Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1924 — Page 1

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■ U.S. AIRMEN OFF I fIUIOKG FLIGHT I lOtffILAND I -aiss."" ■ The Northland 111111 l — H ITALIAN IS ALONG I Kalian \»>n=in Accompany- ■ inn Americans; I ass ■ Over l ,S. Richmond H ||T Correspondent) ■ On" S S Richmond nt Sea. ■ w , ISr .. •.> Daily Democrat) ■ -vh Major I t li. the Italian ■ ' dor. in the 1-aU. and Lieutenants , ■ smith ntt'l * Am *’ ricanß 'l ■ Rowing in or.l-r. -be three around H world fivers passed over the H Kiehmon.l at !• ant. (Greenwich Ml mean timet today. » Ail th p machines ro running Ml perfectly. the sky was somewhat ■ cloudy and the »a was smooth as M’ tbf v drove on their way. Ml ( The Richmond is approximately H ;,i niib from Reykjavik, guarding ■ portion o: die Iceland-Greenland ■S leg? ■ Reykavik. Iceland. Aug. 21.—Lieu- ■ tenant® I. w. 11 Smith and Erie Nel|M son. th * American air globe trotters. MB got away a’ 71" o’clock this mornH inc ?Dd with < mar weather favoring IM tb-m. •!: appealed in’o the southwest MB h. f.r Frc.b-rikadol. Greenland. 9B 155 miles away. Ml The An-.cri'tin wore accompanied MB by Li.'iitenant I.oatelli. the Italian BH round the world fiver. MM; There is a po -ability the flyers |M Btsr not make an extended stop at MH Fr.deriksd ’. Smith detdared before MB hopping off. Present plans call tor an MH overnight halt bat titer • is a cban/e gM‘the three rirtm n may wing on to MM IrigtuC <m tite western coast of This is dependent upon ■H ’father conditions at Fnderiksdal. Mr! Ivigtut is the last stop in Greenland MM for the dyers and is up the western M| ™ a °' b'tt miles from Frederiksdal. MR The air adventurers will make a |M one day stop at Ivigtut and then take BH to the air attain, heading for Indian SH Harbor. I.ebrador, whence they will ■■ continue down the eastern coast of MM America to Boston. They hope MM ln arrive in Boston not later than H Sept. 1. MM Today's flight was almost imperaMM tire owing to the lower fuel supply on MM , * lp nav y cruisers which are guarding |M airmen. M Xavy officials pointed out that there MM Ve no tankers ( lose to the path of HH the flyers and that the ships probablv MM *°' | ld be forced to make long cruises MM it order to refuel in case the d> lay MM was extended. BB The u. s S. Richmond. American H rrttiser which brought repair parts to MM ***o flyers following the accident Mon- ■ day. cruised out to take its place in BB die chain of convoys between Ice- ■ ] and and Greenland last night. MM The hop a terminated a fortnight's M delay hero caused first by unfavorBB .“Me weather and later by a mishap trhich occtired early this week when the planes were damaged attempting ! to take the air with too heavy a load I tof fuel. o— T"o-I)ay-Old Baby Left In Automobile (United Press Service) Milwaukee. Aug. 21.—Wrapped in ' ti°k° D aß d s * ee P ln K peacefully in a ■' * covere< t traveling bag, a baby r. about two days old. was found on e front seat of an automobile parks . -a front O s the home of William H L Wr, early today. W h' ( S^e t ' 1P Br * p ’ Printed on a plain ’e envelope was the following note : I lease take me to Emergency 1,0 ■am Catholic.” thp." 10 '' Kb ' ,ae was shut and i nf ,5 Was n ° a PParent means of the •hn» , f,htainin K fresh air, the baby iu°t s’ 10 ,U effects °f imprison- " en exaCned by physicians, filing to Lieber’s 'story to frleni ," had entertained several them S < aSt Dig ht and wDn one of th-, t? arte< ’ *° ’’rive away he found bag in th® f ron t seatsnerei ' from exposure and vie t,On . th6 baby (lipd at Emergleputy I Xriff hPrP tOday ' POIICC and mother " S are Bearchi ’io f or the

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Mark Twain Park To Be Presented To Missouri (t-nlted Press Service) Florida, Mo„ Aug. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mark Twain Memorial park here, 10G acres of moad>ows and woods oh the edge of Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ native Village, will be presented to the state of Missouri in the near future, it, is announced. The project, inaugurated a year ago at a meeting of northeastern Missouri editors, was formally opened with an old-fashioned all-day picnic attended by 5.000 Missourians yesterday. o AUOJTOR GETS MANDATE TODAY / 'Receives Official Order To Increase Automobile Assessments County Auditor Martin Jaberg today received the official order from the state board of tax commissioners to place a twenty per cent, increase on the assessment of all automobile owned by the taxpayers in Adams County. Mr. Jaberg will comply with the mandate and will commence to figure the 20 per cent, boost this week. According to the assessments made by the township assessors between 2.900 and 3.000 automobiles were listed in Adams County on March Ist. 1924. The average value as reported by them was $197. and the total valuation was approximate]]}- $570.000. The increas 'd assessment will 1 total approximately $115,000. The county board of review at its August session refused to place the 20 per cent, increase on the automobile assessments and the state board therefore mandated the county auditor to ‘‘t.nk on” the increase. So far no appeals from the assessments made on personal property by tlje township assessors have been filed with the state board, it was stated. ORIGIN OF BRYANT FIRE IS UNKNOWN Little Insurance Carried On Buildings; Loss Placed At $30,000 The little town of Bryant