Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1924 — Page 1

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LAFOLLOTTE PREDICTS G. 0. P. DEFEAT

PLYMOUTH MAS SUSPECTED OF muhtmurders Found Buried FEELING RUNS high Wife Os Accused Man Makes Confession To Authorities Plymouth. In'l-- h'**’’- The I Marshall county ?ran<l i ur >’ wi ” I i B | special session this week to in-1 Militate the murder of Mrs. Francis | Start. 83. for which her grandson I Riymond R. Smith. 36. Is under| S!Wt. A rail for the grand jury session n , sent out today following the rorner sinnnest over the body of the woman yesterday. The coroners verdict wns with hcM pending th" questioning of wreral additional witnesses who may shed some light on the case. Smith was arrest, d imme.B ‘j titer the body of hlg prandmotho* nt found tinder the concrete foundMiott of a henhouse on hi« farm Mr here. Feeling against the man was runnine high and an effort wns helee trade to clear up the mvstertons rirrnmstances surrounding the death <K throe other members of the Smith hmilv in recent yearn. Artho.'rtes admitted however 'h»v M not yet uncovered anv m'd-nce which would ■’b’acn -esywwtWlit* few tbreath of the other throe upon Smith Hit rife, Mrs Margaret Smith gave Whoritios a detailed description of I the killing of Mrs. Sweet based anon » “.nnfessinn'' she said her husband had made to her. a— — Preble Bank Represented At McCray Probe Today .Indianapolis, Feb. 11—Numerous | state hank representatives appeared j Wore the federal grand jury in the! investigation of Gov. McCray financial iMn. Mmes of other witnesses were not u«d.. public hut it was known that I A J. Wedeking of the state I>ank at I Ihlc was the first witness. Representatives of banks at Fort Hiytte. Preble and Chicago were also tapeeted to testify today. a .i KT ENTER TON UTTER CLUB NOW Entries Close On Friday; l ocal Man Offers Prize To Winner ’ ording t<> information from the ™w»iy agent, next Friday. February * lh ' win the u»t day on which for the T, n U . {Pr CoatMt Hill •ireptrd Although a numlmr have h, ‘ ,b * lr Meant momboraiilp fw» ‘ thereby qq»||f|e<| M coeU , lanU< • •‘•ld the membership In yet below t han the tawt two yearn. *lll l>« remembered that H. P. _ ml", proprietor of the Hehmltt market In Decatur, ha* offered '»»'«nti.| premium of one cent per "slitter jf* ,or w,n - This mean* a minimum M "' r ,lo,Ur ' »hi«h will go * eonfo.,l ,o * !urt P«rin< for the tltnl m** ln •'MlttOß. a beau •lane. r Up * l * l , * lr,w the "••In I ?* r ‘ 8< ,hp '<» Ike wte n hl * until liven Thep n ' r **** kn*< t ni) d, *' r,n >>nßllon ns to left tn th. °. r n "‘ nn *' ,m ”n‘. 'hi* being The main P ”"‘ urp of th* contestant, "rmart la that be shall 4, ‘"«nd,had *° “ ,,5r m4,y Thoup * , k i mii| * lll * llnK ,n , ’ n *nr the content "«at» ." to’ o ' unnortkm with the ’’ ««*M at once.

