Iola Daily Register (Newspaper) - June 15, 1933, Iola, Kansas CO ' VOLUME No. 196. to lots The lola ud THURSDAY JUNE 15, 1933. The Weekly 18ST. The lols EIGHT PAGES W. L. BARTELS DIES AFTER A lola Pioneer Passes at the Age of 91 - Funeral Undecided CIVIL WAR VETERAN i Old Soldier Twice Mayor Of City During Many home in lola at 11:40 this June 15, 1933, LeWs Bartels in the 92nd year of his The funeral will be held in. at a date to be The the death of Bartels spread rapidly about the business streets of lola where for so many years he was a familiar and popular figure and brought a feeling of universal regret at the of one whose life had been so intimately associated with the life of tbe William Bartels was born in Muskingum 1842. At the time of bis he was 91 1 and 4 days He of Bartels who was born In In 1808 andl came United States in 1839J The family came to Kansas In 1860J the father preempting a quarter tion on Creek west of boldt where he died in 1878. The Civil came oh before the had got fairly In their prairie W. L. the oldest ton of horse and rode hud fought for the He enlisted August 10,1861, in Company a regiment which saw severe service over a wide range of its duty taking It as far west as and as far Ark. Mr. BarteLs service with this extended over a period of three a and his gallantry as a soldier and his good fellowship endeared him greatly to the fellow with whom iie Farmer After For four following the war Mr. Bartels engaged in He then went to he learned the harness trade Jater engaged in the He came to lola in 1874. opened a harness shop and a thriving business In a small frame at the comer South and Madison the large brick building now occupied by Music store is present building Bartels In 1885, Mr. Bartels ed Deputy Revenue Collector the first Cleveland and had charge of the district com-l prising 14 eastern Kansas He officiated in this capacity four and a half winning golden opinions from all with whom he had official Retiring from the revenue Mr. Bartels established In hardware successfully conducting it until 1899 when lie sold his stock and retired from active devoting such time as was to looking after his very considerable Mr. Bartels was married 22, 1863. to a daughter John B. himself Allen county To this union btom seven Ida H. who married Eli who parried B. C. wife cf Edward William Z. and Jessie Mayor of Ida. Mr. Bartels was twice honored by election to the office of mayor in first in 1882 and again in 1892, both his administrations giving general For 73 years W. L. Bartels was a citizen of Allen 59 of those ' years being spent in Always an ' public spirited ' for nearly half a engaged in business which brought in contact the tion at one time and he was few men In the county having a He was not only honest and in all his business so that he held the respect of but he was alert mentally a sprightly spirit leaning strongly toward the humorous phases of life and so was as liked as he was history of Allen county never be written in detail without a generous portion of it being devoted to private life and the services of Lewis i Death After a In spite his advanced Mr. Bartels retained his mental ties to a remarkable and joyed a fair measure of physical strength down to the last few of his About a week ago he manifested symptoms of a slight but this to yield to the ordinary treatment and the acute stage of it passed He to strength rapidly and as above stated at 11:40 this when through sheer exhaustion ' of his physical powers wheels of life at last who knew him during years of his business and and social activity will mourn his passing and will keep him ever 1^ affectionate ESCAPED DEEK BIAY HAVE June 15. Crawford county has another deer at The second deer hunt of the spring is Park records list the animal as a Hunters describe Its appearance as. that of a But the hunters are wondering if it shouldn't be described as having the characteristics of a The spotted in a field this Fifteen hunters closed in upon it. The animal gave a running head of one of tbe hunters and was The chase the deer leaping one fence after another to defy Now the word is out to corrall it in a bam or something It can not Tbe deer left its pen several days ago by Jumping a high but Insists upon remaining in the vicinity of the r deer could clear a 12r foot bar without a pole for the Park Superintendent William Several weeks ago another deer escaped from the park and hunters were unable to find a trace It. Death In Elks June 15. I. 68, proprietor of a printing died while conducting a for the Elks lodge here last night said ft tack HUNDREDS HUNT MISSOURI PAIR of Two Officers So Far Elude Posses in Air and oh June 16. Search continued from water and air today throughout central Missouri for the slayers of Sheriff Wilson of Boone county and Sergeant Ben Booth of the state highway despite a growing belief they had eluded hundreds of made good their temporarily at As planes flew over this section in an Effort to spot che scores of officers in i motor cars dashed hither and while other hundreds scoured the hills on Col. B. Marvin superintendent of the highway who directed the search throughout the confident the hunted men were hemmed in a comparatively small area in Boone and Callaway grew less optimistic today as hours passed tangible Sheriff Wilson and Sergeant Booth were shot to on the outskirts of late yesterday when they stopped two or three men in a small sedan for questioning In connection with the robbery 45 minutes before of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Mo. Reports today disagreed as to the number of men Ip the but most witnesses said Two men robbed the Mexico bank of