Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1925 — Page 1

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I SHIFT LEMING I JO SAND CHE I (LOSES TODAY I pirt in Shaft Today I iNQI lin IS_ FINISHED I Militia Decamps And Mall thinerv Red In Rescue | Work Is Torn Down | (I mn. pcess service. ■ ,u Tire M'bP’i " f Siin '' Cavr ' Ky '' B . v!i ]S _ r ig .shov 1 . full of dirt and ■ mrt ilmnpp'l today in, ° 1,10 sbaft B ffcat a. f< w Ti'-'ir-' before !•-<! intn the B <rf Sund u to find the lifeB H h«ie of Floyd Collins, underBrrot't l l l a.lventiirer. ■ Th' -am" workmen who toil, d hour I B tfw hour to f ;>< h the imprisoned! ■ mar. -hoveled back the dirt on his S M resting place sixty feet below the I H arfaee <>f bb’ak K'' n,l,, k >' hi!l H After .he fun. ml on the brow of I B the cliff overhanging the original; B mouth of S.md Cave, workmen last ■ ,10,1 with . . nu nt the manhole B aid'' loll"’n "f i |; e rosette shaft and B Ahhetl •• wi| h ■ Seven hundred of his own people B SStln-retl at th... side of the hill to H Var the sinipb- funeral services by B H> v •• ° r niusgow. Ky., a ■ M.thodist < irctiii rider minister, late |B tKsday. HL “Hov.l Collins loved the underfroiini! marvels of nature as other B F»ple ! "Ve flowers and the beautiful B ttittr- of life." Itev. Riner said. “lb B »ottb' fitting that be rest forever in B tie reeky tavern he gave his life to. B B A ".'tiian's tei.-e t hanted ' We'll tinB ferstand it better bye and bye." and |H Aft'-yes tamed toward the mouth of B ’A' lavethat had . ailed Collins to his B B '''din' ,iv.l i.oh.-r. l.ee C(rHins. and B stepmother were sealed directly B n f the minister who stood on B ,kl * ro «gh stump of a tree that had . B Awn Mled to aid in the rescue work. B Another hymn from the choir of a B mtuttry church, a brief prayer, and B ’A* neighbors of Collins turned homeB * ui the deepening shadows, leavB Aim at rest in the bosom of the B The militia which guarded the B ’Anft during- the rescue work decampB’A ' in 'l d' p machinery used to hasten B Ate efforts of men's hands was being B >on 'town. H The miliary court of inquiry was B * bold the last session in its invest!Rtion of activities at the cave, and H *Ae coroner's jury was expected to ■ tlakf ‘ a formal report that Collins ■ of exposure and hunger during B A" 1 ! S days of his imprisonment. 8,, 7 —— 0 ■ Gloria Swanson Has ■ An Operation Today ■ Paris ' Fe’> . 18— Gloria Swanson, B f‘ c an film actress who recently ■ l ". arri< ’' 1 a French Marquis was operH •fed on at a hospital here today, she B ns ,aken Hl last night and went intto the hospital. Cause of B , ,' llnMa was withheld hut was said B 8 * to overwork. I FUNn OF WATER D GENEVA WELL | Town Gets Adequate Water I Wy In New Well; | Await Health Test I 18 ~ (speciai to Da,,y ■ed . Th new town well > d,, i1lI tog t««t y haS withstood the pumpI "n aZ T the town '* of ■ *as (IriT 6 Water SUpp,y ' Tlle well I UO feet * T l° a 11611111 ot more than H totre th. he neXt step wi " be t 0 I i>y the St J 5 from the wel! tested | tain !t I? ® ° ar<l of heallh to aecerI Eposes p * atlßtact °ry for drinking ■ ‘he w a t„ . board of hea ltl’ finds B eil will nr 9 ealthful - the town counI a waZ With pIaDS £or installI r tem for the toWl >' I int » an aorL De ,OWn counc H entered ■ 1)y “ water 6ment wlth a firm, whereI i>y the ? StPln was to be installWished a prov^in S the town I s Wly of n , , Well Witil an adequate ■ *° rl 8 t 0 b? er ' The ts ' Pe ° f Water ■ Elitely ehogZ^" 0 ' 1 nOt hePn ■

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King Ceorge’s Condition Improving Says Bulletin I/vndon. f’.-b. 18 King George's condition Is Improving , said a phy siclun today Be spent a fair night and bronchial inrtamatlon no far is unchanged. Earlier unofficial information from Buckingham palace had been reassuring and popular fc-ars that the illness of the monarch might be more serious than indicated in yesterday's brief statements, was allayed. Queen Mary attended a Paderewski concert last night and apparently was not worried over t.h> llliness of her royal husband. .Meantime, how.