Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1924 — Page 1

Number 251,

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bine meeting ■ HELD UN GENEVA I bydemocrats IK j. Lutz And E. R. Peters I Make Speeches; Big i Meeting At Magley ■(Hill K Ml i:T!N<,S HELD |Kneotl Attendance In .JeflI erson Township; WoI men Plan Meeting Krß The theater building at Geneva JHras «• Il filbul last evening and more a hnibli-'d Voters listened to adby Hon. < . J. Lutz, of this ■ am) lion. It. Earl Peters, receiver tlm Mit'ray estate. Fort Wayne. S TV Hale presided and appealfor a vote which would change state anil nationally. Mr. urged that every one vote who I the right to do so and declared a year when we should clean out state house and the offices at I Mr. Peters told of the | of Governor McCray and his misdeeds had brought dis- - ; ■d Mr. Jackson with the McCray ad- 1 and pleaded for a devictory in the county, state | nrd'on. f Big Crowd At Magley El One of the largest political meet- ' in the county this year was held Magley last evening, the school ■ being crowded. Milton Werliug and splendid talks were ■ttt.id'- by John T. Kelly, candidate for ■kinseititing attorney . and Dore 11. ■Erwin, candidate or judge. Tile itieetwas an enthusiastic one. j In Jefferson Township |I.Th p mPe *ing at the Kinney school I ■house in Jefferson township was well ■attended and splended talks were ■made by J Fred Fruchte. John E. ■Nelson and Thurman Gottschalk. ■State and national issues were dis■ctissed and convinging arguments ■given or the voting of the democratic ■national, state and county tickets ■ this year. Meetings This Evening I Tonight meetings will be held at ■St. Johns school house, Preble town- ■ ship; North Brick school house. Blue ■ Creek township, and at the Bobo ■ school house in St. Marys township. Details For Women's Meeting The committee of women in charge ■ nt the ladies meeting, which will be I held at democratic headquarters Fri- ■ tl.iv evening, met last evening and ■ arlan ß p ments. Mrs. A. F. (Continued On Page Four) franks guarding I AGAINST LENIENCY | Robby’ Father Starts Trust I und To Keep Slayers In Prison <1 nite,l Press Service) I f hieago, Oct. 21 —Jacob Franks, I hosi H year o ] ( | son Bobby was I nurdered by Nathan Leopold and '' “Gd Loeb, today announced openI K <’f a trust fund for the purpose of I aking sure that his son's slayers I «ve never set free. * >oya murderers must never lem treedom ” Pranks said. A lentI rilff K ° VPrnOr ' a shrew<l lawyer, an inI W T„ PrP , nt —Oh there are many I I,?? Which thoßp fiends mights I P«t at liberty, it must not be. lA«t' ° n 1 kn ° W how lot) 8 1 sha " Hve. I move"? a . * breathe - rll fiKht every tlead ' ® feat justice - After I'm Fra J 3 tr ' JB * fl,nd W * R be ava ilable. aire n h Wh ° 86 is a tnulti iuillionI first ( Sai k ' B wife ’ 8 condition for the I p d an T R '" ee their son’s death show interest n dT Vemnet and that she ia fund. " Pstablißh ifK the trust I p d tn l1 * 811 an< ’ Rl . c,lard were sentencI »anin? PrVP I,fH , an,] 99 years for kid““d slaying the Franks boy.

