Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1925 — Page 1

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■STDCKHOLDERS ■ if GENEVA BANK I io MEET MAR. 16 lln Tak V | i<i>i JU-garding ■ ’Of l arrnrrs & H Mcichaiits Bank ■ MU BE REOPENED HpJ Vcounts I o Be Liqua- ■ dated And Bank Re-Op- ■ opened. Rumor Says ■ "’ ° f ■ :o,H Merchants Stat.* I of <;.fi*->*‘. i.dnu;. tor a Hpec- ■ of n,o nd for Monday. U Jl;,oh 16. o' ‘ ' I'" '- 1,1 hy K 11 Bn ~r 11... bank, which ■ .la I )':»■! iy morning. SH H j. .v.n what action the ■ Mo-khol.l-r. «:ll ■j W I!,.- liauk w. - , losod by J. Clark in Mill . stale hl.llf examiner after a SB W,„J '■VIH, II itioii of the a ■■ H sus ..) lilt' bank. The hank closed SB hr liquidation. ■ A had been under way SB for sometime for consolidating the SB f a ru,H- ..nd M. r. haiils Stale Hank B M jih ih.- Bank of Geneva, but plans B le 1 •>: ihe la i minute and the bank BKns ordered closed. B H h rumored on the streets at B Geneva lh.it 'lie frozen assets of the B k-iik riiii.’hi !••• liquidate)! and the had B Uns ili irged "ff and then the bank B »>>ahi resume business. However. B ths is indy a tumor and the future B of the bank depends on the action of B th* " ktioid. l ..I 111- meeting to X! B Monday. ■ Mr. Mills. Um st.oe examiner, was B in Deintnr today looking after busB iness pertaining to his department, B inn "onld not make a statement as B t' ; the condition of the bank or tiie B tper in-d out..one of the stockhold M Hi rim. ong . _ . _ „ H n . ■ Sen. Cravens Ends 23 Years Os Service Indianapolis. March 10. — (United Press.t—As the state legislature adjourned sine die at midnight last night. Senator Joseph Cravens, democratic floor leader in the upper house sod dean of the assembly in point of service, ended twenty-three years of service. Senator Cravens is not coming back next session. “My eonstituents have elected me for nearly a quarter of a century," hr said. "It would be an imposition Io run me again.” In a farewell speech to the senate. Cravens urged more party politics—- ■ “more democracy and republicanism founded on popular government.” 0 ~. EARLOW DRAIN SUNOS ARE SOLD f — A- P. Flynn. Logansport, Pays Premium Os $260 For Total Issue A - P. Flynn, bond broker of Logan’Port, purchased the bonds on the Jliatn Farlow drain today, paying a Premium of $260.00 on the total - ,ss «e of $14,491.62 or equal to SIOI.BO | n n each one hundred dollars. I T«o other proposals for the purc ase of the bonds were filed, the I ’hy Trust Company of Indianapolis, Mering a premium of $257.00 and ' Hie Fletcher-American Trust comPany of Indianapolis, offering $213.00. he cost of the Farlow drain, which a ei'ts tour townships in the south Par ' of the county, was about $29,000, Piaitically half of the amount being ' a 4 by the property o w wners along b’ drain, i n assessments. The town '' i' ' nß aHd Wabaab township mt a 1111 were also assessed in the imPfovements. The Farlow drain af- ■' 1 a drainage outlet to the town let n' ne ani ’ * 8 severa l miles in t lgt ' Cole and Son have the connnit f ° r the constr uction of the drain mer"t rk WaS starte<l °n it last sumco . 1 be eomple,ed during the of " Ununer ’ Bondß t 0 the amount conn 4 ’ 491 ‘ 62 WIU b ® iEBUed b y the and J Tlle 1)0,1,18 bear 81x percent, fifth " n for a terbl of ftve yPars * oneyear " " le princ 'l’al being due every 1

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Women Voters To Hold Convention In April Indianapolis, March in— Mrs. KJliz a t’laypool Earl, of Muncie, and Mrs. ,R IT. Misener, of Michigan City, ar«the first Indiana women to he announced an state delegates iu the sixth national convention of the league of women, voters. The convention will be held in Richmond, Va., from April it; to 22. Mrs. Earl is a member of the state board of directors of the league and is also state chairman of the commit tee of international co-operation to prevent war. Mrs. Misener in also a state board member and is president of the Mich Igan City league. -t CHANCE CONTROL OF TRACTION CO. Insull Interests .Join Management Os Indiana Service Corporation Fort Wayne, Ind., March 10, — Samuel Instill and associates today joined Ihe management of the Indiana Service Corporation which supplies electric light and power and street railway service in Fort Wayne, and operates three interurban systems radiating from this city. Robert M. Feustel will rhiilinue as president of t'ne company and will have active charge of the management of the property. Election of a new board of direct..ic at the annual meeting of stockholders held here this morning marked the passing of control of the com- , pany from the hands of eastern men to public utility operators in the mid die west amt i-biffty residents of Indiana. The new members of the board are Mr. Insull. Charles W. Chase, president of the Gary Street Railways, and Samuel Insull. Jr. They take the places of Henry Sanderson, of New York, who was chairman of the board, Frank M. 