Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI- Number 108.

COLUMBIA CITY BANKER UNDER ARREST

IMPROVEMENT OF FT. WAYNE ROAD PROMISED Members of Hig-way Commission in City Last Night Tell of Plans TO PENETRATE ROAD Plan Now Is to Make Penetration Hard Surface Road; Stone Is Wanted Work on a penetration hard-surface road between Decatur and Ft. Wayne will begin probably late this fall or early next spring, if the fifty foot right-of-way is obtained from the farmers along the road. Any persons in this county who have crushed stone for sale are re quested to get into immediate touch ’ with the state highway commission, i Any persons who desire to open ;i J quarry cun secure a eon trait for th* stone by addressing the commission I The road between here and Herne [ will immediately be put* into the best > (tradition possible and crushed stone; is needed and desired for the purpose. The above facts were secured in ; l ftie minute interview with lUrei tot ’ John 1). Williams. Karl Crawford and A. V. Burch, members of the commission who passed through here last evening on a tour of inspection Oi stab highways. The party left South Bend early I yesterday morning, arrived hero from j Fort Wayne at five o'clock and rushed ! on south at a speed which came near breaking traffic laws, hoping to reach Richmond by dark and Indianapoli during the night. We caught them al a tilling station and Mr. Williams told us a lot of things in the few minute while the gas tank was being filled. He said the road between here and Fort Wayne had caused them much trouble during the past six months ‘That gravel we put on last fall didn't hold up and this stuff we are piittm on. now is but little if any better." hi said. "We need crushed stone and 1 wish you would state in your paper that if there is any- one in this par; of the state who has crushed stone for sale or who wishes to open a quarry we will appreciate it if they get in immediate touch witlt us," he con tinned. "We will make temporary improve tnents on the road between here and Fort Wayne but expect late this fall or early next spring to penetrate thi road." "We have hoped for a paved road.' I we told him. He seemed surprised at I the suggestion and replied, "Why , penetration. is a form of hard surfacing, makes a wonderful road and is considerably cheaper than other pavements." Just what is it?” we asked and he eaid, "Well it's a form of road building now generally used. Macadam roads are penetrated in a systematic way and filled with a material which holds the road and makes a wonderfull surface. It gives better satisfae tion than any road that can be built ' for the money. I’lease urge your people to help us ' secure more stone in this territory, either by increasing facilities of old Plants or by opening new quarries and to get in touch with the highway ' commission." The improvements will be startei ' in the fall if the fifty foot right of ways are secured. In the mean time much work is being done on the road this year between Richmond and Fort Wayne. The highway is to be paved between Richmond and Winchester and hot ween Portland and Bryant and all along the road new stone is being ' added. The road between here and Berne will be practically rebuilt, a large amount of stone having been ordered for this purpose. Harry Miesse, former Decatur resident accompanied the members of the commission. At Elkhart yesterday (Continued on page five)

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Erie to Start Regular Chicago Excursion Soon Regular excursions to Chicago will be started by the Chicago and Erie railroad beginning on Sunday, May ; 20 and will be run every two weeks | thereafter during the summer i months. The round trip fare from i Ifecatur to Chicago will be $3. The | train will leave Decatur at 1:48 a. tn. I Sunday morning and will arrive la I Chicago at 7:05 a. m. The excursionists may return either at 10:50 (O'clock Sunday night or at 11 o’clock Monday morning. These excursions always prove popular during the hot I months. EORO RICHEST MAN IN WORLD Fortune of Automobile Manufacturer Valued at Nearly $650,000,000 l nlied I’ri-ss Mn< Correenonilent New York, May s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Henry Ford is now th< richest man in the world, a statement of corporation filed in Massaj ebusetts indicated. His automobile [ business, which twenty years lago I was capitalized at 1100,000 now has ion hand in actual cash $159,605,687. an increase of more than $50,000,000 over 1921. His personal fortune is estimated at from $600,000,000 to I $750,000,000. John I). Rockefeller was at on* 1 time credited with being the world'.-: richest man, bnt since he has given away a billion dollars estimates place his fortune now at about $300,000,000 which leaves Ford in tho van. In cash on hand the Ford Motor company leads. In cash and securities on hand it is second only to one j other concern—the United States ! Steel corporation. Net profits for last year are estimated at $119,00.’,000. Henry Gives Advice Washington, May s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“No man should start to 'make his fortune' until h? is forty.” This was one of Henry Ford’s directions when requested for some observation on the. quickest and happiest road to wealth when he was in Washington on a recent trip. Ami Ford now ranks as the. world’s richest man. I never attempted to make a fortune in my life," Ford said. "There is only one sure road to success. That is the road of service. Render a real service and you can't help make the fortune. ‘‘Many men make a mistake trying to save; denying themselves proper recreation opportunity lor study and self improvement in their early years I don’t believe in the. theory of thrift .as a necessary basis for a tortune. | “A man should always save enough Ito provide for certain necessities; i sickness, .« secure a home, etc. on 1 the same basis that a man should no* ! take u railroad trip without having money enough to buy a return ticketBut saving should not be dominating motive iu a young man’s life. Self improvement should be. "Men and women should devote their lives until they are at least forty to one ideal —that, of making i themselves as efficient as possible in . their business or profession. It they do that they will make so much money after they are forty that all the money they scrimped and saved [ before they were forty won't mature. Men should invest in their lives during their formative years and cash in on this investment when they arrive at their full powers of judgment and experience. ‘‘l never saved any money before I was forty. The money 1 have accumulated since means nothing to me —except as it gives me an opportunity to do things—to make opportunities for other men and women to become financially independent and secure complete and well rounded lives.” NOTICE PHI DELTS Regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity in elub rooms at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening. All members urged to be present. Joe Brennan, president. 108t2x

