Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1937 — Page 1

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■»0 CONVICTS Escape traps I SET BY POSSE M (l Texa«< <" nids Stcal Hutu M ll( l e * °l’ (e ■ Posse Okla.. July 20—<U.PJ Ua.-u. notonous southoutlaw, *•»» sho ‘ a " d . ■tured and his Te ‘ aS conV,Cl * anion was killed today by ■Turmers whom they had ■uped m their desperate atKpt to elude a posse ot 500 ■ crs and farmers. ■ i )kia - j " iy 21 <U-R) ■ v • and Fred Tindoi. <•»- ■f,' ..a is I' 1 " 111 11 Texas pi'is- ■ horn ..ffioTS believe they ■ ..I in Hie Washita river west Os li-ro. slipped the po'-’. today. Stole a H >i Murphv under sheriff, said ■n>. i "ho f'-uuht two highway I ■ with officers yesterday. K. h in Innant at 6:30 a. tn . ■J mor., than a hundred d.d by bloodhounds. K beating through the river underbrush lor them. ' ■- v dming a green Ford ’ <h,y must have stolen someMurphy said. "The officers Kj. get a shot at them. They ■*, Through lie- town, shook off ■ and we don't know I way they went." ■ ... said -nriounding towns I ... . .Old asked to bio. k and watch back roads. ■' possmnen also were being ■j in from the river hunt. ■ ■. -.nd the fugitives probstab' th- <ar from some who h id n..t yet missed it ■: A . .Hid To.del escaped cap- ■ ■ — - d in. in as they rest '' d-adend back ■l6 miles west of here. The :i. d tire and the pair ■g r. k Then they ran into to the Washita's bank. " ife O1 the ■ Ha-than: Texas pris ■ taus ARE ■reported here ■lice Receive Many Refl ports Os Prowlers, ■ Intruders - ar- opening an in- ■- > "... here against night and intruders. 1. repot t of several "S' To- - and intruders. ■ mnuiiiTd th.-ir investigaMonday morning following ■ report of one at the Harvey home on Sehirnteyer ■ Brunner called police Sunnight to report a prowler at home. He told officers that ■ pr< * |pr ft-ic-<i to gain entran I house but failed. ■ ■ 'l' lll l'“ 1:1,1 th‘- intruder ■ firing a shotgun, but ■ ,lIP unknown man gained the ■'' of a corn field h. returned and Adrian Coffee arrivman had fled. ■"'"' prowl.-rs in the past week e bet “ !l reported at the Walt ■-"> home on Fifth street and Methodist parsonage on Blw street. ■ I ■ E. I’ribley I To Speak Tonight F E- Fribley. district super■ndent of the M. E. church, will ■ k at 1,1, ‘ first quarterly confernf tbe 1f»37 fiscal year in the ■ a,u -' E. church this ' eveat 7:30 o'clock. ■ r Fribley will also conduct the lowness of the conference at this I '" a ' s session. The conference will take the place of the ■fiar mid week service. ■> ' nv itation has been extended member ot the congre(J" t 0 a, tend and all officials of El lbll| 'ch are expected to be Bent. E ° B rne Band Concert I Here This Evening Berne Junior band will give ■.♦ U ere ,bis even '' n K at o clock on the court house band ■ in an exchange program with Ev <atur school bands. The band e ‘' known and ie directed 'oy Burkhalter. The program E? 1 °f a series sponsored by the ■n l,r Junior Chamber of Com-

