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VOLUME FORTY-THREE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1935.

NO. 74

s GOVERNOR M ADDRESSES

He Found Body

LAWMAKERS

’ECilSI.XTOKS HEAR GOVERNOR

WITNESSES LINK LAWYER WITH OUTLAW

McM TT S rUO<iKAM TO Rspeed recovery

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JOINT SESSION

lief Most Import a nt Problem feraelng l^i;lHiitiire, Suys

State Executive

mm flESXNDI VNAPOLIS. Jan 10, 'UP> program ilcsiKiied to spee<l reeovy and furnish a lasting foundation r Ut< future welfare of Indiana Iwaa offered the 7Pth state . gtslatnt" today by Gov. Paul V Mc-

ncssage, delivered to a joint of tiie house and senate deIndiana’s record during the at two vears as unmatched by any

he*'state.

"Du >ng one of the most critical rioda in the history of the state, ■ hav< paid our bills, borrowed no >ncyi balanced our budget, assistourpocal political sub-divisions in meting their obligations and admineredfall of the necessary functions stall government," McNutt said "ThOfc' In need have food, shelter d nothing. Taxes on tangible :s have been reduced .'!4 per tax basis has been broaded, {the cost of government has i rosf E. jL-i. ned by $11,000,000 during ’Pe. •> last four years, our schools have en op'' ' our teachers paid." cur Of the problems facing the legismt'TTjrB, p<>' 1 r relief is the most importP ,eii l, Go 'i rnor McNutt said. ■1 aiiAp pointed to the need for Indiana , the burden of caring for l,n ^gnployables, heretofore aided by

Cl.AIM 1,01 IS ITt|UETT PAID FOR Dll.I.IN«.UR'S FACIAL OPERATION

FORMER CLERK

STAND

Two Surgeons Also Testify For Government In Case Against Chicago Attorney

found the body of the Lindbergh baby in a woods near the Lindbergh’s Hopewell home, is pictured upon his arrival in Flemington, N. J., to testify for the state in the trial of Bruno Rich-

ard Hauptmann.

Courl Upholds

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. <UP’ Thtn- | faced Arthur O'Leary, youthful law j clerk who gloried in association with John Dillinger but scurried to become a government witness under fire, re Mimed his revelations in federal court today of tile outlaw's last profligate days. O’Leary is testifying in the trial of Louis Piquett, former city prosecutor who is accused of protecting Dillinger from thousands of pursuer! and furnishing the brains of his depredations. The spitidling clerk struck the government's major blow at his former employer yesterday, testifying that

ror ir« federal government. cve 'I.Buw because of our foresight, w'e • not faced with the emergencies our sister states,” he said. “We Mid w recognized our responsibilities 10 * un the beginning and have met ,'erase L. lS ” governor recommended three a LnLjjrpa to ease the added relief hur-

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’t' 0 ' 1 - Make county poor relief bonds' abash circuit court.

'eable by making tax levies mandastl y for interest payments and retire-

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~ ., _ | Dillinger gave Piquett $10,000 to ar-

J||(|'|jf { || | ,an f’ u I’lnsLi surgery operations 1m O j him and Homer Van Meter, lieuten-

| ant of Dillinger’s gang.

HUGHES CONTENDS URI- With testimony of O’Leary and Dr. UISING OF PAST ACTS i Harold M Cassidy, one of the surIS NOT CONTEMPT goons who twice operated on Dillin- | ger to alter his appearance and his . . . ... , r , linger prints, the government attor-

In an opinion written by Chief Jus- ,

. ..... .... neys built a formidable foundation

tice James P. Hughes the Indiana' '

. ... for their accusations against Piquett.

supreme court Wednesday upheld the I he prosecutors are determined to

right of newspapers to criticize or , ...

i send Piquett to the penitentiary as comment upon the action, opinions

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Define into one unified whole the ipectiv i duties and poor relief ictions of township ami county

ird» and officials.

Provjjle a county or state poor ref fund to assist those townships to care for those on relief beef low valuations and high poor

lef loads.

Major changes In another Importt aociid problem liquor control >mmended by the governor, ing that the present setup eshift and has been unsucurged establishment of a san board of control to adthc liquor act. mu Id abolish the present lise department which gives

ami judgments of courts, so long as they do not impede enforcement of justice or obstruct pending proceeding. The decision was recorded in reversing the conviction of Don M. Nixon, former editor ami publisher of the Wabash Plain Dealer and TimesStar on a charge of indirect contempt of court. That case Involved criticism of a past act of the affected

court.

