Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur Ind. Post Office aa Second Claes Matter I. H- Heller... President t. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller...„Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies -I .02 Due week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office ... 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles- Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER ti CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Get your 1939 license tags before March Ist. Subscribe for the Daily Democrat. It’s only three dollars a year by mail and gives you the home news as well as the general items of greatest interest to you. There are a lot of the old white 1938 automobile tags on cars, we notice as we walk down the street. Time will soon be up tor these as the dead line is March Ist. You will save a lot of inconvenience by attending to this duty right now. More than five hundred bills, have been introduced in the house and even Speaker Knapp is disgusted. He says the session will close at 12 o’clock the night of March 6th and the bills will not be considered except in the regular manner. The Schafer stores ate celebrating their sixty-fntn anniversary, an occasion which no doubt brings them much satisfaction. To have served the community that long and to have grown from a small country hardware store into one of the largest and best general stores in this section is an achievement any family could well feel proud of. The governor of Ohio has fired more than a thousand employes and will not replace them. That's one way to economize but about the time that gets general along will come those who proclaim the state must provide more jobs and then we will go just as wild the other way. Why can't we get down to a common sense base of doing business? Indications are good for a big 1939. regardless of the fact that i the past month or so has not been up to standard. It has been unseasonable, the Christmas bus iness was unusually large, the demands have not been as great as in some years, lint there are in- ' dicat ions for a good year for labor, , farmers, manufacturers, which 1 ought to assure a good season for' the merchant who is live enough to advertise wisely and push his I business. 11 —M. !*■ Republicans in the legislature are trying to cut pensions in two. That may be necessary and there may be somd logic in returning more of the burden to the counties but it certainly is not. in line with what they argued, discussed ami promised during the campaign. Then they assured every aged tierson and every poor man that if they were elected they would stand for larger allotments. They’ even told the WI’A workers their’ pay should be doubled. Now they are voting just the reverse. Figure it out for yourself. The voters of Indiana seem lo want or to think they want a : direct primary law again, to nomi- ’ uate governors and senators. Just I

why we don’t know but it enough ' people want It and will make the I effort, they will get it for the average member of the assembly of course wants to do what he 1 thinks a majority of his constituency wants him to do. We doubt advisability of the law for it does not usually produce as good candidates as does conventions and it's expensive but if that's the demand, the voters will get it. ■MfcAU ■ >»— ■ The Republican members of the legislature, led by Archie Bobbitt, the state chairman, are certainly indicating that their greatest dei sire is to piny politics at the expense of the people. Just now when there is a demand for action i on the gross income tax law. the beer importer system, improved , highway organization and other matters, they devote an afternoon in arguing a resolution to make the governor report on the number of state owned automobiles and the cost of their operation. They can get that information without any resolution and can have any other date they need or want without spending their time making political speeches. They are making a joke out of their opportunity to serve. While the average merchant and business man is smimig over the passage in the house of a bill which cuts his gross income tax bill in two, he should remember that the same amount of money must be raised in some way or the state will soon be in a sad condition financially. The gross income tax has been a burden to the business man but some times the cure of an ailment is worse than the disease. Just how we j will make up the loss thus sus-1 tained is a matter that ought to interest every one. It may result i in a sales tax which passes the burden on to the people but in states where that has been tried ,it is more unpopular than the gross incomo tax law. We shall see what we shall see. N. C. Nelson, Democratic county chairman, has received word from I’. S. Senators VanNuys and Min- ■ ton that they will make no appointments for postmaster either in Decatur or Berne without approv- , , al of a majority of the committeemen in those precincts served from the offices, in other words they are putting these selections back to those who represent the people, which seems a very wise proceedure. Committeemen and vice-committeemen from seven precints in and around Berne will meet tonight to discuss the matter and to take such action as they deem wise. Later some thirty-two , committeemen and vice-committee- ' ! men in the territory i'n and around Decatur will pass upon the qualifications of the candidates. A house majority was more concerned with a sop to selfish inter--1 eats than in maintaining the morale of penal institutions when ! if approved a bill which curtails drastically the manufacture of ' - prison-made goods. No good ex- j 1 cuse beyond political wire-pulling exists for the measure. Previous legislation supposedly eliminated most of the competition which i prison-made articles provided for ' the output of free labor. Not satisfied with earlier restrictions, , the legislative bloc is attempting to prohibit other manufacturing processes. Penologists throughout the country have been unanimous in the contention that prisoners must be supplied with regular i employment. Idleness not only lower* mor.iic, but breed* mis- , chief. Prison officials would be ’ confronted with disciplinary prob--1 loins beyond their control If the men were compelled to endure enforced idleness. For this compel!I ing reason, no further interference should be tolerated hi the operation of industrial enterprises al the several state penal Institutions. Sponsors of this restricI live measure undoubtedly felt

