Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1924 — Page 1

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SENATOR RALSTON PRAISES J. W. DAVIS

mins fails I JO appear for I Dis TRIAL TODAY ISpI ■ Bond Os 510.500 For Port- ■ land Man Is Ordered ■ Forfeited Today I SEEN LAST NIGHT || Oe Likely Not To Pro- ' I f eed Without Hawkins, | The "Master Mind" I Indianapolis. Oct. 1--Special ■ toDailv Democrat). —Morton S. ■ Hawkins, of Portland. Ind., prin- ■ cipal defendant in the Hawkins ■ Mortgage Company mail fraud ■ case, failed to appear in federal ■ court today when the case ■ was called for trial. | Judge Geiger ordered Hawk- ■ ins’ bond of $10,500 forfeited | and continued the case until this ■ afternoon. I Hawkins was last seen in C.in- | cinnati at the Hotel Gibson last | night, according to other de- ■ fendants. ■ It is not Itelievetl that District At- | torney Elliott will consent for the | case to go to trial without Hawkins. | Elliott regards Hawkins as the "masB ter mind" of the alleged scheme to I defraud. | Attempts of various defendants to ■ escape trial through legal tcchnicaliI ties failed. I Judge Geiger refused a continuI ance and overruled a motion for a I separate trial for William Sacks, of I St. louis, Mo.. one of the defendants. I Sacks' attorneys claimed he was sick I and unable to attend the trial. I A plea in aatement on behalf of ! Hawkins and Anthony Seheib. vicepresident of the company, was overruled by Judge Geiger. The plea was based on the fact that one of the grand Jurors which returned the indictment against Hawkins and the others was a stock holder in the Mortgage Company. Defense attorneys claimed the juror had used his influence with the other grand jurors to secure the indictments. Indianapolis, Oct. 1. —The largest trial in the point of the amount of | money and nurjiber of people involved I ever held in federal court here open--1 ed today. Tile court room was crowded with defendants and witnesses for the government as Judge Ferdinand A. Geig er. of Milwaukee, began hearing evitence on the charge that Morton S. Hawkins, president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company, of Portland, Ind,, and eighteen officers of affliated mort- • Continued On I age Five) JUDGE GAVERLY HAS BREAKDOWN ludge Who Sentenced Loeb And Leopold Suffers Nervous Breakdown (United Press Service) Chicago, Oct. I—(Special to Daily p niocrat) The mysterious disappoarance of Justice John R. Caverly following his sentence of prison in J ,hp no “>rfous LeopoldfLoeb murder' <asp was solved today when intimates revealed that the Justice was il. at M erC y hospital here. Justice a 'erly j s suffering from a near n "ous breakdown due to the tremendous strain imposed on him by >e murder hearing and the vast numbei of letters bearing on the ease showered on his office. ‘ ons is permitted to see Justice averly O r even communicate with •io. intimates in the Courts building said. ! ‘T. f averl V is back at the Caver- ■ ■■’“• e in a north side hotel here. [ efused t 0 confirm the story of pital USband ’ s P rese “ce in the hossent' P Went on a vacation after ■ ntenee wag impoßed an(J J came wnnl/ hea(i ° f tlme ’” waa all she w °uiu say.

