Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1936 — Page 1

I XXXIV. No. 306.

lidnaper Demands Ransom To Return Young Lad

_ , , ■onia. Washington Lad Kidnaped By Mask—Jd Man; Fingerprints Kidnaper Found. [)UtHER A SURGEON Wash.. Dec. 28-SU.R) r of Charles Mattson. son of a prominent . wealthy Tacoma surgeon. fingerprints on a ransom demanded $28,000 for tl: safe return, police said tozoneH ransom note, it wan learn.lll authoritative source. the parents. Dr. and Mattson, to contact through tile elassi■colnn’ns of a Stattie newsThe kidnaper also inthe parents, it wa.s learnmeet the demand with o'd H-.. SIO,OOO in small denonibills and SIB,OOO in SSO bills. |M was understood that Dr. . was ready to follow the although the ransom would seriously ta.x hie • resources, ransom note, police said. printed, as though it turned out by a child’s type hand press set. The similar to the one left kidnapers of George Weywho lives in the sanm

with Mattson, win n Im May 24. 1935 anil ■ until $200,000 was paid for The note left by tlm kidnaper, like that < miby the Weyerhaeuser abpromised that no harm befall the boy if directions followed. Mattson home is two blocks that of the late John R. ; grandfather of full force of the federal ] of investigation was thrown ease on the orders of J. Edgar Hoover at Bi ngton. As is customary in cases the first efforts wer obtaining safe return of But when the smudgy was found on the ra,".this evidence was imtaken by G-men and to the bertillon room for a check on the identity of secrecy was ordered person engaged in the Recalling that too much apparently delayed the r- 1 - ■in 1935 of George WeyerHarold Bird, police chief. down on all information. ■B’iil agents were as secret i ■ always aye. ■was impossible to learn even amount of ransom de The figure varied from Bo to $28,000 and Chief Bird not even say which we.; tlm ■ct amount Dr. Mattson amt who were away when was kidnaped, denied to interviewers. Two children* William. Jr... 15, Muriel and Willia.m ■in the room with Charles ■ the masked man broke in. out a glas>s window ■ the butt of a revolver. through and unlockHe left a ransom note, up Charles as the three Bf 1 against the wall, and jßd out. Then he han to a car and drove away. The is a few blocks from the home. Officers did not the possibility the a.b- ■ might have escaped by His car was not found. man made any threats refused to reveal them. where the ransom is to be not divulged. Whether life was threalened wan ■ known. Officers, however. ■*<i the ugly manner in which smashed his way into the on paof? SIX) ■~ — I WEATHER Kfioudy, rain south and ram ■ snow north portion Tuesday; B® ? ibly rain extreme south■«t tonight; somewhat warm- ■ Tuesday south portion. ■' ■ —— o — Kular Legion J Meeting Tonight S- regular meeting of Adams ■ number 43 of the American ■on Will be held at the home, ■»on and First streets, tonight ■ o'clock. AU members are ■d to attend.

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I Studying to be King ► J*®’’’’"’'""'In prepg,-ation for the day when he will he old enough to rule his country, King Peter of Jugoslavia is shown at his desk in his special school room in the palace at D>dinje, where he lives with his mother ami brother.