-vor, the inlluenza epidemic which has been sweeping Eingland claimed new victims, with many members of parlim< nt and oth|er prominent persons ill. ART EXHIBIT OPENS MONDAY Exhibit From John Herron Art School Being Brought To This City The traveling student exhibit from the John Herron Art School, of Indianapolis, wijl be opened Monday, February 2:1. at the Public Library. It will l>e on exhibition until Monday. March 2. The public is cordially invited to view the work at any time during library hours. The work will include cast drawing. life, sketches front life, tree studies in pencil, pen and ink rendering studies from life in water color, original composition in water color, study of historic ornament, theory of color, nature study, sketches from textiles in the museum, plant analysis, alli over design, newspaper layouts, theatre design, still life, interior decoration. posters, oil studies and photographs of student activities. It is especially desired that the 'stores of Decatur make the week of .February 23 Art Week in general. Art hr nut brush rendering' entirely, but it exists in everything we do in any lien of work or vocation. Mer- - chants are urged to make a special effort to make the down town section attractive. Members of the Art classes of the high school will act as ushers at the exhibition, during the afternoons and evenings ot Art Week. They will be •glad to answer any questions concerning the work. -.o Washington-Lincoln 1 Program At Union Chapel A Washington-Lincoln program will be given at the Union Chapel church east of the city next Sunday. The subject of the sermon is, “Klements of True Greatness.” The public is invited to attend. CATTLE BURNED IN TRAIN WRECK Carload Os Steers Belonging To Local Man Killed Near St. Louis A car load of prime Hereford steers in transit from Kansas City. Mo., to Decatur, via the Wabash railroad and belonging to Peter C. Miller, wellknown farmer living three miles south ot here, were burned to death near St. Louis. Mo., when the train in which they were riding was wrecked, derailed and caught tire. Mr. Miller and H. P. Schmitt, of this city, each purchased a carload of cattle from the Kansas City Stockholders Monday and had them shipped out Tuesday. This morning Mr. Miller received a telegram informing him of the loss. Mr. Schmitt's cattle were shipped via the C. and I. railroad and then over the Nickel Plate to Decatur, and therefore, avoided the wreck. Mr. Miller had paid $2,135 for the ,30 head of cattle in the car and intended to put them on his farm and feed them. Mr. Schmitt expected his carload of cattle today and will put them on the Schmitt farm, south of Decatur. It is though that Mr. Miller will be able to obtain damages against the railroad company, sufficient to cover most of his loss. I While in Kansas City, Mr. Miller and Mr. Schmitt visited the ruins of the Royal Auto show, which was destroyed by fire last week, 240 new cars being destroyed.

PETITION FOR LIGHTS ON TWO MORE STREETS I Residents On Winchester And N. Second St. Want Ornamental Lights I REPORTS ARE FILED « (’ouncil Hears Reports Os 1 City Officials; Mayor DeVoss Absent Petitions for onanv-ntal streetlights ' on North Second street from the in terurban station, north to the end of the street and on Winchester street, south from the Anker corner to the Nickel Plate railroad wore filed with the city council lust evening and. upon motion, referred to the electric light committee. The petitions will, in all probability, be allowed by the committee, but the posts will not be installed until after several other streets are ini ; proved, including the completion of’ Mercer avenue, Adams street. North ; and South Third street, Monroe i street and Ninth streets, petitions for ; these street improvements having | been tiled last year. The conn I ; sometime ago adopted the "first come, first serve” policy and the Winchester and North Second street petitions will take their place in the order file;'.. If possible the posts will bo installed next year, it was stated. The annual 'report of City Treasurer Flora Knizle was filed with the council and referred to the finance committee. Ed Augenbangh. city street commissioner who suffered from a slight stroke of paralysis last December, was able to attend the meeting last evening and filed his reports for December and January. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the <Uy light and power plant, tiled his annual report for the year 1924. The matter of removing the old smoke stacks at the water works plant, after the installtaion of the two new boilers, was discussed by the , councilmen last evening and a motion made that the matter be taken up with the electric light committee. The condition of the sewer in the alley between Fifth and Sixth streets, running from Jefferson to Madison streets was reported unsatisfactory and the councilmen expressed the I opinion that property owners should petition to have a new and larger sewer constructed. The present sewer seems to be too small and the water backs-up in many of the cellars along the route. George Krick, presided as mayor during the meeting, owing to the absence of Mayor DeVoss. o Bomb Wrecks Two Big Buildings In Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 18. —A dynamite bomb exploded in the heart