Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1924 — Page 1

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IOEDICATIONIOEDICATION OF' I W REFORMED I CHURCHMAR. 30 I Date Definitely Set By ConI grejration; Program Is I Being Planned EX-PASTORS coming — Xew Building Represents. Exenditures Os $55,0(10: Nearly Finished plans ar l ' EoifiE forward for the bokliM of dedication of the beau- [ ilful if* Z'" n Reformed church in! this Citv on Sunday. March 30th. | ■ This date has been definitely set by I the congregation as the day on which th,, dedicatory services will be held. Former Pastors Coming Four former pastors of the congregation will he here to attend the ser--1 Tices ami take part in the program thick will consist of addresses and , special music. The four former pastors tlio will be here aie. Rev. E. XX . Knise. Kenton. Ohio, pastor from ISJS to 19": llev. George GretheP. Vernon. Wisconsin, pastor from 1901. to 1915: Rev. L. C. llessert. CrestIm-.. Ohio, pastor from 1906 to 1915, and liev. L. W. Stolte. Dayton. Ohio, pa-tor from 1915 to 1920. Rev. N. E., Viti. of New Bremen. Ohio, brother <it the late Henry Vitz. first pastor of the congregation when it was organiird in this city about 1985. will also hr in attendance at the services. | As excellent musical program is ksf arranged (or the services. The d-dicat'on ceremonies wTTT BP tn the” charge of the pastor. Rev. R. It Elliter and the services will be held at rn o'clock in the morning. The new church represents an expenditure of 155,000. including furni- ( tare, heating plant and art glass windows It is built of red brick and trimmed with Bedford stone. It ukes a very imposing appearance M the corner of Third and Jackson > greets and one of the features in the edifice is the large dome over the 1 renter of the church. Begun In May Work on the construction of the rburch was begun in May. 1923 and tls corner-stone la ving ceremony was held <>n August 12. 1923. Since that time work on the church has been f muhol to completion and. with the [ riception of hanging the doors and (••tailing the furniture, all of the wmk is completed. The scaffolds on the Inside at the c hurch have been re-1 meted The old frame church at the rear of the new church has been mov- | «i and will be torn down as soon as ; goadble. The congregation has been holding services in the Public Li I teary building during the past few ' months. Noted Novelist Dies New York. Feb 26. -Georg* Randolph Cbeser, novelist, known to thou ; u ids Sa the author of "Get-Rich Quick , die ( | st his apartment br, tsday. The rawte of death wa . Iven m> «*art trouble. WILLSHIRE BOY HIT BY BULLET Shot Is Believed To Have Been Fired By Boy On A Bridge Nearby Hho fired g shot which wound-d *«■ Coulter, 18. Os Wiltshire. O„ la a rMery which ha* p'txih-d resident in * iß»t town since Saturday night. he youth war in the liimh-r yard H a toy Mead. Darrel • ’ * W **’*® • and 6 o'clock Sat ' O evening wh > n he wan hit. Th* >* n "’raHM| his right arm near > milder. |t | g thought that th* <My h«ve ben flr*d by OUe of n | • tew ° f t ’ Oy * * ho **‘ re standing on fie about |oo yards away but no enufoaaed to th* shooting •tiiMi"* r '’ u,, *' r * a * * l **n medical I and |s making satisfactory I

