Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1925 — Page 1

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FEDERAL grand JBNAMES 184 II indictments I Total Os 112 Charged With. Violation 01 Federal Prohibition Law 41 AT FORT WAYNE Manv Fort Wayne And Evansville Men Among Those Indicted L* (EXITED PRESS SERVICE) lndihn;t|M)lis. Feb. 20—(Spcml to Diiily Democrat)- One tadred and sixteen true bills iiktiitino IXI persons were retailed lodav bv the federal Iffimd jury at the close of an | tijil day session. Os those indicted, 112 were (farm'd with violation of the fafinil prohibition laws. The rrfflaining indictments were on (tarj«cs of counterfeiting, white shwrv. postal embezzlement.: i Mito thefts, forgery, side of nar<«tics and impersonating an : liter. j p The liquor lu'.v indictments include ; forty-one persons arrested in raids I ' by prohibition agents at Ft. Wayne. I I Hetty-three at Evansville, twenty- ; lit at New Albany, and five at JtftrsoDville. Tvclvc Bicknell men were indie’ed ! hot' bill charging conspiracy to ' w;al< the national prohibition Uws.| Among those indicted were pr.ntn-l ; tat members of the Modsa—4-ttdi hales lodges, which were closed »aft hue after abatement proceedings before Judge Ande-Fou. Evansville citizens indicted on lienor thargos who have already -tai arrested are Ed Severin. Linley lowell, Mayme Myler, Harry tadley. Anna Milam. Cephas Ferguw. Frank Gilliom, William Jones, I (sil Gardner. Samuel Campbell, I Amos Riggs. Albert Herber, James 1 Padgett. Herman Young. Charles I Rayee. Clem Goedde, William Winebrg. Lucy Crabtree, Clay Scott, I Gilbert Allgaier, and James Marshall. 1 Those indicted from Fort Wayne ® liquor charges who have been ar- ; meted are: i Harry Overhulser, Jacob Schlink, (Continued on Page six) SCHOOL WILL GIVE PROGRAM Pleasant Mills School To Observe Washington and Lincoln Birthdays On next Monday evening, February the Pleasant Mills schools will I “aimemorate the anniversary of 'Abington's and Lincoln’s birthday I ’ h a patriotic and musical program “de school building. The follow- | Program will, begin at 7:30 oelork: '"’oeation.. Rev. L . L. Wisner ; '■.-star Spangled Banner ...Chorus I Election u p , Orchestra c s Sons Grades 1 and 2 Exercise—- The Hatchet Hero> , Vn „ 2 o , Grades 3 and 4 Selection—Whispering Hope pi, . , , Girl's Quartette R * L ‘ ttte Sol(,1 ®r 8 Grade 5 l - Itatfon-Patriotfc Little Giri I ■ Mary K - McMullan ns Gettysburg Address i Son,, c, ~ Bryce Daniels l Oh Lnu? W 8 Ch ° rUS Hlgh School ; "Wain, My Captain! DiaW,,, . Vaufan Snedeker S Wn Memory of Lincoln Adtbai,. a Chorus stitn t The SP ‘ rit Os the Con ’ Selection' 0 ” Mr ' French Quinn The nil jj. Orchestra att end. Th' 0 * S COr<Jia ily invited to tally Pleasin P . rogram wiU be espec’’’'bool, m 8 t 0 the I ’ atronß of the charge. Pre wi " 110 admission

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Hurling SnowbaJls At High Hats Held Lawful i I Minneapolis. Minn.. Feb. 20— , (United Press) - The small boy , has a legal and inherent right to try his skill with a nice • hard snowball upon the shining high silk hat or "iron benny" of the ' more or less dignified business | man. > * This on no less an authority than the Hennepin county district court where an all-man jury late testerday decided that boys have 1 he ancient right. The jury returned a verdict of S2M) damage t to Charles J. Christ iunson who alleges August Lindhom struck his eight year old son .with a hammer after the latter had thrown snowballs at landholm. — NEW PYTHIAN HOME ASSURED Cash Subscriptions To Fund For State Home Totals SIOO,OOO Now The state K. of I’. Home will he ' built. Dore B. Erwin of this city. Grand! I Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Indiana announced this morning that the home for orphans and aged I members of the Knights of Pythias in this state was assured, in view of i I the cash subscriptions of more than ! | Jltto.ooo reported to the Grand Lodge ' at Indianapolis yesferday. ~ Mr. Erwin also announced that the campaign for contributions to the state home fund would be continued until July 1 and taat ,in all probability, the total would reach more than >200,000. The Decatur Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters contributed >1.200 to the fund and all of the members have not been seen, it was stated. I The drive for funds was made under the slogan, "Build the Pythian Home in One Day," which was adopt- i ed at the grand lodge convention last' October. The date for making contributions was set for