Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1924 — Page 1

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WE CIRCLING FLYERS ARBIVE IWSSHINGTON 1 Encounter Storms And l og In Flight From New York Today I STOP TO REFUEL Fivers Forced To Land In Maryland; Pay Tribute To Unknown Soldier . < bulletin (By Dale Van Every) (U. P. Staff Correspondent) • I (Special To Daily Democrat) Washington, Sept. 9.—America’s globe circling flyers arrived over the capitol at 2:20 p.m. today soared majestically in great circles over the city and came to rest at Bolling Field. Buffed by storms and baffled by fog on the entire trip from. Mitchell Field. L. 1., and force®, down at Aberdeen, Md., to re-! fuel, they arrived over 3 1-2 hours after scheduled time. The airmen appeared first to the north flying low under the,' clouds with their escort of sevenj planes. As they approached Bolling Field the escort dropped 1 to earth while the giant Douglas 1 planes of the world airmen con- ' tinned on toward Arlington to 1 drop q floral tribute on the grave of the unknown soldier. BULLETIN . f Mitchell Field. New York. Sept. 9. — i The around-the-world flyers took off for Bolling Field. Washington, D. C., at 9.36 a m. eastern daylight time. Major General Patrick, in command . r J the army air service and Captain Saint Clair Street took the air after the flyers in a big De Haviland. Lieut. Leser .1. aMitland. in another Le Haviland followed, accompanied by a newsinperman. The world flyers took the air together and were in a “V” formation s’ they soared away toward Washington. — —o — ' I New Evangelical Church To Be Built In Ft. Wayne (United Press Service) Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 9.—A new 1100.000 Evangelical church building in Fort Wayne was decided upon at a meeting of th? conference ccnimission for location and erection of churches here today. The new edifice, for which land has already been recured, will be started at once, Bishop s. C. Breyfogd. Reading Pa., "ho was in the city, announced. —— o— M'CLEHTER AND FRY IN COURT — *— Huths Waive Arraignment On Larceny Charge; I’ ry (Jives Bond Elwood Fry and Cleo McCleater .'esterday waived arraignment on the ■age of larceny in rircult court, and a plea of not guilty was entered. Fry ■y-'- released on bond of $2,000, but ' (leater was returned to the county ’ "here he has been held for the F' t t>y weak*. since his arrest in °nne<tion with the holdup and robcrj of jf p s t ore k eo p er a t llo nduras, on July 26. arresl€ “d a few weeks ago, a „ 1 robbery was filed against over {°" tbs anrt th °y were bound o tlie circuit court after pleadJ r r U1 'ty in lhe of John W. Was lm , an ' Ust * ce peace. Fry | new re «r ed Untler sl ' ooo bollft The filed t 1 avitl vharging larceny, was last week. McCleater has been bl « to furnish ))ond {or hjs Attorney L . c . DeVoss W£)S th # youth B by Judße Sutton t 0 defend

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Mr. and Mrs. Glen Neptune Visiting Here Mr. and Mrs. James Glen Neptune of Minneapolis, arrived in Decatur yesterday afternoon to visit the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune, on South Second street. This is the first visit of Mrs. Neptune to this city, as she and Glen were married in Minneapolis about a year ago. Her parents reside in that city. Glen has been attending the University of Minnesota School; of Dentistry for the last two years. He is on a months vacation at present. and most of the time will be spent here, Glen Is taking work | throughout the year, winter and summer, and also a night course in an effort to complete the four-year dentistry course in three years. —o— BETTING FAVORS DEATH SENTENCE Odds Are Five To Four That Leopold And Loeb Get Death Sentence (United Press Service) Chicago. Sept. 9. —Nathan Leopold, Jr., today offered to bet on even terms that he will hang for the murder of Robert Franks. H? also offered to lay an e.en term parley bet .that he, Richard, Loeb, his partner in crime and Russell Scott, awaiting trial on charges of murdering Joseph Maurer, all will be sentenced to hang. The offer was made today in the county jail, when reporters were admitted for their last interview before Justice Caverly will read his sentence tomorrow. “I have only a penny,” he said, pulling a single coin out of his pocket, “so it will have to be a gentleman’s agreement.’’ None of the reporters offered to take the bet. and further proceedings were stopped by Hans Thompson, a guard!, who reminded the youthful slayer that betting is prohibited by the jail rules. • ‘‘Well I don’t want to go to the island (solitary confinement so I guess we can’’ really bet.” Leopold said. Chicago. Sept. 9.