The Daily Advocate from Greenville, Ohio • 1

Greenville Daily Aduncate GREENVILLE, OHIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931 ARMED TROOPS HELD READY FOR NEW PRISON DISORDER 7. THE WEATHER Cloudy followed by rain Sunday and in south and west portions tonight; slightly warmer tonight. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 68 FLORIDA BEACH GEM THEFT IS BEING PROBED NEW YORK SALESMAN ROBBED BY ARMED BANDITS, GEMS WORTH $37,450 TAKEN Robber Is Second at Winter Playground in Eight Days--Thirteen Uninsured Diamonds Among Latest Haul March 12 Theft Included $750,000 in Gems.

Miami Beach, March The second jewel robbery in eight days in Florida's winter playgrounds was being investigated by police today. Moescha Rosenberg, salesman for New York jewelry firm, reported to police last night that diamonds valued at $37,450 sale were stolen from him by three men armed with pistols. The stolen gems, he said, were insured, but 13 uninsured diamonds that were his personal property were not taken. On March 12, in neraby Palm Beach, jewels valued at $750,000 retail were taken from the show rooms of a branch of Charlton and of New York. The manager of the Branch, Ostis Wegener, told police he had been kidnaped by four men who forced him to give them the key to the store and the combination to the safe, then, he said, he was held in a deserted house until the loot was obtained, apparently during the morning hour intervening between changes of watchmen.

Police so far have not announced solution of the burglary. Rosenberg said his diamonds were taken by the robbers after they forced him to drive his automobile into an outlying part of Miami Beach. He said the robbers threatened him with death if he made his loss known before sufficient time elapsed for their escape. BUS LAW CASE IS DISMISSED Charge Against Dayton Motorists Dropped in Local Courts Today -Prosecutor Nollies Charges Due to Lack of EvidenceSeveral Days Ago. Prosecuting Attorney Jesse K.

Brumbaugh today nollied charges against Clarence Folkerth, Dayton, who was arrested several days ago for passing a Darke county school bus, which was in the act of discharging passengers. The Prosecutor's action, taken this morning in the probate court, was influenced by a lack of dence in the case, which made conviction an impossibility. The warrant for Folkerth's arrest was signed by the county attendance officer. Folkerth, driving a car owned by Fred J. Shane, Dayton, allegedly drove past the school bus on the Greenville-Arcanum road.

Salesman's Auto Is Attached For Ohio Hotel Debt Columbus, March 16- cylinder automobile of Russell Jackson, 35, salesman of the Chieftain Royalties Company, of Tulsa, was seized by county authorities after the Deshler Hotel Company had filed an attachment suit for recovery of a $382.32 hotel bill. Jackson previously: had charged with violating the Blue Sky laws in connection with the sale of rock in the company he represented. Barge Line Asks For Authority to Extend Service Washington, Mar. American Barge Line Company today asked permission of the Interstate Commerce Commission -to extend its barge freight service to all ports on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The company asked the commission to require railroads to establish joint rates and through routes on barge freight.

NEWS OF THE WORLD United Press Daily. Full Leased Wire Report PRICE TWO CENTS Daugherty Seeks to Appeal Case NEA Granted a 20-day stay of sentence after being convicted of misappropriating funds of the Ohio State Bank, Mal S. Daugherty, above, brother of Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General in the Harding cabinet, is seeking an appeal. At Washington Court House, sentence of ten years imprisonment and $5000 fine had been pronouncd on Daugherty, who had been president of the bank before it closed.

DRY WINTER IS OVER; WARM SUN GREETS SPRING Abundance of Sunshine and High Temperatures, Promised for -End by U. S. Weather Bureau Winter Fades Out as Old Sol Crosses Equator Early Today. Ohio's driest winter in later history faded from the weather picture at exactly 9:07 a. m.

today, when Old Sol crossed the equator on its northward trip. and from now on will be perceptibly longer, and it is hoped by citizens in general, gradually warmer. The farewell of winter automatically opened the spring season, and although a sudden burst of bloom is not to be expected on its natal day it won't, be long now until the first colors emerge from their bulbous winter homes. The severe winter drought may have a dire effect on spring flowers and shrubs in some 'sections. but Ohio is expected to enjoy an average spring season.

