Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1924 — Page 1

Kolione XXH- Number 278.

MRS. FLORENCE KLING HARDING IS DEAD

JOIN IKE RED CROSS SUNDAY I IS PLEA HERE ■Large Number Volunteer Services To Solicit Memberships [WANT 500 IN DECATUR ■Separate Membership CamI paigns Being Conducted In County !| .Join the Red Cross Sunday. [ 11. Vernon Aurand, county <-hnirliiun of the annual Red Cross Roll leall is gratified at the splendid re-. ■ spouse made by the people of Defeatur in offering their’time and serIvices in making a canvass of the, I homes Sunday afternoon to secure I memberships for the Adams County I Red Cross chapter. The first persons in this city to lienew their membership for the comling year were the nnrses at the Adlams County Memorial Hospital, every i ■ nurse in the institution enrolling her I name as a member of this great orIganization. Mr. Aurand stated that several I men and women had volunteered to ■ solicit memberships Sunday afterlimn and it is planned to visit every I home in Decatur. In view of the ■fact that so many persons have Ivolunteeted to help Sunday, it will Ibe necessaiy for them only to cover la small amount of space. Certain I streets have been alloted to them and I fit is hoped that more than Mm memr tiers can be secured in IkuaUwr aloner t'hairmen at Berne. Geneva. Mon[roe. Linn Grove. Peterson. Pleasant I Mills and Preble are conducting I separate campaigns ami in several I places the schools anil ministers of I the different churches have volun- [ leered their service. At Berne the I high school girls will solicit member-; ships from the homes and business 1 I houses. It costs only SI.OO to renew your membership or join as a new mem- | her of the Red Cross. Half of the amount received through memberi ships will be placed* in the treasury I of the local chapter and used when needed. French Quinn Speaks To High School Pupils i French Quinn delivered an interesting address on “The American Con slitution." during the regular Friday morning chapel exercises at Decatur high school this morning. Mr. Quinn's talk was greatly appreciated by the | .pupils. There were several musical selections given this morning, also. ANNUAL ‘PRAISE SERVICE SUNDAY Annual Service Os W. M. S. Os Presbyterian Church Sunday The annual praise service of the , Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will be held at 10:30 o'clock next Sunday morning The ladies of the church will have charge of the service and special music will be furnished by the ladies choir. Mrs. Varo Merrill, of Chicago, district secretary of the Woman’s Department, Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyteriin church, will be the principal speaker at the service. Mrs. Merrill is a speaker of more than ordinary ability and she is exceptionally versed in the missionary activities of the church. The public is invited to attend the service. Twin Girls Born At Geneva Home Tuesday Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Burley, of Geneva, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Burley formerly was Miss Ida Stahl, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Dick stahl, of Geneva.

