Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 146.

THIRD PARTY MEETING DEADLOCKED

M’ADOO AND AL SMITH ON HAND FOR CONVENTION Leading Candidates For Democratic Nomination Open Headquarters PARTY LEADERS THERE Discussion Os Possible Candidafcs Continues To Hold Interest New York. June IX (Special in Dsolv Democmt)— In the interest of nariv harninnv thej democratic tellers nre m:ik' n <j determine** efforts to keen the K'i Kti»v Klan question amt (lie wet and <lrv issue from breakinc out on the floor of the convention There were indications lnd;»v that tbcv in”v !>• successful in nrcventinc the klan otiesl'on from cominr un for debate but the eqnallv troublesome nrontts'*i« n is «ur»- Io cause another dash ns it <|i<| in San Francisco in 1920. New York. June 18 (Special to Da9y Democrat!—The first phqse of the democrafc national convention of 19*4 began unfolding today. The two principal candidates to •l.'t.—Governor Al Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo —are Installed In their loudoaort era prepared. famiut inuow". nersonal dirrct'on of their respective convention campaigns. McAdoo arriving thin afternoon. Likewise the leading convention strateglatn-George Brennan; Thomas Tageart and Ed Moore— will have arrived and have boon functioning bv dnnk. Pollt'cal medicine is brewing alt over the city. e < Upon his arrival here from Chicago thia morning Brennan was his usual uncommunicative self. “I am not fr candidate for any office.'• he said. "So I'm not doing any talking " Brennan went directly to h’s hotel where he was scheduled for conferenceu during the day. Up to the present time prectmven lion development* have la*en confin •al to aurtnlaos of a few scattered d-legates who knew ll’t'e but talked much, to propagandists who were • agerlv advancing the cause of this candidate and that, or trimming some tdank for the platform There h.i~ l*een much discussion of the po««i bll'ty of abolishing the two thirds rule ‘he guesses being about ev« n that McAdoo will and that he will tint sponsor tho proposed < tuinr Guessing on that point gw' stop l-' ,, ‘ today when he arrives in the city. Taggart. Brennan and Moore are • ••needed primarily In figuring out a -ood place 'o jump after their respec five choices flennlor Ralston flover nor Nm th and James cot iw*» of the running If ibet d«» r - ’*

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From th* amount of publlill' «' ready given the penpl" nf ••*** m<mlty rcailv th»» th* rnmmMiH” fhantauqiH will ape* ■ big •'» » ,r ” rr« In thin city n«at Tu*«ti«r ev** Ina, June t4«h. I would •*•>* r ** 11 •••.rd ghoul thin »’haufau<|'i» the flr*t rhnMt»nq"» was «•»’" th! acity nev*ral year* •*«»• • hah the pleasure rd being Idenllffd *Hh the different Igcdl oraanht’ ,, "‘” »nd although several of financial failure*. I gladly tn°h "” Ins* Iwium I thought th* ent-rUlf IMI». lecture* and mu«lr *«>m*one lam a bellver •« f * r ’ •hat Chautauqua la a good 'h'"« ’" r •ha mmunlty It la upimi«« lectures given by th* oratnt» **” • * treat purpose We have food rhatt tauquaa. but In my opintnn 1 ‘ •ha mmunlty II la upllftm* I '‘ secured for nwatur Thl* rl'v •• • ‘ smallest rhy on It* circuit •am* talent plava in Toledo. Kaat Chlcar.o. Gary an l * b,<! ‘