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Marconi Mourned few ii .< I Guglielmo Marconi Death in Rome of Guglielmo Marconi of paralysis of the heart, brought to an end the career of one of the most famous of mod- , ern scientists and Inventors. It was in 18M that Marconi, then 21. invented the wireless, and revolutionized methods of communi' l cation. BUS CONTRACTS AWARDED HERE Washington Township School Bus Routes Aw arded Last Night John M. Doan, trustee of Washington township, announced this morning the awarding of the school bus routes for the township. The awards were made last night by the trustee and advisory board of Washington township. Five of the six routes were awarded and the other is to be decided later, Mr. Doan stated. Those awarded last night were: route one. Tom V. Johnson; route two. Melvin Mallonnee; route three, Ben Etting: route four. Pari Bnm ett; route five, Curtis Engle. Two men. Julius Schultz and Frank Hurst submitted like bids for route six. These two will rebid next Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock. Mr. Doan stated today. o Goshen Alfalfa Mill Is Damaged By Eire Gashen, Ind., July 21 —(U.K) —Fire believed caused by spontaneous combustion caused $12,000 damage at the Dwiggins Alfalfa mill here early today. Firemen took several U.ars to extinguish the smoldering grain. No one was injured although 30 men were working at the time the blaze occurred. o Restraining Order Is Issued At Huntington HuntingU n, Ind., July 21—(U.R)— Circuit judge Otto H. Krieg today issued a restraining order preventing United Automobile worker's tin--1 ion pickets from interfering with officials and clerical workers entering or leaving the Aebestos Mfg. Co. plant. Part of the force of 250 empires went on strike yesterday. o ARRESTED FOR GRAND LARGENT Wabash Township Man Is Arrested On Grand Larceny Charges I • _— - Edward Stump, of Wabash township. was arrested last evening by State Policeman Bur! Johnson and Sheriff Dallas Brown on* charges of grand larceny. The charge against Stump was filed by Lloyd Oser, also of Wabash township, with whom Stump had made his home for a time, officers stated. Stump is accused of stealing an electric drill from the Oser home on or about July 10, according to i the charge filed in circuit court by I Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede. The officers also stated that he allegedly took a diamond ring from the Oser home at the time of the I other alleged theft. Last night’s arrest came after g£vpral days' intensive investigation by Patrolman Johnson and Deputy Sheriff Leo Glllig. Stump is being held in the Adams county jail, awaiting arraignment in circuit court. Authorities report that Stump avers the ring and drill were given him by Mrs. | Oser.

JAPANESE AND CHINESE SEEK TO HALT WAR lighting Dwindles As Some Troops Are Withdrawn Tientsin. July 21 (U.R)— Japanese war planes flew a bare 5011 feet ulmve Peiping today in warning that China must accept I Japan's demands or face the con-1 sequences. A second fleet, scout planes, flew southward along the PeipingHankow railroad and the highways. to report movements of any Chinese troops that the national . government might send to aid the embattled 29th army whose clash with Japanese soldiers caused the present grave situation. At Tangku. 25 miles down the ' river from Tientsin. Japanese soldiers seized nearly the entire Chinese area of Wharface to accommodate four army transports due there today with the first of , 35,000 soldiers being sent from the! homeland ready for a war. Japanese army leaders at their headquarters here and at Peiping I warned that Chinese northern authorities must accede at once to all their demands or face a renewal of the "punitive" bombardment to which Wanpinghsien and other areas southwest of Peiping were subjected yesterday. They said plainly that unless j the Chinese authorities altered their attitude they would take further action, and it was intimated that the "further" action would . be on a far more serious scale I than that of yesterday — c bom-1 bardment that, with Chinese return. lasted intermittently for 13 hours. Firing in the Wanpinghsien and | other areas dwindled this morning to the occasional crackle of musketry Japanese sources said that a Chinese patrol of 10 men was "defeated” in a dawn engagement with the Japanese army there. Ik>spite the explosive nature of the situation, there were distinct signs that serious fighting was ended for the present at least For once, Chinese and Japanese (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — ASK INCREASE IN BAND FUND Increased Appropriation To Be Sought From City Council A petition signed by Walter J. ' Krick, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, was presented to the city 'council Tuesday night, seeking an increase in the band appropriation here from SIOO to SSOO for 1937. 1 The petition requested that the increase be included in the new budget. In return the bands, directed free of charge by Albert Sellemeyer, will give a series ot 10 free concerts next summer.. The petition was placed on file. A petition was submitted by the Decatur cemetery association ask--1 ing that the wtaer mains be ex- ' tended to the cemetery, a distance of 670 feet. The present water system at the cemetery is reported to be inadequate for the growing demand. The petition was re- ' ferred to the water committee. A petition was submitted by Homer D. Lower and other residents of North Second streets asking that a manhole be repaired in ' front of the William Zwick residence. The petition stated that the sewer was in a bad state of repairs and gave off offensive and sickening odors. The request was referred to the street and sewer I committee with power to act. A new ruling was adopted to the ' effect that pay roll checks for employes of the municipal light and 1 power and the water plants as well as civil employees be written on ' the first and Lsth of each" month instead of the first and third Wednesdays of each month. It was stated that this move is ' being adopted by most cities and ' counties in this area. It eliminates a three length of time J between pay checks as sometimes happens under the old system, and complies with general good business practices. _o Liquor Retailer Hearing August 12 The Adams county alcoholic beverage commission will conduct a i hearing Thursday, August 12 on ; the application of Mary S. Lhamon, j 241 Weet M.'xnroe street, for a beer, | liquor and wine retailer’s license.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 21, 1937.