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Mail Refund ( hecks To Automobile Owners ■lndianapolis, I-Vb. 26 Refund checks to motorist- who obtained their licenses under the net of 192!! recently held illegal, were being ntuilde out today by the uutuntobile registration department. Il D McClelland, superintendent, announced. He said he hoped all would be maile<J within five or six weeks. McCleland said the checks went out in numerical order, starting with [license No. 1 Governor McCray has plate No. 1. anti, It was safd. the re- ' sand 'o him was fill. MUNCIE KLAN IN REBELLION Withdraw From National Order And Form “Klan Os T/e North” Muncie. Feb. 26 Officials of D ■ i l-tware Klan No. t Knights of the Kin i Kit x Klan of Muncie jn a statement I Issued last night, proclaimed a Jtreak , with the national organisation of the klan and announced plans for organization of a»new national order along i I similar lines, to be known as “The j Klan of the North." Members will be l known as •'Nobles of the Klan of the North". Th* statement declared that free speech has been supressod by statej and national heath]barters and fr-'o-1 demos the press has been abriged In : Igofar that national state mand ••*« J prohibiting speaking in com-alve ! against the pr< -ent administr.-* ! ou ■nntrtho Trmtffwr ot-r «rr »terpsiirwttest*» and papers which condemn the finan-, cial system of the l.lan had been j i issued. It was sab! that SO per cent of the ( mcmitership of Delaware klan rati-, tied the proposal and the first congress of the new organization will' convene in Muncie on March 24. at! which time national, state and dis- ‘ trict cfH< er* will be elected. All klaus-, men and klanswomen are Invited to attend. That the now movement, j which has been progressing rapidly, • under cover for several months, will h>» indorsed by a majority of the, Wbverns in Indiana. Ohio. Illinois. I and Michigan was the, assurance given the promoters, it was decleared. Sensitional Charges Made Delaware klan Is listed as being one of the leaders and among the most nctlve of nny chapter organized in .the central states, the membership here in both, men's nud women's organisations l>-Ing unusually large. Many charges of a sensational nahire are mad- against national unit state officers of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in "A Declaration of ( Independence" adopted and some | facts relative to the recent factional strife In national administration circles are ravealed for the first time here. -aWould Renew Armament Control Os Germany Paris. Fi h 2«--Premier Ramsay Ma> l>onald of Great Britain ha* sent a not* to Premier Poincare, urging the i ne,-ity the renewal of armament lontroi of Germany. The conference | of amtmasndurs will examine Into the. facts Immediately (Ju«t Reinking, 111. Mifging From Home Fort Wayne. Feb. ••--Police were| asked yesterday to »*ar< h lor (Just j Reinking. 52. Adams township farm ; er. who left hi* home lost Wednesday, morning Mr. Reinking has be*n In poor j health and la s«W to harve pondered; heavily over r< al and fancied financial shortage in the operation of hl* 1 farm on th* day- of hla disappear, ance be came to this city to i»<MI hl* I in rm, according to relatlvoa, utfil ll' was learneil yesterday that h<a liat**<l, his property with a real estate dent er. Th* search for Mr. Reinking has been carried on tjufoUr by relatlvcn iwithout result for wvernl days. Mr. Reinking <» known in I Adams county.

NAME!) TO SIFT TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL A k, SHE! Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia (left! and Atlee Pomerene, who have been appointed by President Coolidge io prosecute all cases arising out of oil inquiry. WASHINGTON. D. C—Herewith is presented the first picture of the newly appointed special counsel to get all the data on the Teapot Dome oil leases for the t'nited States government. They called at the White House and President Coolidge turned over to them their commissions and instruct ed them to find every detail in the leasing of thea|e reserves.

DAMAGE SUIT GOES TO JURY Fort Wayne Case On Trial Here Nears End: Seeking $25,000 TTJ<‘ fa - nfMoorman vs. (the Fort Wayne Transfer company. Alien county damage suit which i* on i trial in the Adams circuit, court was ! expected to so to th*' jury about 3:30 o’clock this aft rnoon. All evidence had been Introduced before the noon adjournment of court and the argu-I Inientn of the attorneys were presented this afternoon. • The plaintiff is demanding Judgm -nt for $25,000 as a result of peri manent injuries alleged to have been isustained in an accident on Spy Kun avenue in Fort Wayne, on May I. , 1923. The plaintiff testified that I n<- was riding a motorcycle in trout ot a taxi-cab belonging to the defendant and that the taxi struck his motorj cycle, throwing him to the pavement. Two witnesses for the plaintiff testified that they saw the motorcycle und j taxi traveling side by side but that they could not see whether or not the taxi hit the motorcycle. Walter Paler, who was driving th» | — — (Continued on Page stx> MRS. SAM GIROD DIES SUDDENLY Mother Os Tep Children. Os Near Berne. Hies Suddenly Sunday Night Death, very *ni<ld**nly und un•*»!>••< i , took Mm. Sum Giro! of (the Ami»h faith. Sunday night on the liMartln L. Smith farm, about IHi i miles southeast of Berne, from her j femlly of about !« children. It is said Jhat death was due Io worry and complications thul developed in the last ' (ew days. Two of the smt.ll . hlldrrn In the family h id Just recovered from severe ! attacks of pneumonia the care of whom had conniderably weakened ; Mr* Girod. She had given birth last ' Friday to a still born child and had J hlmo suffered with an attack Os the tin. iti* house work and her sick '.hildren greatly needed her kelp and in her weakened and worried eondllion the strain was too great. She suffered a relapse along with a violent aunt k ot Rail rrtllc Her mndlilon w’aa not thought a« being grant, howwer d»atb resulted wry suddenly and unaifmetedly. The deceased mother l» gttrvlvM by a group ot about fen < bildren and a j husband Funeral service* and | burial will take place Wednesday In , the Amish faith end custom.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February, 26, 1921.

