Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1935 — Page 1

XXXIII. No. 302.

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Os Danger To Son (Bnpt‘l l amoiH Flier To ■ r a v e Secretly For 'Hew Residence. »uled Sunday fM, , h> i11.:.' by United Pre«s> York. 23—(U.R)- <<>l A Lindbergh lied fr I^K a with Ins wife and thro. JK| d son. Jon. on the liner importer at 2:53 a. m. to e.oablish a new homo where he hopes to and assure his son tin■L ciukinood that has be-.i ■K'lntn In the Vnited States IIKy saded >e. telly from N-.. ■■hJV.m. ’ ..ah: tile excln-l. occupancy of the compassenger and cargo velis due in England 'l.e the month. against the life oi Jon vctmiient attending thexecution of Bruno Hauptmann. convicted of their first son. im K their decision to leave a close friend of the said today. may never return to tide, a.lihmiKh the colonel do-.-to give up his Atn-U- - Importer was to sail at midnight lilt was held up alm- ■ hours for the Lindb-ix’i-. of the United States refused to deny or affirm cli- were aboard im Press learned Hom |M sources that they were. Lindbergh is determn- d 'Uia.il iii'.ve the opp to grow up normally. In aK the ever-pres. Jon might meet tl.as the Lindberghs' fnon page FIVE. ■THS SHOWN ■eniency HERE Io Young Men Admit Built; Shown Mercy By Mayor Holthouse Jy- spirit of the Christmas was taken into consiihi by Mayor A. It. Holthouse n out sentences to two men in mayor's court Salm ■■evening. Gutteirrez, 24 -year youth who pleaded guilty a 275-pound hog from Gibeon, Union towmdiip. it and hiding it in a at his home, was given a ■f state penal farm sentenci-. Vs being ±<u«pended. The fm will he served at the Adams ■>y Jan. entered his plea <>! last Thursday. He had been once before and Sheriff ■> Brown testified that the was implicated in other but thtrt charges had ■been tiled. larger, 21-year-old Hart ■ township youth, charged with ■“£ a fraudulent check, pleaded before the mayor. The boy's his mother and live |Bi brothers and his aged greygrandfather were present. ■Parents assured the court that ■ youth was “not a bad boy ' ■ were willing to make good of the checks, if ■klally possible. His mother ■ the court she would take the ■ botne and see that he worked ■ step-father assured his cooper ■> e youth was given a 30-day ■ sentence, all of it being bus ■“-<• except four days, so he “ return to his home Christeve. The parents stated they to come to Decatur and get The boy has been in jail 6 tost Wednesday. e Haims Against County By Tuesday laitns against. Adams county “ I(l be filed not later than Tu "< ■ county auditor John Tyndall M today. The county commastors will meet in epecial session, toay. December 30. * claims must be filed Tuesday “ ev can be presented to the r “ for allowance next Monday “ e 'Paid out of this year's bud-.

