Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1937 — Page 1

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China Pleads To ■ [league Assembly L i To Take Action jahl 4On —— - ■

Japan Seeking To United States ABd Other Nations linn The Ear East. AX OFFENSIVE " qoB- ■ Sept 15- (U.R) -China, to the world assembly I,ague of tuitions for aid, "Mcmß’ l " ,,lay ,hß ’ J “P an *°»Kht io <oll<lll<T China lint to l b| (..pel I|. rnitod Status and Euro-™>«aioii'.ti;.-s I'i'oni the entire far ngton Koo. chief Chinese " delßi''. set king to enlist league iti-ii Japanese .ivaiossion, ■< that if Japan ever ob-1 ■control of China s vast man I ■ and natural resources, she U ' I tliteil )’. state! and European rights in the — sootMseas and the Pacific, as well g, ■the Asiatic mainland Tlli picture lie painted was of )L. a Japan obtaining doming aneeiver the 3.000,000 square ll lt n( | 423.000.000 people of China, to form the greatest ?> arMjSthe world has ever seen and ~ to eWlellge the world to combat. KoJ demanded action by the "■ i-MW under articles X. XI and its covenant. These conpreservation of territorial inuSty ami political independence jof league members; the recSition that the league should any threat of war a matter Os concern and take preventative action, and the principle of inviting non-member nations like Japalt participate in any discus•lonsß’egarding them. ,: 'gg|^K; t hopes not only to force application of these articles bat Mr-ntiially to apply the drastic irtid- XVI providing for penalties agai* »n aggressor, and also to (CONTINUED OS’ PAGE FIVE) IMH ANDREWS TALKS TO CHIB Athletic Director Speaks On Athletics To Local Lions Club -• ’ Hugh Andrews, athletic director and loach of the Decatur public schodl delivered an interesting on athletics, at the weßy meeting of the Decatur Lions :lub, held Tuesday evening at th- Rice hotel. on athletics mainly in relOpi to application to the ifji schoo boy. Mr. Andrews stressed the fact that the aim of the school Sil is not merely to win athletßtutitests, but to aid in education bf the students involved in atißies athletic director pointed to the ntlendid lessons in discipline g and [sportsmanship which the . J®!*’ students assimilate from in sports against 0 TWJr of their own age. youths lIY® in different communities different environments. ■tics. Mr. Andrews said, are benefit to students, partfayly the more timid ones, in Myshing social contacts and which often last a lifetime. but clean and fair play are in physical education proof the schools, with the parIwßnts taught diligently to take MBifair advantage of an opponM. Doan was chairman of iheßrogratn. o ntile Paralysis Cases Are Increased hington, Sept. 15 —(UP)— ■ S. ipublic health service toported that new cases of inparalysis for last week 1 nwe than 200 over the preweek, thereby establishing a )r the year. —■■ o ' Causes Heavy . Damage At Warsaw saw, Ind., Sept. 15—(UP)— 'f undetermined origin desthe main plant of the Gatke os company, with damage es--1 at close ta $150,000. ty men were thrown out of mient by the blaze, departments from Columbia Winona Lake, and Milford ailed to aid the Warsaw fire-| s in controlling the flames,; raged at top intensity for han an hour. 1

