Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 236.

OFFICERS FIND STILL AND MASH IN RAID TODAY Alfred Fountain Arrested By Local Officers In a Raid At Bellmont Park. PLEADS NOT GUILTY Was Convicted On Same Charge Last February; Case Set for Monday. PLEADS NOT GUILTY When arraigned before Mayor j>Voss shortly before 3 o’clock. Fountain entered a plea of not gu lty to the charge of manufacture of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell, barter or give | away. The court fixed his bond at SSOO and set the case for trial at 2p. ni. Monday. At 3:30 p. m. today Fountain had not provided bond for his release. Six gallons of "white mule” whiskey, nine barrels of mash, a 30-gallon still and all equipment necessary for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, were taken in a raid on one of the horse barns at Bellmont Park this morning. Alfred Fountain, alleged owner of the still, was arrested and placed in jail to await a hearing before Mayor H. M. Th-Voss at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The raid was made by Sheriff John Baker. Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower, and Chief of Police Joel Reynolds, at 11 o’clock this morning. Fountai* was arrested in a raid made by Federal officers and the local officers on February 1 and was fined SIOO and costs. It convicted on the charge a second time, the penalty will be not less than s2«q nor more than SSOO and imprisonment in the county jail of not less than sixty days nor more than six months. Still In Hay Mow. The still was located in the hay mow of the large barn just east of the grandstand. The officers, armed with a search warrant, visited the barn at 11 o'clock and had just made an unsuccessful inspection of the building when Fountain entered the barn. However, Chief Reynolds had detected the odor of the brewing liquor while in the hay mow. hut had not located an entrance to the east compartment. where he was satisfied the still was located. The officers informed Fountain that they had a search warrant to search the barn. He told them to make the search, that there was no still there and that he wanted them to search his home too. so’ that they would be satisfied. After further in vestigation, the officers located a small concealed door leading to the east end of the hay mow.' Entering the roof, which was about 15 feet square, they found a still in operation. the barrels of mash and the distilled liquor. Still Confiscated Fountain made no comments when the still was found. The officers took samples of the liquor and mash and destroyed the remainder by pouring kerosene in it. The still and other apparatus was brought to the county jail. Fountain is a horse trainer and lives in the house at the west end of the lake. Prosecuting Attorney E. Burt Lenhart filed an affidavit in the mayor's court charging Fountain with illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor "ith intent to sell, barter, or give away, contrary tu the prohibition law. Ibe affidavit also alleged that Fountain had been convicted and fined for violation of the same statute on Feb. Urary 1, 1923. — • William Bell Wins Tennis Title At Central School In a closely contested tennis match Played yesterday evening, .William Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell, "on the singles tennis championship of the Central school by defeating Marker Mount. This was the final match of the annual tournament which Was begun last week. The doubles tournament is being played at presp,jt and will be completed sometime next week, it is thought. Australian opposum, which last Jear seemed to have lost favor, is shown again on several models, especially as trimming around the collar and the sieves.