New York Has Largest Snowfall Os Season New York. Feb. 11 Thousands of I New York and suburban dwellers aro suffering from back aches, a remind-1 <<r that the heaviest snow fall of the I ■ season blanketed this section Sun- ■ I day to a depth of 2.7 feet. ' Accompanied by a high gall, which ■ 'at times gave the storm some of the, I aspects of a mild blixxard. the fall; | brought out 7.500 men of the city’s. ! street cleaning force. 400 plows and I 1 several hundred carts for the first 1 I time this winter. The entire downj I town section cf the city was swept; (lean by midnight. LOCAL SCHOOL ENTERSCONTEST I). H. S. To Be Represented In National Oratorical Contest Decatur high school will be represonte in the National Oratorical Contest on the Consitiutlon to be held, throughout the United States during < the next few months. Miss Martha i Tyner, instructor in public speaking in the Decatur high school, announced : today that she had made application for an entrant from the local school. ■ The local entrant will be chosen, through elimination, from all mem-, i tners of the high school who wish to oomp'ete. • The contest is being sponsored by the Indianapolis News. The state has been divided Into six districts an aproxfmately twenty-two schools, will he represented in ra< h district. ; The district contest will moot in In-J ’rflanapolTs ’Sometime in April an con-1 test for the state championship. The I winner of the state will receive |750 from the Indianapolis News and wit' j I represent the state of Indiana in the J territorial contest to be held in I Chicago the following month. There' will be other prizes given in the state contest. To Speak Before Preaident There are seven territorial divisions in the United States seven who ' survive the territorial contests will' ; meet to decide the nationaf champion 'ship on Jane. Thev will before the; members of the Snperme Court of the j United States and President Coolidge | they being the judges of the contest. [The winner will receive a large sum |of money, there being something like 63.500 to be distributed in the National contest at Washington. The purpose of the contest is to create greater interest in the constitution of the country. The contestants will be graded on delivery and the literary mert of their oration which must be based on the constitution In addition tn creating Interest in the constitution, the school* and contestant* expect to derive much baneflt from the contest. A representative of the organization will be in Decatur tomorrow. Mist Tyner stated today, and inor«> information In regard to the contest will be learned. There are two debating tennis, composed of four members each. In tbe local school and these. | together with any others who wish to enter, will contest for the right to re present Decnti r In the < lintest The place where the contest of this district wil Im held la not known here, but It likely witl be lllchtnond. .—. ■ . 0 — — Revival Draws Lartfo Audiences Yesterday Sunday wa* a big day nt the revival service* being conducted at the Evan gelUul church. There was splendid attendance und wonderful interest at all services during th* day. Prayer meting* will be held tomorrow morning at •:«<> am. at the following homes: District No. 1-Mm. Otto Aumlller. 126 South Eighth street. District U<>. 2 —Mrs. Alva Buffon- ' barger, 627 North Heventh street. District No. 3 and 4—Will Myers. 21« | North Fourth street. Districts No. 6 and 6—M Brelnsr. 403 Fornax street. Districts No 7 and » B H. Smith. 715 Elm street, District No. 9-John Gag*. Mercer avenue.

TWO BUSINESS HOUSES BROKEN INTO LAST NIGHT S. E. Store And Maier Hide & Fur Co.’s Office Are Visited ■m i NOTHING IS MISSED Robbers Failing To Find Money Scatter Papers Over Floor Robbers who broke Into two local business houses sometime during last' night, were unsuccessful in obtain- ! Ing any money or anything of value, as far as known. The work is believed to be that of boys or young amateurs. The places entered were the S. E. Hite grocery, store and the Ma‘er Hide & Fur company’s office. At the S. E. Hite grocery and department store on South Winchester , street, the window pane in a window of the ware room in the rear was ; broken out and the iron bars overj I the inside of the window removed, permitting the intruders to crawl through the opening. The bars were i removed by unscrewing the nuts on I the bolts which held the bars. The I tobbers made their way to the main part of the store. The safe door had 'been left open by Mr. Hite, as he does not keep any money in the safe. The robbers ransacked the safe and scattered the papers over the floor. The contents of the drawers in the desk were nhn emptied on the floor by the robber* in their attempt to locate money. 1 There wjgre finger prints left on ; the papers by dirty hands and foot-1 ' prints could be traced in the snow at the rear of the building. Mr. Hte was in the store Sunday and everyI thing was in place then. The rob-1 ! bery was discovered when the store was opt-neil this morning This is the fourth time that the Hite store has been entered during the last twenty yearn and the first time that nothing has been missed. ' Mr. Hite lias profited by past eiper- ' iences and does not leave money in his store. About two years ago robbers obtained about sl2« from the . store. At the Maier Hide A Fur coinpanv’a building on West Monroe street the small door on Monroe street was forced open and the money dawers rifled, but nothing was missing this morning when the office was opened. Judging from the manner In which the work had been done, police believe the office was entered by boys, und they are working on ' strong clues. Mrs. Lochncr Breaks Right Arm In A Fall Mrs Samuel l.o< liner, residing west of*Monroe, suffered a fracture of her right arm Sunday morning when she Slipped and fell on the rear porch al her home. The frac tare was set by a physldun and Mr*. I.o«hner is getting along nicely. BREAKS BOTH ARMS IN FALL Mrs. William Heller Walks Into Stairway, Thinking It A Closet Stepping Into whut she though was n clothe* closet but what In reality was a stairway. Mrs. William Heller fell down a fllxht of stair* at the home of Fred Bauman, three and one-half miles southwest of Monroe, early thl* morning, broke both »rm» and cut a deep gash In her forehead. She was brought to this city where X-ray ex-( aminations of the fractures were made. Mr*. Heller had spent the night at the Bauman home, wbera Mrs. Ann# I Bauman. Mr. Baumana tnotbar. died yesterday morning About daybreak Mrs Helier wee walking upstair* and started Into what she thought wa» a , clothes closet, not being familiar with the houee Although the Injuries are ■ very painful, it is believed that Mrs. Heller will get along alright.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 11, 1921.

