Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1924 — Page 1

Huh XXII Number 275.

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Ij® TAKES ■en LIVES IN ■ WTMCITT Experiences Coldest J ■November 18 Ever ■ Recorded Imh |Bol.l> IN INDIANA a S®<' ( onliiiues In Crip Os ■■l’irst ( old Wave Os ■ Season |HI il’iiit-d I’res-e Service) Nm. IS New York ■9BL, d !' again today on th'' \ ( ,i |\ a. I' l . The coldest oh this date was KO l ’ l ’ were ’dead in the a as result of the ; v, hi.li ,!'■'( ended suddenly on d> ~d wit.- women, use t'lnl. by automobile' i i.e fail'-d o> hear on '-x !>•>•■’r<-. dying l.is isn■MB 1 ' 1 was accompanied tale which reached ' ■ T®' l ’' of 7n miles an hour and ' (( ionic propm lions ■ 1 ’ Anrja reached port after ; hours and r. 'ln- loss of :> seaman who had ■ h‘"W:i "Vei board while attempt ■B'” C|t awa; on,, of flip lifalwmts KB' 11 11:1,1 been smashed by the HMvv Rfias. ■ ■”' l "’her persons who put out ww t: all fishing schooner early yes B h:lv '' l ' ailp, l to return and ■ I® Iti’lim oil to have been drowned. «a» / ■ Nov, is.— Indiana conflf today in the icy grip of the ■ v ' a '’e of the season which R BRf ushered in with a sudden drop in ■ and snowfall throne,hoot state yesterday. ■ unexpected advent of winter .' B W'"'" 1 ' af, er the unusually warm R RR ~lt ' r of 1,10 past month brought R ’o hundreds In thho teneI S’" '‘‘ ’ ri et ot the cities and (limitH9r ■”d welfare organizations w.-re R Witll apppals for aid. B Wind dealers reported a flood of ord- ■ 11 householders hastened to lay R^K 1 supply of fuel. R Win snowfall was generally through I M the state yesterday ranging from 118 iaa »e S at Goshen to a light fall I ■southern parts of the state. o [ I CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE | BB Vl ' Pa,: De* $1.53'4; May $1.60%; | »0%. Corn: Dec. $2.15%; _ sl - 22 ’/sl July $1.23%. Oats: [ s <’4e; May 59c; July 57%c. |AX BOARD TO II SEND MAN HERE Representative To Review I Assessments In County Next Saturday ■ f,ll,ll ty Assessor William Zimmer- ( ■ an has received word that a repre■ntative of the state tax board will | B? in the city next Saturday to R e ‘ v cer fain assessments of personal ■rnperty in this county. 11 was stated that several tnxpa.vB s have received notice from the' ■'•’lp hoard to appear at the assess-’ Rs office while the state represents- 1 Rf eir assessments should not be in- ■ In all probability, James Showaltof Indianapolis, will' be the man charge ot the hearing. Coitnty Ossessor Zimmerman was of the Jpinion that the assessments in this ■ouuty were accepted as final, as no' B Pmpl “int had been registered with Last year the state tax board ■t'cteaspd the assessments of several

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No Trace Found Os Two Ex-Policemen (United Presse Service) I Fort Wayne. Ind . November, IS ■ No trace has been found of John 1 "Jack” Pritchard, and Carl W. Rti j Herts, former I'ort Wayne police officers, charged with holding up the Hagerstown. Ind., bank last Friday , and escaping with $1,700 in loot. . 'the two men ar- believed to have gone to Detroit, Mich., having been seen ai tbe Wabash railway station at Grabill. Ind. 'many hunters ■ TIKE TO FIELDS I Snow And Fine Weather Brings Out Large Army Os Nirnrods i I Peter Rabbjtt and ills family wore having a hard time of it today, try- ■ ing to get away from the army of hunters, who, attracted by the snow i ! and fine weather, started out early | I this morning with dog and gun to | shoot rabbits. | Sime Monday afternoon and up until two o’clock today. County Clerk 1 John E. Nelson hid issued 39 hunt-, ing Ihemtes. This November prom-. , ise.s to lie the record month at the; clerk’s off’ce in issuing hunting liI t enses, a total of 223 licenses, includ-] ing two non-resideut licenses, having been issued since the first of the j ; month. , Reports from those who had been out hunting this morning were that 1 rabbits were plentiful and that it was| easy to catch them ’napping.” | Around Monroe the hunters were; thick it was stated. A party of tour; men were out a few hours and succeeded in bagging 14 of the cotton-1 tails. Several men from Decatur; started out this morning and by noon had returned with from a half dozen . or more rabbits and everyone seem-1 ed to enjoy the snow and typical hunting weather, except Peter Rabbit. his children Flopsy, Mopsy and] Cotton-tail, not saying anything about I the feelings of mother rabbit. Although many farmers have for bidden hunting on their farms, it seems that the number of hunting licenses grows every year and in cases the farmers take a day off and go in search of rabbits. —O Snow Was One Os Heaviest First Snows On Record The snow which fell yesterday was one of the heaviest for the early season snows in recent years. The weather bureau recorded the depth at five inches. The thermometers dropped during the night and this morning at six o'clock they registered between 12 and 13 above. At noon the sun was melting the snow and another day wilt more than likely see the last of itW. C. T. U. Enjoys Food Made In Former Breweries (I’nited Presse Service) Chicago, Nov. 18.