Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1922 — Page 1

> ■ XX. Number 231

Slayers of reinking boy convicted

■proposals for I PEACE IN NEAR I EAST ACCEPTED II Immediate Danger of War H Between British and ■ Turks Averted ■ti rks HALT_ ADVANCE ■(.real Britain’s Commanderfl j n .(hiei Hailed as Hero I in the British Isles S Par:-. () ‘t. 2 — Immediate ■ ,l;ing< r ‘>l war In tween ('.real and Turkey in the near ■ rrl hjs been averted through ■ ihe peace proposals of Musln- ■ |)ha Kemal, the French foreign ■ office believed. ■ Quai <l’ Orsav was of the ■ opinion that the English gov- ■ ,I'nment would accept the pro- ■ oDsal ot Kenial. leader of the ■ Turkish nationalists, that a fl preliminary |>eace parley be ■ ikLI in Mudania, Asia Minor, ■ tomorrow. ■ flu French government acfl cepted the Keinalist plan imfl mediately after it had been infl formed of it by Yusuf Kemal, fl Turkish foreign minister, fl Yusuf s communication was refl laved to the governments at fl Borne md London and France ■ waited. ■ Kamal's Peace Plan H This summarizes Kemal's plan: ■ I—That representatives ot Turkey, fl Crest Britain. France. Italy and ■ Greet* meet at Mudania Tuesday for fl a preliminary peace conference at fl which it is hoped that an Immediate ■ armistice can be reached and the M basis of a final peace conference to fl be held about Oct 15 worked out. ■ 2—Thai the military operations of, fl Kemal in the Chunak and Ismid ar] ■ of the neutral zones be suspended j ■ pending the Mudania conference. ■ 3—That Turkey be allowed to ocfl cupy Thrace as far as the Maritza ■ ftor at once. B This claim is made on the ground ■ ll '3t it is necessary to prevent atroci- ■ ties on the Turks by the Greeks. K The attitude of Greece in the mat ■ ter is causing the French grave con ■ ten. I It was feared that the new revolu tionary government which was organized by Colonel Gonatas. the power behind George II for the sole pur pose of defending Thrace against a Turkish hccupation, would complicate matters. Franklin Bouillon was given the credit by the French foreign office for apparently averting a war between the Turks and British. The envoy who has been in conference *ith Kemal at Smyrna was highly praised by the press. Turks Held In Check Constantinople, Oct. 2 —Mustapha Kemal's command held the Turks In check today as preparations were made to hold a preliminary near eastern peace parley at Mudania tomorrow. Making good their leader’s promise to the allies, which accompanied the invitation for the peace conference, ***• Ke.nalists in the Chanak area of tite neutral zone made no effort to diaw closer to Great Britain’s triple iine of trenches. I he Turks, in some instances, nwved back out of contact with the -uiish, evidently to avoid any possi‘Hty of a clash which would mar the peace plans of their chief. The British are in command of the 'titire coast of the narrow straits of 'he Dardanelles since the Turks voluntarily evacuated Erenkeui, one of *e most strategic positions they held. Kemal, it is understood, has left ‘® y ma and tomorrow will be in - udani the seat of the peace conferee, which lies opposite Constantinople. on the sea of Marmdra. The tension among the allied repesentatives had lessened decidedly offers f °l’ nw l n K the Kemal peace Press Praises Hanington in« ° Ct - 2 ~ SIr Charles Harc *°“' comrnant ler in chief at -conciliatory (Continued on page four)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Demand More Money for Appearing in the Nude Paris, Oct. 2—This is the naked (ruth. Chorus girls here threatened to go | on a strike against appearing "dish |' abille" unless their wages are increased. The demand is: The less cdothes, the more pay. They hold that the prevailing pay for appearing in the nude is not sufficient inducement for dispensing with their garments. The present wage scale: In costume, 300 francs a month. 1 Semi-draped, 352 francs a month. I’nadornad, 400 francs. NEW REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN HERE — John S. Peterson Elected to Succeed Harn Fritzinger in County John S. Peterson, well known insurance man of this city, is the new county chairman of the republican party, being elected late Saturday afternoon to succeed Harry Fritzing er, who will become postmaster ot the Decatur postofiice. The precinct committeemen and members of the county republican central committee met at the office of the Decatur Foundry. Furnace and machine company at the call of Chairman FritzInger and proceeded to elect a successor to the retiring chairman. John Shirk, who was elected secretary of the county organization last May, tendered his resignation and Earl B. Adams, of this city, was elected to succeed him. The other members of the county committee are: John Hiity, Berne, vice-chair man, and Menno Burkhalter, Berne, treasurer. Mr. Fritzinger was serving his third term as county republican chairman being elected the first time in I 1918, again in 1920 and began his | third term last May. following the primary election. Mr. Peterson will | serve the unexpired term of Mr. I FTitzinger's which will continue until the primary in 1924. Although Mr. Fritzinger has not assumed charge of the Decatur postoffice his commission as postmaster is expected at auy time. His appointment has been confirmed by the senate and he has already filled out his oath of office and is ready to assume office upon word from Washing ton. Hunt for Two Lions Near Kenton, Ohio (lulled I’reoa Service.t Kenton, Ohio, Oct. 2. — Big game ; turning parties, armed witli army au tomatics, scoured the woods of this listrict today for two large lions —a| male and a female —reported to be at large. J. H. Thomas, Big Four engineer. ■ said he snw the beasts today as his: train passed the woods near the W., W. Borden farm. William Wilkerson declared he sue ceeded in driving two lions from his I cow pasture several days ago. Tourists arriving here today com plained their camp was kept awake all night by the fierce roaring of beasts. Hunting parties, who searched the woods near here over the week-end said they found tracks of lions and the bones of mules apparently devoured by some wild beast in the last three days. CORT MATINEE STARTS AT 2:30 Beginning tomorrow, the matinee ’ shown at the Cort theatre throughout the week, will be run at 2:30 o’clock instead of 2 o'clock as has been the : custom in the past. The Saturday i matinee, however, will continue to be ■ run, starting at 2 o’clock. —— o-— ——- Phi Delts to Banquet in Club Rooms Tonight * The members of the local chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will hold a banquet in their fraternity j rooms over the Mills grocery tonight. ‘ The banquet will begin promptly at -7 o'clock. The banquet will be followed by a short business meeting.

