Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1923 — Page 1

Volume XXI. Number 265.

FRANCE WILL NOT TOLERATE DICTATORSHIP Premier Poincare Sends Note To Stresemann Cabinet Today. FAVORED BY MANY Poincare Believes It Would Be Step Toward Restoration of the Monarchy. (Unlte-1 Pr»«« Service) Taris. Nov. S—(Special to Daily Democrat) —France will not tolerate a dictatorship in Germany. Premier Poincare told the Stresemann cabinet in a note today, it was authoritatively learned. The note was believed to have resulted from the delay in re-forming the Stresemann cabinet, following resignation of the socialist members last week and to the failure to have the reichstag convened again today. Reports had been received for some time that conservative and reactionary parties in Germany favored a proclamation of a dictatorship. Premier Poincare's objection to a dictatorship in Germany was believed to be that it might be only a step toward restoration of the monarchy and would almost certainly mean a government that would balk at carrying out the Versailles treaty. -O McCray Urges Observance American Education Week (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Emphasizing the importance of high school and college training. Governor McCray has issued a proclamation urging state wide observance of American education week. Nov. 18 to 24. in his proclamation, the governor pointed out that, of more than 3,000 persons committed to correctional institutions in the state during the past three years, only one was a college graduate. *2 Fifty-Three Petitions For Clemency Are Filed (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Fifty-three petitions for executive clemency were be fore the state board of pardons today. Twelve cases were reopened, six ot which are applications of prisoners serving life sentences. One of the cases reopened is that of Alphretta Sissell, convicted in Floyd county in November, 1917. on a charge of murder. Klan Founder Criticises Imperial Wizard Evans (United Press Service! Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A bitter attack of U. W. Evans, imperial wizard of the K. K. K. for ‘'remaining in hiding" while investigation of the murder of W. S. Coburn by Phil Fox is on. was made today by William Joseph Simmons, founder of the organization. "if I were imperial wizard,” Simmons said, "I would be attempting to prove beyond any doubt whatever that 1 had no connection with them and that my associates nor myself in any way inspired this most dastardly deed, on the part of Fox, who is publicity director for Evans.” Simmons and Evans are leaders of rival factions within the klan. — • Judge Sutton Special Judge At Huntington Judge Jesse C. Sutton, of the Adams circuit court, was in Huntington yesterday, where he sat as special judge in the case of Mayne et al vs. [ Settlemyre, trustee, et al. The case I is an injunction suit to enjoin the erection of a new high school building. o Miss Dearth Still Missing Muncie, Ind., Nov. B.—The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Miss Marguerite Dearth, 22, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Clarence W. Dearth, °f Muncie, is still as baffling as one week ago today, when the youug woman was last seen in this city. Despite the fact that a nation wide search has been under way for more than four days, no tangible clue has been received.

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Bluffton Girl Returns Home; Married Sept. 29 Bluffton, Nov. 8.- Worries of Mr; William Timmons over failure to hear from her daughter for more than a | month were relieved when the daughter, formerly Miss Cecil Timmons, arrived here Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by her husband, Robert C , Hiller, of Toronto, Canada, and announced that they were married on Sept. 29th at Rattle Creek, Mich. The word the mother had previous to yesterday was h letter written by her daughter at Waterloo, Ind., on Sept. 29th, stating her purposes to be marI ried hut giving no further facts. FT. WAYNE ROAD :i NEEDINGREPAIR ;| Much Indignation Expressed by Citizens Over Its Poor Condition Now. .—_ r I ’| Much indignation is being express- * ed by local people and motorists in I general over the condition of the . state highway between here and Fort Wayne. Drivers of automobiles say I that it is practically impossible to 'drive over the road with any degree Jof safety for the reason that the loose stone thrown on top of the j road makes it unsafe for travel. ,! During the summer much loose t stone was placed on the road and those acquainted with road building or those who know what good roads are. say that it is worse than an unimproved road to drive over. Those who have driven ovt-r it recently , know the condition of it. One prominent citizen stated this , morning that some action should he , taken to get the road in good repair . for the winter. He expressed deep in . dignation over the condition of the . road and stated that "it was a crime . that such an important road as the Fort Wayne-Decatur road was not in * better repair." the person who put l on the loose stone, almost the size of [ a boulder, knows nothing about road > building. We pay thousands of dollars . n auto license fees and gas tax anti should at least, have the main roads iin the county kept up. They should Ibe forced to pick up all the stones and then have cruched stone, something that would pack, placed on the iroad. The stone that is now on the j road is being scattered into the ditch along the highway and it's a piece of uneless extravagance to try to repair with this large loose stone." Motor ( istg are taking the old river road . through Poe and the road through Hoagland in going to Fort Wayne. 