—Ice cream cones from ’’Kinky Dinks” butter from a former brewery, rye bread from what was once “Big Tim’s place" and cheese from another former saloon were served at a meeting of W. C. T. U. directors., in convention here today. Every article on the menu was produced in -shops that were formerly breweries or saloons. With water that sparkled in a beer ' stein. Miss Anna Gordon, national 'president, drank a toast to prohibition in the United States and to the sue*cess of the tight against liquor traffic in every country in the world. o Man Injured By Boar Greeiftastle. Ind., Nov. 18. —Clyde Carrington, 20, was seriously injured ' late yesterday when he was attack- ' ed by a savage bear. He lost his footing when he entered a stock barn with an armload of corn and the animal hit several pieces | of flesh out ot his right leg.

! DEFENSE OPENS CASE IN TRIAL OF HAWKINS CO. Motions To Instruct .Jury, To Acquit Defendants Overruled DEFENDANT ON STAND Anthony Seheib, Vice-presi-dent. First Defendant To Testify (T''iilc'l Press Staff Cerresnonilcnt) Indianapolis. Nov. 18 —(Special to . Daily Democrat I—Mol'ons to in I i struct the jury to return a verdict I 'of not gtiiltv by attorneys for seven I ‘of the sixteen defendants in the. .Hawkins Mortgage mail fraud case. 1 were overruled by Judge Geiger in ' federal court today.' The motions were filed immediate-' .ly alter the government rested its case. Anthony Sc’ne’b whowas/ice pres-j ident of the Hawkins Co., will be the i first of the defendants to take the, stand in his own behalf, defense at- ! torneys announced. Seheib will attempt to prove that the subsidiary loan sociefes of the 1 Hawkins Co., made money before 'they were absorbed by it J The first defense witness. Chester rOreen, of R'cbinond. Ind., manager of 'the Welfare Loan Society there, testtified in support of defense cla'm that <ie subsidiary companies were profit, . 'niak'ng organizations. 1 'A mirnh'r -a»f- i-htwaaler w lues sea .‘were also to testily for the defense J Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Farr were at . .Marion today where they att glided the funeral of Mrs. Farr’s •tfsiwr whose death occurred Saturday. ——o / TAX EXEMPTION ONFORESTLAND Adams County Farmer Has Woodland Classified Under Act Os 1921 Hen Gerber, well known. French township farmer, is the first Adams ’ county fagner to take advantage of I an act passed by the 1921 legislature in regard to tax exemption on forest land Under the provision of the act. fifteen acres of wooded land on Mr. Gerber's farm will be assessed at $1 per acre for taxation purposes instead of the regular value of the land. Any person, firm or coporation wishing to have any land classified according to the provision of the act must obtain application blanks from the state forester for that purpose. The applicant must have the land surveyed and pay the surveyor for his services. No parcel of land containing less than three acrees will be accepted for classificafion. The owner is not permitted to use the wood land for pasture, but maintain a sugar camp thereon. The tract, will lie marked by signs furnished by the department of conservation. The owner is required to make a report each year to the state forester. Each track of land classified as "native forest lands." must contain a certain number of trees per acre, according to the age and size of the trees. For instance, if the trees are one year old there must be GOO per acre and if they are not less that} twentyone nor more titan thirty-five years old, there must be 150 trees per acre. The act was passed to encourage timber production and protect water sheds by classif.ving certain lands as forest lands. Although! Mr. Gerber is the first Adams county farmer to take advantage of the law, several > other farmer in the county have made [ inquiry concerning the law and many . more are expected to have their land classified in the near future. It means a saving of many dollars ['.each year for the farmer and at the (isame time preserves the state's naItive timber.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday. November, 18, 1924.

