Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1924 — Page 1

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KAYS RECORDS J OF HAWKINS CO. I WERE‘OOCTORED’ ■fitness Says Assets Were ■ Made To Appear Greater Than They Were (EMPLOYE ON STAND lormer Office Bookkeeper ■ Os Company Gives Testimony Today ■ Indianapolis.—The Hawkins Mort■ngp company “doctored" its records. K make its assets appear greater] Kan they were and a statement for Kis purpose was given the Ohio seKrities commission according to Kstimony submitted in federal court Kmlay in the Hawkins mail fraud case Kv John L. McPherson, former booktoper of the Hawkins company. K McPhersons said the cash on hand tiry was increased and that he disEased the impropriety of changing Et with Morton S. Hawkins president Es the company and Anthony Scheib End Carl B. Anderson, vice-presidents. I il'nited Presse Service) I Indianapolis. Nov. 14.—From the Banks of old women and from the ot■ces of the Hawkins company itself ■ h Cnited States government drew 1 Hi evidence today in the Hawkins Lail fraud case. I Women, bent and wrinkled by age. I ■ old stoties of how they had investL<l money—in many cases their life Ini'frigs—in the Hawkins Mortgage . Iconi nny or associated enterprises.! ■which later developed into a gigantic ■financial fiasco. I Accountants who had audited the ■ company's hooks broke into the senItimental picture created by the Iwomen’s testimony and peaking in ■dollars and cents, showed that the 1 I subsidiary companion had operated Lit a loss and the parent company.* [despite this fact, had “held outs” [from stock sales of nearly $1.000.0000. I J. S. Egan, of Omaha, Neb., acIcountant who had audited the company's books, testified Thursday at-. Iternoon that the Hawkins Mortgage [company had diverted to its own use from the various welfare loan so[cieties, the “hold out" funds of fCnntlnned on Page Ft»et AVIATORWILL FURNISH THRILL — Hugh Moyer To Make Parachute Drop From Airplane Saturday Promptly at 1:30 tomorrow, watch for a thriller. At that hour an airplance, driven by Otto Smith, of Monroe will sail over this city and as they reach the middle of town. Hugh Moyer, of Linn Grove, who will he riding with him. will climb out on the wing of the plane, crawl beneath the , machine and cut loose for a double parachute drop. The men did a similar stunt at Berne last Saturday and it is reported to have been the most sensational feature ever witnessed by that community. ' Moyer is pn old baloonist. During this year he has made 152 parachute drops from baloons and airplanes. He of a very few men who do the drop front a plane and one of three who does the double drop from a plane. He expects to reach a height of 4. <>oo feet before aking the jump-off. ' The business manger for the men was here today soliciting from the business men for the feature, hoping to ' secure from $75 to SIOO. Tlte airplane will start from the Ott Smith farm near Monroe and will not ! land here, sailing on and returning home after Moyer makes his drop. It is reported that when they made the •light over Berne last Saturday the men had several thrills themselves, being almost frozen when they landp|l When Moyer climbed out to make his drop his clothes came in contact witli the hot exhaust pipe a ”d took fire, a good sized hole being horned in his overalls and when he 1 landed his hands were so cold he ' ould not open them for several minutes, r ought* to be a real thrill ' tomorrow, jf you like'em watch for •his one at 1:30 Saturday afternoon.

