Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1924 — Page 1

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■MITES OF ■ eighth GRADE I get diplomas of 207 Graduates At Count' Commencement ■ Here Today II ria FOLSOM speaks K; l)r i W ayne Minister DelisI ers l ine Address To ■ Graduates Here |B hundred and seven boy* |H h | j.;' received diplomas at |K), . •. cut li annual comnien- , ( f llie Adams County Schools held in the of the Decatur high ' aiding at 10 o’clock this HH. Tiic large auditorium |K-- b filled Io capacity by the |H ra d la'i" and their admiring BKaer!'-'. relatives and friends, graduates from each townUhi]' designated their location |Kv lirg' pennants bearing the of their township. Mg At! interesting and highly ■ r.e address was deliver- . -i. Rev Allien .1 Folsom. pa|M . Plymouth Cotig-.-i: ti< 1..1! ■ Fort Wayne 'Die sub!'-, t . l-om's address wa*. ’Die bBM . an nut< mobile ;>■ < i<l. nt . w;,s painful!*' injure,I I'- , ...n, E S Christen, mi; . ■ ~f the count* s. lIOOL. « - |M r ..Hetnt tun-in , ■ - today M. F. Worthman. BK ly. niient of the Decatur tin tbool*. took Mr. Christen's place on |H t >n and presided a' th. < He al«o presented t to the graduate*. Ml !■ -> originally planned to h. ! IM ! rnenc etnent on the <‘«-itr..! ■ »’■ >ot rounds, |>ut owing to th* |H )•---. • ns. it was feared that th. would be too soft and C .-!'•<! to hold the exert is. auditorium. |H V was furnished by th <;■ o thestra anti the Mission ■ l ' olleg. quartet, wliitli |M > I tile Zion in f H med tl |M r , ni»ht The into, .ition ,oi ■ e .'ion were giv.-n Io ’h. m ■ l !l rilikor. pastor of the Zion !!• kwirtl t hurrh. HU Th. pupils making th- hiuh«-t , in the diploma < A.inim.c mt. ignated as th.- champion . .' hip The <. tint, tii.mi' • •'• * a Glettdeninr <n llci:-'-p who made an average |Mt" l*r t ent Second honors w-n' and Margaret Hawley. o( Wa 1 wnship, «•»< It having at, ,*.r ot ’■* per cent. Th.nl plate township. Mi T>ll ' township champion* «-t. Resit. E.lnu It.-tm he r>. ’ |M'h.ie Trout ner. St Maris, Jal V Berni* Blum Mom Kenny. Jefferson Peat I > - K> tt'ontinuod on neg- »hrwet ■PURDUE GRANTS I DIPLOMAS TO 544 ■Four Adams County Stu- | dent* Among Those To I Be Graduated June I<* ■ I F-ttfayritia. Ind. June 7— Atlant’ M*""tity I* represented by four M' !r t>'’ in thl« year's graduating • ■ ■*' J'urdue Unl**rsity Cntiuit'i" M”"" 1 egerrUe* fnr the f. 44 »rad t<'' the Brhnola of englncrritlk' M»r<n rt ., agriculture, and phatni.c E 1 b» held June 10. with E**n» M w *'»'len. preaidonl of the Ftr>. h- r M M * u tK» nnd Tntat cotn|>«n> Indian ■•poll*. m« the npraker El F ,r » ,, ntya>ighl cmtntlrw of th" ■tl <>ut«idr *tat*». *nd acron fot‘ l< h ■ ctrantriM are repreamted in tie b i ■ iraduatln* •indent*. ■ flirtlu* alumni from all ne«ti«»n« H'l>» rnuntry ate attt’nd'ni the .tt:n . ■ c«ia w ., h taattaiHaa held in ■ ' ln n with th* comtn«>ncem«ii' ■ Utadnat** from Adam* conn’' a" ■ *»m* k Beaver* Karl Jeremiah ■ Afrhhold and Naomi Huth t htPi-n ■ IM'atur. and Kdwlg Clark Mun"(iepeva