The state's rainfall deficiency since the frist of the year is over four inches, but April showers, it is hoped, will counteract the the lack of precipitation. A warm sun greeted the advent of the spring season here this morning, and temperatures ranging from 40 to 50 degrees are expected for the weekend. No rain, or clouded skies are anticipated. The spring season will extend until June 21, when summer takes its annual bow. WOMAN DIES AT VILLAGE HOME Complication of Diseases Fatal to Mrs.

Rachel Plessinger at Beamsville Yesterday--Husband and One Son Are Only Immediate Surviv-Funeral Monday. Mrs. Rachel Plessinger, 68 years old, wife of Frank Plessinger, prominent Beamsville resident, died at her home in that village at 6 p. m. Friday.

Her death was due to a complication of diseases which she had been suffering for several years. The husband and one son, John Plessinger, Beamsville, are the only members of the immediate family living, although four 'sisters and one brother survive. They are Mrs. Ella Kuhl, Payne, Ohio; Mrs. Clara Robertson, Fort Wayne, Mrs.

Bertha Snyder, Maso, Michigan; Mrs. Bessie Morton, Greenville R. R. 6, and Lafayette Paulus, Beamsville. Mrs.

Plessinger was the daughter of the late Samuel Paulus. She was born near Verona, and had spent her entire life in Darke county. She was an active member of the Beamsville Christian church. Funeral services will be held in that church at two o'clock Monday afternoon, with the Rev. G.

B. Cain officiating. Burial in the Beamsville cemetery. INSURANCE MAN DROPS DEAD IN HOOSIER TOWN Ira 0. Young, 44 Years Old, Victim of Heart Attack--Death 0c- curs in Office of Cambridge City, Indiana, Physician Yesterday Afternoon--Body Will be Brought Here for Burial.

Friends of Ira O. Young, 44 years old, a former Greenville insurance agent, were stunned last night to learn of his sudden death Friday afternoon in the office of Dr. Paul Hill, Cambridge City, Ind. A heart attack was blamed. According to reports, Mr.

Young had motored to Cambridge City from Richmond yesterday to interview Dr. Hill concerning an 1 insurance policy. While discussing business with the medic he' was stricken with the fatal attack, and fell to the floor dead. Mr. Young was an agent for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, and up until one year ago he maintained offices in this city.

Last spring he moved to Richmond, Indiana, with his wife and family, but was a regular visitor here. It: is reported that he was a native of the Pitsburg vicinity, where he ha's numerous relatives. His son, Donald Young, is a graduate of Greenville high school. Other immediate survivors include his widow, Alice Young; one daughter, Enid; one sister, Mrs. Mollie North, Pitsburg, Ohio, and John Young, Kansas City.

The body will be removed to the home of R. W. Mettler, 604 East -Main street, Greenville, this afternoon. Funeral services: will be conducted front the Mettler Test- dence at two p. m.

Monday. Interment will be made in the Greenville cemetery. RAILROAD SUED FOR $1,680 AS WRECK RESULT Jaysville Resident Brings Action Against Pennsylvania Railway in County Courts--Threshing Engine Renorted Demolished by Freight Train. Herbert Anthony, a Jaysville threshing outfit operator, today sued the Pennsylvania railroad for $1,680 damages in county courts. The suit is based upon a threshing engine-freight train crash at the Bear's Mill crossing on what is known as the Arcanum pike, November 14, 1930.

Anthony alleges that the engine, operated by two of his employes, Elmer Delk and Robert Robinson, was stalled on the crossing at 6:30 p. m. on the day of the accident. One of the men flagged the train with a lighted lantern, but attendants are reputed to have ignored his signals. Due to their neglect and carelessness, the threshing engine was totally destroyed, and the money sought 'is the engine's estimated Neither Delk nor Robinson were injured in the crash, a3 both men jumped from the engine when it wa's seen that a collision was inevitable.

Attorney Wilbur D. Spidel, of Greenville, is Anthony's counsel. Officer Loses Job After 'Arrest On Liquor Charge Mansfield, March with driving an automobile while intoxicated, W. C. Rush, Hayesville Marshal, was suspended from his official capacity.

He had been fined $100 and costs, prohibited from driving an automobile for six months, and given a 30-day suspended jail sentence. DONATES TO COLLEGE Wilmington, Ohio, Mar. of Wilmington college announced today that $10,000 had been donated to the college by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeifer of New York city.

FORMER MAYOR DIES Millersburg, Mar. claimed Samuel B. Fair, 60, Holmes County Democratic leader and former Millersburg mayor. DECREASE IS NOTED IN UNEMPLOYMENT Washington, Mar. Lamont estimated Friday 6,050,000 persons were unemployed in the United States last January.

