Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1924 — Page 1

Boliiiih* XXII. Number 131.

FRANKS MURDER MYSTERY IS SOLVED

■AL DAUGHERTY MS FIGHT TO ■ SHIELD PAPERS | ■ranted Writ Os Habeas I K’oi'pus in Fight Against I Senate Probers I IM ED NOT TESTIFY Henafe Committee Denied I Kight To Scrutinize I Bank Records ■■( in- iiinnti. Ohio, Mav -ll.— I ■/ Ib'itfherty of Wa hiiij.rt<>ii !■) ;iif. ii<e. Ohio, was graiilc.! ■■v f ■ >t'habeas corpus by .hnlpo | ■. M. J. Cochran in United - district court today in his | S tcnml to avoid testifying l>eI ■n i the senate committee inI B'sligating the administration [Kl 1 brother, Harry M. Paugh {■tv. former attorney general. ■■T! ' means Daugherty, wlio-i' [ ■nk records were sought by the E. r. «l>< r< need not proe them for scrutiny by the ijmittee. I.'-an h'-ld that the ■^■c.: 11 will. Il Mai D.iugh'Ttv'. lo the senate ,-oiibl be apprin that of Impeachment of Ibe r attorney general. He heal. I^Bu- -..r that the senate can only irv net impeach officials of the tun not Within the senate's pr-r ■r-- io harass, annoy, put Th P-;ir ■- 1 ■ ~r po~~it.U drive flora ■ > .to sm h ollie r high or low lo ■trine inc impeachment proceedin'’ ■;or t him.** ♦ Bolin S. Rowers Returns From Trip To Florida H.b i.l S Howers has r- turned ■- ■nrida where he has enjoyed the ■ir-- and spring nnd where he ha n look ;tg after the orange lui i f,,r the Maths Setter fruit sterol and delicious oranges to Mr r beginning in a few duVs Ml • brought a ronpl. of <.c- --... in res home and sent a .. t dor-n tn 'his office today. Th hire are willing to att-’t tha' are fine tasting fruit ■liss Moses Remains ! In Critical Condition ■■The condition of Miss Gertrude who has been Merit'll--lv 111 ar I <>ns< loris since Monday night re about, the same todav Sicnot regained conscli.tt«tu s .1 I riot show any signs of inrpr o. A trained nurse Is in alien 1 ' Some hope is extended f. ' !•' ■'h:iul!iii(|ti:i Guarantors Urged To Get Tick is HI Those of the sixty signers for !'■■■ who hare not it" ■’ are repeated Io .al! at onthe Teeple A Peterson .lothlnf and arc rim their ten tickets 1 h signer has hern assigned i*" and the sooner the* g. t tlu-i'i more chance they have to dl»|." Bt ’hem. Adult tickets sell lor tin- 1 each forth" season wl.il. 11l tl'kcta are fl f.n m< h iin. t< "teanlre for the Junior < ham B*ld •••»*'*» morning for the children l>r made the latter part of n- xi (jet y W)r iickrts nt once an I yjr petersou. the chairman pn get here, thus gssutln : Q — ■ a ■superintendent Os Berne Schools Resign* OS h-rne. May JL—C. O Mhman u ■terlnt'.toVnf „f (he Berne u< h».d- h 1 his resignation tn th. school and announced that Io will nr a poaltln in another locall'v Mr has been superintendent • heme schools for the last four and has been very sri.ro..fol here uis successor has n”’ < hoaen. j