DECATUR DAILY' DEMOCRAT

Large Radio Installed In Hotel Dining Room Jack Stone, proprietor of the Murray Hot* I dining room, has installed what is said to be the largest radio set. in Decatur in the dining, room. Mr. bone has the outfit in operation each day during meat time and his patrons are privileged to enjoy the music of some of the greatest orchestras in the country. Although th-1 set is installed in the dining room, the music Is plainly audible in the hotel lobby. — - o-—— SEASON TICKET SALE IS GOOD Several Hundred Tickets Already Sold For I’isr Chautauqua , The advance sale of the season ( tickets for the big Community Chautauqua. which will open in this city ; next Tuesday, is nrogressing satisfactorily. John S. Peterson, chairman of tho ticket committee, stated last. evening nt a meeting of the guaran-' tors and officers of the local association Several hundred tickets have been sold Mr Poicrson said, and it Is thought that bv Saturday most of the season adult tickets will be dis ! pos» d of. Miss Hulda Grisemer. who arrived in tho city yesterday to assist the local guarantors in the sale of the tickets, attended the meeting la»t evening and was very enthusiastic in her praise for tho work already ac-i • omplished by the local association Miss Grisemer will bo In charge of 'the Jtm’nr department and With fie assistance of the local committee, composed of Mrs. Daniel Tvndall. •chairman. Mrs Avon Burk and Mrs J C. E. Bell, a program will he given the children every day during the Chautauqua. A prochautauqua school for the children will open Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the high school :indi «>rturn and every child in the city under fourteen years of age is invited to attend. It was impossible to iditain the jlhrarv for this school, as at first planned. Miss Grisemer j« a lover of children and the enter talnm-nt she has planned for them will be one of the big features of the ‘i hautaiKiua. Miss Grlemer started today to en-, I'st the services of the sororities. 1 The Woman's club, the la-ague of Women Voters, the Rotan dub and the other organlKttlons in the sale of the season tickets. The local guarantor* have agreed tn sell s<to tickets, before the ehautauqtta open* and Ini view of th< excellent program to b»>i given throughout th- ' w * k l " 1 van. e sale should be several hundred more than the minimum number. Trollcv Car Hurth - Down Hill Killing: 17 Berlin. June ifiZweventeen persona | were killed and forty aerfottsly In- j ,„ r .MI evehfog *h” "" ' ir Iserlohn hurtled down hill. I« h«k| luwles*. leaped the tracks and crash rd Into lhe wall of »

(cities and I am •<"* '••«' •*** discriminating public of this cHy ,gre* that th* let tnre*. the pl«’’“ putertalnmenf. are th* host Matform The Junior department « u rwdneted during th* w**h worth the »nr«*>ri of • egaon H’ • Imrt 'hfrk nf the pleasure and gm« .be Hfl.. children *lll derive from the anl-ndhl l**«'"* »"“«** *’ ... ttr*»*mer I *m <*• «* ,fc * Xrantora »«• *"»[ I- « 1 *••*» a"*"'' l4 WMI b * nloy th* romtnuni'y aupport or •*«/;; '; o< mui b nor In Chautauqua. there I* no. n , n ing to ftirnhh. dean hlghrloa Hs.xz’ 1 * *•*% | - •TX-*

THREE CAUSES ASSIGNED FOR WARSHIP BLAST 1 j*• i i i ■ 1 • - i wßii w I V <TTTmIL EUiU - ? F •> - - iMfK * ‘ _* . . j| * <•- ♦**' ••• s»— ! The naval court of inquiry which is investigating the tragedy caused hy the explosion In tho upper forward < turret of the U. S. 8. Mississippi continued its work Mondiy, Jun- 1(1. The picture shows members of the crew of i the hospital ship Relief carrying the Mississippi wounded aboatd the hospital ship after the accident.