> CONGRESS TODAY ♦ Senate Wheeler resolution on Daugherty investigation. Interior department bill. House Tax bill. COMMITTEES TO MARE REPORTS Important Meeting Os Industrial Association On Monday Night An enthusiastic an.| interesting meeting of the Decatur Industrial association is planned for next Monday evening at seven-thirty, when Avon Burk, newly elected president of the association, will take over the reigns and with the assistance of all members plan a program for 1924 Much real business will be conducted at the meeting. President Burk has asked that the .hairman of all the ' regular and special committees report ; at the meeting ami action necessary I in the different matters before the association will be taken. The regular committees are the fin ’ ance, membership, traffic, industrial, housing and public improvements. These committees have matters of importance to bring before the association. O. 1.. Vance, chairman of the tourist camp committee, will also make a report of the possibility of establishing such a "lace In D *<atur und the finance committee will. In all probability, bring up the matter of the ob- ' talnlng funds for the purchasing of I I the right-of-ways in the state road I I near Geneva, Berne and Monroe. The association has a paid up mein bershlp of !<•* and every member Is urged to attend and lake part in drafting a program wr the year. The mem ben are also Invited and urged to bring a* many guests as they choose to Invite. 0 — — Wayne Phillips Going To New York In March Wayne Phillips, popular young man who has clerked at the Murray hotel several years, will leave about th. mldle of March for t'laren. a. New York, where he will act as n < lerl In a new hotel recently taken over by Mr. Clem Vimk. who managed th. Murray here until Jun Ist, Inst y.-ar The hotel I, a brand n< w one und will be opened in a short lime —~ J - . .'I J. ■ J' Weather Fair tonight and Wodaeadd* in north aud . antral portions; »ou»e- --' what unsettled In extreme sou’h portion; not much change In tvmperai ture.

WILTSIETOTRY GOVERNOR M'CRAY Indianapolis Attorney Named Special .ludjre To Hear Trial I.CnfteTl T*r*ss ft.sff <"orrsspondentt Indianapolis. Feb 2<i -(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Charles S. Wiltale. of Indianapolis, was appointed special judge in the trial in the Marion county criminal court of Governor McCray on charges of embezzlement forgery and larceny. McCray's attorneys struck off the names of Circuit Judge Chamberlain and Frask C. Dailey from the list named by Judge Collins for selection of the special judge. It is b.dleved a motion for ti continuation of trial will be tiled by McCray under WHtsie. The case is scheduled to he .-alien lor trial March (tit Wiltsie was uncertain whether he would accept the appointment as speI dal judge as he has important cases 'at Danville and Martinsville In March 'and April Festoons of silk or velvet flowers are used about some of the most decorative parasols. PORTLAND FIRE VICTIMS AIDED Fund Is Being Raised Fori Families Who Lost In $200,000 Fire Portland. Feb. 26 —Fire was still smouldering late Monday In the ruin, ot the Knocker overall and shirt factory, which was destroyed Sunday together with a large garage and foui other biislness places entailing a low of more than |2oo.(HM» Efforts t< U.Ysrer one of the spiral bricks walls -landing at the southeast corner of •he building, failed yesterday ahhottgl dynamite and nitroglycerin were used Only a large hole was blown In the bottom of the wall. Fire Chief Irwin said the Home Telephone company's loss will reach tI.!M city light plant |7W. and loss >n county und state truck* In the large garage adjoining th.' Knocker lac tory on Hie went will reach IJ.'.itw All resident* of the flat* on the second floor of the K't<* k •“ bui'dl c havy be<*n accounted for Two were missing yesterday, but ween later (mind to be out of town They were Jam** A'rv, aged janitor of tbe build ing. who wg* located at Mun' In. aud Mary Wilhelm, who was In De.atur iOS a visit J A. ls>ng, <>n* ot the prln.dpul (Continued On Page Four)

