Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1924 — Page 1

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■MEN FOR ■eO CROSS ROLL ■call appointed ■ u V.nu.ii \inaiul. County ■ ■’liairnum. Names His ■ Assistants BfiXT NEW MEMBERS ■ Method Os Solicitation Left I |]n Hands Os Various ■ (hairmen Vt . Mirand. county chair-■ jtf cross Roll Call in (9S appointed chair- , r , wn« Khg, |. , and Pct* I To■E9L;. \i ; rji;d iwnt to Monroe and. <>n-J |^M„ r someone IO takej campaign at those ■ i ■KB, p,. W. V Amstutz, super--.bools appointed. Cl.i’ i Anderson •<- McKean . airman. At Preble. Mrs. ik-.oidslalT will be the chairand at Peterson. Mrs. Henry ■ gpL,-: has consented to take the ■ of th--- ...mpaign ~' S the places wili be left in the hands[ ■ <jfpr' rinaii. they to decide when’ |i,,\v the general solicitation of ■ neo ntt'inli. rs in the Adams county. K Sinter of t'ne Red Cross will be, I ISt '. It is thought that the schoolj ■ tea liters and ministers of the dif-| churches in the county will he' to lend what assistance they, ■ 4 in helping to secure members er.'i' charitable organization. |Hhe solicitation of Red Cross in Decatur will be held on ■ Ssi day. November 23, and Mr. B Ax and will try to secure etjough to call at all homes in this on next Sunday. ■i®i - ■ “ Totals Os | Vote Eor State Officers t Nov. 17 —The pluralIM Jackson, republican over. M-W Carleton McCulloch, democrat, governor of Indiana on Nov. 4 81.881, official figures given out ■■ lie state canvassing board showed ■\ received 654,184 and MeS®och. 572,303 votes. plurality of Frederick ShorteKtatjer, republican candidate for secreof state was 72,372, greater than son's. for secretary of state were: Wrtenieier. 681.984. Arthur Hamrick, Lieutenant governor. Harold gßr l 01m:i ". republican. 630,224; Lew ■Bannon, democrat, 562.327. Superintendent of Public InHenry Sherwood, republican. 675,341; Samuel Scott, democrat. State Treasurer. Bernhardt H republican. 629,301; Harry ®ti')ld. 577.214. Attorney General, Arthur Gil- ■». republican, 625.793; Harvey ■rmon, democrat, 580,596. Auditor of State, Lewis Bowrepublican. Robert ■p'ken, democrat, 579,364. JBST SNOW FELL ■ HERE ON SUNDAY ■nother Flurry Started This | Morning; Temperature Falling ■"ihe first snow pf the season fell ■•terduy in Decatur. A light flurry ■filled as soon as they fell on the ■mind. This morning at about nine- ■ My. another small flurry, started indications were that more snow fall during the day. ■The thermometer, at six o’clock morning, registered 28 {above, the day of the season this year. ■ fi t night the thermometer fell to ■ ou * 23 degrees. Last year the first g 11 "' flun-y fell on Nov. 7. A year ■" today the thermometer registered ■ degrees above at six o’clock and a ■“' ago yesterday it stood as 44 de(f ontinued On Page Five)

Fifth Arrest Made In Counterfeiting Conspiracy Cleveland, Nov, 17 I Special t 0 Pally Democrat) A fifth arrest was made here today In connection with | the nation wide bogus war savings | stamps plot which authorities sny Is one of the most gigaantic counterfeiting conspiracies in the country* history. | Biiigaso Russo, local steam ship | , agent and financial dabbler among IItalians was arrested today at his ' of business as "the bhifns" of the i Cleveland branch of the gang. | Russo was charged with "uttering ■ and attempting to puss" counterfeit war savings stamps. MANY ATTEND REVIVAL SUNDAY 'Evangelist Preached Three Strong Sermons At i M. E. Church I Evangelist Ijine preached three I strong sermons at the Methodist re- | rival Sunday. His audiences were large, especially the evening audi-1 ence, when every seat in the audi-. torium was occupied and many in J the Sunday School room were taken. The meeting last night was by far the best one yet held. A deep religious interest was manifest. Rev. Lane spoke on. "The Finish." He portrayed the final result of "no harm ] sins." People are not much influency 1 ed by vulgar sins, but they are led|* captive by those things which they t say are not harmful, declared the 1 | evangelist. The most dangerous perj son. he said, is the moral man who j does not have God in his life. . |1 At the Sunday morning service I the evangelist spoke on. “The 1 Church." He particularly emphasized 1 1 the fact that it is a body of faithful < believers and he urged loyalty to I Christ and consistent living. Those who attended the afternoon < service enjoyed a spiritual fenst. It i consisted of an excellent message by t ] the preacher and stirring testimonies 1 by Christian people. ; There will be no service this even- i ing. but there will be a service every other evening this week, starting at 7:30 o’clock. Tuesday evening will be "mothers' and daughters'" night; Wednesday will be Junior League night; Thursday will be Ladies Aid Society night; ] Friday will be family night; and . Saturday will be Sunday School ( night. There will be morning prayer , meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, j, Thursday and Friday. One will be held in the Industrial Association 1 , room at 9 o'clock each morning and , will be led by Rev. Lane. There, will be meetings Tuesday morning in the following homes at 9; 30 o’clock. Mrs. Martin Gilson. 