CHURCHES PLAN UNION SERVICES Wil! Meet In Chautauqua Tent .lune 29; At Park During August Plan* are being made for union church services to b* held In the big chautauqca tent on__kibertv Way Sunday. June 2k. both morning and even Ing. The Decatur Ministerial As«o elation is endeavoring to secure an out-of town minster to deliver the sermons. but the selection has not been definitely made. The ministerial association ha« nearly completed plans for union ner-| vices to bn held at Bellmont Park each Sunday during the month ofi August. The services will be held in the open and the preaching will be done by the different pastor* of the local churches. Tin l local protestant 1 hurdles have followed the custom of ■ holding outdoor union services each summer during the extreme hot | weather for the last several years. — — O "■ 1 ' Mrs. Joe Man'lu la visiting Mr. ’ -nd M’« J W. Smith at Bluffton this week. PARENTS HEAR GOOD ADVICE Child Welfare Lecture Given Here Last Night; Other Meetings Valuable advice and Information In regard to the care which bubles should have tn make them healthy and strong was given tn a number of father* and mothers by Dr Arthur, in an Illustrated lecture at the high schisd auditorium last night. The lecture was given In connection with the child welfare conferences which ’ .ire Iwdnu held throughout th* county thlM ch «nhn»‘ii* wa* on* ot thr potato imnaf .mpha ls-d by Iff Arthur She urged the parents to see that their children ar* kept clean and laid great emphasis on clean teeth Dr Arthur ’ls a representative of the st a* hoard „f health, which orgnnlxatloa I* con Imflnu th* tonferences In thia conn ty, aaeisted by th* cooperation of th* league of Women Voters of this city and various committee* over the county. Dr. Arthur and her corp* of assistants were conducting conference* with parents and examining children under seven yuan' of ag* •• R**" township *t th* Monmouth school bnusu today. Tonight theru will be < lecture at the Kirkland township high school building and tomorrow night at the Kohr school house In I’n.on township. Conferences and examinations *»l be held at the Kirkland high school building all day Thursday. i

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .June 18, 1924.

CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS John 8. Peterson, chairman of I the ticket committee for the Com munity chutanqna. has placed tick ets on sale at the Old Adams J County bank, the First National bank, the Peoples latan ami Tru*' I company, the American Security * company ami the Decatur Dally Democrat office. Adult ticket* are , 13.00 each and children'* ticket*. $1.50. No war tax is attached to the ticker ff yem trhvo not •>- ready purchased your ticket from one* of the guarantor* you are askad to call at one of the above * p ace* and purchase one before tin* MO season ticke ts arc* rudd. NIBLICK HEADS DRY GOODS MEN Ivocal Merchant Is Elected President Os Retail Dry Goods Dealers Indianapolis, June 18.— Dan Niblick, of Decatur, was elected president of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association during the business session of the annual convention of the asstsiation here today. Ib-rail dry good* dealer* from nil 1 parts of the state are In attendance* ut the annual convention of the* Indi J ■t* jl — Mmv-ami aS!E - Dan M N'bliak. ana Retail "Dry GAod* A**uu Is ton, being held nt th* Lincoln Hotel in lndianat*>li- yesterday ami todaf fContinued ou Page six' Weather — L ttnsettlrd tonight and Thursday Probably local thunder storms I Warmer in north portion Thursday. |

FIREMEN GOING ! TO CONVENTION Between 15 And 20 Expect To Go To Fort Wayne Tomorrow Between fifteen and twenty of the Decatur Volunteer firemen will go to Fort Wayne Thursday to attend the annual Northern Indiana Firemen's convention which will Ice held at Swinney park The local firemen will l*e in the. parade and will carry a red silk banner with the name, "Decatur Fire Department." printed on It. The emblem of the firemen Is also printed on the banner Several hundred firemen will attend the* convention. Charles Fisher Jam*. Sprague and I. C. Helm went to Fort Wayne this afternoon tn at tend the buslnes* meeting and election of officer* which will la* held thh evening, fcdlowing a banquet at the Anthony. Fred Duryee, of the* Fort W’ayne General Hlectric company. I* president of the association —■—■*> ■ Mr*. Al It'irdg spent the dav In Ft Wavne viMltlag friends COUNCIL HOLDS SHORT SESSION Number Os Routine Matters Dkdosccl Os At Last Night’s Meeting The city council held a short «e« slon ln«* evening dtapo*lng of several routine matter* which came up forj official action, The petitions of Har rv Parr and Martin Reef a* member* of th«- Decatur Volunteer Fire department war* filed and approv'd. The «treat <*i>mml*»h>ner'* report for Anvil and May was filed and ref«;rod to the *.reet and sewer com m'tte*. The requqgt of P J Hyland and |Urr* Staley to greet a drinking fonnta’n In f’onf of their places of b*i*|*< ss on No* th second street was r> f>*i r»d tn the water work* <omml"•on with power tn art Th'* request of John H flower* to pave the cltv water line extended tn the »|te of tbs double ttouse which he Is building on Marshall s'revt. and that of Mrs Kllaahetli Wagoner to have the water Hne extended tn her properties on Jackson street, were ' referred t" th* Water work* commitW* A. fxtwer appeared before the 1 tonne* and Informed th* body that . Monething wa* wrong with the Adam* I «treat sew*r in front of hl* horn* and the matter was referred to the street I comml«ah»ner to Investigate and cor I rect lhe trouble Th* matter of having gatbage path ercl from th* old D and M restaur (Continued on Pag*