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I they were making a real coucess-! ion in permitting continued manu-• fature of automobile license plates at Michigan City. — Indianapolis | Star. o > < Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two | ♦ « 1 The dried kernel of the cocoanut. 2. It was absorbed into the new kingdom of Yugoslavia alter the World War. 3. No. 4. On account of their hardness and resistance to wear. 5. Westminster Abbey, in London. 6. Nicholas 11. 7. Revenue obtained by the U. S. govenment from otner sources than imports. 8. Kree-dens; not kree-deuse'. !». Argument for and against. 10. Clara dlarton. °■ — * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File | ♦ ♦! Feb. 17 - Burglars get *l-1.00 from the Mangold & Gerber store. Samuel Bentz and Miss Lena Davis married by Father Seimetz. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols are moving to Detroit where Mr. Nichols is employed. Work is started on new Chicago Union station to cost $1.500,000. Wheat is $2.13; oats 50c, corn sl.50 per 100 lbs. Miss Naomi Mayer .is working as a typist at Graham & Walters. o * - * Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ Q. When accepting an invitation to any affair, where the hour has been specified, it it necessary to repeat it in the acceptance the exact date and hour? A. It is preferable to do so, to avoid any misunderstanding as to the exact time. Q. Should a high school girl rise when being introduced to a young married woman, who Is about thirty years of age? A. Yes. Q. What are suitable gifts tor the third wedding anniversary? A. Gifts of leather, or linen. o *Household Sctapbook By Roberta Lee * —. • Forethought It is a wise plan to take out tho hem of the dresses that nra to be lengthened before sending them to the cleaner. In this way no streak will be left at the bottom of the dress after cleaning, and lhe lic.ni may then <be turned up at any place desired. Sandwich Filling A delicious filling for tea sand-

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! wiches can be made with cold sal- ■ mon. cream cheese, and olives. ’ Make, a mosoth paste of the cheese and salmon, and then add stuffed ; olives which have been cut in halves. Paint on Windows Steel wool proves very effective for removing paint smears from window glass. o — COURT HOUSE — Ruled To Answer The defendants in each of the following suits were ruled to answer: Account suit of Alfred E. Schaaf doing business as Schaaf Roofing ' company of Fort Wayne against H. M. Buffenbargei. Partition suit of Clara 11. Reus- : ser and other against Noah A. and Daisy Bixler. Note suit of Leo E. Beall against Charles W. Haggard on or before February 27. Appearance Filed Appearance for the defendant i was filed in the claim suit of Mrs. | Christian Mertz against the estate | ol Elizabeth Moser. Set For Trial l The complaint on promissory 'note of Ferdinand Mettler as the | surviving partner of Schug Mett ler Co., against Ben Moyer was set for trial March 28. The note suit, of Meiller & Baumgartner against Boyd Booher was set for trial March 28. The complaint on promissory | note of Everett Schug against, Frank Brandyberry was set for issues March 28. Substitute Defendant In the mandate suit of John L. King against David D. Habegger, as trustee of Blue Creek township. a petition to substitute a new defendant. William II Patterson, was filed and the summons ordered to the sheriff of Adams county, returnable Feb. 27. Answer Filed In the ejectment suit of the Federal Land Bank of Louisville against Rachel Glendenitig. an answer, to tbe complaint was filed by the defendant with deed of conveyance attached. Ruled To Reply In the account suit of Lubrite Oil Co., against George E. Strickler an answer in three paragraphs was filed by the defendant. Ruled to reply to second and third paragraphs. Find For Plaintiff The account suit of Henry D. Morningstar against Wabash township, Jesse C. Mann, as trustee. the Standard Accident Insurance company and M. L, Green & Co., was submitted to the. court, the evidence heard and the court found for the plaintiff in tho sum of $82.60. Judgment was given on the finding. Set For Trial The damage suit of Ida Scheumann against Joseph McConnell was set for trial March 30. Substitute Parties A notice to substitute parties was filed in the injunction suit of Rachel Glcudening against Dallas Brown as sheriff and the Federal Laud Bank of Louisville. Reply

