Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 175.

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VISITORS ENJOY OPENING BAY OF BIG FAIR HERE Attendance Growing With Each Session; No Accidents Occur SEVERAL FEATURES Stive Show, Races, Fireworks. Free Acts And Exhibits Interesting Wednesday's Races 2:IS Trot Purse S3OO. 2:20 Pace Purse S3OO. With an estimated attendance of between 1.500 and 2.000 paid admissions. and without an accident or unusual occurance of any kind to de-! tract from the pleasure and .amuse-1 meat of the spectators, the opening day of the Northern Indiana Fair for 1924 passed into history with a marvelous display of pyrotechnics last night. The attendance in the evening | was much greater than that during the day. this being due, to a great extent, to the threatening weather during the early part of the day, and also' to the fact that the farmers in this section are far behind in their work and are busy with the harvesting and cultivation of their crops. The management, however, stated that yesterday's attendance was very gratifying and that everybody apparently seemed to be having a good time and thoroughly enjoyed them- • selves. Excellent music was furnish- j ed by the Geneva band, composed of both men and women players, and apyrwtattve crowds assembled whereever they played. Several concerts were given in the business district during the morning while in the afternoon selections were played at various places along the mid-way and in trjnt of the shows and amusements. Concerts were also given in the grand stand during the races in the after-! noon and during the big free act in the 1 evening. Larger Attendance Today Tilth ideal weather promised for today, people began arriving in the f ity at an early hour this morning, and by noon between 3,500 and 4,000 Paid admissions were estimated to have passed through the gates at the fair grounds. The Herne baud is furnishing the music for today’s program and it was accompanied by several hundred people from that community. Style Show A Feature One of the big features of last night's program, and which attracted a large and appreciative attendance, was the style show given under the direction of E. F. Gass & Son and 'ance & Linn. of this city. An hour's ’splay of the latest fall and winter i'’;' 1 ™ in ladies’ dresses, cloaks and at\ and men s wearing apparel was Ki'en by three young lady models r mi ( leveland, Ohio, and two young nif” from Chicago, assisted by the s( s Elizabeth and Mary Neptuno Lloyd and George Kinzel and “ , Orabpr of this city. Excellent m»ic was furnished during the dis- ■’> by a special orchestra. The style °.* win he put on each afternoon a »<i evening during the fair. ° n e Race Tuesday it Ju ° ne race waa be 'd yesterday, >ing a 2:30 pace for a purse of SSO o 2“ Woh by “ MiBB Madden Patch,” Ulin ■ y Alhert Llne8 ’ ot Danville, wire Wh ° Came " nder tbp rst in two of three heats. To- « events consist of a 2:18 trot and en' e”ntr Pate PUrBeS Os S3OO - Elev ’ the trot" S Bre schedu,e<l to start in Th e track "s in 1 " 6 entrieß ,n the pacerace ' excellent condition and m r tS are “' Ured of some Mi, a t Hpee<ly events. day in thTuT Sh ° Wn yeßter ' Pi,,f ‘t‘in bv L estock Judging partici. der “ netee “ farm boys unL ' M. Htfsehe'' S A O h 1 ” f C °’a' y AgßDt anted sneetnt , A M crowd ot interthrough the v r8 | fOllowed the boy 8 ed the won *' OUB ’ >arns and ’batchholding weekiv The b ° yS have bpen Hon for the ell m ? nteSt8 ’ *" prp ” ara ’ month at wm l m,nat,on con test next , w “l b e selected ‘tiT “ ,Pam ° f f ° Ur county i n fl . „ 0 re P r esent Adams Contl’n ?“ te Pa ‘ r P(>n,PSt