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[ Berne City Band Gave Concert Here Today The Bertie City Band, while on a tour advertising the appearance of | Bohumir Kryl and his famous band in Berne on October 13, stopped in Decatur at noon today and gave a concert on the court house square. The concert was enjoyed by a large number of people. The Kryl band will give two concerts in Berne on the 13th, one in the afternoon and; another in the evening. This band. has appeared in Decatur a few times and each time has made a great hit. The proceeds from the concerts in Berne will go to the Berne City Band FIRST FOOTBALL GAME TOMORROW Bon-Fire and Pep Meeting On Ahr’s Field Tonight To Boost D. H. S. Pupils of the Decatur high school, faculty members and local citizens will gather around a big bon fire on A hr's Field at 7:15 o'clock this evening for a lively pep session to boost the opening football game of the season in this city, this fall, which will be played by the D. H. S. eleven and the Anderson high school team tomorrow afternoon. Spirit is running high on the eve of the initial game and a large attendance is expected to be on the sidelines when the referee's whistle starts the play at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The high school pupils held a pep meeting following the close of chapel this morning. Yells w’ere led by two yell leaders, Carol Cole and Helen Dorwin. Tickets have been on sale for the last few days. The expense ofc bringing the Anderson team here is | very great and large attendance will be necessary to keep the athletic association from losing money. R. W. Bauer, of Fort Wayne, has been obtained to referee the .game lamorrow. Mr. Bauer is an experienced official and no doubt, will give satisfaction tomorrow. The umpire will be Bauerle, also, of Fort Wayne. A local man will be selected for headlinesman. Local Team Improves The local team has made improvement sime the game at Portland last Saturday. • Coach "Buck" Howard has been drilling the boys hard this week to correct their faults, which showed up at Portland. The Catholic high school squad has been practicing on Ahr’s Field with the I). H. S. boys all week and several strenous scrimmages have been held with good results. The Anderson team will motor to Decatur .it is reported, and is expected to arrive shortly after noon. Although not much is known concerning the strength of the visitors, it is an established fact that the Anderson school always turns out athletic teams that are hard to beat. The school has an enviable record in athletics throughout the state and a victory for the locals tomorrow will mean much. The suport of the local fans will help greatly in accomplishing this end. ■» Mercury Discovered In Mrs. Webb’s Organs White Plains, N. Y.. Oct. 5.—"1 was given blue tablets.” These last words of Mrs. Gertie Gorman Webb, uttered shortly before she d'ed of a mysterious malady, will be placed before the White Plains grand jury which is investigating to decide whether she was murdered, it was learned today. Dr. Wm. J. Meyer, who attended Mrs. Webb in her final illness, is expected to go before the grand jury 1 next Monday and repeat the deathbed conversation he had with the woman. — 0 New County Agent Is Named At Columbia City , Columbia City, Ind., Oct. s—B. V. Widney, farmer of DeKalb county, graduate of Tri-State College and of Purdue and former county agent of i Noble county, was .Wednesday, select- . ed by the township trustees of Whiti ley county to succeed as local county agent R. M. Roop, who has gone to Bluffton. Mr. Widney, who is the son of H. H. Widney. well known apple grower, comes highly recommended by Purdue University and by the farmers of Noble county, among whom he formerly worked.

CONVICTS STILL DNCAPTDREDIN KENTUCKY TODAY Delay Action In Effort To | Dislodge Three Prisoners from Mess Hall. AT LEAST ONE ALIVE — Building Riddled By Machine Gun Fire; More Troops Ordered Out. Eddyville, Ky., Oct., 5. —All action in an effort to dislodge the three prisoners barricaded in the prison mess hall here has been postponed until 5:30 p.m., Captain A. B. Badord. commander of Company C. Kentucky national guard, announced at 9:30 a.m. today. Orders were received by Warden John Chilton to delay action until the arrival of the state board of charities and corrections late this afternoon. Eddyville, Ky., Oct. 5. —.Another national guard unit was ordered here today as authorities prepared to storm the state prison mess hall, where the three convicts are holding a small army at bay. A company of militiamen from Mayfield is enroute to the prison. Fifty national guardsmen and five prison guards, armed with hand grenades and tear bombs, were to rush the convicts' stronghold about noon. At least one at' the three prisoners who killed three guards and wounded another in their attempt to shoot their way to liberty Wednesday, is still alive. The last move hy the defenders ol ■ the mess hall came shortly after dark last night. A bullet was fired from a second story window as a prison employ walked into the prison yard to light an acetylene lamp. The t wcFsYb'ry mWs'halTinto which the three convicts fled after their battle Wednesday with prison guards, is crumbling. Machine gun ami rifle fire have had three large breaches in the brick wails. These breaches will be widened today, officials believe. Then tfie teai gas bombs and hand grenades will be hurled through. The convicts are barricaded in the upper floor. Members of the attack ing forces during the night entered the ground floor of the building. Several tear bombs were hurled up the stairway bnt a strong wind blew the fumes back and they were ineffectual ——■ —o— — DECATUR PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES Gordon Engeler and Joseph Schmitt Complete Motor Trip. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler is in receipt of a number of kodak snapshots from her daughter. Mrs. Aloysius Schmitt, of Ix>s Angeles, California, showing W. A. Kuebler, Mrs. Schmitt. Gordon Engeler mid Joseph Schmitt, the latter two being Decatur boys who motored through to Los Angeles early this fall. In a letter Mrs. Schmitt stated that the Decatur young men arrived in Los Angeles a week ago last Thursday, the trip taking three weeks and two days. They stopped several days at Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon. Salt Lake City and at Olwine, lowa, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Omar Niblick. Mr. dfucbler made the trip by train leaving here about three weeks ago. The Decatur boys will remain in I.os Angeles for sometime, where they will seek employment. They left here about the first of September and camped along the route. Mrs. Mary Crawford who has been visiting with her sister. Mrs. Kuebler will leave Sunday for Los Angeles. The Crawfords moved to Los Angeles several years ago and Mrs. Crawford has been visiting here for over a year at the Kuebler home. . • — . The public speaking class of the local high school gave a Riley Day program during the chapel exercises at the opening of school this morning. The program was very interesting. Miss Martha Tyner is instructor of public speaking.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 5, 1923.