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TAX LEVIES IN EACH TAX UNIT All 1938 Rates Are Lower Than Those Paid During Present Year The total tax levies for each of the taxing units for 1937 and those fixed by the Adams county tax adjustment board for 1938, are as follows. All the 1938 rates are lower than the 1937 levies: Unit 1937 1938 1 Inion $1.51 $1.31 Root 1.24 1.13 i Preble 1.00 .86 I Kirkland 1.62 1.39 Washington 1.60 1.45 I St. Marys 1.84 1.79 ! Hlue Creek 1.93 1.57 ( ' Monroe 1.76 1.46 ! French 1.38 1.08 ! Hartford 2.17 1.91 j Wabash 2.33 2.081 Jeffersoh 2.01 1.83 Berne 2.95 2.76 Decatur—Washington .. 2.74 2.47 Deeatur —Root . 2.45 2.21 Geneva 3.98 3.28 Monroe —Monroe 2.11 1.81 Monroe —Washington 1.95 1.85 The combined bond and welfare levies, included in the above totals are: Union. 39c; Root. 24c; Preble, 30c; Kirkland. 28c; Washington. 27c; St. Marys. 19c; Blue Creek. 45c; Monroe, 32c; French, 23c; Hartford. 71c; Wabash, 55c; Jefferson. 37c; Berne, 32c; DecaturWash., 31c; Decatur-Root, 28c; Geneva, 55c; Monroe, 32c; MonroeWash.. 27c. These rates are deductable in arriving at the $1.25 maximum levies in townships and the $2 maximums in towns and cities. o Chris Otto Ehinger Dies At Joplin, Mo. Chris Otto Ehinger. aged about | 60, former resident of Decatur, i died Tuesday- night in a hospital at Joplin, Mo., according to word 1 received by relatives in this city. Mr. Ehinger, who was formerly i in the clothing business here, left Decatur about 25 years ago and for several years had made, his home at Joplin with a brother, Robert A. Ehinger. the only near relative surviving Several nephews, nieces and cousins reside in this city. Funeral services will be held Friday morning a» Joplin. o Bangs Is Given Change Os Venue Huntington. Ind., Sept. 15 —(UP) —Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs today ' Attained a change of venue to Grant county when his impeachment trial was called before special judge Frank Charles. Judge Oliver D. Claws?® of the Grant Circuit court will ibe asked to set an early trial date in the present court term. Banks, who spe,nt months in jail as mayor for contempt of court irt his fight to operate the city's tiny electric plant was impeachei by the City council several months ago and has appealed its decision. — o —— JOSEPH LARGENT DIES SUDDENLY Aged Man Dies Late Tuesday Afternoon Os Angina Pectoris Joseph Largent, 72, died suddenly at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the home of Willard Steele, east of Decatur, where he had lived for the past 50 years. Robert Zwick. Adams county coroner, gave angina pectoris as the' cause of death. The deceased was born in Monroeville May 5, 1865, the son of Mr. and Mrs. New Largent. He was married to Sarah McConnehey. Surviving are two children,' Harve Largent of Decatur and Bertha of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at the Steele residence Thursday af- ' ternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. I Paul Brandyberry, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body was returned to the i I Steele residence this afternoon . from the Lobenstein funeral home and may be viewed until time of I the funeral.

NEUTRALITY LAWI PUT IN EFFECT BY ROOSEVELT i • Government Takes Steps To Avoid Far East "Entanglements Washington, Sept. 15— (U.R) —| The American government today I placed in effect against Japan and China a modified form of the neutrality law. It began enforcement of Presi- 1 . dent Roosevelt’s order that no vessel owned by the federal gov-1 eminent will be permitted to t arry i arms, ammunition or Implements of war to either Japan or China and that privately owned ships fly- | ing the American flag carry such ' cargoes at their own risk. The list of proscribed articles are the same as those in President Roosevelt’s proclamation of May I I. 1937, placing an embargo on sale of exports of arms, amlhunition or implements of war to either side in the Spanish civil war. It was believed the government-| owned freighter Wichita, bound * from Baltimore. Md .to China with j cargo of American war planes, f would be the first American vessel - affected by the order. . The Wichita was reported due | at San Pedro, Calif., today or to- | morrow from the Canal Zone. It was believed the war planes and any other cargo affected by the president’s ban. would be jettisoned at San Pedro before the vessel is permitted to proceed. | 1 Any foreign vessel could load the planes there and carry them on to their destination if she is able to run the Japanese naval blockade. The action, taken late yesterday j after a cabinet meeting and leng- ( thy conferences with secretary of “ state Cordell Hull and maritime * commission chairman Joseph A. 1 Kennedy, was calculated to with- ■ draw this country one step farther ‘ 1 t I CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | LOCAL CHURCH ; PLANS MEETING i Adams-Wells Conference j At First Christian i Church Friday The Adams and Wells county ' conference will be held at the Christian church in this city Fri- . day. Delegates from Bluffton, j Markle, Geneva. Maple Grove and t other churches of the counties will ( attend. The Rev. G. I. Hower, general { secretary of the Indiana Christian ( missionary association will be present. The Rev. Lee Tinsley of j Rushville, will be the speaker. f Following is the complete pro- { gram: t Forenoon 10:00 —Devotional opening. | s 10:20 —Introduction of workers, j 10:30 —Open discussion —Need of the church. j • 11:Hr—Appointment of commit-' tees and announcements. 11:30 —The church's program of I advance. I 12:00 —Fellowship luncheon. Afternoon ■ 1:30 —Devotional. 1:45 —Ways and means of achieving increased attendance. 2:ls—Undergirding the total program of the church —Team leader. J 2:45 —Business session. 3:00 —Women's part in the program of the church. 3:30 —The church at work in the world community—Foreign mission- ] ary. j ( 4:00 —Adjournment. ~ 6:oo—Supper in church dining t room. ( Evening ( 7:30 —Devotional. I { 7:45 —The “Why” of this confer- f ence. 8:00 —The rural life in the mission field. 8:15 —Special music. 8:25 —Rural church in kingdom I building. ( o { Indiana Miners Ask ' Strike Authority < ( Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 15 — r (UP) —Local scale committee of tin s United Mine workers union today I petitioned John L. Lewis and other I international officers for authority n j t? call a strike of 13,000 miners in Indiana's rich coal fields. I In a telegram to Lewis, local offi- t dale pointed out that the situation t is “critical" ajid that "something must be done immediately.” deci- c sion to ask for authority to call a e strike was voted unanimously at r yesterday'e meeting t»f the full wage ■ a scale committee of 14 members. j c

