Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1925 — Page 1

Vol,!uiw XXIII. Number lit.

AGAIN REJECT WARREN’S NOMINATION

11, $. government loses POINT IN OIL LEASE SUIT Judge Rules Bank Records Os Fall Not Admissahle As Evidence “HEARSAY” EVIDENCE Bio victory For Defense In Suit To Break Teapot Dome Lease il'nitcil Press Service) Cheyenne. Wyo.. March IC—(Special io Daily Democrat)—The governnient received a setback in the Teapoi Dome suit today when Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy ruled that records and statements showing financial affairs of Albert B. Fall were not admissahle as evidence. Judge Kennedy sustained the defense objection against admission of the records on the ground this testimony was "hearsay" and had no conneeCon with the government's suit to break the lease of the Mammoth Oil company on the oil reserve. Defense counsel fought vigorously to block admission of the reeords by which (lie government hopes to trace s<i(t in Liberty bonds from Harry F. Sinclair to the former secretary of the interior. After citing numerous decisions in similar controversies. Judge Kennedy declared that "at the present time the evidence which is here tend cred, is competent and immaterial." "No attempt has been made to trace the bonds in controversy to Sinclair as their source, without which connecting link the whole evidence now tendered would have to be stricken out.” Judge Kennedy declared. The court concluded by stating that the 'evidence is manifestly so incompetent at the present time," that it would "at least sustain the objection until it appears the evidence so strongly centered for is either competent or material." Members of the Sinclair party, most of whom were in the court room, were exultant over the decision. o Boy Struck By Apto Richmond, Ind., March IB.—Severe injuries were suffered by Marvin Creager. 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. (reager, when he was struck by an auto here yesterday. With his parents he was visiting relatives here at the time of the accident. o— HOME TALENT PLAY AT WREN C.E. Society Os U.B. Church To Present Play Wednesday Night , Ihe Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren church, of Wren, Ohio, will present a three-act comedy drama, entitled, "Mother Mine,” in ' * K- 0. T. M. hall at Wren next Wednesday evening, March 18. There are twelve characters in the play and he time consumed by the play is two hours. ‘he scene of the play is the intertor iff a New England cottage. When < of Miranda PleasJey’s nieces * nia "' e d, the dear old lady realizes la tor the first time in all her life ,‘e is alone in the world. Caring °* 11 ' sister’s daughters has never Hut' satisfied the powerful mother ■ net in her heart and she prays at m some way she may find a boy I '? le , for ' Jerry, a city outcast ... 5 s into her home to steal and in ■i incident, she sees an answer to Cm I>rayer - How she awakens the sn'i' ° f his nat »”’e, trusts him ' 1 Pfends hint when all the world n Ol \ tjent on hi-s ruin, bow he reer ~3 teadrast devotion of “Mothrich - ne ' affordß an absorbing story, tin.i r ° medy an< i with many beau•ouches of exalted sentiment.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