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Decatur Men Return From A Week’s Hunting Trip Lawrence Smith, Herman t'cdchin and H. I’. Schmitt of this city. Dr. 1., Meyer, of Monroeville, and John Wilson, of Bayne, Ohio, returned last evening from a week's hunting trip 1 in southern Indian 1 and Kentucky.! 'I hey left here Sunday morning and report a splendid time. On account 1 of the dry ami warm weather, hunting was not as good as it might have, been, although small game like birds] and railbits were plentiful. The hoys' brought home about fifty rabbits < MRS. FAIRCHILD DIES OF CANCER I Decatur I adv Dies At Home On Winchester Street Thursday Mrs. Elizabeth Fairchild, age 66 years, wife of Amos Fairchild, died at her home, 611 Winchester street, 1 at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, following an illness of cancer. Mrs. Fairchild, nee Elizabeth Gregg was born in Van Wert county. Ohio. ; December 3. 1857. She spent more 'of her life in Aadins county, Indiana. however. Her first husband, William M. Barber, died October 18. 1895. I • Mrs. Fairchild is survived by her husband; four daughters. Miss Ger- • trade Barber, who is a nurse at the j Irene Byron sanitarium, at Ft. Wayne Mrs. Charles Momma and Mrs. Char- • les Andrews, of Warren, Ohio, and Mrs. Frank Brandyberry, of Decatur; | lone son. Roy Barber, of Warren. O.; I three step-sons. John Fairchild, of 1 Warren. O.; Enoch Fairchild of South' Bend, and Thomas Fairchild, of not th of Decatur; two step-daughters,. Mrs. Roy Baker, of this city, and Miss ' Dora Fairchild, of South Bend, und one brother Ben Gregg of Los Angeles California. 1 I Funeral services will be held from the Evangelical church at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor, offiiating. Burial will be made in Maplewood cemetery. Wells County Officers Fail To Locate Still ■— » Bluffton, Nov. 14.—Chief of Police Gehrett and Sheriff Frauhiger were called to the eastern part of the county Wednesday evening by Adams county officials, who said they had , located a still on Wells county pro- , petty. They told officers that a bootlegger had come to them in Decatur and told them he had quarreled with some beet workers near Craigville in .regard to his profit on the sale of moonshine and since the manufacturers had not treated him squarely he was ready to tell. He said that in a certain beet worker's home there was a still behind a stove. The local officers. who investigated found a small kettle with some raisens in it. and it 1 was apparent that the “hunkies” might have prepared to make some raisen-jack, although they could not ( prove much. The raid was termed a “’water haul.” Two Thousand Tenement Dwellers Made Homeless Jersey City, N. Y.. Nov. 14.—Two thousand tenement dwellers were driven from their homes. 12 firemen , were overcome, ferry boats plying to the Jersey Central and Pennsylvania piers were held up and damage that may run into millions was caused to- j day by fire which destroyed the Battelle and Renwick plant here and spread to the warehouse of the Ameri-' can Sugar Refining copany and adjoining buildings Dense clouds of smoke rolled over the river front and at 11 a- m. the I flames were spreading and defying the efforts of a dozen fire companies. • | 0 ( .'Judge Sutton Spends $171.45 In Campaign I Judge Jesse C. Sutton, successful candidate for judge of the Adams circuit court in the election on November 4. today filed a statement of his campaign expenses, with County Clerk John E. Nelson. The state j ment shows that Judge Sutton spent | 'a total of $171.45 during his campaign ——o— —— Loogootee-War on pests started by high school students here has re-j suited in the death of 383 mice. 169, 'r its 17 crows, and 185 sparrows.

BANK BANDITS TRAILED INTO : THIS LOCALITY ——— Two Bandits Who Robbed Hagerstown Bank Today Sighted Near Here BANK LOOTED OF $3,000 Trailed As Far As Wells County Where Track Is Lost Two bandits who held up and rob'bed the Union Trust company bank of Hagerstown. shortly before noon today, were trailled into Wells county. near Bluffton, where all trace jof them was lost. Joel Reynolds.] 'Chief of Police of this city was notified to watch for the bandits, but they , were not seen here. The bandits obtained $3,000 in loot. Two men attempted to stop the bandits at Fiat, a small village south 'of Bi u fit on. but they were unsuccessful. ' A report was circulated hero about noon today that the Studabaker hank at Bluffton hail been robbed, but an investigation proved that the story' had been started when it was report- 1 ed that bank bandits were seen in a Studabaker automobile near Bluffton.' Richmond. Ind.. Nov. 14.—(Special I to Daily Democrat)—Two bandits one of them masked held up and robbed I the Union Trust Co., of Hagerstown near here today. They obtained $3,066 loot and escaped in an automobile. They were last seen going west through Losantville near here. I Estimates on the amount of money obtained by the bandits varies the cashier expressing the belief there .was between SI,OOO and $1,200 missing. Only three> persons were in the bank. Al B. Davis cashier R. M. Hudson assistant and George Mendenhall bookkeeper. Davis said he was in a back room talking on a telephone w hen one of tile bandits walked in and ordered him to raise his hands and walk into the counting room with his head down. The other two were forced to face the wall. SONS GUESTS OF ROTARIANS Father And Son Program Held By Rotary Club Last Night Tlieh Father and Son meeting held ,by the Rotarians last evening was a great success and an excellent program was given. J. F. Arnold, acting as chairman of the meeting. Twentyifour boys including a few invited guests, not sons of the Rotarians, were present at the meeting. The boys sang a number of songs with the Rotarians joining in and the evening was a happy one for both | father and son. The dads were seen striding around with their sons and happiness was noted everywhere I Marble Noble, ten-year-old son of Mr. aand Mrs. Nolde, the first boy in In'diana to be admitted to the Riley Memorial hospial for crippled chil- ] dren, and his father were special guests at the meeting. Tile Noble boy will leave next week tor Indianapolis and will be treated al the hospital for paralysis of the legs. He has been a cripple for several years and through the efforts of M. F. Worthan and the Rotary club admittance to the hospital was secured. John Carmody gave an excellent talk on the meaning of Armistice Day and the purpose of the American Legion. He told how the news of the Armistice was received in France among the soldiers. He read the bylaws of the American Legion and showed what this great organization is trying to do and what it stands for namely, the preservation of the ! American constitution. <’. J. Voglewede and W. A. Klepper 'each gave a talk on the relation between father and son and M. J. Mylott and J. F. Arnold gave readings. The | talks and readings were excellent and ‘both young and old enjoyed the evening immensely. « •

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 14, 1924.

