Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1923 — Page 1

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■MANISTAKEN I FROM COFFIN I TOBE KILLED l-'iS'™"" 1 ■ Gets Second Charge I fol k electrocuted ■ Four Men, Convicted of | Murder, Die in Little Rock, I Arkansas, Today I Ark.. Feb. 2-(Special ■ w Daily Democrat)—F. (•- Bullen, ■ mlir(!pre r. was taken from his coffin I W d electrocuted at ttie state peniten I riary here today after physicians ■ fonnd the first electrical charge had I failed to Ml him. I Bulba was one of four men sentI «ced to tJh* at ,la * break - AftPF th ° I high voltage had passed through his I body. Bullen waa P' ace ‘ l in a woo< l pn I box and preparations started for bur I ial- Physicians making a second ex I amination, however, found he was I HiU »H ve - I Ballen was taken from the coffin I and again placed in the electric I chair. He was pronounced dead I three minutes later. I Bullen and Ben and Duncan RichI ardson. brothers, were convicted of I murdering Ira H. Culp, an aged reI cluse, whose body was burned in his I home after the killing. The fourth I man electrocuted today was Will I Deßord, convicted of the hatchet murders of H. N. Silesby and wife. Duncan Richardson, made a dramatic attempt to save his brother and Bullen, his pal, from execution. He called prison officials to his death cell late yesterday and related a graphic story of the murder, taking full responsibility and absolving the other two. Governor Mcßae, hofrever. refused to intervene when -court records ebowed the story differed from evidence produced at the trial. Ben Dichardson was the first man sent to death. Cursing the trial of ficlals and strongly protesting his innocence he was electrocuted at day break. His brother, calm and stoic, walked to the chair next with only a casual "good bye." Bullen followed. He wept bitterly as the straps were placed about his legs and arms and the electric wires fixed. He kept crying that “a crazy boy who lied” was responsible for his conictlon. Bullen was pronounced dead by physicians a few minutes later and he was carried to a waiting coffin. As the prison undertaker prepared to take the "body" to a morgue, Bullen moved. Physicians were again sumtuoned and after a lengthy conference advised that Bullen’s limp form again be strapped in the chair. Bullen was pronounced dead three minutes later. Debord was electrocuted after Bullen was placed in the chair the first time. — o — ONLY 400 OLD SUBSCRIBERS HAVE NOT RENEWED By actual count of the Needle and Sewing cases given to the mail subscribers of the Decatur Daily Democrat, 1600 of the 2000 subscribers on °ur mailing list have renewed their subscription to 1924. Our twentieth' anniversary renewal campaign has : keen the most successful in the his-j lory of Your Home Paper and during . the month of February we will continue our offer and make an effort to renew every subscribed on the list. We appreciate this support given us and assure our readers that we will continue to devote our efforts in Printing a better paper, one that the community as a whole can feel promt of and enjoy reading. Renew your subscription now and receive one of the needle cases, containing 142 uset'H needles. Know what’s going on *>y reading the Decatur Daily Democrat. Mrs. C. L. Meibers and Mrs. Henry Vian were Ft. Wayne visitors today. RATHER promising Denver, Feb. 2.—" Looks like a : Promising day,” remarked Police Judge Rice, as he took a look at the , ol| owing names on the docket: Prince Johnson, King Riley, Duke “rown, Commodore Williams and 1 Je ‘« Willlard. I i