Fire Sweeps Wabash Shops At Decatur, 111. Decatur, 111., Feb. 26.—Fir* which sweept the Wabash shops here early this morning was brought under control at an early hour after a bitter bat-1 tie. Starting in th* coach shops before 1 o’clock this morning the flames con-1 sutned six buildings in the wash yards, I including the coach shops, two office buildings, water supply service sta-1 tion, blacksmith shop, twelve passenger coaches and a large string of freight cars at an estimated loss of i $250,000. Cause of th* blaze is undetermined. — o————— RIVAL G. E. FIVES CLASH TONIGHT Teams From Fort Wayne And Decatur Plants Meet: Dance Follows Tonight is G. E. night in Decatur. The first of the anneal contests beween the basketball teams from th* Decatur and Fort Wayne plants of th* ! General Electric company will h* hel<* n th- new high school gvmna-i'.m , h*re this evening. Doth the men's i ind girls' t*ams will play, the girls' tame being a preliminary game to »he I men's contest Following the two games a dan, e will be given in the Masonic hull by the Decatur G. E. employes for the enter 'ainntent of the Fort Wayne guests ind local people. Lorenz’s Orchestra rom Fort Wayne, will play for thlance. The two baxketltall games promise" l *o be excUiug uwu start to The girl's t*am appear to he evenly . itiuti hed and the preliminary should I be above the ordinary. The Decatur Q. E. men's team is one of the strong ! •«t ever representing the local plan I'hey have won twelve out of their 1 dxteen games and numbered am«>r.g I heir victims are several fast aggre-1 rations. Th* Fort Wayne G. E. team 's also traveling rapidly this season. t now leads the second half of the ndustrial league season in Ft. Wayne vith a perfect percentage. The first Wine this evening will start at 7:30 o'clock . Meeting Os Evangelical Brotherhood This Evening The Evangelical Brotherhood is tsked to meet thi* evening at the S Illiick undertaking parlors, in the Beavers A.- Fryback furniture store, 'or the purpose of making arrangements for attending the revival serrices at Calvary some evening this week. Rev. Loose, pustor of th* local hurch Is in charge of the services t that place. The men are asked to meet at 7 o'clock prompt. Sen. Walsh Challenges Republican Senators ll'niled Pr*s* Service* Washington. Feb 26 ' haructerlz- ; Ing the republican national committee as "an inveterate liar." Senator Walsh of Montana, leading oil Investigator. | today challenged any republican s*nitor to support th* committee's charge he had "fathered" nsva) oil leasing! legislation. Republican Senators Smoot and Lenroot, punt and . present chairmen of th* public lauds committee, roai and answered Walsh that In their ■ opinion hl« denial of responsibility for I naval reserve leasing legislation *a« I in every particular "correct." Walsh charged th* republican na- j tlonal committee *lth attempting "to hamper" the investigation by "ml* | representation of facts In order to, bring disrespect upon It and to (teatray public confidence in It." ■ o 1 Petition For Purchase Os Linn Grove Plant A petition for th* pun baa* of th* Llnu Grove Light and Power <ont many a plant by tb* Marion A Bluffton Traction cninpin was filed with ih* f*iiblle Service ('omtnlaslon today htraction company and th* Linn Grove company.

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NAME IS DRAWN INTO OIL LEASE SCANDALTODAY Another Political Career May Be Wrecked: Name Not Made Public TELEG RAMS EXAMINE I) Committee Gains Much Information From Telegrams Os McLean H'nited PrvNM staff Correnpondent) Washington, Feb. 26 (Spi‘•inl to Daily Democrat) llie name of a big politician- not an official of the government was drawn into the oil lease scandal xxlun the Teapot Dome committee delved todav into elegrams of Edward B. Me;m. publisher of the Washington Post. The identitv of the ptilitician ' 'v;is not definitely established in the telegrams, but if he is the man the commiltee thinks he is. in new sensational story of oH'i- | cial intrigue is expected Io lie i revealed. One member of the committee considered the evidence might prove sufficient to “wreck another political career " The telegram* were examined by the committee hi executive aession to trace connections between high i official* ami former Secretary of In •i-erfor Fall, who was a guest of M<1 Lean iu Palm Beat h when the lid | was flr»t torn off the scandal suej rounding the leasing of naval oil r<I serve*. Information Gained Perusal of the telegrams by the i committee also revealed: 1. That Fall, through McLean. - was in intimate touch with every thought and action of th* investigating committee which was sitting In Washington. 2. That the day Senator Walsh, leading investigator, arrived in Palm Beach to seek evidence from McU'UU ind Fall, th* former put in a leased wile from Washington to Palm B*ach. 3. That of the hundred or more telegram* sent to McLean and Fall, two-thirds of them were considered 1 “pertinent" to th* oil scandal investigation and will lw- mad* public later. 4. That no member of th* inve-ti • gating committee communicated by . Western t’nion with Fall or McLean. Democrats Thwsrted 1 Washington. Feb 26 -(Special t<> H Dully Demix’rati For th* second ' Uni* in two days, republican senate 1 leaders this afternoon thwarted deni -H-ratic alm* to begin a probe of At toitiey General Dniigherty's udmini*j trallon. While President Coolidge and | hi* cabinet advisers sought vainly for a solution of th* curiou* situation. ’• luring several conferences at th* , whit* house. immediately upon th* <>|>*ni«e <d (Canrlnwed «>" Page *l<' INMATE MURDERS PRISON MATRON Girl In Woman’# Prison Strangle* And Beats Aged Matron il’nlled Press Hervicet Indinttap<di*. Feb 26 Glmlys Kill*, un Inmnte nf the Indiana Woman * ! prison h*r*. early today strangled and boat Mr* Louise Richard,. 70. mat--1 ran. to death and micaped from th* prlnnn Th* girl was confined In th* cell I for incorrigible*, und Mr* Richard*, i acting as substitute matron, m-cupied 1 th* adjourning room .' A nurse making her rounds early ; thi* morning found Mrs Richard* . d*ad in h*r bed Kh* hud bret> strung- ' . led and b**ten over the head A gag was In her mouth und she was hound hand and foot with strip* of cloth be (Continued on Pag* ate)