I ' KEEPING COOL County Clerk John E. Nelson is Dying hard to "keep cool with Coolidge,” since his good friend 1 Andy Gump sent him a palm leaf fan. This morning the mailman I brought Mr. Nelson a large package, but after carefully unwrapping the package, all that Mr. Nelson found was an old palm leaf tan with a broken back. A note ] attached to the fan read; "We thought you would need' this since I I the election, Andy Gump." The package was postmarked Monroe, Indiana. Mr. Nelson's former ' home. Mr. Nelson was surprised ' to learn that ills friend Andy had moved to Monroe. EDITOR TO SPEAK i IN CITY SUNDAY i — I Rev. Chapman To Address Catholic Men And Women Os City The Rev. Michael Andrew Chapman. assistant editor of “Our Sunday Visitor." the Catholic weekly published at Huntington. will give a lecI ture Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in the K. of C. hall, to which all the . women of the St. Marys Catholic congregation are invited. At eight o'clock Sunday evening. Rev. Chapman will speak to the men of the I congregation at the K. of C. hall. His subject for the lecture will be. "The value of the true faith.” Besides being a forceful and instructive writer. Rev. Chapman, is also a splendid speaker and his lecture will be one of great interest to I the men and women of the local ' Catholic congregation. | Rev. Chapman has been associated with Our Sunday Visitor for several years and is a convert priest. He will be the guest, of Rev. J. A. Sei ] metz, pastor of the St. Marys Cathy ■ olic church, during his visit here Sunday. I 7T°~T ~ Thieves Visit Willshire, Ohio, Thursday Night i Chief of Police Joel Reynolds received a call this morning from , Sheriff Terry, of Van Wert. Ohio, stating that thieves broke into a few stores in the town of Willshire. 0.. last night, and carried away considerable loot. The loot included clothing, automobile accessories, tires, two or I three cases of eggs and many other . articles. No trace of the thieves has been found. WILL SPEAK AT LOCAL CHURCH I Superintendent Os Fort Wayne Schools At Presbyterian Church | Christian Education Sunday will be observed at the Presbyterian church Sunday with special services. Sunday will be tlte first day of the National Education Week, and is known as Christian Education Sunday. Professor L. C. Ward, superintendent of the Fort Wayne city schols. will give the principal address at the morning service, which starts at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Ward will speak on "Training for Christian Leadership." At tlie evening service, starting at 7 o'clock. M. F. Worttiman. superintend 1 ent of the Decatur city schools, will deliver the principal address. Ml'. ■ Worthman will speak on "Our Obliga- ' tion to Our Young Folks.” Mr. Ward is a noted educator and he Is well versed upon the subject which he will discuss here Sunday ] evening. He is an interesting speak- ’ er. Mr. Worthman is an interesting ' speaker, also, and his talk is sure tp be filled with Interesting facts anil advice. The purpose that education 1 must have a Christian stamp to be satisfactory. I Weather ! Indisna—Fair tonight and SaturI day except, somewhat unsettled in - extreme south portion tonight: slightly warmer Saturday.

