Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 75.

SUPPRESS NAMES OF MEN INVOLVED IN BIG OIL "DEAL" Daugherty Committee Refuses To Let Roxie Stinson Name The 5 Men t HOT CLASH OCCURS Daugherty Counsel Intimates President Os U. S. Was Among Them Washington. Mar. 27—(SpcI ci;il to Daily Democrat)- 'rive, nfnalc Daugherty committee to(|.(V refused to let Roxie Stin-I son name the five men she said i yesterday made $33,000,000 in a Sinclair oil deal. # , Daugherty's counsel intimated that “the name of a President of the United States was among them” and in a hot clash with Senator Wheeler demanded the right to go into the matter. Wheeler was adamant nnd though it it one stage looked as though he md former Senator Chamberlain, might come to blows. Daugherty's lawyers were not permitted to open the question. Washington, March 27—President Coolidge today wars requested formally to force Attorney General Daugherty to turn over to the sena. committee investigating Daugherty th* department of Justice files on Mexican gun running In 1921. This action was unanimously voted today in an ex cutive session. A flat refusal by Dnngherty to furnish the documents on the ground that it was inimical to the public interest". caused the committee to "go over his head” to the president. Johnson’s Over Coolidge Is Reduced Sioux Falls, 8, Dak , Mar. 27 — (Special to Dally Democrat Sena tor Hiram Johnson's lead ever President Coolidge in the South Dakota presidential primary was cut down to J9S votes in official return* from 1.40 pieclncts tabulated at noon today. The count: Johnson 3C.5R5; Cool-, idge. SUIT. | Phi Delts To Hold Banquet Monday Night Member* of the Phi Delta Kappa ' fraternity will hold a banquet in their 1 duh rooms over the Mill* grocery I Monday evening. Plenty of good | “eats" are promised. The regular heweekly buslne** meeting will lie held following the lianquet. All member sure urged tn make arrangement* to be present. SENIORS TO GIVE THREE-ACT FARCE Pleasant Mills Seniors To Stage "The Voice Os Authority," April 4 Th* senior class of the Pleasant Mills high school will present a three 1 X* farce entitled, 'The Voice of Isthority." in the high school auditor- 1 i«m at that place, Friday evening • ■'Wil 4, The cast has been holding h-qusnt rehearsals and already the' l*nda<-tion Is in good shape. The Volet of Authority,** is a play ’’"pi'tlng camp life of city girls. The rifl ' grow homesick for their fiances ‘M the cry of. "Oh. for a man" is almoM unanimous. Scarlet fever breaks and the "voice of authority" t •peaks Plenty of good, dean fun Is promised. The cast of chadader* Is J "»n ('ampbell, the stenographer. ' "gaged to Bert,—Beryl Merriman 'I"*Illa Carter, the newspaper wo- 1 ■ngaged to Ralph—Delight Aapy. 'artha Ktearns. the cooking teach ■**W»i| to Max—Pauline Rteeb*. | •ladys Cushing, the butterfly, cn•<«l to Charlie—Mabel Tague. m Whiting, the bride-tohe, i “I’d to Billy— Margaret Hchen< k ■ltubeth Kennedy, independent. | • a Uged at all—txioa Hawkins > » ‘ " Simpson, the physician.— '•'’lgellOe Steele. aii of Authority, unseen, but bowerful.-Lorm.a Ttnkh.m

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Another Suit Against Hawkins Mortgage Co. Portland. March 27. —Another receivership action against the Home Loan & Savings Company and the Hawkins Mortgage Company of this city, was filed in the .Jay circuit court today by Attorney Tod Whipple, in behalf of his client, William Kikendull, one of the stockholders in tho company. A suit seeking a receiver nnd filed some time ago by Ward Evnns. another stockholder in the company, is still pending in court. 1 The plaintiff asked 41.250. | OPERETTA CAST | IS REHEARSING I I I Pupils Os The North Ward School To Stage Annual Play On April 4 Rehearsals are progressing nicely for the annual opperetta to be given by the pupils of the north ward school Friday evening. April 4. The play. "On Midsummer's Day." a two-act opperetta by Beatrice Aiderman. will be given in the high school auditorium ' at 7;45 p.m. One hundred and ten children, in--1 < lu<!lng every pupil in the north ward school, will take part in the opperetta. ‘ The play is filled with beautiful scenes, clever musical numbers and is cillo Bridge. Hower and Special costumes are being made for the different characters. The same play will he given in Berne tomorrow evening by the junior high school pupils. The north ward pupils will begin selling tickets for the play tomorrow and the public is urged to patronize the < hildren. as the proceeds derived from the production will be used in purchasing new equipment for the play grounds and school building. The tickets for all children under twelve years of age will sell for ten cents each, and for all person over twelve , years, for twenty-five cents each. Withdraws From Race Goshen. Ind.. Mar. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat! —Ocotge H. Rlmpler, , n ayor of Go-ben today announced hi* withdrawal front the race for the .democratic nomination for secretary I of state. 