Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1936 — Page 1

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HOLD SUSPECT IN KIDNAPING OF LAST YEAR| Federal Agents Arrest Man For Weyerhaeuser Kidnaping New Yortt. March 13 —(UP)' Edward Bentz, wanted in connection with the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser. young heir to a lunger j fortune, last year was taken into custody today by federal agents who bombarded his flat with tear gas bombs. Federal agents eaid Bentz was a 1 "riuwpect" in the Weyerhaeuser case but refused to divulge what thie connection was Bentz, ateo sought as a participant in several bank robberies, was found hiding in a dumbwaiter, clad only in his underwear. The flat yielded two machine gun®, a rifle, three pistols, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition Bentz was alleged by federa agents to have been implicatfled in the sl,-042,(k00 robbery of the I-in coin (Neb.) National bank in September 1930. Ten G-men surrounded a fourstory brick tenement in Brooklyn and concentrat-d on the five room apartment in which Louis Phillips.: his wife and three young children ' had lived since Feb. 20. with a 1 “boarder.” The door of the flat was locked I and there was no response to | knocks. One of the agents then i opened a rear window and tossed in j ; several tear gae bombs- Philips, | tears running down his face, opeae.l t the door and ran into the hallway | with his wife and children. They were held only for question-1 ing and investigation A search of the apartment failed Ito disclose any tract of Bentz al- . though hits weapons were found. I When the dumbwaiter was opened ■ i an agent saw the fugitive, clinging I I to the ropes between the second and third floors and apparently trying to reach the roof. “Come down or I'll shoot,’’ the (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Tomato Growers To Meet Monday

A meeting of members of the Adams county tomato growers association and interested persons will be held Monday. March 16 at 7 o’clock p. in., in the court room of the county court house. Representatives of the Crampton Canneries, Inc., will outline their proposition and discuss matters of importance to the growers. AH are urged to be present. COUNTY AGENT ATTENDS MEET District Meeting Os County Agents Held At Fort Wayne County Agent L. E. Archbold attended the district meeting of agricultural agents and assistants of 10 counties in the Federal building in Fort Wayne yesterday. The meet was the monthly district session of the farm leaders. Speakers for the meet included L. M. Busching, assistant county agricultural leader of Purdue and Keller Beeson, of the Purdue agronomy division. Mr. Busching substituted for Hugh S. Heckard former Allen county farm agent who originaly was scheduled to appear. Mr. Beeson recounted the various projects that his department in the university had made available for the furthering of the work, and Mr. Beeson spoke to the stenographers in the afternoon session, regarding their office work, giving them helpful hints on the matter. Miss Mildred Koldeway, stenographer in the office. Mrs. Archbold and Mrs. H. B. Macy accompanied the county agent. Other routine business was conducted by the representatives from Allen, Whitley. DeKalb. Noble. Huntington, Wabash, Grant. Elkhart, Wells and Adams counties.

Woman to Oppose Senator Lewis W ■<**** hWMF 4T ’ F 1 I ■s’’-- Sfl BM_!* n * tor Uwi « Ruth McNamar. T m flattered.” was the comment made by Senator Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, left, when informed that Miss Ruth McNamara, right, would oppose him for the Democratic senatorial nomination.

