Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1924 — Page 1

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■ZEPPELIN ZR-3 COMPLETES ITS JOURNEY

■tart probe of ■ CAMPAIGN FUNDS ■ EARLY THURSDAY ■< linU - Committee Meets In Chicago To InvestiK gate Expenses Hpi’OßK “SLI'SH FIND” ■committee Plans To Get’ ■ Reports On ContnbuM* tions so AH Parties MM ci, .w. !•’’ 'Special io Daily Th- senate campaign SK UIII | '.tr-iiram committee will go IML. in the feder.i’. building j^K rIP ti.mon<>" morning if al! memcommittee are here. Sen |K,„. chairman, announced to on his arrival here from the ♦ ■H Borah -.-io Im wa> quite confident |Kh nniul-i- would in attendance '.hat there would he no delay in started. mbH The meeting was called following ■H, te Senator La Follette. canpresident on the inde■H).lll|rn. I eke., that tile republicans “slusl. fund of K; or tme.mm to swing the fiery part*-' wilt be railed on for |Sdeeo.o contributions. HK^, sa u When the information ■Hav.ahble It: Chicago is exhausted. BHtli.. con,met.” will transfer its seseast, he said. KI fndett a special riesolution. the SKcwiiii':-,- has almost unlimited pow But all said. ■K -W,- are i.ut to find if there is ■Komiaptioii in th- raising of campaign BKfi i..1- or the manner in which the are used." Borah said. "We HHuant io know tile size of the contriand the identity of the conBHtributors. KI in" lirst step will be the examina BK-:i. .i of data from the treasurers of HKtlte v.irioii.. parties. The trelastirers IK"' 11 be questioned. Bora hsaid. ■HI "If there is any evidence tending to i til,- charges made by Senator EHLafidiette. we will dig it up. 1 unKHLkr tarn! Senator LaFollette's chief BMwitnesses are in Philadelphia find so ■■'lie evidence on this matter will be HK^‘ , ''<i in the east, probably WasbBK' n K ,fi n." Ki o B Peru—To save her husband. Mrs. ■I Mabel Cooper took the blame for ■ B liquor in her home. She was fined HM Uu and costs. I VERA CRUZ MAN I CAUSES TROUBLE I Harry Heche Surrenders To | Officers After Vain i Search For Him I | Bluffton, Oct. 15.—Sheriff Noah I ■ Frauhiger and Chief of Police Henry [ HBehrett spent several hours Monday ( ■ night in a vain search for Harry ■ Hoche, of Vera Cruz, wanted in s ■ Justice M. W. Walbert's court, and ■ returned to Bluffton about midnight pB w i ( hout a prisoner. However, bright and early Tuesday ■ morning, Heche, the man wanted by ■ the officers appeared at the sheriff's ■ office, after consulting with hi? attor- ■ toy, to listen to the reading of two I u ‘ ,llan ’ s ’ one issued on an affidavit ■ • 'urging intoxication, and the other I issued in surety of the peace proceedI ' nßs - Both had been filed by Mrs. ■ John Weteriek, of Vera Cruz as proseK muting witness. ■ Bond was furnished in the sum of | »’»•> on the intoxication charge and in Bn C SUm 01 on l * le sur ®ty of the I wee proceedings, signed by John ' EHo ® lger > f °r the appearance of B Oof 's f ° r trla ' on Thursday evening, ■ octobe r ;6th. I thffu 11131^6 of Mrs - Weteriek is I ducto f 1 "* " aS in a p ° ol roOlu con ‘ I Vera n." OIS an, i her husband at ■ on q 'i" Z in an in,oyi <-'ated condition ■ she neclamd that (Coattuued on p U ge six)

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French Recognition Os Russia Is Imminent Parts, Oct, 15.—(United Press).— French recognition of Russia is Imminent and muy be made at the cabinet meeting Friday, it was learned semi-officiaily today. A telegram probably will tie set to A telegram probably will be sent <o Moscow stipulating the recognition does not include cancellation of Russia’s debt to France which, including the pre-wtir debt, now totals about $4,500.000. FIND WARREN J. LINCOLN IS SANE State Os Illinois Plans To Push Murder Charge Against Lawyer I — Geneva. 111.. Oct. 15. —(United Press).—Following the finding by a jury that Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer and floriculturist, is g ane. the state today prepared -to pusli its first degree murder case against Lincoln for killing his wife and her brother, Byron Shoup. The jury brought in a verdict last evening after being out for an hour and a half. Lincoln was greatly pleased with the decision of the jury as tye has contended right along that he is sane in the face of arguments by his attorneys that h? is insane. Judge Newhall, in instructing the jurors, declared they must consider Lincoln's present condition only. He said the jury could not consider Lincoln's mental condition at the time of ■the crime nor accept the crime itself as proof of insanity. With the question of Lincoln's sanity settled, States’ Attorney Charles Abbott declared he would now bend hi a energies towards hanging the prisoner. The murder trial probably will get under way in a month or so. Abbott said. Harvey Gunsul and N. J. Aldrich, defense attorneys, indicated that they would offer insanity as a defense in . the murder trial. They said they had evidence to show Lincoln was not responsible. Lincoln had confessed to the ( double murder, charging he was driven to it by certain relationships beCween his wife and her brother. After the murder. Lincoln cut off the heads, embedded them in a concrete block and then burned the torsos in the furnace of his greenhouse. Davis On Final Lap Os Tour Through Illinois , (By Paul R. Mallon) (U. P. Staff Correspondent) En Route with Davis Through Illinois. Oct. 15.