Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1924 — Page 1

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GOVERNOR’S FATE IN HANDS OF JURY

kjictnient of SEN. WHEELER BEING PROBED — —r ' i Senate Starts Investigation from Two Angles To- | day; 2 Committees STONE TO INVESTIGATE President Asks AttorneyGeneral To Make Inquiry Into Affair Washington, April 10.—Sena- ; forial investigation of the indict-, ment of Senator Wheeler. Mon- [ tana, was started from two angles today. Senator Cummins, lowa, presiding officer of the senate, nam-j ed the committee which will ns-,1 certain for the senate itself the facts concerning the charges minst Wheeler Cummins put pt the b ead of the committee Senator Borah, of Idaho, his ge-j lection heme generally nonlaud-. cd ss assuring not onlv a thor-j otigh inouirv. hut a completely impartial one. Shnrtlv before the Borah com miifce »a« named the Brookhart com •r.lttre invo-tig iting Daugherty began tn look Into the Wheeler case and fmm William J Bum* and an em- I plovo of the telephone crunpunr ent . evidence that the rennbllean national committee anti Daugherty both we fnllv informed of the proceeding *sa!n*t Wheeler. Pnrr.it testified: 1 That three agents of th- departtn. nt of justice were sent to Montana to investigate the case in whi«h whei-ler was indicted. !. That he. Burns, had dlacnasad the Wheeler case with Daugherty ~ S That M. Blair Coan, an employe of the republican national committee l« In Great Falla, Mont. Washington. April I#— President Coolidge will ask Attorney General Stone tn make an immediate inquiry into the indictment returned acaine| Senator Wheeler, Montana, by a Great Falla grand jury, the United Press learned today. If he find* the evidence Insufficient to warrant court action. Mr. Coolidge will ask Stone to have the indictment quashed immediately. If. on the other hand, the presid -nt finds that there are real grounds for the Imdirtments he will demand Imai'diatr nrosecution. Appointment of the committee to Ipr-wtlgate the Indictment of Wheel *r was announced today by President “f the Senate Cummlna The committee consists of Senator* i-orad. Idaho, chairman; Mclg*an. *onne<ticut; sterling. South Dakota: Swanson. Virginia, and Caraway. Arkaaaaa. RADIOCLUBTO MEET TOMORROW H. 11. Claytun To Give Demonstration On Large Super-Heterdyne Mr H H Clayton, of the Fort Work* of the General Kier trte company. g d-mon.lru " f ***• »••• eight tube Super [ c-trrrtyn* radio receiving out hi nt n '-••••■ting of the Radio Club of Deca •«r. to be held In the Industrial A»‘’'Dalton room* at 7: So o'clock Frl -wnlng The outfit will be con h ,| " 1 >tp and tunned in on various tB „ rdl . r ||w( gl) prwnl mgy""'E’ °f Ba working*. The meeting promise* to be a Interesting one, as the Super ’•lerdyne la .aid to he the latest ng out in radio outfits. Anyone '“’•reeted i B radio, whether or not * •»»« sn outfit himself. Is igvHod to “’’•'nd the meeting Regular business 'he club will be transacted prior " Mr. Clayton's demonstration New -mhers will wrlc-nmed Into the f’Mb.

