Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1925 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Number 22-

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HERRIN QUIET FOLLOWING LAST KLAK OUTBREAK '-»XuT y anct* Saturday Night S.dENX YOI'NG SLAIN Thi-ee Klansmen And Deputy Sheriff Are Shat To Death end OF WA3FACRE seen I‘i:;:ss sKcvii’K) I!!.. Jun. 26. Bitter warUre i.i Herrin-the red town of 1,,,,, . V.’il’bins-’n eimnty—ceased vith the passing of S. Glenn You:i?, the stormy potrel of the i’;.n raaJ.s. in th* opinion of many ! local townspeople. y«: inly did Young go down beth • bullets «>>• hate, but one of of tn-' opposition—Ora Thomas— also is dead. Srteral hundred tiled by Young’s ;,t the ni.r-'ti.- yesterday payia trihate t,> tlu zealous loader «f the hooded organization. With this sort of backing klan trailers say th'' klan tight for law mfonotnent, will be continued aitihh.il anothet strong leader will won appear. Eh Young, since his arrival hr],- in 1922. has been the center | tf th<- shout ’ng whi<h have taken of rt lives, and his passj .8.. many h. -ii-v... a ill blot out tlir nd ,smear of disgrace on the (UNITED PRESS SERVICE') Herrin. 111. Jan. 26 —(Special to Daiiy Democrat t— The guns of hatred ar<> quiet today as Herrin prepares to bury its dead. temporary peace to the hotbed of State troops have brought back a "bloody Williamson county," where Saturday night klan and anti-klan tuns spat, resulting in four men being killed and two wounded. Klan forces suffered the most heavily for its active leader, “Two Gun” S. Glenn Young dropped before the bullets of his arch enemy, Ora Thomas. deputy sheriff under George GalliBn. Two other klansmen were killed. Ed Forbes and Homer Warner. Thomas also was slain. in a grim manner the klan has gone about preparations to bury its slain 'Continued on page three) —o MSINII STORY IN SENIOR PLAY Much Comedy In Play To Be Staged January 28 And 29 "J tle „ StOry of tbe sen >°r class play, ill>. which will be given in the " s 1 school auditorium Wednesday " Thursday evenings, is highly inking and amusing. The plot deals 11 a set of false teeth, belonging 0 a ,'oung football hero, who lost ?i, r front teeth in an important footJ. gatne ’ He takes An ocean trip away from his friends while he jeeoming accustomed to the false Z ' and after the ship sets sail, he heart Uat t 0 b ' B korror ' that his sweeton the'"'!. 1 ' 61 mother are Passengers fort h P T ° add to his discom8 °, Bes his talße teeth when the into h' ° the Ship acqiden tly bumps Zo b WhUe “ e 18 in the act ° f foniedv L hl3 Bweet heart. The to talk w t7 PaSeS 38 th ° hero tries T " ithou t his false teeth. 111 hold a full dress re ’ thirteenXi'T 1 18," 8, There are »'ay and Zri Charae,ers in the Riven bv nth numbers will be The Play i J er h members of the class, ’“pervleinn eing given under the ZS.?” 8 SellemeyBlair dlrect!on ° f Mrs. J. R. I

- 1 1,1 ' I " - 1111 County Medical Society To Meet Tuesday Evening Members of the Adams County ( Medical society will meet Tuesday I evening at eight o’clock at the office of Dr. IT. O. Jones, president of the association, in Herne. Dr. Allen [ Miller, of Monroe, will have the paper ion "Treatment of denuded surfaces" I and an invitation is extended to doctors and physicians who are not members of the society to attend the meeting. o COUNTY CLERK I MAKES REPORT Interesting Figures Shown In Annual Statistical 1 Report John E. Nelson, clerk of the Ad ; ams circuit court, has completed his j annual statistical report, which he is l required to forward to the legislative reference bureau. Several interesting figures are contained in the report. Among other things, the report ' shows that 142 marriage licenses were issued in 1924, and that 14 divorces wore granted, ten being granted to women and four to men. The report is as follows: Civil Cases Number of cases pending on January 1. 1924. 271. Number of cases filed >n 1924, 223. Number of cases vanned to this county, 32. Number of cases disposed of during the year. 239. Number of cases venued to other counties. 12. Number of cases dismissed. 95. Number of eases, miscellaneous. 73. Number Os esses in whteff Iml gment was entered, 59. Number of cases pending. December 31. 287. Criminal Cases Number ponding January 1. 1924, 26. Number filed during year, 35. h Number disposed of, 31. Miscellaneous, 5. . I Number dismissed. 14. Number In which judgment was entered, 12. Number pending December 31. 1921. 