—Holding aloft the slogan of “Honesty on Government.” John W. Davis, democratic candidate for president, today started on the final i lap of his tour of Illinois. A speech at Quincy and a few brief rear-platform talks consumed the day. Tomorrow Davis plans to be in Chicago for several speeches and a , conference with democratic leaders. , At Springfield last night. Davis ' talked at length on “honesty in gov- ‘ ernment” and reviewed the history of present administration. The republicans have countenanced corruption in government without making ft genuine effort to clean house. Davis ( charged. Davis also stated that many of the country’s difficulties were , due to the failure of the president and congress to work together. Congress has repudiated the president on al- ( most every important piece of legislation, he said. ( 7“ * Charities And Guardian € Boards Meet Thursday i H The Adams County Board of Chari- I ties and the Board' of Children's ■ guardians will hold a meeting in the | public library at 3 o’clock Thursday 1 afternoon. All members are request- t ed to be present. I — o ———— ( CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE ; * 1 Wheat: Dec. $1.5114. May sl-55%, July $1.37%. Corn: Dec. $1.13%. ' May $1.15%, July $1.15%. Oats: Dec. I 55%c, May 60%c, July 56%C. <

LARGE CROWDS HEAR SPEECHES IN TOWNSHIPS Democratic School House Campaign Opens With Much Enthusiasm IN THREE TOWNSHIPS Meetings Tonight In Blue Creek, French And Root Townships The democratic campaign in three of the townships. Kirkland. Jefferson, and Union townships opened with large and enthusiastic meetings last evening at the school houses and much interest was shown by the voters in the discussion of national, state and county issues. The meeting in Union township, which was held at the Brodbeck school house, was one of the lapgest ever held in that township. Otto Hoile, prominent farmer, presided as chairman at the meeting and John W. Tyndall, of this city, and Thurman A. Gottschalk, of Berne, state representative and democratic leader in the last session of the legislature, delivered talks on national and state issues. John Bieeke also made a short talk and invited the voters to a meeting to be held in his precinct next week. Dore B. Erwin, democratic candidate for judge of the Adams circuit court, delivered an intelligent and instructive talk on state and national issues at the meeting held in Jefferson township in the high school htliMfng. Jiwph Pee) presided an chairman and John T. Kelly, democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney. pleaded for the support of the local ticket. In Kirkland township. Attorney C. J. Lutz ami Attorney John F. Snow, of Decatur, delivered excellent alks at the Kirkland high school building, their arguments convincing the voters that they should vote for the deniQCratic candidates this year. William Zimmerman, county assessor. presided as chairman of the meeting. Democratic meetings will be held in Blue Creek. Root and French townships this evening. Republican Meetings Congressman A. H.- Vestal, of Anderson, who is a candidate for re-elec-(Continued on Page six) TO WIRE DARNS AT COUNTY FARM » Commissioners Will Receive Bids On Job At Meeting On Nov. 5 The board of county commissioners will receive bids on Wednesday. November sth. for the furnishing of all material and doing the work necessary in wiring the barns and other outbuildings at the Adams County Infirmary farm. The new barns, which were constructed this year to take the place of those destroyed by fire, will be re-wired and the other smaller buildmgs will be wired, also. Plans and specifications for the wiring were adopted by the board in session yesterd'ay afternoon. The commissioners also visited the county infirmary and made a trip of inspection over the farm. Mr. H. P. LaFontain. superintendent of the farm. 4dio works untiringly at the job, lias everything running smoothly and, with the new and better buildings, the farm is in better shape than ever before. Sometime in the future it is thought that the main infirmary building will be wired throughout. Only a part of the building is wired now and in certain parts of the buildings it is necessary for the superintendent and his assistants to carry a lantern when visiting the patients. The barns at the county infirmary were destroyed by fire last May and three new barns and a granary were erected during the summer.