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1 Preble Physician And Wife Enjoying Tour Cards have been received from Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff. of Preble, who are enjoying a motor trip. They drove from here to Culver, Ind., where they visited with their son, Gerald Grandstaff who is tffking naval work at the military school there. They then drove to Lake Geneva. Wis., and from there drive to Rochester, Minn., where Dr. Grandstaff will attend a clinic 'at the Mayo Brothers hospital. MORE PLEDGES ARE NECESSARY Fifty More Season Ticket Pledges Will Insure 1925 Chautauqua If fifty more pledges for season . adult tickets for the Community Chautauqua are secured, the financial success of the 1925 Chautauqua is ( assured Dr. Fred Patterson, in < harge of the ticket sale stated at a meeting of the directors and those I interested in the success of the Chautauqua last evening. Practically 450 tickets have been pledged and an effort is be:ne made to bring the num- , her un to five hundred before efforts to make the Chautauqua a success cease. All who want to see the Chautauqua next year are urged to pledge to take tickets now and thus make it | possible for the directors to eon- ! tract for the highest grade program ever given on the Chautauqua platform. —■■ • o — U. S. Flyers Not To Hop Off Until Monday —, t (I - . P. Staff Correspondent) Brough. England, July 23—(Special jto Daily Democrat) —The United i States army’s airplane flight around the world will not get under wav again before Monday, it was believed here today. The American flyers, in their rapid dash to England from Constantinople upset the calculations of the naval units which will guard their flight across the north Atlantic to the United States, and it new is necessary to await placing of the sea patrol. GOVERNOR OF ROTARY COMING Bob Heun Accepts Invitation To Visit Decatur On August 13 Bob Heun, of Richmond, governor of Indiana Rotary, will be the honored guest of the Decatur Rotary club at the entertainment to be given by the Decatur club for the Rotary clubs of twelve surrounding cities, at Bellmont park in this city on August 13. Mr. Heun, who is in New York, wired R. J. Harting, general chairman, and M. F. Worthman. sercetary of the local committee, that he would deem i it a priviledge to be the guest of the ' Rotarians in this city on August 13, , the official date set for the big Roi tary round-up. An-elaborte program of enterainment is being arranged for the event. ■Robert Snyder, sercetary of the Ft. I I Wayne Rotary club, got in touch with H. J. Yager, secretary of the local ' I club last evening by long distance--1 phono, and informed him that members of the Ft. Wayne club were planning to attend the event here on August 13. Fort Wayne is also planning to enterain a number of Rotary ' clubs on September 12th in that city. The day will be called "Bob Heun's Day”, in honor of the district govert nor and a hearty welcome will he extended to Mr. Heun on his first visit t to this city. Mr. Heun took office as . district governor in first of July, sue- , feeding Arthur Sapp of Huntington. ! The speakers' committee is also en- , (Continued on page three)

| GOV. BRYAN’S DOUBLE I i' J < I 'W 4114 r 1. J. Bryan (at the left) of 5422 Lakewood avenue. Chicago, has attracted attention for the similarity of his likeness to that of the Democratic vice presidential nominee (at left.) A (lose resemblance and the similarity of names may cause embarrassment, dur ng the coming political campaign, for Isaac Jennings Bryan prominent Chicago Republican, and Charles W. Bryan, of Nebraska, candidate • for Vice President on the Democratic ticket Look well at the pictures of both men. Or look at the pictures of Charles W. Bryan and then come face to face suddenly with Chicago's Mr. Bryan, j There's a sim'larity that cannot be mistaken. They are similar too in their tastes, for politics has b en the forte of Isaac Bryan of Chi,ago as well as Charles Bryan. Isaac Bryan started as al newspaper man but since the late 90s ha held several appointive positions He was secretary of the Lincoln park board from 1897 to 1899 and in 1906 he was appointed chief clerk of the sanitary district. At present Mr. Bryan is executive assistant to Judge Olson of the Municipal court. He was once Republican committeeman from the 25th ward. 11 .■ ■ ■■» —-—— — .....