February 19, the anniversary of the founding of the order. The location for the home will be determined at the grand lodge meeting next October. The institution when built will provide a home for: orphans of members, widows of' members and for aged members of the order. The home committee includes Elmer Basset, past grand chancellor. Shelbyville: Thomas N. Roach, Fort Wayne, and George F. Gelts, of Muncie. Mr. Erwin stated that about only one-third of the members in the state had been seen so far. 1 Epworth League Will Present Play Soon “Challenge of The Cross." is the! title of a religious play that will be given by the members of the Epworthl League of the Methodist church, in! the near future. The cast and choir are working diligently and from’ all indications the public will be given a treat. Further announcements will be made later. > — o— — Cleveland Police Ordered To Shoot To Kill Bandits Cleveland, 0.. Feb. 20—“ Get these bandits. Bring them into the morgue. Shoot to kill.” Chief of Police Jacob Graul issued these orders to policeman as one of the w«orst crime waves in several hit Cleveland today. Since dusk last night 18 citizens have been held up and robbed by gun-’ men, officials reported. Flying squad-1 rons raced about the city during the! night as the robberies were report-! , ed. The holdups continued to pop up, however, in the very face >f the entire aroused police so—e. Tc*>l loot was about >1,500.

LOCATE RADIO INTERFERENCE AT CITY PLANT G. E. Engineers Make Tests And Attribute Trouble To Rectifiers RECOMMEND CHANGE — |*Engineers Suggest Change ' Which Will Eliminate Interference Based on tests made last n'ght. | Engineer Ray Hoffman, superinten-1 . dent of tests, and Engineer Ashley Boek, of the Fort Wayne Works of the General Electric company, at-1 aributed the interference to radio rei| caption in this city to the mercury 11 arc rectifiers at the City Light and I Power plant and recommended to Superintendent M. J. Mylott that j changes be made to the rectifh r, which, when completed, will elim n--1 ate the trouble as far as the city I plant is concerned, they believe. Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Bock spent ! several hours in the city last night .and. with Superintendent Mylott and J. G. Niblick, made a number of ' tests throughout the city with a | Super-Het rodyne receiving set and I -were convinced that the radiat’ng ’ waves from the rectifier wore caus- i | ing the interference in many places. I Superintendent Mylott was of the I same opinion that the rectifier whs ! causing much of the trouble, but wish ! e*L-4e hnr»~wtawid<>*WgT?ieer<t advije | the council as to the changes to be i made in order to correct the inter(Continued on Page Six) WELL KNOWN j VETERAN DIES Joseph Bremerkamp Dies At Soldiers Home At Danville, 111. Joseph Bremerkamp, 79 printerjournalist, traveler, veteran of the Civil war and the United States Army, died yesterday at the Soldier's Home |at Danville, of a complication of diseases due to his age. The news was reveived this morning in a telegram from a son. Jack Bremerkamp to J. H. Bremerkamp, a brother of 'the deceased. Mr. Bremerkamp came here about . a month ago and was a guest at the I Murray Hotel until about two weeks ago. and then returned to the Home | I for treatment. He had been in failing j I health for a year or more past and! had divided his time between here' j and Danville, in efforts to recover. I | He was one of the best known men of i this community and for many years I was active in business. He was born in Cincinnati. October 1 31. 1845 and was in his eightieth year He was the oldest son of Harmon and Mary (Hiedman) Bremerkamp. When three years of age he came with his parents to Decatur where he was reared and received his education. When fifteen years old he entered this, then the Decatur Eagle, and began the printer's trade. In 1863 he enlisted in the Union army as a bugler in Company C. 11 th Indiana cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He was in the engagement at Nashville and was at Huntsville when Wheeler made his famous raid on that city. In 1867. he enlisted in the U. S. army, serving three years. For a number of years he ! followed the printing business, serving on Indianapolis .Anderson and | Toledo papers and was, for two years, i foreman of the Omaha Pee. From 1878 until he served in the army, traveling! over every part of the United States. He was a member of the guard which (Continued On Page Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 20, 1925.