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 15, 1937.

Chicago Warring on Paralysis

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While Chicago’s schools remained closed and more than 315,000 : elementary pupils stayed at home, nasal clinics were opened in various ; sections of the city in an effort to cheek the deadly wave of infantile paralysis which has swept down on the metropolis. Here is a city health official administering a zinc sulphate spray to a youthful patient I

URGES CHURCH I UNIFICATION Oklahoma Churchman Urges M. E. Church Divisions Unified Indianapolis. Sept. 15. —<(j.R)—Dr. Froney Hutchinson, prominent South Tulsa. Okla., churchman and orator, urged unification of the north and south division of the Methodist Episcopal church in an address last night before the 106th annual session of the Indiana conference. Speaking before ministers, district superintendents and laymen. Dr. Hutchinsou said he believes in doing everything that is “honorable" to assure the consolidation. Every southern conference held thus far has voted approval of the proposal, he said. Bjtterly assailing legalized gambling and the liquor traffic, the Oklahoma churchman said: *l'd rather mire down in the mud in my car than ride on a pavement built witn money representing the debauched souls of men." Dr. Hutchinson, who will present a series of sermons nightly during the conference which will last through Monday, urged that churches determine the reason for losses in membership and make a concerted effort to bring errant members back. Addresses of welcome were delivered yesterday at thtj opening session of J. D. Johnston, president of the Roberts Park Mens' club and T. A. Discus, a member of the state highway commission who spoke in the absence of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. Prominent guests attending the (■CONT’NUTJd ON PAGE FIVE) MEN'S CONGRESS TO MEET SUNDAY Annual Men’s Congress To Be Held At Plymouth Sunday Rev. Charles M. Prugh of the local Zion Evangelical-Reformed church announced today the annual Men’s Congress of that denomination of the Fort Wayne classis will be held at the Plymouth. Indiana, Evangelical-Reform-ed church Sunday. Sept. 19. and many men will attend from here. The Rev. C. W. Sauerwein. pastor of the host church and his group of church men are planning a most Interesting gathering. Willis Widner, Goshen president of the organiation announces the following speakers: Dr. J. E. Hart-j zler of the Hartford, Conn., Seminary will give the morning address, “Pa'estine, the Cross Roads of Civilization.” He formerly was a, member of the American univer-1 sity in Beruit, Syria. Dr. Frederick ; Frankenfeldt, Elmhurst college, St. | Louis, Mo., will deliver the afternoon message. The Orphan's home band of the Fort Wayne Evangelical-Reformed home will also give a concert in the afternoon. The entire executive committee, of this organization is making' every effort possible to have 1,000 [ men attend this men’s gathering at the civic auditorium in Plymouth.

