Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 135.

M’CULLOCH NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR

SENATE Oil COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT OF PROBE

LEASES OF OIL RESERVES ARE CALLED ILLEGAL Report Brings To End Long And Sensational “Scandal" Inquiry RECOMMENDATIONS {'rre Tightening Os Regulations To Prevent Similiar Leases Washington. June 5 (Spcto Daily Democrat) buses of the three naval nil reserves made by Albert B. Fall. are denounced as illegal and corrupt in a renort of Sen ator Thomas J. Walsh to the write oil committee today. The report brings to aii end the long and sensational “scandal" innuiry which involved Ms.rvs of men high in public life and resulted in the rcsolution of a cabinet officer. Indictments now arc being sought against the princinals and suit is being nrnsreated for caoedlalion of tlu leases. R-commcndations arc made in the report for tightening of listing governmental r»>gulalir.iw so Ihal the possibilitv of similar leases of the public domain will lw diminslmd. Report Written By Walsh The report was written by Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who ha« been the leading fir ore In the Investigation begun nine months am by the senate public lands committee. A minority report tnny be snbmltt rd ’at«-r by S-nator Spencer. Mlssenri republican, who objects to many teatare* of the Walsh report. The chief features of Waith relart; . rw-ntinciatlon of the leases made hv former Secretary of the Interior Fall and Harry p. Sinclair an<l E. IDohney on the legal ground that thev were made tn “flagrant disregard of Fall la Arraigned A severe arraignment of Fall for accepting 'loans” nf I2S.WMI from Sin clsfr and lIOO.MO from Doheny, with an attack upon former Becretarv of the Navy Denby chanting dereliction "f duty In falling to Investigate the lenses before affeglng his signature • n them. A suggestion that hereafter no Ims., of government oil lands should hr made without competitive bidding •ad then only In case the lands are •altering from drainage by adjacent l*<d»rtlea. * •tvtral Principals A charge that the leases are corrupt without mentioning name, of those against whom corruption •* '•urged hut aiming it clearly at the half doirn principals In connection *"h ths leasee An attack upon Fall for nainn the Marines to chase off from Teapot Dntne certain squatters who were r *»ate«tlng Sinclairs rights. Waith •tils thia “an outrageous and tin Jtstlflad use” of the srmed fnrro of lb" United States and declares a Hvll suit should have been ln*tlDi"’ , t to chase off the squalors DsKtfn) that the leases could he Justified nn the ground that th-’r* ♦»• heavy drainage that was dlmln•thing ths supply of oil In lh« ground Denunciation of Sinclair for having t*'d millions of dollars to •Mrrespon ••hit" claimants "with more or less •hadowy claims ” Most of the 14 printed pages of the ’'•Pwt deals strictly with lh* «*»”' monv developed from s legal aland tt refrains from‘pa«»lng Jndt m *ni In moat Instance, and w*r*tr *•• forth the farts without inti* them. '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

