Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1924 — Page 1

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I cm CITIZENS I LOSE APPEAL IN I HUM RING CASE II Mayor Roswell 0. Johnson ! ‘ And 11 Others Must I Serve Prison Terms II GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Il Sentences Range From Day I In Jail To Eighteen I Months In Prison Hi Chicago. <»• t- 18—(United Press). ■■-Prison terms must be served by 42 ■ members of the Gary. Ind., k ’booxe ■ ring" in ... rmdance with their originB a : sentences. The United States cirB cnit court of appeals here yesterday B upheld the decision of Federal Judge B Geiger who first heard the eases, inB volving some of the most prominent BB cltlwns of Gary. K Roswell e Johnson, mayor' of H Gary, must serve eighteen months in H the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga.. and H must pay a fine of $2,000. Other senH fence- ranged t > punishment s _as light ■ as a day in jail. B Judges Samuel Alsehuler. E. A. ■ Evins and George Page, constituting H the court of appeals, decided yesterH day that the defendants were guilty H of conspiracy under the federal law ■ Among the prominent defendants ■ from Gary besides the mayor were B Dwight M. Kindler, prosecutor of 3 Lake county, Ind.; Lewis Barnes. 3 president of the hoard of public Works I and ex-sheriff: Blaz A. Luca attorney. and Clyde Hunter, ex-proeseu- ] tor. Sentences to serve a year and a day and to pay a SI,OOO fine each were imposed on Barnes, Luca. Kindler and Hunter. John Bennett, treasurer of the republican city commission, drew a sentence of four months in the county jail. The decision yesterday charged wholesale corruption against the defendants. "Evidently the testimony of government witnesses was believed, and if accepted, a condition was disclosed as shocking as may be found in the annals of municipal government.” it declared. “They describe a situation where, from dens of vice to secure the election of officials who were or became the partners of the grafter, the moonshiner and the operators of bawdy houses.” Thirty-three members of the “ring" making the total number 75. did not appeal from their original sentences. Indianapolis. Oct. 18.—Affirmation I of their sentences for liquor conspirI acy by the United States circuit court of appeals will lead to immediate ac'j^ 1 <o have' Dwight Kindler. Lake (Continued on Page Three) ■ 1 ANDREW REINHART DIES NEAR BERNE Aged Farmer Dies Os Dropsy; Was Born In Switzerland Andrew Reinhart, age 88, well known retired farmer, died at the home of his son. Godfrey Reinhart. onehalf miles west of the winchester church north of Berne, •<i •« o clock Thursday evening. Death wa s due to dropsy and infirmities, had been ailing all summer but "as seriously ill 1 only three weeks. •'lf- Reinhart was born in Switzer and on February 19, 1841, and immiRratpd to coun t r y w njj j]j ß w jf e " de still a young man. The greater Pait of his life in this country was •evoted to farming northwest of Berne. He was the father of seven chilren. four of whom have preceded 11111 in death. Three sons survive, > are, Godfrey at whose home 11 aged man has been staying and ,’ A dolph living west of Monroe j ‘ Albert of Richmond. Mrs. Rein1 died quite a few years ago.