While a third waited at the wheel of a large Officials at Mexico today expressed doubt the bank robbers and the slayers of the two officers were the and Colonel Casteel said this was a Major Phili Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's buddy during their mail flying flew Louis today to join in the perhaps the most intensive ever staged in central River boats were pressed into service to patrol the banks of the rewards for the arrest of the some of them on a or Governor offered for the arrest and conviction of each of the Boone county offered for and the city of Columbia for In there is a standing reward from the Missouri association for the arTest and conviction of bank LEHIGH PLANT TO REOPEN ON FIRST OF lola Industry to Recall About 85 Men to Cement Mill PAYROLL OF lola Business to Feel of Monthly Wages Soon The lola plant of the Lehigh Portland cement company will resume operations July 1, of the company announced Wheels will begin turning and fires will be kindled after a shutdown of seven bringing work pay to about 85 most of whom have been Idle since December 1 when the plant closed the last The reemployment of the 85 men will mean an addition of approximately each month to the payrolls of according to figures made public at the plant Most of that if not all of will be spent in lola with lola Officials of the although Informed would not allow publication of the length of time the plant will probably be in They withheld the they because an development which no one can foretell might force a With that In mind they do not feel Justified In making any definite The decision to reopen the plant was reached yesterday at a conference of local officials with D. E. and general manager of the and H. R. his both of whom came to lola from the home office in Pa. U.S. Ready to Strike at Depressed Farm Prices Government WiU Raise 2S0 Dollars Beginning in July or August With Which Pay America's for Cutting on THOLEN IS ELECTED for Tola Conniry Chosen Last Night Herman Tholen wias elected president of the lola country club last night at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the club which followed the dinner served at the club Stanley Kirk was elected and W. Wheeler and T. were reelected secretary and treasurer i The following were elected members of the board of Mr. T. H. Stanley Mr. A. C. C. L. I Dr. J. T. Dr. R. O. Sam The board was elected by the stockholders and the officers were chosen at the board meeting which No other business was transacted beyond the routine approval of About forty were present at the banquet which followed the second tournament of the The meals were paid for by the members of the team captained C. L. Hoyt which lost to C. A. team by a score of 28hi to 37% 1933, by tbe June 15. administration intends to raise million by processing taxes oA wheat and cotton which it will leVy at their size In a fxM program aimed to better farm prices by cutting The government's plans provide that most of tbe sum will be to reward farmers who agree to their output in concert witit the federal drive to halt the up of long a problem for growers of thie two chief cash crops of the United ' President has approved a devised under powers provided by che new act. which Secretary Wallace will make public A. acreage curtailment program will be launched for to take out as much as 10 million acres of the crop now No effort will be made to cut production of the wheat now and bad weather have cut the prospects lor this crop down to approximate domestic needs for che time this although there is expected to MARKET POLSE Secretary Awaits Reaction to Farm Program Announcement June 15. Wallace today kept in close touch with reactions of the wheat and cotton markets to news that his for applying act calls for maximum processing taxes on both commodities to finance reduction telephone calls and were received at his office protesting his associate who refused be said pressure is brought to biear on the LOANS OFFERED TO FARMERS Sum of 1 Available to Drouth Stricken CLINIC A SUCCESS Another in Some Are Turned Away Ten people had to bi turned away from the free tuberculosis clinic in Memorial hall because there not to George who assisted in sam thirty patients were examined by Dr. Sam of assisted by Miss Mabel field secretary of the kansas State Tuberculosis was the biggest clinic we've ever had In Mrs. Trombold said - from were C from 2 from 1 from Bronson and the rest from Funds received from tne sale of Christmas in Allen county financed the Because all of the persons who appeared yesterday were not another clinic may be held here this Mrs. Trombold WEATHER and ROADS FOR and warmer tonight and Temperature - Highest for 24 hours ending 5 p. m. yesterday 81, lowest last night 62; normal for today 74; deficiency yesterday 8; since January 723 this date last 85; lowest 61. Precipitation for the 34 hours ending at 7 for this year to 14 25; deficiency since January 1st 2.55 Relative humidity at 7 a. m today 71 per barometer reduced to sea 30.26 Kanus Weather and Arkansas Dodge roads 15. invitation to farmers in the areas of New Mexico to apply for feed loans has been issued by Henry Morgenthau of the farm credit The credit Morgenthau has available a 1 million dollar formerly administered by the department of The maximum loan to any has been fixed at to available at the rate of a head per month for horses and cattle more than a year 30 cents a head for and a head for the total loan not to exceed a for horses and for sheep and for Security will be first mortgages on the Initial loans are to be made for one month with additional to be made on a basis if CHAMPION NAMED Woman Near Salina