Re-Open Probe of Rates On Coal Transportation tUnlted P-*RS Service) Washington. Oct. 5 (Special to Daly Democrat)—Announcement was made today by the Interstate commerce commission that "for good cause appearing" the commission's sweeping investigation of rates and charges governing the transportation of anthracite coal had been re-opened. The commission held one hearing on this subject, attended by only three anthracite carrying railroads. Failure of other roads to attend automatically closed the investigation. No tfme or place for the new hearings was announced. 0 ■ ■ MR. ADLER IS UNCONSCIOUS Aged Man Injured By Automobile Yesterday, Shows Little Improvement. J. G. Adler, who was seriously injured early yesterday morning when struck by an automobile, was still unconscious today. Mr. Adler's resnirat'on and pulse is good, however, and he has no fever. He does not appear to suffer much and the attending physician expresses some hopes that he may recover. Mr. Adler was struck by a car which Walter Hofstetter was hacking out of his garage, which is near Mr. Adler's home at the corner of Rugg and Winchester streets. Mr. Adler was picking up pears and as he is partiallv deaf he did not hear the car and Mr. Hofstetter d'd not see him. The rear wheels passed over Mr. Adler’s legs, but Mr. Hofstetter stopped the car before the front wheels struck him. There are several Injuries about Mr. Adler's head, but his skull is not fractured, it is said. As far as examinations have 1 disclosed, no bones were broken. Mr. Adler is 74 years old. —.—— o IMPEACHMENT PLANS DELAYED Court Continues Hearing On Petition for Restraining Order In Okla. (United Press Service, Oklahoma City. Okla., Oct. s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Plans for oroposed impeachment proceedings against Governor Walton were delayed today by court action. Heating on the petition for a restraining order to prevent state troops interfering with the second contemplated special session of the state legislature was ordered continued by District Judge James Phelps. This combined with the temporary restraining order secured bjf the governor prohibiting the state election commissioners from certifying the returns of Tuesday's voting temporarily halted the preparation of legislators for an extraordinary session. Hearing on whether the governor’s restraining order shall be made permanent will be heard in district court on October 9. A grand jury designed to probe the use of armed operatives by Governor Walton will attempt to convene here again October 15. o Sugar Mill To Open Last of Next Week Manager J. H. Carmody, announced today that plans are being made to open the campaign at the big mill here on Friday or Saturday of next week. Farmers can begin .lifting beets next Monday. Any perosns desiring employment should apply at onee and those who have applied should get in touch with the plant next week and be ready to start work either Friday or Saturday. ————■ 1 — CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat-: Dec. $1.07%; May $1.11%; July $1.07%. Corn: Dec. 75c; May. 73%c; July 74%c. Oats: Dec. 43%c; May 45%c; July 44%c. Weather Fair and continued cool tonight and Saturday; light to heavy frost tonight.

