Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1936 — Page 1

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I Boy Scouts Feed Birds Thursday Members of o<>y Scout trooyu sponsored by th«» Rotary and Lfona , hilm and thn American I/*glon met Thursday cveninff to scatter feed for birds, who have been having great diffi uity In obialnlng auffieient feed because of weat her conditions. The woilts have been feeding the birds throughout the recent severe weather. The scouts are willing to iwsist in feeding birds if informed of needs. SINIFF SHOWN CLEMENCY BY STATE BOARD Linn Grove Bank Robber Is Granted Parole By Commission Indianapolis, Feb. 21. (U.K) Raleigh Siniff, sentenced to 20 years from Adams county in connection with a bank robbery at Linn Grove in .March. was paroled today l>y the state clemency commission. He was accompanied in the holdup by J. Phil Chamberlin. Elmer Wood, and James Gaither, who were sentenced to 20 years each. Wood and Camberlin were parol ed last November after serving nearly seven years. Gaither died October 20. 1980. Percy Dugan, former cashier at a Florence hank, sentenced from Switzerland county May 21, 1934, to 2-14 years for embezzlement, was denied clemency, lie allegedly was short approximately $15,000 in his accounts. Thirteen other inmates were denied, two were granted paroles and the sentence of another was commuted. Three cases were continued. Among those denied were: Frank Brown, Lake. June 23. 1933. 10 years, burglary; William Bowman. Putnam, March 6. 1933, 10 years, auto banditry, and Robert Gase, Vigo, Oct. 3, 1933, 3 10 years, burglary. . Wilfred Stackhouse, sentenced from Delaware county Nov. 10, 1932. to 10 years on a first degree burglary charge, was paroled. The term of Carl Patton, sentenced to 13 years from Allen county on a robbery charge, was commuted to 513 years. The cases of Dan Sasck, sentenced from Lake county to 10 years for robUWy, and Thomas Orban. Lake county, serving a 3-10 year sentence for burglary, were continued until the April term.

Delta Theta Tau Plans Style Show The Delta Theta Tau will sponsor a style bridge .show open to the public at the Elk'.s home Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The style show conducted during the bridge will be a showing of knit wear. Admission is 25c. Tickets may be secured from the mem Dera of the sorority. Package Liquor Hearing March 10 The Adams county alcoholic beverages commission will howl a hearing Tuesday, March 10, on the application of D wry C. Van Lear for a package liquor store will be located at 130 .Monroe street and it granted a license will handle liquor only in pacage form. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Mrs. J.E. Grider Dies This Morning At Elida, Ohio Mrs. J. E. Grider, 71, a native of French township, and sister of Moses Augsburger, Adams county commiE'.donar, died at 5 a. m. today at her home in Elida. Ohio after a nine-days illness of paralysis. The deceased was born in French township, a daughter of Christian and Barbara Augsburger and had lived in Elida for approximately <5 years. Surviving are the husband and two daughters: .Mrs. Bargara Biller, Elida, Ohio and .Mrs. Oliver Heading, Bellefontaine Ohio; one sister, Mrn. J. W- Hales, Dayton, Ohio; and six brothers: Daniel Augsburger, Dayton, Ohio; Moses and Charles, Berne; David and Amos, Elida, Ohio and Jacob, Geneva. Funeral services will be held at Elida Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock (EST), with burial at Elida