i j Ohio Supreme Court .Judge Commits Suicide (United Press Service) Columbus. Ohio. June 18 (Special to Daily Democrat I—Judge R. M.' Wanamuker of the Ohio supreme couit commit.e<l suicide today by leaping from the fourth floor of Mount I Cannel hospital where he had been . confined following a nervous breakI tlown. j While his nurse was out of the' I room Wanumaker went Into the bath-' room, turned the key In the lock, started ’he water running In the bath tub and then raised the window und .eaped out. I SEEK RECEIVER FOR STATE KLAN Petition Asks That Indiana Realm Be Declared Bankrupt Today Muncie. Ind., June 18. —Charging that the Ku Klux Klan of Indiana is I Insolvent that It Is indebted to onei half million persons in Indiana and unable to meet its debts and obligations, James Hildebrand, national treasurer of the Independent klan of , American today filed suit In circuit court here asking that the kian of the, realm of Indiana be declared bank nipt and that a receiver he appointed The specific charges Is that half a million klansmen were taxed 810 | each for the purchase of th« Valnar ( . also cnllere aa a klan Institution and< I that when this plan fell through the, > money was not returned * I Cnnfamnenc 5f V»vnroo Nev* Mond*v e-ll’ Wo I HaM *♦»** j •vlldlnr (R Vn»»<Hv **» TH.* l |w» nnoH r»V Allj ‘ •*» thMr «»nil lew* of 'i»u *n •bosvt f»v*****l«i 1 r 4 hv f|t|rw<b« r-f /'hnf»o nidor w**» ho . nnfl»*n,i uhsl. i ; lw»un •olortpd »»W • John .Inhnvnn Mm C W • i wlo|r« Frmk Kn<l****W« Mr* O'tn t on ’•uh Mm WwnywH i Mow r I Mm Air llwhoort I • ’•r'Mft* Hl|ißfrnfo«| hv «'Mwi will ho rivon M tho hl-h kehnu' hiilMJnr IMdH* *r*nl»»t. hino *0 AH wi'lniw will ho freo .- . -- -- - - W —in BI I I ETIN I <>« ' i»o,d«'s f’.ilif , Jlinf IX TK»w««>-<| to n»|ilo Wiiumtnl) I .lotUllNn** R:ir|ll«»ln|»»UW. 15 j •••■nr ‘>l<l inmtifr Ihu lloiw Ocvflfuiiocnl Kclkwil uliii'h 1 htirvwwl nitflit of M«v 31, •■••owiiti’ ♦!»«• tleiillt of IwrntvIhrec cliihlrt'n "U'l on*’ wmiiiiii ! t'Mlnv <*onf«*HMt'<l thut wlu* *lnrl!rd •!»«• Per. I “I <w»l tin* ('»••• Ih*<*i***m* I ditln‘l IH-n tIIiROM Ilf home.” th-' oirl Iw'bvi'cii »•••»* “They > «H«ln*t Imtl Bit' ritfhl."