NEW CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE _______ ■ ' I-' • ‘ •* A'*"' Judge Jesse C. Sutton, who was appointed by Governor Warren T. | McCray Thursday to succeed the late Judge John C. Moran as judge of the twenty-sixth judicial court, comprising Adams county. Judge Sutton is well-known to Decatur and Adams county citizens, having been a member of the Adams County Bar since 1897. He is a member of the firm of Merryman & Sutton.

LEGION TO MEET WHO AUXILIARY Special Joint Meeting Monday Night to Conclude Membership Drive There will be a special meeting of the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary, Monday night, May 7tii. This will be a joint meeting which will conclude the campaign for new members. Two teams from each organization live been chosen, namely, the red ami the blues. Captains for the reds are Joe Laurent and Mrs. Vincent Bormann; for the blues are Dallas Brown and Mrs. James Staley. The losing team will banquet the winning team. This drive has created much interest in both organizations and eaclt team is boasting of having secured many members. There are only two ■more days in which to get new, [ members. All members of the Legion and' [Auxiliary, especially the new mem-' hers are urged to be present. Meetj ing will be called at 7:30. Monroe Lady Suffers Broken Arm Yesterday Monroe, Ind. May s.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Reno Kessi ler, telephone operator at the local exchange suffered a fracture of hetleft arm halfway between the wrist and elbow, iu a fall at her home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Kessler was standing on a chair engaged in hanging a curtain when the chair tipped over, allowing her to fall to the floor. A physician was called to set the bone. REVOKE H. S. COMMISSION (United Press Service) Lafayette. Ind., May 5. —(Special to ; Dally Democrat)—The commission of | the Jefferson high school has been revoked by the state board of education, it was learned today. Failure of school officials to file an annual report with the state board caused the action of the state today.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 5, 1923.

11 1 TO THE PEOPLE t Citizens of Adams County: I take this method to express to all my friends the fact that I [ am profoundly grateful for their expressions of good will in the I matter of my appointment as Judg* of the Adams Circuit Court. I I , shall assume the office with a realization of its honor and respon- [ sibilities and with an earnest hop. that I may serve honorably and faithfully. Sincerely, JESSE C. SUTTON LARGE CLASS ” AT WILLSHIRE Twenty-one Receive Diplo-1 mas from High School There Last Night i A large crowd attended the annual I commencement exercises of the Will ! shire. Ohio high school, held in the I Willshire Opera House last night. Twenty-one pupils, comprising 1 the largest class of graduates iu the history of the school, received diplomas. The commencement address was de livered by Dr. R. Emory Beetham. A fine program was given during tin. commencement. The graduates were , as follows: Silas AJspaugh, Juauitu Bienz, Daniel Geary. Esther Brandt. Wilbur and Wilma Lemar, Gladys . Byer, Fred Major, Theah Hileman. Jpsge .Miller, Eva Hiletnan, Helen Hoblet, Harry Nye, Anna Hull, Clark Spitler. Delmore Wechter, Paul Stove, Esina Riley, Edith Snyder, Beatrice Sims, Guy Myers. The class motto is “The Door to Success is labeled ‘Push’." 0 The Misses Veronica Anker. Florins Michaud and Katherine Kocher arrived this afternoon from Western Colege, Oxford, Ohio, to spend the I week-end with their parents. [■■--- Weather Fair tonight and Sunday, except Cloudy in southeast portion tonight; < slightly warmer Sunday.

