Logansport Press (Newspaper) - June 4, 1931, Logansport, Indiana LIT Y PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ESTABLISHED BY THE PEOPLE OF CASS COUNTY JUNE 1 4 MEMBER A B C finny GLADYS PARKER Se Today Beverly Hills Calif June our municipal election run true to political form The sewer was defeated but the council men got in In our big murder case out here the they are try ing for double killing come pretty near being elected to the office of judge venter VOL 10 NO 300 the Lead LOGANSPORT INDIANA THURSDAY JUNE 4 1931 Subscription By mall a year m mil an a THREE CENTS a year of state by currier tor Locks like if he had ed off three instead of two he would have been elected I was telling you the other day what a lot of this college honorary de is well my contention ivas borne out Didnt you see where got one at Syra cuse University Yours LUCERNE Located in Harrison town ship Cass county ten miles north of has 55 Homes The Press Is deliverer dally into 41 uf these homes The two rural routes running out of have a total of mail boxes THREE HURT COLLISION One Catholic Leader Arrested As His Foe TRUCKS MEET BRIDGE FALLS 15 Dead in Catastrophe Collide East Monti cello on 24 of Delivers on The Press the people daily to routes 161 Papers Thin is some of the farming in iana and the farms nearly all owned by being well best Ind are the kept and having a prosperous Argue Indictment of Ten Governor Nashville Tenn June for im of ry K Morion and charges that the efforts U oust him from office were inspired by motives were heard in the Tennessee house ol as delta to opened on him Conspiracy with Colonel Luke Leu publisher and Saldwell to let them certain Aoverntnental ch in ior I heir political and Hiin of their vus charged to rhe governor in the first article Fifty or the J votes are required to in dict him Indict paints die pic of thi rotten condition ot smie affairs for the last four said John off the debate a plea that the governor bo indicted strike down this damnable monster of prejudge and kill i he hint dead Mep V iny the force to pro Mil impeachment said he with Tipton a hour a conspiracy but added Thar more and not iii than an to overthrow slate government in Tennessee the reinof thar govern by a am men of this rale Residents Pay for Oil City Does Work Several local street have be n with oil to dust this year and others will bo given the coat in during the next fow days Tho oil is purchased by Hie residents and placed on the streets by the city said yesterday Oil was placed on par of Fourteenth Seventh Tenth Nineteenth and streets tn addition she ho iark drive has been oiled aud Hie product has been placed or Jhe Market street bridge twice Krank Justice sup or The oil is a HM rials said Clark Give High Bond Los Angeles June i PI Luv id H Clark former deputy dis attorney trial on of murder today found bail as difficult to obtain as votes in tho election of yesterday when be was defeated for municipal judge He remained county jail Hond brokers who were prepared to get him out quickly 000 hail when his friends ho would carry the did not appear so since hU de feat Possibility of Finish by Tonight Principals Testify thouch both principals were disposed of as witnesses MM re appeared little likelihood that tho case of David N Shaner against Carey D Shan er would go t0 tho jury today lit addition to the nine witnesses were heard during a busy day before Hurst and a jury im portant evidence for both sides offered For his own side David Shan er denied threats against his and for the defense started introduction of evi dence shortly before the morning Carey Shaner rc numerous occasions when the elder Shatter had said he would do him bodily harm The gave these reasons for rinking David of unsound mind and for signing insanity papers brought about Hie plain i incarceration Show Pictures The which Carey Shan er found on his porch brought out at the first trial were passed to jurors yesterday These j are of Carey Shaner with a hole punched through the heart penned mark across the throat J and a piece of twine fastened about the neck David Shaner denied placing these pictures on his brothers porch Other witnesses used yesterday were Lyle Brown Henderson ickle II C Hillis Frank hard and for the defense Seth King Lawrence John Mil ler Ed Hell and D C Shaner The defense is expected to have three or four others to call his morning and if this evidence is l disposed of without delay i casr may uei to the jury by eve ning A couple of hours of argu ment to a side probably will be j allowed The suit is for clam ages At the first trial was awarded by the jury June 3 Spe people were hurt and another verely bruised and scratched when two cars met headon three miles east of here on state road 24 about oclock to night The injured are Alvin Kira about 50 and his wife about 15 of Ind iana and I C Futti of Bremen hull an a Kiracofe suffered a long gash in bin left side which six stitches to close and Mrs Kiracofe sustained a scalp wound that required three stitches were attended ly Dr Cable local physician Parked Car is Blamed Driving west toward Monti cello Futti an agent for the Dredge and Excavating company of rein en came upon an tin lighted parked car