Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1924 — Page 1

Ivolantt XXII. Number 169.

MORGAN DENIES THAT HE WILL RESIGN POST Lateral Prohibition Officer U (jjves Out Statement I At Fort Wayne L (ONPI CTINO RAIDSJ Leud Between Morgan And ■ Senator Watson Looms; I Arrests Are Made H i -jci nr Correspondent) I Fort" Wayne, ind., July 16-(Spe-Lto Da;ly Democrat)—"l w.ll not [X __ o ■etign. ■ Thil W as the direct statement of ■ (l . Morgan, in charge of the .eder■i probation enfarcenftnt departtt in Indiana since 1921. In answer Kpay to dispatches that his resig-E-ion will be asked. | Mr. Morgan declared he has reKe<ved no request as yet for his resignation but admits he knows such a Bncvemtnt is on foot. ■ "I understand Senator Watson has Ksked the department to relieve me,'’) Be said, "but I have as yet received Bo request for my resignation. The B'p.r'tment is perfectly satisfied with Bny work and the matter is purely one Bf politics. I have been allied with Bite forces of Senator Harry S. New. B "I do not kr.ouv about Roy C. HayK (S , national prohibition director askKg for my resignation. I have noti Besigned and I am not going to Bdr-” B Meanwhile. Mr. Morgan declared. Bhc forces under him will continue' Bite sweeping clean up of alleged liquor law violation cases in Allen Bounty. Twenty arrests have been Biade since yesterday morning and Btore than ten more are expected toI Raid Continues Today ■ Roy Grubill, former patrolman. forBtnr police detective M-rsreant', anil Bonner police desk sergeant, was ar-] Bestni by federal prohibition officers ■his morning on charges of selling' ■ntoxirating liquor in Ills saloon here. ■V arrest brought the total in pro- 1 Bibition raids here to twenty. B George McCarthy, brother-in-law of Blaynr Hosey of Fort Wayne is among Bkose arrested. B asl n itd*t a raid was made on a ■tad house owned by Harry Schwartz |t>'l Het.iount Taylor, bartender, was Brrr>iHil nn charges of selling "moon BUk." I ■ it is sad that more than ten arB**ts will he made by the federal' Ben today. ■ Eighteen First Day a total of eighteen arrests !■» up 10 Ui!,t n ght unti wfth *> Bwiibllity of doubling that number BUh the raids planned for today, Morgan, prohibition enforcement dVector for Indiana, with the Mnistance of twelve federal officers. . °oped down on Fort Wayne yesmorning (or the second time t n a year, and started a general t tan up of booze joints and bootThp violators of the eigh «enth amendment had been spotted * * nec, ‘»sary Information and * 7 fe aeeure d following several * s of preparations by four federal Br . ' " ,,l ' rati| ig out of the general t fc'biion o's vos at Cleveland. AsWmi Morgan In d reeling the raids dilna G :;- ChM Hinkler of the IntlT off ‘ Ce and Group Chief t r | c . ,' r °* nlng nf 'he Hammond dis,he el Khteen arrests made on bonT' !!' but fuur Were released nilatJv A lhou * h tt report ‘was cir*oll- . • t,H,er( l“y that the Ft. Wayne oral agenda '° the fe,l ‘ *as dem i tbe ra ds, this report olficj a | 8 a' y 1,0,21 the Port Wuyne In a . " the Rovernment men. It, F ort '; mPnt roneerning conditions taring t h, a / ne ' M °" !an '* quoted as Ih'rc. w nr <o , nd . U ' ons in an '* near “ton th OKP ! bably 80n,ewl 'at worse tfons of .1, °' lnd ,n HOm ® other sec-j .a, at a be He -aid that he th * other than"',“ha, t 0 exp,ain Usually wi,,. ~ ha eonditions are ity want." it 11 p, ’ op * e * n tbe vicinlocal ofTlciuls * a , P BCed no blunie on ,he ri *:<is of v » ally tlme ’ Alt l«ough J e *bteen £££* “ etted a ‘°‘ al fcn re are evn.. . *’ Rnd as many tllf ‘ Present rai i l ° be made to(, ay. ‘“'thing nt>ar ds wUI not result in 12,1 violators ° f last fall when _ 8 were held. Mlss N eva~rvTr° “ thp 'mtheran ii ><,r ’ Htu,| ent nurse of ** ar ler „X;"’ VlH " ed fr ‘ Pn,l! '

