Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1924 — Page 1

Volume XXII. Number 218.

LARGE CROWD hears ADAIR CIVF ADDRESS Candidate For Congress Discusses (^P gues At Pleasant Mills AT MONROE TONIGHT Willing To Make Race On Past Record In I nited States Congress —— Owing to a tack of space today lt W as impossible to print the speech delivered by Mr Adair at peasant Mills last night However the address will be printed in Saturday's issue of the Daily Democrat One of the largest crowds that ever attended a political meeting at Pleasant Mills, heard John A. M. Adair of Portland, democratic candidate for congress, who ably represented the eighth district for ten years, deliver an intelligent talg on the issues of the campaign at France's hall last evening. Mr. Adair's address opened the democratic campaign in Adams County and those who hard his talk gave the utmost attention to his able discussion of state and national affairs. He argued the questions from a constructive and common sense view point and said he was willing to run on his past record as proof that he would deliver service and work in the interest of all if returned to congress. The France hall was well filled and Dr. J. W. Visard, well known physi- I cian of that place, presided as chairman at the meeting. John Tyndall, well known manufacture of this city, and the democratic candidate for congress two years ago, was introduced and he in turn introduced Mr. Adair. To Speak At Monroe Mr. Adair remained in Decatur today and tonight will deliver a talk at Monroe. The meeting will be held at the Monroe high school building and those who did not hear him at Pleasant Mills last evening are invited to attend the meeting at Monroe. Mr. Adair’s Speech Mr. Adir discussed both state and I national issues and compared the present republican administrations with those of the democrats. He told how expenses in the state under the last two republican administrations had climbed by leaps and bounds and that it now costs $75,000 a day to 1 operate the state government. He told how the republicans destroyed the confidence placed in them, men(Continued On Page hour) GASOLINE PRICE REDUCED AGAIN Standard Oil Co. Leads Way In Reduction; New Price 17.4 Cents The gasoline price-cutting war wag'd merrily on in Decatur today with all filling stations sellign the all-im- 1 Portant liquid at 17.4 cents per gal- 1 nn " The Standard Oil Company led! the way this morning in reducing the Price one cent per gallon, making the tank wagon price 15.4 cents per gallon and the retail price, 17.4 cents, other larger companies and the independent companies fell in line ■mil l,\ noon all stations were disposing of gasoline at 17.4 cents per gallon, Tin Standard Oil Company of In(>tana announced a price cut -of from "to iii, ree cents per gallon effective r, '°n middle western states this /’ rilln g- Inasmuch as the local stan ” ! i', ! reiilu e<l th e price two coats ° n ear1 ’ er t* le week, a relon of only one cent per gallon " ,s made here. fmm'on'? 3 ' retall prlce was reduced lon i-v 4 CentS t 0 184 cents per galla n . , Elber son Service Station and t* Urdav evenn 8- The Sinclair diictinn XaC ° conipa!!ie s met this reStandard o^ 0 “‘"S a “ d the with a.• Company fell in line morning reduct,on on Tuesday

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! Dorothy Walters Will ; Enter Northern western U. Miss Dorothy Walters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters, will enroll in Northwestern University this fall, as a junior. Miss Walters has been attending Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. and Mrs. Wallers will ’motor to Chicago Sunday and take Miss Dorothy to school. Burdette Custer, who was married to Miss Helen Walters, last summer, will accompany them to Chicago am' enroll in the University of Chicago law school as u freshman. Mrs. Custer is teaching English and music in the Junior high school in the Franklin building at Hammond. Indiana. Her school opened two weeks go. and her husband has been visiting at lhe Walters home here since that time. FETTERS TRIAL IS POSTPONED Attorneys For Celina Youth, Charged With Murder, Ask For A Delay Celina, Ohio, Sept. 12. —The murder trial of James Fetters, held in connection with the death of Ed. Moyer, Blackcreek township farmer in August 1922 hs been indefinitely post poneef at the request of the attorneys for the defense, and against the wishes of the state’s attorney, who is ready to proceed with the trial next Monday. A preliminary hearing on four motions was heard Staurday by Judge J. B. Barnes, of Sidney, who has been named to sit in this case. Three of them were summarily overruled but the fourth motion asked for the ap- ' pointment of a commission to take I the deposition of a young man now in the naval service along the Pacific coast, who is claimed to be a material witness. At the time the state’s attorney objected on the grounds that nearly two months had elapsed since the trial date was announced and that ample time had elapsed in which this deposition could have been obtained. and that a postponement is a delay of justice. The court took the view that the defendant was entitled to the benefit of every bit of testimony of this nature and arragned for the