' l ather Who Killed His I’ Four Children May Live Kansas City, Mo., Mar h 16. M. I i I Gibson, North Kansas City garage I ' owner, who tried to commit suicide i 1 Saturday with the atne hatchet he | killed his four little children, was ha | ! proved today, though still in danger, ac. o-ding to hospital attendants. REV; THOMPSON TO HOLO MEETING To Open Pre-Easter Services At Christian Church Sunday, March 22 . On Sunday evening, March 22, the; Rev. Harry W. Thompson, pastor of I .the Christian church, will begin a, ' series of prA Easter services to con--1 I finite the rest of the Lenten season anil to be concluded on Easter Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr. Thumpson will con- ■ duet the services without outside aid. ‘ using only such aid as will be given by the members of his own church ]A splendid chorus choir under the- > ilit ection of Mr. Wm. KohlA will lead; I the congregational sinking at each I service. This will lie the first meeting of an evangelistic nature to bo held in * the new Christian church. It is expected that many will take advantagej iof the opportunity to enjoy the ad- 1 ! vantage the services will offer for al I spiritual awakening. ' I A splendid feature of the lenten ’I program to lie held in the Christian ' church will be the great union meet-; ing <»f all th» protestant churches to * be held on Good Friday from the ’ hours of one to three o'clock in the afternoon. At this service all of the pastors affiliated with the Decatur J Ministerial Association will take part The service is being planned so that every one will be able to attend some r ’ part of it. The different pastors of ’ the city will speak during tht Good; Friday service, each giv r ng a brief ■» discourse. The service will open at j 1 o’clock and close at 3 o’clock. The subject to be discussed by the different pastors are as follows: ‘‘Father, forgive them, for they 1 know nor what they do.” Rev. B. F. Dotson. "Verily, I say unto thee, today shnlt thou be with me in Paradise.” Rev. 11. S. Thompson. "Woman, behold thy son " Rev. B. N. Covert. 1 “My God, my God. why hast thou forsaken me?" Rev. A. R. Fledder1 johann. "I Thirst," Rev. 11. S. A. Bridge. : "It is finished.” Rev.’F. D. White-, sell. "Father, info thy hands I commend my spirit," (lev. R. W. Loose. o Small Fire At Geneva I On Saturday Evening Genova, March 1G. — The William Dickerson residence here caught fire I about 8 o'clock Saturday night when an incubator on the second floor exploded. The fire had burned a hole through the upstairs floor and the C burning lamp had dropped through to the first floor when volunteer fire- ’ men arrived. The blaze was coon ex- ( tinguished with the aid of chemicals before ninclt damage resulted. o i High School Students Held As Auto Thieves Shelbyville. Ind.. March 16. —Three t high school students who turned into i holdup men and auto thieves for a 5 thrill were under bond here today ! awaiting action by authorities. 5 The youths, all of them in their r 'teens admitted participation in the r theft of three autos and attempting i to rob a woman in the business dis- / trict in January. Following the confessions, John Keni nedy, 16, and John Tolen, 16, were > bound over to circuit court for steal- » Ing autos. Ralph Gray, 17, was charg--1 ed with taking part in the attempted I holdup. The boys are the sons of wealthy ■ Shelbyville business men and all were , known as bright students. They said ■ they turned outlaw for the excitement it gave them.

WIFE OF JOHN NIDLINGER DIES — Prominent Resident Os Union Twp. Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Ixniisa Jane Clino Nidlinger, ; age 6:’, years, wife of John Nidlinger. one of the most prominent farmers of Adams county, died at her home ih Union township, four and one-half miles northeast of Decatur, at 2:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to cancer of the lungs. Mrs. Nidlinger had been suffering with cancer for the last five and one-half years |and had undergone three operations. Mrs. Nidlinger was born in Union j : township, May 21. 1861. She spent | I her entire life in Union township. She was married to John Nidlinger | on December 15. 1881. Mr. Nldlinget , is a noted swine breeder and is a > former president of the Northern ■ Indiana Fair Association. Five children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. Nid linger. Surviving are husband, and the I following children: Mrs. Jacob Bar . kley, of Monroeville. William Ear! I Nidlinger. of Fort Wayne. Mrs. John i Cline, of West Unity, Ohio, and Hugh Vern Nidlinger. of Root township. Funeral services will be held from : the home at 10 o’clock and from the j Methodist church in this city at 10: i3O o'clock Wednesday morning, the I Rev U. S. A. Bridge, pastor, ofl'ii ia- ! ting. Burial wil be made in the Decaj tnr cemetery. o - Relative Os The Laie Mttrshall Field Missing New York. March 16. — (United Press.) —Lyman Dwight James, relative of the late Marshall Field, has disappeared on the eve of his in tended departure for Europe. Notice was given of James’ disappearance to | the police by his uncle, Philip L. I James, local manager for Marshall j Field anil company. He cautioned the ' police to secrecy. It was learned, however, that young James resigned a position with the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills company at Spray. N. March 1. and came to New York. He gave an intended trip to Europe as the reason for his resignation. Friday morning he started for the Marshall Field offices form his rooms. Since then he has not been seen. Associates could see no reason why he should drop from sight. BE AW NOT A CANDIDATE Present Councilman Does Not Seek Re-election; No Announcements K. A. Heavers, well known business man of this city, a member of the | city council and chairman of the street and sewer committee, announced, this morning that he would not be a candidate for the democratic nomination for the office of councilman this year. Mr. Beavers is serving as councilman from the first ward. Besides being chairman of the street and sewer committee, Mr. Beavers is a member of the water works' 1 and electric light committees and has taken an active part for the past four years. He has given much of his time to the many details pertaining to a councilman’s job and feels that, in justice to his business, he should not be a candidate again. He believes that the. next council should continue the progressive program as started by the present council. As yet, no one has announced his candidacy for any of the councilmans’ posts on either ticket. It was stated that A. R. Ashbaucher and Otto Kirsch members of the present council, were being urged by their friends and supporters to be candidates again, but as yet no official announcements have been made. The republicans have not yet announced tor any office.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 16, 1925,