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Peneeost Services At I leasant (Jrove Church Die nnnuti] Pentecost services will be held at the Pleasant Grove U. B. church in Root township Sunday, I June S, at 10 a. tn. and 7;30 p. tn. The k K' v. o. G Alwood, I), i), of Huntington. editor of the Christian ConservI “’or. will conduct the services, assist- . ed by the pastor, the Rev. Thomas Weyer, of Van Wert, Ohio. The regular order of service will be observed. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. SMELSER TELLS OF MURDER TRIP ’ t Gives Sensational TestiI mony In Fetters Murder J Trial At Celina, 0. I I Celina. Ohio. June 7—(Spatial to *! Daily Democrat)—lnterest in the trial I of George I’ett -rs, local youth, who is. charged with the murder of Ed Moy- ' er, Blackcteek town , ; p fanner, in- . creased greatly Friday when Jesse I Smelser. one of the youths jointly • indicted with Fetters tor the murder, (testified for the state and gave a ’ I vivid account of his actions and thus.' ■ of the other three youths under in- ■, dictinent. on the night of August 22. I 1922, the night on which the murder I, was committed. Young Smelser de- > nied that the alleged confession of | the four youth* had been obtained t through coercion or force. There • had been many sensat'onal rumors ■ afloat regarding the manner in which t the confession was ol.tained t George Bets, who was sheriff of .1 Mercer county it the time of the ’(murder, was a witness late Thursday, i and he t<dd of his visit to the Moyer ■ farm on the morning the Issly was > found in the lane leading to the r»slI dene*. I Smelser tcstiflM that he. in comI pany with the defendant, George Fett tots, and the Other two youths under ' indictment. Wilbur (Dick) Fetters. end Jint Fetters, left Celina on the) i evening of the murder, drove to . Rockford and on to the Moyer farm. not knowing where he 1 was going when he left Celina with I the other defendants, except that asI ter they were on their way it was ' announced they were going out to | get some chickens; that they drove to | the Moyer farm and that he. Smelser temained in the automobile along th* I toad and the other three defendants I left the maehine. went toward th" I hou-e. and in a short time he heard live shots Arid and the boys returned to th* mac hine, had nothing they had taken, and they got in the machine and drove back to Celina, each one oft them driving part way back; that, when they arrived In Celina. Smelaer left the mach n* whet) they stopped at Rudolph Simon's, or Depweg's. and told the boys he was going home and go to bed He was asked us to why I he had never told of this before and said he knew enough Io keep Ha mouth shut; had never talked of it. He admitted he hid talked of other crime*, but they were not so great as this on*, and said If th* other "guys’’ had not talked on much they probably would not have been caught yet. Hmelser also testified as to visiting th< acene of the crim* on Apr I 29. • lien certain pictures were taken and that th* pictures were true representations of the matter aa it hap pened He sai'l lhere was no abuse ‘ u»*d to get him to make th* statement. no throats and no promises; that h* was told by lb* prosecuting tney to tell the truth and that he would <»• farther tn coutt than anv place *!»*• Hheriff Creeden testified about arresting th* defendant for stealing '| chicken* from th* Kirbler farm; thnt ■he went to lb dam" after the defend | 'I ant had been apprehended there and| | brought him back to Celina; that they ( talked of this Moyer again and that ■‘th* defendant said he would prefer to ’(write his statement. He was given •| paper and imncil nnd did writ* a ( ’ mtemenL *ht«h *•• 1 she.iff to his ofllce and react The s-atement was subm'tted to th* sher- • l(T and I." idenilfl-d Is •« 'Lm, statement written by th* d* I' TiXherilf nl»® abo "‘ ,o l 'l mg to the premise* of Kdwsrd Moyer. .1 picture, after th ” ■*" , ra«'«a •*£ ' placed by th* defendant as to 'h • .h. d.|.nd«n'- " n | | ,< ..ntinued on Pn<e «»•*