at the side ot the road fronting a farm house Several little children were alighting from the cur as he approached to avoid striking thorn he swerved and crashed into the Kiracofe machine a coupe going east The impact turned the Hupp over but car a let coupe landed on its side Both ears were damaged badly the machine being al most beyond repair Tells About Mishap Aid was summoned and of were called F A Vales state policeman arrived at tho scene a few minutes after the mishap and took charge Futti who was not seriously hurt told of accident in a quiet man ner declaring that it all hap Rome June 3 Mussolini today declared war on i antiFascism in Italy under whatever banner and according to j news from the Vatican at least one of the Catholic action society I leaders was under arrest The one Catholic action leader who was named by the Vatican as having been arrested was an attorney named It was said he probably would soon j on his way to political exile on the Island of Lipair Other reports said a dozen of the Catholic action leaders had been arrested in various cities H was said that they were all men had opposed fascism previ Premier Premier Mussolinis declara tion of war against antifascists was at a special meeting of a small body of fas which formed the dii thn party The pr at th e meeting and it definitely mentioned lie action society Orders were issued fascists groups in than one million active men hers to bo guided by the though that fascism is firmly cd not lo permit whatever vv of antifascism and which ar has been spread to find refuge and protection Hostility The directorate charged that sorno sections of the Catholic ac tion society had been openly an surreptitiously hostile to l was said h to the Italy wit DOX Postpones Hop Over Ocean Porto Praia Cape Verde Is lands June 3 German Hying bont DOg was forced to postpone its attempt to span the south Atlantic to Brazil today when headwinds forced the ship back t0 its buoy after it finally had succeeded in taking off Near Bordeaux J U Ue 3 new bridge during an official of its strength today caused the death of 15 persons and the injury of 37 others near Libourne Witnesses of the tragedy said sandladen trucks sent to test the structure collided and their weight caused the bridge to sag and snap Participants in the inauguration ceremonies were hurled headlong into the rapid waters below One of those killed a news assigned to cover the opening of the bridge The scene of the accident was near an im portant American expeditionary force station during the war Logansport Woman Honored At Meeting OF Presbyterians In a speech to the college o chaplains of immigrants reporter today in the newspaper Pope Plus Xf was quoted said last night that tho dissolution of the Catho lic youth clubs violated right oC the church to form and guide young people and it also violated the natural law made Pa June 3 c W Graves Logans port Ind and Miss H D Wright Huntington were pre sented to the general assembly of Uhe church in the U S A today during observance of the centennial of the Western Foreign Mission They are granddaughters of The Rev P Swift one of the founders of the society was the first Presbyterian organization to sponsor foreign mission work Tinkham Named in Action Washingion June 3 AP j James Cannon Jr i took the offensive today in the long controversy ing out of his opposition to Alfred E Smith in Virginia j in 1928 by filing a libel suit against ive Tinkham Republican setts i Tho Southern Methodist i churchman alleged that Tinkham had issued and caused to be a statement him i with violation of federal cor nipt i In asking lory dam cures and he same about in punitive damages in the dis of Columbia supreme court Bishop Gannon said statements made by the Massachusetts iv pro son tali ve had greatly injured his as a church man and moral leader Law Abiding He Says Feu Seeking ULv Place On City School Board The appointment of a member to tu hoard to succeed Dr John whoso term expires facts iho city council at tho next regular session June 2 Tho two members of the board to remain in office during the coming year ire Claude Zook nd Joseph Taylor Taylor was appointed last year and Mr become president the posi tion now hold by Dr Several have been suggested to of the council for the position but it WHS understood thai l he official body thus far have given the job little consid Names of candidates mentioned yesterday were J HUlis 305 Main siret Benjamin Ml avenue both side men and Isaac pav Krio avenue a 1 w a y s c o m p 1 i e d and thai he had i to subject himself j unscrupulous s hY Very Nicely i so quickly he couldnt i for the good of souls tell what to do Tho parked car is owned by O McMullen of daville Yates stated f The were driving to Logansport when the accident occurred They and Futti were on their recognizance They will attend an tion to be conducted by state policeman Yates at the court morning at 10 oclock GET 32 STATE ELKS Marriage Has International Complications Windsor Out June 3 The married life of Mr and i Mrs Reginald Grudge is filled He said he the law only refused to unjust and tacks Bishop Cannon last October filed a libel suit against William Randolph t the publisher In this