Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1924 — Page 1

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DECLARES LOEB HAS A DISEASED MIND

STMT MOVE FOR COMFORT STATION HERE Delegation Os Men And Women Present Matter To Commissioners circvlatFpetitions Plans Made To Circulate Petitions In All Parts Os The County Petitions askiut that the county council appropriate sufficient funds with which to construct a modern comfort station either under the court house or adjacent to it in this ' city wilj he distributed throughout the county the first of next yeek for signatures of taxpayers and will be presented to the council at their session on Monday, September Ist. This morning a delegation of men and women, representatives of nearly all the clubs and lodges in this city, headed by Wa! Wemhoff, as chairman. called on’the board of county commissioners and through their spokesman. French Quinn, presented an argument for the construction of a comfort station at the court house. Presented the Need Mr Quinn in his able way told of the necessity and demands for a public service station and ladies rest room and the board of county commissioners agreed that the county should have such a place. The spokesman told of past efforts to secure a comfort station. Previous to the war steps were taken to create sentiment in favor of the rest room and petitions asking the council to make an appropriation with this improvement in view were signed by hundreds of people throughout the county. The war came and all plans were dropped. Since that time the demand and necessity for a suitable place has become greater. Automobiles have changed living conditions and customs Instead of the farmers coming to town on Saturday morning or nftertioon. many wait until evening. The court house is closed, nt ’five /'lock and admittance to the comfort stations and rest room in that building is therefore impossible. Women Saw Need A few years ago the women of this city saw the need of a ladies rest room and through the Civic Section of the Womans club a suitable, but inadequate room in the Library building on Third street was opened and fitted up in a neat and attractive room The club supported the room and kept a matron there during the •lay and on Saturday evenings, until lhc city council appropriated funds n-ith which to maintain the rest room.! However, this room is not opened on 1 anil ° n holi<,a ys- when it is 1 'Pentinnori on Page Ft»ei —- r ~ IBYS JUDGED STOCK MONDAY Adams And .Jay County «oys Hold .Joint Livestock Judging Tour \ 'ompanied by H. g, Ueckard, Jay I * Agent, and L. M . Busche. | ' ln '“ < Agent, beys oPthe two I s , " Wh ° are trainil!K in live- ■ uh, ging drov e to several farms Unr' y and livestock. Snr ° S W6re at the Simeon j a ” J 3C ° b NeUCUBCIIWa 11 *l O r ’ J ’ Sch "'artz and John M. farms. Holstein cattle were atm >' V the Jacob Sommer farm ser Jsrs eyß at the Sol Mos- ... ann Fifteen Adams county bovs Were on the trip. eltadnV* being t 0 hold the n> Mon contest Wednesday of thai at the Portlan d Fair. At | . "“'c ">ur Adams county bovs to represent the countlie fir ! ‘ tatP Falr coatest t 0 be held Pense -t ta Se » tember - Exby th/va 7 f ° Ur boys wlil bp borne -•••»• National Bank.