I CASE APPEALED BT RAILWAY GO. , Pennsylvania C o tn p a n y Takes Richhart Damage Suit To Higher Court ’ After a motion (or a new trial in the case of George W. . Richhart against the Pennsylvania railroad company had been overruled by Judge Jeare C. Sutton in circuit court this morning, the railroad com- . pany appealed the case to the npIpealnte court of Indiana. The appenl bond was fixed at 13,000. The case Is a damage, suit resulting from nn Incident which occured in Fort Wayne during the railway I shopmen's strike in 1922. The case was venued to this county from j Allen county. A jury in the local court returned a verdict for the B plaintiff awarding him 12.000 at the ( close of the trial which was com- | pleted on March fi. 1924. After overruling the motion for a new trial this I ■ morning. Judge Sntton awarded . judgment on the v. rd! t for 92.000 , and costs. | Richart alleged in the trial that b a . was struck over the head by n club s in the hands of n railroad d‘ ’ectlr* . while he was cros« T ng the company’si truths at Hanna street in Ft. Wayne , » one night. He claimed that ho was I r permanently Injured bv the hlow. I . He n«kst for 415.000 damages In b.ls f complaint. BULLETIN Sheriff John Baker received word this afternoon that three ne'soners had broken out nf the Allen countv tail n‘ Fnrt Wavne. One IWR*I was descr’hcd as heI""' hill "nd wonrin” a hhte I rb||4. ’’’Me nth«r two wen* ehort mA nne nf them was WearInn. n uoMlor’a tintfqem, •pbomoa niMohrnnrl P’oqrls Cttillv Tn Fodnrol Cnnrf • . — Indianapolis. Ind . June . — Thomas ' ' Hildebrand, former assistant cashier , nf the First National hank of Colom- ' hla Cltv. todav pleaded guilty In fedI era I cnnrt nn ten counts nf an Indict I [ meat charging hint with defalcation | nf 9317 <W) of the bank’s fund* The government withdrew the re- ! i malnlng cnnnt* against him Hildebrand was ordered tn appear, j In court June 20 for sentence. I I “THE MESSIAH" HERE TONIGHT Church’d Boy Choir. Os l-t. Wayne. To Sing Al M. E. Church ■ OM of the outßtaad'M reu»lra’| 'J, cents of th* *'•*'' ,n ,hl * dty **l /scheduled for thia evening wh-n Frederick «• rh ‘' n *•'• rh " lr ‘ " f • Fort Wayne, will render the famnu» ' 'oratorio. "The Messiah.” at the Flr-t i ‘ I MetbndM church. The program will begin at « o'clock. I I • The Messiah " has b«n heard ••»■ Lnl I'mes hy manv local P*"l* l '' • 'll |g an oratorio ehirh I* h '’*2’| l ■I. W i. and again and • equally *• tn«' h • choir whkh win «»** 'h” 77 r * h ; n 7 • Milon* In Ft»rt r h „ I Its the greatest hoy. choir in I ( I alate. The choir M»* • M,rr ”' ' "J t cert here ■ <** •••lw »«’♦ •’"* I ln£ .... '»• h “ *7Ol ’ "-XT. ■ > i lalon charge nf ttf’F I made.

HEADS DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET Dr. t’ailton McCulloch, of Indianapolia, who was nominated for goveri nor on tlie democratic ticket on the third ballot at the democratic state j convent on today. -• 11 i itism.gße .w'ew ■■ ■

n . raw—- ■ ■ ■ EMMA VAN HORN DIES HERE TODAY Aired Ladv Dies Os Paralysis At Home Os Daughter. Mrs. Chas. Throp Mrs. Emma Van Horn, aao 72. died ut the home of her daughter. Mr*. jCharle* Throp. corner of Eleventh •and Madl-on atrei-ta. at 12:30 o'clock 'I this afternoon. Death waa due to ‘iparalyaia. she having aufferwl a ' stroke about a week ago J Mm, Van Horn wa* born in St. i Paris. Champaign county. Ohio Her husband, Robert Van Horn, died several yearn ago. S nee his death she •(had laen making her home with her I daughter anti son In-law. first in Fort Wayne and then in this city. They I have resided In Decatur for nearly five yearn. Mm. Van Hom was a member of the Baptist church In this I city. The deceased Is survived by two i daughters. Mm Charles Throp. Deca- ' tur, and Mm. Grace Itaughn. of I itldgcvllle; one son. Earl, of Denver. Colorado; and two sisters. Funeral arrangements will not be Imade until word Is received from I ■’hr iu»n in mig McAdoo Won Florida Convention Delegates ja< kaonrllle. Fla. June fc—William I (j. McAdoo on the Florida delega-. • lon to the democratic president coni.ntlon. according to returns from Tuesday’s primary. McAdoo was leading Senator t n derwund by ! tn I with half the vote tabuln’ed In the guhernatlonal ra«* J « i Martin and Sidney J Calls held the with Frank « Jennlna* ehme . behind _ Florence Holthouse Takes Position With Auto Co. Mias Florence" Holthouw started to work this morning a» bookkeeper and stenographer al the Adam- <«unty ! Auto Company, the Ford Agency. In I this city Itecently a company of Im rsl business men purchased the Ford agen< y and »•««” f**" f‘'e Hhamthan Fonrov Auto Company The garIs undergoing a number of Implement., in. lading the re arranging of th- office and salesroom IL P Shanahan la the manager and Miss Molthouae will '* k » rar */ ‘ h * work Vntll the first of the year Mien HoltbMM was <«*ruty county clerk. aervlM under Former County Clerk I John T. Kelly and ha. had several (years experience In offite work.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 5, 1921