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Police Boys To Quit Breaking Windows Chief of Police Joel Reynolds today Issued a warning to young boys who have been breaking out window glasses in the high school building with stones and shot from air rifles. Mr. Reynolds stated that an average of one window glass had been broken each day and th it the practice must stop at once. A large number of boys play around the high school building effch evening, it is said. Unless the practice is stopped at once Chief Reynolds stated that the boys would be caught and punished. CATTLE SPECIAL COMING OCT. 20 Preparations Being Made For Pure Bred Bull Campaign Here Preparations are being completed for the bringing of the Cattle Special on the Erie railroad to this city on October 20th. the train starting from this city and going west to the Illinois state line. The car will tie located on the Erie track and a program of speeches, moving pictures and an exhibition of the pure bred Jersey cattle, which accompanys th« car. will be given. The sehedu’.e of the train for this vicinity is as follows: Decatur. Oct. 20th: Tocsin. Oct. 21st; Uniondale, Oct 22nd: Markle. Oct. 2.3 rd. The farmers are invited to come to Decatur and visit the car. The program will be interesting. Careful investigation shows that the dairy cattle of the United States may be roughly divided into three Classes, with about one-third of the country’s cattle in each class. The poorest class does not pay for its keep, the next grade returns a small profit, and the best third carries the other two-thirds on its back, so to speak. The average production of milk per eow in this country is given as 3.716 pounds, and the butterfat production as 160 pounds per year. Only one-third of the cows are really profitable. A number of cows in this section show a higher production, but in many cases the herd average is no higher In developing a profitable herd it is of utmost importance to have a pure bred sire from a high producing dam. If such a sire headed the herds of this section it would mean thousands of dollars profit to the dairymen In one generation a good bull will make an astonishing improvement in the herd average; over a short period of years he will increase the average production of a poor herd to a profitable point. The Erie Railroad company in cooperation with Purdue University and the various breed associations is arranging to conduct a pure bred bull campaign by means of a special demonstration train soon to be operated in northern Indiana. In addition to exhibits on dairying the train will carry a number of registered dairy bulls which will be sold to dairymen at a low cost. These bulls have been selected from the best herds of the middle west out of high producing dams. I Sen. Pat Harrison Says Democrats Sure To Win (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Oct. l-(Speeial to Daily Democrat)—Either John W. president will obtain the 266 elector Davis, democratic candidate foi ial votes necessary for election or the election will be thrown into the house of representatives. This opinion was expressed today by Senator “Pat” Harrison, of Mississippi. keynoter in the democratic convention who was here today enroute to Greenfield. Ind., where he . was to speak this afternoon. ■ln either event the democrats will triumph.” he declared. "There is not the slightest chance . for president Coolidge to obtain the ■ 266 votes with Robert M. LaFollette ! drawing his biggest vote from the republican party.”

FLOOD TAKES NINE LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA Property Damage Is Tremendous; Rain Storm Is Prolonged OTHER STATES SUFFER North Carolina And Georgia Report Great Property Damage < United Press Service) Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Oct. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Flood condi] tions were prevalent in many sections in northern Pennsylvania today. following tile heaviest ami most prolonged rain storm in years. Property damage is tremendous and transportation badly interrupted as a result of washouts and landslides. Many families are homeless and several towns partly under water. Nine deaths In the anthracite reg ion during the past 48 hours were directly attributed to the storm and the resulting floods and slides. Au nged woman was drowned at Miners Mills, near here, when a bridge was washed away and a man was electrocuted in Wyoming county when he came in contact with a fallen power wire. Two men were drowned at Jermyn. near Scranton, when a bridge was washed away ami two others were drowned at Mauch Chunk. Two Catawaissa trainmen were killed near Bloomsburg when a landslide buried a pusher engine on the Reading railroad. William Coll ns. Wtlkesbarre. was drowned in Borman’s Creek when his automobile was carried into the water by a landslide. (Continued on page two) DRY FORCES RAID FOUNTAIN'S HOME Distillery Found In Home Os Former Local Man; Was Fined Here A distillery capable of producing 30 gallons of moonshine whiskey a day was uncovered by federal. Fort Wayne and county dry forces in a road Monday afternoon on a farm occupied by Mr and Mrs. Alfred Fountain. one mile south of Huntertown The Fountains formerly resided in a house in Bellmont Park in this city and local’ officers found a still in a barn at the park, used by Fountain, on October B*. 1923. Fountain was found guilty of possession of a still and was fined $lO6 and costs and sentenced to serve thirty days in the Adams county jail, by Judge Sutton in circuit court on March 27. 1924. After serving his time out in the county jail. Fountain left here. He is a race horse trainer and has been driving in races at fairs this summer. Neither Fountain nor his wife were at home at the time of the raid last Monday, and they could not be located when a return visit was made Monday night. Fountain faces, charges of manufacturing liquor andj the possession of a still and similar, charge will be filed against Mrs. Fountain, officers say. , Two stills, one CO-gallon anil one negation capacity, 190 gallons of mash. and carefully-kept books. ' showing where the liquor-making materials and the still were purchased and to whom the sales of liquor were made, were taken by the officers. The books show, they ■ said, tha' the Fountains had sold ■ hundreds of dollars worth of liquor • at $5 a gallon. Roy D. Negley, federal prohibition officer; Paul Leuenberger, deputy i sheriff, and Fhii Stegerwald and Ed Faylor, members of the city dry ■ squad, made the raid. • "That’s the finest cooling tank and • coi'. I ever saw in my life,” Leuen- > berger said as he examined the captured apparatus.