DEMOCRATS TO OPEN CAMPAIGN ON THURSDAY I Judge James J. Moran, of Portland, to Speak at Geneva ADAIR IS IN DISTRICT Ex-Congressman Is Making Addresses; Registration to End October 9 The democratic campaign will get under way in this county this week, the opening gun to be fired by Judge James J. Moran of Portland at a meeting to be held in Geneva Thursday night. Mr. Moran is a splendid speaker and one of the best versed i , men in the state on political questions. His address will be of much interest. Ex-congressman John A. M. Adair has speaking dates this week at ( Union City, Winchester and Alexandria in this district and in each conn-, ty there will be several meetings. Mr. Tyndall who is the candidate for congress is making a campaign by counties and has been attending meetings in Delaware and Madison counties during the past two weeks. This week will conclude the drive for registration and most of the workers will devote their time to seeing that the voters are qualified. The speaking campaign in the various townships of this county will open, next week and Chairman Fruchte' has already arranged a number of dates to be annouaced later. Jn this city the campaign will open next, week. Headquarters are open now day ami evening and hundreds have register-, »d there during the past ten days. You are. invited to call and to assist in making the campaign the most interesting held in years. The candidates and workers are confident and predictions are made that an old time democratic majority will be returned in this county. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE — Chicago, Oct. 2—Wheat: Dec. l 51.04%; May $1.07%. Coin: Dec. 59%; May 62c. Oats: Dec. 37%c;| May 38%c. JURYTRIALIN | CIRCUIT COURT I Second Trial of Suit on Note Begun Before Jury and Special Judge i After a delay of many months, the ’ second trial of the case of Smith D.] High against Laura Walters and John i Wagner, suit on a note, was begun in 1 the Adams circuit court this morning I - before a jury and Special Judge Alonzo Bales, of Winchester. Attorneys for the defense are Smith & Gaeke and R. C. Parrish, of Fort Wayne, and : Fruchte & Lltterer and A. C. Butcher.! of Decatur, while Attorney L. C. DeVoss, of this city, represents the plaintiff single handed. The ease was tried in the Adams circuit court during the November term of court in 1920. The jury that heard the case returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. After hearing, the arguments on a motion for a new | trial, brought by the defendtftits, the judge set aside the verdict and granted a new trial. Mr. Wagner and Mr. High were both on the stand this forenoon. The members who compose the jury hearing the case are David Archer, Thomas Knoll. Oscar Bultimeier, Milton Edgel. John O. Belderbeck, Asa E Tucker, Fred J. Adler, Charles Longenberger, Henry L. Delmar, Everett Banter, J. C-. Moser and Sam Butler. .—— ■ —O ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + WEATHER ♦ '♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDIANA—Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday in north.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 2, 1922