—Betting odds in loop gambling clubs favor a sentence of hanging for Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for their murder of Bobby Franks, it was learned today. Many thousands of dollars have been wagered on the possible sentence to be meted out by Justice John R. Caverly tomorrow. About a week ago, when the first bets were made, the odds were as high as three to one that Nathan and Richard would be sentenced to death. The odds have gone down steadily until today the betting is live to four that Justice Cavery will sentence them to the gallows. A large sum of money has been wagered at these odds, that the boys hang. Betting on the possibility of life in prison is at even money. The bulk of the betting is on life imprisonment. . Big odds on a lesser sentence, 14 years or more, are offered, but with few takers. Small bets were recorded on the chance that Justice Caverly will shift the responsibility from his shoulders by placing the sanity of the youths before a jury. — o *- FROST PREDICTED — Indianapolis, Sept. 9 —A light frost throughout northern and central Indiana tonight was predicted by Hie local weather bureau today. Itamage to tomatoes and other garden crops in exposed pli/as' may be expected, but the frost will probably not be heavy enough to injure the corn crop, according to | the weather bureau. Rising temperatures were predicted late tomorrow. Cold weather prevailed this morning, the temperature remaining at 53 degrees until after 9 o'clock.

REPUBLICANS WIN MAINE ELECTION Elect Governor, One Senator And Four Congressmen Yesterday BULLETIN illy Foster Eaton) (U. P. Stuff Correspondent) Portland. Me.. S°pt. 9. — Maine has! gone republican by 35,000 to 40,000 and i William R. Pattengal, democratic I nominee for governor, running on an ' anti-klan platform, has been defeated. Returns from yesterday's state elections today stated that the state had remained regular in every way. The republicans elected one United States senator, four congressmen and a majority of their state and county tickets. Incomplete returns from 475 of 633 precincts, but giving what republicans claimed a trustworthy cross section of the final result, indicated Ralph O. Brewster, republican candidate for governor, may have a majority as high as 40,000. Brewster polled 123.662 votes in the 475 precincts as against 90.-66 for Pattengall. Two years ago the present gover nor. P. P. Baxter, opposed by Pattan-1 gall, polled 88.002 to 64,751 in the same precincts. A total vote of about 250.803 was indicated. The previous high mark in 1920 was 205,440. o Steamship Destroyed By Fire On Lake Michigan Holland. Mich., Sept. 9.—Fire from an unknown cause burned the steam-; ship. North American, one of the fin est passenger vessels on the Great; down to its steel hull, here early today, causing damage estimated at $1,200,000. Three persons were injured, one of them. Gerry Westman,! 70. a cook, being seriously burned. Most of the injured were burned when tanks of crude oil stored In the | hold exploded. The oil continued to I burn until dawn The vessel, which was owned by the | Chicago. Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit company, was tied up for the winter here. All of its costly fittings had been removed and placed in storage. K. OF C. LODGE NAMES OFFICERS Annual Election Held Last Night; Joseph Laurent • Grand Knight The annual election of officers of; the Decatur Council. No, 864. of the Knights of Columbus was held last, evening at the K. of C. hall al! the old officers with ,the exception of two being re-elected. Joseph Laurent, who was elected Grand Knight following the death of E. X. Ehinger last January, was re-elected to the, office for the ensuing year. Other officers who were elected last evening were: Frank Schmitz.| deputy grand knight; Julius Heideman. chancellor; Joe Lose. Unancial secretary; John Starost. recording secretary; Charles Niblick, treasury er David Teeple, warden; Charles Miller inner guard; Henry Meyer, i outer guard; Charles N. Christen. | trustee The other two trustees are IH. J. Yager and Dyonis Schmitt I David Teeple and Henry Meyer were the new officers who were elected. ■ Dues Raised to $7.50 The council voted to raise the annual lodge dues from $6.00 to $7.50 per year. Increased assessments and expenses of maintaining the lodge rooms are the reasons for the increase, it was stated. The K, of C. lodge now has a membership of 300 and on February sth. next year, the 20th anniversary of the council will be observed. It was decided not to arrange a special program for Columbus Day. October 12, as this year several nearby councils have planned a big celebration on Discovery Day.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 9, 1921.