1 Mayor Rfmpler found he was InI eligible for the candidacy under nn j Indiana statute which prohibit* Judicial officers from seeking other office. The mayor is also city judge. | Frank I*. Bell To Open Store In Montpelier Montpelier. March 27—Frank P. Bell, of Decatur. Ind . was here last week and leased the room of the late J. F. Schneider, on Main street, which was formerly occupied hy the Beavt ra j & Wagoner furniture store, and expect* soon to put in a stock of goods of the variety line., it is understood. The store will be something like a . 5 and 10-cvnt store, except that it will I carry a line of larger article* than is' I carried in most of the stores of this kind, and will be known as the Vari-' ety Store. The room was leased for a term of three years, but it could not be learned just when the sto<k would arrive, and the place be opened for business. Thia, with the opening of another store by Raymond Davis, will add two new business houses to the city's rei tail stores. Mr. Davis stated a short ! time ago that he expected to get hl* 1 place open near the first of April. i 1 Prohibition Laws Are Being Enforced In State Indianapolis. March 27. State and federal prohibition laws are now being enforced In Indiana mor® strict--1 ly than ever before, a symposium of letter* received by Attorney General I’. 8, L®*h from county prosecutors Indicated today. Decision of the supreme court holding possession of Intoxicating Honor not to be in violation of the state law has mad® work of the state authorities more difficult, many of the I prosecutors said. Poincare Agrees To Form A New French Cabinet I Paris. Mar. 27—(Special to Dally I Democrat!—Raymond Poincare today definitely accepted an invitation | from President Mllkrand to form a new cabinet. It wan announced in an I official communique.

AL JENNINGS HEARD TODAY IN OIL PROBE * Says .Jake Hamon Gave A Million Dollars To Help Elect Harding • WAS TO GET POST Hamon Was To Be Made Secretary Os Interior In Exchange Washington. Mar. 27—(Special to Daily -Democrat lt- Al Jennings, exj bandit and politician, charged before the senate oil committee today that the late Jake Hamon put up $1,000.000 to elect President Harding in exchange for the secretaryship of the interior. Jennings also charged that $250.000 was paid to the late Bois Penrose, republican senator from Pennsylvania. in the “deal." Involved with Hamon, Jennings said he believed, were certain big oil men from Oklahoma including Harry F. Sinclair. Jennings said he got his information from Hamon himself. He and > Hamon were intimate friends. Hamon told him long before the convention that Harding was to be nominated and that he 1 Hamon) “would be the biggest man in the United States." The deal was finally concluded in a hotel room in Chicago the night before Harding was nominated. Jennings said. He mentioned the name of Attorney General Daugherty as one of those present. Daugherty was pre-convention campaign manager for Harding HU- I 'ft - — Bergdoll May Be Returning Berlin. March 27—Grover Cleveland BergduH. who may. or may not be returning to the United States, was not among the passangers on the , boat train that left to make connection* with-the steamer Deutschland today. He could, of course board the veanel at Cuxhaven. Montpelier Striker Gets Married After Release Hartford City. Mar. 27—When Edward Lippet, last of the suspects in the bombing of the Columbia Hotel at Montpelier to be released from jail, got out on bond, he marched down to the clerk's office and got a marriage license to wed Mr*. Fannie Davis. i He will go on trial with the other ' suspect* on March 31. TWO SEEK 6.0. P. i CHAIRMANSHIP I John Peterson, Incumbent, And L. A. Graham Seek County Leadership With the election of a county < hair- ' man today by the democrats. It was understood that a conte*t was developing for the republican chairman ship In this county and that two candidate* were out "lining up committeemen." or uraing men favorable to their candidate* to become candidates for committeemen at the primary. Th® county chairman is elected by the precinct committeemen and th® I election of u chairman will take place on Saturday. May loth. New committeemen will Ite elected at the primary a*-l the candidate* for th® chairmanship are therefor® trying to Induce men to run. who. If elected, would favor their election to the chairmanship. John S Peterson, well known insurance man of this city, Is the pre* ept county chairman. He I* serving hi* aecond term and *»« appointed chairman following Harry Fritzinger's resignation when the iattet became Postmaster here. The other candidate for the chairmanship la L. A. Graham, a member of the flrm of Graham A Walters. Mr (Irabam was a 1 candidate two years ago for the office. I The chairman who Is elected n®xt May will serve through the presldso Hal election and will also help elect a district chairman By virtue of his office he will more than likely bead the county delegation to the state | convention and will be influential In j the nomination of a candidate for gov-, ernor and other state officer*. I

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 27, 1924.