WILL SPEAK HERE •*<.*-* jTI William Herschell Wili am Herschell, popular Hoosier i poet and a feature writer for the Indianapolis News, will give a lecture in the high school auditorium here next Tuesday evening, under the ausi pices of the Decatur Woman's Club. Mr. Herschell is a popular entertainer and his lectures are of great inter- ■ est to young and old. A large number of tickets have been sold already and indicat'ons are that a large audienee will greet Mr. Herschell. TYPHOID FEVER CASE POSTPONED Damage Suit From Fort Wayne Not To Be Tried Until March 16 The damage suit of the Lincoln! Trust company, administrator of the| estate of Herman Bauermeister! against the Pennsylvania Railroad! company ami the City of Fort Wayne which resulted from the typhoid fever epidemic at Fort Wayne a year ago and which was scheduled to come up for ti ial in the Adams circuit court here next Monday, February 23. was postponed today until March 16, on motion ot the defendant, the City, of Fort Wayne. In the motion continuance, the City of FL Wayne showed that the city attorney, Guy Colerick, will be occupied in a case: at Indianapolis next week and fori (Continued on page two) PLANNING FOP LATIN CONTEST ■ —• County Contest Here Feb. 28; Winners Represent County In District L. L. C. Wisner, instructor of Latin in the Pleasant Mills high school, has been appointed county chairman in the eighth district Latin contest. | The Adams county contest will be. held in the Central school building, this city, on Saturday afternoon, Feb-j ruary 28, at 1 o’clock. Two pupils from each of the four classes in each of the high schools of the county are eligible to enter the county contest. The two pupils making the highest grade in each of the four divisions will represent the county in the district contest to be held later. Each school will hold a preliminary contest for the purpose of selecting the' representatives for the county con-, test. The preliminary contest will be' held in the Decatur high school next Monday. Miss Kmma Cammrack, of Central high school, Muncie, is chairman of the eighth district contest. Weather Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Saturday; unsettled in north portion. Slightly warmer tonight.

