Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1924 — Page 1

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BIMGNING I CANDIDATES I JOSTARTSOON ■ -— ■ political Candidates To Be- ■ ,‘in I’iling Declarations \e\t Monday ■ partus <mcr " ork ■ Republican Committee To ■ Meet Saturday To Discuss Ticket ■ Muud.iv i th-’ -lay "11'11 lb- . ,„u. i.irioii- . uunti- s of ■ ....n- I- of -ovrse. many ■ f ;-ti.W.C-< .''•’■-.oly publi-ly an ■ 5 .« r ,.-,l and in this ,ountv * v '’ rill |||,. .. ... ion. it- d-nm-num-M1,.-. in r --ffi- have start ■ -iv- uinipaiKning. but the pri- ■ . , :■ that .1... !.ir.iti"ll18,. . .indidat-- < annot lie ■ <.. .ntil. v- 'la>- before the pri IMnrta ..nt thirty days. Aft. r ■I. -. r: : 1 .'ndi.la'e >an li!-. t'iu> 18. H ft"' . r- v M-n.lay until April Bl . .r ■ !.■’■ - t’-.r yadi'e. prose, utint ■ all -r-v and l-t-iMati v• ■ positions IM I-. fil' d V 'll the .... reta. yof |M :■ r " fl - f;1 ” BM with th* county < 1-rk. BB ’ ' !'■■■:■:.. r-puldi. an -otin’v jBB ’ ! E 1! Adan—|M «• "?■’'">> ■ "tntni—ion. r and J F |||K BB ■■ : I a|.p-.nt th- demo BB ,r 'M r w.'li.n a f-w days IM i.' \ .a : i t- 'he tlnr.l M S'Stls ■ "t the board. BB '■ ’ '■ ' tore .andidatos have BB ■ •.■•:-la' — f'.r -a- hos vM ■v■ ■ ' l ' n v B ■ ■ :irv - ■ ’■■■'l'd these w| J forth ■ ">oir., in .. f-w days a meeting of W • n « ill I" I BB * l! ’ '' matters per BB to putting out a ticket IM ’ B '*" r !' r ' 'nt laws only those ■B ’*" - • ! 1 In-t.se can do surveying BB >r; 1,111 **"■ ' l ,r "“en- “tirv-yor. nnd ■ U ’’ 1 *" 1 ‘ ' survey oi and BB r of tlie wat.-r works B <r»rtm-nt of the . Ity are the only ■H !t l -dlUlbb-s Any one else eoul.l be ■B ’tertr-i. I-I.t Woul.l have to employ a M engineer to do the work M A ‘ there is but little work In sight M tti * w "«l-l not be profitable. HE 1 J L-itx who ha* been consider H B C catering the race for Judge, an M !nu ’"d last evening that he will not M ‘ii'didat. I“olitii'« Is beginning to M * inr “l* and from now on will hold M >' important plate in the news. The B| * frM<>n Ou’’ will meet tonight and M * i» "Xpe-te.i will plan for several M ■'*tin»s in this county during thM •'tt f' w *t-eka. M Ilastgamesfor I 'J C.H.S. MONDAY I High Baskethall I ,?.T S ,K i Season I “ ith 3 Carnes Here B teams reprea«ntin< ■ * star Cathnllr pi.j, a{ .jj lM} | w {y B ,b, ‘ ■'••‘"day night I wll.' 1 ' b * hllth g * “'I lymnaslum. The Ka mra will I Cb.L? X * 4 “* " b ** n »*nt for the new B ,r »' hool building, which lx to 1 B this jrMir. 9 tirk" Catholic hlah achool B w 1 " locnl girls’ team comB of bu » l *>' , *« girls, In the first ■ "->2a* * h * ln« 7 00 I nie. "*" b * "’•‘‘“nd game of the evB I ** pUy “ 4 by ‘h” nc n 8 I Thi ** M 'h" ••“’’’•wflon Orioles. I WUI *'*” ab,Ml ’ ’ o ' r, ‘ >rk II I! a* '* ** m *' ,he ***ning. D. C I »«<! i> nr * ,ty Pl,y ,h * 8 ’ Pe **’‘ I Ute Sa 1 , * ,m ,rOln ,n I artaa ”" 1 P *" l ,Ma at Hun, ■ I 'k.t t hX ’ * <W ‘* Ot 3M ' bu * ■ |BC ‘‘ I hnw." 8 * ”*• '’'•“‘•"g'na team has I •• la said, and the ! Um _ ”* ** pert ad to put Up a I f, «at Monday night.