• i OBSERVES TWO BIRTHDAYS Marker Mount, son of Mrs. H. B. Alhriirht, celebrated two birth- i days yesterday—his own and that of the Boy Scouts of America. Marker was born ju-<t fourteen years aito yesterday, the day on which the Boy Scout organization was started. Marker is a Boy Scout himself ami his mother had invited several of his fellow scouts in to join him in his birthday dinner yesterday. He is mighty proud i of the fact that he was born on the same day the Boy Scout movement started. TICKET SALE IS REPORTED GOOD Capacity Audience Expected For Senior Class Play Wed. Night Tickets are selling rapidly for the annual Senior class play to be given I by the seniors of Decatur high school in the high school auditorium W>«. nesday evening at X o’clock. ‘Come Out of the Kitchen” Is the title of the , play. Indications that the audi- . torium wil be filled to eapalcty for the performance. The <ast has been working diligent- 1 ly on the play for the past three weeks . or more and they now have it well in hand. The play is a good one and I* difficult for high school pupil i to stage, but the local young people are handling the heavy roles exceptionally well. The play is a three-act I comedy filled w ith good clean humor. ■ There are two or three chara fer I roles in the production which add greatly to the iflmedy. DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEET Midwinter Session To Be Held In Indianapolis This Week The program for the midwinter session of the Indiana Democratic' Editorial Association, which will be held In the Claypool hotel. February 14. has been issued by George W. 1 Purcell, of V’inceunes, president of, the association. Chief Interest in the meeting will| ■ center in the banquet to tie held; Thursday night. February 14. in the: Riley room of the Claypool hotel. I Thonius R. Marshall, formerly Vice-. President I* on the program for an 1 eulogistic address on Woodrow Wilson. Others on Program Others on thu. program are Dr.' Robert Judson Aley. president of Butler college; Alvin M. Owsley, of Dalks, Tex., formerly national'' commander of the American Legion; Senator Samuel ,M. Ralston and Mrs. James R. Riggs, of Sullivan, national committee woman. The editors will register Wednesday afternoon. February 13, and that night will attend Keith's theater. ; The convention will open Thursday I morning at 10 o'clock. Election of officers and the report of the resolutions committee will come first. George Saunders, of Bluffton, will preside over the forenoon session. I Ralph O. Bradford, of The Indlanap- 1 oils News, will talk on "The Serious I Business of Classified Advertising." in the afternoon John Gorman, of Princeton, will preside. E, G. Rrotilb left, of .Muncie, will talk on "The Successful Advertising Salesman,"! will tayk on a "Business Chat on and Eutl St, Mushltx. of Indianapolis., Newspaper Work." % The Seventh District Women’s' I Democratic Club will entertain the wires of the visiting editor* at an Informal reception at the Indiana Democratic Club Thursday afternoon Weather t Rate, or «now tonight; Tuesday j fair und not much change In temperI ature.