'Ptitr, ntsn nt New York, and Percy M. Chandler, of Philadelphia. Old directors who were re-elected are Mr. Feustel, James M. Barrett, Henry C. Paul and Harry E. Vorde'rmurk, all of Fort Wayne. Mr. Insull becomes chairman of the company and Mr. Feustel was re- ■ elected president. Mr. Vordermark ' was reelected vice-president and ' treasurer and Fred M. Schmidt continues as secretary of the company. No changes in the personnel of the company or its plan of operation are ' contemplated. The Indiana Service Corporation hius total assets of approximately $20,0(10,000. It supplies electric light and . power service In Fort Wayne and 27 smaller communities in the Wabash i Valley, selling wholesale to a majority of them. It operates three electric interurban railroads. One runs between Fort Wayne and Lafayette byway of Huntington. Wabash, Peru and Loganspcrt. Another runs south to Bluffton and the third serves the territory north of Fort Wayne running to Kendallville and Waterloo. Local street car systems are operated in Fort Wayne, Wabash, Peru and , Logansport. , The company operates an electric generating station with a capacity of 32,000 kilowatts or 43,000 horse power in Fort Wayne and has 150 miles of . electric transmission lines and over » 1,200 miles of electric distribution r lines. I Electric railway lines owned and j operated by the company total about 20 miles, of which 56 are city lines . and the balance interurban. , v, Oral Davidson Thanks i People For Radio Set The Daily Democrat has repeived a ' letter of appreciation from Oral 1 Davidson, of Berne, for the radio set 1 installed at his home recently, made ' r possible through the donations of the 1 citizettk of Decatur and vicinity. Mr. 5 Davidson had the misfortune to lose 1 his only good eye in an accident at 1 the factory of the Decatur Castings , company a few months ago. The set 1 purchased for Mr. Davidson was one t of nine purchased through the fund. His letter is as follows: To the Editor of the Decatur 1 Daily Democrat, ' Dear Sir: — a I wish through your paper to t thank the good people of Decatur a and community for the radio installed in my home last Thursday. I get fine programs on it r and pass many hours with it. f ORAL DAVIDSON, Berne, Indiana.

ACHIEVEMENTS DE LEGISLATURE ARE NOT CHEAT 1925 General Assembly Passes Fewest Major Bills Os Recent Years SESSION IS ENDED Appropriates $19,000,000 To Run (Government For Next Two Years (United Dross Sorvb p) Indianapolis, Mur. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Adopting the general appropriation bill after a bitter fight and throwing the Penrod "gerrymandering" and the Kissinger ‘ road ripper” bills into the discard, the seventy-fourth Indiana general assembly bad completed its work today. In winding up its work shortly before midnight without the necessity of settmg the clocks back to hurry through belated measures, the legislature set a precedent. By Raymond A. Bruner (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis, March 10—Members of the seventy Sourth general assembly turned homeward today after the whirlwind wind tip of the session last night. As its last important act, the assembly voted the biennial appropriation bill calling for an expenditure of approximately $49,000,000 for the operation of the state government during the next two years. The 1925 legislature passes into history with the record of having passed fewer major bills and wielding the ax on more measures than any assembly in recent years. Hopes of Speaker I/'Rlie of the house and Lieutenant Governor Van Orman for a "legislative fast," were at least partially realized. Only 815 bills were introduced in both houses during the session, and of these less than half became laws. The chief accomplishment of the legislature was a complete reorganization of the financial system of the state government. The finpnee bills passed provided for concentration of all state funds in the general fund of the state treasury, for abolishment of special levies for the state universities and other institutions, and for making the budget advisory committee a permanent body subject to the call of the governor at any time. The legislature also voter approval of the administration measures for increasing the state gasoline tax from two to three cents and for operation of a state library and historical department by cosolidation of five existing