Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII- Number 93.

KAYS JAPANESEWILL REMAIN FRIENDLY

■FRIENDSHIP OF I JAPAN ANDU.S. I NOTTOCEASE ■ premier Kiyoura, Os Japan, ■ Declares Friendship I Will Remain I STUDYING QUESTION lljapne** Government Busy I Decidin'/ I-non Steps I To Be Taken | Tokio. April 17.—Friendship Ihnvitii Japan and the United I will remain unbroken alhhoujrh the record may be ‘•impaired" by the passage of the I Japanese exclusion measure by I congress. Premier Kiyoura of I Japan declared today. I He indicated that the letter Ls Ambassaltor Ilenihara which created such a sensation in the lUnited States may have been interpreted in a wav not intended l.v Japan and pointed out that ht was written in a “language foreign to us.” II "I regret passage of the I fceasur. Premier Kiyoura raid for I Meh drasti* ac tion seems un■weszary. I !'!■.. wh<.|.- history <f intern ilional ■rlnii.tn b.-tw**n Japan and the ■>!!■ I indicate a reasonable ■pril. L IV. w.re hoping for a Brlril -ge " ■ \V:> hinston. April 17, The Japangov. inin. nt pow is serious/ ■ticdyicw what steps to take in view W o rt-hi enactment into law of the ■ ‘ :••••*■ rtulinu Japanese from the ■'ini J States, i- was learned today I Tern i-.r.-ral alternatives are nndi-r- --•' ">.l to h. under consideration: I > .Rome gesture plainly to show Bl.ip.iti - .lispi. usiire over tin- passage congress of the exclusion bill. ■ 7. Th.- maintenance of a calm ■ttltncle in order tn avoid flare tips "jingoism." I o CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE ■ Wheat- M, v | ln3 . Jnlv ,»1.05«4. 1106; Corn: May "Stic; Julv' |Py: Sept 7S\C. Oats: May 47’,c; ■fitly 44V; Sept. 40tyc. IhOLY THURSDAY I SERVICES HELD ■ Special Services Held At St. | Mary’s Catholic Church i Here This Morning ■ Tbutcidgy eer «!<«« ware ■ told at the St. Mary* Catholic I hnre-h at seven-thirty o'clock (hi* ■ I?*”' 00 , * oly Thursday the ■ •’-vrch commemorates the Institution ■* 'he n„|y Kncharlnt. Only one ■Mm | h ~.|,.|,r ate( | on Ho | y ThnrMllnv I 'in* the service* thia morning u ■ *»*k>* through the church with ■ • Wessed Rncrament took place. I little hoy* and girls drowsed in ■ *"it» taking part. "" Good Friday the Catholic church '■"""••ncment the cruriflxlon and ••tn of Christ on Calvary. On this 'h" ertu-iflx which Ims been veilli RitniUy |m uncovorv *neratlon of the cross takes ’ 'he blcaeod sacrament taken to rL’* , *"' 1U ’ ry on Thursday Is h i ''' ** c * t ,o *h p main altar for the t’ rn "" n< ’tlfind The altars th., c. 1 ""’ tobcrnacle la empty and I •. <>»er to mourning mr '•* Savior. Th<- Three Hours will be observed many tomorrow afternoon nt the In church. F.»rvlces Ihlr v T rn '“* W,U b ’'‘ ln j;,,.,. n" Ho,,r Sah ’ tt ’«y when the I, .. and baptismal water ... “'I < uttc. . * T*”* •’’■aon of Lent “«n end Saturday noon. |

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Four New Bridges To Be Built In Wells County' IndlannpoliH, April 17.— Four bridges to bo built on road No. 13 in the section traversing Wells County wore the lowest bidders for the four state highway commission maintenance department opened bids here today. Ward and Boyers, of Kirklin. Ind., were th.- lowest l.idd.r. for the four bridge s. Their bld for the four being $11,144 I'4. Other bids ranged near the estimate of $14,530.49. Tit® brigde to bt '/ lit <X r Right Milo, just south of Ossian has a super stee] structure, and for his bridge the Brookville. Bridge Company, was the- lowest bidder, their bid being 55.856.46. No contrac ts will be- award, d until later. HEATING SYSTEM CONTRACT IS LET Wabash Firm To Install A Heating Plant In Ca(holict School Building The contract for the heating sys-i tern in the new Catholic school building was awarded to the Hipskinci Heating and Plumbing company, of Wabash. Indiana, their bid of $17,913 beine the lowest of four proposals fII- j ed this morning with the trustees and members of the finance committee at the Old Adams County Bank. The names of the other bidders and i amounts of the- bids filed were, Der.Jreimer Bojtiierck Fort Wayiy. sll—* 558; A. J. Moser & Company. Berne-.' $18,965: P. J. Hyland, city $21,900. I The heating system will lx- install- c ed complete, including two Kewanee Boilers. The system Is described as an over head- or "uplift" system, the | ateam being forced upward and then distributed throughout the- building. The heating plant will be located In Kase-bent at southwest corner of the new school building and the- coal * storage rooms will be adjacent to it, | the plans calling for a surface- top opening for the dumping of the coal.' Contract* so far awarded for the con-, strnctlon of the Catholic school buildtag. Including th® foundation now total $220,030. Plumbing Beds On May tat Proposals from contractors for the Installing of the plumbing will lie.re-' ceiveci on May Ist. C. 8. Niblick.' chairman