Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1936 — Page 1

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HINT FIRE USES HEAVY IMAGE MONDAY tire Jay County Town | S Endangered By Flames Monday k 0( Monday Ln at «'y ant elltl ‘ l " sered £ town as BBryant. Geneva Portland lire department, with an inadequate water y to extinguish 15 blazes. The was estimated at approxi.l. 160,000. ' blare originated in a buildowned by the Geneva Milling Grain company, recently used ■ hatchery. This was burned L ground. Sparks flying over lo wn set H tinder-dry, wood«led roofs on tire. “ before the elevator buildwas razed, the 100 gallon cisti in the town were exhausted. L s( , theories were advanced p the cause of the blaze. They p a carelessly discarded elite in the hatchery, defective ng or a spark from a Pennsyl|a railroad engine from the rby track. util recently the elevator had i used as a hatchery. All ihery equipment, including in|Wrs. was destroyed with an jOTimate loss ot between *36,and 140.000. The elevator w and a warehouse used to e cement and lime were both illy dewroyed, with a loss of gren *15.000 and *20,000, inling elevator machinery. ill insurance covered the loss the merchandise. The buildi were one-third covered, it was ioritatively reported. (proximately a car load of celt and lime was carried out beI the blaze reached the ware he scattered roof fires over the n were extinguished by the perty owners with well water blankets. t five o'clock, chief danger to town was a burning pile of 42 l of coal approximately 50 feet l a Standard Oil bulk plant, in th was stored 25,000 gallons of oline and oil. At this time re was no water stored in the CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

IS EXPLOSION AUSES DAMAGE Imon Gehrig Home imaged By Fire Following Explosion can ot naptha gas, exploding B the intense heat, was given the cause of a fire at 9:45 this mine at the Tillmon Gehrig ic on West Adatns street. Itc Chief Charles Robenold ted that he would be unable to t* an accurate estimate of the ttW until late this afternoon,! Ike loss would run into hunof dollars. kc can, sitting in an enclosed k porch, exploded, igniting adtwood work. The flames up the studding of the ls and reached the upstairs, be- ' fireme “ were able to check rapidly burning timber, dried the excessive temperatures 1 past few days. ke stopper ot the can was found Mo, her side of the room, coring the theory of the can n S Volunteers, neighbors 'Passersby, fearing that the., wood would go up in joined in removing furniBrp ar ‘ ' a 'uables from the house, J Water and smokft could jay damage to the house- ■ “longings. h iX R ° benold iaßued a warnu h dy ’ aski ng that all precaudi. t !' <en against fl re during . an ; r ° US ftre ’ with tlm ”er L lo * front the excessive °udburst Halts Train Service Juiy I*—(UP)—j' *" Bainv-n heid up t(xlay b °’ ! •it of I * and Uultenson as o llt 9„ C ou<lburst which wash- 1 ife ln fe , et of Great North-!' b*' re '' a " ark ' ■• Leather — i ' Wsd t ' nued Warm to ’ and w , edn '»day unsettled •how e lo f al thunder- , late aft. d nOt 80 warm by . «Pt 1! or "'Oht, ex- ! portion Ktr *'"e southeast

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f WANT MATERIAL * "Where can the Centennial j i1 pageant props committee ob- . || tain a phaeton, closed coach, || ’ | tally-ho and a yoke of oxen?" j | These vehicles and the oxen 11 were common sights during the | early history of the county and |" are needed to muke the histor- I. | leal pageant representative of I I the progress made in the last | century. Any one who knows [ 11 where these articles might be . | obtained is requested to cull j ' ■ I either Dr. Patterson, general \ , | chairman of the pageant com- i i J mittee or Al Schmitt, chairman | | of the "props" committee. ADD NAMES iT PAGEANT CAST Additional Members Os Pageant Cast Are Announced Today Additional members of the east 1 were announced today for the historical pageant. "A Century March es By”, to be given during the first ■ three days of the Decatur Centennial celebration. August 2 to 8. These members are: Ballet Kathryn Affolder. Mary Jane i Beery, Barbara Burk, Anabelle ■ Doan. Evangeline Fuhrman, Betty Hunter, Kathryn Knapp, Helen Jean Kohls, Marjorie Massonee, ; Flora Marie Lankenau, Gladys Miller, Anna Jane Tyndall. , Martha Myers, Maxine Martin, Jeanette Winnes, Peggy Staley, Zulu Porter, Donabelle Fennimore, , Florence McConnell. Naomi Ward, Eleanor Niblick. Monica Schmitt, , Alice Baker, Joan Colchin, Maxine ; Girod. . < Ethel Kleinhenz, Margaret Lose. Agnes Reed, Virgene Ulman, Alta Klepper, Joan Parent, Catherine 1 Jackson, Kathryn Kohls, Alice 1 Kathryn Baker. Jane Krick, Mar- 1 garet McGill. Kathryn Murphy. Gladys Wynn, Mary Eichorn, 1 Evelyn Adams, Virginia Breiner, 1 Margaret Hoffman, Viola Ells-J worth, Bernice Beineke, Gladys ' Harvey. Melba Kraft. Betty Smith. Harriet Gilson. Marcella Tutewll-' er.