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. Will Visit Boy Scouts At Camp This Evening Mr. nnd Mrs. H jnry Heller will motor to Blue Lake this evening and I lake supper w ith the Decatur Boy Scouts who are camping at the lake this week. Following the supper, Mr. Heller will give a talk to the boys. Another member of the local Ki J tary Club will visit the camp tomor- I . row evening and still another on Thursday evening, each one giving a i talk to the Scouts. TAKERSHFROM LAKE ILLEGALLY Several Men Reported To Havs Taken Fish From Lake At Park Information comes from good authority that federal deputy game wardens investigating here have sent in the names of five young men from this < ity who have been taking fish from the lake at Bellmont Park, unlawfully, and it is quite probable that they are “in for a session.” Two years ago the government stocked the lake with bass and wall eyed pike and Mr. Reppert was required to give bond that the fish would , not be molested until they were full | grown. Signs were posted and most people obeyed them. Mr. Reppert gave his permission tor bathing in the lake, but it seem s several have taken advantage of his good nature and. have been taking fish from the lake not only by hook and line but by setting trout lines. The recent investigation revealed this fact and the names of five men hae been sent in. Just what action will be taken is not known. Mr. Reppert. when interviewed this morning, said: “I am sorry the fact that the park has been left open has caused this action and that a few men have taken advantage of me. I gave my word that this would not occur in order to get the lake stocked and if the practice continues, I will have to close the park. If I am called to prosecute the men. I will have to do so under my arrangements with the federal agents.” > The nike are still very small, hut the bass are of good size and it is said quite a number of fine specimen have been taken out by the trout lines. Mr. Reppert should have the co-operation of every one in his efforts to stock the lake. It is private property and can only be used by the public as the owner directs. It is probable that affidavits will be filed and made public within a few days. o LaFollette Followers To Endorse State Slate i , Indianapolis, Aug. s—(Specials—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Backers of Senator LaFollotte for the presidency will hold a state convention here August 20 to endorse a slate of state candidates. James Leckler, secretary of the LaFollette organization in Indiana announced today. “We will rot put forward a spearI ate ticket but will endorse candidates i already nominated who stand for our principles regardless of whether they are on the republican or democratic tickets.” Leckler said. | Selection of county slates will be left to the county. o Several Injured In Klan Fight In Ohio (United Press Service) Niles. Ohio, August 5. With two persons seriously injured, several beaten and six under arrest, police today began an investigation of what is reported to have been an open clash between the Knights of Flaming Circle, and anti Klan organization and members of the Ku Klux Klan. | One thousand persons are said to have participated in the melee. The fight resulted. polfce said, when hundreds of >e opposing organizations met. In the streets. Fists were used at first and then bricks and clubs were resorted to.

CONTRACT LET FOR NEW BARNS AT COUNTY FARM Frank S. Johnson Gets Contract For Erecting Two New Buildings ONLY TWO BIDDERS First Os Three Barns To Replace Those Burned Is Completed Only two bids were filed by conl tractor-', with the county commissioners this morning, for the construction of the two new barns at the Adam» County Infirmary, replacing the barns which were destroyed by fire on May Ist of this year. The contract for building the two barns was awarded to Frank S. Johnston. on his joint bid of $6,772.45. Mr Johnston was also the contractor and builder of the new 40 by 120 foot barn at the county infirmary, this barn also replacing one of the barns destroyed by fire. One of the new barns is to be 40 by 60 feet and'the other 40 by 70 feet. The smallest of the two barns is to be lof the bank style and will be placed lon the old foundation. The first new barn is now filled with hay. clover and grain Harvey Pt LaFountain, superintendent of the county infirmary. stated th s morning. The three . barns, a granary and another small building were destroyed by fire on May Ist with a loss to the county of approximately sl2 000 to $15,000, covered by about fifty per cent, insurance. Contract for Spouting Contracts for placing spouting and gutter work on the three barns was awarded to A R. Ashbaucher. of this city. Three bids were filed, they being, William Wittwer, $135.15; Berne Hardware Co.. $150; and A. R. Ashbaucher. SIIO.OO. Reports Are Filed The monthly repqrts of the various ounty officials were filed with the 'commissioners and approved. John W. Shifterly Is Found To Be Insane John W. Shifferly, age 72. of Union i township, was declared insane at an inquest held this morning before A. C. Butcher, justice of the peace. The examining physicians were Dr. S. ;D. Beavers and Dr. H. F. Costello. _o DENIES PART IN HOLDUP ATWREN Harry Zimmerman, Identified By Mrs. Harmon, Pleads Not Guilty Van Wert, Ohio. August 5. —Although Mrs. John Harmon testified in Squire Gilpin’s court Monday that Harry Zimmerman is one of the men who robbed her and her husband of $1,200 at their home near Wren two months ago, Zimmerman pleaded not guilty to the charge and is held in the county jail awaiting action of the common pleas court. Zimmerman, who says his home is in Chicago was brought to Van Wert F riday night from Marion. Ind., where he was being held on another charge. I’e .was arraigned before' Squire Gilpin Monday and had called to the stand Eva Rauner. of Fort Wayne who toil! the 'squire that Zimmerman roomed at her house in Fort Wayne and was there all night and during the early morning when the robbery occurred. She made her statements very empathtic. Mrs. Harmon declared. . however, that she was sure Zimmerman was one member of the gang of robbers and Mr. Harmon said he thought Zimmerman was one of the men. He explained that liis cap was pulled down over liis eyes during the robbery so he could not see clearly but that Zimmerman’s general form resembled a member of the party.