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Baptist Church Will Hold Picnic Thursday At Park The annual Sunday School picnic of the Ilaptist Church will lie held Thursday afternoon and evening, at .Bellmont Hark. Arrangements are being made ,o have plenty of games and refreshments. Conveyance from the Church to the Park will be provided for those who do not have a way to get ou, to the grounds. Every member and friend of the church and Sunday School are invited to this picnic, and are asked to bring their j supper along so that the supper may all he pu, together and served. The supper hour will lie The first contingent will leave for the Park about 1 p. m. or a little after, A happy time and a hearty welcome are promised to all who attend. CONFERENCE ON REPARATIONS Premier MacDonald Opens Important Meeting; Americans Attend (United Press Service) July 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Owen D. Young of New York has not accepted the post of “agent for reparations payments" established by the experts plan, for the simple reason that the reparation I commission has not acted in the matter of such appo ntinent. Young told the United Press today. “So far as 1 know the reparations coninispion has done nothing about Lit,” he safd. The Paris Matin today “under- ; stands," however, that the American , has agreed to accept the position. r which is sometimes styled “reparations direr,oi“ because of the wide .authority involved, when it !a off. r 1 ed *o him. London, July 16. —The fifteenth important inter-allied conference . since I the Versailles treaty was opened this i morning in the spacious offices of j Premier Ramsay MacDonald at the foreign office, where statesmen of | ten nations gathered about a large horseshoe table for still another discussion of reparations. In the eigtheen months that have elapsed since the last fateful conclave at Taris in January, 1923. the ( French and Helgians invaided the Ruhr and Germany ceased payments. More recently. Europe took heart .over the experts’ report as a basis of settlement and it was to consider I ways and means of giving effect of this report that the present conference assembled. Standing in the doorway of his offices. MacDonald, labor premier, who will preside at his first inter-alied gathering, welcomed American Ambassador Kellogg and Colonel James (Continued on Page slxl GREAT WESTERN . SHOW AT FAIR Purebred Indians. Cowboys And Cowgirls To Take Part In Rodeo For the first time in the history of 1 Decatur, a Rodeo show will be presented for the approval of the citizenship at the Decatur fair grounds, July 22 to 25. The company is composed of 25 purebred Sioux Indians direct from the Plneridge Reservation in North Dakota. 25 cowboys and cowgirls from Colorado ranches and two carloads of ponies and western steers, which are used in the course of the show. The Rodeo Show will open with a grand tournament or parade which will be followed by a trick roping, lasj'suing and fancy spinners. After this the act called the “WestJ'ern Express” will be presented and a typical Rodeo similar to the ones held on the' western plains, consisting of roping wild steers, wild horses and riding bucking ponies. An Indian war dance Is another feature of the entertainment as well hs the old-time Indian buckrace. the entertainment drawing up to a close with a squaw dance and an Indian attack on the mall stage coach. The Rodeo will he presented once ! in the afternoon ami aguin in the ev-j i ening in front of the amphitheatre at the fair grounds.

TENTH STREET IMPROVEMENT COSTIS FILED Assessments Are Figured At $5.27 Per Front Foot; Street Completed MERCER AVE. POSTS Will Be Ordered; New Fire Truck Accepted; Other Council Doings The improvement of South Tenth street, from Monroe, south to Adams street, a distance of three blocks will cost the abutting property owners $5.27 per front foot, accord ng to the ! I preliminary assessment roll filed by j Ergineer Orval Harruff w ,h the city council! last evening. The street has been improved with hriek, cement I sidewalk and cuib and is one of the I real attractive streets in this city. Objections on Aug. sth The cost of the improvement as shown on Mr. Harruff’s report showed that $3.72 was for the grade and . brick. CO cents per front foot for the . curb and 95 cents per front foot for t ,he finent walks. Objections against • the prel minary assessments will he . heard by the council on Tuesday, i August sth. The total cos, of the improvement to the property owners I was $12,533.78. To Purchase Posts . i The council in regular session last evening moved that the posts for the ornamental street system on Mercer . avenue be purchased at once and the i c.erk was authorized to advertise for bids for furnishing the standards on . August sth. It will take 48 posts to , complete the Improvement from the nterßection of Winchester street, south to Grant street or in other words to the property 1 ne of the Adams County Memorial hospital. The councilmen moved that the improve ifieAt he snrrw-rtrf*'gmtimcr or fall and that the work be carried on as far as possible before winter set n. It is hoped that the posts can be erected as far south as the Erie railroad crossing on Mercer avenue. The ornamental lights on Fourth and Madison street are now be ng erected and will be placed n service as soon as possible. Fire Truck Accepted The hoard of public safety reported to the council that the triple comb nation Americun La France ipumper and fire truck has been accepted and the bill for $7,500 was allowed by the finance committee. Previous to the counc I meeting the members of the council wore gwen a ride on the fire truck and the final inspection made. Jack Freit, captain of the department will dr ve the new appartus. The new pumper pumps the water from the hydrant and in turn delivers it to the nozzle with greater force than the pressure which would be put on at the power p’ant could do. Routine Council Matters The regular reports of the street commissioner and the cUy treasurer were filed and referred to the proper (Continued On Page Four)