Mr Nixon, who died sonic time ago from injuries suffered In nn automobile accident, was convicted in the

He was fined

$100 and sentenced to serve ton days in jail because of editorials in his publication about the appointment of Quinton Carver as receiver of the Wabash County Loan and Trust

company.

In the opinion written by Judge r ^ a t us

part of their war against lawyers who ally themselves with criminals. Dr. Cassidy, a bald, normally placid man prespired profusely on the witness stand, and confessed with Dr. Wilhelm Looser that they performed the operations at the behest of Piquett. Cassidy explained his aid to the government with a vengeful statement that lie was "short

changed" in the payoff.

O'Leary, Piquett's office handy man and investigator, revealed that he played a major part in negotiations with Dillinger because the former prosecutor suspected that telephone wires to his office had been

tapped.

Dr. Looser gained contact with Dillinger because he himself, was wanted for parole violation. He viaiied Piquett to confer about his legal

Hughes the supreme court said: "The right to comment freely and criticize the action, opinions ami judgments of courts is of primary importance to the public generally.! Not only is it good for the public,' but it has a salutary effect on courts

and judges as well

"Courts and judges are not and should not be above criticism and, aa long as they are not impeded in the conduct of judicial business by publications having the efefct of obstructing enforcement of their orders and judgments, or of impairing the

state excise director, sole I i u -' ,tiC( ' 11,1,1 Impartiality of verdicts.

there is no right tempt proceeding.’

to enforce

Many I In Uasrs In hilnain Uonntv

to administer the law. ’'Th« board of control should be en wipe powers in granting ami oking. licenses and promulgating Rations," the governor said. "Ttn cy adopted should promote re for the law, protect persons and !y[ and prevent the return of'

MUboi ."

^fcimo.srd should lie for the I

control rather than reve-1

WHf x '" "d bearing out reports

tax would he lowered]

sticalh to prevent bootlegging. ileNutt dampened the hopes of i option supporters when he told I

,y gull legislators that careful study In- 1 "bildren none of the schools have as I>i AiJK any system, to be effective. I vot b,,, ’ n to close, Koy E.

O’Leary said he asked the phy-

scian:

"Aren’t you afraid of getting pick-

ed up?"

"Not me," Loeser boasted, according to O'Leary. "See these finger tips? I’ve altered them." O'Leary said Picquett dispayed immediate interest and said, "I might have a job for you along that line." Subsequently the lawyer brought Dillinger to Loeser and Cassidy, who remodeled the outlaw's chin and nose and attempted to erase identifying whorls from his finger tips. Piquett, who smiled and sneered alternately through the day as the government case developed, turned once while Dr. Cassidy was testifying and remarked audibly to repott era four feet away: "That’s a lot of bull." He [dunned to cross-examine both the physeian and O'Leary himself.

FIVE KILLED, It INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT DEADWOOD, S. D.. Jan 9. — A school bus carrying 20 children col- j lided with a loaded truck near Piedmont, miles southeast of Dead-1 wood, late yesterday, killing five and injuring M, five of them critically, j The dead: Douglas Kitterman, 9' years old. Wall, S. D.; Vorris Clas-J ;ick. 12. Hurley, R. D.: Brama Stetler, 8. Olivet, S. D.; Merle Cassady. ] 13, Miller, S. D.: Tuila Trumbo, 14, | Lead. Army medical officers from Fort I Meade and Amcriran Red Cross I workers from nearby towns hasten- I cd to the scene and assisted in remov- j at of tiie dead and injured from the ' wreckage. The 14 injured children are at Aapid City and at least five were not ] expected to live.

FORGE LINK IN HAUPTMANN CHAIN

HENRY HEBER DIES SUDDENLY OK APOPLEXY

DR. LONDON IS GRILLED BY DEFENSE

“JAFSIE" OF I INDY KIDNAPING CROSS-EXAMINED BY ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE

NAMED BRUNO AS KIDNAPER

WELL KNOWN FARMER OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP STRICKEN THURSDAY LIVED ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES

State sprung surprise witness in Amandus Hockmuth, 87-yenr-old resident of Hopewell, N. J.. who identified Bruno Hauptmann as man he saw in ear near Lindbergh estate on day of kidnaping. Hockmuth was followed on witness stand by Joseph Perrone, New York taxi driver who swore Hauptmann is the man who gave him a dollar to deliver a note to Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon during the ransom negotiations.

