Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1924 — Page 1

■ ume XXII. Number 273.

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■re investors ■ell of losses I |IN HAWKINS CO. Commissioner I Bay" stock VVas Bar,( ' d I I In Kentucky Kar heavy loser I 'jin Lost $28,400 Tells | allow He VVas Drawn | Into Investment ■|' -SI i i’nited Bresse Service) U 11 "' •*li -. V>. Officials ci i:- inormriL’P company of iii.iHp sell their stock in Kentucky HLkSpn.-i ■ i testimony given toilet by ■|.» : ' n Ooosp. former assistant . ..mmi p-ioiior of Kentm•!,<• o kif- mail conspiracy ■ ■>■ lv nnnl.y commission turned Hi, request the company to ■■ ihi' stock after an investig:i■■■■i the resources behind the comVan Hoose testified. K mm. nt continued n,ihv inve-tors to the stand to te I of lies, r \- an Hoose had ■ MBIm llowkin* being barred trom ■ li \ .111 Arsdalc. of Whiteland. . gUaK- the heaviest loser who lias ei jB _|j| in ati appearance in court, ex- ■ 1,, «■ he invested ,s2B.4<ui stock, "on promise of hi? Bp 0,111 0 Ka! '‘ investment " i I said Mord Zarter. of Indian , K w'~ """ " f ,t,p 'U’fendants went in ■ and urged tn exchange $]8.4l)(l in the Indiana Rural Credit asinto Hawkins stock. ■ ■Flu- proposition looked so good tn 1 made the exchange and sold in liberty bonds to get in on j B S KOO< ' an '* heavy," Van Arssaid. I ■tali in.apolis, Nov. 15—(Special | ■l.Ns-mocrat i Stories of fictitious I ■’’aliite anil joggled financial | I n 'ent;4 to mislead prospective I W lotll( ‘ rs anf l government officials I f ,inup(l ,o<lav at ,lie ,|ay of I Ir ' a ' 01 officials of the Hawkins |HB 1 I w,1 y in federal court here charg|HH"'itii nsing the mails to defraud. I W n testimony introduced by the I Qi lltllPnl Friday it was (barged I audited reports of the company. I B* frauilll,ent 'y charged to "get i (Continued on Page JHvet I as 0 ■CH ACTIVITY B IN OIL FIELDS •veral Wells Being Drilled I Near Here And East In Ohio for oil in and around Adcounty and in territory 10 to 50 ( ■w east of Decatur in Ohio, is bejßouig active and several good wells been brought in. Within the ■*’ week or ten days, Frank C. of Crawford county. Penn■yania, and others associated with will put down a well on a 890- ■ e lease at Glenmore, Ohio, 15 Sr es east of Decatur. Mr. Weaver ■an experienced oil man and has ■( n in the business for several ■ rs - The new type drilling ma- ®' ne Will be used in sinking the ■ll. the machinery taking the place H s he old fashioned wooden derrick, Weaver plans to go down in earth about 1,250 feet and there ■* K ‘ S to strike oil. The drilling is ■ng done in a tested oil field. Mr. BB a '’er is making his headquarters ;2 this city and local men are also lin the proposition wth wells have been drilled ■ Fiat and east of Fiat in Wells ■W- Louis CentUvre and O. D ■®old, of Geneva, drilled on a lease ■ Undeck, Ohio, and two 50-barrel Mils were brought in. ■t was stated that a number of Py n in an< l around Monroe were to drill a well on the Anfarni east of Monroe.