Decatur, Indiana Wednesday, October 1, 1921.

— HAVE YOU REGISTERED? Monday, October 6th, last day to qualify. Booths will be located in the 34 precincts in county. Polls open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. All voters in the town of Berne must register, as precinct boundaries have been changed. First voters, those who are not registered, and those who have ! moved ftom former precinct since October, 1922 or who ’are not registered in the precinct where they will vote next November must I register. You can register now at the offices of the county auditor and county clerk in court house, at democratic headquarters or by filling out blank, having a notary acknowledge your signature or have two witnesses attest to your signature. Blunks must he filed ■ with registration board. If you are not registered and , | want to vote in November you i 1 must register not later than 9 p.m. 1 on Monday. October 6th, in your precinct. DAN CUPID IS LOAFINC ON JOB Number of Marriage Licenses Slumps; Many Hunting Licenses Dan Cupid ,vas not as active in Adams county during September of. this year as he was a year ago dur-1 ing the same month, according to the ; marriage license record in the County Clerk's office. So far the year 1924 has been an off year in marr ages, only 107 licenses having been issued from January to October 1. 19924 as compared with 126 licenses for tiie same period last year. During September of this year 9 marriage licenses were issued. Last September 13 licenses were issued It is not known if the “Presidential year bogey" is causing the lack of marriages this year or whether the I Leap Year period is the cause, but I anyway it seems that the girls have not been doing much proposing this year. Preparing for Hunting Season During the month of September 76 local and one non-rosidnet hunting and fishing licenses were issued _ by County Clerk John E. Nfe’son- Several licenses have been Issued within the last few days, the sportsmen getting ready for the fall hunting season. The non resident hunting license costs the applicant sls 50, while the local licenses cost only sl. oRoy .Johnson Attending National Swine Show Col. Roy S. Johnson, local auctioneer. has gone to Peoria. Il’inois. to attend the National Swine Show. Mr. Johnson has been employed to do the announcing for the Berkshire Assocation during the judging Mr. E.,M. Christen, formerly of Decatur and a son of County Superintendent and Mrs. E. S. Christen, is secretary of the Berkshire Association. o QUESTION STILL AT ISSUE Although Charles N. Martin paid I a fine of $5 and costs, amounting 1 to sl3, in the court of John W. | Merriman, justicb of the peace, yesterday afternoon, after pleading guilty to a charge of assault and battery on Eli Willard Steele, during an argument over the ownership of a cow liast Monday, the question of the ownership of the cow remains at issue. Judge Jesse C. Sutton will hear the arguments in the case regarding the owner- ’ ship of the cow Friday morning | and will then designate the own i er. it is said. I ■ . . . i 1 Weather Fair tonight and probaldy Thursday; rising temperature.