ANDERSON MAN HEAD OF 0. A. R, * Princeton Selected For The Next Encampment Os Civil War Veterans I Frankfort. Ind. ('apt. F. M Van ■ Van Pelt of Anderson was elected 1 state commander of the (>. A. R. at the dosing session of the annual en--1 . lanipment here today. He defeated David Strouse of Danville by a vote of 119 to 99, The veterans selected Princeton us the city where the next annual en- • ampment will he held. BULLETIN i, Lima. Peru. June a—(Special to Daily Demoirat)—Ships were sunk, towns flooded and several lives are believed lost as result of a tidal wave w hich swept ■ Peruvian gttores early today. A huge wall of water swept down on the coast towns driving vessels on the rocks and |sw amping many small crafts. HOAGLAND GETS , NEW POSTMASTER George F. Stout Removed From Office; Shortage In Accounts Reported Hoagland. Juno s.—George F. Stout waa removed from the office of postmaster here and Dayton L Barkley waa appointed to aucceed him •»’ an order lu«ued by the poatnffice department at Washington yesterday Stunt ha* only been in nominal i charge of the office since December i th. at which time a postoffice In(l apei tor discovered a shortage in hla money order receipt*. according to 1 allegations made at the time The * ahortage waa madeup at once, but ' since then, hy order of the department 1 Mr. Hartley has been acting postmaster. 1 There waa also some complaint tn * the effect that there were delays in ' the mails during Htout'a tenure of office. Barkley waa formerly man ager of a local lumber company -i -~—~ Weather t Rhowera tonight; probably dear | |ng Friday morning; nnt much chane- | ln temperature.