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I Portland Minister Is Preaching In Adams Co» Rev. Paul Stewart, pastor of the West Walnut Street Church of Christ, of Portland holding special services l at the Maple Grove Christian church. | three miles east of Berne, having just completed some very successful services the past week. He expects , to be engaged there during the next two weeks. He served as pastor of the Maple Grove church about thirteen years ago. CONVENTION OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS Annual St. Marys Township Convention Next Sunday • The annual Sunday School convention of the St. Mary's township SunI day School association will he held Sunday. October 28. at the Calvary ,church, east of Decatur, the program .beginning at two o'clock in the afternoon. An excellent program has been ar- ! ranged for the afternoon and evening sessions and the public is invited to attend. E. C. Bierie. of Berne is : county superintendent of Sunday School association and Miss Inda i Sprunger is secretary. The program as arranged by the •committee is as follows: Afternoon t Song Congregation Devotional ... Rev. Loose, of Decatur | Song Calvary S. S. Reading Minutes Talk Child Workers Miss Frieda Lehman Song ... Pleasant Mills Baptist S. S. Address ... Rev. W. H. Day. Buffton Song . United Brethren S. S. Bobo Song ... M. E. S. S.. Pleasant Mills 'Address J. F. Lehman. Berne Song M. E. S. S„ Bobo Announcements .. E. C. Bierie, Berne Song ... Pleasant Mills Baptist S. S. Offering. Song Congregation Benediction Dev. R. W. Ixiose Evening Song Congregation Devotional ... Rev. Shipley. Pleasant Mills Song Calvary S. S. Address Rev. Song Bobo U. B. Quartet Address Mrs. C. E. Bell Song .... M. E. S. S.. Pleasant Mills Address Bobo M. E. Pastor Song M. E. S. S., Bobo Address Bobo U. B. Pastor Song ... Pleasant Mills Baptist S. S. Awarding Pennant. Song Congregation Benediction . Rev. Shipley , o — Rev. Bragg To Preach Here Thursday Night ■ ! Rev. Alva Bragg, of Marion, will be I here Thursday evening to preach at ( the Church of God. The membership ( of the church and lhe public are invit- ( ed to hear him. . o , ADVERTISERS TO MEET There will be a meeting of the De- , catur Advertisers' Association in the . Industrial Association rooms at 7:30 , o'clock this evening. o ] Gov. Branch Re-appoints War Memorial Commission < < (United Press Service) 1 Indianapolis, Oct. 21—Governor j Emmett F. Branch today reappointed six members of the Indiana War ; Memorial commission, whose terms , expire November 10. They are Har- , cus Sonntag. Evansville: William P. ; Gleason. Gary; Howard O'Neal, , Crawfordsville; Janies P. Goodrich, Winchester; Studebaker Carlisle, , South Bend, and Mrs. Charles W. McCord. New Albany. Decatur Woman To Be Taken To East Haven Mrs. Julia M. Hickman, age 42, 1 wife of Charles F. Hickman, of this ' city, is being held in the county jail ’ while arrangements are made for her i to he admitted'to the Eastern Hospital tor the Insane st Richmond. 1

DAIRY SPECIAL ATTRACTS MUCH INTEREST HERE Total Os 1,210 People Visit Train During Day Yesterday FIVE BULLS SOLI) Adams County Farmers Take Great Interest In Demonstration The Erie “Better Bull Special and Dairy Demonstration train” left De catur this morning for Tocsin, the men in charge feeling that one of the largest, most enthusiastic and interested crowds that ever gathered jt the special in attendance yesterday when the train was "parked" on the Erie switch, east of Winchester street, in this city. By actual count. 1.210 farmers, men women and children visited the train during the day and evening. A crowd of about three hundred attend°d th“ evening program, which consisted of two reels of moving pictures on dairying and a lecture by ft. I). Canan, of Purdue University. Mr. Van Pelt, of lowa, was unable to come here yesterday. but will join the special lhe latter part of the week. During the morning and afternoon. 990 persons were counted who visited the train, and a total of 580 farmers. 249 from the south baif and 331 from the north half of the county, registered in the distribution of the two registered bulls given away by the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., and the Decatur Industcial Asstaciition. Five Bulls Were Sold Five registered and guaranteed bulls were sold by the different- cattle associations comprising the train. “Maxwellton's Monarch," No. 102.383. Guernsey Bull was sold to Martin H. Schroeder, north of Decatur. “Cloverleaf Duke Ormsby. ' No. 412,402, Holstein bull, was sold to a company of farmers in Monroe township. consisting of Jacob Schwartz. Steury Bros.. David Schwartz and C. P. Steury “B. E. Ollie Perfection,” No. 440.171. Holstein hull, was sold Io Ed. S. (Continued on Page six) o MRS. ELI FRENCH EXPIREDSUNDAY Linn Grove Lady Died On Sixty-eighth Anniversary Os Her Birth Mrs. Eliza French, aged 68, died Sunday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Grace Liddy. near Linn Grove, following an illness ( of pneumonia and complications. Her death occurred on her 68th birthday anniversary. She leaves many relatives and a host of friends to mourn her passing. Mrs. Eliza French daughter of Harvey and Harriette. Risley, was born in Wells county October 19. 1856. and departed this life October 19. 1924. On March 25. 1877. she was united in marriage to Eli French who survives. To this union nine daughters were born. Jennie Jacobs, of Harrison township. Carrie Bailman, of Bluffton.; Myrtle Dunbar, of Linn Grove; Emma Brown, of Fort Wayne. Harriett Borough, of Anaheim. California; Anna Kindel, of Bluffton: lea Grandlienard, of Harrison township, and Grace Liddy. who lives on the home place. One daugter, Hazel, died at the age of 5 years. Brothers and sisters, who survives, are: F. P. Risley, of Keystone. Etta Mowery. Grant. Harvey, Samuel and Ethie Risley, of Harrison township. There are 21 grandchildren and 1 great grand child. In 1894 she united with the Old Salem Evangelcal church under the pastorate of Rev. Platz, and in 1915 moved her membership to the Linn Grove Christian church, during the ministry of Rev. Hiley Baker, and was a faithful member at the teacher of the Beginner’s class. A