Mary Reber. Ruth Lozier, Audrey Crosbie, Janet Schrock. Eileen Jackson. Nina Eichar, Kathryn King, Lois Sovine, Lend Teeter. Belty Hamm. Rosella Heare Elma June Wynn and Margaret Hoffman. Second Ballet Group Martha Erma Butler, Jane Linn, Madeline Spahr, Kathryn Hower, Sara J. Kauffman, Ferril Fennimore. Mary K. Tyndall. Mary Klepi per, Helen Suttles. Jeanette Gard, Phyllis Krick. Marjorie Carrol’, Agness Nelson Madeline Crider, Harriet Fruchle Marjorie De Voss. Mary Cowan. Margaret Wertzberger, Loreta Lose, Marceline Gage, Mildred Miller. Dorothy Miller, Helen Gillig, Mary Terveer, Marlowe Hoagland. Betty Frislnger, Alice Jane Archbold, Gladys Doan. Vera Porter, Luella Frohnapfel, Mary K. Leonard, Eloise Leonard, Helen Barthel, Mildred Teeple, Mary Ulman, Agnes Wolpert, Martha Foos, Leia Palmer, Barbara Krick, Virginia Dolch, Naomi Franklin. Ruth Porter, Miriam Haley, Josephine Fennimore, Joyce Riker, Rosemary Holthouse. Bernice Closs, Charlotte Elzey, Evelyn Kohls, Harriet Shockey. Vivian Lynch, Kathryn Hill. Delores Russell and Evelyn Mailand.

FARMERS SEEK NEGRO ATTACKER Alabama Negro Sought By Mob Os Farmers For Alleged Rape Anniston, Ala., July 14. —(U.R) — The negro attacker of 25-year-old Mrs. Joephlne Hill, who is being hunted by an angry mob of farm men and boys, reportedly was held today in Calhoun county jail. Lieut. Col. John Moore of the 167th infantry told the United Press a negro suspect was picked up early today by local authorities. County police, however, denied they had a suspect in jail. It was reported the negro, said to be held in jail, was picked up near a foundry on the northwest edge of Anniston. National guardsmen and possemen continued to search the wooded sections near Anniston for the fugitive—the troopers not certain that the suspect was the man wanted and the volunteer hunters unaware that an arrest had been made. Summers is said to have brought (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

FORESEE RISE IN MILK PRICE FROM WEATHER Drought Brings Drop In Production; Increase Foreseen I (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Chicago, July 14— (U.R) — Paslures burned to a dry, hard crisp under a blazing sun and the resultant fall in dairy production (promised today to boost America’s milk bill. In Chicago alone, where producers announced a one-cent per quart increa.se could >be expected within the next two days, an increase of *9,000 per day was predicted. Summer consumption totals about 900,(MK, quarts daily, Paul Potter, secretary of the Milk Dealers’ Association said. Prices aje expected to rise from ill to 12 cents per quart. In southeastern Wisconsin, where farmers saw rich pasture land turn to dry, sifting dust, prices were expected to go up one to two cents per quart by July 16. Petitions to raise the price were under consideration by the Win-1 consin department of agriculture I and markets today. Butter and ( eggs were up five cents and more in Milwaukee. Dealers said fresh fruits and vegetables were up 15 per cent. Distributors at Lincoln. Neb., said milk production was down 25 per cent and that a price increase was imminent. Pasturage was at| a premium. Producers in the Fort Wayne ajea were to demand an immediate hearing before the state milk control board for increases to *2.30 per hundredweight and 11 j cents per quart for retailers. Grain prices, they said, made pro-i fitable production impassible und ' er present conditions. Kansas City producers will demand a one cent increa.se Thursday and at St. L<ouis, Mo., were to pay *2.35 per hundredweight, a 15 cent increase. Prices in New York state hiked •25 cents per hundredweight for (CONTINUWD ON PAGE FOUR) I