appointment of a commission to take the dei position. However, when, in accordance with law, the attorneys for the defense insisted that the defendant himself be present at the time this deposition was taken, which would mean that in addition to an attorney for the defense and another for the state, two deputy sheriffs would have to accompany the prisoner to the Pacific coast, which would probably cost Mercer county about $2,000, the court decided that such an expenditure was un warranted and postponed the case indefinitely with the hope that a furlough could se secured for the witness so that he can come in person to attend the trial. The special venire of jurors drawn lin this case were notified not to report next Monday, and the case will, of necessity, have to be re assigned at the next term of court following the sessions of the October grand jury. It may be late in 1924 or early next year before the case now comes to trial. Should Judges Barnes he busy .with other cases it might be necessary for the Supreme court to appoint ■j another judge to sit in this case when it is heard. Local Girls Leave To Enter Indiana University ’ The Misses Florence Biggs and ’ .Glennis Elzey will leave Saturday for Bloomington, where they will enter Ind'ana University. Both young women have won local scholarship prizes and both are graduates of the Decaitur high school they completing their ' work with high grades. Miss Biggs ' i was employed in the Col. Reppert | cftice during the summer months, j' o Baby Born With Weak 1 Heart Dies At Geneva 1 Funeral services were held at 10 - o’clock yesterday morning for Nila 1 G. Pyle, 16-day-old baby of Mr. aad r Mrs. Preston Pyle, of Geneva. The ■I <»ii|d tilled Tuesday,having;been afflicts ed with a weak heart since birth. She. »’ is survived by her parents, two broths'' ers, Charles and Jay, and several more | distant relatives.

YOUNG SLAYERS JOIN RANKS OF VANISHED MEN Leopold And Loeb Don Conventional Garb Os Prisoners Today SLEEK HAIR TRIMMED Eyes Fill With Tears When' Song Touches Their Hearts In Chapel State Penitentiary, Joliet, 111., Sept. 12.—Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, scions of millionjlre families, college graduates, super-intellectuals today joined the denim-clad ranks of vanished men. The boys who murdered Bobby Franks for a thrill were lined up with other murders, with robbers and swindler ahd marohed from thek "soli* tary cells” to the prison chapel to attend Defense Day exercises. Their sleek, black hair trimmed down to prison style and wearing the conventional garb of prisoners, “Babe" and ’’Dickie" for a time were lost in the chapel. They finally were located, itting in the ninth row, directly in the middle of the room with 100 other prisoners. It took time for the youthful slayers to adjust themselves to their surroundings. For a while they sat closely huddled close together, casting shy side glance s at their comrades. Their faces were ashen grey. They trembled and shifted uneasily as other prisoner gave them the “once over.” Nonchalance Returns But before lhe exercises were over the old nonchalance of Bobby Franks’ slayers had returned. They whispered to each other as they had whispered in the courtroom when their hearing was held before Justice John R. Caverly. They “took their cues” from their comrades und laughed and clapped their h-jnds at appropriate times while Chaplain Hamilton spoke Tears came to the eyes of "Dickie” early in the service when the prison choir arose on the platform and sang “Tramp, Tramp. Tramp, the Boys are Marching." Dickie’s attention was attracted at the first words of the old patriotic song: “In the prison cell I sit. “Thinking Mother, dear, of you. “And our bright and happy home so far away." Eyes Fill With Tears He nudged Babe and the eyes of (Continued On Page Four) o NIGHT SCHOOL TO GE OPENED High School Teachers To Conduct School In Commercial Subjects In response to a large number of requests for a night school in commercial subjects, M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the city schools, announced today that such a school would be organized next Monday night and class work stated on Tuesday night. Miss Blanche McCrory, head of the commercial department in the high school, and Mr. Anderson, instructor in short hand and typewriting will provide the instruction for the night school. Miss McCrory will teach bookkeping and Mr. Anderson will teach short hand and typewriting All who are interested in taking the work are asked to meet in the commercial room at the high school building at 8 o’clock Monday night, for organization purposes. Instruction will start the following night. Anyone interested in the night school may call Miss McCrory at 416 or 725 for information. The classes will be held on two or three nights per week, depending? on 'the number of students who enroll. I The cost of the Instruction will be > small and will prorated among the . students. !! Last year there were two terms of /twelve weeks each of night school in ’commercial subjects and they proved i’to be very successful. During the last term there were fifteen students in * book keping and twenty-seven in short hand and typewriting.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 12, 1924.