LOEB SLAYER IS INDICTED FOR MURDER Convict Slayer Indicted; Commission Probes Vice Conditions Joliet. 111.. Feb. 21 (U.R) -James Day. youthful convict who slashed Richard lxM*b to deajth in Stuteville penitentiary. w:.s fndkted on a I'hurge of murder today by the I Will county grand jury. Indictment of the young convict was first concrete result of a dual investigation which pictured smartly garbed Statenville prisoners converting their cells into gambling and drinking lounges. A commission appointed by Gov. Henry Horner to invcvtiga.te prison conditions reported ‘'some improvement” since Ihe appointment of Warden Joseph Ragen. Tlte commission was concerned also with tile joy-ride escape of John Floss, convict who toured Joliet and Chicago "spots” accompanied by Homer Talley, a guard. Four indictments were returned •against Talley, who had’ pleaded that he was threatened with a fate similar to latch's unless he acquiesced. indictments against Talley charged assisting Flotw' escape, permitting his esea.ne, concealing the convict, and failing to return him. The commission concerned itself with conditions generally, hoping to fashion a lecommendation for improvement. Its investigatotv reported that in the “old days," before Ragen’s appointment. the convicts enjoyed a country club leisure in their cells, iml ibing of bootleg liquor and obtaining narcotics at “$1 a jolt.” Two members of a. commission investigating the penitentiary reported the results of questioning 10 convict*. The investigators were assistant state's attorney Emmett Moynihan of t'ook county and Warden Roy Best of the Colorado state prison. Their disclosures included: Convicts pUtved poVer wtH» as much an $1,600 on the table while bribed guards turned their ba.'ks. As much as $15,000 was in circulation among prisoners at one (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 TALK ON EUROPE GIVEN TO CLUB Ladies Night Is Observed By Decatur Rotarians Thursday II — • Dr. Pau! 11. Krauss, pastor of the Trinity English Lutheran church of Fort Wayne, delivered a highly interesting and educational lecture on “European conditions and American Implications,” at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel.

The club observed regular ladles night, with wives and sweethearts of the members in attendance. Dr. Krauss traveled through practically every nation of Europe with the Sherwood Eddy study seminar last sunnier, and presented a graphic picture, not only of the individual citizens of these nations. but an intimate study of political and economic conditions in these countries. The study seminar, of which Dr. Krauss was a member, was conducted by Sherwood Eddy, one of the world's leading internationalists who has been conducting similar tours for several years. All over Europe. Dr. Krauss stated. Abyssinia is known as the “tinder box of Europe." Present difficulties between Abyssinia, or Ethiopia, as it is more commonly called in this country, and Italy, have the gravest significance to the peace of the world. At the present time, the speaker asserted, there are four outstanding problems confronting Europe. The first of these grave problems is the fact that peoples of all na(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Close Post Office All Day Saturday The local poet office will be closed all day Saturday in honor of George Washington's 'birthday. No rural or city mail will be delivered, with the exception of special delivery letters and parcel*. Outgoing mail may be dropped in the various boxeo. The First State Bank will also be closed all day.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday. February 21, 1936.

Leibowitz Quits Hauptmann Case i < y' ? ' J ■ ■ » x I H I ■■ ■ i i I I' *1 < V I - Samuel Leibowitz, right, shown leaving the state penitentiary at Trenton., N. J., with C. Lloyd Fisher, chief of Bruno Hauptmann's defense counsel, announced his withdrawal from the case liecau-se he believed Hauptmann :;uilty but was unable to make him talk. Following this development, a prison official disclosed that Hauptmann, whose new execution date is set for the work of March 30, had revealed in conversation with hio guards that he knew he was handling “hot money” when he passed the Lindbergh ransom notes, knowledge he denied at his trial.

DEATH CLAIMS I MRS. RANDALL Mrs. Loretta Randall Dies This Morning Near Craigville Mrs. Loretta Bowman Randall. 72, widow of Franklin Randall, died at 2 o'clock this morning al I her home one-half mile south and | one-half mile west of Craigville. ■ j She had been ill three months. • The deceased was born October I 19, 1863. a daughter of Gideon and | Elaine Sutbine Bowman. She was married in 18S5. Her husband preceded her in death August 12. 1928. Mrs. Randall was a member of the Union church of Craigville. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Daniel T. Brinneman of Bluffton; and two sons, Homer and Erwin of near Craigville; two sisters. Mrs. Eliza Davenport of Fort Wayne and Miss Nettie Bowman of Decatur. A brother Slid sister are deceased. Four grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Craigville Christian Union church with Rev. J. O. Hensley and Rev. H. H. Meckstroth officiating, with burial in the Elni Grove cemetery, Bluffton. O : WILL OBSERVE DAY OF PRAYER Protestant Churches To Observe Day Os Prayer Next Friday The annual observance of the World's day of .prayer for missions, sponsored by the women of the Protestant churches in Decatur, will be held next Friday, February 28. The thought of a day of prayer spread so that in 1927 a world day of prayer was first observed. This year, on the first Friday in Lent, as in former years, there will Ibe continuing prayer on the part of Christians in more than 50 countries. This year the theme of the day of prayer will be “Peace on Earth, good will toward men.’’ The movement is sponsored by three national bodies, the council of women for home missions, the committee on women's work of the foreign missions conference and the national council of federated church women. The simultaneous period of thanksgiving is designed to spur the Christian conscience to greater responsibility in the home and foreign missions and to promote through interdenominational activity the progress of the church ub- ; iversal.

