Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1925 — Page 1

Volume XXIII- Number 24.

Inarioncounty I grand JURY is I THEN TO TASK fl T„ .lox IP I ro . u . TJI B Highway Commission ■SENVC K KILLS A BILL ■ State Board Os Medical B Examiners I irxn -,-:D press service) ■ inJ-n.-lK.li-. Jan. 28- (Special to ■ [), nioerat )—A move to jog up 9. Muri.n iminty grand jury in its ■ iuv.s.i-m'ion the affair* of lhP ■ . 8 .., x commission was made 9 !n th,- house today. 9 v incici: <’f Representative De Ur appointment of a ■ tommittee m probe the highway 9|.„|-. u.i- withdrawn when Senator 9, ? J|, drop I his ravel and, taking 9-1,. f!;..-i as a member, demanded 9,!,,, H„ legislature find out "who is 9<j l he on th. li.l Os the grand jury 9r9fX>ri." ■ 1,...j arraign . d the prosecutor of' B ~-uiip and the grand jury for ■ foilim- to make a report on its in ■ vrstiua'ion ol - iiarges of < xtravaB%n-. and iir L’ltlarilies made by the 9.UH. lu-ard of amounts against the 9hirhw:iy departmet. 9 I-Ji- a l.ed withdrawal of DeHav-j 9.h t. i.dmion to pave the way for ■ a . ■ ul--iimi aimed to get tile report 9 fam rhe grand jury and DeHaven ■ rnntw-nted. I 9 1. uas reported that still another 9e-J'i’imi will he inttod-iced tomor ■t r idling on the governor to ap--9h'lh ’ impartial committee" to ■ prole ihe affairs of the commission ■<D aiding th- evidence before the jury. ■ Claiming that there was no excuse Mfnr luriher delay Senator Morehead ■ <.-re,: notice th. i he wmrtd trrtro- ■ die . resolution tomorrow to com-Bl'‘l'-h. senate committee to report Hom two bills dealing with regula- ■ tians of busses. B The first of the bills to give the ■ pnlilic serve# commission greater Bpovir in dealing with utilities was B HUM in the senate by a vote of 25 K. 7; when a minority report recommling indefinite postponment was adopted. The first of the bills to give tho pnblii- service commission greater Puwi-r in dealing with utilities was kiil--.l in th,- senate by a vote of 25 i" 2J when a minority report recom-ui-iuiing indefinite postponment was adopted. Tht bill sought to bring public Wility holding companies under the ‘"Pertision of the public service romnission. Eaekcre of the chiropractic bill in the house when an (Continued on page two) ~ — — ffiRRUARYTERM JURIESDRAWN * ur - v Commissioners Draw Names Os Jurors; Term Opens Monday Members of the grand jury and the xa' ry for ,he Feb > - uary term of y«M» I*** 118 c ’ rcu * t court were drawn sinner 'p by ,he tWO Jl,ry com misJohn S rank Nussbaun J and E. W. son. The February term of court °Pen next Monday morning. | T . Grand Jury I John ’ f ”: ni, ? eraof tha jury are: I Amos i? f e ’ St- Marys township; I X ®™ dybe " y . Monroe townito*wp- r j ß i rßoie ’ Hartf ° rd I to *"«hiJ: Carl m ynolda ’ Fren( ' h I "hip- frn L Nueree * Preb, e tow nI township EvertS ’ B,ue Creek >r . Pe Vt Jury John" 4 m X berS of the Jury are: Edward' „ Bgard> Monroe township; Alfl 'ed Dan l eh r 's^ lr , klan ' i toWnship: Edward Arr,«» ’ v " larys township; »«ry Un? n UBh ’ Wabash township; “'? Cat “ r: Edward Sooth, ston, Jaffa nshlp; Eugene ChariEoerger R,'^° n 10wns >hip; Jacob »« Si 0, „ , '”"‘ Wp: u. L«. to *nship. Priu , y Reinkin S- Union township- Affo,( ler, Wabash ‘ownship ° HayS ' WaHh ’ \

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! For Sale Cheap: Pair Os Flapping Trousers Cleveland, Jan. 28 —(United I Flapping. extreme wide trousers uro obsoiotp, accordltik to I thf spring styl<* edict announced I h«-r<- at the annual convention of I the National Association of MerI chant. Tailors. Spring suits must conform to I this style: Wed rtliaj.id coals. Itighflr-r about tho hlpp b cut away in front and growing larger as they reach the shoulders. Trousers, a ulflo narrower, worn well down on the shoo- with knee measurement of about 19-v, inches and bottom measurement of about 17»4 inches. Vests possessing a forward s'.ant with points of modest size. Grays running from silver to smoke predominate among colors with a large sprinkling of fawns and tans. Oli^ANDifS - FOUND GUILTY Jury Finds Four Men Guilty of Robbing John Slutterbeck Family Van Wert. O„ Jan. 28. —Guilty as charged, was the verdict of the jury in the case of the state of Ohio against Martin Walsh, of Indiana; Ftederick Miller. Detroit; Samuel Gallagher. Chicago, and John Moran, Terre Haute, accused of holding up | ami robbing John Sluterbeck, prosI perous farmer, at his home five miles