1 The state road between here and ( Richmond is fine, it is said, and the , motorists who use the Fort Wayne road wonder why the Decatur road ! can't be placed iu good condition before the winter sets in. Several ac- ' cidents have occurred on that road. ’ due to its poor condition. I > t G. E. Net Teams To Open ‘ Season Here This Evening * I ; The General Electric basketball ' teams will open their home season in ' the old high school gymnasium, cor1 ner First and Jackson streets, this evening. The men's team will play ' the Delphos, Ohio, city team and the girls will play the girls’ team from 1 the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump com--1 pany, of Fort Wayne. The girls' game will be played first and is scheduled to begin at 8:15 o’clock. This will be the first game of the sea soon for the Delphos team and the secI ond for the G. E. men. the locals havj ing dropped their opening game at Van Buren Saturday night by a score of 31-28. The Delphos team is composed of well-known Delphos athletes who have been favorites with the Delphos fans for the past few years. The girls’ game will be played under boys’ rules. Milo Lindsey To Open Store At Ligonier Soon Milo Lindsey, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lindsey, of near Geneva, is arranging to open a new five and ten | cent store soon at Ligonier. Ind. He has rented a new room at that place I aud will open soon with an entire I new stock ot goods. Mr. Lindsey > has been employed as a salesman I with the Fred D. Bell company, of Fort Wayne, and resigns that position in order to embark in business 1 for himself.

TAXES BECOME DELINQUENT ON M’CRAY'S LAND ft How To Get Taxes I‘aid Is Problem Causing Much Worry To Creditors. TO SELL HAY AND CORN Grand Jury at Noblesville At Work on Probe of Governor’s Affairs. — Indianapolis. Nov. 8. —How to got | the taxes paid on the property of Govi ernor McCray was a problem causing ! the creditors of the governor considerable anxiety today. Taxes on most of the property are now delinquent. John Moorman, of Knox, a member of the committee, will go to South Dakota, to sell a crop of hay and corn on the governor’s farm land there. This is said to be the only readilv saleable crop on the McCray property It is said that unless the money can be raised, some of the property must be sold for taxes. Members of the creditors’ committee met yesterday to consider some menas of raising the tax money. Noblesville, Ind., Nov. B.—Summons were issued here today for officers of the Farmers National bank of Sheridan and the American National bank of Noblesville to appear before the Hamilton county grand jury Satur day. These bank officials were expected to testify concerning their dealings with Governor McCray. The grand jury was instructed by Judge Hines to look into the McCray transactions. Saturday's session will be the final one of the present session of the grand jury. Governor Met'ray is said to owe SI,OOO to the Noblesville bank and the Sheridan bank is is said to hold $4,000 of the McCray paper. o Ask Federal Probe of Affairs of Boilings Co. (United Press Service) Columbus, 0., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A special federal grand jury today was asked to probe the affairs of the $90,000,000 R. L. Dollings Fiscal Brokerage house now in receivership with eighteen of its subsidiaries. High officals of the company are under indictment by a county grand jury for alleged mismanagement ot the company's affairs but this is the federal government's first official move in the case. Benson Hough. United States district attorney, was to go before the federal grand jury here with information in regard to certain alleged transactions of the brokerage company. FLATROCK GIRL ENDS OWN LIFE Blanche Cochran Drinks Carbolic Acid In Newport. Tennessee. Newport, Tenn., Nov. 8. —Miss Blanche Cochran, 24, of Flatrock, Ind., ended her life by drinking carbolic acid in her room at a hotel here Wednesday while her fiancee, Paul R. Redfern, 30, aviator of Columbus, S. C. made frantic efforts to keep her from taking the poison. He knocked the bottle from her hand but not until she had swallowed enough to cause her death in a few minutes. Redfern had obtained a license to marry Miss Cochran here Tuesday and this was in his pocket at the time she drank thd poison. She is reported to have left a note but its contents could not be learned. Miss Cochran had been here for ten 1 days as a representative ot' the Sewell Lyceum bureau of Atlanta, putting on | a play under the auspices of the \tnerican Legion. The play was given Tuesday night land she had made arrangements to I leave today for Aiderman, W. Va. Redfern would not discuss Miss Cochran's act. o — E. W. Kampe has returned from a several days business trip to Chirago.