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ROBERT HEUER ESSATWINNER Awarded Eight Week’s Scholarship To Purdue University Roy L. Price, county Purdue alumni advisor, announced today that judges of the Purdue essay contest have selected the follow ing winners: Robert Heller, Decatur, winner of the first award, will receive an eight week's scholarship to Purdue university to be taken this winter Loren Hudson. Monroe, was awarded second place, and honor able mention was given to Eli | Schwartz, Berne; Simon Schwartz. | Berne, mid Edgar Thieme, Decatur. The winning essay follows: “Let There Be Light’" “And whilst I pondered these things secretly with myself, Re becca appeared coming with a pitcher, which she carried on her shoulder: and she went down to the well and drew water. And 1 said to her: 'Give me a little to drink ' "And she speedily let down the i pitcher from her shoulder, and said to me: 'Both drink thou, and) j to thy camels I will give drink.' I drank, and she watered the catn-i els.”—Genesis 24:45-46 Replace the word “camels" with I "stock,' and history as reported in I the first chapter of the Old Testa I ment might be correctly used in a newspaper of the twentieth cen i titry In reference to SO per cent 1 | of the farms in the "modem civil jzallQU” of the most highly developed country the world has over known Stated more concretely; The fundamental menial labors of Re becca of the Old Testament were no nfore arduous than those of the i "Rebeccas" of today who are slaves to old-fashioned kitchens and long, cold paths between wells and kitehens. Almost coincidental with the signing of the Declaration of hide pendence, American Inventors began the invention of farm maehin- ! ery which made business men of I peasants. Until the turn of the cenury, however, farm wives had improved their conditions only to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Ask All Claims Be Filed Against City Persons and firms having claims against the civil city or the elec - tric and water departments of the city plant are requested to file them immediately. A special meeting of the council will be held Friday, December 27. for the purpose of allowing bills and it is the desire cf the city to have all claims for i ur&bascs and services rendered during 1935 paid by the first of the ■ year. ANNUALMRB HELD SATURDAY Seven Hundred Attend Annual General Electric Party Here • The usual large crowd enjoyed ' the annual party given at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium for G. E. employes and their r. ra j't 'was attended by approximately Hng his distant, who was dressed , in < pair arrived in a sieiga his fiiniilitu* reindscr. . • n . There were two large. beauufnh 1 decorated Christmas trees, Trea < of toys and candy were given the , ' h The C program consisted of recita- > ine piug Christmas carols. . TxyVpXe numbers were . Several xy P willshire. , played by Mta Wolfe or i , 0 A°feature on the program was the , -0 A ;? fi kßwere cTarCharacter in A hr as ' les Fisher as Amos, F > Andy and j ‘ |~^^^ rAOETWO)

OFFICIALS OF NATIONS MEET ON WAR PLANS Eden’s Appointment As Secretary Seen As New Threat Os War By United Press latest war developments: Ixnidou — British and French general staff officers confer on war plans; appointment of sanctionist Eden as foreign secretary J starts talk of possible war; Britain lays plans to modernize army. Rome -Heavy fighting on northern Ethiopian front announced. London - Slowness of Italian advance not due to military in-1 efficiency but to cautious planI ring for a long siege, Webb Miller believes. Paris — Premier Pierro La,val strengthens his position and his I defeat at present seems unlikely. I Confer Secretlyl London. Dec. 23— (U.R) —British | ■nd French general staff officers ■ : of the army and navy have con-1 ferred secretly on cooperation in i •a possible European emergency! I with results that are regarded as i satisfactory, it was learned toi day. The conversations were a part ■ of Great Britain's reinsurance I i policy against a ' mad dog” a.ct by I Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy. I The British staff officers went I to Paris, and there held their I ! 'alks. They have returned to | t.ondon. It was learned that the conver-i sations—and the satisfactory results—were confined to the staffs themselves a.nd did not involve ! other officials in France. As this revelation was made, it was said on authentic authority •hat the appointment of Anthony ' ■ Eden as foreign secretary means: I 1. Great Britain will support i I the league iu its penalties cajn-1 uaign against Italy. 2. No mwre peace proposals to I Italy are contemplated. 3. Thi! government assumes ! that Italy know-s that the death i sentence has been passed on the ; i (CONTINI'ED ON PAGE TWO) oDEATH CLAIMS CHARLES BENTZ Hartford Township Resident Dies Sunday At Local Hospital Charles Bentz, fib. died at 3:10 Sunday afternoon at the Adams County Mem .rial hospital. Death wau caused by inflammation of the brain, known as cerebritis. About ten days ago Mr. Bentz suffered a small c ut on his finger while butchering. H - became ill last Wednesday with blood poisoning and died Sunday afternoon shortly after being admitted to the h spital. The deceased lived in Hartford ! township, five miles southwest of I Berne. Ho was born in French township November 23. 1375, a son of Rudolph and Louise Bentz. He wao maried December 17, 1902 to Cora Take. The couiple resided in Bltifft n 14 years prior to moving to the farm 19 years agoSurviving are the widow and the following children; Mm Helen Hoffman, Houston. Texas; Mrs. Josephine Madden. San Diego, Cal.; Dorothy. Mary. R°S er and Huberl all at home; two brothers and four staters. . ~ Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 P- «. at the homo and at 1:30 at the Missionary church west of Berne. Burial will be made in the M. R- E. cemetery. o — st Mary’s Church To Hold Nine Masses Nine masses will be said at St. Mary's Catholic church Christmas morning. Priests are privileged to celebrate three mases each on Christmas and many of the congregation attend at least that number on the greatest feast day observed by the churchThe Christmas high mass will be held at 5 o'clock. Father Joseph Selmetz. pastor will be the celebrant From about 6:30 o clock will be said continuously until 9:45. the latter being a high mass. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be given following th^ec?ai n chrlßtmas music will be sung by the boys' choir at the high , masses