NOTED QUARTET AT FRIEDHEIM Gounod Quartet To Give Sacred Concert On Thursday Evening A sacred program will be given by the Gounod quartet at the Freidheim Lutheran church on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock. This quartet has been traveling in the states of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois since June 6, rendering about 25 programs of sacred music in the Lutheran churches in various large and smaller cities, including Fort Wayne. Evansville. Chicago, Cleveland. Cincinnati. Toledo and others. The program includes various English and German chorals and is prepared in order to help Lutheran people to truly appreciate the beauty of the Lutheran choral music. A collection will be lifted to defray the expenses and for the benefit of the singers. The public In general is invited to attend this concert. The members of the quartet are H, Rleeke, first tenor; W. Luecke, second tenor; S. Toerne, first bass; and F. Heldbrtnk, second bass. E. Abendroth is the organist. Following is the program for the concert : A —Prelude ‘‘Jubilate Deo" —Mr. E. Ahendroth B —l, "Praise Ye the Father”, 2. “Sanctus ” 3, “The Lord's Prayer,” Gounod—The Gounod Quartet. C- Scripture Reading D I, "6 Haupt voll Blut and Wunden," Bach; 2, “Jesus. Meine ZtiMTsicht,” Wolfram; 3. “Wenn Ich Ihn Mure Habe” Breldenstein —The Gounod Quartet. E —Organ Soto: "Andante.” LifebureWcly—Mr. E. Ahendroth. F—l, "The Holy Cfty.” Adams; 2. “Softly and Tenderly" Buzzfn—The Gounod Quartet. G—Hymn by the Congregation. H—l. “If Thou But Sucer God to Guide Thee” Schreck; 2 “In the Hour of Trial” S. Lane—The Gounod Quartet. I—Organ Solo, Selected—Mr. E. Ahendroth. J—l, ‘Wie Wohl Ist Mir," Freylinghausen; 2 “Harre Meine Seele”, Hegar; 3. “Ein Feste Burg." Luther —The Gounod Quartet. K—Organ Solo: “Toccata In D (Continued on Page Five)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 23,1924.

! Let Contract For Van Wert-Celina Highway Celina, Ohio, July 23—The contract for paving sections “B" and | “C-l” of the Celina-Van Wert road was awarded to David Davenport, of ' Spencerville, on their bid of |!»8,366. 75, by the State Highway department Monday. The section to he improved is 4 17 miles long and it will be paved with reinforced concrete. The work is expected to start at once and is to be completed by July 1. 1925. THIEFBREAKS - INTO CHURCH Claimed He Wanted To Pray But Took $6.75 In Church Money Claiming that he wanted to pray, a ' stranger giving the name of H. W. Demaree., broke into the Baptist church, on South Fourth street, about 5 o’c’oek this morning. However, when he heard Officer Melchi’s automobi’e stop in front of the church he beat a hurried retreat through a basement window and attempted to escape through an alley, but was overtaken by the officer When Demaree’s pockety were searched a number of church envelopes containing a total of $6.75 fcere found. Demaree was found guilty of petit ■ larceny when arraigned before Mavor H M. Devoss at 10:45 o’clock th s morning. He was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to serve 30 days in 1 jail. William H. Myers, who lives at 216 South Fourth street, opposite the Baptist church. was preparing to go to his work when he saw Demaree climb into the church through a window on the north side which had not been locked. He called Officer Melchi. who hurried to the church. As the officer alighted from his car, Demaree crawled from a basement (Continued On Psge Four' Weather Mostly fair tonight and Thursday; Thursday in extreme north portion'; except possibly thunder showers slightly warmer tonight In northeast portion; cooler Thursday In north, and central portions.