27. Miscellaneous Items Number of letters of administration issued. SO; number of guard anships Isued, IS; number of decrees of foreclosure issued, IS; number of sheriff’s sales held, 13; number of 'unsound mind, 2. —— o Sub-Zero Cold Wave ! X Is Headed This Way I (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, Jan. 26. —A sub zero cold wave is sweeping out "of the northwest and will invade Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and adjacent territory by nightfall, the weather bureau stated today. Temperatures of from 20 to 40 below zero were reported from North fiakota, northern Minnesota and Manitoba. ' Near blizzards were reported in the northwestern states. o Nebraska Has Blizzard (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Neb., Jan. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A near blizzard. i sweeping out of the northwest, sent thermometers in Nebraska down forty or more degrees during the . night. At Norfolk the mercury i reached 12 degrees below today, com- . pared to 33 above Sunday evening. ■ Omaha weather bureau reported two i below today, a fall of 39 degrees. o 1 Death Claims Oldest Citizen Os Chicago • (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) t Chicago, Jan. 26 —(Special to Daily • Democrat) —Chicago’ oldest citizen is i dead. James Kirkley, who would have been 103 years old had be Ijved - until April 21, died at his home here i yesterday. • Kirkley, who was born in England ! in 1822, came to Chicago in 1853. He . and his wife were naturalized as soon ) as possible. Kirkley was known as the oldest . member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges.

CATHOLIC HIGH ” DEBATERS Defeat C. C. 11. S. Team Os Fort Wayne Here Sunday Afternoon The Decatur Catholic High School debaters won (he decision from the (’. C. H. S. team, of Fort. Wayne, in’ a debate held at tne Knights of Columbus hall in this city Sunday af-' ternoon, the local girls having the [ affirmative of the queition, “Resolv-1 |ed: That Capital Punishment Should; lie Abolished.” The visitors were on ; the negative side of the question. i A large crowd attended the debate ■ and Walter J. Krick, principal of the ' Decatur Public High school, and the Misses Grace Coffee and Margaret ’ Moran, teachers in the public schools were the judges. The local team won high point ; in 1 the classifications of constructive speech and also on rebuttal. 7 he' local team wns awarded 26 94 points on consttuetive speech, against 23... j points so rthe Fort Wayne team. Ou rebuttal the local’ girls were 11.8 points as against 9.95 points for the visitors. The total averages were. Decatur Catholic high, 38.74 points, and Fort Wayne, 33.55 ponts. The members of the local debating team were the Misses Helen Hoil-i house,. Anna Murtaugh and Bernard-’ ine Christen. The C. C. H. S. team was composed of Paul App. Bernard Broecker and Francis Corbitg. the latter a former Decatur boy. Tonight the negative team of the Catholic high school will go to Fort Wayne where they will debate the same question with the C. C. H. S. teain at the Khights of Columbus halt - o . ; German Officials Keep Watchful Eye On Poland (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Berlin, Jan. 26—(Special to Daily! Democrat)— German official circles are keeping a watchful eye on landAdvances from Warsaw to the Loka! Anzeiger, which lack official confirmation. declares Poland is preparing to mobilize and the government here is on the lookout. AOAMSIYEATRE IS PURCHASED Charles Spray Sells Motion Picture Theatre To Rensselaer Men Frank G. Kresler and Van R. Grant, of Rensselaer, Indiana, have purchased the Adams motion picture theatre in this city from Charles Spray, the new owners taking possession of the theatre Sunday. Mr. Spray’s health has failed him and it was necessary for him to give up his business. Mr. Kresler. who will manage the theatre here, has been in the motion picture theatre busines for several years and is the owner of a theatre j in Rensselaer at present. He has ai wife and four children, one of his! daughters being a student in West-, ern College at Oxford, Ohio. He expects to move his family to this city as soon as school is out in the spring. Mr. Kresler announced today that the name of the theatre here will not be changed, but that he expects to b improve on the quality of pictures | shown there. He has started book-t ing several new pictures, and plans to give Decatur people up-todate. shows. He has contracted for “Am-, erica,” a new feature picture, to be j shown here soon. The price of ad-1 mission to the regular shows will be ten and twenty-five cents while a small increase in price will be made for the feature pictures. The theatre will be operated every night and matiness will be given on Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Kresler stated. The Adams theatre was opened on West Madison street last summer by Mr. Spray. The room, formerly oc- ' . cupied by a restaurant, was remod-j eled. redecorated and furnished with J new fixtures.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 26, 1925.