classes All of the farm act lo change their plans but there Is do sign of Wallace refused to deny or confirm reports of his plans and held to bis intention to announce his program A meeting of the principal of the including N. Charles Brand and Chester was scheduled to be held in the afternoon when the reception of the at commodity markets was to be After numerous calls information of the of present the adjustment administration Issued this final decision has been reached as to methods of making be carry over of about 380 million bushels on July 1, beginning of tbe new marketing TDe wheat Is to be put into effect on fall Wallace has of both programs except for a few elements still to is tbe exact time tne taxes will go into He is Authorized 1^ the farm act to levy thim at the beginning of the crop year for each That would be July 1 in the case of August 1 in the case of Both may be delayed until The tax on cotton is expected to be 4 cents a that on 28 to 30 cents a If ot either drop before collection of the tax the rate could be while if prices rose as a result of the prospect of a smaller future the tax could be since Wallace's power authorizes him to levy a tax at its maximum represents the difference between the current price and the which is based on average Parity essentially ' Is the price which bears the same 10 the price level of things buy as farm prices bore to cost of consumption goods during the period 1809 to 1914. The tax is to be collected on all cotton and wheat at tlie first of but is to be refunded on processed commodities which are The act provides that proportionate taxes must be levied on competing Imports in addition to any existing tariffs those .As a result the tax actually wiil apply to that portion of the cotton and wheat produced which Is used for domestic NO BEER FOR JUDGE RULES POLLOCK DENIES INJUNCTION AGAINST STATE OFFICERS VICTORY FORM DRYS Jurist Holds Boynton Can Continue to Offenders SOLUTION TO A MURDER PoUce Say Confesses Stunning Girl's Companion and Then Slaying Her June 15. Trailed for by 23, is under accused of the mysterious f| salesgirl whose battered body was found in a secluded section of park last Police said Bach made a full confession last admitting be stunned the girl's Dennis 30, with a rock and then feUed her with the handle of a heavy hunting He was quoted as saying he cut her throat to prevent an On the night of last January 4, Boyle was found wandering near the parte in a dazed his the agricultural adjustment act effective for either wheat and cotton and all statements as to the exact nature of these plans are We expect to make decisions as to matters of policy within tlv next few It Was learned that matters still undetermined are details of the methods of acreage which will be handled on a county basis with committees to be established in who will be responsible to state The state committees ror the most part are to be headed by tension directors and state commissioners of June 15. it comes to milking a cow Mrs. B. V. who lives on a farm eight miles northwest of is in a class by Mrs. Knowles won a contest held at the Roy Wednesday during a field She 3.6 pounds of milk In one Her nearest competitor among the it women who competed milked only 1.2 Mrs. W. E. Wheatley of Gypsum won tlie cow calling There were 200 farmers at the field day which featured an Inspection of herd and equipment at the farm and several speeches by dairy Lawrence Machinist June 15. Harry 51, died this morning from a fractured skull suffered yesterday In a fall from a mill platform Into a shallow river He lost his whUe Printer June 15. C. 74, veteran man died at his horns here this morning after a NATIONAL G. A. B. BEAD DIES Capt W. P. Wright Found Dead In Hotel at June 15. William Wright of national commander of the Grand of the was found dead in bed in a hotel here He was 88 In Pittsburgh to Attend the annual encampment of the Pennsylvania department of the G. A. Captain Wright addressed a gathering of veterans and auxiliary organizations last He also rode in the Q. A. Flag day parade and comrades said he seemed in good health when he retired last He was a past of the Illinois department of the Grand face and head covered with He lapsed into without telling of the attack and the body was not found until the next Upon regaining consciousness several days Boyle insisted tie knew nothing of what happened in the park and was not told of Rose's death for some Bach was one of a group of youths arrested several months ago and questioned about the police Investigators said they had made a practice of in the Although all were poUce had kept Bach under constant surveillance Known among his friends as Bach is 6 feet 7 Inches and weighs less than 150 detectives reported he returned to the park and had been seen accosting couples In the He was arrested yesterday and officers said they found a heavy bunting knife in his ' Kansas June 15. Judge John C. Pollock today denied an injunction to restrain Kansas officials from interfering with the sale of 3.2 per cent Before rendering his decision Judge Pollock are living under a new form of and we have a conflict of There never has been much right abbut the prohibition la all right In some countries but is not all right in a country like There never has existed on tbe face of the earth a government like We have not a form of government like We have not a form of government at an attempted gave to citizens some inalienable Among those was that the citizen must look out for himself In his personal affairs so long as he does not interfere with the rights of Not person may go to bis room boiling I would not recommend but he has that