Greyhound Sets New World Record Indianapolis, Sept. 15. — (U.R) — Oreyhound, gallant son of Guy Abbey and holder of a new world trotting record for the mile and a half, was groomed today for an at- : tempt to lower world mile record here next Saturday. Despite a strong breeze that whipped the dust at the big mile oval at the state fairgrounds track yesterday, the big grey gelding shattered the world record for the mile and a half, clipping 9% seconds from the mark set last week I by Rosalind at Syracuse. Grey- | hound covered the distance in 3:03 *£. Rosalind's time was 3:12>/ 4 . CHICAGO SEX CRIME SOLVED Robert Conroy Confesses Attack On Choir Singer To Police l’ Chicago, Sept. 15.—<U.R> —Robert i Conroy, 24, re-enacted for police today the rape and torture of Miss ; Anna Brasy, called by police one : of Chicago's most brutal sex crimes. ■ | Conroy admitted attacking the i 38-year-old choir singer in her - home last Nov. 21. Chief of Detectives John J. Sullivan said. He had I confessed to his wife the morning ■ 'after the attack, and they fled with ; their two children to Washington, ■ D. C. i' Only recently they returned and ■ Conroy got a job as a tile setter, i Another woman, who telephoned . mysteriously to Miss Brasy's moth- | era few days later and refused to ■ give her name, gave the two tips '' which led to Conroy's arrest. Conroy admitted, according to ! Sullivan, that he threatened Miss I I Brasy with the knife he used in his I vegetable business, robbed her of j $55, raped her, and tortured her ''with a coat hanger. He had been drinking, Sullivan I quoted Conroy as saying, and he I fell asleep on a street car. The i' conductortwakened him, made him ' get off. He wandered down an alley. saw a porch stairway leading past the roof of a one-story building. He climbed from the roof into i the Brasy's second floor apartment, I where he saw Miss Brasy sleeping. •I He forced Miss Brasy to give • him $55 in $5 bills, he said. ■ | Next morning he told his wife, ■ 1 Concetta, 21, he was in trouble. ■ 1 She read a newspaper account of II the attack and asked “was that •you?” • i Conroy confessed to her then, i' Sullivan said. They lived with ;i Mrs. Conroy’s parents in Washington for several months. I Mrs. Conroy left her husband shortly after they returned to Chi1 cago, taking their children. Rose- ■ mary, 3, and Robert, Jr., 2, with . | her. When Miss Brasy faced Conroy in the county building, she cried- ■| “yes, that’s the man. 1 can never i forget that face, and those awful, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Call Petit Jury To Report September 21 The regular venire of the petit: ' jury fct the September term of the Adams circuit court has been called to meet Tuesday, September 21. Roy Steele is to be tried on that Iday on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