Dan Costello Seriously 11l Dan Costello, well known Decatur , man. son of Mrs. Elizabeth Costel!Io of Gloss street, is seriously ill at Veteran’s hospital, Indianapolis. ; Mr. Costello, who is a world war veteran, entered the hospital last week. He was a patient at the Adams county Memorial hospital for .several weeks. Mrs. Costello nd daughter, Mrs. • Pat Mahan of Fort Wayne are at his bedside. Francis Costello, a brother of Dan. is confined to his home in ‘this city will illnessFIVE HUNDRED ATTEND PARTY Annual Prc-Lenten Party Held At K. Os C. Hall Thursday A crowd of about 500 people attended the annual pre-Lenten party at the Knights of Columbus hall last evening. The entertainment consisted of bingo, card games and dancing. Hal Teeter's orchestra furnished music during the evenin,. Fea tures were the cake-walk and square dances, the latter being announced by Herman Wolpert. A loud speaker system was erected in the ball room and many participated in the old fashioned quadrilles. The cake was awarded to Miss Hilda Heiman of this city. The committee in charge conI sisted of Elmo Smith, grand | knight; Joe Laurent, Clayson J. 1 Carroll. Patrick Miller. Cornelius | Geimer, Hubert P. Schmitt. Mrs. I Joe Lose and MT-s. Frank Gtllig. The party was for Knights of 'Columbus, members of their families and friends. Prize winners were as follows, for the ladies: Bridge, Mrs. Charles Lose and Miss Mary Margaret Voglewede. Pinochle, Mrs. Ben Eiting and Miss Mary Wolpert. Rhum, Mrs. L. C. Perry and Miss Alice Baker. Men's prizes: Bridge. Luzern Uhrick and Frank Schmitz. Pinochle, Bill Zeser and Tom Kitson. Rhum, John Heiman and Ed Bentz. Door prizes were given * > Geo. Schultz, Ben Eiting and Mrt William Parent. Drum Corps Card Party Tonight The drum corps of Adams tpost number 43 of the American Legion, will sponsor a card party at the Legion hall on South Second street tonight at 8 o'clock. Admission J price is 25 cents and the party is I open to the public.