of the produce district here today, wrecking two tbree-story buildings and breaking windows for squares around. Reports were circulated that five men were trapped in the demolished buildings and firemen were digging in the debris in search of bodies. Police, however, did not believe anyone was injured in the blast. The damage from the explosion was estimated at SIIO,OOO The bomb was planted in the Landoline building and exploded at 5:30 . a. tn. The William Penn Trust company and the Franklin Savings and Trust company buildings were damaged by the blast. A building next to the Landolina t was partly demolished and sag crazily over the street. > * Fire broke out immediately after the explosion and flames threw weird shadows over the block, frightening men and women who fled from their homes into the streets. Police hastened to the damaged banking houses to prevent possible pillage of the 1 ruins o Boy Fatally Hurt When Struck By A Bicycle » ——- ■ Evansville, Ind., Feb. 19.—Parents of Albert Effinger, 12, who was fatal- ; ly hurt in a bicycle crash, charged today that Carl Kahn, 16. deliberately i ran his bicycle into that of their sou. The coroner is investigating. Kahn denies intent to cause the accident.

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Harry Zimmerman Fights Extradition From Indiana H.ity Zimmerman wanted al Van Wert, Ohio, to answer to a charge of rqbliery of the Mrs. F.liza J Harmon home near Wren is fighting exlradi tion from the slate of Indiana. Yesterday a habeas corpus hearing was on at Huntington when- authorities have been holding Zimmerman for Sheriff , H. W. Johnson, of Van Wert. Prose ruling Attorney John I. Miller of van Wert went to Huntington to attend the hearing and seek the return of the alleged robber . Before going to Huntington fur Zimmerman. Sheriff Johnson appeared before Governor Donahey and secured requisition papers and yesterday afternoon ire was granted an extradition warrant by the governor of ndiana 1 PRESIDENT OF : 0. OF M. DIES ( f Dr. Marion Leroy Burton, , Who Nomniated President Coolidge Dead 1 • UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 18. — Dr. | ' Marion Leroy Barton, president of | . the University of .Michigan and the s , man who nominated President Coolluge at tlri- republican convention at < Cleveland, died early this morning. I Immed'ate cause of death was 1 ascribed to a pleurisy condition that 1 developed yesterday. Doctors aspirated the chest at noon yesterday ami removed a quart of 1 fluid. At midnight last night his con- 1 diJon became worse and he rapidly I grew worse. I Dr. Burton suffered a relapse on ! February 12 when a non-infectious i infaret caused a slight hemorrhage. 1 Since the time of his first illness from influenza in November, 1924, Dr. Burton had been confined to his home and unable to participate in even passive management of unlvewity affairs. Funeral arrangements are to be made later. Dr. Burton was born at Brooklyn. lowa, on August 30. 1874, the youngest of four sons of Ira John Henry Burton and Jane Adelsik Simons Burton. Shortly after hjs birth his parents moved to Minneapolis where he attended public school until the close of his first year in high school when lack ot family funds caused him to leave schoo* to seek work. Starting as a drug clerk, Dr. Burton soon became the sole manager of a drugstore but disposed of the interest to enter Carleton college, Northfield. Minn., in 1893. He graduated in 1896 and in 1900 married Nina Moses, Northfield. Minn. in the fall of 1900 Dr. Burton entered upon his educational career as principal of Windom institute, Windom, Minn., where he remained three years. In 1903 he entered Yale University, graduate school, where he obtained degrees of Ph D., and bachelor of divinity in four years. The follow(Continued on page two) o TO INVESTIGATE RADIO TROUBLE U. E. Engineers To Make Investigations At Light Plant Tomorrow Messrs. Bock and Chadwick, engineers from the Ft. Wayne works of the General Electric company, will be , in the city Thursday afternoon for the purpose of trying to locate equipment which has been interferring the radio , reception here. Sometime ago the radio fans in this city petitioned the council to change the system of manufacturing power for the arc lights, stating that they believed this system caused the interference to the radios. M. J. Mylott, city light superintendent, took the matter up with the G. E. engineers and they agreed to come to Decatur Thursday afternoon and make an examination . If Hie trouble is located at the city plant, the council will rectify it. Weather Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Probably some snow in north portion. Warmer tonight.