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| Will Connect Road 21 M ith Ohio Pavement I The Indiana state highway commission has given out that the state will pave a-stretch of highway from Rryant to the state line, a distance I of nine miles, next summer, connecting up state road 21 In Indiana with the cetfieut improvement from . the state line to Celina. The improvement will start at state road 21 in Rryant, east two miles, north one-halt mile, and east past what is known as the Sister's home, a Catholic church and parochial school. Io the Indiana-Ohio state line, and I north one-fourth of a mile. 1 — o INTEREST IN REVIVAL CROWS ——— Tonight Is “Automobile Night” At Methodist Revival Interest in the Methodist revival continues to grow. A large audience • was present last night. Evangelist Lane spoke on the subject, “The Rest Friend." He gave an excellent portrayal of '’hrist, she friend, who sticks closer than a brother. Everyone would want just s'tch a friend, lie , declared. Men who keep Christ’s commandments arc his friends. A faithful observance of this will make .them his best friends. Those who want ('hrist. the best friend, and those (whose best friend he is, were invited (around the altar last night, and nearly Itlie entire audience responded. After I prayer of consecration, the congregation was dismissed, having been in the best meeting of the revival, so far and having heard the best sermon in the series. Rev. Lane impresses everyone with (his earnestness and sincerity. He has a great experience and creats in everyone a desire to know the Christ as well as he. Tonight is automobile night and everybody from all about are expected to drive their cars to the revival 'tonight. The evangelist will talk about automobile religion. Characteristics of the Christian life will be illustrated with automobile parts. Mrs. E. H. Lane, wife of the evangelist, is expected to be in the service tonight. Mrs. [gine is a worker among women and children. She will immediately join her husband in the campaign. The service tonight will start at 7:30 o’clock. There will be three services on Sunday at the regular hours in the morning and evening and at 2:30 in the afternoon. o Mrs. Harding Has Change For The Better {United Press Service) Marion. 0.. Nov. 15 — to Daily Democrat)—Despite a sleepless night. Mrs. Warren G. Harding is holding her own. Dr. Carl W. Sawyer’s 8:30 a. m. bulletin said today. The physicians bulletin follows: "Mrs. Harding slept very little last night, but hold her own. Heart attacks are less in . severity. "Her condition is just about the same as yesterday.” At 11:30 Dr. Sawyer issued another bulletin indicating a change for the better. It said: "Mrs. Harding has had a slight ’ change for the better. Her pulse is stronger and she has been holding her own —even gaining a little. She took a little nourishment this morning and has been sleeping since 7:15.” o Steck Will Contest ’ Election Os Brookhart (aajAjas ssa.'.t paituvt Des Moines. Nov. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Daniel Steck, defeated democratic candidate for U. S. senator in the recent election against Smith W. Brookhart, today announced his intention to contest the election. This decision came following a conference with Democratic leaders here this morning and will result in the XL S. senate decid-i ing the winner. |

'DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT ELECTION OF WILLOUGHBY Leaders Will File Suit To Force Acceptance Os Revised Figures WILL CHANGE RESULT Denton Will Win By 412 Votes If Revised Figures Are Taken (I'nited Presse Service) Imlianapolis. Nov. 15 —Democratic leaders will file mandamus proceed ings against the secretary of state in an attempt to force acceptance of revised figures from Howard and Sullivan counties in the race for justice of the state supreme court from the first district, it was indicated today. The revised figures, it was said, would give George Denton, democrat, a majority of 412 over Benjamin Willoughby, republican. Thhe vote was announced by the canvassing board without the revised figures from the two counties gave Willoughby lite election by one vote. Denton said Jit- would not ask for a recount or start court proceedings to compel acceptance of the revised figures, but Walter Chambers, stale chairman, and others indicated the fight would be carried into the courts, t n High School Principals Close Annual Conference (Copyright I*2l United Press) Bloom ngton. Ind . Nov 15- (Special to Daily Democrat) —The third annual conference of Indiana high school principals closed here today with addresses by Dr. Franklin Bobbitt of the University of Chicago, and Milo I. Stuart, principal of the Arsenal Technical high school at Indianapolis. Besides the addresses the session tpday included rlmnd table discussion. — Oq Factory Worker Killed By Train At Goshen Goshen. Ind.. Nov. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Frank Maier, tore man in a local factory, was killed late yesterday when he stepped in front of a Big Four passenger train. 0 ROAD BONDS ARE BEING REDEEMED County Auditor Is Making Payments Totaling About SIOO,OOO Hegininng today. County Auditor Martin Jaberg will begin redeeming macadam road bonds and paying the interest on them. Road bonds and interest are paid twice every year, on th-’ fifteenth of May and November and this year payments will be made on between 175 and 190'roads. The total of payments, including bonds and interest will be between SIOO,OOO and $105,00C Mr. Jaberg stated. This is for just half of the year, the payments last May totaling about SIOB,OOO. In other words, Adams conntf through the different township governments, is paying out more than $200,000 each year for bonds and interest. The bond rec- . ord in the auditor’s office shows that in 1925, payments will be made on 192 roads. Adams county had been one of the foremost counties in the state in the road building program in the last twenty years and it is estimated that the taxpayers of this county, through the townships, have spent more than $5,000,000 in the building of improved f oa< l s - Since the war tha interest rate on road bonds was increased by legislature act to four and one-half per cent. The road bonds are issued for a period of ten years and each year [final payments are made on several of the old roads.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 15, 1924.

