Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 133.

ITAGGART SOUNDS AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE

■business men I OF CITY HOLD I FINE MEETINC ■ informal Meeting Os Indus. ■ trial Association Very ■ Productive SSE ' —"" ■ vi \ir.i idlin’ '.ko'a i\(. ■ Interesting Reports Given: ■ Meeting With Farm- ■ ers Discussed ■ On,. ..f the most enthusiastic ami ■ pilin' meetings in the historv <>f ■ 'nr Industrial Association.' ■ ,- 3S h.1.l last evening at the Indus- ■ trial about fifty men attend ■ j,, ; aon Burk, president, presided ■ and Frame Confer, the secretary. ■ -I • mimitfs of the past nicotine■B Th" meeting opened with the sing ■ !nc , • • mile rof songs, led by Huth 19 nm. .mars were passed several ■ Lit--. all present. It was a regular' ■ t ." .' -r informal m. <i-u- and 9 led.l on seAal 9 Increase In MemtMbsh.p ■9 p a.is reported that 158 individual ■H f : . , renewed their nit-mbt-i |9 o lined the Det atnr lndu<tii .1 ■ a don during the the first «. .I, 19 <d '!>.■ campaign which William I. |9d.irm t hairman of the member-hip 19 ( is now conducting No’ Ml : ">-!>• (five ill. mb. t • I.' |fl |,....-I . - and those in charge of th--MB .ti tool confident that tn.it■H nmr- nu mbers can be enrolled \ |fl " ■ • of 1923 the association £■ • mher-hip of only 1--111 ; 1- gr. ..th I.ppr.- ■ th. .lit -.'ors. and those interest. .! in 91 ■■ ■ - .-s and < arry in- on of th19 The Community Fund i&g ti . Craliker. . Imirman ■ '.net. ■ ■ Committee, reported the IB I.t.d . f 12 419 7.(1 had h.-.-n pl. de. |fl:<<4t. ? lie Community fund and ■ t!l'.:’.» had already been paid ■ rash I' was also slated by ■ pt-.n that all the pb-dif* Were n ■ du. an I that notices would be s. r. pl tn th.'-.- who Signed up to give t • ' M fun.! 1 hr- money will I in |9 b'.run’ 'he progress and w.-lf.oe ■ fciaPir The city’s quota forth. fl runny of the right of ways forth fl I. o> o: I south state read $11" ' IB * " 'timed over Io 'I. \ IB * Better Roads lommii'.. IB * lll '*'■ '•■‘•*<l when need Ml. 9 River B«nk Beaut.ficat.on fl V. V . tithoff. the effl. lent . • of fl '' ; ib!i< improv ..tn. nt ■ ■ fl niw'e.l that with SBB 65. the t.-i" IB nor bank along the St Mar's riv ■ ’""'lt from the Smith bridg. to th. fl r ‘ • property line t.n N.'fh S. I end -'r.,.t. hud been employ'd to I brush and unsightly objects T" I »•# re employed to do the work I iml only SBS was spent for liilh" I iwl.in. .• was used in making and • I Ing signs along the route, form.’ I to throw or .lump gait, o I other rubbish <>■ the cleared I (round The cooperation <f I mis-n i» asked In trying n> k»-p ' rrnunds < leaned The cltv str. I mittl.mera co-operated with Mr " ■ b"» and his committee and ham »»ai the rubbish that cmild n '"irtie.l Mr. Wernhott also ha’ - ' Mother projects under way balan< i- nt money appropriated (■■> public improvement, which »•' •111 be left nt his disposal Would Llk« To Cl««r C»m»t«ry The committee would Hk<’ 1 " 'be old cemetery on Wln.hrst.r •'rvc-t cleaned up and later Itirtu I ’«> ths city tor a park. A commi"" r»lle.| on the board of rotnml. . • " ’ "Slav and presented the plan "• h " Tor Big Ost Togothsr Mrst.rg Th" holding of a big got tog. th'r I ntorting between the business nun I " f 'his city and the farmers in Vi "' 1 " I 'tninty wore discussed and n n>"' I ttuwlo to have the president app""'' I » tommißoe of five to Investlgat. tl I I'tan snd to report later It I’ l II t‘l hold a meeting Similar to th" O'" I h"ld at the Holland Ht Umis bug - I fompatty In 1912 It Is also plann-d I '« have the meeting at the sam- I >" ‘ II )t»t a few daya ahead " f | *d the sugar making campaign, which I *"1 open atiout Oct.do-r Ist Ail term I (Continued on Page Four'