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Montpelier Bomb ( ases Set I’or Trial March 31 — At Hartford City yoate.-dny Judge I Victor Simmons set down for trial on ' M.ir.-h 31st, the Montpelier bomb case in which a grand jury indictment < hurtt-H fifty defendants, including | striking moulders ami several others with conspiracy to dynnml-e th- ColItimbia Hotel at Monpclier on January 9th . Among those indicted are Chester ; I'tenner. Dick Starr, and Clyde Pen-I rod; Hit former Wills County men. . It is understood, i.i connection with J this case, that the defendants will ask ! 1 for a change of judge, which will mean i separation of the cus. s for individual | tr'als. and dates of trials will be I determination aftef selections of ' Judges. RICHHART GETS $2,000 DAMAGES Jurv In The Adams Circuit Court Gives Judgment To Ft. Wayne Man Damages In the sum of $2,000 were ,?warded to George W. Riehhnrt of ( Port Wayne, in hts suit against the Pensylvania railroad company, by the | jury in the Adams circuit court the verdict being reached at Irt o’clock last , night after nearly six hours had been spent in the delib« ration. The verdict was read hr Judge Jesse C. Sntfon court last night. Mr. Richhurt, who ( hud remained in the cuurt room ul- 1 moat continuously after the case had ; sone to the jury at 4-15 o'clock yesterday sfternon. had just left the court 1 r-sun to start to bis home in Mart Wavne. when the verdict was returned by the jurv. Richhart asked for in his' complaint. He alleged that he was I struck over the- nose ami eyes by a club In the hands of Railroad Detective Siples. at the Hanna street < rcss.ing in Port Wavne, early on the mornling of July 12 1922. Ri- hhart was a picket for the striking union shopmen at the time. The case was etuis borrly fought and three aud one-half . dnv« were consumed hv the trial This is the third Alien county damage suit whi< h has liecn tried by jury in the local court within the last two weeks. Judgment for ’he defendant was awarded in each of the three i ases. I 0 Wolf Brrakw Through Line; Hunt Abandoned The wolf hunt held in the vicinity j of Geneva and Bryant was abandoned late yesterday afterntstn after a big wolf had escaped through the west line of hunters, on the Pred Hard; I farm, west of Pollngtown. about 11 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. One of. ' Ihe largest crowds of people that has | l-e.-n In Bryant and vicinity for many ' years attended and participated In the I hunt. Representatives Deny They Are Guilty Parties (By Fraser Edwards) <!’ P Matt f-orrestw’ndent» Washington. March 7.—Harassed by .knowledge that their names were b*-' I Ing bandied about the hulls of congress in sensational gossip. Represen tatlves Frederick Zihlman. Maryland, and John Langley, Kentucky, today ’ came forward with statements deny- i inn they are the “two congressmen" InI volved in the evidence of bribery laid 1 before a t'hl- ago grand jury. 1 BULLETIN I » H'nited Press g-sff (-..rrespomtent 1 ' New York. Mar. 7—(Special < to Dailv Democrat)—A federal prand jury today returned indictment* chanrine conapiraev to hrihe auainut Gaston B. Ik-ans. Elmer \\ . Jarnecke. his secretary and Thomas Felber, n New York attorney, alleging an attempt to bribe Attorney General Daugherty and Col. William Hayward. United Slate* tlhtrlct attorney for Southern New York, in connection with the so called •'glass I casket company fraud." I