ONE THOUSAND MILITIA MEN ON GUARD AT HERRIN S. Glen Young, Prohibition Czar, Deposed As Acting Police Chief GENERAL IN CHARGE Fourteen Comnanies Os Guardsn’en. I T nder Full Arms, Parade Streets (United Press Service) Herrin. 111. F<‘b. 11 fSpo<••'■'l io Dnilv Ibinocral) S. f'.lon Vntintf “prohibition czar” i ,>f XV'llinrwm count'’ and act- : ’Off chief of nolicn of Herrin, tn,d iv was deposed hv the mili’i'”” . Motor General Millen Fnm. num ar’i'intf here with 1.000. state r'il'tia men front f'liic:)£j<» noliOc't the former nrohibition agent he was ousted. (United Press Service) Herrin. 111.. Feh. 11—" Bloody Herrin" was a military ca un today with 14 companies of National Guardsmen. under full arms, parading th» streets to ward off further bloodshed in the conflict between drys and wets the Ku Kiux Klan and anti-klan forces. F"ar of a strike of several thousand coal miner* further cnmp"<-a’ n 'l the situation today. Members of the T’nfted Mine Workers of America declared thev would not tolerate kln-»-m<*n 4w their” Tanks Many of the miners are klansmen and the bulk of the miners are said to be readv to! strike until the klansjnen nr-» n-s-od. I Adjutant General Carlos Black, is determined there shall be no ren«»ltion of the mns«a<-re of June 1922 when 25 union and non-union miners were slain. Herrin is under “militnrv law” which differ from martial law and that the militnrv is not in ab'n’u'e control of the town: Under mllP’-v ! rules the troops ar» technically subordinate to the civil authorities. o— . BULLETIN Washington, Feb. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Senate late todav adopted the Robinson resolution calling on President Coolidge to demand the resignation of Secretary of the Naw Edwin Denby because of his connection with the leasing of the naval oil reserves. The Mile WM 17- U. FOUND MOTHER DEAD IN BED Mrs. Anna Bauman, 82, Died Os Heart Trouble Sunday Morning Monroe. Ind.. Feb. 11—(Special to Dully Dmocrut) Mrs. Anna Baniiiuu. ag»- 82. u resident of .Monroe township for 35 year* or more, was found dead In bed at about 7 o’clock ' Sunday morning by her son. Feed ‘ Biiuiuun. at whose residence she , made her home. I Dr. L. L Mattox, of Geneva, coroner of A<l*ma county, was called and pronounced death due to heart trouble As far a* known Mr*. Bad-' tnan <lle,| without a struggle, the son finding her dead when he *teppIcd into her bed room. Funeral service* will be held Tuesday afternoon at 12 o’clock from the , house, three and one-half miles south I west of Monroe, and nt one o'clock ' ftorn the Vera Crux church. Burial will be made In the church cemetery.' Mrs. Bauman ta survived by eight ; children, namely. Chris and Peter, of . Berne; Albert sad Rudolph Baunian. :of Decatur; Adolph Baumau. of near ' Decatur; John Bauman and Mt * Anna Hlrai'hy, of Monroe; and Fred Buuinan at home. Her husband proceeded her In death about 29 yours I

Lee Reported To Be Recovering From Wound Ross Lee, who was shot during an attempted holdup and robbery in Lima Ohio, last Monday night, is reported to be getting along alright. His recovery is expected. A deputy sheriff from Van Wert.: Ohio, and an Arie railroad detective were in Decatur today, investigating Lee's past record and obtaining further information. o The H'lwiian Department of the ; Army is co-operating with the Federal lighthouse service t oplaee a beacon light on the small rock of Kaula. LAND SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAX .— Thirty-five Pieces Os Land Valued At SI 22.530 i Were Sold Today Thirty-five parcels of land wer n sold this morning by County Treasurer I/mles Kleine for delinquent taxes, the property ,sol<l having a taxable ; | valuation of $122.530. 'mi including im provements on the land The amo-int ; of the current taxes due on the land \ was $2,190.10 an the delinquent taxe* i totaled »1.859 40. Sixty-five separate parcels of land ■ having a value of 6174.83 t.Ott were adertised for sale by the County Treasurer, but since the time that the first publication of the sale was i given. 29 of the property owners paid I the taxes <lue and redeemed their p”o perty. One |iarcel listed under the i name of Charles I) Votaw. Geneva 1 having a value of sK'i tto with 6LIU.-I 00 of personal property did not se'l ! This item had been advertised for sale before. Fred Schtirger. auctioned the land for sale this morning Als>"t neotde ' attended, the sab- llt-ing held in th« I corridor of the court house. Auditor Martin Jaberg listed the piir<-4ia eras the tends were sold. The pro- ' perty sold was in Root. Washington. ! St. Marys. Hartford. Wabash, and ’ Jefferson townshins and in Berne, 1 Geneva and Decatur. The original owne-s have two years | in which to redeem their porperty ' the penalty lining an additional 1<» ■ percent to their taxes. |f the property ; if not redeemed the purchaser is given , deed to it for the taxes paid. A. W. Zimmerman, of Ft Wayne, j hid in the properties of Charles and i Susan Gurrell. George llmtck. Addle Davenport, Virgil T Craig, Jos.* h limning. Alphens Adair. A K Mmbert. Amos D Buckmaster and William E. Teeters Arthur Kinney ' purchased the Kinney properties; j Sam Slntison bid in the Mytrle Fennig !l>ropertv; Martin Reef purchased the W. S. Daugherty and John T King properties; Albert Lugibill o( Bluffton, Ohio, purchased the Rufus Lehman farm; <’. E. Sullivan pun hased the Wilani Dell Wilson farms; the People Plnani e Company of Ft Way, bld in the Howard Allen tract; and Z. . |T. Aspy purchase the Bank of Geneva i I lots. The aale ioilhv wan lnrK««r than In ’ previous yearn. ku • ■ ... —■» G. E. Basketball Teams T© l’la\ \a© \\ ci: ( agei The General Electric men’s und girls’ basketball teams sill perform: I before the home fans again Thursday | night, after having played several; gstnes on foreign floors. The men sill lineup against the Van Wert, johio Red Triangles. The girls will , meet the Van Wert girls’ team, also Tip* girls game will be played first.' ; -tartlng at 7; 15 o'dis'k The Van Wert girls’ team is rated very high and a good pn-llntlnary is expected The Red Triangles la one of the fastest scml-professlonsl teams In western Ohio. The G. E eager* have ian enviable record this season, having won n large majority of their 1 games. Including victories over nevi t al fast teams. —- . • Dr. Burt Mangold, Dyke Frteinger. Mr. Carmichael and Marion Biggs will go to Fort Wayne this nienins to | bowl.