of the- board, state d this as-1 ternoon. Junior* SellinF Tickets For Their Class Play Tickets are being sold for the Junior i class play, which will be staged in the, I high school auditorium on next Thnr«-; day and Friday nights. The title, of the plays Is. "The Charm Rchnol."] The tickets are being sold by the jun lors. The- r<-heara:ils are progressing nicely and the cast has the play well in hand, already. Miss Martha A . Traer, class guardian, la directing the play. As th® play will Im given on two nights, there will be plenty of. opportunity for all to see the prndnenon, Man, SO. lii Wairt’n h Crossing Continent Traveling overland In a twohorse rnclose«l wagon from Sun l.nis Obispo. California, to Boston. Massachusetts. In eight months Is what Jack Cmly. age M. Is attempting to do. If successful Jack will win |6.M». He stopped In necutur today shortly before.peon, lb- had Deputy Sheriff I' M. Hower write a short b iter for him' showing that he had been In Decatur. I Jack left his nwn home on November 'l. without a penny In money and ' without any supplies, Ho depends ( upon what the people along the route give him for his nwn tod and feed tor his horses. With about two and onehalf months of the time b ft and only about 900 miles to trav„l. Jack la con-1 Mdont that h- will pull Into Boston, on time one matt lu California bet, I another lio.oeo ihat Jack could make ( the trip In eight month*. The winner is Mo give Jack one half. When askled what he was going to do with the, 15.000. Jack replied, "Huh. I can u«e | it." I

OPEN PROBE OF INDICTMENT OHVHEELER Senate Committee Begins Investigation Os Charges Today WITNESSES ARE HEARD Man Jointly Indicted With Wheeler On Stand This Afternoon Prvws Staff < *<irr«»Rnon«b*nt t Washington. Abril 17—(Special to | Dally Democrat) — Gordon Campbell I of Montana, today denied before the I senate committee investigating the indictment of Senator Wheeler. Montana. that Wheeler ever appeared before the interior tlepartment for I him in the capacity of paid attorney. Campbell was indicted with Wheeler at Great Falls. Mont. The indict- | ments charged that Wheeler had il- i legally accepted a retainer from j j Campbell to represent him before the 1 i department in connection with all I drilling permits. Campbell said he had no business wLh the department in January or E’ebruary 192.3 when Wheeler was al-1 leged to have received the retainers He said that Wheeler had "repeated- ■ |y" told him he could not appear beI fore any departments for him. ■ ~ —- —-/>- - — —- Mr. Jones Appears In Allen County Orchards ' who was ! | game In Adams count has - been taken into custody by Sheriff | Hobilya. of Allen county, where it is said h- was working the same. Jones .represents himself ns an agent for an Indianapolis and Ijrgansport com[pany which contracts with farmers for spraying and caring for orchards on Indiana frame. He collects 20c ’ per tr -e after spraying them with a !worthies, liquid and has the under-, standing that the company Is to g-t 'one-third of the crop. He is said to have obtained |6B from farmers In i Allen county. He was arraigned in ’court before a justice of the peace in ■ E’ert Wavne Monday, but wa* granted. a continuance until Friday, while his bond was fixed at sltm. SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED HERE Association Os University Women To Give Award To I). 11. S. Girl —s—i * The Im a! cluh of the American A« |. sochition of I'nlverslty Women is offering a scholarship prlxe award of fifteen dollar* in gq|d to the Senior , i girl having the highest scholarship I average for the four years, plus her, attitude, womanlines*, and service. The Association, being quite young, i 1 1* jnst In-ginning Its scholarship proi gram with this award In gold. em-|, : |iha»lring the honor belonging to a , i prlxe of this sort. No scholarship has, ( been awarded in Decatur high school ( ' and A. A. I' M. offers this as an In-', dm ement to study. In the next few , years, perhaps, a regular scholarship fund mav be estab’llahed. |, The American Association of t'nl . ( verslty Women la a national nraanlM , tion having It* headquarters at WashIngton D C. It* purpose I* to band to1 aether the university women and I make them feel the bond ihat a higher education gives them, by holding meeting* where national problems are discussed The Association is com 1 puosed of national and local members and certain university qual'flcatlona are required for membership to either I The Decatur brant h Imludea In It* membership Maude Anderson. Vivian Burk. Mrs Charles Dugan. Naomi tillbert. Glenn Jackson. Mrs John Nib- , lick. Josephine Myers. Mrs. Hettle obenaur. June Oaaenberg. buctle l»u*h. Agne, ttellemeyer. Martha Tyner. Helen Waiters. Mrs. Chalmer Porter. Mrs Harry Knapp and Miss lads Pet | t-rson. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 17, 1924.