FAMOUS PRISON I CHAPLAIN GIVES GREAT AGGRESS T. 0. Reed, Os Ohio Penitentiary, Spoke Here Last Night DESCRIBES - CRIMINALS t Rotarians And Several Guests Greatly Enjoy His Remarks In terse words. T. O. Reed, chaplain ; of the Ohio state penitentiary. Coluni- j bus. Ohio, gave a remarkable address ; before the Rotary club last evening, telling cf prison life and what prison authorities were trying to de to make ( better men of the inmates by the time j [they have earned their freedom. The ministers of the city and a number of business men. including the directors ot the Decatur Industrial Association ntld local court officials were invited to the meeting. About 1 sixty mert were present. Mr. Reed has been chaplain at the Ohio penitentiary over ten years and 1 his work K known throughout the [country. He is one of the foremost I leaders in the plan to give "a man a i < hanee.' He hit hard sometimes with his points and remarked, "for every per-, -on on the inside ot the prison walls there are six on the outside who ought . to be In”. There are three kinds of i criminals: first, -he person who is born with defective mind and is an i |e;uy victim of crime; second, th? . riminal hv rhe’-< ; ’hfrcl. the man who is a criminal through circumstances. The second class is the worst 1 .and the hardest to deal with. He’ll . I stick a g-in in yo-tr face or shoot you I in order to ret his loot Since the war ; we have had more crim-- and con- | scquently the prisons have more inmates than before. We promised a lot to the soldi rs who w--nt overseas [ who were taught how to kill and when ' they enme back we forgot what they did. Their jobs were gone. They needed clo’hine and food and many ; .’ried to male up for lost time and I thought the easy way was robbery or ’hold-up". Then, too, we make too mnnv minor off-nse- a crime How many of you fellows played “hooky” from school, stole water-melons or t rode on freight trains? Now these | offenses are perishable with prison sentences Idleness in prison (Continued on Page Five) RADIO FAUSTO HEAR SPEECHES Two Local Men To Speak At Meeting Os Fans Here Tonight — The radio fans of IWatur and vicinity. who forme-1 an organisation last week, will hold an Jntereatlng nnd important meeting in the industrial Aaaoeiation rooms thia evening., The meeting will start promptly at 7 o’clock und all fans are requeated to be pr-'seni at ihnt time. Two features of the meeting ton'xht will be talks bv James Brown and Martin Mylott. Mr Brown will speak on "Th-- Howl and the H-tueak" Mr. Mylott. superintend-nt of the cltv light ami power plant, will discuss th- interference of th- city plant with the radio Instruments. Matters pertaining to th- completion of the organisation will be tak-u up this -veiling also. ... -4> ' ll ■ Truck And Touring Car Collided Last Night The driver of Mutchler'g M*at Market car collided with a touring car. driven by Robert IMri-kler last even ing at the corner of Oak and Mener streets, The MuUrblar trm k was not damaged, but Mr Strickler * car lost th- left running hoard and rear fender. It was taken to th* garage and new part* replaced. j

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 7, 1924.