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Willshire Woman Injured In Automobile Accident A car in which Maynard Steitler, and family, who live one mile south |<>f Willshire, Ohio, were riding was istruck by another automobile about ill) o'clock Saturday night and completeiy demolished. Mrs. Stettler was pinned under the car and suffered two broken ribs and severe luuisi s.< ■ Mr. Stettler hail two ligaments torn and received biu'ises on his head andj shoulders. Others of the family reireived slight injuries. The driver of the other car, whic h ' w.i« said to hne been going about 50 miles' an hour al the time of the collision did not stop. 1 GASOLINE TAX LAW UNDER FIRE Arguments On Constitutionality Os Law Held In Court Today Indianapolis. Oct. 15. —Oral argument on the constitutionality of the state gasoline tax was held in the supreme court here today. A speedy decision is expected.. The law was held constitutional by the St. Joseph superior court nearly a year ago and Robert Gafil and South Bend bus interests have appealed the case to the supreme court in the form of a suit to prevent State Auditor Bracken from collecting the two cents a gallon tax. The state has collected more than $6.000,000 under the law. It has been contended that in the event the law is held unconstitutional the money paid into he state treasury under the law's provisions would have to be refunded. Charle g Benjamin of the gasoline tax department of the state auditor’s office declared today, how'ever, that the refunds could be made only to those who could make an affidavit to to the amount of tax they have paid. o Woman Names Mother As Co-respondent (T'lilte,) Press Service) New York. Oct. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Suing her husband for an absolute divorce today Mrs. Wilhelmina Kamaka named her own mother as corespondent. Tlie plaintiff is 31. her mother is fill. The husband. Wm. Kamaka is in his thirties. Mrs. Snibley, the plaintiff’s mother, the soft spoken white haired woman, took the stand and admitted the charge. She said that she and William Kamaka iiad been living together as man and wife since the defendant left the plaintiff. Afterwards mother and daughter left the court house together. Decision was reserved. FARMER HURT WHILEATWORK Sam Barger Injured When Team Hitched To Hay Tedder Ran Away Sam Barger, prominent farmer of Kirkland township, was painfully injured Monday when the team of horses which he was working to a hay-tedder became frightened and ran away. Mr. Barger jumped from the hay-tedder when the horses started to fun and his feet became entanglctl in the reins. He was dragged several feet and the forks on the hay-tedder struck him on the head. Althouglit painfully injured. Mr. Barger was able to visit a physican's office yesterday. He resides in the first house west of the Barger school house near Peterson. Weather Partly cloudy, probably showers in north portion tonight or Thursday: somewhat warmer tonight in central portion.