north of Van Wert on December 27. A fifth member of the gang of bandits, Fred Miller, was given to the charge of buffalo, N. Y.. officers, and is being held on another charge of banditry in that city. The men were prosecuted here trader the Ohio law and were charged with robbery and assault, the penalty for which is 10 to 25 years in the state prison. The case was given the jury this pfternoon and the jury, which included four women, deliberated but 30 minutes and is understood to have taken but one ballot. Attorneys for tho defendants late yesterday afternoon announced that they would file a motion for a newtrial. On the morning of December 27 the bandits drove through Van Wert in an expensive Cadillac automobile, stopping at the extreme northern part of the city at an oil station, where they bought gasoline. They then drove on to the farm home of Mr. Sluterbeck. The latter is a wealthy farmer and keeps a large steel safe in his home. It has been said that he keeps large amounts of money in the safe and it was presumed that the bandits were given a tip on this fact. When the bandits reached the home of Mr. Sluterbeck they found the latter and his wife and daughter at the home. The bandits forced the farmer to open his safe, where they found SIOO which they took, but they refused to take several thousand dollars of government bonds which they evidently realized they could not •make use of without exposing their identity. The bandits were in the home but a few minutes, and after they left the Sluterbeck farm they drove north at high speed, their car finally skidding from the road and upsetting in a heavy bank of snow near the Nickel Plate railroad crossing, A few minutes later Darius Albert, a young farmer of the neighborhood, drove along the road near the party and was stopped by the bartdits, who forced him to join their party, making use of Albert's machine. The party went to Detroit, then to Chicago and later to Terre Haute. It was through information Albert gave the Terre Haute police that led to the eventual capture of the bandits in that city. The five bandits were captured in a dwelling in Terre Haute they had rented. Four of the men were sent to Van Wert for trial, and one to Buffalo. Albert was never held as being a member of the party. The defense of the men on trial here was an alleged alibi. They attempted to prove they were all in different localities on the day of the Sluterbeck holdup. The trial here started Monday morning.

NEW PASTOR HAS ARRIVED Rev. Fledderjohann Assumes Duties At Zion Reformed Church llev. and Mrs. A. R. Hodderjohunn and their 18 months-old baby daughter arrived in the city last evening and their household goods were being moved into the Reformed church parsonage on Jackson street today. Rev. Fledderjohann is the newly appointed pastor oj the Zion Reformed church in this city and he will fill the pulpit at tho local church on Sunday. Ho succeeds Rev. R- R. Elliker, who resigned November 1.1 to accept a charge as pastor of the | Reformed church at Robertsville. O. Rev. Fledderjohann was ordained ' a minister of the Reformed church ' lour years ago, completing his studies at the Reformed Mission House, Franklin. Wisconsin. He was selected as pastor of the Reformed church al Linton. Indiana, following his ordination and has been the pasI tor of that church since that time. Members of the congregation and the city as a whole extend a hear.y welcome to the new minister and wish for him all kinds of success in i his noble work. A formal reception will be given the pastor <i,t a lat.-r dale, it was announced today by > members of the congregation. , Rev. Fledderjohann was held in high esteem in Linton, as is shown in the following letter which he re1 reived fioin Attorney Alfred M , Beasley, a member of the Methodist i church in I,inton: "Permit me to express my regrets at your leaving the city. Our association for tho past four years has been such that I have learned to admire you for your good work and , ideal citizenship. "My sincere best wishes and highest regards will follow you and accompany you to your new charge; wherever that, may be. I want to congratulate thnew congregation ‘ by which you have been chosen and bespeak for them a successful pastorate. ! "Accept my best wishes and high--1 est personal regards wherever your lot and life may be. "Most sincerely yours. A. M. BEASLEY.” o INSTITUTE IS WELL ATTENDED I Hartford Township Farmers