POPE CONDITION . SATISFACTORY I I 1 ( Vatican Spokesman Says Pope Pius Passed Restful Night i Vatican City. Dec. 28. — (U.R> — t ! Pope Pius passed ‘‘a really good I ■night,” a Vatican spokesman said ’ today, although his slumber was , somewhat disturbed by persisting ‘ , neuritis pains in his left leg in . addition to the discomfort caused by varicose veins. The pope followed his usual custom of hearing mass in a room adjoining his bedroom at 7 a. m. and | a half hour later received Professor Arninta Milani. his physician. The doctor told household intimates that the people’s condition was “satisfactory.” Dr. Milani said he had had a r restful week-end. He reported that there was a slight improveinent in his heart condition at the time of his visit last night. “Last night's heartbeat was almost regular,” he said. s Intimates said that when the r neuritis pains were particuiaily ! strong, the pontiff intensified his , i prayers with his rosary. He never j relaxes his grip on the beads day or night, they said. . t The holy father received a letter yesterday from his 3-year-old grand niece. Maria-Pia Persichetii- , Ugolini, expressing the season s t greetings and her hope for a hasty g recovery. The pontiff was great- ( ly pleased and frequently reread f the letter during the afternoon. f Dr. Milani said the long immobilitv of the pope’s left leg was f responsible for the nerves stiffening with neuritis. Although the physician minimized the new complication, it was gravely received by Vatican officials because the pope's condition seems to grow worse daily instead of improving The pontiff continues to handle all affairs of vital church importance and consults daily with Cardinal Pacelli. papal secretary of state, on religious affairs. Th . heads of tne sacred congregations * deal with matters of secondary V character. F ——o F i £ Lions Meet Tuesday At K. Os P. Home The regular weekly meeting of F the Decatur Lions club will be he d Tuesday night at the regular hour, h J the Knights of Pythias lodge dining room, officers of the club, fl 7hXget y meeting P-ace was V necessary as the dining rooms of II the Rco hotel, regular meeting E quarters, are being re-finished and J program, including S' some of the pprinff. presented oj a- - being prepared. Geoige the E local florist, is in charge of the|E meeting.

1 S. INCOME , IS INCREASED I Federal Government Income To Be Highest Since 1920 Washington, Dec. 28. — |(U.R> — President Roosevelt is about ready to report to the nation that the government is enjoying its biggest income year since 1920. Mr. Roosevelt expects income tor the current 1937 fiscal year to bo about $5,605,000,000. That is $1,000,000,000 more revenue than the Hoover administration collected in the fiscal years 1932 and 1933 together. But there will be another deficit for the current fiscal year, and so far there has been no official assurance that federal receipts will cover all expenditures in the new fiscal year (1938) which will begin next July 1. The president’s budget message will be sent to congress next week. It will contain final figures for the 1936 fiscal year, which ended last June 30. It will contain revised estimates of the outlook for the current fiscal year and it will estimate receipts and expenditures for the next. Spokesmen for and against the new deal repeatedly have expressed the wish that congress and the nation would cram a bit for this annual exercise in mathematics. Their idea is that the taxpayers and the legislators who wrote the money for spending should thoroughly understand what the budget means. Anti-new deal spokesmen, notably former President Herbert C. Hoover, have charged that Mr. Roose’velt uses a double-entry budget system which does not properly present the state of national finances. That charge is based on the fact that the president from the first has segregated certain large items of expenditure from his regular budget and classed them as "recovery and relief” spending related chiefly to overcoming economic emergency. Under that system, Mr. Roosevelt was able to report one year ago that the budget tvas balanced as far as regular federal expenditures for the current fiscal year were concerned. He said he would ask later for a relief appropriation and estimated it would cause a deficit of from $1,000,000,000 to $3,(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) [ O AUCTION SCHOOL OPENED TODAY Twenty - Eight Students Present At Opening Os School Twenty-eight young men, representing 13 states, enrolled this morning in the annual winter term of the Reppert School of Auctioneering, being held in the Hensley building on South Second street. Other enrollments are expected this afternoon and during the early days of the weekThe class was greeted this morning wi'h a welcoming address delivered by Col. Fred Report, president and founder of the school. Other instructors who spoke at the program this morning were: Col. Roy Johnson of Decatur; Earl Gartin, Greensburg: Guy Pettit, Bloom- t field, lowa, and the Rev. Harry W.' Thompson, Decatur. Among the other instructors who' will arrive later and who are: Roy, Haitt, Portland; S- C. Srunger, Apple Creek, Ohio; Guy Johnson, Columbus, Ohio; C. M. Carter, Scotts-, i ville, Ky„ and A. W. Thompson, Lincoln, Nebraska. j 1 Students I Students who enrolled this morning are: Philip Kabanuk, Killdeer, N. D.; Edwin Donah, Middlebury, I Vt„; Clarence A. Hanson, White Sulphur Springs, Mont.; Johnnie W. | Priefert, Gove, Kans.; Gene John- t son, Columbus, O.; Robert John- i eon- Decatur. Floyd B. Foster .Detroit, Mich.; J N. V. Loyer, Bucyrus, O.; Mark W. . Heisey, and Paul E- Sanger, Leban- i on. Pa.; Russell Pfile, Cederville, i 111., Byron C Hayes, Villisca, Iowa; i Ronald E. Jackson, Willard, O.; J. 1 Edmonds Venable, Pittsfield, 11l- < Hil. H. Duellman, Fountain City, 1 Wis.; Eugene J. Leniger, Vernon, I Hl.; Bill Smethens, Eureka, Kans.; I Edwin Frazier, Greenfield, 111-; D, I H. Shelton, and J. E. Shelton, Sheri- ' dan, Wyo.; Jesse N. Gunning, Madi- I son, Wis.; lAlvin M Wimett, Salisbury, Vt. Elmer Kath, Hampton, Nebr., f Toney Foley, Lakata, N. D., Jim < Cox, Nenzel, Nebr.; Curran MUler, Booneville lowa, and Elias Frey, Wauseon, O-