Soldier Unconscious For Period Os Six Days' it'nlied Press Service! Indianapolis. Nov. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) After being uncon I scions for six days, Joseph Rodrig'tez 22. a soldier at Fort Benjamin llarri 1 Ison, emerged today from u state of coma at the military hospital at the fort . ‘ 1 I Rodriguez suffered a fractured skull in an nuto accident. Physicians declared after he regained conscious ’ IK -s that he will probably recover. | GRAND JURORS ' ARE IMPANELLED Michael Wertzberijer Appointed Bailiff; Adjourn Until Tomorrow i The grand jury convened this morn- 1 Jug and was impanelled and sworn in.. | The court appointed Michael J. . Wertzberger bailiff to serve (luring the session of the grand jury. The grand jury was not in session this atternon, the jurors having adjourned 'following the organization this morn-1 •ing. It is thought that the examina--1 tion of witnesses and the inve.-tiga-Ilion of various cas<s will start toinor* row morning. The members Os the grand, jury are Dan Sprang. Thomas Bes«. Sephus Fleming. Martin Ihiltemeier. Arnold As( hleman and George Ji. Rice. WIFE OF COUNTY OFFICIAL DIES Mrs. Ernst Conrad, Wife Os County Commissioner, Dies Suddenly Mrs. Minnie t’oniad age 52 years, w fe of County Commissioner Ernst | Conrad, died suddenly of heart trou b'.e. at 12 o’clock noon today, at her home one and three fourth miles east! ’of tire Fuelling church in Root township. Mrs. Conrad had been ill with erysipe'is for the lasl two iveeks but she was not bothered with heart trouble until today. The physician was at her side when death occured. Mrs. Conrad was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E’red Bohne. and was born in Germany. September 29. 1872. She came to Amerha with her parents when site was nine years old and settled in Adams county, where she made her home until her death She was a member of the Fuelling Lutheran church. Mrs. Conrad is survived by her husband: seven ihildren. Mrs. L. K. Magley, of Decatur; Alvin, of Fort Wayne; Viola. Clarence. Gertrude. Paul and Lloyd, all at home; one grandchild; and three brothers. Henry Borne, of Michigan, and Lewis and Wili am Bohne. of Fort Wayne. The daughter, Miss Gertrude, is a patient in the Adams County Memorial hos (Coniinued on Psge JUDGE J.C.SyTTON GETS COMMISSION Announces That He Will Take Oath Os Office Within Short Time Judge Jesse C. Sutton has received • his commission as judge of the Ad- • ams circuit <*ourt. Judge Sutton, who was appoipted to serve out the unexpired term of the late John C. Moran, was elected judge at the eiec tion held on November 4 Judge Sutton will take the oath of • office within a short time, he stated , today. The commission was dated November 13 and Judge Suttons term will expire in six years. ".Ji.. '.... ... ' Weather Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; rising temperature Wednes I day. j

FIND BODY OF PASTOR'S WIFE IN A FURNACE ’ ’Police Baffled By Mystery Os Death At Columbus, Ohio ' PASTOR QUESTIONED ’ Husband Released Temporarily Following drilling Today (United Presse Service) Columbus, ().. Nov. IS insisting that lie is as mm li baffled by the i | mystery of his wife's death as are the , 'police. Rev. C. V. Sheatslev. pa-tor of ; 'the Lutheran church in the fashion- i able Bexley residential section, was ( (dismissed temporarily today after a ! severe grilling by County Prosecutor John R. King. The pastor went immediately to the ' mortuary where his'wife's charred re-I imain. which he discovered in the par , Isonage furnace, were being prepared for burial. Mrs. Sheatslev wax 50 veaers old and her husband is the same age. I They came to Columbus eight years ago from St. Johns Lutheran church in Pittsburgh. The pastor, and his four children.; Milton, 2”: Clarence bl Elizabeth.' 14. and Alice. 10. appeared ( alm when they arrived at police headquarters They were haggard, however, from a ' sleepless night. Jl-.v.. Sj>ejjsley gu.