• to second paragraph of answer of . defendant, Federal Land Bank, i was filed. I Estate Cases t In the estate of Rachel Grove, the proof of the publishing and notice of appointment was filed The proof of the publication of i posting of notice of final settlement was filed. The certificate of clearance was filed. The final report was submitted, examined and approved, the estate closed I and the administrator discharged. The proof of the publishing aud notice of appointment was filed in the estate of Adam Ward Johnson. The proof of the publication of the posting of notice of final settlement was filed. The certificate of clearance was filed. The final report was submitted, examined and approved, the estate closed and the administrator discharged. lu the estate of William Baumgartner, the proof of the publishing and notice of appointment was filed. The proof of the publics- ! tion of the posting of the notice of | final settlement was filed. The certificate of clearance was filed. The final report was submitted, examined and approved, lhe estate closed and the administrator discharged. in the estate of Martha Jane Nevil, a petition to sell real estate i to pay debts was filed by the ad- ! ministrator. In the estate ot Richard B. Johnson, a petition to sell real estate to pay debts was filed and the summons ordered to the sheriff of Adams county for the dei fendant, the Aetna Life Insurance J Co., returnable Feb. 27. In the estate of Phillip Wendel. ' the proof of the publishing and j notice of appointment was filed. I The proof of the publication of the posting of the notice of final settlement was filed. The certificate of clearance was filed. The final . report was submitted, examined and approved, the estate closed and the executor discharged. Guardianship Cases In the guardianship case of Oscar. Herbert, and Mildred Lengerich and Frederick Lengerich Touuelier, the final report as to I Frederick Tonuelier was filed. J examined and approved and the guardian discharged. 1 Victor H. Eicher, ct ux to Louise . j Dytfch inlots 405-416 nd part ot 406 Jiu Geneva for $1; Azelea [ to Hubert R. McClcnahan, attorney for Peter Young. 39 acres in Blue Creek township for $1; Casper Miller to Margaret Miller 176.50 acres in Washington township for $1; i Jiara C. Krick to Krick-Tyndall Co., ' 139.65 acres in Washington township jfor $3866.50; Eli W. Steele, et ux , to Charles A. Krugh, et ux part of cutlot s9l in Decatur for $1; Peter Bauman to Erwin Bauman 80 acres 1 in Washingion township for $6,000; 1 Ed P. Miller, Sheriff to Harry Frlt- , zinger 119 acres in SL Marys town ship for $5,500; Ed. P. Miller, SherI iff to Harry Fritzinger 93 41 acres In Monroe township for $3700; | Mary Kuhn, et al to Bernard E. I I Kuhn 80 acres lu Wabash towns ship for sl. , .—_——o — _ ; I Arthur Hyland of llndiauapolis r j was a calle rliere this morning.