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Industrial Association Smoker Monday Evening Members of the nocatnr Industrial 1 1 Assoclution are Invited to attend the “RHiokpr” to bf givpn Monduy <*vuninM i nt 7:30 m the Industrial rooms in th<* Graham nnd Walter■< building, east of' the court house, a program indud-| ing sopoehef by local Hiteakers will be i lven and general d scti. slons on what's good for Decatur will be held. You are Invit'd to att. nd the meeting and take part in the activities of the association. INVALID DIES THIS MORNING Mrs. Herman Reese, Invalid For 211 Years. Dies Near Freidheim Mrs. Herman Reese, NS, died at her home near the Freidheim Lutheran church In Preble township, at 4:30 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Reese had 1 Item an invalid for the la-t twenty ; years going about In a wheel chair | Her affliction was caused by creeping paralysis. For the past year, Mrs. j Reese had ben entirely helpless. She. was seriousy ill for the last four weeks. Mrs. Reese was a daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. Fred Romp. She was born In Fort Wayne. September 2S. 1875.1 Her parents moved into the Freidheim community when she was nine months old and -he spent th<> remainder of her life there. She was married to! Herman Reese S«pfHnl»w d. 189<.. Mrs. Reese was a member of the Frldheiin Lutheran church. I The deceased is survived liy her husband nnd three children. Mrs. Adallnda Osti-rmeyer. Miss Meta nnd Alfred. all at home Mrs. A. W. Hoff man. of Preble. Is a sister, and the fol-' lowing are stepbrother and stcpsls-' ters: Mrs. Ernest I’range. of Stablehurst. Nebraska; Mrs. William Freitag. of Preble; and Ernest Homeyer. of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will he held from the residence at I;S# o’clock and from the Fr.i.lheim church at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Rurlul will be made In the Freidheim cemetery. REGISTRATION DAVINOCTODED No Petition Filed For Registration Dav In September Here ■. There will be only one registration | day In Adam* county this year. The time limit for fling n petlion 1 with the county auditor u’klng that a general registration day be held In the county plres on June Ist and| las tomorrow la Sunday the petition wHild ha»" to ha»r been filed today. No petition was Bled with the county ! auditor today and as far •• known n«, effort was made to obtain one I, a petition had been fil'd asking; lor a general registration In Rept«« her, all the v«»ier» In Adame rminty. would have been rwiulrad to register Aa It la, the la* provide* that onh those voters *ho have changed their ' voting pre. in.t. since the teal P-r maneni regMratMn to register on October «th. Ihe day flved hy law. If a voter has moved from one pre Hurt tn another hr mu»« register •« the October regDiratlon In hl« new voting prednet. At the lasi reglsira’on 8.34 t votorn roistered, tn the h»*H ***"• voter Wilt have register In tlrw „f changing "f I**"** there The State elect km commission Irra mad" this rullua and. If the voters of Werne *l* »• *«•* next November they must all register on October Ath. The boundaries of the voting precinct. In n-ra* *•« ilao changed *ll* the nr* precinct Th" r-vlwirat on booths *UI I* pr.-.lnct. ihmughmit th- <-o.inty ami , hP P „||. will be open from "Uhl a m | to nine P »

BABIES WILL DET ATTENTION Series Os Baby Health Conferences To Be Held In Adams County — Adams county will take advantage of the aaalatanco of the State Board of Health this year in giving spec’al I attention to the health of the chihiren Dr. Ada Schw.dtaer. of Indianapolis, director of the Infant and Child Hygiene Division of the Stale Board of Health, will send 'nto this county a stuff, composed of a woman physician. nurse, clerk and staff director, who will bold conferences and give lectures, illustrate by moving pictures. in the different parts of the county. In these conferences, children from I one month to seven years of age will I receive thorough physleial examination free of charge. No treatment is given, but the physician advises with I the mother and when necessary. ! makes recommendations The twinI ferences in the county have been ari ranged by the Decatnr League of I Women Voters. Mrs. Faye SmithKnapp. chairman, and Miss Emilie I Christ, superintendent of the county | hospital, have org-i ilx<d me county. I appointing chairmen in the ditterent localities. These chairmen will tip 1 point there committees for assist children under seven years of age to 1 ance. Barents arc re<|iiestrd to take their the conference most on ven ent. to them lor examination. The schedule arranged forth" two weeks' conference Is as follows: Monday evening. Jun" IS. Irctnre. . aad- Tuesday..4lAßß.l*..‘«utert-i»cr. al Blraaant Mills high nebooi auditor i j him. Mrs. Charles Nyffler. chairman J Tuesday evening. June 17. lecture jat Decatur high school auditorium. Wednesday. June 18. conferences, lat Monmouth school. Mrs. Dale I Mose*, ehrilrmnn. Wednesday evening. June is, lecture. and Thursday. June 19. confer-1 cnees, at Kirkland h gh school. Mrs ' J. S. Byerly, chairman. Ftiday. June 2U, conference, at Decatur Bublic Library. Mrs. <’. V I I Connell, chairman. Friday evening. June !••. lecture at • Monroe high school. Mrs. E. W Ihniehe. chairman. Saturday. June jl conference al Decatur pub'ic library. Mrs. C. V. Connell, chairman .Monday. June !3. ermfer-nce. at Monroe high school. Mrs. K. W. 1 . Ibische. chairman. .Monday evening. June 33. |e«turr, and Tuesday. June 34. conferences, at | I Heme lommunlty auditorium Mrs c T. Ilabegger. cbalriiian. Tnenlay evening. June 34. lecture, I and Wednesday. June 35. conferences al Linn Drove. Mls« Justine Baker. 1 II hairman. Wwlto-Mlay evening. June 35. IreI Hire, and Thursday. June *<. confer >-n< at Geneva. Mrs. James Brigg* iCnfHlnned n» P«ee stv'