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Juniors Working Hard On Their Class Play Members of the cast for the junior class play, "Charm School," which will be given at the high school auditorium <>n Thursday and Friday evenings. April 21 and 25. are working dill- , gently to master their roles. The "Charm School" is a fascinating comedy Ih three acts and it has proven very popular where it has been given. Miss Martha A Tyner, the class guardian. is directing the play. Further announcement*. together with the' cast of charactf rs will be published' soon. o POLICE STILL WITHOUT CLUES I’nahle To Solve Mystery Surrounding Injuries To Stranger Here The police today were still without j any clue as to when, where and how i Frank I.a mar. age 49. a stranger in I the city, received serious injuries 1 Hom-timo Tuesday night, was improv-1 ■ ing today, according to a report' I from the .Adam* County Memorial | hospital, where he was rushed soon I after being found in a pool of blood | on a bed in his room at the Madison Hotel yesterday morning. I-amar’a wife here from their | home in Kenton. Ohio. als>ut 8:30 | o'clock last night. Although question.ed by the police, she has not shed: much light on the mystery. Mrs. laimar is much younger than her husband and appears to Ice less than third ty five years old. She told the 1 police] that her husband left home Monday ] intending to go to Chicago. She did! not know he was going to slop oft in Decatur, she said. Mrs. laamar stat-] ed that her husband was a musici.cn I and that they both often traveled with i shows. She said he intended to pur-1 c! a*e a small farm soon. When asked why her husband would I register at the local hotel under the ficticious nfune of “J. F. Evans. Dayton. Ohio." Mrs. luimar said she was unable to explain, unless he had been) drinking However, the hotel clerk stated that he did not appear to be drunk when he registered or at any other time while he was at the hotel. Refutes To Talk Meanwhile Mmar refuses to talk much concerting the affair, claiming i to have no knowledge* as to how he received his injuries. Judging from hi* actions and the stories he has alr.-xdy told. the police are inclined Io believe that he is not telling all that h- knows of the affair, Anu ug the things *li‘> h ’ cause the police to believe that tai l mar knows more than h«- chooses to I tell are the fact that he registered under an assumed name; that he carried a traveling bag with him when I he left the hotel Tuesday evenin*, and It has not been found since then; ■nd' that he claims to have been brought back to the hotel in ■ car. but does not remember who brought him hack or what happened up to that time. Night Policeman Rephus Melchi ■aid last night that he remembers I aeeing a man comparing closely tn site with Immar. alight from a Ford sedan ou Second street and walk to the Madison hotel between midnight and one o'clock Tuesday night. There appeared to be nothing wrong with him then At the hotel It was aaid that laimar was the only person to et ter the hotel after midnight. This fi-ct advances the theory that 1-amar might have received his Injuries In I his room at the hotel, but this theory 1 Is discounted greatly by the fact tha' the room was not disarranged and there was no blood anywhere ngeept nn the bod whet* the man was laying. Alan, other persons at the hotel likely would have been dlstrubed had ■I there been any scuffling In the room Umar received a deep cut across i 11« right eye and a deep hole was cut .' tn the corner of that eye. It required font te«n atltchle* to close a wound / on the left aide of his seals. also. an* t one finger on his lef’ hand was brok i en He appeared to have been Iniuri ed in hi* cheat, and the physician fw* ■ ed pneumonia might develope, >' Granulated eyelids cause 19 percent 1 of alt blindness In the Orient.

TEN-CENT STORE OWNER BUYS TWO BUILDINGS HERE George Morris Buys Fair Store And Mecca Theatre Sites TO MAKE CHANGES New Front For Mecca Building: Fair Store Not To Move Now Although the deal has been under way for several weeks, the final details of the contract were not dis- | posed of until today, whereby George S. Morris, of Bluffton, owner of twenty or twenty-five, five and tencents stores in that many cities, will purchase the two brick buildings on North Second street in this city from Mrs. B. J. Terveer, the Terveer family being represented in the I negotiations by Bernard T. Terveer. The buildings Involved in the trans-*’ action are the ones now occupied by the Fair Store, on the south, and | until the first of April, the north •room was occupied by the Mecca [Theater. The north room has a front'age of 19 9 feet on Second afreet and I extends back full length of the lot, ’.32 feet. The south ro >m. now occupied bv the Fair Store, has a frontage of 22 feet on Second street . and it also extends back to the alley. The buildings are two stories. To Remodel North Room Mr. Morris takes immediate pos'session of the north room and it was [stated that he would remodel it. put lin a modern front and otherwise Im--1 move It and would lease it tor the [time being. According to contract I of sale, possession of the south room : will be given to Mr. Morris on Feb. It, 1925. the present occupants of the building having a lease on the premises until that time It wan stated that Mr. Morris purchased the two business rooms, more from an investment standpoint, than [ with the idea of occ upyine them with his five and ten cents store. How(Continued on Page Five! 000 FELLOWS OF COUNTY TO MEET County Meeting To Be Held Here Monday Evening: To Give Two Degrees There will be a county meeting of I the I. O. O F. lodges In the hall of St. Marya Lodge. No. 167. corner of .Monroe and Second street*, on Monday evening, April 14. Geneva lodge. . No. 634. of Geneva; Linn Grove lodge. No 683. of IJnn Grove; and the local lodge lompriw the district No. I of Indiana I O. O. F. t W N. Stahl, of Geneva la the dis--1 trlct deputy grand master, and he 1 will be* in charge of the meeting St. ' .Marys lodge has b<wn Initiating ' candidates each Monday evening and ! now has a class ready for the first ’ and second degree*, which will I"' 1 conferred by vUiting team*. Our 1 Home lodge. No ««l- of Fort Wayne. ‘ will confer the first degree-, and Men- ’ tor lodge. No. 591. of Auburn, will r confer the second degree Those de ' I groe team* are good ones and all f candidate* *re naked to be present at ' *;3<> Monday evening In order that J they may get the work given by theim team*. The local lodge Invite* member* nf all I <• O h**- Icslges to thl* meeting ' and tn hrtmt any candidate* wishing , to receive these d-gtee*. The dub t realms will he open all afternoon. The I lodge will open at 7 p. m. t>*groe , work will begin ahout 7:»0 p. m N* I freshtnent* will b« »*r»»4 t’nfortun ately. illoeaa prevent* Grand Magter . George P Rornwaaaer front u't’afi .mt the meetJnfi AJI member* nf Bt Mary* IMP* are repeated tn b* present and W receiving the t visitor* and In entertaining them | while here.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 10, 1924.

