Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1937 — Page 1

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igKES ASSAILS executives of BIG BUSINESS v e J Deal Spokesmen Indict Nation’s Wealthy Families 1 v, a shlnstoii. Oec. 31 - (U.R) ■•i" ,fl ""iiii. r Iftsdl' w* 1 '- 1 ■'" ,| 11 that tli' 1 mlminisi i t‘ e t'f """'e 1,1 i,s I;1X rsgul»t'"y burd.ms. if" 'lfi! bate Kj~ifr»nlli i as <>b.-tml."< gre s s J q ( , C retary of Interior Harold I. ■ „ nii In in I' i ' " b.ii B* SA |O be I'll'' of II SI'H.-S ul "ii ■l.nsineßS- | K t was preceded by less i han a Robert H Jackson who, in two suggest. <1 lb.ll iii ‘ e t./deal. ■ WtfMfe 011 vaiionsly int.-rpr-t> K JBfei-hes but there is general that on m« . I', a'llftsb" " bi< Ii io' '“!• 1 ■ I. thfrW“' i' l “'' ss i''"l 11 b i-s idE*''*"' '*' ? OB- i,a ' l s ’■ v "' j 1 Ki'lTE’ !,I< ' Jackson I. k.~ En.-feCßest *”‘ w alibis Lninat res] for I": -i ■ |'gßL< speculated on feSKcertMl attack grew E diaewßio" 11,1 I’fcsiib tn itoos.--Ei,« fee I' Florida vacation du I*ll .lai ksoll and b Io - w i ■ Er miters of the party. Ickes, said I. ■-iH ''line 'lia'” I'- 1 set the®*- |" -King (lev u, '" k mar,.ul.-. KtfjSb future. r -on I. i sea ft) president's strategy of ■jlWWStm and ci itieizirig unr.rm <1 He j -io per cent” of ItusiKsa Oro'i.-n id-ntifies 111. 1. ly by Ei*'at« individuals whose ideas K^H n g<‘S. But the new deal » week speakers )S |Kames i unmistakable lasl.i ■feij||y the “60 families" which Eavp belli listed as the dominant — KctOtK American economic lite ■.lacks* named Alfred 1' Sloan KjfiiLm S Knuds, n of <|. m ini Kl.tort l<’ emphasize high . > ' x Ke wiiL.-s in eontiact with whai labor. Ickes KttnsjSe i big business to purge Kelt •• "its Eords, its Girdlers HHHpLmis." I 1111(1 Ickes’ speech' s fen Ken alike and in passages I ■ Konrefel identical ideas in strik- £ Kgljt iimiiar language. Both ;.!■■ KrtiK lla(i (ir «wii heavily upon Lundberg's "America ■tt ffepies," a book publish, d KK Jackson merely nroup. hut lek- - 1 ■ Etd mfl (> l' his speech to it. HsMßoul.l< barreled ihall.iiU'' tin families" s.-m Wash. KflOt »r-iyn.u to iis I ■ Kwy nb tifify th l ' gri'Ul' -"-l’ ! Mt '|H('l iri-i inns well. «!• Lundberg, former Wall ■BtrePt-gljf ]■"■•• : for Hie New \.ui. KejfeTril. ■.••■■ wrote a t.iir.-lnin-■6l Sac. s k.-y.-d io ii- op.-uinr ■taitsne which was as follows ■*? ■ “TSill'tiil.'il Slates is ewe..- ■ Mud dominated today by a lir-iai tlie Mftflrfeid by no more than lesser wealth." ■ On jftg. . 26-27 Lundberg non K iCfet'l'lVi'lll. OX PAGE SIX' Read Babson’s . ft#^B , e-view of 193 S I J? 1 - W ' Ba bson, America's 11 (l Kbusiness prophet, is a optimist. “Business B ilo Be Better” he says. 1 "‘‘'■l / J” 1 What will bring about ’ thinge in trend? f F ■.4 , eC! ’ questions are discuss- ■ 7jtf fank| y and clearly in his Outlook Letter which in this paper today.