DEATH CLAIMS JOHN LOBSIGER Retired Vera Cruz Business Man Dies At Bluffton Hospital John Lobeiger. 74, retired businessman . f Vera Cruz, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the Wells county hospital after a week's illness of uremic poisoning. The deceased was born in Switherland, July 30. 1861. and came to this country at an early age. He married Eliza Dettinger at Vera Cruz. O tober 6. 1885. She died In 1920. For the 'ast five years, Mr. Loheiger had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Rose Tucker at Warren. Surviving besides the daughter are two brothers, Harry and Martin Lobsiger, both of Gary, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Jahn funeral home in Bluffton, with the Rev. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Property Valuations In County Increase

The total net real estate and personal property valuation for Adams county this year Is $19,- ! 678,826. according to a table prepared by County Auditor John W. Tyndall today. This is an increase of more than half a million dollars over last year. The real estate, including improvements, represents the major part of the valuation with a, total of $16,819,592. This year additional improvements consisting of the construc-

— " Laud lotslAdditional I 1935 1936 | | 1936 Taxing Improve- | Improve- 1935 | 1936 Mortgage Mortgage 1936 ! Net Unit ments I ments Personal | sonal | Excmp. Exemp. | Total | Gains fhdon - $ 872;275|TT.00() $“157,360~ $179,110 | $ 77,6’50 | $ T 0,690 $ 975.690 | $ 23,' 11T n'". 1,283,114 I 2,825 234,610 264.470 I 89,880 | 93,120 1,457,289 | 28,548 p,’ blp 932.440 i 410 225.480 | 2 60.570 | 69.700 | 66,100 1,127,320 | 39,100 Kirkland 902,025 | 1.900 163,070 | 178,590 j 66,080 | ' 62,930 1.019,585 | 20,570 Washington 1.359,978 j 2,500 196,040 2 62,250 I 95,090 i 92.340 1,532,388 | 69,550 St Marvs 786 8811 800 115.585 1 28,270 67.290 | 70,260 845,6911 10,585 Blue Creek 785,165 I 450 141,690 165,950 j 71,900 | 69,580 881,985 27,030 Munroe 1,401,915 I 1,050 256,780 3 02,320 | 135,900 j 140,060 1,565,225 | 41,850 p rench 855,783 j 160,780 204.270 | 58,970 | 55,770 | 1.004,173 46,600 Hartford 932,490 | 143,550 164,480 60,900 | 66,400 I 1,030,570 15,430 Wabash 1,066.066 | 1,205 189,710 2 26,990 j 79,030 | 88,870 | 1.205,391 28,645 Jefferson 861,710 300 128,320 146.170 I 75,630 I 69,530 938,650 23,670 p en e V a 281,760 350 117,850 1 23.640 | 32,700 | 29,970 375,780 8,940 Berne 1.029,650 24,735 447,925 4 92,200 I 106,590 | 109,880 1,436,705 I 65,840 Monroe Monroe 93,900 47,610 43,840 I 8,290 | 5,280 133,160 190 Monroe-Wash 15,050 3,040 3,920 300 360 18,610 820 Decatur-Wash. 3,188,080 i 30,114 734,840 807,025 239,920 265,240 | 3,759,979 67,784 Decatur-Root 171,315 | 13,650 187,110 1 86,920 1,250 1,250 | 370,635 13,475 —— ' $16,819,592 | $81,989 $3,651,350~~ $4,140,985 $1,337,090 $1,363740 | $19,678,826 | $531,957

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 11, 1936.