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 21, 1924.

TO TESTIFY G W e SAMUEL VAUCLAIN t This photo presents Samuel Vauy clain. president of the Baldwin LocoP motive company, who will be summon- . ed before the senate committee hives- ' ligating campaign expenses. ■ CONCERT HERE ; FRIDAY NIGHT f Tickets Being Sold For Concert By Mooseheart e Concert Company s Tickets are selling for (he second 1 concert to lie given in this city by the !! famous Mooseheart Concert Company e | of Mooseheart, Illinois, at the high 1 school auditorium. Friday, evening f October 24th. ‘ | The local Moose Lodge has mailed tickets to every menfber and plans are being made to accomodate a large ' crowd at the higli school building. > ’ .Tickets are selling for only fifty cents each and the proceeds from the con-j cert, after expenses are paid, will lie 1 divided between the local lodge and the Mooseheart Home for children. . I TO BID FAREWELL TO REV. ELLIKER Members And Friends Os Reformed Church To Meet Thurs. Night ' | A meeting of the members and friends of the congregation of the I Zion Reformed church will be held at | the church on Thursday evening. OctI'ober 23. at 7:30 o'clock, to bid farewell to the pastor, the Rev. R. R. Elliker, and family who will, leave soon for their new field of work in I Ohio. Rev. Elliker tendered his resignation as pastor of the local church ’ to the official board at a meeting of ’ that body a few days ago. His re signation is effective November 2. An interesting feature of the program for the meeting Thursday uiglit will be talks by the different pastors of tlie city. These talks will lie interspersed witli congregational sing- [ ing and other music. At the close of ' the program light refreshments will be served. i o — Carload Os Marl To Be Here Thursday John S. Bowers slated that he i would have a car of marl in the city .'Thursday and that it. would he tin.loaded at the Holland-St. Louis sugar factory to those who wanted it. The marl will be given away free in quarter and one-half ton lots and Mr. Bowers states that it makes an excel- ' i lent fertilizer. Mr. Bowers intends I| to have more of the marl shipped here from Winona at a future date and he invites the fanners to call at the Sugar factory track and ! get a supply for their farms. Weather » — — I Generally fair tonight and Wedr nesday; continued cool; frost tonight I mostly heavy.