OBJECTIONS TO TAX RATES ARE HEARD TODAY James Showalter, of State Tax Board, Conducts Hearing At C. H. RECORDS EXAMINED j 1923 Expenditures Reviewed; City and County Rates Objected To. Amines Showalter, representative of the state board of tax commissioners, wus at the county auditor's office today conducting the hearings on the appeals filed by thirteen property owners in the matter of the proposed tax rates in the county and in the city of Decatur, payable next year. The hearing on the county tax rate began at ten o’clock and six or seven of the signers of the remonstrance appeared, being represented by Attorney C. L. Walters and'their (hairman, Marion Andrews. The county was represented by Attorney Henry B. Heller, Auditor Martin Jaberg, county commissioner c Ernst Conrad. Frank Breiner and George Shoemaker. Charles Magley, county highway superintendent was also present and showed where the money was being spent in the repair and upkeep of Adams county's 738 miles of macadam roads. Each Item Discussed Each item in the budget was discussed and county auditor. Martin Jaberg showed by his records how much money had been spent in these particular funds or appropriations this year. The appropriations of $7,000 as a working balance for the operation and maintenance of the county hospital, exclusive of the bonds, was discussed and explained by the county officials and representatives of rhe' hospital trustees. Mr. Showalter took notes and asked questions relative to the appropriations and expenses of the different offices and departments under the jurisdiction of tile county government. The county rates as fixed by the county council and count commisciouers are, general fund’. 22 cents; bonds and interest, 4 cents; bridges. 10 cents, and highway repair 25 cents. It Is not known what action the state .ax commissioners will .take in the matter. No Objections To City Rate. The hearing on the objections to the proposed city rate was held at one o’clock, but none of the remonstrators appeared until nearly two o'clock, when Attorney C. L. Walters appeared and stated that he would dismiss the appeal. Mayor DeVoss had explained the budget and tax levy to Mr. Showalter before Mr. Walters appeared. The city rate, as prer posed and adopted by the city council, is 76 cents, on each hundred dollars. This is eleven cents lower than • the rate as first proposed, the city council reducing the budget approximately SIO,OOO. Mr. Shoewaiter stated that he would file the motion to dismiss the appeal with the state tax board and would make a finding in the affair. . Completing New Cabinet By Carl D. Groat (U» P. Staff Correspondent! Berlin, Oct. 5. —Chancellor Stresemann was expected to be able to present his new “small cabinet” sometime today. Formation of the new government was reported practically completed after considerable difficulty. A declaration of policy, in the chancellor's speech presenting the new government also was expected. Moistened new .paper, torn into bits and scattered on the floor, takes up dust and makes the sweeping easier. o Can You Beat It? Dear Editor: —Talk about your ton litters, your twin calves, your sixteen-foot corn stalk and your | big yield of wheat and oats, but if you can beat the little bantum I hen on the Mclntosh farm in Union i township, you must show us. Her record for the last seveu monthsr—she has layed, set and hatched three times and if any person doubts it, come out. We have the | goods. MACK.

Lyceum Course Tickets Are Selling Rapidly Season tickets for the lyceum I course to be given this fall by the senior class of the local high school, are selling rapidly, ft was stated today. The first number of the course I will be given next Wednesday night. The talent secured for this year's! course Is considered exceptionally good and the public is fortunate in having this high class entertainment available during the winter months. I The tickets are being sold by the high school seniors and at the office in the high school building. FAREWELL FOR NELSON FAMILY Monroe People Gave Farewell For New County Clerk and His Family. Monroe. Oct. s.—(Special to Daily Deipocrat).—A large number attended the public farewell reception given at the Methodist church here Wednesday night for Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nelson and family. The Nelson family ' moved to Decatur Thursday where Mr. Nelson will assume his duties as clerk of the Adams circuit court on January 1. The following program was given: Two selections by the orchestra; song by the congregation; prayer by two of the Sunday school officers; address by L. W. Busche; piano solo;, and a debate. The debate was on the subject: Resolved that Monroe is a better place in which to live than Decatur. The affirmative side of the question was discussed by .Manas Ijehman and ('. I. Aurand. while C. W. Hendricks and L. M. Busche enumerated the many advantages to the county seat. The affirmative speakers worked diligently to persuade the Nelson family to remain in Monroe and the judges awarded the decision to those speakers, but the Nelson family moved to Decatur the next day. F. W. Busche ably eulogized the character of Mr. Nelson and the influence