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

TO NAME COOLIDGE fl i r 9 r' W- . A ■ * jwb ■ MARION LEROY IH RTON I Washington. I).. ('.—Marion Leroy Burton, president of the I’niveridty of Mich gun. probably will place ; President Coolidge in nomination at ' the Republican national convention. I Formal announcement of Hr. Burton’s selection was made Saturday. .Mav 31. by the Coolidge managers. ' Selection of l»r. Burton, a long time I friend of the president. Is understood • to have been virtually agreed upon by William M. Bii.hr. in charge of the Coolidge campaign, and his associut.'s. FETTERS TRIAL 1 OPENS MONDAY —— Much Time Spent In Securing Jury For Trial Os Celina Youth Cc-lina. Ohio, Jun.. 3—A crowd of i eager rpectators filled the large common pleas court room to It capacity i Monday when the court begun the task of selecting n jury tn try thecase of the sta’e against <leo F.-tters C.-lina youth, who Is charged in a , grand jury indictment with the murder of Kd Moyer. Blackcreek township farmer, on the night of August 1922 Judge Henry A. Miller, occuple.l the l>on< h when court opened. Five jurors were tentatively accepted when the court adjourned for the neon receas. Fifty icersons re amended tn 'he subpoenaet Issued for jttror'e. Indications were that the | jury would not lw completed until i hate today. Attorney R»* Younger. | of Celina, was appointed recently to defend young Fetters J W. b.ree is , ■i.istlni Prnaocntor F I* Klmh. In

»•»» ri”"’ ’ ’ -- th»’ JM'tMW'CStlotl n t 1 Jumna anil !M<k Fetter. and Jew Rmnlanr were jointly ln«>‘< «•••' with , George Fettcra for lb* murder They •re being held In the county jail here without ball UeoW •» rppnrt.x* to hare lotifi'M-il that he flrml the fatal '•hot. Moyer «M UHW hy a »hot from- hl« own «hot run which had been wreated from him alter he had •hen fight Io the young men. whom be dlacornred prowling on hl« farm near Rockford. Sevenlv Enroll In Vacation Bible School The Hally Vacation Rtble SrbMl opened at th* I’reabytarlan thttrch '...tirday with an *nrollm<fi' of rerentv. It **• ,w h- *’ <h * klndemanlen department tbl* , year Th* pupil* . ,er.-l in the admol *• the •**«« . .Mnlon and a aplrmlhl mura* la an I lldpated. • IhurrheTAwid Modernl’t And Fundamentals < , ‘”‘ h I* It’ntted **7 U X* „ i i M i June s-y caring a I Itiihmond. Ind. June - li In th* relation* of i dlMatrmt* bream . - . it the article* were I rarlm* church** if ar • i med or r*J*» , * , l ,h '’ “ adopted w or t*-. 4 fcev*ihrf I •emMy of United ’ M L • hiMihe. Imlay deferred a " B J* t rr *,.i I L| general a-MOttl ih'l l Ot the mifh ntatciuem """ .