suffered a big loss in the fire which destroyed a half block early Wednesday morning. The loss is conservatively estimated at $30,000. with but little insurance. The origin of the fire is still a mystery. The blaze is believed to have started in the Aaron Beck grocery and spread so rapidly that the Bryant fire company could only confine it to the block. The Portland fire company was called, but the fire was under control when they arrived. The corner building was owned by Gerome Diltz and was a two-story frame structure covered with steel sheeting. The building was occupied by the Eli Poling filing station and the Henry Knolke garage. Mr. Poling carried SSOO insurance and the contents of the garage were partially insured. The Beck building was a two-story cement block structure, occupied by the Harvey Ordway grocery and meat market, the Stabler Brothers drug store and a restaurant conducted Sy Mrs. Anna Pingry. On the second floor was a public hall used by the Bryant basketball team and by the community for various events. Mr. Beck carried no insurance on the building, but stated last evening that he would rebuild a one-story block on the fire site. A building owned by Barney Ford, east and just across the alley, was damaged considerably, lhe Clovet Leaf cream station occupied the room and was forced out with small loss. The residence of Peter Hamilton ! across the street west from the fire was slightly damaged. The fire was discovered about, two o’clock in the morning by James Myers, who resides north of the destroyed buildings. Mr. Myers was aroused from his slumbers by smoke pouring info his bedroom window, and gave the alarm. It is the second large Pre that has vf«!Pd me town ir. recent y.,ar 8 and very little of the business section of the place, which is practically all located on Main street, remains.

.CHENCYE.SHAW SEEKS DIVORCE 1 . Says Husband Knocked Her Down And Failed To Provide Properly Cheney E. Shaw, of this city, today 1 filed suit for a divorce from Loran i C. Shaw, alleging that her husband is I guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide suitable clothing and food for herself and children. Her attorney is Judson W. Teeple. of this city. Mrs. Shaw states in her complaint that she was married to the defendant on April 16. 1912 and that they separated on June 28. 1924. She al- 1 leges that on June 22. last, her hus- 1 band struck her on the head with his I fist knocking her down, and that he | had beat her on various occasions ( i She alleges further that her husband forced her to have improper rela-! tions with other men for hire in ord-' er to support himself and family. Three children have been born to the couple, they being 12, 9 and 6 years old. respectively. Mrs. Shaw, states that her husband is employed in the city of Bluffton and is making a salary of from $25 to S3O per week.' In addition to a divorce. Mrs. Shaw asks the court to grant her the custody of the three children, alimony in the sum of SSOO. and an allowance of S3O per month for the support of the children. She also asked for an allowance for her support during the time the case is pending and for her attorney fees. o I Frank Schmitz Building House On First Street Work is progressing nicely on the house erected by Frank Schmitz on ( the east side of South First street, just south of the Schmitz and Tricker auto shop. The house will be a frame structure and when completed Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz and family will occupy it. House building has been *at a standstill in this city the past several years, very few houses being : constructed. As far as known the Schmitz house is the only one under construction at present. -—, o Two Boys Try To Show Up Loeb And Leopold Chicago. Aug. 21. —“Loeb and Leoi pold are coliegate graduates, and I only finished grammar school; but I thought I could show them up.” exclaimed Fielding Smith. 19. after he confessed to police that he and his [ brother, Earl. 11. had attempted to .’extort, SB,OOO from Jacob Franks, .father of the murdered Robert . Franks, by threats of killing Mrs. j Franks and their daughter Josephine. -I 'Earl was arrested as he took two ■decoy packages from a rubbish box And implicated his brother when ’ questioned. II Acting on instructions in the ex- ? tortion letter, detectives “planted” .■the packages and k'ept watch until Earl appeared. o l |I)r. McCulloch Opens His Campaign Today ’ Muncie, Ind.. Aug. 21—(Speclal to Daily Democrat)— Stressing the importance of honesty in both state and national government and predicting the success of the democratic party in both the state and nation Dr. Carl1 1 ton B. McCulloch, candidate for gov- ' I ernor opened the campaign in the eighth congressional district at a ' mass meeting here this afternoon . Delegates from all counties of district were present. J. A. M Adair j ’ candidate for congress was also a I speaker. • —o- —" Rev. Hiatt To Preach At Friends Churches ' The Rev. Charles Hiatt, of Winchester, superintendent of the In- ' diana Yearly Meeting of the Friends ! church, will be at the Pleasant ! Valley Friends church Sunday morning, August 24 and at the Monroe , Friends church on Sunday evening. The public is invited to attend these services. —o —— Willshire Pioneer Dies i Timothy Agler, age 90 years, a i pioneer resident of Willshire townI ship, Van Wert county. Ohio, died at I his home near Abanka, at 4 o clock ■ 'last Tuesday afternoon. Five children (survive.