♦ CONGRESS TODAY ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (United Pre** Service) Senate , Routine business. i Teapot Dome committee continue*. , Daugherty investigation continues. Internal revenue bureau Investigation conlnue*. • J Land frauds hearing continues. House Army appropriation bill. -— ■ —o— ——— FOUNTAIN FINED AND SENTENCED Local Man Gets Fine And Jail Sentence For Violating Liquor Law Alfred Fountain, race horse trainf er was fined $10(1 and cost* and sentenced to serve thirty days in the county jai) today for violation of the prohibition law, after the court had | overruled his motion for a new trial. i The fine was paid. I Fountain was found guilty of possessing a still by a jury in the circuit court December 5 The jury I assessed the punishment at the miniI mum amount, which is the amount ' given him hy the court today. Judge • Sutton passed judgment in the case, 1 Fountain was placed under arrest ' early last fall after Sheriff Baker and Chief of Polfce Joel Reynolds had 1 raided a horse barn at th- fair grounds where Fountain had been (working. The still was found In the ! hay mow. This was Fountain's 1 second violation of th® prohibition law. he having been fined in city 1 court by Mayor DeVoss a year ago last February, following a raid by Federal prohibition officers. r h>— Bruce Christen Named Election Commissioner Bruce Christen, a clerk at the Erie freight office." has been nominated by J. Fred Fruchte. democratic county chairman, to servo a* election commissioner in the primary and general election*. Phil Macklin wa* previously nominated for the position, hut he declined the, job on account of ■ business matters- The ether two mem- . bers of the election board are Earl B. i Adams, republican, and John E. Nelson. county clerk. Their first duty I will be to have the election ballot* , printed. ,' 0 —— I Dr. Rayl Improving Dr. C. (' Rayl, wel known physician and surgeon, is recovering nicely from hi* recent operation He wo* been up town every day this week and I* gaining strength Dr Rayl ex- | pei ts to resume his regular practice about'April 14 RADIO FANS TO HEAR ADDRESS General Electric Representative To Speak Here Friday Evening Radio fun* throughout the county are Invited to hear an address on radio' work to Ire given at the club room*' In the local General Electric plant, hy H. H. f’layton. of the Fort Wayne. G. E. plant, on Friday evening. The meeting will open at 7 o'clock The radio Club of Decatur hui/ arranged for the meeting and obtained Mr. I ' Clayton to apeak. I Mr. Clayton I* nn authority on moder* radio Instrument*. He will bring with hlfn an fi-tuhe Muper-Heterodyne, which I* *uid to be the laMeat thing In radio receiving art*. Thi« outfit nncratea without an aerial nr around wire. Mr. Ulayton will give demon«t rat ion*, lecture and answer any> i question* of the fan* present. M®n. | women and children who have radio outfits or who ar® Interested In th® , work are cordially Invited hy the Radio Club to attend the meeting and hear Mr. Clayton !l!g 'HL .. I"--. - ' Weather | Fair tonight and Friday, somewhat i warmer tonight In extreme south porting; colder Friday in northwest I portion. |

DAN H. TYNDALL NEW CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATS Elected By Committeemen This Morning To Succeed J. Fred Fruchte —— HARTING IS SECRETARY Twenty-six Committeemen Attend Meeting; New Ones Appointed Daniel H. Tyndall, well known young man of this city, a member of the Krick-Tyndall Company and an active democrat, was elected county chairman of the Dc-mo-ratk Centra! Committee at a meeting of th? pre cinct committeemen held it ten o'clock this morning in democratic headquarters above the Daily Democrat office. Twenty-six of the 33 precenc t .aim- ! mitteemc-n attended the meeting and six proxies were divided Jmong the two candidate* making a total of 32 votes. Vote 23 To 9 Mr. Tyndall received 23 votes and his opponent. Raymond J. Harting, well known restaurant man of this I city received nine of the votes. Mr. Tyndall held four of th® proxies and Mr. Harting had two. Th® meeting was called to order hy i J. Fred Fruchte. retiring chairman. | who tendered his resignatirn and upon motion it was accepted. It was moved that Mr. Fruchte act as temporary c hairman of the meeting and the ! chairman appointed J. A. Long, of Geneva, and Emil Aeschliman. of Berne, to distribute the* ballots, it be-' Ing moved that the committeemen 1 vote secret liallot. Janies Hurst, committeeman from' the Se< oad Ward, "B" precinct, plac- , ed the num.