Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1924 — Page 1

XXIL Number 81).

ft F. STONE NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL

MAY'S FARM I I ONAGER denies I SIGNING A NOTE ■Wifies That Writing In ■ Note “Looks Like Mc- ■ Cray’s Writing” | OTHER WITNESSES ■ Ora J. Davis State TreasurI er. And His Denuty On ■ Stand Today ■ (Unital Press Servtcel B liuli.mupolis. April 2 (SpeBg.il Io Daily D< inocr.it) Frank ■ ihnihrson. f Newton county. ■ : m eniplovc <>l the Hickory ■Uiml stock farm, one of Gov. BMH’.rav’s properties, took the ■witness stand early this after■noon in the trial of Gov. Ms- ■ {r.v on larceny and emhezzle- ■ mint charges. | ■ ||c was questioned concern- ■ iDL> a not. for $lO 000 signedi ■ with his name. The note was ■ given to the state board of at!-. ■ rinillurc bv McT.rav :js r»»b<t-| ■in i lor part of the $la.».000 he ■is rhanjed with embezzling. | ■ IlHn<l«r>on testified. that although ■ha name was signed to the note as ■ "fam manager." he was not manag-. ■ »r of the farm. ■ Ik denied he had signed the note. ' ■ ]|» said the writing in the body of, ■ the note "looked like McCray’s | ■ writing lie said McCray had not, I tiled to him about the note. ■ William J Hendry, former farm ■ manager tor Gov. McCray, declared ■ that the signature on a ffi.SWfiotc, I put up by McCray as collateral with ■ th. Indiana tate board of agriculture ■ van not his own. ■ Hmdry also testified that during ■ state fair week last fall he was call-1 ■ <sl into the governor’s office and in ■ the present )■ of Miss Ada Bush, sec- ■ Mary of McCray, he had signed a ■ paper, the contents of which ho knew ■ aothlng about. ■ This part of the testimony was B not permitted to stand. It was strick- ■ on from the records by Judge ChamI Pertain on objection from McCray's ■ attorneys I Ben H. Vrbinss. deputy state ■ treasurer, and Ora J Davies, state I treasurer, hath testified that when I McCray was told that a 110.000 war I rant on the slate treasury intended I for deposit in the Discount & Deposit I (Continued on Page alii COMMISSIONERS MEET MONDAY Busy Session Ahead For County Dads: To Name Election Officers The hoard of county commissioners *H| meet in regular session next Monday at the auditor’s office and the session promises to be a busy one A list of the democratic inspectors to serve nt the primary election next Mhv will h* submitted to the com- ; ®i»«ton<-r» bv County Chairman. Dan Tyndall, for approval. The dem"Tats have the privilege of appoint !B * the inspectors In thia county, the democratic candidate for secretary of "•’* receiving the highest vote at •k» last election. Kn-lneer Dick Boeh has prepared •M filed plans for the construction ** 'he Aspy number ame and A»py himher two bridges In Wahash town "*>ln and for the France and Davis I “fidtes | n M( Mary’s township The r " ni misaionera will more than likely •'l'horlge the receiving of blds for ’ ronstrnctlon of these bridges s' ’• t>»xt regular meeting of the board will he received at the sess'’i n»xt week for the furnishing of ’’ truck to ths highway superinton- *” to be used in hauling material. / 'be furnishing of the supplies st munty infirmary, such as grocer- ’• bread, clothing etc., and for the "‘txishlng of material needed to re-' w,r 'be roads in this county.