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> r- . 1 BACKFIRE i I Seymour, Ind , Aug. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —James i Nicholson kicked his horse to 1 make it step faster and the horse kicked back. He is in the Schenk hospital todiy with a broken leg ■ and other injuries. ITINERARY FOR FARMERS'TOOR IS MAPPED OUT 1 Fifty Farmers And Business J Men Os County Expect To Make Tour * FORTY SIGNED UP Plan To Stop At Several ‘ Cities And Farms In Ohio And Michigan | Approximately 40 farmers and business men from Berne. Monroe, Linn Grove and Deuatur have already made reservations for the Adams County Farmers’ and Business Men's tour to St. Louis and Saginaw, Michigan. The party will leave here early on the imorning of Tuesday, August 26th. in | charge of E. ,1. Frickie fieldman for i the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company. l ( I Among those who have made reservations for the tour are the following: C. S. Niblick. J. H. Carmody, W. A. Klepper, W. A. Lower, C. J. Lutz, who will act as spokesman for the party; A. D. Suttles, Frank McCon-l nell, Will Harting Henry Schulte. I. Bernstein. .1. H. Heller. L. M. Busche, D. E. Studabaker. and a representative from the First National Bank, all of Decatur. Farmers from Decatur who will join the party are: Andrew Fuelling and son. Charles Schenck, C. O. Green and a party of four others. Those from Monroe are. Will Mitchell. Will Rupert and Q. Durbin and possibly several others. Berne will also send a large delegation of farmers and business men, including Mr. Baumgartner. Rudolph Schug, Orel Smith and a representative from the Berne Hardware Company and the Berne Witness Company. Fred Blum, C. E. Stauffer, Dan KahrJ Noah Rich and Jacob J. Schwartz. Linn Grove will have at least two automobile loads in the tour, those who have already made reservations being Fred Studler, Albert Moser.' George Schlagenhauf. Earl French and Harry Meshberger. I Mr. Frickie stated this morning that (Continued on Page six) UGHiNINGHITS NEAR COOLIDGE President And Family Within Fifty Yards Os Bolt Last Night (United Press Service) Plymouth, VI.. Aug. 21—A bolt of 1 lightning struck within fifty yards ■ of President Coolidge and his family I during the terrific electrical storm ! which swept Plymouth last night. Only the fact that the home of the President’s father is not wired for ' either telephone or electric lights prevented a fire and possible injury to those in the house. The boll struck a telephone pole I in the rear of the house of J. J. Wild|er, <jUBt up the road from the Coolidge house. A sheet of flame sped along the wires, passed the Coolidge house and then flashed in the temporary telegraph office installed in the general store. The telephone repairman who put the circuits back into commission declared the damage clearly showed that the bolt was a tremendous discharge. Had it struck the Coolidge house it might have destroyed it. The president and members of his family were not alarmed and were ignorant of the danger. They heard only the crash of the bolt. Weather Indiana: Partly overcast tonight and Friday; probably local thunder storms Friday afternoon or night.