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Mountain Climber Falls To Death Glencoe, Argyllshire, Scotland, 11 Dec. 28—(U.R>—William Christie, I 25, London mountain climber who fell over a precipice late yesterday .jand dangled head down at the end of a rope for 24 hours, was found dead when a rescue party reached J him late today. Christie was climbing on Biiaehille mountain on Etlve Moor with u companion, Douglas Reid. He slipped on an icy ledge and went over a 400-foot precipice. COUNTY BOARD ALLOWS CLAIMS Commissioners Meet Today ; To Organize Next Saturday The county commissioners met today to allow claims for the expenses of the county in 1936 to come from the 1936 budget. The commissioners appointed C. C. Beer of Berne and David J- Schwartz, Monroe township as appraisers to make the annual inventory of 'he county infirmary. Next Saturday, the board will meet in its annual reorganization meeting. Frank Liniger will take office, succeeding Frank Martin, who has served two three-year terms. Officers will be elect(|l for 1937. Most of the day Saturday will be spent making the annual inventory of the county Infirmary. Monday, the board will receive bids for the county supplies for. ' 1937. Tuesday and Wednesday will be occupied with the purchasing of road materials for 1937. At least one new truck will be purchased at the meeting. Among the appointments to be made are the naming of a trustee for the Adams county memorial hospital. The term of the late Charles Voglewede wou'd hav expired Decemeber 31, 1936. At his death last September, his son, Arthur E. Voglewede, was named to the board to fill the unexpired term. Other trustees will hold over. The board of commissioners will also appoint a county road supervisor. For several years this office nas been held b ythe county surveyor. County surveyor Walter Gilliom is a candidate tor re-appointment. The naming of the surveyor to the | office eliminates one salary. The terms of the court house custodian, William Schumacher, and of the matron of the women’s rest room in the court house, Mrs. Mary McClure, expire this year. Appointments will be made at January meeting of the commissioners- ■■ ■' - ■('»■ -• — ■ Former Decatur Teacher Is Dead Funeral services were held Sat- ■ urday in Huntington for Miss Mar- ! tha (Alice Tyner, formerly a history teacher in the Decatur high school. Miss Tyner died of pneumonia Christmas Eve in Huntington, where she had taught history for the last 20 years. She had been ill II days. Previous to her employment in Huntington she taught in Decatur, Wabash and Andrews. DRIVER FINED AND SENTENCED Claude Patesel Fined $lO, Sentenced To Serve 30 Days Claude Patesei, Decatur WPA worker, plead guilty to a charge of drunken driving resulting in a crash which wrecked a pa-ked car, when he was arraigned before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse Saturday. Patesel told the mayor that he was unable to pay a fine and should he be sent t ojail he would lose his WPA job, paying sl2 a week. Mayor Holthouse fined him $lO and costa, totaling S2O, and sentenced him to 30 days in jail. However he ruled that Patesel be freed from jail on dayst when the WPA works. As a result, for the next several months he will spend his week-ends and free day in pail. Since he was unable to pay the fine he may have to use up 50 days worth of weekends. He will be confined to the jail this week. Patesel was arrested Christmas Eve after driving recklessly through the city in a wild ride which ended when he knocked a parked car in front of the Dan Tyndall home, on Adam street. He was not injured. The parked car belonging to a local garage which was making repairs on Mr. Tyndall’s car. Mayor Holthouse also revoked - Patesel's driver's license for six j months. •