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OWEN I) YOUNG Berlin —Owen I). Young's power as lagent general for reparation payments under the Dawes plan will be greater, according to the German I press, than that of Wilhelm Ilohen--1 zollern at the height of his domination as emperor. He wjl] be the presiding genius of the new gold bank, of the German .ailways, of the industrial monopoI lies, budgetary revenues, and the transfer of payments to the allies. | Mr. Young agreed to accept the post at least long enough to set up the complicated machinery for the reparation transfers and organize a staff of a hundred men. This will require not less than three months., perhaps six. Young must have been taken -aback when he was christened “Owen the [First" by the Neue Berliner Zeitung not long ago. He is one of the most .unassuming and democratic of men. IHe hasn’t so much as a royal tut. I but still harks back in his gait to the furrow where he used to wrestle ■ with the plow. fOTRYELECfmC TRAFFIC CONTROL New Device To Be Tried Out At Five Points Intersection Here One of the new General Electric traffic control devices will be erected at Five Points crossing in this city | at the intersection of Winchester, Second and Acfams streets and Mercer avenue and a test made of it. members of the committee on public I safety stated today. Several weeks i ago a representative of the G. E. Company appeared before the council and explained the merits of the traffic signal, and the council suggested that one be installed as a test outfit. ; If satisfactory the council will more than likely purchase the traffic conitrol signal, similar to tho e in use in larger cities where they are installed at boulevard and important s*l/?et crossings. The Stop regulations at Five Points will still he enforced and the traffic device will be so arI ranged that it control all five cro sI ings. The device will he here next i week, it is thought. I o September 15 Is Last Day To Pay Income Tax Monday. September 15th the last day for the payment of the' thirdquarterly or the second semiannual ■installment of income taxes. Pay mud be sent to the collector of ini tern:.! i -venue at Indianapolis, so that they reach his office not liter than September 15th. Capital stock I tax returns must be made by September 30th. the time having been exi tended from June 30th to the last of this month for the reason that the department did not have the blanks in time to mat] out. - — Weather •— — Fair tonight and Wednesday: cool- , er tonight; probably frost in north i portion and central portion; rising i temperature Wednesday in southwest portion.