Rollings Officials Are Found Guilty At Columbus Columbus. Mar. 7 -William G. Ben- [ ham and D. L. Harrison, president and vice-president, respectively of the R. L. Pollings company of Ohio, last night were found guilty by a federal jury here on charges of using the mails to defraud in connection with stock sales of the company. The indictment on which Benham I and Harrison were convicted contained 11 counts, each of which carries asi nt-nce of 5 years Defense attorneys tonight tiled a motion for a new trial, which will be heard next Monday. o— IS SECRETARY OF GUARDIANS W. Guy Brown Is New Secretary Os County Board Os Guardians W. Guy Brown. Central school principal. has been elected secretary of the Adams County Board of Chi! [ -Iren's Guardians, sue-ceding the late . I.ewis Fruehte. Mr. Brown was appointed a member of the bvard by Judge J. C. Sutton last week. A reorganization meeting of the ' board was held Thursday afternoon at the Library. Mrs. Anna J. Heller. ■K W. GCY BROWN president of the board, presiding. Mr. Fruehte had been a member of the board for twenty-one years and secretary for twelve years. Th* board of guardians does a splendid work In seeing that the orphan children are given a home. Re--ently the board adopted the plan of keeping the children in homes in this count'' and only a few of the orphan -hildren of the county are at orphan ; homes in th- slate. Financial aid is given by the county in keeping the | children. With Ihe exception of Mr*. Henry Krick, who was appointed several years ago, the other members of the board have been associated with the [organisation since it was organised 21 years ago. The lais- Jmlgde it. K. | f.rwln appointed the first members during hl» term of office. Mrs. Heller has been president of the board nine* its orgaaisation. the other mem-Ih-ih being. Col S. B. Fordyce. Dan . Shai kh y. Mrs. John Niblick und Mr. Brown ami Mr* Krick. Man Killed In Auto Wreck Was Here This Week Crown Point. Ind.. March 7.—While driving to Chicago to see th- ChicagoPurdue basketball game, William Mertt. 87. of laifayette. drove his auto Into a ditch near here. M*rta *a» Instantly killed and his two companions, Dwight Uvengood and Klvln Ward were slightly injure-l. Mr. Mertz was In Decatur early this week l-golluting for a business deal. Hr attended the Klks dance last Tuesday night and became aepuainted with several 10-al people while here .. - **** Weather Generally folr tonight and Saturday; slightly colder tonight In - xirem--{south portion.

, DAUGHERTY IS STILL HOLDING ON TO OFFICE 1 Returns To Washington Determined Not To Quit Under Fire IN CABINET MEETINC; •j . Planning Defense Before Senate Investigating Committee O-n-V r ,r r —-on.’-ntt Washington. Mar 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Vnshaken in his determination not to quit office tinder fire. Attorney General Daugherty came back to Washington today to ■ face renewed demands for his resig- | ration and to plan h’s defense before • the senate committee which next > week will begin investigating him. Daugherty attended todav’s cabinet meeting and held a conference with ITesident Coolidge afterwards. He: ■ has been advised of renewed reports, that the president was again consid-| ering asking him to resign ’ After the cabinet meeting. Daugh--1 ertv remained with President Cool- ■ idge for a few minutes. When he came out. he was asked if the situation had changed. I "How do I know?” h* responded. ,”1 haven’t seen anvbody." • ' Daugherty went from the white 1-on-e to his office at the department I of justice. It was again reported, through without R ation from any oCD- ial scuvce. that th" president would ask , Daugherty’s withdrawal from the cabI ire’, soon after the attorney general reached Washington Plans of the senate committee investigating Daugherty included: J. Decision to open henrings Monday or Tnesdav with some sensation ■ul evidence instead of with the fed ! - r»l trade commission cases. »« wns | or'riimllv planned. 2. Issuance of a doz-fft suhpoenaes tnrnab'e Monday for persons whose identity the committee kept in deep est secrecy. ?.. Announcement that Daugherty would be called to the stand early in f ihe investigation to explain evidence I with which h<> will h? confronted. SPELLERS WILL MEET TONIGHT I I I, • Sectional Spelling Matches In Decatur And Geneva Tonight | Champion sp*!l“rs from the twelve different township* In the county •i w *ll compete tonight in sectional meets to determine who will partici- • | pate In the flni-i county meet on I March It. to deride the champion speller of Adams county. The teams i representing the six northern town 1 ship* of tie- countv will meet tn De- ' leatur tonight und those from the six I southern townships will gather at Geneva for their conteat. Th" northern sectional will be held i In the Decatur high school building jThe seventh end eighth grade spvl- • lera. ii presenting the class A spellers •[will meet In the auditorium am’ th* i llfth and sixth grad* *p-Iler*. < la«* > B will meet In the new gymnasium. |Sn-lllng will start prnmpflv at 7 « o'clock. I Pronmtncers for the rias* A spell ' era will b- Attorney C L Wulte-s lard Countv Ruperititrndent B. S , Christen. Prou-unci-rs for the class, II spelh-ra will he the M'«*ca Gh-rn ' jackson and Joaephin- Myers. D-ca , tnr high school Ira-hers. Hp-lllng will continue m *o<h Haas until all .'but fourie*n nupfla have br-ti »P"tlod do* n An admission fee of ten cents will b«> charged ’onfrht. the proceeds to Ihe used tu puri haslns dl-'fir-narl"* which will be awarded as pri*--* to .th* winners in the county mulch I March 14.