First “Wooden Money” Sale is i ytf ! * I / JI I ■ Col. Fred Reppert Mayor A. R. Holthouse The above photo depicts the first sale of the ’ wooden money" available at all stores in Decatur as a souvenor of the city’s Centennial celebration. The picture shows Col. Fred Reppert. nationally known auctioneer of this city, making the first sale to Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur.

CITY SWELTERS IN HEAT WAVE I Thermometer Shows 105 In Shade Early This Afternoon The thermometer again soared above the 100 mark as Decatur citizens sweltered in the grip of i the most prolonged heat wave on record. At 1:30 o'clock thin afternoon I the mercury reached 105 degrees ] in the shade, with unbelievably | high temperatures in the sun. I which killed livestock and brought I suffering to many persons com-' pelled to be out of doors. The U. S. weather observer at 1 Fort Wayne reported Monday tha,’ ! the record for hottest and most | prolonged heat wave set in 1911, was broken by the week of July i 7 to 13 inclusive, which had a I mean temperature of 92 degrees. | The sun Monday sent the ther-1 mometer to the highest point in ’ two years with a maximum of j 104.1 degrees. As the maximum I was not reached until 5 o'clock CST it is probable that the official I record will again be broken this' afternoon. The Decatur Rendering plant i reported today that livestock is dying from the heat. Hogs hate been the most seriously affected, j County Agent L. E. Archbold (CONTINUED ON PAGR> THREE) —o President Enroute To His Summer Home Rock’and. Me.,—(UP)—President Roosevelt arrived here on a special train today to board the chartered yacht Sew’anna for a leisurely cruise in Maine and Nova Scotian waters to his summer home at j Campobello.

tion of new buildings, houses, etc.. Accounted for an increase of $81,989. No general assessment of real estate was made this year. The personal property increased from $3,651,350 in 1935 to $4,140,985 in 1936. At the same time mortgage exemption increased from $1,337,090 to 1,363.740, lowering the net valuation by $25,630. All townships and corporations except Monroe-Monroe which lost

Milk Producers Demand Increase Fort Wayne. Ind.. July 14 —(UP) J —Milk producers :n the Fort Wayne | area planned to appeal today to the ! state milk control 4>oard for a hear- >| ing on their demand for an increase in the distributors and producers of milk. Farmers claim that a month of drought, coupled with high prices for grain, has made it impossible to produce milk with a profit at present prices. Their petition, to be presented in I Indianapolis today, asks a price of j $2.30 per hundredweight, with 11 i cents a quart for retailers. DECATUR MAN’S I BROTHER DIES — Edward A. Mies To Be Buried Wednesday At Garrett — Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Edward A. Mies, 46. brother of Carl Mies of this ■city, who died at an Auburn hos-i I pital Sunday of Brlgnt's disease. | Mr. Mies was a partner with his brother in operation of the bowling alleys in this city. Surviving are the widow and tw’o children, Mrs. Catherine Boehm of Napoleon, 0., and James Edward at home: the mother and I step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Klein, Garrett; the brother. Carl; a sister, Mrs. Howard Marvin of Detroit and two half-brothers, Joseph and Frank Klein, of near Wolcottville. Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church in • Garrett. Burial will be made in I Union cemetery.

$l9O, showed increases in net valuations. The largest net gain was in Washington township with $69,550. This was due to the increase of the assessment of personal property. Decatur-Washing-ton and Berne also had large net gains, a large per cent of which was caused by the additional improvements. The number of persons paying poll ta.xes increased from 3,548 in 1935 to 3,618 in 1936.