('ole To Speak I -VW fur' flflß Rev. A. Elliston (King) Cole, Bloomington Episcopalian rector, and governor of Indiana Rotary clubs, will make his official visit to the Decatur club Thursday evening. Rev. Cole was elected governor at the state convention held i recently in Fort Wayne. joemcconnell IS IMPROVING Local Man, Injured Mon- 1 day Night, Is Reported Improved Friends and relatives here today expressed hope that Joseph McConnell, local tobacco salesman injured Monday night in an auto accident near Fort Wayne, would recover. His father. Frank McConnell, ’ senior member of the local whole-1 sale concern, stated today that he I thought the injured man had | passed the crisis at the Methodist' hospital in Fort Wayne, where he is confined. In addition to a skull fracture, the younger McConnell is suffering from a badly crushed right shoulder, severe face lacerations and • a badly braised right jaw, the elder McConnell stated today. The accident victim is conscious only part of the time, according to his father. At times he rouses to talk rationally only to lapse back into the semi-conscious condition in which he had been for hours after the crash. Meanwhile authorities have reI vealed the possibility that the attention of D. F. Regan, of Fort Wayne, might have been distractl ed by golfers near the road, momentarily causing him to lose control of the auto, thus resulting in the side-swipe accident, which injured the local resident. While the possibility of further ' infection still remains as an ob- ' stacle in the way of his recovery, relatives are certain that Mr. Mc- ‘ Connell is much improved today, i o Former Local Man Dies At 'Anderson r I , Word was received here today of the death of Carl Luse of Anderson. a former resident of DecaJ tur. Death was caused by a brain tumor and occurred Tuesday morning at 4:05 o'clock, following ,' an illness of about six months. Mr. and Mrs. Luse resided in Decatur several years ago. the former being an employee of the General Electric. After moving to Anderson. Mr. Luse was proprietor , of a filling station. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Anderson, with burial L in Crawfordsville.

Served 13 Months In Prison, Exonerated By Guilty Woman

' Indianapolis, July 21. —(U.R) —Mrs. ■ Nancy Louise Botts, 29, of Brazil, 1 Ind., today stood exonerated by 1 her almost identical "double,” for 1 whom she had served 13 months i of a prison sentence, after a tense, i • silent meeting in the state police headquarters here. 1 Mrs. Botts confronted Mrs. Viv1 ian Dorsett, 29, held with her hus- 1 band for spreading forged and ’ fraudulent checks over Indiana ’ for four years. For this offense 1 Mrs. Botts wrongfully served the ‘ term in the women's prison. Bystanders gaped, amazed at the resemblance. Only the fact that Mrs. Botts was slightly heavier ! marred their duplicate appearance. Both were of the same height, had . the same straight black hair, dark i eyes and facial contour. i Neither woman spoke. Neither one betrayed any emotion. Neither t ’ offered to shake hands with the 1 ’ | other. They simply gazed at each |