PARENTS NOT I TO ATTEMPT TO i DEFEAT JUSTICE Parents Os Leopold And Loeb Deny That Huge Sum Will Be Spent , PREPARE FOR BATTLE Both Sides Lav Plans For I Great Legal Battle; Two Strong Charges <1 . P. Staff Correßpon«lent) Chicago. June 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Both state and defense in the trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, confessed slayers of 14 year old Robert Franks, today were digging trenches from which they are to stage the greatest legal buttle in Chicago's criminal history. I | While State’s Attorney Robert E. ( row* and his battery of aides were pieparing two "air tight" cases against the two young intellectuals—one a charge of murder, the other of kidnapping for ransom parents of th* two boys made a strong bid for public sympathv. Shold I-*opold and Loeb be acquit- 1 ted of the murder charge, “or even be found Insane." the state will immediately demand a new trial on the kidnaping indictment. It was said at 1 Crowe's office. Both charges carry death penalties. Parents Issue Statement A brief statement, the first official word from the defense, was made public last night by fathers of the two boys. The fathers. Nathan Ix-o- 1 pold, Sr., president of the Morris Paper Box company, and Albert H. Ix>eb. millionaire vice president of Sears Roebuck and company, pledged themselves io make no attempt to "defeat justice.” The statement was Issued. It was believed, a* w aketenee agaiast public opinion throughout Chicago, which I has been keenly bitter toward the two millionaire’ sons, who “just for the fun of ft," they said, murdered young Flanks. A cynical belief that the boys would escape a death sent ence because nf the millions spent in their defense has added to the sent! went aga nst l.eo|>old and Loeb. Not To Spend Huge Sum* The fathers' joint statement given out at the office of their attorney, denied that huge sums would be spent for the defense, “either for leg-1 ul or medical lulent." It gave a dear 1 Indication that the defense would b(Continued on paa* two) RETURN FROM j T. P. A. MEETING Mr. And Mrs. .1. S. Peterson Attended National Convention .Mr and Mra. J. B Peterson return ed this morning from Grund Rapids. Michigan, where they attended the national convention of th* T. I’. A.. .Mr Peterson being n delegate from this state, representing Post X. ot Detatur. The convention was one of th* most uiicresaful *»er held and iho*" In attendance were loud In their praiaea for th* manner In which Grand Rapids received their guests. Though one of the sitinll"** cities which ever entertained lhe T. P A., the job was complete The order now has IM.Otm member*. a tain of f.SM over the prev (Imia year Efforts will be made by | the aecretsrlea and workers during the y**r •<> induce aa may members *a Will to join rlaus C. which provides double benefit* at a cost of 9J»' Instead of the »»I1 now paid This guarantees »?nooo In rase of death !hv act blent and 950 P*r week while incapacitated because nf accident Th* ladle* who attended the convenflnn were delightfully entertain- * *d every day with theaters, banquet* . trip to th" parks, drives and dinners A spet ial f"at'ir* that was very In ■fertytuni; wm •" '”•••» I real merit, while aootbw waa a vlatt tn lh» treat advertlalnu eabiblt Whll* thia do»a 0”t open until n»x’ week lhe man»«»mant very kindlv permitted th* visiting Isdles to at . tend in advance It •»• • big week land every lowly enjoyed 11.