CONFERENCE ON REPARATIONSIS LIKELY TO FAIL Situation Still Critical As Allied Representatives Meet Today SEEK HARMONY Seek To Harmonize French And Anglo-American Viewpoints London. July 23.—(Special to Daily ’Democrat) —The allied conference attempting to reach an agreement on Germany’s reparations held its first plenary session this afternoon without reaching a conclusion on the vexatious ouestion of guarantees for the proposed $200(000,000 loan to the German Reich. The plenary session started at 3 p. m. and did not end until 5:20. There was no indication that harmony between the divergent French i and Angel-American viewpoints is near. The British and Americans hold I that the German loan canno' be considered a safe investiment as lone as Germany is menaced by the French invasions. Txrndon. Julv 23—The shadow of ex-Premier Poincare hov«r >d over the allied conference at the pl nary i I session which was convened at 3 p. m. today, with grave possibility another of the effort, to settle the German reparations question may end in failure. It wan admitted the situation still ' lis critical as the allied represents- ' tives gathered for the public meeting. but delegates continued to do their utmost to harmonize the divergent French and Anglo American viewpoints hoping for n Instiiy decision instead of a precarious compromise. Prime Minister MacDonald of Great | Haitian presided ?t the plenary sc- | "ion. opening the discussion - xith a I hies address designed to clarify the I relation of the Dawes report to the treay of Versailles. MacDonald asked for frank opinion on clauses of the Dawes report which the French believe exceed the propions of the pease treaty. London. July 23 —An adroit compromise of Belgian origin, substitutted aat a late night session for that proposed by American Ambassador Kellogg, may prove today to have ended the reparations conference deadlock over guarantees, and made possilde a plenary sesion. Ambassador Kellogg took a prominent part in deliberation of the deadlocked committee number one last night, and for a time played the role of mediator. Eventually he withdrew his plan for counciliation in favor of that proposed by Premier Theunis, which was favored by the British and conceded to be equally effective. One Man Blown To Bits Los Angeles. July 23 —(Special to , Daily Democrat) — One man was blown to bits and another probably fatally mangled in an explosion at Vernon avenue and Long Beach boulevards today when an ;«itom<>bile driven by Mrs. Marjory Watts struck a suitcase be’ieved to have contained n troglyCerine. • o — Admission Price To Fair Only 50 Cents i The fair management announced today that the prices of admission for the day program wore as follows: Adults, 50 cents; automobl’es 25 cents per car; children from ten to twelve years old, 25 cents: children under ten years will be admitted free. Contrary to these prices a report was circulated, the management stated, that the general admission price was SI.OO and that a charge of 50 cents was made for automobiles. This is not true, the management stated.

Oil Well Brought In Near Van Wert Monday Van Wert. Ohio, July 23—What promises to be one of the best oil wells in this district was shot Monday on the S. E. Germann farm in Harrison After the "godevil" was dropped it was fully four | minutes until the oil came pouring out, then ft went up at least 50 feet above the top of the derrick. Eighty quarts of nitro-glycerine were used as the explosive. Before the well was shot it had filled up to 500 feet with oil. SCHEDULE FOR UNION SERVICES Churches Os City Plan Union Services During Month Os August The churches of Decatur will unite in Sunday evening services during the month of August. Tile meetings will be hold in the Water Works park beginning at 7:30 o’c’ock. In the event of rain any evening, the servI ices wi 1 be held in either the R« ] formed or Methodist churches. Chor- . inters of thp churches will arrange fo» - the music on 'he evening indicated n the schedule, and (he committees from the respective churches will arrange the benches, bring and return I chairs organ and song books. Each [ ; service will be in (he charge of the ; pastor assigned to preach I The schedule for the services is as follows: August 3 —Sermon, Rev. B. F. Dotson. United Brethren; chorister. Methodist, Mrs. Dan Tyndall; committee. Presbyterian. M. A Frisinger and John Evans. August 10 —Sermon by Rev. U. S. IA. Bridge. Methodist: chorister. Bapi tist E W. Carmichael; committee I Evangelical, S. E. Black and C. e’ Hocker. August 17 —Sermon. Rev. H. W. Thompson. Christian; chorister. Reformed. Leo Kirsch: committee. Unit |ed Brethren, arry Poling, and Wil- ' Ham Strahm. August 24—Sermon. R. W. Looss, j Evangelical; chorister, Presbyterian. Dr. Fred Patterson; committee Meth odist, George W. Dixon and Samuel Peoples. August 31 —Sermon. Rev. B. N. Co(Continued on Page six) SWIMMING POOL FAVORED BY ALL Many Plans For Raising Necessary Funds Are Being Received Practically everybody in Decatur would like to see a modern and serviceable swimming pool constructed al the Water Works Park and it can be done if the proper financial arrangements can he made. The negative of “if" side of the question is, "How many individuals, firms or corporations in the city would be willing to make liberal donations to the fuhd?” It's going to tak > >j several thousand dolars to construct ( the pool, install a filtering, heating or ’'water softner system and build bath i i houses mid the city government, al ■ though desirous of constructing ih" ' s)O<d is limited in its endeavor in a : financial way. 1 it has h 'en sugested that a campaign be nude In the eltv Io r<l"H the funds for the constructing of the swimming pool and bath houses. Many individuals have already signified a willingness to donate to the fund and wilh a little effort it is thought that the pocl can be built. Young and old alike are favorable to the swimming pool and all believe that it should he operated under city supervision. The councilmen and Mayor DeVoss have received many suggestions and ideas on pool and a tentative estimate of from $3,000 to $3,500 for constructing the pool alone exclusive of the dressing rooms and (Continued on Page Three)

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TELLS DF HER LAST GLIMPSE OF YOUNG SON Arises From Sick Bed To Testify At Hearing Os Son’s Assailants FATHER HEARD ALSO State Continues Fight To Have Leopold And Loeb Put To Death • I Chicago, Criminal Court Room, .Inly 23 (Special Io Daily Democrat) Holding back tears that swelled in her eyes. Mrs. Jacob !• ranks, mother of the 11 year old school boy wtio was murdered bv Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, took the witness stand before Chief Justice John R. Caverlv todav and told of her last glimpse of her boy. Dressed entirely in black, save tor the white gloves on her lit inkling, twitching hands Mrs. •'r.inks said that site last saw i Robert on the morning of Wednesday. May 21. A/ he ifet for school I watched him down the street—that was the last I saw of him until they showed Ime his lifeless body,” Mrs. Franks ( said. The stricken mother was led into court by an assistant state's attorney. She atose from a sick bed where she had been confined ever since the > death of her son to come to court. Her eyes as site glanced from place to place nbont the court showed no expression save bittqr agonizing gt ief. Just once in a flasit her eyes tell upon voting Leopold and Loeb. Her throat swelled and for a moment it seemed she would bunt into tears. But summoning all the courage and wi l power Mrs. Franks turned away and answered the next question. During the testimony of Mrs. Franks the two confessed slayers looked down occasionally, stealing a glance at the witness. "After Robert left for school did he ever return home again alive?" State's Attorney Robert Crowe, who questioned her in person, asked. “No” she replied. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Franks testified she received a telephone ca 1 from a man who said he was "Georffe Johnson. He asked for Mr. Franks but she took the message she said. “Tlte boys told me.” Mrs. Frnaks said, "your boy is alright. He has , been kidnapped. You will receive a letter tomorrow morning giving you further knowledge.” r Mis. Flanks was then shown the shoes, stockings, class pin. belt and belt butkle and id"ntified them as those worn by her son. When counsel for the defense waivr ed cross eramination of Mrs. Franks. Samuel Ettelson, the Franks attorney 1 clasped the witness in both hands ‘ and helped her fron) the witness chair • taking h“r from the court" room. It was the end of Mrs. Franks supreme effort toward convicting her son's slayers. It was her first pub'ic appearance since the tragedy. Mrs. Franks followed her husband, Jacob Franks on the stand. Tlte boy's father was recalled at the afternoon session of court to tell how he prepared the SIO,OOO ransom money to pay the boy killers. He told of hi- gre hoije that the money ’■•otild bring hack to him his lost son. t'titninal Courtroom, Chicago. July 23—Death '. ! I Tlte state will not be satisfied unless Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, millionaire youths, hang for the murder of Robert Franks, a school boy, State's Attorney Crowe declared today as the trial of the bizarre case got under way here today. “The state intends to present the evidence and at the conclusicr 'o ask the extreme penalty to lie imposed upon those defendants," Crowe cried in outlining the state's case. ♦ "During the months of November December and January these defendants planned and schemed this terrible crime, hoping they never would (Continued on Page Five)