ENGLAND HOPES ITALY TO HALT INTERVENTION Report Italy Has Stopped Shipment Os Men To Spain London, Dec. 28. — <U.R> — Great Britain has hope that Italy, as a < contribution to Europe's peace, may offer to cease its intervention in behalf of the nationalists in the I Spanish civil war, it was understood today. Intense interest was evident in , the reply which Italy is to make to joint French-British pleas forces sation of intervention. It was hoped that the reply might give the first factual indication of a change in Italian policy. A favorable Italian answer would be regarded by many as foreshadowing | Premier Benito Mussolini’s willingness to curtail his assistance to Gen. Francisco Franco, the nationalist dictator. There was no excitement here over the situation precipitated by the seizure by Spanish loyalists off Bilbao of the German freight steamship Palos. German circles in London mentioned the possibility that the Ger- : man government might seek British, and possibly even French mediation to induce the Spanish loyalist government to instruct I Bilbao authorities to restore the ! Palos with its cargo. It was believed possible also that the commander of the German Bay of Biscay fleet might open negotiations direct with Bilbao authorities in an effort to reach a peaceful settlement. German circles here believe that Germany has a strong case. They argue that for the loyalist to molest a foreign ship outside the three-mile limit would be a flagrant violation of international law regardless of the ship’s cargo. Stop Shipment (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Rome, Dec. 28.— <U.R> —Italy has suspended shipment of "volunteers" to Spain pending negotiations for a general agreement to forbid the dispatch of men to either faction in the civil war, persons close to the government said to-' day. Usually reliable informants said that the mysterious “Count Rossi," commander of the Italian conting-

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 BERNE LADY’S SISTER KILLED Mary Jane Badertsch Killed In Ohio By Hit-Run Driver Funeral services for Miss Mary Jane Badertach. of Kidron, Ohio, a stater of Mrs Dan Morand, of Berne, were held this afternoon at the Salem Mennonite church in Kidron. The girl was instantly (killed Saturday night at 7 o’c'ock on an Ohio I highway, when she was struck by a hit-and-run motorist. The young girl was walking along the highway with five girl companions, when the accident occured. The driver of the auto did not stop. | Authorities of the Ohio county are making an intensive investiga- j rion in an effort to find the driver. | Word of the girl’s dea'h was received by Mrs- Morand on Saturday. She left for that town immediately. The .young victim was the daughter of Mr. John Badertach, Kidron lady, well known in and near Berne. o Masons To Install Officers Tonight All members of the Masonic order are urged to attend the joint installation services of the lodge officers tonight in the home on Third street. A fish fry will be held following the busineess session. ‘This Newspaper is the shopping window for ‘Titousands of 1 I> — customers •? ? V’’" I How About Your, ' Goods? _