CALLED BY DEATH

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Mrs. John Nidlinger Mrs. Louisa Jane Nidlinger, wife 'of John Nidlinger, one of Adams county’s most prominent farmers and live stock raisers, died at her home 1 in Union township Sunday afternoon ; after a long illness. TYPHOID" FEVERS SHIT CONTINUED *frial Os Fort Wayne Case Expected To (Jet Started Here Tomorrow The ease of the Lincoln Trust com- ' panuy of Fort Wayne, administrator | of the estate of Herman Itauermeisler ! against the Pennsylvania Railroad j cotnany and the City of Fort Wayne, j was continued until Tuesday morning. ; when it camo up for trial in the Adams circuit court here this morning. It is exerted that the jury will be empanelled and the taking of evidence started tomorrow. The two defendants this morning tiled motions to strike out parts of the depositions of Arthur I. Oiler. Lelah McCurdy and Lewis A. Geupel. The two defendants aJso filed motions to strike out and suppress the depositions of the persons named above' giving the following reasons why they should not be introduced as evi- i deuce in the trial: first, that the wit-, nesses testified to certain facts and ■ conditions that existed long subse-' quent to the time of the plaintiffs decedent was infected with the al- ; leged typhoid fever; second, that the alleged facts ascertained by the witnesses were ascertained and discovered by the city of Fort Wayne at its request ami for the purpose of stopping. the spread of the tyhoid fever in the city and therefore can not be introduced as evidence against the two defendants for the purpose of proving alleged negligence: third, that the facts contained in the depositions are heresay. GENEVA RESIDENT DIES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Homer Charleston Dies Here Sunday After A Brief Iliiness Geneva, March 16. —Mrs. Ella Charleston, age 55, of Geneva died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at Decatur, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Death was due to inflamation of the gall binder. Mrs. Charleston was removed from her home to the hospital on Saturday . She was ill only a few days. Mrs. Charleston was the wife of Homer Charleston, who survives. She had resided in Geneva for the past two years, the family moving here from Jefferson township where they had resided for several years. Besides the husband, eight children survive. Funeral arrangements had not been made at noon today. The body was removed to the home here Sunday evening. Weather Indiana: Partly overcast tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight.