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PREPARING TOR DEBATE High School Debaters To Meet Portland In Debate Feb. 20 Members of the high school public speaking department aro working hard in preparation for the duel debate to be held with the Portland high school teams on February 20. The local teams have not been selected yet but it is likely that they will be chosen soon. The subject of the debate will be, “Resolved, that the application of the principle of the closed union shop best, serves the interests of the American people.” The Decatur negative team will meet the Portland affirmative team in this city and the Decatur affirmative team will go to Portland to meet the Portland negative team of that school. ROADSEASiLY DAMAGED NOW ——— Road Superintendent Urges Truck Owners to Obey State Road Law Keeping the roads in good repair during this thawing weather is a prob llem over the state, in fact through lout tlie country, and highway officials are having a job in an effort to keep them in condition for traffic. In Well: | county the highway suverintendent has issued an order prohibiting all heavy trucks to travel over the public highways in that county. Charles Magley, superintendent of | Adams county's highways, has not issued such a drastic order, but urges .every truck owner to obey the In 'diana road law concerning the use of heavy trucks over the roads. Mr. Magley and eighteen deputies super intendants have been busy trying to keep the roads in as good shape as I possible. The law relative to heavy hauling over the roads in the county is as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to haul over any turnpike, 'or gravel road fthe term "gravel road ’ to include any road graded and graveled with not less than one yard of gravel to eight feet in width and nine feel lin length of such road) at any time when the road is thawing through or | by reason of wet weather is in condition to be dug up and injured bv heavy healing, a load on any vehicle with tires of less than three inches in width, the combined weight of which load and vehicle, including the driver, shall be more than twenty-five hundred pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of three inches and less than four inches in width the combin ed weight of which load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than throe thousand pounds: or on any vehicle with tires of four inches and less than five inches In width, the combined weigh* of which load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than thirty-five hundred pounds: or on any* vehicle with tires five inches or over in width, the combined weight of which load, vehicle and driver shall be more than thirty eight hundred pounds. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, on convection, be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each load so hauled. This includes traction engines weighing over the above limit." “Provided, That any road superin tendent shall have the police power to arrest upon sight any person who is seen violating or by warrant any (Continued on page five) INSPECTION OF MASONIC LODGE State Inspector to Be Here Next Monday; Banquet in the Evening Decatur Masons are making preparations for an enjoyable occasion here next Monday afternoon and evening. The state inspector of tho Masonic lodge will be here for inspection work. In the afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Monroeville Masonic lodge will be here and will be inspected in the E. P. degree work. Following this Inspection the Decatur. Masons will be inspected in the Fel-j low Craft and Master Mason degrees.' At 6:30 o’clock in the evening, the: Eastern Star ladies will serve a banquet In the dining room at the Mason-, Ic rooms. It is expected that there, will be approximately one hundred - Masons at the meeting.

ANOTHER STILL IS DISCOVERED I . IN RAID TODAY 1 Sheri ft’ John Baker Has , Prisoner in Jail Who Cannot Speak English J —— FEDERAL MEN GONE i Two Federal Prohibition Agents Leave the City This Afternoon County* Sheriff John Baker is literally, “up a stump”, today to know what to do with a prisoner he has in . jail. This morning, in company with [ the two Federal prohibition agents who have been in the city for the past three days, he raided a hut at the sugar beet factory and located a , small still. Two Mexicans were In the hut with the still. One of them could talk a little English and the other could talk a little less. The officers ex- ■ plained the situation as best they could to the two men. The one who could speak the most English said he would go with the officers to the Mayor’s office. When the officers reached the city hall with their prisoner, the said prisoner declared that the still did not belong to him but was the property of his house partner. Sheriff Baker returned to the shack and arrested the other man. whose name is John Janec, and brought him to tho 1 county jail. The other man was released. Sheriff Baker attempted to carryon a conversation with the man after they reached the jail. The prisoner, 1 in a broken language, told the sheriff that the still belonged to the other man. the first one arrested by the officials. The good sheriff attempted to explain to the man that it would be much better for him to plead guilty and get someone to pay his fine for Him If He could than to go to the penal farm for one hundred days or more, as would be the case if he didn't pay his fine. He asked the man what he was going to do and received the answer, “Veil, take me out and hang me up’" In the meantime the man is reposing in the county jail and Sheriff Baker is debating what to do with his prisoner. The two government agents left this afternoon. No liquor was found in the raid this morning. Other raids conducted yesterday, were fruitless. —o SPOKE TO CHE DREN T. F. Graliker. of the First National Joseph and Pleasant Mills Schools T. F. Oraliker, of the First National Bank of Decatur, spoke to the pupils jf the St. Joseph Catholic schools this forenoon on the subject of, “Loaning the Bank’s Money.” This afternoon. Mr. Graliker spoke to the pupils of the Pleasant Mills schools on the subject. These talks were given in connection with the educational campaign being conducted throughout the country by the banks. Indicted Lake County Men File Demurrers United Prena Mnff Correapondent Indianapolis, Feb. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—All indicted city and county officials of Lake county and many others of the seventy-five defendants in the alleged giant liquor conspiracy filed demurrers when arraigned in federal court before Judge Anderson today. The only one who pleaded guilty was Mike Drakulich. The others who failed to file demurrers pleaded not guilty. Among those arraigned were Mayor Johnson of Gary, police officials, county officials and many men prominent in the political, civic and social life of the city. Clara Phillips Said to Be Found in Mexico United Pre«» Staff Correspondent El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Clara Phillips, escaped hammer murderess, was today in Chihuahua City, Mexico, according to private detectives who are traili ing her. She has been Identified ! there by these officers and former j intimate friends and has openly boasted that she is the "tiger woman” who sawed her way out of the Loe Angeles jail on December 5, after conviction on a charge of murdering I Mrs. Alberta Meadows.