Also Critically III at Three Children Also Survive

llniur.

Henry Heber, age 63 years, widely known farmer and fruit grower of Washington township, died suddenly at his home Thursday morning about H o’clock following a stroke of apoplexy while milking. Coroner Charles Rector of Grocn-

IT'S SNAKE TIME IN PUTNAM CO. SAYS BRANHAM AUSTIN

Kolarians llrar Talk On I Jussi a

Branham Austin is undecided ns to just how far around the comer spring happens to he at this time, but he thinks it can't be far, because yesterday he found a "bull" snake that was quite lively and it was some size It measured five feet two and :

one-half Inches in length and was a | John roor who Bpent , lU , V( . n He brou 8 h * " to the city month8 ln K „ , , durlng [930 as an and it was on display at Dr. Sigler's j cnjflnecr for a chlcago finn which

was erecting oil refinery machinery.

LOCAL MAN SPENT YEAR ENGINEER IN LAM) OF

TIIE SOVIETS

office during the day. Dr Sigler said when he wrapped it around his arm,

castle, who investigated, said Heber t| 1P snake had "squeeze" cough in its

lived only 15 minutes after being

stricken.

His sudden death came as n shock to relatives and friends Besides the widow, who is seriously ill at home, he survived by two sons and a daughter, F.rnest Heber of Washington township. Earl Heber of Detroit, and Mrs. Andrew Stoner of Washington township. No funeral arrangements had been mode early Thursday afternoon. NEW RIOTING IN SA AR SAARBRUCKEN. Jan 10, (UP> - Serious rioting broke out today with the arrival of 58 South American Saarlanders to vote in the Jan. 13

plegiscite.

The nazi German

body to shut off the blood irculation in his arm. Evidently there is more warm weather in store for Greencastle and Putnam county if the snakes are to come to life and be found crawling around.

Former DePauw Teacher Dead

OLIVER PEEBLES JENKINS IN TRODUCED MISROCCOPE IN CLASS WORK HERE

PALO ALTO, Cal . Jan. 10 Oliver

front had its Peebles Jenkins. 84 years old, Stan-

usual cordon around the station when the train pulled in. Attempts of opposition elements to break through, started the riot. The Saar cavalry, known as the!

ford university emeritus professor of physiology and histology, died at his campus home yesterday after a long

illness.

Professor Jenkins joined the teach-

Landjager, and mounted poice fought I ing staff at Stanford in 1891 when the massed ranks of nazi sympathiz- j the university was founded. He came ers who retreated in formation. ' from DePsuw university. A brother, ] Dr. Wilbur O. Jenkins, lives in Indi-

1 anapolis.

I Funeral services will be held in Stanford Memorial church Saturday morning, with Dr. Robert E. Swain, j acting president of the university, land Dr D Charles Gardner, univer-

Fire Spreads To Box Of Dynamite

STATE HIGHWAY EMPLOYES HANDLE BURNING EXPLOSIVE GINGERLY

NO SCHOOLS AS YET II AA E

BEEN FORCED TO ( LOSE,

IIOWEA ER

Despite numerous rases of uifluenza in Putnam county among school

A Ikix of sawdust containing sevrra sticks of dynamite which was set fire from n spark flying from a

We’ll see what they say then," he j piece of machinery which was being

repaired at the Indiana state highway garage on north College avenue Thursday morning, caused employes to step around gingerly for a short time until the fire had been extin-

guished.

Lowell Hurst, local highway superintendent, was unable to say who

remarked.

Government attorneys expected to complete their case this afternoon with brief testimony by department of justice agents who will round out details of the charged conspiracy. Piquet and his attorney, Edwin P'-lfer, said they would present aliout half a dozen witnesses of their own.