bodies. Other important measures passed were bills providing for: More strict enforcement of prohibition by codifying existing dry laws and making penalties heavier and conviction easier for their violation. Regulation of commercial busses and trucks through the state public service commission. Establishment of co-operative marketing association for the collection and sale of farm products. Strengthening the hand of the public service commission in regulating utilities through five measures dealing with the commission's power over the utilities Prohibition salary increases for public officials during the term for which they are elected. Increasing pay of members of the legislature from $6 to $lO a day effective in 1927. Revaluation of real estate in Indiana this year. Appropriating SIO,OOO for the relief of relatives of the fifty one miners killed in the disaster at. Sullivan. Appropriating $5,000 to stamp out the European fowl pest in Eastern Indiana. Codifying existing auto laws and making more stringent the penalties for reckless driving. Increasing the penalties for selling wood alcohol as a beverage. Providing heavy penalties for “ticket scalping." Strengthing the mine safety laws and making them applicable to smaller mines of the state. Putting teeth in the blue sky laws to prevent sale of fraudelent and (Continued on page three)

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I “Haymakers Night” At 1.0.R.M. I fall Wednesday — "Haymakers Night” will he enjoyed at the Red Men's hall on Wedne" day n.ght and a special program Is 1 being planned for the meeting. The Chief Haymaker will be present and will confer the degree work on a class of candidates. The Haymakers are an auxiliary of the I. O R. M. and much interest is taken In the activities of the order. A good attendance is desired. Following the degree work a feed will be served and mem- 1 | bet of the order are asked io attend. | 1 DELAY HEARING UNTIL MARCH 20j ■ — i 1 Public Service Commission | 1 Postpones Hearing On Telephone Service I I i The Public Service commisaion hearing relative to the telephone 'service of the Citizens Telephone ■ [ company at Berne, has been post- ,' poned from March 13 to March 20. The meeting will be hold at Berne. At the same time the Public Service Commission will hear the joint petition of the telephone patrons at | Linn Grove and the Citizens Tele--1 phone company, asking that rural and business rates be adjusted. The pa- ■ trons of the telephone company have I petitioned that rates at Linn Grove ibe increased and in turn the'. Citi- * zens Telephone company would give 'itliem free 101 l service to Berne. The , proposed increases are the same as ' i those charged at Berne and Decatur. The petition asks that the rural rates be increased from $1.25 a mo. to $1.50 and the business rates from ' $2.00 to $2.50 a month. ' The Citizens Telephone will also rebuild the line at Linn Grove. Wth1 in the last two years the lines at Berne, Monroe and Decatur have ‘ been rebuilt. i —__o Fiwtl Sedan Burns In Kirkland Township 1 A Ford Sedan belonging to O. V. Dilling, living in Kirkland township, west of Decatur, was destroyed by fire , at about seven o'clock this morning. The car was in the garage and the I cause of the blaze was attributed t to the gasoline igniting. The upholstering in the car, the floor and oilier parts of the car was damaged ’ E. J. Ehler, state auto insurance adjuster. estimated the loss at about $2110.09. o- — k Down To Freezing Tonight Indianapolis, March 10 —(United Press) —The wave of spring weath er which carried temperatures 27 f degrees above the normal for this time of year will end late today, I according to the weather bureau. Cold winds from the northwest, will carry the temperatures down to the freezing point tonight, it I was predicted. < 0 BREAK RECORDS FOR ATTENDANCE • ’ Evangelistic Services At United Brethren Church r Attract Many r Previous records were broken in > attendance at the United Brethren . church over Sunday, especially 'SunMay night. Miss Himmelheber, the . evangelist, holds her audience attentively throughout her messages. She ' preaches the old time gospel with new . emphasis. Those who hear her are convinced that women are effective t evangelists. ! No one has accepted Christ to date in the meetings, but some have man!I Tested an interest in the better life. , The interest is unusual considering the few days that the meetings have , been in progress. Prospects are very hopeful for a great neligious awaken- „ ing. The people of the city and country are urged to continue their ! presence and help in the services. Weather 1 Indiana: Generally fair and much colder tonight and Wednesday.