IxM Angeles Police On Trail Os New Movie Murder Following Tip

Lm Angeles. Jun* It - nisprovlng I 1 the atory of a convicted prisoner in 1 th* county Jail that Count Miguel On ( rota. Rpanlsh nohleman. had been 1 . slain herauae of hl* friendship for J llarhara tai Marr motion picture ar I treaa. the anaerted victim hnown al*o ' a H Mario Kartdmr. waa Imated by de *| de< fives In a looming house here to ‘i day *j Brought fat* in far* with Morri* i ’ Nndler. th* prisoner who claimed to have witnessed the hilling, Oat tn's, ’ Identity was assured and relatives of the actre**' htiabsnd gtcu**d of plot i ting the Spaniard's death war* ra I ‘ leased from cttalndy l — Uut Angrlea. Jun* l»—(Special to 1 (tally immmratl— A wterd tale told ' by a prisoner sentenced to Man (Jaeti ' tld penitentiary lias aet the polite of tfO* Angeles searching on what may be th* trail of a new movie murder, involving beautiful Barbara I.a Marr as oM of the principle, or mavba only

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COMMUNISTS DEVELOP NEW POWER TODAY Frantic Efforts Being Made Bv Leaders To Prevent A Break-Up CAUCUSES ARE HELI) Conservatives And ComnHinkfa Go Info Caucus To Decide Policy < >•»-.- Me—'<e» Convention Hull. St. Paul, fnne 1* (Si><—Hl to r» (| ilv Dvtnoi’Hill Fnintiu efforts w>t»> nwl'* on cvcrv st’tlo ***S« iffti-mnon to su’c |l><> **|h>r<| nurl”” ronvcnHnn from th<« K’V'akun irn’M-nHine hefninw’ of Hw> ncwlv •’•"•••loptal power of th- •'ommnnists. Il'- conger’■■•Hvon nnr| mmm»'ois|s woyo in onnmlffo d—id. bwk anti Iwih sides went *nto ciincns to decide what thcv WO»dd do. Chairman \. 1.. Putnam of Hie r--<»r>’ , in i '’ilifin commit*-*’ i in which the llifl't for « ,, »n* r, >l is j now enterinij. declared ho is unable t<» suv wltelher the communis** had a mn'<«ri*v in the c*>in*niH«s» Anneal b-s l»c«'n i”-nle tn *he communists tn :ib-»n'*»«n th-ir strict in*l*,oen«l---1 -nt llekel t«lim and nr-’ent the ■•onta-rvatives from wulkintf out. (*nnv«ntfon Hall. St Panl. June 18 —The third partv" convention skated near dl>integratlon todav because *of gecretlv develope*] power <»f the communists Farmer-labor organisers of f’“ movement which was Io have swung 'a new national partv hc-hlnd Senator I’obert M Ist. Follette, announced jthev wo»ld unit and dose th.- hall before nlrht If the communists carrv i nnt their plana, whh h now germa llkelv. All preparations have been made .for the farmers delegates to walk out In a conference lasting until tithe I earlv hours this morning, the man I who o r vanired the convention made their decl-ton The showdown is twM-fed during the dav over the quea* lion made their decision The showdown Is expected during the dav over the question of following lat Follette The tc< hnlral point will be whether to put forward an Indenemb-nt third party ticket no w as the commitnls'a desire, nr wait until l<a Follette baa announced his candidacy, aa the farm era had planned The communist leaders ann—un<’*'d as the «e<ond dav’a session of tha convention met this morning that they were going through withe their plan even If It made a break — — Mr John •’•■m»nrtt»ar and daughter. H-lvn of Portland are visiting relatives here

the ruvina* «• » publicity stoker Thus far th* police have a fairly complete atorv of the reported crime, bn* no ettrp** or other evidence of Ita having been committed. Knnr weeha nan. a certain act nr «lvl ng hlm*elf Count Mario Kacoher, who bad found indlffereni aitct eu* In hi* striving for him fame, di-uppenr-•■d from Hollywood. Nothing was thought nf thia until Mnrrta Nndler. prisoner in th* county (all and under sentence for highway tobberv. claimed to have knowledge know the spot along the cliffs at Man hat the count was murdered and to I Capistrano. wh*ra the nobleman'a hodv was hurled over into the sea. ll* declared the nmnt had been 1 murdered la a light over lhtrt>ara M Marr. Police placed sufficient credence in the man's atorv to search the windswept beach beneath the cliff, but found no body