4-++++H-++ + + + + + + + + AMERICAN HISTORY + + DAY BY DAY + 4> By T. P. Green + j + ♦ Monday, October 2. •> * < !<• Rhode Island charter to Boger 4 >+ Williams confirmed on October <• ]♦ 2. 1852. ♦ + — + + Poston lost 100 buildings by < + fire on October 2, 1711. 4- + - < 4 Major Andre hung as a spy. + i 4- on October 2, 1780. <• + — 4 + Gen. Robert E. Ix>e became 4- + President of Washington ano Lee + + University, on October 2. 186". * H. S. WRITERS HOLD MEETING Local Students Invited to Press Convention at Franklin Soon I Members of the editorial and bus! ness staffs of the high school publica tion of Decatur. and of the other high schools of Adams county today received invitations to attend a two-day convention of high school editors and business managers to be held at Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.. Friday and Saturday, Oc- ; tober 27-2 S. It is expected that a delegation of high school journalists from here will attend.. I The conference is being arranged by the editors of The Franklin, the college newspaper, The Almanack, the year book, Alpha Chi Alpha jour- 1 jiialiatic fraternity, and has been ap proved by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and the authorities of 1 Franklin College. Some of the ablest newspaper men of the country will be on the convention program. Metropolitan reporters, college journalism teachers, feature writers, and news editors will 1 address the high school writers. Pro vision will be made for the needs of the high school annual editors and buiness managers, also, and experts I in both the editorial and business de 1 partments of high school annuals will give, talks. Entertainment features of the con- ! vention include a motor trip to the Indiana Masonic Home under the (direction of a Chamber of Commerce committee, the Franklin College-Rose- | Poly football game on Goodell Field. Friday afternoon, and a banquet at 1 ithe close of the convention Saturday! | evening. The high school journalists' meet - Hng at Franklin College is the first] convention ot' the kind ever held in Indiana. Reduced rates to the convention i have been secured on all interurban lines of the State. RELATIVEDIED IN KENTUCKY Mrs. Anna Overman, Well Known Here, Died in Covington Sunday A telegram, bringing the sad news of the death of Mrs. Anna Overman, of Covington. Ky., well known in this city, was received Sunday morning by | J. W. Bosse and other relatives in this i city. The message did not give the cause of death, merely stating that death occurred early Sunday morning. Mrs. Overman was well known in this city, having visited here and at Rome City with Decatur friends and relatives, and her many friends are greived to learn of her sudden death. Miss Deona Bosse left today for Covington and wiU,retnain for the funeral, and Mrs. J. W. Bosse and Mrs. Mary Smith, cousins of the deceased, will leave tomorrow for Covington to attend the funeral. She is survived by four children, namely, Leo, May, Anna and Agnes Overman. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning from the Catholic church of the Mother of God and interment will be made at Covington.