314 Madissn street; Mrs. C. 11. Colter, leader. Mrs. Frank Crist, 247 North Seventh street; Mrs. F. W. Downs, leader. Mrs. O. L. Vance, 603 North Second street; Mrs. IT. S. A. Bridge, leader. Mrs'. Martin Beery, 810 Monroe street; Mrs. Ed Beery, leader. Mrs. F. V. Mills, 343 Mercer avenue; Mrs. E. 11. Lane, leader. Homecoming Planned Sunday. November 30 will be homecoming day. It is expected that many out-of-town members and former members of the First Methodist church will be present that day. Resident members are requested to write to relatives and friends, inviting them to come home for that service. A pot-luck dinner ami supper will be enjoyed at the church that day. ♦ Gets Judgment Against The Carrysott Company Auburn. Nov. TPa judgment of $28,839. was entered Saturday by judge Endicott in favor of the Lincoln National bank, of Fort Wayne, against Ih'nry L. Carrysott. Fred W. Uebclhoer, Theodore, C. Trier, Leo O'Brien, Conrad H. Doehrtnan, Fred C. Lepper, Ijouisa Kleine. G. C. Caloy, Frank M. Hogan, Adolphns Carrysott. Chauncey L. Heffellinger. Charles WBranstrator and the Carrysott Implement company. This is the second judgment of the same size entered in favor of this bank, the result of two bonds being given theh bank to secure it for loans made to the Carrysott Implement company, which later failed. Most of the signatures are the same on both notes. t

DELAY MEETING OF GRAND JURY Three Members Excused And Names Os Three More Are Drawn |, A postponement of the opening 'session of the grind jury was found necessary this morning when three of the six men drawn for jury service were unable to serve. The three men were excused and the jury coin- 1 missioners drew tlitee more names. The court ordered the jurors to convene at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. W. D. Hower, one of the men originally drawn for service on the grand jury, is not a resident of the county now and therefore not qna)i-< fled for service. Fred Fox. of French township, and James L. F<vgel, Jr..j presented good excuses for not | serving and were exi used. The names drawn by the jury commissioners this morning were Dan Sprang. Decatur; Thomas Bess. M’ashington township: and Sephus Fleming, of Union township. The othermembers of the jury are George H.' Rice. Monroe township: Martin Bulte--1 meier. Preble township; and Arnold Aschelman, Hartford township. o Four Farmers Killed By Train At Grade Crossing (United Presse Service) Peoria. 111., Nov. 17 -Four farmers of Atkinson. 111., were killed Sunday afternoon when their automobile was struck by a Rock Island passenger train at the road crossing in Tiskilwa The d'ead: , Harley Peck, 50 years old; Henry De Roo. 22, Henry’s son. and August De Sutter. 31. Earl De Roo died in the Princeton hospital a short time after the accident. The others were killed instantly. I The dead men were prominent stock raisera.Afcj. wexft-aui their way to Tiskilwa to visit friends and to, I purchase stock. The crossing at Tiskilwa is not considered dangerous | as it is possible to see approaching , trains for some distance. Knights Os Pythias To Hold County Meeting A county meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held at Geneva this morning and several Decatur men are planning to. attend. Dore ,B. Erwin., grand Chancellor of the Knights of I [Pythias in Indiana, who has been visiting K. of P. Uxlges in the state [the past two weeks will attend the I meeting. Mr. Pease, lodge deptVy at Geneva, will be in charge of the meeting. , 6 FIRE DAMAGES COUNTRY HOME City Firemen Called To Harry Bracht Home In Kirkland Township The Decatur fire department was called to the Harry Bracht home, ini Kirkland township, at about 11:1(1 Sunday morning. A fire of unknown j origin started in the stairway and a matt driving pass the place saw'the smoke rolling out of the house. He notified the neighbors and the alarm was sent into the local department by Ed Arnold. Neighbors assisted in putting out the flames, but considerable damage was done to the house, before the blaze was finaly extinguished. The Bracht family was attending Sunday school and no one was, in the house at the time of the fire. The damage was covered by insurance, it was said. The Bracht home is locat ed west of the Kirkland high school on the north side of the road. —o Auto Accidents Claim Five Lives In Chicago (United Presse Service) Chicago. Nov. 17—Five persons were killed and IS injured in weekend automobile accidents here. Fire Captain peter Christenson. 53, was crushed to death when his fire truck ran into a taxicab. The truck overturned. Efive other firemen were badly hurt. The taxicab driver and bis two fares also were injured. A total of 597 persons have been killed in Chicago and Cook county since the first of the year.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 17, 1924.