Another Airliner Reported Crashed; Wreckage Sighted; 12 On Board Believed Dead

CHURCH ORGAN IS DEDICATED New Electric Organ Is Dedicated At First U. B. Church — A large crowd attended the dedicatory services Sunday after-1 noon at the United Brethren I church, for the new Hammond electric organ, presented to the church by J. Howard Wisehaupt, tis a memorial to his father and mother, the late Mr. and Mrs. J. j D. Wisehaupt. The services were conducted under the direction of the Rev. HW. Franklin, pastor. ■featured on the program was an hour’s recital by Miss Ma.ry Vorhees, noted Frankfort organist The service was opened by a prayer given by Rev. Dickenson of Monroeville. Rev. Franklin introduced Mr. Wisehaupt, who in turn | introduced Miss Vorhees. Following the recital the Rev. ! Homer J. Aspy. pastor of the Bap- | tist church, read the 150th Psalm. I A prayer was said by the Rev. George Walton, president of the I Decatur ministerial association. The board of trustees, consisting of Frank Bohnke, Roy Mumina, E. A. Crider and Ollie Mills was called to the front. Making a short presentation speech. Mr. Wisehaupt presented the key of the organ to Mr. Bohnke, president of the board of trustees. who responded witli an (acceptance speech. The Rev. A. F. Knepp, pastor of the Union Chapel United Brethren J church, said a dedicatory prayer. Rev. Franklin led the dedicatory services with responses by the members. Following the singing of the doxology by the congregation, the ' closing prayer was said by Mr. j Mumma. treasurer of the 'board of trustees. _o—

Herbert Boerger Reported Better The condition of Herbert Boer- 1 ger. of Monmouth, who has been confined to the (Adams county meI morial hospital since last Tuesday, was reported to be still improving today. He Is expected to bp able to be taken home shortly. I o Public Intoxication Charges Are Filed Charges of public intoxication were filed in city court today against Jess Leßrun- He was arrested and lodged in the Adams county jail Saturday night at 8:36 o'clock by local police. He will probably be arraigned late today or tomorrow. o WHEAT PRICES HIT NEW HIGH ! Reports Os Foreign Buying Send Market Upward Chicago, Dec. 28—(U.R)—Farmers with wheat to sell hurried to the nearest market today as brokers and speculators on the floor of ; the Chicago board of trade shoved prices to their highest peak since December, 1929. Reports reached the floor of the wheat pit that foreign nations shortly would r©Hume extensive buying of the yellow grain and in i the rush to obtain supplies the ! price for December wheat skyrocketed to $1.43 a bushel, a, nevi seven-year high. |. Another cause for the upshoot in wheat prices, was the fact that ( today is the last day in which 1 ( grain men can trade in wheat ee.r- ( marked for December delivery. I Traders who still had to secure , wheat previously sold for delivery ] December 31 were forced to buy , and their purchases helped shove ( the market indicator upward. t May wheat touched a high of < $1,374 a bushel and the price for July wheat was $1.21’4 a bushel } at the highest point in early trad- t ing. Both highs were at new ] peaks for the season. ' g A light wave of selling orders, 2 however, developed when it ap- 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) !

A New Portrait ~~ . I %f f w « This camera portrait of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom Edward VIII gave up his throne, was made by Cecil Beaton, | noted English photographer, in ■ London the day the ’’bombshell of notoriety’’ burst around her head. CITY COUNCIL" | MEETS TONIGHT Council To Dispose Os Matters To Complete Year’s Docket The city council will meet at 7:30 o’clock this evening in the council chamber at the city hall for the purpose of allowing bllih and disposing of routine matters to complete the docket for the year. It will be the last meeting of the council in 1936. A salary ordinance fixing the salaries of firemen, policemen, street, water and electric department employes for 1937 will be presented. The budget for the civil city provides for a five per cent increase for policemen and firemen and the same schedule will in all probability be adopted for the municipal plant and , street department employes. Under the head of new business, j the subject of the city entering into an agreement with the Decatur school board relative to making a PWA application for a 45 per cent grant towards the con- j struction of a new school building 1 and civic center, will be brought up. Last week a joint conference of i 'the council and school board was held and the proposal to construct a school and community building, was endorsed by the school and city officials. No formal action; ‘ committing the city to assume its!' proportionate share of the bond J issue was taken and a discussion | of the next step required in gett-. 1 Ing the application started will be J brought up, city officials declared. o Terre Haute Store Robbed Os $3,150 Terre Haute, Ind . Dec. 28.—(U.R) ' —Three masked bandits forced Edward Smith, one of the owners of Smith’s department store, to open the store last night and es- i| caped with $3,150. It has been Smith's custom to 1 come to the store almost every I night to admit the night watch- t mnn nY'nut irlu-c’zJiidcntiy the bandits were familiar with this < habit for they were waiting for i Smith when he appeared last night, i At the point of guns they forced • him into the office, commanded him to open the vault and then had him i lie on the floor as they looted the < safe of its contents, removing cur- 2 reney and sliver from bags in c which they were kept. They fled 1 in an automobile. I"