Hold Three Interesting Sessions i ■ i The attendance at the Hartford township farmers’ institute, held at • t.ljQ HartMrd cerftral school buildi ing near Linn Grove yesterday, was good iu spite of the extremely cold i weather, but the weather undouhted- > ly kept many away. Three sessions : were held, one in the morning, one > in the afternoon and a third in the ’ evening. ' Tho prir.cipal speakers at the fore- ■ noon and afternoon sessions were J. ' I’. I’rigg, of Middletown, and Mrs. L. t T. Pierce, of Knightstown. Both • delievered’ interesting and instructive talks. t A miscellaneous program was giv--1 eu in the evening, including talks by ! the Rev. Launer, of Linn Grow’- and ’ the Rev. Glendening. of Hartford f township. ! The officers elected for next year were Eugene Lindsey, chairman; - George Halloway, secretary; and 1 • Courtney Heller, treasurer. Much interest was shown in the ; cake, bread and potato show. The • prizes in the cake show were award- • ed as follows: Mrs. A. P. Shoemaker, 1 , first. $3; Miss Martha Eicher, second ( > ?2; Mrs. David Speicher, third, $1; > Mrs. George Hallow-ay, fourth, 75 t cents; and Miss Florence E- Pusey, < I fifth, 50 cents. The prizes in the - bread show were awarded to: Mrs. 1 ) William Anderson, first, 50 pounds of 1 > flour; Miss Louise Neusbaum, sec- > ond, $1.50; Mrs. Charles Pusey, third, 1 , sl. The prizes in the potato show i i were awarded to: Solomon Eicher. < s first, $3; Norman Zimmerman, second, $2; Gordon Holloway, third, $1; 1 George Holloway, fourth, 75 cents; • Melvin Glendening, fifth, 60 cents. i The Kirkland, township institute > was held at the Kirkland school > building today. The closing session will be held this evening.

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PASTOR ARRIVES , - .., 1 ■ J .. Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann Rev. A. 11. Fledderjohann., new pastor of the Zion Reformed church I in this city, arrived yesterday from < I.inton. Indiana, to assume charge of 1 the local congregation. Rev. Fled- i derjohann has been pastor of the I Reformed church in Linton for four years, lb- has a wife and 18-months- I old baby. "■ RADIO FUND IS NEAR SSOO MARK G. E. Employes Give Fund Big Boost With Donation Os $52.65 Th.- grand total of the radio fund being raised to purchase receiving ,-ts for the blind residents of tho city and immediate vicinity received another big boost today and now I stands near the SSOO mark. The employes of the General Electric plant of this city donated a total of $52-65 \o the fund and this, together with several smaller donations, brought the grand total up to $486.00. Tho Tri Kappa sorority and the St. Vinrent de- Paul Society each gave $5 to the fund, joining the list of organizations that have contributed. Contributions continue to come in to Mr. Charles Colter Mr. R. J. Harting and to the Daily Democrat office- The personal solicitation has closed, but more money is needed and those who have not given to the fund are urged to send there contribution in soon. Following are the new contributions: Previous total $414|.35 G. E. Employes 52.65 Harold Kirsch 3.01) cContlnued on page two) 1,0.0, F. HOLDS FINE MEETING Many Visitors Present At Initiation On Monday Evening St, Marys lodge I. O. O. F., held an interesting meeting last Monday night. Following a short business session, during which time hills were allowed and other business taken care of. the deputy grand master, OS. Davis, called for tho degree team to confer the degree of Friendship upon a candidate. The candidate witnessed an unusual exemplification of the work by a team made up of members of several different lodges from Indiana and Ohio. The lodges represented were those from Hamilton and Van Wert, Ohio, and Ora, Geneva and Decatur, Indiana. At the conclusion of the work, a five-minute recess was enjoyed during which time the candidate was congratulated. The lodge members then filed into tho dining room where a feast had been prepared. Following the refreshments the Odd Fellows enjbyed smoking and playing of card games. The local lodge invites Odd Fellows to attend the lodge meetings held every Monday ex suing. On next Monday night the second degree will be confered upon all candidates who present themselves. Visitors are especially welcomed at the meetings. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Probably some snow late Thursday and Thursday night. Rising temperature.