Passenger Trains On Missouri Pacific Collide (United Presse Service) Kansas City, Nov. 17. George Dieort. engineer, was killed and several persons were injured when the Miss'ourl Pacific passenger trains Numjhers 20 east bound and 13 west bound, pllided head-on lit Syracuse, east of here, today, according to reports to 'the company's office. Details of the wreck were lacking here. o FARM MEETING ON WEDNESDAY Dairy-Sugar Beet-Drainage Meeting In Root Township The next of the series of dairy-' sugar beet-drainage meetings will, be he'd Wednesday evening, November 19. at the Fuelling school in Root, township. The meeting will open ■ with motion pictures which have been obtained from Purdue by the county agent. The pictures'will be followed by several short talks on the subjects of sugar l bee>ts, drainagie and dairying. Following the meeting a “feed” consisting of hot wiener sandwiches and ice cream will be served all present. A local committee consisting of Andrew Fuelling. Rev. Moeller, Wm. | Busick and Paul Dorn is in charge of, arrangements. The meeting will begin about 7:15 and the public is invited. Mother Os I. Pierpont Morgan Dies In New York; — (United Presse-Service) New York. Nov. 17.—J Pierpont Morgan, famous international banker, .has lost his raee with deaUi. ! While the banker was dashing to her bedside from France on the |Bere'ngaria. his aged mother died at jher home in Highland Falls. N. Y., today. No details of th" death had been received at the office of the Morgan fi’-m here. Mr::. Morgan, who was past eighty, had been ill several days. Her son was notified while he was in Paris lust week and set out for [home at once. Radio advices of the Ideath were sent him aboard the .Berengaria, it was said at the Morgan offices. He is expected to arrive in New York late Friday or early Saturday . The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, which, because of the patient's advanced age. she was S 3, caused physicians to give up hope. Death came shortly after midnight. Doctors said the aged woman had been in a coma for days proceeding her death. Plans for the funeral will not be announced until after the arrival of the son. Mrs. Morgan before her marriage ' was Frances Louise Tracey, o— SEEK FUNDS FOR CATHOLIC HOME ’Addition To Gihault Home For Bovs Is Necessary Is Report A letter from Rt. Rev. Bishop Herman J Alerding. bishop of the Fort ■jWayne Catholic diocese, pertaining to the Gibault Home for boys, located at Terre Haute, was read Sunday at the masses at the St. Marys Catholic church. The demands for admittance ! .to the home is so great that additions Ito the beautiful building are necesisary and a campaign will he made in [lndiana for the raising of funds. In l this city, tickets will be sold and whatever money is raised will be sent to the Gibault home. The Gibault home was established by the Knights • of Columbus of Indiana and at present 75 boys make their home there. ... x -t- 1 Weather Unsettled tonight wit! rain or snow in east and north portion. Tuesday fair. Not mnch change In tempera . ture. !