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 23, 1635.

FREE ■ '-Ak J • M WS Joseph Everett was acquitted by [ a jury in the Adams circuit court Saturday night of charges In connection with the fatal shooting of Doras Werling four yearns ago. MINOR WRECKS i REPORTED HERE ! Snow Covers Icy Pavements, Making Driving Hazardous Here A blanket and snow added to the Christmas season, but freezing weather made traffic hazardous as icy pavements reduced the ti action of automobile tires. A trip through Decatur streets and interesetions Sunday night . showed the marks in the snow of many skids, some of which had caused the automobiles to go over curbs. The city street department hauled away the snow from some of the pavements and intersections this ■morning Four accidents were reported by 1 the police over the week-end. No ! ! one was seriously injured. R. W. Fox. cf Rock Island, Illinois ! j driving to Akron, Ohio, on state road 224 collided with a car driven i south by C. M. Reynolds of Fort Wayne at tho intersection of Nutt, man avenue and Fifth streets Snn- i day. The cars were only slightly ) damaged. Tho pasengers were not 1 hurt. Early Sunday morning a hit and run driver in a 1933 Chevrolet coupe struck a car at the corner of Eighth and Monroe streets. Isreal night police called Berne towards where ; the hit and run driver was believed i headed. He was not apprehended.' A second accident Sunday morning occurred when Fred Schurger’s automobile struck a wag .n loaded with coal, driven by John Durbin and Armer Springer Tho boys had . pushed their car across the street on the left side to pull it behind a wagen. Mr. Schurger .passed an automobile and could not see the wagon in time to avoid it. The car and wagon took up the entire street and the wagon did not have lights on it. The wagon was wrecked completely but the car was only slightI ly damaged- The horse, which ran away with the front of the wagon, i was caught. No one was hurt. Daniel Habegger, 22. and Milo Habegger, 23, received minor in(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O GENEVA FILES FOR NEW TRIAL Town Os Geneva Asks New Trial In $2,000 Damage Suit Huntington, Dec. 23 —The town of Geneva, assessed $2,000 damages by a jury in Huntington circuit court several weeks ago for injuries received by William Mesel, Jr-, when he fell in an alley, Hied a motion fcr new trial in Huntington circuit court late Saturday. Judge Sumner Kenner set no date for hearing arguments on the motion. Mesel asked $25,000 damages for the loss of an eye while practicing the sliotput in an alley of the town. He fell against the sharp stub of a telephone pole which the town had neglected to remove. The suit Involved the question of whether or not Mesel was using the alley for travel, under Indiana statutes, municipalities are required to keep streets and alleys safe for travel. Judge Kenner denied attorneys for the town permission to introduce in evidence an old ordinance ipro'hlbitlng “ball-playing’ in streets and alleys.