1 GASOLINE PRICE IS REDUCED HERE 1— Selling At 18.4 Cents At All Stations Except That Os Standard Gil Gasoline was selling at 15.4 cents per gallon at all lo'-nl filling stations today, with the exception of t the Standard Oil company’s station, as the result of a ga oline price-cutting war which started iast Friday. The I employes of the Standard Oil Company's station here stated that they have been expecting orders to cut their retail price for the last two (lays, but so far have received no [orders to that effect. The Standard Oil station was selling gasoline at 20.4 cents per gallon today. The price-cutting is said to have started last Friday morning when the Standard Oil company reduce.! the tank wagon price from 18.4 to 16 4 cents per gallon, but kept the retail price at 20.4 cents. The Elberson Service station met this reduction Saturday evening by cutting the tank wagon and retail price two cents per gallon. The Durkin Garage also reduced the retail price on Sinclair ga oline to 15.4 cents Saturday evening. Apparently waiting action by the Standard Oil company, the Texaco I and Sinclair stations did not cut the price until this morning. Several garages have been selling Standard Oil gasoline at 18.4 cents per’gallon since Sunday, while others did not cut 1 the .price until this morning. I The reason for cutting the price is said to be for the purpose of meeting competition of surrounding cities where the price has been reduced to 18.4 cents per gallon fcr the last two weeks. Pastors A-signed By United Brethren Church The Rev. J. R. Kditpe has been assigned to the pastorate of the United Brethern church at Geneva, by the seventy-ninth annual session of the White River conference of the church which closed at Gas City Sunday. The appointment of minister- was made bv Bishop H. 11. Stout, of Indianapolis The Rev. J. H. Nall, was returned to Portland, making his eleventh year as pastor of tha* church. Rev. Nall is chairman of the Portland district. WIN PRIZES ON POULTRY AT FAIR Two Monroe Men Carry Away Ribbons At Indiana State Fair Two of the chicken raisers at Monroe carried off prizes for their chickens at the Indiana State Fait last week. J. F. Rupert winning rib bons for his Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds and Claude Laisure winning ! prizes on his Black Carnish games. | Mr. Rupert had 23 chickens on ex Dibit and won the coveted prize fol ! the best display of Rose Comb R. I Reds. Theodore Hughes, superin tendent of the poultry show at th( state fair, told Mr. Rupert that th< “Rose Comb R I. Reds were the besi he had ever seen and that the displaj cf this particular breed of chickens I was one of the best ever exhibited.’ Prizes won by Mr. Rupert were or the following entries: Fourth cock: third and fourth hens; first and fifth . cockrels; first and third pullets; second old pen; second young pen and the best display. Mr. Laisure | "ton the Mowing llrizes: Third ' I cock; first and third hen: second 1 and third cockrel and first pullet. The Adams county friends of the two chicken raisers are proud of the showing made by the Monroe exhibit. The two men have been in the chicken raising business for several years I- and Mr. Rupert has taken several li state prizes heretofore. Last winter gjhe won a number of prizes at the t state poultry show held at IndianapJ oils.

Rat Gnaws Tiny Baby’s < Fingers At Bluffton Bluffton, Sept. 9. While th« 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar I Dangerfield. South Marlon street lay sleeping in her cradle last night, a 11 large rat stealthily crept into the crib and gnawed her tiny fingers. Following the babe’s startled outcry in the night, the parents head the rustling ictreat of the pestilent invader. Examinations revealed deep tooth marks in the child's fingers At one place the rat s sharp fang pi, reed en- | tfrely through the flesh of a finger. ! Mr. and Mrs. Dangerfield stated that the invasion of tile rats have been very noticable and they are at a loss ( to know of an effective method to getting rid of the pests. FORMER DECATUR RESIDENT DIES — Andy Krunnemacker Dies At Home Os Niece In Ft. Wayne Today • Andy Kfunnemacker. aged about 84, died at 12 o'clock, noon today, at the home of his niece. Mrs. Ida Thomas. Harrison street. Fort Wayne. The message announcing the death was ’►•reived by Gay. Zwick & Myers, local undertakers, but gave no details. However, it is believed by friends here that death was due to infirmities of old age as he had been failing for several years. > The deceased was a native of Berne, Switzerland, coming to this country in 1870. He located in Wisconsin, where he lived a short time and then vu nt to New York ior a couple' of years, coming here in 1573 and residing here until about four years ago,, "hen he went to Fort Wayne and has since resided there. He was mnrried er also died some yearsshraluetaoi I twice, his first wife preceding him in death, about thirty years ago and a second wife about ten years ago. A daughter also died some years ago. He was a cousin of Peter Gafer of this city and had many friends. He was a member of the Decatur Lodge I. O. O. F. In his younger days he engaged in the well digging business and later was for many years the bill poster for the opera house. Funeral arrangements have not heen announced. o Ft. Wavne To Get Belt Line Railroad System | (United Press Service) ' Ft. Wayne. Ind.. Sept. 9.