COMPENSATION MEASURE SCORES ANOTHER POINT House Adopts Minority Report Recommending Passage Os Bill STIFF OPPOSITION Senate Passes Bill For Codification Os State Election Laws U NITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, Feb. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Proponents of increased workmens compensation siored another point in the state leg-: islature today in the face of stiff; opposition. The house adopted a minority com-j mittee report recommending passage cf the Freeman bill to boost the pay- ■ ment to injured and disabled work- , j men. * . The Freeman bill would increase 1 the maximum weekly compensation; for time off from >13.50 to >16.00 and 1 the maximum indemnity from $5,000' to $16,500. Representatives opposed to adop-| tion of the mmortty committee re-i ; port argued that idleness among , ■ workei s would be encouraged by 'making the terms of the compensaI Lion law too attractive. A similar measure is ready for ’final passage in the senate where a 1 | i hot contest is in prospect when it is! ! I called up for vote this afternoon. The senate today passed the billj ' Introduced by Senator Qnillin. of (Continued on page two) —: o WELCOME NEW PASTOR TO CITY 11 Rotary Club Gives Welcome To Rev. Fledderjohann; Going To South Bend ■ ~ \ Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, new pastor of the Zion Reformed church, was welcomed to Decatur by the Rotarians .at their regular meeting last evening, j During the evening Rev. Fledderjo-1 ihann delivered a short talk on "My impressions of Decatur”. Rev. Fledderjohann paid a coinpli- j Iment to Decatur citizens on their socialibility and congenial manner! shown to strangers. He stated that “he felt at home,’’ • among a new : people, because everyone seemed i friendly. The new minister said he I heard favorable comments about D? catur before he came here and that ' he was not disappointed with the im-; pressions formed aboßt the city since i coming here. The speaker urged a continuance of civic and community spirit and stated that no community could succeed without it. He said that everyone. shoud learn his relation to his brother, land the relationship with God and; live accordingly. Going To South Bend Final plans were made by the Rotarians for attending the district conference at South Bend next week.' About 25 of the Rotarians will attend the conference, some going on Monday others on Tuesday morning. Several of the wives of the Rotarians will accompany their husbands to South Bend. Those going on Monday are: James Arnold. Dan Beery, John C’ar!mody. Charles Christen. Tom Durkin, jJames Elberson. A. R. Holthouse, Walt Johnson. W. A. Klepper, W. A. Lower, Arthur Suttles. Charles Voglewede and M. F. Worthman. Those going on Tuesday morning are. Avon Burk. Janies Cowan. Herman Ehinger, R. J. Harting, Eno Lankenau, Will O’Brien, Francis Schmitt, O. L. Vance, Wai Wemhoff Henry Heller and H. j J. Yager. Henry Heller, president and H. J. Yager Secretary of the local club were elected delegates to the conference.

Mrs. Blackburn Has Copy Os Bar Docket Os 1876 Mrs. Sarah J. Blackburn, of South I Sixth street, has a copy of an old bar docket, published for the May term of court in 1876. The booklet was printed by the Democrat Job Printery of this city. The Adams Circuit court was then in a circuit composed of Jay, • Adams and Wells counties. Hon. Jacob M. Haynes was the judge; Joseph S. Dailey, prosecuting attorney; David Eley, deputy prosecuting atB. H. Dent, clerk; E. P. Stoops, sheriff, Ndrval Blackburn, deputy sheriff The attorneys who practiced before the bar wore Studabaker and' Quinn; Bobo and Peterson; D. D. Heller: France and Son; Miller and Kellison; David Eley; W. S. Congleton; David Showers, Shaffer Peterson: C. H. 1 Croninger and E. A. Huffman of De- ■ catur. J. L. Manley, of Geneva, was i; also a member o — DEPOSED WARDEN IS FOUND GUILTY Former Warden Os Atlanta Prison Convicted Os Accepting Bribes ■ Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. !}0 —A. N- Sartain, deposed warden of Atlanta federal penitentiary, found guilty by a federal jury of accepting bribes in return for special privileges, was sentenced : ito serve one year and six months in Atlanta penitentiary todav. Lawience Rienl, Columbus, Ohio.! found guilty of conspiring to accept j l bribes in the capacity of a go-between! was sentenced to serve one year and; a day. Both men were released in $5,000, | bail each, pending a new trial. Future Os La Follette Party Hangs In Balance Chicago. Feb., 20—Whether the IjFollette third party is to carry on as a national organization or be permanetly junked may bo determined at a | convention of progressives hero tomorrow Five hundred delegates from all sec- I tions will attend the conclave. A stiff three -cornered elimination; fight will be staged on the floor of ( the convention, and according to Chas. J. McGowan, chairman of the Illinois progressive party, may lead to the I scrapping of the LaFollette moveI ment. | 0 500 Northwestern Co-eds Quarantined For Smallpox (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Evanston, 111., Feb. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Five hundred co-| eds at Northwestern university were! prisoners here today in Willard hall I dormitory, quarantined because one lot the girls has smallpox. When it| was learned last night that Miss Helen Mason of Hancock, Mich., wa's suffering from the disesase, a woman physician was ordered to the dormitory. She vaccinated each of the 500 co-eds, with the aid of several asj sistants, and placed the building I under quarantine. Several smaller dormitories nearby were placed under observation and every co-ed in the university was i requested to submit to vaccination, j o Oil Well Near Wren Making 20 Barrels The oil well on the Heller farm, 2 miles east of Wren, Ohio, which was shot last Tuesday, is producing about 20 barrels a day, ,it was stated today. The well was drilled by Gail Ayres! and it promises to have a fair produc-1 lion. King George Improving London. Feb. 20. —(United Press.) —Although he spent a restless night, the bronchial cold of King George I continues to improve, a physician’s bulletin at 10 a. m. said.today. “The king’s condition is making slow progress for the better," the report said.

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FORTY REPORTED ! KILLED IN MINE NEAR SULLIHN Explosion Wrecks Mine And Gas Imperils Lives Os Entombed Men CAUSE IS UNKNOWN Rescue Squads Rushed To Scene Os Disaster From Other Mines (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Sullivan, Ind., I’eh. 20— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Approximately 50 miners were trapped early this afternoon in the city coal mine, one mile east of here by an explosion which wrecked the mine. The mine is filled with gas and the fate of the imprisoned men is unknown. Norval Harris, Sullivan county prosecutor, reported at 2:30 p. m. that he understood 40 men were killed at the mine. A rescue squad of twenty picked men equipped with gas masks had just entered the workings in an effort to reach them. Bodies of two men killed in the blast were brought to the j surface according to one mine oliicial but this report could not j be confirmed. One hundred and twenty men were in the mine at the time of the explosion, the cause of which has not yet been determined. Every mine rescue squad in the Ini (liana and Southern Indiana coal i fields has been ordered to rush to the scene. Every available doctor in Sullivan [county was called to the shaft of the i mine to be ready for an emergency. Cots from furniture stores in Sullivan were requisitioned and were ’placed near the entrance to the mine as the rescue squad went down. Elmer Davidson of Sullivan was the first injured man to be brought from ’ the workings. He had a badly crushed chest suffered when slate and rock loosened from the roof of the mine by (Continued on page two) ANNA HOWARD DIES SUDDENLY Acute Indigestion Causes Death Os Aged Lady At Peterson Last Night Mrs. Anna Howard, age 7S, widow of the late Ephriam Howard, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Ernst, in Peterson, at 11:30 o'clock last night. Death was due to -icute indigestion. Mrs. Howard was taken ill suddenly between nine and ten o’clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Howard was a daughter of | Christian and Elizabeth Cult, and was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, September 7, 1556. She was married to Ephriam Howard 59 years ago. In 1579 Mr. and Mrs. Howard and I family moved to Adams county, Indiana. and the deceased spent the rest of her life, with the exception of a few years, in this county. Mr. Howard died thirty-seven years ago. Mrs. Howard was a member of the Mennonite church. She had been I spending the winter months each i year with her daughter at Peterson. Surviving are eight children, as follows: Christian E., and Edwin S, of Fort Wayne; Samuel W. of Decatur; Mrs. Ida S. Ernst, of Peterson; Elias M.. of Fort Jennings. Ohio; Ephriam D., of Delphos. Ohio; Anna E. Zerhur. of Nampa. Idaho; and James E.. of Delphos. Christian Culp and Mrs. Betty Good, of Elida, Ohio, are a brother and sister of Mrs. Howard.