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Limb Falls On Wire, Lights Extinguished Part of the south half of the city was plunged Into darkness early I this morning when a tree limb fulli big on a wire near Rugg street disrupted light service. Members of the city light crew immediately went to work and had Hie service | n conimiselon within' an hour. A few hon es where residents were still up, local all-night I i restaurants and the hospital were practical.’y the only place* affectled by the disrupted service. CITY PLANT TO BREAK RECORDS All Production Records Will Be Broken By Municipal Plant The industrial power load at the i city light and power plant during 1037 will exceed halt of the total j kilowatt production at the plant, Mayor A. R. Holthouse was in-1 formed today. The kilowatt consumption of only four of the local industries will, I total more than 6.240,137. Two of the industries, the General Elec-1 - trie Company and the Central Soya I company will have consumed morel i than 5.383,492 kilowatts during the! { year. The meters will be read this evening. . The city plant will break all recJ | ords this year in point of producI tlon. Kilowatts produced will exceed 11,753,900 for the year, M. .1.1 Mylott, superintendent of the plant. ! informed the mayor. This is an i increase of more than 2,600.000 I over 1936. the biggest year in his-' I tory of the plant. The production! this year is one of the largest of | any municipal plant in the state. | The industrial load has grown 1 . heavily in the past three years. In 1935 the four industries consumed . 2,727,000. In 1936 they used 4,150,- . 000 and in 1936 the consumption . of electric energy was 6,240,137. The figures were compiled on only II four industries, namely the GenI eral Electric, the Central Soya .Company, the Decatur Casting . Company and the Cloverleaf Cream- ■ eries. They are the largest users I of city power. Other industries f used city power, they not being’ I classified with those which use - .- i 100,000 kilowatts or more. I | The heavy use of city electric ■ 'power reflects the expansion and: .[growth of local industry in the 3 1 past three years. Compared with : 111935 the increase is nearly 300 per- ] i cent. Coal Costs Up j I Coal costs have gone up in 1937.1 t [ The open market price this year i j was higher than in 1936. Since , I the Guffey bill became effective, I j December 15, coal has been ad- . I vanced 20 and 30 cents a ton. The t ! freight rate is also advanced 10, v \ cents on the ton. The average cost | t j of coal in 1936 was $4.22 per ton. i e I In 1937 it will be about $4 49 and a I city officials expect a higher aver-j [ age cost in 1938. Coal prices are I now set by the government under 8 | the Guffey law West Virginia coal 8 | has been set at SI.BO to $1.95 per ton. The freight rate is $2.80 per ’’ ton. It costs the city 15 cents a ■ II ton to haul the coal rfom the| 8 tracks to the plant, so the total 4 cost of coal will range from $4.75 | ' to $4.90 per ton. ’’ In 1936 the electric department of the city plant showed a profit 0 of $53,815.63. The water departI i ment showed net earnings of SB.-1 8 I 021 24, a total of $61,836.87. Duej '* 1 to the heavy power load and deII spite the increase in coal prices 11 and labor costs, it is expected the k profit this year will be as much p as in 1936 g —o'TWO MEN ARE I ; BORNEO HERE Centra! Soya Company Employes Burned By Dust Explosion Two men burned at the Central Soya comply « i evening about 4:15 o clock in a dust | explosion at the new plant. I The men. Franz Werbenecke a (native of Germany, recent | i.ere by the company, and Ot I - - Krick, of Hartford townshjp _ suffer Adams county memorial hospital by ■fellow workers. Officials of the company stated "££’5 r ‘■"‘"J ty loss resulted, they stated.