Decatur, Indiana Tuesday. August 5, 1921.

SHAVER THE SPHINX 11 ■B \ -41 a. i&S — t l CLEM SHAVER i Washington. D. C —This seems to s be a year for silent men. s| First, of course, there is William iM. Butler, chairman of the Republi--0 can national committee, who. despite his reputation for a reticence equal to I that of his chief, has nevertheless be- - ; come almost garrulous in daily inter--1 | views and statements promoting the v Coolidge campaign. Now appears the new chairman of r j the Decocratic national committee, . Clem L Shaver, who is known in his -Illative West Virginia as “Shaver the a Sphinx." Mr. Shaver assumes the direction ’ ]of one of the two dominant parties i; with no political alliances and with f no known connection with any par(jtitular faction. His name does not ’ i appear in “Who’s Who” and he is not '■ known nationally. Those "who are familiar with his political activities in West Virginia , describe him is a sort of silent Tom Taggart, who makes no enemies, enB d.avcrs to keep his candidates from s stepping on tender toes —then bides .. his time I The man selected by John W. Davis to head the Democratic national or- ■ ganiation was born at Fairmount, Marion county, W. Va , fifty-seven years ago. He went to Washington in 1893 a protege of the late Representative William L. Wilson, author • of the Wilson tariff act. He obtained a clerkship in tile United States weather bureau and between times, studied law at what is now George Washington university. I iMISSIUTLEDGE | HASRESIGNED .Girls’ Physical Training Director Os The Local Schools Resigns Several business matters were disposed of at the meeting of the city school board last night, including the reappointment of Clark J. Lutz as! . attorney for the school board forth year, the reading of the treasurer's annual report, and the reading and acceptance of the resignation of Miss Lena Rutledge, girls’ physical training instructor and coach of the high school girls’ basketball team. This' was the first meeting of the board following its re-organization meeting] which was held last Friday, August 1. Dr. Burt Mangold presiderd as prsi- > dent of the board. In presenting her resignation, Miss Rutledge stated that she will lie fore-] ed to give up teaching and take care | of her mother, who has become, an invalid within the past year. Miss Rutledge has been here for the last few years and proved efficient in her line of work. M. F. Worthnian, superin-, tendent of the city schools, stated today that the vacancy caused by Miss Rutledge resignation has not been | filled, although several applications are already on file. The report of the board's treasurer will be made public within a few days, it was stated today. Further arrangements for the open (Continued on page two) Weather Indiana: Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday with local thunderstorms; cooler. * t