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Judge Landis Would Punish Negligent Voters (United Press Service) I | Chicago, Oct, 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Conscription of voters j and heavy penalties for failure to vote were urged by Judge K. M.j Landis, baseball commissioiner, in a speech before the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the American AssoI ciation of Advertising Agencies here last night. On election day, the various parties spend considerable money cart- ■ ing reluctant voters to the polls in limousines. Landis said. “I would substitute the Black Maria for those limousTnes and cart them to jail'.” Landis cried. A check up of the northern states shows that from 30 to 55 percent of the voters fail to go to the polls, he said. o — NOT GUILTY PLEA OF ELSIE SWEETIN I Indicted By Grand Jury On L Charge Os Poisoning Her Husband I Mount Vernon. 111.. Oct. IS.—Elsie I Sweetin today pleaded not guilty to j an indictment charging her with murder of her husband by arsenic, to . which she confessed three weeks ago. .' Judge J. C Kern, in Jefferson ccun- . tv circuit court, overruled a motion .to “quasi! the indictment" and the J lawyers for Elsie, her paramour. Law- . rente Hight, unfrocked Methodist J minister of Ina. then went into conIference with State’s Attorney Frank 1 Thompson and Judge Kern to set the •| date for her trial. . | o ——- - Berne Minister Was Ordained 50 Years Ago — J Berne. Oct. 18—Rev. CH. van der I Smissen. a widely known Mennonite ■ minister of Berne, on Wednesday celebrated his fiftieth ordination anniversary. But not only he alone ' celebrated the anniversary, but on ' 1 Wednesday 1 evening at the usual prayer service at the Mennonite ' church, a special and surprise service was held in honor of Rev van der Smissen. which had been-w-ell plann- ' ed by his Sunday school class of ’ middle-age married folks, and Rev. ' ( P. R. Schroeder. The service was very impressive and was conducted with a real surprise for Rev. van der Smissen. o — Isreal Bender Displays Fine Samples Os Corn i Six big ears of yellow corn, nearly t as good as any ever grown in Adams county, were brought to the office of i County Agent L. M. Busche this morning by Isreal Bender, well known farmer residing in St. Marys township. Mr. Bender noticed a few 1 choice ears in the county agent’s office several days ago and remarked that he had corn that was much bet--1 ter than the sample 3 which Mr. 1 Busche had gathered over the coun--1 try. This morning he brought in six ears and they ranged in length from ten inches to eleven and three-quar- ’ ters inches. Mr. Bender challenges any other Adams county farmer to bring in to the county agent’s office, six ears that are better than his corn. — ' Famous American Beauty Involved In A Scandal • j. (United Press Service) ’ 1.0 Havre. Oct. 18. A scandal in1 volving a famous American beauty. ’ thrice married, was precipiated today r by charges of Lucian Deubel, prominent French sportsman, that his wife deliberately shot him with a shotgun following a quarrel. Madame Deubel , wished to remarry her second husI band, he charged. r Yeomen Meet Monday The Yoeman lodge will meet at the j hall next Monday evening. A large 1 attendance of the membership is de- > sired. Afer the business session a - social hour will be held for members and there friends.

PLANS BRAWN FOR A DDITION TO CEMETERY Fifteen Acres Included In Tract To Be Annexed To Maplewood TO BE BEAUTIFIED New Addition Ready For Use Within Two Or Three Years Plans prepared by the H. J. Doswell Landscape Company, of Fort Wayne, cal! for the additional and beautification of fifteen acres of ground to the Decatur Cemetery commonly known as “Maplewood" the proposed tract lying west amt north of the present burial grounds. At a recent meeting of the cemetery trusees. namely John Niblick, president. Dr. J. S. Coverdale, secretary; Dr. P. B. Thomas, Dr. J. M. Miller. Judson Teeple. Mathias Kirsch and Peter Kirsch, it was decided to annex the fifteen acres of ground to the present cemetery of fifteen acres and as soon as possible or when the demand made it necessary to open it for burial purposes. The plat prepared by the Doswell Landscape Company shows the proposed driveways, walks ami burial lots. The present', cemetery, which was established in about 1888. has approxi.mately 1.061 family burial lots, which provide space for about five graves on the average lot. in addition to the space allotted for single graves and infant graves. The records of J. 8. Coverdale, the secretary, show that 2.182 per-ons lare buried in the Deca(ur cemetery and that with the exception of 60 improved lots, all the family lots have been sold. There are about 175 unimproved lots at the north end of the ' present cemetery that have not been sold for the reason that they are not suitable for burial purposes and because no driveway leads to the plat. To Build A Bridge Under the proposed plans of enlargement and beautification the cemetery trustees will connect the old and new cemetery sites with a bridge at the north end of the cemetery This bridge will also open that tract of ground already platted in the present cemetery, but which cannot be used now. Trustees Will Meet The cemetery trustees will meet next week and adopt or change the * (Continued on' page three) WILL PICK SEED CORN FOR PRIZE Boys Os County To Contest For Prize Offered By Berne Bank As an added inducement for the gathering of seed corn from the stalk, to the end that it may be dried out thoroughly before cold weather sets in. thereby providing for a supply of good seed corn for next year, the of ficials of the Bank of Berne, Berne, are offering a premium for seed corn to be gathered by the boys of the county who entered the acre corn dub contest last spring. The boys will be expected to gather the corn from the stalk, dry it and otherwise take good care of it. At least one bushel may be gathered, although there is no limit aS to the amount above that. A show will be held in January. In which each boy will ex hihit a bushel of his corn. A substantial premium will be given the win ner. Although the exceedingly bad corn season has caused considerable peas imlsm among the boys who entered the contest, a goodly number are going to finish the contest, having their yields estimated within the next few weeks. Those who finish the contest and compete for the prizes offered by th* (Continued on page three)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 18, 1924.