THE CHAUTAUQUA DAY BY DAY

I Fnlowla* I- a ropy -amplrtr program to bo given at Oacatnr Com munlty chantauqua. Juno 3<th tn 3 m h The Ma i« nl will »* placed on Uhorty Way. aouth of the Court House Mlaty people bav»< ruurnntrad th# aale id '.OO amiaon th het* »’ »■' ear* «ttd wl.hlna tickets ran recur* them from any mtn of the aoarantora CMWrm’a tickets arc II M «<*• W I** I*** l aawo'latlnn r« «H»*a a profit from the rntrrinlatneai the proceeds will I* «|yon tn the Chlv Hectlon n( the Wo man's duh Following la ’h» program. First Night It;on "Three Wl«e t’ , nola“—A great comedy with a wonderful rant. Admission. »l at; children. 6«c. Second Morning yon t htldrea's hour Stoond Afttmoon 3:30 LmMN ami Mualtal Hrogrsm —•■The Real F«tate Value of Fine ! Mttalr.- Charles l> laaar«o« and hla 1 Company of fntnoua Artists Admt»m* 34c. children Nd.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 31, 1924.

... TELEPHONE 1000 > The Daily Democrat’s telephone j number Is ONE THOUSAND, (10001. The old number was 51. but this ha* been given to the Cloverleaf Creamery Company. Yesterday and today many people ; called the Creamery company for results of the 500-mile race at Indianapolis and about the GibbonsCarpentier bout nt Michigan City. When you want the news call 'Bhone 1000, the Dally Democrat. FIGHTERS READY TO ENTER RING Great Crowd On Hands For Gibbons- Carpentier Fijfht This Afternoon lU. B. Staff Correspondent I Michigan City. Ind.. May 31- Banks of cotton like clouds and damp hreexes. carrying a threat of rain swept over the sky blue arena here today ns the time for the ten round no-decision Imut lietween George Carpentier nnd Tommy Olbhons neared. Weak sunshine pierced the clouds. Bromnters of the fieht pinn to staH | the CarpentierGibbtuts ficht at 3 ; o'clock central standard* time If rain j appears imminent. Otherwise the re-1 rular program will he followed This calls for the nnadvertls'-d program of four four-round bouts to start at 2 . and the regular advertised program I to start at 3. thus bringing Carpen . | Her and Gibbon* Into the arena between 4 and 4:30 p tn. central stand | nrd time i Carpeatier showed a flash of temp- | |er when Glhhons failed to app*-ar for 1 the off ial tihysicnl examination I Carpentier was examlncl and pronounced perf'vt. Hr refused to be weighed In without Gibbons and when , Glbhon* failed to appear he staked out. Franecls Desrampj <’arpwiUer*< manager, exploded with wrath and ' showered the promoters with a volley of French, and then he too left. The physicians waited until H1:45 - <SMI»* • * • • *** •» iwwwl «»n Pur* 11 ' Weather . Increasing cloudiness tonight; somewhat warmer, except In extreme southwest portion; Sunday unsettled probably showers In south portion. WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST | Washington. Msv 31 —Weather outlook for the period of June 3 to 7 In 'elusive. Atlantic and Gulf Mates, Ohio I Valley and Tennessee. Region of Great laikrs and Upper Mlealaalppl 'and Lower Missouri Valley, local shower* at iM-gltining and again near, end of the week; otberwlae generally I fair. Temperature near nr allghtl) ' Ih-low normal.