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Party Os Gypsies Stop In City This Morningi A parly of.gypsies stopped in Decatur this morning for their breakI last. They ate at a local restaurant, brought part of their food with them and ordered coffee, bread and sandwiches. and one of the women in the party went to a grocery store to purchase other articles of food. The party consisted of two women, a small baby, only a few months old, a boy about eight years old and a man. The women were dressed in typical gypsy costumes and wore several ornaments. The young boy wore overalls and the man was dressed like any other person, wearing a light colored overcoat and conventional clothing. They w*re traveling by auto and inquired how far Willshire, Ohio, and Ft Wayne were from Decatur. 0 _ ' . ROTARIANS HOLD REGUL AR MEETING Talk Made by Dore B. Erwin And Henry Heller; All Present 1 The Rotarians held their regular weekly meet'ng last evening and a is-nappy program was given. James IF. Arno'd pres'ded as chairman and , ca/.ed on a number of the club members for short talks. Dore B. Erwin who returned Wednesday from a trip through tho southern part of state, gave a short talk, and Henry Heller explained that an effort would be made to have Adams county join Allen county and other nearby coun-j ; ties in the support and maintainence of the Irene Byron Tubenjtlosis hos-, pital in Allen county. Every county in this section of the state, with the | exception of Adams has agreed to take an allotment of rooms or wards! in the tuberculosis hospital, and the .hospital authorities have invited Adams county to join. An appropriation would have to be made by the county (council next month, if Adams county [decides to affiliate with the instituII on and rhe matter will be presented before #lie board, it was stated. The Rotarians will not meet next Thursday, it being Thanksgiving, i Last night's meeting saw a one hundred per cent attendance, every member being present, excepa, W A. Klepper. who attended a Rotary meeting at Pittsburgh and was cred-, ited with attending. i ; — 'Trial Os Rav McAdams Postponed Until Dec. 2 Fort Wayne. Nov. 21—Trial of the case of the state against Attorney Ray |McAdams .charged with being a party to a criminal operation which Is alleged to have resulted in the death of Miss Esther Werling. 1632 West Main street, was postponed until December 2. yesterday in circuit court when the defense was unable to produce its star witness. Mrs. Naomi Jackson. 1682 West Main street, sister of Miss Werling. In securing the delay the defense was forced to reveal its hand. It will attempt to prove by Mrs. Jackson. who lived in Terre Haute in January, 1923. that the alleged criminal operation was performed on Miss Werling in Terre Haute without any arangements with Attorney McAdams. who is alleged to have been keeping company with her. The state will attempt to prove that the operation was performed by Dr. George Thain at the home of Mrs. Clara Ormiston. 1324 Swinney avenue and that McAdams helped to make the arrangements. Evansville Man Found Guilty Os Murder Today Princeton. Ind.. Nov. 21.-(Special to Daily Democrat) —Buck Sunders. 42. of Evansville. Ind., today was found guilty of second' degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Otto Heckler, in Evansivlle last August. The two men quarreled in front of Hecklers home and Heckler’s wife separated them according to the evidence. As Sanders walked to his auto he turned suddenly and shot Heckler Witnesses of the killing testified.

PYTHIANS HONOR NEW COMMANDER DORE B. ERWIN Nearly 100 Pythians And Pythian Sisters Attend Reception PRESENTED WITH RING Many Out-Of-Town Visitors Present; Mr. Erwin Speaks Nearly four hundred people attendied the reception and home-coming [ welcome given in honor of Dore B. Erwin of this city. Grand Chancellor of Pythias in Indiana, at the K. of P. home last evening, the Knights and | the Pythian Sisters joining in extend ] ing a welcome to the new Grand | ' Chancellor. | During the program given in the! lodge room Mr. Erwin was presented 1 with a beautiful gold ring, bearing the K. of P. emblem, it being a gift from the Pythian Sisiters and the brother members of his lodge. The ring was presented to him by M. F. Worthman. superintendent of. schools. Mr. Erwin responded by reciting a beautiful, poem which he wrote himself anil expressed his appreciation for the gift. Mr. Erwin’s name and the letters “G. ('.’’ were engraved on the inside of the ring. The program started at 7:30 with the crowd assembled in the lodge [room. F. ('. Hower, chancellor commander of the local lodge, presiding. .The crowd Joined in singing “America." followed by the introduction of the Grand Chancellor, Mr. Erwin, and Frank H. Roberts of lai (Fountain district deputy Grand iChancellor, by James Bain, local lodge deputy. Mr. Roberts made a short talk during the evening. French Quinn, a member of the lodge and well known local citizen, extended the welcome to Mr. Erwin saying in part: “We are gathered together as memliters of the noble order of Knights of Pythias. We meet to do honor to our tContinued on Page siri PLAN A DAIRY SHORT COURSE Two-Day Short Course Planned By Milk Company At Berne Announcement has been made to the effect that a two-day dairy short course will be held in Berne. December 16 and 17. The American Milk Company is the local agency sponsoring the feature and the services of the agricultural extension department at Purdue have been obtained to insure good dairy instruction. Afternoon and evening meetings will be held on the days indicated above, all sessions to be held at the condensory. It is said the big storage room on the second story of the building will be cleared for the occasion. Since the room is well lighted and heated it will furnish excellent accommodations. G. A. Williams, of Purdue, who is in general charge of cow testing association work in Indiana has, promised to be present and lecture on the feeding and care of dairy cows. He will use charts and blackboards to illustrate how farmers may make up balanced rations for their cows. Various feeds will be provided in small amounts in order that the appearance of different feed mixtures may be seen. At evening sessions motion pictures on various dairy subjects will be shown by the county agent. Other features will be provided aud announcements be made later concerning them. Everybody is Invited to these meetings aud further information concerning ibe "Dairy Short Course” may be obtained from Harry Stoner, local manager, at the condensery.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 21, 1924.