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Rev. H. W. Thompson To Broadcast Radio Program R<-v. H. W. Thompson, pastor of ( the Christian chlurch, will brogdeaat a chapel program from Station. W. 0. A. C„ Lima, Ohio, beginning ut 7:3<t o’clock and continuing until nine o’clock Sunday evening. An organ recital will also be given. Station W. O. A. C. is conducted by the I’age Organ Co., of Lima, and the radio fans in this city who wish to hear the local minister speak should tune In on a wave of 266 meter*. Rev. Thomp on accepted the Invitation to broadcast the chapel program sometime ago. VETOES BILL TO | RAISE SALARIES President Coolidge Dashes Hopes Os 300,00 Postal Employes CT'nlte,! Press Service) Washington. June 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Dashing the hope* of 300,006 postal clerks, carriers and other employes, President Coolidge today vetoed the 968.00n.000 postal salaries increase bill. I 1 In a message to congress returning the measure without his approval, the president said he could not sftn it because of the expenditure involved. [ I "The government extravagance must stop." he said. "The people of I the nation are paying all that it is I possible for them to pay. I have taken my position in relation to government economy, which I have stated and re-stated until it is well known. | | "I feel that that position ought to 1 be consistent.” • Mr. Coolidge pointed out that the bill would add approximately 965.000.000 to the annual expenditures of Ghe government. 1 “It makes no provision for raising. ' this amount as postal revenue," the nn-’ident waid. "Tlw "voaey must <-ome from the poikels of the tax payers" NAME CHAIRMEN FOR RACE MEET Moose Select Committee Chairmen For Fourth Os July Celebration Cbslrmen of th* different com,mltt*s to help plan and make ar- | rangements for th* big Moo* • I | Fuutlval and Race Meet to be held at I Bellmont Park on July 4th and Mh. have been appointed and details per tattling to the big event ar* living dlspoaed of. The event will be advertlaed for many mile* around here with large billa. circulars and through th* newspapers and it is expected that (several thousand people will attend ’ Henry Thoma* has been inad* gen eral chairman of the event, assisted by the following <*>niinlttee chairman; C S Niblick, finance: J. W. Meiber*. In charge of rec*s; Jess Roop, in charges of concreaions; Chari** christen, free attraction; L. C Helm, fieldman; Ca*h l-nta. Moo*" benefit; Fred Htauffer. mualc. Her man Oilllg. ticket; A H Holthouse, publicity, and Waller Wilkinson, secretary of the committee and assistant to the general chairman Concessions will be sold and man* free attractions are being booked for th* twodsy feutlval Th* rate will Im especlallv good and Mr. Melbers has already rwelved aeveral rntrtvs. A good slaed pur*e will be j given Dr. Somcra And Family I .eave For Chicano Sunday Dr L. E Borner* and family will leave Bunday morning for Chicago. Where Dr. Romer* will attend th* neeilna of th* American Medical A* •a. pilon Thtjf will v» l» Bot'o*t«r. ! Ml. moota. alwt. f * ■ ’bort *t*v •• Mayo llroth-rs' n»«d»t i. Dr Rmu ’ ‘•l* UhßMtn I" ret-re 'n resume Ms prsi tlc* about June 23 Weather lacreaslugly clowdln**a. probably, followed by showers hi* tonight nr Rundsy Not much change in temper alar*. |

BLAME PLACED FDR ROANOKE WRECK TODAY Public Service Commission Blames Crew And Lack Os Block Siirnal RI LES DISOBEYED Evidence Shows Rule Regarding Clearing Os Track Violated Often — Indianapolis, Ind.. June 7.—Failure of the train crew nf the eastbound special on the Indiana Service corpor- | atlon traction lines to obey the rules of th* company and the lack of a block signal system between Fort Wayne and Huntington were blamed today by the stat* public service commission for the Roanoke wreck on May 19. ' Five person* were killed and approximately twenty injured in the wreck. The public service commission probe was conducted by Samuel Art- ' man. Artman held that the evidence showed the rule requiring extra trains to clear the main track five minutes . before a regular train was due at a ' siding was violated by the eastbound extra In the wreck. The crew of the egtra should have waited at a siding nearly two miles west of the spot where the cars crashed. Artman's report pointed out. Instead it went past the siding and ' collided head-on with the flyer. | The evidence showed that this rule I was violated with more or less frequency before the date of the wreck nnd the company made no efforts to , enforce the rule beyond an occasion- < al reprimand. Artman said I “Th* extent to which this failure to enforce the rule was responsible for the wreck was problematical, not that It was an indirect cause is a reasonable conclusion." the report continue* "If an automate Mock signal system had been in operation between Fort Wayne and Huntington. the accident would almost certainly have been prevented " Ari man suld he found the train records of the company “wholly unreliable.” liecanse instead of the disI patcher receiving actual report* upon exact time