VALUATION 0 N LAND IS LOWER Farm Land Being Re-ap-praised At Figure Lower Than Last Th<‘ reappral.-d-ni'-nt of farm binds in Adams County, now being taken by the township assessors is averaging between SBO.OO and $85.00 per acre without improvements, mid between SIOO.OO and $102.00 with improvements added. County Assessor William Zimmerman stated at noon today. The township assessors made their second week’s report to Mr. Zimmerman last Saturday. About one-sixth of the annual assessing job has been completed throughout the county, it was stated. In Wabash township the work of assessing real estate has not yet started. E. I). Engler and David ID. Coffee, started to appraise the i real estate in Decatur last week, be . ginning in the uptown district. Throe years ago. when the last tip- , praiseinent of real estate was made. ' farm lands and improvements aver aged $110.30 per acre. The average for farm land alone was S!)3.(M) per acre. Mr. Zimmerman stated that he I wanted the assessors to keep the appraisements up to at least SIOO.OO petacre, including improvements. He expressed the opinion that improvements would he higher this veal. * — o Paul Edwards Purchases Charles Sullivan Residence Paul V. Edwards, proprietor of the Edwards Studio, has purchased the Charles Sullivan residence, first door' west of the Decatur Laundry on West Jefferson street. The purchase price jfcas $5,500. Possession will he given about April 1 and Mr. and Mrs. Ed wards will move from their present place of residence on South Fifth street to their new home. Spangler Baby Dies After Living Three Days Funeral services were held this morning at nine o’clock at the St. j Marys Catholic church for John 1 Spangler, three-day-old baby of Mr and Mrs. Anthony Spangler, of Wai nut street. The baby died Saturday afternoon Burial was made in the Catholic cemetery. STOCKHOLDERS HOLD MEETING Future Os Defunct Bank At Geneva Discussed At Meeting Today A meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Geneva, which was closed March 6. by .1. Clark Mills, state bank examiner for the purpose of liquidation, is being held this afternoon at the Geneva bank. The meeting was called for* two o’clock and Mr. Mills, the state examiner, attended. E. B. Gauker, cashier of the bank, stated at 1:45 this afternoon that no statement as to the future of the bank or the contemplated action of the stockholders would be made until after the meeting. He would not venture a supposition or guess as to what the stockholders would do or what proposition would be presented to them by the state haul; examiner or officers of the bank. It is rumored on the streets in Geneva that the stockholders of the bank will pay in an assessment on the capital stock, take up some of the “dead paper” and bad notes and , then open the bank for business Tues- > day. However, this report could not not be confirmed by anyone connect- ■ ed with the bank. The depositors will not lose any money, it was stated. The bank has a paid up capital of $35,000 and the stock is divided t among about 53 stockholders, it was stated.

Henry Ford Has Another Heir; Grandson Born I Detroit, March 16 (United Pi>- I 1 —A fourth grandchild and heir to Henry Ford arrived Saturday in the I form of a nine pound baby boy, born ;to Mr. and Mrs |-:<|s»-l Ford, ii waannounced today. Both mother and child are doing well. The Eilsel Fords now have three boys and one girl. GOOD SEED CORN REPORTED SCARCE 1 County Agent Urges Farmers To Test Every Ear Before Planting 1 "Test every ear of seed corn.” is i a slogan which might well be adopt .led hy farmers of Adams county this I year, according to word coining from the county agent's office. Reports , from farmers living in various parts of the county indicate that good, strong seed corn is scarce and that much of the corn originally intended for seed is deceiving and is not proving up to what was expected. This was caused for the most part by the fact that the corn contained an excessive amount of moisture last fall and the exceedingly hard freezes of the winter caused the germ to be destroyed. Very little "crib corn" is fit for seed. In a few cases a fair percentage of such corn will grow, but in no ease should it In* used without testing every ear. Corn which was gathered early last fall and well dried before the severe freezes in most i rases proving alright. Although it is difficult at this time . to state just what the seed corn situ- . ation will be this spring, it appears ■ there will be some shortage. A number of farmers are said to have . sent considerable distances for seed, thereby running a risk of getting a strain of unadapted corn, A list of farmers who have a surplus of seed corn is being kept at the county agent's office for the infor-! mation of those farmers who will need to buy. Both those farmers who; need corn and those who have seed i corn for sale are urged to assist in 1 /making the county agent's office clearing house for information re-1 garding seed corn. o Defense Opens Fijjht Monticello. Ind.. March 16. —Introduction of defense testimony was started today in the trial of Charles Johnson, charged with killing Arnett rowgill, town marshall at Wolcott, V.iieli the latter tried to arrest him For intoxication last summer. -— o , Alleged Murderer Escapes From Jail At Franklin Franklin-, Ind., March 16. — Ralph l/-e. of Indianapolis, charged with the murder of a grocer during a holdup there last summer, escaped from the county jail here for a second time last night and was still at large today. Lee sawed his way out of his cell and his absence was not noted until breakfast was served this morning. Two other prisoners with Lee refused to join him in the flight. ' Early in January Lee escaped by picking the lock to his cell and overpowering a deputy sheriff. He was recaptured later in the hills of Brown county. , Lee was to have gone on trial Tucs- . day. I o— ——— Mrs. Frank Dibble Undergoes Operation i ' Word has been received hero that i Mis. Frank W. Dibble, of Lansing, 1 Michigan, formerly of this city, undI erwent an operation a few days ago • and is now recovering in the Lansing t hospital. For some time Mrs. Dibble - has been suffering from a tumorous 1 growth in the breast and her physiciaps recommended tjie operation, f The Dibble family resided here for 1 a number of years, Mr. Dibble owns ing the bus and baggage line witli C. W. Meibers.