Trial of Leopold and Loeb Will Be Greatest Legal Battle Since Thaw Trial As Harrow Tries To Prove Boys “Not Guilty” i — ——■ — — — —

Ohlcufco, July 16. —(United Trees). —Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Rlchurd Loeb, confessed slayerH of 1 ♦-'Year-Old Robert Franks are not guilty of the murder as the legal world looks upon it. the defense will urgue when the j two young millionaires’ sons are brought to trial on August 4. This fact, exclusively revealeil by ; the United Press on July 10, was eon i firmed today In a statement by Clarence Harrow, chief defense counsel. Harrow outlined the defense case as it has been built up by more than a , dozen physicians who have examined Leopold and Loeb In the death cell of the county jail. “Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb are unbalanced and do not live, think, or act in the way that rational beings, as the medical world knows them, do in every day l(te.” Harrow said. Leopold, a few months older, more precocious and less affected bv human emotions than young Loeb, Is the better example of a deranged mind i’t Harrow’s opinion. "Leopold lives In an entlrly different world than that in which you and I exist,” the famous lawyer who will defend the boys from the gallows, declared. “In his mind he had built a

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 16, 1924.

7he Style Show Like parading up Fifth Avenue to see style show at Fair next week. I The Style Show will be one of the j attractions at the fair next week. At | a large cos, local merchants. Vance ; & Linn, clothiers and E. F Gass, ladies ready-to-wear are arranging to show you the very latest styles in clothing for men, women and children. year this proved one of j the big drawing cards of the fair and •he plans this year are to even make '■ It better. Os course there will lie other events, hut at two in the afternoon and at seven o’clock in the evening. each day In the week the styie I i show will he on and you are invited i 'o spend some of your time there j I The program for the week also ini eludes wonderful exhibits In the live , stock departments, poultry, home economics and everything that goes to r make a fair. Also fast races, real , thrillers, a great, display of fire- i [ works, the midwav, good music, and ■ everything that goes to make a first class fair. He a regular “feller", a booster, citizens who help others do i things for the community and the . peolpe of it. Next week is fair week 1 and Decatur always haR the best fair i in the middle west. ,1 LEADERS RALLY AROUND DAVIS McAdoo, Smith And Bryan Will Assist In Carrying Message To Voters (United Press Service.) New York. July 16—After several days of intenssive study over campaign strategy, demovratic leaders have laid down a general program of action as follows: L —John VV. Ddvis, the presidential oantHchrte, will concentrate his major efforts toward winning the territory east of the Mississippi. 2. —Charles W. Rryan the vice-pres-idential nominee, will apply himself mainly to the middlewest action with the object of holding territory Senator La Follette would expect to capture. 3. —ln the eastern states, particularly New York. New Jersey. Rhode Island and Massachussetts. Governor Smith will he looked ,o for active stumping support of the ticket. 4. —ln the far western and south--western states. William G. McAdoo j will be counted on for speeches to aid the ticket. It is generally agreed among the demorcatic leaders that Davis must make astrenuonus effort to win New York and Jersey. Apart from CPnnHnnoit on Pci»p «lvt Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursdayprobably local thunder storms. Cooler Thursday and near Lake Michigan tonight.

wall which shuts him from the conventionalities of the present day and makes him the superman. He does not believe in the laws that rule us. “If the Jury which tried these boys sends them to the gallows they will be hanging two boys who are insane j and will he doing an act against the i common law of every nation. I “The lawyers and the doctors who have examined Leopold and Loeb — and even their parents—are convinced that It would not be safe to let them free on the streets or In society 1 at large. We will not, therefore, attempt to have them go free, blit we. will make every effort to forestall their hanging.” They should be committed to an insane asylum.” Examination of the young murderers has been completed, Harrow an nounced, and the findings of the alienists and psychiatrists is about whipped into shape for presentation j to the Jury. Not more than three or four of the doctors will actually take the witnes s stand, he indicated. On July 21, when Judge John R. Caverly Is to hear any and all motions in the case, Darrow Is prepared to demand that the defendants be given a sanity hearing rather than a crimin-