Decatur, Indiana, Fridaay Evening, February 2, 1923.

SUIT FOR DIVORCE Jay County Case Sent Here on Change of Venue A suit for divorce and alimony In ' the Hum of $20,000, filed in the Jay circuit court, by Bessie Shoup against I Johnathan Van Shoup has been ventied to Adams county and th<- paper i In the case were filed in the circuit court here this morning. Charges of cruel and inhuman treatment and that the defendant is a habitual drunkard, are made by the plaintiff. Mrs. Shoup also asks for the ore and custody 01 their minor child and for an allowance 1 of s6oo per year for the support of the child. Attorneys M. V, Skinner and James R. Fleming represent th. I plaintiff. SAYS CASE WAS 'I MISREPRESENTED I I Eli Meyer, Decatur Citizen, Explains Charge Made Against Him r t EH Meyer, well known and highly ( respected Decatur citizen, called at this office last evening and stated that the charges filed against him by , William Franke of Fort Wayne were I misrepresented. Mr. Meyer states I that he contracted with Mr. Franke for a certain track of timber and had • just finished cutting it but had not removed a single tree from the woods. j Mr. Meyers paid Mr. Franke $l5O for , the standing timber which covered a certain space on the latter’s farm and after it was cut, the owner claimed . that Mr. Meyer had cut more timber . than originally contracted for. Mr. Meyer contends that he is right and that the charges filed against him . were uncalled for and that he is wil- „ ling to go to court and fight for what is rightfully hie. t • . FEW MARRIAGE LICENSES > Only Ten Issued by County Clerk I During Month of January * ■■ 1 - I Only ten marriage licenses were . I issued by the clerk of the Adams cir- • I cult court during the month of January, the records show. The marriag.i ■ licenses outnumber the hunting and ' fishing licenses however, as them? '; were only six sportsmen who applied : for licenses during the month. LYCEUM COURSE NUMBER J. Coates Lockhart Company To Give Third Number Saturday Night J. Coates Lockhart and his Scotch Lassies will appear in Decatur for an entertainment in the new high school auditorium tomorrow evening. This will be the third number of the high ’ school lyceum course. The Lock- ’ hart company is composed of musicians, vocalists and readers, and comes here highly recommended. Since this will be the first public entertainment in the new auditorium and on account of the quality of the entertainment offered, it is expected that a large crowd will attend. o ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + « WEATHER ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INDlANA—Unsetlted with probably > light snow in north and rain or snow in south portio toight or Saturday; much colder Saturday and in west and north portions tonight. DR.CJJAFT TO SPEAK HERE President of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary to Preach Sunday Dr. George W. Taft, president of the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary of Chicago, will preach in the Baptist church, both morning and evening, next Sunday, February 4th. Dr. Taft spent a number of years in Japan as missionary for the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, has been a college president, has held important pastorates in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Norman, Okla., and Hastings, Nebr, He is also at present one of the directors of the Winoua Lake Assembly and Bible Conference. The pastor of the Baptist church is spending the week-end in New York City.