LET CONTRACTS i FOR ROADS ANO | BRIDGES TODAY Commissioners Let Contracts For Two Roads And Three Bridges BIDS ARE CLOSE Election Claims Allowed; Specifications For New Barns Inspected Bids were received and contracts were awarded this morning hy the lionrd of county commissioners for the construction of two macadam roads and three bridges, a feature of the bidding being the closeness of the low bid and the ones next to It. Amos Stoneburner was the lowbidder on both roads, while the bridge contracts went to three different contractors, namely Homer Arnold. Yost Brothers and t’hnrles Cole. The bids on the Janies Andrews road in Washington township were as follows: Phil Sauer. 110.500; Meshberger Bros., 19707; Dennis Striker. $9800; Amon Stoneburner. 119487; Barger and Andrews. 119.1'100.70; Charles Arnold. $9894; (’. W Merriman. $9565. The Andrews road Is 7.925 feet in length and the csti 'mated co-t wus $11,552.70. The bitls on the Philip Carper road, a Iso in Washington township, were as follows; Phil Sauer. $845(1; Dennis 'Striker. $8299 20; Amos Stoneburner. $818$; Barger and Andrews. $8836.45; i Charles Arnold. $8194. The Carper I road In E.CTK f<-efln length and the I ent I muted cost of construction was ’ $9299 20. Yont Brother* were the only bid--1 det* on the Davis bridge In St. Marys i township and the contract was awardI od to them on their bid of SB,BOO. The l. stiiiiate was JR.immi and a similar ! imount had lie. n appropr uted for the i bridge. The bids on the Hannl bridge In Wabash township were as follows: Yost Bros.. $970; Christ A. IJeehty. $1198; Joel Ellelitiarger. $1230; Charles Cole. $789. The bids on the .Moser bridge were: Homer Arnold. $1439; Yost Bros. $1610; Jorl Kllonburgtr. $1642; Amos Fisher. $2298; Charles Cole. $1791. Fix Election Pay The county commlnxloners alktwud the election commlsslont i» sloo for ! th lr serelcen In connection with the (Continued on page three!

COMMENCEMENT THIS EVENING Annual Commencement Os Catholic Grade And llinh Schools i The t weary ninth annual commence ment of the Bt. Joeeph grad* mhool and th" •••rood annual commence meat of th* iwatur Catholic high y.hool* will be hehl thia evening •• “;*0 nt th* Kn-ghta of Columbu* hall A mttalcal program. under th* au nrevlaton of Mr*. U A. HoßhoWue will Im given during the evening, and Rett j A Helmetn, paalor of th* Hl. Mary’a Catholic church congregation, will dlatrlbuie the diploma* among th* three high aebnut gradual**, the twenty one eighth grade, ami two commercal graduate*. A reunion of all th* graduate* from th* mhool nine* !••• »•••*** ■ l ,h * hall . . tlev John C, Keller. paator of th* Catholic church at Hartford (Tty. will deliver the commencement ad drew* and the public la invited lo at tend the c«er<i»e«. Thl* !• tbs MHftid <*!••» •*••• anted from fh* high «hool ainc* It wa> e.tahl ahed ••« year* ■«» NM ‘ VP# r a aenlor cla»* will be lompoaed of alt young m»n. Th* Catholic acbool had on* of tn* largeal enrollment* Ibl* year and the year jual < k»*‘«« ••• Mat aitcceaafUl In lhe hitlory of th* achotd