SWIMMING POOL PLANS WILL BE INVESTIGATED Council May Find It Possible To Construct Pool At City Plant COMMITTEE IS NAMED Garbage Contract Awarded To F. J. Schmitt; Park- i ing Ordinance —■ - With the view of bringing about the building of a modern swimming pool In the city of Decatur, the city council in regular session last evening moved that the matter be turned over to the committee of public improvement. they to investigate proposed plans and the feasibility of constructing a pool adjacent to the spray pond at the water works park. The committee accepted the appointment following the regular meeting last evening discussed proposed plans. It was stated that the councilmen and Superintendent Mylott of the city power plant were of the opinion that a pool, approximately 39 by 80 feet could lie constructed west of spray pond ancf tip made modern in every respect. The committee will investigate pro posed plans and will be glad to receive any suggestions leading to the realization of a swimming pool. A report will be made by the committee in the near future and if prices are not too high, i, is possible ,hn, steps may be taken this summer to construct the concrete pool. Awarded Garbage Contract F. J. Schmitt was again awarded the contract for the 'gathering and disposing of the garbage taken from the residences throughout the city. Thej contract becomes effective August Ist. i Mr. Schmitt now has the contract. I the price thi s year being $350. while his conjraet for next year will lie $720.) Other bids filed with the council last evening included. Charles Roop, $875; John Thomas, $950: Daniel Haley, SBSO and Francis Schmitt, $720. Parking Space For Taxis 1 An ordinance was passed and adopted last evening by the council providing that a space of fifty fAo on Liberty Way. west from Second street and along the north side of (he street he, reserved for licensed taxicabs os a ■ place to park. The ordinance provided that the allotted space he marKed and that anyone using the space in violation of the ordinance be fined I not more than $25 or sentenced to 1 not more than 10 days in Jail. A ne-j tition was filed sometime ago by (he taxi drivers In this city asking thatj a space he allotted to them for parking purposes. o I • Several Boys And Girls Want Work On Farms We have a number of boys and girls in our charge, who desire good homes on the farm. If interessted address, W. Guy Hrown, Sec., Hoard of Children’s Guardians. Decatur. Ind.

al trial. If this fails, the defense will then argue for a postponement from August 4. “The public has been excited hv this murder.” Harrow told the United Press, “and it has heard one side principally. “The trial should be postponed until public opinion is settled upon rational thinking. It would take six weeks or longer to find twelve men to sit as a jury who could honestly say they have not formed an opinion In this css*- if the trial were started August ♦.” The state, it is understood, will demand the trial started as scheduled,i August 4. The trial, expected to be on the most unusual ever held because of the strange confessions of the murder-! ers that they killed. “Just for the fan ; of it,” because of the wealth and soj elal prominence of the families in | volved and because of the masterful attorneys that will argue the case or both the state defense, will b,. "covered” by newspapers as no othe.- trial; In Chicago has been reported. Arrangements are being made to (Continued On Puge Four) |

Local Grain Market Goes I p With Increased Prices The increased prices paid for wjteat ami corn on the Chicago and other large markets is reflected In the prices paid hv the Burk Klev : a,or company and other local dealers 'ln grain. Yesterday the local quotation on yellow ear corn was $1.35 pev j hundred pounds or about 76 cepts per bushel. Wheat was quoted at $1.06 per bushel, which Is one of the highest prices paid for this product for sometime. A shortage of crops this year and a demand for products is the cause of the Increased prices, it j was stated. The price of hogs, although no, ns high In proportion to | the corn, is higher than a week ago. Reports state tha, the pries of hogs wheat and corn will advance during .the summer. EASTERN OFFICES OPENED BY G. 0. P, Butler In Charge Os Headquarters; Notification On August 14th (United Press Service) New York, July 16. —Eastern headquarters of the republican national committee wi'l be established this week at No. West 42ml street. New York City. William M Ilutler. President Coolidge’s campaign manager announced today. General headquarters already have been opened in Chicago. Butler is remaining here for the rest of the week, after whic h he will go to Chicago. He announced that General Dawes wMI make a number of speeches in the west after Labor Dav. One of j these will he at Lincoln. Neb., the date for which has no, been d-finite-jlv fixed. The republieap vice-pres-I idential nominee also will speak at ,the Minneapolis state fair in Sep,ember. “ -- Official notification of President Coolidge on his nomination will tak * place at Memorial Continental hail. Washington. D. C. on thp evening of August 14. Frank W. Mondell. Wyoming, will make the speech of notification. General Dawes will he notified a, ] Evanston. 111., his home, on August il9. the notify'ng being made by the Hon. A. W. Jefferis. of Nebraska, who placed Dawes' name in nomination a, (If Cleveland convention. Poth the notification ceremonies 'will he oppn to the public. Butler (said, and radio facilities will he installed to broadcast the addresses. Present plans, Butler said, call for President Coolidge to remain Ht the white house throughout the campaign. althought he will make several speeches all of which will he broadcast hy radio. WILKINSON WILL AID MOTORISTS Appointed Local Representative Os Hoosier Auto Association J. P. Hutch ns of Indianapolis, ! representing the Hoosier State- Auto mobile Association has appointed Mr , Walter Wilkinson of this city as the I county representative for the organJba,ion and he h-gan h'-s duties today. He will have charge of all their I work n tills county, looking after tU” I I work of placing signs at cttrves.J .'dangerous aproaches and other places ! along the l various roans of the county, , exception the state highway. lie wi'l appreciate any Information or suggestion along the I Be. Mr. Wilkinson will also look after new memberships and renewals and will canvas the ent're county. The I “Hoosier” is a high class organization land every car own -r should hold a I membership. Besides the benefits I |derived front road marking they have 1 aecnmpl shed many tilings for the motorists, including; Highway legislation favoring ear owners. Improvement of roads. Free 1 touring service and free gasoline delivery within five m les of j designated stations. In th s city at thi-s time the Butler & Kern filling staton takes care of tills feature unci | (Continued On Page Four)