Second Night R;M "An Arnhnln Night's Mttnlml Enlertnlnmeni" — Charles It iaasrun ind hta company. Admission ?ir: Children S3c. Third Morning 9:oa Ch lld ran » hour Third Morning. J:3O Th»r«'«a tthorhon Convrrt Co Artlallr Entirtalnrra, Ad ml»«l<ia .16c: Chlhlrrn JOr Third Night It:no rntortlnmont * Thrroaa Hhm han Cogcort Co. I; II—Id" turn "tlunnllnn th* Uatoa"— Hon Hohn Carl WMtd. Aaalat. uni Macfwtary of Labor la Char«i« of Imiaratkm Admlaahm 76<: ChlMmn 3fc. Fourth Morning >:oo chUdmn'n hour Fourth Aftamoon 3:30 "Vnft" Concert; To Okie i Timor’s Contort; Community Hlns ins: Mualr Momory Contodt; Oromt'a Hymphony Hand Ailmlrahm Sir; Chlldron SOr. Fourth Night S.oo Oraml doublo cnni-ort, H|mclal

CELIA ANDREWS MARRIED TODAY — Popular Young Lady Os This City Married To Roger Swaim Today A weddtpg of unusual interest ami com'ng as a most pleasant surprise to the many friends of the well known couple, took (Ince nt ten o'clock this morning when Rev U. S. A. Bridge? pastor of the First Methodist church in this city, received the vows which , united the lives of Mr. Roger G. I I Swaim, newspaper man of Bluffton, and Miss Celia Andrews, popular and! churning young lady of rhis city. The ceremony was performed nt the Andrews home on West Madison street. The single ring ceremony was I used and only the relatives and n few! intimate friend* of the family attended. Following the wedding a luncheon was served by Mrs. C. T Rainier,* grandmother of the bride, at the An- 1 drew* home and immediately following It the happy couple left on a mot or trip to Indianapolis, then to Tur-| key Run. The Shades and through I Southern Indiana After Jane 15th the couple will be at home at 405 W. Market street. | Bluffton, tlieir home b-lng already, I furnished. The bride wore a beauti . ful afternoon gown of cocon color I creps and carried n corsage Isuiquet I of pink rose buds and forget-me not*. I Her only adornment was a strand of irrldescent pearls, a gift from the I grotim | Al hough friends of the couple had | inklings of the upproa< hlng wedding.* | no one was "let In" on the secret.' i«(Cept the immediate n.'mwher* of the lamily and as no on, > xpected it to I i.ikt plac.e so soon 'h“ natw-utH-ement' I comes as a surprise lo the moat inti , mate friends of the com at «i to him dn-ds of others. The lr ide la the charmin ; daughter of Mrs Agues Andrew*. <.f th a city She I* an accomplished musician nnd, a member of the Tri Kappi Sorority and h«r fri< nd* in this civ are l>* gion. Follow mg her graduation from the fteotnr high school in 1916 she entered the European school of I Music rl Fort Wayne and later be- ' cnin, a Ini' lier of mus ein thia city. Ft r several xrsrr -hr was organlsl at the Im al M- ihodist church. Mr. Hwatm Is tie mm of Mr. nnd Mrs. D. II Swaim, of Blnffton. He is n*»cc!st'*d with hl* father in the n< w*|Kipcr nnd printing hmtfnea*. they being owners snd publishers of the Bluffton News. He hold* the pt’ ■lt'i.n ot buslneas manager of the paper an<i also I* u writer of üblllty tind a member of one of the sph-ndid fa in I lie* of Bluftton. Following hl* siaduuiion from the Bluffton high mliool In 1915, he entered lb* Buiiw University and completed a threeyear course of study there. While st . tbr University hr wna u member of I the Beta Theta Bl fraternity. He then I became skihm latml with hi* father In (rnwHnned nn Bare slat