SEEKS FREEDOM j fe •• Al Snapshot taken of Harry K. Thawin Philadelphia court during sanitv trial HARRY K.« NOTQUEST’ONED Takes Stand In Sanity Trial And Leaves Without Being Questioned Philadelphia. April 17 —The "climax" of the Thaw sanit/ trial turned an'amazing anti ctfm.-it'*’ ffiffsv when the slayer of Stanford White took the stand and left it without being questioned. Thaw’s counsel, announcing that Mrs. Mary Thaw, Harry's mother, was il). Immediately rested their case. The parties opposed to Thaw's release were caught unwarea by the action of Judge Patterson in putting Thaw on the stand and then turning him over to the opposition. "The burden of proof is on the Thawside." counsel for the trustees and for Kvelyn Nesbit, who oppose the millionaire's release, said in explanation of their move “It's up to Thaw to prove himself sane If he wants to be freed It's not for us to start proof that he is otherwise." Thaw was on the stand only eleven minutes. The first minute, perhaps, was occupied with him giving his name and age. 53. in a low voice. Twenty-two School Buildings Condemned <l'nlle.| Press Htaft <-..rre«n.>ndrnt > l.idianapolis. April 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) -The state hoard of health today sent out orders condemning twenty-two s<hool building* All are of the one room type. Included In the list were; Wells county, Hurrison township, number one. -■ — i'O Paderewski Is 111 t'hlcago. April P' In a remote corner of the Illinois Central railyard here stands the palatial prlvaie cur of Ignaee Puder.-wski. world famous plant*', with guards ntanding about to hush noisy railroad workers while surgeons and nttrse* dsrt bm k and forth within the car. A s Hous llln-sc causi-d Paderewski to cancel several ongigement* In Honth Ihi kota SHARPEN YOUR PENCIL If you like figures, work oui how much Hugo Rtlnne* was worth In marks. Von can buy one trillion murks for 22 cents. Divide one. hundred million dollars by 22 t-ent*. multiply the result hy a IrllHon and you have Stlnn®'* fortune In marks. By Arthur Brisbane Weather F*ir tonight and Friday; sotnewhui i-ooler tonlghL |

I ASK RECEIVER FORTNtALFO PRODOCTS CO. — Frank Heiman Declares Monroe Manufacturing Concern Is Insolvent ASKS S6OO JUDGMENT Says Business Has Been Operated At Loss; Organized 7 Years Ago Appointment of a receiver for the Also Products Company, of Monroe, and judgment for S6OO, Is asked in a complaint filed In the Adams circuit court late yesterday by Frank Heiman. Mr. Heiman declares the company is insolvent and unable to pay off in- 1 debtedness of approximately $5,000. I He says the company owes him 5500 ! and attorney fees for money advanced to It. Attorney C. 1., Walters represents the petitioner. I The Also Products company was ori ganized more than seven years ago. i A brick factory building was erected int the north' edge of Monroe. The I company engaged in the manufacture (land sab- of medicine, extracts, reme- ; dies, drinks and other products <on- : taining extracts of alfalfa in combina- | tion with other drug* and Ingredient*. At one time the company did an extensive buainea*. but business has I been suspended entirely during the j last year. Stock Was Sold I Mr. Helman state* In his complaint * tttSf'Hm company s?iM n large amount , | of slock to more »hnn .lihi stoekhoM.‘er. In Indiana and Michigan for the, , purpose of exbmding and carrying on I I the business, but that the business h«*| t been operated at a loss for more than the lust five years. He states that 1 money was borrowed and the real es-l J fate and equipment mortgaged for , more than its value, if It were to be j , sold. A manager was employed to ; manage the company business. It is stated, hut the manager has quit the I company and refused to take cure of , the business longer, as the company ow.-s him considerable money in sal- . i «ry. The petlttoner asks that the court [. appoint a receiver to take c harge of (Continued on P eg* Reven I II --"O" TO AID CITIES ,i ON CLOVER LEAF > Nickle Plate Railroad Comanv Emolovs Industrial Agent Frankfort. April 17.—Vnlimited 1 , possibilities for the progress and ex-' j panslon of Frankfort and other cities on the Clover I a-as railroad, through the co-operation of the Nickel Plate' railroad with the Chamber of Com-1 m»rc<» and other civic ontatiUsthmare assured by the engagement of W.' F Nutt of Springfield. Ohio, ns Indu- ' trial agent of th.- clover la-nf dlstri. ' with offices in this city. Announcement of Mr Nutt's api polntnent was mad* pesterdny by D ; F. Milne, g.