+ + + **4>*****«*«*l ♦ CONGRESS TODAY « ♦++ + + Senate Tqx bill formally presented by finance committee. ■ Finance committee.* takes up bonus i bill. i Daugherty investigation continues. | land fraud Investigation continues. House ‘ Bloom Chandler election contest. JOHNSON WILL STAY IN FIGHTi Not To Withdraw From Presidental Race Says Eastern Manager cl'ltlted Press Staff c’orre rpond.-nt> Washington, April 10—t Special to ■ Daily Democrat!—“The campaign will continue." said George Henry Payne, eastern campaign , manager for Senator Hiram Johnson, on bis arrival here today to confer with Johnson. "I am here to confer with the senator about the New Jersey campaign. I arranged to come for this conference some time ago. There are no other of the Johnson managers here and none are coming.” At Johnson's office it was intimated the senator might later make a statement tegarding rumors that his ■ defeats in Michigan. Illinois and elsewhere would cause his early withdrawal from the presidential race. " O' ■ — — Mrs. Edward Franklin White To Speak Here Mrs. Edward Franklin White, one of the noted women of Indiana, will speuk to the cit'zens of Decatur on i Saturday evening. April 19. Mrs. White Is teeing broushl to Decatur by the local chapter of the league of Women Voters. The subject of Mrs. White's address will be. "The Divorce Evil and a Solution." Mrs. White Is *pon*oring a new divorce law which , she hopes to have passed hy the legislature in the near future. Every ■ woman In the city is urged to hear i Mr*. White and to bring Iter hutt-, hand with her. ’Round-The-World Flight Under Way Again Today Prince Rupert. B C.. April 10.—The Americ an round-the world flight waa ■ under way again today. At 9:22 a m the four plane* headed by Major Frederick U Martin, hopped; off from Prince Hupert for Sitka. Al l ■*ka. They expect to reach Sitka this--1 afternoon. ■' —r O— Cultivation of pea* nctte*d two Ida- [ ho farmers over 19.000. r — ® LIO,AGE 4, SAVES BROTHER'S LIFE 1 t Son Os Robert Haugh Sees Brother Fall Into Quarry; Notifies Father Rare presence of mind exhibited by , Jerry Haugh, four-yeur-old son of Mr. ■nd Mrs. Robert Haugh, of near Penr dleton. and a grandson of Julius Haugh, of this city, saved his brother Robert, age 8. from drowning In a ! stone quarry laat Sunday morning. Seeing his older brother fall Into the quarry, in which waa ten feet of water, the little fellow ran na fast as ' lit* little short leg* would carry him 1 to the house, which wa* between four and five hundred feet away, and told his father that Robert had fallen inf to the quarry. The father rescued the r lad just In th* nick of time. ’ The two toys had gone to the quar* ’ ry alcout 9 o'clock Sunday morning f Io throw Into it a cat which had died t .. w »a»w.«aa.- w-.ww a (Continued on Page Seven) Weather f —— ’ Partly cloudy' tonight and Friday. » Probably abnwera tn the extreme t southwest portion Friday; not much . hangi* In temperature.