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K. K. K. CHIEF SLAIN * r T % t - A t 1 C.fPT. W. S. COBURN Atlanta. Ga. —J. E. Fox. publicity man for the Ku Klux Klan, on Monday. Nov. 5, shot and killed W. S. Coburn. Atlanta attorney ami counsel for the faction fighting Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans and other officials of the order. Fox is held at police headquarters without bond, under a charge of murder. Coburn, a former official of the klan and later legal representative of what is called the insurgent faction, headed by Emperor Simmons, was shot five times as he sat in his office on the ninth floor of the Flatiron building. He toppled over dead. ROTARIANS TO ~ HAVE BIG TIME Special Car To Bring Fort Wayne Club To This City Tonight. A special car in the Interurban will bring between sixty and seventy-five Fort Wayne Rotarians to this city this evening for the joint meeting to be held with the Decatur chib at the Knights of Pythias home. Sam Greenland, member of the clug and general manager of the Ft. Wayne and Decatur Traction company, is donating the use of the special car. A dinner w ill be served at about 6:30 o'c lock by the Pythian Sister I ladiers at the home. Following the dinner, Dale McMillen, president of the Fort Wayne club, will conduct the meeting and the visitors will give the program. Later in the evening the Fort Wayne visitors and members of the Decatur club will be taken to the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company's factory and will be taken through Indiana's only beet sugar mill by John Carmody, local manager of the plant and president of the Decatur Club. A happy time is anticipated anil the members of the Decatur club are urged the meet at the Rotary rooms at 5:31) this evening an dthen march to the Interurban statio nto meet the Ft. Wayne men. • —, Hospital Wants Coal Legal notice is given in today’s paper that the board of trustees of the Adams County Memorial hospital will receive sealed bids up until ten o’clock, on Monday, November 19th. for the furnishing of one ear load of Pocahontas coal, delivered at the hospital. Immediate delivery is requested. Weather Fair tonight and Friday; slightly warmer Friday afternoon. Guardian Becomes Husband. Evanston, HI., Nov. 8. —Rev. James E. Foster, Gary, Ind., decided to resign his job as guardian for Miss Mary Saunders, Streator. I 111., co-ed at Northwestern univer- , sity. He came here last week, disappeared with Miss Saunders, and the next information reaching the girl’s sorority sisters was a card from New York telling of the marriage of guardian and ward in Maywood, 111. Rev. Foster was formerly Episcopalian rector in Streator.