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 3, 1921

HIS LAST INVENTION New York. June 3. —The last Intricate invention of Carl Dornfleld, Inventor'was a suicide machine. Retiring, he placed one end of a gas tube in his mouth und the other on a closed gas jet. An alarm clock was placed beside the bed and ! connected to the alurm trigger with a steel spring, which was hooked to the gas jet. The alarm bell was taken off. When the alarm trigger was released the gas was turned by the steel spring and Dornfleld never awakened. I CORNERSTONE TO BE LAID SUNDAY r Work Progressing Nicely r On New United Brethren Church Building . Work on the new United llrethern I church, corner of Ninth and Madison * streets. Is progressing nicely and. tin , less weather condlt ons cause a delay < ’ the workmen will be ready to lay brick soon. Members of the congre- i gallon are planning fcr a great day next Sunday, at which time the , ,< ornerntoiiv laying ceremonies will be held. ! The Rev. A. (’. Siddall. DD. of Dayton. Ohio, had been secured to conduct the cermonies. There will he | services throught the day. the corner , stone laying to be held at 2:30 p. nt. | The Rev. V. S A. Bridge. DD. pastor , of the First Methodist church and (.resident of the Decatur Ministerial r association I'D? represent ijie ijhureheu . of the city in a brief address. , The public Is cordially Invll.sl to all the of the services to Ih* held dur . ing the day. Robbers Break Into Wren Hardware Store * Robbi-rs broke Into the hardware store at Wren. Ohio, east of this city. 1 sometime last night and sitcceetled in making their escape with a quau- - tily of cash, although the exact I amount of the loot has not been learned. Sheriff John Baker received a cull from Wren at 4 o'cltxk this ’ morning, asking him to watch for an * automobile which might contain the robbers. The proprietor of the store, who called Sheriff Baker, alated that 1 he had noticed where the rold»-r« had r driven their car against a door and evidently bad damaged the front of the r car. Sheriff Baker kept watch for the car here but filed Io see any

I that might havo contained the rob I ber*. BBT CHOIR WILL SING ORATORIO Frederick G. Church's Choir Os Ft. Wayne. To Sinic "The Messiah" Here .Much Intereat la being ahown In the redltlon of "The Meaalah." auld. Io be th* greateat Oratorio ever writ | ten. which will be given In th* Firat Methodiat church h*r* Thursday eve nlng. June 5. at h o'clock. hv the, Crederlt k U. Church boy choir of Fnrt Wayne Th* choir will alm; ' b*r* und*r th* »ti*plc*» of th* Kp ; , worth l.eagtt", In the choir ar* excellent voice* , For many week* th* tholr ha* l»**it I training under Mr. Church, who '* an , a<; nuftdlehwl muaical They wilt alng the Meaalah In an , excellent manner, and alnce th* choir ha* be*n veated It wilt preach I a beautiful uppearum* Th* choir pr*a*ut*il "Th* M«'*alah n th* Acottlah Hl’e caihidral in Ft.l Ways* recently, and the cathedral I waa filled to capacliy. The rom ert t Continued on I'ag* Three I I -■ Weather . Oenerally fair tonight and Wedne* day; riaing lemperaiur* Wednesday

LEOPOLD AND LOEB MAY FACE MORE CHARGES Believed To Have Committed Another Murder And Gland Operation IDENTIFIED BY VICTIM Chas. Ream, Taxi Driver, Says They Attacked Him For His Glands Chicago. June 3 Nathan Leopold und Richard Leob. who have finally passed over "the bridge of sighs” and are held securely in the county jail for the first time on charges of murdering Robert Franks. 14 yeir old s< hool lioy, may be called with another murder, a brutal gland operation. and possibly other crimes, it was indicated today nt the office of Suite's Attorney Robert K. Crowe. Charles Ream .a taxicab driver. | who six months ago. was attacked nnd mutilated Identified |jr<>|xdd mid 1 Loeb as the two youths who made 1:1m prisoner, bound and gagged him i with an ether soaked rag Ream said he was positive of their identity and promised to make formal charges against the youths. Aides of Crowe, meanwhile, are InI vestlgnting possible tonnectlon of the two ’’super-intellectuals” with the I murder of Freeman Tracy, another , I'niversity of Chicago student. Tracy’s murder on thhe evening of November 25. 1923. was never explained. | “ly-epoM and Limb. I knew them when first I saw their pictures in the |>ap<'r." Ream said. •‘lx»eb drove the car <>n the night I was kidnapped. It | was fjcopold who held th-it ether luindage over my face. , “Do you think I could forget the face of the men who have taken to , much out of my life?” With Ream's id. ntifl. allon of Leopold und l/ieh as his attarkera. authorities announced they would in vestigate every recent U'lexirfain.Ml .; crime on Chicago police records In i the belief that the millionaire college i students may have been connected i, with them. Several murder myaler ' lea. gland operations and high band.litry will he investigated ’’There is no telling where our in I veatlga'lons will lead us." Crowe I said. "These boya. if thev were ’.<a|>ahh» of kidnaping an hinncvnl J U(Contimied On Page Four!