-nerul superintendent of • the Clover fd-af. nnd J W. Graham.' | traffic manager. Mr. Milne's action ■ has already been approved hy W L. I Rn«s, senior vl.-e-pre*ld*nt of th* railway, • I In an interview Immediately after hl* arrival her* .v*»t*rdav afternoon. Mr. Nutt outlined his policies, and told Ol the work he rxpecs tn accomplish. Ills «ntlr.- time, he explained, will h-« devoted to encouraging 'h<- I waLion of sound industries and develop ’ ments along th* Clover l>-af Im* In 1 this c-mrertlon h* will work hand In . hand with the elvlr organisation* of | the various lowns and elites affected, i A sure costal business executive.' ! whoa* year* of prn. ih al experience bar* brought him into intimate much with every phase of lhe Industrial and eommerelel field. Mr. Nutt come* to this city splendidly qualified tor hl* j work. He hua until recently been conI (Continued On Page Four)

Two More American Tourists Are Killed Athens, April 17. Two more American tourists have been killed near Tir- > ana, Albania, according to an uncon- | firmed report received by the ministry of war here today. i Tile report does not give the names, * merely reporting an attack on the tourists by a band of 15 highwayrm tt. and stating that two Americans were killed. Albanians are very anxious, the message adds, fearing grave consequences from this second attack. Rome sources, which ordinarily are well informed on Albanian affairs, do not report any additional attacks on Americans and it may be the Greek advice* are merely a confusion of the murders of the Americans De Long and Coleman on the Tirana-Scutari highway two weeks ago last Sunday. WILL ATTEND ROAD MEETINGS Local Citizens To Attend Meetings In Peru And Celina. Ohio A half dozen or more from this ; city are planning to go to Peru. Frl- j day evening to attend a meeting of those representing cities interested in the Harding highway. |h-legations from Transport. Peru. Wabash. Huntington and Decatur have been invited to attend and hear the report made by officials of the highway who will be present. There has been a contest as to the route tu b<> followed from HuniimUuu west and recently there se*m« to he some inclination to route the road J from Vaß Wert to Fort Wayne and | then west to Warsaw over the Yellow I stone Trial. This city paid Mr. 1 Ston*. former secretary of the proI posed highway. s2'Hl and gave a promise’tn pay $l3O more when the road i was marked through the city. I'p to date nothing has been done and for soteral week* nothing ha* been heard from the officials, Mr. Stone having been removed from his office. Representatives from here will see that the interest of KtWatur are looked , after and If the roilY is changed will Insist on the money being returned. To Meet At Cetin* A letter rm-eived this morning by E'ranie Confer, secretary of the Decatur Industrial association, relative to a meeting of thus- are interested in the Ohio-Indiana road, to be held at Celina Ohio. In the near future was turned over to C. E Peterson, chairman, who with his cnmmltt<>e will see that De<-atnr Is represented at the meeting. A' fhls meeting a form.-l p- titfim will be drawn up and i forwarded to the federal government .asking that It cooperate with thstate tn establishing the road. The initial meeting in the Interest of th* j road was held at Celina on April 3rd ’ nnd much Interest Is being shown in the pmpo»t*d road. —llli—— ■ ■■■ Henry Heller Re-elected Director Os M. E. Hospital — Attorney Hmry B Heller, of this city, wn« re-elected a member of the Iwiurd of directors of the Methodist ' Hospital of Fort Wayne, at the an nuul election nt officer* and director) held yeaterday. Following the elec tion the member* of the hoard and the officers made a tour or Inspection of the Institution Th* offi< era ar* as follow*: Dr W W Martin. pr**ld*nt; V B Clin*. v|r<- president; Dr. John C. White, secretary; K W Vergen*, treauirer; and Dr M. F, Rtr«l*, superintendent. Th* following members have been named to th® Fort Warn* executive! hoard by the stale association: Willie Rhoda*. Auburn: J. M Trtggs. Kun' , Ington; H It. Heller. Decatur; F. W. Green. Ryracmte; Dr W. B. Freeland. .Wabash; C. II Hmlth. Goshen, and g. F Bowser. A G Burry. A. K R*m mel. Mrs. Charles Kendrick. Mrs. F. V. Gross, Dr Harry C Harman. Dr. J W Porf«-r and A. A. Berry Dr M. A Maaon and Frank R'rahan. both of Fort Wayne. Were added to this Imard at th* ror'h Indiana confrren<« n.*et. , ing at Marion.