JUNIOR SENATOR TO BE ELECTED Hijfh Schools Os County To Send Delegates To Junior Legislature The principals of the high schools in tho county, including those nt Heino. Geneva and Monroe and in. tho city of Decatur, are planning to! send a delegate to the Junior legislature of high school students to bo hel dat th“ state house, Indianapolis, during the week of March 23. Ac-1 cording to tho plans made by the state department of education, Ad-. ams county is entitled to one state | senator in the Junior legislature. I County Superintendent of Schools E. S. Christen is chairman of the county election board. Other members of the board include the principal and history or civics teacher of i the different high schools. Th outline of the plan as sent out by Dr. H. N. Sherwood, state super-1 intendent of public instruction, is nominate a delegate by election. January 3ft in each high school in l lhe county and to select the repre-' gentative to the legislature at a regular election on February 14. Students who have earned sixteen credits may be elected a delegate. Much interest centers in the junior legislature and several of the high school principals are planning to take: members of their history and civics class to Indianapolis before the regu-' lar legislature closes so that they might obtain an idea as to how the state assembly functions. — : o Senior Class Play At H. S. Auditorium Tonight — The first performance of the play. "Billy,” to be staged by the senior i class of Decatur high school, will be given in the high school auditorium ' this evening, starting at 8:15 o’clock. A second performance will be given 'on Thursday evening al the same hour. Tho ticket sale has been good, it is reported, and two large audiences are expected. The tickets are good for either performance and no seats are reserved. The play is a good one. having enjoyed long runs on the professional stage before being re leased for amateur production. It. is a faycial comedy in three acts and plenty of laughs are promised. o TORRID’S PALS IMPORT GUNMEN | Chicago Underworld Seeks Revenge For Shooting Os Leader (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, Jan. 28. — Gunmen have been imported from New York and Cleveland to avenge the shooting of Johnny Torr'o, king of beer runners and a czar of the underworld, police rex-ealed today. Torrio is expected to die almost any moment and word to the police that his retainers want to punish those responsible for the shooting while their chief still lives. Torrio was struck by live bullets. Physicians at first were sure of his recovery but now the wound in Torrio’s jaw is infected and they nowfeel that he cannot fight off the poison. Chemists are analyzing rhe bullets extracted from Torrio’s body to determine whither they were poisoned. A favorite trick of certain gunmen is to rub onion on the bullets. The combination of gun powder and onion acts as a poison, physicians said. At the request of Torrio, Father P. J. Malley was summoned to administer the last rites. The death of Torrio would remove the last of the three. powerful gang chieftains who ruled the underworld for the past three years, Torrio, true to the ethics of gangland, persistency refuses to tell police the identity of his assailants. ••We will take care of the matter,” is his only reply. George Moran, member of a rival gang, is being held and will be charged with murder if Torrio dies. Torrio denied that Morau was one of th< assailants. Torrio is reputed to lie worth more than $1,000,000 and word has gone th» rounds that a large sum is being tspent to avenge him.

LEGISLATORS HAVE THEIR PICTURES "TUK” Indianapolis, Jan. 28. —(United Press.) — Proceedings in the senate were delayed nearly half an hour yesterday while the salons straightened ties, smoothed their huir and assumed a grave attitude while a flash-light picture of the upper house was taken. "Now gentlemen, this is not an eclipse," saiii Lieutenant Governor Van Orman, as the cameraman i placed his tripod. "11 is a picture ! of this august assembly and 1 want 1 you all to straighten your ties and keep your hands on your pocketbooks." WHEAT SELLS AT NEW HIGH MARK Breaks Through $2 Mark For New High Since War; ’ Sells For $2.05 (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, Jan. 28. —May wheat leaped to $2.05 7-8 a bushel on the Chi- - cago board of trade today in one of I the wildest trading sessions since the war. The close was at $2.05, a gain ; of 5 3-4 cents over yesterday’s close. Heavy profit taking towards the I close hammered the top price down | 7-8 of a cent. Reports were current that prominent traders made fortunes; i during the past three weeks. Approx-1 I imately three weeks ago May wheat I was at $1.75 a bushel. (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) j Chicago, Jan. 28. — Wheat broke through the $2 mark on the Chicago board of trade today, reaching a new high since the war, of $2.01 7-8 a' . bushel. At noon May wheat sold al $2.05 I—a new high mark. J Wild scenes were enacted in tho , grain pits as May wheat broke through to the new record. Coats and collars were ripped to . shreds as scores