—A belt • line has been agri d upon by principal railways operating into F‘. Wa’ne and will serve the entire industrial section of the citv. About Hire • miles of new track will be necessary to link-up existing roads and wo’k will start at once. ,t The Nickel Plate railway will build r a new freight terminal here in < onr nection the elevation of its tracks, ordered by the city. The i Pennsylvania railway an j appropriation of $150,600 1 r eight S new tracks in the Fort Wayne yards. Q—- <■ ,r Poor Juke Played 1 On Two Young Couples nie The sender of an anonymous letter: ie , in which wa.s given an account ot a ’L double wedding of Miss Pearl Irenip y ! a nd Howard Croy and Miss Mabie ls Groh and Frank Crov evidently | ” thought tiie telling of the falsehood n was a good joke. It certainly isn’t, j > however, especially for the couples concerned, and they have authorized : I the publishing of an emphatic denial to lhe story. e j -o 1 Robbers Loot Garage At Ossian Early Today g . ’ Robbers looted the Ford Garage at Ossian early this morning and carri--8 ed away accessories and supplies val--1 ued at from $30(1 to SSOO. Included in r the loot were fifteen tires accessore[ies and $5 in cash. Sheriff Noah Frau-t-Mtiger, of Bluffton, is working on the case.

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MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED 8Y ALLIED LEADERS American Marines Take Up Position Nearest To Battle Front ARMIES NEAR CITY Battle Front Pushed Back To Within Eight Miles Os Shanghai il'nited I’uoss j*tafT (’nu’-espondenO Shanghai. Sept. 9 (Special to Daily Democrat) Allied and American military commanders proclaimed martial law in the foreign settlement of Shanghai .today as desperate fighting belt ween the rival Chinese armies swept to within eight miles of | the city. Two hundred American ma[rhes together with about X(M) .lapanese. British and Italians landed from foreign war vessels lying oil the W’oosing forts. Loudon. Sepi. 9—(Special io Daily (Democrat) —The governments of the United States and Great J?rita:n have begun a preliminary exchange of views regarding the Chinese crisis, according to information fiom a reI li-'ble source. The possibility of corcerted international action to prevent general civil war in China is being discussed. Prime Minister MacDonald soon will devofe ,’iif. personal attention to the problem. I The Americans hastily took up positions nearest the fighting, along the Woo ung border of the foreign quartsr. General Lu Yung Hsiang’s forces were reported routed. They were being beaten back upon Shanghai and hundreds of thousands of refugees v are fleeing into the city and seeking refuge in the quarters guarded by the international marines. The attacking forces of General Chi II ieh Yuan stormed tlie Woosung forts t n miles from Shanghai and later were reported to have push- ; ed forward to within eight miles of the city. j Reports of the progress of the battle, which was resumed with intensified fury today, were conflicting I became of the fact that many of them came from General Lu s commanders, j who were nearest the city and who , were reluctant to admit defeat. | In the foreign quarter word that . the attacking Chinese army had come | into contact witii the (I fending ' imariirs was expected momentarily. (Continued on page two) SCHWARTZ BOY 1 RETURNS HOME Ami-h Youth Cuts Hair And j Adopts Modern Clothes Before Returning i Berne, Sept. 9 - Peter Schwartz, an 18-year-old youth and son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schwartz, living a mile east and two miles south of Berne, who had left his home without eoni suiting his parents, has returned home after an absence of nearly three ; weeks. The Schwartz family and the young man are of the Old Amish faith. The young man returned home last Saturday through the urgent requests of his parents. He had, however, dismantled the clothes of his former faith and cut his hair, and appeared in town Saturday, spick and span, in a fashionable and handsome make-up. Young Schwartz had left without, giving any excuse, and his absence caused his parents much worry. His mother became seriously ill as a result and a desperate effort was made to locate him. It is said that he had left this community in company with another local youth. It was presum(Continued on Page six) i