Heart Tas’ Dav To Be Held Here Tomorrow Purchasing a tag for u dime, quarter ! ' liulf dollar or larger amount, from one of tin- youthful workers St'urdny. means helping some of the most needy [ children in the state. Heart Tug Day | will be observed here tomorow The , d'lvc will be conduct-d by school I children, and will start at. 9 o'clock I [ tomorow morning. Hearquarter* will he mad., in the city hull, where Miss ' Helen Merer will be in charge. Prizes will be awarded to the -hildren <>l>- : taining the most money for their tags. The monev raised from the tag day sale wll Ire used in aiding the needy -hildren of the state whose fathers are confined in some penal institution. o BOYS' CHOIR IS HERE TONIGHT Music Lovers Expect Great Treat In Concert At M. E. Church — Music lovers of Decatur are expect- ; jleg a rare treat this evening in the .-on-* r t to be elven at the Methodist -•I ---ch b v Frederick G. ’’r-t— b's bov« eboir. cf For’ Wavne. The choir eon- : i sl-its of nearlv seventv voices and is V. puteii to be one of the greatest bov ; [ cbo'rs in Indiana and surrounding j sta’os. Mr. f’h'-r-h Is a *-ent d’-ector of bov choirs, ha-'’”- «’tidb d bov voles j in Rnront. tn’ b-ded I" the -" I a few form— Decatur boys or son* of , Former Decatur people. Arnone ’hen. I ' s«e I’ohhv Hi-ffutan. son of Mr eed Ve« W. K. Hoffman, and Charles | H-.’m son of Mr and Mrs fe«se Helm ! Th<. concert tonight will l>* free. ! \ silver offering will he taken «”•’ the entire amount will go di*e-t to the boys Providing sufficient interest shown in the bov*’ concert tonirht i Mr. Chur- h lias promised to hr’ng th.. bov* hack to Decatur ’o r«’nd«r the |g-eat oratorio. "The Messiah” ' o_ - Hn ; r Rnhhed Ton Short: Girl Asks $5,000 Damages , Chicago. March 7— Helen Hansen. ',19. a bookkeeper asks >5.000 for the '"most mortlfvinp bob" in Chicago Alleging that Mrs. Finkelstein, pro- ' nrietor of a beauty college, bohhed | her hair to high in ’he back, making ft , aoceasary to wear a hat while «• , work. Miss Hansen filed suit for , damages. i • , . . v. explained. ••( have to w.-ar mv hat all 'the time, even while working " Mis* Hansen siiitl she was a model in Mrs. Finkelstein's college und was the subject in a lesson on the "shingle bob • —a — Mr. Vance Speaks To Central School Pupils 'i Mr Vance, welt known business ( man .gave a very entertaining and In i Jstractfve talk to the pupils of ihe , Central school this morning -luring .•the regular PMay morning chapel I /period. Mr. Vance spoke on in-'ldent* , ( in th-- early history of Adams --iiiniy. , : Th- pup I* apreriated th* talk ver> I much. ! -q.— Musical Program At H. S. Chapel Period Today — '[ Th- music pupils of Miss Cor-I-Hn '|fllesen. music Instructor in the ’lty | 'M-hools. gave a very in’ere-tlng proi grant »i (he high school - hap-I period I ’hts morning. The hlah achool l»oy'* glee club ->p<-n-'d th- program with two ’ jseh>< tton* Th- other numhera on the i l-togn-tn w-r-- plarn solo, Mis- Mary i I lj-4h-rine Rchug. p'fiylvti entitle-!. |"Honlth amt Patriotism,” bv the first 1 gra-l- pupil* of th* c- n’rul school, ae- ' lection by th- high school or-h-stra viol n «oio hv cbarl-a Hite; i«n vo.al t -lrction. b 1 Misa RI--*- n ami j HOl-e Hott hv th* high st herd girl's gt-• , ’ lull. — -e - -■ — , Th-- top -mH fnr spring *- t t--- d i or earners hair and Is quite upt tn he jlhrn* q.lu-ter l-ugth