Nations Death Toll Mounts To 2,146; Relief Promised For Indiana By Wednesday

Mild Relief Promised For Indiana As Death Toll Mounts Over 115; Tax Hospitals. SETS RECORD Indianaipolis, July 14 —<U.R) —The death toll of a heat wave which has prostrated Indiana for more than a week mounted to 115 today as Hoosiers sweltered under a soorching sun which sent the mercury above 100 degrees for the eighth consecutive day. At least 24 hours more of the sweltering heat wan forecast by J. H. Armington of the United States weather bureau before unsettled weather conditions and subsequent thunder showers were expected to provide mild relief. Seven additional deaths were reported by noon today, and prostrations were so numerous that they taxed the facilities of hospitals in the larger cities. The heat was taking a heavy 101 l among aged persons already ill, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to record the deaths Actually attributed to the heat. • Early recordings indicated that most of the state would experience the eighth consecutive day ot 100-degree temperature. The length of the heat wave has established a new record for consecutive days of thermometer readings above the century mark. a.s six days was the previous alltime record. The previous record was established in Indianapolis from July 20 to 25 in 1934. Twenty-two persons have died in Marion county since the heat i wave started. The death list: George A. Bare, 52, Hymera; William Brock, 30. Frankfort; Claude Benton, 56. Frankfort; Michael Zehr, 87, Fort Wayne; ' Mary Catherine Alter. 83, Fort I Wayne; James N. Steger, 90. Fort I Wayne; John L. Mann. 62, Fort i Wayne; John L. Gillie, S 3, Fort! Wayne; Charles Reyhouser. 77, Fort Wayne; Homer Brickley. 49,1 Uniondale; Mrs. Emma B'urnau. 59 Fort Wayne; Snowden F. Nichols, 61, Terre Houte; John Whitson. 71, Terre Haute; Oliver Stevick. 79. South Bend; Mrs. Levina. Rose McAsklan. 86. Owen county; Mrs. Neil Mackinson, 79, Bedford; Grant L. Payne. 39. Crawfordsville; Mrs. Matilda Cooper. 85. Kokomo; Reuben Delaney. 63, Bedford; Pat Maher, 24, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Ice Cream Social At Magley Wednesday An Ice cream social will be held at the Magley Reformed church i Wednesday night to which the public is invited. Refreshments will be served and an interesting program is being planned for the evening. The social will be sponsored by the Women’s Missionary Society of the church.

MAYOR TO GIVE RADIO ADDRESS Mayor A.R. Holthouse To Broadcast Over Station WO WO Thursday Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur, will speak over radio station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Thursday ' night, in the second of a series ot I four broadcasts detailing the highlights of Decatur's Centennial cele- , bration, August 2 to 8. The broadcast, to extend over a 30-minute period, will open at 8 o’clock, central standard time. Music will be furnished during the broadcast by the Decatur Girls band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer. The remaining two broadcasts will follow on successive Thursday nights, with Dr. Fred Patterson, general chairman of the pageant, speaking July 23, and Col. Fred Reppert, local auctioneer, broadcasting July 30. The opening program in the seriets, broadcast last Thursday, has received considerable favorable mention. The program featured a speech by French Quinn, local historian and attorney, and vocal solos by Mrs. Dan Tyndall and Mrs. Walter Krick, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold.

FORMER NAVAL OFFICER HELD FOR BETRAYAL Farnsworth Denies Selling Naval Secrets To Japanese Washington, July 14 — (UP) — John Semer Farnsworth, once a lieutenant-commander in the United I States navy, came nervous and j wracked with pain today to the bar| of a United States commissioner. and pleaded not guilty to charges that he betrayed Ills government’s naval secrets. In a case almost unprecedented in the annals of the navy, Farnsworth was placed in jail for lack of *IO,OOO bond on charges that he sold secret information to an agent of the Japanese navy. U. S. commissioner Needham C. Turnage set hearing for two weeks hence. Farnsworth, apprehended by GMen anrf local authorities in a surprise arrest early today, complained that he was seriously ill and that , the charges against him were “grossly exaggerated." It was believed possible he might be sent to a hospital pending the hearing. Japanese embassy officials denied knowledge of Farnsworth or his alleged espionage activities, but said a man who gave the name “Farnsworth" telephoned the embassy yesterday and demanded money in connection wfth the California syp ease in which Harry T. Thompson, former navy yoeman, was convicted . and sentenced to prison last week. 1 The demand was refused, embassy • (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O