THIRD PARTY AT ■ I WORK IN INDIANA Senator LaFollette’s Son Addresses Convention At Indianapolis Indianapolh, Aug. 21. —The independent presidential candidacy of Senator l.a Follette was away to a fighting start in Indiana today with a bitter arraignment of the two old parties. Philip I a Folllette. son of the senator. denounced the republican and democratic parties as "traitors to the ideals of the cens’itntlon” in an address that brought the third party convention to a close yesterdtty. Birth of the third party movement. I he said, resulted from the fact ,that ' the “old parties deserted the people.” La E'ollette declar 'd the main issue of the campaign is whether the government shall be run by the people or « be conrtolled by Wall street. Arrest Church Members For Mistreating Children (United Press Service) Pomeroy. 0.. Aug. 21 Th" preliminary hearing of charges against forty-three members of the Pentecosti al church, arrested in a raid on their tabernacle last night and charged contributing to the delinqttnecy of minors whom county official alleged were conducting Immoral dances as a part of the church service was postponed today until early next week. | All except four of the church members arrested are now at liberty under bond. L. C. Davis, county prosecutor at first announced the raid was a result of complaints that children of the church were being kept up all night attending the services. As the hour approached for the- arraignment, however. Davis revealed that the “immoral cohducf bf’fhe young people of the church" had prompted the raid. W. .1. Bryan In Auto Accident Last Night Mattton. 111., Aug. 21.—(Special to • Daily Democrat) William .I nnings Bryan was bruised and cut about'the head and face last night when the auto in which he was traveling from Tuscolo, 111., to this citv overturned. | In spite of his injuries the commoner proceded with a lecture for I which he was scheduled on his arrival here. | News of the accident was withheld it was said because of Bryans wish to avoid alarming his wife who is ill at their home in Florida. _ o Ft. Wayne Youth Swims Over Dam In Flooded River (United Press Service) "*■ Cedar Rapids, la.. Aug. 21 —With the Cedar river at flood stage. H. J. Federspeil. 20. Fort Wayne, Ind., after securing a bathing suit from a local store, pulled himself to the middle of the river on a lite line just above the F. Avenue bridge and swam over the dam with the water boiling and dashing ten feet in the air. Hundreds of people gathered on the bridge to watch the lad make the daring dive, the first time in the history of the city this has been ac- ■ complished. After crossing the dam and making a desparate effort to save himself from the strong whirlpool that pulled him under three times, Federspeil swam three blocks down stream. The performance was done on a dare. o Walter Krick Returns From Columbia University Walter J. Krick, new principal of the Decatur High School has arriv- , ed home from Columbia Univ rsity, New York City, where he took postgraduate work and work in school management. Mr. Krick is*a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick of this city. He is a graduate of Purdue University and has taught school for several years. Last year he was principal of one of the consolidated high schools in Wells county and is a capabe and efficient teacher. He will assume his duties in the local high school a week from Monday when school opens and will be an efficient | assistant to Mr. Worthman in the | 'management of the school. |

? Girl Leans To Death I From Eighth Story Room (United Press Service) Omaha. Neb. Aug. 2J. — Miss Catherine Ford. 51. Santa Barbara, Cal., fell to her death on the sidewalk from an eighth story room in which she was undergoing treatment | for a nervous disorder at a hotel here today. I Rose Cavalier), nurse at St. Francis hospital, Santa Barbara, who had been treating Miss Ford, said her pa'ii nt had leaped from the window to her death below. The nurse was held by police, however. pending an inque t. LARGE CROWD I ON EXCURSION Estimated That Nearly L--000 Went On Annual Excursion To Toledo Although the official count has not been learned, it was estimated this morning that nearly 1,000 people , went to Walbridge Park. Toledo. Ohio, today on the annual Methodist Sunday school excursion, over the Clover Leaf division of the Nickle Plate railroad. This number included those who boarded the train at Pleasant Mills and Willshire, ().. The train consisted of twelve day I coaches and one baggage car. left De- | catur at 6 a. m. Those at the station this morning, who went on the excursion last year, stated that the crowd was much larger than the crowd last year. Nearly fifty automobiles, belonging to the excursionists, were parked around the edge of the old cemetery opposite the Nickel Plat(> stuion cn V.'imhe--ter street. A guard was left in c harge of the cars. The train is expected to leave Walbrige Park at 5 o’elolck this evening and arrive in’Decatur about S or 8:30 p. m Reglreshmen'h were told on The train. o MANY RESERVE BANQUET SEATS Bright For Letter Carriers’ Convention Here Saturday William Engle, district secretary of . the rural letter carriers’ association. | reports that prospec ts are bright for ( a successful and enjoyablle gathering next Saturday evening, when the carriers meet in the First Methodist church here for thei rannual district convention. Each incoming mail brings several reservations for places at the banquet to be served at 6:30 o'clock Saturday evening. The banquet is not for letter c arriers alone, but for the public as well. The tickets arc? one dollar each Instead of following the usual custom of solicitation of the business men for funds to conduct a meeting of this nature, the local carriers decide <1 to hold a banquet and give value for the money. The carriers expect to make a smal profit on th<> banquet tickets and thereby have funds to conduct the convention. The tickets will go on sale here soon. A splendid program has been arranged for thc> convention which will follow the banquet. The program is to he educational in nature? and every one connected with the postal service? knows the need ot education along postal lines. Speakers on the program include, j Mayor 11. M. DeVo-s. Congressman Albert 11. Vestal, R. B. Dick, ex- | ecutive committeman from the eighth district letter carriers association; Federal postoffice Inspec tor Kelly, of Winchester; C. L. Walters, of De'catur; and A. B. Lang, national president <>f lhe rural letter carriers association. I o Minister Married In Ku Klux Klan Regalia (United Press Service) Alexandia. Ind.. Aug. 21—Miss Dororthy Stewart and Rev. Harry Hybarger. pastor of the First Chxistian church, were married here in full regalia of the Klu Klux Klan. Five (thousand Klansmen witnessed the I ceremony, which was held before a I hugh fiery cross.