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I No Service At Reformed Church This Evening. There will be no services at th)' Zion Unformed church this evening. I The Service for this evening had to be dismissed because of unavoidable circumstances but the service for Thursday evening will be held as announced. The Rev. Frank Rupnow, pastor' of the St. John’s Reform)')! church, of Fort Wayne, w ! l| he the speaker of the service on Thursday evening. Rev. Rupnow is one of the brilliant and scholarly preachers of th)' Reformed church In the middlewest ami he will have a splendid message for all upon ] this occasion. The gi neral public is invited to attend these cervices ami worship with th)' local congregation in their new edifice. ■ STREET MM BE PAVEDTHISYEAR — Council Expects To Have Jefferson Street ImProved Soon ( Jefferson street will be bricked this year if at all possible, stated members of the city council last evening. The 1924 program of the council includes the improvement of this street | with brick, curb and cement sidewalks. The petition for the improve- 1 ment of the street was filed sometime ago and favorable action has been taken by the council in the matter. Steps towards the improvement have reach- ' ml the point where it will be necessary ] for the city engineer to prepare the, plans and specifications for the street, | before further ac tion can be taken. However, work on the street canhot; he started until the new water mains | between Ftfrh and SHth street are Ht ‘ stalled and the ground permitted to settle for some time. The pipe for the i new mains has already Imen ordered and will be placed as soon as possible, it was stated, and the council hopes to improve the street this fall. The streef will not be held ‘‘open’’, longer as a possible route for the talked-of new sewerage System for! ths city. The sewer system, although , needed in some places, may be far distant, one of the counciiinen stated.] and for that fedbrnn the stree' will be improved as soon as the now mains i are installed. ' That part of Jefferson street, which will be improved, runs west from First street to the G. R. & I railroad crossing. The school board would have one of the largest assessments to pay. the school city owning th)' site of the Central building, which runs from Third to Fourth street. It i« estimated that cost of the Improvement will be between four to six dollars a front foot. o. - Raudenbush Triplets Celebrate Brithday Roscoe George. Robert William and Raymond Homer, triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raudenbush, celebrated their first birthday anniversary yesterday, April I. The boys are all In fine health and growlag. They were botn on Faster Bunday last year. Thar mother. before her marriage, was Miss Olive Tattu<*. of Monro*. ~ —— LaFollette And Smith Lead In Wisconsin I United Press Service) Milwaukee. April 2—Robert M. laiFollette. United States senator from Wisconsin, was leading President Calvin Coolidge nearly two to one as scattered returns from NX Iscon* sin’s republican delegate election 'election straggled In early today over f put, 111-I >p If .<ll'l I telegraph wires from al sections of the stale, | With 4<t? precincts out of 2.574 re- , ported, the vote was: i La Follette 40.194. Coolidge SLIM. ■ • - 1>Going A Little Too Far Kansas City. April 2—Helen Hartford. 16. didn’t object to being married until It Involved living with her husband. a school chum. When ho de- • manded she live with him. she obtained an annulment.

PETITION FOR STREET LIGHTS OH NINTH ST, I . Property Owners Ask Council To Install Ornamental Light Posts PETITION FOR PAVING — Continuation Os North Second Stree' Paving Asked; Other Matters Another petition for ornamental street lights was filed with the city cQtincil last evening, the property owners a'ong Ninth street from Mon- ; I roe to Adams, petitioning that the! 'lights he installed under the provisions of the 1905 law. whereby the property owners pay their proportionate share for the posts, the city def raying the expenses of laying the ! cable and installation. The petition ' was referred to the electric light committee Favorable Report Made The electric light committee reported favorable on the [tetitlons for ornamental street lights on North and South Third streets, and on Merger avenue. The petitions fnr these two street improvements were filed sometime ago and referred to the ' committee. The Madison street and , Fourth street petit'ons for ornamentlal lights have preference in the program of installation, they being filed first anti following the completion of these two streets, Mercer Avenue. ; Adams street and Monroe street will ,be taken up. It is possible that the ‘TNHIliT’bh MoTFifr avWt’e may be Ini stalled this year as far as the ChlIcugo and Erie railroad crossing. Petition for Brick Street A petition for a brick street from ithe Intersection of North Second I street, northwest to the J. C. Moses ; property line was filed by Samuel ' Acker an<l signed by a number of (Continued on Psge six) NEW POSTMASTER AT BERNE TODAY Menno Burkhalter Succeeds Vilas Schindler In Office Bern*. Ind.. April 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Menno Burkhalter became the Postmaster at Berne today. He received hi* commission from President Coolidge yesterday and was being “checked-in" today, the retiring jxmtmaster. Vilas Schlinder. turning the office over to Mr. Burkhalter thia morning. .Mr Burkhalter is on* of the well known residents and business men of this place. For twenty-one years he has been proprietor of the Fair store. Heretofore he has taken an active purt in politics here and tor fifteen years was precinct committeeman of "Berne B ’’ Before engaging In the retail business he taught school here. That he is capable and well qualified tor the postmuatershlp I of the Berne office la the opinion exI pressed by those who know him There were eleven candidates for the post mastership and It was gener ally understood that. In view of th)' fact that Mr. Burkhalter was on» of the successful contestants In the civil service examination, he would be appointed to the place. He was backed by the "statidpaC” r> publican organ! cation and had the endorsement of Congressman Vestal i Vilas Bchllnder n tires as post must er after five years of efficient and i well rendered service Mr. Hchlin der sesrved the unrgpired term ot Mr. Hitalley and in March. 192* was up pointed postmaster by President Wil son He Is an excellent young man and for ten yearn has been tn tb« aervlce of the government, h* being a former rural mail carrier before he became postmaster Howard Liechty la the extra clsrk at the Fair store and tbs place will be cotwittctrd as heretofore, it was stated.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 2, 1924.