GOOD SPEAKERS FOR SWINE DAY OCTOBER NINTH * I Farm Papers Over Country to Send Representatives and Photographers LOCAL LITTER LEADS No Other Litter in State Promises Equal Weight of the Local Hogs Plans which have been under way ( for some time for tlie Swine Day meeting tn be held on the C. W. R. , Schwartz farm north-west of Berne on October 9th are progressing very nicely. The county agent states that word has been received from Mr Wiley, of Purdue, that the weight Mt Schwartz' litter promises to make ot. that day will be far in advance or any ilitter which has thus far finished th< contest. As far as can be determin ed by information which has been gathered there is no litter in the | state which is as promising as the one in question. This information has been sent to various farm papers and neighboring county agents ant' already two Ohio agents, as well as an Indiana agent, have signified their intention of attending the meeting with delegations of their farmers. Accordingly, it seems the litter is an attraction to the farmers in other 'counties as well as those in Adams county. Arrangements have been made whereby Mr. Hayne, swine special!*! !af the International Harvester Com pany at Chicago, will deliver an ad dress In the afternoon. Mr. Wiley, of Purdue, will also address the gather ing. telling of the results which havt been obtained in recent feeding ex periments at Purdue as well as giving the results of the Ton Litter Con test in other parts of the state. Two live-stock papers have arranged to have photographers and reporters present. According to present plans the litter will be inspected and weighed in the forenoon while the addresses will be given in the afternoon. Benches will be provided in the orchard to seat those in attendance. Everyone is invited to bring picnic dinner. THREE BICYCLES FOUND IN ALLEY - “Sammy” Franks, Night Policeman, Now Looking for the Owners “Sammy" Franks, the veteran night policeman of this city, is the possesi sor of three bicycles which he “pickj ed up" in the alley between the BosI ton store and city hall on last Tues- : day evening and is now advertising I i for the owners of the property to call ' at his home and describe the properity - Mr. Franks is of the opinion that ] the bicycles were stolen and left ] standing in the alley because tli» i boys or men who rode them decided to discontinue their peddle trip over the country and take to the "cushions." Mr. Franks forms this opinion after learning that on the same evening on which he found the bicycles, three boys were seen in a local ] 1 restaurant telling about an overland trip they were making, but that they had decided to ride on the train hereafter. It was understood that their homes were in Indianapolis. Mr. Franks said two of the wheels arc in ' pretty good shape, while the third wheel is not so good. Mr. Franks has the bicycles at his home and will endeavor to locate the ' owners. He says he can't use them l in making his “beat” at nights, but 1 that if the bicycles are not claimed he might consider a trade. ’ MARRIAGE LICENSES Marcus S. Lehman, barber, Berne, : 23, to Estella Moser, clerk, Berne. 20. David D. Lehman, farmet Berne, 22» to Olga Fluckigcr, Monroe, 21.

Swearinger Funeral to Be Held 2 P. M. Tuesday Funeral services for Edna Cather1 Ine Swearinger, daughter of Mrs. Lu Ila Swearinger, who died at her home |in this city last SaturiLiy afternoon, will be held from the Methodist 1 i liiir< li at 2 o'clock Tueday afternoon,: the-Rev. U. .S. A. Bridge, pastor, off! | elating. Short services will be held I I at the home, corner of Third and Mar j shall streets, at 1:30 o'clock. Friends] 'may view the remains at the home] before 1:80 p. m. Tuesday, but the | casket will not be opened at the! church. Burial will be held in the 1 Decatur cemetery. SUPREME COURT HAS RECONVENED I 1 New Associate Justice, For- 1 mer Senator Sutherland, Admitted ’ ( By LAURENCE M. BENEDICT United I’reMM Staff Correnpondent Washington. Oct. 2. —Reconvening i after the long summer receess, the United States supreme court today was to admit to its membership for- i mer Senator George H. Sutherland, of ' Utah, appointed associate justice to > succeed John H. Clarke, of Ohio, re- ' signed. ' Sutherland will be sworn in at noon with the usual (lignified pomp that I marks a ceremony of the kind in the vupreine court chamber, and in the ' presence of a large gathering ot not- ! ibles. 1 Unless there is a last minute change : in plans. Chief Justice William How- 1 ard Taft will himself administer the oath to the new member, thus estab-1 lishing a precedent. New justices heretofore have always been sworn in by the clerk of the court. Immediately after he has been sworn and has assumed his seat —the end 1 one on the left—the court will be ad-1 ’ journed and the chief justice and the sight associate justices will go to the I 1 White House to pay their respects to ■ the president, in pursuance of a long 1 established custom. No business will be transacted by 1 the court today. As the court resumed today, reports were current that Associate Justice ( William R. Day, of Ohio, will shortly I' send his resignation to the president stating he has found it jjecessary to ' levote all of his time to his duties is umpire in the settlement of war 1 •laims against Germany. Senator John K. Shields, democrat., 1 ,>f Tennessee, is most talked of to succeed Day if he resigns. John W. 8 Davis, of West Virginia, former embassador to the court of St. James, is I ' ilso being mentioned. „ t Mysterious Collapse oi New Steel Framework i Indianapolis, Oct. 2 The steel , frame work of a building being con ’ structed by non union labor here, col J lapsed early today. ( It was the second non-union struc-! ( ture to meet this fate in Indianapolis , within two weeks. Neighbors saw a man run from the t ruins just before nine steel piers crumpled as the supports were removed. : 1 Threats were said to have been received by other builders employing i non-union labor in steel construction i C. P. Day, who is erecting the build I ing which was to have housed a furni- i ture store said he received no threats however. ' John J. McNamara who served part of a fifteen year sentence to San : Quentin prison for dynamiting the Lellwyn Iron works in Los Angeles ' in 1910 is employed here as business agent for Bridge and Structural Iron workers' local union No.. 22. He is alleged to have warned the contractor of the Duesenberg Automobile plant which was destroyed ten days ago that there would be no “conten- ] tion on the job” so long as no iron workers from the local union were