FOLLOWS HUSBAND ® Mrs. Warren G. Harding Mrs. Warren G. Harding, widow of the late President Harding, died at her home in Marion. Ohio, at 8:55 o'clock this morning, after a brave struggle with death which lasted for many days. Mrs. Harding's death .came less than sixteen months after that’of her husband. President Hard-' I ing having died on August 2. 1923. | MARKING TIMETN FURNACE MYSTERY Authorities Awaiting De- ' velopments In Case At Columbus, Ohio (United Press Service 1 Columbus. ().. Nov. 21 Investigation of the Sheatsley furnace mystery marked time today awaiting three! . developments: 1. Report from the chemist examining a sagmeut of th. victim's (aesophague and a fragment of her ilung to determine if possible whether Mrs. Sheatsley breathed after her head entered the furnace. 2. Report of Police Lieutenant ’ i Shellenberger and his sides on whether there are any outstanding contradictions in the testimony of Rev. Sheat.-ley and his four children. 3. Coroner Joseph Murphy's verdict. I Meanwhile the Lutheran pastor, re, . ported near a collap e from the strain • subsequent to the finding of his wife's charred body in the parsonage fur- ] mice here last Monday night, his four | children, ranging in age from 10 to i 20. and Franklin County Prosecutor '.John R. King anil Harry Caroon. de--1 tective. are tn Canton, near where ]Mrs. Sheatsley's remains were buried I yesterday afternoon. I Communicating with his office here » early today King said that he and Carson would probably remain in Canton with the minister and his fam ] ily until Sunday. The chemist's report is to be seal , i ed and may be delivered Io King to-, '.day at Canton If it shows that Mrs ] Sheatsley inhaled carbon monoxide 1 or flames, the prosecutor may probe jentirely and admit that Mrs. Shouts-; | ley committed suicide as the pastor | But if the report indicate that no ffames or carbon monoxide fumes were inhaled King will proceed on the assumption that Mrs. Sheatsley was dead before her bodv entered the fire box and his investigation of i the cause of death will be redoubled. ) | It is a foregone conclusion that Coroner Murphy's verdict will show suicide. He had contended since the , first that Mrs. Sheatsley took her own lite hy crawling in upon the red hot coals of the furnace when she was seized with a sudden mania. Weather r Fair tonight and Saturday; colder t tonight and in east and south por- . tions Saturday. : Shop Eaity N I