Five Sheep Killed By Dogs In Wells County Bluffton. Now. 15. —Dogs invaded a flock of sheep on a farm northeast of Bluffton whhh was botrsht from I Thomas and Jeff Cole recently by .Mr. Cossuirt. and killed five bead. Fifteen -head were saved. Four wore killed Wednesday night and one the night before. Early Thursday morning Eqiory Chttreh 1 heard Mr. Cossairt shooting at the dogs, three of them in number, and went to his assistance. They sue-1 1 ceeded in killing one. a German police dog. It is believed that the dogs must have come from a considerable dis-' tanee. Their owner tould not be' learned. GARY MEN ASK FOR REHEARING Five Men Convicted In Booze Conspiracy Case Continue Fight (United Press Service) Chicago. Nov. 15—(Special to Daily' Democrat I —Five defendants in the 1 famous Gary liquor conspiracy case in which sixty three city officials, and bootleggers were convicted, today peHt’oned the United States court of appeals for rehearing of their cases. Their convictions once have been unheld by the appeals court. Petitions charging insufficient' evidence were filed in behalf of May ' or Roswell C. Johnson and Dwight i Kinder, Lake county prosecutor, and la-wis Barnes. Attorney C. D. Tinkham. represent/ ing Mike Oleska, former owner of a tavern near Gary alleged his client was not represented at the trial by j an attorney a’nd that his case was lost sight of in the maelstrom of cases. A petition in behalf of Bryan S. Narcovich, alleged the district attor-. ney who prosecuted the case gave out misleading information for pub ' location that Influenced the jurors who considered the case. JERSEY CITY HAS BIG LOSS Damage From Fire Thursday Amounts To Two Million Dollars (United Presse Service) Jersey City N. J. Nov. 15 —Jersey City surveyed her sinoulding fire ruins today and estimated that the six hour fire in Gammontown yesterday took the following toll: Damage amounting to $2,000,000 in an area of four blocks. Elatelle and Renwick's salt petre factory, a nine story warehouse of the American Sugar Refining Company. Hoppe Paper Box Company’s plant and Richards Chemical works completely destroyed. One hundred and thirty five homeless men, women and children woke up in the U3th regiment armory this morning, their dwellings burned to the ground. Twenty firemen and two civilians were still under treatment for burns and injuries received during the-stub born blaze which taxed the city's fire fighting facilities to the limit from 9 a. nt. to 3 p. m. yesterday. The customary inspections have been ordered, but it will he another 24 hours before the ruins are sufficiently cool to permit their being examined in safety. Chemicals still flare up here and there and firemen kept streams of water playing on the smouldering factory sites today. Fire lines were drawn around four blocks. Two walls of the sugar refining warehouse threatened to fall at any moment. ' ' "gs Weather Generally fair tonight and Sunday: not much change in temperature.