Court Forfeits Bond Os Vera Cruz Man Bluffton, Oct. IS. Harry Heche, of Vera Cruz, failed to appear in the court of Squire M. W. Walbert Thursf day evening, at the time set for his jappearance to answer to a charge of 'intoxication and surety of the peace proceedings, and Squire Walbert deI dared forfeited bonds of SIOO and 1 SSOO respectively which had been given by Hecbe. with John Ijibsiger ' signing the bonds with him. It appears that Heche took it for! granted that he did not have to ap- I pear again in, Walbert's court, after I p his attorney filed a motion for change! of venue. Squire Walbert took the view that Heche should appear at the ; appointed time last evening, at which time the court expected to rule on the motion for change of venue. I It .was expected today that Heche { would appear in court with a motion to have the tiefault of bond set aside. iDISPLAYS WORK OF CORN BORER s ' Samples Os Work Os European Corn Borer At Co. Agent’s Office I Wayne Reavers, son of Dr. and .'Mrs. S. D. Beavers, of this city, who I has been working in Ohio this sumI mer in the fight being conducted S , against the European Corn Borer, has brought to the office of County ‘ Agent L. M Busche a few samples of S corn stalks which show the damage done by the pest. The worm, which Lis about an inch long, starts at the , tassel on the corn stalk and bores e .down through the hetrrUof the stalk. 8 The government agents who are ■ fighting the pest, go through corn Felds where it is feared the insect e is working and if oue is found, the entire township in which the tied " is located is placed under quarintine. 1 Traces of the borer have been 1 found near Bryan. Ohio, this being the nearest section to Decatur where the pmtt has been found. So far. none titve been found in the state of *' Indiana. The borer has been fount! ' in large numbers tn New Yotk and 8 Ohio. In townships where the insect a is found, the corn raised there is all fed and none is shipped out of the ; township. In the. fall the corn stalks e are burned and the cobs are de- ’ stroyed after the corn has been eaten off by the livestock. In this manner the spread of the pest is halted. e o Jury Disagrees On Verdict In Murder Case (United Press Service) Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 18— Charles ■ Snyder, of Smithland, must be re- ' tried on a charge of murdering his * friend John Osborne. A jury in Shelby circuit court shortIly after midnight disagreed ami re--1 ported to Judge Morrison that it was unable to reach a verdict after nearly 15 hours deliberation. Osborne was shot and killed at a p party in his home in Smithland. May • 25. Snyder was arrested after several 1 days search. a The Jury stood eight to four for f conviction, it is reported. r- o n Ossian Offers Reward e For Arrest Os Thieves a s The Ossian Chamber of Commerce „ has voted to offer a reward of fifty e dollars for the capture and conviction e of any person found guilty of grand h larceny within' the town of Ossian: also a reward of twenty-five dollars □ for the arrest and conviction of any c- person for petit larceny. There are i- intended as standing offers, to apply i in ail cases until notice is given to the contrary. n This action follows a number of s- robberies at Ossian during this past <1 few weeks. L.l - " Weather (i Mostly fair tonight and Sunday, aligtly warmer tonight in east portion cooler in north portion.