“BLACK OXEN” Lj:., r“ ■ TF' w I * J « MRS. GERTRUDE ATHERTON New York- Rejuvenation of women was the subject of Mrs. Ge-trude 1 Atherton's successful novel. "Black Oxen." A New York specialist in the subject has treated mn-e than seventy women in the last two years. In a report to a medical society he indicates the treatment reaHy is sue- ■ cessful. Mrs. Atherton herself tells of women she has met who have been mad'’, voung again by glandular treatment. ' VETERAN OF' CIVIL WAR DIES — William Johnston Dies Os Paralysis At Home In Pleasant Mills ' William Johnston. BU, a veteran of llu Civil Wwr. and a widely ku own resident of Adams county, died at his home in Pleasant Mills, at 8 o'clock this morning. Death was due to i i paralysis, with which he was strick I en yesterday evening. Mr. Johnston i had been in poor health for several I years, however. I Mr. Johnston was born in Jay county, April 27. 1844. He spent practically all of his life in Adams county, residing fnr many years in the vi' in | I ity of Be-ne. He moved to Pleasant 1 I Mills twenty years ago. Mr. Johnston . | never married Hr is survived by one brother. Alexander Johnston, of I Mason county. Michigan, and two sisters. Mrs. Margaret Eley, of Portland. and Mrs. Wright, of Richmond. | i Funeral arrangements have not I been made. MOOSE ELECT i ' NEW OFFICERS Club Rooms Packed By Members At Meeting Held Last Night i - — i Officers for the ensuing year for - Adams IrOdge. 1311. Ixiyal Order of l Moose, were elected last evening at • a meeting attended by so many members that the rooms were packed. I Fred Parr waa re-elected past diei tator: Walter Wilkenson. dictator; I Edward f'nffee. vice-dictator; David > C Baker, prelate; John Kiesa. Inner guard) William Huffman. outer guard; Paul Phillips, aergeant-at • arms; George Tester, treasurer; R. 11. Green, sectetary; Jesse || Roop. • I. C Helm and C. N. Christen, truaf tees; R. R. Green. George Tester and I Frank Keller, house eoinmitteq and . A. L. Slulta, custodian. | The officers will be installed on the . evening of April 29th. Walter Wilk- ( enson was chosen delegate to th)’ na eonal convention to be held In New , Yoik during the week of July 27th. I and Adam Schafer was made alternate. The lodge has more than dou bled In membership during the past year and la still growing They bops during the coming year, by giving i several events iq. luding a big street (Continued on Fare sis' I ii in i i-lin i. a J )■ Weather I i Fair tonight and probably Thursday; rising temperature.