which Mr. Nelson had had on his own life. The pastor made the presentation speech when a beautiful gold watch was given to Mr. Nelson by the many friends of the town and ■omnutnity. o OIL WELLS MAKE A GOOD SHOWING Two Wells On Aspy Lease Near Geneva Give Promise of Good Pay. The Aspy Oil and Gas Company .struck oil in a new field near Geneva and are preparing to put in a power and drill more wells as soon as possible. The company leased some land about a mile and a half east of Geneva and brought in their first well the first of September. Well No. 1 gives promise of being at least a forty barrel well at the start. It is located on what is known as the B. F. Aspy farm. After pubping off the salt water, the driller pumped 40 barrels of oil without pumping it all off. Well No. 2 was shot lest week, and gives promise of being the best well drilled in the Geneva field for years. Immediately after the .shot the hole filled up to a depth of 250 feet, and when the bailer was run pure oil was found after the first couple of bailers full. A large amount of gas was escaping at the time, but now the oil lias filled up as far in the hole that the gas has been shut off. The driller estimates that there is between 70<l and 80(1 feet of oil in the hole now. It is predicteU that the well will yield close to 100 barrels per day. This well was drilled 40 feet into the pay sand. The big well is located just across the road from the first one, on the J. O. Aspy farm. Floyd Aspy, who drilled in both wells, expects to start in on the third one just as soon as he can reset his rig. A power will be installed within a few days and the wells will be started pumping. These wells might be called wildcat wells. There is over 700 acres of land in that territory which had never been drilled on before.

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M’CRAY PROBE TAKEN UP TODAY BY GRAND JURY Charles W. Moores Acting As Special Prosecutor During Investigation. SEEKS INFORMATION Grand Jury Invites Any Evidence; Names of Witnesses Kept Secret. Ind’anapolis, Oct. s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The grand jury of Marion county, seat of the state capital. started a probe into the tangled financial situation of Warren T. McCray. governor of Indiana. Charles W. Moores. United States i commissioner, acted as special prosecutor. taking the place of William P. Evans, regular prosecutor, on Evans' request. Evans is the son-in-law of McCray and asked to he excused from duty for this reason. The grand jury investigation, asked by the Marion National bank. Marion. Ind., may confine itself into McCray's dealings with that bank or may delve into all the financial transactions of the Tudlana governor. Judge James A. Collins, of the county criminal court, gave his instructions to the jury this morning and the probe was to start at 10 a. tn. Utmost secrecy surrounded the opening of the investigation. Moores refused to indicate the scope the inquiry will take and also refused to make public the list of witnesses to be called. Gus C. Condo, attorney for the Marion National Bank, which is said to hold $22,000 worth of McCray's notes, is expected to be one of the < hies witnesses. Just before the jury went into session. Judge Collins < ailed the members into his courtroom and read them instructions covering their duties. He explained the reason for appointing Moores as special prosecutor in place of Evans. Moores, in a statement to the press (ailed for "any information that tends to support the charge that any laws were violated by Mr. McCray in Marion county. Ind." Evidence material to the subject matter of this inquiry is invited by the grand jury and should lie submitted to the special prosecutor preferably in writing," Moores said. . Precaution believed unprecedented I in Marion county, were taken to keep evidence and names of witnesses from being made public. Newspapermen were guarded by defectives and kept from within 100 feet of the grand jury c hamber. The entire half of the floor in which the jurymen were working was shut off from the public. Witnesses were commanded to keep their names secret. — —— o WOULD MANDATE STATE ADDITDR Attorney General Files Suit To Mandate Bracken To Transfer Funds. Indianapolis, Oc t. 5. Attorney General I’. Sfl Lesh today filed suit in superior court to mandate Robert t’racken state auditor to transfer to the state highway commission $1,150,000 from gasoline tax fund. Lcsh in his suit charges Bracken as refused "contrary to law" to transfer the funds which lie says are needed to keep the highway department in operation. Bracken ((intended lie should not transfer the money since payment of the tax was made by many distrib'i tors under protest. He insists the transfer be delayed until the law intested in the state supreme court. 1 Decisions filed on the suit was arriv--1 c'd at following a lengthy conference Thursday afternoon attended by 1 Bracken. Ijesh, John D. Williams, diri ector of the staff highway commission s Carl Cue, deputy state auditor and ' D'red Van Nuys local attorney and n council for Bracken. o Is A favorite method of adding decord ative detail to a frock is by the use of the circular panel or godet.