action he Hearst had cast i reflections upon his wife who was Ibis secretary before her marriage j Jhe Tinkham statement which hvas the basis of the present suit j made in June It upon the disposition of which Cannon receiv led from C Jameson of New j JYork in 1928 to use against J Smith IS Years Saved From Shipwreck He Gets Penitent Make Chanes in TA n j on the Am Named bridge on one side of JL b c i The Farmer Found Unharmed Chester Pa June Condition of Miss Mary OB den 20 daughter of Attorney Ogden of Indiana was reported tonight at Chester hos to he improved She hero today of suffered a fractured skull and i possible internal injuries when her automobile collided with an 1 other English Ind June 3 Alex Cox farmer of Pilot Knobs near here was located to day at the homo of relatives at Princeton after a mysterious ab sence of three days Prom his honie Nearly 100 persons had conduct ed a search for him Relatives said he offered no explanation for his leaving notified them ho was safe Best Pupil Found Guilty As s Chases Devil With Gun Lands in Jail Ind J u u e 3 to the devils oui of a fellow man Edgar Baltimore 49 gro a fanatic In here today after he sliot James Suggs IS other negro He had the devil in him I tried to chase the devil out him Baltimore explained West Point NY June 4 A McCrimmon of Haven Mich who won his appointment to West Point in a competitive examination given to soldiers in Company P 102nd Engineers New York National today wan Konor man of this years gradu ation class is ne jaif a n cl and Richmond Ind Joline Hunt age 2 daughter oE Mr and Mrs Terry Hunt of Beth el Ind was in a headon collision north of there tonight South Bend Ind June 3 Hun ting ton defeated in the contest for next years meeting at the annual con the Indiana Association of Elks of which Frank IS Cough Jin South Bend former Notre Dame football cap tain was elected president Vice presidents elected are C J Joel Lee F Bays Sullivan Joseph U Clarke Indianapolis and 0 H Miner Warsaw W C Groebel Shelby ille was reelected secretary for the third term Hary K Kramer City was chosen treas urer and E J Greenwald Whit ing trustee Cor years Lawrence H Hupp Allentown Pa grand exalted ruler of Elks addressed the group tonight and will speak at the closing session tomorrow The more than 2000 delegates will parade tomorrow morning bridge on one side of and she on the other during the wedding ceremony Mrs Grudge foreign born was refused permission io en lev Hie United States Mr drudge came to Windsor to see her He o refuel but was refus ed because he had failed to establish proof of a residence in Hie United States Two cli i Id re n of Mrs Grudge formerly Mrs Emily flunt are at Rochester N Y American born but denied entry to Can ada Grudge was divorced 1 a s t year from liis first wife in Mex ico whose separation decrees are not recognized in Canada in shakeup in the was ordered liy lasi the way police department l he hoard of com nihi The Press learned unofficially j Albert Holle day lieutenant i goes on the day desk job rej E Connor who will bei come a Cola j Thomason is slated for day duty out of headquarters and changes in the force will i result will be ii was said Thomson has been a plain I clothes man on the night trick j Members of the police refused to be interviewed about the changes j flM DOSS Angeles June 3 Jos Parnham 47 motion picture writer and producer died today Voik June I Thursday was found guilty of murder in the first de gree early today for the shooting to death of Virginia hall hostess during an party Sound Ont Juno T Boer 21 year old stunt flier of Owen Sound plunged feet to his death today when his parachute failed to open Elks to Conduct Flag Day Service The annual Flag Day program the Elks lodge here will be held Thursday June 11 Dr H G Stalnaker said yesterday The observance will include a program and speaking Arrange ments the celebration are be ing made A be se and the program arranged during the nert few clays it was said apC STOCK MARKET TURNS UPWARD THE WEATHER June Charles E Johnson today voluntarily returned to the Ne braska penitentiary from which he escaped 5S years ago to serve out seven months of a two year term for forgery reconciled to com his sentence Johnson frequently repeated I might have been Cod saved me from the sea Thus lie told questioners he repay providence for him from the sea when he dung to a rock off the i roast of Japan three months ago t ft or av shipwreck Jonc Since fS Johnson walked hern from his former home at Oakland Neb io ho returned last week after wandering tho globe sinco ho escaped prison in To the warden the going had been rough and limes are hard for an old m an Youll noi be badly treated here the warden assured him and directed that he be placed on light work Although prison officials could not possible action by the state board of parole there was a feeling that Johnson may be released soon He is not sub ject to an added term for es caping from prison they said as that law been me effective after his escape Increases Greatest r Weeks itself to in Shanghai June 3 thousand peasants are fleeing from homes in southern Kiangsi province to escape red armies which have scourged the province of children