SEN,BROOKHART NOT PLANNING TO BOLT THE G. 0. P. lowa .Senator, .However, Demands That Dawes Withdraw From Ticket — AIMS AT STANDPATTER i _ ■ Republican Committee Os lowa Meets Tomorrow To Take Action (United Press Service) Camp Perry, 0.. Oct. 1 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —"I have no inj tention of bo'ting |the republican I party." Senator Smith W. Brookhart. | lowa, said on his arrival here today. I "I am merely striving to eliminate the standpatters from a party that was lead by such patriots as Lincoln anti Teddy Roosevelt. Understand me. 1 refer to the original Teddy" Brookhart was eager that his letter asking that Charles G. Dawes, republican vice presidential cand date, be withdrawn from the campaign should I his part to repudiate the republican j not be construed as an attempt on party. Brcokh:srt said the proposed Reopening of th esenate investigation] of the department of justice is very remote Committee to Decide Des Moines, la.. Oct. 1 -(Special to , D<yiy Democrat) —Whether or not Senator Smith W. Brookhart of lowa I will be ousted from the republican ] par.y will be determined at a meeting o£ the state central committee called for tomorrow. B. B. Burnquist. state chairman, announced today. Burnquist called the ommittee meeting following Brookhart's attack on Charles G Dawes, republican candidate for vice president in Chicago yesterday. Chicago. Oct i—(Special to Daily (Pnntlnnwl nn Prkp FATALLY HURT BY A BASEBALL Pleasant Mills High School Boy Dies Os Paralysis Here Today James Gordon Gersler. 15-year-old son of Mr. aYid Mrs. John Gersler, of Pleasant Mills and a sophomore in the Pleasant Mills high school, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 7 o’clock this morning, from landrys paralysis, resulting from an injury received in a baseball game a week ago last Sunday. The paralysis. which extended front the base of the spine upward, developed yesterday and the lad was brought to the I hospital here yesterday afternoon. Young Gersler was hit in the side ' by a ball while playing at Pleasant Mills on September 21. Although the injury caused him much pain at the time, he appeared to recover and was able to attend school all of last week. The unfortuirate youth is survived by his parents: two brothers. Lawrence Gersler, of Van Wert, Ohio, and Herbert, at home; one sister. Ruth, of Fort Wayne; one half-broth-er, Harry Gephart. and one half-sis-ter. Marcella Gephart, both at home. Funeral services will be held from the Baptist church in Plctlsant Mills at 10 o’clock Friday morning, which burial in the 1. O. O. F. cemetery at Monroeville. o Military Funeral Held For William Drummond A military funeral was held at the l First Methodist church at 2 o’clock | this afternoc for William Drummond I well known civil war veteran, who 'died at the Adams County Memorial ~ hospital early Monday mo.ning. The G. A. R. and American Legion had charge of the services. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the First Methodist church, preached the ser- • mon. Burial was made in the Maplewood cemetery.

J. W. Davis Speaks i In Maryland Today | ' ——\ I United Press Service) Baltimore. Mil.. Oct. 1 John W. D.tvis, democratic presidential candidate, came to Maryland today to make a personal appeal to the voters to keep this normally democratic state in the traditional column next November. Rep its from some party leaders ( in the state indicate Davis faces a real fight to hold Maryland in line, j But they believe that Davis can I arouse ’he enthusiasm necessary to j I c arry the state. o < PICK BILLY BELL FOR YELL LEADER I Freshman ( hosen To Lead < D. H. S. Yells; Mass Meet- ! ins Fridav Night < Billv Bell, a freshman, was elected , ■ < yel leader for Decatur high school I at a meeting of the athletic associa-i | tion yesterday evening. Miss Mil- ; dred Akey was chosen as his assist- 1 ant. Both pupils are natural leaders ' anti indications are that there will i be plen y of rooting at the It gh | school gentes litis fall and winter. The high school pupils wil' start , the ball rolling Friday night with a|] monstoi bonfire and mass meeting ( on Abt’s Fie'd-. to arouse en'hus'asm j for the game between the Ye’lovv Jackets and Portland high school here next Saturday afternoon En- ’ tfrusiasm is tunning high already ard the fans and members of ’he team are determined 'hat the l<v;ls shal' defeat the Jt.y crunty lads and win their first pane of the seise". Coach Kennedy and his assistant. George XVittgenfeld. are working the squad hard to whip them into condition for the game. The game Saturday will start at 230 o’clock. Walter Geller, of Fort Wayn, will be the referee. IT.l T . B. Sunday School Class To Hold Picnic i Class No. 4 of the Primary depart ment of the United Brethren Sunday School wi'l hold a picnic at Monmouth next Saturday. October 4 il the weather is favorable. The party] will leave Decatur on the into t. ban ! car at 8 a. nt. All members o.’ tiie 1 class are kindly requested to be at the station rfn time. The fair to > Monmouth is ten cents one way. Any member of the class who does not ] have the money for the fare will be supplied with the same by the teacher. All members of the class are urged to attend the picnic and enjoy the clay. o General Frost Blanketed This State Last Night , (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Oct. I.—Practically the entire state* was blanketed by the t first general frost of the year last , 4 night, according to weather bureau | 4 reports today. 9 Severe damage was done to crops, although the frost was not a killing I one. Indiana was in the center of the frost area which extended from the : Great Lakes to southern Tennessee ] and probably suffered more titan any other state. J. H. Armington, meteorologist. said. Jury Unholds M ill Os ’ The Late Delevan Smith (United Press Service) Waukegan. 111.. Oct. 1 The jury tn Delavan Smith $3 600.000 will case | returned a verdict today upholding the will, declaring i' was valid. , | Jucfge Claire C. Edwards, presid■ing at the hearng, instructed the jury fjto bring in a verdict upholding the | Jwill on the grounds that insufficient evidence had been produced by the . attorneys for the many cousins who i sought tq break the Indianapolis publisher’s will. The cousins sought to break the will on the grounds that - the publisher was of unsound mind - and that he was duly influenced at the time he made out the will.