CLIMAX NEARING IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONFERENCE France Has Last Word of U. S. Regarding Proposed Reparations Meet. WORD EXPECTED SOON Announcement As To Fate, of Parley Expected Within Forty-eight Hours. i (United Press Service) i Washington. Nov. B—(Special to Daily Democrat (— France today is understood to have the last word of the United States as to whether it will be worth while for this government to proceed with the proposed expert conference to examine into Germany's capacity to pay reparations. The climax now is believed to have been reached in the negotiations to roach a basis of agreement between the different powers for this final attempt to bring about a real settlement of the reparations controversy. An official announcement of the fate of the proposed conference is expected in the immediate future, probably within the next 48 hours. It is likely that either the announcement itself or the first development leading up to the publication of a decision, will come front Paris. The conference late yesterday at the state department between Secretary Hughes and Ambassador Jusserand. when the French envoy gave Hughes the further explanation desired by the American government of the limitations that Premier Poincare is seeking to place upon Ute scope of the conference, is regarded as having constituted the virtual climax in the situation. Jusserand is understood to have given a satisfactory explanation of Poincare’s reservation that the question that the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr cannot be dealt with in the expert conference. _ —- —-• Oppose Removal of Morgan Indianapolis, lnd„ Nov. B.—Backed j by petitions containing names of bun- ; dreds of residents, a committee of i citizens was today arranging for a I I , mass meeting next week to protest against removal of Benjamin Morgan as superintendent of tlte Marion county hospital. Removal of Morgan is was understood, was ordered for political reasons. John Davey Is Dead Kent, Ohio, Nov. B.—John Davey, 70, father of Congressman Martin !.. Davey and founder of the Davey Tree Surgery company, died early today. Davey had been suffering from acute indigestion. LAST FOOTBALL GAME SATURDAY I). H. S. Team Meets Hicksville. Ohio, On Ahr’s Field, Saturday, 2:30. Providing the weather is favorable, the largest crowd of the season is expected to witness the football game on Ahr’s Field between the Decatur and Hicksville. Ohio, high school elevens Saturday afternoon. The game will start at 2:30 o’clock. This will be the final home game of the season. An effort was made by the local school authorities to have the date of the game changed to Friday, but Hicksville officials said they could play only on Saturday. Several of the merchants find it impossible to attend the games on Saturday. Decatur is represented by a fast team this year which has won a majority of its games so far. Hicksville won from the locals here in the final game of the season last year, by a score of 13-7, and the Yellow Jackets are out to even up the score. Although likely to be crippled somewhat through the injuries and ineligibilities, the local team has a good chance of winning the game. The officials for the game will be Geller, ot Fort Wayne, referee; Bauer, of Fort Wayne, umpire. i

Good Offer Made For Geneva Oil Property Harlford City, Ind., Nov. 8 At the meeting of the directors nnd stockholders of the Aspy Oil & Gas company, which was held here in the Moose hall. Monday evening, Mr. Kelley, representative of the ('entliver company, of Fort Wayne, offered the company six to one for their holdings In the Geneva oil field, with an option of ten days. After considerable discussion the local company offered to sell the Geneva lease for ten to one. with a five day option. Nothing definite was decided on this matter. PIONEER DIES IN THIS CITY Katherine Kirby Thompson Dies At Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. Dorwin. Katharine Kirby Thompson. 7*‘. I known and loved by hundreds of Adams county people, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Maude Dorwin. on North First street, at 1:15 o'clock this morning. Death was due | to caricimoma. with which she suffered since April. However, Mrs. Thompson had not been confined to her bed and it was not until after breakfast yesterday morning that she consented to take to her bed. Funeral services will be held from phe Dorwin home on First street at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, th" Rev. S. I. Zechiel, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church. officiating. Bur- 1 ial will occur in the Decatur cemetery. 1 Katharine Kirby, daughter ot' Ephraim and Elizabf th Kirby, was born in Carroll, county. Ohio. March 1844. The Kirby family., were early settlers in Carroll county, coming there from the state Pennsylvania. On | April 9. 1865. Katharine was married to Howard Thompson, a native o’ Carroll county. Oho. In IS6B. Mr and Mrs. Thompson moved to Adams county, Indiana, and settled on a farm one mile east of Monroe, where they resided until Mr. Thompson's death. May 21. 1901. Came To Decatur In 1901 Following her husband's death. .Mrs Thompson moved to Decatur and since 'then has resided with her daughter. Mrs. Dorwin. She was a member of j the Methodist Episcopal church at | Monroe and was a charter member of the Rebekah lodge in this city. Mr« Thompson was possessed of a wonder ful disposition and it is said of her that she did not have a single enemy. Her death removes one of the fine old pioneers of Adams County. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, all of whom survive. They are Elizabeth, wife of J. A. Hendricks, of Monroe; Frances E. Thompson. of Calvary, Canada; C. A. Thompson. of Aurora. Nebraska; Mrs. Maude Dorwin of Decatur: and E. Kirby Thompson, of Van \Vert, Ohio. Mrs. Thompson is survived by two brothers also, namely, Col Harry W. Kirbv. formerly editor of (lie Decatur Journal and now of Zephyr Hills. Fla. and W. W. Kirby, of Scio. Ohio. There are nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Meeting of Merchants At IL S. Gym Is Postponed The first meeting ot the merchants for volley ball and other gymnastic games at the high school gymnasium, has been postponed from tonight until next Tuesday night. All equipment necessary has not arrived yet. causing the postponment. A large number of merchants are planning to take advantage of the 1 school board's offer to let them use the high school gymnasium two nights a week for exorcise and games. Coach Howard will be in charge .explaining the games to those who do not, know them already and directing in the various exercises. The men will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the winter from 8:30 until 9:30 p. m. Q Arresting Defendants Named by Grand Jury Indianapolis, Nov. B.—Service oi . capiases on defendants named in in dictnients returned by a federal grant - jury last Saturday was begun tod:i'. I by Dinus I’. Meredith and bis deptltv About one hundred of the 271 de i fondants remained to be arrested. All defendants will be arraigned before Judge Andrson on Nov. 26.