SUBZERO WAVE IS APPARENTLY FI!''LLYOVER Forecasters Predict Moderate Temperatures For Week-End t'hicago Rob. 21 —(UP) — Icebound middlewest states obtained a week-end “breathing upell" from biting cold today. Forecasters predicted cautiously that the end of the cold wave may be in sight. Fuel and food supplies were replenished in communities which for weeks have been isolated from otitaMe contacts. Flood dangers menaced a considerable portion of the .Mississippi valley and it« tributary area. Rivers were jammed with ice gorges and drifts of snow, in some cases 30 feet deep, threatened to jam streams to peak capacity when the thaw etarts., > Heavy spring rains would be disastroruA, rivermen said. Fuel shortages which menaced hundreds of homes appeared abatedlowa families, hardest hit by blizzards which cut oft their supplies, were warmed by coal fires, the first in weeks so rwome. Mines were running at peak capactlty. Union miners resumed a five-day week in Illinois and Indiana and reiported the emergency at an end. Railroads rushed supplies to Wisconsin and other states where shortages existed and reported they (CONTINUED ON I’AGE ETGTTT) j — •<)"—■ Qualify Election Board Members Tnomas J. Durkin, well known auto dealer of this city is the member of the county election board, appointed by Democratic county chairman Nathan Nelson. : Grover Oliver, well known insur ance agent is the Republican member of the board, named by RepubI licau county chairman Ralph Yager. By virtue of his office, County Clerk G. Remy Bierly is the third member and chairman of the election commissioners. A transposition of type lines in an item in last evening's Daily | I Democrat caused an error, rela- 1 tive to the individual appointments ' made by the two county chairmen. The election commissioners have | already qualified for their posts! ' and will serve at the primary elec- i Hon. Tuesday, May 5. Defendant Files For New Trial On March 15. Judge Huber M. DeVoss will conduct hearing of the motion for a new trial filed by Ariel Walters, loser in the SIO,OOO damage suit brought against him by Fred Rawls, Jay county farmer in 1935. In December, 1935 the court awarded the iplaintiff $5,250 for injuries sustained in an auto wreck in 1933. The defendant filed the motion for the new trial today. The case was venued here in September 1935 front the Jay circuit court. FIRE DESTROYS SMALL COTTAGE Ed Newport Home Is Completely Destroyed By Fire Today The small cottage of Ed Newport in the Hanna addition near the General Electric factory on Ninth street, was completely destroyed by fire this morning at 8:30 o'clock. The origin of the fire was not definitely determined, but it is thought by firemen that sparks from an overheated .stove started the blaze. Mr. Newport was hi an adjoining field tending to livestock, when the fire occurred and after noticing the flames, was unable to call firemen until the blaze had nearly consumed the entire building. Straw piled around the foundation fed the flames, and prevented firemen from efficient!}' checking the blaze. The flames having made such headway before the firemen were called to the scene, the men were unabl to save any of the furniture or personal property. A few articles of metal, including Mr. Newport’s working tools and a few I victrola records were the only ones pulled from the flames with I the aid of the long fire hook. The total damage could not be determined, until a more definite | check could be made.

Asks Clergymen To Intercede To I Spare Hauptmann

BANQUET HELD LAST EVENING ('. E. Striker Speaks To Women’s Democratic Club Thursday Clifton E. Striker, county school superintendent, a<l dressed the members of the Democratic. Women's club at the annual George Washington day banquet al the National hotel last night. Mr. Striker said in part, "all nations are proud nations, and we in turn are proud of our nation. We are great because of tile great men and women, who have set the previous examples. Greece has had great men and from the exaples set by these men. set examples for nations Io follow, that still live. “Men and women of each genereration inspire the activities of that generation. Each generation should tell a story of its own. Washington should be the example from which we are to tell the story of this generation, and from that example we must produce a • leader of our own. Rook learning I and knowledge will aid in the pro- ■ ducing of such a loader in our : present day era.' ( Mr. Striker then recounted inI teresting events in the life of the former president, relative to that end. In closing, the speaker stated, “we light our torches from the funeral pyres of the great men gone before, and their spirits rule us from their urns.” Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp presided over the meeting, which was opened by the repeating of the American creed in unison, anfl the singing of “America.” The Rev. . G. O. Walton then led the prayer. The mtnnte* of the last meeting were read. Mrs. Dan Tyndall sang a group lof songs, consisting of "Hail Columbia.” "Yankee Doodle” and “Father of the Land We Love.” (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O WEATHER MARKS ARE SHATTERED Present Winter Go e s Down As Most Severe Ever Recorded Since January 22 and up to and t including February 20, there wore , 20 days of zero and below zero weather. As the winter progress-' ed, cold weather became more | severe, reaching a low of 15 below on February 18. Previous to January 22, there were six days when the mercury ! dropped below zero. Readings of below zero occurred on tlie following days in January: 22, 20 below: 23—20; 24 —18: 25—9; 26—5; 27—11; 28—2; 30— zero; 31—9 below; February: 1 — 10 below; 2—2: 5 —7; G —4; 7—6; 9—7; 10—5; 11—5; 18—14; 19— 8; 20—4. The present winter has gone down as the coldest in history. All records for below zero were shattered this year. In contrast to this winter, in 1931, farmers had started plowing on February 5 and before the end of the month had nearly all the work completed. o - Township Assessors Meeting Here Today Paul Weber, field representative of the state board of tax commissioners, conducted the school for the aides of Ernest Worthman, assessor, in the court rooms of the county court house. 'All assessor were in attendance, with the exception of Jay Cline, Decatur assessor, and Charles Abnet, Jefferson township, who were unable to attend. The school was opened at 10 o’clock and continued un- ' til late afternoon. Mr. Welber is 1 conducting the school for the ipur- ■ pose of instructing the assessors in ■ thei rvarious duties. o WEATHER L Somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday; colder t central and north portions tonight.