JURORS PROBE BRUTAL MURDER — i Marion County Grand Jury Convenes To Probe Murder Indianapolis, Feb. 17.—(U.R) Marlon county grand jury conveited today to hear the first witnesses in the investigation of the hammer murder of a month ago of Mrs. Carrie Lelan Romig. 55-year-old. attractive thrice-married woman who was brutally slain In her midtown apartment. Chief of Detectives Fred Simon said on the eve of the grand jury probe that William Ray Butsch, 57, a former convict with a long police record, will be formally charged with the murder soon. He is being held under a technical I charge of vagrancy and is scheduled to be arraigned in court next Tuesday. Police meanwhile released Mark Arthur, 44, a rooming house proprietor, whom Butsch had claimed "gave" him jewelry stolen from Mrs. Romig’s apartment. Prosecutor David M. Lewis said that Arthur had "no connection with the case whatever" aud Is not implicated in the crime. Lewis added that Butsch evidently had involved Arthur only in an attempt to confuse investigators. Also still in custody is Mrs. Lydia Hatfield. 21, whom Butsch says is his step-daughter, and police said she will will be detained : for further questioning. She has j given authorities a 12-page statement which has not been made public, but which is believed to j have led police to the recovery of I all Mrs. Romig’s valuable gems, I which had been pawned here, in j Muncie and iu Anderson. Mrs. Romig's wedding ring was ' found in Butsch's clothes. o ROOSEVELT IS ENROUTE SOUTH Fully Recovered, President On Way To Fleet Maneuvers Aboard President’s Special Train en Route to Florida, Feb. 17. —(U.R) —President Roosevelt sped southward toward Key West today where tomorrow he will board the ■ cruiser Houston which will carry him to fleet maneuvers in the Caribbea n. The chief executive, fully lecov-; ered from grippe, left Washington last night. He will leave his train at Florida City and motor 140 miles to Key West where the Houston will be waiting. The Houston which Mr. Roose-' velt has used on previous cruises, will be his floating White House ' until March 2 when he returns to Washington. Mr. Roosevelt will deliver a | brief address at Key West tomor- ■ row afternoon formally opening I the Golden Gate exposition at San Francisco. He was accompanied by Admiral | William I). Leahy, chief of naval | operations. Rear-Admiral Ross T. 1 Mclntire, White Bouse physician and surgeon-general of the navy and Captain Daniel Callahan, his naval aide. Mr. Roosevelt left behind Secretary Marvin 11. Mclntyre, a familiar figure on presidential trips of the past. Mclntyre is a patient in the naval hospital, with influenza. o CANADA INSANE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) were: one patient dead of heart I attack; two firemen injured. Authorities praised the nuns I for having prevented a catastro-! phe by their orderly handling of I the situation in its first stages. The asylum had housed 9501 women and 847 men patients; 292 j nuns and 250 employes. Sister! Marie L’ Ange Gardienne, head' nurse, believed that a patient had I set the fire during breakfast yesterday morning. Il started on the third floor of the five-story east wing. Throughout yesterday when it - - 1

NOTICE The stockholders of the Adams County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association will meet Wednesday, Feb. 22 at One P. M. at Monroe, Ind., in the Hatchery building, for the purpose of electing a board of directors and to transact such other business-as may come before the assembly. Jerry Liechfy, Pres. J. D. Winteregg, Sec'y.

I seemed that the fire would bo confined to the one wing, patients were left in the central building ' and the west blocks They watchI ed the blaze nervously, threatenI ing many times to riot. Thu nuns i worked desperately trying to keep I the’m calm. Then, soon after dark, the wind shifted. The water pressure ran low and the hose streams would not reach beyond the second | floor. Firemen, weary and frosti bitten, gradually had lo retreat. By the time the central building | burst into flames, the situation was hopeless. The hurried evacuation was scarcely completed be fore the tanks began to explode. A battalion of the 22nd regiment arrived to find policemen, firemen. volunteers and nuns struggling to control the patients. Many were lying in the deep snow, screaming and writhing in terror. There was little that could be done for the 65-year-old institution. Firemen hoped only to keep the flames from spreading throughout the neighborhood. It was the third fire in Catholic Institutions in a 20-hour period in this vicinity. Dr. J. H. Paquette, minister of i health for Quebec province, sent 20 physicians to the scene. They feared that the exposure might

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