DECLARES C.O.P. IS SPENDING TEN MILLION DOLLARS tLaFollette Charges Repuhl’ licans Are Using Huge j 1 Sum in Campaign 'TO PRESENT EVIDENCE (Senator’s Attorney Claims That Evidence Is Reliable Chicago, Oct. 18. Republicans are dumping more than $10,000,000 into the presidential| campaign. Senator LaFollette,' leader of the independent tick-1 et, today charged through hisi attorney, Frank P. Walsh, be-: fore the senate campaign fund' committee. “I appear here because Sena-; tor LaFollette cannot be pres-i ent,” Walsh stated. “I am here as his attorney. Senator LaFol- ’ lete told me to tell this committee that more than $10,000,000 is being spent in this campaign by the republicans to defeat the will of the «eople.” All the evidence in the case has been secured from “credilable" witnesses and qther reliable sources, and leads us to believe that the charge is a fact. Walsh said. “Senator LaFollette, in talking to me on a long distance ’phone at I Kansas City, said he had underestimated hi s charge made that a slush fund of five million dollars was being raised," Walsh said. "We have leads to sliow that the fund will run to slt>.1)00.bit) or perhaps $12,000,000 i "Senator LaFollette also has asked me to tell you he does not want this ’ to take on a partisan tinge and that we are not selecting evidence and . documents to suit our case. We will simply present all the evidence." Walsh also announced that Samuel ■ Untermyer. noted lawyer of New . York, would associate with him in f tile alleged "slush fund" inquiry. I Chicago. Oct. 18 —(Special to Daily] • Democrat) —The $3,000,000 budget for I , the republican campaign represents ■ only a part of the amount the repub- ; Means will spend for this election, ■ Senator Shipstead. farmer-labor, and ■ member of the senate campaign fund • investigating committee. declared . today. Huge sums of money are being spent by various organizations (Continued on page two) TAKE RELIGIOUS CENSUS SUNDAY Ministeral Association To Get Religious Views Os All Residents i .The City Ministerial Association is sponsoring the Community Religious I Census which is to be put on tomorrow afternoon. The purpose is to get information concerning the religious standing or attitude of every individual in the city, in order that the churches may more intelligently go ~ about their work. Each of the seven Protestant , churches represented in the Minis- , terial Amociatlon lias been asked to j furnisli a certain number of teams for I this work. Tile Methodist Church will furnish 16 teams, the U. Bs Church 6 teams. the Reformed y. Church 7 teams, the Presbyterian „ Church 7 tetims, the Evangelical v Church 7 teams, the Baptist Church p 6 teams, and the Christian < hurclt 5 teams. It is hoped that every person f appointed from the respective t churches will not fail to report for this work. Any persons not appoint- - ed who would volunteer to help in this work tould be used and such help would be appreciated. It is desired to have 100 people. 50 teams, ready to go out on the this canvass. ’ All of these teams will meet tomor (Continued on page three)

Big Rotary Meeting At Sullivan October 27 Sullivan, Ind.. Oct. 17. Plans have licptt completed by the Sullivan Rotary Club today for one of the most important meetings of the Indiana | Rotary here Oct. 27. I Everett W. Hill, president of the Rotary Internationale; Dr. W. L. Bryan, president of tile Indiana University; Bob Huen. of Ri -hmond. district governor of Indiana Rotary ami Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers’ and Distributors' Asi sociation. will be be included on the program. The international president is a former business associate of “Bill" I, member of the local Rotary | and it was thronjtii the latter's influence that he was persuaded to come INVALID DIES ] OF PNEUMONIA — William Everhart Dies At Home Os Parents In Monroe Today William Everhart, age 37. died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. < Joint Everhart, in Monroe, at (>■ o'clock this morning, following a two, , weeks' illness of pneumonia and heart trouble. William was an invalid I from the time of his birth, his spine I being defective. Although able to take care of himself, he never was ! : able to do any labor. He was born in Monroe. Ocober 16. 