train passed a_atation, •he dispatcher's assumption that the train passed at scheduled time was recorded COUNTY K. OF P. MEETING MONDAY Knights To Meet At Geneva; Several Attend The Meeting In Ft. Wayne A county meeting of the Knight* of Pythias lodge* will lie held at Geneva Monday evening A large delegation of local Knight* are planning to attend the meeting They will meet at the Pythian Home on Third street al C:IS o’clock Monday evening and motor to Geneva. A feature of the county meeting will be r'tuallstlr contests In lhe flrst and third degree* Each of lhe three ludaea in lhe i-ounty. Decatur. Bermand Geneva, will have one representative In lb«- conteat. Refreshments will be served during the evening t'ail Fisher, county deputy, I* In charge of the meeting Eight nr ten ka-al Kidubta attend "d th* June rally and Initiation held by lhe Fort W*>’U» lodge* *• lhe Ntraud theatre In lhai city yesterday evening. 1 The Knight* gathered early tn the ' afternoon and were conducted <>u a •lahi seeing tour io point* at intere*i tn the city, At the concluMnn t of lhe lour a supper was served from .6 until 7 ocliek at Plymouth Uongregstlonal church by the Pythian R'a ; lera and ladle* of lhe church, and lodge wa* Opened at the theater at 7 o'clock From 7:30 until « n'clrwk several entertainment feature* were |lv«m and th* meeting was formslly opened hr Fort Wav a* lodge Nn ll* Fourteen of th* candidates were present for tniHaßou and the rank of page wa* conferred with lhe fol 1 lowing officer* In th* chair*; Elmer (Continued on Pag* Ft**)

Large Audience Hears College Quartet Sing A large audience heard the sacred I concert given nt the Zion Reformed church here last night by the Lyric Quartet from the Mission House College, Plymouth, Wisconsin. The concert whs greatly appreciated. The quartet sang at the commencement exercises of thy Adorns County common schools here this morning, lifter which they left the city for Archbold, Ohio, where they will give n concert this evening. . E. S. CHRISTEN IN ' I AUTO ACCIDENT County Superintendent Os Schools Painfully Injured Yesterday E. S. Christen, superintendent of the county schools, was painfully injured Friday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock, when his automobile turned over in the ditch at the side of the road a few miles north of this city. Mr. Christen suffered a badly wrenched back and will be forced to remain in bed for several days. He was brought to the home of his mother. Mrs. John Christen. 636 North Second street. i Mr. Christen wa* enroute to this city when the accident occurred. Shortly before turning onto the Fort Wayne road from the Hoagland road he thought he had a flat tire on the right’ side of his car. Without stopping his car. Mr. Christen leaned his head out on the side of the car to see the wheels, and his car headed for the ditch. Before he could stop it. it turned over in the ditch. The car rested on the sides of the ditch and Mr. Christen fell beneath it in the ditch. He reached up and turned off the motor and crawled from beneath the car. and managed to reach a house nearby. front where he summoned a physician. Funeral For Mrs. Emma I Van Horn Sunday P. M. The funeral of Mra. Emma Van 1 Horn will be held Sunday afternoon nt one o'clock at the home of Mr. Charles Thiop, a son-in law, career of 11th an<l Madison streets. At the clo-e of the servic-a at the house the funeral party will drive tn Ridgeville, I Indiana. wh"te Interment will take place Rev F D Whitesell, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate at the funeral service* Ralston Denies He Is Member Os Ku Klux Klan (United Press Hervh-et Indianapolis. June 7 (Special tn Dally Democrat)—UnquallAed denial that lie I* or ever ha* been a mem lw-r of the Ku Klux Klan or any affil lated orranlxathrn was made today by United States Senator Ralston The statement wa* In answer to a telegram from the N»w York World saying “We are In receipt of persist ant report* showing widespread belief that you are a member of the klan" and asking for lhe fact*. Four Miners Killed In Pennsylvania Mine (IT, P. Staff > Wilke*barre. Pa.. June 7 (Spec l *l io Dally Democrat > Four miner* are believed io have Inst their live* In an explosion nf gas in the lammis mine nf the Glen Alden Coal company at Hanover, near here, according to •tale mine inspector* today | The Mat* of an unidentißed miner was recovered this morning, making 12 that have been removed from the shaft and no hope I* held nut for two other* atlll missing Seven others sere seriously Injured ■i n — Smith Gets Ratts’ Scat On Commission (United Pre** Rervlre) Indlunspoit*. Jun* 7—(Rpeclal Io Dally Democrat) In a demurrer Med In superior court today Attorney General t**sh held that Oscar Smith nt Knox, appointed by Former Governor Met rar to th ' slate public service ci>mml**)on. I* the riflblful ilalmaut tn the office whhh Oscar Hatt* of Paoli, ha* held under priitest from Smith sine* Mav I The demurrer wa* in answer In a pet'tlon for a mandamus tiled by I Hatt* tn inrnpel Slate Auditor llt*<k | > n tn pay him the salary fnr May.