“Good Will” Bond Sale Committee To Meet This Evening ♦ — ♦ A, R. Ashbaucher and J. L. Kocher, co-chairmen of the "Good Will” bond sale drive for retail stores, filling stations and garages, have called a meeting of all members of their committee at 7:30 tonight at the mayor's court room in the city hall. Every member is urged to be present to complete final plans for the drive starting Monday. The complete committee follows: T. J. Metzler, Charles Holthouse. Robert Zwick, Oscar Ijankenau. William Lose. Ben Lange. August Heiman, Al D. Schmitt, Ed Lose. Wilson Lee. Harold Niblick. Lawrence Kleinhenz, Morris Pingrey. Harry Staley. Carl Gerber. Albert Miller. Ed Boknecht, Appelman, Clyde Butler. Frank Krick. Martin Gilson, Mrs. George Foos, Arline Becker, George Stults. Alva Nichols, Charles Hite. Ralph Yager. o TRI STATE MEET HERE SEPT.I2 Tri-State Convention Os Red Men Will Be Held In Decatur Five members of the local order of Red Men met in Dunkirk last night at the Dunkirk Red Men lodge with Great Prophet Patterson. of Indianapolis, and returned with the announcement that the Tri-State Red Men convention, one of the largest meetings of the older is to be held here on September 12. This convention, embracing lodges in Ohio. Michigan and Indiana has always been one of the most coveted of the meetings, and the local men were congrateulated by the members in being able to establish the meet here. M. A. Breiner. member of the commit-1 tee, who motored to Dunkirk last; night, stated that the expected attendance'would range to nearly 1.500 representatives of the lodges in the three states, in comparison with previous tri-state meetings, and an effort would be made to set a new record at the Decatur convention. Officers of the lodge and members of the executive committee began work this morning in selecting committees to act in completing arrangements for the big meet, and plans are to be started immediately. Those who were in Dunkirk last night as represent-i atives of the local order were D. ■ F. Breiner, A. M. Hilton, Carl Hower. Jacob Musser and M. A. Breiner. These men also attend the session of the Dunkirk lodge, | while in that city, and secured the | promise of active cooperation from that lodge in the work of holding the fall convention. All members are urged to attend each of the following meetings of the local order to aid in preparations for the coming event. Geneva Man Freed On Bond Os SSOO John Pyle, of Geneva, who had been held in the Adams county jail for the past several days, was released on probation for a year yesterday after being arraigned in court and furnishing the SSOO bond previously affixed by the court. Pyle, who was held on a charge of child desertion, was ordered by the court to pay $8 weekly to his wife for the support of herself and her child for a period of one yean or further order of the court.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 13, 1936.

VETERANS FILE APPLICATIONS Bonus Payments To Veterans Will Be Made After -July 1 Raymond Kohne. service officer of Adams post No. 43 of the American Legion, who is in charge of the filing of applications for veteran's bonus in the county, stated today that he had received word from Harry R. Hall, state service officer, that the vets would probably receive their share of the bonus payments after July 1. Service officer Hall, in his letter to Mr. Kohne, stated in part: "No bonds or cash will be sent out until AFTER June 15. 1936. My personal opinion is that the majority of the veterans who have filed, will receive settlement between July 1 and September 1, 1936. There is no way to receive an earlier settlement. “It is well to remember that the bonds are as safe and sound an investment as exists in the United States * * * They may be cashed at any time (after receipt) without depreciation, but make a splendid reserve and should be held, it possible, for an urgent need as protection to our dependents.” | Mr. Kohne stated that at the 'present time approximately threei fourths of the veterans have filed (heir applications from this county, representing an amount of about $243,000. The total estimated payment to eligible veterans in the county is $328,000. The filing office in the Kohne Drug company is still maintained for the convenience of the veterans. and those who have not applied may do so at any time. WEATHER Cloudy weather and rising temperatures tonight and Saturday with rain Saturday.

MT VOGIEWEDE IS CANDIDATE Local Attorney Enters Race For County Prosecuting Attorney Arthur E. X’oglewede, well known attorney of this city, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney from the 26th judicial district. Mr. Voglewede lias been practicing law in Decatur since 1934, following his return from Louisville, where he was employed by "the government in the Federal Land Bank. The candidate is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Voglewede of this city. Following the completion of his high school course at Decatur Catholic high school, he entered Notre Dame university in 1926 and took a two year course of study. In 1928 he entered Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., and was graduated from that institution with an L.L.B. degree in 1932. It. was while he was attending Georgetown that he was admitted to the Adams County bar in 1930. Mr. Voglewede also served with the Department of Financial institutions in 1933. Prior to his going to Louisville, Mr. Voglewede opened a law office in this city and was active in the 1932 campaign, being In charge of headquarters previous to the election. Mr. Voglewede is married and lives on West Adams street.