Local Residence To Be Sold At Public Auction The residence at the corner of Fifth and Jackson streets, formerly occupied by Mrs. W. J. Myers and owned I by her will be sold at public auction on Saturday, September 20th. Mrs. 1 Meyers moved to Fort Wayne to live with her daughter. Mrs. Robert Harding, following the death of Rev. W. J. Myers and she wishes to dispose of her home and household goods at public sale. The house contains ten rooms and is ideally located on a corI tier lot with beautiful shade trees. PLAN OPEN-AIR ' SERVICE SUNDAY Local Lutheran Church To Conduct Services In St. Johns Grove The members of Zion Ev. Lutheran church will hold open-air services next Sunday, if the weather permits, on St. John's picnic grounds on the Fort Wayne road. The mission work of the church will be the special topic of the sermons to be preached Sunday and spe- I cial offering will be taken for the Mission Treasury. Demands on this treasury of the church will be much greater throughout the year because of the new fields that have opened to the church in foreign parts and the intensified work being done on the Home Misson field. More than 2.000 mission stations are being supported by the Lutheran Missouri Synod. The morning service will begin at 10:30 o’clock. Rev. Walter Klausing will preach at the afternoon service at 2:30 o’clock. The refreshment stands will be open before and after the services. —————-o . Man Criminally Assaults An Aged Crippled Woman Ft. Wayne. Ind., Sept. 12. — (Special to Daily Democrat I—Mrs. Ellen Parker, 66. a criple who lives alone on the lama road five miles from Ft. Wayne was attacked and criminally assaulted by an unidentified man early this morning. The assaultant tied the womans feet to the bed. Remaining conscious throughout the attack she extracted papers from his pocket which may result in his arrest. o Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper motor- • ed to Fort Wayne last evening. E. W. Kampe visited friends and relatives at Fort Wayne last evening. | o “New Arrival” At Neton Home Turns Out To Be Doll Baby The "girl baby” which arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Newton, near Detroit, yesterday morning, as reported in the Daily Democrat ] yesterday, was merely a large doll baby, according to relatives who were busy today correcting the wrong information unintentionally given out by them yesterday. A large doll baby was sent from Ft. Wayne to the Newton family for one of the Newton children, by Mrs. Devil-' hiss, mother of Mrs. Newton. Yesterday a letter came to the office of Fred. Bell, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. New-" ton, in Fort Wayne, from Mr. Newton. Mr. Bell was out of the city, so’ his secretary opened the letter. In’ the letter was a check, in payment for the doll, which was sent from Mr. Bell's store, but the doll was not men-1 tioned. Instead. Mr. Newton wrote, “the little Miss arrived safely this’ morning. We have christened her ‘Vera Bell Newton’ in honor of her cousin.” The secretary promptly called Mrs. Hell and imparted the message contained in the letter. Although greatly surprised, Mrs. Bell proceded to spread the information to other I relatives and friends, and soon the “news” reached Decatur. Being anxious to give the news the best possible circulation in this community, Mrs. John Heller, who is re- ' lated to the Newton family, called her husband, who is editor of the Daily Democrat, and soon the “news" was in print. Today, the editor is at the lakes and it was up to his understudies to correct his story. Weather Generally fair tonight and Saturday; cooler tonight.