DEMOCRATIC FINANCES ARE MADE PUBLIC - — ' Shaver And Gerard Testify That Receipts Total Only $545,440 DEFICIT IS SEEN Campaign Fund Committee Adjourns Until Tomorrow Afternoon Washington, Oct. 21.—)Special to Daily Democrat)—Finances of the democratic party were aired in a short session of the senate finance funds committee here today. Clem L. Shaver and Janies W. Gerard, chairman and treasurer of the democratic national committee testified. Gerard testified at the receipts to 'date were $548,440 with no prospect ■of collecting the $1,500,000 claimed in ■some quarters of the democratic . treasurery. Shaver told the committee he testified a deficit in the coffers of from I SIOO,OOO to $150,000 by election day .and said no plans had been made for I underwriting the campaign. “Have any of the funds listed for ■publicity purposes been paid for inewspaper editorials" Senator Walsh asked. “No.Shaver said he was unable to state if funds wore spent for newspaper advertising Senator Borali asked if the comuiittee hu4.Piirc)wvj:d a»J* newspaper in Tennessee and Slutver answered in the negative. He added he knew | >f no money paid to speakers, j “I wish someone would liny the 'Banner in Tennessee and turn it over to your men”, said Senator Caraway, of Arkansas. “It is democratic all the time except election day.” Wlien Shaver was excused Borali called for Samuel M. Vauelain. president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works of I'hiladelpliia, but there was no response I The committee then adjourned until 2 o'clock tomorrow. 0 2Barzil has about SBJMIO.fttiP inliab- ■ itants. WILL APPOINT MAIL CARRIER Civil Service Examination Will Be Held Here On November 22 ♦ The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to lie held in this city on November 22. to fill the position of rural mail carrier on Route 5 made vacant by the resignation of M-drion Biggs, recently. Mr. Biggs resigned to go to Petersburg. Indiana, where he has engaged in the lumber business. E<l Elzey, substitute. carrier, has been serving the patrons on Route No. 5. since Mr. Biggs resigned. Tlie salary of a rural carrier'on a standard daily motor tonte ranges rom $2,450 to $2,600 per year, according to the length o the route. The examination will lie open “only to citizens who are ac tually domiciled in the territory of the post office where the vacancy exists" reads a bulletin sent out by the Civil Service Commission Poth men and women, if qualified, may enter tlie examination, but women will not be considered for rural carriers appointment unless they are the widows of U. S. soldiers, sailors, marines, of wives of I ■ S. soldiers, sailors or marines who are physically disqualified for examination by reason of injuries received tn the line of military duty. At the examination. applicants must furnish unmounted photographs of themselves taken within two years.

Chinese Laundryman Is ...Murdered In Tong War c Unite,| Press Service) Milwaukee-, Oct, 21. — Wong Tak Go. Chinese laundry proprietor, wlto Is' Hsaid to have been marked for death I for two months since his arrival here [from Chicago, was shot and killed by • |au naknown :i“si:sain here last night. His death was said Io lie the result of nation-wide tong war. JOHN A. MUMMA DIED LAST NICHTi Well Known Retired Fanner Succumbed At Home In This City John A. Mumma. age 73, well | known retired farmer, died at his home, 421 Johns street at 9:10 o'clock ! last night, following an illness for the last ten months and had been J bedfast for the last two weeks. John Mumma was a son of David ' and Anna Mumma, and was born in ' Tuscarawas, county Ohio. June 26. ■ 1851. For many years he lived on a farm east of Decatur in Root township, but moved to Decatur eight’ years ago. He was married to ' Drusilla Brown, fifty years ago. Mr. ' and Mrs. Mumma having celebtat- i ed their golden wedding anniversary °n March 17. 1924. Mr. Mumma was a member of the Pleasant Grove United Brethren church. Besides tlie good wife. Mr. Mumma is survived by four children, twentyone grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Tlie surviving children are Mrs. Amos Lewton. of Root township: Charles E. Mumma. of Decatur: Mrs. Leo Wilhelm, of Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Robert Garard, of Decatur. One grandchild. John I’ Alter, lias resided witli his grandparents since lie was four days old, t which time his mother. Clarissa E. died. The following children are deceased: Willard D. Cora A Clarissa E.. Aurilda V. and Iva R. Mr. Mumma is survived hv the following brothers and sisters, also: George W. of Kimmell. Indiana; Henry D.. of Fort Wayne; Mratill V.. of Gideon. Missouri; Mrs. Katie Gideon, of McGill. Ohio; Mrs. Jane Warner, of McGill. Ohio. Two brothers and four sisters are deceased. Funeral service will lie held from Hie residence at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Dior, of Van Wert, and the Rev. R. W. Lose, pastor of the Decatur Evangelical church, ofIficiating. The funeral services will I be held at tlie home on account of the failing health of Mrs. Mumma 'Burial will lie made in Maplewood cemetery. i — (>.. . French Begin Evacuation Os Ruhr Districts Today (United Press Service) Berlin. Oct. 21—The French today evacuated the river port of Karl ’ sruhe as a preliminary to evacuation . of the Ruhr and Rhineland in accord ( ance witli agreements reached at Lon don. 1 The I'Teneli also evacuated Mann-1 ! hein harbor today and are to witli-j • draw their troops from Dortmund at i dawn tomorrow, preliminary work of , 1 evacuation has been completed at ■ Dortmund to the joy of the inhabitants. — —-o — Spectators Pity Girl On Trial For Murder (United Press Service) Terre Haute. Ind.. Oct. 21. Hundreds of spectators attending the second dpy of the trial of Alta Mae Wai lace, 17, for the murder of Henry i Peters, the man she said betrayed her, exhibited nothing but pity for tlie girl here today. Her attorneys brought out that she was the agent of a rival of Peters, her lover at tlie time, of the killing. This rival has eluded all efforts of the police to trace him down. He told tne to shoot Peters,'' said the girl on the eve of the tria. The defense is pleading insanity. The state has not asked for the death penally.