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Spiritual Adviser To Bruno Urges Pastors To Save Hauptmann From Death In ( hair. FLOOD OF RUMORS Trenton, N. J., Feb. 21 -(U.R) - Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s spiritual adviser today appealed to Lutheran clergymen throughout the country to intercede In an effort to save the Lindbergh baby slayer from the electric chair. A form letter to a "considerable number of ministers in the United States" was sent nut by the Rev. John Matthieeon begging their aid. The Rev. Matthieson, who hap talked to Hauptmann frequently in the death cell, consistently has contended Hauptmann is innocent of the crime. Although Matthieson was away today it was said at his home that the clergymen were requested Io give their “support a.s Christians’ to the fight Hauptmann Is making against execution. Meanwhile, sources close to <ov. Harold G. Hoffman admitted that unless Dr. John F. (Jafsiei Condon, one of the state s main witnesses against the German carpenter. returns voluntarily to this country little can be doYie to clarity “appaent discrepancies” in his story of the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Hauptmann has written begging Condon to return. Dr. Condon, elderly Bronx school teacher, is vacationing in Panama, and apparently is one of the few hopes left for the defense to save Hauptmann from the chair March 31. Governor Hoffman, who used a reprieve to preserve Hauptmann s ' life until now, frequently has claimed that Dr. Condon told different stories before, during, and ■ after the Flemington trial in ' which Hauptmann was found guilty. Defense principals Imlieve Dr. Condon intends to remain in Panama until after Hauptmann s execution. Member* of Governor Hoffman's staff said the only way to force the return of Dr. Condon would he !by attempting to get a perjury ■ indictment against him and using 11 it as a springboard for extradition proceedings. This plan, however, i was not considered feasible, it. ' was said. The floixl of mmol’s accelerated by the dramatic withdrawal from J the case of Samuel Leibowitz, !noted criminal lawyer, continued, i Governor Hoffman denied pub- , lished reports that he was con(CONTINUED ON PAGESEVENI O Decatur Enjoys Better Weather With tho temperature hovering around 28 degrees above zero In the shade, local citizens were enjoying 1 a respite from the cold today. The ice and snow were slowly giving way before the warm rays of tho sun, making walking and driving more enjoyable. The weather man predicts at least 48 hours of continued moderate temperatures with the lowest drop tonight being 10 or 12 degrees above zero. Q—SARAH HFTTLER DIES THURSDAY Aged Blue Creek Township Woman Dies As Result Os Fall Mrs. Sara K. Hettler, age 83, wide ow of the late Solomon Hettler, died ■ Thursday evening at her home in Blue Creek township of compliesi tions following a fall in which she broke her right hip. Mrs. 'Hettler slipped on a rug in ■ her home and fractured her hip last. , Sunday. Due to her advanced age ■ complications developed, death re- • suiting last evening. The deceased had been a resident t of Blue Creek township nearly all - her life. She would have been 84 I years old next month. Mrs. Hettler is survived by a son. Walter of Monroe, a daughter, Mrs. Florence Campbell of Indianapolis and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Salem M. E. church Burial in the Trkker cemetery.