RESIDENTS OF , RUHR VALLEY j GROW WARLIKE illave Murderous Resent--1 ment in Their Hearts; Appear Ready for War ) GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS I German Students and Others Stage Riot in East Prussian District United Press Staff Correspondent Berlin, Felt. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The people of the Ruhr I valley have murderous resentment in their hearts. The women are shedding tears of rage—not grief, ami they are urging their men to rise against the long, horizontal blue columns of Frenchmen who go swinging through the streets of their towns and bivouac in their public squares. The men are waiting grimly. ' They are about the same stamp as 1 West Virginia miners—just as ready 1 for battle —something is holding them 1 back. There is no* telling whether ‘ithis restraint will snap. The French are fetching implements of war along with them —artil--1 lery, field kitchens, airplanes, ma- ’ chine guns, tanks, etc. In fact the situation presents r every element of war —except an 1 enemy army. The next few weeks 1 1 will tell whether such an army is •1 going to spring to life from the ranks c of those who now are satisfied with • standing on the curb stone, watching 1 the parade. i Koenigsberg, East Prussia. Feb. 2 1 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — French members of the allied control commission were forced to remain in refuge in the city police station today, following riotous demonstra- < tions by"Uermffn students and others which continued through the night. Local police were entirely incap- > able of mastering the rioters. Rein- ' forcements were hastily summoned -' from nearby towns, the German >' authorities fearing serious complicaI tions if the allied officials who were ; i menaced in last night's demonstraI tions were not immediately protected At seven o'clock last night, a huge crowd gathered in the so called parade square and surged toward the hotel Kreutz. where the interallied commission was installed. JUDGE MERRYMAN SPOKE i 1 (Addressed High School Pupils on Banking Subject Today J Judge J. T. Merryman spoke to the pupils of the Decatur high school this morning on the subject of “Loaning the Bank’s Money." This was one of the lectures given in connection with ■ the educational campaign being con- , ducted throughout the United States .by the banking institutions. Mr. Merryman made a very interesting and instructive address. ——. o Congress Appeared in a Calmer Mood Today (I lifted Service.) Washington. Feb. 2. —Congress was in a calmer mood today concerning the funding of the British debt as the significance of tfie terms accepted by the London government was better understood. While the first flurry of uneasiness over the apparent discrepancy between the interest to lie paid by the British and the interest the United States has to pay on its obligations had passed, there was still some opposition, particularly in the senate and administration leaders invoked President Harding’s personal influence to get the way cleared for the debt legislation which will be introduced next week. o Special Car and Trailer for Auhurn A special interurban car and trailer w*ere scheduled to leave the Decatur station at 4:30 shart this evening, carrying basketball fans to Auburn, where the Decatur high school boys’ and girls’ teams play tonight. About sixty-five persons, including the ineptbers of the two teams, had signed up to make the trip. Gus Weignian, of north of the city, was here on business today..

DEPUTY SHERIFF IN HAD Albert Frauhiger, of Bluffton, Arrested on Assault Charge Bluffton, Feb. 12- Charges of ns- • j saull ami battery were filed yi: terday ‘ morning against Deputy Sheriff Albert Frauhiger by Everett Pennington, as a result of a mix-up between tho . two Monday afternoon, when the official arrested Pennington on a warrant for Justice of Peace court. Frauhiger entered plea of not guilty to the charge and was to be given a hearing before Justice M. W. Walbert, ' at his office in the court house, at 7:30 yesterday afternoon. J Pennington resisted arrest Monday and it was necessary for the officer to use force in bringing him to the city. 0. E. TEAM WINS : IN OVERTIME Take Thrilling Basketball ■ Gaine From Wabash Valley Fliers, 35 to 33 Many thrills featured the basketball ’ game between the General Electric , team of th'is city and the Wabash • Valley Fliers, of Linn Grove, at Athletic Hall last night. After trailing ■ by a score of 19 to 6 at the end of the ■ first half the G. E. five fought an up- - hill battle in the second half, tied the score at the end of the game, and won > the contest by a score of 35 to 33 in a i five-minute overtime period. During i the overtime period and much of the 1 second half the spectators were stand-, ! ing. so intense was the excitement. 1 The G. E. girls’ team was scheduled > to play the girls' team from Rockford. Ohio, but the manager of the Rockford team called the G. E. manager late yesterday afternoon and said it I would be impossible for the Ohioans ( to come here tor a game last night on j account of an injury to one of their players. The Catholic high school ( girls of this city played the G E. girls instead, the G. E. girls won by a score of 15 to 4. The first half ended 4-2 in favor of the G. E. girls. The CathI olic girls fought hard and the G. E ! players had a hard time locating the basket. , Fliers Start Out Fast . I In the men’s game the visitors startI ed out fast and piled up a big lead . over the G. E. five. Shirk, who has j . been leading the attack for the G. E. . five, was unable to play last night.: | His position at forward was very ably filled by Gartin, a new recruit. Garton whose home is at Magley. recently was employed at the G. E. plant. He is a whirlwind on the floor and an accurate basket shooter. It was his seven field goals, two of which came in tho overtime period, and five free . throws which made the G. E. victory possible. Peterson played a good game also. Hoffman, the big center on the Bluffton high school team last year, and Mesel, were the shining lights for the visitors. Mesel dropped in five field goals and Hoffman three during the first half. A field goal by Neusbaum and a free throw by Hoffman during this period made the visitors' total 19 at the rest period. The six points counted by the G. E. five in the initial period were made on field goals by Undermann and Garton and two free throws by the latter. G. E. Five Fights Uphill The G. E. players came back in the (Continued on page six) BIRTHSEXGEED DEATHS IN JAN. Seven Births, Five Deaths Occur in Decatur During Past Month Births exceeded deaths in Decatur during the month of January, City Health Officer, Dr. J. M. Miller, having recorded 7 births, 5 females, 2 males, and 5 deaths, 3 males and 2 females. From the above it will be seen that the female population made a gain over the male population during the month. Dr. Miller stated that there were many cases of chicken pox, mumps and whooping cough in the city, but that none of the cases were considered serious. The general health conditions were stated as "favorable” by Dr. Miller. He urges the physicians of Decautr to report any case of contagious disease to him at once. i