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LARGE CROWD HEARS SENATOR OPEN CAMPAIGN Court Room Packed While Speaker Discusses National Issues DAVIS LABOR'S FRIEND Senator Attacks FordneyMcCumber Tariff; Lauds Dr. McCulloch Spcitking to ;m attentive campaign audience which packed the large court room in the eourt house here last night. Senator Samuel M. Ralston eulogized John \V. Davis and Charles \V. Bryan, democratic candidates for president and . vice-president, discussed national and state issues and paid a high tribute to Dr. Carleton B. MeC.ulloeh. democratic candidate for governor of Indiana. The seating capacity of the eourt room was completely filled and scores of men and women stood along the sides and at the rear of the room throughout the senator’s address. which lasted lor two hours. So thoroughly did Sen alor Ralston discuss the qualities of the candidates for presidt nt and vice-president and the leading issues of the campaign, that everyone present felt greatly enlightened at the end I of the address. A concert on tiie court hou u e square and in the court room was given by the Moose band, preceding the meeting. The meeting was called j to order by Atotrney D. B. Erwin, democratic candidate for judge of the I Adams circuit eourt. who presided as '<hairman of the meeting, in the absence of Fred S< burger, president of |the Jefferson (Tub. who was detained at home on account of the serious iillness of his father. John Schttrger. The meeting was held under the auspices of tiie Jefferson Club. Mr. Erwin in a few well chosen words, presented Senator Ralston to the audience. Senator Ralston opened his address 'by urging the voters to support Mr. E.win in his rate for election as judge , and Hon. John A. M. Adair, of Portland, in his race for election to congress from the eighth district, lie declared that both men were well qualified to hold the offices to which they aspire. Jn discussing the qualities of John (Continued on page two) TO GIVE PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT ' Rehearsals Being Held For ‘ The Microbe Os Love"; A Three-Act Comedy Rehearsals for the three-act comedy, "The Microbe of Ixtve," to be presented in this city Friday evening by the Christian church, are progressing nicely -under the direction of a professional director from the Wayne I’. Sewell Lyceum and Producing company. The cast is said to lie a strong one and a spleidid presentation is expected. The story of the play deals with i Id maids and good looking bachelors ] and Dan Cupid’s methods of conquering i the so-called marble hearts. The ridiculous old maids and good looking j bachelors, pretty chorus girls, precI ions cupids, Mr. and Mrs. Henpeck and the charming Madam Cupid appeal to all classes, but the scene that stands out 'alone is the "left over sisters,” according to advance information. The cast will be announced soon, it is said. A sixteen-piece orchestra from the I West Creighton Avenue church of I Fort Wayne, wil furnish music for I the play.

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