POLICE CHIEF TELLS OFAID FROM REPUBLIC i Tells Os Arms, Ammunition, Offered By Steel Company Washington. .Inlv 21 (UP) Stanley W. Swltter, chief ot police at Massillon. ()., testified before the national labor relations board today that an official of the Republic Steel Corp . offered arms i and ammunition “to help us in any situation that might arise,” during the steel strike. Switter. who was the first witness called as the board opened its inquiry into charges that Republic violated the Wagner labor act, said the ammunition and arms offered for police use were owned by the corporation. Switter testified that he "picked up" the arms and ammunition at the Brookside Country club "because I was glad to get them free.” He also said: 1. That there were fewer ar-. rests for violations of law and 1 order after the strike was called : in Massillon “than during normal i times ” 2. That Jay Lester. Republic j Steel official, was a leader in the “law and order league" which sponsored a back-to-work movement. 3. That he refused to force admission of food to a struck ReI public plant because it was out- | side the city limits and “that was i a county job.” 4. That he declined to “take a I gang of men to break the picket i lines" when the law and order 1 league requested him to hire 50 I additional police. 5. That on June 25. Gordon Hess. Republic official, informed I him that he had been advised in Canton. Ohio, that “an invasion" ; of Massillon by between 5.000 and | 10,000 Akron rubber workers was i planned. Charges against Republic were .filed with the board by the committee for industrial organization. Switter. husky and tactiturn, testified that on June 9 he visited (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) J o ANNUAL EXAM HERE JULY 31 High School Equivalency Examination To Be Held Here i: The annual high school equivalency examination will be held here ' Saturday, July 31. C. E. Striker, ■ s?unty superintendent of schools ' announced today. The annual exam will be held, as usual, in the offices of the school superintendent. Those wishing to enter the examination are asked to I contact Mr. Striker. The exame will be held all day Saturday. The examination is given each - year for persons who do not have a • high school diploma. I'pxn conuplei tion of a successful examination. ’ the applicant will be awarded a di- : ploma entitling the bearer to enter any of the colleges recognizing aci credited high schools. ■ i Several have also signified their i ■ intentions of taking the examina- > t»'.n to qualify for a position that ■ requires the presentation of a high school diploma. I Last year several successfully I completed the test. Further details may be learned from Mr- Striker.

other after a halting introduction by Capt. Matt Leach of the state police. “Do you want to exonerate Mrs. Botts?” Leach asked Mrs. Dorsett. She nodded her head in affirmation. Then Mrs. Dorsett slowly i signed a paper which Leach had prepared. It read: I "I hereby completely exonerate Mrs. Nancy Louise Botts, who was convicted of forgery, sentenced to 2 to 14 years and served 13 months in prison for the crimes which I | committed.” ' Mrs. Botts then departed, smiling for the first time. i “I wish her no harm,” Mrs. Botts said of Mrs. Dorsett. “They almost ruined me in prison. It spoiled my life and almost wreck.ed my home, but I still wish her 'no harm. I did want to see Mrs. Dorsett, but at first I thought it ' was just another plot to get me I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Sen. Alben VV. Barkley Named Majority Leader Os Senate By Margin Os One Vote, 38 To 37