Since that time, however, he said indications have been ceived by the labor department and the president's emergency employment committee that conditions have improved. The commerce secretary's statement was issued, simultancously with the census bureau's report on a special, unemployment census in 19 cities and its final unemployment report the 1930 census. The bureau found 2,429,062 persons out of jobs, able to work and looking for jobs, out of a total of 122,775,046 in April, 1930. BOY PAYS FINE AND IS FREED: HURT IN CRASH Piqua Youth Raises $15 Fine and Costs to Gain Freedom From Darke County -Companion Still Held in Cell-Both Arrested After Night Accident Saturday. Wilbur Woolsey, 21, one of two Piqua boys, arrested on liquor charges following a night auto accident on lower Martin street here Saturday, March 14, was freed from jail yesterday when he paid the balance due on.

a fine and costs assessed by Probate Judge Harry E. Miles. Both Woolesy and his companion, John Arnett, 24, were charged with intoxication, and each was fined $15 and costs by Judge Miles Monday. Woolsey laid out a part of the assessment in the county jail. but was forced to pay over $131 to Judge Miles yesterday to gain his freedom.

Arnett is still held in jail, but efforts are being made to gain his release. Both boys were cut by flying glass in the accident, but Arnett was the more seriously injured. He has several bad cuts on his face and head. Judge Miles also Informed this paper today that trial action in the estate's case against Ben Goubeaux, Patterson township, charged with liquor possession, had been continued until Monday, March 23. Goubeaux is at liberty on $500 bond.

FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Wilson Senn Fails to Recover From Effects of Operation Performed Recently in California -Was Daughter of J. F. Binkley, Who is Well Known Here. Miss Bessie Coombs, Darke county law librarian, yesterday received a telegram announcing the death of her cousin, Mrs.

Wilson Senn, at Merced, California. Her death followed a major operation underwent recently. Mrs. Senn before her marriage was Miss Ruth Binkley, the only child of J. F.

Binkley, who at one time was connected with the Henry St. Clair wholesale house in this city. Mr. Binkley has resided in the west for several years, but will undoubtedly be well remembered here." The deceased was a comparatively young girl when her parents moved away from Greenville, but should also be well remembered by local residents. Burial will be made in California.

Child Severely Burned at Rural School Recovering According to reports today, Dorothy Ray, 14, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ray, Weaver's Station, is recovering from severe burns sustained last Wednesday afternoon.

Her dress was ignited by a stove in the Weaver's Station schoolhouse, and her back, head and hands were literally blistered. It is believed, however, that she will fully recuperate. STILL CAUSES DAMAGING FIRE; OWNER HUNTED Blast in. Illicit Distillery Blamed for Farm Blaze Near New Weston Last Night-Dunkirk, Oil Driller Wanted by Officers Here--House Razed. The Frank Seifring farm, three miles west of New Weston, in Al-' len township, was the scene of disastrous blaze Friday night, which county officers claim was started by a whiskey still.

The farm's former tenant, Nick Remaklus, is being hunted today. Remaklus, a Dunkirk, oil driller, rented the farm month's ago, during drilling work in the New Weston vicinity, and is reputed to have lived there alone. Officers report that he kept a still in the basement of the' residence, which was destroyed during. the blaze. They state that the still evidently exploded, spraying flames all over the cellar.

Remaklus is reported to have fled when the blaze started, and was still at large late today. Neighbors discovered the fire at about nine p. m. Friday, but it was too far under way to check, and the house, a six-room frame structure, was burned to the ground. Sheriff McBride and Prosecutor Jesse K.

Brumbaugh, investigated the fire last night, and have issued warrants for Remaklus' arrest. Selfring was unaware of his tenant's bootlegging activities, and has been absolved of any connection with the still or the fire. As the owner of the farm however. suffered loss of over $2000 burned. WOMAN GRANTED DIVORCE TODAY Mrs.

Delilah Baker, Greenville, Legally Separated From Husband in County Court-Latter Must Pay $8 Weekly Toward Support of Two Minor Children. An uncontested divorce decree was awarded to Mrs. Delilah Baker, Greenville, in the common pleas court here today by Judge George F. Crawford. She had charged her husband, Harry M.