HARRY HOPKINS DENIES CHARGE AGAINST WPA

Administrator Refutes i Charges Os Politics And Graft Washington, Mar. 13. (U.R) The | $4,000,000,000 work program be-1 came u major issue of the 1936 campaign today as Harry L. Hopkins sought to refute charges of politics and graft against his works progress adm ini s t rat io n. IVPA already is under fire in West Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Officials anticipate accusations in other states as the November election approaches. Hopkins issued categorical denial of the charges, explaining them with this statement: "Os course, remember, this is election | year.” He promised, however, to investiIgate “every specific complaint (against WPA." A resolution is ' pending before the senate to inquire into work-relief activity. Declaring that “there has been only an inconsequential amount of graft since the beginning of the program," Hopkins announced: "I'll fire any WPA man in the country -no matter how high up he is—if we find he's canvassing our people for campaign money or | has been electioneering. ( “We'll go down the line to keep [dean of politics and graft. We j won't stand for anybody playing [politics with our program." | A Democrat, Sen. Rush D. Holt, [of West Virginia, brought the most I serious charges. His statements resulted in a 10-day investigation ordered by Hopkins. He said in a series of senate speeches that the West Virginia WPA administrator. W. F. McCullough. was using his office to run and develop factional politics: (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES Mrs. William Bultemcier Dies At Home In Preble Township —— Mrs. Sophia Bultemeier. So. died , at her home in Preble township at 3 a m. today of heart trouble. Mrs. Bultemeier had not been well for the past two months but had been bedfast only a week. The deceased was born January 16. 1865, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Christ Blomeniberg of Adams county. She wae married February 23, 1873 to William Bultemeier who survives. On February 23 of this year the couple celebrate! their 60th wedding anniversary.

Mrs Bultemeier was a member of the Zion Lutheran church of Friedhelm and was active in tha societies of the church. Surviving are nine children. Gust, Allen county; Adoliph, Mrs. Herman Buuck, Mrs. Rudolph Buuck, Herman, Frieda and Herbert, all of Preble township, Mrs. William Dettnier. Preble, 28 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. One son, ; William, is deceased. Two brothers, Fred Blomenberg. Adams county and Christ, Fort Wayne and a half sister, Mrs- Augusta Lang. Fort Wayne, also survive. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 (CST) at the home and 2 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Walter Werning will offiiate. giving the sermon in both English and manThe body will be moved from the Zwiok funeral home to the residence ana may be viewed this evening. o Plaintiff Awarded Judgment Os $950 After deliberating only one hour and five minutes, the jury in the $1,209 damage suit of Mrs. Minnie Aeschliman against the Berne Savings and Loan association returned a verdict in favor of the plantiff, and awarded her judgment in the sum of $950 late yesterday afternoon. The trial, conducted over an alleged breach of trust by the association in the failure to turn over a warranty deed to the plaintiff, when on a mortgage were defaulted. covered only a two day period, and was deemed by the court one of the few instances when the services of a jury were required to settle a civil case of its kind.

European Nations Face Real Danger Os War; Adolf Hitler Refuses To Withdraw Troops