OUTSTANDING FREE ACTS TO SHOW AT FAIR Excellent Free Acts To Be Shown Each Day Os Annual Fair Outstanding free acts have again been booked for the Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural show, to be helu in this city August 2 7, inclusive. With good free acts one of the best attractions to draw crowds to a fair, the fair association has obtained the best ads poaaible. The most unique act booked by i this year's free act committee is | Bible's animal circus. This act consists of trained; i ponies, dogs, monkeys, bears and; birds. The animal circus is expected to prove one of the most entertaining, particularly for the children, of any act booked for i this city in many years. The various animals are reported exceptionally well trained and should provide plenty of entertainment for the kiddies at the fair. In addition to the animal circus, the committee has also booked varI ious other acts. Most sensational of these is expected to be the Lamy Brothers, in a high aerial casting act. These three brothers give a daring demonstration of strength, thrills and comedy from trapezes high in the air. The Delmores, known as wire artists supreme, will present skillful and daring acts on a thread of steel, suspended high in the air. The Delmores will also present an unique dancing routine on the wire Also included in the acts for the local fair are fast dancing acrobatic acts and a comedy contortion act. Although the definite free act I program has not been arranged for the entire week, from six to eight free acts will be presented daily for the entire six days of the fair. Members of the free act commit- ■ tee. who selected these acts, are William Linn. John L. DeVoss and Dr. Ben Duke. —: o Will Flush Fire Hydrants Tonight 1 Several of the fire hydrants in the south end of town and in I Homestead addition will be flush- ' ed this evening, Charles Brodbeck. I I manager of the department stated. ' The water will be riley for a short 1 time following the cleaning of the i hydrants. The attention of pat1 rons is called to the fact so that I a pitcher of clear water can be ■ drawn earlier in the evening. The I I work will start about 7:30 o'clock. o CROP DAMAGE IS REPORTED i Farmers In Southern Part Os County Suffer Crop Damage ■ Considerable damage to crops from the high waters of last week, is being experienced by farmers in the southern part of the coun1 ty. according to reports. ’ ‘ Returning warm weather and a hot sun have almost completely ' ruined some of the crops that were under water, which overflowed swollen creeks and the Wabash ' river, the reports stated. I The Wabash took the greatest toll, with its overflow inundating ’ i a hundred or more acres along its ’ j banks. I I One instance was reported where 1 ! an entire eight-acre field of corn ' I was inundated. The hot sun of I the past few days has reportedly ' blackened the entire crop. Crops that were able to with- ' stand the water were ruined after the sun again came out. Farmers • I in this section of the county have '! been more fortunate, with no dam- ■ ’ j age from the waters being report- > ed. The swollen St. Mary’s river ’ has slowly receded since the ces- ‘ sation of the rainy weather of last week.

Senate Leader k ->1 V '■ w Jw r a I® — Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Ken-1 tucky. was elected senate majority leader by a vote of 38 to 37 today ; at a Democratic caucus, defeating j Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi HENDRICKS IS LIONS SPEAKER Richard Hendricks Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday I “Three great problems are facing our democracy today." Richard Hendricks, graduate of Franklin college and recent winner of the state as well as runner-up in the national oratorical contest, told the members of the Lions club last night. Speaking to the club in its weekly meeting at the Rice hotel. Mr. Hendricks, a former resident of Monroe, detailed the problems, as he saw them. "Eache of these troubles is abuse; one the abuse of money, one the abuse of power and the third, abuse of opportunity." he said. “By looking for easy money, we commit the first error, the world today on the verge of war. gives evidence of the abuse of power; and the fact that we trust our government in many cases in the i hands of crooked politicians establishes the third mistake,” he said. Religious and moral education; the courage to do. and thinking carefully and righteously were among the things the speaker suggested as a remedy for the mis-, takes. Plans for a family picnic of the club, to be held during the month of August, were opened at last night's meeting. Further details are to be announced later. o_ Merle Abbett Is Named Rotary Representative Merle J. Abbett, superintendent of the Fort Wayne city schools, has been appointed group representative for eight Rotary clubs in this territory. The appointment was made by Rev. A. Elliston Cole, district governor. Mr. Abbett will have jurisdiction over the following clubs: Decatur, Fort Wayne, Hartford City, Bluffton. Angola. Auburn, Kendallville and Columbia City. o Rising Sun Judge Injured In Fall Cincinnati, 0., July 21 —(U.R) — Judge William D. Ricketts of Rising Sun, Ind., was in a hospital here today with a leg fracture received j when his chauffeur fell while carryling him into hie home. Judge Rick--1 etts wae recovering from injuries received last election night in a fall on the courthouse steps. o 1 WEATHER Fair tonight and Thursday; somewhat warmer east and north tonight and east and south Thursday. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER I 8:00 a. m. 76 10:00 a. m. - 80 Noon 84 2:00 p. m. 90 3:00 p. m. 94