- of Mr. Tyndall in nomina- | tlon and -Frank -NrUonnetl. retiring I commßteeman from Third Ward, “B” | precinct, nominated Mr. Harting. On motion by Thomas Dowling, committeeman from the First Ward, “A" precinct. the* nominations were closed and the committeemen proceeded to: vote. The c hairman delegated (’. N. Christen to tally the vote. la Elected Secretary Folowing the election of Mr. Tyn-1 dull a* chairman, who served a* secretary of the committee. Mr. Harting was elected to succeed Mr. Tyndall in that capacity. ' | Fills Unespired Term Mr. Tyndall will fill the unexpired I Continued on P*ve six) — o COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE NEAR END Team Captains Asked To Complete Work This Week; Success Likely Team captain* of the finance committee of the Decatur Industrial Assoelation urg® th® solicitor* who are assisting In the raining of the Community Fund to complete their work this weak and to make their report by not later than next Monday. Several reporta have been macle to I (he member* of the finance commit-1 • tee and tp Theodore- Graliker, < hair- j I man of the committee. The early reports Indicate a willfngne** on the part of moHt of the* business and pro fe**lonal men to give their share toward* the community fund. Several | wom®n who ar® In hualn®** In this j city have also paid their assessment*. I ITactlcally every line of business and profession is being sollcitwl for funds nnd when the campaign I* com- ' pleted the flnane-e committee will make their report to th® director* of th® Industrial Association. Between' ll.otHi and SI.2<M» will he spent In obtaining the right of-way for the state i north and aouth road, between Bryant ( 'nod Geneva The state has promised to eventually make th® north and! south road from Geneva tn Decatur a hard surfaced road, hut without th*, .right-of-way between Ogneva and Bry , 'ant. th® route of th® road would b» changed and would not touch thia city. Other improvements are al»o con templated and living up to the city's former reputation of doing things. It is thought that the campaign for up proximately s4.<tou will end success fully and that the amount contributed | will be near that goal. I

$35,000,000 Railropd (Joes On Sale At Auction (United Press Service) Wichita. Kan.. March 27- Tlio Kans:i* City, Mexico and Orient railroad, conceived ns a life time movement to a promoter, laid out with an atlas a string and appaer of pines, went an auctioneer's gavel here today. Under orders of federal court, the 957 miles of road bed together with all equipment in which $36,000,000 had Iceen invested, was placed on sale at public auction. o —> — LAST BASKETBALL | GAME TOMORROW Teachers To Furnish Entertainment In Final Contests At New Gym Th® final curtain Is expected to he lowered on the 1923-24 basketball season in- Decatur tomorrow night when the city school teachers play the teachers from Hartford township at the new gymnasium The local team will consist of the high school faculty. Principal W. Guy Brown, of the Central schools, and Father Peters, of the St, Joseph Catholic | schools. The Hartford team Is t om- ' posed of several fast players, according to advance information. A preliminary game which promises to rival the big game has been I scheduled between a team represent- ! ing the high school lady teachers and i team composed mainly of former l high school girls. One team will he composed of Bee Leonard. Mildred Leonard, Mrs. P. W Linton. Naomi Gilbert. Margaret Moran. Jr., and Helen Swearingen The high school l teacher*' team will he composed of ' Lucille Pugh. June Ossenberg. Jose- | phine Myers. Blanche McCrory. Lena Rutledge and Agnes Sellenieyer. The proceed* will be turned over to the high school seniors to help meet the deflrit which exist* in th® Jyceum course fund. Admission price* will be fifteen and twenty-flve cent*. o — . Brumley (Joes To Portland For Oratorical Contest Howard Brumley. D. H. S. senior, went to Portland thia afternoon to 'represent the local high school in th® scct'onal oratorical contest, a preliminary contest in the national ora trrical contest on the ion*titution. I which is being sponsored in Indiana by the Indianapolis News, Mr i Brumley was accompanied to Portland by Superintendent M F. WorthI man. Eight schools were to be represented In the contest <at Portland today. Including the representative* of : Bluffton. Zanesville. Bryant. Redkey, j Union City, Winchester. Portland and I Decatur. Attorney