of men flung them-! I selves about the limited confines of , 1 the wheat pit. gesticulating franticI I ally with their hands and arms as I they signalled for purchases and ' sales . Unexpectedly heavy demands from i abroad gave the incentive for the outburst of trading. May wheat closed at $1.99 1-4 yes--1 terday after coming within one quarter of a cent of $2. Today’s opening was $1.99 1-2. Prices held around I that figure for a short time ami then | the upward rush started. Reports that Russia, Bulgaria, Russia and other continental countries were coming into the market with heavy buying orders, threw the pit into wild disorder. Some of these countries normally export part of their grains. Added to this was a report that the Canadian crop would . be 8,000,000 bushels less than previously estimated. May wheat jumped to $2.04 1-4 a : bushel at 10:40, making another new high record. o I Evidence Against Wheeler Stone Claims To Have New (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) i Washington, Jan. 28. — Attorney ' )General Stone today told the senate judiciary committee that his new proceedings against Senator Burton Wheeler were based upon new evi--1 dence “indicating an effort to defraud the United States of its public land and minerals.” 1 "The new evidence,” Stone said, “was a report of postoffice investi1 gators in the case of Gordon Camp--8 bell, Montana oil man, and Wheeler’s ’client. _o ‘Two Men Freeze To Death In Cleveland (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Cleveland. Jan. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Two men were frozen to death in down town Cleveland. Both were found dead in a shack 0 1 Gloria Swanson Married ie (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) e London, Jan. 28 —Gloria Swanson ie film star, was married in Paris todaj g to Marquis de Falaise, according tc the Central News.

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COLD WAVE HITS EAST: RELIEF IN WESTERN STATES Severest Cold Follows Blizzard Throughout The East Today ZERO TEMPERATURE Temperature Rising In Middle And Northwest Following Cold Snap (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) New York, Jan. 28. —The severest cold winter followed today in the wake of a blizzard throughout the east. Temperatures in New York state ranged from zero in New York City to 38 below at Locke. With the temperature 8 below at Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania had its coldest night while Delaware was blanketed in snow with the mercury down to 4 above. More snow was reported on the way although generally fair weather promised brief relief. The weather was moderating in middle and northwest following 48 hours of cold. Northwestern states experienced a rise of 40 degrees in 24 hours. Generally fair weather prevails in Chicago. Washington. Jan. 28. — The spent end of the northwest blizzard lashed I Maryland and the District of Columbia and the northern fringe of Virginia during the night, brought a four-inch snow blanket and driving temperatures close to zero. The capital shivered with the thermometer at 6 above. ■ Washingtonians recalled similar conditions three years ago today when a blizzard and heavy snowfall follow ed by the collapse of the Knickerbocker theater in which 198 persons ! were killed. 1 —j Columbus, 0.. Jan. 28. —Near zero I temperatures were reported throughout Ohio again today. The mercury hit zero in Columbus and other parts of the state were still in the grip of the coldest weather of the year. Rural traffic was resumed with difficulty in the Hocking. Muskingum and Licking valleys where high winds drove sifting snow into drifts in the main roads. The local weather bureau predicted slowly rising temperatures. o — , ( , Federal Grand Jury Is Called To Meet Feb. 10 Indianapolis. Jan. 28. — Alexander Cavins, United States district attorney, today sent out an order for a session of the federal grand jury to meet February 10. The same men who composed the grand jury in December will sit at tho February session, which fs expected to last two weeks or more. About one hundred minor cases are to be considered, it was said, most of them being liquor law violations. Cavins plans to rid the docket of as many minor cases as possible to clear the way for the new district attorney who will be appointed soon to take his place. I!. E. EMPLOYES TO GET AWARSS Company To Distribute Supplementary Compensation Next Monday Supplementary compensation of about fifty-eight thousand dollars for 1.739 employes of the local and Fort Wayne plants of the General Electric I company will be paid next Monday. Employes who had been in tho service of the company for five 0 years previous to the last six months e in 1924 will receive the compensa- »• tlon, which is based on their earna ings. More than two hundred new' employes are listed for the compensation. The awards will be distributed [ Monday in cash and General Electric company 8 per cent bonds. Those receiving bonds and desiring to turn D , them into cash immediately may do y so. Receipts for the payments will o be given out to the employes early in the day on Monday.