DELEGATES GO TO CONVENTION Local Delegates Today For Democratic State Convention The Adam* Counly delegate* lo Hie d-mmrallc .late convention left to. day for Indianapolis where th* big meeting will open Wednesday morn j mg nt Tom laM hall. Adam* munty I *. nd* elev.m delegate* to lite n>n Ivi-ntlon. they being. Martin Mooorb 1 tmrger. French townabip; John Felty.l ' Wabayh towndiln; Vance Mattox. Monroe: John Botlenbnchnr. Blue! i Creek townahlp; Ami* Lovtoa. Root |town*hlp. W H. imttlnger. Kirtland towoahlp; John Heller. John Tyndall and C N, Crrtolen. is-eainr; J W I Vlaard. PlMuant Milla; and We*ley Nim*nachwamler. Bom*. Amo* l>w iron may b* unable to attend, and ‘n! that caa* hi* brother. C. !» Lewton.i of th'g city, will go i Th*t* la a total if I.SW delegate*, in the eonv*nth>n and lhe dull** «f : the delegate* will b* to nominate a candldaf* for governor, a lieutenant | governor. a*«r*tary of Natale, auditor. I treaattrer. attorney general, auperln , tend*ni of public inatruction cl*rk of the auprem* court, nnd one or two *tt preme court and aptadlnt* court judge* Th« race* for th*** nominnttoon ar* aplrted. Th* eight candidate* for (Continued on page two!

PRESENTED JAP NOTE flfl ■. ****’ ■' w Bflr *,*H"**mK F UB I MASANRO HANIHARI Washington. D - ('.— The Japanese government in a note delivered to Secretary of State Hughes by Ambassador Hunlharu here Saturday. May 31. declared its "solemn*' protest against the exclusion features of the itrmigrat'on bill, and requests the American governmeni to take all possible measures to remove the disc rim'nation. Secretary Hughes, in making the note public, declined to comment. MAKING PLANS FOR CHAUTAUQUA Advance Advertising Man For Community Chautauqua System Here Ralph Thorn, advance advertising man for the Central Community Chautauqua systems, arrived In the ettv this afternoon snd will work with William Linn, cha'rman. and members of th.’ advertising commit-, tee. in gett ng the advertising for the Decatur ('oniniiinltv Chautauqua put up. Mr. Thorn will be here for two daya. A letter from Mr. George C. Ayde.j lott. circuit manager, stated that the s’le on Liberty Way. ns orlglnallv selected, would not be large enough, Il requiring a space 140 hy 14" feet The tent Itself Is 98 by 98 fewt and with the side wall and ropes It will require a snace at least 140 feot deep and the same sixe in width. Mr Thorn tix»k the matter up with W A. laiwer. chairn’an of the ground cqmm'ttee, and a aultable l<x-atb>n will be solorted, SmuMm ticket* for the chnutauqua have been placed in the hand* of the guarantora and anyone who wish"* to purchase tlck-i els ran secure them from one of the dxty guarantors. The big chnutauqua will open In thia city nn June 24th and continue until the night of June :t«th. The program to be given la one of the 11>< at ever tanked l**t’ 'hla city Mr. and Mrs. Rmjcr Swaim Experience A Thrill In Police Court The hnnejrawoa of Mr. and Mrs Roger Hwiilm proceeded merrily on today following a thrill osparteMod In police court In Indianapolis last night Mr. Hwatu and his bride of three day*, who formerly waa Mtaaj Celia Andrews, of thi* city, porkod ‘hdr cur In the downtown diatrlet ofj the capital yesterday evening. Wlmn they refurne*! to the place where they had parked, the rar was gooe ( Fully convinced that their car had, Ix-cn stolen, the newlywmte banded for the pollen at ttioli to enlist the a d of the law In apprehending the thief Whm thay arrived at the police sta [lion, they were Informed that thdr *<ar wo* there and lhen followed at I lecture by the poller captain and a ‘ i line waa impound upon the un*u*peet I Ina groom lie had parked hl* car n 'a *af"tv »one The poller taptaln «a* I gtwxl natured. however, and the Snr ' was •io>pend'd Tteiav the newly I weds were rnroulr to The Shades of ' Drath. In southern Indiana .... — O CHICAGO GRAIN CLO6E Wheat; Jub lI.MH: Sept ll.of'i: I Doc. II (t?S« Corn; July IHept. ?6t«c; Dec 69c. Oatai July. 43%r. Sept 39’«C; Dre 4tls»c.