- * Ualitine nnd Nmlty Efforts tirom and Hla Itand Admlaalon 76c; Children 36r. Fifth Morning 9:00 Children' hour Fifth Afternoon f M OMvar*a l‘hll|»|Un» Qulntatti> Tropical Midmlln* Admlaalon Jlr; (*hihlri*n '.'Or Fifth Night *oo “A Night In th» Trnph Oliver a QnlnlMtr d:<6 ijieturo: "A chaHomt'* to rumiri. rm y”—W. C. McCullouah. Admlaalon 7Se: ChlMrrn 3f»r, Blath Morning g oo cblldma'a hour. •s« Mitalc ItramaOnatloSa Jiininr Chaataml mtna 3 on |*npular Muairal Itrvnr The tliiddira Co. S:N Laetara: -Nrw World* for Old fj<'<> C Aydrlolt Admlaalon »sr. children ?ar. tiath Night gno "Htlddlea " A Comedy with Mualr and a Hrnudwa* Coat Affmiaalon. |l •». Children. Wc.

Board Os Review To Meet Monday Morning I The county board of review will convene Monday morning in the office of Wiliam Zimmerman, countv, assessor. Members of the board lie 1 sides Mr. Zimmerman, who is clialr-j county auditor; Louies Kleine, connman of tlie board, are Martin Jaberg. ty treasurer; F. M- Schlrmeyer. of this city, and William Farlow, of Wa- , bash township. Tin- first, duty of the hoard will he to check the sclii-duies.| ’ They wII be in session for thirty | days. H.M. DAUGHERTY TO DEFEND SELF Former Attorney General To Be Called Before Probers .lune 4 Washington, May 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat >—Harry M. Daugherty. former attorney general will lie j siili|ioenaed to appear before I senate investigating committee June ( 4 to defend himself against the s>-r ! ies of charges that have been made I against him during the pres* nt Ivesti I | cation. In tnak'ng the announcement i Chairman Brookhart said that Datigh ! erty must waive Immunity or the com- ; niiitee will not hear him. Calls President A Coward Washington. May 31 —(Special tni Dally Democrat! —President Coolidge| coinmitteed the "most cowardly act a human ever perpetrated when he drove Harry Daugherty from off'ce." - I Gaston B. Means declared before the | senate investigating com I initete today. M- ans tiuik jh<* stand ,tq ,undergo ‘ "ctbs* examination bv Itangherty** , counsel. Paul Rowland. LaFollette Starts Drive For Progressive Action ■ Washington. May 31 —(Special to I Dally Democrat)- The Japanese pro | test against th" new immigration law 'today was formally presented to Be< i ,'retary of State Hughes by the Jap-; , anese Aniliassador llanihnra. ! No comment XV I* made bv either • and It was indicated at the state department that tlu text would not be made public for some time. HIGHWAY ROUTE ; IS ANNOUNCED ! Route And Organization Os Harding Highway Is Made Public ' That the Harding Highway through Indiana will be routed by wny of DeI <atur. Huntington. North Manchester. .'Rochester. Culver and North Judson t support the promises mad" bv their ( representatives to the national nasoelation nt Marion. Ohio, to the effect | that these towns will cooperate to ' make th" highway a permanent sueCVM*. This statement »i« made public today hy J. P. Walters of Culver, who several week* ago at an organlkation meeting was named president of th" Indiana brunch of the Harding High I way Asms- a I h>n A aiihatantlal finan | ( |a| Hiipiuiri to the state ssmm latloir Is required forth" ipirpoae <»f putting the highway a**o« latum on a. permutienl basis Flft! percept of the money raised imludlng that already paid to th" Harding H'ghway A»«o elation la to be kept In the Indiana lirsmli and ntllixcl for alate pronue Hon. marking and advertising The Imlun-'e l« to Im> u«'*t by the national orgsnlMt'on for emblem*, and na tlomil promotion. A det-illed orgiinlaatlon plun under which Ihr Hurtling Highway A»»o«luHun I* to o|» rate wa* announced by Mr Walters. Th" Hurtling Highway, Ar*<wlatl"n incorporation provide* for the forming of brum h aasoclailon* In each stalo. In ea< h’« -immunity there are mtmlitrd Imai commltteea who select lepresentatlvru to the slate nnd then the national aaeo> elation. rh" plan more In detail i-otuint from the national headquarter* Is aa follows: (Continued on Page Five)