'INJUNCTION SUIT IS FILED AGAINST NICKEL PLATE CO. ’Mrs. Marie Hower Seeks To Keep Tracks Off Her ’ Property ‘ WORK IS STOPPED j Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order; Hearing Oct. 20 An injunction suit was filed against the Nickle Plate Railroad Company i itoday by Mrs. Marie Hower, in which ■ she asks that the court restrain the railroad company from extending its I tracks and switch across her proper ty on Patterson street, and that she get judgment for SS(M) damages. A hearing was held today on an application for a temporary restrain- > in order and Judge Jesse ('. Sut- . ton issued an order restraining the J railroad, company from entering uplon or trespassing upon Mrs. Howers ’ property until further order of the ‘'court. A hearing on the temporary I injunction will be held on October 20. ’I The railroad company started work ’ yesterday morning to construct the • switch and sidetrack along Patterson 1 street, intending to extend the tracks ' on that street and to build a switih I to the LaFountain Handle factory. 1 A franchise was granted to the rail road company to build the proposed ? improvement by tlie city council tigp, \Vajver.s of rights ' to any claims for damages were signed by three of the property owners affected and a payment of damages was made to those parties by tlie fnt dustrial Association. It had been in ( timated that one or more of the pro ( perty owners who refused to sign a l waiver would bring court action .to prevent the track extension. Attorney R. C. Parrish, of Fort JWavne. lias been employed as t counsel by Mrs. Hower. Workman employed by the railJ road company bad already begun ! work on Mrs. Hower's property before the injunction suit was filed today. The company planned to exitend the tracks in order to have . more sidetracks with which to take care of the freight business done by , tlie railroad in this city. FARMERSMAY EXCHANGE BULLS Scrub Bulls May Be Traded In On Pure-Bred Animals Here Monday The big. free "Better Bull Special." which will be one of the leading attractions for Adams county farmers , this fall will be. in Decatur next Monday, located on the Erie tracks neat tlie depot. The “special" consists of three express cars loaded with the purebred, registered, Holstein. Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire dairy bulls, one car for exhibits from Purdue University, one for scrub bulls, and one car for motion pictures and lectures. Everything in connection with the special is free except the purebred bulls and they will lie sold at reasonable prices when their quality is considered. Everyone wishing to trade in a scrub hull will be ali lowed market price in exchange for a purebred bull According to records available from that country, dairymen of Holland average 7,500 pounds of milk and 300 pounds of butterfat per cow. Seventy per cent, of the bulls used are purebred. In Switzerland, where each cow averages 6.950 pounds of ' milk annually, sixty-five per cent, of the bulls are purebred. Indiana fanners’ cows average about 3,500 pounds of milk and 150 pounds of butterfat annually. About twenty-one per cent, of the bulls in Indiana are pureb/ed. Surely these figures will (Continued on Page six)

t I Secretary Wallace Has Successful Operation (United Press Service) Washington, Oct. 15. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace underwent a |successful operation at th- naval hospital lier> today for the removal of his appendix and call Itladder. I Dr. Joel T. Boone, medical offic“r of the Malflower and one of the white ’ house physicians. performed the operation. Wailace had been in ill Tealth for some time. BRITISH ARREST | CHINESE OFFICERS May Supervise Disposition Os Spoils Os Chinese Civil War (t'nited Press Service) 1 Shanghai. Oct. 15 (Special to I Daily Democrat) —The British tnili- . tary authorities tonight arrested seven Chekiang generals, including little Hut. the Anfit leader, causing eo’lapse of the new war which has threatened Shanghai since the defeat ' of General Lu Yung Hsiang. ‘ It was indicated the British may ■ assume a general supervision of dis--1 position of tlie spoils of war between ‘ the tivnl leaders Shanghai. Oct. 15—(Special to| Daily Democrat) —Leaderless Chinese ■ soxiiers still threatened Shanghai toi day as rival groups fought for the ( right to loot the city following defeat i of General Lu Yung Hsiang by Gen- . eral Chi Hsieh Yuan and his combined Kiangsu Fukien troops. I Chekiang forces were entrenching I two miles from the boundaries of < »he French concession and the foreign settlement at noon < Fighting between the rival forces 5 was resumed at midnight near Nan- . zian and within eight miles of Shang . hai. after a military