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HEALTH BOARD BILL IS KILLED BY THE HOUSE Measure to Create Full Time County Health Officer Is Defeated ANTI-TRUST MEASURE Bill Giving More Power for Prosecuting Anti-Trust Violators Passes I nitvd PrernM NtntV Correiiponilent Indianapolis. Feb. 2. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Dr. J. N. Hurty’s bill, to reorganize the state board of health and create a full time health i officer in every county of the stale except Marion county, was killed by the state house of representatives, to- ! day, following bitter debate. The senate killed the amendment to the constitution which provided that, any future amendment shall be adopted or rejected by the majority of the votes cast in a referendum on the question. Under the present system, majority of all the voters is neeessary to carry a constitutional amendment. i Tlie full-time health officer bill, I storm center in many past sessions of the legislature, was defeated on a majority Toinmittee report. The minority recommended that the bill be (thrown on the floor of tlie house for 'open disco,ssion. withdrew that recommendation, and recommended its I passage. Dr. Herty. who gave twenty-six i.vears to advancement of public health. | saw one of the ambitions of his life 'crumble with defeat of the bill. j For years. Dr. Hurty has cherished the ambition to reorganize the health j system on what he believes to be an .efficient basis. He was a candidate for the legislature for the purpose of ' bringing out enactment of the bill. A bill backed by Attorney General ,U. S. Lesh, which would amend tho 'state anti-trust law. was passed in 'the senate by a vote of 29 to 16. It now goes to the house. Tlie amendment would increase tho facility by which anti-trust law violators could be prosecuted, according to Lesh. It provides immunity from I conviction to a person giving evidence ' for the state jn an anti-trust prose'cution and gives the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with prosecutors on penal as well as civil sec- . tions of the present law. Representative Larrabee introduced a bill which would take mutual coopI oration public utilities out from under the control of the public service commission. The utilities, which would come under the provision of this bill, would be electric light, power, telephone, water gas utilities operating upon an assessment plan without profit. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. —The annual 500 mile auto race will be run this year on the Indianapolis motor speedway. despite efforts to make it illegal, according to all indications today. Opposition was growing to tlie Moorehead bill which would prohibit the races and all other commercialized sporting events in Indiana on Memorial flay*. Leaders of the American Legion, who endorsed tlie Moorehead bill and by their action precipitated a serious breach in Hie organization, were leaving town —abandoning' the fight to obtain approval of tile bill, which has passed the senate and is pending in tho house. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. —-Completion of. the new Indiana reformatory at Pendleton appeared uncertain today as Democratic legislators lined up solidly for cancellation of construction contracts and the Republican members of the legislature are apparently divided. The Democratic program (Continued on page six)

NUMBER EIGHT Philadelphia, Feb. 2.—(Special to Daily Democrat) — U. P. — Rose Tans gypsy fortune teller, blames the number ‘‘eight” for her misfortune. She lived at 880 eighth street, was arrested at 8 o'clock, the the mother of eight months old twins, and was ordered to leave town by February 8, for telling fortunes without a license.