CONSPIRACY IN AIRPLANE DEAL CHARGED TODAY Captain Scaif Says Weeks And Dauffhertv Otiijit To Be Indicted ‘CALLED OFF” A SUIT Sa vs Thev Stooped Suit To Collect 55,000,000 Over Payment Washington, April 2 —(Special t<> | Dully Democrat) —Declaring that Sec-1 I retary. of War Weeks, former Attor | ney General Daugherty. Guy D Goff. one of Daugherty's assistants and ' Clfatles Hayden, president of the Wright-Manin Airplane corporation | ought to be Indicted for conspiracy Capt. H. L. Scaif today told the sen j , ate Daugherty investigating commiti <ee that Weeks "called off” a suit against the company for recovering 1 lof an overpayment of $5,000,000. | Sca'f also charged that Daugherty I though he had all the facts in the I case failed to bring suit. No suit has ever been filed Scaif. said. Says Doherty Contributed Washington, April 2 (Special to Dally Democrat) —George White, for- | mer chairman of the democratic na- | t.'onal committee, today told the senate oil committee that K. L. Doheny contributed $34,900 to the democratic party funds in 1920 and 1921. White, when questioned about Doheny’s testimony that he had conIrtbntert 5(5 -orrM Doh<-mr wo”M have to account for the difference. Wh’te said be recalled no contrib'tj 'ions from Harry F Sinclair. Dir hefty gave him three checks aggreeating $9,900 during tj)e campaign in 1920. and in April 1921 contribut'd $25 000 toward the party’s deficit. A'hite said. (CnnHnuod on Pare •<■«•♦>( DR. MILES GIVES GREAT ADDRESS Tells Os Interviews With Gladstone, The Kaiser And Others Although greeted by only a small audlen< e. Dr. Robert Parker Miles, lone of the greatest lyceurn speakers ami mo»( enteifiuindig personages who has appeared in Decatur for several V)'ars. delivered his famous lecture. “Tallow Dips." at the high school auditorium last night The lecture, which lasted for one and a hulf hours, seemed only a brief talk, so entertaining und- enrapturing was the discourse. I>r. Parker gave the Interviewa he hud had with Pope Leo XIII. of Rome, Kaiser Wilhelm, the great war ruler of Germany who met his downfall In the world war; Gladstone, known as the greatest of all Englishmen; ami the good old-fashioned mother of thut treat preacher and lecturer, Dwight ■ Newell Hillis Dr. Miles Is a great descriptive artist and so well did he , describe the sanctum* of those great i , personage, that hl» hearers felt that . »hev too were In the presence of those great characters. Dr. Miles ha* I been, a Presbyterian pretvehen a newspaper writer and ed'tor. on auth- < or. and lyceurn speaker, and ha* made . two trips around the world. *poker In every state of the union every ■ province of Canada and many for- , elgn countries. Dr. Miles was Intrndmed last night hv Howard Wisehaupt. Docatur young ; man who is known over the United < States as the "Pap Man’’ through his ; lectures on business methods Mr ; Wlsebaupt said, in bls Introductory remarks, that It waa Dr Miles whn , was inatrutmntal In causing him to resume hl* hlxß school education when he delivered a lecture In th* old Bosse opera house here In 19«7. The lecture last night was the last • number of the lyceurn course this sedstyi.

Wells County Farmers To Grow Sugar Beets Bluffton. April April 2 Representatives of the Holland-St. Ixmls Company of Decatur, have stated that | many Wells county farmers have sign i (d up this year to put out large crops | beets. The total amount of acreage] already contracted for 1.504. and if] | the season Is at all favorable, the value of the crop in this county will be between s7u,obo and SBO,OOO. The crop last year wa< an unttsttaly heavy one and local farmers had ,a hard time getting beets to market The factory at Decatur was llternlly swamped with beets and it was alI most two months before the farmers in this county could get their beets , j taken to the factory. TRAIN STRIKES A CITY TRUCK Arthur Baker And Henry S'evens Have Narrow Escape From Death — Arthur Baker and Henry Stevens 1 had a miraculous escape from death ] or severb injury yesterday afternoon j when the. Dodge truck, belonging to ' the city of Decatur, was struck at the ' Monroe street crossing by the southbound passenger train on the Pennsyvania road, arriving here at 12:55 in the afternoon. Baker Is an employe of the city electric light department and he was making a service call in the west part of the city. Henry Stevens asked to ride with him and Mr. Baker intended to take him home. Arriving at the Monroe crossing. Mr. Baker evidently did not see the watchman and drove onto the track where he saw the engine but a few feet away. He stopped and tried to turn the truck back. The bar across the engine above the cow-catcher evidently hit the truck about ‘‘midships’' and turned it completely around and pushed it over to the hedge alongside of the sidewalk. The truck did not turn over. The back fender anti running board were torn off. The front of the truck was not injured. It is believed that If the car had not been turned a little to one side that the engine would have demolished it and killed or Injured the occupants. Mr. Steven* was thrown buck in the seat and hit hi* head orAone of the cur tain hook*, but neither he nor Mr. Baker received any serious injury. They consider themselves lu<*ky. even though it was April's tools day. n Miners Instructed To Remain On Strike Today (United Press Stair Correspondent> Kansas City, April 2- (Special to Dally Democrat) —Instructions for all , coal miners In the southwest to remain on strike were sent out by union leaders here today following failure to reach an agreement on wages in negotiations with mine operators. About 35.000 men are affected. Union leader* placed the blame for the strike on the mine owner* haenuse ot the latter’s refus- , al to keep the 1923 i-ontruit which expired March 31 in force until a new agreement could be reached hy arbitrator*. Election Accompanied By Shuniing At Chicago (United pre** Service I Chicago. April 2 Dusen slugger* ; are under arrest snd more were hunt ted today M the aftermath of a riot of slugging*, bloodshed, kidnapping > j and one killing that mark' d th" elec j (Inn* at Cicero, (‘hicusn rtihiith. ye* | terday and lu’t nigh’ Frank r.tponl. said by police to he ! u |)ooU)'ggrr und gunman, waa shot ] to d«alb by Chicago poUce. who were caled to aid the Cicero forge to e» tahiish order Rivalry botweeg th* tepubliisu and dcnio>ra(l< faction* lauaed tli< n ian of tenor police said. Gang* of gunman, a foot and In automobile*. «hnt up election booths, singed voters, worker* and candidate*. and kidnapped a number of elect Inn officials.