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SENATE VOTES 40-39 AGAINST ■ CONFIRMATION Senate Challenges Coolidge To Make Recess Appointment REJECTION EXPECTED Senators Curtis And Butler Leave For Conference With President < t'nited Press Service) Washington. March 16 (Special to Daily Democrat) l ite senate today once more rejected the nomination of (diaries Beecher Warren as attorney ' general, throwing hack upon (lie while house lor the second i time within a week President Coolidge’s personal choice for a member of his cabinet. The vole was 3(1 in favor of confirmation and 10 against. Immediately tiller the vote J Senator Curtis, republican lead- ! er. and Senator Butler, the President's closest advisor in ■ the senate, proceeded to the white house to confer with Mr. [Coolidge and Warren. The only change in the line- ; tip of supporters of the Warren | nomination since the first vote I was that Senator Reed, of I’cmisylvania. was absent. His ■ nlace was taken bv Senator I.enroot, Wis.. republican, who left the sick Iwd of his wife in Rochester. Minn., Io cast his vote. 1 Six additional democrats who did not vote previously were present and voted against the nomination. The senate's action, a repetition of its rejection of Warren last Tuesday, threw down a challenge to the j President to fulfill his threat to give Warren a recess appointment in defiance of Senate “advise and consent.” A committee of senators is expect- : ed to call upon Mr. Coolidge at the I white house immediately to ask him i if he wishes to submit another nonti- ! nation for attorney general or if he . lias some other business 10. lay before the senate. Today's vote in the sensationally' bitter controversy between Mr. Coolidge and his new senate over the right of the chief executive to select his own cabinet without challenge from the senate came in the manner which had been expected. Senator Watsoh, Indiana, voted for (Continued On Page Five) LARGE AUDIENCES AT U. B. CHURCH Miss Himmelheber, Evangelist, At Her Best At Sunday Services Sunday was a great day for the United Bret hern church, there being capacity audiences at all services. Miss Himmelheber. the evangelist, was at her best in pulpit ministration during the day. Two persons united with the church by confession of faith at the services. Prospects 100k 1 more hopeful than at any period of the meeting for persons to accept Jesus Christ and to unite with the • church. The meetings will continue through out the week with services over the Lord's day with evangelistic speakI ing. The Superintendent set the goal of 300 ofr the Sunday school next Sun- ( day. In every respect the meetings • have been great. The unsaved of the i. city are invited to come and accept 0 Christ but not ‘pulled’ into the United g Brethern church. The policy of the e church is to allow the privilege to s each and every convert to go where i- they choose to unite with the church i. People from other churches have r been loyal to the meetings, for which t- the congregation is appreciative, h Every has invitation to attend ad of the services.