OBSERVANCE OF NEW YEAR’S IS PLANNED HERE Citizens Os Decatur To .Join In Celebrating New Year Tonight at midnight, local and county residents will join with the , nation in welcoming the New Year Numerous gay parties and festivities are being planned for tonight. with citizens joining in the I revelry accompanying the passing of the old year. At the B I’. O. Elks lodge, members of the order will stage their , annual New Year’s dance. A NewYear's dunce will also he held at the Sunset park pavilion. Law enforcement bureaus have | indicated that they will not toler I ate atty infraction of the regulations regarding the closing of night I clubs and beer parlors, nor any misdemeanors of celebrants. Tomorrow. New Year's Day. the i city will be Sunday-like, with husi- , ness generally suspended all over 1 Decatur. Beer parlors, confectioneries. filling stations, theaters, and , a few others will be the only ones , ■ open to the public. Others will be | closed in observance of the legal ' holiday. The library, the post office and bank will all be closed, while the Daily Democrat will publish the : New Year’s Day edition at noon. . i closing in the afternoon. No rural I or city mail deliveries will be ‘ , made, but the lobby will be open : as usual. Tomorrow, residents will look to- ( I ward various sources for attrac- j ■ lions, with a four-team basketball tourney at Hartford City, in which I the local school is entered, and the Decatur theaters drawing their | share of patronage. Tonight at midnight, church and school bells, mingled with factory whistles and various "noisemakers" at private celebrations, will herald the advent of 1938. With the exception of Sunday, tomorrow will also be the final vacation day for Adams county . school students, with classes being resumed on Monday, Janita 1 !? 3, j after a week's holiday. JOHN HIRSCHEY TRIAL MONDAY Adams County Man To Go On Trial Monday On Rape Charge i After securing three postpone- ! ments, John Hirshey, 43-year-old Adams county alleged rapist, will go on trial Monday in the Adams I circuit court on a charge that may lead to life imprisonment. Hirschey, the father of one child, is charged with the rape of a nineyear old Decatur girl. Under the Indiana statutes, a convicted rap-1 [lst of a girl under the age of 13 may be sentenced to life in prison. I Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede,: I representing the state, has indicated that he will seek the maxi- [ mum penalty. Hirschey was arrested August 11, of this year, after the fatherj 'of the young girl had signed the I affidavit. When arraigned before [ Nathan C. Nelson, judge pro tern,, in the absence of Judge Huber M. [ DeVoss, he plead not guilty and! [ was released on $5,000 bond. On September 13. Attorneys Ed A. Bosse and Hubert McClenehan | I filed appearance for Hirschey and | the trial was set for October 11. 1 On that datp it was postponed in-1 definitely. On November 19, it I was set for December 6. but on [ December 4 the attorneys again ! set the trial, this time for January [ I 3. The one postponement was j granted because of injuries re-1 i ceived by Mrs. Hirschey in an auto I j accident. She is expected to ap-; pear as a witness. On Monday the regular November jury panel of the November term will be called to hear the trial j of the nearly-deaf farmer, who insistently denied his guilt to authorities when apprehended. Laur- , ence Heckman was named yester- ( day by the jury commissioners to 1 fill the vacancy left by Reuben ! Gerber, who was excused. Three women are sitting on the [ November jury panel at present. o — Church Session To Meet this Evening i The session of the local Presbyterian church will meet tonight at the manse at 7:15. Flans for the church program for the month ol January will be made. All elders are (requested to be present. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 31, 1937.

New Deal Attacks Monopolies ltl>lwrt **• ' ,a< ' kson S|||| KMMWKKKK— H"ralding the fiercest fighting yet between the New Deal and big business, Robert Jackson, assistant attorney general, made a scathing denunciation of "aristocratic anarchy" and charged many industrialists were trying to “liquidate the New Deal and to throw off all governmental interference with their incorporated initiative." Jackson cited figures [ to show that numerous corporations which had lost heavily in 1932, made millions in 1936. He defended labor's efforts to obtain a greater share of the profits and said the administration had saved big business “from ruin and restored it to arrogance." Jackson's statements were given particular attention because of reports that he might succeed Homer S. Cummings as attorney general and was a possible candidate for Democratic presidential nominee.

CHARGE 3 WITH MANIPULATION New York Men Charged With Manipulating Auburn Shares Washington. Dec. 31.—<U.R>—The | securities and exchange commission today cited two partners of the brokerage firm of E. F. Hutton and Co., and a member of the Nqw York stock exchange on charges of manipulating shares of ' the Auburn Automobile Co. The Hutton partners. Gerald M. Loeb of New York and Gordon B. Crary, and 11. Terry Morrison, a floor trader on the stock exchange, were ordered to show cause why they should not be suspended or expelled from membership on the New York stock exchange. New j York curb exchange, Los Angeles stock exchange and the Chicago board of trade. The commission made it clear ’ that the firm of E. F. Hutton and j Co. itself was not involved in the | case. The citation charges that the I trio induced and effected numerous purchases of Auburn stock by the j dissemination throughout the UnitI ed States and in foreign countries jof “extravagant statements concerning the prospects for sensational profits by Auburn Automobile Co., and concerning the likelihood of a spectacular price ad- | vance" in Auburn stock. The commission also said it had ■ “reason to believe" that between I Dec. 26, 1935, and March 12, 1936, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) JUBILEE MEET i HERE SATURDAY K. Os P., Pythian Sisters Will Meet Tomorrow Evening A combined jubilee meeting of j the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters lodges will be held at the K. of P. home here Saturday night at 8 o’clock. I The meeting is being called at the i suggestion of the grand chancellor i commander of Indiana in recognition of the 1,300 new members taki en ino the lodges of the state and I the estaib'islnnent of four new lodges since September. The new members are being enrolled in the Governor's class. Governor M. Clifford Townsend is to be initiated into the lodge in Indianapolis. Carry-in dinners will be held at the lodge home here New Years I noon and evening, in accordance to an annual custom. All members of I the Knights of Pythias lodge and i their families and a’l members of the Pythian Sisters lodge and their families are urged to attend. J Members of the Pythian Sisters lodge are requested to att?nd the regular meeting of the organization Monday night at 7:30 o'clock, plans will 'be made for the joint installation of officers. The Pythian Sisters hive announced a bake sale, to be held in the Church Store here January 8 after 10 o'clock.