'INDICTMENTS | EXPECTED SOON — Grand Jury Investigating Franks Murder May Held Night Session (United I’.-ess Service) Chicago. June 5 —A night session of the Cook county grand jury will la- lield If necessary In order to prevent delay In the returning of Indictments against Nathan Leopold. Jr., and Richard Ixteb. confessed slayers of Robert Franks. State’s Attorney R. E. Crowe announced today. Crowe, who is personally directing the submission of evidence against the two lioys to the grand jury, had hoped Indictments would !>•■ voted this afternoon. A number of new witnesses, however, hail to be heard end prospects were slight that the true bills would be ready. “We'll hold a night session If j necessary.” Crowe said. “We want no delay in the return of the indictments and no delay in bringing these murderers to trial.” The 415.000.000 defense machine is • preparing to start its bombardment In an attempt to bre.ak down the jdamaging case against Ike youthful , murderers. Clarence Darrow, who hears the [defense, outlined two points which ’ will be attacked from the start. That Leopold and Ix>eh signed 'only stenographic notes of their con session to the murder and that no 'transcripts were made. Prevention of testimony of nil who j heard th" Incriminating sAaiements .mark, by the two youths j fn case the ecnfesslon and the wltne«se« who head It are stricken out of the court. Harrow snvs the ! -»;tte wIR not have a shrml of twwljt've e’-ld.r.ce to offer In the murder [case. All the evidence to date II clrrnmstantlal. he pointed out. as I there Is no one who saw the murder. Detr'wrafir State Convention Program | Indianapolis, June s—The program Inf the Democratic state convention I in Tomlinson b»’l todav la as follows: Sa. m Doors of Tomlinson hall open. • | Bu m. Convention called to order ’I by State Chairman Walter 8. Cham- ’ tiers I Invocat on—Rev. Ward Applegate, pastor of the Friends' church. Center Ville. ’ Reading of official call for conven I Hon by Gertrude Fanning McHugh, secretary of the Democratic slate committee. Keynote address hy Frederick Van Nays. Address by Mrs. A. I* Flynn. LogI anaport. vice chairman of ••tale com I, mtttee Address by I’. 8. Senator Samuel M Ralston. | Reports of committee-* on rales 'and credentials. Address by John 8 McFadden. Rockville. pcTmanent chairman of I th* convention. I Report of the resolutions commitSelection of elsht elelrsateaal-[ ' large to the National convention llalloting for state officers, starting I with governorship. r! —— • Lieut. Smith Complete* Flight To Uhinii Today 1 Shanghai, June S - Ueutenant 1 lat well Smith, commander of Ihr ' t'nlted States armv's round th« world flight, arrived at noon today after a 1 successful flight from Kaaushlma. ’ Japan, 1 , Smith was delayed by an accident ’jlq <h« takeoff from Kagcwhlma yesterday and could not proceed until ’ he had completed minor repairs on hl* machine. "Weather conditions are the be*t we have encountered since lb* start of the flight at Santa Monlce.” he. • "We expect tn get under way again Saturday for Amoy.”

SELECTED BY DEMOCRATS ON THIRD BALLOT TODAY I .

PLATFORM IS BLOW TO KLAN Party Pledged To Constitutional Rights; Van Nuys Gives Keynote < United Press Service) Indianapolis. June s.—Pledging the democratic party to the constitutional guarantees of religious and racial liberty, but making no direct reference to ! the Ku Klux Klan, the democratI ic state platform was completed early today for presentation to the convention. The plank covering the klan question was formally approved by a vote of 10 to 3 after an allnight session of the committee. **Th<* laws of our land arc* ample and our courts have adequate power to fully protect every citizen in the enjoyment of his liberty.” the resolution says, in recounting the conatl tutional guarantees. “No organization has the light to set itself above the law and the courts. “We condemn the efforts of our opponent* to make religion, race, color and accidental | iace of birth a political issue for diverting the voters' attention from Issues which are real and legitimate.” Tribute To Ralston The platform paya high tribute to the recotd of Samuel M. Ralston as governor of Indiana ancl United State* Senator ancl. bowing to the expressed desire of Ralston, refrains from in- » ructinp the* Indiana delegation to the nat onal convention to vote for him for the presidential nomination. The platform denounces the republican administration in Washington for "bribery, intrigue and betrayal nf trust" nncl say* eight year* of "republican mut adm n Ist rat ion in Indiana have Icankrupted the state treasury and almost ruined the tax payors.” Continued Friendship To Veterans Federal officials charged with the task <>f rehabilitation of world war vetc-rans are flayed for "shameless corruption" ’ ami the “continued frlendanip” of the democrat'c party is pledges! the veterans The party Is lommitled to a |a>licy of good roads, but It is charged that (Continued Ov Page Four) HEAR EVIDENCE IN MURDER CASE Jurors Taken To Scene Os Moyer Murder Near Rorkford Yesterday Celina. Ohio, Jun* 4— (Special to j Daily l»enH>rrati Introduction of evidence was started this morning in the trial of George Fetters, toe al vexing man who Is c hargeci in a , grand Jtirv Indictment with first reere* murder In eccnnec-Uccn with the hilling of K Moyer. Itlarkrrrek town-, ship farmer, near hl* home on the, night of August 22. IKM The jury completed and sworn In shortly lie fore noc*n yeaterdnv Thirteen jurors | uere chccsen. th*' thirteenth Ice , assume a position In th* regular tmnel In raw* It l« neceaaary tn die mis* on* nf the Jurors during the trial. opening statement* of th* pro seeutlon and state, and a visit of the juror* t« the »c*ne of the tragedy were feature* of the W«dh**d»v session Pioaecutlng Attorney F L. Ktrieh related In the Jury th* fact* of the case as th* state eipecta to prove He spoke fnr a half hour, giving everv detail nf the crime and th* location nf the pUrea where the (font lulled On Page Four)