Baker, with gross neglect and extreme cruelty. In addition to the divorce, Mrs. Baker was also awarded $8 weekly toward the support of two minor children, who were placed in her custody. Her husband must pay the support money. According to her petition she had been married since March 20, 115.

Attorney S. Mote, Greenville, was Mrs. Baker's attorney. Governor White To Become Scout Tenderfoot Friday Columbus, March' George White will become a member of the Boy Scouts of America, Tenderfoot rank, at the annual Boy Scout circus here next Friday. He will take the Scout oath and will be given his badge by Charles N.

Miller, Assistant National Field Director of the organization. Wife of State Senator Reported Improved Washington, Mar. Robert J. Bulkley, wife of U. S.

Senator Bulkley was reported improved today in her apartment here where she was taken yesterday following a sudden stroke Thursday. Senator Bulkley arrived at his wife's bedside yesterday. Physicians predicted Mrs. Bulkley would recover rapidly. Columbus Girl Fatally Injured In Night Accident Columbus, March Anne Miller, 5, was fatally hurt here last night when she ran into the street and was struck by an automobile.

ALLOWANCE RETURNED Sidney, Mar. unclaimed allowance of Martha J. Van Fossen of $180 has been returned to the credit of the Soldiers' Relief fund in the county treasury by resoluItion of the commissiners. Admits Plot to Wreck Big Zepp Caught red-handed in a plot to disable the giant Zeppelin now nearing completion at Akron, Ohio, 37, above, a reputed Communist, has confessed, ernment officials. Kassey, a rivet-inspector, is said approving sections that were defective and also damage the controls just before the first flight.

(left) being questioned by U. S. District Attorney of Cleveland. SUNDAY RADIO NEWS OF AUTO SHOW PLANNED Telephone Firm Here to Broadcast Direct From Palais Garden Pan All Tomorrow Auto. Show to Close Late Sunday Night--Giant Crowds.

Darke county's annual auto show will come to a close Sunday evening, March 22, at the Palais Garden pavilion, and one of the features of the closing day's program will be an hourly broadcast direct from the exhibit by the Ohio Telephone Service Company. Last night's program featured Myron Pearce and his orchestra, Greenville, and tonight another local dance orchestra, directed by Walter Riggs, will furnish entertainment. A group of radio entertainers "The Pirates" from Station WLW, Cincinnati, will also provide several Saturday night novelties. Crowds yesterday were much larger than expectations, and: giant throng is expected today. The show floor contains 50 motor car displays, and four industrial exhibits.

Sunday's entertainment program will headline Bill Zimmerman and his orchestra, Piqua. The orchestra was formerly known a3 Greenamyer's. DEATH OPERATION HERE Aged Resident of County Infirmary Never Rallies Fro mEffects of Major Operation at Hospital Yesterday Survived by Two Monday. Joseph J. Baumgardner, 75 years old, carpenter here for over 3 quarter century, died aty the Greenville hospital yesterday afternoon following a protracted gland operation.

He never rallied from its effects. Mr. Baumgardner had been in failing health for an extended period, and during his last illness had been residing at the county infirmary. Two nieces are, his only immediate survivors. One, Mr's.

Bertha Casanova, lives on Fairview Avenue, Greenville. Funeral services are to be conducted from St. Mary's Catholic church at 8:30 a. m. Monday.

The Rev. Father John A. Gnau will officiate. Burial in the church cemetery east of Greenville. Veteran Crusader For Temperance is Claimed by Death Xenia, Mar.

Juanita Holman Overholser, 75, an honorary member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, died here late yesterday. She was one of the few living persons who participated in the temperance crusade of 1874. CONVICTS STILL MUTINOUS; RIOT TAKES 3 LIVES BAYONETS FORCE QUIET AT JOLIET; PROPERTY LOSS IS OVER $500,000 Prisoners Continue in Ugly Mood, But Confine Disorders to Shouting -National Guard Infantry Prepared to Repulse Any New Escape Efforts. Joliet, March: quiet prevailed but national troops remained on guard today over the Joliet and Statesville prisons where riots of the last week have resulted in three deaths and property damage in excess of NEA Akron Bureau ZRS-4, U. S.