NATION TESTS ITS SPEED IN MOBILIZATION Volunteers Called To Colors In All Parts Os The Country Today LOCAL OBSERVANCE Volunteers In Local Units Scheduled To Meet At 7:30 Tonight I (By Ludwell Denny) (United Press Stff Correspondent) 1 Washington. Sept. 12 The nation today is testing the speed with which its man power can be assembled for wa r. In every city and hamlet throughout the land citizens are responding to simulated call for volunteers. Behind closed doors at the war department, army generals sit aropnd a table scanning reports pouring in from corps area commanders, feeling the military pulse of the country. I Defense day. for which the army has been planning for months, both as a definite test of mobilization and as a tribute to its retiring head. General Pershing, is on. By tonight the war department expects to have a satisfactory answer to two questions: 1. —Can the man power of the nation be mobilized fully and quickly under the machinery perfected by the army since the world war? i 2. —Can a voluntary call produce the requisite number of soldiers for a first levy. I The defense test is primarily an atI tack on the problem of personnel organization. | The immediate sequel of today's test will be revamping of the reserve army organization in those localities which fail today to recruit their units to full strength. The American flag was displayed throughout’the city today in observance of the first National Defense Test Day, inaugurated with the purpose of bringing before the public the subject of military preparedness in the United States. This evening a meeting of all those men who enlisted for service will be held at 7:30 p.m at the American Legion hall and talks will be made by Bryce Thomas, scoutmaster, and Joseph C. Laurent, county chairman of Defense Test Day. Mr. . Thoma will explain the Defense test act and an outline of the meaning of (Continued on Page Eight) LOCRLVETERANS ATTEND REUNION Only Nine Veterans Os 89th Infantry Present At Annual Reunion Decatur was well represented at the annual reunion of the Civil War veterans of the 89th Indiana Infantry, held at Wabash yesterday, the followI ing local people being present: Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wertzberger, Mr. and • Mrs. Samuel Chronister, A. R. Drurn- ■ mond and daughter. Mrs. Rabbitt. I There were only nine veterans of the I 89th regiment present yesterday including the three from Decatur, , Messrs. Wertzberger. Chronister and Drummond. To make the affair more interesting , and to draw a larger attendance of veterans, a reunion of the Wabash county civil war veterans was held, also. There was a total of 88 veterans present. A dinner was served in the basement of the Memorial Hail. A parade was held over the downtown street. Following the dinner a program was held in Memorial Hall. Music was furnished by two ladies, a group of school boys and the Peru drum corps, composed of war vetei- ■ ans. The Christian church pastor de- " livered an address. F. M. Farr Suffers Stroke Os Paralysis F M. Farr, well known resident . of this city, who has driven the Decatur Laundry truck for the past five years, was stricken with a slight stroke of paralysis this morning. Mr. Farr was removed to the Adams County Memorial hospital.

“Billy” Sunday Gives Advice To Voters (United Press Service) Winona Lake. Ind., Sept. 12— (Special to Daily Democrat) —"Walk up to the polls in November and vote the republican or democratic ticket and in doing so defend your home and country against socialism, radicalism and communism " l This was the defense day message of Rev "Billy" Sunday to a crowd of several thousand gathered today in the Sunday tabernacle here. “We have made Americanism too cheap and we are now in the re-1 bound ”he said. “We are in the j throes of an anti-American paroxysm and every succeeding day exagger ated the disease.” MRS. NEVA HOWER DIES SUDDENLY —— < Former Decatur Lady Dies At Niagara Falls, While On A Tour In a telephone conversation with C, C. Ernst, brother of Mrs. Charles Hower, late this afternoon, it was stated that Mrs. Hower died from an attack of acute indigestion, death occurring at about one fifteen yesterday. Funeral services will be held at 1:15 p. m. Sunday from the Hower Lome at Huntington, and the body will then be brought to Decatur, arliving here about three o’clock. Burial wi’ii be made in the Decatur cemetery and the casket will be opened at the grave and the remains may be viewed by friends. Mrs. Charles Hower, age 43. of Huntington. formerly Miss Neva Ernst, of this city, died suddenly at 1:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Niagara Fall, New York, according to a telegram received here by relatives yesterday evening. The cause of the death has not been learned, although it is thought that gall stones were the cause, as Mrs. Hower had been suffering from that disease for some time. The body was being returned to Huntington this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hower and Mrs. C. H. Elzey, of this city, left Thursday. September 4. for a motor trip to Niagara Falls and other points in the East. The death of Mrs. How’r came as a shock to her relatives and i'liends here Mrs. Hower was a daughter es Titus and Harriet Ernst, and was born in Decatur. Februaty 21. 