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SEES VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS IN NOVEMBER Democratic Leader Os Indiana Predicts Ralston As Standard Bearer GIVES “INSIDE DOPE" a States Views On Other Candidates; Convention To Endorse Ralston (United Press Service) Indianapolis. June 3.—Optimism over the prospect of a demo, ratio victory thi* fall with Senator Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana a* the standar! bearer was expressed today by Tom Taggart, veteran loader of Hoosier democracy. "If Ralston Is nominated ho will 'win" Taggart declared "Hl* record |a* governor of Indiana will recommknd him to the nation and be will j carry Indiana hy the largest vote '.•ver given presidential candidate." "I do not think l’nderwo«xl will be nominated" Taggart said "I don't think Smith will be nominated and I don't think McAdoo enn be nomln'ated. "There I* every reason tn believe that George Brennan t Illinois hoss) ,and leader* In the east are favorable ito Ralston* candidacy. I don't think !there will be any dark horses In the . convention. The democratic state tonvention . In-re Thursday is exported to give lUbaoa a rousing enflorwment for i the presidential nomination A re solution pledging the Indiana dele - gate* tn the national convention to stick by Ralston to the end is readv ■ ‘o offer to the Mate .oavention Thurs i day. Breaking of » possible running mate for Ralston. Taggart said he believed Senator Copeland, of New ■ .Yo'k. Governor Rltche of Maryland snd Homer Cummins of Conn . were "strong possibilities." , — House Defeats Farm Relief Bill Today Washington- Th.- McNary Haugen . farm relief hill principal measure pro , posed hy the form bloc for SgTieulI Hint! aid this s«-aM»n was defeated by the house tixlay .| An attmrpt by friends of the bill |’n «|.‘tnoll»h oplxMltlon before the i final vote bv restricting the scope of ' the measure to wheat Hour, swine ■ and frwxl product* thereof was dr- ’ seated Juror’s Illness Delays Montpelier Bomb Trial Hartford Cltv. June 3 — Due to the sudden Hines* of Austin Harrold, of Washington tov>n»hlp. «nr of the members of the jury, the trial of Wil- > Ham Davis. Montepllrr striker on trial chatvad with conspiracy in con net thin with the terrific exphwlon nt Montpelier. January 9. 1924. «•« . nrcea*arilv post ponwi Monday morn [tag and wilt not convene again until ' next Monday morning, according to ' present plans Mr Harrold Is miltr 111 with a-th ma. and ht« tnnditinn Is cnnshlered septan* Th" trial ha» gone ten davs and II was thought ntwilil* that th* ‘case might have rracher the jury hy Tttr*dav evening. Minorib Renort In Favor Os Ford's Offer Washington. June 3— Acceptanw of Henry Ford’s offer fnr Mn«le Shoal* would he tn the best Interest .'f the public, while governmeni otter •linn of the project wntthl he a "costly adventure." a minority rwf port submitted from the senate art (culture totntnHtce today declar* ed. The report was signed by Senator I add ropuMh an. North ttakrns. and Senator* Heflin. Alabama. Ilarrt*«m. ; Mississippi( Caraway. Arkawsad and Smith. South Carolina, all demn era is