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Kentucky Senator Elected By Narrow Margin Over Sen. Pat Harrison To Succeed Robinson. ROOSEVELT BACKER Washington, July 21 —(U.R)— * Sen. Alben Barkley, D-, Ky., newly elected majority leader the senate, drafted a legislative program with President Roosevelt today which called for no immediate action on the controversial judiciary reorganization bill. Washington, July 21 —(U.R)—Senate Democrats >by a one-vote margin today chose Alben W. Barkley ' of Kentucky to be their new ma- ! jority leader, thus placing -In hie hands the task of attempting soluI tion of President Roosevelt's court bill controversy. Effect on the court fight, of Bark- . ley's election over Sen. Pat Harrison, D.. Miss., by a vote of 38 to 37 I wan not certain. President Roosevelt immediately ' invited Barkley and Harrison to tho White House for a luncheon conference. Mr. Roosevelt canceled his luncheon engagement with William Stanley, former assistant attorney general. The course of future action upon | the court bill and the mass of legislation log-jammed behind the judicial controversy appeared to depend largely upon conferences between Barkley, his senate colleagues and probably President Roosevelt. The leadership decision —made at a caucus in which the vote of all ot I the 75 senate Democrats was cast — i came in the face of increased demands of quick adjournment of congress, rumors of leadership plans to 1 abandon the supreme court section 1 of the judiciary bill and tentative in- ' dicattejis that a motion may be ‘ made tomorrow to recommit the 1 court bill for re-drafting. Administration epokeemen contended Barkley’s election would ' stiffen the fight for the court bill be- ■ cause the Kentuckian had been : more vigorous in supporting judici- ’ al reorganization than Harrison. Opponents declared, however, 1 that there was no question that ' they had the votes to eend the ibill ■ back to committee at any time. They expressed the belief that the ' leadership would either agree to such action or drop the section ass--1 ectlng the high tribunal. Administration sources, eager to restore party harmony, were silent ! on the prospects for the judiciary measure, declining to deny reports it would be dropped or shelved for this session of congress, at least. AAn effort will be made to work out some satisfactory arrangement : for settlement of the court controi versy,” Sen. Sherman Minton, D., Ind., supporter of Barkley and one -f the most enthusiastic advocates iot the judiciary measure, said. 1 "There will not be any vote on a 1 recommittal motion until we have a , chance to work out a compromise ” ; Corridor conversations indicated i that the meat likely outcome would I be action on the court bill and a ! quick adjournment. Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y., whom Gov. Herbert H. Lehman urg(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I 0 CONSERVATION : EXHIBIT HEBE State Department To Have Exhibition Here I During Fair The state department of conser- ; vation will place an exhibit at the Decatur Free Street Fair, it has I been announced by Chairman Dee - Fryback. • I In accordance with the campaign i of the state department to further I interest in local conservation clubs, the state has prepared an exhibit, said to be of unusual interest not only to club members but to the general public. This exhibit will be sent to Decatur for the entire week, according to word from IndianapolisThe exhibit will include fish, native to the streams and creeks of the state and wild game, known to the hunters of Indiana. Special emphasis on quail and pheasant will be made at the exhibit, which will be placed on a downtown street. The exhibit is expected to be of special interest to the I number of clubs in this community.