DENTON LOSES IN FIRST ROUND OF FIGHT FOR BENCH Court Refuses To Mandate Secretary of State to Use Corrected Returns NEXT MOVE UNKNOWN Attorneys For Denton May Appeal Decision Or Bring New Action (United Press Service! Indianapolis, March 10 (Special to ] Daily Democrat) —A demurrer by j Secretary of State Shortemeier to the mandamus complaint of George | Denton in the contest over the sit- i preme judgeship from the first dis- | trict was sustained today by Judge Shirley in superior court. Judge Shirley held, thqt Shortemeier could not be mandated to apply corrected returns from half a dozen counties which hav» given Denton. the democratic candidate, the victory over Benjamin, Willoughby, republican. The original returns showed Willoughby victor by just one vote. Attorneys for Denton said trtey would consult as to whether they will appeal! JMdge Shirley’s ruling or bring a new action. 0 Body Os American Girl Found In Germany • - Leipsig. Germany, Mar. 10.—.(United Press.) —The body of Helen Reichart. Canton, 111., a girl reported miss ing yesterday, was found today floating in a small steam in the center of Leipsig. Miss Reiehart was a musical student in Leipsig, where she has been for the last two and a half years. She was 25 years of age. She was last seen in February. Ye.uerdujj, het parents arrived here and with Ihe assistance of the American consul, started search for her Investigation brought out a story of the girl having had a romance with an elderly teacher of languages. He did not return her affections and it was soon after the break with him that she had disappeared. A suicide theory was immediately adopted and this was apparently verified today by the finding of the body. Local Radio Station Heard At Great Distance Gerald Cole, of the Indiana Electric company and operator of Radio station 9DRS iii this city, reports that he has worked (talked to) stations from coast to coast, including four persons in California, during the last week. The station is now operating on a wave length of 80 meters and intwo nights, four west coast stations were worked and thirty-two heard, includig one in Hilo, Hawaii. Mr. Cole reports. Father Os Fannie Hurst, The Authoress, Is Dead ‘St. Louis, Mo.. March 10. — (United Press.) — Samuel Hurst, father of Fannie Hurst, died at his home here last midnight. The authoress had been called here before her father's | death. — o — Two Persons Injured In Explosion At Herrin, 111. (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Herrin, 111., March 10 —- Two persons are in a hospital today, dangerously, injured, following an explo- ■ sion in the R. C. Fowler store here last night. The explosion is believed to be a ' recurrence of the Klan and antlklan fend, as Glenn Fowler is a klans- ' man. ! Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fowler live in an apartment above the brick build1 ing and they both were injured by ' the explosion which rocked the block. Mrs. Fowler is still tincon : scions and doctors think there is lit tel ! chance of her recovering. The explosion — said to have been ' caused by a dynamite bomb— broke 1 windows in several buildings in the neighborhood. o — , • CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $1.87%; July $1.64%; Sept. $1.52%. Corn: May $1.30%: i July $1.3.3%; Sept. $1.30%. Oats: May 50c; July 52%c; Sept. 52Jfcc.

„Ousted Republicans Are In A Rebellious Mood Washington, March 10. — (Pnlted Press.) The four ousted senate republicans Intend to carry their protest to their constituents this simmer. Rebellious nt the action of the senate in adopting the plan of republican leaders, which drops Senators La<ld, North Dakota; Frazier, North Da'koto, republican; Bookhart, lowa, republican. ami La Follette, Wisconsin, republican, to the bottom of the committee lists. The members Intend to appeal in speeches to the voters back home. The three members of the quartet now here believe the republicans of their states have been deprived of their privileges. ADOLPH COOK IS PAINFULLY HURT Skull Fractured When Hit By Car Driven By Eugene Durkin Adolph Cook, 4t)3 Madison street, was painfully injured about 7:3t> Monday evening when he was struck and hurled to the pavement by an automobile driven by Eugene Durkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Durkin. at the intersection of Monroe and Fourth streets. Air. Cook’s injuries consisted of a fracture of the skull on the left side in front and a bruise on the back of the head. The fracture was about the size of a half dollar and the bone was press ed against the brain. An operation was performed at the Adams County Memorial hospital where the man was taken soon after the accident, and the pressure removed from the brain. His condition was reported satisfactory today and it is believed be will recover, although it will be several days before the exact outcome of his injuries can be forecast, doctors say. The ear which struck Mr. Cook was traveling east on Monroe street, and. according to James Staley, an eye witness, the ear was not traveling at I a rapid rate of speed. Mr. Cook was crossing the street intersection diagonally