GERMANY BUSY ! OBJECTING TO . DAWES REPORT. I Tells Why Report Should Not Be Accepted; Wants Troops Removed t REPORT HAS (HANCE — Believed To Have Better i Than Even Chance To Effect Settlement (By Carl D. Groat) (Vnlted Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, April 10 —Germany was I ; busy today giving reasons why the j i Dawes report should not b'* acepted. [ . Three main objections voiced in government circles were: 1. A definite total reparation sum should be fixed, ro that Germany might have a mark to shoot at. I 2. France and Belgium should be I required to take their troops out of I’ the Ruhr. 1 I 3. Practically all the various sums | demanded should be reduced. Has Good Chance Washington. April 10 —Wi.h strong objections certain to t*e made to it. > - I i the Dawes report stands bettor than | an event chance to effect a final settlement of the reparations pko- [ ; Idem, officials and diplomatic Wash- | ington lielieved today. IThe principal objection expected is I ( that the report does not recommend ; a definite total reparations figure, a . Fact to which Germany already is objecting. Reparations the reich [ now is under oi jfgation to pay total * 132 IhW.tMHI.OIM) gold marks. An effort may be made to make it appear that under the pr<>|x>sal* nt Secretary of State Hughes which brought about the Dawes inquiry, the i 'experts wen* obligated to set a total | i figure. The reason the experts report did ' I not deal with a total sum is that I General Dawes found at the start I that to try to fix a total would wreck ' the inquiry. The total indemnity that Germany (Continued on Page six) » o l< MUSICAL TREAT J I 1 ASSURED TONIGHT: — I. U. Glee Club To Give Varied Program; Dance Following Concert The program of the Indiana unlI venlty Glee dub concert to be given > Ist the high school auditorium at S , I o'clock this evening under the anapices of the local high school was ; announced today by manager Rari rett WoodsgMll. of Indiana university The rectial will present :i wide | : Variety of vocal and instrumental i.numbers In addition to the regular; Glee r-liih song* FYnir songs by the i entire chib will be provided Ruaaell {Gohring. Toledo. 0.. will sing u baritone solo William Fog. Klcknell. . on the violin; John Schumacher. In* | Jdinnapolis. cornetlat; Harty Ward i William Muncie and the xylophone: J ■ and Howard Allen Washington i on the saxophone, will pro. ;* 'vide the Instrumental solos, i ■ [('armichael'* collegian band will en* i f liven the program with ayncnpaterl [i > »elr< tlon«. ) Following the concert at the high p school auditorium, there will Ih* a « I fiance given In honor of the Indiana • ' boys at the Masonic ball "Hoangi •" < • Carmichael's collegian band, which ' Is composed of a number of the heat ■ ■uatotana in university, will l 1 provide the music for the darning t 1 An admission of fifty tents will be charged and all who attend lhe dance ’; are promised a rare evening's enter* uinment The full program for the Gh** elug | I concert tonight ha* been announced ( [a* follows; ( "A Prayer of Thanksgiving Folksong of Netherlands" E Kremser (Coatlnuetl on Page Reven)

New Chemistry Teacher In Local High School | Jarvis Burner, who succeeded Mias Ruth Glc.im as Instructor of Chemistry ami Spanish in the Decatur hUh school, resigned his position here this week. Superintendent M. F. Worthman has selected Mr. J. W. Scheel, of Salem. Indiana, to fill the vacancy. l Mr. Scheel began his duties here yes- • terday afternoon. Mr. Scheel Is a • graduate of Purdue University and hastaught for two, and one-half year* at Danville. Indiana. OPEN COMMUNITY BUILDING FUND Historical Club Votes To Give Surplus Money Each Year To Fund A splendid move was made by the 1 ladies of the Historical Club at their last business meeting of the yea? yes terday afternoon, when it was voted to create a fund for the proposed Community Building in this city. At the < lose of each club year, the surplus in the club treasury will he placed in this fund and when lhe community buildiny in created this money will be turned over to help meet the ex- i pense. Although the surplus each year is not large, it will be a great help and the action taken is a commendable one. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. S. E. Hite on South Third street. Mrs. M. E. Hower had a very interesting paper in "Glass and Glassmaking." The hostess, assisted by • her dnugher, Mrs. Brice Butler, served delicious refreshment*. The secretary gave her annual financial report. The iluh will hold its dosing banquet at the Murray Hotel next Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Following th*nanquet a program will lie given in the public library. — o-— - ' ■' Mandamus Suit Filed To Get Names On Ballots I United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind.. Ajril 16—Man- , damns suit* seeking to compel Ed. Jackson Secretary of State to place ‘ on the primary ballots the names of ! a number of cnndilates whose doelarn [ tions were received after time for fll- 1 ing closed probably will he filed It , waa learned today. Dedaratlons of nine candidate* were not received until after lhe ofi flee of the Secretary of State wa* <losed. Offii ipls have refused to ie\i®)' I their name* Gary His Big Fire I United Pre** Service) Gary, Ind , April !• —Fire which de ;»troyes! the Xaptha building of the ; IliinolH steel company’a Benxol plant , here wa* extinguished early today. [ The blase Mtarted last night from an overheated *hot hox" and for a I time endangered the entire plant. The low* will probably run Io 4150, | 000 u I aSmall Roof Fire At John McCrory Residence A ama! roof fire occtired at the John McCrory re*Menr» on Monroe street al 8 o'clock ls«t night The chimney had burned out and the ■■parks set fire Io the roof tn about a dosen places, but the fire department extinguished the blase before much damage resulted Fire Chief Amo* Fisher stated today. that many people called lhe fire station lo turn In th<* alarm wh< n they ahould call central and notify lhe operator who turns In th>< alarm The «hh*f asked that everybody follow the Instructions printed In the telephone directory. Drath Os Hugo Stines Ir Believed Imminent l*nadon. April' lit - Complications. | ln< biding double pneumonia, have arisen to the rear of Hugo Ktlnne*. whose death n«w I* believed Imminent acrordlng to an Tehgraph message from Berlin.