Adams County Jail Free Os Occupants Thu Christmas present Sheriff and Mrs. Dallas Brown appreciate the most is an empty jail, an experience which has occurred only twice since Sheriff Brown took office three years ago. An insane patient was taken to the state hospital at Easthaven just before Christmas and no one ( else has ‘been incarcerated since. Sheriff Brown is hoping that New “Year’s Eve ce’ebrants tonight do . not carry the New Year's spirit far enough to break his record of an . empty jail over the holidays. , o NATIONAL C. C. IS OPTIMISTIC Improvement Is Forecast In Industrial Production Washington, Dec. 31 — (U.R) — In a general analysis of the business situation, the chamber of commerce of the United States reported today that it believed the [ low point of the business recession had been reached and that industrial production could be expected to improve henceforth. Although chamber officials ad- . mitted that the carefully phrased . study was “surprisingly optimistic" . the report qualified its conclusions with an indirect reference to the place of the federal government in the business picture. “The question of the moment is whether the normal processes will be permitted and encouraged to operate or abnormal influences ■ will persist, with their retarding effects,” tlie report said. The report was the first reference to the business recession by the chamber since new deal trustbusters opened an attack upon big business and mpnopoly this week. in analyzing Hie downward ' trend, (lie report characterized industrial production as “the heart of things." It declared that the present decline in business processes “has its compensation in strengthening and broadening the bases for renewed activity." “There are increasing evidences," the report said, “that this process has about reached the point where industrial production can again go forward.” In a detailed analysis of the present decline, the chamber found that: 1. Its principal causes are I “within the United States” and are (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Buys Health Bond The Decatur chapter of B. P. O. Elks lodge have made purchase of a $5 health

bond from the Adams County tuberculosis association, W.Guy Brown, president, announced today. Proceeds of the sales

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Buy and Use Them aid victims of the disease and to give milk to undernourished children of Decatur-