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CONGRESS ENDS STORMY SESSION IN MILD FASHION Some Talk Os Extra Session In September As Members Scatter LASTED SIX MONTHS Scandal Investigations And Oppostion To President Features I Washington. June 7 —Congress adjourns tonight for the summer. The session the first of the CBth inngrexs, which began amid stormy scenes and raged through six months Is going out In the mildest fashion at seven P m. Members wil scatter to the conventions and then to their states to prepare for the campaign. There Is some talk of an extra session in Sept.-mber. but the outcome will await developments of the campaign. The next regular meeting scheduled for December 1. The things for which this session will be remembered above all others i will be its scandal investigation*, its dogged opposition to the resident and the rise to power of the progressives. The session opened last December, a new congress elected in 1922 with democrats and republican practically evenly divided, so that the progressive group held the luilanee of power. For day* they blocked orghnisatlon of both houses, refusing to permit the republicans to eleit the speaker in the house until they had obtained a liberalization of the rules. In the senate they won their fight to keep Senator Cummins, of lowa, author of the Esch 4'ummins railrcad hill, from the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee. electing Senator Smith South Carolina, a democrat to the post: Not until their wishes in this re- , spect prevailed did they permit bit si-n-ss to get under way. 1 The "Teapot Dome” Investigation rapidly developed into a mafor sensation early In the session and was qiiicklv followed bv the authorization of other probes Into suspected official corruption ' The Investigation of former Attorney General Daugherty's conduct of lhe department of Justice, of alleged land fraud* In T<xas and the in ternsl revenue bureau, of propaganda , for the link peace prize and the MelI lon plan, of Rsslan-Amerlcan relations and a host of minor probes, all got under way and poured out ,sensations. , tn this turbulent legislature scene I the wishes of the president received , little attention Exactly six months ago tndav BreslI dent Cmdidge outlined his legislative I desires in his first message tn con i rre«*. I Now with the end only a matter of .hour*, congress has repudiated hl* • •tiggesthm on nearly every Important ii law made and Ignored many of hl* recomendatlmm LAD HELPS SAVE BROTHER’S LIFE Bov. Arc K. Spread* Alarm When Hi* Brother. Arc 1, Frllr Into Water Itli hard, four year obi son of Mr. i and Mrs, Hulls J*< kaon residing on i Rnuth Eleventh street, had a narrow "*><•)>" from drowning ah»yt 4 o'clnek Friday afternoon, when he fell Into a pool of waler about four feet deep, beneath th* house, where Mr Jackson wa* egravatlnn th* dirt. He wn» rescumt by hl* father, after Richard’s brother. Mar’on. age 6 year*, gave th* , alarm Mr Jackson and th* two boys wore underneath the house, the father being engaged In dissing the dirt , and throwing It ant onto the lawn, , whith fa* la niling after raising th« , boa** to a new f<>un4ar(on. Du* tn t th* re«*nt heavy rain*, th* boles t which Mr Jai k««m bad made under th* house were tilled with water. The t two boys were playing near the water _ and th* lather had Ju»t warned the ! hoy* to keep awav from »h* hoi* of (Continued on Page Five)