1887. : The deceased is survived by his parents, three sisters. Mrs. Myrtle j Neadstinb. of Blue Creek township, i Mrs. Mary Brandyberry of Monroe, and Miss Mildred Everhart, a home. ( and one brother. Robert .C, Everhart,/ (also at home. Funeral services will lie held from j the residence at 2 o'closk Monday afternoon. The Rev. Clifford Pierce will have charge of the services, if he can be located. Burial will be [made in the Smith cemefety south of Monroe. Q Noted Democratic Women To Be In Decatur Friday Mrs. A. P. Flvn. of Logansport, national democratic committee woman for Indiana, and Mr« ary E. Gub- . bins, of Muncie, vice-e .irman of tie eighth district will lie guests of the Adams County democratic women at a meeting to be held in this city next Friday evening. Plans and arrangeJ ments will be announced the first of the week. —i 0 Quarterly Meeting At Bobo U. B. Church Today Quarterly meeting will be held at I tlie United Brethren church at Boho beginning this afternoon and ending Sunday night. A. M. Johnson, pre siding elder, will deliver the message Rev. Spyker is pastor. Radio Interference Is Being Eliminated Today < I It was stated that the trouble at t | Hie city light plant which has been interfering witli tile radio sets in the I ' city recently would be repaired tod day. The insulation on the large - ] cable running from tin 1 large turbine > I to tile switch board had been burned , off. allowing the electricity Io ' jump from the cable to a pipe two inches away in which were other wires leading to the intensifier. A board] , as placed between the cable ami the . pipe last night and radio fans stated 1 that the trouble appeYWed to be stopped. — o- * — FOOTBALL SCORES First Half Notre Dame, (»; Army. 0. Harvard. 0; Holy Cross, fi. Columbia, 0; Pennsylvania,3. First Quarter Evansville, fi; Rose Poly, 0. Illinois, 27; Michigan, 7. Yale, 7; Dartmouth. 0. Princeton, 0; Navy, 7. Syracuse, 7: Boston Colleege, 0. ‘ Ohio State, 7; Ohio Weslvan, 0. Nebraska, 0; Colgate, 0. Indiana, 0; Chicago, 0.

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GEORGE STEINER KILLED AT HOME NEAR LINN GROVE Shot Enters Mouth And Penetrates Brain; Wife Finds Body VICTIM WAS ALONE Gun Believed To Have Been Discharged When Leaned Against Wagon George Steiner, age 32, well known farmer living in Hartford township, one mile west j and one-half mile south of Linn I Grove, was instantly killed at about 4:30 o’clock Friday evenI ing, by the accidental discharge i of a 12-gauge shotgun. The shot ' entered his mouth, tearing away j part of his face and penetrating the brain. Mrs. Steiner heard the discharge of the gun and went into the barn yard to see what had I happened. She came upon the i body of her husband and life? was already extinct. She called to Amos Steiner, a neighbor | who lives across te road and. ‘ with the assistance of other people who gathered at the home, ' temoved the body to the house. It is believed that Mr. Steiner attempted to rest the shotgun against a low wagon in the barn yard and doing so. caught the hammer on the rear of (the wagon, which caused the gun to go off. He was returning from the icorn field anil was carrying the gun .Jand a few ears of corp for his cattle. I He had been in the habit of taking his shot gun with him when he went l into the corn field, thinking that he I might see a rabbit or other game. Mr. Steiner was born in French ■ township on a farm. 2 miles east and one mile north of Berne ami, several years ago. moved to his present farm in Hartford township. He is survived by a grief-stricken wife and three . little children, namely: Floyd, age 5; I.illiani. age 3. and Glen, age 18 months. Funeral services will be hetl at two o'clock Sunday afternoon from the . Mennonite church at Berne. Rev. . Schroeder officiating. with Rev. ; Lattner, of Lin Grove. assising. ’ Burfalwill be made in the M. R. E. . cemetery, west of Berne. f n Red Men To Confer Degree Next Wednesday ( r | The Red Men will confere the Chief 1 Degree at their ball next Wednesday 1 night. A large attendance of the ’ niemhprship is desirpd. , —o ? 1, W. DA VIS ENDS WESTERN DRIVE Closes Western Campaign At St. Louis: Returns To The East (Cnlteq Press Service) St. Louis. Mo.. Oct. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —John W. Davis wound up his western campaign here I today. With ejection day just a little more than two weeks off, the democratic presidential candidatw struck this pivotal point of his final tour before starting back east to concentrate Ills efforts there henceforth. Davis found his managers here elated over prospects of carrying Missouri. They told him his major,ity would be safely over 50 000. His speech here tonight will cinch the state, the said. With the first half of the crusade over, Davis is highly confident of the outcome. » “The wide advertised apathy of democratic voters is a myth,” he ’ says. "The straw polls are just what straw polls have aiways proved to (Continued on Page Three) »