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CASE GOES TO JURY SHORTLY BEFORE 2:30 Jury To Decide Whether $155,000 Was Meant For Loan Or Deposit DEFENSE IS PLEASED Instructions To Jury Appeared Highly Pleasin? To The Defense _ * Indianapolis. April 10.—(By IT. |».)._The case of the state against Governor Warren T. McCray, on charges of embezzlement and larceny. wen» to the jury shortly before 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Indianapolis, April 10.—Was the 8155.000 of the state board of agriculture funds turned over to Governor Warren T. McCray last summer by I. Newt Brown then secretary treasurer of the board, intended for deposit in the Discount & Deposit bank at Kentland or as a personal loan j to McCray? This in brief is the question the jury must decide in determining the guilt or innocence of McCrav charged in criminal court with embezzlement and larceny, according to instructions given the jury this afternoon by Judge Chamberlin. The instruction* were lengthy unrf there waa no doubt in th*- mind* of apecator* that they were highly pleaain* to the defenae. After the uaual inatructlon* regarding reasonable doubt presumption ■»( innocence and definition of the ■ rime* of larceny and embezxlement Judge Chamberlin gave iaatrnctiOM covering special phase* of the case. The hook entries of the board of [ agriculture showing the money wa* | intended for deposit in the Kentland bank are not binding upon the governor unless he helped make jbetu Judge Chamberlin said. Indianapolis. April 10. Biting ar- ' cusation* and counter nccuMihtna i were l> irb-d thick and fust In cilnimal court tixlu) a* attorneys In the trial of Governor Warren T. McCray. I charged with embegtling 1155.®## from the Induii.a state board of agriculture. 1 made their final arguments before the vase went to the jury. Mic»i)**l llyan. attorney for M'-Crav. i apok« u. defense of the governor end Eph Inman, special prose* utor. -!•>*• I ed lor the state The case la scheduled lo go to lhe Jury early thia afternoon after Judge ; Chamberlin ha« delivered hi- Inairu)- | Ilona (o the jury. (Continued from Page One) LOCAL TYPISTS ENTER CONTEST Six Girls To Represent Decatur High School In Typewriting Meet In a elmlnathm lontest held thlu week, leant* were «e|e<-t«*d to represent tMxatnr high »<ho<d in the di#trirt typewriting lonteat in be held : in the Central high achool. building. I Fort Wayne, on Saturday. April 2* i The kn-al amateur team will vnttalM of Mildred Klaey. Mildred Butler anti Helen Heard. Another team, known ■a the novice tram, ronaiata of Jna *• phlne H-ittles, Evangeline Spahr and Mary Macy. Mlsa Mary Wilhite, typewriting and . shorthand instruct nr in the Im-al I high school, la optimistic over tha [•hence* nf the tlecatur pupil* in the diatrtet cente*t she *tat*» that al! [did apten'fdly In tbe fiimiuation cogI teat and she expe<t* lh*m t# pla< • high in lhe diairlci c«niMt Fri»e« I will be awarded to the wiggara in lhe diatricl inntrai The winner* there will gn to Muncie Ihree werha later to take part in lhe alate conieat.