Navy Paul F. Kassey, according to to have admitted that he planned to He is shown here William McDermott GAS FUMES KILL OHIOAN; BELIEVED TO HAVE SUICIDED Cincinnati, March Abraham W. Pollak, 47, clothing phyxiated in his home last night. He was found slumped over a kitchen gas stove with several burners turned on. Police reported that Pollak was president.

of the Pollak Dress making Co. His widow and two sons, Leon, a student. at Ohio State University, and Erwin Pollak, student at Cincinnati University, survive him. 2 MORE COUNTY MEN JAILED ON LIQUOR CHARGE Active War on Bootleg Industry Being Waged I by Sheriff McBride -Webster and Franklin Township Homes -Still Owner Pays $500 Fine. Darke county's official war against the bootleg liquor indus-4 try which has produced five arrests since March 1, resulted in the apprehension of two more county men yesterday on charges of violating national prohibition laws.

Led by Sheriff Sam McBride, a raiding force visited Webster and Franklin township, and their efforts uncovered one still, and over nine gallons of whiskey. Everett Boggs, 29, the still owner, was apprehended in 'Franklin township, and has already been fined $500 in the county probate court. The Boggs residence, one mile south of the West- Grove church, was visited yesterday forenoon. In addition to a still of 30-gallon capacity, the raiders seized eight galIons of whiskey, and a small quantity of mash. Boggs pleaded guilty to possession charges in the probate court Friday afternoon, but was committed to jail 'for nonpayment of the $500 fine.

The Webster raid victim, Tom Elson, 39, was apprehended Friday night. Officers allegedly seized two half-pints of whiskey in his Elson was committed to jail after the raid, but is to be. tried before Judge Miles today. In addition to Boggs and Elson, county officers have arrested M. J.

Dayley, Dayton, Ben Goubeaux, Patterson township, and Ben Hittle, Liberty township, since March 1 on liquor charges. Dayley and Hittle were fined $200 and $100 respectively, and Goubeaux is to be tried on March 23. ERROR IS CHARGED Troy, Ohio, March petition in error has been filed in the common pleas court by the N. P. Dodge corporation appealing from a verdict of $150 against the company in the Piqua municipal court in favor of Herbert and Minnie Gragg.

The danger of further serious rioting apparently had been removed, almost all of the convicts remained locked in their cells 24 hours a day. Many of the men who had been on a bread, coffee and water diet for a full week were in an ugly mood, but they could- do no more than shout their protests. Members of a special legislative committee who were present yesterday when a mild uprising broke loose planned to call two religious men as today's principal witnesses in the inquiry to determine the cause of the riots. These two men, the Rev. Father Eligius Wier, Catholic chaplain, and the Rev.

George Whitmeyer, who was a chaplain until recently, held widely different opinions as to the causes of the disorders. Whitmeyer contends he resigned as chaplain in protest to what he considered cruelty to prisoners Warden Henry C. Hill, however, says Whitmeyer was discharged. It has been charged that Whitmeyer helped incide the convicts by telling them that "What this prison needs is a good riot." Rev. Father Weir, on the other hand, is a staunch supporter of Warden Hill.

He contends that prisoners have been well treated under Hill and that the whole trouble lies in the state's system of indeterminite sentences rather than with officials. Warden Hill was testifying before the committee yesterday when the uprising started at Statesville. His direct, honest answers to all questions gained the immediate confidence of the legislators and it was reported authoritatively that today the committee would commend him officially and approve his administration. Representative Roger F. Little, chairman of the committee, indicated the committee hearing might continue through Sunday.

Among the many witnesses to be heard are Martin Durkin, who took no part in the riots. While legislators inspected the prison, Durkin protested to them that he and several thousand other convicts were suffering because others had rioted. Warden Hill explained to the satisfaction of the committee that it was impossible to give the prisoners regular fare because they themselves had destroyed the kitchens, food, and mess halls. During their rounds of the cells, the legislators heard no complaints against prison officials. 'Almost all protests were against the pardon and parole system which Hill and Wier also disapproved.

ODDS NOT SO GOOD Seattle, Mar. are good odds in most games of chance, but they re- acted unfavorably against Ray R. Lusk when he gambled with a dollar and won two years in the federal prison for making one counterfeit dollar. WILL ROGERS SAYS: Beverly Hills, March Every state in the Union gambles as much as Nevada does, but they were smart enough to pass a law and get some tax money out of it. If Wall Street paid a tax on every "game" they run we would get enough revenue to run the government on.

Another thing, we don't seem to be able to even check crime, so why not legalize it and put a heavy tax on it. Make the tax for robbery so high that a bandit couldn't afford to rob anyone unless he knew they had a lot of dough. We have taxed other industries out of business. It might work here. WILL.