LABORLEADERS CENTER ATTACK AGAINST DAWES “Raise Hell With Hell And Maria” Chosen As Campaign Slogan WARN AGAINST G. O. P. Defeat Os Republican Candidates Regarded As Most Important (United Press Service) i Atlantic City. August s.—Labor’s attai k in th ■ three cornered presidential tilt must be directed against Charles G. Dawes as an anti-uion-ht. the campaign committe of the American federation of labor decreed here today. In its first order to it? 3,000.900 voters, the committee sounded a shrill warning against the republican candidates and gave its first cum- ■ paign solgan “Raise Hell with I tell and Maria." Defeat of the Repubican ticket is regarded as even more necessary than election of I.lFollette, the labor candidate. The guiding masters of ( the na’l >nal labor campaign are scheming the destinies of a movement bigger than any they heretofore have attempted. Called Enemy Os Labor Dawes is hated with sincere bitterness of Samuel Gompers. labor’s chief, who says the Republican vice presidential nominee “typifies the extreme enemies qf our cause." Campli lets' SdWrrjr forth the record of the Chicago banker and author of the most advertised European reparation plan-, were ordered prepared by the committee for circulation. I These documents charge Dawes with originating the the organization known as "The Minute Men ofthe Constitution." and through it, attempting to destroy organized labor by creation nf the open shop. They accuse him of "undisguised capitalism.” and "dollar despotism." Coolidge’s Record Cited | To go along with this the pamph|lets cits the record of President Coolidge in the Boston police strike wli >re they maintain, he revealed an antil union stand.. Matthew Well, who is acting as Gomper’s right hand man in th * campaign. expre-sed the sentiments of (Continued on page two) o FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING —— Hay Barn And Straw Stack Burn; Firemen Help Fisht Flames The Decatur fire department was ( 'called to the David Gates farm, about j nine miles east of here, at 7 o’clock ] yesterday evening to help fight a fire caused from lightning during the rain I 'stock barn and other buildings were | slack and a hay barn, but the large stock barn an dother buildings wore Isa ved I Tlie lightning struck a post near the hay barn and jumped to the building. starting a fire. The alarm was spread to the neighbors at once and a call was sent to the local fire de- ' partment. The neighbors organized a bucket brigade and started work to save the large barn. The new fire I truck and~pumper. recently purchased •by the city, was sent to the scene of ' the fire. The firemen accompanying the truck were Captain Jack Freidt, ] Chief Amos Fisher. A JL Aslibaucher. I . Otto Kirsch. Cadle Meibers, Ed Hurst and Harry Parr. Part of the firemen rode on the truck and the others went in automobiles. Six hundred feet of r hose were laid from the cistern near b the house and a stream of water was ~ played on the fire until the cistern c was pumped dry. s The bucket, brigade Jiad done good r work before the fire truck arrived ( (Continued On Page Four) | €

I Grandsons Os Decatur People At Camp Crosley Robert and Donald Winans, sons of Mrs. John Halin, of Muncie, and] grandsons of Mr. and Mrs Frank Winans, of this city, were members lof a party of thirty boys who left | Muncie yesterday for a week's outing] at Camp Crosley. Robert was one of fifty-five boys to win a fiee trip tib the camp for having a high grade in “Y” Bible class lessons. JOSEPH HELM EXPIRED TODAY Civil War Veteran Dies Following An Extended Illness Joseph Helm, age 81 years. Civil t War veteran and well kn >wn resident cf Decatur, died at his home. 304 West Marshall street, at 9:55 o'clock tliis morning. Mr. Helm had been silfferlng for the last sixteen years with paralysis agitans. commonly known as shaking nalsy. and for tha last twelve years was helpless. He ; Isa snfl'ered during the last few years witli Brights Disease. Joseph Helm was a son of Benjamin and Mariah Helm, and was born in Shippensburg. Pennsylvania, February 2. 184:’,. He came to Adams county with liis parents when he was five years old. and spent the remain der of liis life in this county. For thirty five years. Mr. Helm was connected with the.Niblicks in the grain and elevator business, but was forced to ietire on account -of his health. Mr. Helm enlisted in the army early in the Civil War and served his country for four years and tlire months. He was with C<mipany C.j Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and saw service in fifteen of the major confliits of the war. including the battle of Gettysburg and Champion Hill. He was seriously .injured in the latter battle, when he. was shot through the hip. Mr. Helm was a member of the G. A. R.. the I. O. O. j Fl Ipdfie and the. Methodist Epis-] copal church. On January 1. 1874. Mr. Helm was married to Catherine E. Congleton, who survives. Six children were born to this union, for of whom survive. They are Mis. Lulu Swearingen, of Decatur; Mrs. C. C. Partlow, of Richmond; Harry N. Helm, of Decatur; and William F, Helm, of Fort] Wayne. Forest and Gladys are deceased. in addition to the widow and children named above, Mr. Helm is] survived by nine grandchildren and tho following half brothers and halfsisters; Mrs. Reason Rickel, of Silver Lake; Sylvester Warren, of Claypool; Robert Warren, of Silver Lake; William Warren, of North Manchester; Mrs. Mary Regnoes, of Warsaw; Mis. Ella Johnson, of Warsaw; and Mrs. K. Sc'core, of Burkett. Funeral services will be held from tho residence at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, tlie Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of tlie Methodist church, officiating. Burial will lie made in the Maplewood cemetery. Tlie I. O. O. P. lodge will conduct ritualistic serI vices at the house and tlie G. A. R J will have charge of tho services at the cemetery. ’Ku Klux Klan Parade ( Here Saturday Night Handbills passed in the city > af ” , ‘ night announce a Ku Klux Ki.in !>■" ade and demonstration to be held ini Decatur next Saturday night. August' 9. The bills state that the parade will ( form at 8:30 o’clock and that there ( will be big bands and drum corps in . the parade. A state speaker will de-rt liver an address and a "imtur-aliza- ] . tion” ceremony is to be held following R the downtown program. s from surrounding cities and towns ( have been invited, the bills statCj h Fear Dam Will Break Near Don du Lac, Wis. Fon du Lac. Wis., Aug. s—(Special | ! to Daily Democrat) —Fears are felti’ here today that the big dam at Camp-] bellsport will break before the rush of tlie flood water. A hole ten feet; square appeared at noon letting loose thousands of gallons of water. Homes in the pat]) of Hie water arc endangered.

