no objection to the Townsend bill coming up for a vote. He indicated belief that the Vinson legion bonus bill would r>a«s the house rather than the Patman $2,000,000,000 inflation measure. Byrns sa>d his belief was based on the stand of the America,n Legion against the Patman bill at 'ls annual convention this year. Byrns said he personally hoped pnnn'o wan’d act first on the bonus issue "as that is where h~ main differences have a,risen.” Last session the house overrode the president on the bonus issue but the senate sustained his veto. The Byrns-Steiwer bonus bill brought up last session as a possible administration compromise and providing payment of the adjusted service certificates in bonds maturing in 1938 may be brought (CONTINUED ON P'GE SEVEN) —Be A Good Fellow — Lewis DeVoss Is Buried In Texas Funeral services for Lewis Arlington De Vos, brother of Judge Huber M. DeVess and Mrs. L. A. Graham of this city, were held today in Houston. Texas. Burial was also rrade there. The original plans to have the body interred at the Decatur cemetery where changed, according to a telegram received | this morning from Jndge DoVoss.

Caleb Milne Released Today By Kidnapers Who Abandon Him In Ditch; Suffers Exposure

WOMAN GIVES NEW LEAD IN TODD DEATH Grand Jury Learns Actress Was Accompanied By Handsome Man Hollywood. Dec., 19.—(U.RJ—The estranged wife of Roland West, self styled “best friend" of Thcl-1 ma Todd. - -steriously dead screen .eauty, gave sensational evidence today which detectives hoped might lead to a full explanation of Miss Todd’s death. Jewel Carmen, the wife of Miss, Todd’s partner said she saw the seductive blonde in her own auto-! mobile accompanied by a tall. dark, and handsome man shortly before. midnight Sunday. Less than 12! I hours later Miss Todd’s body was ’ found in the automobile in West’s garage. Her revelation came closely upj cn a dramatic coronisr’e inquest into Miss Todd’s death which re-j i suited in an ambiguous verdict that while Miss Todd had died of car1 1 oon monoxide poisoning, apparently generated by her automobile, the jury wished the investigation to .ontinue. Officials denied reports that police "Miss Todd might ! nave Peoa poisoned. The county chemist has analyzed the actress' stomach contents, authorities said, adding that the tests were made because the coro- ■ ner’s jury requested a thorough ■ investigation and not because pois- ' on necessarily was suspected. At the inquest. West handsome actor and business man, had spok'en one half of a dialogue that might have been written by a professional movie scenarist. The other half was spoken by deputy district Attorney George Johnson. “Did you have intimate relations with Miss Todd?" asked Johnson. ‘ West squirmed, gave every indication of embarrassment. Hesitat- ( ingly, he replied: "Miss Todd was my best friend." "Did you know Miss Todd contemplated leaving you to resume i relations with her former husband. I | Pasquale de Cicco?” Johnson con-1 tinned. "Leave me?" West asked, aston- ■ ished. "She wouldn't — she could; , not.” In an instant he was in control , of himself again. ; I “We were partners.” he said, 1 slowly. Miss Carmen’s relation added a .' new and seemingly impenetrable mystery to Miss Todd’s death, . which, despite other strange cir- . j cumstances had given the appear- ,; ance of having been caused by ac- | cident. Before Miss Carmen tele(CONTINUED ON PAGR SEVEN) —Be A Good Fellow—- ; EX-HUSBAND OF STAR IS HELD He’d For Investigation After Death Os Former Stage Star — San Francisco, Dec. 19 —(UP) — j Thomas L. Malkins, 50, Los Angeles -e uriti's salesman, was held to--1 day rending investigation of the 12 • etory death plunge of Olga Steck, "me-time Broadway stage star and mother of his two sons. Mias Steck died early yesterday in a drop from a window of Matkins’ 12th floor hotel room. Her death, police said, followed a drinking party in Malkins’ room 1 and a night of turbulent quarrels I and gaiety at a night club where the ’ “Pocket size prima donna” was singing as the first step of an anticipated comback in the theater world. Police were dissatisfied with Matkins’ explanation of his part in the , case, including his disappearance ', after his foraoer wife's death. Eight hours after the body was found he walked into police headquarters. During his absence, he said, he had visited a friend, read of Miss Stick’s death in the newspapers and con- , j suited an attorney. Earl Saxf, liquor salesman whom the singer marled four years ago, j had his forehead bandaged where I ("ONTINUF.D ON PAGE EIGHT)