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CALL PUBLISHER TO TESTIFY IN PROBE TUESDAY Senator Curtis, Republican Whip. Identified As “Principal” DAUGHERTY INVOLVED Curtis Issues A Statement Flatly Renudiating The Charges ll'nit-d Pre.— Servient Wasltint’fon. Mar. 7 (Spc- ‘ “‘al t - Daily Democrat) [ Flouring llio way for a new I climax of its investigation Ihe testimony of Edward B. McLean Ihe scnale oil committee i-ulav brought out additional ! lUscl-’snres involving the names of’ Senator Curtis, reniihlican , whin of the senate and AltorI m-v General Dai’ghcrlv. McLean is to Im- called next ! Ti»< sdav. As llv-se things develoiM'd ’'-•lu’h’-rlv r-'hirne-l from I’lori :, ’a ;-”i»arenllv unmoved hv re---ew'-fl ri-mor-- of h’s forced : '• s’!»ii;>t : e- and look tin nrepar■ition of his defense before a ,s< not" investigation committee I -’--' I week. S'-ni’t'-r Curtis win- irlenlTv-d I-- F Benn- tt. <-<|il«r of the \Vi»shin<»len P->-l. McLean's •>. uxiviimt iis "th- 1 nrinei-fal" n ii'i-s 1 in • le-'rams from B n- | ”et| in W ish-n-’t’-n Io Mc- ’ <mh» a- I’idiD Bt-ach whose , LL-nfi’- l’ -«l Ixx-n s;us ulate<! j ibo»-l for ’lays. Ijiter C’irtis authorized a sialemi-nt lhal he •‘:disolut«-lv .i— l Hnllv n'oudiah-’l" portions of Bennett’s testimony. er—s s»-ff Co-r-sp—d*tl»> Washington. Mar. 7 (S|u rial i-i D-iilv D’-moernt) Scnal'ir f'-i-»is. Kansas, republican whip | of ih<- seiwle. toilav was indenli -Bed as “Ihe |»rii’eii»al" men-la-r-d in messages sent E. B. Mi l . -an. Washington puldishI<— sit Palm Beach by Im E. Bennett, editor of Mclxuin s •’■-wspaper. the Washington l’i -st. Al Ihe same time Bennett. i testifying before the senate oil committee, revesded that he had I-i conference with Attorney (’•-■ncrid Daugherty on Feh. It I sd-oiil tin- oil investigation. )<!■ ntincathm of "th- principal" ; had b—n th* cause ot •peculation for I some day*. 8-nator H-flin Alabama. . *4ld in th* sens’-- Tuesday thnt hbelleved “the print Ipsl wa* Preal(<*untlnu<d on P;-#- Five) BERNE TO HOLD ROAD MEETING Earl Crawford. Ot State Highway Commission To Speak Mon. Night B- rne. March 7 i Special To Dally Democrat) A better n-ads booster j pep meeting I* being arrangwl. In .hlrt notice, by th- B-rn- Business Men’s Association, which Is to he held ti-xi Monday evening at th* BernCommunity Audlti»rlum. This la going to a v*ry unusual affair for Herne and th* hlg drawing card Is the fort that Mr. Karl Crawford, of Indi ii nu pul Is. who Is a member of th- stathighway commission, will h- her* to 1 sp-uik to the good road enthusiast*, of thia county Mr. Crawford was In D-satur sev i eral months ago where h* mud* a great hit with the people of tba’ -tty. In hl» address tn a large audience at a he’ter-rnads trmetln# It I* -«n*ld*r*d a rar* treat for Berne, ’hat a man like Mr, Crawford should comhere to addrea- a 10-al audience. It I is largely due to the effort* of E M. Rav, -hairman of Ihe Good-Road* » „ | ntlnued on Pago ail)