FINANCES OF CITY ARE GOOD REPORT SHOWS •City Treasurer Files Annual Report With City Council Tuesday Night BALANCE ON HANDS Cash Balance On Hand Jan. 1 Was $79,233.16; City Plants Make Profit During the year 1924 Mrs. Flora B. Kintie. city treasurer, received $195, 828.1.3 and checked out $185,691.73. according to her annual report filed I with the city council last evening. The cash balance of the city, in- i eluding all funds and balances in the j electric light and water departments,! was $79,233.46 of which $69,097.06 j was on hands, January 1. 1924. Mrs. Kinzle's report shows that $35,080.18 was received in the general fund; $129,620.69 in the electric light department; $26,433.70 in the water department fund and $4,693.56 in the sinking or bond fund. During the year, $4,450.00 was paid on bonds, including interest. In the Barrett law fund, which includes payments on street and sewer assessments, $12,792.84 was paid on the improvements and the balance on hand was reduced to $1,396.19. The report shows a splendid financial condition of the city and sufficient balances on hands in each fund to operate the city government until the next tax draw, next June. The report also shows that the city light and water plant is operating at a profit. o — California Lady Succeeds Husband As Congressman San Francisco. Feb. IS. — Mrs. Flor ence frag Kahn, widow of the late Congressman Julius Kahn of Cali fornia. has been elected to succeed her husband, unofficial returns from the fourth district revealed today. Mrs. Kahn defeated Raymond A. Burr, the nearest rival candidate, by nearly 2,000 votes, the count showed. Balloting was very light, only 25.428 votes being cast in a district with 109,000 registrations. o Longworth Baby Has Been Named Paulina (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago. Feb. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Alice Roosevelt Longworth wants her baby daughter to grow up with a "personality all her own,” she explained in announcing it had been named Pauline Longworth. Through intimate friends it was learned thai the child was not named Alice because its mother feels sorry for her brother “T.R., Jr.,” pointing out that he inevitably is compared with his famous father. Pauline was selected because the apostle Paul is Alice's favorite hero; because she wanted a Biblical name and doesn't care for Mary, Martha Esther or Ruth. If the child had been a boy it would have been named Paul o --— Japanese Cotton Mill Workers Are Striking Shanghi. Feb. 18—Clashes resulting from picketing continued in the strike of 30,000 workers in fourteen Japanese cotton mills here with rumors the walkout will spread to English and Chinese mills. A number of strikers were injured. An unconfirmed report said a fund of 5,000 pounds had been sent to the strikers by bolshevicts. 0 Found Guilty Os Disturbing Peace Ed Knavle of this city was found guilty of disturbing the peace this morning in the court, of Justice John W Merriman, and w-as bound over to the circuit court. He was released under bond of SSO. Mrs. Harry Straub, Knavle’s sister, filed the affidavit against him. alleging that he threatened to kill her and her two sisters last week. She also alleged that he threatened to burn their house in the northwest part of the city. Knavle was arrested by Constable John Wagoner.

-'Denton-Willoughby * Contest Postponed (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) ndianapolls, Feb. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Further action by ! tiie legislative Denton Willoughby contest committee is to be postponed another week II was announced today. The announcement was made following an opinion by Attorney Gener al Gilliom that the legislature had no legal right Io investigate the actual vote (-ziunt by which Benjamin I Willoughby defeated George K. Denti on for the supreme court Judgeship in the last election. An election contest could only bo made on the grounds of unfitness of the successful candidate, the attorney general held. o —— TO GIVE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT Symphony Orchestra From Ft. Wayne To Give Popular Concert Here A large number of tickets have been sold already for the concert to be given in the high school auditorium Thursday evening, by the Gibson Plectrum Symphony Orchestra, of Fort Wayne. The concert will be given under the auspices of the young peoples society of the Evangelical church. The doors will be open at 7 o’clock and the concert will start at 8 o'clock. Those who do not have tickets may procure same at the door. The Gibson Plectrum orchestra comes to this city highly recommended. It consists of between twentyfive and thirty pieces and gives a popular concert. W. R. Barr, a music) instructor in Fort Wayne, is director of the orchestra.. In addition to the several selections to he given by the orchestra, Mr. Barr's two little daughters, Wilda and. Leah, will give songs and readings and a banjo band > will provide further variation. Th** public is cordially invited to attend I the concert and enjoy a musical 1 treat. Man Who Helped Nominate Abraham Lincoln Dies t Chicago, Feb. 18.