MARIAN NEPRUD TALKS TO CLUB — Homesteads Director Talks To Rotary Club Thursday Night Miss Marian Neprud, recently [ placed in charge of the Decatur , subsistence homesteads, delivered , an interesting address on "inter-. national Relations" at the weekly , meeting of the Decatur Rotary ; club Thursday evening at the Rice ( hotel. Miss Neprud. whose home is in i Milwaukee, has traveled extensive- [ ly in foreign countries and also taught in schools in China. The speaker told of the splendid work done by Rotary International and similar organizations in promoting good will among the individuals of nations throughout the world. She urged the local Rotar- i ians to take more interest in inter- ■ ternational relations and condi- . tions, in order to have a better tin- [ derstanding of world affairs. “We are all citizens of the world I today." Miss Neprud said, “we can , live a better and happier life if, we better understand other peo-1 pies. In the words of Confucius, I ancient Chinese philosopher, 'hu- [ inanity means to love men. knowl-1 edge means to know men.' ” Miss Neprud then told of some I of her experiences as a social i worker in Milwaukee, where she came in close contact with the Ro-! tary club of that city. Each year. ! the speaker said. Milwaukee Ro-1 tarians hold an international banquet, with citizens of foreign coun-1 J tries, who are students in colleges I and universities in and near Mil- ' waukee, as the honored guests. iTkt-se students are also aided by I (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Catholic Women Meet Here Today Representatives from 35 parishes j ’[ in this district gathered at the I : Knights of Columbus ball this afteri noon where the district meeting of 1 the national council of Catholic | ( women is being held. Mrs. Harold Smith, president of J the St. Mary's unit gave the address ;of welcome, following the prayer ! by Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz- ' i The meeting was op?n to all parrish and committee chairmen with MrsRobert O'Connor, deanery president, scheduled to conduct the business session. Spe ial music was to be given ' later in the afternoon by a girls’ trio of the local student spiritual council, and a panel discussion was i to be conducted by leaders of the: council from Decatur and Fort i Wayne. I o BOND SALESMEN HOLD MEETING Enthusiastic Meeting Held Thursday For Centennial Drive An enthusiastic meeting of Clayson Carroll’s group of salesmen for ' the sale of Centennial Good-Will bonds, which will open Monday, was held last evening in the mayor’s court room in the city hall. ' More than 30 men and women attended. Mr. Carroll reported whole-hearted support from memi bers of his committee. His comi mittee will call on employes in offices. stores and factories. Mr. Carroll expressed confidence that his committee would reach the goal assigned to them and i members of the committee supported him enthusiastically. Carl C. Pumphrey, general chairman of the Centennial Association * outlined to the Good-Will bond ’ salesmen the tentative program being arranged for the celebration 1 next August. The pageant, com- ’ posed of between 609 and 750 per--1 sons will be the outstanding fea- ' ture of the week. H. F. Ehinger, general finance ’ chairman for the sale of bonds ■ was all aglow with enthusiasm to--1 day as he expressed his appreci--1 ation to committee chairmen and ■ groups for their hearty support. ■ He expects the sale of bonds to ■ be completed within a week and > said he had every reason to be- > lieve that the goal would be reached.

U. B. Evangelist Miss Marguerite Myers, daughter of Rev. G. M. Myers of the Grace U. B. church at Chicago. , will open a two weeke revival service at the local United Breth- , ren church Sunday. Miss Myers I will speak each evening, closing [the services March 29. JUDGMENT IS i AWARDED HERE Mrs, G. Hopkins Granted SIO,OOO Judgment In Local Court Mrs. Galen Hopkins, adminietra- ; tor of the eetate of her husband. Galen R. Hopkine, who died from I the results of injuries sustained when he was struck by the car of Lawrenc ■ J. Hoeltje. of Fort Wayne I on January 13. 1935. wae awarded damages of SIO,OOO in the Adams circuit court yesterday sft-mrrm against Hoeltje. who failed to appear. The case had been .scheduled for trial ort February 17, ibut Hoeltje [failed to appear at that t‘me as he lis serving a term in prison for i accepting bribes, while in office assessor of Wayne township. Allen [county. The case was continued to yesterday, and when Hoeltje again 1 failed to appear the cause was submitted to the court without the intervention of a jury. After hearing the evdience the [ court found for the plaintiff and awarded her a judgment of SIO,OOO and costs tincurred in the case. According to the complaint, Mr. [ Hopkins had been walking along i the Goshen road in Fort Wayne near St- Mary’s avenue, on the date I mentioned, when lie was struck I by a car driven by the now imprisloned Hoeltje. in a careless, reckless and negligent manner. Mr. Hop- 1 [ kins died later from the effects of l the injuries, which included a frac|tured skull. j Mrs. Hopkins, whose hueband ' was an optometrist, was left with i two children, and stated in the com- [ plaint that as the husband had [ been making S3O a week she had a i burden trust upon her in the supI port of the two young children. o ,— Candidates For Precinct Heads! — August Heiman, local restaurant proprietor, announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket for precinct oommittee man from Decatur, second ward B in the coming primary. Cyril Heiman filed his candidacy for nomination for committeeman from North Washngton precinct on the Democratic ticket in the primary election. « o Emma Fox Dies This Morning Miss Emma Fox. 67. died at the Adams county memorial hospital at 4:45 o’clock this morning. Miss . Fox underwent an operation for removal of one leg as the result of gangrenous infection Thursday night. Her death was sudden, evidently caused by a blood clot in the heart. The deceased was born in Moni roe township, a daughter of Mr. i and Mrs. Michael Fox. She had • never married. The only surviv- ■ ing relative is a sister. Mrs. MaI linda Moser. Fort Wayne. Funeral . services will be held at the Mrs. i Noah Fox home one mile north of l Berne at 1:30 p. m. Sunday and at • 2 o’clock at the Berne Evangelical • church. Burial in the M. R. E. cemetery _