prohibitory movement is against our form of It is no wonder the Eighteenth amendment would not state has a paternal interest that I perfectly In all these years I dont think OVERDUE AT I have been accused of being In love with this prohibitory The veteran federal jurist then said be assumed state would Interpret state laws in a fashion which would bring about no conflict with federal He first asked if a motion to dismiss and a on tbe application for an injunction would be Included in the same decision without The attorneys gave i 1 Judge then said lie would sustain the motion of the state to the injunction suit which would permit sale of 8.2 per cent and at the same time denied the What officials described as the largest courtroom crowd in their experience jammed its way into the federal building this morning to hear Pollock hand down the beer The Federal Mercantile company of Wichita asked a temporary order to prevent Kansas June 15. hanging clouds ahd liable to freeze on the wings of plane of may again have thwarted the efforts of tbe globe circling Texas aviator to fly from to At 12:30 p. m. standard time would have been in the or seven hours more than the 2500-mile route should require ih his speedy Weather observers scanning reports from the western coast of Alaska and the Aleutians expressed the opinion that Mattem would not be to but would be obligated to land in the Interior Alaska because of overcast if he had not been forced to turn back toward A ceiling of 1000 feet or less prevailed at Nome and along the Alaska Fogs were reported by two The weather was less favorable over tbe Bering observers than two days but no such winds faced hbn as those over the sea of which sent him back to on A six-mile wind blew here last night and a wind at St. Paul MOST NATIONS U. S. in Line to Collect Less than 9 Per Cent Of Amounts Due June 16. became apparent today that American collections on the 144 million dollar war debt installments due would aggregate less than fl per cent of the The amounts to be collected either or indicated Great Britain 10 Italy about 1 Finland Definite defaults France Belgium 1 Poland RAILS POST A CUT Employes Notified of 12% Per Cent Redaction In November Captain Wright to alone from Chicago yesterday to address the He apparently died peacefully in bis The commander's death threw a hush over the encampment which comes to a close MITCHELL DEFENSE RESTS Last Witness Is Alfred E. Former New June 16. defense rested today In tax evasion trial of t Charlies E. former chairman of the National City company and its The last defense witness was former Governor Alfred The former Democratic presidential candidate told the Jury that he had known Mitchell for five years and that he considered his reputation to be the If miss The Register call 520 or 876F81 June 15. today notified their union employes an additional cut of 12 H per cent in wages would be made effective next i. The made through the Railway Executives said effect that a previous deduction of 10 per would b6 made permanent and that an 12 per cent cut would be Ilie total slice in under the would be 22^^ per cent from tliV basicj wage Officials of the Railway Labor association have flatly the union workers would not accept such a The railroads asked that representatives of the employes meet in conference with them in July 12 as provided by the national labor to discuss the proposed Although not touching upon their own financial the railroads said tbe proposed adjustment would bring the wage rates of railway workers nearly in Uuo with living posts and with rates paid in other The announcement pointed out that although wages have been 10 per cent effective until nexi November 1, there has been no permanent reduction in the basic Passes Money June 15. adopted tbe conference report on the 3,600 emergency bUl and sent it to the White Tbe house approved it and from Interfering with the saJe of 3.2 per cent The bef declared by or is held to violate the Kansas bone dry law by Roland state attorney who the Gas Case When Judge Pollock took the bench be surprised his large audience by taking up routine cases on the The morning session of court was consumed with an obscure gas rate case before the beer controversy came before the veteran A summation of the state's argument against the The seeks to prevent the state enforcing its own The sale of 3.2 per cent beer should be with by state and local granting of the injunction would suspend the orderly operation of the state The state construed by state prohibits the sale of 3.2 per cent not necessary for the state to fix definite limits as to when beer becomes intoxicating or is not The state proposed to and will prosecute sellers of 3.2 per cent bear imder its own intoxicating liquor Kansas amendment and bone dry law are not in with the federal constitution and The act of congress does not interfere with the operation of state I permission of congress tb sell the 3.3 per cent beer does not require the state to permit the There is no restlessness among the people of Kansas over The company to sell beer is in interstate commerce and the law authorizing the beer specifically takes from it the Interstate character of the Some convict and others may sellers of the new brew to uie as No of The state no knowledge of ithe real of the corporation It a charter In and if continues the sale of 3.2 per cent beer it may become subiect to The question of whether 33 per cent beer is is a question entirely for the state courts to At the of tbe gM Judge Pollock arose from the Mt Lithuania Defaults were by and The following wete in Hungary If were made from all the countries still hi the total will be