QUEEN PAID IN SOUVENIR MONEY Frieda Scherer Is Presented Prize For Winning Contest Frieda Scherer, queen of the Decatur Centennial, proved to the world today that she isn't afraid to take wooden money when she accepted $25 worth of wooden money as her reward for winning the recent “Miss Decatur” contest. Similar money has been distributed among Decatur merchants and will be given as change. It will be redeemed, if desired, for face value by the Decatur Centennial association on or before Thursi day, August 6. or used for purchases at local stores. The money is in nickle, dime and quarter denominations and is about the size of paper currency. Except that it will be spent with Decatur merchants, Miss Scherer had no immediate plans for spending the prize money she won as leading contender in the quarter of a million dollar contest conducted I during the month of June by Decatur merchants. Approximately 14,000 pieces of I the “stage” money will be in circulation before the Centennial. Each nickle, dime and quarter, advertises the city’s 100th birthday. Souvenir collectors are expected to account for the most of the money. The Centennial association advised those wishing to preserve the money or to send it to friends to obtain a supply immediately as there may not be sufficient for all. o Urges Use Os Salt During Extreme Heat Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary of the city board of health, joined today with health officers all over the country in advocating the use of ordinary table salt to prevent heat prostration. Dr. Daniels stated that the salt could ibe taken in tablet form or in pinches from the hand occasionally during the day. He stated that the hot weather induced drinking of more than ordinary amounts of water, which causes an excessive amount of perspiration. This ipersplratlon, he said, carries away the salt -in the blood stream. Thue the doses of salt again replenish the system with the vital substance. He, howevtr, Mvised against overdoses.

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Toll From Unprecedented Heat Wave Mounts Hour By Hour; Relief Promised By Tomorrow I IMMENSE DAMAGE Chicago, July 14.—(U.R> —Cooling ’ showers fought against a wall of hot air in the midwest today, promising relief by tomorrow from an unprecedented heat wave that has taken at least 2,146 lives and caused upwards of *400,000,000 property damage. “Thundershowers now falling over the Dakotas and Nebraska I will reach Minnesota, Illinois, lowa, | Wisconsin. Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio by tomorrow afternoon or night,” forecaster J. R. Lloyd of the Chicago weather bureau, promised. "Another mass of cool air is moving down from upper Michigan and the two combined undoubtedly should break up the heat wave." The welcome forecast came as nine midwestern states endured another day of blazing heat. Hospitals and morgues in Detroit, Chicago, and the twin cities were jammed with dead and dying heat victims. It was the 11th day of 100 degree temperatures for a large part of the drought basin. In Montana, Nebraska. Wyoming, and the Dakotas. where the heat originated July 2, comparative cool temperatures prevailed after rain splashed over the parched countryside. Temperatures in those states early today included 56 at Rapid City. S. D„ 50 at Cheyenne, Wyo., 50 at Miles City. Mont., and 62 at. North Platte, Neb. Weather bureau officials said that never before in history have the north central states suffered 1 under such contination of intense heat. The cool Pacific air swept into the barren Dakotas too late to save crops which reached the total failure stage days ago. But the promised relief for Minnesota, lowa, Illinois, and Indiana was exI pected to revive the corn crop in that section. From Washington. Harry L. Hop- | kins. WPA administrator, announced that the drought relief program “is moving forward without a hitch.” He promised that the program would continue until the drought areas ‘‘are on a safer economic basis." Relief in the form l of loans and jobs went forward in j the southeastern cotton growing ! states as well as in the midwestern grain belt. Scenes in Minneapolis and St. Paul hospitals were similar to those after a major catastrophe. Fire and police equipment were used to bring victims to Minneapolis hospitals. Private ambulances were called into service in St. Paul. “We are absolutely unable to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

ALVIN KARPIS PLEADS GUILTY Notorious Gangster Pleads Guilty To Kidnaping Charge St. Paul, Minn., July 14 —(UP) —• Alvin Karpis, last of the leaders of the nortorious Barker-Karpis gang to come into court, today pleaded guilty to charges of kidnaping William Hamm.. Jr., St. Paul brewer. Karpis changed hie plea from not guilty shortly before he was to stand trial in the case. He had been considering the change of plea almost constantly since his capture in New Orleans, May. 1. Federal judge M. M. Joyce deferred sentence until after the trial of Edward C. Bartholmy and John P. Peiffer, who also were in court. They will be tried on charges of conspiracy only in the Hamm case. ■Karpis entered court dressed in white shirt with a gray tie. He wore no coat and appeared slightly nervous after hfs two months in the Rameey county jail. Just before entering the room he declined a drink of water. Judge Joyce said: "Do jou with to withdraw your plea of not guilty and substitute one of guilty.” Karpis first asked to have the questio nrepeated; then nodded hi« head slightly ana murmured in a ecarce'y audible tone: “Yes.”