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SHOOTS SELF BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH Eli Meyer Wrests Self From Grasp Os Friend And Ends Own Life EX-COUNTY SHERIFF Had Been Brooding Over 111 Health For Nearly Two Years XVresling liiinscir loose from the grusp of John Lenhart, his former business associate who was nlleinpting Io dissuade him from his suicidal intent. Eli Xtevcr. age 55 vears. former Adams county sheriff, shot himself through the heart with a i 32 calibre revolver al 1 o’clock I Ihis morning. Death was al- ! most instant. The shooting occred in the vicinity of the north ward school building. Continual brooding over ill health is believed to have -'*ompted Mr. Meyer Io end his I life. For the past two years Mr. Meyer has been worrying nboi-t his health. It was on account of his health that he sold hfs interest in the Meyer A-M-nhart lumber yards and sawmill to Mr. Lenhart last October. Although Mr. Meyer contirtued to worry and brood over hts poor health, members as his family and close friends did not think his condi’i'Ui syrious However. in n post morttan held thismorning, it was discovered that the entire left side of the <l<-s<mdine por- [ tion of the colon was infect<sl. adI hesions and construction with a (hardening condition. resomMinK cancer, and the physicians stated that. Judging from the anatomical j condition. Mr. Meyer must have suffered continual pain. A speclmum of the infected member will be sent away to he analized Purchased Revolver Yesterday Yesterday, sometime. Mr. Meyer piiri hased a revolver at a local store, but kept (he fa« t secret from his family He helped load a ear of lumber at Mr Lenhart's sawmill yesterday afternoon, and Mr. so nhart stated thnt h- appeared very nervous. l»-ist night Mr. Meyer told hl« family thnt h* going to kill himself Th* members at his family worked until after midnight trying to persuade i Mr. M*y*r to go to tu-d and forget I his troubles, but be refused to reason. (Continued »>n Png* Seven) RALPH MOSER SERIOOSI.Y ILL Former Decatur Man II! At Home In Yankton. South Dakota Mrs Agnes Andrew* and daughter Ml«* Cell* Andrews, left today tor Yankton, Houih Dakota, being called there on account of th* serious 111I neo* of Ralph M«**r. form-T Det atur “nuns msn. w'’" has been conf'ned I In the hospital there for the past twn we®li«. Mr Mtw*r I* a *e® In lew nt Mr*, wf'h pleurisy and ii>-ur«lg|i, ID* condition grew worse nild * few dltvt Mo I' was necessary tn dtaln fluid frtv t th* aid®. ' Mr. Mn*® la n son In taw of Mr*. Andrews, H>* wife, before |-«r marrtage, waa Mis* Cecil Andren • of jthla dty. I’ollowlng th' lr marriage they mnw-d tn Yankton where Mr Mosor hold* • aplendbl position a« tent bAr of vlnlln In the Conservatory nt Mitstf «l Yankton College. ,he i d*an of th* music department being . Pmfenaor lx»e Daily, former Decatur man Mr and Mr*. Moeer has one child. Mr* Andrews *nd daughter Cell* f will remain In Yankton for an ind* I finite pemld and the many friend* of |Mr Moser and hl* immettale family jwish him « speedy recovery.