FLEETS PATROL MEDITERRANEAN TO AID SHIPS Naval Police Force Patrols Sea To Fight "Pirate” Subs (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London, Sept. 15 — <U.R, — An ■ International naval police force , came into being today to patrol the 1,000.000 square miles of the Mediterranean and challenge Fascist Italy's bold assertion that the ancient sea is primarily herk. British and French battle fleets, , with destroyers as policemen on ' the beats and navy seaplanes as I the equivalent of radio scout cars, took up their stations on the sea | lanes to protect Mediterranean ! shipping from the officially mys- ! terious “pirate" submarines which had preyed for weeks on merchant | ships. In their own territorial waters, ships of seven other Mediterran- | ean and Black Sea nations joined i the police work, and ports of all ! these nations were open *to the British and French fleets. More British and French war- ' ships were speeding toward the I sea lane, loaded with deadly depth 1 bombs, and more were to be sent later. More and more It appeared that; i a new phase in the struggle for supremacy on the Mediterranean had been started —a phase that began when Italy successfully defied Great Britain and the league of ■ nations in the Ethiopian crisis. Everyone knew that the mysterious submarines operating in the i ■ Mediterranean were trying to stop ! the supply of oil to the Spanish Loyalists, in hope that transport would be paralyzed and the Loy- ' alist army immobilized, and that . i consequently the Loyalist cause would collapse and the Spanish . Nationalists left the victor in the I civil war. Evefyone participating in the ! “Nyon arrangement" knew that I Italy was suspected of providing submarines to aid the NationalI isfs. I Italy alone of Mediterranean powers — excluding the Spanish | combatants and Italy's little satel- | lite, Albania — was out of the . “Nyon arrangement,” and apparently she was somewhat surprised that the other powers did not even await her rejection of an invitation to participate before they put t their patrol plan into effect. There were indications that Italy, suspected as the “pirate" 1 power, might yet be included in 1 the patrol. Dispatches from Rome ' seemed to hint that Italy might ’ join if her share in patrol work were made equal to that of France ' and Britain. The importance and sweeping ' 1 extent of the Nyon arrangement ' were more and more apparent. ; Technically, submarines that did ; not comply with rules for humanizing undersea warfare alone were ' Included. Actually, the effect of the Nyon plan will be that all submorines operating on the Mediter- ' ranean will be suspect and liable i - - ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ! O DELAY TIME TO 1 CLEAN DITCHES I Time Limit Is Postponed 15 Days Because Os Bad Weather i John M. Doan, Washington township trustee, announced today that j the time limit for cleaning and mowing of he ditches in the township has been postponed from September 15 to October 1 because of j the rain ajid bad weather which has > slowed the work. After this time, all ditches which have been odered mowed, or cleanJed and mowed will be sold for this J purpose and the cost added to the i tax duplicates. The SVlowing in the township . (have betn ordered both cleaned . I and mowed: Peter Holthouse, AnI drew Miller, L. L. Rcppert, William i Hahnert, andrew Blair H. H. Hes- . >ler, Alphonso Kohne No. 1, W. D. Straight, ajid William Bluhm ditches. Other ditches in the township must be mowed before October 1. o — Beverage Board To Hold Meeting The Adams county alcoholic beverage board will conduct a hearing in the commissioners’ room in the cXurt house, Thursday, October 14, at 9 a. m. On the application of Adlams lodge No. 1311, Loyal Order of I Moose for a liquor, beer and wine 'retailer’s license.

Adjustment Board Adjourns; All Tax i Levies To Be Less

NO COMMENT ON j BLACK QUESTION Strict Silence Imposed Until Black’s Return From England Washington, Sept. 15. — (U.R) - The administration adopted a polI icy of strict silence today concerning Justice Hugo L. Black and Ku Klux Klan charges —a silence which was expected to be imposed until return of Black from Europe later this month. No word issued from the White House in amplification of President I Roosevelt's press conference statement yesterday in which he withheld comment on the situation un- . til Black's return. Other administration figures ad1 opted a similar attitude.’ Attorney General Homer S. Cummings who Monday asserted that Black's fitness for the supreme judicial post was “beyond question” cancelled a scheduled press conference today. He was due to meet with reporters at 11 a. m. Justice aides said the conference was cancelled to allow him to attend to “personal business." They denied the Black controversy had any connection with the cancellation. As speculation stirred in the national capital over the possible political repercussions of the charg- ■ es that Black was and is a member of the klan. Mr. Roosevelt called his chief political generalissimo, Postmaster General James A. Far- | ley to the White House for a luncheon meeting. , 1 Farley said as he entered the (CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) r n — FARM LEADERS APPROVE PLAN State Farm Leaders Express Approval Os Soil Program Washingt .n. Sept. 15 — (UP) State farm leaders today expressed general satisfaction with the new 'soil conservation program for 1938 proposed by secretary cf AgrictulI ture Henry A. Wallace suggesting a ’ls to 25 million-acre reduction in major crops next year. The 118 leaders f'om all states met in regional groups with AAA : officials today to analyze the tentative new program to decrease planting next year and to offer suggested technical changes. AAA officials reported there was ! “genera! agreement" as to the de-1 sired aims although they admitted j . that some minor changes to meet local seditions might be made before the final draft of the program is announced by Wallace. Wallace urged the farmers to “form a united front” behind a farm program. He said that the aims of the proI i posed 1938 (program are not only I to improve farmers purchasing power but to assure better fertality and II conservation of the soil. Chester Davis, federal reserve board member and former AAA administraor, described the new proposal as “a distnict improvement” over previous AAA and soil conservati ’a p'ans. The program would decrease plantings from an estimated 300,- ' 000,000 acres this year to between 275.000.000 and 285.000,000 acres in l 1 1938. The secretary gave details to 118 farm leaders yesterday so that they would ready to debate the ' i proposals. 1 Agriculture department and agricultural adjustment administration officials frankly especte-d a mixed ' reaction varying from forthright ’ criticism i.f the plan to approval. They were prepared to cite 'wo major developments in support of their contention that p'antings must be | reduced: i 1. A general decline of farm (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. - 61 10:00 a. m. 62 Noon — 67 2:00 p. m. 71 3:00 p. m. 69 WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight and Thursiday.