1881. For the last five or six years Mr. and Mrs. Hower have resided in Huntington where Mr Hower has been engaged in the wholesale tobacco business. No children had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hower. Mrs. Hower is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ixitta Annan, of this city, and Mrs. Mae Doehrman and Mrs. Ruth Lachot, of Fort Wayne, and two brothers. Charles Ernst, of Fort Wayne, and Carl Ernst, ol Wisconsin. - o Mrs. Burdg Assists In Great Council Os Red Men Degrees of the Improved Order of Red Men of the United States were conferred upon a class of 400 candidates Tuesday night as one of the . features of the seventy-seventh great ! council in session this week at loin - linson Hail Indianapolis. The de- , grees were conferred by three I teams, one from Trenton. N. J-. the New York City team, and a team t from Louisville. Ky Accompanying ■ f the New Yoik and New Jersey: , teams was a special train carrying I . more than 400 visitors. Arrange- . II1( , nt8 for this great Sun Session of 1 1 the order were made by a commit-1 tee composed of past and present |t > g-and officers of the state. among (t - whom was Mrs. A. L. Burdg of Deca- , - tur. Mrs. Burdg's picture appears in j the fine souvenir program issued for j the event Arch 11. Hobbs polls. Great Chief of Records, is , chairman of the entertainment com-1 mittee. and Mrs. lone Eberly. Indi-1 anapolls, is chairwoman on entertainment. Mrs Burdg is the guest] of Mrs. Eberly and of her daughter. Mrs. Herbert A. Luckey, while in Indianapolis, this week. —, o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: Sept $1.28%; Dec. $1.33%. May $1.40%. Corn: Sept. $1.21%; \Dec $116; May $1.16%. Oats: Sept.

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DEMOCRATS PLAN GREAT DRIVE SOON Greatest Political Drive In History Os Party In Indiana Planned STARTS SEPTEMBER 18 Eighty Meetings Set For Sept. 18; Twenty National Speakers (United Prews Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 12 (Special to Daily Democrat)—The greatest political drive in the history ol the democratic party in Indiana will start Sept. 18 with eighty meetings throughout the state, it was announced al party headquarters today. Twenty national speakers and more than fifty state and eountty speakers have been assigned for the oratorical offensive on that date. Dr. Carlton McCulloch, candidate for governor, will start his stump of the state September 23, in the fourth district, and his tour will carry him into every district endive Oct. 31 in the thirteenth. McCulloch will be in the eleventh district Oct. 7 and 8 and the eighth on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. o Man Burned To Death At Dunkirk Yesterday Portland, Ind., Sept. 12. —Oscar Jones, 35, well known Portland resident. was burned to death by a gasoline exploson at Dunkirk about 11:15 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Jones has been conducting a cleaning and pressing parlor on Lincoln Avenue, in that city for the past two months or more and wu s working in his place of business alone when the explosion occurred. His entire body with the exception of a small spot on his chest was literally burned to a crisp and the unfortunate man suffered untold agony until death at about five o'clock. The exact cause of the explosion is unknown. Mr. Jones in the only unconscious period after the explosion, told Dr. Graber and Dr. Murray that at the time he was cleaning out a valve in a small pressure gasoline tank, which had become stopped up, using a small wire. Suddenly the obstruction in the valve loosened and the line blew out with great force, his entire body being drenched in the fine spray. Simultaneously an explosion recurred and fire broke out. The fire following the explosion, did considerable damage, but wa s ex- . tinguished by. chemicals. The woods work and furniture in the room were destroyed, and the appartus used . in cleaning and pressing badly damaged. — o- — ROTARIANS HEAR PREBLE DOCTOR Dr. Grandstaff Gives Talk At Luncheon Meeting Here Last Night in a talk to the Rotarians at their luncheon meeting last evening. Dr. J. Grandstaff, of Preble stated that the greatest barrier againit human happiness was “social diseases” Remove this disease and you’ll find a happi. r and more content people, Dr. Grandstaff stated. Tlie speaker stated that a more public stand against this disease should be taken by the press, the physicians, educators and the people in general with the hope of stamping it out and keeping those affected with it away from others. More publicity should be given to social jlisI eases and the harm and suffering j from it should be explained to all. Dr. Grandstaff stated. I Dr. Grandstaff read his talk and his paper contained many real facts and was instructive. Dore B. Erwin ex | plained the different ways or displaying the American flag and cited the rules as laid down by the American Legion. ' Several men from Bluffton and Hon. John A. M. Adir. of Portland, .'were special guests at th» meeting.