<e a brief outline' iof ’what I know about this sad affair”) to newspaper men before living questioned by (ounly an<l city autliori. ' ties. The pastor, said Mrs. Sheatsiey was a small woman a id could have — I (Continued On Page Fivei TELL OF MOTOR TRIP TO FLORIOA Decatur People, Sojourning In South, Tell of Interesting Trip i in this city have received’ an ..interesting letter from Mr. and; Mrs. A. D. Hunsicker. and Mr. and j Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker and Mr. and! Mrs. Ben Miller, who recently motor | ed from this city to Florida where' they will spend the winter. The let-, ter. which describes the wonderful tr’p from here to the Gulf, is as follows: Dear Folks at Home: — Trought you would be anxious Io read about our trip south so will write a summary of same so you will have some idea "of our wonderful trip. We left Decatur Get. 14 at 6:3(1 and our first stop was six miles west of Marysville at a little' white church | where we ate our first dinner and | camped that night at a lovely camp ground near Zanesville. The next i day took us lltrough the coal district and of course the coal mines were ' wry interesting to us. We camped that night at' the foot of Summit mountain The weather was ideal I and on the Kith we crossed our first mountain at 9:30. W'e stopped on the* top of Negro mountain which is) 2.908 feet high and had our pictures, I taken beside a large sign which reads; as follows: “Stop" Top of mountain, descend in second gear with ignition] ] cut off. Don't drag brakes, use only] to snub to safe speed—Negro moun , tain—Elevation 2.908 feet. t We thuat confess we were all a r little nervous not knowing what next] I to expect and we all agreed that t ' we wore to live in that section of country we would want a good pair | of wings- The trip over the moun- > tains was wonderful and we • shall never forget the lieautiful scenery. ’ We reached Washington at 3, o’clock Friday, Oct. 17 and camped, at' the Government camp which had every convenience. Saturday we l (Continued on page three) j

Allen County Council Votes For Children’s Home Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. is The I I vonnty council here today voted an appropriation ot $175.0tm for erection] | of a new comity children's home. Tfce council also voted to pave the L MaysvUle road 17 miles to the Ohio state line provided l.iudowners do- ' naie necessary ground for the rightI of-way and provided stale aid is] secured. The paving would cost $519,000. . o MONROE LADY DIED MONDAY — Mrs. Matilda M. Andrews Died Following Two Paralytic Strokes — i Mrs. Matilda Maria Andrews, age | ; 75 years, widow of the late Perry An • |drews. died at her home one mile j west and one-half mile north of .Mon | I roe, at 9:45 o’clock Monday evening.; i Death was due to paralysis, she hav- ’ ing stiffened one stroke four weeks ago land a second one last Saturday. Mrs. Andrews wa« a daughter of) j Martin and Elizabeth Schehrer. and I was born in Columbiana county, i jGhio. October 21. 1549. She spent i .most of her life in Adams county, lr ] diana. coming, here when she was a I child. She was the mother of fifteen (hildrcn. ten of whom pr»-cvded her .in death. Bhe also reared five of her .grandchildren. Mrs. Andrews was n member of the Methodist church at I j Monroe. Hr hnsband died February' ,10. 1923. I Mrs. Andrews is survived by five [ |(hihlren Ed Andrews, of ea-t of Monroe; R< x Andrews, of Kirkland town ] ;ship. and Ralph. Arthur, ami Miss .Carrie Andrews, at home; fourteen grandi hildren; seven great grandchil)droii; two sisters. Misses Carrie and! I Elizabeth Scherer, of Monroe; ami) jone brother. Jacob Scherer, of Mon- | roe. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 1:3il o’clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. S. I. Zechiel, pastor of the Monroe Methodist . church, otficiating. Burial will he I made in the Ray cemetery, near Mon roe. i i Mrs. Harding Little Stronger This Morning Mat-'on. 0.. Nov. 18—(Special to | Daily Democrat) Mrs. Warren G. j Herding has survived another serious .heart attack and now seems to be a | little stronger. Dr Carl W. Sawyer's 9 a. in. bulletin said today. "Mrs. Harding’s condition remained unchanged during the night,” ; Dr. Sawyer said. '] “Early today her pulse became 1 ; very weak and her respiration