BURGLARS GET JEWELRY FROM DECATUR HOME ■Mrs. C. T. Rainier’s Residonee On Madison Street Ransacked FRIGHTENED AWAY i Loot Taken Included Rings, Watches And Other Articles In one of the first house burglar ! ies to be committed in this city witli-( In recent months, thieves obtained! I several hundred dollars worth of (jewelry from the Mrs. C T. Rainier! | residence, (115 Madison street, bei tween eight and nine o’clock last (evening. Entrance was gained, it is thought, by. unlocking the front door I with a skeleton key. No clue of the thieves has been obtained it wa/ stated today. Three gold watches, one ,a wrist, watch, several pairs of gold cuff | links; a Masonic gold pin: four, rings, including two diamond rings, one belonging to Mrs. Raiph Moser! and one to Mrs. Rainier: throe gold watch chains; ’ three lovaliers; a . baby’s bracelet and two baby rings:; a string of beads; a fountain pen. and other articles, in fact, about every piece of jewelry in the house was taken. I Mrs. Moser, who makes her home ■ with her grand mother. Mrs. Rainer, left the house before eight o’clock , ,to go to a picture show. She returnIfd home about nine o’clock and when she tried to open the front door, the key would not go in the lock. She called to one of the neighbors and 'after another futile attempt, it was idec’ded that a key had locked the i door from the inside. Mrs. Moser land the neighbor went so the back door and there they found both doors 'ajar. They went into the house and (saw that someone had been there. A 1 key was in the front door lock, * A search was made and it was found that the thief or thieves had ( ransacked every dresser and bureau drawer in the house. Evidence show ! ed that they were getting ready to j take tlie silverware from the buffet drawer and it is thought that the thieves were still in. the house when Mrs. Moser tried to unlock the door and the knowledge that someone (Continued On Page Five) PARACHUTE DROP THRILLS CROWD 'Hugh Moyer Provides Thrill For Many” Spectators Here Today The double parachute drop' from an airplane, several hundred feet in the air, proided a real thrill for spectators in Decatur this afternoon.! who witnessed the feat of Hugh Moyer as he dropped from the plane. I The plane was flying west of the' G. R. & I. railroad tracks mid north; of Decatur, when Moyer cut loose. He came down several feet before the first parachute opened. He rode the air for a minute or two and then cut loose again, making the double parachute drop. The wind was strong apd it carried Moyer over the river and he lighted in front of Bellmont Park along the cement road. The airplane was driven by Otto Smith. Monroe boy. who lias been making flights for the past year or; I two. Moyer has made 153 successful drops from an airplane this year, including the one today. o — Three Hunters Injured ■ Frankfort. Ind., Nov. 15—(Special 1 to Daily Democrat)—Three Frank- * fort men were suffering today with 1 injuries received in a hunting acci- 1 dent. A shotgun leaned against a fence 11 fell and was discharged, J.he charge | striking the trio. p The injured. Hurry Foster,. Fred.t Foster and Chester Luke. i

(Pumpkin Weighing 110 Pounds Received Here What Is believed Io be one of the largest pumpkins ever grown wap reI r eived this morning by Mr. and Mrs. |Perry Elzey, of North Sixth street, (from th*ir son Marl’Elzey Sherrard, ill. The pumpkin weighs 110 lbs. and ( measures 4G inches In circumference ; from tip to tip and 38 inches in cir- ' < utftt’erenre the short way. Mrs. Elzey believes that it will make 1 enough pumpkin pies for Thanks < giving day to supply the entire neigh I borliood. Mr. JClzey stated in a let-, ter to In's mother that he bad six of the large pumpkins ors his farm. ENTERS HOSPITAL NEXT WEDNESDAY • Mark Noble. Decatur Lad. Enters Riley Hospital For Treatment Carl Noble will accompany his ten- ; year-old son Mark Noble, tn. Indianapolis nekt Wednesday where the hoy will Ito admitted so the James Whit(comb Riley Memorial Hospital for ! Crippled children. Mark is the first crippled boj- in Indiana to lie admitted to the Riley .Memorial hospital. He will receive 'treatment there for paralysis of the legs. He has iteen a cripple for the past seven years, suffering from an attack of infantile paralysis when he 'was three years old. Application to have the little fellow admitted to the I hospital was made last year. The ■ hospital was dedicated last month and’ at that time the implication of' Mark Noble was accepted. VA ord was received here recently that the boy would he the first child to be admitted to the hospital for treatment and his parents and many friends are joyful over the fact and hopeful that with the aid of the