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WANTS SLAYERS TREATED AS THEY TREATED VICTIM I Attorney Makes A Thrilling Oration In Leopold-Loeb Case SORRY FOR FAMILIES Arguments Continue Today In Sensational Murder Hearing Criminal Court Room. Chicago, Aug. 21.— (Special to Daily Democrat). —In a thrilling ori ation filled with dramatic mo- | ments, Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph P. Savage today call- [ ed on Chief Justice John R. CaI verly to serve Nathan Leopold ' and Richard Loeb the same way as they served Bobby Franks—with death. “Mr. Darrow came before you and made virtue out of a necessity,” Savage shouted. “He pleaded guilty to the murder and kidnapping for ransom. Why, your honor knows well that if the state’s case had not been iron clad, if there had been anyway out of this mass of facts Mr. Darrow would have taken his chance with a jury. But he knew be could not find twelve men in this county or any county who would free them. “Darrow asked your honor for mercy. What mercy did they show to little Bobby? , "We feel sorry for the families of , the slayers for they are highly respected. And we, too. but feel sorry for the Franks family.” ( By Edward C. Derr) it'. P. Staff Correspondent) Criminal Court Room. Chicago. Aug. 21. —Acting out his story in intensely dramatic fashion. Assistant State's Attorney Joseph P. Savage today pictured to Chief Justice John R. Caverly the “deliberate and coldblooded” manner in which Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb hid the body of their victim. Robert Franks. Picking up file recital where he left off late yesterday when court adjourned. Savage described how Leopold and Loeb shoved the body of the 14-year-old school boy into the drain pipe of a railroad culvert south of i Chicago. “It was their plan to take a stick and force the body into the pipe so I that nobody could ever be able to see j it,” Savage said. “But having no time to do this, Leopold used his foot to i push the little body into the drain Pipe.” Savage then told how the boys left Leopold’s coat near the pipe and Loeb, in picking it up. jostled Leopold’s incriminating spectacles from a pocket. The spectacles led to the arrest. “They mailed the letter demanding rahsoni. prepared in advance,' Savage said, “and then called up the > • Franks home and told Mrs. Franks that the boy was safe and would be ; returned if ransom was paid. i Then, raising his voice into a roar , that shock the courtroom windows. , he cried: ••Can vou imagine the feelings ot that mother? Why. at that moment the body of little Bobby Franks was lying cold in that drain pipe. ' f wonder if they slept that night. I wonder if that little body’s picture did not appear bet'dre them. “Did they have a fantasy in which Bobby Franks appeared?! “This was a strictly commercial proposition. They said it was a strictly commercial proposition in their let- ' ter. But they did not play the proposition straight. They did not want to carry out the fiendish deal in a halfway manner. "They could have secured the $lO.000 without killing the little boy. The fact is that that mornUig when the bank opeped. Mr. Franks went to the bank and got the money and waited at his home for a telephone call which would give him further instructions.” Jacob Franks, who left the court in a state of near collapse yesterday afternoon when Savage drew a vivid picture of the killing of Bobby, was in his customary seat today. He apparently had a grip on himself, although he bit his lips as Savage filled the picture of the crime. Leopold and Loeb, strangely silent, presented a marked contract to their | (Continued on page two)