FORMER HAWKINS ATTORNEY GIVES EVIDENCE TODAY Charges Affairs Os Company Were “Honeycombed With Fraud” OFFICERS PAID WELL Savs Officers Received $20,000 In Cash And Preferred Stock Indianapolis. Nov. 21 (Special to Daily Democrat» An affidavit by Frank Jacqua. former attorney for | the Hawkins Mortgage Company., charging that the affairs of the concern were “honey combed with fraud" .was introduced in evidence today by district attorney Elliot in the Haw'kins Mail Fraud trial. [ The affidavit, the most spectacular revelation of the days proceedings (charged that the transactions by, which the Indiana Rural credit association was absorbed by the Haw | kins Company, “was a crooked deal." [ The officers of the association were | paid $20,000 in cash and SIOO4IOO in preferred stock of the Hawkins Mortgage Co., according to Jacqua's affidavit. The affidavit named F. N. Arvan. former manager of the association. William Jones secretary-treasurer of I the Indiana state board of Agriculture Mord Carter, of Indianapolis former officers of the association as the men with whom Morton Hawkins, president of the Hawkins company, made the secret agreement.” tor the absorption of the as ociation. | Indianapolis. Nov. 21 With nine i defendants still to take the witness! stand in their own behalf, it appear-> ed improbably today. Hawkins Mortgage Co., mail fraud, case will reach the jury in federal; court here before the first of the! | week. INTERESTED IN [ ! WATER SYSTEM , I 'Geneva Town Council Discusses Advisability Os Water Works Geneva. Nov. 21 In the town hoard ( meeting Tuesday evening the matter of fire protection was brought up and | discussed at length. The Clerk. Kenneth Shoemaker, read a letter , from Cole-Asire & Moore. Inc... contractors for installing water works, ■ which contained some very interest- • ing information and promised that if [the town was interested in water I works they would send a man in here [io go into Hie matter more thoroughly. Mr. Shoemaker was instructed to notify the company that the Geneva town board members were willing to meet a representative of their com |Pany in the near future the company to set the date. The company says that the average cost of installing the system in a town of this size is $30,000. which is ' much cheaper than most of the citizens had ever figured. Berne paid over $70,000 for theirs. Geneva has 1 an up-to-date sanitary .sewerage [ system which will take care of that part of the project. The company in its letter, stated I that by installing water works the l insurance rate for residence proper- • lies would be reduced by twenty per .'cent. Local insurance agents took .the trouble to check up on their |claims and find that the rates would be cut hy twenty per cent, or a little more on both residence and business (properties. Such being the case, with [the extremely high rate of insurance (citizens are now paying, many will be able to pay half of the extra tax for the water works with the money sav[cd from their insurance, and have [the added satisfaction for themselves, ( not merely paying it out for protection. I

"Hello America, This Is England Talking”. London. Nov. 21.—“ Hello, America, this is England talking." Between 4 a. in.. and 5 a. m„ (Greenwich mean timet next Tues day, all the principal English stations will participate in official trans Atlantic iHdln telephone tests Ar rangements have been completed by] the British Broadcasting company, and wave lengths announced. Stations 2BD will come in on 4951 meters: 51T. 475 meters; 2BE, 2351 meters; SSC, 420 meters; SNO, 400 ] I meters; SWA. 351 meters; all using ' one and one-half kilowtitts. SXX at Chelmsford. Great Britain* most powerful broadcaster, will use 25 kilowatts and a 600 meter wave length. o ODD FELLOWS END SESSION Marion Man Elected Grand Warden Os I. O. O. F. In Indiana H. F. Hardin, of Marion was elect,ed grand warden of the Grand laxlge [of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the close of the eighty-eighth annual meeting of the lodge Thursday 1 in the auditorium of the Odd Fellow's [ building at Indianapolis. The position of grand warden is the stepping I stone leading to the higher offices, j Hardin was elected on the second 1 ballot no candidate having a majority on the first ballot. Seven ! other candidates were in the field. The only other office in (he grand ' lodge in which there was a contest , was the election of grand trustee. ! George E. Hershman. of Crown | Point, was elected over three opponents. A change in the by-laws of the order, which will permit applicants eighteen years old to become members. instead of the twenty-one | (year rule, was made by the Grand ; Ixxlge. The constitutional change I was made following a resolution to that effect adopted by tile Sovereign Grand Lodge nt a meeting in Jacksonville. Fla., in September. | Another resolution adopted doubled the assessment oh members of the lodge in Indiana for the support i and maintenance of the Odd Fellows , Home at Greensburg. The assess ment was raised from 50 cents on each member to sl. George |>. Born-1 wasser. grand secretary, said that , new building would lie erected and ! improvements would be made at the ! (home which would total $75,000. The; I resolution was adopted without al dissenting vote. Mr. Bornwasser said ] Memorial services for members who have died during the year were I held. F. L. Behymer, of Liberty I was installed as grand master of the i lodge at the afternoon session and I Joseph G. Long, of Ixigansport. • as deputy grand master. George I’. ■ Bornwasser, of Indianapolis who was re-elected grand secretary, and i W. A. Morris. of Frankfort, reelected grand treasurer, also were i installed in office. Charles () Thomas of Bloomington, was elect ed grand representative without opposition. _ t Decatur Odd Fellows attended the state convention and returned home ! last night. — —i, Mother Os I*. J. Hyland Dies At Youngstown, O. P. J. Hyland, well known Decatur ( business men, was called to the bed I side of his mother. Mrs. P. J. Hyland. 1 Sr., in Youngstown. Ohio, yesterday 1 afternoon, he having received i( tele- ’ gram that she wa seriously ill. Mrs. 1 Hyland died before her son reached her bedside, however. The cause of her death has not been learned. Surviving arc Hie husband and two sons. P. J Hyland, of this city, and M. F. Hyland, of Youngstown. Funeral services likely will be held tomorrow. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: Dec. $1.49%, May $1.57%. July $1 :’.9y.. Corn: Dec. sLl2>4, May $|.19%, July $1,20. Oats: Dec. 52%c, May 58%c, July 56*/<|C.