skilled physicians, it will lie only a short I me until the use of ]fs little legs (will be restored. The father is emp'oyed in a local garage I o Audrey June Mvers Dies Os Indigestion I . Audrey June Mvers. apo 2 years daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, of Hoagland, died at her home at 1:15 o’lock this morning, following a brief illness of indigestion. The child was taken sick yesterday morning and died in spasms. The child was born June IS. 1922. She is survived by her parents; one brother. George; one sister. Eunice Eileen; four grandparents, Mr. and (Mrs. Sloan Myers, of north of the city, ■ ami Mr. and Mrs. John Rash, of near (Bobo. The child was a great grand daughter of Wilson Myers, who died at the Slian Myers residence last Tuesday. Funeral services will be held from the Sloan Myers residence I at 2:30 q’clock Sunday afternoon. ■ Burial in the Maplewood eemeterv I o . — FOOTBALL SCORES First Hall Notre Dame. 11; Nebraska, (> Princeton, 0; Yale. 0. Brown. 7; Harvard, fl. o 1 i Eighteen Steel Mills I ( In Gary Are Reopened ' I 1 (United I’resse Service) | • Gary, Ind.. Nov. 15 —Eighteen steel , sheet mills ”f the Inland steel company have been reopened here today. , Within the next few weeks additional units will be put into operation, ac- r cording to an announcement. The reopening of the mills nec.es- j sitated drafting of working crews s from other mills. The increased opera i tion of the Inland is part of a oral upward move in production J which the (’ulumet has experienced Jn the past few weeks after u period i during vlhiclt production was on a part-time basis. The blast furnaces which the In-' land Company h»s under construction ' now will be put into operation eatly. (in 1925. plant official said.

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ATTORNEY IS ARRESTED IN CLEVELAND, 0. j , Charged With Connection ' In $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot ’MEMBER OF A GANG 'Five - Dollar Mar Saving ' Stamps Being Published And Passed < United Frees Service) Cleveland, O„ Nov. 15 (Special to Daily Democrat) .1. V. Zoltarelli. local altornev. was arrested today by William Harper. U. S. secret service operative, in connection with what federal officers said was a “nation-wide -$.5,000,000 counterfoiling conspiracy." 'l’he warrant on which Zottarelli was arrested charged him with possessing, uttering, publishing ttnd passing counterfeit I'nited States securities $5 war savings stamps dated 1919. Zottarelli also is charged with selling 840 bogus stamps of $4,200 face value. Detective Harper said the attor- , ney was a member of a gang of counterfeiters who were flooding the I'nited States treasury department with counterfeit stamps. The gang operated in New York, Chicago. Pittsburgh, (leveland. St. Louis and oth°r cities, according to the federal officer. "The total amount of the swindle cannot be definitely established until the treasury department examines practically all the redeemtul 1919 stamps, hut it probably will reach $5,000,000." Harper declared. The stamps were brought to Cleveland by a Chicago member of the gang for disposal, according to the detective. The “money" plant is believed to be in Chicago, but has not yet been located. o Lockjaw Kills Lad Evansville. Ind., Nov. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Lockjaw following injuries received when he was kicked in the jaw by a horse caused the death of Allen Crumge, 7. BEET GROWERS RECEIVE PAY First Pay Roil For Farmers Amounts To $125,000; Get Pay Today j The first payroll for beet growers was distributed today by the HollandSt. I.miis Sugar Company of this city and approximately sl2s.nth) in cash, was placed in the purses of the farmers who grew bests for the company. The total payroll amounted t<, several thousand dollars more, but out of the first payment comes the deductions for seed and other charges incurred by the grower during the year. The amount of cash distributed to the farmers of Adams County amounted to about $25,000, it was stated. Local banks handled the account for the sugar company. The next beet payroll will be on December 15th and the second payment will run larger than the first. Next Tuesday is the regular semimonthly pay day for the mill workers and approximately $15),000 will be paid to the employes who work in the sugar mill and about the yarlls. In addition to the mill employes, those in charge of the weighing stations throughout the Holland-St. Louis .territory will also receive their pay checks. It was stated that all the beets would he -lifted by the end of next 'week. Many tons of beeta are now 'stored a', the mill and the sugar making process has been running full blast for several weeks.