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BATT WITHDRAWS NAME FROM RACE Two Ballots Fail To Pick Nominee For Governor; Platform Cheered Indianapolis. June ."> — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. Carlton McCulloch, I plurality candidate for the ( democratic nomination for governor in the primary, was nominated by the state i convention this afternoon on the third ballot, the i count being. McCulloch, I 892; Cravens. 2R4; Crittenharger. 72: Durgan. 32; Priest. I; Holt. 1. Indianapolis. June s.—Dr. Carlton McCulloch, of Indianapolis, was leading on the second ballot for governor in the democratic state convention . here this afternoon. He added sev- , eral votes to the lead which he held . on the first ballot but still lacked the , necessary majority. Senator Hatt r withdrew from the race after the second ballot. McCulloch lacked less , than one hundred votes of having enough to lie nominated Craven* ■ made a slight gain on the second ballot The fote on the second count stood: McCulloch. MS: Craven*. 239: , Crittenbereer. 2<i9: Hatt, lot: Durl ran 92; Priest. 2«: Holt. 7. [ Indianapolis. Ind.. June 5. —Dr. Carlton McCulloch, of Indianapolis, was leading on the first ballot for governor in the democratic state conr vention thl* afternoon. lie had a *ulMtantial lead but failed of a majority. Six hundred fortyI seven votes are necessary to nomln- . ation. Result first ballot. McCulloch, 471%; Cravens. 250L4: Crittenherger. 232: Durgan. 143: Hatt. 122: 1 Priest. 44: Holt. 2«: Van Nuys, 1. Necessary to nominate. 417 The platform wa» adopted without opposition During the reading of r the platform William If. O’Brien. ! chairman of the committee, was repeatedly Interrupted by cheers as ' a veiled thrust at the Ku Klux Klan wa« taken In the reference to rellg- ( foil* freedom. The delegate* at large tn the na tional convention are Thoma* Tagpart. William O'Brien, of Uwreneeburg: l/‘W Elllngham. of Ft Wayne: William Cronin, of Terre Haute, Mrs. A T. Flynn, of Ingansport: Mr*. A. •i I tend; Mr* M 1 C. Ix*ary. nf Indianapolis, and Mr* ' Fred fjiiien»teln of E»«n*vllle Indtanapoll*. June 5 Th* Indiana “. delegntlnn <“ the democratic nation | al convention wilt go without InstructlMM to support Senator Samuel M. Ralston fnr the presidential nomination. It was apparent to a* the state convention was called to order. I'lS'ii repealed request* from Senator Ralston convention leader* I practically abandoned their plan trt 1 put through * resoluilon piwtglng the . Indiana delegation to vote foe-sltal winn •* th* presidential balloting to ' the end 1 The Indiana delegation will go uuInsirmted. a< Fording to present 1 plana hut will lw ready tn swing tn Ralston at th* tlrat opportune moment. The vexing question nf the Ku | Kbit Klan was apparently handled [tn lhe anttafactlM of opposing ta« ■ ! Hon* In th* convention by the In- , i Insinn nf a (dank In th* tentative ( platform avoiding direct mention of . th* klan but pledging the party to |tha> constltuiiunal guarantee* of ref tiglnua and racial freedom The republican party In Indiana t wm denounced In lhe *att>* reoolu- » flon a* bring klan ridden and seeking * to stir up strife over religious qtsan(Continued on pnge two)