liess than IS million and Esthonia as is the total would be ' Barring late in the Finland was the only nation to meet its obligation in paying The British Sir Ronald discussed the method of payment with Undersecretary William Phillips of the department of He also to have taken up plans for early opening of diplomatic negotiations on the debts looking to the reduction desired by Great After tbe the ambassador told newspapermen that details of arrangements for tbe payment of 10 million dollars lb silver 50c an not been completed but he assumed the payment will be made in the A note of the Paris government's decision not to make its payment of was banded to Mr. at the department by De Ambassador Patek of Poland called with a similar Both France and close defaulted dn payments due last Their communications today reiterated the attitude expressed which was that debts should be scaled down to the level of Meanwhile the administration kept its eye on congress for any further outbursts of at the debt Regular Republicans administration of breach of while Democrats and independent Republicans defended President All partial are to be received as was that of Great Britain with the understanding that they are an acknowledgement of the validity of the debt as a whole pending a final Notice of Italy's part payment was to department by He said his country was offering about a million Previous indications had been that the Rome government would meet its interest payment of and let the remaining principal payment of AMERICA WINS WITH ELECTION OF JAMES COX U. S. Delegate Chosen to Chair of Vital Monetary Committee AGREE TO STABILIZE Pound to Be Held Steady With Dollar at For Time Being June 15. United States achieved a great ahd hard-won victory In the economic conference with the election of James M. Cox as chairman of the vital monetary by the steering committee late The designation of the American was His name was presented by the Georges who had himself lieen Bonnet had bitterly opposed Cox's election until a compromise was effected among groups in Opposition to the American had been based on grounds that the chairman should come from a gold standard Finance Minister Guldo Jung Italy was given the arid M. the French finance was elected reporter to the Prime Hendryk of who had been suggested as a compromise chairman of the monetary was elected to head the economic With this happy outcome of the Imbroglio Prime Minister of Great Britain and other members of the steering committee rushed from the private room where they met to the assembly hall to break the good news to the general in which the entire party wis got stuck and Mr. MacDonald and steering were stalled in the elevator for ten minutes before they finally Addressing the anxious the British prime minister reported the elections of the conference bureau and said if they met the approval of the assembly then the committees would get together The assembly the delegates greeting tha of the men elected with rounds of mention of Mr. Cox brought a special In adjourning the plenary Mr. MacDonald congratulate you most on the proceedings since It is the most and expeditious inference over which 1 have ever Today's session ended four daya of the general Tomorrow there will be no plenary session and the committees get into June 15. - British financial quarters were Inclined to the opinion that stabilization of the dollar and pound for the duration of the world economic conference virtually was accomplished today aa the dollar steadied close to a quotation of to the The quotation was widely rumored as the point on which it was agreed to start The pound had been higher earlier in the The steps to be taken to accomplish de stabilization have been the subject of much speculation both in banking quarters and tlie world economic but ii was understood that experts are working out a formula will include virtual cessation of exchange it was said In informed will be designed wholly to smooth out fluctuations rather than fix positive This evidently would permit a gradual change over a period of time as required by economic Neither the Americans nor the British are willing to to the gold standard until wholesale prices generally are to better GOODRICH HIKES PAY TENTH CAMP RECOMMEND IN Governor London Personnel for Woodson June 16., Alf M. Landon has recommended 30 men for jobs as superintendents and foremen at half a dozen of the federal civilian corps work camps being established In the Tbe appointments are subject to approval by federal Included in the list made public today were one superintendent land four foremen for each superintendents will be paid and the foremen I ' Those for positions at the Woodson county Woodson County No. 204-Swier-intendent, George Zeno 8. Paul Bonaer Rubber Industry Increases Wages ot 52.000 in V. S. June 15. F. Goodrich company today announced a 10. per cent increase effective today for all wage earners and salaried The action follows similar announcements by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Firestone Tire & Rubber General Tire & Rubber and Mohawk Rubber and a 3 per cent increase last week by Seiberling Rubber The Goodrich order afreets 17,-000 persons employed at tire planta in Akron and Los cotton mills at and branches scattered the With addition of Goodrich to the It Is estimated that 52,000, of tbe United States receive pay boosts from tbe rubber MARRIAGE Supposed Mystery Ends As License Is June 15. that sent poUce last night on a hunt for Phyllis 14, and the with two was alleged to have abducted solved Itself when it was learned at city haU today the girl obtained a license yesterday to marry George 24. supposed