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WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT DIES AT MARION, OHIO Shock Os Husband’s Death Partial Cause Os Her Death FUNERAL ON MONDAY Had Suffered With Same Malady For Last Twenty Years Marlon. O. Nov. 21—The body of Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, who died today at White Oaks farm, probably will be placed beside that of her husband, the late President Harding, in the receiving \mt't at Mariou cemetery. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Harding had been a member since girlhood Dr. Jesse Swank, pastor of the Epworth church, and Rev. George M Landis. pavß r of the Trinity Baptist church, will officiate at the services. Mrs. Harding's body was taken from White Oaks farm today to the home of Mrs. Frank J. Longshore. a niece. (Y'nlted Press Service) Marion. (>.. Nov. 21 (Spe- ! citil to Daily Democrat) Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of lite late president, died today. Weakened by the shock of her husband's death and the (ii'deal of his public luneral a year ago. Mrs. Hading was unable Io throw off the recurrence .of the inaladv which httd [ bought her to the very gates of 'death in 11)22 tit the white house. She became seriously ill late in October. Save for brief intervals of niprovement. her strength ebbed gradually until the end Mrs. Harding died at 6:55 a. m. at [ her brother. Clifford Kling of Florida. I White Oaks faun. With her when the end came were j Mrs. Charles E Sawyer, widow of President Harding's personal physi(Continued On Page Five) BOOST BILLIARDS AS A RECREATION William Lose Attends Convention Os Billiard Room Owners William Lose, of Lose Bros., has returned from Indianapolis where be attended the fourth annual convent on of the Indiana Billiard Association. an organiation of billiard room owners. The purpose of the assocation i« Jo promote public recreation rooms, featuring the fascinating game of the cue, and to have billiard rooms so regulated and controlled by state laws that they will be clean and wholesome places for both young and old. An effort is being made by the association to raise the» standard of all b lliard rooms and to use its influence in closing those places which do not tend to promote the welfare of the community. The association is opposed to the operation of questionable places, where they are operated under the name of pool and billiard rooms, but in fact are not. Officers elected at the convention were. Robert Bryson, president, R. W. Spiegel, treasurer; B H. Smith, secretary; George Meyers, vice-presi-dent of Richmond district; Hetman J. Becker, vice-president of Evansvi'le district. A banquet was served in the evenjug and an exhibition of pocket billiards was played between the “Masked Marvel” and Issiab Armstrong. the score being 100 to 55 in favor of the “Masked Marvel.”