SEN. SCHALL ~ DIES SUNDAY OF INJURIES Blind Senator Dies Sunday; Driver Os Auto Held By Police Washington. Dec. 23. — (U.R> : While funeral arrangements were made today for Ben. Thomans 1). Schall the driver of the automobile which fatally Injured biro was ordered arraigned on a manslaugh ter charge. Schall, 58-year-old blind Republican from Minnesota, died yester day of a skull fracture, hemorrhage and shock, after a valiant 55-houi battle. He never regained consciousness after being struck Thursday. 'Lester O. Humphries of Hyattsville, Md., was ordered arraigned today before Justice of the Peace Herbert Moffat in Hyattsville on the manslaughter charge issued on orders of States Attorney Alan Bowie. Schall was crossing a highway I near his home in Berwyn Heights. : Md., on the arm of a friend when ' struck. At his bedside when he died were his three children and the widow, Margaret, who had remained with him almost constantly since the accident. Six physicians fought to save his life. His wife sat beside him and vainly sought to rally him with please of “fight ’em. Tom. fight 'em.” Several times ho said: "If he regains consciousness I won't worry any more. Tom is a fighter, you know.” The senator’s body was taken to the Sasch undertaking establishment in Hyattsville, where it will remain until the funeral party leaves tomorrow night for Schall's I home city, Minneapolis. The party will arrive in Minne- , apolis at 8 a. m. Thursday. Burial will be in Lakewood cemetery, a . few blocks from Schall's home. I Fffneral services will be conducted iat 2:30 p. m. by the Rev. Charles | Fox Davis, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, in the cemetery chapel. Four senators and two repre(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) OPEN BIDS FOR HIGHWAY WORK Commissioners Meet Today; To Award Contracts Tuesday The county comniiwionens began late this afternoon to open the bids for the county highway materials for 1936. It ft probable that the contracts will not all be awarded until Tuesday morning. The commissioners and the county highway engineer, Walter Giliom, discussed this afternoon the new WPSO .program which succeeds the WPA for county highway road improvements. It was explained that the new program was opened on November 10 and that counties may now .make applications for further road improvements with federal aid for labor and possibly some material. The amount of money allotted to each county is based on the number of unemployed on the relief rolls available to work. A sum of $1,400 a year is set up for these lelief workers. The county allotment is determined .by multiplying $1,400 times the number of unemployed. The commissioners were advised to contact William F. Dwene, who (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TN TONIGHTS ISSUE The annual Christmas Greetings of the merchants, Industries and professional men are published in tonight's Democrat. Each greeting carries a message in keeping with the happy and feetlvs occasion universally celebrated each year. Read them! It’s their sincere greetings to you. The Decatur Dally Democrat joins in wishing everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Joseph Everett Is Acquitted Os Guilt In Fatal Shooting Os Werling Four Years Ago