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BANK ROBBERS KILL INDIANA BANKER TODAY Assistant Cashier At Ed- | wardsport Shot and Killed This Afternoon. LOOT UNDETERMINED Band of Robbers Raid Village In Kansas Terrorizing Its Population. (T*nlf<*<l Pre«« Serving) Vincennes. Ind.. Nov. <S (Special Io Daily Democrat) Two bank robbers shot and killed Charles Wright, assistant cashier of the Slate Bank at Edwardsport. north of here durI ing a hold-up this afternoon. Wright was alone in the bank lat the time ami the business district was practically deserted. Lee Simonson, who was standing a short distance down i the street, heard several shots in rapid succession in the direction of the bank. Then two men rushed from the bank and jumped into an auto and sped out of town in the direction of Vincennes. They fired a volley of shots at Simonson and other pedestrians on the streets as they sped through the town. S'nionson rushed into the bank land found Wright lying dead iu the cashier’s cage with a bullet hole through his body. Authorities of Knox county were notified immediately and posses of citizens were organized to prevent their escape from the county. The amount of money taken could not be determined in the confusion following discovery of Wright s body. Tile Edwardsport state bank whs robbed of $2.0(10 during a hold up early in the summer. The fu st hold-up happened at about the same time of day and was executed by two men. Ogen. Kan., Nov. B.—A band of bank robbers raided the village of Ogen today, terrorizing the residents and holding officers at bay until th • sale of the bank was loted of s2,om) in cash and a large amount of securities taken from the safety deposit vaults. The robbers, operating in much the same manner as the gag which held up the Spencer, Ind., hank early in the week, drove into the town in th ■ early hours of the morning iu two autos. One band cut all telephone wires while the other held off the officers and citizens for two hours while another worked with the safe. Robbers on guard outside the bank fired revolvers at intervals, bullets whizzing down streets, keeping residents indoors. Charge after charge of explosive was let go under th- 1 sale until finally the door was blown off. A posse of soldiers from Fort Rilev, nearby, joined in taking up the trail of the bandits, half an hour after they had left town. New Trial of Stillman Divorce Suit Possible New York, Nov .8. (United Press.) —A new trial of the suit for divorce brought by James A Stillman, the banker, against Anne U. Stillman, appeared possible today following publication of the much discussed "confession letter" which the banker claims he received from Ills wife. Stillman sufiinitted the letter to the appellate division of the supreme i t , court in Brooklyn yesterday as basis for an appeal from the decision of Justice Moraehauser refusing him a (i I divorce. ( | Daniel J. Gleason, referee in the s i etise, previously had barred the letI ter as illegal evidence. If the apj pi llate division finds the referee was I wrong in barring the document, it was said a new trial will bo ordered. John P. Brennan, attorney for Mrs. Stillman, last night denied the entire contents of the document, a throbbing ’’ and somewhat incoherent statement I of suffering in a statement for his II client. V n — v. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE ■ Wheat: Dec. $1.06> 4 ; May sLll>4; July $1.07%. Corn: Dec. 87%e; May di 76c; July 76%c. Oats: Deo. 42%e; j May 44%c; July 43%c.