- . — — - - — — — — - tairied the box of huniing dynamite #nan-l VCS r' 1 '® con ^ r °l rather than lo- 1 ,ollPS ' ro,,nt V superintendent report- [,„[ refused to reveal strategy of! out of the garage. All were watch1 control. | ■'d rhursday mo'ulng Approximately defense. Piquett took notes ' mg it from a distance when city fire•lajor recommendations dealing] r *^Ly stude/ito were nhsont in the city throughout the day and frequently 1 ;>.en arrived on the scene.

vi. dealing

, g l other subjects contained in the I !,lKh ■ cho ° l Thursday, many of them ssage follow: ' suffering from the "flu” or severe

-’’oopera'ion with the federal gov co * < * s '

nieot(on President Roosevelt’s! In n '’ i 8 ,,hf ' :i| T' Mor K an county

the soul heart two schools, Moorc.'ivlllc and Morgantown, have been cloned and all public meetings banned. A basketball game between Clov-

sity chaplain, officiating Burial will be in Palo Alto. He was a pioneer in physiology and biology in Indiana and was the first to Introduce the microscope in class work while professor of biology at DePauw university from 1886 to 1891 Before that he was professor of natural science at Indiana State Normal school from 1HS3 to 1836 and at Moores Hdl college from 1876 to 1682. When David Starr Jordan became president of Stanford university in 1891, Prof Jenkins was appointed professor of physiology, biology and histology, a position he held unti 1 1916 when h" became professor emeritus.

was the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary club Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Poor told of his work and his observations in Russia during his residence there of nearly a year. He entered from Berlin and at that time, thin nation had not recognized Russia and their passports had to be passed on by the Russian consul at Berlin. Mr. Poor said thore were thou only jibout one million communists to the many millions that were not interest- ! ed in the new regime, but the minor1 ity ruled the vast majority and if ! they didn’t like it, they were taken j out between midnight and three o'clock and no one ever heard tell of them again. The food is had in most Russian places, in the opinion of Mr Poor and the average person uses no soap and | I wears very little clothing. Under the I "five year plan” they were given two I suits a year and when those were I gone, it was just too bad for the wearer. Some of tiie engineers with whom Mr. Poor worked disappeared, and so far as he or their relatives knew, they were shot or banished to

Siberia.

Food is also expensive in many Russian cities he said. Very little meat is available for the common people, Mr. Poor said he paid as much an $2 per pound for pork The government fixes the price of the ruble and in American money, they are worth 51 cents, while the bootleggeis sell them for 10 to 11 for one dollar. Mr Poor gave many interesting observations he made during his resi-1 dence there, and like many others, who have seen some of the conditions] j in European countries, likes Amer- i I ica better tiian any.

Ransom Intermediary In Fatal Abduction Of Baliy Key AA itness For Prosecution FI EMJNGTON. N. .1 . Jan. 10. iTIPi- Dr. John F. Condon, aged but vignrou profo ror who paid $50,000 to a man posing no the Lindbergh kidnaper, returned to the witness stand to ir.y for the severest possible cross-examination. Attorney Edward J. Reilly was determine I lo "break" the key witness of N' \v Jersey in its attempt to send Ids client. Rruno Richard Hauptmann to the electric chair for the murder of Col. Charles A Lindbergh’s baby. Reilly, obviously resenting the general impression that the 74-year-old school teacher bested him during two hours of cross-extmainatlon yesterday afternoon, intimated he would keep him on the stand all day. But aside from personal vanity, it was essential to his ease that h'’ either cd tain some modification of tiie podtivo manner in which Condon identified Hauptmann as the ransom col- !•' tor, and, by implication, as the kidnaper, or discredit him in the eyes

of the jury.

Three times, in a loud voice. Condon said the mysterious John to whom he paid the ransom in fit. Raymond cemetery, the Bronx, was

1 lauptmann.

Condon lectured judge, attorneys, i,nd jury, more or less took direction ol the trial himself, responded courleously to the interrogation of Attorney General David T. Wilentz, directing the prosecution, and precisely nmt bed the tactics of Reilly when ue ( , eneil cross-examination. When Reilly shouted, Condon shouted. When Reilly filled his voice with a sardonic courtesy, the wi’.n 'ss’ oice carried the same inflection. He seemed to anticipate traps into which the smart criminal lawyer was leading him, and stepped aside I tore they could he closed. At the end Reilly was hoarse voiced, almost apoplectic.

kiwanians Have Good Attendanee

V AA STRING BAND GIVES PROGRAM AT WEEKLY U WHEON MEETING

The lo'ill Kiwanis club started off 1935 with a record attendance Thursday noon at their weekly luncheon. The newly appointed attendance committee, headed by Harvey Walls, was after sll members hot and heavy this morning, and all but two turned out. The program today was furnished by the W. N VV. Rhythm Chasers, and was one of the best the Kiwaninn;i have he ird for some time This string hand is composed of Wayne, Donald and James Nelson. Eileen and Runscll Wells and Charles Weaver.