PRESBYTERIANS HEAR EDUCATORS Large Audiences Attend Christian Education Sen ices Two large audiences attended the services held nt the Presbyterian church Sunday in observ nice of Christian Educat, on Sunday, which is the opening day of National Education Week. Prof. 1.. •' Ward, silI perintendent of tlie Fort Wayne city schools, delivered a highly interesting an instructive address during the forenoon session on Ahe subject. : “Training for Christian Leadership." I Mr. Ward is a prominent educator land is well versed on the subject of his address here. ' During the Sunday evening service IM. 1 M. F. Worthman, superintendent of ■ the Decatur citv schools, delivered lan interesting address on the suhi ject. "Our Obligation to (Tur Young Folks." Mr Worthman dealt mainly with the leal situation, telling of the many problems confronted bv the city school teachers'and bow the parents can assist by co-operating with the teachers. On Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Ward will address a community meeting in the high school auditorium, which will be held in observance of National Education Week. The public is urged to (attend the meet'ng and bear Mr Wald, who will speak on the American Constitution. Dawes Undergoes An - Operation For Hernia (United Presse Service) Chicago, Nov. 17 -Charles G. Dawes republican vice-president-elect is in (the Evanston hospital today recuperat ing fro man operation for hernia. While Dawes' physicians declared the case to be minor iji character, they said the patient might be confined to the hospital for two weeks. Dawes was operated on late yesterday. only a few hours after the recurrence of the attack of rupture, which first became evident six years ago when the general was taking examination for army service. "Tlie condition which developed probably is an t xaggeration of trouble noted then." Dr. William H. Parkes, one of the physicians, declared. Only a local anant sthetic was used, Dawes chatting during the operation. After the operation he dictated a telegram to President Coolidge, explaining that the operation was not serious. FINOS CONTRACT WRITTEN IN 1813 C. J. Lutz Has Contract Signed Bv Grandfather To Teach School Attorney C. J iaitz lias recently come into possession of a family heirloom which he prizes highl} and which is quite significant for Education Week, which is being observed throughout the country this week. It lis a contract signed by his grandi father. Samuel Lutz, to teach in a district school in Pennsylvania and is dated January 4. 1813. one himdied and eleven years ago. It provides for a salary of about, eight dollars a month, every other Saturday off. the teacher to instruct the chil dren in reading, writing and arithmetic and that, a suitable place must be provided. Mr. Lutz four. I the old contract among a number of papers which belonged to his sister, the late Mrs. C. F. True. A number of documents and souvenirs of a century ago. including a copy of the 1 famous Ulster County Gazette were ' with the contract. Mr. Lutz will 1 have Hie old contract framed and 1 present it to his eldest grandson, thai it may remain in the family. — ——o 7 Illness Prevents Editor From Speaking Sunday On account of illness. Rev. Michael ‘ Andrew Chapman, associate editor of "Our Sunday Visitor." of Huntington was unable to come to Decatur, Sunday, and deliver his lecture at the Knights of Columbus hall. It is thought that possibly Rev, Chapman will come here next Sunday and de- | liver his talk at the K. of C-. hall.

Domestic Science Class Entertains School Board' | The domestic science class of Decatur high school, taught by Miss I Naomi christen, will give a dinner | for the members of the city school board in the high school building this ( evening tit 5 o'clock. Following the l dinner the school board will hold its , regular business meeting. t The domestic eii-lu e clas< will give a dinner lor the city teachers at G| o'clock Wednesday evening. L. C. I Ward, -upi rintendent of the Fort I Wayne city schools wil address the! teachers following the dinner. WILL NOT ACCEPT CORRECTED COUNT Secretary Os State Jackson » Refuses To Accept Denton Votes Indianapolis, Nov. 17. I Special to Daily Democrat)—Ed Jackson. Secretary of state today decided against accepting additional certified election returns from Howard and Sullivan counties which would give George Denton, of Evansville, democratic candidate for justice of the state supreme court of a plurality of 412 over Benjamin Willoughby, republican. W. W. Speneer. attorney for the democratic state committee, announced hez will file mandamus proceedings in Marion county superior court to force Jackson to accept the corrected returns. | He declared he had several cases in point in Indiana and several other states. Jackson said acceplance of the additional returns would raise manv legal complications which could only be settled in the courts. He indicated that there was no precedent for such action and that it would’take a court mandate to get the corrected returns on the record. The official canvass without the corrected returns from the two counties gave the election to Willoughby by one vote. Seek Former Policemen For Hagerstown Robbery Fort Wayne. Nov. 17 —Although the authorities of every city