SCHOOLSWILL BE DISMISSED City And County Schools To Observe Christmas With Programs The city schools will bo dismissed Friday afternoon for the annual Christmas holiday vacation. The township schools will not ibe| dismissed until Tuesday, December; 24. the day before Christinas. The rural schools will complete I the first semester’s work before the closs of school which is the reason for holding school until Christinas eve. A program has been planned In all the public schools in the city: Friday afternoon. School will then be dismissed early to recpen Thurs-1 ; day, January 2. The date for the reopening of the ; Catholic school has not yet been determined. It in probably that it will take up again on Monday, January 6. The rural schools will reopen and begin their second semester on Monday January 6. Most of them will have programs Tuesday. Special services are being planned in all of the churches in the i unty either before or on masThe Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce has arranged with Santa Claus to ho present in the business distrkt of Decatur next Saturday afterneon and evening. His trip wan made possible by the merchants and Industries who over subscribed the fund raised to meet his gasoline bill from the North Pole. —Be A Good Fellow — FOUR CHURCHES PLAN PROGRAM Kirkland Twp. Churches To Give Christmas Program The four churches of Kirkland t wnship are sponsoring a sacred i Christmas program to be presented at the Kirkland gymnasium Sunday I evening Dee. 22 at 7 o’clock. The I public is invited. Foilowing is the .program: j Music—Kirkland Orchestra. Song—Audience. Invocation— Rev. Meckstroth. Christmas Hymns — Community Chorus. Reading —Bob Mann. Recitation —Spenser Mickstr: th. Song—Arnold Twins. Recitation—Junior Johnson Musical Reading—Don Arnold Dialogue—Group of Girls. i Song—Primary Children | Recitation—Denna Belle Roth. | Recitation —Don Yager. | Song - Phyllis Dilling. i Recitation—Ray Allen Mann. I Recitation —Bobby Heller. I Special Music—Kirkland Orchestra. Song—Reber Sisters. Dialogue—Group of Girls. i Recitation—Stanley McßrideI Song—Rev. and Mrs. Hensley. Recitation — Donna Ethel Grandstaff Recitati n—Gladys Mankey. Pantomine Christmas Hymn — Community Chorus. Benediction—Rev. Hensley. —Be A Good Fellow — Appoint Physicians For Sanity Hearing Amos Daniel Meyer of west of ~ Monroe is being held in the Adams county jail pending the conclusion I ■of insanity proceedings. Two physii; clans have been appointed to exai .nine him but have not filed their > report. —Be A Good Fellow — State Police School To Open January 6 ‘ Indianapolis, Dee. 19. — (U.R) — A ' school in advanced police training will bo held here Jan. 6 to Feb. 1 '. by the state police training divis- ’ ion under direction cf Lieut. Donald 1 Kooken. former department of jusI tice agent. ’ i All law enforcement agencies in I the state have been urged to send I I a representative to carry home to • brother officers latest develop- ’ ments in crime prevention and deI tection.

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Wealthy Youth Is Freed In Pennsylvania This Morning; Physicians Fear Pneumonia. BOUND, GAGGED Doylestown. Pa., Dec. 19. (U.PJ 1 —• Caleb J. Milne. 4th, 23, apparent victim of a brutal kidnaping, fought against the threat of pneu- | monla today while 35 federal agents, aided by Philadelphia and state imllce, sought the kidnap band that threw him bound and I gagged into a roadside ditch early this morning. It was believed that his wealthy relatives, probably his grandfather, I Caleb J. Milne, Jr., retired textile manufacturer, had paid $25,000 ransom for his release. Other ; sources said no ransom had been paid. Federal agents, believing the kidnap band still was in the Philadelphia area, covered all roads with tne aid of police. They believed young Milne had been kept semiconscious with narcotics and chloroform during his five day captivity. There were 25 small punctures in one of his arms, apparently made by a needle and in his delirium he muttered, "don’t stick that needle in me again, please, please.” Physicians said he faced a severe threat of pneumonia. He had been half starved, was physically exhausted. and suffered from exposure. Milne's brother. Frodric, arrived at the Doylestown general hospital this morning accompanied by two federal agents. He refused to discuss the case. Shortly after 8 a. m., Mrs. Milne, mother of Caleb, and her 16-year- [ old son, Aubrey, arrived at the hospital. They were accompanied by a federal agent. Mrs. Milne appeared to be cry- ’ ing. She refusetT to discuss the ' case. There were indications that plans were beitffc made to tako Milne to his grandfather’s home in | Germantown. Department of justice agents, giving every indication of working on important clues, became evident in numbers soon after young Milne was found in a roadside ditch by passerby early tqday. Milne was released a few hours after his uncle, Warren Milne, i made a mysterios trip to swamps near Philadelphia. He was reported to have taken $25,000 with which to bargain for his nephew's freedom. Two ransom notes received by Milne’s grandfather had demanded $50,000. While Warren Milne went to The swamps, strange activities electri(.CONTTNUED ON PAGE EIGHT) —Be A Good Fellow— Eight Hundred Guests Attend Huge Banquet Warsaw, Ind. Dec. 19 — (UP) — Guests consumed 550 cisco, 600 haddo:k, eight bushels of potatoes, 250 loves of bread. 25 pounds of butter and 40 gallons of- commee at a fish fry held at the Yellow Banks hotel. Webster lake here under the auspices of the Tippecanoe Conservation club. More than 800 guests attended. Principle speakers were Jatnes H. Vandermark. Indianapolis, editor of the Outdoor Indiana; Pinky Gutermuth, Indianapolis, director of conservation education; and Milton. Wysone, New Paris, state conservation club organizer. Guests were present from Allen, Wabash, Fulton. Whitley Elkhart, Marshall, Laiporte, St. JoJseph and Kosciusko counties. —Be A Good Fellow—ij Good Fellows Club j Donations reported to the Good Fellows club today totaled $74,15. A good fellow, who would not reveal his name, donated $25. Tha Moose lodge made a similar donation. Boxes for contributions of money i are now located at the Daily Democrat, Rice Hotel and First Statu Bank. Gifts of toys and clothes ; should be reported to Miss Helen Holthouse who will see that they . are collected. I Previous total $19318 Historical club 1.00 Lions Club 10.15 i W. Guy Brown 1.00 Goodfellow 26.00 i Women’s Club 10.00 •| A family of friends 2.00 •i Moose Lodge 26.00 i Total $267.33