A DRFAM from the long . ACO “A close observer, a scientist, i I who has traced a Decaturite to his i i native lair and ha s carefully studj led h.’s habits and characteristic, says the following in an article to be read before the many of the i literary dubs: "In the winter time the Decaturite hibernates, being awakened only by* the pangs of hunger, at which time he partakes of the prune, the peanut, the dried apple and other indigenous fruits as he ! ma yhave laid by for the occasion. ! He then resunfes his comatose con- ! dlt'on, in which state he remains i until the return of spring when he j gets a hair cut, asks who is presiI dent, and prepares for another season of running wild among the Howers." —From “25 years ago” in the Bluffton News. But one spring, dear brother, we awoke a little early and discovered Bluffton playing basket- , ball with Poneto and since then we have been very much alive, I <hii.kf'St thou not? L_. .■ ... — . . TO REORGANIZE NIGHT SCHOOL Beginning And Advanced Work To Be Off ered In Three Subjects The night classes in bookkeeping, typewriting and short hand, which have been conducted at the high school building two nights a week for the past few months, will be re-or- . ganized Tuesday evening and the ; work of the second semester started, providing there is enough signed up i ipr the course. Beginning and adi vanced work will be off ered in short-l-hand. typewriting and book-keeping. All people who wish to sign up for the work are requested to meet at the high school building at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night. The classes are taught by high school teachers and the cost is divided equally among I’he students taking the work. o Bill To Raise Mortgage Tax Exemption Passes Indianapolis, Jan. 26. —By a vote of 55 to 8 the Senate passed the bill to raise mortgage tax exemptions for I SI,OOO to $2,000. — o Four Men Killed By Gas At Columbus, Ohio (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Columbus, 0.. Jan. 26—(Special (o Daily Democrat.) —Four men were killed today by gas which leaked into a pit sixty foot below the street level where they were laying the foundation of the new American In surance- union building SENATE HO LBS BP NOMINATION Stone’s Nomination Referred Back To Judiciary Committee Washington, Jan. 26.—The senate !'today held up President. Coolidge’s I nominations cf Attorney General Harlan F. Stone to be a supreme court just’ce and Charles B. Warren, of | Michigan, to Jje attorney general. After a prolonged secret session j Stone’s nomination was referred back I to the judiciary committee for furth'er consideration. This move blocked action on the Warren nomination which the committee previously decided to hold up until Stone’s nom/inat’on was disposed of. —■■■■■- ■— — — Weather i Cloudy tonight; cold wave, lowest [(temperature zero to ten above In 'north portion, five to 15 above in exI treme south portion.