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CROWE FAILS TO OBTAIN A TRIAL BY JURY — Alienist Practically Admits Boys Are Insane; Court Refuses Jury HEARING CONTINUES Doctor Says Leopold And Loeb Could Tell Right From Wrong Criminal Court Room, Chicago, August 5.— (Special to Daily Democrat). —At this afternoon’s session of the Leopold-Loeb murder hearing State’s Attorney Crowe asked Dr. William Healy, Boston alienist whether a person with “tremendously abnormal inner mental life” was insane. Upon the doctor’s reply of “yes” Crowe immediately demanded that Justice Caverly impannel a jury to pass on the sanity of the boys. Crowe contended that the alienist’s testimony showed that both boys came under that characterization. Justice Caverlv overruled the demand stating that he would consider only the definition of legal insanity as laid down by the supreme court of Illinois. “Does the defendant Nathan Leopold or tile defendant Richard I ,oeh know the difference between right and wrong?” Crowe asked starting from a new unglc. i “I think, yes—they know the difference,” Dr. Healy responded. "Now. Doctor, granting they know the difference between right and wrong, did they have the power to choose between doing rig’ht and doing wrong?” i “Perhaps, but only in a measure.” Criminal Court Room. Chicago. August 5.- -Richard Loeb lias a “thoroughly diseased mind.” Dr. William Healy. Boston psychiatrist testified at the judicial hearing of Leopold and Loeb for the murder of Robert Franks when it was resumed at 10.33 ' a.m. today. | "That is the conclusion I have reached after a thorough examination of Loeb." the psychiatrist said. , This conclusion. Dr. Healy said, was , based on tlie following reasons: ” I—His abnormal inner mental life. 2 — His twisted emotions. 3— His lack of sympathy for others. 4 — His lack of feeling for his own misconduct. 5 — His vivid fantasies. 6 His pathological split personality. “The fact that ho carried his T'^ 11 (Continued on page two) ORDER REMOVAL OF BAND STAND Commissioners Resent Use Os Band Stand For Loafing Purposes Tliy county commissioners in session this morning ordered the Aloose lodge to take down tho band stand at Hie southeast corner of the court house lawn which has been used by Hie Moose band on Wednesday evenings when giving concerts. Permission was given tlie lodge to erect the stand on Wednesday evenings when concerts were given, with the understanding that the stand be removed the next morning. The platform was erected several weeks ago by the Moose when the regular weekly concerts commenced and the board of commissioners is in ] favor of the stand being used for this ' purpose, but not for a loafing place, it was stated. Since it has been erected the platform was used for other purposes, no permission being secured from the custodian of the (Continued On Page Four)