nave been left dead in roadways by the populace dispatches re tonight said They died Leaving areas long by Reds and bandits looting burning and Plane Rides No Aid To Deaf Doctor Says s Chicago June 3 Mor of the Amer ican Medical Association Journal said today that the impression i that airplane rides aided the deaf j or to recover their hearing was an illusion New York June stock treated day to the strongest a year In a of 3300000 shares equity securities of the leading corporations battered by a three months de cline bounced up net as shonts scrambled to cover dur ing the afternoon hour The advance averaged for 90 shares tlie largest net gain since June 19 1930 when the market temporarily revived from a spiring drive prices The that day averaged a share Partly a n d continued warm probably scattered i der storms on Thursday j Xr day cooler with j Examine Eyes with Xray Yesterday Cloudy Royal Centre Weather Bureau Department of fi m m m m m m 11 n Humidity 73 12 m in m in m Noon 7 SO 81 82 Precipitation Midnight 3 p m Year In nap j Drives to Mortuary Then Drinks Poison Ind Hus S ll roumy farmer parked his car in i front of a Cambridge City tinder raking establishment before swal lowing poison today He was dead when first noticed i SI Petersburg Flu June 3 K Port hut d Ore v elected grand of Hie veiled prophet of realm today f Grotto con here Valparaiso Ind Juno 3 tjat he had pro d the proper Judge Grant today set Monday fur a hearing on the Increase acn of Virgil Kirkland convicted in connection with the death of Miss Arlene D raves i The jurist said the term of one to ten years ho had imposed was the only one ho could but If anyone could show shim how he could increase tho he would do so Kirkland was convicted of with to rape Upon order of the court returned here from the reformatory at IB In the Porter jail the hearing Following by Junies M and Robert 1 who that the should to 21 years decided to reopen the despoiled scenes of massacre the multitude headed toward Kwangtung Province to reach safety in Can tons The flight was precipitated Ivy the reported withdrawn into of 10000 nationalist government troops opposing the hordes Stirred by communist and ban dit In Kiangsi and sev eral other provinces Chiang Kai Shek was sftktby the govern Turn to Page 2 Column 1 Announce Decrease In Crude Oil Price Ohio on Nyest graded of crude oil were ced today by the Ohio Oil bom Reelect Hemy Head Of Automotive Body West Baden Ind June 23 Detroit Mich was elected by acclamation t0 his ninth tern as president of the American Automobile Asso at this con vention of the organization here today Ann Arbor Mch June i fraternity houses closed after liquor raids last February will bo reopened during the last two weeks of the University of Michigan school year Maximum wind velocity midnight to p m 1 per hour from SOUL Invest lire Max i m u m 87 Mi n i m u m Press Gets New Home for Family Sold One sow awl was the report Sam Warner North road made last after run this ncl in The Fross For fnl and The Press did fine work with aV Air said anything to tu 1 Ill have know Pantages Jury Sw Hear Evidence thai Raymond Clem tiift 1 boy whose left hand i was blown off by a dynamite cap i Monday afternoon will have to pass through life blind loomed yesterday following Xray The victim was taken to the hospital following the accident i which occurred near his home i at 1023 Wood lawn avenue but i noi until yesterday would condition permit the examina j tion which vras under the j tion of Dr John Davis and Or i P W Egun 11 WKS learned that little hope j is held for the left eye It ap j that a hard substance ba 1 through Hie eyeball Four or five days will be required tn determine the extent of UK in iury to the right eye Doing The condition of James Com i eto Jr J2 who was injured similarly less than 24 hours later was somewhat improved i last night He lighted a I mite cap with a match while i walking in Erie avenue near the Berkley street intersection As a result he submitted to the tation of the middle and index fingers of his left hand and the thumb at the second joint An injury was not con serious from mile 60 San Calif June 3 jury of nine men and women was approved and sworn for the trial of tages multimillionaire theater man and three others on i acy ami morals late today One hundred talesmen were j called and eight days used in the selection of the jury j District Attorney Tom Whelan said either John P Mills or Lydia NItto would he thi first witness j Mills originally was accused with Pan tages and Jesse H I Shreve wealthy San Diego business man on conspiring with Wil Ham and Olive Clark Day alleged operators of a Holly wood girl to bring Miss here to a hotel party last October The former associate and Shreve In real estate pleaded o a charge of tn Miss and was freed on the conspiracy charge Kirkland Alienist Pined and Costs Valparaiso Tnd June INS Orlando F Scott Chicago alienist who was the defense medical expert in the trial of Virgil Kirkland today was fined j and costs by Mayor Harold Schenok acting as police magis trate after being found guilty of a charge of intoxication Dr Scott was arrested onthe main street of Valparaiso the night Mi Kirkland trial concluded