—(United Press.) . —Funeral services for Addison G. Proctor, last surviving delegate to the convention which nominated Abraha inLincoln for the presidency, ! were held today at the chapel of an 1 i undertaking firm here. Proctor, who ! was 87, died from the strain of making numerous speeches on and before i Lincoln’s birthday. J The body is to be placed in a vault . in Mount Hope cemetery until June. r when it will be removed to the family lot at St. Joseph, Mich. Proctor [ was a member of the St. Joseph . Kiwanis club, and members of that . order will act as pall bearers. TWO FARMS NEAR CITY ARE SOLD ! 1 Michigan Man Purchases Tice Ulman And Henry Fuhrman Farms George E. Smith, of Breckenridge, J Michigan, a well known farmer and capitalist of that section, whose hob ; by is fine chicken farms, closed a ■ deal last evening for the purchase of • the Tice Ulman farm of fourteen . acres and the Henry Fuhrman farm I of thirtv-s'even acres, located just norhtwest of the city. The consideration for the Ulman farm was $9,500, I an average of $678 per acre, and for . the Fuhrman farm $12,000, or an average of about $325. The improvements and location, of course, add to the average cost as the distribution is over a comparatively small number of acres. ! The deal was made through Dan Beery. Mr. Smith made a cash payI ment on the property and expects to s conclude the deal within the next i tw r o weeks. He has been here two J or three times during the past month 1 and looked over a number of farms near this city and as far east as Van ', Wert. Ohio, finally deciding on the :• Fuhrman and Ulman farms and the r sale was consumated late yesterday, e Mr. Smith leaving immediately for 0 his home. It was impossible to inter t view him after the trade was made L- public, but he is expected to return shortly.

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MURDEN BILL IS KEPT ALIVE IN HOUSE TODAY Bill Provides For Public School Courses In Parochial Schools BACK TO COMMITTEE , Administration’s Financial Program Hits Snag This Afternoon (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Feb, 18 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Following up their victory in passing the religions garb bill yesterday house forces hack of the so-called ku khtx klan legislative program today succeeded in keeping alive the Murden bill to require parochial and private schools tn adopt public school courses. ' By a vote of 52 Io 38 the house killed a majority report of the committee on education for indefinite postponment of the measure. The action places the bill hack in committee where it may be reconsidered. ' Explaining the measure Repre--1 sentative Murden. of Logansport, its author, .declared it was the product of his own mind and not that of any organization. Opponents of the mea--1 sure declare it to be endorsed by the ku klux klan. Murden denied charges that, the bill was unconstitutional and said the state has a right to say “whether or not hoys and girls in private and parochial schools should have an equal chance with those in the public schools in obtaining an eduea- ‘ tlon.” 1 The administration financial program struck an unexpected snag In 1 the senate today w’hen Senator 1 Chambers, democrat, argued that passage of the bill to place all revenue from state department in the general fund would invalidate the ' gasoline tax law. Chambers secured postponment of final action on the Plttenger fund bill and its companion measure for ' a permanent budget commission ! until this afternoon. Both bills were made a special ord1 er of business for the afternoon ses- ' sion. The question of regulation of motor busses by the state highway commission or the public service commission will be fought out on the floor of the house as a result of the action today on committee reports on two bus regulation bills. The house adopted a majority report on the senate bill for regulation 1 by the public service commission and at the same time approved a minority committe report on the Hull bill for regulation by the highway commission This action brings both bills before “”T CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $185',; July $1.55%: Sept. $1.43%. Corn: May $1.30%; July $1.31%; Sept. $1.30%. Oats; May 54%c; July 55%c; Sept. 54-%c. I CITY WATER IS : GIVEN APPROVAL State Board Os Health Re--1 ports Water Is Satisfactory For Drinking 1 The water and sewerage department of the Indiana State Board of j health has made its semi-annual ex1 amiation' of the water furnished by the citv water plant andinforms Supt. ■) ( Orval Harruff that the “water is very n satisfactory for drinking purposes”. The chemical anlysis of water shows: g Turbidity,lo; color 10; odor, none; a sediment, very slight; nitrite nitrogen e .24 chlorine as chlorides 13.0; alkae linity-lacmoid, 242; iron 1.0 bacteria r per C. C- agar at 37” C, 1; bacillus col,r on absent. The following note is added r . to the blank sent here. “The eratnlnae tion of the city supply sample as subn mitted on February 3, shows very satisfactory for drinking purposes”.