FAULTY BRAKES THOUGHT GAUSE OF BUS CRASH Fourteen Killed As Bus Crashes Into River Sunday Hopewell. Va„ Dec. 23 — (U.R) — Faulty brakes wero blamed tenta- • tlvely today for an Appomattox 1 river bus tragedy that took 11 > ■ ' lives. 1 Commonwealth Attorney John | 1 P. Goodman ordered an inquest I for Thursday. He hoped then to establish responsibility for the r tragedy. ' A huge blue bus that dived ' through an open drawbridge was lifted from the river last night ' and all bodloe were taken to locaj morgues, where three still were ' i unidentified and seven had been ! but partly identified. II Among the dead was L. G. Al I ford. Raleigh, N. C., the driver i smi authorities believed ho was II tho only person who know what f -aused the machine to plunge i through a wooden guard gate of , 1 a drawbridge near here and over I <he open draw into tho river yesi terday morning. ■ | Lacy McNair, tho drawbridge I ■ tender, heard the Greyhound bus' ' i brakes scream. He heard it i crash through the guard ra.il and . turned in time to see It plunge in--1 to tho river. The bridge pave i 1 ment was marked for 20 feet with j i' burnt rubber from its tiros, indi-; . I eating, authorities said, that Al1' ford had slammed on tho emer[i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) '| — • Good Fellows Club I The Good Fellows club, sponsored 'annually in Decatur by Hie Delta . Theta Tail sorority, to spread good ’ cheer on Christmas Day, today I ! made a final plea for aid in makI ing Christmas happier for the less i fortunate of the city. Th 1 casli fund went over the S3OO mark today with additional contri- ■ billions. Cash donations may be placed in special boxes at the Daily | Democrat office, the Rice Hotel or I I the First State Bank. Anyone wish- j | ing to donate toys or articles of > ■ clothing i.s asked to notify Miss -, Helen Holthouse. Christmas baskets s I and presents will be delivered by . • I the members of the sorority and a • | number of volunteer Good Fellows. ! Christmas Eve. -' In udditi nto cash donations, Mr. r and Mrs. C. J- Vcglewede have do--5 nated a quantity of new toys. Stu- ' dents of the Catholic high school ' gave toys and clothing and Paul .Miller donated a doll bed which he ' made. r Previous total $294.33 ’ Knights cf Columbus 5.00 D. C. H S. students 5.00 A Friend 2.00 Good Fellow •10 ’ Totals $306.43 f ; JAMES MILLER DIES SUNDAY J Berne Factory Employe Dies Os Injuries Suffered Weeks Ago James Miller. 38, an employe of the Nussbaum Novelty company at Berne, died Sunday morning at an Anderson hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near that city Sunday, December 15. Miller was enroute from Indianapolis to Berne, accompanied by Miss Ethel Myers, also of Berne. Snow had wade visibility poor and the ipavement slippery. The car skidded off the road and struck a bridge. Both occupants were thrown partially through the windshield. Miller sustained a fractured skull, while Miss Myers escaped with less serious Injuries. The dead man had been employed at Berne only the past six weeks. He is survived by the widow and daughter. The body was taken to Shelbyville, where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.

CITY CHURCHES MARK HOLIDAY Christmas Programs Held Sunday; Others Tuesday And Wednesday »' - — Christmas programs, cantatas , and special worship services were held in all the churches in Decatur. Sunday morning, afternoon or evening. 1 Other special programs and services will be held Tuesday, Christ- 1 mas Eve, or Wednesday, Christmas 1 I morning. 1 The programs and services which were held or which will be held in the city are: i First U. B. church: SOnday eve- ’ ning a cantata was directed by Miss Bernie Frankllh. The can i lata was entitled. “The New Born King.” Zion Reformed church: Sunday 1 evening a Christinas pageant, “Christmas through the Ages” was : given. Tuesday evening at 7:00 o'clock the children will present a special Christmas Eve program. ( Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock there will be a special Chtristmns , worship service. , Methodist Episcopal church: A j special service consisting of a ser- , mon by the pastor and two numbers by the choir, directed by Mrs. ( Dan Tyndall and accompanied by Mrs. Avon Burk, was held Sunday morning. Treats were given. A pageant was given at the annual Christmas program Sunday evening. Gospel Tabernacle: A Christmas j program was given at the church I Sunday evening. St. Mary’s Catholic church: The annual Christmas high mass Xvfll lie said at 5 o'clock Wednesday iporning. Other masses will be ((•(>NTl7rt'|..l> ON PAGE FOUR) TREAT STREETS TO AID SAFETY Streets Treated With Calcium Chloride To Remove Hazards ' Second street and several Lnuport- ' ant.street crossings in the city have I been treated with calcium chloride, as a measure of safety to auto drivi ers, Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner stated today. Tile calcium chloride melts the snow and makes it possible for auto drivers to come to a stop easily at crossings. Several cressings have been treated with the compound. Mr. Roop stated that if It continued to snow today the sidewalk plows would Ire pressed into ser-; vice this evening and every effort made to keep ipaths for pedestrians. Much of the snow along Second street and on Monroe street, where a WPA force is making a preliminary sewer survey, was hauled away this morning. City trucks were employed in hauling tho snow. The city can obtain WPA labor for constructing storm sewers and it a plan could he worked out so , | material was furnished or provided, the project would be started. The i WPA has assigned 45 men to DecaI tur sewer projects. • WEATHER Cloudy; local snows north and extreme east portions tonight; Thursday partly cloudy; colder tonight and Tuesday. t —oi' — ♦ HEALTH BONDS I t' 4 — -♦ ’ | Purchases of $5 health bonds by I six additional Decatur organiza- j ■ tions were announced today by W.