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OTHER MEMBERS OF CREW SUFFER SERIOUS BURNS Accident On Board U. S. S. Trenton Occurs During ’ Target Practice PROBE IS STARTED Navy Department Assembles Board Os Inquiry To Determine Cause I 1 United Press Staff Correspondent! j Norfolk, Va., Oct. 21.—The i mounting death toll of victims i of an explosion in the forward 'twin gun mount of the U. S. S. I Trenton reached six today and , four others of the scout cruisI er’s crew who were burned in . the blast during target praci tice off Cape Henry, today were | said at the naval hosnital to be , in a “desperate condition.’’ Those who died today were i George Robert Cholister of ' Merchantsville. N. J., and P.en- • nett Williams of Boston. Mass. Washington. Oct. 21 With five dead and 18 injured, she toll of the ; fatal expiosiori in tlie forward twin , turret of the now scout cruiser Trenton off the Virginia capos th naw department today assembled a board of inquiry to determine the cause of this latest of a long list of peace time .battleship disasters. Tlie explosion occurred just a few miles off Norfolk, after the Trenton had takep up her position at t)ie target practice drill grounds. ; First reports said it was caused by a “flareback" such as killed 48 men (aboard the battleship Mississippi in ,the Pacific last spring, but later dispatches said the gun had not been ,fired and the cause had not been determined. The dead and injured wore taken |off the Trenton at Norfolk last night . bv speed hoots from a naval hospital I there and the injured were rushed ito the hospital, some so seriously • burned that further deaths were feared at (he hospital today. Naval experts here today believed ’ ( the fata! idast was due to an <xjplosion of power in the turret. The TrCnton is one of the newest 1 type of vessels in the navy. She displaces 7.5P0 tons and has an arma- • ment of ten 6-inch guns as well as antiaircraft and torpedo equipment. 1 (Continued On Page Four) THIRD PARTY MEETING FRIDAY r j Indianapolis Man Scheduli ed To Speak At Court House Here William H Henry, of Indianapolis, organizer for the L-iiFollette party in (indiana. will speak at the Court i House at eight o'clock on Friday evjenlng, October 24th. in the Interest of .the I.aE’ollette campaign, according to 'an announcement made yesterday by John S. Cramer, Adams County chair Iman of the LaFollette-Wheeler orIganization. Mr. Davis, of Muncie, (eighth district chairman, was in the I city over the weekend and conferred (with Mr. Cramer and arranged the details or the meeting. The meeting will lie held in the court room. Last Saturday night a talk was made in front of the Court House by a speaker for the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket, but tlie meeting next Friday night will be the first general or advertised meeting to be held in Adams County in the interest of Senator I«iFollette in his race for the presidency. As far as known it will be the only public meeting held in the county by the party during the campaign. Mr Henry is billed as a speaker who “will speak on the real issues of the campaign.” and the public is ini vited to hear him, according to the lanouncetnent made by Mr. Cramer.