A CHAMPION Robert Shralnku. age 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Shraluka. of Decatur, who won the championship of Adams county in the fifth and sixth grade spelling match held her*- on April 20. Robert is a pupil in the Decatur Central schools. To Attend University of Chicago This Summer Clyde Hendricks, principal of the Monroe schools, will leave next week j for Chicago where he will enter the : University of Chicago and take the j summer course. Mr. Hendricks also | attended the university last year ' and is working for his master deI grees. He. has been principal of the ! Monroe schools for several years I and is an earnest worker, j o (Erie Railroad Station at Markle Is Robbed The Erie ticket office at Markle was entered Wednesday evening, he tween 8 and 10 o'clock, by thieves yvho rifled the cash drawers and obtained a reward of only a few pennies for their work. Officials believe that the job may have been done by the same party that stole blank mon >y orders and express checks from the express office at Ossian on the same night. TO SPEAK HERE MONDAY NIOHT Andrews Lady to Give an Illustrated Lecture on Passion Play Miss Loretta Schinkle, of Andrews, Indiana, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the "Passion Play" at the Evangelical church Monday evening, beginning at X o’clock. The lecture is being given under the auspices of the Men’s Brotherhood of that church and admission will be free. A silver offering will be taken to cover the expenses of the lecture. Miss Schinkle made a tour of Eu- ■ rope last summer in company of her brother, and they visited most of the nations abroad. They witnessed the i “Passion Play” and Miss Schinkle 1 has a very interesting lecture on the production. The public is cordially invited to attend the lecture and a large attendance is expected sint-p this wili be the first illustrated lecture in this city on that subject. McCray Names Lincoln Memorial Commission "" ■ - - (United Press Service) Indianapolis, May 5. — (Special to 1 Daily Deniockat) —Governor M<<V’iy today completed selection of Abraham Lincoln Memorial commission which will be arranged for the purchase of a tract of land near Lincoln City, iu Spencer county where the emanci ■ pater spent his youth, as a stat memorial to Lincoln. Members of the commission are: Representative Albert .1. Wedeking Dale; Senator Charles J. Buchanan, Indianapolis; Senator Clem J. Richards, Terre Haute; Mrs. E. A. Torrence, Evansville; Roscoe Kipper. Boonville; Thomas Taggert, Indianapolis; Claude G. Bowers, Fort Wnyne; Mrs. John I. Gwyn, Hensellaer. and Dan Simms, Indianapolis. Five of the appointees are Republicans and four are Democrats. The law authorizing the purchase of the memorial in Spencer county also provides for the erection of a memorial in Indianapolis. The law was passed by the last state legislature.

Congregation to Vote on Building Program It w ill be determined at a meeting of the congregation Sunday whether or not the new church will be built by the Reformed church congregation this summer. Bids have already been received, but as yet the contract has not been awarded. C. N. Christen of this city is the low bidder on the general contract, his price being $41,930.00. The total contract, including heating, plumbing and lighting totals about $46,000.00. The congregation will vote on the question tomorrow. SEEK DIVISION I OF LARGE FARM — Partition of Frank L. Roop Farm Asked; Other Cases Filed Today A suit for the partition of a 127acre farm in Root township was fled 1 lin the Adams circuit court this ( ( morning by Lawrence A. Roop, Orval ■ Roop and Sarah Durbin against C. J. Roop and Harley J. Roop. Tho case was tiled by attorneys A. C. Butcher :-.nd L. C. DeVoss. In the ■ complaint the plaintiffs say that F. ; i L Roop, who owned the farm a short lime ago, was a person of unsound ' mind previous to his death on January 27. 1923, and that he was a per- | son of unsound mind at the time he I executed a deed to the farm conveying it to the defendants in this case. i The plaintiffs say there was no con- ■ ; for the execution. They I ask that the farm be divided among | the plaintiffs and defendants in this case who, it is alleged, are the only i legal heirs of the decedent. Child Is Adopted i John Max Hoover, age 2 years and 7 months, son of John L. Hoover.' I was adopted in court today by Glenn . | and Hazel Venis. Two cases, venued from the Allen (Superior court, were filed in the[ [Adams circuit court this morning One case is a suit for a divorce tiled : tie Messner. Attorney Andrew W. by Virgil C. Messner against MyrPerry represents the plaintiff. The' other case is a complaint in replevin i for the possession of a certificate of deposit of $5,000 in the First Nation-‘ a) Bank of Fort Wayne, and for datn-j ages in the sum of SSO. The was filed by Valentine Erdei against Kate 1 Knepper. Attorney E. V. Emriek represents the plaintiff. o Four Pupils Graduated From Kirkland School Four pupils received high school diplomas at the annual commence-1 [ment exercises of the Kirkland town ! [ship high school in the high school auditorium last night. They were I Glenys Arnold, Catherine Ernst, Re- 1 ba Bowers and Berteline Zimmer- . man. The Rev. J. W. Potter, of Fort | Wayne, delivered the class address, i ! The baccalaureate sermon was i preached in the Beulah i church last Sunday night, by the Rev. 111. R. Elliker, pastor of the Zion Re-| [ formed church in this city. q Democratic Congressman From Illinois Is Dead Chicago. 111-. May s.—John W. Rainey, 48, Democratic congressman from the Fourth Illinois district since 11918. died shortly before midnight at [St Bernard's hospital of pneumonia. He caught the disease from his daughter Margaret, when he was, summoned from Washington a, month ago because of her ilness, Although the child recovered. Rainey ( was stricken shoftly after reaching her bedside. Physicians believed he was out of danger until a relapse set in late, Friday. Confirmation Services at Zion Lutheran Church Confirmation services will be held at the Zion Lutheran church tn this city on Sunday, June 10th. Harold Zwick and Alma Bucher will be confirmed .