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France Takes Determined Stand On German Invasion Os Rhineland; Britain Refuses Support. MEET SATURDAY Hy Louie F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) Europe was faced with a real danger of war. France, esged on by Soviet Russia, was determined that Adolf Hitler either withdraw his troops from the Rhineland or be snliject to penalties through the league of nations. Hitler ha.® made hie refusal to withdraw the troops so emphatic there can hardly be any question of his backing down, unless a 1 compromise so fa.vorahle to him can be offered that he could re move the troops without losing face. France is in no mood to make concessions. A situation exists in which no nation wants war. but may be forced into it. Even the power of Great Britain. which is determined to prevent war if possible, and not to l>e dragged into one In any event. ! may not be ajile to prevent an ! outbreak. Britain took a strong stand at the London talks today, refusing to support the French demand for enforcement of league penalties. But if France feels that now is the time to suppress Hitler permanently before he has built up such a powerful nation that it would be difficult to conquer, it is conceivable that she might line up enough military support to do j the job without Britain. It is doubtful if Germany could find any allies. The council meeting in London tomorrow therefore will be perhaps the most fateful in the history of the league Something may be worked out overnight, but as it stands today. France a.nd Russia will insist, first, on strong condemnation of Germany, and then on the application of sanctions. They would be supported by Poland. Roumania. Turkey, and perhaps Uy Italy a,nd Portugal. Britain might vote "no” or abstam from voting. The other members of the council are Argentina, Australia —which would go with Britain—Chile, Denmark. Ecuador, and Spain. 30,000 Soldiers (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Berlin. Mar. 13—(U.R) -Germany has a, total of 30.090 soldiers in the Rhineland, the propaganda minister informed the United Press to- [ day. These include 11.000 of the state police, incorporated into the army after the occupation of the Rhineland. it was said. Their green uniforms are identical with those of the army. The other 19.000 men. it wa.s added, comprise 19 battalions of (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) __o GIVE SPEECHES ON CENTENNIAL Mayor Holthouse, Carl Pumphrey Speak To High School Pupils Mayor A. R. Holthouse and C. C. Pumphrey, chairman of the executive committee of the Centennial celebration, spoke to the students of both the Decatur public, high school and Catholic high school this morning on the weekly Friday morning programs in tha interest of the Centennial. The speakers advised the students of the opening of the Centennial Bond sale, and asked them to lend their enthusiasm to the support of the sale in an effort to reach the goal set in a minimum ■ time and to pledge their support of the celebration by aiding in tho plans in any manner they might, ■ be asked. The efforts of (he Centennial I leaders were well received and the ■ young people responded to the ■ plea for their share in the demonI stration in a fine manner, assuring ■ the men of one hundred per cent t cooperation from the young men and women in their efforts to make I the demonstration the greatest ever to tike place in this commun-