TOTAL OF RADIO FUND IS $374.95 More Money Needed To Buy Sets For Blind; Personal Canvas Ends The total of the ftyul being raised to purchase radio receiving sots for the blind residents of Decatur and immediate community reached $374.95 today. More money is needed to enable the committee to provide sets for all of the nine known blind residents of the city and community. Charles Colter and R. .1. Harting, the two citizens who originated the movement here and who have been soliciting for the fund, stated today that it would be impossible for them to spend more of their time in making a personal canvas and all who have not donated to the fund and who wish to do so are asked to see Mr. Harting ■at the people's restaurant, Mr. Colter at the Smith & Beil lumber company office or leave their contribution at the Daily Democrat office. Several have promised to make a contribution to the fund, but so far have failed to turn it in. The amount reported each day has all been paid in in cash. Within a few days, a committee will be appointed to investigate radio supplies and make the purchases. Local firms have volunteered to sell the sets for the blind at low prices. The new contributors to the fund /are: Previous total $356.45 The Misses Carlisle 1.00 James Hurst 5.00 Dr. C. C. Rayl 5.00 Erl Whitright . . 1.00 Frank McConnell .50 j Decatur Lumber (’o' 5.00 Ed Fulton. . 1.001 Total - ... . $374.951 0 Epworth League Will Hold Pot-Luck Supper The Epworth I-eague of the Metho-! idist church will hold a pot-luck supper at the church Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock. Each members is requested to living one article of food. MARRIED FOR FIFTY YEMS Mr. and Mrs. John P. Shoemaker Celebrate Golden Anniversary Geneva, Jan. 26—Mr. and Mrs. John P. Shoemaker were the guests of honor at a big dinner and celebration held at the > home of tfceir son. Clif Shoemaker and family, near Geneva, on January 18. The gathering was held in honor of the golden wedding anniviersay of the former couple, though it also took somewhat the form of a farewell to Clif and his family, as they are leaving soon for Minnesota. The crowning event of the day was the big dinner, with every good thing to eat that humans could desire. At the finish of the meal came the cutting and eating of the wonderful golden wedding cake, which measured 17 inches wide, 25 inches long and 3’/4 inches high. At the request of the family, Kenneth E. Shoemaker had written a history of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker and, as the writer was unable to be present, it was read by Mrs. George Shoemaker. Gold pieces from the children were presented by little Thurlo Shoemaker, the youngest grandson . ' A gold water set was presented by D. P. and Bell Shoemaker and money by Mr. and Mrs. George Shoemaker. This pleasant meeting was brought to a close when prayer was offered by Mrs. Ainos Shoemaker and all joined in singing- “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Those present besides the guests of honor and their immediate family. which numbered twenty-five in all, were Messrs, and Mesdanies D. (Continued on Page Three)

Rev. Whitesell Goes To Arkansas To Hold Revival The Rev. F. I). Whitesell, pustor of the First Baptist church of this city, has gone to Piggott, Arkansas, where he will conduct a revival meeting at l lie First Baptist church of that city. Rev. Whitesell left today and will be gone two weeks. Rev. Whitesell is a fluent anil intelligent speaker and has a message worth hearing. —— -o SUBSCRIBERS LIKE CALENDER Find Daily Democrat Pre- '• mium To Be A Highly z Useful Article One of our faithful subscribers, and by the way one of the successful and iprogressive farmers of Adams county, (name on request) called at this of fice Saturday afternoon and said, "I renewed my subscription to the Daily Democrat last week and received one of the useful Farmer’s account books and calendars. My son and daughter, who are both married and live outside of Adams county saw this calendar, and wanted to know if they could get one. I want to subscribe for the paper for them so that they'll get one of the calendars. The paper is worth more than the subscription price and besides getting the news from Adams county, they’ll be able to keep an acierate record of their receipts and expenditures during the year. The calendar is one of the finest I have ever seen.” This man. who has taken the Daily j I Democrat ever since it was first pub- ! lislied. is one of the prominent farmi era of Adams county. Many others have found the calendar, which is a ■wmbination account and record book. i very useful in keeping tab of the I many items of sales and outlays dur- | ing the’ year. Several hundred of ; these useful calendars have been giv- ' en to those who rave renewed their ! subscription to the Daily Democrat | to 1926 and if you call at the office i or send your renewal by mail we shall lie glad to send you one of them. The