from the northeast corner to the southwest corner, according to the report of the accident made today. Tiie driver of 11>e ear said he saw Mr. Cook just before* he got to him and he steered his car to the* right side of the street to avoid hitting him to the pavement in the middle of the street. Mr. Durkin stopped his car next to the curb on the right side of the street a short distance east of the street intersection and then turned around, return ing to the injured man. Mr. Cook was taken to tlte office of Dr. Frank Lose on Third street and later removed to the hospital. Mr. Cook is about 49 years old and has a family. He is employed at the Wetnhoff Monument works. Bishop Quayle, Noted Methodist Leader, Dies —— I Baldwin, Kan., March 10. —Bishop William A. Quayle, renowned teacher, orator, lecturer, political observer and writer, is dead. The Methodist leader, who was 65 years old, died yesterday afternoon at his home. His wife and a daughter were at his bedside when the end came. Bishop Quayle was born at Parkkille, Mo., June 25, 1860. He was graduated from Baker University. Baldwin, Kan., in 1885 with the degree of bachelor of arts. He has pastorates in Kansas City. Indianapolis. and Chicago. He was elevated to the bishopric in 1908 and assigned to the Oklahoma area. Later he went to tiie St. Paul area and then to St. Ixmis. —o Woman Plunges 200 Feet From Top Os Monument Baltimore, Md., Mar. 10. —(United Press.) —Margaret Koontz, a pretty young woman with brown bobbed hair, ended her life here today when she, plunged 200 feet from the top of Washington monument. Miss Koontz is said to be the daughter of H. A. Koontz, of St. Joseph. Mo. She came to Baltimore iu Januartly and registered at the Peabody conservatory of music. A card from the W. Y. C. A. with her name on it. identified her She was about 20 years old.

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COURT HEARS OF SINCLAIR'S REALS WITH A. B. FALL • Second Round Os Government’s Suit To Annul Lease Gets Started DEPOSITIONS READ Depositions Os Sinclair’s Personal Attorney Read In Court Today Federal Court Room. .Cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. 10. —How Harry F. Sinclair and liis personal attorney. Colonel J. W. Zevely, of Washington, opened negotiations with former Secretary of Ihe Interior Albert B. Fall at his Three Rivers, N. M.. home, was detailed to the court today in the Teapot Dome trial. Zevely’s deposition was read by Owen, J. Roberts of government counsel. The testimony told how Sinclair and Zevely, after seeing Fall at. Three Rivers, Dec. 31. 1921. presented a bid on Feb. 3. saying tiie government would save its oil from drainage, seenn* a pipe line and other alleged advantages. Fall announced his decisions in later controversies over the provisions of the lease, Zevely said. By A. E. Snyder, (<’. P. Staff Correspondent) Cheyenne. Wyo.. Mar. 10. —The second round in the government's suit to annul the lease of Teapot Dome to the Sinclair interests was secheduled to get under way today with K. C. Heald, assistant professor of geology at Yale University, on the witness stand. Heald made a survey of the Teapot reserve in order to ascertain whether any drainage would result if wells were drilled near the reserve. The government is expected to produce mostly depositions today, according to Owen J. Roberts, of the I government legal staff. Coincident with the opening of the trial, officials of the Standard Oil company of Indiana Reluctantly admitted that Colonel Robert W. Stewart, president of the company, who is desireil as a witness by the government, is on the high seas bound for South America. His absence front the country brings the total of oil company officials sought by the government for testimony to three. o Fractures Skull When Iler Head Strikes Pump Handle Anderson,, Ind., Mar. 10. —Mrs. Otto Meldrum, 35, bumped her head against a pump handle and fractured her skull as she stooped over to pick up a lump of coal that dropped from a bucket site was carrying. Her condition is serious today. 0 WILLIAM ERUCHTE DIED YESTERDAY Well Known Preble Township Retired Farmer Dies At Age of 78 Years William Fruchte, age- 78 years, well known retired farmer of Preble township, died at his home north of Magley at 5 o’clock Monday evening. Death was due to stomach trouble. Mr. Fruchte having been ill for some time. Mr. Fruchte was born in Adams county, March 30, 1846. He was a son of Abraham and Elizabeth Fruchte. All of his life was spent in Adams county. He was married more than fifty years ago. and his wife, Mrs. Diana Fruchte. survives. Mr. Fruchte was a member of the Magle.y Reformed church and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Surviving are the wife; one son, Martin, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Breiner, of Peterson; two brothers, John, of Fort Wayne, and Henry, of Magley: and one sister, , Mrs. Sophia Beineke, of Decatur. He ■ was a brother of the late Lewis ■ Fruchte, of this city. i Funeral services will be held from , the home at 1:30 o’clock and from i the Magley Reformed church at 2 o’clock, Thursday afternoon.