conference endeavoring to arrange disposition of i the spoils had broken up without an , agreement. General Chi. fearing treachery, t kept his troops ready for any eventuality. There was gr >at excitement everywhere and international forces gttard- . ing the foreign zone remained (onstantly on the alert. Bank Bandits Get SB,OOO At Indianapolis Bank Oct. 15. —(United Press). —Two bandits held up Leroy Flint, teller of the Rural branch of the Fletcher Trust. & Savings Com pany bank and escaped, with between $7,000 and SB,OOO at noon todhy. I Flint was in the bank alone when k the bandits entered. Brandishing a " gun one of them commanded: “Lie down and don’t move or 1 11 kill you." " The teller complied and the bandits scooped up all the money in the (ash drawers land on tlie counters in tlie cages. There was $4,662 in the vault of the ■- bank which was open but the bandits s did not touch it. >- o — r No Decision On Sugar Tariff At Present Time e | BULLETIN I y Washington. Oct. 15. After confer-; ince with President Coolidge at the white hoitS4‘ today, Chairman 1 homas j II O. Marvin of the tariff commission 11 announced that it probably would e prove impossible for the president 11 to decide-upon the recommended de- '■ crease in the sugar tariff until after election. He said that the additional data r requested by the president to guide him in making his decision would take ’ ten to twelve days to collect and that this would undoubtedly delay a final 1 decision until well into next month. o Flight Os Shanendoah Is Postponed Again San Diego. Cat., Oct. 15. —(United Press).- Tlie flight of the navy dir- ' igible Shanendoah to Camp lewis, Washington, was postponed again toiday because of storms off Vancouver island. Stormy weather was forecast 'I in the dirigible’s path for the next | three days.

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MAKES LANDING AT LAKEHURST AT 3:50 A. M. German Built Craft Makes New Record For Crossing Atlantic CREW IS CHEERED Several Minutes Spent In Cruising About Over New York City Liikdmrst. N. .1.. Oct. 15— i (Special Io Daily Democrat) C.oiiiph ting her SO-honr jour- , ney Iron) Ciermnny, the Zeppelinc ZI«-3 arrived at Lakehurst naval air station at 9:30 a.m. today. Il came on slowly out of the brilliant sunshine and cloudless blue over the eastern horizon and began to descend towards the airdrome where all was in readiness to receive the dirigible. As she came down, the ZRi 3’s wireless crackled out a Iri- | umphant message: i “Arrived at Lakehurst 9:30 a.m.” Less than four davs ago. the Zeppelin had cast on its iaiiding ropes at the mother nest of its brood in Friedrichshafen, j Germany. In majestic sweeps, tlie ZR-3 set- ■ I tied towards her hangar. On the [ ground ail was activity. A crew of . mon jumped to their stations, ready I tor orders. The radio station here ( tried desperately to establish direct .] communication with the gondola of : the descending craft. Dr. Eckener at the airship’s helm. I'brought her down deliberately. The i: R-3 motors were humming in pleasI ing unison and she answered the J wheel readi.y, turning from north to ■ south as she descended from 1500 feet to 400 feet. At 9:50 a.m. precisely, a member . of tlie ground crew at tlie naval sta . t.on leaped and caught the first of the descending Zeppelin's dangling ropes. This marked the actual landing of the ZR-3, according to the underk standing in airship circles. Other members of the ground crew caught. ' other ropes and the Zeppelin's motv ors were stilled. f — i (Continued on page two) n — o— INSPECTURS FOR ELECTION NAMED d I Dan Tyndall, Democratic Chairman. Makes Appointments t Dan 11. Tyndall, democratic county chairman, has appointed the inspectors for the presidential election, Tuesday, November 4th. and the list 'has been approved by the county I commissioners. The Democrats, for reason that the party cast the high- ! est vote for secretary of state in the | county at the last general election, have tlie privilege of appointing the inspectors in tlie different precincts. Tlie judges, clerks and sheriffs will be appointed later by the two county chairmen. Each party will have a judge, clerk and sheriff at the booths and in several of the precincts in the county two clerks will be appointed I it, order to take care of the voters. The inspectors in the 34 voting ' precincts in the county are: East Union, Rudolph Weiland West Union, John Bleeke East Root, Harve L. Tieman West Root, A. J. Lewton North Preble. August Seheuman I South Preble. David Dilling North Kirkland. Willis Dettinger South Kirkland Amos K. Stone'j burner r North Washington—Frank Heiman ' South Washington, Simon Myers t North St. Marys. Chalmer Miller (Continued on Page six)