FIRE DESTROYS SEVERAL BLOCKS IN JERSEY CITY Dynamite Rocks City As Flames Destroy Much Os Water Front NOT UNDER CONTROL iFire Apparatus Unable To Check Flames; Many Are Injured I By Frink Getty | (United Press Staff Correpondent) ■ Jersey City. N. J.. Nov It Amid the thunder of exploding dynamite and scores of minor detonations, sevI oral blocks near the Jersey City water front were destroyed this afternoon by fire which was far from under control at 1 p. m. I Fought from land and river by I hundreds of firemen and streams | from New York fire boats, the flames l devouted the salt petre plant of , Battelle and Renwick, the large wareI house of the American Sugar Resin- i ing company and a dozen tenement dwelling and spread steadily, whipped by a high wind. Starting with an explosion in the salt petre plant at 9 a. m.. the Hames gained such headway in four hours that every available piece of apparatus in Jersey City was at work, while : help came from surrounding towns, without an appreciable check being given to the fire. o Mrs. Harding Developes Alarming Heart Symptons Maron, ()., Nov. 14 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Warren G. Harding had another restless and painful n ght during which she developed alarming heart symptoms, j Dr. Carl Sawyer said today in his bulletin. Shortly after m'dn ght Mrs. Harding developed what is known as an attack of “air hunger." her physician said. The attack was severe and pro- . longed, but the nurse succeeded in reviving her by throw ng open the windows DEMOCRATS TO GIVE BANQUET ■ I Democratic Employes Os Berne Firm To Entertain Republicans Berne. Ind. — (Special to Daily Democrat). —It is an old saying that Democrats are good losers and to prove this statement the democratic I employes of the A. J. Moser company of this place are going to give a I banquet to the employes of the company who voted for President Coolidge and the republican candidates. Previous to the election a bet was made between the employes, that the losing side would give a banquet to the winners. The political leanings of the employes was about fifty-fifty ami the wager was mule, it was said. This evening the democratic employes. or those who voted fir John W. Davis, will banquet those who voted for Coolidge. To show the victors the Davis men are good sports, they also invited the wives of the men and the directors of A. J. Moser and company. The banquet will be served in the sales room of the A. J. Moser building and Mrs. W. J. Rawley and Mrs. Abraham Boegley. expert cooks, will prepare the meal A three-course chicken dinner will be served. for the banquet were being made today by Jeff l.iechty and B. M. Smith, salesmen for the company, who are not ] ashamed to admit that they voted tor ' Davis. Between 32 and 36 people are invited aiid the committee in charge, has arranged several surprises tor the crowd. Pictures of John W. Davis j will grace the walls of the room and, In order to partake of the meal, the Coolidge supporters will have to wear Davis badges during the evening. in order to prove th it they "paid” their admittance. Then, too, the Coolidge men will have to take a little kidding A. J. Moser, president of the company. E. M. Ray. manager and others will he called upon to give talks.

Road East From Geneva Is Now Open To Traffic Geneva. Nov. 14. The road east of of town Is now open to truffle and will remain so until spring Sometime ago (lie toad was closed and the work of putting new übuttmen'.s under the laib bridge half a mile out of town begun. The job ptoved a bigger one than was at first supposed, and after finishing lite west abuttment. which |W"as in the worst shape, the bridge pvas replaced ami (lie county comm issinners decided to postpone finish ing the work until spring. FIRST TURKEYS j I RECEIVED HERE Prices Os Turkeys And Other Foods About Same As Usual ! The first bunch of turkeys of the present season were received by tlte Decatur Produce company yesterday. The widtlesale price for turkeys this year is between 32 and 34 cents petpound. Receipts of turkeys by local produce houses have been dwindling with in recent years, farmers in this section are not raising many. The. southern or southwestern market, seems to supply the birds for the eastern markets, the raising of turkeys being one of Hie principle ( farm occupations in Texas and other t states, it was staled today that price of turkeys in Texas was only 25 cents and indications pointed to a drop in the market price next week. Local meat market proprietors pre-' diet that the retail price for dressed turkeys and other fowls for the Thanksgiving season will be about as follows: turkeys, 4u to 45 cents; ducks. 25 to 28 cents; geese. 25 cents; chickens. 25 to 30 cents; rabbits. 25 cents; Meat prices are not any higher than they were a year ago. if was] stated, pork being quoted at 20 to 30 cints. and lieef. choice cuts. 15 tp 30 cent s. o Harry Diamond Executed At 12:04 This Morning Michigan City. Ind.. Nov.- 14. —Harry Diamond. 