program to protect hu-

ll ce point

H nity-

•trength' ning of the state old age £C Gy u » io ' 1 * aw *'* provide adequate prolOV° n * or '■h'* a K cl1 P°or. mvcrnniental economy, tevi&ion of the state criminal code ''llr^ < ' m 4Dlidated department of pubn tii welfare |(H*I lefentlrn of the emergency clause lig '' th« -ALSO tax limitation taw. 8’*' ' ’ontinuani e for a year of the |MH't ' a * or *** ni on delinquent tax sales I ha‘i’fee text books for school children. I itiOWa.xcd state police force, dithe '"ced fro , politics, iris' (rustic reduction of interest rates -moll Jo."n companies and careful ,A - I" 11 umiaiiril on I’ncr Tn«)

directed croon examination and filing

of objections.

SENTENCE TWO TO DEATH SALZBURG, Austiia. Jan. 10 'UP' Two nazis were sentenced to death

It was said the dynamite box was

under a bench when the spark set LONG ATTAt KS FOLD ILS OE the surrounding sawdust on fire.. FEDERAL .ADMINISTRATION

Chemicals at the state garage were ]

used to put out the minor blaze with-' WASHINGTON. Jan. 10, 'UP'

out damage.

' Senator Huey P I/mg. D.. I,a., deftn-

erdalc and Mooresville at Mooresvillc yesterday on charges they possessed Friday night, has been postponed explosives after July’s abortive rcNot only children hut many tench- V °IL The doomed men are Franz ers nre suffering from high fever and Haglclger, 25 years old, a chauffeur, colds. State he ilth authorities have u,,(l Ernest Schartner, 26, a laborer,

reported that the influenza is a mild

typo. I DIES FROM GAS FUMES

20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE

! itely severed his allegiance to the Roosevelt administration today and appealed for nation-wide support of

his "share our wealth" plan. He lashed the administration's re-

I covcry plan ami made a vitrolic at-

\sk Trucks Be (Ml IukhIs

ROAD St IT'.RINTLNOENT SAYS < ONSIDERAP.LE DAMAGE BEIN*. DONE TO HIGIIAA AYS

DEUAEM DEAN SPEAKS ROCKVILLE. Ini I, Jan 10 Dean Louis I! Dirks of DePauw university will be the speaker at (tie father and son meeting of the Rockville ParentTeacher association to be held tonight in the high school auditorium. The high school hoys’ glee club will sing During the business session the annual election of officers will

be held.

A warning to truckers that heavy ttucks must keep off county highways while the roads are in their pre-ent soft condition, was issued Thursday hy O. C. Dills, county road superintendent. According to the load superintendent considerable damage alrc udy has been done by heavily laden cattle, logging and coal tm Us. Prosecution of truck owners who

HLYAYOOD BROUN WEDS NEW YORK. Jan 10. <up. Hey-

wood Broun, newspaper columnist, was rrarriod Inst night to Constance Madison Dooley, actress and widow

of Johnny Dooley, comedian.

elfectfl of gas fumes inhaled while conducting chemical experiments at bin home recently caused the death

Robert Hoffman, who is attending school in Terre Haute, is home for

a few days.

Mrs Fred Thomas was hostess to

SOUTH BEND. Ind., Jan. 10 The] the S. C. C. club.

Mrs. Charles Barnaby is the guest of relatives in Louisville. Ky. James I. Nelson spent the day in

of Charles Matties, 10 years old, non Indianapolis. of a blind local organist, here late, Ivan Ruark transacted business in yesterday. I Stilcsvillc.

tack upon the president in a fiery | operate trucks 0:1 county highways

C- G G G G G G GOO** G Today’s Weather • G and • > Local Temperature ♦ > 0 G ® 0 0 ® ® $ iflUi Rain in south and rain or snow in north portion tonight and probably Friday morning; somewhat colder in lOUth portion late Friday.

radio address last night He followed it with the announcement he would have none of the administration’s

present policies.

The Louisiana "kingfish,” ’ fresh from new political conquests in his home state, offered a plan which he said would make "every man a king" in 60 days, spread the wealth and make 100,000 new millionaires.

in violation of state regulations governing load weights and width and size of tires, was threaten'' I. A finding that the plaintiff is entitled to [Hisse ision of l eal out ate and damagrit of $.50 has been returned in circ uit court by Judge C. C. Gillen j in the twit of Thomas Maxwell! against Harvey Suthcrlln. ,

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