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TWO WEALTHY LAW STUDENTS ADMIT GUILT Sons Os Chicago Millionaires Tell Story Os Their Crime Today WANTED ADVENTURE Story Os Kidnapping And Murder Ends Extraordinary Criminal Case (United Press Service) Chicago. May 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“We killed Robert Cranks for the spirit of adventure.’’ Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeh. wealthy colI lege students, confessed to police today. The two youths, sons of wealthy Chicago families, made a complete confession of the murder to State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe, bringing to an end one of the most extraordinary criminal cases in Chicago police records. Their story of the kidnaping and murder was a fantastic tale of longing for adventure. The crime, they admitted, J was plotted more than nine months ago and all the details were carefully planned to avoid detection. Wanted Adventure "We bad hewn rending of kldnapling adventures and demands for ran som," Tx-opnlil told authorities In ex--1 plaining the crime. "W>- had all the ' money we needed, of roiin-e but we ithought ft would be a ripping good 'adventure to kidnap some youngster land tn-to gc‘ some money (or it. "At first we didn’t plan the murder but we decided It would be plavlmsafe to put our victim out of the wav. . I We-bought all the eiiuipmeni we needed nnd then our next task was to •elect the victim We wanted to get j some lu»y whose father had nlentv of money. We decided to look around . the Harvard school where all the stn- . dent* were wealthy We selected Robert a* our victim " I Gives Details of Crime I.eonold then recited the details of -the kldnaiilne and the slaying of Hie ( youth, showing the remarkable plans I thev had laid. | We rented an automobile and went Ito the Harvard iwhool Just as th" limy* were coming out We called and invited hint for a ride Thai part was easv "When we got him In the car. we hit him over the head with a chisel we hsd prepared. It wna wrapped so 1 that It wouldn't make a sharp cut In this boy's skull. ■ "Our next move was to choke him '.We stuffed ruga In hi* mouth nnd then gave him some ether which I I stole from the chemistry lahoratnry nt college Choked Him To Death "We drive out muHh to the city limits and carrbsl the boy Into a thicket Here we undressed him. I choked him to death, and threw 1 hydiwhlorle acid on hl* face We jdlrt this In an attempt to disfigure i him so hndv that If th" l*uly weru found it could not hr Identified 11 I ‘'We hurled the shoes and burned I the clothe* 1 think vmi ran find the , I sho''* now If von l<*>k ’ Wrote Ransom Lstttr |jM>|mld admitted It was he who wrote the famous ramson letter, demanding tin.tWhi tn Jamb Franks, the , victim’s father *We I bought that wan a rHth' smart piece of work.” Ix'npoltl told police, "but apparently It helped to ■ lead to our downfall." Capture of was brought about by three Cblcagn detective*. -(William Crot. Frank Johnwon and 11James Courtland Their work »»« pong and tiresome, and for many days • th*v feared they were following poor • Ileads. Today they were praised bv rMale's Attorney Crow* nnd hl* stn* J (or one of th" most clever piece* of I detective wnrit on record, Eye-glass Are Clue. Aside from the ransom letter, the (Continued on l'M« Ffve» e