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SCORES RULED AND MANY HOMES BURNED IN FIRE • Federal Aid Is Offered To Combat Forest Fires In California RAIN IN WASHINGTON Fires Centered Today In Northern California And Idaho 1 -J,^ nr r-. 1 rr--pon to-it> Washington. July 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Coolidge today offered federal aid to cope w th the forest fire situation in California. The president sent the following telegram to Governor Richardson at Sacramento: "Have noticed with deep concern the reports of the growing destruction from forest fires in your state. I trust you will advise me if affective aid can properly be extended by the federal government." San Francisco, July—Fires running through the forests of the Pacific coast centered their fury in northern California and northern Idaho today, with at leas, 24 persons missing and two injured. Fires in northern Idaho have destroyed 250 hofhes in Pine Creek canyon country, razed the building of the N'ahob mine with a loss of $500.000 and were reported threatening the Constitution mine. Twenty employes of the Nabob mine were reported to have fled hack into the hills for safetv and their nresen, whereabouts ere linkon-m Several families fought their wav through the hel, of fire yesterday and reached safety. Four members of the Dotikhoubor colony living on Peroupine creek near Nelson. B. 0.. still were missing ,today after the fire had raged between them and the villages where other members of the colony had taken refuge. Vast timber tracts in the vicinity of the Dotikhoubor rolonv have been destroyed two mills owned hy ,h» rolony burned and today the fire was advancing toward Porto Rica and Clearwater. B. C. Tn northern California the Klamath national forest was apparently the scene of the most serious fires todav. The fire in the Santa Barbara fores, which for two davs was the worst on the coast, now has been tem porarily checked, reports here indicated. hut the situation was still critical. Tn addition to the damage done at the Nabob mine, the surface workings of the Jim Plains, Little Pittsburgh and Douglas mines, all in the same district have been destroyed on the Constitution and Highland threaten, ed. The fire in that district is still burning on a ten mile front. In the Pend Oreille country of Washington, the towns of Txisl Creek, i Tiger, lone. 1 icke. Cttisick. and Blue Side are still in the path of a :!fl ' mile wide wall of fire Wheeler's Mill has been saved. Ranchers and their families, with the household goods, have deserted their homes and gathered along th" line of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Patti railroad, as a t>'a< p of safety and means of farther flight should tt become nece«wtrv. fn western Washington light rain fell yoftterditv anti last night and put out several fires, cheeked othprs and | todav the situation there was greatly Improved. .. .. —- —o — Os IVps« Revoked In Brazil By Government Htti’Hos Aires, -lulv H» (Sno-t-'oi to Dnily lVmoet-nO The -otitis of Ihc I’nilod Press :>n,l • Ip’ ,\ss» w ’i!itr<l Press l<t f«'notion .it' Hrtt/.il have Veen revoked l>v | eovernmenl order Charles W. Kinsolvinu. United Press nmno«er. in Hie De .Tnnerin enhled tho United Press hendqunrters today. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: July $1.26; Sept. *1.27%; Dec. $1.29%. Corn: July $1.10%; Sept. $1.05; Doc. 90c. Oat; July 56V4 Sept. 48%c; Dec. 50c.