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Nine Passengers, Three Crew Members Thought Dead In California Crash Sunday. STORMY WEATHER Lm Angeles, Dec. 28 — (U.R) — The manager of the Santa Pania lairport today sighted the wreckage of the missing United Airline plane on a mountain side approximately 36 miles north of here. He reported to company officials that he believed all of the nine passengers ajrd three crew members aboard had been killed. R. E. Dickenson, the airport manager, said he made the discovery while flying over the mountainous terrain in his own plane. The wreckage was two miles from Saugus, which is on the route of the United Airlines from San Francisco. "'■n territorv there le vtrt’tany (■■accessible. P’anes rtnion Air Terminal, the port of United Airlines planes, were dispatched to the scene, and ground crews were also sent. The sight of the wreckage is approximately the place Airline executives plajced it when last heard from last night. Dickenson reported the plane crashed near the Saugus Airways’ radio beam and had caught n. wooded ridge, sheared off the tops of oak trees and ripped its wings against a rocky ledge. Then the olane skidded into the north side of a canyon. The big twin-motored Boeing I transport with nine passengers 1 and three of the crew aboard was J due at Burbank at 7:30 p. m. PST i (9:30 p. m. CST) last night from ' San Francisco. A gale was blow- ! (ng in from the sea, lashing spits jof rain, in the first storm heralding the start of the winter’s rainy season In California. Pilot Ed Biom. flying through the rainstorm and fog. approached close enough to the airport to radio for the "localizer beam.” a ' signal that would guide him down | through the murk to the runway jof the local airport. The beam I was flashed. No plane dropped i from the clouds. I m ter his voice cameover the radio. He said: T don’t know where I am.” His ' voice trailed off shortly before 10 p. m. PST. That wa,s two and a half hours after he was due here and four •’-da ha'f hours after he left San Francisco. Airline officials said that the plane’s gasoline supply could not have lasted much longer than 10 p. m. The plane sent to the Santa Susana pass was a Boeing transport piloted by Eddie Brooks ajtd Archie Anderson. Another plane circled over the route from Los Angeles to the Tehachapi mountains, a rugged line of snow capped peaks. James L. Kinner, a department of commerce inspector. and Pilot Warren Stainback and co-pilot Davis were aboard the plane. The regular United Airlines plane bound for San Francisco which took off on schedule this morning was ordered to scan the route for a trace of the missing craft. -o Midweek Service At Union Chapel Tuesday The midweek prayer service will be held at the Union Chapel church on Tuesday, instead of Wednesday night. This change in date for this week only, is made in order that those who wish to attend the meeting addressed by Rev. Caulker, native African, at the Decatur United Brethren church, may do so. The Christian Endeavor Society wll ihold a watch night meeting at th? home of the pastor. 615 West Monroe street. Thursday night. o — Arthur Brisbane Rites Held This Morning New York, Dec. 28—(U.R)—Simple funeral services were held in St. Bartholomew's church today for Arthur Brisbane, veteran editor. who died Christmas morning at 72. The body was taken to the church under escort of motorcycle notice. An honor guard of 100 men, mounted and on foot, was nosted at the entrance. The Rev. Dr. G. P. T. Sargent, rector of St. Bartholomew's, recited the ritual for the dead, the 23rd Psalm, and the ritual for commitment of the body to earth. The hymns. “Abide With Me’’ and "Lead, Kindly Light" were sung.