AMERICANS AID LOYAL FORCES IN SPAIN WAR — ( rack American Soldiers Rushed Into Biggest Battle Os War Hendaye. French-Spanish frontier [ Dec. 31 (UP)— Spanish loyalists rushed the crank American battalions of the International volunteers into their front lines today to stem the Nationalist attack on Teruel, now developed into one of the biggest battles of the civil war. Men of the Abraham Lincoln and [other battalions, who 18 months ago at home in the United States, were clerks, mechanics, teachers or students in schools and now are among the best fighting men in the world. , were sent into the lines six miles | northwest of Teruel at what was i expected to be the most critical! point of the Nationalist attack. Harold Peters. United Press staff ' correspondent with the loyalists, ' saw the Americans go into position. [ Where in the earlier days of the war, when they helped to save Madrid. they hardly had rifles, the Ami ericans today had tank and armored car units. Peters reported. ■ Opposing the Americans, the men i of other international units and the ' new .Spanish Republican militia 1 which has become a formidable army, were the nationalist Italian Black Arrow, the Moorish regi- ' ments from Africa, the foreign Le- ! gion and the Spanish Fascist millI tia. 1 The battle was one to try the stoutest of men. It was being fought on ground covered by ice and snow, ! , in temperature near zero, with fog adding to the difficulties. Tanks and ‘ armored cars slithered on the slip- ’ pery terrain and airplanes, flying despite the execrable weather, sac- ' ed an almost impossible job. The nationalists had put everything they had into the battle in a desperate attempt to recapture Teruel. [ i o Seek Annulment Os Recent Marriage Elva Boring-Votra, of 610 Kekion- , |ga street, filed suit in the Adams circuit court today, to annul her | marriage to Charles Votra. I i n the complaint for annulment, | she alleges that they were married in Rich Valley, Wabash county on l November 11. but that since she i was only 17 years of age at the time, she was Incapable of contract- [ ing her marriage ano that her par- | ents’ consent was never secured. She asks support money during the pendency of the suit and money , for her attorney fees. o New Star Route To Be Added Tomorrow 1 [ A new star route has been added Ito the dispatching of the local post office, it was announced today. The I ! route becomes effective January 1. Mail to Tocsin. Uniondale Mar- : kle and Preible will be sent over the . new route, making dally service to those points available, except Sun- | day. Formerly service to these i i points was given only every other I! day. DEATH CLAIMS ' MRS.MARBACH Mrs. Caroline Marbach Dies Thursday Os Heart Disease d Mrs. Caroline Marlbach, 75, died 1 ' at the home of her daughter, Mrs. ' | Rolland Grote, of Union township, at 2:50i o’lock Thursday afternoon, '; of heart disease. She had been ill 1 10 days. ' | Mrs. Marbach was born in Ger- ' [ many, August 7, 1862. and moved to ! I this country in 1887. Since coming I here she had resided in Union townII ship. She was married 52 years ago [to Christian Marbach, who survives. ' 'She was a member ot the Immanuel ' Lutheran church. ’ Surviving besides the husiband are the following children: Adolph, Union township; Mrs. Rudolph Wai- [ land. Union township; Robert I Bluffton. One son. Charlee, is de- ’ ceased. There are 24 grandchildren. [Two brothers, Louis and Gottlieb ’ Dueling, live in Germany. 1 Funeral services will be held in | the home of Mrs. Rolland Grote, | ■ Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock j • and in the church at 2 o'clock. The I ■ burial will be made in the church ■ cemetery. The Rev. M. J. Frosch. • pastor ot the nmmaunel Lutheran • church, will officiate. i The body will be removed from : the Zwick funeral home late this I afternoon and may be viewed at the ■[Rolland Grote homo until the time [ I of the funeral.

50 Now Enrolled In Auction School Howard Slewart, of Brookville, enrolled in the Reppert Schoo! ot auctioneering today, to br'ng the total number of those registered to 50. This Is one of the largest classes In the recent history of the school. [The students are now beginning to 'conduct sales themselves and learning more of the fundamentals of the I profession. TRAFFIC LAWS GOIN EFFECT New Traffic Ordinances Go Into Effect Here New Year’s Day Decatur’s new traffic ordinances. I passed by the city council Decent|ber*2L become effective tomorrow. January 1. The ordinances regulate parking, prohibit double parking, and set [ up a traffic court, through which ' fines on a police ticket system for violations can be paid. Signs warning all drivers of the i regulations were being placed to- [ day on the restricted streets. Tickets will be issued to violat-[ ors. Penalties are $1 for first offense, $2 for second offense and $3 for third offense. A subsequent offense calls for an affidavit from i the arresting officer and the filing! of the charge in city court. OLJhe pew regulations those restricting Second street will prob-1 ably afford the greatest interest| among local motorists, many of I whom have been accustomed to ■ unlimited parking. Boiled down the ordinances follow: One hour parking on Second j street, between Jackson and Jefferson street, between hours of 8 a m. [ and 7 pin. on weekdays. Saturday 1 from 8 a m. to 10 p in , Sunday ex-1 cepted. Parking should not exceed i two hours on same street between 2 a. rn. and 8 a. m.. to permit cleaning of streets. One hour parking on Monroe, between First and Third streets; on Monroe street from Seventh to Pennsylvania railroad, between 8 a. in. and 7 p. m. On Saturday j from 8 a. tn. to 10 p. in., Sunday | excepted. No double parking on any street (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MUTINY ABOARD SHIP IS TOLD Six Survivors Os Cruise Tell Os Double Killing Los Angeles, Cal , Dec. 31. —KU.R) — Federal agents questioned the six survivors of the last cruise of the little yacht Aafje today to get to the bottom of one of the strang-1 est stories that ever came from the sea—a murderous mutiny that interrputed a placid holiday. It was the story of an adventur-1 er who decided to turn pirate, who chartered a boat, slew the skipper, [ imprisoned the passengers and headed into the south seas. He ruled the boat with his gun until one of the men aboard sneaked up behind him and brought him down [ with a tnarlin spike. Then they tossed him overboard. As a sequel, the six survivors—two men, three women and a child —were left adrift in a boat they could not handle, with food and water nearly gone, no radio to summon aid, and their only salvation being the chance passing ot ■ some ship or plane. A naval flier on patrol saw them, I noticed the huge SOS scrawled on ■ a sail, and notified the coast guard. The coast guard cutter Perseus towed the yacht into the harbor last night and the department of justice took command. The Aafje belonged to Dwight Faulding, a Santa Barbara hotel owner and sportsman. It was chartered for the trip by Jack Morgan, the man who shot Faulding and took command. Morgans wife, an expecTant mother, was one of the passengers. Her nurse, Miss Elsie Berdan, was another. Faulding's friend, Mrs. Gertrude Turner, and her son. Robert, also were aboard. The [ other two were George Spernack, a guest, and Robert Horne, a photo- [ grapher who often accompanied Faulding on yacht trips. It had been Morgan’s plan, one I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association will meet in regular meeting ! Monday, January 3, at the PresbyI terian Manse. Plana for the leaderI ship training school will be made.