employed. o Miss Fanny Hite of the Peoples’ Loan and Trust company. Is taking a vacation. Miss Hite and Mrs. lanthe Townend will leave for an automobile trip through southern Indiana, within the next two days.

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TWO GANGSTERS FACING PRISON TERM FOR DEED Two Youths Convicted of Killing Former Resident of County MURDERED JULY FIFTH Misses Elinor and Tecla Reinking, His Sisters, Attended Trial Two Oakland, California, youths have been convicted of the murder of William Reinking, age 19. a former resident of this county. The murder occured in Oakland on July 5 and was a very bftttal affair. The following account of the conviction of the guilty parties, taken from an Oakland newspaper, was sent to Dr. J. S. Boyers, of tliis city, by his son Dr. Luther Boyers, of Oakland: “Frank August Avilla, 17, and Tony Alexander, 23, are today facing prison terms as a result of their conviction last night of the slaying of William Reinking, 19. Athen-ian-Nile Club bellboy, on the night of July 5 last. . Avilla was convicted ot second degree murder and Alexander of manslaughter Superior Judjge LincolYi S. Church' will pronounce sentence Saturday. The penalty in Avilla's case is an in«te4inite term of from ten years to life imprisonment. Alexander's sentence will be from one to ten years. The jury was out several hours. The Misses Elinor and Tecla Reinking, sisters of the slain boy. were in court constantly (luring the trial. The murder of Reinking took place at East Fourteenth street and Twen-ty-fourth avenue while he was on the way to his home. The evidence disclosed that he was attacked by Avilla and his gang without provocation on his part, the prosecution charging it was the result of pure viciousness and a desire to have trouble. Asked Acquittal Attorney Clinton G. Dodge demanded acquittal for Alexander on the ground that he took no prat in the actual killing nor said anything to suggest it, but merely ran along with Avilla. Alexander, near the close of the trial, declared he would shield Avilla no longer, but would tell the entire tnith. and took the witness stand, telling in detail the circumstances of the attack. Attorney J. P. Lacey, representing Avilla, declared Alexander and his counsel were attempting to clear his skirts by shifting all of the blame onto Avilla, calling attention to Alexander’s age as compared with Avilla and asserting Avilla thought Reinking was about to strike him when he “pushed him over.” Deputy District Attorney Ralph E Hoyt in the opening argument for the prosecution declared the assault was entirely unprovoked, that it was the outgrowth of an uncontrolled, vicious gang spirit, and that Reinking was entirely without blame in the matter. Youths Flayed Frank M. Shay, chief deputy district attorney, declared in the closing argument that the crime was the most atrocious in the history of Alameda county. He likened Avilla to the leader of a pack of wolves, saying he deliberately picked a quarrel with Reinkmg from wanton maliciousness. “Reinking went to his Maker with a smile on his face," said Shay. “He was not seeking trouble but this leader of a gang of wolves was determined to draw blood that night and he accomplished his purpose. Revenge for a fancied wrong was the motive for this crime, the same motive that sets nations at each other's throats | and w hich caused 9500 men and woI men in the United States to be | charged with murder in the United i States last year.”

Shay demanded that the jurors put away any feeling of pity and to remember that the taking of human life must be punished if life was to be safe on this earth. He stated and asked for a verdict of first degree murder. (Continued on page five)