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SAYS COOLIDGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PART OF IT Progressive Leader Demands Resignation Os Sect. Denby Today M ADOO TESTIFIES Democratic Candidate Denies Any Connection With Oil Scandal — rt'rOe.t Press <.-rv« ■• ) Wiishini’ton. Feb. 11 t i.il to Dailv Democrat) Forocastin." “ilel'eat and possible ruin for Hie reniibliean partv.” jas a result of the naval oil reserve scandal. Senator Lafol(ettt*. progressive leader, in a ‘•■'iceeb in congress (od'iv <lcG'lared that Pn'siccnt Cbolidgt* w>s in part resiionsible. Lafi’lrfte declared ’’that th “ ai'iivnislrati'in of Coolidge is I enmloving the same tactics in this case as lhe tidinip'stratioii ;,>f P>-(-i,l(-ii| lal I employed in llv Ballingi r case." He assctled lhe Ballinger i ease brought about republican defcal and oropbisieil the same ; detent for the Coolidge admiu- : Islr ition if il eontinued biding "bebird a harrier es paper j technicalities.” iMifnh-tte demanded the resigns- ■ tion of Secretary of the Navy lienby and scouted all the arguments that i it was not within the proper provim-e j of the senate to ask for ft. “Albert B. Fall must bear the reI sponsibility for his conduct, but he ' must not be made the : < ;i|a goat so : that others may lie allowed t<> evud • ! responsibilities for what they have 1 dotte," said Lafolette. "Mr. Denby must be held to strict i responsibility and accountability. H«t I knew Fall well. He knows the latiters reiord with regard to conierv;.- ' tion. Fall's rei-prd iti the senate was .one nf eoimi«tene opposition to and | contempt for ail con... rvutlon lesisi lat ion. "It win be recalled that D< nby in I addition to turning over the raval oil i reserves to Full also turned over to him the naval coal reserves in Ala*- | ka." W. G McAdoo Testifies Washington. Feb 11 (Special to i Daily iH-tuocral) "I owe them noth- : ing and they owe me nothing " (Continued on Page Five) GRIFFIS HOME FROM GERMANY American, Who Attempted To Kidnap Bcrgdoll, Greeted In New \ ork tl’nltsil Press Stuff Correspondent) New York. F-b II (Special to I Daily Ib tiioi riii i Corliss Hooven Griffin, who won fain* through attempting to kidnap Grov, r elevo- ; land .Mergdull. millionaire alMker, i now a fugitive In Germany, tv-tnrned home today aboard the liner Albert ' Bullin He was given a hero's welcome ■ which Is to be added to with a hanquel Wedtiesilny night in Chicago und vllimixed with a great honteromj Ing ceicbruifon in aismllton, Ohio, Thursday. , An official committee ttamed by th" , tnavor of New York met the Albert ■ Bullln U|s>ti it* arrival todav. But i neither this welcome nor the toret monies at the citv hall later in which Acting Mayor Murray llullurt made > the principal tiddre**. tncaaured In Importance tn young Griffis the w-d come h« wleved from his father, t . Dr E S Griff's, hte mother und hi* b, uiitifnl sister. Dorothy, who re. gard* him as a hero and who worked tlrelcsslv (q tin l - ffort t" Imvs him r< leased ftotn u German prison (triffte wg* convicted of attempting « to kjdnap Bergdoll and sentenced to > 21 months In a Baden jail. Hte re. I lease was effected a few Weeks Inter.