Price Two Cents.

Board Adjourns To Next Tuesday; All Rates For 1938 To Be Less Than Present Levies. CUT COUNTY RATE The Adams county tax adjustment board adjourned last evening after tentatively approving the budgets and tax levies for 1938 in the various governmental units in the county, following a two day session. The board will meet again Tuesday. Septemlier 21. for the purpose of taking final action on the rates and adopting the necessary resolutions and ordinances establishing the levies for next year. All except three townships, namely St. Mary's. Wabash, and Jefferson, come under the $1.25 maximum rate, after the levies for bonds and county welfare levies are deducted. The Adams county levy was reduced two cents. Decatur, Berne and Geneva are above the $2.00 maximum levies fixed by law, after deductions are made for bonds and county welfare. The Decatur rate is $2.47 on the SIOO valuation, one of the lowest in history, a reduction of 27 cents under the 1937 rate. In trying to arrive at the $2.00 levy, 31 cents is deducted for bonds and county welfare levies, including four cents for county bonds; 10 cents, county welfare; 13 cents for township road bonds and four cents, city school bonds. Deducting these levies, which are exempt under the law in the effort to bring levies in towns and cities down to the 32.00 maximum, the Decatur levy totals $2.16 on the SIOO. In Berne the total rate is $2.76, including 32 cents for bonds and welfare. The rate in Geneva is I $3.38, with 55 cents for bonds and I welfare. The board will recommend the i rates as fixed, because, as members stated, “it would be impossible to bring the levies within the maximums fixed in the law in the three townsb ps and Decatur, Berne and Monroe without upsetting the budgets and tax affairs in every political unit in which they apply.” Under the law the county tax adjustment boards must reduce the levies to the maximums, but can recommend to the state board of tax commissioners that the levies as fixed by the county boards be "adopted. The papers will be prepared by County Attorney Henry B. Heller and signed by the board. County Levy Reduced The 1938 tax levy for Adams county, which applies to all taxing ' units in the county, was reduced I two cents, from 40 to 38 cents on | the SIOO. In reviewing the budget, the appropriations for the Adams county memorial hospital were reduced $2,500 and another $2,500 was added to the hospital's anticipated revenue for next year, making a total credit of $5,000. which enabled the board to make a cut of two cents in the county levy. The budget for the hospital, as submitted totaled $51,000. The revenue from income was listed at (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GRAND LARCENY CHARGE FILED Decatur Man Is Arrested, Charged With Theft Os Tools Oral Neuenschwander, 39, of the Homewood addition, is being held in the Adams county jail on a charge of grand larceny in connection with the alleged theft of carpenter tools from Roy Steele on or about August 29. Both men are engaged in the construction work being done at the McMillen plants. Officials stated today that part of the stolen tools have been recovered. The total value of the alleged thefts is placed at more than SSO. Neuenschwander was arrested this morning by State Policeman Burl Johnson, Sheriff Dallas Brotvn and Chief of Police Sephus Melchi. The affidavit was filed in the Adams circuit court by Prosecuting Attorney Arthur Voglewede this morning. He may be arraigned late this afternoon before Judge Huber M. DeVoss.