twenty-second annual renewal | campaign of the Daily Democrat is ! going full blast and the renewals so . far this year exceed those of last year for the same period. More and tnore the people of this county and those who wish to keep in touch with the affairs and happenings in and around Adams county, are convinced that they cannot get along without the daily paper and it is an annual custom of theirs to renew their subscription to the jiaper during the first month of our renewal campaign. Do it now and be assured of getting the news during 1925. o— —- Basket Dinner To Feature Kirkland Twp. Institute Everybody who attends the farmers institute at Kirkland township high school building Wednesday is invited to bring their dinner and take part in a big basket dinner to be enjoyed at the noon hour. Each family may furnished anything they desire. The dinner will be served cafeteria style and the meal will be ready as soon as the morning session of the ! institute is dismissed. Each woman I is asked to bring enough sandwiches, | already prepared, for her own family and a few extras. Each person is requested, also, to bring their own cup. There will be sessions of the institute in the forenoon, afternoon and ; evening, and splendid programs have i! ben prepared. Industrial Asocitaion Directors Meet Tonight The meeting of the directors of the l Decatur Industrial Association will held this evening at 7:30 o’clock jat the Industrial rooms. The elec--1 tion of officers will take place and ’I every member is urged to be present. I ; ' Advertisers To Meet On Wednesday Evening J The members of the Decatur Adj vertisers Association will meet in the J Industrial Association rooms on South (Second street at 7:30 o'clock Wed- . i nesday evening. All members are | urged to be present.

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PROTECTION OF BANKSISSOUGHT IN NEW MEASURE More Frequent Use Os Electric Chair Recommended In Bill OTHER NEW MEASURES State Senate Makes Short Work Os Several New Bills Today (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis. Jan. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Convicted bank bandits in Indiana would go to the electric chair or face life imprisonment under provsions of a bill introduced in the senate today. The measure which provides the severest penalty for bank banditry in history cf the state was sponsored Jointly by Senators Lochard. of Versailles and Southworth, of Lafayette. Demand for stricter laws to protect banks of the state against the alarming number of bandit gangs operating in Indiana during tile past two years was made by the Indiana bankers association at the last state convention. More frequent use of the electric chair was recommended in an another senate measure today. Senator Batt, of Terr 3 Haute, introduced a bill to provide the death penalty for persons who commit a felony and ! use an automobile or other self propelled vehicles to escape. Curbing the punishment of school /•hihlrew by teachers in Indiana was sought in a bill introduced in the house by Representative Smith of Lafayette. The bill would make it unlawful for any teacher "to strike a pupil or otherwise administer corporal punishment” until notice has been given the parent or guardian. The bill would also prohibit punishment of a child by the teacher in the presence of other pupils. The state board of health sterilization bill was brought another step towards passage in the senate when a favorable report was made on it. Bills in the senate were disposed of faster than they were introduced today. Only thirteen were; thrown into the hoppers while committee reports were made on eleven, two were withdrawn and nine passed second reading. Seven bills were put up for second reading, three were reported out of the committee while only ten were introduced in the lower house. COUNTY GAINS IN SCHOOL FUND Receives $539.76 More Than Was Collected In This County Adams county gained $539.76 in the state’s distribution of common school funds and congressional school fund interest,, checks for the distribution being sent to tlie township trustees and treasurers of the school boards today. Adams county sent $17,271.48 to , the state. $14,704.12 being common i school funds and $2657.36 congressional school fund interest. The county received $17,811.24. an inl crease of $539.76. The school funds L were divided on a per capita basis of 3 $2.90 and a fraction for each of the 1 6.326 children of school age in the v counfy. The amounts distributed to the 1 townships and to the school boards . are as follows: Union, $842 06; Root $1045.32; Preble. $836,25: Kirkland. $920.46: Washington, $1236 96: St. r Marys, $824.64; Blue Creek. $80141: Monroe, $1936.74; French, $827.54; ■ Hartford. $937 88: Wabash. $1257.28. e Jefferson $BlOl2. Berne. $1149.85; h Geneva, $766.56 and Decatur, $4175.46 I- The distribution of school funds is e made twice a year, following the May and November tax payments.