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T. HILDEBRAND CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT Alleged to Have Embezzled Bank of $350,000; Submits to Attest >1 A TRUSTED EMPLOYE i Depositors Gave Money to Him for j Which Were Not Made (United Press Serviced Columbia City, Ind., May 5. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Thomas 1.. Hildebrand is under arrest here today awaiting arrival of federal authoritie--1 from Indianapolis who will place formal charges against him for the alleged embezzlem*-nt of $350,6W from the Columbus City First Nation al Bank. The arrest was made by Charles iJFisher marshall of Columbia Chy. Hildebrand submitted to arrest without protest. Hildebrand hail lieen a trusted employe of the bank for u quarter of a century and had always been known as a man who lived within his mean*: When he was discharged from th* bank some time ago officers quieth mail*- up the deficit and a bank ex aminer pronounced the institution tn sound shape after the books had been gone over. Hildebrand offered to assist in cheeking up the books and was in the bank for days after his disiliurgt*, going over accounts. ' Depositers. it was reported, had such confidence in Hildebrand's iategrity that they turned their monej over to him to ho invested. He issued receipts for tho money but no investI were over made according to bank officials. Indianapolis. May 5. — A warrant foi the arrest of Thomas 1.. Hildebrand, a I former cashier of the First National 'Bank at Columbia City, Indiana. W;> issued today by ('hail* s W. M(-or<‘> United States commissioner. * Federal officers say Hild‘br.in’’ a*l- , mitted embezzling $337.15u.:H. Th 1 'specific charge against Hildebrand ■forging the name oi Levi Kedser tu i a note for $7,000. I Hildebrand was discharged from ( the bank five months ago. Re* * nils tin- bank was examined anil declared sound. The shortage had been madup by officials of th*- bank, it is de dared. S. J. Peabody, president of the bank, was reported to have contribut ed $250,000 toward making up ths deficit. o_ Judge Sutton Has Not Received His Commission At press time toduy. Judge J. C. Sutton has not yet received his com i mission of his appointment as judge 'of the twenty-sixth judicial court ilt is cxiecteil that the formal notice will he received sometime today or Monday and that Judge Sutton will ' assume ills duties on the bench th* [ first of th.- week. Mr. Sutton was appointed judge by Governor McCray he succeeding the late Judge John C. Moran. State Swamp Land Is Sold Today for $119,765 Indianapolis, May s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Transfer of 320 1 aeres of swamp land between Ham mond and Gary in Lake county from 1 the state to the East Chicago company, a real estate concern, was 'completed today. ' The transfer was made at a purchase price of $119,785. Governor McCray, Ora Davis, state treasurer, and Robert Bracken, auditor, composed the committee negotiating the sale. Auditor Bracken, tlja democratic member of tjie board, opposed the sale, saying that the purchase pric* ■was too low. The land will be used in the construction of a steel plant by the Jones McLaughlin Steel company of Pittsburgh, Pa-