Guy Brown, head of the Adams County Tubercluosis Association. These bonds were purchased by the Research Club, Eastern Star, Lions Club, Delta Theta; Tau sorority, Jun-i lor Arts of TVoman's club and the American Legion auxiliary. The fund Is used to provide

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Circuit Court Jury Gives Verdict On Second Ballot Saturday Evening; Short Deliberation. SECOND TRIAL Joseph Everett will enjoy his first. Christmas in freedom since 1930 as the result of a verdict returned by seven .men and five women in the Adams circuit court Saturday night; at 6:35 o’clock. The verdict was returned two hours and 20 minutes after the case had been given the jury. The final arguments and the instructions were completed at 4:15 o’clock. The jury filed into the jurv room to deliberate. An hour’s intermission was taken for supper. Two ballots were taken. The first stood 11 to 1 for acquittal. The second one cheolved Everett of all blame for the death of Doras Werling on the banks of the St. Mary's river near Pleasant Mills on June 29, 1931. Special Judge Hanson F. Mills of Portland read the verdict. He then called Everett before the bar and admonished him to stay out of trouble in the future, stating that the evidence had shown that there had been an argument and that a man was fatally wounded even though the blame was not rested on Everett’s shoulders. Everett's face wax wreathed with smiles as he accepted the congratulations extended him by his attorneys and former judge S. L. Walters and John L. De Vess. Others of his neighbors, friends and rela- . lives from Pleasant Mills and Adams county milled around to shake his hand. He left immediately for PleasanT Mills with his sister, Mrs. Mary Longenberger of Pleasant Milla, who had .sat with him throughout tho trial. He did not wait to take all of Ills clothes from the jail. Tho -dynamic part of the trial, which began Monday, occurred Saturday afternoon a.- counsel made their final .pleas. During the pleas Mi. Everett's face was stolid and immovable. He expressed no emotion Mrs. Longenlierger wept quietly. Mrs. Mary Werling, widow -of Doras Werling. sat with lowered eyes, holding her young daughter, born shortly after its father’s death. The little girl, now three years old, was sleepy. Previously, she had been very energetic. smiling at all the court attaches. Tlie boy now six or seven years old remained wide awake, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Suspend Business On Christmas Day Practically all business in Decatur will be suspended Wednesday which is Christmas. The business ' houses in the city will remain open this evening and Tuesday evening to take care of tlie ususal Christmas last minute shopping rush. Most of the factories and industries will be closed. The post office will make deliveries of packages Christmas morning. Letters and cards will not be delivered. ROY L. KALVER RETURNS HERE Will Assist Father In Management Os Local Theaters Roy L- Kalver of Chicago, has resigned his position as manager of the Roosevelt theater in that city and will return to Decatur to enter into partnership with his father, I. A. Kalver in the management and operation of the Adams and Madison theaters. Mr. Kalver has been in the employ of Bala ban and Katz, nationally known theater owners, for more than nine years and during that time has managed a number of theaters In Chicago and Detroit. Ha j is thoroughly trained in the business and will be active in the management of the local plav houses. Mr. Kalver wll sever his connectlon with the Roosevelt theater on . January 4 and wll move to Deca- > tur the following week with hta I wife and daughter. They will reside . in the new McConnell apartments I on North Third street-