26, of Gary. Ind., witli a ] smile of indifference on his face, walked boldly to the electric chair in tlie state prison here today and paid witli his life for the murder of Nettie Diamond. 42. his wife, on a lonely road near East Chicago, Ind., on Feb. 23. 1923. I Tlte "death walk” from Diamond’s to death house began a few minutes before midnight. Silently Diamond moved down the narrow corridor accompanied by Walden E. J. Fogarty, two guards and Rev. A. W. Wood, the prison chaplain. o Transfer $500,00 To State General Fund (United Presse Service) Indianapolis. Nov. 14. The slate finance board has authorized trans for of $560,000 from the benevolent , fund to the general fund, as a means , of repaying a loan of that amount ols , tained from the state highway com- , mission some time ago i This money will replenish the depleted road funds. , — o—- > Court Intervenes In Bloomington Water Fight * Bloomington. Nov. 14—The supreme court of Indiana intervened today in * the dispute over construction of a ■ new waterworks here and saved ■ Mayor John G. Harris from contempt ■ proceedings. George B. Abrahams, sherriff of the 1 supreme court, served a writ of re- ' stralnt issued by tlie supreme court, which restrained Judge Herbert linndell from citing Mayor Harris for contempt. The mayor had been ordered by court to sign a $350,000 bond issue to cover tile cost of the waterworks within a specified time and lie failed ’ to obey tie 1 order. — . - n I—. Rev. Wendel To Preach ' At Church Os God Sunday The Rev. Jacob Wendel. of Fort Wayne, will preach at the morning and evening services at the Church is a fluetil speaker and is well known to many Decutur people. Every member of the < hut ch is urged to be present and Hie public is cordially Invited to attend.

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CELINA YOUTH ADMITS PART IN MOYER MURDER Jess Smelser Pleads Guilty To Charge Os Manslaughter SENTENCE DEFERRED I One Os Four Celina Youths Indicted For Murder Os Farmer Celina, Ohio. Nov. 14.— Jess , Smelser. one of the four Celina young men indicted by a Mercer county grand jury for the murl dor of Ed Moyer, Blackcreek . township farmer, in August, ! 1922, pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in common pleas court before Henry A. Miller late Wednesday afternoon. Passing of sentence was deferred for a few days by the court. | Undoubtedly the matter of going before the court and entering this plea has been weighing heavily upon Snielser's mind for some time and it I is thought that the postponement of the James Fetters trial on Monday of this week until December 15 helped him mould his decision. | Since Monday, too, it seems that t Judge George Manuix. of Greenville, has been retained by relatives of (smelser and "Dick” Fetters to represent them. However, neither of the | defendants would talk to Mr Mannix without their attorneys. Ed Bryson and E. J. Bookhart, respectively, who were appointed by the court to defend them, being present. Wednesday young Smelser wrote a note to Mr. Bryson stating that he desired to see him at once. When the attorney called at the jail to see his I client Smelser informed him that lie wanted to plead guilty to a charge of niaiislaugbter. if that were acceptable to the state's attorney. | Mr. Bryson immediately phoned Prosecuting Attorney Frank Kloeb .t and notified him of Snielser's desire, t Mr. Kloeb readily gave his assent. .< believing that Mercer county will (Continued On Page Five) , o — “BONE” FAMILIES ARE INTRODUCED s 1 Evangelist Says ‘Backbone* Familv Is Greatest ’of ah | The four famous Bone families were introduced at the Methodist revival last night by Evangelist Lane, I and the large audience greatly enjoyed the inspiring sermon. The Jawbone farnili. said Rev. J-me. is the ? family of talkers. They are numerous ami they render good service if they 1 talk the right things, lie said. Tlie 4 Funnybone family is u harmless lot. ' but help materially in scattering cheer, he said Tlie Wishbone family, received a measure of consideration. It is alright to wish, even for the great and good things, but sometimes their wish is unwise, and that gets one no where, said the evangelist. Those of greatest note belong to the Backbone family declared the evangel - ist. They are (lie dependables in church ami society and ’his family includes tlie workers and tlie faithful. Without this family the < hurch would not live a day. he declared. Members of the I lilies' Aid Society belong to Hie Backbone family, said Rev. Lane. Rev l ane will talk tonight about friends IB* purposes to tell his hearers how they may know who their friends really are. The interest and t.ttendance at the revival are good and Rev. Lune is preaching powerful and inspiring sermons. The public is cordially invited to the services, which start at 7:30 each evening. 0 G. E. Vice-President To Resign His Post Schenectady, N. Y„ Nov. 14.— ; George E. Emmons had requested > that he lie relieved of his responsibil--1 ities as vice-president in charge of i- manufacturiug in all plants of the e General Electric company it was ini- bleated at the company’s office here today. ■ ; t I