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THREE CHINESE ARMY UNITS IN FIERCE ATTACK Organize Offensive In Shansi; Jap Factories Dynamited Shanghai, Dec. 31 — (U.R) — I Chinese troops were reported today to be organizing a gigantic three-front offensive in Shansi province, with separate armies attacking the Japanese from south, north and west. Little has reached Shanghai in recent weeks of the details of fighting »i Shansi, which is the northwestern front, though it was known that a powerful, veteran army was harassing the Japanese there. The basis of the army is the eighth route army, once the Chinese communist army. Reports today said that the Chisese were so encouraged by their successes in guerilla warfare that they planned a real, i organized offensive. Gen. Chu Teh’s communists would attack from north and west, it was said, and the army of Gen. j Yen Hsi-Shan, "model governor" [of Shansi province, from the south. All three armies would seek to [ close on Taiyuan, the provincial [ capital. i Detailed reports saiil that the I Chinese were causing the Japanese ' trouble all over the war area. On the front between Shanghai [ and Nanking, in Kiangsu and Anhwei provinces. Gen. Chang Fa- | Kwel was reported to have sent ! 1110,000 behind the Japanese lines, ■ and to have retaken several vll- | lages. It was asserted that about 240,1000 guerillas were operating in ! eastern Shansi province, Hopei province and western Shantung province, directly across the lines of the Japanese armies which advanced southward from Peiping ami Tientsin. Gen. Fit Tso-Yi was reported to be organizing an army of Chinese and Mongolians to advance on the Japanese from the far north. Jim Marshall, Seattle, writer for Collier’s Weekly, who was wounded in the Japanese airplane attack on the American gunboat Panay. was reported today to be improvI ing encouragingly. His temtera- ' ture returned to normal and his i wife hoped he could leave the hos- | pital next week. Vigilantes Act Tsingtao, Dec. 31— (U.R) —Vigilantes, hastily organized by foreign residents, charged Chinese looters with batons In the streets today as Chinese police abandoned their posts before a Japanese drive. The roar of explosions echoed as i Chinese dynamited Japanese factories, and smoke from incendiary fires drifted over the city. Looting began again In the early hours of this morning In the shopI plug quarter near the rich comj (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 45 10:00 a. m. 47 Noon 48 2:00 p. in. 49 3:00 ]>. in. 49 WEATHER Unsettled tonight, probably rain in east and north portions, becoming generally fair Saturday, colder, considerably colder except tonight in extreme northeast. OFFICERS NAMED BY AUCTIONEERS Lakewood, O„ Man Named President Os Student Auctioneers Officers for the 34th semi-annual term ot the Reqinort School ot Auctioneering were elected last even- .' ing .by the 49 students enrolled. Chester James, of Lakewood, Ohio was named president of the [ group by his classmates. . Other officers are: Van Moad, ot Nampa, Idaho, as vice-president and Herbert Dawkins, of Parkersburg, ' West Virginia, ae secretary. The first of the auction sales will be held this evening at 7:30 o’clock. The sales will be held each evening, thereafter, except Sunday, un- ' til the end of the term In three weeks. ■ ■ Instructors of the school will as- ; sist Col. Fred Reppert in conduct- • Ing the sales. The public is Invited • | to attend. Sales will be held in the . (Yager building.