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NEW YORK MAN IS SUCCESSOR I TO DAUGHERTY — Formerly Dean Os Columi bia Law School; Name Sent To Senate FRIEND OF COOLIDGE Leaves SIOO,OOO-A-Year Practice To Accept Post At $12,000 Washington. April 2. —Harlan Fiske Stone. New York, former dean of Columbia law school, has been selected as attorney general of the United States by President Coolidge. Officiai announcement of the ■ selection was made today and Stone nomination was sent to ] the senate for confirmation. He will take office as sucres- ' sor to Harry M. Daugherty as soon as the senate confirms him. He wn* President Coolidge's guest lat breakfast at the white hou*<* this morning. Several senators were there also and 'though Mr. Coolidge di>l not tell any of them that Stone had been selected, they got the impression he was to be the new attorney general. This belief was confirmed gomewhat later. Classmate Os President l | Stone was a classmate of President Coolidge at Amherst college and th)’ two are old friends. Stone, it was declared by white ■ honse officials, is a man of the type ' .and..ability that Use president knows will fit the high post of head of the department of justice. ' Mr. Coolidge had Stone in mind 1 when he made it known yesterday ■ that he was seeking a flOO.oou a year man to accept a $12,000 job with an 1 automobile thrown in. Big Financial Sacrifice The new attorney general is accept ’, ing the post at a tremendous financial sacrifice, white house officials said. 1 Stone is a member of a prominent 1 law firm in New York and is on leave ’ from the Columbia university school I of law. Stone is understood tn have gone back to New York following the conference at breakfast. Stone's nomination i» expected t« ■ be approved by the senate immediatei ly. (Continued on Page Five) NORTHWARD PLAY FRIDAY II Annual Operetta Will Be Given By Pupils In High School Auditorium The pupil* of the North Ward ' I school will give their annual operetta at the high school auditorium Frl ’day evening at 7:4-’> o'clock The > title of the operetta to bo given thl* i year i* “On Midsummer'* Day.” writ I tea by Beatrice Aiderman. It is n I twoact play, mipaeially adapted to j vrning children. The play open* with a flower garden scene A little child who I* nils- ] tres* of the garden slits* her love for ilie flowers, hut soon forget* und 'have* th'*m without water and tfo the , mercy nt the weed* While the < hild I* away the flower* > nmplaln of her p) gleet and are vl* i (ted by the Fairy yueon who cull* her j rain fairies to refresh them Tn punish the careless child the l'*alry Queen calls her sun beams to | »ke the flower* to her Fairy King 'lorn. The second act opens with Brown lea and Fairies fmlitking In the gar , den. Tb* Brownies and Falri**. I while looking at th* neglected enndi , t|og of the garden, are surprised when the Fairy Queen reenters th* garden Hlie ha* been looking for th* child and calls the Brownies und Fairies to help her. She send* them f to search the whole world, to hrlhg (Continued on Page six)