shal- '; low. She is now rallying from this 'land seems to be a little stronger ' , ■ ■■ . ; , Few Turkeys Received , Bv Produce Companies i! ’ Although Thanksgiving is only ten | days away, very* few turkeys hav“ ] been reci ived by the local produce >'companies. The eastern market took | a drop over the Week end and turkeys ] were quoted in N"W York at only 28 I,'cents. In this city the produce companies were paying twenty-five cents ' tor tm keys. o 'Public Invited To Education Week Meeting The public is urged to attend the I community meeting at the high] I school auditorium Wednesday eventing, at 7:30 o'clock at which time |L. C. Ward, superintendent of the’ Fort Wayne city schools, will speak.) : The meeting is being held in con | ueetion with the observance of, ) National Education Week. At a (meeting of the school principals of I the city recently, it was decided to I hold a big community meeting on ' Wednesday night instead of holding a ininot; observance each day during | the wedk. There will be other inter- | eating numbers on the program be- [ sides Mr. Ward's address.

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BUILDING ANO CONTENTS ARE A TOTAL LOSS Recently Purchased By Frank Heiman At Receiver’s Sale BURNS AT MIDNIGHT Fire Believed To Have P Started In Basement Near Chimney — — Fire completely tlestroyed the I three-story tile block building ] of the Alft) Products company, I recently purchased by Frank Heiman, and located at the ! northern outskirts of the town ! of Monroe, 6 miles south ot De- ; catur. at about 11 :■*><) last night. It is believed that the fire 1 started from sparks which fell from the chimney to the basement after the chimney burned j out. This is the supposition of Mr. Heiman. He does not beI lieve that the fire was of inj cendiary origin. - Mr. Heiman was working in the building yesterday afternoon and had started a fire in a coal stove located on the first floor. He and his ou let’ ,the buildingfat about five o’clock last (•veiling and they made sure that tho l f’re iu the stove was "about out", liefore they left.' The chimney ran f.roui (the hasement of the building to the , roof and Mr. Heiman believes that tlio | chimney burned out and the sparks (fell to the basement floor. It is thought that the trap at tho foot of the chimney might have been open ;ed. Boxes and crates were piled iaroi'inl the chimney and it is thought that the sparks set tiro to these and then spread throughout the building. The blaze was noticed by Albert t'opl.'ss and Webb Oliver who were returning to their home at Monroe after attending a picture show in this ' city. They notified Marshal Robert Andrews, of Monroe, who sounded th" !genera] fire alarm and the Monroe ] hose department answered the call. 'A call was sent to the Decatur fire jdepartment, they receiving the alarm at 11:2i> last night. Jack Fredit, ' captain and Charles Fisher, member of the regular department, drove the big truck and pumper to the scene or 'the fire. Water (amid not be obtained Las the ci-tern was in the basement of lite building and access could not bo I obtained it. The firemen and volunteler helpers fried to put out the blaze .'with th" aid of ehemicalsl but withiout avail. Tlie flames, fanned by a I northwestern wind soon spread throughout the building and at about 2:20 the east and west walls fell it). ‘The north and south walls remain (Continued page two) MERCHANTS MEET IN FORT WAYNE Local Merchants Attend Banquet Os Association The annual banquet of the TriI State Retail Merchants A-sociution | was held at noon today in the An- , llioliy Hotel at Fort Wayne. Decatur merchants who attended the banquet, were Dan M. Niblick. W, A. Kuebler and I. Bernstein. Mr. Niblick was appointed by the I president of the association to make ■ the arrangements for the banquet and to secure the sp.-aker. Mr. N’blick i ,was president of tb»- association turee j'years ago. and at present is president ilof the Indiana Retail Dry Goods As- • soiiytiou. The principal speaker at ; the banquet today was E. J Gall- - meyer, of Fort Wayne. Following the banquet the business session of the ssociatfon was held. >