Clark J Lutz, of I this city, was on® of the judge*. Th® ' winner of first and second places in the contest will go to Richmond aottn to contest with four other speaker* for the right to represent this district In the *tate contest to be held .In Indianapolis. Each sceaker I* Umjit®d to fifteen minute*. The contest ■ was sch»*liih*d to start at 3:45 oclock i this afternoon. o' 1 • Blind Professor Talks To Hijth School Pupils ♦ United Press Stuff Corresnnndrnt > Professor 11. l-esls McKeen. a graduate form the Institute for the Blind, at*Batavia. New York, d-liver nd a very Interesting ns well as instructive talk to th® Deentur High School pupil* thi* morning Among the thin** mentlomsl by Professor McKeon In hl* talk were present dav method* which arr n«®d in ln*tltutlqn* for the blind. The talk was greatly appreciated by the pupils and faculty members a* wa* shown iln the generous collection taken up I tor Prof. McKee*. .— o — - LaFollcttc Has Pneumonia Washington. March 27- Senator LaFolli-tle progressive bailer ha* developed pneumonia It was an . notinced here today. Ill* present condition I* **tls(ai I tory —p——— CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May July Kept. $1 Hlg. Corn: May ; July 77Hc; Dept. 77X<*. Outs; May 45'4c; I July 43%c; Hept. 40Hc-

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I 'ATTORNEYS FOR GOVERNOR MAKE STUBBORN FIGHT Seek To Prevent Introduction Os Checks As Evidence In Trial BOOKKEEPER TESTFIES Endorsement Os Governor , On Back Os Checks ! Not Taken As Evidence Indianapolis. March 27.—Ati tomeys for Governor Warren T. McCray fought stubbornly . today to prevent checks by which $155,000 of the board of agriculture funds asked through the hands of the governor from being introduced as evidence in his trial on larceny and embez--1 zlement charges. They succeeded in preventing the endorsement of Gov. Mc- ' Cray from going into the evi--1 dence but the faces of the ■ checks were included. Mis* Minnie Fisher bookkeeper for the board of agriculture id-ulitied record* of the board including the Journal and ledger which entries of checks issued hy the board were kept. She also identified checks given by the board to Governor McCray, made <>ut to the Discoupt A Deposit bank, of Kentland. Governor McCray inspected the books carefully as Nechols examined the witness. 1 Objection of McCray's attorneys to admitting the checks a* evidence mei* with some success. At noon the state ha<! been able to introduce only the tale oi the cheeks. Nichols did not sucieed in geting the endorsements of Governor McCray on the baik of the check* into the evidence. — ■ ■ o — Man Wounds Three In His Family And Shoots Self tl'nlted Pres* Service) Indianapolis, .Mar. 37 —(Special to Daily Democrat! —Driven to deaperution by brooding over a family quarrel Henry Hargraves, 49, seriously . wounded three members of his family and th®n slashed his throat and shot , himself through the neck today. His recovery is doubtful. The other* wounded: Mrs. Nellie Carney, 29. his duugh- , ter. stabbed in the L-ft side, i Mrs. Mary Hargrave*, 49. his wife. -hot in left side and atabbed. Ciu Carney, his Mon-in-luw. stabbed. Carney *ai<l Hargtave* and his wife quarreled and that Hargrave* left . home. Hi* wife went to the home of her ! daughter Hargrave appeared there today armed with a revolver and a I butcher knife and started shooting. f <> SEVENTY KILLED I IN A LANDSLIDE I Three Towns In Italy Partly Wiped Out In Dis aster Yesterday Amalfi. Italy. March 27—Ninety on® person* were killed Ilves of many tourists, including .American*. Imperiled when a series ot lantMHes decanted village* on the Gulf ot Italerno yester<lay, It *»* nffii lully unannounced today Naples* March 27. Seventy person* were killed In a landslide In the Amel fl district nn the <i«il( of Salerno yesterday, a check-up »n casualties show ed today Three towns. Vettlca. where fifty live* were lost, Prenlano and Coma Marina, were partly wiped out. I Carahlneera. salbir* and militiamen i have been rushed to the relief ot th® ■trlcken area. Two deatroyers In th® gulf played *<*nr< hllght* on the deva* tated region throughout the night. Th® government la taking action to relieve the sufferers Five were killed nt Amalll. ten at Conea Marisa and five at Praiann. "Strangler" Lewis Married (United Pre** Service) Chicago, Manh 27— "Mtrangier" Ed /Lewis, champion h-avyweight snip r pier, was married here to Mias Hesel® . 1 McNear of Kanasa* City, Mo.. Mt*s j MeNear la n dancer