in the cen-r---al states have been notified to be on Hie lookout for Carl W. Roberts and John N. Pritchard, the two Fort Wayne ex-policemen charged with holding up and robbing of Hagerstown Union Trust company of sl.6tm. Friday, no trace or clew to their whereabouts has been obtained, according to the police. Conjecture at Hie police station most often suggests that the pair is in hiding in Detroit. Toledo or Chicago, . or that they have made their way to Canada. "They will be caught sooner or later." was the most general opinion t expressed by policemen who knew them both. "They are both pretty smooth birds. If they separate, Pritchard may never be caught, but the fact that Roberta has a wife and children | in Fort Wayne is sure to cause him to . return sometime or else he will write il to them and thus disclose his hiding t place. On the other hand, h ■ may I- figure that he would get at least It) a years in the penitentiary during d which time he would not be able to i- see bis family and that may deter him >- from visiting here." I Other policemen were of the opiny ion that neither would permit, himI self to be captured without a gun t- fight. Both ate said to have plenty tor nerve and no weakness where e danger is concerned. f Pritchard jvas reputed to bo one of '. the best revolver shots on the Fort f Wayne police force. Stories of his i experiences with his .45 rival those ' of famous cowboys and saloon fight ‘ ers when the west was wild and wooly I The police have learned that PrilI chard left Fort Wayne armed with liree .45 calibre r fl? TH I While it is admitted that the hunk robbery was daringly executed errors in planning to avoid detection are also pointed out. The most glaring "boner" was the alleged theft of the big touring car which Pritchard formerly owned and of its being returned to the city and left standing on Arcadia court after tlm l>*nk robbery. Another was the use of n paper in the bank which bore Roberts’s name Captain of Detectives William F. T’appert was still confident that the I men will soon he captured,

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AIR EFFORTS OF HAWKINS CO. TO EVADE COURTS Officials Made Effort To Raise “Defense Fund” Is 'Charge HEAR MORE INVESTORS Trial Os Portland Firm Continues In Court At . Indianapolis * <l'iille,j Press Service) Ind anapolis, Nov. 17 (Special to : Daily Democrat) —Efforts of Hawkins | Mortgage Co < officials • to evad, 1 prosecution were aired today by government witnesses in the trial of sixteen company officials charged with conspiracy to use the mails to defra nd. A letter, purporting to have been written by a “stock holders protective committee." defending the offi cials after they were indicted by the federal grand jury here, was placed in evidence. The letter appealed for a "defense fund" for officers of the company and was mailed w stockholders who the government charges, were defrauded out of millions of dollars by the Hawkins Co., and allied loan societies. Dr. Charles M. Burge, of Logansport. Ind., testified be did not know he was chairman of the “stockholders protective committee" until he was called to New York for a meeting. Other government witnesses gave testimony indicating they did not know the Hawkins officials intended to use the eomimttee to shield themselves against the attack of the government. Other government witnesses today included a number of persons who lost through investments in the Hawkins stock. Defense attorneys indicated today that each of the defendants will take the stand utter the government rests its case Tuesday. About 25 other defense witnesses nave beeu subpoeu aed. Responses to the letters brought in only S3B for the defense fund according to the testimony of Samuel Stewart of Danville. Ind secretary of the "protective committee" „■-, u ■«.— () — Safe Blowers Get Big Sum In Chicago Cabaret (United Presse Service) Chicago, Nov. 17 Seven safe blowers tied up the watchman in the i Pershing Palace cabaret her, early i today blew open the safe and escaped , with $12,800. The robbery was dis > covered with the arrival of the day |>orier. r o~ ' Ben Smith Arrested For Wife And Child Desertion > Sheriff Join) Baker arrested Ben I Smith here Saturday night and held I him in the county jail until Suni day morning, when he was taken to i Bluffton by Sheriff Noah Franhiger, ■ of Wells county. Smith is wanted in Bluffton to answer to » charge of wife and child desertion. DECATUR YOUTHS IN AUTO WRECK Three Young Men Injured When (ar Overturns Near Geneva Brice Roop and Floyd Baxter, of this city, ami another young man also from Decatur, whose natne was not learned, were Injured in an automobile accident Saturday on the state road, north of Geneva, at the double curve, near the bridge. The cur, driven by Mr. Roop, turned turtle, pinning Mr. Baxter and the other occupant under the car. Mr. Roop was thrown into the back seat. Tfis head and face were cut and bruined and Baxter received a severe cut on the leg. The third person also re- : 'crived slight injuries. Roop called to a person near the i scene of the wreck ami Hie car was . lifted off the two men and a local garage sent a car to the acene of H |e s accident anti pulled it in '1 he men ~ had been out hunting, It was stated. H